JP2006264875A - Pallet loading device and pallet loading method using the device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a pallet loading device reducing physical load on workers and shortening working hours, and to realize a pallet loading method using the device. <P>SOLUTION: The pallet loading device comprises a temporary placement member 30, which has a slideway 30a of low friction at one end and is temporarily placed on a pallet 20, and a drive section 50 acting so that when a container box 10 is disposed at a predetermined position on the slideway 30a, the container box 10 slides on the slideway 30a and is loaded onto the pallet 20. This allows reducing the physical load on the workers and shortening the working hours. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pallet mounting apparatus for mounting a packing box on a pallet and a pallet mounting method using the apparatus, and more particularly, to reduction of work time and physical burden of work for transporting and placing on a pallet.

  Conventionally, as this type of pallet mounting method, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, an operator lifts one packing box 110, carries it to the pallet 120, and repeats the operation of placing it at a predetermined position on the pallet. A mounting method in which a plurality of packing boxes 110 are mounted is generally used.

  However, in the above method, when the weight of the packing box 110 (for example, about 15 kg) is heavy and large, only one is transported and arranged by hand. According to this, since the number of times of reciprocation between the installation position of the pallet 120 and the position of lifting the packing box 110 and the number of times of holding the packing box 110 often depend on the physical strength of the operator, There is a problem that it is large and the physical burden on the worker is large.

  In addition, the surface of the pallet 120 has a structure with high friction because a slip-preventing and lightening hole for preventing the packing box 110 from dropping is formed. That is, when the packaging box 110 is slid on the surface of the pallet 120, there is a problem that the packaging box 110 is damaged due to a large friction.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pallet mounting apparatus and a pallet mounting method using the apparatus that can reduce the physical burden on the operator and shorten the work time. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical means described in claims 1 to 7 are employed. That is, in the invention according to claim 1, a packing box mounting device for mounting the packing box (10) on the pallet (20),
A temporary arrangement member (30) having a floor area substantially equal to that of the pallet (20), having a low friction sliding surface (30a) on one end surface, and temporarily arranged on the pallet (20), and a packing box (10 ) Is arranged at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a), and the driving means (the packaging box (10) is slid on the sliding surface (30a) and mounted on the pallet (20)). 50).

  According to this invention, the packaging box (10) can be slid on the temporary arrangement member (30) and conveyed and arranged at a predetermined position. Thereby, a packaging box (10) can be mounted in a temporary arrangement | positioning member (30), without making a worker hold a packaging box (10) by hand.

  In addition, since the work of transporting the packaging box (10) to the temporary placement member (30) only needs to be pushed from the lateral direction, the work time of the mounting work can be shortened by transporting the plurality of packing boxes (10).

  And a packaging box (10) can be mounted on a pallet (20) by pulling out the temporary arrangement | positioning member (30), for example to a horizontal direction with a drive means (50). Thereby, a packaging box (10) can be mounted on a pallet (20) by the effect | action of a drive means (50), without depending on a worker's physical strength. Therefore, the physical burden on the operator can be reduced.

  In the invention according to claim 2, the drive means (50) slides the temporary placement member (30) from the pallet (20) before placing the packing box (10) on the sliding surface (30a). It is characterized in that it is arranged temporarily on the pallet (20).

  According to the present invention, a large-scale automatic facility is not required, and the temporary arrangement member (30) that slides with a driving force of, for example, an air cylinder is sufficient, and therefore, a simple structure device can be used.

  In the invention according to claim 3, when the driving means (50) arranges the packing box (10) at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a), the temporary arrangement member (30) is placed on the pallet (20). The packaging box (10) is configured to be mounted on the pallet (20) by being pulled out from the pallet.

  Specifically, according to the present invention, it is possible to pull out the temporary arrangement member (30) by the action of the level of polishing. According to this, a packing box (10) can be easily mounted on a pallet (20).

  In the invention according to claim 4, the driving means (50) holds the packaging box (10) when the temporary arrangement member (30) having the packaging box (10) arranged slides on the pallet (20). It has the 2nd holding member (52) holding a 1st holding member (51) and a pallet (20), It is characterized by the above-mentioned. According to this invention, a packing box (10) can be reliably mounted in the predetermined position on a pallet (20). Moreover, the operation | movement which pulls out the temporary arrangement | positioning member (30) can be done easily.

In the invention according to claim 5, the temporary arrangement member (which has a floor area substantially the same as that of the pallet (20), has a low friction sliding surface (30a) on one end surface, and is temporarily arranged on the pallet (20) ( 30) and the packaging box (10) is mounted on the pallet (20) using a packaging box mounting device comprising a drive means (50) for sliding the temporary arrangement member (30) from the pallet (20). A packaging box mounting method,
A temporary placement step of temporarily placing the temporary placement member (30) on the pallet (20) by operating the drive means (50) before placing the packaging box (10) on the sliding surface (30a); The packaging box (10) is slid and conveyed on the sliding surface (30a), and is arranged at a predetermined position. The packaging box (10) is placed at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a). And having a packing box mounting step of mounting the packing box (10) on the pallet (20) by operating the driving means (50) and sliding the temporary positioning member (30) and pulling it out. It is a feature.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to leave only the transfer operation of pushing the packing box (10) from the lateral direction to the temporary arrangement member (30), and then the packing box (10) can be mounted by the packing box mounting device. . Thereby, a packaging box (10) can be mounted on a pallet (20) by the effect | action of an apparatus, without depending on a worker's physical strength. Therefore, the physical burden on the operator can be reduced.

  In invention of Claim 6, in a packaging box conveyance arrangement | positioning process, before conveying a packaging box (10) on a sliding surface (30a), a packaging box (10) is directed toward a temporary arrangement | positioning member (30). It is characterized by having a packing box transporting process for sliding and transporting. According to the present invention, since the packaging box (10) can be transported simply by pushing from the lateral direction, the packaging box (10) can be mounted on the temporary arrangement member (30) at a time, so that the work time of the mounting work is greatly reduced. it can.

  The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the packing box transporting process transports the packing boxes (10) in a state of being stacked in a plurality of stages. Specifically, according to the present invention, it is only necessary to push from the lateral direction, so a plurality of packing boxes (10) can be conveyed at a time.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the bracket | parenthesis of each said means shows a corresponding relationship with the specific means of embodiment mentioned later.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a pallet mounting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining a mounting form of a pallet mounting method using the pallet mounting apparatus 40. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the pallet mounting apparatus 40. FIG. 3 is a mounting process diagram showing the mounting procedure of the pallet mounting method.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pallet mounting apparatus 40 of the present embodiment includes a temporary arrangement member 30, a driving unit 50 that is a driving unit, a first holding member 51, and a second holding member 53. The temporary arrangement member 30 is configured to slide between the outside and the inside of the device 40 by the action of the drive unit 50 described later.

  That is, when the packaging box 10 is mounted on one end surface of the temporary arrangement member 30, it jumps out and is temporarily arranged on the pallet 20 surface. Then, in a state where the packaging box 10 is mounted on one end face of the temporary arrangement member 30, only the temporary arrangement member 30 is slid back to the inside of the apparatus 40. Therefore, one end surface of the temporary arrangement member 30 forms a sliding surface 30a made of a low friction material such as a nylon 6 nylon or MC nylon manufactured by Nippon Polypecon.

  Further, the temporary arrangement member 30 has a floor area substantially equal to that on the surface of the pallet 20 and has a cross-sectional shape so that the packaging box 10 mounted when returning to the inside of the apparatus 40 does not fall from the sliding surface 30a. It is. The drive unit 50 is configured not to impair the safety of the worker when the temporary arrangement member 30 jumps to the outside and returns from the outside to the inside, and the packaging box 10 is damaged when returning from the outside to the inside. It is configured so as not to impair the quality.

  Specifically, the temporary arrangement member 30 is slid at an appropriate speed and operating force, and the speed and driving force can be adjusted with respect to the sliding direction. For example, if it is formed of a pneumatic rodless cylinder, the temporary arrangement member 30 can be easily slid.

  The first holding member 51 is a member that is fixed to the device 40 or the drive unit 50, and that vertically receives the pressure applied in the sliding direction when the temporary arrangement member 30 returns to the inside, and is arranged on the sliding surface 30a. This is a restraining member that holds the packing box 10 so as not to move. If the support position of the first holding member 51 can be fixed to the device 40 or the drive unit 50 so that the support position can be adjusted in the sliding direction, the positional relationship between the end surface of the pallet 20 and the end surface of the packaging box 10 can be determined. Can be adjusted.

  The second holding member 52 is a member that is fixed to the device 40 or the drive unit 50 and that vertically receives the pressure applied in the sliding direction when the temporary arrangement member 30 returns to the inside, so that the pallet 20 does not move. It is a restraining member to hold in. In the present embodiment, the second holding member 52 is fixed to the device 40 or the drive unit 50 as shown in FIG. 2, but the second holding member 52 is configured to jump out to the outside by the drive unit 50. In this case, the empty pallet 20 to be placed under the temporary placement member 30 can be supplied.

  By the way, when using the pallet mounting device 40 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the work table 2 having at least the platform 2 a along the surface of the pallet 20 is provided side by side with the pallet mounting device 40, and It is preferable to provide a roller control 2b. According to this, as shown in FIG. 1, the packaging boxes 10 stacked in two stages can be slid onto the roller control 2 b to convey the table top 2 a and can be easily conveyed to the sliding surface 30 a.

  Next, the mounting procedure of the pallet mounting method when the pallet mounting apparatus 40 having the above-described configuration is used will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in the provisional placement step as a preparation step, the pallet 20 is placed at a predetermined position as shown in FIG. And the drive part 50 of the pallet mounting apparatus 40 is operated, the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 is slid so that it may protrude outside, and is temporarily arrange | positioned on the pallet 20. FIG.

  And the packaging box 10 is mounted on the pallet 20 by the mounting procedure of (A) thru | or (D) shown in FIG. (A) is a process of stacking the packaging boxes 10 in two stages on the work table 2. And a packaging box conveyance process is performed by (B). This is a step of transporting the packaging boxes 10 stacked in two stages to the temporary arrangement member 30. Here, the operator slides on the roller control 2b by pushing the packing boxes 10 stacked in two stages from the lateral direction. And transported to the temporary arrangement member 30.

  Thereby, since it can convey only by pushing the packaging box 10 from a horizontal direction, since the packaging box 10 can be conveyed to the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 at once, the working time of a mounting process can be reduced significantly. And as shown to (C), the packaging box 10 is slid on the sliding surface 30a on the extension, and is installed in the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30. FIG.

  Thereby, the packing box 10 can be arrange | positioned in a predetermined position. This is a packing box conveyance arrangement process referred to in the claims. And as shown to (D), the drive part 50 is operated and it slides so that the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 may be returned inside. At this time, a pressing force is applied to the packing box 10 on the sliding surface 30a and the pallet 20 moving in the sliding direction due to friction with the temporary arrangement member 30, but the first holding member 51 and the second holding member. By restraining these movements by 52, the packaging box 10 is mounted on the pallet 20.

  This is a packing box mounting step referred to in the claims. Accordingly, the temporary placement member 30 is pulled out from the pallet 20 by the action of the driving unit 50, so that the packaging box 10 is mounted on the pallet 20. That is, the packaging box 10 can be mounted on the pallet 20 by the action of the pallet mounting device 40 without depending on the physical strength of the worker. Therefore, the physical burden on the operator can be reduced.

  In the packing box transporting step (B), the roller control 2b is provided on the table 2a and the packing box 10 is slid on the roller control 2b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tool is transported using a tool having a small friction coefficient. May be. Moreover, although the packaging box 10 was piled up in two steps by (A), it is not limited to this, A plurality of steps of two or more steps or only one box may be used.

  In the present embodiment, the packaging box 10 mounted on the pallet 20 has been described as being stacked in a four-tiered 4-box structure. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the loading method on the pallet 20 varies as an example of loading the packaging box 10. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the pallet mounting device 40 can be used even when (a) 8-box stack, (b) 6-box stack, and (c) 4-box stack.

  According to the pallet mounting device 40 according to the first embodiment described above, the temporary placement member 30 that has the sliding surface 30a having a low friction on one end surface and is temporarily placed on the pallet 20, and the packing box 10 are placed on the sliding surface 30a. And a drive unit 50 that acts so that the packaging box 10 slides on the sliding surface 30 a and is mounted on the pallet 20.

  According to this, the packaging box 10 can be slid on the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30, and it can convey and arrange | position to a predetermined position. Thereby, the packaging box 10 can be mounted on the temporary arrangement member 30 without causing the operator to hold the packaging box 10 by hand. In addition, since the work of transporting the temporary placement member 30 to the packaging box 10 only needs to be pushed from the lateral direction, the work time of the mounting work can be shortened by transporting the plurality of packaging boxes 10 at a time.

  And the packaging box 10 can be mounted on the pallet 20 by pulling out the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 by the drive part 50, for example to a horizontal direction. Thereby, the packaging box 10 can be mounted on the pallet 20 by the action of the drive unit 50 without depending on the physical strength of the operator. Therefore, the physical burden on the operator can be reduced.

  Specifically, the drive unit 50 is configured to be temporarily arranged on the pallet 20 by sliding the temporary arrangement member 30 from the pallet 20 before the packaging box 10 is arranged on the sliding surface 30a. For example, a temporary arrangement member 30 that slides with a driving force of the order of an air cylinder may be used without using a large-scale automatic facility.

  In addition, when the driving unit 50 arranges the packaging box 10 at a predetermined position on the sliding surface 30a, the temporary placement member 30 is slid from the pallet 20 and pulled out so that the packaging box 10 is mounted on the pallet 20. With this configuration, for example, it is possible to pull out the temporary arrangement member 30 with an action of a level of polishing. According to this, the packaging box 10 can be easily mounted on the pallet 20.

  Further, by having the first holding member 51 that holds the packing box 10 and the second holding member 52 that holds the pallet 20, the packing box 10 can be reliably mounted at a predetermined position on the pallet 20. Moreover, the operation | movement which pulls out the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 can be done easily.

  Furthermore, in the pallet mounting method using the pallet mounting device 40, the packing box 10 can be mounted on the pallet 20 only by the transporting operation of pushing the packing box 10 from the lateral direction. Thereby, a packaging box (10) can be mounted on a pallet (20) by the effect | action of an apparatus, without depending on a worker's physical strength. Therefore, the physical burden on the operator can be reduced. And since it can convey only by pushing the packaging box 10 from a horizontal direction, since the packaging box 10 can be mounted in the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 at once, the work time of mounting work can be reduced significantly.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment described above, the temporary arrangement member 30 is configured to slide between the outside and the inside of the pallet mounting device 40 by the action of the driving unit 50. As shown in FIG. 5, the temporary placement member 30 is fixed to the pallet mounting device 40, and the first holding member 51 and the second holding member 52 are moved outside and inside the pallet mounting device 40 by the action of the drive unit 50. You may make it comprise so that it may slide between.

  According to this, since the temporary arrangement | positioning member 30 becomes fixed, it can comprise with a structure simpler than 1st Embodiment. However, there is a drawback that the work area is large.

(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, the method for arranging the pallet 20 at a predetermined position has not been described. However, the pallet 20 is configured such that the bottom side of the pallet 20 slides on the roller control 2b, like the packing box 10. It may be configured to be slid and arranged at a predetermined position. According to this, it does not depend on a worker's physical strength.

It is a perspective view explaining the mounting form of the pallet mounting method using the pallet mounting apparatus 40 in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of the pallet mounting apparatus 40 in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a mounting process figure which shows the mounting procedure of the pallet mounting method in 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) thru | or (c) is a perspective view which shows the example of loading of the packing box 10 mounted on the pallet 20. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of the pallet mounting apparatus 40 in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view explaining the mounting form of the pallet mounting method in a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Packing box 20 ... Pallet 30 ... Temporary arrangement | positioning member 30a ... Sliding surface 50 ... Drive part (drive means)
51 ... 1st holding member 52 ... 2nd holding member

Claims (7)

A packing box mounting device for mounting a packing box (10) on a pallet (20),
A temporary arrangement member (30) having a floor area substantially the same as that of the pallet (20), having a low friction sliding surface (30a) on one end surface, and temporarily arranged on the pallet (20);
When the packing box (10) is placed at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a), the packing box (10) slides on the sliding surface (30a) and is mounted on the pallet (20). And a drive means (50) acting as described above.   The drive means (50) slides the temporary placement member (30) from the pallet (20) before placing the packing box (10) on the sliding surface (30a). 20) The packaging box mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the packaging box mounting device is configured to be temporarily arranged on the top.   The drive means (50) causes the temporary placement member (30) to slide from the pallet (20) when the packing box (10) is placed at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a). The packing box mounting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the packing box (10) is mounted on the pallet (20) by being pulled out.   The drive means (50) is a first holding member that holds the packing box (10) when the temporary arrangement member (30) on which the packing box (10) is arranged slides on the pallet (20). The packaging box mounting device according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a second holding member (52) for holding (51) and the pallet (20). A temporary arrangement member (30) having a floor area substantially the same as that of the pallet (20), having a sliding surface (30a) with low friction on one end surface, and temporarily arranged on the pallet (20), and the temporary arrangement member A packing box mounting method for mounting a packing box (10) on the pallet (20) using a packing box mounting device comprising a driving means (50) for sliding (30) from the pallet (20). And
Before placing the packing box (10) on the sliding surface (30a), the drive means (50) is operated to slide the temporary placement member (30) to temporarily place it on the pallet (20). A temporary placement step to perform,
A packing box transporting and placing step for sliding the packing box (10) on the sliding surface (30a) and transporting the packing box (10);
When the packaging box (10) is placed at a predetermined position on the sliding surface (30a), the driving means (50) is operated to slide the temporary placement member (30) and pull it out. A packaging box mounting method comprising: a packaging box mounting step of mounting the box (10) on the pallet (20).   In the packing box transporting and arranging step, before transporting the packing box (10) onto the sliding surface (30a), the packing box (10) is slid and transported toward the temporary placement member (30). 6. The packaging box mounting method according to claim 5, further comprising a packaging box transporting step.   6. The packaging box mounting method according to claim 5, wherein the packaging box transporting process transports the packaging boxes (10) in a state of being stacked in a plurality of stages.

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