JPH0428603A - Cheese stoker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent damage to cheese and perform first-in first-out in a doffing cheese-stoker for spinning mills by arranging and stalling plural lift-type multistage cheese shelves along a cheese conveyor using trays, and installing a tray conveyor, traversers in parallel with the cheese conveyor. CONSTITUTION:A cheese C from a winder is carried from a conveyor WC onto a transfer-table 70 one by one and then transferred onto an empty tray T on a traverser 40. The tray and cheese are then transferred onto a cheese conveyor 10 by the drive roller of the traverser 40 and sent to a stoker 20. The following empty tray enters the traverser 40 and waits for loading of a cheese. The tray entering the stoker 20, is engagingly locked to a stopper- mechanism 60 and stopped. When the amount of cheese equivalent to one stage of the stoker is accumulated, the stoker is raised by one stage of a cheese-shelf to store the cheese on the cheese-shelf, and the emptied trays are returned by a downstream traverser 40. Damage to the cheese is thus prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a cheese stocker for temporarily storing cheese doffed by a winder in a spinning mill.

In prior art textile mills, winders are operated day and night, and dedicated cheese stockers are sometimes used to temporarily store large amounts of cheese doffed by the winders. Storing cheese in a cheese stocker is very effective not only for fully utilizing the production capacity of the winder but also for efficiently performing packing operations in the next process.

A cheese stocker can carry in and temporarily store a predetermined amount of cheese, and can carry it out as needed.For example, cheese is carried in through a cheese conveyor. After the cheese conveyor is temporarily stopped, a pair of base plates moves up and down on both sides of the long cheese conveyor, scoops up the cheese onto the pair of base plates, and transfers the cheese. It is known to hold and accommodate the above. The spacing between the base plates is wider than the width of the cheese conveyor and narrower than the diameter of the cheese.Furthermore, the base plates can be provided in multiple tiers above and below to increase the capacity for cheese. By lowering the support plate, the cheese can be returned onto the cheese conveyor and then transported out by operating the cheese conveyor.

In addition, in such cheese tockers, winder machines and types of winders were managed separately for each stage of the base plate.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the prior art, cheese is stacked in a line on a cheese conveyor and transported to a cheese stocker. That is, since the cheese is directly loaded onto the cheese conveyor, there is a risk that the outer surface of the cheese may be mechanically damaged. Furthermore, the management of each winder machine and product type is managed by stage by base plate, and the base plate must be moved up and down on both sides of the cheese conveyor, so cheese can only be stored in the upper stage. Cheese must be carried out sequentially from the side to the bottom, and the cheese must be carried out in the reverse order.Therefore, the cheese stored in each tier can only be managed by a so-called first-in, last-out operation. There was a problem.

Therefore, in view of the actual state of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a cheese conveyor that conveys cheese via trays, a plurality of stockers having multi-stage cheese shelves, a tray conveyor, and a traverser. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cheese stocker that minimizes the chances of damage to cheese and allows management of each winder machine and type by first-in, first-out operation.

Means for Solving the Problems The structure of the present invention to achieve the above object includes a cheese conveyor that conveys cheese through trays, an elevating multi-tiered cheese shelf inside, and a cheese conveyor that conveys cheese through trays. The gist thereof is to include a plurality of stockers arranged in parallel with each other, a tray conveyor that is arranged in parallel with the cheese conveyor and returns empty trays, and a traverser that connects the ends of the cheese conveyor and the tray conveyor.

Further, a stopper mechanism can be attached to the cheese conveyor and the tray conveyor.

Effect: With this configuration, the cheese loaded on the tray is
When the cheese is transported to a predetermined stocker by the cheese conveyor, the cheese shelf in the stocker rises, so that only the cheese can be transferred and stored on the cheese shelf, leaving the tray on the cheese conveyor. The cheese stored on the cheese shelf can be transferred onto the tray and discharged by placing an empty tray on the cheese conveyor and making it stand still, and then lowering the cheese shelf. Since the cheese shelf is multi-tiered, it is possible to store as many cheeses as one winder. A plurality of stockers are arranged along the cheese conveyor, and since cheese can be stored and discharged into any stocker, first-in first-out operation can be easily performed for each stocker.

In addition, empty trays (hereinafter referred to as empty trays) after cheese has been stored on the cheese shelf are transferred to the tray conveyor via a traverser, and then returned onto the cheese conveyor via the traverser on the opposite side. This allows it to be used when discharging cheese. Therefore, cheese is always transported loaded on trays.

If a stopper mechanism is attached to the cheese conveyor and the tray conveyor, when cheese is stored in the stocker, the cheese on the tray on the cheese conveyor can be reliably stopped by the stopper mechanism, and at this time, the cheese conveyor There is no need to stop. Even when discharging cheese from the stocker, the empty tray on the cheese conveyor can be kept stationary without stopping the cheese conveyor. Further, the empty tray on the tray conveyor to be returned to the cheese conveyor can be easily stopped on the tray conveyor and kept on standby by the stopper mechanism, and there is no need to stop the tray conveyor at this time as well.

The cheese stocker of the embodiment comprises a cheese conveyor 10, a two-block stocker 20.20, a tray conveyor 30, and a traverser 40.40 (FIG. 1).

The cheese conveyor 10 is a conveyor line mounted on a boat (FIGS. 2 and 6), and has a main pulley 11a and a subordinate pulley llb at both ends of a channel-shaped frame 13 that opens downward.
The conveyor belt 12 is placed on the upper surface of the frame 13.
Place the conveyor side of the conveyor belt 12 on the main pulley 11.
It is wound around the a1 slave pulley llb. Note that guide plates 14 a s 14 are provided on both sides of the frame 13.
a is arranged (Fig. 6).

Cheese C on the cheese conveyor 10 is conveyed via a tray T (FIG. 2). The tray T has a top surface inclined in a figure 7 shape, and both sides of the bottom surface are connected to the guide plate 1 of the cheese conveyor 10.
4a and 14a (Fig. 6 (B)
)), and recesses Ta, Ta... are formed at the front and rear of both side surfaces (Fig. 3).

The cheese conveyor 10 passes through the middle of the stocker 20.20 (FIG. 2).

Each stocker 20 has multi-stage cheese shelves 50.50 that can be raised and lowered on both sides of the cheese conveyor 10. Each cheese shelf 50 is connected to a pair of cheese shelf bodies 55.55 by an endless chain 5L 51 via attachment bins 51a, 51a, etc., and can be raised and lowered by a common motor 52 via the chains 51.51. It is. A counterweight 53 is attached to the chain 5L 51. Sprocket 5 that drives the motor 52 and chains 51, 51...
A bevel gear mechanism consisting of shafts 52a5, bevel gears 52b, 52bs 52C% 52C% shafts 52d, 52d is interposed between the shafts 1b151b, .

On the inner surfaces of the cheese shelf bodies 55, 55, which face the cheese conveyor 10, there are support rods 54, 54,
... are provided in multiple stages, and the interval between the pair of opposing support rods 54, 54 is wider than the width of the cheese conveyor 10 and narrower than the diameter of the cheese C. Cheese shelf 50.5
When 0 is raised, the cheese C on the tray T, T...
C... can be transferred from the cheese conveyor 10 onto a pair of opposing support rods 54, 54 (
Figure 4).

Also, when the cheese shelf 50.50 is lowered, the cheese CS
C... is the tray T1T on the cheese conveyor 10...
・Can be transferred to.

The cheese shelf bodies 55, 55, . . . are adapted to move up and down along guide members 56, respectively (FIG. 5). 1
A proximity sensor S is attached to the book guide member 56 via a mounting block Sa, and the proximity sensor S detects when the cheese shelf main body 55, 55... is at the lowest position.
It is attached at a position that is approximately at the same height as the uppermost support rod 54.54. In the cheese shelf main body 55,
Dogs 55a, 55a, . . . are provided at the same height as each support rod 54. The proximity sensor S includes dogs 55a, 55a corresponding to the support rods 54, 54...
By sensing..., it is possible to detect which stage the pair of support rods 54, 54 located on both sides of the cheese conveyor 10 are on. In addition, a plurality of proximity sensors S are arranged corresponding to the support rods 54 and 54 of each stage, and the dog 55a is connected to the support rod 5 of the lowest stage.
It may be provided only at the position corresponding to 4.54.

The tray conveyor 30 is arranged parallel to the cheese conveyor 10 (FIG. 1), and the conveyance directions of both are opposite.

)L/-near:/The hair 30 may be of the same type as the cheese conveyor 10.

A stopper mechanism 60° 60 is provided at a tray stop position midway between the cheese conveyor 10 and the tray conveyor 30 (FIGS. 1 and 6). The stopper mechanism 60 includes a cylinder 6
By expanding and contracting 1, a pair of dogleg-shaped arms 62.6
2 in a reciprocating manner (Fig. 6). cylinder 61
is swingably attached to the lower surface of a support member 62d provided at the lower part of the frame 13 of the cheese conveyor 10 via a bracket 61a, while the rod of the cylinder 61 is attached to the tip of the lever 62b via a connecting fitting 61b. Rotatably connected. The lever 62b is connected to the support member 62
It is fixed to the middle part of a shaft 62a which is rotatably supported on the lower surface of the shirt 62c through bearings 62c, 62C, and the arms 62 and 62 are fixed to both ends of the shirt 62a. However, the arm 62.62 is fixed to the shaft 62a via the cow-62e, and the bearing 62C%
62C, spacers 62f, 62f are interposed between them, and both sides are positioned by retaining rings 62g, 62g.

When the arms 62, 62 swing, both ends of the arms 62, 62 alternately project onto the conveying surface of the cheese conveyor 10, and the arms 62.
a... can be engaged and disengaged alternately (Fig. 6 (A)
(solid line and dash-dotted line). Therefore, by swinging the arms 62, 62, the trays T, T, . . . can be separated one by one and discharged to the downstream side (FIG. 7).

The ends of the tray conveyor 30 and the cheese conveyor 10 are
They are connected via traversers 40, 40 (FIG. 1).

The traverser 40 has one driving roller 41 and several driven rollers 42, 42, etc. arranged in parallel to the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the cheese conveyor 10 and the tray conveyor 30, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. ), drive roller 41, driven roller 42.
42... has a traverser body 43 for moving the tray T above. The drive roller 41 has a built-in motor (not shown) and can be rotated in forward and reverse directions. In addition, the traverser body 43 is connected to the rodless cylinder 4
4, it is linearly reciprocated via a moving table 44a. The traverser body 43 has projections 43a that project upward from the drive roller 41, driven rollers 42, 42, . . .
, 43a, which are hooked onto the lower side surface of the tray 'F. However, rodless cylinder 4
Dampers 44b, 44b for absorbing the horizontal impact of the moving table 44a are assembled at both ends of the moving table 44a. On the upper surface of the traverser 40, there are guide rods 45.46 that guide the tray 1'' in the advancing direction of the cheese conveyor 101 and tray conveyor 30, and guide rods 47.48 that guide the tray T in the longitudinal direction of the drive roller 41. Mounting bracket 45
a, 45b, 46a, 46b, 47a.

It is disposed on the pedestal B via 48a so that its position can be adjusted.

Further upstream of the upstream traverser 40, there is a transfer machine 7.
0 (Figures 1 and 9).

The transfer machine 70 includes a horizontally arranged rodless cylinder 71, a vertically arranged air cylinder 72, a cheese carrier 73, and a short round belt conveyor 74.
Figures 9 and 10). The air cylinder 72 is vertically installed on the movable table 71a of the rodless cylinder tough 1 via a support frame 71b. The cheese carrier 73 is made by bending a plate material into an inverted U-shape and attaching a pair of arms 73b and 73 downward.
b, and carrier rods 73a, 73a are provided at the lower ends of the arms 73b, 73b, and the cheese C can be supported on the pair of carrier rods 73a, 73a (FIG. 11(B)). . The cheese carrier 73 is
Air cylinder 7 via mounting brackets 72a and 72b
It is connected to two rods (Figs. 9 and 10). However, the guide rod 7 is placed on the top surface of the cheese carrier 73.
3c173c is erected, and guide rods 73c, 73e
The bushings 71c, 7]C, which are fixed to the support frame 71b, are slidably penetrated therethrough. In addition, the rodless cylinder 71
Dampers 71d, 71d are assembled at both ends of the dampers.

The round belt conveyor 74 has a pair of round belts 74a, 74.
a is the driven pulley 74b, 74b, and the driving pulley 74c
The drive shaft 74d is wrapped around the chain 74c.
4e to a motor 74f (FIG. 10). The round belt conveyor 74 includes a pair of round belts 74a,
Cheese C can be supported on the second side of 74a (first
1-Figure (A)).

The cheeses C, C, . . . from the winder are carried one by one onto the round belt conveyor 74 of the transfer machine 7o by the conveyor WC (FIGS. 1 and 9). At this time, the cheese carrier 73 is lowered onto the round belt conveyor 74 by the rodless cylinder 71 and the air cylinder 72 ((two-dot chain line in FIG. 10)).

When the air cylinder 72 is shortened and the cheese carrier 73 is raised, the cheese C can be lifted by the cattle rod 73a573a, and then the cheese carrier 73 is moved onto the traverser 40 by the rodless cylinder 71, as shown by the solid line in the figure. ), the air cylinder 72 is extended and the cheese C is placed on the empty tray T waiting on the traverser 40.

Next, the drive roller 41 of the traverser 40 is rotated to send the cheese C together with the tray T onto the cheese conveyor 10, and the cheese carrier 73 is returned to its original position. By repeating this, the cheese CSCs on the conveyor line can be placed one by one on the tray T and sent onto the cheese conveyor 10. However, the empty tray T is transferred to the tray conveyor 3.
0 onto the traverser 40, and the traverser body 4
3, they are sequentially carried into predetermined positions (FIG. 9).

The cheese C on the tray T delivered onto the cheese conveyor 10 is stopped by a stopper mechanism 60 at the downstream end of the stocker 20 in which it is to be stored (FIG. 7).

However, the stopper mechanism 60 located near the end of the cheese conveyor 10, as shown in FIG.
It is necessary to separately separate and flow the trays T, T, and so on one by one to the downstream side, but the stopper mechanism 60 attached to the upstream stocker 20 simply prevents the flow of successive trays T, T, and so on. , may be allowed.

When one level of cheese C, C, etc. in the stocker 20 is stopped by the stopper mechanism 60 (Fig. 2), the cheese shelf 50, 50 is raised one level, and the cheese CSC...
- are simultaneously transferred onto the support rods 54 and 54.

However, the cheese shelf 50.50 is the cheese shelf itself 55.5
5... (FIG. 5), the proximity sensor S detects the dog 55a one step below, so that the dog 55a can be raised one step at a time. In this way, the predetermined stocker 20
Cheese CSC... can be accommodated in all the tiers.

Empty trays TST... are conveyed onto the tray conveyor 30 via the traverser 40 on the downstream side of the cheese conveyor 10 and wait, and if necessary, are transferred via the traverser 40 on the upstream side by the transfer machine 70. Used to place new cheese CSC...

When discharging the traversers 40, 40 and trays T, T... from the cheese conveyor 10 and the tray conveyor 30, the stopper mechanism 60, 60 operates effectively and the trays T
, T... are traversed one by one in order.
is discharged to the top. The arm 62.62 swings and the tray T
, T... are separated one by one.

For the cheeses C, C... in the stocker 20, empty trays T, T... corresponding to one level thereof are prepared on the cheese conveyor 10, and the cheese shelves 50, 50 are lowered one level at a time. can be repeated to eject all of them.

Since the cheese CSC... stored in the stocker 20.20 can be stored and discharged in random order for each stocker 20.20, the cheese CSC... stored in the stocker 20.20 is stored in the stocker 20 as a unit. As such, first-in, first-out operation is possible. In other words, by storing cheese CSC...in the stocker 20 as a unit and classifying them according to the winder machine and type, any type of cheese CSC can be stored in accordance with the next process such as inspection and packaging.
can be discharged.

In the above description, the storage capacity of the cheese shelves 50,50 in one stocker 20 is arbitrary. That is,
In Fig. 2 and Fig. 7, cheeses C1C... are shown stored in 5 pieces x 4 stages, but if N-m cheeses are stored in Xn stages, the permissible fIN is generally It is better to take the same number or more. Moreover, the number of blocks of stockers 20, 20 arranged along the cheese conveyor 10 can also be set to an arbitrary number of 2 or more.

The conveyor WC from the winder may be a floor-mounted conveyor line, or a so-called ceiling-mounted cheese conveyance line.

Cheese C1C discharged to the downstream traverser 40...
・is further transported to the inspection and packaging area 80 (Fig. 1)
. Therefore, when the cheese CSC... is stored in the stocker 20.20, the empty trays T, T... are stored in the traverser 4.
While the tray TS is returned to the tray conveyor 30 by
The cheeses C, C,... still placed on the T... may be transported as they are to the inspection and packaging base 80.
At this time, the empty trays T, T... are returned to the traverser 40 from the inspection and packaging base 80 by the carry-in conveyor 82,
Furthermore, it is returned onto the tray conveyor 30 and waits.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, by combining a cheese conveyor that conveys cheese through trays, a plurality of stockers having multi-stage cheese shelves, a tray conveyor, and a traverser, Since the cheese can be transported while always being loaded on the tray, the chances of damage to the cheese can be minimized, and there is no staining or thread breakage on the cheese, and the cheese conveyor is Multiple stockers are placed along the line, and each stocker is
Since cheese can be stored and discharged independently of each other, there is an extremely excellent effect that management by classification by winder machine, type, etc. can be performed by a first-in, first-out operation using each stocker as a unit.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 11 show an embodiment, FIG. 1 is an overall plan view, FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view of the stocker, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tray, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the operation of the stocker, Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the main parts of the stocker, Figures 6 (A) and (B) are side and front views of the stopper mechanism, Figure 7 is a side view of the stocker, and Figure 8 (A) is of the traverser. Plan view, Figure (B) is a sectional view taken along line X-X in Figure (A), Figure 9 is a perspective view of the transfer machine and traverser, and Figure 10 is a side view of the transfer machine. 11A and 11B are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the transfer machine. C...Cheese T...Tray 10...Cheese conveyor 20...Stocker 30...Tray conveyor 40...Traverser 50...Cheese shelf 60...Stopper mechanism Patent applicant Murao Co., Ltd.・ANDASU COMPANY

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A cheese conveyor that conveys cheese via trays, a plurality of stockers having elevating multi-stage cheese shelves formed therein and disposed along the cheese conveyor, and the cheese conveyor. A cheese stocker comprising: a tray conveyor that is installed in parallel with the conveyor and returns empty trays; and a traverser that connects ends of the cheese conveyor and the tray conveyor. 2) The cheese stocker according to claim 1, wherein a stopper mechanism is attached to the cheese conveyor and the tray conveyor.