JP2532016B2 - Strip material carrier - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for transporting strip-shaped plate materials, and more particularly, to a strip plate material transporting device that is suitable for finally transporting batch-assembled strip plate materials one by one to a predetermined position. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a strip plate material P made of a synthetic resin (styrofoam, etc.) provided with cut portions C1 to C5 as shown in FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B) has been used. The frame material F used for the package of the take-away bento as shown in FIG. In manufacturing the frame material F, the band material P mass-produced and collectively packaged by the band material manufacturer is conveyed to the frame material manufacturing process position, and then folded into the band material P as shown in FIG. 4 (C). Bending is applied to manufacture the frame material F.

[0003]

However, since the processing speed in the process of processing such a strip material has a predetermined limit, a large amount of strip material cannot be processed at one time. Therefore, the strip material needs to be transported at a predetermined time interval at which it can be processed. However, there is no conventional transport device of this type that meets the above conditions, and the development thereof has been desired. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides a strip plate material conveying device capable of finally conveying the collectively gathered strip plate materials one by one to a predetermined processing position or the like. The purpose is to do.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a strip material conveying device according to the present invention conveys a plurality of strip materials in a vertical direction from an upper end portion to a lower end portion, and A vertical conveying means for collectively dropping the plurality of strip plate members at the lower end portion, and a plurality of the received plurality of strip plate members, which are provided below the lower end portion of the vertical conveying means, collectively receive the dropped strip plate members. First horizontal transport means for transporting the strip plate material in the horizontal transport direction at a predetermined first speed, and lowering the transported strip plate material downward one by one at the end portion in the horizontal transport direction; Second horizontal transfer means provided below the terminal end of the means for receiving the dropped strip material and for transporting the received strip material in the horizontal transport direction at a second speed higher than the first speed. It is equipped with. More specifically, a plurality of strip plate members which are juxtaposed so that their flat surfaces face each other and are supported at both ends in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the plurality of strip plate members are collectively supported. So that each of the plurality of strip material supporters is provided on a pair of vertical transport chains to transport the strip material collectively from the upper end portion to the lower end portion in the vertical direction, and at the lower end portion, Vertical chain conveyor having a pair of chain conveyors for collectively dropping all the strips, and a plurality of dropped strips provided below the lower end of the vertical chain conveyor as a first horizontal conveyor belt. The plurality of strips, which are collectively received above and received on the first horizontal conveyor belt, are supported on the first horizontal conveyor belt and are conveyed at a predetermined first speed in the horizontal conveyance direction, and the horizontal conveyance is performed. First end of direction In a first horizontal belt conveyor for lowering the conveyed strips downward one by one, and a second horizontal conveyor provided below the first end portion of the first horizontal belt conveyor. A second plate at a speed equal to or higher than the first speed in the horizontal transport direction while supporting the strip plate material received on the belt one by one and supported on the second horizontal transport belt on the second horizontal transport belt.
A second horizontal belt conveyor that conveys at a speed and drops the conveyed strips downward one by one at the second end portion in the horizontal conveyance direction.

[0005]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, a plurality of strips, which are packaged in a package, are collectively placed on the strips supporting means at the upper ends of the vertical conveying means or the pair of vertical conveying chains, and the lower ends thereof. The sheet is conveyed toward the section, and at the lower end, is dropped all at once from the vertical conveying means or the vertical chain conveying machine to the first horizontal conveying means or the first horizontal belt conveying machine. After that, the strip material is placed in a predetermined first horizontal direction.
The sheet is conveyed at a speed and is dropped one by one to the second horizontal conveying means or the second horizontal belt conveying machine at the end portion of the first horizontal conveying means or the first horizontal belt conveying machine. Next, the strips are transported in the horizontal transport direction at a predetermined second speed, and at the end of the second horizontal transport means or the second horizontal belt transporter, the strips are dropped one by one at the processing position of the strips. To be In this case, since the second speed is equal to or higher than the first speed, the strip materials are quickly conveyed one by one to the processing position or the like without delay.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the strip material conveying device 1 includes a vertical chain conveyor 20, a first horizontal belt conveyor 30, and a second horizontal belt conveyor 40. The vertical chain carrier 20 arranges a plurality of strip plates P side by side so that their flat surfaces face each other, and at the same time supports each strip plate P at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the angle steel members. The strip plate support members 2R and 2L formed by the above, and the strip plate support members 2R and 2L are attached from the upper end U to the lower end so that the strip plate members P can be collectively supported at both ends in the longitudinal direction. A pair of vertical transport chains 3R and 3L that are vertically stretched over the section L
And vertical drive shafts 6R, 6L for driving the vertical transport chains 3R, 3L, and vertical chain drive wheels 4R, 4L and vertical chain driven vehicles 5R, 5L driven by the vertical drive shafts 6R, 6L at a predetermined speed Vo. have. A drive source such as a motor (not shown) is connected to the vertical drive shafts 6R and 6L.

The first horizontal belt conveyor 30 is provided below the lower end L of the vertical chain conveyor 20 and is dropped at the lower end L of the vertical chain conveyor 20 at once. A plurality of first horizontal conveyor belts 7 capable of receiving a plurality of strips P collectively and horizontally conveying them in the direction of the first terminal end E1 and the first horizontal conveyor belts 7 at a predetermined first speed V1. First horizontal drive shaft 11 to be driven
And a plurality of first horizontal belt drive wheels 8 and a plurality of first horizontal belt driven wheels 9 and 10 driven by the first horizontal drive shaft 11. On the first horizontal drive shaft 11,
A drive source such as a motor (not shown) is connected.

The second horizontal belt conveyor 40 is provided below the first end portion E1 of the first horizontal belt conveyor 30 and has the first end portion E1 of the first horizontal belt conveyor 30. A plurality of second horizontal conveyor belts 12 that can receive the strips P dropped one by one and can be horizontally conveyed toward the second end portion E2, and the second horizontal conveyor belts 12
Drive the second speed V2 above the first speed V1
It has a horizontal drive shaft 15, a plurality of second horizontal belt drive wheels 13 and a plurality of second horizontal belt driven wheels 14 driven by the second horizontal drive shaft 15. A drive source such as a motor (not shown) is connected to the second horizontal drive shaft 15.

Next, the operation of the strip material conveying device 1 will be described. A plurality of strip plate materials P, which are delivered from a strip material manufacturer or the like in close juxtaposition so that their flat surfaces face each other, are provided at the upper end portion U of the vertical chain conveyor 20 of the strip material conveying device 1 in the vertical direction. Chain carrier 20
In the middle of the strip plate support members 2R and 2L, the strip plate support members 2R and 2L are collectively placed so that both end support points are provided.

The strip plate supporters 2R and 2L are attached to the vertical transport chains 3R and 3L of the vertical chain transport machine 20, and the vertical chain drive wheels 4R and 4L driven by the vertical drive shafts 6R and 6L rotate. Thus, it is vertically downwardly transferred at a predetermined speed Vo. Therefore, the plurality of strip plate members P collectively supported between the strip plate member supporting members 2R and 2L are also collectively transported from the vertical upper side to the lower side at a predetermined speed Vo.

When the plurality of strip plate members P reach the lower end portion L of the vertical chain carrier 20, as shown in FIG. 2, the strip plate member support members 2R and 2L rotate so as to separate from each other. According to the movement, they are dropped all together. The plurality of strip plate materials P that have collectively dropped fall onto the plurality of first horizontal conveyor belts 7 of the first horizontal belt conveyor 30 and are received by the plurality of first horizontal conveyor belts 7.

The first horizontal conveyor belt 7 is driven by the first horizontal drive shaft 11 of the first horizontal belt conveyor 30.
When the horizontal belt motor 8 is rotated, it is horizontally transferred toward the first terminal end E1 at a predetermined speed V1 which is the first speed. Therefore, the plurality of strips P collectively supported on the first horizontal conveyor belt 7 are also collectively conveyed in the horizontal direction toward the first terminal end E1 at the predetermined speed V1.

Next, when the plurality of strip plates P reach the first terminal end E1 of the first horizontal belt conveyor 30, as shown in FIG. 1, the first horizontal conveyor belt 7 moves downward from above. As it rotates, it can be lowered one by one according to the movement. As described above, the strip materials P dropped one by one are dropped onto the plurality of second horizontal conveyor belts 12 of the second horizontal belt conveyor 40, and are received on the plurality of second horizontal conveyor belts 12. .

The second horizontal conveyor belt 12 is rotated at a second speed, that is, a predetermined speed V2 by the rotation of the second horizontal belt motor 13 driven by the second horizontal drive shaft 15 of the second horizontal belt conveyor 40. It is transported horizontally towards the end E2. Therefore, it is possible to
The strip plates P supported at intervals with each other also have a predetermined speed V
At 2, the sheet is conveyed in the horizontal direction toward the second terminal end E2.

Finally, the strips P conveyed at intervals of one sheet are transferred to the second horizontal belt conveyor 4
When it reaches the second end E2 of 0, as shown in FIG.
Since the second horizontal conveyor belt 12 rotates from the upper side to the lower side, the second horizontal conveyor belt 12 is dropped one by one to a processing position below in accordance with the movement.

In the above description, since the relationship of V2 ≧ V1 is established between the speed V1 and the speed V2, they are supported one by one on the second horizontal conveyor belt 12 at intervals. The strip materials P are conveyed one by one to the processing position or the like without delay. Further, by appropriately adjusting the vertical speed Vo, the horizontal first speed V1 and the second speed V2, it is possible to freely deal with the processing speed of the downstream processing step. is there.
It is also possible to add a control device such as a computer to the above embodiment to configure an automatic device for automatically carrying and processing the strip material P. In addition, since the strips P collectively put together are once placed on the vertical chain transporter 20 and transported from the vertical upper side to the lower side, there is also an advantage that they do not take up space in a factory or the like. Have

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The above-described embodiment is an exemplification, and has substantially the same configuration as the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention, and any device having the same function and effect can be realized by the present invention. It is included in the technical scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the chain carrier is used as the vertical carrier and the belt carrier is used as the horizontal carrier, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, other types of transport means may be used. Further, in the above embodiment, the example in which the first horizontal conveyor belt 7 is composed of a plurality of belts has been described, but it is also possible to use one wide belt. The same applies to the second horizontal conveyor belt 12. Also, in this case,
It is desirable that each horizontal belt driving wheel, driven wheel, and the like be adapted to the belt width.

[0019]

As described above, in the strip material conveying device according to the present invention, a plurality of strips of material which are packaged in a package are placed on the strip material supporting member at the upper end portion of the vertical conveying means or the vertical chain conveying machine. The sheets are collectively placed and conveyed toward the lower end portion, and at the lower end portion, they are collectively dropped from the vertical conveying means or the vertical chain conveying machine to the first horizontal conveying means or the first horizontal belt conveying machine. After that, the strip material is conveyed at a predetermined first speed in the horizontal conveying direction, and at the end portion of the first horizontal conveying means or the first horizontal belt conveyor, to the second horizontal conveying means or the second horizontal belt conveyor. It can be lowered one by one. Next, the strips are transported in the horizontal transport direction at a predetermined second speed, and at the end of the second horizontal transport means or the second horizontal belt transporter, the strips are dropped one by one at the processing position of the strips. To be in this case,
Since the second speed is equal to or higher than the first speed, the strip materials are quickly conveyed one by one to the processing position without any delay. Also,
The strips that are collected together are once placed on the vertical transport means or the vertical chain transporter and then transported from the vertical upper side to the lower side, which saves space in the factory. Have. Furthermore, there is also an advantage that the processing speed of the downstream processing step can be freely adjusted by appropriately adjusting the first speed and the second speed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an overall configuration of a strip board material conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the strip material conveying device in FIG. 1 viewed from the AA direction.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the strip material conveying device in FIG. 1 viewed from the BB direction.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a strip material suitable for being conveyed by the strip material conveying device in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 (A) is a side view of this strip material, and FIG. The plan view is shown in FIG.
(C) shows the perspective view of the state which bent this strip material, respectively.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 strip material transport device 2R, 2L strip material support 3R, 3L vertical transport chain 4R, 4L vertical chain motor 5R, 5L vertical chain driven vehicle 6R, 6L vertical drive shaft 7 first horizontal transport belt 8 first horizontal belt raw Motor 9,10 1st horizontal belt driven vehicle 11 1st horizontal drive shaft 12 2nd horizontal conveyor belt 13 2nd horizontal belt driven vehicle 14 2nd horizontal belt driven vehicle 15 2nd horizontal drive shaft 20 vertical chain conveyor 30 1st Horizontal belt conveyor 40 Second horizontal belt conveyor E1 First end portion E2 Second end portion L Lower end portion P Strip plate material U Upper end portion C1 to C5 Cut portion

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vertical transporting unit for vertically transporting a plurality of strips in a vertical direction from an upper end to a lower end and dropping the plurality of strips together at the lower end, and the vertical transport. It is provided below the lower end of the means, receives the plurality of dropped strips collectively, conveys the received strips at a predetermined first speed in the horizontal conveyance direction, and in the horizontal conveyance direction. First horizontal conveying means for lowering the conveyed strip materials downward one by one at an end portion, and provided below the end portion of the first horizontal conveying means for receiving the lowered strip material and receiving the same. And a second horizontal conveying means for conveying the strip material in the horizontal transportation direction at a second speed equal to or higher than the first speed. 2. A plurality of strip plate supporting members which are juxtaposed such that their flat surfaces face each other and are supported at both longitudinal ends thereof, and a plurality of strip plate members are collectively supported. In this way, the plurality of strip material support members are respectively provided on a pair of vertical transport chains to transport the strip material collectively in the vertical direction from the upper end portion to the lower end portion, and at the lower end portion, the plurality of strip material members are transported. A vertical chain conveyor having a pair of chain conveyors that collectively drop the strips, and a plurality of the strips that have been dropped and are provided below the lower end of the vertical chain conveyor on the first horizontal conveyor belt. And the plurality of strips received on the first horizontal conveyor belt are supported on the first horizontal conveyor belt and are conveyed at a predetermined first speed in the horizontal conveyance direction, and the horizontal conveyance direction. First end of The first horizontal belt conveyor for lowering the conveyed strips downward one by one, and the first horizontal belt conveyer provided below the first end portion of the first horizontal belt conveyer for dropping the strips into the second horizontal belt conveyor. The strip plates that are received one by one on the conveyor belt and that are received on the second horizontal conveyor belt are conveyed on the second horizontal conveyor belt at the second speed that is equal to or higher than the first speed while being supported on the second horizontal conveyor belt. And a second horizontal belt conveyor for dropping the conveyed strips downward one by one at the second end portion in the horizontal conveyance direction.