JP3013915U - Wood transportation equipment and equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a wood transporting device and a wood transporting equipment capable of reliably separating and transporting a plurality of woods one by one. [Structure] An apparatus main body, a fixed body in which a plurality of fixing plates attached to the apparatus main body and having a plurality of steps are arranged at an upward slope in the wood conveying direction, and a plurality of fixing bodies attached to the apparatus main body. A movable body in which a plurality of movable plates having stepped portions are arranged in an upward slope in the wood transport direction without interfering with the fixed plate, and a movable body that reciprocates the movable body in the wood transport direction. And driving means. or,
The wood transporting equipment according to the present invention comprises any number of the above wood transporting devices connected in series.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to, for example, a wood transporting device for transporting a plurality of woods while separating them one by one in a lumber plant, and a wood transporting facility that connects an arbitrary number of such wood transporting devices.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For example, a lumber plant is equipped with various devices such as a peeling device, and a wood transport device for transporting wood is installed between the various devices. As this type of wood conveying device, a chain conveyor or the like is generally used to sequentially convey the wood.

[0003]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The above-mentioned conventional configuration has the following problems. That is, when wood is loaded into an arbitrary device and a predetermined process is to be performed there, it may be necessary to load the wood into the device one by one. However, in the case of the conventional wood conveying device, it is not always possible to convey a plurality of pieces of wood in a state where they are surely separated one by one, and in some cases, two or more pieces of wood are simultaneously delivered to the equipment side. In some cases, improvements were required.

The present invention has been made on the basis of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wood transporting device and a wood transporting device that can reliably transport a plurality of woods one by one. It is to provide transportation equipment.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the wood transporting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a device main body and a plurality of fixing plates attached to the device main body and having a plurality of stepped portions, with an upward slope toward the wood transporting direction. The fixed body and the plurality of movable plates attached to the main body of the device and having a plurality of steps are arranged in an upward slope in the wood conveying direction without interfering with the fixed plate. And a movable body driving means for reciprocating the movable body in the wood conveying direction. At that time, it is conceivable to provide a peeling material collecting / discharging means at the lower part of the main body of the device for collecting and discharging the peeled material such as leather peeled off / falling from the wood during transportation. Further, the exfoliated material collecting / discharging means rotates an endless body having a tray for receiving the exfoliated material and a plurality of collecting claws to collect / exhaust the exfoliated material dropped on the saucer. It can be considered to be composed of a peeled matter collecting / discharging mechanism. Further, the peeled matter collecting / discharging means reciprocates a tray having a tray for receiving the peeled matters and a plurality of collecting claws to reciprocate, and collects and discharges the peeled matters dropped on the tray. It can be considered to be composed of a collecting / discharging mechanism. It is also conceivable to rotate the endless body by utilizing the reciprocating motion of the movable body. It is also possible to make the gradient of the fixed body and the movable body adjustable.

Further, the wood transport facility according to the present invention is characterized in that an arbitrary number of wood transport devices according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 are connected in series. It is what

[0007]

[Action]

 That is, the fixed body and the movable body are installed at an upward slope in the wood conveying direction, and in that state, the movable body is reciprocated in the wood conveying direction by the driving means. As a result, by the action of the stepped portions of the plurality of movable plates of the movable body and the stepped portions of the plurality of fixed plates of the fixed body, the plurality of timbers are separated one by one, and one by one. It will be transported. Further, when the peeled material collecting / discharging means is provided, it is possible to collect and discharge the peeled material such as leather peeled from the wood when the wood is conveyed. This can prevent the surroundings of the device from being inadvertently soiled. There are various possible configurations of the exfoliated material collecting / discharging means.For example, a receiving tray for receiving the falling exfoliated material, and a detached material collecting / discharging / collecting means for collecting / discharging the exfoliated material dropped on the receiving tray. It is conceivable that it is composed of a discharge mechanism, and that the separated substance collecting / discharging mechanism is to rotate an endless body having a plurality of collecting claws. In addition, it is composed of a tray for receiving debris and a debris collecting / discharging mechanism for reciprocally moving a carriage equipped with a plurality of collecting claws to collect and eject debris dropped on the tray. It is possible to do it. Further, it is conceivable to utilize reciprocating motion of the movable body as a method of rotating the endless body. Further, when the gradients of the fixed body and the movable body are adjustable, it is possible to easily cope with various cases in which the inflow level and the outflow level of the wood with respect to the device are different.

Further, it is conceivable to construct a wood transporting facility in which an arbitrary number of wood transporting devices are connected in series, which makes it possible to process a large number of woods.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view showing the configuration of the wood transporting device according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a partial top view showing the configuration of the wood transporting device according to the present embodiment. First, there is an apparatus main body 1, and this apparatus main body 1 is provided with a plurality of (only two in FIG. 1) support columns 3 and is installed at any place through these multiple support columns 3. Has been done. Further, there are two types of the plurality of support columns 3; a long support column 3 shown on the right side in FIG. 1 and a short support column 3 shown on the left side in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. The slope is rising to the right. Then, a plurality of pieces of wood 5 are conveyed from the left side to the right side in FIG. 1, and at that time, they are separated one by one. The reference numeral 7 in FIG. 1 indicates the ground.

A fixed body 9 and a movable body 11 are installed on the apparatus body 1. First, the structure of the fixed body 9 will be described. Beam members 13 and 15 are installed at the upper ends of the plurality of columns 3. The beam members 13 and 15 extend in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1, and are in a state as shown in FIG. 2 when viewed from above. A plurality of fixing plates 17 are attached on the beam members 13 and 15 in a state of extending in a direction orthogonal to the beam members 13 and 15. As shown in FIG. 1, the fixing plate 17 has a shape approximately similar to a saw tooth, and has a shape including step portions 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d from the left side in FIG. There is. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, it is installed in such a state that it has an upward slope from the left side to the right side in FIG.

On the other hand, the movable body 11 is, as shown in FIG. 2, firstly provided with two beam members 19 and 21, and between these two beam members 19 and 21. , The other connecting members 23 and 25 are arranged. The beam members 19 and 21 and the connecting members 23 and 25 are arranged in parallel with the beam members 13 and 15 on the fixed body 9 side. A plurality of movable plates 27 are attached to the beam members 19 and 21 and the connecting members 23 and 25. The plurality of movable plates 27 are arranged in parallel with the fixed plate 17 on the fixed body 9 side so as not to interfere with each other. The movable plate 27 also has a shape substantially similar to saw teeth, and step portions 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d are sequentially formed from the left side to the right side in FIG. At the same time, they are installed in a state in which there is an upward slope from the left side to the right side in FIG.

Further, a cylinder mechanism 29 as a driving means is installed between the beam member 13 on the fixed body 9 side and the beam member 19 on the movable body 11 side. The cylinder mechanism 29 is composed of a cylinder 29a and a piston rod 29b attached to the cylinder 29a so as to be retractable. The cylinder 29a side is connected to the beam member 13 of the fixed body 9, and the piston rod 29b is connected to the movable body 11. As a result, the cylinder mechanism 29 is driven so that the piston rod 29b is retracted and retracted, whereby the entire movable body 11 can be reciprocated with a predetermined stroke.

The wood transporting device having the above-described configuration transports the wood 5 from the left side to the right side in FIG. 1, and the unloading section 31 of another device is on the left side in FIG. 1 of the wood transporting device. 1 is installed, and a carrying-in section 33 of another device is installed on the right side in FIG. 1 of the wood conveying device. In FIG. 1, the carry-out section 31 and the carry-in section 33 are shown by imaginary lines.

Based on the above configuration, the operation, particularly the operation of transporting the plurality of woods 5 while surely separating them one by one, will be described with reference to the operation diagrams of FIGS. 3 to 14. To facilitate understanding, as an example, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 14, five pieces of wood 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e having different outer diameters are conveyed. Explain. Further, the movable plate 27 of the movable body 11 is assumed to be in an initial position as shown in FIG. 3, and reciprocates in a direction indicated by an arrow A in the drawing with a predetermined stroke from the initial position.

First, the initial stage of conveyance is in a state as shown in FIG. 3, and the five pieces of wood 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e are in a state of being lumped on the left side in FIG. 17 is in a state of being held by the step portion 17a. Then, when the movable plate 27 starts moving forward from the initial state shown in FIG. 3, the state shifts to the states shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. That is, of the five woods 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e, only the woods 5a and 5b are separated by the step portion 27a of the movable plate 27, and are conveyed in the forward direction in the separated state. It is something that gets lost. Then, the forward movement of the movable plate 27 brings about a state as shown in FIG.

After moving the movable plate 27 to the state shown in FIG. 6, the movable plate 27 shifts to the backward movement operation. That is, the state shown in FIG. 6 shifts to the state shown in FIG. 7 and further to the state shown in FIG. By such a backward movement operation of the movable plate 27, the wood 5a is first held by the step portion 17b of the fixed plate 17. Further, the timbers 5c, 5d, 5e move to the state shown in FIG. 8, whereby the timber 5b is pushed up by the step 17a of the fixed plate 17. The state shown in FIG. 8 corresponds to the initial state shown in FIG.

Next, from the state shown in FIG. 8, the movable plate 27 further starts the forward movement, and shifts to the state shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. As a result, the wood 5a is pushed up to the position of the step 17c of the fixed plate 17 and is held there. Then, from the state shown in FIG. 10, the movable plate 27 starts to move back again, and shifts to the state shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, the wooden piece 5a is held by the step portion 17c of the fixed plate 17, the wooden piece 5b is held by the step portion 17b of the fixed plate 17, and the wooden pieces 5c, 5d. 5e are also conveyed little by little. At this stage, one of the five timbers 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e is separated from the timber 5a and 5b.

Next, from the state shown in FIG. 12, the movable plate 27 starts moving forward again, and shifts to the state as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. As a result, the wooden piece 5a is pushed up to the position of the step portion 17d of the fixed plate 17 and is held there. Further, the wooden piece 5b is pushed up to the position of the step portion 17c of the fixed plate 17 and held there. Further, the wooden piece 5c is pushed up to the position of the stepped portion 17b of the fixed plate 17 and held there. That is, in the steps up to this point, among the five pieces of wood 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e, the pieces of wood 5a, 5b, and 5c are separated one by one. Hereinafter, by repeating the same operation, that is, the reciprocating operation of the movable body 11, all the woods 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e can be separated one by one, and in such a separated state, The timber 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e can be carried out one by one onto the carry-in section 33 of another device shown in FIG.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, it is possible to separate and convey a plurality of pieces of wood 5 in a state where they are surely separated one by one. For example, two or more pieces of wood 5 can be simultaneously or almost simultaneously provided in a certain device. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems caused by being brought in. The speed at which the wood 5 is separated and conveyed one by one can be easily determined by arbitrarily setting the stroke and time of the reciprocating motion of the movable body 11. , It can easily respond to all cases. Further, as the operation, since the movable body 11 is only reciprocated by the cylinder mechanism 29, the configuration for obtaining the desired effect is extremely simple and the installation work is also simple.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16. In the case of the second embodiment, the peeling material collecting / discharging means 4 for collecting and discharging the peeled material such as peeled skin of the wood 5 is incorporated in the wood conveying device according to the first embodiment. Is. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. First, at the bottom of the apparatus body 1, there is a tray 41 that receives the peeled skin of the wood 5 when it falls. On the receiving tray 41, there is installed a peeled material collecting / discharging mechanism 43 for collecting and discharging the skin or the like that has fallen on the receiving tray 41.

The peeled material collecting / discharging mechanism 43 has the following configuration. First, the rack gear 45 is attached at a predetermined position on the movable body 11 side. On the other hand, a pinion gear 47 is meshed with the rack gear 45, and the pinion gear 47 has a built-in one-way clutch (not shown). That is, when the movable body 11 returns, the pinion gear 47 rotates idly, whereas when the movable body 11 moves forward, the pinion gear 47 rotates clockwise in FIG. It is configured as follows.

Another pinion gear 49 is meshed with the pinion gear 47. A gear 51 is arranged at a position separated from the pinion gear 49. A chain 53 is wound between the pinion gear 49 and the gear 51 described above. Therefore, when the movable body 11 moves forward and the pinion gear 47 rotates clockwise via the rack gear 45, the pinion gear 49 rotates counterclockwise. This causes the gear 51 to rotate counterclockwise via the chain 53.

A rotating body 55 is coaxially fixed to the gear 51, and another rotating body 57 is arranged at a position separated from the rotating body 55. An endless body 59 is wound around these rotating bodies 55 and 57, and a plurality of collecting claws 61 are attached to the endless body 59 at a predetermined pitch. When the gear 51 rotates counterclockwise by the mechanism as described above, the rotating body 55 also rotates, and the rotating body 57 also rotates via the endless body 59. By the loop-shaped rotation of the endless body 59, the plurality of collecting claws 61 move, and at that time, scraps such as leather falling on the tray 41 are scraped, and the right side in FIG. To be transported to. Then, the peeled material such as leather conveyed on the right side in FIG. 15 is discharged from the tray 41 onto the conveyor 63. Then, such an operation is intermittently performed by repeating the reciprocating operation of the movable body 11, and all the peeled substances such as the peel of the wood 5 that have fallen on the tray 41 are discharged.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The third embodiment shows a wood transport facility constructed by connecting three rows of the wood transport devices described in the first embodiment. In the drawings, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. As described above, by connecting the wood transporting device shown in the first embodiment, it becomes possible to transport more woods while surely separating them one by one.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19. In the fourth embodiment, the separated substance collecting / discharging mechanism 43 in the second embodiment has a different structure. The same parts as those in the second embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. First, a pinion gear 81 that meshes with the rack gear 45 on the movable body 11 side is installed, and another pinion gear 83 meshes with this pinion gear 81. On the other hand, a dolly 85 as shown in FIG. 19 is installed, and the dolly 85 includes a pair of plate members 87a and 87b arranged on both left and right sides. A plurality of (five in this embodiment, five as shown in FIG. 18) plate-like pawls 89 are rotatably attached between the plates 87a and 87b. These plate-like claws 89 are connected to an air cylinder mechanism 91 as shown in FIG. The air cylinder mechanism 91 is composed of a cylinder 91a and a piston rod 91b attached to the cylinder 91a so as to be retractable. The plurality of plate-shaped pawls 89 are connected to the piston rod 91b.

Two wheels 93 are attached to each of the lower surfaces of the plates 87a and 87b, and a pair of rails 95a and 95b are laid below the wheels 93. Further, a rack gear 97 is attached to the plate 87a side, and the pinion gear 83 described above meshes with the rack gear 97.

According to the above configuration, first, when the movable body 11 side moves forward, the pinion gear 81 rotates clockwise in FIG. 18, which causes the pinion gear 83 to rotate counterclockwise in FIG. Is transmitted to the rack gear 97. As a result, the entire carriage 85 moves to the right side in FIG. At this time, the air cylinder mechanism 91 is driven to move the piston rod 91b in the protruding direction, whereby the plurality of plate-shaped pawls 89 are erected in a standing state as shown by the solid line in the figure. To do. Accordingly, when the carriage 85 moves to the right side in FIG. 18, the plurality of plate-shaped pawls 89 scrape off the peeled matter that has fallen or accumulated on the tray 41, and the belt conveyor 63. Discharged on top.

When the movable body 11 side moves back, the pinion gear 81 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 18, which causes the pinion gear 83 to rotate clockwise in FIG. 18, which is transmitted to the rack gear 97. It As a result, the entire carriage 85 moves to the left side in FIG. At that time, the air cylinder mechanism 91 is driven to move the piston rod 91b in the retracted direction, whereby the plurality of plate-shaped pawls 89 are obliquely inclined as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Let it be in a state where Therefore, when the carriage 85 moves to the left side in FIG. 18, the plurality of plate-like claw bodies 89 do not come into contact with the peeled matter that has fallen or accumulated on the tray 41. By repeating such an operation, the debris that has fallen and accumulated on the tray 41 is collected and discharged on the belt conveyor 63.

The present invention is not limited to the first to fourth embodiments. For example, in the above-mentioned first to fourth embodiments, the gradient of the fixed body 9 and the movable body 11 is described as fixed, but it is also possible to make it adjustable. That is, using a jack mechanism (not shown), at least one of both ends of the fixed body 9 and the movable body 11 is moved up and down, and a spacer is inserted and fixed at a predetermined level to adjust the level and the gradient. It is something to do. This makes it possible to easily cope with various cases in which the level of the wood 5 on the inflow side and the level of the outflow side are different.

[0030]

[Effect of device]

 As described above in detail, according to the wood transporting device of the present invention, first, a plurality of woods can be transported while being surely separated one by one. For example, two or more woods can be simultaneously transported and discharged. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems caused by the above. In addition, by providing a means for collecting and discharging exfoliated materials, it is possible to collect and eject exfoliated materials such as peeled off from the wood during transportation of the wood, and the surroundings of the device will be carelessly soiled. Can be prevented. Also, when using a structure for rotating the endless body as the means for collecting and discharging exfoliated material, or a structure for reciprocating the bogie, it is utilized by reciprocating the movable body. If it is rotated or reciprocated, it is not necessary to separately provide a drive source, and the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced. When the gradient of the fixed body and the movable body is adjustable, it is possible to easily cope with various cases where the levels of the inflow side and the outflow side of the wood are different. In addition, the wood transport facility according to the present invention enables more wood to be separated and transported.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a wood conveying device showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a first embodiment of the present invention and is a partial top view of a wood conveying device.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood transporting device.

FIG. 7 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 8 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 9 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood transporting device.

FIG. 10 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood transporting device.

FIG. 11 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood transporting device.

FIG. 12 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood transport device.

FIG. 13 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 14 is a view showing the first embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing the operation of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a second embodiment of the present invention and is a side view of a wood conveying device.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a second embodiment of the present invention and is a partial top view of the wood conveying device.

FIG. 17 is a side view of the wood transport facility showing the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a side view of the wood conveying device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention and is an enlarged view showing a part of the configuration shown in FIG.

[Explanation of sign]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Device main body 4 Exfoliated matter collecting / discharging means 5 Wood 9 Fixed body 11 Movable body 17 Fixed plate 27 Movable plate 29 Cylinder mechanism (driving means) 41 Receiving tray 43 Exfoliated matter collecting / discharging mechanism 59 Endless body 61 Collection claw body

Claims (7)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A device main body, a fixed body comprising a plurality of fixing plates attached to the device main body and provided with a plurality of step portions arranged in an upward slope in a wood conveying direction; A movable body having a plurality of movable plates attached and provided with a plurality of step portions arranged in an upward slope toward the wood conveying direction without interfering with the fixed plate, and the movable body is arranged in the wood conveying direction. And a movable body driving means for reciprocating the movable body. 2. The wood conveying device according to claim 1,
At the bottom of the device body, there is provided a peeling material collecting / discharging means for collecting and discharging peeled material such as leather peeling / falling from the wood during transportation of the wood. . 3. The wood conveying device according to claim 2,
The exfoliated matter collecting / discharging means is configured to collect and eject the exfoliated matter that has fallen on the saucer by rotating a tray for receiving the exfoliated matter and an endless body having a plurality of collecting claws. A wood conveying device comprising a collecting / discharging mechanism. 4. The wood conveying device according to claim 2,
The exfoliated matter collecting / discharging means collects and expels the exfoliated matter dropped on the tray by reciprocating a tray for receiving the exfoliated matter and a carriage having a plurality of collecting claws. A wood conveying device characterized by being configured with a discharge mechanism. 5. The wood conveying apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the endless body is rotated by utilizing the reciprocating motion of the movable body, or the bogie is reciprocatingly operated by the movable body. A wood conveying device characterized by being reciprocated by utilizing it. 6. The wood conveying device according to claim 1,
A wood conveying device characterized in that the gradient of a fixed body and a movable body can be adjusted. 7. A wood transportation facility, characterized in that an arbitrary number of wood transportation devices according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 are connected in series. .