JPH05217059A - Article stacker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily attain the vertical stacking of plural aligned articles. CONSTITUTION:Plural inclined supporting parts 24 inclined upwards on their front parts are repeatedly arranged on the upper part of a base 22. A horizontal supporting part 28 is connected to the front part of the inclined supporting part 24 arranged on the frontmost part. Groove parts 30, 32 are formed in respective inclined supporting parts 24 and the horizontal supporting part 28. Advancing members 40 are arranged on positions corresponding to the grooves 30 formed on the front part of a slider 38. When the slider 38 is advanced, the lower end parts of the members 40 are contactlessly passed in the grooves 30 and aligned articles mounted on respective inclined supporting parts 24 are vertically stacked.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article stacking device for stacking a plurality of articles vertically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an article delivering device such as an automatic prize providing machine or a vending machine in a game arcade, when delivering a plurality of articles that can be stacked one on top of the other, rather than delivering one by one in order. Also, it is important for the person to be provided that a certain number of articles be delivered in a vertically stacked state.
It is convenient for handling.

However, it is possible to store articles in one stocker in a vertically stacked state and deliver the articles in a vertically stacked state as needed, but it is disliked that the mechanism becomes complicated. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems existing in the prior art, and its object is to easily stack a plurality of articles lined up in a row on top of each other. An object of the present invention is to provide a stacking device for articles.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an article stacking apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an inclination inclined upward toward the front for supporting a bottom portion of articles which can be stacked vertically. The supporting portion is repeated in the required number of front-back directions such that the upper surface of the article supported by the arbitrary inclined supporting portion is located slightly below the supporting surface of the inclined supporting portion adjacent to the rear of the article. An advancing member capable of advancing the articles supported on the supporting section and the articles stacked above the advancing sections, and the lower end portion of the advancing member is higher than the upper end position of each inclined supporting section. And a passage that is movable from at least the rear portion of the rearmost inclined support portion to the rear portion of the frontmost inclined support portion in the lower position.

Further, the front end of the inclined support portion has a horizontal horizontal support portion which is substantially continuous with the front end portion of the inclined support portion substantially continuously, and the passage has the passage. It is also possible that the lower end of the tilt support can move from at least the rear part of the rearmost tilt support to the rear of the horizontal support at a position lower than the upper end of each tilt support.

[0007]

In the invention of claim 1, when the advancing member is advanced from the rear part of the rearmost inclined support part in a state where a plurality of articles are supported by the respective inclined support parts and arranged in a line,
The lower end portion of the advancing member passes through the passage at a position lower than the upper end position of the tilt support portion, and the rear portion of the last article is pushed to move forward to move to the position of the front tilt support portion.

Since the upper surface portion of the article supported by the front slant support portion is located slightly lower than the supporting surface of the slant support portion of the slant support portion adjacent to the rear of the article, the rearmost portion is formed by the forward movement of the advancing member. Article is stacked on the second article in front of it.

When the advancing member is further advanced, the lower end portion of the advancing member passes through the passage, and the stacked articles are further forwardly moved by 3
Stack on item th. As the advancing member advances, the articles are stacked one after another, and all the articles are stacked vertically.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the advancing member moves to the rear portion of the horizontal support portion so that all articles are vertically stacked on the horizontal support portion.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 are perspective views of essential parts showing a stacking process for an article stacking apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention. The target article 20 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a low height. Therefore, it is possible to stack vertically.

On the upper part of the base 22, inclined support portions 24 which are inclined upward by about 10 degrees toward the front (to the right in the drawing) are repeatedly provided in the front-rear direction. On the upper surface of the inclined support portion 24, that is, on the support surface 26, the article 20
The bottom part of the is supported. The length of the support surface 26 of the inclined support portion 24 in the front-rear direction is approximately the same as the lateral width of the article 20, and the lateral length of the support surface 26 is longer than the vertical width of the article 20. The interval between the inclined support portions 24 is such that the upper surface portion of the article 20 supported by the arbitrary inclined support portions 24 is located slightly below the support surface 26 of the inclined support portion 24 adjacent to the rear of the inclined support portions 24. When the article 20 supported by 24 is pushed forward, it is opened to such a degree that it can be smoothly stacked on the article 20 supported by the inclined support portion 24 in front thereof.

In front of the frontmost inclined support portion 24, a horizontal horizontal support portion 28 having the same height as the front end portion of the inclined support portion 24 is continuous.

Grooves 30 in the front-rear direction are provided parallel to each other at three positions on each of the inclined support parts 24 and the horizontal support parts 28, and three groove parts 30 and three of the horizontal support parts 28 in each inclined support part 24 are provided. The groove portions 32 at the respective points are located on a straight line. Each groove 30 and 32 has a certain depth from the uppermost end of each inclined support 24 and horizontal support 28.

The ridges 34 are formed on both sides of the base 22, respectively.
Is overhanging. Further, at the tip of the horizontal support portion 28,
A vertical wall body 36 is erected.

Reference numeral 38 is a slider. This slider 38
Is guided by the protrusions 34 of the base 22 on both sides and slides back and forth across the inclined support portion 24 at the upper part of the base 22. Further, three columnar advancing members 40 are provided at positions corresponding to the groove portions 30 in the front portion of the slider 38. The advancing member 40 swings about a swing shaft 42 near the lower end of the advancing member 40 between a state in which the advancing member 40 is slightly tilted backward and a state in which the advancing member 40 is upright. And slider 3
When 8 is moved back and forth, the lower end of the advancing member 40 passes through the groove 30 in a non-contact state.

For example, the articles 20 are piled up in a stocker (not shown) arranged on the side of each of the inclined support portions 24, and the lowermost end is formed by a required number of pushing members 44 according to a command. By extruding the articles 20 of 1, the required number of articles 20 can be placed one on each tilted support 24 as shown in FIG.

In the state of FIG. 1, the articles 20, which are represented by the two-dot chain line, are arranged in a line on each tilt support 24, and the advancing member 40 is located at the rear of the rearmost tilt support 24a. is doing.

When the slider 38 is slid forward to advance the advancing member 40, the lower end portion of the advancing member 40 pushes the rear portion of the rearmost article 20 and the rearmost inclined support portion 24.
The article 2 at the rearmost portion passes through the groove 30 of a in a non-contact state.
As shown in FIG. 2, 0 is the front inclined support portion 24b.
Extruded onto a second article 20 supported above.

Further, when the slider 38 is slid forward and the advancing member 40 is located at the rear of the second inclined support portion 24b, the rearmost article 20 is stacked on the second article 20.

When the slider 38 is continuously slid forward and the advancing member 40 is advanced, the stacked article 20 is further stacked on the third article 20 in front of it, and the lower end portion of the advancing member 40 is moved. Articles 20 are piled up one after another while passing through the groove portion 30 of the inclined support portion 24 in a non-contact state, and all articles 20 are piled up and down as shown in FIG. 5 through the state shown in FIG. To do. Since the advancing member 40 swings about the swing shaft near the lower end thereof, the advancing member 40 pushes the article 20 in a backward tilted state and advances. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the articles 20 from falling forward during the stacking.

When the slider 38 is further slid forward and the advancing member 40 is advanced to the horizontal support portion 28, all the articles 20 are vertically stacked on the horizontal support portion 28. When it is continuously advanced, the lower end of the advancing member 40 passes through the groove 32 of the horizontal support 28 in a non-contact state, and the stacked articles 20 are pressed against the vertical wall body 36 as shown in FIG. The advancing member 40 stands upright, and the articles 20 stacked up and down are gathered.

When the slider 38 is retracted, the above operation can be repeated again.

The sizes of the inclined support portions do not necessarily have to be the same. Further, even if the size of the target article is different for each inclined support portion, the stacking of those articles is possible.

[0026]

In the article stacking apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of articles are supported by the respective tilt supports to be arranged in a line, and the advancing member is provided from the rear of the rearmost tilt support to the horizontal support. By advancing to the rear, all articles can be easily stacked one above the other.

In the article stacking apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, a plurality of articles are supported by the respective inclined support portions and arranged in a line,
By advancing the advancing member from the rear of the rearmost inclined support, all articles can be horizontally stacked on the horizontal support.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of an article stacking apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of the product stacking apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of the product stacking apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of the product stacking apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of the product stacking apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a stacking process of the product stacking apparatus.

[Explanation of sign]

 20 article 24 inclined support part 28 horizontal support part 24a inclined support part 24b inclined support part 26 support surface 40 advancing member 38 slider 30 groove part 32 groove part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An inclined support portion for supporting a bottom portion of vertically stackable articles, the inclination support portion being inclined upward toward the front,
Repeated in the required number of front-back directions so that the upper surface of the article supported by an arbitrary inclined support portion is located slightly lower than the supporting surface of the inclined support portion adjacent to the rear of the article. An advancing member capable of pushing the back of the supported articles and the articles stacked above them to advance the articles, and at least at a position where the lower end portion of the advancing member is lower than the upper end position of each inclined support portion. An article stacking device, comprising: a passage that can move from a rear portion of a rearmost inclined support portion to a rear portion of a frontmost inclined support portion. 2. A front horizontal portion of the inclined support portion that is substantially continuous with the front end portion of the inclined support portion and has a horizontal horizontal support portion that is substantially the same height as the front end portion of the inclined support portion. 2. The article stacking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower end portion of each of the inclined support portions is movable from at least the rear portion of the rearmost inclined support portion to the rear portion of the horizontal support portion at a position lower than the upper end position of each inclined support portion.