JPH03297732A - Shipping out device for housed goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make continuous feed of housed goods sure by providing fitting pieces on the upper surface of a feeding belt and also making the intervals thereof shorter than twice the width of the housed goods in feeding direction, and furthermore making the intervals between opening part of a cartridge and a feeding surface smaller than twice the thickness of the house goods. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of cartridge 7 provided with opening parts 7a from which housed goods 6 are fallen to the bottom surfaces are provided on the upper surface of a feeding belt 5. Plural number of fitting pieces 5a are projectively provided at intervals shorter than twice the width of the housed goods 6 in feeding direction. Moreover, an interval between the opening part 7a of the cartridge 7 and the upper surface of the feeding belt 5 is made larger than the thickness of the housed goods 6 and within twice the same. A projected string 1b is provided below the belt 5 of the cartridge 7. Therefore, the lowermost one of the housed goods falling from the cartridge 7 is lifted up a little by the projected string 1b, the fitting pieces 5a are sent out one by one from the opening part 7a, and the front housed goods 6 except the lowermost and all of the rear housed part 6 are sent out forward.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a stored object delivery device that sequentially delivers stored objects having a certain shape stored in a stacked state in a cartridge at regular intervals.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, so-called belt conveyors have been used to move containers and the like, and there have been devices that use the belt conveyors to drop stored items from cartridges and send them out.

However, in such conventional technology, the stored items are dropped from a single cartridge onto a belt, placed on the belt, and then sent out, so when all the stored items in the cartridge are ejected, the next cartridge is installed. In the meantime, delivery of stored items may stop.

In order to prevent such a stoppage of feeding, it is necessary to sequentially add items to the cartridge, which is troublesome.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been devised in view of the inconveniences in the conventional technology, and the invention of claim 1 includes a cartridge having an opening on the bottom surface through which stored items fall. , a feeding mechanism having a belt that is provided below the opening of the cartridge and rotates endlessly, and a retaining piece is provided on the upper surface of the belt and extends upwardly. and the feeding surface of the feeding mechanism is smaller than twice the thickness of the stored object, and the spacing between the engagement pieces provided on the belt is aligned in the feeding direction of the belt. 2 of the dimension of the stored items in the feeding direction
In the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for discharging stored items with an interval shorter than 2 times, and in the second aspect of the present invention, a cartridge having an opening on the lower surface through which the stored items fall is moved in the moving direction of a belt rotating endlessly. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for dispensing stored items, which is provided with two or more devices for discharging stored items. The invention of claim 3 provides a device for sending out stored items, in which the feeding mechanism includes a belt that rotates endlessly, and the invention of claim 4 provides a feeding mechanism that includes a belt that rotates endlessly, and a belt that rotates endlessly. The present invention provides a device for sending out stored items, which is comprised of a pair of sliding rails provided above both width sides.

[Function] The device for discharging stored items according to the present invention places stored items that fall sequentially from a cartridge on a feeding mechanism, and continuously delivers the stored items.

Further, by means of a retaining piece protruding from the belt forming the feeding mechanism, the contents stored in the next cartridge are slid under the contents stored in the front cartridge to be fed out.

[Embodiment] A typical embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a base, and at one end of this base 1 is an electromagnetic clutch 3 whose rotation is controlled by a motor 2.
An electromagnetic brake 4 is provided at the other end of the rotor, which is stopped at regular intervals by a sensor (not shown).

This base 1 has a feeding mechanism 1° closed at its upper part, and this feeding mechanism 1° consists of a belt 5 and a pair of sliding rails 1axla provided above both width sides of this belt 5. . The belt 5 is suspended by the electromagnetic clutch 3 and the electromagnetic brake 4, and is fed eight times between the pair of sliding rails 18 to la provided on the base 1. , is molded in an endless shape from rubber or synthetic resin, etc., and has engaging pieces 58 to 58 on its outer circumferential surface with an interval narrower than twice the width dimension in the feeding direction of the stored object 6 to be fed out. 5a is raised. These engagement pieces 5a to 5a
is usually prismatic, but its shape is not particularly limited as long as it is possible to send out the stored items 6 in parallel. Anti-slip protrusions 5b to 5b are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the belt 5 to ensure smooth rotation of the belt 5.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a cartridge in which the stored object 6 to be sent out is stored, and an opening 7a is provided on the lower surface of the cartridge. has been done.

Further, this cartridge leaf is installed on the base 1 above the feeding mechanism 1° so as to straddle the feeding mechanism 1′,
The distance between the opening 7a of this cartridge 7 and the top surface of the feeding mechanism 1' is set to be greater than or equal to the thickness of the stored items 6-6,
The engagement pieces 58 to 5a provided on the outer circumferential surface of the belt 5 have a height equal to or higher than the sliding rails 1a to la and do not exceed the thickness of one of the stored items 6 to 6. It is set. Further, the distance between one engaging piece 5a and the other engaging piece 5a is set to be greater than or equal to the width dimension of the falling stored objects 6 to 6 in the moving direction, so that the stored objects 6 to 6 are reliably moved to the feeding mechanism 1'. The engaging pieces 58 to 5a are positioned so as to contact the top.

In the present invention, such cartridges 7 are arranged in parallel in the front and back with respect to the moving direction of the belt 5,
A protruding strip 1b is provided on the upper surface of the base 1 on the lower surface of the belt 5 on which the front cartridge 7 is installed. This convex line lb pushes up the stored items 6 to 6 falling from the cartridge 7 via the belt 5 slightly.

A metal piece 8 is placed on top of the stored items 6 to 6 in the front car 1 cartridge 7, and a metal detection sensor 9 is installed on the base 1 on which this cartridge 7 is positioned. Also good.

In principle, a single belt 5 is used, but two or more belts 5 may be used in parallel.

Incidentally, the feeding mechanism 1' can be constructed by omitting the sliding rails 1a to 1a and only using the belt 5.

This invention has the configuration described above, and an example of its operation will be described below with reference to FIG. 1. In Figure 1, A indicates the state before starting, the opening indicates the state during feeding, and C indicates the state before starting.
Indicates that one step has been sent. The direction of travel is also indicated by an arrow.

Since the electromagnetic clutch 3 rotated by the motor 2 is connected to the electromagnetic brake 4 by the belt 5, the rotation of the belt 5 is stopped when the electromagnetic brake 4 is started.

An appropriate sensor is attached to the electromagnetic brake 4, and the rotation of the belt 5 is stopped at regular intervals. That is, belt 5
is sent in what is called a step feed.

Since the cartridges 7 are arranged side by side and installed on the base 1 across the feeding mechanism 1'', the stored items 6 to 6 fall onto the sliding rails ]a to 1a. Incidentally, if the feeding mechanism 1° is made only of the belt 5, it falls directly onto the belt 5.

One of the engaging pieces 5a provided on the upper surface of the belt 5 is positioned between the front cartridge 7 and the rear cartridge 7, and when the belt 5 rotates and stops, the next engaging piece 5a is both the cartridges 7.7
The rotation and stop of the belt 5 is controlled by the belt 7, etc., so that the belt 5 is positioned again in between. Therefore, the stored items 6 to 6 falling from the cartridge 7 are continuously stored and placed between the engaging pieces 5a to 5a of the belt 5 on the sliding rails 1a to la.

In this state, when the motor 2 is started and the belt 5 is rotated, the lowest stored item 6 in the front cartridge 7 is sent out by the engagement piece 5a, and the lowest stored item 6 in the rear cartridge 7 is also sent out. sent forward. At this time, the contents 6 of the front cartridge 7
is lifted slightly upward by the protruding strip 1b on the base 1, so that the stored object 6 delivered from the rear cartridge 7 can be easily inserted into the front cartridge 7. Then, by the next step feeding, the stored object 6 sent from the rear cartridge 7 to the front cartridge 7 is further sent forward. That is, until all the stored items 6 of the rear cartridge 7 are sent out, the stored items 6 to 6 of the front cartridge 7 except the first one are fed out.
is never sent out. After all of the items 6 to 6 stored in the cartridge 7 in the rear position are sent out, the items 6 to 6 stored in the cartridge 7 in the front position are sent out forward.

Although the embodiment in which two cartridges 7 are arranged side by side has been described above, three or more cartridges 7 may be arranged side by side. In this case, it is necessary to provide protrusions 1b-1b on each base 1 on which the cartridges 7 other than the rearmost cartridge 7 are positioned.

Further, it goes without saying that even if there is only one cartridge 7, the cartridge 7 can operate effectively.

[Effects of the Invention] By having the configuration described above, the present invention can achieve the following effects.

That is, by using a plurality of cartridges, it is possible to increase the amount of delivery compared to the conventional delivery from a single cartridge.

Also, after all the contents of the rear cartridge have been ejected, the delivery of the contents of the front cartridge begins, so while the contents of the front cartridge are being delivered, the rear cartridge cannot be removed. It can be replaced and can be continuously fed without stopping feeding.

Furthermore, a protruding strip is provided on the base on which the front cartridge is installed, and the contents of this cartridge are pushed up slightly, so even if the contents of the rear cartridge are slightly deformed, they will not be removed from the front position. It is possible to easily transfer the stored items to the cartridge, and to properly deliver the stored items.

Also, since a metal piece is placed on the top of the stored contents in the front cartridge, and a metal detection sensor that reacts to this metal piece is installed on the base, it is difficult to forget to replace the rear cartridge. Even if all the items stored in the front cartridge have been sent out, it is possible to respond quickly, and the time required to stop feeding out the stored items can be kept to a minimum.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a sectional view of the main part showing another embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a cutaway perspective view showing the belt. 1 In the figure, 1...base, 2...motor, 3...electromagnetic clutch, 4...electromagnetic brake, 5...belt, 6
...Storage items, 7 River cartridges, 8...Metal pieces, 9
...Metal detection sensor. 2

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cartridge comprising: a cartridge having an opening on the bottom surface through which stored items fall; and a feeding mechanism provided below the opening of the cartridge and having a belt that rotates endlessly, the top surface of the belt is provided with an engaging piece facing upward, and the distance between the opening of the cartridge and the feeding surface of the feeding mechanism is smaller than twice the thickness of the stored object, and the belt is A device for sending out stored items, wherein an interval between provided engagement pieces is set to be shorter than twice the dimension of the stored items aligned in the feeding direction of the belt in the feeding direction. 2. The device for dispensing stored items according to claim 1, wherein two or more cartridges each having an opening on the bottom surface through which the stored items fall are provided in the moving direction of the endlessly rotating belt. 3. The device for dispensing stored items according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a belt that rotates endlessly. 4. The device for sending out stored items according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism is comprised of a belt that rotates endlessly and a pair of sliding rails provided above both width sides of the belt.