JPH05221511A - Article handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To guide articles dropped and cut out from a cut out device smoothly into a slanting chute. CONSTITUTION:A picking device 10, which is composed of a cut out device 14 and a slanting chute 33, is made by equipping a guide chute 71 extending from the cut out opening edge portion of the cut out device 14 to the upper surface side of the slanting chute 33.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for distributing and collecting articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an article picking apparatus, there is one as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2-110399. This conventional technique has a cutting device and an inclined chute. The slicing device stores an article in each of the plurality of article storage units, opens an opening / closing device provided at a bottom surface outlet of each article storage unit, and drops and cuts out an article in each article storage unit. The inclined chute is arranged obliquely below the cutting device, and transfers the articles dropped and cut from the cutting device to the lower process.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, since the article cut out from the cutting device falls on the inclined chute and impacts to some extent, the article is damaged or the orientation of the article becomes disjointed. Poor collection in the lower process. Further, since the falling speed is lost by the collision with the tilted chute, the momentum is lost and it may stop in the middle of the tilted chute.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to smoothly introduce an article dropped and cut from a cutting device into an inclined chute.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an article is stored in each of a plurality of article storage sections, and an article in each article storage section is provided through a cutout provided at the bottom of each article storage section. In a device for handling an article, which comprises a slicing device for dropping out and slicing, and an unpowered conveying device for slopingly arranging below the slicing device and transferring the product sloping out from the slicing device, a cutting edge of the slicing device. The guide chute extends from the above part to the upper surface side of the non-powered conveying device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, the cutting device opens an opening / closing device provided at a bottom cutout of each article storage unit, The articles in the article storage unit can be dropped and cut out.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the cutting device is provided with a plurality of cutouts, and the opening / closing device allows the cutouts to be sequentially opened. An opening / closing body is provided, and an upper end portion of the guide chute is fixed to the opening / closing body.

The present invention according to claim 4 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the present inventions, the lower end portion of the guide chute is hung so as to follow the upper surface of the non-powered conveying device in parallel.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there are the following actions. The guide chute has a curve that smoothly changes the falling direction of the article cut out from the cutting device toward the non-powered conveying device. Therefore, the articles dropped and cut from the cutting device are smoothly introduced from the guide chute to the non-powered transfer device and do not hit the non-powered transfer device. Therefore, the articles are not damaged, and the orientations of the articles on the non-powered conveying device are unlikely to fall apart, which improves the collectability in the lower step. Further, the falling speed is not robbed by the collision with the non-powered transfer device, the momentum is not lost, and there is no stopping in the middle of the non-powered transfer device.

The upper end of the guide chute is fixed to an opening / closing body that sequentially opens the cutouts of the cutting device, so that the guide chute can be sequentially cut into the cutouts of the cutting device. It will be deployed and ready for the cutting of items. Therefore, in the cutting device, it is not necessary to individually arrange guide chutes for all the cutouts, and a single guide chute can handle all of the cutouts, and the device configuration can be simplified.

Since the lower end portion of the guide chute is hung so as to follow the upper surface of the non-powered conveying device, the articles discharged from the guide chute are smoothly slid on the non-powered conveying device. be introduced.

[0012]

1 is a schematic view showing an example of a picking device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a reserve tank and a cutting device, and FIG. 4 is a cutting device. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a partition, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an opening / closing device of a cutting device, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a guide chute and an inclined chute connected to the middle and lower cutting devices.
7 is a schematic diagram showing a guide chute and an inclined chute connected to the upper cutting device, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an inclined chute, a collecting conveyor and a loading conveyor, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a cutting pattern of the cutting device, 10 is a schematic diagram showing a modified example of the guide chute, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a modified example of the concave receiver, FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a modified example of the collecting conveyor, and FIG. 13 is another modified example of the collecting conveyor. FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing an example of the inclined arrangement of the collecting conveyor, FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing the basic configuration of an inclined chute,
16 is a schematic diagram showing the basic structure of the guide chute, FIG.
7 is a schematic diagram showing the basic configuration of the guide chute lower end position regulating means, and FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing the basic configuration of a concave receiver that constitutes the collection conveyor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the picking device 10 includes a plurality of sets (for example, 20 sets) of reserve devices corresponding to a plurality of types (for example, 20 types) of articles with respect to the collection conveyor 11 and the loading conveyor 12. 13, the unit equipped with the cutting device 14 is constructed as one unit.

Therefore, the picking device 10 includes the fluidized shelf 1
5, a set of three reserve devices 13 and a cutting device 14 that form a lower step (front), a middle step (intermediate), and an upper step (back) in a stepwise manner along a direction orthogonal to the collection conveyor 11 Are arranged in multiple stages, and each of the upper and middle reserve devices 13 can be moved forward of the upper and middle reserve devices 13 to the front side, that is, to the side of the fluidized shelf 15. The lower reserve device 13 can also be pulled out. That is, in the picking device 10, when the worker transfers the articles in the product box 16 stored in the frontages of the fluidized shelves 15 to the opposite reserve device 13,
The reserve device 1 in which the empty reserve device 13 is pulled out from the original position to the fluid shelf 15 side and is positioned on the fluid shelf 15 side
After transferring the above-mentioned article to 3, the reserve device 13 to which the article has been transferred is pushed back to the original position.

The picking device 10 is provided with a transfer request indicator 17 in front of each reserve device 13,
When the reserve device 13 is emptied, the worker is notified by blinking the transfer request indicator 17. At this time, the transfer article indicator 18 provided in the corresponding frontage of the fluidized shelf 15 also blinks.

As described above, the picking device 10 has the cutting device 14 arranged below the reserve device 13, and all the articles transferred to the reserve device 13 are shuttered by the shutter device 19 of the reserve device 13. After opening and transferring to the lower cutting device 14, the shutter device 21 of the cutting device 14 is opened to cut an arbitrary number of the above-mentioned articles from the cutting device 14 to the collecting conveyor 11 side. .

At this time, in the picking device 10, in each of the reserve device 13 and the cutout device 14, a plurality of articles partitioned by the partitions 24 and 25 inserted into the reserve tank 22 and the cutout box 23, respectively. The storage units 26 and 27 are provided, and the fluidized shelf 15
The articles stored in the product boxes 16 stored in the frontages of No. 1 in a random or predetermined arrangement are transferred manually to the article storage units 26 of the reserve device 13 by a worker.
The articles transferred to the reserve device 13 are transferred to the article storage sections 27 of the cutting device 14 by the opening control of the shutter device 19 described above, and by extension, the cutting device 14
The articles transferred to are cut out in units of the article storage unit 27 by the opening control of the shutter device 21 described above.
The shutter device 19 and the shutter device 21 are controlled by a picking control device (not shown) included in the picking device 10.

The picking device 10 includes a plurality of (for example, 20) cutting devices 14 constituting one unit.
In order to align the articles cut out as described above from the above and to supply the articles to the container 32 on the container transport line 31, the following load arranging device is provided.

That is, the load arranging device is arranged along the entire cutting device 14 of the picking device 10 which constitutes one unit, and the inclined chute 33 is arranged below the cutting device 14.
(An unpowered transfer device), and the above-described collection conveyor 1 arranged downstream of the chute 33 along the cutting device 14.
1 and the above-mentioned loading conveyor 12 which is arranged downstream of the collecting conveyor 11 and collects the cut-out articles from the cutting devices 14 to the collecting conveyor 11. And in the load arranging device, each cutting device 1
The articles for one container cut out from No. 4 are transferred to the collecting conveyor 11 via the chute 33, and the collecting conveyor 11
The above-mentioned article is transferred to the loading conveyor 12. And
When it is determined by the bar code attached to the container 32 that the container 32 on the container transport line 31 is the container into which the above-mentioned article should be loaded, the container 32 is stopped in front of the loading conveyor 12 and loaded. Conveyor 12
Drive the above-mentioned articles on the loading conveyor 12 into the container 3
Add to 2.

The object of the present invention can be achieved even if the inclined chute 33 as the non-powered transfer device is replaced with a roller-free conveyor.

The reserve device 13 and the clipping device 14 will be described in more detail below.

In the reserve device 13, the partition 24 inserted into the reserve tank 22 allows n rows and k
It is provided with a plurality of article storage units 26 partitioned in a matrix like a row. At this time, the reserve tank 22 has a large number of partition insertion slits as in the cutout box 23 shown in FIG. 4, and when the size of the article to be cut out is different, the partition in the same reserve tank 22 is different. By changing the insertion position of 24, the arrangement pattern of the article storage sections 26 partitioned in the reserve tank 22 can be changed as in the cutout box 23 shown in FIG.

In addition, in the reserve device 13, the bottom surface of the article storage portion 26 formed in the reserve tank 22 can be opened and closed by the shutter device 19 described above. At this time, the shutter device 19 operates as shown in FIG.
A pair of left and right large gears 42 driven by 1 and three pairs of left and right non-driven small gears 43 are arranged on the inner surfaces of both left and right side plates of the reserve tank 22 and wound around these gears 42, 43. A large number of slats are continuously carried on a part of the pair of left and right endless circular chains 44 to be formed, whereby the opening / closing body 45 is configured. That is, in the shutter device 19, when the motor 41 is driven by the control of the picking control device as described above, the opening / closing body 45 is moved in the row direction (see FIG. 4), and all the article storage units in the reserve tank 22 are moved. 26 can be controlled to open at once, and as a result, all articles in the reserve tank 22 can be transferred to the lower cutting device 14.

In the cutting device 14, a partition 25 inserted into the cutting box 23 corresponds to an article storage portion 26 formed in the upper reserve device 13, n
It is provided with a plurality of article storage units 27 that form a matrix such as rows and k columns. At this time, the cut-out box 23 has a large number of partition insertion slits 50 as shown in FIG. 4, and when the size of the article to be cut out is different, the insertion position of the partition 25 in the same cut-out box 23. The article storage unit 2 partitioned into the cutout box 23 by changing the
The arrangement pattern of 7 can be changed.

Further, in the cutting device 14, the bottom cutout of the article storage section 27 formed in the cutout box 23 is
It can be opened and closed by the shutter device 21 described above. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the shutter device 21 includes a pair of left and right large gears 52 and 3 driven by a motor 51.
A pair of left and right non-driving small gears 53 are arranged on the inner surfaces of both left and right side plates of the cutting box 23, and a pair of left and right endless circular chains 54 wound around these gears 52, 53 is provided with a large opening / closing body. 55 and a plurality of small opening / closing bodies 56 are provided.

The large opening / closing body 55 is constructed by continuously supporting a large number of slats on a part of the chain 54. That is, in the shutter device 21, when the motor 51 is driven by the control of the picking control device as described above, the large opening / closing body 55 is moved in the row direction (see FIG. 4), and the bottom surface of each article storage unit 27 is cut. The outlets can be controlled to open simultaneously in units of one line.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each small opening / closing body 56 is supported in parallel with each other by a support tool 57 provided at the tip of the chain 54 so as to be arranged at the tip of the large opening / closing body 55. , A spindle 58 that is substantially parallel to the bottom surface of each article storage unit 27
The bottom surface can be opened and closed by rotating around. A push rod guide 61 supported by a support tool 59 provided on the tip end side of the chain 54 supports a push rod 62 corresponding to each small opening / closing body 56, and an open / close cylinder device 63. 64 is a bracket. The push rod 62 is a small opening / closing body 5.
6 is abutted against the lower surface of 6 and moves forward and backward with respect to the lower surface while being guided by the push rod guide 61. Further, the opening / closing cylinder device 63 drives the push rod 62 and pushes up the small opening / closing body 56 by the push rod 62, thereby closing the bottom surface of the article storage unit 27. When the opening / closing cylinder device 63 pulls back the push rod 62, the small opening / closing body 56 rotates by its own weight to open the bottom surface of the article storage unit 27. As a result, each small opening / closing body 56 can independently open and close the bottom surface cutout of the corresponding article storage unit 27.

The small opening / closing body 56 has a size corresponding to the minimum interval between the partitions 25 inserted into the cutout box 23, and a plurality of small opening / closing bodies 56 of the size are provided in parallel. Then, when the interval between the partitions 25 is wide, the plurality of small opening / closing bodies 56 are controlled so as to be opened simultaneously according to the width.

The characteristic structures of the picking device 10, such as the inclined chute 33, the guide chute 71, the collecting conveyor 11, the loading conveyor 12 and the like for transferring the articles cut out from the cutting out device 14, will be described below.

(A) Inclined chute (see FIGS. 1, 6, 7, and 15) The inclined chute 33, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 15, includes all of the upper, middle, and lower stages forming a multistage cutting device group. Below the cutting device 14, the respective cutting devices 14 are inclined and arranged so as to be substantially parallel to each other at a downward slope formed by each other.

That is, the upper end of the inclined chute 33 is arranged immediately below the cutout of the upper cutting device 14, and the inclined chute 3
The lower end of 3 is arranged so as to project from just below the cutout opening of the lower cutting device 14 and face the collecting conveyor 11. Then, the entire upper end to lower end of the inclined chute 33 are inclined and arranged as described above.

It should be noted that both ends of the inclined chute 33 in the width direction (direction orthogonal to the inclination direction) and intermediate portions thereof function as guide chute lower end position regulating means to be described later, and regulate the article transfer direction. A rising wall 33A that also functions is provided (see FIGS. 6 and 7).
The rising wall 33A is continuously installed over the entire length from the upper end to the lower end of the inclined chute 33.

Further, in the widthwise direction of the inclined chute 33, a ridge 3 having a function of preventing rolling during the transportation of an article is provided at an intermediate portion sandwiched between adjacent rising walls 33A.
3B is provided. The ridges 33B are continuously installed over the entire length from the upper end to the lower end of the inclined chute 33 (FIGS. 6 and 7).
reference). The number of ridges 33B between the rising walls 33A is not limited to one, but may be two or three, for example. Further, even if it is discontinuous, it may not necessarily be parallel to the wall as long as it is configured so as to follow other articles in the inclination direction.

(B) Guide chute (Fig. 1, Fig. 6, Fig. 7,
The guide chute 71, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 16,
An article that extends from the cutout edge of the cutting device 14 to the upper surface side of the inclined chute 33 and drops from the cutout of the cutting device 14 to be cut out is smoothly introduced into the inclined chute 33. The guide chute 71 is composed of a rectangular elastic body.

Here, the upper end of the guide chute 71 is
It is fixed to a bracket 64 that is integral with the large opening / closing body 55 that constitutes the shutter device 21 of the cutting device 14.
As a result, the guide chute 71 is automatically set so as to always be located at the cutting edge of the cutting device 14 in which the article is cut by the opening operation of the small opening / closing body 56 arranged at the tip of the large opening / closing body 55. Will be done.

The lower end of the guide chute 71 is hung so as to follow the upper surface of the inclined chute 33 in parallel.
The guide chute 71 corresponding to the upper cutting device 14 is provided with a slit 71A inserted around the rising wall 33A of the inclined chute 33, and the lower end portion of the guide chute 71 is in sliding contact with the upper surface of the inclined chute 33. , Parallel to the upper surface of the inclined chute 33. Further, the lower end portion of the guide chute 71 corresponding to the cutting device 14 in the middle stage and the lower stage slides parallel to the upper surface of the inclined chute 33 in a state of sliding contact with the upper edge of the rising wall 33A of the inclined chute 33.

As shown in FIG. 10, the guide chute 71 includes a guide plate 72 which is suspended from a bracket 64 which is integral with the large opening / closing body 55 which constitutes the shutter device 21 of the cutting device 14, and the slide portion 73 is vertically moved. It may be configured to be slidably fitted. At this time, the guide chute 71 is not an elastic body,
It may be made of a hard body. When the large opening / closing body 55 moves, the guide chute 71 is moved by being dragged by the guide plate 72. During the movement, the guide chute 71 rises along the slide portion 73 by the amount of the tilt of the tilt chute.

(C) Guide chute lower end position regulating means (see FIGS. 1, 6, 7, and 17) The guide chute 71, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 17, is a cutting device that constitutes a multi-stage cutting device group. It is provided for every 14. Then, among all the cutting devices 14 constituting the multi-stage cutting device group, the middle and lower cutting devices 14 are provided.
As described above, the lower end portion of the guide chute 71 corresponding to the above is slidably contacted with the upper edge portion of the rising wall 33A of the inclined chute 33 serving as the guide chute lower end position regulating means, and the position thereof is regulated. As a result, the lower end position of the guide chute 71 corresponding to the middle and lower cutting devices 14 falls from the chute upstream side (cut out from the upper cutting device 14) with the upper surface of the inclined chute 33. Will form a passage gap for

(D) Collection conveyor (see FIGS. 1, 2, 8, 12 to 14 and 18) The collection conveyor 11 is wound around a pair of left and right gears 81 as shown in FIG. A pair of left and right endless circular chains 82 are connected to a large number of concave receiving members 83 capable of receiving articles.

At this time, the longitudinal direction of each concave receiving member 83 is matched with the inclination direction of the inclined chute 33, and the article storage section 27 of the cutting device 14 stores the articles with the longitudinal direction of the articles up and down. It is possible. As a result, the article is cut out from the cutting device 14 in the longitudinal direction, and is housed in the concave receiving member 83 from the inclined chute 33 in the longitudinal direction.

If necessary, a cushioning material is attached to the inner surface of the concave receiving member 83. In addition, the cross-sectional shape of the concave receiver 83 is round (FIG. 11A), hexagonal (FIG. 11B),
Square (Fig. 11 (C)), round bottom (Fig. 11 (C))
(D)), a triangle (FIG. 11E), or the like.

Further, the article receiving width WB of the concave receiving member 83
Does not need to be set to be equal to the ridge installation interval WA of the inclined chute 33 (see FIG. 12).

Further, in the article receiving area from the inclined chute 33 to the concave receiving member 83 of the collecting conveyor 11, above the collecting conveyor 11, if necessary, the article guard plate 8 is provided.
4 are provided (see FIG. 13). In the article guard plate 84, the article rides on the side edge of the concave receiver 83 so that the article pick-up conveyor 11
Prevents jumping out.

Further, at the article receiving position from the inclined chute 33 to the concave receiving member 83 of the collecting conveyor 11, the concave receiving member 83 is in a plane including the inclination direction of the inclined chute 33.
By arranging not the horizontal arrangement but the inclined arrangement, the posture of the article received by the concave receiving member 83 can be immediately stabilized in the concave receiving member 83 (FIG. 14).
(See (A) and (B)). The inclination angle θ of the concave receiver 83 is
The direction opposite to the tilt direction of the tilt chute 33 (FIG. 14A).
Reference) or the same direction (see FIG. 14B).

(E) Feeding Conveyor (See FIGS. 1, 2, and 8) The feeding conveyor 12 is provided with a plurality of concave feeding portions 91 divided in the longitudinal direction. And the input conveyor 12 is
The collection conveyor 11 collects a predetermined number of articles from the collection conveyor 1.
The transfer is stopped until the transfer is completed in the concave insertion portion 91 on the 1st exit side, and then intermittent driving is performed.

At this time, the articles are bundled into a bundle by a tying machine (not shown) in the process of being transferred from the collecting conveyor 11 to the loading conveyor 12 and transferred to the concave loading section 91. Is also good. Since the orientations of the articles are aligned and supplied by the concave receiving members 83 of the collecting conveyor 11, bundling becomes easy.

The articles of which the directions are aligned by the concave receiving member 83 of the collecting conveyor 11 may be directly discharged from the concave receiving member 83 by the robot device. Since the orientations of the articles are aligned and supplied by the concave receiving members 83 of the collecting conveyor 11, the robot apparatus can easily grasp the articles.

However, a specific procedure for using the picking device 10 will be described below (1) to (4) (see FIG. 9). Here, the basic concept of the cutting is that the products cut out from the respective product storage units 27 of the cutting device 14 follow the curve of the guide chute 71, and therefore, the small opening / closing body 56 located ahead of the guide chute 71. The above items shall be cut out. In addition, the shutter device 21 of the cutting device 14 includes six small opening / closing bodies 56.
Shall be provided.

(1) The insertion position of the partition 25 in the cutting box 23 is selected according to the size of the article to be cut out, and the arrangement pattern of the article storage units 27 partitioned in the cutting box 23 is set. FIG. 9 shows an array pattern of 4 columns.

At this time, also in the reserve device 13, the insertion position of the partition 24 in the reserve tank 22 is selected, and the same arrangement pattern of the article storage units 26 as in the cutout device 14 is set.

(2) When the articles are cut out from each article storage unit 27, all of the small opening / closing bodies 56 at least partially corresponding to the bottom surface of the article storage unit 27 are controlled by the control of the shutter device 21 by the above-mentioned picking control device. Opening control is performed by the operation of the corresponding opening / closing cylinder device 63.

For example, in the four-row array pattern of FIG. 9, two small opening / closing bodies 56 (one small opening / closing body 56 corresponds to the bottom surface of the article storage section 27 is half the article storage section 2).
(Corresponding to No. 7) is controlled by the operation of the corresponding opening / closing cylinder device 63 so that one article can be cut out.

(3) Then, after the articles in the entire article storage unit 27 for one row are cut out by the above (2), all the small opening / closing bodies 56 are closed by the control of the shutter device 21 by the picking control device. In the controlled state, the large opening / closing body 55 is moved by one row by the operation of the motor 51, and then the above (2) is repeated if necessary.

For example, in FIG. 9, if the number of remaining articles in the article storage section 27 in the first row on the leading end side is 4, and the number of articles cut out this time is 5 in total, all of the 6 small opening / closing bodies 56 will be described. To open four items from the article storage unit 27 in the first row, close the small opening / closing body 56, move the large opening / closing body 55 by one line, and move the two small opening / closing bodies 56 (the article storage unit). Open one item and cut out one item from the item storage 27 in the second row,
As a result, the cutting of 5 items is completed.

(4) The article cut out from the cutting device 14 by the above (2) falls on the inclined chute 33 along the guide chute 71, and is received by the concave receiving member 83 of the collecting conveyor 11 from the inclined chute 33. Then, it is transferred from the concave receiving member 83 of the collection conveyor 11 to the loading conveyor 12, and is then carried into the container 32 on the container transport line 31.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The guide chute 71 has a curve that smoothly changes the falling direction of the article cut out from the cutting device 14 toward the inclined chute 33. Therefore, the articles dropped and cut from the cutting device 14 are smoothly introduced from the guide chute 71 to the inclined chute 33 and do not hit the inclined chute 33. Therefore, the article is
It is not damaged, and the orientations on the inclined chute 33 are unlikely to fall apart, which improves the load collecting property in the lower step. Further, the falling speed is not robbed by the collision with the tilted chute 33, the momentum is not lost, and the tilted chute 33 is not stopped midway.

Since the upper end of the guide chute 71 is fixed to the opening / closing body 55 that sequentially opens the cutouts of the cutting device 14, the guide chute 71 is
The articles of the slicing device 14 are sequentially arranged at the slicing outlets from which the articles are to be sliced, and the article is prepared for the slicing.
Therefore, in the cutting device 14, the inclined chute 33
Guide chute 71 for every cutout along the inclination direction of
A single guide chute 71
This makes it possible to deal with all of these cutouts and simplify the device configuration.

Since the lower end of the guide chute 71 is hung so as to follow the upper surface of the inclined chute 33 in parallel, the articles discharged from the guide chute 71 slide on the inclined chute 33 and are extremely smooth. be introduced.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the articles dropped and cut from the cutting apparatus can be smoothly introduced into the inclined chute.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of a picking device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a reserve tank and a cutting device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a partition of a cutting device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an opening / closing device of the cutting device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a guide chute and an inclined chute connected to the middle and lower cutting devices.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a guide chute and an inclined chute connected to the upper cutting device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing an inclined chute, a collection conveyor, and a loading conveyor.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a cutting pattern of a cutting device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a modified example of the guide chute.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a modified example of the concave receiver.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a modified example of the collection conveyor.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing another modification of the collection conveyor.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an inclined arrangement of a collection conveyor.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of an inclined chute.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of a guide chute.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of a guide chute lower end position regulating means.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of a concave receiving member that constitutes the collection conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Picking Device (Item Handling Device) 14 Cutting Device 21 Shutter Device (Opening / Closing Device) 27 Article Storage Section 33 Inclined Chute (Non-Powered Transfer Device) 71 Guide Chute

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cutout device for storing an article in each of a plurality of article storage sections and dropping and cutting out the article in each article storage section from a cutout provided at the bottom of each article storage section, and an inclination below the cutout apparatus. In an apparatus for handling an article, which is arranged and has a non-powered conveying device for transferring a cut and dropped article from the cutting apparatus, in an article handling device, the cutting device extends from a cutting edge of the cutting apparatus to an upper surface side of the non-powered conveying apparatus. An article handling device comprising a guide chute. 2. The handling of an article according to claim 1, wherein the cutting device opens and closes an opening / closing device provided at a bottom surface cutout of each article storage unit to drop and cut out an article in each article storage unit. apparatus. 3. The cutting device includes a plurality of cutouts, the opening / closing device includes an opening / closing body capable of sequentially opening the respective cutouts, and an upper end portion of the guide chute is fixed to the opening / closing body. The device for handling an article according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The article handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lower end portion of the guide chute is hung so as to follow the upper surface of the non-powered conveying apparatus in parallel.