JP2817729B2 - Sorter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plurality of receiving members for receiving sorted materials, a circulating rotation mechanism (eg, a chain) driven by driving means, and a plurality of receiving members provided in the circulating rotation mechanism. With a support shaft,
A receiving member is swingably provided on the receiving member support shaft,
On the circulation path of the circulation rotating mechanism, the receiving member is moved between a protruding posture capable of receiving the sorted material and a folding posture approaching the circulation rotating mechanism side by swinging about the receiving member supporting shaft. The present invention relates to a sorter configured to be freely changeable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a sorter of this type, each receiving member has been constituted by a single plate.

[0003]

However, when each receiving member is formed of a single plate as described above, there is a limit in narrowing the space occupied by many receiving members in the folded posture. . Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a sorter in which the receiving member is in a folded posture and the occupied space can be reduced as much as possible to constitute a sorter in which the receiving member circulates.

[0004]

To achieve this object, a sorter according to the present invention is characterized in that a receiving member is capable of changing its position from a folded position to a protruding position based on contact with the receiving member. A posture setting cam is provided on the circulation path, and the receiving member is constituted by a swing supporting shaft substantially parallel to the receiving member supporting shaft and a plurality of receiving constituent members swingable with respect to the swing supporting shaft. A plurality of receiving member supporting shafts, which are swingably provided on the receiving member supporting shaft, and a plurality of receiving position maintaining mechanisms for holding the plurality of receiving member members in a direction away from the receiving member supporting shaft in the protruding position. It is to provide between component members.

[0005] In the sorter having this configuration, the sorter is driven to circulate, but takes a protruding posture and a folding posture at a part of the path portion. In the receiving member of the present invention, the receiving member takes a posture rotated around the receiving member support axis, and at the same time, each of the receiving constituent members swings around the swinging support shaft, and is folded. It is possible to take. Therefore, for example, when the receiving member is composed of two members, as shown in FIG. 4, the space occupied by the receiving member can be reduced by making the receiving member into a two-folded state. In addition, the size of the device can be reduced. Moreover, in the sorter having this configuration, the center of gravity of the receiving member is positioned on the side opposite to the circulating rotation mechanism that supports the entire receiving member with respect to the receiving member support shaft by the receiving member posture setting cam. Therefore, the receiving tray is biased around the receiving member support shaft from the folded posture toward the extended posture by its own weight, and the posture change to the extended posture can be performed smoothly and quickly.

A further feature of the sorter according to the present invention is that the receiving member has a proximal receiving member on the receiving member supporting shaft side, and a distal side that is swingably supported by the proximal receiving member via a swing supporting shaft. And a receiving member.

The receiving of this configuration consists essentially of a single pivoting support shaft and a pair of receiving components connected to it, the proximal receiving member being the receiving member support described above. It is swingably supported by the shaft. Therefore, the receiving member has the simplest structure, and the occupied space in the folded posture can be made as small as possible.

A further characteristic feature of the sorter according to the present invention is that the circulation path of the receiving member is a horizontal support shaft provided with a vertically moving receiving member vertical movement path portion and the receiving member support shaft is disposed in a horizontal direction. The receiving member has a projecting posture in which the receiving member projects obliquely upward from the horizontal support shaft.

In this configuration, the receiving member rotates around the horizontal axis, and is maintained in the overhanging posture, that is, the obliquely upwardly protruding posture, to receive the sorted material. Therefore,
Sorted articles can be dropped onto the receiving member from above, and can be sorted while utilizing gravity.
Further, in changing the posture of the receiving member from the folded posture to the overhanging posture, the posture can be changed using gravity. Here, when the posture is changed by the weight of the receiving member, the changing operation is passive and the shock is likely to occur, but if the resistance means is provided between the members performing the relative movement, the changing operation is accelerated. Even if an operation fluctuation such as occurs, this can be absorbed and a stable operation state can be ensured.

[0010] A further feature of the sorter of the present invention is that a sorter frame provided with a driving means is provided with a receiving member attitude setting cam, and the receiving member is provided with a cam contact portion capable of abutting on the receiving member attitude setting cam, respectively. In the vicinity of the receiving member vertical movement path in which the receiving member is set in the overhanging posture, the center of gravity of the receiving member circulates and rotates with respect to the receiving member support shaft due to the contact of the cam contact portion with the receiving member posture setting cam. Is to be located on the opposite side of the mechanism.

In the receiving member having this configuration, the cam abutting portion provided on the receiving member abuts on the receiving member position setting cam provided on the sorter frame side while moving the receiving member vertically moving path. It moves to the upper position. And when you come to this position,
With the receiving member posture setting cam, the center of gravity of the receiving member is positioned on the opposite side of the receiving member support shaft from the circulation rotation mechanism that supports the entire receiving member. Accordingly, the receiving tray is biased around the receiving member support shaft from the folded posture to the extended posture side by its own weight, and can automatically take the extended posture. This structure has a relatively simple structure that can reliably change the posture by selecting the cam shape and position, so that the structure can be simplified and the posture change can be made stable. it can.

A further feature of the sorter of the present invention is that the overhang attitude maintaining mechanism holds the plurality of receiving components in a straight or bent attitude.

Various modifications can be considered as to how to hold the plurality of receiving components in a posture. In particular, if the receiving components are bent, the amount of the sorting material placed on the receiving members is large, and the receiving members are heavy. This is preferable because the tip of the member can be prevented from being downward.

[0014] characterizing feature of the sorter further invention, overhanging position maintaining mechanism, provided between the tip-side receiving putting member and the proximal side receiving <br/> only put member, receiving portion per a per unit And that it consists of: A further characteristic feature of the sorter of the present invention resides in that a resistance means is provided for giving a resistance to a change in the posture of the receiving member between the folded position and the extended position. Characteristic feature of the sorter further invention, the resistance means, receiving put member support shaft, receiving placed unit
Each link integral with the link comes member supporting the timber support shaft at the side of the chain, an O-ring is provided between the receiving putting member, and receives placed pivot support shaft provided on the member and two receiving putting components O-rings are provided between them. Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a photographic printing / developing apparatus 2 provided with a photosensitive material aligning apparatus 1. In the figure, 3
Denotes a printing exposure unit, and 4 denotes a development processing unit. Printing exposure unit 3
Is well-known, and only the names of the constituent elements are simply shown. Reference numeral 5 denotes a magazine in which the photosensitive material 50 is wound into a roll. Reference numeral 6 denotes a cutter, 7 denotes a suction belt for conveyance, 8 denotes a light source, 9 denotes a mirror tunnel, 10 denotes a negative mask, and 11 denotes a lens unit.

The printed photosensitive material 50 is sent to the distribution device 13 by the transport device 12 via the direction of the arrow. The sorting device 13 is configured to send the photosensitive material 50 sent in a straight line to the lower side in a three-row staggered arrangement. Therefore, for this purpose, the distribution device 13
A sorting unit 13a for sorting the photosensitive material 50, and a conveyor 1 for sending the sorted photosensitive material 50 in the transport direction
3b. In this sorting device 13,
The photosensitive materials 50 are arranged in three rows in a zigzag pattern having a phase difference in the transport direction (the direction of the arrow in the figure). Accordingly, although not shown, the sorting unit 13a described above includes a movable table (not shown) for shifting the position of the fed photosensitive material 50 in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

The lower side of the distribution device 13 is the developing section 4
It is. The developing section 4 includes a developing tank 14 for storing a developing solution, a drying section 15, and a photosensitive material alignment device 1 along the photosensitive material transport direction. The developing tank 14 is divided into several sections by a partition plate 14a, and each section contains a different type of developing solution required for the developing process. As shown in the drawing, the conveying direction of the photosensitive material 50 is configured to sequentially pass through the developing solution over each section. The drying section 15 is configured by arranging a plurality of nipping / conveying roller mechanisms 16 (composed of a pair of conveying rollers abutting on each other) along a conveying path.
The heater 17 is provided on one side of this path, and is appropriately dried while the photosensitive material 50 passes through the transport path. The dried photosensitive material 50 is subsequently sent to the photosensitive material alignment device 1.

Photosensitive material 5 in photosensitive material alignment device 1
The transport system of No. 0 will be described. A transport path for receiving the photosensitive material 50 that has been subjected to the development and drying processing and sending the photosensitive material 50 to the transport conveyor 18 side, and the photosensitive material 50 disposed at the tip of the transport conveyor 18 is, for example, , And a sorter 19 having a configuration unique to the present invention, which accepts a single film unit. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the transport conveyor 18 is provided between a transport path outlet 20 and a sorter 19 in a transport path in the photosensitive material aligning apparatus.
The photosensitive material 50 has a transfer path 21 substantially perpendicular to the discharge direction A of the photosensitive material 50 discharged from the printer.
Accordingly, in the conveyor 18, the photosensitive materials 50 sent in three rows in a zigzag manner are received at different positions on the conveyor in the conveyor moving direction, and are conveyed onto the tray 22 which is a receiving member of the sorter 19. I do.

Hereinafter, the conveying path outlet 2 in the above conveying path
The structure near 0 will be described in detail. The conveyance path is provided with the nip conveyance roller mechanism 16 including the pair of nip rollers described above along the conveyance path of the photosensitive material 50, and the nip conveyance roller mechanism 16 is provided at the conveyance path exit 20 which is the final stage.
It is provided with a higher-speed discharge pinching roller mechanism 23. As shown in FIG. 2, the roller 16a constituting the nipping and conveying roller mechanism 16 is constituted by a single roller in the parallel direction B of the photosensitive material 50 (the direction in which the conveying conveyor is arranged).

As shown in FIG. 3, the discharge pinching roller mechanism 23 comprises a large-diameter driving roller 24 and a small-diameter receiving roller 25 which rotates in contact with the driving roller 24. The driving roller 24 is supported by a frame 26 a from the driving shaft 26 side, and is disposed between the driving shaft 26 and the roller shaft 27.
The gear drive transmission mechanism 26b is provided. Further, a torque limiter 28 is provided between the driven gear 26c of the gear drive transmission mechanism 26b and the roller shaft 27 of the drive roller 24 to make the rotation of the roller free for a rotation torque of a predetermined value or more. The torque limiter 28 is of a so-called magnetic powder type, but any structure may be used. Further, a plurality of guide rollers 29 are provided coaxially with the above-described receiving roller 25 so as to sandwich the receiving roller 25, and the diameter of these guide rollers 29 is configured to be larger than the diameter of the receiving roller 25.

As shown in FIG. 2, a transport conveyor 18 is provided outside the transport path outlet 20 as described above.
This is configured so that it can be driven intermittently as the photosensitive material 50 is discharged. That is, the conveyor 18 is connected to the pulley 3
It is intermittently driven by a drive unit (not shown) connected to the zero.
31 is a pressing roller. A sorter 19 is provided downstream of the conveyor 18, and a plurality of trays 22 are arranged on the sorter 19 to receive the photosensitive material 50 in a line. The receiving tray 22 includes a plurality of stages provided on a chain 22a that moves in a vertical direction so as to be substantially horizontal at a connection position with the conveyor 18. The photosensitive material 50 corresponding to each frame of one film is a single tray 2
When the tray 2 is stacked on the tray 2, the tray 22 moves downward, and a new tray 22 is configured to receive the photosensitive material 50 sent out from the conveyor 18.

Next, the detailed structure of the sorter 19 will be described. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the sorter 19, FIG. 5 shows details of the top of the sorter 19, FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the vicinity of the tray 22, and FIG. 7 shows a side view of each tray 22. The sorter 19 includes a drive shaft 61 that is rotationally driven by a drive mechanism (not shown) with respect to a sorter frame 60, a sprocket 62a for driving a chain rotation, and a driven sprocket 62b corresponding to the sprocket 62a. Have been. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, a structure in which the chain 22a is driven to circulate is employed. Furthermore, from the above-described configuration in which the sprockets 62a and 62b are arranged in the vertical direction, the circulation path of the tray 22 is
The apparatus includes a vertically moving pan 101 in a vertical direction.

Next, a description will be given of the mounting relationship between the chain 22a and the plurality of trays 22 for receiving the photosensitive material 50 as a sorting material. As shown in FIG.
The link attachment member 67 provided integrally with the link 63 provided on the a is provided with a pan support shaft 64, and the pan 22 is individually provided on the pan support shaft 64 in a swingable manner. Have been. This pan support shaft 6
Reference numeral 4 denotes a horizontal support shaft arranged in the horizontal direction. By the way, in the sorter 19 of the present application, on the circulation path of the chain 22a, the tray 22 is placed in an overhanging posture capable of receiving the sorting material (in the tray vertical movement path portion 101a located on the left side in FIG. (A posture in which the pan is taken in the pan vertical movement path portion 101b located on the right side in FIG. 4). Thus, the posture can be freely changed.

Here, the above-mentioned overhanging posture is
Is moved over the circulation path by a predetermined length beyond the circulation path top 65, and the pan support portion 66 (the pan support shaft 64 described above and the (Consisting of a link attachment member 67 provided integrally with the link 63). The holding from the lower side of this posture is performed by the first contact portion 68 provided on the base end side of the tray and the corresponding first contact portion 6 provided on the link attachment member 67 described above.
9 can be maintained. on the other hand,
The above-mentioned folded posture is maintained by the swing of the tray 22 around the tray support shaft 64 due to the contact between the tray tip 70 and the sorter frame 60 and the support by the tray 22 on the rear side. Have been.

Next, the configuration of the receiving tray 22 unique to the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pan 22 is a pan support shaft 6 serving as the horizontal support shaft described above.
And a swing support shaft 71 substantially parallel to 4.
It is composed of a plurality of tray component members 220 that can swing with respect to. Further, in the overhanging posture, an overhanging posture maintaining mechanism 72 for linearly holding the plurality of saucer constituting members 220 in a direction away from the pan support shaft 64 is provided between the plurality of saucer constituting members 220.

More specifically, the illustrated pan 22 is illustrated.
In this configuration, this is the simplest structure that can be folded in two. The base-side receiving member 220a on the side of the receiving-side support shaft 64 and the swinging support shaft 71 are attached to the base-side receiving member 220a. Tip receiving member 2 oscillatingly supported via
20b. Therefore, since the receiving tray 22 itself takes a folded posture in a folded state, the chain position is set in the right receiving tray vertical movement path portion 101b in FIG. 4 (the receiving tray 22 moves upward at this position). There is no problem even if the separation distance from the frame to the sorter frame 60 is set smaller than in the past.

Further, the tip-side receiving member 220b
The second contact portion 73 and the second contact receiving portion 72 as the overhanging posture maintaining mechanism 72 correspond to the first contact portion 68 and the first contact receiving portion 69, respectively, between the first contact portion 68 and the first contact receiving portion 69. 74 are provided. The abutment of the overhanging posture maintaining mechanism 72 allows the tray 22 to be
Can be maintained in a linear posture.

Next, a structure unique to the present invention for smoothly performing this operation in the case where the tray 22 moves from the circulation path top 65 and takes an overhanging posture will be described below. In order to realize this structure, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, the sorter frame 60 is provided with a pan attitude setting cam 75, and the pan 22 described above is provided with a cam contact portion 76 that can freely contact the pan attitude setting cam 75. ing. The role of the pan attitude setting cam 75 and the cam contact portion 76 is that of the pan 22
The abutment of the cam abutment portion 76 on the pan attitude setting cam 75 causes the center of gravity of the pan 22 to move relative to the pan support shaft 64 in the vicinity immediately before the movement path in which the pan is set to the overhanging attitude.
It is configured to be located on the opposite side of the chain 22a. By adopting such a configuration, FIG.
At the entrance portion of the left tray vertical movement path portion 101a (the tray moves down at this portion) indicated by 00,
By swinging and rotating around the pan support shaft 64 by its own weight, the posture change to the overhang posture described above can be performed smoothly and quickly.

Now, in the sorter 19 of this configuration,
The change from the folded position of the saucer 22 to the extended position is as follows.
This is performed near the top of the circulation path, near the part where the tray 22 starts to move downward. Here, for example, between the tray support shaft 64 and the tray 22 described above, furthermore, the swing support shaft 71, and the tray component member 220 (swingably supported by the swing support shaft 71). More specifically, if the swing is sharp between the front end receiving member 220b) and the first hitting portion 68 and the first hitting receiving portion 69, and the second hitting portion 73 and the second Until one or both of the contact portions 74 abut, the posture change occurs in an impact manner, and unnecessary impact is applied to each of the members 220a, 220b. In a remarkable case, any one of the members 220a, 220b is bounced. May cause problems. Therefore, to avoid this phenomenon,
The following configuration is adopted.

That is, when changing the posture of the receiving tray 22 between the folding posture and the overhanging posture, a resistance means is provided for giving resistance to the posture change. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the tray support shaft 64, the link attachment member 67 and the tray
An O-ring 77 as a first resistance means is provided between the swing support shaft 71 provided on the tray 22 and the tray constituent member 220 (specifically, the tip side tray member 220
An O-ring 78 as a second resistance means is provided between b and the proximal receiving member 220a). Therefore,
By providing such a resistance means in each part, the posture can be changed from the folded posture to the overhanging posture,
Note that this posture change can be performed without impact or without bouncing of members.

The use of the photosensitive material aligning apparatus 1 will be described below. A description will be given of an example in which a standard size of the photosensitive material 50 is, for example, 89 mm to 6 inches wide. As described above, the photosensitive material 50 sent to the apparatus 1 is sent in three rows in a staggered manner as shown in FIGS. In the transport path, the paper is sent to the transport path exit 20 by a plurality of nipping transport roller mechanisms 16 provided along the path and having substantially the same feed speed. Then, when the rear end of the photosensitive material 50 is separated from the nipping and conveying roller mechanism 16 in the final stage, the speed is accelerated to the speed of the discharging nipping roller mechanism 23, and the conveying conveyor 18 is moved at a high speed.
Discharged to the side. Further, as described above, the guide roller is provided at an appropriate position on both sides of the roller with respect to the receiving roller 25 constituting the discharge pinching roller mechanism 23 (this position is a position where the photosensitive material 50 can be supported in its width direction). As shown in the figure, both ends of the photosensitive material 50 are slightly lifted to form a gutter and are fed.

The discharged photosensitive material 50 is transferred to the conveyor 1
At 8, the photosensitive material 50 sent in a direction perpendicular to the discharge direction is intermittently moved by the transport conveyor 18, and the photosensitive materials 50 sent in a three-row staggered arrangement are individually discharged and transported. The transport movement to the tray 22 by the conveyor 18 is repeated. That is, one photosensitive material 50 is transported on the conveyor 1
8, the next photosensitive material 50 is held at a position where the discharge by the discharge holding roller mechanism 23 is not completed. The photosensitive material 50 sequentially discharged in this manner is intermittently driven by the conveyor
, The photosensitive material 50 can be realigned and stacked in the order of each frame of the film.

Here, the timing of the intermittent drive of the conveyor 18 is determined by detecting the rear end of the photosensitive material 50 discharged at a high speed by a photodetector (not shown) in each case, and after passing the rear end, a predetermined time is set. After a lapse of time, the conveyor 18 is driven, the movement of the photosensitive material 50 to the tray 22 is also detected by a photodetector (not shown), and the conveyor 18 is stopped. Further, each photosensitive material 5 is detected by a photodetector (not shown).
The number of the photosensitive materials 50 that have passed through is counted by a signal that detects the trailing end of 0, and the number of sheets of the photosensitive material 50 for one film is checked by a control circuit (not shown). When all are accumulated in the single tray 22, the next tray 22 is lowered. The lowering movement of the tray 22 can be performed smoothly and quickly without any impact or bouncing by the above-described configuration unique to the present invention.

Next, various modifications of the tray 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the tray 22 projects linearly obliquely upward, but is not limited to this. FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the saucer 22, and the proximal-side saucer member 22.
0a and the tip-side receiving member 220b are held in a bent state. The base-side tray member 220a projects obliquely downward from the tray support shaft 64, and the distal-side tray member 220b projects obliquely upward from the swing support shaft 71. That is, the tray 22 is bent with the photosensitive material 50 mounting surface side inside. Thereby, even when the number of the photosensitive materials 50 placed on the tray 22 increases, there is an effect that the tip 70 of the tray is unlikely to face downward. In the case of the configuration shown in FIG. 8, the overhang posture maintaining mechanism 72 is as shown in FIG. Second contact receiving part 74 or second
By changing the inclination angle of the contact portion 73, the projecting direction of the tip-side receiving member 220b can be changed. or,
By changing the inclination angle of the first contact portion 69 or the shape of the first contact portion 68, the direction in which the base-side receiving member 220a projects can be changed.

In the third embodiment of the tray 22 shown in FIG. 10, the base-side tray member 220a and the distal-side tray member 22
Each of 0b projects obliquely upward. here,
The tip-side receiving member 220b protrudes upward (with a larger inclination angle). As a result, the posture of the base-side receiving member 220a and the distal-side receiving member 220b is held in a bent state.

FIG. 11 shows a fourth embodiment of the tray 22. Here, the receiving surface of the receiving plate 22 on which the photosensitive material 50 is placed is curved so as to be concave. As a result, the second and third
The same effect as that of the structure of the embodiment can be exerted. The curvature of the concave surface depends on the overhang length of the saucer 22,
What is necessary is just to select suitably.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, the position where the overhanging posture of the tray 22 is bent is the position of the swing support shaft 71. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the fifth position in FIG. As shown in the embodiment, the distal-side receiving member 220b itself may be formed in a bent shape. Alternatively, the base-side receiving member 220a itself may be formed in a bent shape.

In addition, the base-side receiving member 220a may be linearly extended, and the distal-side receiving member 220b may be extended in a curved shape.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described. (1) In the above-described embodiment, the receiving tray is composed of two members, but the number of members is arbitrary.
As the number of members increases, the distance from the chain to the sorter frame wall surface can be easily set shorter. (2) In the above embodiment, the O-ring is adopted as the resistance means, but any O-ring may be used as long as it provides resistance to movement and can exhibit a damper function. (3) In the above embodiment, the first resistance means and the second resistance means are provided, but either one of them may be used. (4) Further, the mounting relationship of the resistance means will be described. As in the above example, not only is provided between the shaft and the tray component, but also between the tray component and the sorter frame, and further integrally with the sorter frame. It may be provided between any members. In short, any mechanism structure that performs the interference function may be used so that the posture change does not occur in a shocking manner. (5) The tray support shaft and the swing support shaft are not independent members, but may be formed integrally with other members. For example, the swing support shaft may be formed integrally with the tray component. Further, the support shaft in the present invention means not only a shaft member but also a shaft core.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a photographic printing / developing apparatus equipped with a sorter of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a transport conveyor.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a section taken along line XX in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a sorter.

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a sorter top.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a tray attached to a sorter.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a saucer.

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of a receiving tray.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of a saucer.

FIG. 10 shows a third embodiment of a receiving tray.

FIG. 11 shows a fourth embodiment of a saucer.

FIG. 12 shows a fifth embodiment of a tray;

[Explanation of symbols]

 19 Sorter 22 Receiving tray (receiving member) 22a Circulation rotation mechanism 60 Sorter frame 64 Receiving tray support shaft (first shaft center) 71 Swing support shaft (second shaft center) 72 Overhanging posture maintaining mechanism 75 Receiving posture setting cam 76 Cam contact Contact part 101 Receiving tray vertical movement path 220 Receiving component 220a Proximal receiving member 220b Disposing distal tip member

Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of receiving members for receiving a sorted material, a circulating rotation mechanism circulated by a driving means,
The receiving member is swingably provided around a first axis with respect to the circulation rotating mechanism, and the receiving member is arranged on a circulation path of the circulation rotating mechanism so that the receiving member can receive the sorting. A sorter configured to be freely changeable in posture between a folding posture approaching the circulation rotation mechanism side by swinging around the first axis, and based on contact with the receiving member. And a receiving member position setting cam capable of changing the position of the receiving member from the folded position to the extended position on the circulation path, wherein the receiving member is provided in a second position substantially parallel to the first axis.
A plurality of receiving components that are swingable with respect to the axis of the vehicle, and the specific receiving component is swingably provided around the first axis. A sorter comprising a projecting posture maintaining mechanism for holding a constituent member in a predetermined posture between the plurality of receiving constituent members. 2. A plurality of receiving members for receiving the sorted material, a circulating rotation mechanism circulated by driving means,
A plurality of receiving member support shafts provided in the circulation rotation mechanism, the reception member is swingably provided on the reception member support shaft, on the circulation path of the circulation rotation mechanism, the receiving member, A sorter configured to be freely changeable in posture between a protruding posture capable of receiving the sorted material and a folded posture close to the circulation rotation mechanism side by swinging around the receiving member support shaft, The receiving member includes a swing supporting shaft substantially parallel to the receiving member supporting shaft, and a plurality of receiving components that are swingable with respect to the swing supporting shaft. A receiving member that is swingably provided on a member support shaft and that can change the posture of the receiving member from the folded posture to the overhanging posture based on contact with the receiving member. A material posture setting cam provided on the circulation path; and a projecting posture maintaining mechanism for maintaining the posture of the plurality of receiving components in a direction away from the receiving member support shaft in the projecting posture. Sorter provided between members. 3. The receiving member includes: a receiving member on a base end side on the receiving member support shaft side; and a receiving member on a distal end side swingably supported by the base end receiving member via the swing support shaft. 3. The sorter of claim 2, wherein the sorter is configured. 4. A circulating path of the receiving member includes a vertically moving receiving member vertical moving path portion, wherein the receiving member supporting shaft is a horizontal supporting shaft disposed in a horizontal direction, and the receiving member extends. The sorter according to claim 3, wherein the posture is a posture in which the receiving member projects obliquely upward from the horizontal support shaft. 5. The sorter frame provided with the driving means, the receiving member attitude setting cam is provided on the sorter frame, and the receiving member is provided with a cam abutting portion capable of abutting on the receiving member attitude setting cam, respectively. In the vicinity immediately before the receiving member vertical movement path set to the overhanging posture, by the contact of the cam contact portion with the receiving member posture setting cam, the center of gravity of the receiving member is moved relative to the receiving member support shaft. 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the circulating rotation mechanism is located on the opposite side.
Sorter. 6. The sorter according to claim 1, wherein the overhanging posture maintaining mechanism holds the plurality of receiving components in a straight or bent posture. Wherein said projecting position maintaining mechanism, said a tip side receiving putting member provided between the base end side receiving putting member, from claim 3 is composed of a receiving portion per a per unit 6. The sorter according to any one of 5 . 8. The sorter according to claim 2, further comprising a resistance means for providing resistance to a change in the posture of the receiving member between the folded posture and the extended posture. Wherein said resistor means, said receiving put member support shaft, wherein the receiving put each link integral with the link comes member supporting member supporting shaft at the side of the chain, an O-ring provided between the receiving putting member, and sorter according to claim 8 wherein a O-ring provided between the swing support shaft and two said receiving putting component.