JP5019530B2 - Equipment for preparing and shipping goods such as leek - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an article shipment preparation apparatus such as leek.

Conventionally, a conveying device configured by arranging U-shaped buckets with an open top in the conveying direction, a gripping device that grips an article being conveyed by the bucket, and a bundling device that binds the grasped article The gripping device includes a gripping arm that is rotatable between a gripping position that overlaps the arm portion of the bucket in a side view and a retracted position that does not overlap, and is biased so as to be always opened by a spring, and a gripping arm that contacts the gripping arm. A configuration constituted by a gripping guide that contacts and rotates to a gripping position is known (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-34310 A

Since the known example is a linear holding guide, there is a problem that the guide is not smooth.
Moreover, since the bucket is sideways when the gripping arm is separated from the gripping guide due to the linear gripping guide, there is a problem that the article does not fall smoothly.
Moreover, since the contact member of a well-known example is driven by an air cylinder, an air compressor is required, and the apparatus becomes large.
Further, the known example has a problem that it is troublesome to take out the collection basket because the articles are collected in the collection basket provided below the conveying device.
Therefore, the present application has been devised to solve the above problems.

The present invention includes a transport device 11 configured by arranging U-shaped buckets 10 having an open top in parallel in a transport direction, a grip device 17 for gripping an article being transported by the bucket, and binding the gripped article. The bucket 10 is provided with a base portion of an arm portion 12 protruding upward in a U shape at a predetermined interval on the endless chain 6, and the endless chain 6 is provided at a predetermined interval in the front and rear direction. The gripping device 17 is hung around a gear 5 provided on each of the rear horizontal shaft 2 and the front upper horizontal shaft 3 in the left-right direction and the front lower horizontal shaft 4 provided almost directly below the front upper horizontal shaft 3. A gripping arm 18 that is rotatable between a gripping position that overlaps the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10 in a side view and a retracted position that does not overlap, and is urged so as to be always opened by a spring 21; In contact and rotated to the gripping position The bucket 10 receives articles during a substantially horizontal forward and lateral movement, and is then gripped by the gripping device 17 to be lowered and bound, and the binding device 16 is lowered. A bundling arm 28 that protrudes from the front side to the rear side and rotates across the moving path of the bucket 10 to be rotated and an adhering table 30 that affixes and cuts the end of the adhering tape 29 carried by the bundling arm 28 are provided. The gripping guide 19 is configured to ship an article such as a lump that forms an arcuate arc portion 26 along the outer periphery of the gear 5 of each of the front upper horizontal shaft 3 and the front lower horizontal shaft 4. This is a preparation device.
In the present invention, the end of the tape 10 is provided with a rotatable contact member 35 in the movement path of the bucket 10 below the bundling device 16 in the shape of a roller whose axial direction is the left-right direction by an elastic member. A processing device 36 is provided, and the contact member 35 is provided at the tip of the rod 40. The rod 40 is reciprocated by a link mechanism 43 that converts the rotation of the output shaft 45 of the motor 44 into a reciprocating motion, and contacts the tape end. The product shipping preparation apparatus such as the leek etc. configured as described above.
In the present invention, a circular rotary blade 50 that cuts and aligns the base side of the article so as to overlap with the movement trajectory in a side view is provided in the moving path of the bucket 10 gripped by the grip arm 18, and the grip guide 19 The lower arc portion 26 is positioned below the circular rotary blade 50, and is bound to the lower arc portion 26 so as to be transported in a direction intersecting the transport direction of the transport device 11. This is an article shipping preparation device such as a leek with the starting end of the conveying device 60 facing.
According to the present invention, the frame 1 is provided with a caster wheel 72, the caster wheel 72 is attached to an arm 74, and the arm 74 is attached to a mounting shaft 75 of the frame 1 so as to be rotatable. It is an article shipping preparation device such as a leek configured to move between a moving state of being grounded on the floor surface and a retracted state away from the floor surface.

In the first aspect of the invention, since the grip guide 19 has the arc portion 26, the grip arm 18 can be guided smoothly, and the grip arm 18 is separated from the lower arc portion 26 of the grip guide 19. When the bucket 10 is turned downward, the article can be dropped smoothly.
In the invention of claim 2, since the contact member 35 is driven by the motor 44, an air compressor is unnecessary, and the apparatus can be miniaturized.
In the invention of claim 3, the operator only has to work in a space arranged in an L shape by the transport device 11 and the bundle bundle transport device 60, and the work efficiency can be improved. Since the collection basket 71 can be installed in the container, the collection basket 71 can be easily transported.
In the invention of claim 4, the article shipping preparation apparatus can be easily moved.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a frame of an automatic binding apparatus for an article having a thin bundle with respect to the length of thin onion, green onion, leek, trefoil, asparagus, etc. In the upper position, the rear horizontal axis 2 and the front upper horizontal axis 3 in the left-right direction are provided at a predetermined interval in the front and rear direction (FIG. 4), and the front lower horizontal axis 4 is provided substantially directly below the front upper horizontal axis 3. A plurality of gears 5 are provided at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction on each of the rear horizontal shaft 2, the front upper horizontal shaft 3, and the front lower horizontal shaft 4, and an endless chain 6 is wound around each gear 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes a conveyance motor for rotating the endless chain 6, and 8 denotes a chain guide rail.
A plurality of left and right buckets 10 on which the article is placed and conveyed are attached to the endless chain 6 at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction. That is, a plurality of buckets 10 are attached at a predetermined interval in the transport direction to constitute the transport device 11.
Each bucket 10 is divided into a plurality of parts on the left and right sides, and is configured to have at least a base bucket 10A and a tip bucket 10B. Each bucket 10 has a base portion of an arm portion 12 protruding upward in a U shape. It is configured to be attached to the endless chain 6.

The bucket 10 receives articles from above when moving horizontally between the rear horizontal shaft 2 and the front upper horizontal shaft 3, and from the front upper horizontal shaft 3 at the end of the horizontal movement to the front lower horizontal shaft. The articles are bound and cut at the ends during the longitudinal movement over the shaft 4.
Thus, the bucket 10 is provided with a gripping device 17 that is opened during lateral movement, accepts the placement of the article on the bucket 10, and grips the article so as to fix the article to the bucket 10 when being bound by the binding device 16 described later. .
The gripping device 17 is attached to the gripping arm 18 at a predetermined position by attaching a gripping arm 18 that rotates between a retracting position that does not overlap a gripping position that overlaps the arm portion 12 of each bucket 10 in a side view. A gripping guide 19 that contacts and rotates to the gripping position is provided.

  In this case, the base of the gripping arm 18 is rotatably attached to the bucket 10 or the endless chain 6 by a mounting shaft 20, and a spring 21 is wound around the mounting shaft 20 to urge the gripping arm 18 so as to always open. It is easy to configure and it is preferable if the stopper 22 provided at a desired position of the endless chain 6 is opened at a predetermined position and stopped. An attachment member 23 attaches the bucket 10 to the endless chain 6, and the stopper 22 is provided on the attachment member 23. Reference numeral 24 denotes an arm side guide member that comes into contact with the grip guide 19 provided on the grip arm 18.

  4 and 5, the gripping arm 18 may not be shown in the bucket 10, but the gripping arm 18 is provided in all the buckets 10. FIG. 6 shows another embodiment in which the gripping arm 18 is attached to the bucket 10. FIG. 7 is an embodiment in which the arm side guide member 24 is omitted, and a pair of arm portions 12 of the root side bucket 10 </ b> A are provided, and the gripping arm 18 enters the space 25 between the pair of arm portions 12. It is an example. Further, FIG. 9 shows that a part of the root side of the tip side bucket 10B is formed in the gripping arm 18, and a part of the base side part of the tip side bucket 10B opposite to the gripping arm 18 is partially cut away to form the space 25. Forming.

Therefore, the gripping guide 19 is provided at a predetermined position on the moving path of the gripping arm 18.
That is, the gripping arm 18 moves together with the bucket 10, and is provided on the front side in the moving direction of the bucket 10, so that the gripping arm 18 contacts the gripping guide 19 in front of the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10 and rotates rearward in the moving direction. The arm part 12 is overlapped with the arm 12 to grasp the article.
In this case, when the bucket 10 is moved from the horizontal movement to the vertical movement and the holding guide 19 is formed in the shape of a vertically long shaft so as to be parallel to the vertical movement path, the bucket 10 is changed when the attitude of the bucket 10 changes. The gripping arm 18 that moves in advance with respect to the head rotates in contact with the gripping guide 19.
Further, the grip guide 19 is formed of a shaft member and is provided corresponding to each grip arm 18 and is attached to the frame 1 by an attachment member 25A.

In this case, if the gripping guide 19 is configured to be able to adjust the perspective position with respect to the movement path of the gripping arm 18, the rotation amount of the gripping arm 18 can be adjusted. The size of the gripping space can be changed and adjusted.
Further, the gripping guide 19 forms an arcuate arc portion 26 corresponding to the moving path of the gripping arm 18 at the upper and lower portions thereof.
The arc portion 26 is formed in an arc shape along the outer periphery of each gear 5 of the front upper horizontal shaft 3 and the front lower horizontal shaft 4, and the lower arc portion 26 of the gripping guide 19 is formed by the circular rotary blade Position below 50.
Further, the gripping guides 19 are juxtaposed on the left and right sides so that the gripping arms 18 of the root-side bucket 10A and the gripping arms 18 of the tip-side bucket 10B come into contact with each other at a predetermined position and rotate to the gripping position ( FIG. 3).
The space 25 is formed by partially cutting away the root side portion of the tip side bucket 10B at the portion facing the gripping arm 18.
Accordingly, the gripping arm 18 is provided in each of the root side bucket 10A and the tip end side bucket 10B among the plurality of buckets 10 arranged in parallel on the left and right sides so as to be gripped at two places, and the binding arm 18 is bound between the pair of gripping arms 18. A device 16 is provided. The bundling device 16 has a bundling arm 28 that rotates in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the bucket 10 and an adhering table 30 that affixes and cuts the end of an adhering tape 29 carried by the bundling arm 28. It is constructed and known.
Reference numeral 31 denotes a driving motor for the binding arm 28, and 32 denotes a roll of the sticking tape 29.

Thus, in the movement path of the bucket 10, the abutting member 35 is brought into contact with the end portion of the adhesive tape 29 that enters and exits the movement path, and the end portion of the adhesive tape 29 that has been separated is opened. A tape end processing device 36 is provided that is attached to the outer periphery of the article or the adhesive tape 29 for processing.
The abutting member 35 is an elastic member such as sponge and is formed in a roller shape whose axial direction is the left-right direction, and is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm 37 by a shaft 38. The arm 37 is attached to the tip of the rod 40 so as to be rotatable within a predetermined range. An intermediate portion of the rod 40 is inserted into the guide member 41. The guide member 41 is fixed to an arbitrary fixing part. The rear portion of the rod 40 is connected to the output shaft 45 of the motor 44 via the link mechanism 43. Reference numerals 46 and 47 denote arms constituting the link mechanism 43.

That is, the tape end processing device 36 reciprocates the rod 40 by the link mechanism 43 that converts the rotation of the output shaft 45 of the motor 44 into a reciprocating motion so that the contact member 35 contacts the tape end. Constitute.
Thus, the root side of the article is cut so that it overlaps with the movement trajectory in a side view in the movement path of the bucket 10 in which the article whose tape end has been processed by the tape end processing device 36 is grasped by the grasping arm 18. A circular rotary blade 50 is provided. A cutting motor 51 rotates the circular rotary blade 50.
Therefore, a bundled bundle conveying device 60 that conveys an article bundled at the root side is provided at a position slightly rearward from the lower end of the arc portion 26 of the gripping guide 19 below the vertical movement path. The bundle bundle conveying device 60 is configured by arranging driving conveying rollers 61 side by side.

The bundle bundle conveyance device 60 is configured to convey in a direction crossing the conveyance direction of the conveyance device, and a start end portion of the bundle bundle conveyance device 60 is positioned below the conveyance device, so that an operator can The transport device 11 and the bundle transport device 60 are configured to be able to work in a space surrounded in an L shape in plan view.
The transmission configuration of the bundle transport device 60 is arbitrary, but as an example, a gear 63 is provided on the rotation shaft 62 of the drive transport roller 61, and a chain 64 is wound around each gear 63. The chain 64 is wound around the output gear 66 of the transport motor 65.
A plurality of throwing arms 67 that rotate from the standby position lower than the upper surface of the drive conveyance roller 61 toward the rear side are provided between the drive conveyance rollers 61. Each throwing arm 67 is fixed to an attachment rotating shaft 68, and the attachment rotating shaft 68 is rotated by a throwing motor 69 that can be rotated forward and backward.

The transport frame 70 of the bundle bundle transport device 60 is inclined so that the start end is low and the middle portion is high, the end is formed substantially horizontally, and a plurality of the throwing arms 67 are provided at the end of the transport frame 70.
An article collection box (box) 71 is provided on the side of the end portion of the transport frame 70 (the rear side with respect to the transport direction reference of the transport device 11).
Reference numeral 72 denotes a caster wheel. A rotation shaft 73 of the caster wheel 72 is attached to an arm 74, the arm 74 is rotatably attached to support plates 76 at both ends of the attachment shaft 75, and an attachment portion 77 is attached to the attachment shaft 75. The attachment portion 77 is attached to the frame 1.
The caster wheel 72 is configured to rotate the arm 74 with respect to the mounting shaft 75 (support plate 76) and move between a moving state in which the arm 74 comes into contact with the floor and a retracted state away from the floor.

(Operation of Example)
When the conveying motor 7 is energized, the endless chain 6 of the conveying device 11 moves a distance corresponding to one bucket 10 and stops for a predetermined time, or moves a distance corresponding to one bucket 10 and stops for a predetermined time, and this is repeated. Then, the bucket 10 is moved intermittently.
Therefore, when an article such as a trefoil is put into the upper surface of the bucket 10 while being weighed, the bucket 10 moves to reach the end of the lateral movement path.
In this case, the gripping arm 18 is pivotally attached to the bucket 10 or the endless chain 6 by the mounting shaft 20 and is urged so as to always open the gripping arm 18 by applying a spring 21 around the mounting shaft 20. Since the stopper 10 provided at a desired position of the bucket 10 or the endless chain 6 is configured to open and stop at a predetermined position, it is opened by the spring 21 without specially providing a drive source such as a cylinder. 17 can be configured simply, and the cost of scoring is reduced.

Since the gripping guide 19 that abuts against the end face of the gripping arm 18 is provided in the moving path of the bucket 10, the gripping arm 18 abuts against the gripping guide 19 and resists the elasticity of the spring 21, so that the center of the mounting shaft 20. The article is gripped by the gripping arm 18 and the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10.
Accordingly, the gripping device 17 can be configured simply because the gripping arm 18 contacts and closes the gripping guide 19 without providing a drive source such as a cylinder.
In this case, the arcuate arc portion 26 is formed in the upper and lower portions of the gripping guide 19 so as to match the movement path of the gripping arm 18, so that the gripping arm 18 not only grips the article but also transports it. Also guide the items inside.

Further, when the gripping arm 18 is separated from the lower arc portion 26 of the gripping guide 19, the bucket 10 faces downward, and the article can be dropped smoothly.
Since the adhesive surface between the bundling arm 28 and the sticking table (not shown) faces the lower side in the conveying direction on the moving path of the bucket 10, the driving tape 31 is operated. Then, the binding arm 28 rotates and the tip of the binding arm 28 is brought into contact with the sticking table. At this time, the sticking tape 29 is wound around the outer periphery of the article, the end portion thereof is cut, and the root side is They are bound by the sticking tape 29.

In this case, the bucket 10 is configured to move the vertical movement path Y that moves downward to the end of the horizontal movement path X that facilitates the placement of the article (FIG. 5). A gripping guide 19 is provided on the front side at a predetermined distance, and when the bucket 10 changes its posture from upward to lateral, the gripping arm 18 comes into contact with the gripping guide 19 and resists the elasticity of the spring 21 to center the mounting shaft 20. The article is gripped by the gripping arm 18 and the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10.
When bundled by the bundling device 16, the conveying motor 7 is energized again, and the vertical movement path Y is lowered while the article is gripped by the gripping arm 18 and the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10. Stopping at the front side, the output shaft 45 of the motor 44 rotates, the rotation mechanism of the output shaft 45 is biased to reciprocate, the rod 40 is reciprocated, and the contact member 35 at the tip of the arm 37 is taped Press against the edge and stick to the outer periphery of the article.
In this case, since the abutting member 35 of the tape end processing device 36 is formed of an elastic member such as sponge, the tape end is deformed in accordance with the outer shape of the article when pressed against the outer periphery of the article, so that it can be attached well. Let

Further, since the abutting member 35 is driven by the motor 44, an air compressor is not required as compared with driving by a cylinder.
In addition, if the contact member 35 is formed to be the same as or narrower than the adhesive tape 29, it contacts only the adhesive tape 29 and does not contact the article itself.
When the tape end processing unit 36 finishes processing the tape end, the conveying motor 7 is energized again to reach the circular rotary blade 50, and the article is cut while being gripped by the gripping arm 18. Align.
Next, when the bucket 10 is further lowered, the gripping arm 18 is separated from the gripping guide 19 and is rotated in the opening direction by the elasticity of the spring 21, so that the article is released and falls to the start end of the bundle transport device 60. .
The bundle bundle conveyance device 60 drives the driving conveyance roller 61 to convey the article bundled on the root side. When the article is conveyed to the end of the bundle bundle conveyance device 60, the bundle bundle conveyance device 60 comes into contact with the throwing sensor 70, and the throwing motor 69 is turned on. Each of the throwing arms 67 is operated to rotate, and the article is thrown into a collection basket (box) 71 and collected.
Therefore, the worker only has to work in a space arranged in an L shape by the transport device 11 and the bundle transport device 60, and the work efficiency is improved.
The frame 1 is provided with a caster wheel 72, and the caster wheel 72 is moved to a state where the arm 74 is rotated with respect to the mounting shaft 75 to be in contact with the floor surface to move the article shipping preparation apparatus. The article shipping preparation apparatus can be placed in the storage state away from the storage.

FIG. FIG. FIG. The side view of a conveyance apparatus and a binding apparatus part. The side view near the guide for gripping. The side view of the other Example of a holding | grip arm. The perspective view of the other Example of a holding | grip arm. The holding state perspective view of a holding arm. The side view of the other Example of a holding | grip arm. The side view near the guide for gripping. The perspective view of a tape edge part processing apparatus. The side view of the vicinity of the throw-out arm at the end of the bundle bundle conveying device. The perspective view of a caster ring.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frame, 2 ... Rear side horizontal axis, 3 ... Front side upper horizontal axis, 4 ... Front side lower horizontal axis, 5 ... Gear, 6 ... Endless chain, 7 ... Transfer motor, 8 ... Chain guide rail, 10 ... Bucket, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Conveying device, 12 ... Arm part, 16 ... Bundling device, 17 ... Gripping device, 18 ... Gripping arm, 19 ... Gripping guide, 20 ... Mounting shaft, 21 ... Spring, 22 ... Stopper, 23 ... Mounting member, 24 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Arm side guide member, 25 ... Space, 26 ... Arc part, 28 ... Bundling arm, 29 ... Adhesive tape, 30 ... Adhesion stand, 31 ... Drive part, 32 ... Roll, 36 ... Tape end processing apparatus, 35 A contact member, 37, an arm, 38, a shaft, 40, a rod, 41, a guide member, 43, a link mechanism, 44, a motor, 45, an output shaft, 60, a bundle transport device, 61, a drive transport roller, 62 ... Rotary shaft, 63 ... Gear, 64 ... Chen, 65 ... Feed motor, 66 ... output gear, 67 ... throwing arm, 68 ... mounting rotary shaft, 69 ... throwing motor, 70 ... transport frame, 72 ... caster wheel, 73 ... rotating shaft, 74 ... arm, 75 ... mounting shaft, 76 ... support plate, 77 ... mounting portion.

Claims (4)

Conveying device 11 configured by arranging U-shaped buckets 10 opened at the top in parallel in the conveying direction, grasping device 17 for grasping an article being conveyed by the bucket, and bundling device 16 for binding the grasped article The bucket 10 is provided with a base portion of an arm portion 12 protruding upward in a U shape at a predetermined interval on the endless chain 6, and the endless chain 6 is provided at a predetermined interval in the front and rear direction. The gripping device 17 is hung around a gear 5 provided on each of the rear horizontal axis 2 and the front upper horizontal axis 3 in the left-right direction and the front lower horizontal axis 4 provided almost directly below the front upper horizontal axis 3. A gripping arm 18 that is rotatable between a gripping position that overlaps the arm portion 12 of the bucket 10 in a side view and a retracted position that does not overlap, and is urged so as to be always opened by a spring 21, and abuts on the gripping arm 18 To the gripping position The bucket 10 is configured to receive articles during a substantially horizontal forward and lateral movement, and then is gripped by the gripping device 17 to be lowered and bound, and the binding device 16 is lowered. A bundling arm 28 that protrudes from the front side to the rear side and rotates across the moving path of the bucket 10 to be rotated and an adhering table 30 that affixes and cuts the end of the adhering tape 29 carried by the bundling arm 28 are provided. The upper and lower sides of the grip guide 19 are formed with arc-shaped arc portions 26 along the outer periphery of the respective gears 5 of the front upper horizontal shaft 3 and the front lower horizontal shaft 4. Article shipment preparation device. 2. The tape end according to claim 1, wherein the moving path of the bucket 10 below the bundling device 16 is provided with a rotatable abutting member 35 having a roller shape whose axial direction is in the left-right direction by an elastic member. The contact member 35 is provided at the tip of the rod 40. The rod 40 is reciprocated by the link mechanism 43 that converts the rotation of the output shaft 45 of the motor 44 into reciprocating motion, and contacts the tape end. An article shipping preparation device such as a leek configured as described above. In Claim 2, the moving path of the bucket 10 gripped by the grip arm 18 is provided with a circular rotary blade 50 that cuts and aligns the root side of the article so as to overlap with the side-view movement locus, and the grip guide 19 The lower arc portion 26 is positioned below the circular rotary blade 50, and the bundling is configured to be conveyed below the lower arc portion 26 in a direction crossing the conveying direction of the conveying device 11. An article shipment preparation apparatus such as a leek with the start end of the bundle conveying apparatus 60 facing. In Claim 1 or Claim 2, the frame 1 is provided with a caster wheel 72, the caster wheel 72 is attached to an arm 74, and the arm 74 is attached to a mounting shaft 75 of the frame 1 so as to be rotatable. The caster wheel 72 is an article shipment preparation device such as a leek configured to move between a moving state in which the caster wheel 72 contacts the floor and a retracted state away from the floor.

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