JP3076728B2 - Article alignment and transport device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article aligning / conveying apparatus capable of transferring randomly supplied articles in a predetermined row.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a large amount of small fresh fish, for example, a large amount of small fresh fish, is conveyed to a tray by a predetermined amount, as shown in FIG. When the bottom of the hopper 31 is opened and closed appropriately, the fish 30 falls into the tray 33 and a predetermined amount is stored.

However, in this storage method, the fish 30 is thrown into the tray 33 in a random orientation,
The posture that has been stored inside falls apart and tray 33
The dead space inside is increased, and the storage efficiency is extremely reduced.

[0004] Alternatively, a desired amount cannot be accommodated, and there has been a problem that many trays and many charging steps have to be performed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a projecting portion serving as a partition wall is provided on the upper surface of a main body inclined toward the downstream side with the upstream side thereof. By making them substantially coincide with the main surface and projecting so as to become higher toward the downstream side, by providing a plurality of flow paths formed in a width that allows articles to flow by the partition wall,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an article aligning / transporting apparatus capable of aligning the direction of a large number of articles sent continuously and transporting the articles efficiently.

[0006]

Means of the present invention for achieving the above object are to provide a main body having a predetermined width attached at a predetermined inclination on the upstream side and low on the downstream side, and projecting from the upper surface of the main body. A partition wall whose protruding portion makes the upstream side substantially coincide with the main surface, and becomes higher toward the downstream side;
A plurality of flow paths formed in such a width that articles can flow by the pair of partition walls, and the partition walls are
A predetermined inclination is provided from the top to the bottom, and the flow channel has substantially the same width on the upstream side and the downstream side, and the length direction of the article is not accommodated, but the width direction of the article is not accommodated. In the article aligning and transporting apparatus having an interval so that the articles can be accommodated inside.

[0007]

The present invention configured as described above has the following effects.

When a large number of articles are supplied at random to the upstream side of the main body, the articles begin to fall toward the downstream side due to the inclination of the main body. Alternatively, it is located in a flow path formed by the pair of partition walls.

At this time, a part of the articles randomly supplied and stored in the flow path is guided on both sides thereof by a pair of partition walls and dropped and transported to the downstream side, and the directions are aligned in one direction. It is taken out in an aligned state.

[0010] Further, an article placed on the starting end side of the main body so as to straddle the partition wall and the main body tends to drop and slide due to the inclination of the main body in this state. Due to the difference between the moving speed of the article caused by the difference in sliding movement in contact with the partition wall and the main body due to the formed drop, the portion of the article located at the top of the partition wall receives much resistance to the sliding movement. The orientation is naturally corrected into the flow path, and is accommodated in the flow path, guided on both sides by a pair of partition walls, transported while falling to the downstream side, and aligned in one direction. It is taken out in a state.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of an article aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 4 to 6, A denotes an article aligning / transporting device for aligning and feeding randomly supplied articles b in a predetermined row.
It is basically constituted by the partition wall 2 and the flow path 3.

The main body 1 has a predetermined width attached at a predetermined inclination with the upstream side 1a being high and the downstream side 1b being low.

A large number of the partition walls 2 are protruded from the upper surface of the main body 1 so that the upstream end of the protruding portion substantially coincides with the surface of the main body 1 and gradually increases toward the downstream side. As shown in FIG. 2, it is erected substantially vertically, or as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), has a predetermined inclination from the top 2 a to the bottom 2 b. In the case shown in FIG. 3 (a), it is almost smooth from the top 2a to the bottom 2b.
In the case shown in FIG. 3 (b), the article b is formed in a concave (not shown, but may be convex) curved arc.
To improve contact.

The above-mentioned flow path 3 is formed by a pair of partition walls 2 and 2
The article b to be processed is formed in a plurality of pieces in such a width that it can flow smoothly, and the article b to be treated is vertically long, such as a fish, and its length direction (length from head to tail) is Although it cannot be accommodated, it has an interval in which the width direction fits inside and is transported smoothly.

A restricting member y is provided at one or a plurality of locations above the partition wall 2 so that articles b supplied from the upstream side 1a of the main body 1 are placed on the partition wall 2. On the downstream side 1
b).

The structure may be such that a plate-like body formed in a triangular shape or a predetermined arc shape is attached as shown in FIG. 6A, or a rod-like shape as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6C, the partition wall 2 is dropped to the flow path 3 on both sides or one side of the partition wall 2 by being protruded or supported by a roller-shaped rotating body.

In FIG. 5, C shows a part of a transportation line of an example of the fish b employing the apparatus A of the present invention, and the weighing is carried out at the end of the conveyor 10 connected to the supply section of the fish b. A device 11 is provided to the distribution chutes 12 and 13 connected to the weighing device 11, respectively.
When one of the devices A is being aligned and conveyed, the alternate use of supplying the fish b to the other device A is performed so as to minimize the processing loss time. is there.

At the end of the aligning / conveying devices A, A, two sets of sending conveyors 14,
15 are mounted via partitioning means 16 and 17 for partitioning by swinging or raising and lowering motions, and a tray 19 which is appropriately distributed by a row sorting means 18 is supplied to the start end side of the sending conveyors 14 and 15. The conveyor 20 is connected.

A transfer conveyor 21 for discharging a tray 19 containing fish b aligned and transported by the aligning and transporting devices A and A by the partitioning means 16 and 17 is provided at the end side of the sending conveyors 14 and 15 with a tray assembly. It is connected via means 22.

Therefore, the operation of the apparatus A of the present invention will be described. The fish b supplied by the conveyor 10 is weighed appropriately by the weighing machine 11 and one or the other is selected by selecting the distribution chute 12 or 13. A large number are randomly sent to the starting end of the subject 1 in the devices A, A.

Then, the fish b starts dropping all at once to the downstream side 1b due to the inclination of the main body 1.
Are located variously in the upper part of the partition wall 2 protruding at the start end side and in the flow path 3 formed by the pair of partition walls 2.

A part of the fish b being supplied, which is stored in the flow path 3 with its head or tail directed first, is guided as it is on both sides of its trunk by the pair of partition walls 2 and downstream. It is dropped and transported to the side 1b and taken out in an aligned state in which the head or tail is aligned in one direction, and the partitioning means 16, 1
7 is sent out to the sending conveyor 14 or 15.

However, the fish b placed on the upstream side 1a of the main body 1 so as to straddle the partition wall 2 and the main body 1, as shown in FIG. Of the fish b due to the difference between the partition wall 2 and the main body 1 due to the resistance when sliding in contact with the partition wall 2 and the main body 1 due to the drop formed between the partition wall 2 and the main body 1. A moving speed difference occurs.

Therefore, the top 2a of the partition wall 2 of the fish b
The part located at the bottom receives much resistance to sliding movement, and
The transfer speed on the b side is increased, and as shown in FIG.
The posture is naturally corrected in one direction of the head or tail into the flow path 3, and finally, as shown in FIG. Are transported while falling to the downstream side while being guided by the, and are taken out in an aligned state where the directions are aligned in one direction.
To the transfer conveyor 21 via the tray collecting means 22.

[0026]

As described above, in the article aligning / transporting apparatus of the present invention, the partition walls protruding toward the main body have their protruding portions substantially higher on the upstream side than the main surface, and become higher toward the downstream side. Even if the article rides on the upper part of the partition wall, the direction of the article is gradually corrected by the speed difference of the sliding movement caused by the abutment of the two parts with the main surface in the flow path. As a result, the articles can be stored in the post-processing effectively without any gap.

Also, since the partition wall is provided with a predetermined inclination from the top to the bottom, the posture of the article in one direction can be corrected more efficiently. And so on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a main part schematically showing an embodiment of an article aligning and transporting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing, in an enlarged manner, other examples of the main parts of the device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing each operation in an operation state of the device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of a transport line employing the apparatus shown in FIG.

6 is a side view showing each example of a regulating member provided on a partition wall in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a conventional article conveyance state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 b Article 1 Main body 1a Upstream side 1b Downstream side 2 Partition wall 2a Top 2b Bottom 3 Flow path

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body having a predetermined width attached at a predetermined inclination with the upstream side being high and the downstream side being low, and protruding from the upper surface of the main body so that the protruding portion makes the upstream side substantially coincide with the main body surface and goes toward the downstream side. And a plurality of flow paths formed to have a width that allows articles to flow by the pair of partition walls, and the partition wall has a predetermined inclination from the top to the bottom. The flow path, the upstream side and the downstream side have substantially the same width, the length direction of the article is not accommodated, but has a spacing such that the width direction of the article fits inside. Characterized article alignment and transport device.