JPH03111327A - Automatic sorting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smooth right and left distribution of articles by providing, along a traveling route, a transfer belt conveyor to a plurality of pans on which storing articles are mounted, so that the conveyor can be turned in the normal or reverse directions, and also by driving the belt by means of a solenoid. CONSTITUTION:Sorting articles 171 are put on and moved on the belt 43 of a plurality of belt-conveyor type pans 4 being moved along a traveling route by a driving chain 16. To the belt 43, a friction wheel 6 is journaled on a movable arm 9, and also the friction wheel 6 is enabled to be turned in the normal or reverse direction. The movable arm 9 is enabled to be moved up and down making the center of a supporting shaft 11 by means of a solenoid SL, and by the up-and-down movement thereof, the friction wheel 6 is engaged or disengaged with the belt 43. When an article 171 reaches the sorting position, the solenoid SL is operated to abut the friction wheel 6 on the belt 43. And by turning the friction wheel 6 in either the normal or the reverse direction, the article 171 is distributed to either side of chutes 3, 3a on both sides of the pan 4. Thus, the article 171 is smoothly sorted without receiving shock.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an automatic sorting device, and more particularly to an automatic sorting device that sorts various packages such as postal parcels without impacting them.

[Prior Art] A conventional automatic sorting device of this kind is shown in FIG. 5.

In FIG. 5, the cargo 56, which is the object of sorting, is
It is mounted on the pan 52a and moved. A plurality of pans 52a are attached to an endless drive chain 51 at predetermined intervals, and as the drive chain 51 rotates in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper, the pans 52a also circulate in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper. do. When the pan 52a is on the upper side of the drive chain 51 during movement, that is, when the pan 52a is on the upper side of the drive chain 51,
When it is in the position indicated by , it is on the outward journey carrying the cargo 56, and when it is below the drive chain 51, that is, in a suspended position as shown by the reference numeral 52b, it is in the outbound journey carrying the cargo 56. is the return trip after completing the work.

The automatic sorting device has a skeleton composed of frames 53a to 53d, and is covered by a housing 54. Also,
The automatic sorting device is provided with a chute 55 on the side, and a plurality of containers 57 are arranged at the bottom of the chute 55. As will be described below, a solenoid 58 is selectively activated to determine which of the plurality of containers 57 to drop into, thereby performing sorting, which is the purpose of the work.

In the outward journey of the pan 52a described above, the loaded cargo 56
When the solenoid 58 is actuated at the position of the container 57 where it is about to be dropped, the lever 59 acts on the pan 52a. The pan 52a is tilted upward to the right (
5), and the loaded cargo 56 is transferred to the chute 55. Baggage 56 transferred to chute 55
The container 5 slides on the inclined chute 55.
Fall to 7. At this time, sorting is performed by selecting which container 57 to drop the objects into.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional automatic sorting device described above, the baggage 56 is transferred to the chute 55 by rapidly tilting the pan 52a, and the baggage 56 is slid on the chute 55 and dropped into the container 57. To,
When transferring the cargo 56 from the pan 52a to the chute 55,
Since the load 56 is accelerated when sliding down the chute 55, an extremely large impact is applied to the load 56 when it falls from the chute 55 to the container 57.

For this reason, when the cargo 56 is made of glass, china, or other objects that are susceptible to impact, there is a drawback that the cargo 56 may be damaged during the sorting process.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems.In sorting, the loads are smoothly transferred from the pan to the chute at the previous position, thereby applying impact to the loads. The purpose of sorting is to perform work without giving, and to achieve this purpose,
Sorting is carried out using a plurality of pans loaded with cargo and moved along a travel path, a first chute installed on the first side of the travel path, and a second chute installed on the second side of the travel path. a chute, a belt conveyor that is provided in the pan and transfers the cargo to the first chute and the second chute by moving it to the first side and the second side, and a belt conveyor that transfers the cargo to the first chute and the second chute by moving it to the first side and the second side; a plurality of solenoids provided; a movable arm provided at a predetermined position on the travel path and swingingly driven by the solenoid;
A friction wheel is attached to the movable arm and rotates the belt conveyor to the first side and the second side by being in pressure contact with the belt conveyor.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating how the automatic sorting apparatus according to the present invention is used. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the automatic sorting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partially sectional front view showing an embodiment of the automatic sorting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. The automatic sorting device according to the invention is a partially sectional side view showing one embodiment of the apparatus.

In FIG. 1, the belt conveyor type bread 4 includes a pair of rollers 42, a belt 43 hung around the rollers 42,
It is composed of a pulley 45. roller 42
is rotatably supported by a frame 41, and a pulley 45
is rotatably supported by pulley shafts 44 provided on four sets of brackets 46 fixed to the frame 41.

The friction wheel 6 and the pulley 7 are fixed to a shaft 8, and the shaft 8 is rotatably supported by a movable arm 9.

The movable arm 9 is rotatably supported on a support plate 10 by a pin 11. A motor M is attached to the movable arm 9 via a fixed plate 12, and the motor M rotates forward and backward.
A pulley 13 is fixed to the rotating shaft. The rotation axis of the motor M is arranged concentrically with the bin 11, and
A drive belt 14 is hung around the pulley 13.

The movable arm 9 is pulled by a spring 15 (see FIG. 3), and the friction wheel 6 attached to the movable arm 9 is in the position indicated by the reference numeral 6a. The hook SLa of the solenoid SL is locked to the movable arm 9, and when the solenoid SL is activated, the movable arm 9 is pulled downward in FIG. 3, so that the friction wheel 6 comes into contact with the belt 43. The drive chain 16 is a drive chain that drives the belt conveyor type pan 4.

In order to rotate the belt 43 of the belt conveyor bread 4 in forward and reverse directions, the power supply circuit of the motor M is switched between forward and reverse directions by a control device (not shown).

A plurality of belt conveyor type breads 4 are attached at predetermined intervals to an endless drive chain 16 of a rotary conveyor device, and the belt conveyor type breads 4 are driven by this drive chain 16 along the rail 5. It is guided by a lever pulley 45 and circulates in a predetermined direction.

The baggage 17 is placed on the belt conveyor type pan 4 from the input unit 2, and at this point the baggage 17 is input by keystroke, barcode reader, etc.
For sorting, the destination code is sent to a control device (not shown), and when the baggage 171 is conveyed to the sorting position, the belt 43 of the belt conveyor pan 4 is driven in the direction of arrow C (see Figure 3). Then, the baggage 171 is transferred to the chute 3 like the baggage 172. The baggage 172 slides on the chute 3 and stops at the position of the baggage 173.

Furthermore, when the belt 43 of the belt conveyor pan 4 is driven in the direction of the arrow (see Fig. 3), the baggage 171 is transferred to the chute 3a like the baggage 172a, and the baggage 171 is transferred to the chute 3a like the baggage 172a.
2a slides on chute 3a and stops at the position of cargo 173a. In this way, by moving the baggage 17 to a predetermined position on the chute 3 or chute 3a, the baggage 17
7 sorting is performed.

To explain the drive of the belt 43 in detail, when the baggage 17 is conveyed to the sorting position, the solenoid SL is activated.
The hook SLa pulls the movable arm 9 and presses the friction wheel 6 against the belt 43. At the same time, the motor M rotates, and the rotational force of the motor M is transmitted from the pulley 13 to the pulley 7 via the drive belt 14. This causes the friction wheel 6 to rotate and drive the belt 43 in the direction of arrow C. belt 4
3 in the direction of the arrow, a control device (not shown) is required.
The power supply circuit (not shown) is switched so that the motor M rotates in reverse.

In this way, by moving the baggage 17 to a predetermined position on the chute 3 or chute 3a, the baggage 17 is sorted, and the baggage 173 or baggage 173a transferred to the chute 3 or chute 3a is sorted by hand or by a manipulator. Export processing is carried out by etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention is capable of sorting by using a plurality of pans loaded with cargo and moving along a travel path, and a first pan on the travel path.
A first chute provided on the side of the travel path, a second chute provided on the second side of the travel path, and a first chute provided on the pan.
A belt conveyor that transfers the cargo to the first chute and the second chute by moving it to the side and the second side, a plurality of solenoids provided at predetermined positions on the running path, A movable arm is provided at a predetermined position and driven to swing by a solenoid, and a friction wheel is attached to the movable arm and rotates the belt conveyor to the first side and the second side by coming into pressure contact with the belt conveyor. Since the structure is such that the cargo can be smoothly transferred from the pan to the chute at the previous position, it is possible to carry out the sorting operation without giving any impact to the cargo.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the usage state of the automatic sorting device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the automatic sorting device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the automatic sorting device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partial sectional side view showing an embodiment of the automatic sorting device according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a partial sectional side view showing an example of the automatic sorting device according to the present invention; FIG. FIG. ...Automatic sorting is the device...Input section...Chute a...Chute...Belt conveyor type pan...Rail...Friction wheel a...Friction Car...Pulley...Axle...Movable arm O...Support plate 1...Pin 2...Fixed plate 3...Pulley 4...Drive belt 5 Spring 6 Drive chain 17 Luggage 41 Frame 42 Roller 43 Belt 44 Pulley shaft 45 Pulley 46 ... Bracket 171 ... Luggage 172 ... Luggage 172a ... Luggage 173 ... Luggage 173a ... Luggage M ... Motor SL ... Solenoid SLa. ···hook

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A plurality of pans that carry sorted cargo and move along a travel path; a first chute provided on a first side of the travel path; and a second side of the travel path. a second chute provided in the pan; and a second chute provided in the pan and moving to the first side and the second side to connect the first chute and the second chute.
a belt conveyor for transferring sorted cargo to a chute; a plurality of solenoids provided at predetermined positions on the travel path; a movable arm provided at predetermined positions on the travel path and swingingly driven by the solenoid; An automatic sorting device including a friction wheel attached to the movable arm and rotating the belt conveyor toward the first side and the second side by coming into pressure contact with the belt conveyor.