JP3661126B2 - Article conveying device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an article conveying apparatus configured to accommodate an article such as a bread bun divided into packaging units in an article conveying body and convey the article to a carry-out position.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Composed of a plurality of article transport bodies that move in a predetermined direction with respect to the machine frame and drive means for moving the transport bodies, the article transport body to which articles are supplied at the carry-in position is moved to the carry-out position by the drive means. There is an article conveying apparatus configured to convey an article by doing so. The article conveying body of the article conveying apparatus is provided with a partition member with a separation width corresponding to the thickness of the article, and the article is conveyed in a state where the article is accommodated in a section formed by the partition member. It has become.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the article transport apparatus, the partition member is fixedly disposed on the article transport body with a separation width corresponding to the thickness of the article. For this reason, when the size or the like of an article to be conveyed in the same conveying device is changed, there is no need to replace it with another article conveying body in which a partition member is provided for each separation width that matches the thickness of the article. It takes.
[0004]
Here, for example, when packaging bread with bread, the sliced bread group for a plurality of packaging units is sent all at once from the slicer, and this is received by the article transport device and received by the downstream bagging machine for each packaging unit. Need to pass. In this case, in the slicer, a certain amount (3 portions) of bread is sliced, and these sliced bread groups are divided into two (1.5 portions), three portions (1 portion) or 4 according to the packaging unit. Since it is sent to the article transport device in a plurality of divided packaging units (0.75 divided), it is necessary to perform the complicated replacement work of the article transport body as described above when changing the size of the bread bread group serving as the packaging unit. It becomes. Further, in the article transporting apparatus, the succeeding article transport body cannot move to the position where the article is transported from the slicer unless all bread loaves accommodated in the article transport body are transferred from the article transport body to the bagging machine. It is pointed out that the processing capacity does not increase.
[0005]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above-mentioned problems inherent in the above-described conventional technology, the present invention has been proposed to suitably solve this problem, and the size of the article transporter according to the size of the article to be conveyed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article conveying apparatus that can easily change the speed and can perform high-speed processing.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to overcome the above-described problems and achieve the intended purpose suitably, an article conveying device according to the present invention includes:
  It is arranged at predetermined intervals on the rope body,Having a plurality of sections lined up in the moving direction;At the carry-in position, a certain amount of articles are received at one time, and each of the articles divided for each packaging unit is accommodated in a compartment, and substantially horizontally along a trajectory including two linear moving parts as the rope body travels. Multiple moving to swivelAn article carrier;
  The article carrier, The one set in one linear movement part of the turning trajectory in the article transport bodyMove and stop to correspond to the loading position and, Set to the other linear moving part and carry the article out of the compartmentA drive means configured to move and stop corresponding to the carry-out position, and to independently perform a stop with respect to the carry-in position of the article carrier and a stop with respect to the carry-out position of the section;
  In the article transport body,A size that can accommodate articles in different packaging units that can be divided from a certain quantity of articles in parallel.It consists of a partition member that can removably engage to form compartments, and that can change the engagement position so that the size of each compartment to be formed is the same,
  The driving means moves the section so that the center of each section corresponds to the center of the carry-out position in accordance with the changed section size.And stopLet,
The packaging unit is configured to be transported from the compartment stopped at the unloading position in a direction reverse to the loading direction.It is characterized by that.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, the article conveying apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by giving a preferred embodiment.
[0008]
[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the entire packaging apparatus incorporating the article conveying apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, and an article supply unit 46, a slicer 48, an article from the upstream side of the article conveying line of the packaging apparatus. The carrying-in part 50 and the bagging machine 78 are arrange | positioned in order, and the said article conveyance apparatus 10 is arrange | positioned between the article carrying-in part 50 and the bagging machine 78. FIG.
[0009]
The article supply unit 46 is configured to feed the bread bread 45 having a length of 3 mm toward the slicer 48 in a lateral orientation in which the longitudinal direction thereof is along the direction orthogonal to the article transport line. The slicer 48 is configured to be able to slice a bread 45 having a length corresponding to 3 mm with a predetermined thickness. The bread 45 is a mountain bread and is set to be fed into the slicer 48 with its round head side facing forward.
[0010]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the article carry-in section 50 disposed on the downstream side of the slicer 48 has an article conveyance line above the conveyance surface on which the sliced bread group sliced by the slicer 48 is transferred. A feed member 72 that reciprocates along is provided. In addition, guide members for guiding the sliced bread group to the downstream side while being divided into two, three, or four for each packaging unit are arranged in parallel on the transport surface. That is, the sliced bread group sliced into the required number is fed to the article conveying apparatus 10 in a parallel state divided by the guide member into the number of packaging units while being pushed on the conveying surface by the feeding member 72. It is supposed to be. Even in this case, the bread group 44 as an article for each packaging unit is sent to the article conveying apparatus 10 with the round head side in front.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 1, the article conveying apparatus 10 includes a machine frame 11 that is horizontally long in a direction orthogonal to the article conveying line, and the machine frame 11 has a longitudinal direction (a direction orthogonal to the article conveying line). A movable table 26 is disposed so as to be reciprocally movable in a predetermined range substantially horizontally along. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of shaft bodies 20, 20 are pivotally supported on the moving base 26 so as to be rotatable in a vertical posture at a predetermined interval in the moving direction. An upper toothed pulley 22 as a rotating body is horizontally disposed at the upper end of each shaft body 20, and a lower toothed pulley 24 is horizontally disposed at the lower end of the shaft body 20. , 24 are configured to rotate integrally with the shaft body 20.
[0012]
The machine frame 11 is provided with two servomotors 30, 30 that are independently rotationally controlled, and drive toothed pulleys 28, 28 are attached to the output shafts of both servomotors 30, respectively. Both driving toothed pulleys 28, 28 are separated from each other at a level position corresponding to the lower toothed pulleys 24, 24 in a direction intersecting with the separating direction of the both lower toothed pulleys 24, 24. It arrange | positions at the carrying-in position I side and the carrying-out position O side. As shown in FIG. 3, a first toothed belt 34 is wound between the lower toothed pulleys 24, 24 and the driving toothed pulleys 28, 28. Each of the drive toothed pulleys 28 is independently driven to rotate by the servo motor 30 serving as a rotational drive source, thereby moving the movable table 26 and moving the article transporter 12 with respect to the carry-in position I as will be described later. -It is comprised so that a stop and the movement with respect to the carrying-out position O of the division in the articles | goods conveyance body 12 may be performed independently. That is, in the first embodiment, the driving means is constituted by a pair of lower toothed pulleys 24, 24, a pair of driving toothed pulleys 28, 28, a first toothed belt 34, and a pair of servo motors 30, 30. Is done. As shown in FIG. 3, the machine frame 11 has tension rollers that contact the outer surface (surface without teeth) of the first toothed belt 34 at both side positions sandwiching each driving toothed pulley 28. 32 and 32 are rotatably arranged, and the belt 34 is always pressed against the pulley 28 with driving teeth.
[0013]
Between the upper toothed pulleys 22, 22, a second toothed belt 35 is wound as a rope body, and a plurality of (seven in the embodiment) article conveyance is performed on the belt 35 at predetermined intervals. The body 12 is disposed, and the article transport body 12 is configured to rotate integrally horizontally by moving the movable table 26 in a predetermined direction by the driving means (see FIG. 8). As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the article transport body 12 is provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the flat plate-like base portion 36 that is formed horizontally along the belt moving direction (before and after the moving direction of the article transport body 12). A pair of support bodies 38 and 38 are erected. The base portion 36 is formed with a plurality of parallel grooves 40 along the short direction at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction, and the partition member 16 is detachably attached to each groove 40. The partition member 16 is configured to form a plurality of compartments 14 for accommodating a bread unit 44 of a packaging unit as an article between the supports 38.
[0014]
Here, in the first embodiment, the distance between the supports 38 is set so as to substantially correspond to the length of the sliced bread 45 for 3 kg. Further, the interval between the grooves 40 formed in the base portion 36 is determined when the bread bread 45 is divided into three pieces (1.5 pieces), divided into three pieces (one piece), or divided into four pieces (0.75 pieces). It is set to select and form a section 14 having a size capable of accommodating a group of bread buns 44 each serving as a packaging unit. That is, in the first embodiment, by attaching one partition member 16 to the central groove 40 shown in FIG. 6, two compartments having the same size for accommodating the bread bread group 44 in two divided packaging units. 14 and 14 are formed, and the two partition members 16 and 16 are attached to the two grooves 40 and 40 located between the central groove 40 and the outermost grooves 40 and 40 in the longitudinal direction (see FIG. The three sections 14, 14, and 14 having the same size for accommodating the bread group 44 of the three divided packaging units are formed, and three partition members 16, 16, and 16 are arranged at the center. And four compartments 14 having the same size to accommodate the bread group 44 of four divided packaging units by attaching them to the three outermost grooves 40, 40, 40 in the longitudinal direction (see the two-dot chain line in the figure). , 14, 14, and 14 are formed.
[0015]
The carry-in position I where the bread bread group 44 from the article carry-in section 50 is carried into the article carrier 12 and the carry-out position O where the bread bread group 44 is carried out from the carrier 12 toward the bagging machine 78 are shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, it is set corresponding to each of the linear moving parts in the article transport body 12 (section 14). In the state where the article transport body 12 moved by the driving means is stopped at the carry-in position I, the bread bread 44 is carried into the section 14 from the side, and each section 14 of the article transport body 12 is loaded. In a state where the center is moved to a position corresponding to the center of the carry-out position O and stopped, the bread bread group 44 is carried out from the section 14 from the side. In the first embodiment, the direction of the bread bread group 44 carried into the article carrier 12 at the carry-in position I and the direction of the bread bread group 44 carried out from the article carrier 12 at the carry-out position O are set to be reversed. ing. Therefore, the bread group 44 carried into the article carrier 12 with the round head side forward at the carry-in position I is carried out with the head behind at the carry-out position O.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 7, ball plungers 42 are respectively disposed on the base portions 36 corresponding to the substantially central portions in the extending direction of the grooves 40. A small hole 43 is formed at the lower end of the partition member 16 at a position corresponding to the ball plunger 42. That is, when the lower end portion of the partition member 16 is inserted into the groove 40, the ball plunger 42 is detachably engaged with the small hole 43 so that the partition member 16 is positioned and supported on the article transport body 12. Is done.
[0017]
The bagging machine 78 disposed on the downstream side of the article conveying device 10 places a bag (not shown) on the table 79 on which the bread bread group 44 carried out from the article conveying device 10 is transferred. The mouth is configured to be held in a state of being directed to the upstream side in the article transfer direction (the article conveyance device side). As shown in FIG. 2, the bagging machine 78 is attached at predetermined intervals to an endless chain (not shown) that circulates over the table 79 and the article carrier 12 (section 14) facing the carry-out position O. A plurality of pushing members 80 are provided, and one package unit of bread group 44 is pushed from the upstream side of each section 14 of the article carrier 12 facing the carry-out position O and transferred to the table 79. It is configured to be pushed into a bag.
[0018]
[Operation of the first embodiment]
Next, the operation of the article transport apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described. The partition member 16 is attached to each of the grooves 40 at the position where the space between the supports 38 is divided into three with respect to the base portion 36 of the article transport body 12, and the size of the article transport body 12 is the same. An example in which three sections 14 are formed will be described.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 1, the bread bread 45 having a length corresponding to 3 mm is fed from the article supply unit 46 to the slicer 48 with the round head side in front. In this slicer 48, the bread 45 is sliced into a number that can be divided into three, and the slice bread group is a packaging unit by a guide member (not shown) while the transport surface of the article carry-in section 50 is pushed by the feed member 72. Divided and guided into the bread bread group 44 for each number of sheets, it is fed into the article conveying apparatus 10 in a parallel state with its round head side facing forward. In the article transport apparatus 10, the article transport body 12 is stopped at the carry-in position I, and each bread group 44 fed from the article carry-in section 50 is respectively in the corresponding three section 14 formed by the partition member 16. It is carried in at a time from the side.
[0020]
  Said thingGoodsIn the transport device 10, both the servomotors 30 are used., 30By rotating one of them (the loading position I side) by a predetermined amount, the moving table 26 is moved to the front side (right side in FIG. 8) of the article conveying body 12 at the loading position I, and the article conveying body 12 is moved. It is moved by the arrangement interval and stopped corresponding to the carry-in position I. Further, both the servomotors 30, 30By rotating the other side (the unloading position O side) by a predetermined amount, the moving table 26 is moved to the front side (left side in FIG. 8) of the article conveying body 12 at the unloading position O, and the article conveying body 12 is It is moved by the interval of the section 14 and stopped so that the center of the section 14 corresponds to the center of the carry-out position O. Both servomotors 30 are rotationally controlled independently, and the movement and stop of each position of the article transport body 12 (section 14) are performed independently.
[0021]
  BaggingMachine 7Eight feeding members 80 are continuously run at a predetermined speed, and each time the pushing member 80 faces the carry-out position O, the article transport body 12 (section 14) moved by one section is stopped. Every time the section 14 moves at the carry-out position O a number of times corresponding to the number of sections of the article transport body 12 (three times in the first embodiment), the article transport body 12 is moved once at the carry-in position I (the article transport body 12). Move by the arrangement interval). This movement is repeated, and the center of the section 14 at the forefront in the movement direction in the article transporter 12 into which the bread bread group 44 is first carried arrives at a position corresponding to the center of the carry-out position O and stops (FIG. 8A). reference). Then, the feeding member 80 of the bagging machine 78 abuts and feeds from the upstream side to the bread group 44 of one packaging unit accommodated in the corresponding section 14, and is transferred to the table 79 and is also fed to the bread group 44. Into the bag. At this time, the bread bread group 44 is pushed in such a state that the round head side faces the bag mouth.
[0022]
When the bread bread group 44 in the foremost section 14 is carried out, one of the servomotors 30 and 30 (the carrying-out position O side) is rotationally controlled, and the movable table 26 carries the article at the carrying-out position O. The moving base 26 is moved at a position where the center of the central section 14 of the article transport body 12 facing the unloading position O has reached the position corresponding to the center of the unloading position O. Stop. At this time, the position of the article transport body 12 facing the carry-in position I does not change. That is, the article carrier 12 is moved by one section at the carry-out position O without moving the article carrier 12 facing the carry-in position I.
[0023]
When the bread loaf 44 is unloaded from the central section 14, the above-described operation is performed, and the center of the last section 14 in the article transporter 12 arrives at a position corresponding to the center of the unloading position O and stops. Then, the bread group 44 is carried out (see FIG. 8B). When the bread loaf group 44 is carried out from all the sections 14 of the article transport body 12, the center of the frontmost section 14 in the subsequent article transport body 12 moves to a position corresponding to the center of the unloading position O. The servomotors 30 and 30 are controlled to rotate.
[0024]
When the bread loaf 44 is unloaded from the last section 14 at the unloading position O, and the loading of the bread loaf 44 to the article transporter 12 facing the loading position I is completed, the servo motors 30 and 30 rotate. By the control, the operation of the moving table 26 described above is combined, and the article transport body 12 is moved so that the center of the frontmost section 14 in the subsequent article transport body 12 corresponds to the center of the carry-out position O at the carry-out position O. At the same time, at the carry-in position I, the subsequent empty article carrier 12 is moved to the carry-in position I.
[0025]
That is, by independently controlling the rotation of the two servo motors 30, 30, the article transport body 12 is moved and stopped so as to correspond to the carry-in position I, and the article transport body 12 facing the carry-out position O. The operation of moving and stopping each of the sections 14 by one section can be performed independently. Therefore, the bread bread group 44 divided into three at the carry-in position I can be carried in while carrying out the bread roll 44 for each packaging unit by moving / stopping the article carrier 12 by one section at the carry-out position O. And high speed processing can be achieved.
[0026]
In addition, when the size (number of sheets) of the bread bread group serving as a packaging unit in the bagging machine 78 is changed, the number of attachments and the attachment positions of the partition members 16 are changed in each article transport body 12. The section 14 having a size corresponding to the packaging unit can be easily formed. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten the time required for the setup change when changing the order and reduce the loss time. In the article conveying apparatus 10, when the size of the section 14 is changed, the number of pulses for controlling the rotation of one of the servomotors 30 and 30 (the unloading position O side) is changed. The amount of movement of the article carrier 12 at the carry-out position O is also changed, and the movement / stop is performed so that the center of each section 14 after the change corresponds to the center of the carry-out position O.
[0027]
[Second embodiment]
FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing an article conveying apparatus according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing the article conveying apparatus. As shown in the figure, in the article conveying device 83, a first drive shaft 90 and a second drive shaft 92 are provided at one end (left side in FIG. 9) in the longitudinal direction of the machine casing 84 extending with a required length. And a driven shaft 88 is rotatably supported by the other end (right side in FIG. 9). A first pulley 94 is arranged to rotate integrally with one shaft end protruding from the machine casing 84 of the first drive shaft 90 arranged on the outside. A first drive belt 100 is wound around a first drive pulley 98 attached to an output shaft of a first servo motor 96 as a disposed rotational drive source. A pair of first drive sprockets 104 and 104 as rotating bodies are disposed on the first drive shaft 90 so as to be integrally spaced apart from each other in the axial direction within the machine casing. Further, the driven shaft 88 is rotatably supported by first driven sprockets 118 and 118 as rotating bodies at positions corresponding to the first drive sprockets 104 and 104 in the machine frame. , 118 are wound around first endless chains 124 as ropes. That is, by driving the first servo motor 96, the pair of first endless chains 124, 124 are configured to circulate in a predetermined direction. In the second embodiment, the first servo motor 96, the first drive pulley 98, the first drive belt 100, and the first pulley 94 constitute a part of the drive means.
[0028]
The second drive shaft 92 disposed on the driven shaft side of the first drive shaft 90 is disposed so that the second pulley 108 rotates integrally with one shaft end protruding from the machine frame 84, A second drive belt 114 is wound between the second pulley 108 and the second drive pulley 112 attached to the output shaft of the second servo motor 110 as a rotational drive source disposed below the machine frame 84. It has been. The second drive shaft 92 is disposed so that the drive gears 116 and 116 are integrally spaced apart from each other in the axial direction within the machine frame, and each gear 116 is a bearing (with respect to the first drive shaft 90). (Not shown) and meshed with driven gears 102 and 102 that are rotatably supported. Further, each driven gear 102 is provided with a second drive sprocket 106 as a rotating body so as to be integrally rotatable. Further, second driven sprockets 120 and 120 as rotating bodies are rotatably supported on the driven shafts 88 at positions corresponding to the second drive sprockets 106 and 106 in the machine frame. , 120 is wound around a second endless chain 126 as a rope. That is, by driving the second servo motor 110, the pair of second endless chains 126, 126 are configured to circulate in a predetermined direction independently of the first endless chains 124, 124. In the second embodiment, the second servo motor 110, the second drive pulley 112, the second drive belt 114, and the second pulley 108 constitute a part of the drive means.
[0029]
  A plurality of (four in the embodiment) first article transport bodies 128 are installed between the first endless chains 124 and 124 at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction (see FIG. 11). The first drive sprocket 104, the first driven sprocket 118, and the first endless chain 124 constitute one carrier set. In addition, a plurality of (four in the embodiment) second article transport bodies 129 are installed between the second endless chains 126, 126 at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction (see FIG. 11). 129, the second drive sprocket 106, the second driven sprocket 120, and the second endless chain 126 constitute the other carrier set. And the article conveyance bodies 128 and 129 in both conveyance body groups are:SaidDriving meansofDriveByBy independently moving and stopping on the same track, as described later, the movement and stop operation corresponding to the carry-in position I of the article transport bodies 128 and 129 and the sections 135 in the article transport bodies 128 and 129 are performed. The movement and stop operations corresponding to the unloading position O can be performed independently. The first article transport body 128 and the second article transport body 129 are set so as to be alternately positioned in the movement direction (see FIG. 14).
[0030]
Since the basic configuration of the first article transport body 128 and the second article transport body 129 is the same, the first article transport body 128 will be described with reference to FIG. A holder 130 formed in a narrow strip shape between the endless chains 124 and 124 is constructed by laying a plurality of bases (13 bases in the embodiment) in parallel in the moving direction, and is arranged at the center of the moving direction of the holder 130 at a predetermined position. Is formed with an engaging groove 132 to which a partition member 131 or a support body 133 (see FIG. 11) having the same shape is attached along a direction intersecting the moving direction. In addition, the support 133 is supported and fixed in the engagement grooves 132 and 132 of the holders 130 and 130 positioned at the front and back of the moving direction of the first article transport body 128, and the separation dimension of both the supports 133 and 133 is as follows. Similar to the first embodiment described above, the length is set to roughly correspond to the length of the slice bread 45 for three pieces. Further, with respect to the interval between the plurality of engaging grooves 132 positioned between the supports 133, 133, as in the first embodiment, the bread loaf 45 for 3 halves is divided into two (1.5 halves) or 3 It is possible to select and form a section 135 having a size capable of accommodating in parallel the number of bread bread groups 44 each serving as a packaging unit when divided (one portion) or four portions (0.75 portion). Is set. The partition member 131 is detachably attached to the engagement grooves 132. As in the first embodiment described above, the ball plunger disposed in the holder 130 is configured to be able to engage with and disengage from the small hole of the partition member 131.
[0031]
In the article transporting device 83 of the second embodiment, the carry-in position I is set on the upstream side corresponding to the upper linear moving part among the linear moving parts of the article transport bodies 128 and 129, and the carry-out position O is set on the downstream side. Is set. Further, the interval between the carry-in position I and the carry-out position O is such that the first article transport body 128 or the second article transport body 129 is positioned at one position and the second article transport body 129 or the second position at the other position. It is set so that one article transport body 128 can be positioned. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, corresponding to the carry-in position I, the article supply unit 46, the slicer 48, and the article carry-in unit 50 according to the same configuration as in the first embodiment are provided in the article transport device 83. The bread set 44 from the article carry-in section 50 is placed in a state orthogonal to the article conveyance direction, and is loaded into the first article conveyance body 128 or the second article conveyance body 129 from the side with the round head side in front. Configured to be Corresponding to the carry-out position O, a bagging machine 78 having the same configuration as in the first embodiment is also arranged in a state orthogonal to the article carrying direction in the article carrying device 83, and the carry-out member 80 carries out the carry-out position. The bread bread group 44 of one packaging unit is carried out to the side from each section 135 of the first article transport body 128 or the second article transport body 129 facing O. The article supply unit 46, the slicer 48, the article carry-in unit 50, and the bagging machine 78 are arranged on the same side of the article carrying device 83, and carry the article with the round head side in front at the carry-in position I. The bread bread group 44 carried into the bodies 128 and 129 is carried out toward the bagging machine 78 after leaving the head side at the carry-out position O.
[0032]
[Operation of the second embodiment]
Next, the operation of the article transport apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. In the first and second article transport bodies 128 and 129, a partition member 131 is attached to each engagement groove 132 at a position that divides the support bodies 133 and 133 into four parts. , 129, the four sections 135 having the same size are formed.
[0033]
The pushing member 80 of the bagging machine 78 is continuously run at a predetermined speed, and each time the pushing member 80 reaches the carry-out position O, the article transport bodies 128 and 129 (section 135) moved by one section are stopped. The An empty article carrier 128, 129 arrives at the carry-in position I every time the section 135 moves at the unloading position O a number of times corresponding to the number of sections in the article carrier 128, 129 (four times in the second embodiment). To do.
[0034]
In the article transport device 83, the bread group 44 for each packaging unit fed from the article carry-in section 50 in the state where the first article transport body 128 is waiting at the carry-in position I is formed by the partition member 131. Each of the four corresponding sections 135 is carried in at a time from the side. When the center of the section 135 at the forefront in the movement direction of the first article transport body 128 into which the bread bread group 44 is first loaded arrives at a position corresponding to the center of the unloading position O and stops (see FIG. 14A). The feeding member 80 of the bagging machine 78 abuts and feeds the bread bread 44 accommodated in the corresponding section 135 from the upstream side, and as described above, the round head side faces the bag mouth. It is pushed into. At this time, the empty second article transport body 129 is stopped at the carry-in position I.
[0035]
When the bread bread group 44 in the foremost section 135 is carried out, only the first servo motor 96 is driven and the first endless chain 124 is moved while the second servo motor 110 is stopped. As a result, in the state where the second article transport body 129 is stopped, only the first article transport body 128 moves downstream, and the center of the subsequent section 135 in the transport body 128 is centered as shown in FIG. When the position corresponding to the center of the carry-out position O is reached, the first servo motor 96 is stopped, and the bread bread 44 is carried out by the pushing member 80 as described above. By carrying out the above operation four times (see FIGS. 14C and 14E), the carry-out of the bread loaf group 44 from all the sections 135 of the first article transport body 128 is completed.
[0036]
In addition, when carrying out the operation of carrying out the bread loaf group 44 from the first article carrier 128, the carry-in of the bread loaf group 44 to the second article carrier 129 facing the carry-in position I is completed, and the second servo motor When the second endless chain 126 is moved as shown in FIGS. 14C and 14D, the second article transport body 129 facing the carry-in position I is moved to the downstream side. The amount of movement at this time is set to a value that does not interfere with the first article transport body 128 located on the downstream side. The first servo motor 96 and the second servo motor 110 are rotationally controlled synchronously until all the bread loave groups 44 are unloaded from the first article transport body 128 at the unload position O, and the first article transport body. 128 and the second article carrier 129 are moved synchronously.
[0037]
When all the bread loaves 44 are unloaded from the first article transport body 128 at the unloading position O, the first servo motor 96 is driven, and as shown in FIG. The article carrier 128 is moved to the carry-in position I. Further, the second servo motor 110 is driven, and the center of the section 135 at the forefront in the moving direction of the second article transport body 129 adjacent to the first article transport body 128 from which the bread bread group 44 is unloaded is located. It stops at the position corresponding to the center of the carry-out position O, and the bread bread group 44 is carried out to the bagging machine 78 as described above.
[0038]
That is, also in the second embodiment, by independently controlling the rotation of the two servo motors 96, 110, the operation of moving and stopping the article transport bodies 128, 129 so as to correspond to the carry-in position I, and the carry-out The operation of moving and stopping each section 135 of the article transport bodies 128 and 129 facing the position O by one section can be performed independently. Accordingly, the bread loaf divided into four at the carry-in position I while carrying out and carrying out the bread bread group 44 for each packaging unit by moving and stopping the first or second article transport bodies 128 and 129 by one section at the carry-out position O. The group 44 can be loaded and high speed processing can be achieved.
[0039]
Further, when the size (number of sheets) of the bread bread group as a packaging unit in the bagging machine 78 is changed, the number of attachments and the attachment positions of the partition members 131 are changed in the respective article transport bodies 128 and 129. Thus, the section 135 having a size corresponding to the packaging unit can be easily formed, and the time required for the setup change when changing the order can be shortened to reduce the loss time. In the article transport device 83, when the size of the section 135 is changed, the number of pulses for controlling the rotation of the servo motors 96 and 110 can be changed. Then, movement / stop is performed so that the center of each section 135 after the change corresponds to the center of the unloading position O.
[0040]
[Example of change]
The number and size of the sections defined on the article transport body in the first and second embodiments are not limited to the embodiment, and can be set as appropriate according to the number of types of articles to be transported and the like. . In the second embodiment, the number of the first or second article transporters disposed in the first endless chain or the second endless chain is not limited to the number described above, and the unloading position It is set appropriately depending on the separation distance between O and the loading position I.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
  As described above, according to the article conveying apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, the driving means is configured so that the stopping of the article conveying body with respect to the carry-in position and the stopping of the section with respect to the unloading position can be performed independently. From the carry-out position, while carrying out the goods for each section at the carry-out position,Required number ofBringing in goodsAll at onceCan be performed and high speed processing can be achieved. In addition, the partition member that forms the section with respect to the article transporter can be attached and detached so that the size of the section can be changed, and the center of the section is set to the center of the unloading position corresponding to the changed size of the section. Since it comprised so that it respond | corresponds, it can respond easily to the change of the magnitude | size of articles | goods.Furthermore, by setting the carry-in position and the carry-out position for each of the linear moving portions of the article transport body that rotates substantially horizontally, the article carry-in and carry-out lines can be linearly aligned. Various machines on the downstream side can be arranged on a straight line.
[0043]
  Claim3According to the article transporting apparatus, the slice bread group sliced into the required number sent from the slicer can be divided for each packaging unit and transported toward the bagging machine. Claim4According to the article conveying apparatus according to the above, since the bread bread group is carried out by the pushing member passing through the section facing the carrying-out position, it is not necessary to provide unloading means such as a pusher in the article conveying apparatus, and the apparatus can be simplified. Further claims5According to the article transporting apparatus according to the present invention, the round bread head side of the bread loaf group is carried away from the section to the bag filling machine, or the bag in the bag filling machine is left as it is without changing the direction of the bread loaf group. Can be pushed into.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an article conveying device according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention in a state where it is incorporated in a packaging device.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the article conveying apparatus according to the first embodiment in a state where it is incorporated in a packaging apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a drive unit of the article transport apparatus according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing the article conveying apparatus according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an article transport body of the article transport apparatus according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing an article transport body of the article transport apparatus according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing an article transport body of the article transport apparatus according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an article carrying-in / out operation by the article carrying device according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing an article conveying apparatus according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing a drive unit of the article transport apparatus according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a schematic front view showing an article conveying apparatus according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing an article transport body of an article transport apparatus according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view showing the article conveying apparatus according to the second embodiment incorporated in a packaging apparatus.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing an article carrying-in / out operation by the article carrying device according to the second embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
12 article carrier
14 sections
16 Partition member
22 Pulley with upper teeth (rotating body)
26 Moving table
28 Pulley with drive teeth (drive means)
30 Servo motor (drive means)
34 First toothed belt (drive means)
35 Belt with second tooth (cord)
44 Bread group (goods)
48 Slicer
78 Bagging machine
80 Pushing member
94 First pulley (drive means)
96 1st servo motor (drive means)
98 First drive pulley (drive means)
100 First drive belt (drive means)
104 First drive sprocket (rotating body)
106 Second drive sprocket (rotary body)
108 Second pulley (drive means)
110 Second servo motor (drive means)
112 Second drive pulley (drive means)
114 Second drive belt (drive means)
118 First driven sprocket (rotating body)
120 Second driven sprocket (rotating body)
124 1st endless chain
126 Second endless chain
128 First article carrier
129 Second article carrier
131 Partition member
135 sections
I Loading position
O Unloading position

Claims (5)

The cable body (35) is arranged at predetermined intervals and has a plurality of sections (14 ) arranged in the moving direction, and receives a certain amount of articles (44) at a time at the loading position (I) . Each of the articles (44) divided for each packaging unit is accommodated in the section (14) and moved so as to turn substantially horizontally along the trajectory including the two linear moving parts as the rope (35) travels. A plurality of article carriers (12 ) ,
The article transport body (1 2), the movement and with stops to correspond to one the carry position set to the linear movement of the turning locus in the article carrier (12) (I), each compartment ( 1 ) is moved and stopped so as to correspond to the unloading position (O) where the article (44) is unloaded from the section set on the other linear moving part, and the loading position ( 12) of the article carrier (12 ) Drive means (28, 30, 34 ) configured to be able to independently perform a stop for I) and a stop for the unloading position (O ) of the compartment (14 ) ;
In the article carrier, detachably engages to form compartments (14 ) sized to accommodate articles (44) in different packaging units that can be divided from a certain amount of articles (44) in parallel. And a partition member ( 16) that can change the engagement position so that the size of each partition (14 ) to be formed is the same,
Said driving means (28,30,3 4), corresponding to the size of the modified partition (1 4), the center of each compartment (1 4) corresponds to the center of the unloading position (O) moving and stops partitioning (1 4) as,
An article transporting apparatus configured to carry out an article (44) in a packaging unit from a section (14) stopped at the carry-out position (O) in a direction reverse to the carry-in direction . The article carrier (12) was wound around two rotating bodies (22, 22) rotatably arranged on a moving base (26) that moves substantially horizontally with respect to the machine casing (11). provided Sakutai (35), moves so that the article carrier is (12) pivoted substantially horizontally by driving the moving base (26) in the driving means (28, 30 and 34), before Symbol carrying position (I) and unloading position (O) to Oite the partition (14) against the article (44) An article carrying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the loading and unloading from the side. The article (44) is a bread group to be packaged unit, the required number of sheets is sliced is fed from the slicer (48) away rice bread group at a certain length of bread (45) is a slicer (48) the loading position the article transport is divided for each packaging units (I) (1 2) while being linearly conveyed into compartment (1 4) of the carry-out position the food pan group of (44) (O) linearly out to bagging machine (78) to be held bags product transport apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the configuration pushed so the bag mouth from compartment (1 4) for each packaging unit in. The bagging machine (78) includes a feeding member (80) that pushes the group of breads (44) toward the bag mouth, and the feeding member (80) is the section facing the unloading position (O) ( The article conveying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the bread conveying group (44) is carried out of the section (14 ) by passing through 14 ) . The bread group (44) is a mountain shape bread, said the slicer (48) is carried into the compartment in front of the rounded head side (1 4), the bagging machine to (78) of the head part compartment and after the (1 4) an article carrying apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein configured to be carried out from.

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