JP4614224B2 - Transport device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a transport device including a transport body and a rotational transport body that is rotatably provided on the transport body.

Conventionally, for example, a roller conveyor type conveyance body, a roller conveyor type rotation conveyance body that is provided on the conveyance body so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction and is turned into a horizontal conveyance state and a vertical upward retraction state by rotation, 2. Description of the Related Art A transport device having a plurality of grounding portions and provided with a leg body that is provided on a rotating transport body so as to be rotatable through a horizontal axis and that is in a standing ground state and a lying state by rotation (see FIG. For example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 2897164

  However, in the above-described conventional transfer device, there is a possibility that the leg does not come into a desired standing grounding state when the rotating transfer body is quickly rotated to the transfer state, for example.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a transport device capable of preventing a problem that a leg does not enter a desired standing grounding state when the rotational transport body is quickly rotated to the transport state. For the purpose.

The transport apparatus according to claim 1 is a transport body having a connecting body mounting portion, and a rotational transport which is provided on the transport body so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction and is brought into a transport state and an upward retracted state by manual rotation. A body, a leg that is pivotally provided on the rotating transport body, has a connecting body mounting portion, and is in a standing grounded state and a lying down state by rotating, and one end side of the connecting body mounting portion of the transport body The other end side is rotatably connected to the connecting body mounting portion of the leg, and the leg is rotated when the rotating carrier is rotated to the upper retracted state. A connecting body that is in a lying down state and that turns the leg body into a standing grounding state when the rotating transport body is rotated to the transport state, and assists the pivoting of the rotating transport body to the upward retracted state. Rotation assisting means .

Conveying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in the transport apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, leg may possess a leg body portion, and a single ground portion only provided at one location of substantially the center of the leg body part The leg main body portion is composed of opposing rods that are spaced apart from each other and a coupling rod that connects the lower ends of both opposed rods, and the single grounding portion is substantially in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface of the coupling rod. Provided in the center, the connecting body attachment portion of the leg is provided in the approximate center of the side surface of the connecting rod in the longitudinal direction .

The conveying device according to claim 3 is the conveying device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rotary conveying member has plate members that are spaced apart from each other, and the leg member is a lying member that is accommodated between the two plate members. It will be a state.

Conveying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, in the transport apparatus according to claim 3 Symbol mounting, pivoting carrier is one having a finger receiving portion projecting from the outer surface of the plate member.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the leg is rotated to fall down when the rotating transport body is rotated to the upper retracted state, and the leg is rotated when the rotating transport body is rotated to the transport state. Since it is equipped with a connecting body that is moved to the standing grounding state, it is possible to prevent a problem that the leg body does not reach the desired standing grounding state when the rotating transport body is quickly rotated manually to the transporting state . Since the rotation assisting means for assisting the rotation of the rotating transport body to the upper retracted state is provided, the rotating transport body can be easily rotated to the upper retracted state manually.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, since a leg is earth | grounded only by a single earthing | grounding part, safety | security can be ensured easily.

According to the invention which concerns on Claim 3, a leg body will be in the lying state accommodated between the both plate members of a rotation conveyance body.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 4, since a rotation conveyance body has a handle part, a rotation conveyance body can be easily rotated using a handle part.

  An embodiment of a transfer device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a product transport system installed in a distribution center or the like, and this product transport system 1 includes a pair of transport devices (roll-up conveyors) 2 and 2 that are arranged in close proximity to each other. It has.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the conveying device 2 is a roller conveyor type stationary conveying unit that conveys an article to be conveyed such as a product placed on a horizontal upper surface in a horizontal conveying direction. I have.

  The carrier 4 has a pair of conveyor frame portions 5 that are spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of roller portions 6 are rotatably provided between the two conveyor frame portions 5. The conveyor frame portion 5 is supported horizontally by a leg portion 7, and a connecting body attaching portion 8 and a gas spring attaching portion 9 are provided on the leg portion 7.

  Further, the transport device 2 is provided at the end of the transport body 4 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction about the horizontal axis 10 and is turned into a horizontal transport state and a vertical upward retracted state. A rotating transport body 11 that is a type of jumping transport section is provided.

  The rotary carrier 11 has a pair of rotary conveyor frame portions 12 that are spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of roller portions 13 are rotatably provided between the rotary conveyor frame portions 12. A base end portion of the rotating conveyor frame portion 12 is rotatably connected to an end portion of the conveyor frame portion 5 of the transport body 4 via a shaft 10. The rotating conveyor frame portion 12 has a plate member (skirt) 15 in which a plurality of holes 14 are formed in a staggered manner, and a substantially U-shaped handle portion 16 projects from the outer surface of the plate member 15. . A bar member 17 is installed between the plate members 15 spaced apart from each other, and a gas spring mounting portion 18 is provided on the bar member 17. A stopper (not shown) that holds the rotating transport body 11 in the upward retracted state by contact with the rotating conveyor frame section 12 when the rotating transport body 11 is in the upward retracted state is a conveyor frame section of the transport body 4. 5 is provided.

  In addition, the transport device 2 is provided at the front end side of the rotating transport body 11 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis 20 and is turned upright and rotated perpendicularly to the rotating conveyor frame portion 12 by rotation. A leg 21 is provided in a lying state and accommodated between a pair of plate members 15 that are spaced apart from each other in the moving conveyor frame portion 12.

  The leg body 21 has a substantially U-shaped leg main body portion 22, and the leg main body portion 22 is a square pipe in which a square pipe-shaped opposing rod 23 that is opposed to each other and a lower end portion of both opposing rods 23 are connected to each other. And a connecting rod 24 in the form of a ring. The upper end portion of the facing rod 23 is rotatably connected to the rotating conveyor frame portion 12 of the rotating transport body 11 via a horizontal shaft 20.

  And, only at one place in the longitudinal center of the lower surface of the connecting rod 24 of the leg body portion 22 of the leg 21 (substantially the center in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction), the ground surface 25 such as the floor surface is transported. A single ground part 26 is provided for grounding. The single ground portion 26 includes a screw receiving hole 27 and a leg bolt 28 screwed into the screw receiving hole of the bolt receiving 27. In addition, a connecting body attaching portion 29 is provided at the approximate center in the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the connecting rod 24 of the leg body portion 22 of the leg body 21.

  Further, when the rotating transport body 11 is rotated to the upper retracted state (at the time of upward rotation), the transport device 2 rotates the leg body 21 in one direction with respect to the rotating transport body 11 so as to fall down. When the rotating transport body 11 is rotated to the transporting state (downwardly rotating), the leg 21 is rotated in the other direction with respect to the rotating transport body 11 so as to be in the standing grounding state. A longitudinal connection body (link) 31 is provided.

  The connection body 31 is constituted by, for example, a rectangular pipe having a rectangular cross section, and one end portion of the connection body 31 is rotatably connected to the connection body mounting portion 8 of the transport body 4 via a horizontal shaft 32. The other end of 31 is rotatably connected to a connecting body mounting portion 29 of the leg 21 via a horizontal shaft 33.

  Further, the transport device 2 is a single rotation assisting unit that assists in the rotation of the rotating transport body 11 to the upper retracted state by a manual operation, that is, biases the rotating transport body 11 upward. A gas spring 41 is provided.

  The gas spring 41 has a cylinder part 42 in which a high-pressure gas such as nitrogen gas is sealed, and a rod part 43 that enters and exits the cylinder part 42. One end of the gas spring 41 is rotatably connected to the gas spring mounting portion 9 of the carrier 4 via a horizontal shaft 44, and the other end of the gas spring 41 is connected to the gas spring of the rotary carrier 11. It is connected to the mounting portion 18 via a horizontal shaft 45 so as to be rotatable.

  Next, the operation and the like of the transport device 2 will be described.

  When transporting an object to be transported using the transport device 2, a hand is placed on the handle 16 and the rotating transport body 11 is rotated downward about the shaft 10 with respect to the transport body 4. The moving conveyance body 11 is set to a horizontal conveyance state.

  When the rotating transport body 11 is rotated downward, the leg body 21 is erected on the shaft 20 with respect to the rotating transport body 11 in such a manner that the leg body 21 is pushed away from the roller unit 13 by the connecting body 31. It is rotated until it reaches a state, and the grounding surface 25 is grounded by the single grounding portion 26 when the rotating transport body 11 is transported.

  In this way, the transporting rotating transport body 11 is horizontally supported by the leg 21 in the standing contact state, and the object to be transported is horizontally supported by the roller section 6 of the transporting body 4 and the roller section 13 of the rotating transporting body 11. It is transported toward the proper transport direction.

  Further, for example, when a passage space is formed between the two conveying devices 2 facing each other after completion of the conveying operation, the rotating conveying member 11 is moved to the conveying member 4 with the shaft 10 by placing the hand on the handle 16. , And the pivoting carrier 11 is set in a vertically upward retracted state.

  When the rotating transport body 11 is rotated upward, the leg body 21 is in a lying state about the shaft 20 with respect to the rotating transport body 11 in such a manner that the leg body 21 is pulled in a direction approaching the roller unit 13 by the connecting body 31. Until the rotational conveyance body 11 is in the upward retracted state, and is accommodated between both plate members 15. Thus, a passage space is formed between the two revolving transport bodies 11 in the upward retracted state.

  And according to this conveying apparatus 2, when the rotation conveyance body 11 rotates to the upper retreating state, the leg body 21 is rotated to fall, and when the rotation conveyance body 11 is rotated to the conveyance state, the leg is rotated. A connecting body 31 that turns the body 21 into a standing grounding state is provided, and the leg body 21 is automatically switched to a desired standing grounding state in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating transport body 11 by the connecting body 31. For this reason, for example, when a person manually turns the rotating transport body 11 downward quickly to the transport state, a problem that the leg 21 is not in a desired standing grounding state can be prevented, and the handleability is excellent.

  Further, since the leg 21 is grounded only by the single grounding portion 26, the foot is not pinched between the leg 21 and the grounded surface 25, and safety can be easily ensured.

  Furthermore, since the gas spring 41 is provided to assist in the upward rotation of the rotational transport body 11 to the upward retracted state by human power, the rotational transport body 11 can be easily lifted to the upward retracted state manually.

Note that the transport body 4 and the rotational transport body 11 may be, for example, transporting the transported object with an endless belt, in addition to transporting the transported object with the roller units 6 and 13 .

It is a side view which shows one Embodiment of the conveying apparatus of this invention. It is a top view of a conveyance apparatus same as the above. It is a perspective view of a conveyance apparatus same as the above.

2 Transport device 4 Transport body
8 connector mounting part
11 Rotating carrier
15 plate members
16 Handle
21 legs
22 Leg body
23 opposite
24 linkages
26 Single grounding part
29 connecting member attachment portion
31 Connected body
41 Gas spring as rotation assist means

Claims (4)

A transport body having a connecting body mounting portion ;
A rotating transport body provided on the transport body so as to be pivotable in a vertical direction, and being in a transport state and an upward retracted state by manual rotation;
A leg that is pivotally provided on the rotating carrier, has a connecting body mounting portion, and is in a standing ground state and a lying state by rotating,
One end side is rotatably connected to the connecting body mounting portion of the transport body , and the other end side is rotatably connected to the connecting body mounting portion of the leg body. A connecting body that turns the leg body in a lying down state when rotating, and turns the leg body into a standing grounding state when turning the rotating carrier body into a transport state ;
A conveying device comprising: a rotation assisting unit that assists the rotation of the rotating conveyance body in the upward retracted state . Leg is possess the leg body portion, and a single ground portion only provided at one location of substantially the center of the leg body part,
The leg main body portion is composed of opposing ridges that are spaced apart from each other, and a connecting ridge that connects the lower ends of these opposing ridges,
The single grounding portion is provided at substantially the center in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface of the connecting rod,
The transport device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting body attachment portion of the leg is provided at a substantially central portion in a longitudinal direction of a side surface of the connecting rod . Rotation carrier has a plate member spaced opposite each other,
The leg is in a lying state accommodated between the two plate members.
The conveying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein Rotating transport body, conveying apparatus according to claim 3 Symbol mounting and having a finger receiving portion projecting from the outer surface of the plate member.

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