JP2014080244A - Storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage device which can store an item in a proper posture in a case.SOLUTION: A storage device 1 includes transfer means 21 which transfers a deformable item 2 in a transfer direction. The storage device 1 includes holding means 22 which holds the deformable item 2. A support rotation body 41, which contacts with a transfer direction front end side of the item 2 coming from the transfer means 21 to support the item 2 from below, releases the support of the item 2 by rotating in a predetermined direction, and drops the item 2 toward a case 3, is disposed at the downstream of the transfer means 21.

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device that can store articles in a proper posture in a case.

  Conventionally, for example, a storage device described in Patent Document 1 is known.

  This conventional storage device includes a transport unit that transports a deformable article in the transport direction, and a shooter that receives the article from the transport unit and guides the received article into the case. Further, the shooter has a guide plate provided between side edges of the front plate and the rear plate, and this guide plate is installed between two frames positioned at the side edges of the front plate and the rear plate. It is composed of many parallel rollers.

Japanese Utility Model Publication 4-15689 (FIG. 1)

  However, in the conventional storage device, since the stored item stored in the case is a deformable item, the posture of the item is likely to collapse, and the posture of the item in the case may become an inappropriate posture. There is.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the storage apparatus which can accommodate articles | goods in a proper attitude | position in a case.

  The storage device according to claim 1 is a storage device that stores a deformable article in a case, and a transport unit that transports the article in a transport direction, and a front end side in the transport direction of the article from the transport unit are in contact with each other. The article is supported from below, and the article is supported by a predetermined operation so that the article is dropped into the case.

  The storage device according to claim 2 is the storage device according to claim 1, wherein the support includes a longitudinal support portion that supports the article from below by abutting a central portion in the left-right direction on the front end side in the conveyance direction of the article. And a separation part located between the left part and the right part in the lower part of the article supported by the support part.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the storage device according to the first or second aspect, the support body is a support rotation body that is provided in the vicinity of the conveyance end portion of the conveyance means and that is rotatable in the vertical direction. is there.

  The storage device according to claim 4 is the storage device according to claim 3, wherein the support rotating body is inclined upward so that the support portion comes into contact with the support portion at the center in the left-right direction on the front end side in the conveyance direction of the article. A support state in which the support portion is positioned horizontally, and a support release state in which the support portion is positioned vertically.

  The storage device according to claim 5 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rear end side in the transport direction of the article being transported by the transport means is held, and the article is placed at an upper position of the case. A holding body for positioning is provided.

  The storage device according to claim 6 is the storage device according to claim 5, wherein the holding body moves in the same direction at the same speed as the article being conveyed by the conveying means while moving the rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article. It is to hold.

  A storage device according to a seventh aspect is the storage device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, further comprising a guide for guiding the article into the case.

  The storage device according to claim 8 is the storage device according to claim 7, wherein the guide body is in a closed state in which the article drop opening is closed by rotation in the approaching direction and is rotated in the separation direction. It has a pair of rotating plates that are in an open state to open the article drop opening.

  According to the present invention, the support body for supporting the article from below by contacting the front end side of the article from the conveying means, releasing the support of the article by a predetermined operation, and dropping the article into the case. Therefore, the article can be stored in a proper posture in the case.

1 is a side view of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a storage apparatus same as the above. It is a top view of the holding body of a storage apparatus same as the above. It is a front view of the support rotation body of a storage apparatus same as the above. It is a side view of the rotation drive means which rotates a support rotation body same as the above. It is a perspective view at the time of the standby state of a support rotation body same as the above. It is a perspective view at the time of the support cancellation | release state of a support rotation body same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which the articles | goods were accommodated in the case by the storage apparatus same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of a storage apparatus same as the above, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. 9, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. 10, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. 11, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 12, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. 13, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is a side view of the storage apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a storage device that stores a deformable article 2 in a case 3. In other words, the storage device 1 is, for example, a charging device (automatic storage device for the back-in box “BIB”) that sequentially loads and automatically stores a single article 2 into a single case 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the like, the article 2 is a deformable bag (flexible bag) in which a liquid as a content is filled in a flexible bag, for example. That is, the article 2 is, for example, a bag in which the peripheral ends of two upper and lower flexible resin sheet materials are joined over the entire circumference, and a liquid such as oil is hermetically filled. It is.

  The article 2 is composed of a bag part and a liquid filled in the bag part, and has a deformable article body part 5 having a rectangular shape in plan view, and a deformable article provided at a peripheral end of the article body part 5. A rectangular annular seal portion 6 and a cylindrical spout portion 7 for injecting and discharging contents are provided at one location on the upper surface of the article main body portion 5.

  The article body 5 has a rectangular shape in plan view before being deformed, but when it is inserted and stored in the case 3, it has a rectangular parallelepiped shape corresponding to the shape of the case 3 (see FIG. 8). The spout portion 7 includes a cylindrical portion 7a having both ends open and having a distal end side (upper end side) located outside the article body portion 5 and a proximal end side (lower end side) located within the article body portion 5. The cylindrical portion 7a has a circular cap 7b that is detachably attached to the distal end side of the cylindrical portion 7a and closes the opening of the distal end surface of the cylindrical portion 7a.

  The case 3 is, for example, a box-like cardboard box in which the upper surface opening 8 is openable and closable as shown in FIGS. The case 3 includes a case body 9 having an upper surface opening 8 that opens upward, and a lid 10 that is provided in the case body 9 and opens and closes the upper surface opening 8. In addition, the planar view dimension of the upper surface opening 8 is smaller than the planar view dimension of the flat article 2 before deformation.

  The case body 9 includes a square bottom plate 11 and four rectangular side plates 12 erected on the peripheral end of the bottom plate 11. The lid portion 10 has a lid plate 14 that is rotatably provided at the upper end portion of each side plate 12 via a bent portion 13. The front and rear cover plates 14 are rectangular, but the left and right cover plates 14 are formed with notches 15.

  8 shows a state in which the article 2 is stored in the case 3 by the storage device 1. As shown in FIG. 8, the article 2 is in a predetermined posture corresponding to the type. It is stored in the case main body 9 of the case 3 in a certain proper posture, that is, for example, a posture in which the spout portion 7 is located at a position slightly shifted forward from the center position of the upper surface opening 8 of the case 3. For this reason, when the upper surface opening 8 of the case main body 9 is closed by the lid 10, only one front lid 14 is positioned above the spout 7 of the article 2 stored in the case 3. It will be.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and the like, the storage device 1 includes a transport unit 21 that transports an article 2 forward on a transport surface 20 in a horizontal transport direction, and a transport surface 20 of the transport unit 21. Holding means 22 for holding the article 2 and positioning the article 2 at a position directly above the case 3 (article support position). Although not shown, a filling device that fills the bag with a liquid is disposed upstream of the conveying means 21, and the article 2 is spaced from the conveying means of the filling device on the conveying surface 20 of the conveying means 21 at regular intervals. Are sequentially supplied.

  The transport means 21 is, for example, a belt conveyor, and has an endless transport belt 23 that transports the article 2 in the transport direction while rotating in a predetermined direction. The upper surface of the forward path portion of the conveyance belt 23 is a horizontal conveyance surface 20 on which the article 2 is placed and conveyed. The conveyor belt 23 is stretched around a plurality of rollers 24 and rotates in a predetermined direction based on driving of a motor 25 that is a driving source.

  The holding means 22 has a horizontal moving body 27 which is a moving body provided on the apparatus frame 26 so as to be movable in the horizontal front-rear direction. The horizontal moving body 27 is arranged in a horizontal front-rear direction between a rear position above the conveying means 21 and a front position above the case 3 based on driving of a drive source (not shown) such as a cylinder or a motor. Move horizontally.

  The horizontal moving body 27 is provided with a plurality of, for example, two front and rear elevating bodies 28 that can be moved up and down via an elevating cylinder 29 as a drive source. That is, the upper end of the main body 29a of the cylinder 29 is fixed to the horizontal moving body 27, and the elevating body 28 is fixed to the lower end of the rod 29b in the vertical direction of the cylinder 29. Based on the driving of the cylinder 29, the elevating body 28 moves in the vertical direction between the upper position and the lower position, that is, moves up and down, above the transport means 21.

  The upper surface on the rear end side in the transport direction of the article 2 being transported by the transport surface 20 of the transport means 21 is sucked and held at the both ends in the left and right direction, which are both longitudinal ends of each lifting body 28, and the article 2 is placed in the case. Each of the holding bodies 31 is attached to a predetermined position, which is an upper position directly above 3.

  That is, the holding unit 22 has the same distance (substantially the same) from the spout unit 7 in the vicinity of the spout unit 7 on the upper surface on the rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article 2 being conveyed on the conveyance surface 20 of the conveyance unit 21. Including four front and rear holding bodies 31 (see FIG. 3).

  For example, although not shown, the holding means 22 can release the two left and right portions having the same distance from the spout unit 7 in the vicinity of the spout unit 7 on the upper surface on the rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article 2 being conveyed. It may have two holding bodies 31 on the left and right for adsorbing and holding.

  Each holding body 31 is, for example, a suction pad, and includes an elastically deformable suction holding portion 32 and a hose connection portion 33, and a suction hose (not shown) is connected to the hose connection portion 33. Each holding body 31 is provided with a pressure switch (not shown) for confirming that the suction holding section 32 holds the article 2 by suction.

  The holding body 31 is being transported on the transport surface 20 of the transport means 21 based on the horizontal movement from the rear position to the front position of the horizontal moving body 27 and the lowering from the upper position of the elevating body 28 to the lower position. While moving in the same direction (conveying direction) at the same speed as the article 2, the upper surface on the rear end side in the conveying direction of the article 2 is sucked and held, and the sucked and held article 2 is positioned above the case 3. Position to. The holding body 31 releases the suction holding of the article 2 in a state where the horizontal moving body 27 is located at the front position and the elevating body 28 is located at the lower position.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 to 7, and the like, the storage device 1 is transported on the front end side in the transport direction of the article 2 unloaded from the transport terminal portion of the transport surface 20 of the transport means 21. The front end of the direction abuts to support the article 2 from below, and after this support, the support of the article 2 is released by rotating in a predetermined direction (predetermined operation) about the horizontal rotation center axis X in the horizontal direction. Then, the support rotating body 41, which is one support for bottom surface bag-setting that drops the article 2 into the case 3, and the support rotating body 41 with respect to the device frame 26 about the rotation center axis X And a rotation drive means 42 for rotating in the vertical direction.

  Further, the storage device 1 includes a guide body 43 that is a cylindrical chute means for guiding the article 2 released from the lower surface side support by the support rotating body 41 and the upper surface side holding by the holding body 31 into the case 3. A case elevating means 44 for elevating and lowering the placed case 3 is provided. The support rotating body 41 and the guide body 43 are provided downstream of the transport means 21 and in the vicinity of the transport end portion of the transport means 21, and a case elevating means 44 is provided below the guide body 43.

  The support rotating body 41 has, for example, a longitudinal shape in the front-rear direction in a plan view and a fan shape in a side view, and a rotation center axis X positioned below the transfer surface 20 near the transfer end portion of the transfer means 21. It can be rotated in the vertical direction as the center. In other words, the support rotating body 41 is fixed to the central portion in the axial direction of the rotation shaft 45 (the shaft through which the rotation center axis X passes through the axis) 45 of the rotation drive means 42, and the rotation shaft 45 is attached to the apparatus frame 26. It is pivotally attached.

  A pinion 46 is fixed to the axial end of the rotating shaft 45, and the pinion 46 is engaged with a movable rack 47. The rack 47 moves horizontally in the front-rear direction based on the driving of the cylinder 48 as a driving source (see FIG. 5). Note that the rotation drive means 42 includes a rotation shaft 45, a pinion 46, a rack 47, a cylinder 48, and the like.

  Here, the support rotating body 41 is in contact with the center in the left-right direction (the center in the width direction) of the front end in the transport direction of the article 2 unloaded from the transport terminal of the transport means 21, and the center in the left-right direction of the article 2 A support bar 51 which is a straight longitudinal support that supports the lower side of the article 2 between the left side portion and the right side portion of the lower part of the article 2 supported by the support bar portion 51 from below. It has a separation plate portion 52 that is a fan-shaped vertical plate-like separation portion.

  The support bar portion 51 is constituted by a rod-like member such as a square bar having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction in a plan view, and the base end portion of the rod-like support bar portion 51 is rotated by the rotation driving means 42. The rod-shaped support bar portion 51 is fixed to the central portion of the moving shaft 45 in the axial direction, and the distal end portion of the rod-like support bar portion 51 is a free end portion 51a. The upper surface of the support bar portion 51 is formed in an elongated flat shape, and the free end portion 51a of the support bar portion 51 is formed in a curved surface shape. The support bar portion 51 is rotatable in the vertical direction about the rotation center axis X on the proximal end side so that the distal end side moves up and down.

  The separation plate portion 52 is composed of a pair of left and right fan-shaped separation plates 53 that are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance, and the upper ends of the separation plates 53 are located on both side surfaces of the support bar portion 51, respectively. The separation plates 53 are fixed and located along the vertical plane. That is, the separation plate portion 52 protrudes downward from the support bar portion 51.

  And the support rotation body 41 which consists of the support bar part 51 and the separating plate part 52 is the center part of the left-right direction of the front end part in the conveyance direction of the flat article 2 from the conveyance means 21 to the support bar part 51. The support bar portion 51 is rotated downward about the rotation center axis X by the weight of the article 2 against the urging force of the cylinder 48 against the standby state that is positioned in a front-up / down-front-tilt shape so that A support state in which the support bar 51 is moved horizontally and a support release state in which the support bar 51 is further rotated downward about the rotation center axis X based on the drive of the cylinder 48 and is positioned vertically downward. become. Note that the support rotating body 41 is in a stand-by state where the support rotating body 41 is in a support released state by rotating downward and drops the article 2 and then rotates upward about the rotation center axis X based on the driving of the cylinder 48. Return to the state.

  FIGS. 1 and 6 show the support rotating body 41 in a standby state in which the support bar portion 51 is inclined in a front-up ascending shape with a predetermined inclination angle α with respect to the horizontal direction so that the tip is positioned upward. The inclination angle α of the support rotating body 41 is, for example, 45 degrees or less not including 0 degrees, and preferably set to 23 degrees, for example. In the standby state of the support rotating body 41, the free end portion 51a of the support bar portion 51 is located above the transport surface 20 of the transport means 21. That is, for example, at least the front half of the upper surface of the support rotating body 41 is positioned above the transport surface 20.

  On the other hand, FIG. 7 shows the support rotating body 41 in a support release state in which the support bar portion 51 is vertically positioned so that the tip is at the lower end. In this support release state, the support rotation body 41 is It is inserted into the vertically elongated slit portion 55 formed in the guide body 43 and is in a non-projecting state from the slit portion 55. In the inclined standby state and the horizontal support state, the support rotating body 41 is inserted from the slit portion 55, and the space for moving articles forward from the slit portion 55, that is, the inside of the cylindrical guide body 43. It is in a state protruding into the space.

  The guide body 43 is a chute with a hopper, for example, and a pair of left and right vertical fixing plates 56 that are vertically opposed to each other and a pair of left and right opposed plates that are opposed to each other and that are inclined to each other. It has an inclined fixed plate 57 that is an opposing plate, and a pair of left and right rotating plates 58 that are disposed below these inclined fixed plates 57 and rotate in the left-right direction about a longitudinal axis 60.

  The pair of front and rear vertical fixing plates 56 has an isosceles triangular insertion plate portion 61 having a horizontal base at the top and a vertex at the bottom. The insertion plate portion 61 is inserted into the case 3 when the case 3 is raised by the case elevating means 44. A slit portion 55 is formed at the center in the left-right direction of the rear vertical fixing plate 56. Further, a guide plate 54 that is inclined forward and downward to guide the article 2 is fixed to the upper end portion of the rear vertical fixing plate 56.

  The pair of left and right inclined fixing plates 57 are inclined so as to be located inward toward the lower end, and the upper end portions of these inclined fixing plates 57 are located above the conveying surface 20 of the conveying means 21. .

  The pair of left and right rotating plates 58 opens and closes an article dropping port 63 having a rectangular shape in plan view located at the lower part in the guide body 43. Then, both the rotating plates 58 are in an inclined closed state in which the article dropping port 63 is closed by rotating in the approaching direction around the shaft 60 (see FIG. 6). Is turned into a vertical open state in which the article drop opening 63 is opened (see FIG. 7). These two rotating plates 58 rotate between a closed state and an open state based on, for example, driving of a cylinder 59 that is a driving source. Both rotating plates 58 are inserted into the case 3 when the case 3 is raised by the case elevating means 44.

  The case elevating means 44 has a plate-like elevating table 65 on which the case 3 is placed on the upper surface, and a cylinder 66 as elevating drive means for elevating the elevating table 65. The cylinder 66 is composed of a main body portion 66a and a vertical rod portion 66b that goes in and out of the main body portion 66a, and a lifting platform 65 is horizontally fixed to an upper end portion of the rod portion 66b. The elevator 65 moves vertically, that is, moves up and down between the upper position and the lower position based on the driving of the cylinder 66.

  In the state where the lifting platform 65 is positioned at the upper position, the case 3 placed on the lifting platform 65 is positioned at a predetermined standby position, and with respect to the case 3 positioned at the standby position. Article 2 falling from above is loaded and stored.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the storage device 1 includes a first detection unit 71 and a second detection unit 72 that detect the spout portion 7 of the article 2 being conveyed by the conveyance unit 21, and a conveyance unit 21. And third detection means 73 for detecting the front end of the article 2 being conveyed in the conveyance direction.

  The three detection means 71, 72, 73 are, for example, optical sensors, and are arranged at intervals in the transport direction in a side view. Based on the detection of these three detection means 71, 72, 73 Control means (not shown) controls each drive source.

  The first detection means 71 is a sensor for starting the forward movement of the horizontal moving body 27, and the second detection means 72 is a sensor for starting the lowering of the elevating body 28. The third detection means 73 is a case preparation confirmation sensor. When the third detection means 73 detects the front end of the article 2 in the transport direction, the control means does not place the case 3 in the standby position. Then, the conveying means 21 is stopped. If the case 3 is located at the standby position, the transport means 21 does not stop, and the article 2 is unloaded from the transport end portion of the transport means 21.

  Next, operation | movement etc. of the storage apparatus 1 are demonstrated with reference to drawings.

  First, the empty case 3 is placed on the lifting platform 65 of the case lifting / lowering means 44 with the upper surface opening 8 opened. Thereafter, when the lifting platform 65 rises from the lower position to the upper position, the empty case 3 rises together with the lifting platform 65 and is positioned at a predetermined standby position. At this time, the insertion plate portion 61 of the pair of front and rear vertical fixing plates 56 is inserted into the case 3, and the pair of left and right rotating plates 58 are inserted into the case 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, one article 2 supplied from the filling device onto the conveying surface 20 of the conveying means 21 is conveyed by the conveying means 21 in a constant posture. That is, the article 2 placed flat on the conveyance surface 20 has the spout portion 7 in the center in the left-right direction (horizontal direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction) on the upper surface of the article body portion 5 in the conveyance direction rear end side. The sheet is transported in the transport direction on the transport surface 20 of the transport means 21 while maintaining a fixed posture protruding vertically upward from the section.

  At this time, downstream of the conveying means 21, the support rotating body 41 stands by in a standby state in which the support bar portion 51, which is the upper surface portion of the support rotating body 41, is inclined at an inclination angle α. Both the rotating plates 58 are in an inclined closed state to close the article drop opening 63.

  When the first detection means 71 detects the spout portion 7 of the article 2 being conveyed on the conveyance surface 20 of the conveyance means 21, the horizontal moving body 27 waiting at the rear position above the conveyance means 21 is moved forward. Start moving. As a result, the four front, rear, left, and right holding bodies 31 move in the same direction at the same speed as the article 2 so as to follow the article 2 being conveyed.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, when the second detection means 72 detects the spout portion 7 of the article 2 being conveyed on the conveyance surface 20 of the conveyance means 21, it is located at the upper position. The elevating body 28 starts to descend and descends to the lower position.

  As a result, the four front and rear, right and left holding bodies 31 move in the same direction at the same speed as the article 2 being conveyed on the conveying surface 20 of the conveying means 21, and on the upper surface on the rear end side in the conveying direction of the article 2. The four portions near the periphery of the spout unit 7 are sucked and held.

  When the pressure switch is not turned on, the control means operates a notifying means (not shown) such as a buzzer to notify the operator of the adsorption abnormality. In this case, the article 2 is directly conveyed by the conveying means 21 and stored in the case 3, but the operator manually changes the posture of the article 2 in the case 3 to an appropriate posture. At this time, the upstream filling device is stopped before the bag is cut.

  In addition, when the third detection unit 73 detects the front end portion in the conveyance direction of the article 2 being conveyed by the conveyance unit 21, the control unit temporarily moves the conveyance unit 21 when the case 3 is not positioned at the standby position. Stop.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the front, rear, left and right four holding bodies 31 are the same as the article 2 while adsorbing and holding the four portions on the upper surface on the rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article 2. When moving in the same direction at the speed, the support bar of the support rotating body 41 in which the center part in the left-right direction (the center part in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the transport direction) of the front end part in the transport direction of the article 2 waits in the standby state. It contacts the part 51.

  Then, the support rotating body 41 changes from the standby state to the support state by rotating downward about the rotation center axis X by the weight of the article 2 against the urging force of the cylinder 48. At this time, the front end side in the transport direction of the article 2 (the lower end side of the article 2) is equally divided into two left and right by contacting the support bar portion 51 of the support rotating body 41.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), when the horizontal moving body 27 of the holding means 22 arrives at the front position and stops, the upper surface side of the article 2 is the four holding bodies 31 on the front, rear, left and right. It is sucked and held from above, and its lower surface side is supported from below by the support rotating body 41 in a supported state.

  At this time, the support bar portion 51 supports the central portion in the left-right direction of the lower portion of the article 2 from below, and the separation plate portion 52 bisects the lower portion of the article 2 supported by the support bar portion 51 from below. Between the left and right side portions. That is, the lower one side portion of the article 2 and the lower other side portion having the same size are separated by the separation plate portion 52.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the suction holding by the front, rear, left and right four holding bodies 31 is released, the rotation of the support rotating body 41 to the support releasing state, and the guide body 43 is changed. When the rotation of both the rotating plates 58 to the open state is started at the same time (including substantially simultaneously), the article 2 falls by its own weight while being guided by the guide body 43, and the article dropping port 63 is opened. It is inserted into the case 3 and stored.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the article 2 has a spout portion 7 projecting upward from the upper surface of the article body portion 5 deformed into a rectangular parallelepiped shape corresponding to the case 3. The proper posture is located at a predetermined position slightly shifted forward from the center position of the portion 8 and is dropped and stored in the case main body portion 9 of the case 3 on the lifting platform 65. In addition, at this time, the ear | edge part 2a which has a vertex in the upper part is standingly arranged in the left-right direction both ends of the upper surface of the articles | goods main-body part 5 (refer FIG. 8).

  Thereafter, after the elevating platform 65 of the case elevating means 44 is lowered to the lower position, the actual case 3 containing the article 2 is transferred to the next process.

  In order to store the subsequent article 2, the elevating body 28 is raised from the lower position to the upper position, the horizontal moving body 27 is moved rearward from the front position to the rear position, and the support rotating body 41 is in the unsupported state. To the standby state. Further, after both the rotating plates 58 are rotated from the open state to the closed state, the lifting platform 65 on which the next empty case 3 is placed is raised from the lower position to the upper position. For this reason, it is possible to avoid interference between the case 3 and the two rotating plates 58 when the lifting platform 65 is raised.

  Thus, by repeating the above-described operation, the articles 2 supplied from the filling device at predetermined intervals are sequentially stored in the case 3.

  Then, according to the storage device 1, the center 2 in the left-right direction of the front end portion in the transport direction of the article 2 carried out from the transport means 21 contacts and temporarily supports the article 2, and then the article 2 is rotated by turning in a predetermined direction. Since the support rotating body 41 that releases the support of the article 2 and drops the article 2 into the case 3 is provided, the article 2 can be stored in an appropriate posture in the case 3. The position of the spout part 7 can be made constant, the shape and position of the pair of left and right ears 2a of the article 2 can be made constant, and further the occurrence of liquid pool on the bottom surface of the article 2 can be suppressed. For this reason, in the next process, it is not necessary for the operator to manually change the posture of the article 2 in the case 3 to an appropriate posture, and the work efficiency can be improved.

  Further, since the lower left portion and the lower right portion of the article 2 supported by the support bar portion 51 and divided into two lower parts can be appropriately separated by the separation plate part 52 of the support rotating body 41, the lower part of the article 2 Can be prevented, and the article 2 can be appropriately stored in a proper posture in the case 3.

  Further, since the support rotating body 41 is in three states by rotation about the rotation center axis X, that is, a standby state, a support state, and a support release state, the support rotating body 41 receives the article 2. The support of the article 2 and the release of the support of the article 2 can be appropriately performed.

  Further, the holding body 31 of the holding means 22 holds the rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article 2 while moving in the same direction at the same speed as the article 2 being conveyed by the conveyance means 21, Thus, the article 2 can be stably held and positioned at a predetermined position.

  Further, since the guide body 43 having the pair of rotating plates 58 is provided, the article 2 can be appropriately stored in the case 3 in an appropriate posture.

  The holding body 31 is not limited to the vacuum type that holds the article 2 by suction. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the holding body 31 has a rear end in the transport direction that is the rear end side in the transport direction of the article 2. It may be a chuck type that is sandwiched and held from above and below.

  That is, for example, the holding means 22 of the storage device 1 shown in FIG. 15 holds the two places near the center in the left-right direction at the rear end in the conveyance direction of the article 2 being conveyed by the conveyance means 21 from above and below. It has two holding bodies 31 on the left and right. Similar to the vacuum type, the chuck-type holding body 31 holds the rear end side of the article 2 in the conveyance direction while moving in the same direction at the same speed as the article 2 being conveyed by the conveyance means 21.

  Each holding body 31 has a lower holding part 36 that contacts the lower surface of the article 2 on the conveying means 21 and an upper holding part 37 that contacts the upper surface of the article 2 on the conveying means 21. When the upper clamping unit 37 is lowered by driving the cylinder 38 as a driving source, the rear end part in the conveyance direction of the article 2 being conveyed by the conveying means 21 is moved up and down by the upper clamping unit 37 and the lower clamping unit 36. Is held between. The other configuration of the storage device 1 is the same as that of FIG.

  In any of the embodiments, the article 2 is not limited to a bag filled with a fluid liquid, for example, a bag filled with a solid such as a granular material or a powdery material. However, as long as it is a deformable article, it may be other than a bag.

  Furthermore, the number of the holding bodies 31 is not limited to two or four, and may be one or three, for example, and is arbitrary.

  Further, the support rotating body 41 may be composed of, for example, a single bar-shaped member such as the support bar portion 51 or a single plate-shaped member.

  Further, the rotation drive means 42 for rotating the support rotation body 41 may be, for example, one having a motor as a drive source.

  The second detecting means 72 for starting the lowering of the lifting body is not necessarily required. For example, when the predetermined time has elapsed after the detection by the first detecting means 71 without providing the second detecting means 72, the lifting body 28 is moved. May start descending.

  Further, for example, there may be provided empty case conveying means for supplying the empty case 3 onto the elevating table 65 of the case elevating means 44 and actual case conveying means for conveying the actual case 3 on the elevating table 65 to the next process.

  The storage device 1 also presses the ear portion pressing means that presses the pair of left and right ear portions 2a of the article 2 stored in the case 3 to make it fall from the standing state, or the lid portion 10 of the case 3. And the structure etc. provided with the cover part press means etc. which close the upper surface opening part 8 may be sufficient.

  Furthermore, the support body that supports the article 2 from below is not limited to one that can rotate at least between the support state and the support release state, and may be one that can move at least between the support state and the support release state, for example. .

1 storage device 2 article 3 case
21 Transport means
31 Holder
41 Support rotating body which is a support body
43 Guide
51 Support bar part which is a support part
52 Separation plate part
58 Rotating plate
63 Item drop

Claims (8)

A storage device for storing a deformable article in a case,
Conveying means for conveying the article in the conveying direction;
A support body for supporting the article from below by contacting the front end side in the conveyance direction of the article from the conveying means, releasing the support of the article by a predetermined operation, and dropping the article into the case. Storage device. The support is
A longitudinal support part that supports the article from below by contacting the central part in the left-right direction on the front end side in the conveyance direction of the article,
The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a separation portion positioned between a left portion and a right portion in a lower portion of the article supported by the support portion. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the support body is a support rotation body that is provided in the vicinity of the conveyance terminal portion of the conveyance means and that can rotate in the vertical direction. The support rotating body is
A standby state in which the support portion is positioned in a front-upward inclined shape so that the center portion in the left-right direction on the front end side in the conveyance direction of the article contacts the support portion;
A support state in which the support part is positioned horizontally; and
The storage device according to claim 3, wherein the support portion is in a support release state in which the support portion is positioned vertically. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a holding body that holds a rear end side in the conveyance direction of the article being conveyed by the conveying means and positions the article at an upper position of the case. . The storage device according to claim 5, wherein the holding body holds the rear end side in the transport direction of the article while moving in the same direction at the same speed as the article being transported by the transport means. A storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a guide body for guiding the article into the case. The guide body includes a pair of rotating plates that are in a closed state in which the article drop opening is closed by turning in the approaching direction and in an open state in which the article drop opening is opened by turning in the separation direction. The storage device according to claim 7.

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