JPH0447155Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to the lateral movement of a round bar-shaped conveyed object whose external shape is circular or polygonal so as to be rollable, such as a stick-shaped lipstick container. The present invention relates to an apparatus for correcting the posture of a round bar-shaped conveyed object, which is capable of correcting the posture.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, a round bar-shaped object transported by a transport means such as a transport belt conveyor is tilted in its lateral position due to vibrations during transport or contact with a guide plate, and it remains in this position until the next step. When transferred to the process described above, there is a problem that the orientation of the plurality of round rod-shaped objects to be transported is mixed up, which prevents smooth transfer and impedes workability.

For this reason, conventionally, for example, a push rod positioned midway in the conveyance direction of a conveyor belt and driven by an air cylinder or the like on one side in the width direction of the belt conveyor, and a detection means for detecting the arrival of a round bar-shaped conveyed object are provided. When the detecting means detects the arrival of the round bar-shaped object to be transported by the conveyor belt, the push rod extends and pushes the round bar-shaped object to the other side of the belt conveyor.
A device that changes the direction and corrects the lateral posture of a round bar-shaped conveyed object is known.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technology has a complicated structure, and when transporting multiple types of round rod-shaped objects of different lengths, it is necessary to adjust the timing of extending the push rod, making it difficult to handle. The disadvantage is that it is troublesome.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, and by correcting the lateral posture of the round rod-shaped object being conveyed by the conveying means, it is possible to smoothly transport the object and improve workability. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for correcting the posture of a round bar-shaped conveyed object.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an apparatus for correcting the posture of a round bar-shaped conveyed object according to the present invention is provided with a conveying means for sequentially conveying a plurality of round rod-shaped conveyed articles, and a distal end side of the conveying means in the conveying direction, A concave curved conveyor is configured to roll the round rod-shaped conveyed object supplied from the conveying means in a predetermined direction, and to correct the posture by once receiving the round rod-shaped conveyed object in the most concave recess. an attitude correction member having a rolling surface; and a transfer means provided on a tip end side in a rolling direction of the attitude correction member for transferring the round rod-shaped conveying member that has rolled from the rolling surface, and The attitude correction member has one side edge of the rolling surface adjacent to the transfer means at a lower position than the other side edge, and the previous round rod-shaped conveyed object is moved to one side of the rolling surface by the subsequent round rod-shaped conveyed object. The most concave portion of the rolling surface is arranged at a position closer to the transfer means than the supply position of the round bar-shaped conveyed object so that it is pushed out over the side edge.

[Effect]

With this configuration, the round bar-shaped conveyed objects sequentially conveyed by the conveying means are supplied so as to fall onto the rolling surface in the concave curve of the attitude correction member from the tip side, and the round rod-shaped conveyed objects are The conveyed object rolls on the rolling surface and is once received at the most concave recess, and its posture is corrected. In this state, when the next round bar-shaped conveyed object is fed onto the rolling surface of the attitude correction member by the conveying means, the previous round rod-shaped conveyed object is moved onto the rolling surface of the attitude correction member by the next round rod-shaped conveyed object. It passes over one side edge and is pushed out onto the transfer means, and is transferred on the transfer means in a correct posture.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a base, and 2 is a plurality of lipstick containers A ₁ , A ₂ , ... (hereinafter collectively referred to as lipstick containers A as the case may be) as round rod-shaped conveyance objects. A conveyor belt is shown as a conveyance means for conveying the materials (in the direction of arrow B) along its longitudinal direction. Here, the conveyor belt conveyor 2 includes a pair of support columns 3, 3, 4, 4, which are erected facing each other along the conveyance direction B at a predetermined interval along the conveyance direction B, and a front end side of the conveyance direction B. pillar 3,
A belt 5 is wound between a drive pulley and a guide pulley (neither of which are shown) which are respectively pivotally supported on the pillars 4 and 4 on the rear end side. A short guide plate 6 is supported by each of the pillars 3 and 4 and has a tip protruding to the leading end 5A of the belt 5 in the conveying direction B, and a short guide plate 6 is supported on the other side in the width direction of the belt 5 opposite to the short guide plate 6. It is supported by each of the pillars 3 and 4, and has a protrusion 7A whose tip side protrudes beyond the tip 5A of the belt 5, and an adjustment groove 7B formed of a long hole along the longitudinal direction of the protrusion 7A.
The guide plate 7 is formed with a long guide plate 7.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a posture correcting member for aligning the lateral posture of the lipstick container A conveyed by the conveying belt conveyor 2 to the correct state, and the posture correcting member 8 is arranged so that the lipstick container A is aligned in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction B. It consists of a curved plate having a substantially rectangular plane and having a concave curved rolling surface 9 so as to roll in a direction C, and is mounted on the base 1 at the tip end side of the conveyor belt conveyor 2 in the conveyance direction B. It is fixed via 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the attitude correction member 8 is configured such that one side edge 9A of the rolling surface 9 located on the front side in the rolling direction C is lower than the other side edge 9B. It is fixed to the mounting member 10, and the most concave recess 9C of the rolling surface 9 is located on the front side in the rolling direction C from the supply position of the lipstick container A supplied from the belt 5.

Next, reference numeral 11 denotes a stopper member for stopping the lipstick container A that is conveyed so as to fall from the bed 5 onto the posture correcting section 8, and the stopper member 11 is a long guide plate located on the other side. It is attached to the protrusion 7A of No. 7, and can be moved and adjusted in the directions of arrows D and D by being guided by the adjustment groove 7B.

Further, reference numeral 12 denotes a transfer inclined plate serving as a transfer means for sending the lipstick container A pushed out from the rolling surface 9 of the attitude correction member 8 to the next process;
2 is fixed on the base 1 via the mounting member 13 in an inclined state with the front end side 12A facing downward and the rear end side 12B adjacent to one side edge 9A of the rolling surface 9.

The present embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained next.

_A plurality of lipstick containers A ₁ , A ₂ , . When it reaches this point, it is supplied so as to fall from the tip end 5A of the belt 5 onto the rolling surface 9 of the attitude correction member 8, as shown by arrow A. Then, as shown by the arrow opening, it rolls on the rolling surface 9 and is once received in the most concave recess 9C located closer to the rolling direction C than the supply position of the lipstick container _A1 . As a result, the lateral attitude of the lipstick container _A1 , which is supplied onto the rolling surface 9 in an inclined state, is corrected (see FIG. 1).

After that, the lipstick container _A2 supplied from the tip end 5A of the belt 5 onto the rolling surface 9 is the same as the previous lipstick container _A1.
, and tries to move to the most concave recess 9C side. Since one side edge 9A of the rolling surface 9 located on the previous lipstick container A ₁ side is located at a lower position than the other side edge 9B, it is moved in the rolling direction C by the subsequent lipstick container A ₂ . The pushed lipstick container A ₁ climbs over the one side edge 9A as shown by arrow C and transfers to the inclined transfer plate 1.
2 and rolls on the transfer slope plate 12. At this time, since the lateral posture of the lipstick container A ₁ has been corrected by the most concave recess 9C of the rolling surface 9 as described above, when rolling on the transfer inclined plate 12 It can also prevent your lateral posture from tilting.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the lipstick containers A that are sequentially conveyed by the conveyor belt 2 are once received in the recessed part 9C formed in the rolling surface 9 of the posture correcting member 8. Belt 5
The lipstick container A, which has been conveyed with its upper side tilted in the horizontal direction, can be corrected to the correct orientation and sent to the next process.

In this embodiment, the lipstick container A pushed out from the posture correction member 8 is sent to the next process by the inclined transfer plate 12, but instead of the inclined transfer plate 12, another conveyor A belt conveyor may also be provided.

Further, in this embodiment, each lipstick container A is conveyed in the direction B by the conveyor belt conveyor 2 along its longitudinal direction, and is conveyed in the direction B by the posture correction member 8.
However, each lipstick container A is transported sideways to the transport direction B of the belt conveyor 2, and the rolling direction C is the same as the transport direction B. The configuration may be such that the lateral posture of each lipstick container A can be corrected without changing the direction of transport by using the posture correcting member 8 arranged as shown in FIG.

Further, in this embodiment, a circular rod-shaped lipstick container A is exemplified as the round rod-shaped conveyed object, but any shape that can be rolled may be used, and for example, it may be applied to a polygonal lipstick container or the like.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention configured as detailed above,
This is because the posture of the round bar-shaped conveyed object, which has been conveyed in a slanted horizontal position by the conveyance means, can be corrected by the posture correction member, and it is possible to eliminate misalignment of the plurality of round rod-shaped conveyed objects. , it is possible to prevent the round bar-shaped conveyed objects from accumulating during conveyance, and it is possible to improve work efficiency in the next process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the main parts of a posture correction device for a round bar-shaped conveyed object according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view in the direction of the - arrow in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an operating state. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken at the same position as FIG. 2; 2... Conveying belt conveyor (conveying means), 8
... Attitude correction member, 9 ... Rolling surface, 9A ... One side edge, 9B ... Other side edge, 9C ... Most concave recessed part, 12 ...
... Transfer slope plate (transfer means), A... Lipstick container (round rod-shaped conveyed object).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A conveying means for sequentially conveying a plurality of round rod-shaped conveyed objects, and a conveying means provided at the leading end side of the conveying means in the conveying direction, which rolls the round rod-shaped conveyed objects supplied from the conveying means in a predetermined direction, and an attitude correction member having a concave curved rolling surface configured to correct the attitude of a rod-shaped conveyed object by once receiving it in the most concave recess; and a posture correction member provided on the tip side in the rolling direction of the attitude correction member; a transfer means for transferring the round bar-shaped conveyance member that has rolled from the rolling surface, and the attitude correction member is located at a position where one side edge of the rolling surface adjacent to the transfer means is lower than the other side edge. At the same time, the round bar-shaped conveyance is performed in the most concave part of the rolling surface so that the previous round bar-shaped conveyed object is pushed out over one side edge of the rolling surface by the subsequent round rod-shaped conveyed object. A posture correcting device for a round bar-shaped conveyed object configured to be arranged at a position closer to the transport means than the object supply position.