JP5507277B2 - Middle partition standby device and paper pack stacking transport equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a partition standby device and a paper pack stacking conveyance facility.

  Conventionally, on the upstream side of the stacking apparatus that stacks a plurality of paper packs upward in a state of interposing a flat partition, with respect to the paper packs arranged in a plurality on the paper pack conveyor sideways, An intermediate partition delivery conveyor that accepts a plurality of the intermediate partitions in a standing state at a lower position, a pair of sandwiching portions that sandwich both side edges of the intermediate partition that are opposed to each other in the lateral direction on the intermediate partition delivery conveyor, and the sandwiching A partition standby device provided with a rear support mechanism for biasing a large number of the partitions in a standing posture sandwiched by a portion from the rear toward the front in the delivery direction; The partition in the standing position located at the front end of the holding portion is sucked and removed by suction and removal mechanism (see FIG. 3A) that is sucked and removed from the front. Was cartons stacking transport facility which is provided with partition feeder in which a partition mounting mechanism in placing the in partition on the plurality of the paper packs is (do not see the pertinent literature).

In the above-described conventional partition standby device and the paper pack stacking and transporting equipment provided with the partition standby device, the partition in a standing posture that is sandwiched by the sandwiching portion and positioned at the front end of the sandwiching portion is provided.・ Because it is structured to be sucked and taken out by the suction and take-off mechanism from the front, the partition is slightly deformed and warped due to humidity, handling during transportation, etc., or the sandwiched posture with respect to the sandwiching part is inclined Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the partition is moved by the rear support mechanism and the partition delivery conveyor, one end of the partition protrudes from the front end of the clamping part, and the take-out posture by the suction / take-out mechanism is There was a problem that it slipped or dropped out in extreme cases.
In other words, depending on the deviation of the take-out position of the dividers, when the dividers are placed on the plurality of arranged paper packs by the divider divider placement mechanism, positional deviation occurs, and the paper packs are further stacked on top of them. There are problems such as the instability of the paper box and the trouble of being caught in the packing box when the objects to be packed in which the paper packs are stacked are pushed into the packing box.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a partition standby device and a paper pack stacking and transporting facility that can solve the above-mentioned problems and reliably extract the partition by a suction and take-out mechanism in a correct posture.

The first feature structure of the partition standby unit in a book onset Ming, a paper pack obtained by arranging a plurality of in sideways state on paper pack conveyor, another plurality of staked over the plurality of cartons A partition standby device for holding a flat partition for interposing between the paper pack and the paper pack before the intervention, wherein a plurality of the intermediate partitions are stood and received at the lower side. A partition delivery conveyor, a pair of sandwiching portions sandwiching both side edges facing the lateral direction of the partition on the partition delivery conveyor, and a plurality of the partitions in a standing posture sandwiched by the sandwiching portions A rear support mechanism that urges forward from the rear in the delivery direction, and the inner partition holding surface by the holding portion is formed in a rough surface, and is forward of the middle partition take-out position of the front end of the holding portion towards the side, Partition holding surface and equal to or in the Campanulaceae sandwiching member, or there is to you have extended the auxiliary clamping unit having a partition holding surface in a series from the clamping portion in which is formed the finer rough surface.

When the partition in a standing posture that is sandwiched between the sandwiching portions and located at the front end of the sandwiching portion is taken out from the front, the partition is slightly deformed as shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 4 (b). Or the end of the intermediate partition protrudes from the front end of the sandwiching portion when the partition is moved by the rear support mechanism and the inner partition delivery conveyor. Even so, one end portion of the partition that protrudes from the auxiliary clamping portion can be held, and the entire partition can be held without greatly changing the posture.
Therefore, it is possible to always take out the partition with a correct take-out posture.
Further, since the sandwiching surface of the sandwiching portion is formed to be rough, the friction coefficient of the sandwiching surface is increased, and the sandwiching posture of the partition by the sandwiching portion is stabilized.
And by forming the intermediate partition clamping surface of the auxiliary clamping part into a rough surface equivalent to the intermediate partition clamping surface of the clamping part, the intermediate partition can be held by the auxiliary clamping part without breaking the whole posture. By forming the auxiliary holding part's inner partition holding surface in a rougher surface that is finer than the holding part's intermediate partition holding surface, the friction coefficient is lower than that of the holding part's inner partition holding surface, and resistance to removal is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly take out and supply the intermediate partition from between the intermediate partition clamping surfaces of the auxiliary clamping unit.

According to a second characteristic configuration of the present invention, the partition standby device is provided with a clamping force variable mechanism that temporarily weakens the partition clamping force by the clamping unit during a partition feeding operation by the partition delivery conveyor. There is somewhere.

According to the second characteristic configuration of the present invention, the standing force of the partition is achieved by temporarily weakening the partitioning force of the partition by the clamping unit with the variable clamping force mechanism and performing the partitioning by the partitioning delivery conveyor. It is possible to move to the tip of the clamping part without breaking.

A third characteristic configuration of the present invention is that the partition is formed of cardboard.

According to the third characteristic configuration of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the paper pack from being damaged even if the paper packs are stacked by the light and elastic cardboard partitions.

Characteristic feature of the carton stacking conveying equipment of the present invention, to paper pack obtained by arranging a plurality of in sideways state on paper pack conveyor, another plurality of while interposing the partition in the flat paper pack On the upstream side of the stacking device that stacks upward, a plurality of the partition partitions are stood up and received at the lower side, and both side edges of the partition partitions on the center partition delivery conveyor that face in the lateral direction. A partition standby device comprising a pair of sandwiching portions for sandwiching the plurality of partitions and a rear support mechanism for biasing the plurality of standing partitions sandwiched by the sandwiching portions from the rear toward the front in the delivery direction. A suction and take-out mechanism that sucks and takes out the partition in a standing posture held by the holding portion from the front, and the suction and take-out mechanism that sucks and takes out the partition. The partition feeder in which a partition mounting mechanism in placing a partition in the plurality of the paper on the pack provided, the middle partition holding surface by the clamping portion, Yes forms a rough surface, the relative said gripping unit Auxiliary clamping part having a partitioning clamping surface formed on a rough surface that is the same as or smaller than the partitioning clamping surface of the clamping part toward the front side from the suction / takeout position of the partitioning suction mechanism. It exists in the place extended from the said clamping part in series.

According to this feature configuration, the in partition standing posture positioned at the front end of the clamping portion is clamped by the clamping portion, when the attracting and removing by suction extraction mechanism from the front, FIG. 3 (b), the As shown in FIG. 4B, the partition is slightly deformed and warped, or the sandwiched posture with respect to the sandwiching portion is tilted, and the partition partition is moved out by the rear support mechanism and the partition partition delivery conveyor. Sometimes, even if one end portion of the partition is protruded from the front end of the sandwiching portion, the end portion of the partition that protrudes by the auxiliary sandwiching portion is sandwiched and can be held without greatly changing the posture of the entire partition.
Therefore, it is possible to place the divided partitions accurately and stably on the paper pack in which a plurality of the divided partitions are always sucked and taken out by the suction and take-out mechanism and arranged by the placing mechanism. .
Therefore, it is possible to further improve the stability of the paper packs to be stacked after placing the partition, and improve the packing work efficiency.
Further, since the sandwiching surface of the sandwiching portion is formed to be rough, the friction coefficient of the sandwiching surface is increased, and the sandwiching posture of the partition by the sandwiching portion is stabilized.
And by forming the intermediate partition clamping surface of the auxiliary clamping part into a rough surface equivalent to the intermediate partition clamping surface of the clamping part, the intermediate partition can be held by the auxiliary clamping part without breaking the whole posture. By forming the auxiliary holding part's inner partition holding surface in a rougher surface that is finer than the holding part's intermediate partition holding surface, the friction coefficient is lower than that of the holding part's inner partition holding surface, and resistance to removal is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly take out and supply the intermediate partition from between the intermediate partition clamping surfaces of the auxiliary clamping unit.

It is a perspective view of a paper pack packing facility. It is a perspective view of a partition supply part, (a) is a state diagram before taking out the partition, (b) is a state diagram during taking out the partition, (c) is placing the partition on the paper pack It is an operation state figure. It is a principal part top view at the time of middle partition adsorption | suction operation, (a) shows a prior art example, (b) shows this invention. It is a principal part top view before an inside partition adsorption | suction operation, (a) shows a prior art example, (b) shows this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in the conventional example indicate the same or corresponding parts.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a first transport device 2 that transports a plurality of paper packs 1 filled with a beverage in a laid-down state in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and transported by a belt conveyor is provided, and transport by the first transport device 2 is performed. In the path, a plurality of paper packs 1 each provided with a partition supply section 4 for placing a flat partition 3 made of corrugated cardboard and on which the partition 3 is placed by the partition supply section 4. A stacking unit 5 is provided for stacking another plurality of paper packs 1 in a horizontally lying state with respect to the paper packs 1 and stacking them by a stacking device (not shown), and is transported by the second transport device 6. A packing box 7 made of corrugated cardboard is provided with an indentation packing unit 10 for pressing and packing an object to be packed 8 stacked in a plurality of stages in the stacking unit 5 by an object to be packed pushing device 9, so The equipment is configured.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the partition divider supply unit 4, the intermediate partition standby device 11 that stands by so that the partition 3 can be supplied, and the intermediate partition 3 are taken out from the partition divider standby device 11 and placed on the paper pack 1. A partition supply device 12 is provided.

  In the case of a facility for stacking the plurality of paper packs 1 in two stages, the partition supply unit 4 provided with the partition standby device 11 and the partition supply device 12 may be one place, but the facility for stacking in three stages. In this case, the partition supply section 4 needs two places, and the installation places must be set in proportion to the number of stacks.

  The intermediate partition standby device 11 includes an intermediate partition delivery conveyor 13 that accepts a plurality of intermediate partitions 3 in a standing state, and both side edges of the intermediate partition 3 on the intermediate partition delivery conveyor 13 that are opposed to each other in the lateral direction. A pair of sandwiching portions 14 to be sandwiched, and a rear support mechanism (not shown) for biasing the plurality of standing partitions 3 sandwiched by the sandwiching portions 14 from the rear toward the front in the feeding direction. It is.

  The partition supply device 12 sucks and removes the partition 3 in a standing posture held by the sandwiching portion 14 from the front and sucks and removes the partition 3 sucked and removed by the suction and removal mechanism 15. A plurality of partition placement mechanisms 16 that are placed on the paper pack 1 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 (b), and 4 (b), the holding section 14 is rotated by the partition feeding conveyor 13 at the partition suction / removal position by the suction / takeout mechanism 15 with respect to the holding section 14. The auxiliary clamping part 18 is arranged in series from the clamping part 14 so as to be arranged in front of the center of the roller 17 to be supported and to the front side of the partition suction / removal position.
The sandwiching surface of the sandwiching portion 14 and the sandwiching surface of the auxiliary sandwiching portion 18 are formed on a rough surface so as not to slip on both end edges of the sandwiching partition 3 that they sandwich.

Further, the partitioning clamping surface of the auxiliary clamping unit 18 is formed on a rough surface that is equal to or finer than the partitioning clamping surface of the clamping unit 14. The rough surface has, for example, a large number of protrusions having a triangular cross section formed along the surface.
In addition, you may form the partition holding surface of the said clamping part 14 and the auxiliary | assistant clamping part 18 in the elastic surface by attaching an elastic body integrally. In this case, the contact with the end face of the partition 3 becomes soft, and the deformation degree of the partition 3 can be reduced.

  The pair of left and right clamping parts 14 are mounted so as to reciprocate in parallel with the clamping direction, and temporarily weaken the clamping force of the partition 3 by the clamping part 14 when the partition 3 delivery operation is performed by the partition delivery conveyor 13. A variable clamping force mechanism is provided.

The suction / removal mechanism 15 has four suction cups 19 for sucking the partition 3 attached to the suction cup mounting frame 20, and the suction cup 19 is moved to a distance between a state close to and a position away from the partition 3 in a standing posture. A first support frame 22 for movably mounting the mounting frame 20 via a fluid pressure cylinder 21 is provided.
The intermediate partition placement mechanism 16 supports the first support frame 22 from which the intermediate partition 3 has been taken out by the suction cup 19 so as to move above the paper pack 1 conveyed by the first conveyance device 2. 23, and a rotation support portion 24 that rotates the first support frame 22 so that the partition 3 adsorbed by the suction cup 19 is along the upper surface of the lower paper pack 1 is provided.

The operation in the partition supply unit 4 will be described.
1. The suction cup 19 by the suction and take-out mechanism 15 is brought closer to the one located at the front end from the large number of the middle partitions 3 held by the pair of left and right holding portions 14 in the middle partition standby device 11 (FIG. 2A → FIG. 2). b), FIG. 4 (b) → FIG. 3 (b)). At this time, even if the partition 3 held between the holding portions 14 is slightly warped or inclined, the auxiliary holding portion 18 is shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 3 (b). So that it is securely held.
2. Only one of the many partitions 3 waiting in the partition standby device 11 is sucked and taken out.
3. The first support frame 22 supported by the second support frame 23 is moved to a position above the paper pack 1 on the first transport device 2 by the adsorbed partition 3.
4). The first support frame 22 is rotated by the rotation support unit 24, and the partition 3 is arranged above the paper pack 1 and facing the paper pack 1 (FIG. 2C).
5. The partition 3 supported by the suction cup 19 of the suction cup mounting frame 20 supported by the first support frame 22 is brought close to the paper pack 1 and the suction force of the suction cup 19 is released so as to be placed on the lower paper pack 1. Drop it.
[Another embodiment]
Other embodiments will be described below.

<1> The partition 3 may be an elastic synthetic resin plate, a foamed resin plate, or a rubber plate in addition to corrugated paper.
<2> The paper pack 1 may be a package containing solids or the like in addition to the beverage filled.
<3> The auxiliary clamping unit 18 is formed integrally with the clamping unit 14, but may be formed of a separate member.
<4> The front end of the clamping unit 14, that is, the partition suction / removal position may be upstream of the center of the roller 17 in the partition delivery conveyor 13.

In addition, as mentioned above, although the code | symbol was written in order to make contrast with drawing convenient, this invention is not limited to the structure of an accompanying drawing by this entry. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Paper pack 3 Middle partition 11 Middle partition standby apparatus 12 Middle partition supply apparatus 13 Middle partition delivery conveyor 14 Nipping part 15 Suction-and-out mechanism 16 Middle partition mounting mechanism 18 Auxiliary clamping part

Claims (4)

A flat partition for interposing between a plurality of paper packs arranged side by side on a paper pack conveyor and another plurality of paper packs stacked above the plurality of paper packs. A partition standby device that is held before the intervention,
An intermediate partition delivery conveyor that accepts a plurality of the intermediate partitions in a standing state at a lower position, a pair of sandwiching portions that sandwich both side edges of the intermediate partition that are opposed to each other in the lateral direction on the intermediate partition delivery conveyor, and the sandwiching A rear support mechanism that urges the plurality of partitions in a standing posture sandwiched by the portion from the rear toward the front in the feeding direction;
The partition clamping surface by the clamping part is formed in a rough surface,
Auxiliary holding part having a partition holding surface that is formed on a rough surface that is equal to or finer than the inner partition holding surface of the holding part toward the front side of the front partition taking-out position of the holding part. A partition standby device extending in a series from the clamping portion. Wherein in partition standby apparatus, at moderate divider feeding operation by the in partition feed conveyor, the partition stand in the claim 1, is provided with a clamping force varying mechanism to weaken the middle partition holding force by the holding portions temporarily apparatus. 3. The partition standby device according to claim 1, wherein the partition is formed of cardboard. On the upstream side of the stacking device that stacks a plurality of other paper packs in a state where a plurality of paper packs are arranged in a state of interposing a flat partition, with respect to a paper pack arranged side by side on a paper pack conveyor.
An intermediate partition delivery conveyor that accepts a plurality of the intermediate partitions in a standing state at a lower position, a pair of sandwiching portions that sandwich both side edges of the intermediate partition that are opposed to each other in the lateral direction on the intermediate partition delivery conveyor, and the sandwiching A partition standby device having a rear support mechanism for biasing a large number of the partitions in a standing posture sandwiched between the rear and forward in the delivery direction from the rear to the front; A suction and take-out mechanism for sucking and taking out the partition in a posture from the front;
A partition supply device provided with a partition placement mechanism for placing the partition that has been sucked and taken out by the suction and takeout mechanism on a plurality of the paper packs;
The partition clamping surface by the clamping part is formed in a rough surface,
An intermediate partition holding surface formed on a rough surface that is the same as or more fine than the intermediate partition holding surface of the holding portion toward the front side relative to the partition suction and pickup position by the suction pickup mechanism with respect to the holding portion. A paper pack stacking and conveying facility in which auxiliary holding parts having a series extending from the holding part are provided.

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