JP2509068Y2 - Goods sorting device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article allocating apparatus, and more particularly to an article allocating apparatus for allocating articles supplied from a carrying-in means to upper , lower, left and right storage sections.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a sorting operation is performed in which a large number of different kinds of articles are respectively distributed to storage sections for the respective articles arranged in parallel along a conveyor on which these articles are randomly conveyed. In order to improve the workability of this sorting work, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 48-9751 discloses a tripper that is movable on a conveyor that constitutes an article conveyance path and is connected to the tripper. And a corner conveyor, and by moving the tripper along the conveyor, the articles conveyed on the conveyor are efficiently distributed and supplied to the respective storage units via the tripper and the corner conveyor. A conveyor system is shown.

[0003]

By the way, according to the above conveyor device, it is possible to efficiently sort each article into each storage section. However, in order to sort various kinds of articles, the storage section is moved up and down. When configured left and right
Cannot be handled by the above conveyor device.

Therefore, the present invention provides, as a device for distributing the articles supplied from the carry-in means to the storage sections, an article distribution apparatus capable of surely distributing the articles to the storage sections arranged vertically and horizontally. The purpose is to

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is characterized in that it is configured as follows.

That is, the present invention is supplied by the carrying-in means.
Use an article sorter that sorts articles into upper, lower, left, and right storage units.
And move horizontally between the storage units located on the left and right sides.
By doing so, it is possible to separate and contact these storage parts.
Close to one of the storage compartments located on the upper side
The goods received from the above-mentioned carrying-in means are conveyed and stored.
The first conveying means for supplying to the section and the first conveying means
It is separated from the storage section located on the upper side on one side.
The carrying-in end, which is close to the separated end,
Discharge close to the storage section located below the one side
It is arranged to incline downward toward the end and
Transport the goods received from the sending means to the lower side of the side
A pair of left and right second transporting means for supplying to the storage part located,
A conveying direction for switching the article conveying direction of the first conveying means
A switching means is provided.

[0007]

With the above structure, according to the present invention, the right and left
The first transfer to the storage section located on the upper side of one side
By bringing the feeding means close to each other, the feeding means is provided on the first conveying means.
Conveys the supplied articles and positions them on the one side above
Can be supplied to the storage compartment, and the other side
Bring the first transport means closer to the storage section located above.
In addition, the article transport direction of the first transport means is switched to the transport direction.
On the first transport means by switching by the exchange means
The articles supplied to the above are conveyed to above the other side above.
It becomes possible to supply to the storage part located. Change
The first transport means to the upper side on either the left or right side.
If it is moved away from the storage part to be placed,
To the side of the one of the pair of left and right second conveying means.
The carrying-in ends of the second transporting means located are close to each other,
As a result, the article received from the first conveying means is conveyed.
And supply it to the storage section located on the lower side of the one side.
In addition, the above-mentioned first transfer means can be placed on the other side.
If it is moved away from the storage part located on one side,
The other end of the pair of left and right second transport means is
That the carry-in end of the second transport means located on the side is close to
As a result, the articles received from the first conveying means
Conveying to supply to the storage unit you positioned below the side of the other
Will be able to In this way, the first transport
Make the feeding means separate from and contact the left and right storage parts.
Items supplied from the transport means with a simple structure
Items can be reliably distributed to the top, bottom, left and right storage parts
It

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, on both left and right sides of the conveyor 1 which constitutes the conveyor path for the article A, the article A is conveyed along the direction in which the conveyor 1 is conveyed (the direction indicated by the arrow X). A large number of article storage units 2 for storing A are arranged side by side, and an article distribution device 10 that is movable on the conveyor 1 is provided.

As shown in the enlarged view of FIGS. 2 to 4, the conveyer conveyor 1 includes a plurality of guide rollers 4 ...
The belt 5 is stretched between these guide rollers 4, and the belt 5 is guided to each guide roller 4 by a predetermined driving means (not shown) such as a motor, and
Is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow X, and thereby the article A carried on the belt 5 is conveyed toward the sorting apparatus 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the article storage units 2 arranged on the left and right of the transfer conveyor 1 have upper storage shelves 2La and 2Ra and lower storage shelves 2Lb and 2Ra.
It is composed of two upper and lower stages with Rb, and each storage shelf 2
The articles A carried on the conveyor 1 to La, 2Lb, 2Ra, and 2Rb are distributed by the article allocating device 10 and supplied.

The article distributing device 10 is constructed as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the sorting apparatus 10 has a carriage 12 at one end of which a belt 5 constituting the conveyor 1 is wound around a pair of guide rollers 11, 11. Four wheels 13 ... 13 that engage with guide rails 3L and 3R provided on the upper surfaces of a pair of left and right frames 3 and 3 that form the above-mentioned transport conveyor 1 are rotatably attached to the carriage 12. At the same time, a pinion 15 meshing with a rack 14 provided on the side surface of one guide rail 3R is rotatably mounted, and a forward / reverse drive motor arranged at a predetermined position of the carriage 12 is attached to the pinion 15. The power from 16 is transmitted through the reduction mechanism 17 and the transmission mechanism 18 such as a chain or a transmission belt, whereby the pinion 15 is rotationally driven in a predetermined direction. Turned in the entire of the carriage 12 is configured to be reciprocally moved on the conveyor 1.

Further, on the carriage 12, an article receiving belt conveyor 19 for receiving articles from the conveyor 1 and an article receiving belt conveyor 19 arranged orthogonally to the conveyor 19 and driven by a forward / reverse rotation motor 20 such as a chain or a transmission belt. And a lower storage rack 2Lb, 2L to the left and right of a carry-in end located in the vicinity of the conveyor 22.
A pair of left and right second distribution conveyors 23L and 23R inclined downward toward the discharge end close to Rb are provided, and the frame 22 of the first distribution conveyor 22 is provided.
a is a reciprocating cylinder 24 (FIG. 2, FIG.
(See FIG. 3) via a mounting bracket 25, so that the first sorting conveyor 22 as a whole is separated from the upper storage shelves 2La and 2Ra as shown by the solid line and the chain line in FIG. It is supposed to be contacted. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, one of the pulleys 23La and 23Ra constituting the second distributing conveyors 23L and 23R is composed of, for example, a rotatable pulley motor, and the second distributing conveyors 23L and 23R are arranged. Are lower storage shelves 2Lb, 2Rb
It is adapted to be constantly driven to rotate in the direction in which the article A is supplied to.

According to the above construction, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the first sorting conveyor 22 is brought closer to the upper storage shelf 2La on the left side, whereby the first sorting conveyor 2
The article A supplied on the upper side 2 is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow Y and is supplied to the left upper storage shelf 2La,
Further, as shown by the chain line in FIG. 4, the upper storage shelf 2R on the right side
While bringing the first sorting conveyor 22 closer to a,
By reversing the article transport direction of the first sorting conveyor 22, the articles fed onto the first sorting conveyor 22 are transported in the direction opposite to the arrow Y and the right upper storage rack 2R is conveyed.
will be supplied to a.

Further, the first distribution conveyor 22 is placed on the left side at one end of the first distribution conveyor 22 by bringing the first distribution conveyor 22 closer to the right upper storage rack 22Ra as shown by the chain line. The carry-in end of the second sorting conveyor 22L comes close to each other, and by driving the first sorting conveyor 22 in the direction of the arrow Y in this state, the first sorting conveyor 2L
The lower storage shelves 2 on the left side for transporting the goods A received from 2
Can be supplied to Lb, and the first sorting conveyor 2
As shown by the solid line 2 in FIG. 2, the first sorting conveyor 2 is provided by bringing it closer to the left upper storage rack 22La.
2nd sorting conveyor 22R arranged on the right side at one end of 2
The carrying-in ends of the above are close to each other, and by driving the first sorting conveyor 22 in the direction opposite to the arrow Y in this state,
The article A received from the first sorting conveyor 22 can be conveyed and supplied to the lower storage shelf 2Rb on the right side. In this way, the first sorting conveyor 22 is connected to the upper storage shelf 2L.
With a simple configuration in which the articles A and 2Ra are simply brought into and out of contact with each other, the articles A supplied from the conveyor 1 can be reliably distributed to the upper, lower, left, and right storage shelves 2La, 2Lb, 2Ra, 2Rb, respectively.

[0015]

As described above , according to the present invention, the left side is also
To the storage section located on the upper right side,
The steps are brought closer together and the article conveying direction of the first conveying means
By appropriately switching the switching means,
The articles supplied on the conveyor are conveyed to the left or
It will be supplied to the storage section located on the upper right side,
Further, position the first transport means above the left side or the right side.
By moving it away from the storage part where it is placed,
The articles to be supplied are transferred by the first transfer means and the second transfer means.
Storage unit that is transported and located below the left or right side
Will be supplied to. In this way, the first carrier
With a simple configuration that only separates and connects the steps to the storage
The articles supplied from the transport means can be stored in
You can surely sort.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an arrangement state of an article sorting device and an article storage unit.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the article sorting device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the article sorting apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the article sorter seen from the section line EE in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 conveyance conveyor 2 article storage part 2La, 2Ra upper storage shelf 2Lb, 2Rb lower storage shelf 10 article distribution device 20 forward / reverse rotation motor 21 transmission mechanism 22 first distribution conveyor 23L, 23R second distribution conveyor 24 reciprocating cylinder

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-51-132583 (JP, A) JP-A-2-249817 (JP, A) Actual development Shou-51-130565 (JP, U) JP-B-48- 9751 (JP, B1) Jitsuko Sho 54-10693 (JP, Y2)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. Articles supplied from the carrying-in means are moved up , down, left and right.
An article sorting apparatus sorts the storage section, the left and right sides
By moving horizontally between the storage units located above the
It is possible to connect and disconnect with these storage parts, and either side
The carrying-in means in the state of approaching the storage section located above the
First, convey the goods received from
1 transfer means and one side of this 1st transfer means
When it is separated from the storage section located above
One side of the above from the carry-in end located close to the separated end
Downward toward the discharge end close to the storage section located below
It is arranged so that it can be inclined from the first transport means.
A storage unit that conveys the picked articles and is located below the side.
And a pair of left and right second conveying means for supplying to the
An article sorting apparatus, comprising: a transport direction switching unit that switches the article transport direction between stages .