JP5181355B2 - Connecting device between conveyors - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connecting device that is installed between a pair of adjacent conveyors so as to smoothly transfer an object to be transferred from one conveyor to the other, and more particularly to an object to be transferred at the time of connection. It is easy to install interchangeable connecting pieces that wear due to contact with each other, easily install between a pair of conveyors, transfer objects more smoothly, and the height of the upper surface of the connecting piece. It relates to a connecting device between conveyors that can be easily adjusted, has excellent durability, is easy to handle, is easy to maintain, has a simple structure, is suitable for mass production, is inexpensive, and is economical. .

Conventionally, various types of connecting devices between conveyors of this type have been invented. For example, a delivery member between conveyors as shown in Patent Document 1 has been created.
This is a delivery member that is provided at a connecting portion of a plurality of conveyors arranged in series, and that delivers articles that have been transported on one conveyor to the other conveyor. A plate part having a sliding surface on which an article to be transferred to the other conveyor slides, and this plate part can be moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveyor conveyance direction while regulating the vertical movement and the movement in the front and rear of the conveyor conveyance direction. And a support body that can adjust the height of the sliding surface, and adopts a means for moving the plate portion in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor transport direction so as to be detachable from the support body. It is a thing.

Japanese Patent No. 3772626

However, in the delivery member between the conveyors as described above, the plate portion is configured to be removable from the support by moving in the direction orthogonal to the conveyor transport direction (conveyor width direction). If there is no space at least as wide as the width of the conveyor on the side of the plate, there is a problem that the compatible mounting of the plate portion cannot be performed.
In addition, since the support that supports the plate portion is structured so as to support the plate portion from a considerably lower position in order to avoid interference with the conveyor, the support portion is against the force in the conveying direction applied to the plate portion. There was also a difficulty that was easily affected. That is, the force applied to the plate portion may cause the plate portion to be temporarily (or permanently) displaced in the transport direction or vibrated in the transport direction.
And since support body itself is arrange | positioned under the conveyor between the adjacent installations, there existed a difficulty that the height adjustment operation | work of the plate part in a support body was difficult to perform.
Furthermore, there is a problem that the structure of the support itself is considerably complicated.
Therefore, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems and difficulties, makes it easy to install interchangeable pieces, can be easily installed between a pair of conveyors, and can transfer a transported object more smoothly, The height of the upper surface of the connecting piece can be easily adjusted, excellent durability, easy to handle, easy to maintain, simple in structure, suitable for mass production, low cost, and providing an economical connecting device It was created as much as possible.

Therefore, in order to achieve the above-described problem, the inter-conveyor connecting apparatus according to claim 1 is installed between a pair of adjacent conveyors 1 and is connected from one conveyor 1 to the other conveyor 1. A pair of connecting plates 5 for connecting the frame members 3 on both sides of a pair of adjacent conveyors 1 and a supporting means between the pair of connecting plates 5. A connecting device comprising a metal support rod 30 having a T-shaped longitudinal section and a synthetic resin connecting piece 40 attached to an overhanging piece 32 on the upper portion of the support rod 30. The piece 40 includes an elongated rectangular upper surface 41, a pair of inclined lower surfaces 42 respectively connected to the long side edges of the upper surface 41, and a mounting groove 43 disposed between the lower ends of the pair of inclined lower surfaces 42. Mounting groove 4 Each of the connecting portions of the inclined lower surface 42 is formed with a locking jaw portion 44 that slightly protrudes, and a small inclined surface 45 that faces the lower end portion of each of the locking jaw portions 44. By forming and using the elasticity of the connecting piece 40, the mounting groove 43 portion of the connecting piece 40 can be forcibly fitted to the protruding piece 32 portion of the support rod 30 from above, and the connecting piece 40 is supported. The support means is configured to be forcibly detachable upward from the flange 30 , and the support means is provided above the fixing block 10 via the fixing block 10 fixed to the connection plate 5 by the mounting screw 13 and the adjustment bolt 15. And a support block 20 fixed to the connection plate 5 through a positioning screw 24 inserted through the long hole 21 so as to be movable up and down. And a pair of nuts 16 screwed to the adjusting bolt 15 sandwich the fixing block 10 from above and below. Arranged so that the vertical position of the support block 20 can be finely adjusted by adjusting the screwing position of the nut 16 with respect to the adjusting bolt 15 ;
The support block 20 has a T-groove-shaped notch groove 22 that can accommodate the end of the support rod 30 on the upper surface thereof, and a presser plate 25 is interposed via a fixing screw 26 so as to cover the upper part of the notch groove 22. In this case, a means is adopted that is configured so that the end portion of the support rod 30 accommodated in the notch groove portion 22 can be fixed by the presser plate 25 .

  Further, in the inter-conveyor connecting device according to claim 2, the upper surface 41 of the connecting piece 40 is provided with a plurality of notched grooves or a plurality of notched small grooves 46 along the conveying direction, A means for reducing the contact area was adopted.

Therefore, according to the inter-conveyor connecting apparatus according to the first aspect, the transfer of an object to be conveyed from one conveyor 1 to the other conveyor 1 can be performed smoothly.
In particular, interchangeable mounting of the connecting piece 40 that is worn by contact with an object to be conveyed at the time of connection can be performed by attaching and detaching from above the support rod 30, and there is no work space on the side of the conveyor 1 as in the prior art. But it will be easy.
Further, since the support rod 30 for supporting the connecting piece 40 is installed between the pair of connecting plates 5 via the supporting means, it can be easily installed between the pair of conveyors 1, and the connecting piece 40 is attached to the connecting piece 5. It can be stably supported, and has strength and rigidity that can sufficiently cope with the force in the conveying direction applied to the connecting piece 40 without being displaced.
That is, it has excellent durability, is easy to handle, is easy to maintain, has a simple structure, is suitable for mass production, is inexpensive, and is an economical connecting device.
Further, the height adjustment of the upper surface 41 of the connecting piece 40 can be easily and accurately performed, and the height adjusting operation of the connecting piece 40 can be easily performed .
Furthermore, the end portion of the support rod 30 can be easily and stably fixed to the support block 20 .

  Further, according to the inter-conveyor connecting device according to the second aspect, the object to be conveyed can move more smoothly on the upper surface 41 of the connecting piece 40.

It is a perspective view which illustrates the connecting apparatus of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which illustrates the connecting apparatus of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view which illustrates the connecting device of the present invention. It is a partially-omission plan view illustrating the connecting device of the present invention. It is a partial side view which illustrates the connecting apparatus of this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on illustrated examples as follows.
The present invention is a conveyor which is installed between a pair of adjacent conveyors 1 so as to smoothly transfer an object to be transferred from the transfer chain 2 of one conveyor 1 to the transfer chain 2 of the other conveyor 1. It is a connecting device between one.
The connecting device includes a pair of connection plates 5 that connect the frame members 3 on both sides of a pair of adjacent conveyors 1 and a longitudinal section that is installed between the pair of connection plates 5 via a support means. A T-shaped metal support rod 30 and a synthetic resin connecting piece 40 attached to the overhanging piece 32 on the upper side of the support rod 30 are provided.
Further, the connecting piece 40 is disposed between an elongated rectangular upper surface 41, a pair of inclined lower surfaces 42 respectively connected to the long side edge of the upper surface 41, and lower end edges of the pair of inclined lower surfaces 42. Each of the connecting grooves 43 and the inclined lower surface 42 is formed with a locking jaw portion 44 that slightly protrudes, and at the lower end portion of each of the locking jaw portions 44. A small inclined surface 45 is formed so as to face each other.
Then, using the elasticity of the connecting piece 40, the mounting groove 43 portion of the connecting piece 40 is configured to be forcibly fitted to the overhanging piece 32 portion of the support rod 30 from above, and the connecting piece 40 is supported by the support rod 40. It is configured such that it can be forcibly removed from 30 upward.

The conveyor 1 is configured such that, for example, a frame material 3 made of a mold material is appropriately disposed on both side portions thereof, and the transport chain 2 can be appropriately moved between the frame materials 3.
The specific configuration of the conveyor 1 to which the transfer device of the present invention is mounted, the specific configuration of the transport chain 2, the material, the specific configuration of the frame material 3, the shape, dimensions, material, etc. It is not limited to the example of illustration.

  For example, the connecting plate 5 is appropriately formed of a metal plate material, and is formed by bending the metal plate material into a groove shape that can be externally attached to the outer surface portion, the upper surface portion, and the lower surface portion of the frame material 3. Yes. Moreover, it is formed so that it can be fixed to the frame material 3 reliably, simply and stably by the plurality of mounting bolts 6. Moreover, the connection plate 5 is formed so that the frame material 3 of a pair of conveyor 1 which adjoins can be connected firmly.

  The support means for supporting the support rod 30 in a erected manner on the pair of connecting plates 5 includes, for example, a fixing block 10 that is fixed to the connecting plate 5 by a mounting screw 13 and a fixing block 10 that is connected via an adjustment bolt 15. And a support block 20 fixed to the connection plate 5 through a positioning screw 24 inserted through the long hole 21 so as to be movable up and down, and the adjusting bolt 15 is for fixing. A pair of nuts 16 that pass through the through-hole 12 of the block 10 and are screwed into the female screw holes 23 of the support block 20 and screwed to the adjusting bolts 15 The upper and lower positions of the supporting block 20 can be finely adjusted by adjusting the screwing position of the nut 16 with respect to the adjusting bolt 15. It is configured.

  The fixing block 10 is, for example, suitably formed in a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped shape with a metal material, and left and right end portions thereof are provided with left and right mounting holes 11 through which a mounting screw 13 is inserted, and at the center of the upper and lower surfaces thereof, A through hole 12 through which the adjustment bolt 15 can be inserted is formed.

  The support block 20 is formed, for example, as a relatively thick rectangular plate with a metal material as appropriate, and a left and right elongated hole through which a positioning screw 24 is slidable vertically. 21 is bored, and a female screw hole 23 into which the tip of the adjustment bolt 15 can be screwed is bored at the center of the lower surface. In addition, a T-groove cutout groove portion 22 that can accommodate the end portion of the support rod 30 is cut in the center portion of the upper surface of the support block 20.

  Further, a presser plate 25 that covers the upper portion of the notch groove portion 22 is formed on the upper portion of the support block 20 so as to be attached via a fixing screw 26, and the end of the support rod 30 accommodated in the notch groove portion 22 is formed. The portion is configured to be securely and stably fixed by the presser plate 25.

  The support rod 30 is configured by, for example, appropriately bending a metal strip member so as to have a T-shaped cross section. Specifically, a base piece 31 that is folded in half, and this base It consists of a pair of overhang | projection piece 32 provided in a row so that it might each extend in the conveyance direction from the upper end part of the piece 31 (refer FIG. 3). The support rod 30 may be integrally formed. Further, a support rod 30 having sufficient strength and rigidity is employed.

  The connecting piece 40 is, for example, appropriately formed in a strip-like plate shape from a synthetic resin material, and is provided in an elongated rectangular upper surface 41 that serves as a connecting surface for the object to be conveyed, and a long edge of the upper surface 41. And a pair of inclined lower surfaces 42 that are inclined so as to face the curved portion of the conveying chain 2 of the conveyor 1, and a pair of inclined lower surfaces 42, and a pair of support rods 30. A mounting groove 43 for accommodating the overhanging piece 32 is formed. The pair of inclined lower surfaces 42 are inclined surfaces that gradually approach each other as they go downward. Further, the inclined lower surface 42 may be a flat surface as shown in the figure, or a curved surface according to the curved state of the transport chain 2 (not shown).

  In addition, each of the connecting portions of the mounting groove 43 and the inclined lower surface 42 slightly protrudes so as to narrow the opening portion in the mounting groove 43 space, and can be freely engaged with and disengaged from the distal end edge portion of the overhanging piece 32. Locking jaws 44 that can be locked are formed. In other words, the connecting piece 40 is formed by the locking jaw 44 so as not to easily deviate from the support rod 30 (see FIG. 3).

  Further, a pair of small inclined surfaces 45 are formed at the lower end portions of the locking jaws 44 so as to face each other and to gradually increase in distance as they go upward. When the surface 45 forcibly fits the mounting groove 43 portion of the connecting piece 40 into the overhanging piece 32 portion of the support rod 30 from above, the pair of locking jaw portions 44 smoothly smooth the tip edge portion of the overhanging piece 32. Thus, the fitting operation can be performed more smoothly.

In addition, the upper surface 41 of the connecting piece 40 may be provided with a satin-like unevenness or a plurality of notched small grooves 46 along the conveying direction. That is, the contact area between the object to be conveyed and the upper surface 41 is reduced, and the object to be conveyed can pass through the connecting piece 40 more smoothly.
Further, the upper surface 41 of the connecting piece 40 may be formed in a flat shape, or may be formed in a curved shape that curves in the vertical direction.

  By the way, the specific configuration of the connecting device, the specific configuration of the connecting plate 5, the shape, the dimensions, the material, the arrangement position, the specific configuration of the mounting bolt 6, the shape, the dimensions, the material, the number, the arrangement position, the fixing block 10 specific configurations, shapes, dimensions, materials, arrangement positions, specific configurations of mounting holes 11, shapes, dimensions, number, arrangement positions, specific configurations of through holes 12, shapes, dimensions, numbers, arrangements Position, specific configuration of mounting screw 13, shape, dimensions, material, number, arrangement position, specific configuration of adjustment bolt 15, shape, dimensions, material, number, arrangement position, specific configuration of nut 16, shape , Dimensions, material, number, arrangement position, specific configuration of support block 20, shape, dimensions, material, number, arrangement position, specific configuration of long hole 21, shape, dimensions, number, arrangement position, Specific configuration, shape, dimensions, arrangement position of notch groove portion 22, component of female screw hole 23 Configuration, shape, dimensions, number, location, specific configuration of positioning screw 24, shape, dimensions, material, number, location, specific configuration of presser plate 25, shape, size, material, location Specific configuration, shape, dimensions, material, number, placement position of fixing screw 26, specific configuration of support rod 30, shape, dimensions, material, placement position, specific configuration, shape, dimensions of base piece 31 , Material, specific configuration of the overhanging piece 32, shape, dimensions, material, specific configuration of the connecting piece 40, shape, dimensions, material, arrangement position, specific configuration of the upper surface 41, shape, size, slope of the inclined lower surface 42 Specific configuration, shape, dimensions, arrangement position, specific configuration of mounting groove 43, shape, dimensions, arrangement position, specific configuration of locking jaw 44, shape, dimensions, arrangement position, small inclined surface 45 Specific configuration, shape, dimensions, specific configuration, shape, dimensions, number, arrangement position, etc. of the cutout small groove 46 Appropriately and freely set without being limited to such illustrated examples, but can be changed.

  Thus, in the connecting device between the conveyors 1 of the present invention, the mounting of the connecting piece 40 can be performed by attaching and detaching the support rod 30 from above, and the setting between the pair of conveyors 1 can be easily performed. The connecting piece 40 can be stably supported, has excellent durability, is easy to handle, is easy to maintain, has a simple structure, is suitable for mass production, is inexpensive, and is economical.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyor 2 Conveyance chain 3 Frame material 5 Connection plate 6 Mounting bolt 10 Fixing block 11 Mounting hole 12 Through hole 13 Mounting screw 15 Adjustment bolt 16 Nut 20 Supporting block 21 Long hole 22 Notch groove 23 Female screw hole 24 Positioning screw 25 Presser plate 26 Fixing screw 30 Support rod 31 Base piece 32 Overhang piece 40 Connecting piece 41 Upper surface 42 Inclined lower surface 43 Mounting groove 44 Locking jaw 45 Small inclined surface 46 Notch small groove

Claims (2)

It is installed between a pair of adjacent conveyors so that the transfer of objects to be transferred from one conveyor to the other can be performed smoothly, and the frame materials on both sides of the pair of adjacent conveyors are connected to each other. A pair of connection plates, a metal support rod having a T-shaped longitudinal section that is laid between the pair of connection plates via a support means, and a synthetic resin connecting piece that is mounted on an overhanging piece on the upper portion of the support rod a transit device including bets, the transit piece, elongated and rectangular top surface, a pair of inclined bottom surface which are respectively provided continuously to the long side edges of the top surface, between the pair of inclined bottom surface of the lower edge Each of the connecting groove and the inclined lower surface is formed with a locking jaw portion that slightly protrudes, and the lower end portion of each locking jaw portion is mutually connected. Form a small inclined surface that faces and By utilizing the elasticity of the connecting piece, the mounting groove portion of the connecting piece is configured to be forcibly fitted to the protruding piece portion of the support rod from above, and the connecting piece can be forcibly detached from the support rod upward. The support means is configured such that a fixing block fixed to the connecting plate by a mounting screw and a positioning screw disposed above the fixing block via an adjustment bolt and inserted through the elongated hole. A support block fixed to the connecting plate so as to be movable up and down, and the adjustment bolt is penetrated through the through hole of the fixing block, and its tip is screwed into the female screw hole of the support block, A pair of nuts screwed to the adjustment bolts are arranged so as to sandwich the fixing block from above and below, and by adjusting the screwing positions of the nuts relative to the adjustment bolts, The support block has a T-groove notch groove that can accommodate the end of the support rod on the upper surface, and a presser plate is provided so as to cover the upper part of the notch groove. A connecting device between conveyors, characterized in that it can be mounted via a fixing screw and the end of a support rod accommodated in a notch groove can be fixed with a presser plate .   2. The connection between conveyors according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of notched grooves are provided on the upper surface of the connection piece so as to reduce the contact area with the object to be transferred. apparatus.

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