JP2008285170A - Can alignment conveyance guide device and alignment conveyance apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a can alignment conveyance apparatus capable of aligning cans in stacks between the guide members of a can conveyor without deforming the cans. <P>SOLUTION: In a guide device, the can conveyor is disposed in parallel at one side of a can supply conveyor. A plurality of guide paths are disposed in an alignment guide disposed between the can supply conveyor and can conveyor. The guide paths are provided so that each of lines of cans A conveyed by the can supply conveyor is guided between the guide members disposed at regular intervals on the conveying face of the can conveyor in the direction of conveyance. A feed wheel 30 is disposed at one side of each of the guide paths for feeding a required number of cans A to an area between the guide members by rotating in a direction. The feed wheel 30 is formed from the upper feed wheel 32 and the lower feed wheel 33. The upper feed wheel 32 feeds each can A while holding its upper highly strong bent portion b. Simultaneously, the lower feed wheel 33 feeds each can A while holding its lower highly strong bent portion c. Thus, the cans A are prevented from being deformed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is provided at equal intervals on the conveyance surface of the can body alignment conveyor device and the can body conveyance conveyor that can feed the can body filled with a liquid such as beer or juice toward the target position. The present invention relates to an apparatus for aligning and transporting cans that are transported while being aligned vertically and laterally between guide members.

  An integrated can body in which a can transport conveyor and a case transport conveyor, in which guide members are provided at equal intervals on the transport surface, are arranged in parallel, and are aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions between the guide members by the can transport conveyor. On the other hand, the wraparound case is transported at the same speed in the same direction as the stacking can body by the case transporting conveyor by the case transporting conveyor, and when the stacking can body and the wraparound case are transported, A wraparound caser that has been extruded onto the bottom panel of a wraparound case in an integrated state, and the wraparound case is assembled during the transportation of the wraparound case to wrap the integrated can body is already disclosed in Patent Document 1. Are known.

  In the wraparound caser as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, a can transport conveyor 41 is provided in parallel on one side of the can supply conveyor 40, and a double row is transported by the can supply conveyor 40. Guide members 44 provided at equal intervals in the transport direction on the transport surface of the can transport conveyor 41 by each of the double-row guide paths 43 formed in the alignment guide 42. The necessary number of cans A are fed between the guide members 44 by the rotation of the feed wheel 45 that is guided in between and a part of the outer periphery is located in each guide path 43.

  Here, the can body outlets 46 of the double-row guide paths 43 formed in the alignment guide 42 are the same as the can body outlet 46 of the adjacent guide path 43 in the width direction of the transport surface of the can transport conveyor 41 and the can transport direction. The amount of displacement in the width direction is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the can body A.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the feed wheel 45 has a guide groove 47 in which the body portion a of the can body A can be fitted at an equiangular position on the outer periphery. The feed wheel 45 continuously rotates in one direction at a peripheral speed related to the can transport speed of the can transport conveyor 41, and guides the can transport conveyor 41 in a state where the guide body 47 receives the can body A. A required number of cans A are fed between the members 44. In this way, by sending the can bodies A from the guide paths 43 in each row to the guide members 44, the can bodies A are aligned vertically and horizontally between the adjacent guide members 44, and the can bodies are conveyed in the aligned state. It is conveyed downstream by the conveyor 41.

JP 2004-299709 A

  By the way, in the conventional can body aligning and conveying apparatus shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, since the feed wheel 45 receives and feeds the barrel portion a of the can body A having relatively low strength, the guide groove 47 When the can body A is received, deformation, dents and scratches are generated at the portion where the body portion a of the can body A comes into contact with the feed wheel 45 by the line pressure where the subsequent can body A presses the previous can body A. There was an inconvenience of doing. In particular, when the can body A is made of aluminum, the strength of the body portion a is weak, so that the can body A is often deformed, and a point to be improved remains.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a guide device for aligning and transporting can bodies that can be fed toward a target position without deforming the can bodies, and between guide members provided on the transport surface of the can transport conveyor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for aligning and conveying can bodies that can be stacked and aligned without deforming the can bodies.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the first can body aligning and conveying guide device according to the present invention, an alignment guide having a guide path for guiding the cylindrical can body being conveyed, and the body of the can body A guide groove that can be fitted with a part is formed at an equiangular position on the outer periphery, and a part of the outer periphery rotates in one direction from a notch formed in a guide plate on one side of the guide passage. In the guide device for aligning and conveying the can body comprising a feed wheel for feeding the required number of can bodies, the guide groove of the feed wheel is positioned between the upper bent portion and the lower bent portion of the can body The length of the body of the can body

In the second can body aligning and conveying guide apparatus according to the present invention, an alignment guide having a guide path for guiding the cylindrical can body to be conveyed and a guide capable of fitting the body portion of the can body. A required number of cans can be rotated in one direction with a groove formed at an equiangular position on the outer periphery, and a part of the outer periphery located in the guide path from a notch formed on a guide plate on one side of the guide path. In a guide device for aligning and transporting can bodies comprising a feed wheel for feeding
The feed wheel is configured to include an upper feed wheel that receives the upper bent portion of the can body and a lower feed wheel that receives the lower bent portion of the can body.

  Here, by integrating the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel with a rigid shaft part, the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel can be simultaneously rotated in the same phase by a single rotational drive device. It is possible to simplify the configuration of the can body aligning and conveying apparatus.

  In addition, the length of the upper feed wheel in the axial direction is such that the upper bent portion of several types of cans having different heights can be received and the feed force can be applied. Since each can body with different height can be received and sent out, when the can body to be aligned is changed to a can body with a different height, it is fed upward according to the position of the upper bent part of the can body The position adjustment work of changing the position of the wheel can be made unnecessary.

  In the guide device for aligning and conveying the second can body according to the present invention, the cutout portion formed in the guide plate on one side of the guide path is inserted into a part of the outer periphery of each of the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel. When the can body is fed out by each of the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel, the can body is formed between the downstream side edge of the notch portion and the adjacent guide groove of each wheel. There is a possibility of being deformed by being sandwiched between the feeding claws.

  Therefore, the notch is formed by an upper notch into which a part of the outer periphery of the upper feed wheel is inserted and a lower notch into which a part of the outer periphery of the lower feed wheel is inserted, and between the upper notch and the lower notch. By providing the guide plate portion for guiding the barrel portion of the can body, the can body is guided by the guide plate portion when the can body is fed out, so that the deformation of the can body can be reliably prevented.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the can body aligning and transporting apparatus according to the present invention, a can body supply conveyor for transporting cylindrical can bodies in one direction in a double row aligned in the width direction of the transport surface; The can body conveyor, which is arranged in parallel on one side of the can body supply conveyor, the guide members are provided at equal intervals on the transport surface held at substantially the same height as the transport surface of the can body supply conveyor, A first alignment transport guide device or a second alignment transport guide device, wherein the alignment guides in the alignment transport guide device are transported by the can body supply conveyors. The structure provided so that it might guide between the guide members of a conveyor was employ | adopted.

  As described above, in the first aligning and conveying guide device according to the present invention, the guide body of the can body in which the guide groove of the feed wheel is positioned between the upper bent portion and the lower bent portion of the can body. Since the length of the entire part is received, the can body can be sent to the target position without being deformed.

  In the second aligning and conveying guide device according to the present invention, the feed wheel is formed by the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel, and the upper feed wheel receives the upper bent portion having high strength of the can body. At the same time, the lower bent wheel receives the lower bent portion with high strength of the can body and feeds it out, so that the can body can be sent to the target position without being deformed.

  Furthermore, in the can body aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention, the feed wheel is formed by the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel, and the upper feed wheel receives and sends out the upper bent portion having high strength of the can body. Since the lower bent portion with high strength of the can body is received and sent out by the lower feed wheel, the can bodies can be integrated and aligned without being deformed between the guide members of the can transport conveyor.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a can transport conveyor 10 is arranged in parallel on one side of the can supply conveyor 1 for transporting the cans A in a double row in one direction. On the transport surface, guide members 11 that extend in the width direction of the transport surface and move in the same direction integrally with the can transport conveyor 10 are provided at equal intervals in the transport direction.

  An alignment guide 20 is provided on the transport surface of the can supply conveyor 1 and the transport surface of the can transport conveyor 10 so as to straddle both transport surfaces. The alignment guide 20 is formed with a plurality of guide paths 21 for guiding the cans A of each row of the double row cans A conveyed by the can supply conveyor 1 between the guide members 11 of the can conveyance conveyor 10. ing.

  The guide path 21 is formed by connecting an inclined path 21b inclined toward the downstream side to the downstream end of the straight path 21a arranged on the conveyance surface of the can supply conveyor 1, and the inclined path 21b is connected to the can supply conveyor 1. It is set as the structure extended from the conveyance surface of this to the conveyance surface of the can conveyance conveyor 10, and straddling. The can body outlets 22 of the plurality of guide paths 21 are arranged so that the required number of can bodies A are aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions between the adjacent guide members 11. The position is shifted in both the width direction of the transfer surface of the body transfer conveyor 10 and the direction of transfer of the can body, and the displacement amount of the position of the transfer surface in the width direction is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the can A.

  On one side of each of the inclined paths 21 b in the plurality of guide paths 21, a feed wheel 30 for feeding the required number of can bodies A is provided between the guide members 11 of the can transport conveyor 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the feed wheel 30 is made of a synthetic resin molded product, and a guide groove 31 into which the body portion of the can body A can be fitted is formed at an equiangular position on the outer periphery. The feed wheel 30 is arranged such that a part of the outer periphery faces the inside of the guide path 21 from a window-shaped notch 24 formed in the guide plate 23 on one side of the guide path 21.

  Further, the feeding wheel 30 is set to the can conveying speed of the can conveying conveyor 10 so as to feed the necessary number of cans A between the guide members 11 of the can conveying conveyor 10 in a state in which the can A is received by the guide groove 31. 2 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2 with the related peripheral speed, and the can body is located between the guide members 21 from the respective guide paths 21 as shown in FIG. By feeding A, the cans A are aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions, and are conveyed downstream in the aligned state.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3A, the can body A fed out by the feed wheel 30 has a bent portion b having a high strength by reducing the upper and lower ends of the cylindrical body a into a tapered shape. , C at the upper and lower ends. In addition, the can body A includes several types of can bodies having different heights, and two kinds of can bodies A ₁ and A ₂ are shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, the feed wheel 30 has an upper feed wheel 32, a lower feed wheel 33 having the same shape and the same size as the upper feed wheel 32, and a shaft extending in the vertical direction for integrating the wheels 32 and 33 in the same phase. The upper feed wheel 32 receives at least the upper bent portion b of the can body A and applies a feeding force to the upper bent portion b, and the lower feed wheel 33 is at least the lower side of the can body A. The bent portion c is received and a feeding force is applied to the lower bent portion c. Further, the shaft portion 34 has high rigidity so that the upper feed wheel 32 and the lower feed wheel 33 are always rotated at the same phase.

The length L in the axial direction of the upper feed wheel 32 is a feed claw portion 31a formed between the guide grooves 31 adjacent to the upper bent portions b of several types of cans A ₁ and A ₂ having different heights. The length is such that it can be received and given a delivery force.

  The cutout portion 24 into which the feed wheel 30 is inserted includes an upper cutout portion 24a into which the upper feedwheel 32 is inserted and a lower cutout portion 24b into which the lower feedwheel 33 is inserted. The upper cutout portion 24a and the lower cutout portion A guide plate portion 25 for guiding the body portion a of the can body A is formed between the portion 24b.

  As shown in the embodiment, the feed wheel 30 is formed integrally with the upper feed wheel 32 and the lower feed wheel 33, and the upper feed wheel 32 receives the upper bent portion b of the can body A having high strength. While being sent out, the lower feed wheel 33 receives and sends out the lower bent portion c having a high strength of the can body A, so that the can body A is deformed and recessed between the guide members 11 of the can transport conveyor 10. Accumulation and alignment can be performed stably and smoothly without causing scratches.

In the embodiment, the length in the axial direction of the upper feed wheel 32 is set to a length capable of receiving the upper bent portion b of each of several types of cans A ₁ and A ₂ having different heights and applying a feeding force. However, the upper feed wheel 32 is supported so that the position of the upper feed wheel 32 can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and the height of the upper feed wheel 32 is adjusted according to the height of the upper bent portion b of the can bodies A to be stacked and aligned. Also good.

As shown in the embodiment, the axial length of the upper feed wheel 32 is applied to receive at least the upper bent portion b of each of several types of cans A ₁ and A ₂ having different heights to give a feeding force. By setting the length to be obtained, each of the can bodies having different heights can be received and sent out by the single upper feed wheel 32, so that the can bodies A to be aligned have been changed to the can bodies A having different heights. In this case, the position adjustment work of changing the position of the upper feed wheel 32 according to the position of the upper bent portion b of the can body A can be eliminated.

  Further, the notch 24 formed in the guide plate 23 on one side of the guide path 21 is inserted into the upper notch 24a into which a part of the outer periphery of the upper feed wheel 32 is inserted and the part of the outer periphery of the lower feed wheel 33 is inserted. By forming a guide plate portion 25 that is formed by the lower cutout portion 24b and that guides the body portion a of the can body A between the upper cutout portion 24a and the lower cutout portion 24b, the can body A can be fed out. Since the body portion a is guided by the guide plate portion 25, the can body A is sandwiched by a feed claw portion 31a formed between one side edge on the downstream side of the notch portion 24 and the guide groove 31 of the feed wheel 30. No inconvenience occurs and deformation of the can A can be reliably prevented.

  In FIG. 3 (a), the feed wheel 30 receives at least the upper bent portion b of the can body A, and applies the feed force to the upper bent portion b, and at least the lower side of the can body A. The lower portion of the lower feed wheel 33 that receives the bent portion c and applies a feeding force to the lower bent portion c is shown. As shown in FIG. 3B, the guide groove 31 is a can body. The feed wheel 30 having a length for receiving the entire body portion of the can body A located between the upper bent portion and the lower bent portion may be used. Even when such a feeding wheel 30 is employed, the can body A can be fed out without being deformed.

The top view which shows embodiment of the alignment conveyance apparatus of the can which concerns on this invention FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a built-in portion of the feed wheel shown in FIG. (A) is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2, (b) is a sectional view showing another example of a feed wheel. Plan view showing a conventional can aligning and conveying apparatus (A) is a plan view showing a built-in portion of the feed wheel shown in FIG. 4, (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V in (A).

Explanation of symbols

A can body b upper side bending part c lower side bending part 1 can body supply conveyor 10 can body conveyance conveyor 11 guide member 20 alignment guide 21 guide path 22 can body outlet 23 guide plate 24 notch 24a upper notch 24b lower notch Portion 25 Guide plate 30 Feed wheel 31 Guide groove 32 Upper feed wheel 33 Lower feed wheel 34 Shaft

Claims (6)

An alignment guide having a guide path for guiding a cylindrical can to be conveyed;
A guide groove into which the body of the can body can be fitted is formed at an equiangular position on the outer periphery, and a part of the outer periphery is located in the guide path from a notch formed on the guide plate on one side of the guide path. A feed wheel that rotates in one direction to feed the required number of cans,
In a guide device for aligning and conveying cans comprising:
Alignment and transportation of can bodies, characterized in that the guide groove of the feed wheel has a length for receiving the entire body portion of the can body located between the upper and lower bent portions of the can body Guide device. An alignment guide having a guide path for guiding a cylindrical can to be conveyed;
A guide groove into which the body of the can body can be fitted is formed at an equiangular position on the outer periphery, and a part of the outer periphery is located in the guide path from a notch formed on the guide plate on one side of the guide path. A feed wheel that rotates in one direction to feed the required number of cans,
In a guide device for aligning and conveying cans comprising:
Guide apparatus for aligning and conveying can bodies, wherein the feed wheel includes an upper feed wheel for receiving the upper bent portion of the can body and a lower feed wheel for receiving the lower bent portion of the can body. .   3. The guide device for aligning and conveying can bodies according to claim 2, wherein the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheel are integrated by a highly rigid shaft portion.   The guide device for aligning and conveying can bodies according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the length of the upper feed wheel in the axial direction is a length capable of receiving the respective upper bent portions of several kinds of can bodies having different heights.   The notch is formed of an upper notch into which a part of the outer periphery of the upper feed wheel is inserted and a lower notch into which a part of the outer periphery of the lower feed wheel is inserted, and between the upper notch and the lower notch. The guide device for aligning and conveying can bodies according to any one of claims 2 to 4, comprising a guide plate portion for guiding a body portion of the can bodies. A can supply conveyor that transports cylindrical cans in one direction in a double row aligned in the width direction of the transport surface;
The can body conveyor, which is arranged in parallel on one side of the can body supply conveyor, the guide members are provided at equal intervals on the transport surface held at substantially the same height as the transport surface of the can body supply conveyor,
An alignment conveyance guide device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The can body aligning / conveying device, wherein the aligning guide in the aligning / conveying guide device is provided so as to guide each row of cans conveyed by the can supplying conveyor between the guide members of the can conveying conveyor.

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