JPH04144816A - Roller bracket for conveyer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide use for both right and left inclinations in a roller bracket for an auxiliary conveyer by forming a bolt inserting hole in a vertical direction at the corner part of a thick body in a triangle shape of a plane view, and forming a pair of roller shaft supporting holes in a thick direction at one side of the two which form the corner part. CONSTITUTION:A roller bracket, 15 is formed from a thick body 16 in the triangle shape of a plane view. Besides, a bolt inserting hole 17 which goes through in the vertical direction at an orthogonal part is formed, and a pair of roller shaft supporting holes 21A, 21B are formed in a thick direction at the central part of a long side 18 among two sides 18, 19 which form the orthogonal part. The roller shaft supporting holes 21A, 21B are in a hexagon matching with a free edge shape of the roller shaft. With this constitution, a bracket 15 is bolted on a frame through the bolt inserting hole 17, and the roller shaft supporting holes 21A, 21B support the roller. For inverted arrangement, the bracket is installed inside out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roller bracket used, for example, in a sub-conveyor for branching articles from a main conveyor or joining articles to the main conveyor.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the sub-conveyor as described above, the roller shaft is supported by a frame member which is inclined with respect to the conveyance path via a bracket. Conventionally, a conveyor having an end portion cut at an angle has been provided with a structure as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 49-49382. That is, a large number of rolls are disposed between a pair of left and right side plates, and one side plate is omitted at the end of the conveyance path. In this cutout, the rolls are arranged so as to become gradually shorter,
The other end of the roll is supported by the other side plate, and one end of the roll is supported by an inclined frame member via a bracket bent into an L shape.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the above-mentioned conventional system, the roll is supported by a bracket integrated into the frame material, so when an attempt is made to reverse the inclination cant direction, the corresponding bracket etc. It becomes necessary. In other words, one for right cutting and one for left cutting are required, and they cannot be used for both. Additionally, a large gap is created on the outside of the bracket, which tends to cause objects to get caught.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a roller bracket for a conveyor that can be used for both left and right inclinations and can be installed with a reduced gap.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the roller bracket for a conveyor according to the present invention is a roller bracket in which a roller shaft is supported on a frame material inclined with respect to a conveyance path, and has a triangular shape in plan view. a thick main body; a bolt insertion hole formed vertically through one corner of the main body;
It is composed of a pair of roller shaft support holes in the thickness direction formed on one of the two sides forming the two corners.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the roller bracket is placed on the frame material with its -side along the conveyance path, and the bolts passed through the bolt insertion holes from above are intertwined with the frame material side. The roller bracket can then be secured to the frame material. This allows the roller to be installed using the upper roller shaft support hole. In addition, by changing the front and back of the roller bracket and fixing it to the frame material, and using the upper roller shaft support hole, it can be used for conveyors with different force/force directions.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 3 to 6, 1 is a sub-conveyor for branching, and its main body frame 2 has a cross section U with a pair of left and right side frames 2A and a base frame 2B connecting the lower parts of these side frames 2A.
It is installed at a predetermined height above the floor via a plurality of legs 3 connected to the base frame 2B. The L-shaped mounting section 4 is installed on the inner surface facing each other at the top of the both side frames 2A.
is formed, and the mounting is done at the upper part at position 4.
A dovetail groove 6 is formed to allow the sliding body 5 to slide.

One of the side frames 2A is a short piece that is omitted on the side of the main conveyor 24, and a frame member 8 that is inclined with respect to the sub conveyance path 7 is arranged between the side frames 2A and the outer side of the roadside. will be established. This frame member 8 has a channel-shaped cross section and is fixed to the main conveyor 24 side, the base frame 2B, etc.

A large number of idling rollers 9 are disposed with support members 10 interposed between the two side frames 2A. These support members 10 have a rectangular plate shape, and are fitted into the portion 4 in the mounting manner. A bolt hole in the plate thickness direction is formed in the center, and a bolt 11 passed through the bolt hole from the inside is engaged with the nut body 5 to be fixed to the side frame 2A. A roller bearing portion 12 is formed in the upper portion and is open inwardly and upwardly. The idle roller 9 consists of a roller shaft 13 and a roller main body 14 fitted onto the roller shaft 13 so as to freely rotate, and both ends of the roller shaft 13 are fitted into the roller bearing portion 12 from above. It is supported on the main body frame 2 side. The reversing rollers 9 are gradually shortened in the portion facing the frame material 8, and the other end of the group of idle rollers 9 is connected to the other side frame 2 via a support member 10.
A and one end is supported by a roller bracket 15.
It is supported by the frame material 8 via.

The roller bracket 15 is shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 5.
As shown in FIG. 11, a thick main body 16 having a right triangular shape in plan view, a bolt insertion hole 17 formed vertically penetrating a right angle part of this main body 16, and two sides forming the right angle part. A pair of roller shaft support holes 21A are formed in the long side 18 of 18.19 in the thickness direction.

21B. Here, the roller shaft support hole 21A
, 21B are formed perpendicularly to the side surface at the central part in the length direction of the side 18, and the flower shape is formed at the center of the length direction of the side 18.
It has a hexagonal shape to match the shape of the free end.

Also, both ends of the bolt insertion hole 17 have large diameter bolt head insertion portions 1.
7a, so that the bolt can be inserted from both sides. The roller bracket 15 can be fixed to the frame material 8 by fitting the bolts 22 passed through the bolt insertion holes 17 from above to the slots 23 on the frame material 8 side. In this case, the side 20 facing the right angle part is set so as to follow the inclination direction of the frame material 8 when the side 18 is placed along the sub-transport path 7.

The drive device 30 for the 9 groups of idle rollers is shown in FIGS.
Pulleys 3 arranged at both ends of the side frame 2A as shown in FIG.
2.33 and the drive frame 3 integrated with the side frame 2A
4 and the motor 35 attached to this drive frame 34.
It consists of a drive pulley 36 interlocked with the drive frame 34, a guide pulley 37 and a tension pulley 38 attached to the drive frame 34, and a belt 39 stretched across each pulley 3233, 36, 37, 38.
9 is fixed to the main body frame 2 side in a state in which the roller body 29 is pressed against the lower surface of the roller main body 29.

Reference numeral 40 indicates a guide body disposed above the side frame 2A.

The main conveyor 24 forms a main conveyance path 25, and, like the sub-conveyor 1, has a main body frame 26 having a pair of left and right side frames 26A, and an idling roller attached to the side frames 26A via a support member 27. It consists of 28 groups. Here, the frame material 8 is disposed with its outer surface in contact with the outer surface of the side frame 26A, and the roller bracket 15 is also disposed on the side 2.
0 is assigned.

In the above embodiment, the roller bracket 15 is installed as follows:
After placing the bolt 22 at a predetermined position on the frame material 8, the bolt 22 passed through the bolt insertion hole 17 from above is engaged with the nut 23 on the frame material 8 side.

At this time, the sides 20 are aligned with the outer surface of the frame material 8.

Also, before and after installation, the roller shaft 13 of the idle roller 9 is fitted into the upper roller shaft support hole 21A.

By driving the belt 39 by the motor 35, the group of idle rollers 9 can be forcibly rotated, thereby allowing the articles branched from the main conveyor 24 to be conveyed.

For example, when the sub conveyor 1 is arranged in the opposite direction to the main conveyor 24, the roller bracket 1
5 is used with the front and back reversed. That is, it is fixed to the frame member 8 with the bolt 22 passed through the common bolt insertion hole 17, with the roller shaft support hole 21B located at the lower side positioned above.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention having the above configuration, when fixing the roller bracket to the frame material, it can be used for both right-hand cutting and left-hand cutting by simply selecting the front and back sides of the roller bracket. In addition, since the roller bracket is triangular in plan view, the gap caused by the inclined arrangement can be filled with the roller bracket, and the gap can be reduced so that articles can be transferred without getting caught.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the roller bracket, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the roller bracket in its installed state, and FIG.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the conveyor, Fig. 4 is a side view of the same, Fig. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of the same, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the main parts of the conveyor, Fig. 7 is a plan view of the conveyor.
The figures are a front view of the roller bracket, FIG. 8 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof, FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof, and FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof. 1...Sub-conveyor, 2...Main frame, 7...
Sub conveyance path, 8... Frame material, 9... Idle roller, 10... Support member, 12... Roller bearing part, 1
3...Roller shaft, 14...Roller body, 15...Roller bracket, 16...Main body, 17...Bolt insertion hole, 18.19.20...Side, 21A. 21B...Roller shaft support hole, 22...Bolt, 24
...Main conveyor, 25...Main conveyance route, 26...
Main body frame, 28... Idle roller, 30... Drive device. Figure t5--Roller bracket/-1 Half A heather/7-Hole F41P port 1g,/f,! O-side Z no A, ! /F3・-Roller pongee support hole Fig. 4 Fig. 6 Fig. 1θ Fig. 11

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roller bracket that supports a roller shaft on a frame material that is inclined with respect to the conveyance path, and is formed by having a thick main body that is triangular in plan view and penetrating one corner of this main body in the vertical direction. 1. A roller bracket for a conveyor, characterized in that the roller bracket comprises a bolt insertion hole, and a pair of roller shaft support holes in the thickness direction formed on one of the two sides forming the one corner.