JPH0532311A - Object tumbling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device for tumbling objects such as vessel to be transported in the upright attitude, with which the objects are tumbled certainly and transported to the next process and which can well handle vessels, etc., in a variety of shapes. CONSTITUTION:In upright attitude, four plates 11 are installed radially at 90deg. intervals on the peripheral circumference of a rotary shaft 10, which is secured to a drive motor 9 to constitute a tumbling mechanism 22. The drive motor 9 can rotate intermittently at 90deg. intervals round the axis to make indexation of the plates 11 one after another into a horizontal position A and another horizontal position B situated oppositely. Objects transported are fed onto that of the plates 11 situated in the horizontal position A by an object supplying mechanism. Each object tumbled and transferred from the horizontal position A to B is discharged from the plate 11 by an object discharging mechanism 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article overturning device suitable for overturning a container to be conveyed in an upright state when conveying an article such as a container for cosmetics, medicines, etc., and conveying it to the next step.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for laying down an article such as a container conveyed in an upright state, a device having a guide mechanism has been known. In this guide mechanism, the guide main body is provided with a guide hole that matches the outer shape of the container or the like, and the guide hole is spirally changed along the conveying direction of the container or the like. Then, by installing this guide mechanism in the middle of the transportation path of the container or the like and allowing the container or the like to pass through the guide mechanism, the container or the like transported in the upright state can be laid down.

[0003]

However, since the guide hole of the guide mechanism is adapted only to a single-shaped container or the like, it cannot be applied to various kinds of containers having different outer shapes. In order to cope with the above, there is an inconvenience that it is necessary to prepare a guide mechanism suitable for the outer shape of each type of container or the like. Further, due to a problem in manufacturing the guide hole, it is not possible to deal with a container having a complicated shape, and the shape of the container which can be dealt with is limited to a simple shape such as a cylinder or a prism.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a container or the like conveyed in an upright state is laid down sideways and conveyed to the next step, the container can be accommodated in a wide variety of shapes. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an apparatus for laterally laying down an article that is appropriately conveyed in an upright state, which is a rotary shaft provided horizontally and the rotary shaft. 4 plates that are erected upright radially on the outer periphery of each of the plates, and the rotation shaft is intermittently rotated by 90 ° about the axis of the plate so that the plates are sequentially moved to a horizontal position A and a horizontal position B on the opposite side. A side-down mechanism composed of a drive motor for indexing, an article supply mechanism for supplying the appropriately conveyed articles onto the plate at the horizontal position A, and an article horizontally moved from the horizontal position A to the horizontal position B. The gist of the present invention is that it is configured by three members of the article discharge mechanism for discharging the above from the plate.

[0006]

Next, the operation of the device of the present invention having the above construction will be described.

When the drive motor is intermittently rotated every 90 °, the four plates provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotary shaft are sequentially indexed to the horizontal position A and the horizontal position B on the opposite side. And on the plate in horizontal position A,
The articles conveyed in the upright state are appropriately transferred by the article supply mechanism. Then, the drive motor is used to rotate the rotary shaft 9
When it is rotated by 0 °, the article comes into contact with the back surface of the plate in the front in the rotation direction and then falls sideways during the rotation.
Is indexed to. Then, the indexed article is ejected from the plate by the article ejection mechanism.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

As shown in the figure, the apparatus of the embodiment has a first conveying means (20) for conveying the container (1) and an article supply mechanism provided at the conveying end portion of the first conveying means (20). (21), a sideways-inclination mechanism (22) provided in the vicinity of the article supply mechanism (21), and an ejection mechanism (23) for ejecting the sideways-inclined container (1) from the sideways-inclination mechanism (22). The second transport means (24) transports the discharged container (1).

The first conveying means (20) comprises a belt conveyor (2), conveyor guides (2A) provided on both sides of the conveyor, and stoppers (3) provided at the end of the belt conveyor (2). The stopper (3) is a flat plate.

The article supply mechanism (21) is provided at the end of the conveying means (20), has an L-shaped head (5) at its tip, and a cylinder (6) for moving the head back and forth. A limit switch (not shown) provided on the surface of the stopper (3) on the belt conveyor (2) side, and the container (1) conveyed to the stopper (3) by the belt conveyor (2) is the limit switch. (Not shown).

The side-over mechanism (22) is provided at a position facing the article supply mechanism (21) with the first conveying means (20) interposed therebetween, and a drive motor (90) for intermittent rotation every 90 °. 9), a rotary shaft (10), and four plates (11) erected radially on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft (10) at 90 ° intervals, and the rotary shaft (10) is connected to the drive motor (10). It is fixed to the shaft of 9).

The discharge mechanism (23) comprises a small belt conveyor (13) and a cylinder (15) for moving the belt conveyor (13) in the direction of arrow C as one set, and two sets of these as a pair. The belt surface of the belt conveyor (13) faces each other so as to sandwich the plate (11) at the horizontal position B, and when the cylinder (15) is extended, the belt conveyor (13) is provided. Containers (1) that are close to each other and are on the plate (11)
Is clamped, and this is discharged to the second transport means described later.

The second conveying means (24) is provided on the right side of the lateral folding mechanism (22) in the drawing, and is provided on the belt conveyor (17) and on both sides of the belt conveyor (17) in the conveying direction. And a conveyor guide (17A).

The operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, the container (1) is continuously conveyed on the supply conveyor (2) along the conveyor guide (2A) in the upright state, and sequentially moves to the stopper (3). Then, the container (1) contacting the stopper (3) is detected by a limit switch (not shown) provided on the stopper (3). The container (1) is detected and the sideways mechanism (2
The plate (11) of 2) is rotated and a new plate (1)
When 1) is indexed to the horizontal position A, the cylinder (6) is then driven to move the L-shaped head (5) in the direction of the arrow D, whereby the container (1) is moved to the plate at the horizontal position A. (11) Push it up. Then, the head (5) is retracted in the direction of arrow E, and the next container (1) is moved to the stopper (3). A pop-out prevention plate (8) is erected in front of the transfer direction of the container (1) to prevent the container from popping out during high-speed transfer.

When the transfer of the container (1) to the sideways overturning mechanism (22) is completed, the plate (11) is rotated by 90 ° in the arrow F direction by the drive motor (9) as shown in FIG.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the container (1) placed on the plate (11) at the horizontal position A abuts on the plate (11) in the front in the rotational direction as it rotates, and stands up as a back plate. The state is laid down horizontally and moved to the horizontal position B. Then, the container (1) is laid down without being impacted, and the target container is not limited by its size, shape, etc., and can be applied to a wide range of containers.
The operation rate of the device can be improved.

In order to prevent the container (1) from jumping out of the apparatus during this posture change, side covers (12a) are erected on both sides of the plate (11) and the plate (11) is rotated on its orbit. A top cover (12b) is provided along the line. This prevents the container from falling on the plate (11) even if the container is laid sideways and unstable.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the discharging mechanism (2
3) The pair of cylinders (15) of (3) are driven to bring the pair of belt conveyors (13) closer to each other to hold the container (1) and drive the belt portion of the belt conveyor (13) in the direction of arrow G. Then, the sandwiched container (1) is moved onto the belt conveyor (17). Then, the container (1) is conveyed to the next step without being impacted, and the container (1) is moved without sliding so that the container (1) is not damaged.

At the same time, the article supply mechanism (21)
To place the next container (1) in the horizontal position A plate (11)
While moving the container upward, the above operation is repeated thereafter and the container (1) is continuously laid down and supplied to the next step.

In the present embodiment, the head of the cylinder (6) of the article supply mechanism is L-shaped, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an article cutting mechanism is provided on the supply belt conveyor (2) to provide the cylinder. The container may be cut out one by one in front of (6). Further, the container (1) may be grasped and supplied by a pick and press or the like.

Further, the discharge mechanism (23) is sandwiched by the belt conveyors (13) from both sides of the container (1) whose posture has been changed to a horizontal state, and the belt conveyor (13) is driven to move the container ( Although the configuration of (1) is moved, the configuration is not limited to this, and the configuration may be such that the container (1) is gripped and moved by a pick and press or the like.

[0022]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the article is placed on the plate provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating shaft and the plate is intermittently rotated every 90 °, the article can be reliably rotated. Can be stably laid on its side. Further, according to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to supply the article in parallel with the discharge of the article lying sideways, and it is possible to shorten the processing time. Further, since it is possible to deal with a wide variety of articles, it is not necessary to carry out adjustment, replacement of parts, etc. when switching the articles to be processed, and the switching time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a sideways action of an article.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an ejecting action of an article.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Container 2 Supply Conveyor 3 Stopper 5 Head 6 Cylinder 9 Drive Motor 10 Rotating Shaft 13, 14 Belt Conveyor 17 Discharge Conveyor

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Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A device for laying down an article, which is appropriately conveyed in an upright state, which is horizontally laid on a rotary shaft, and erected radially at 90 ° intervals on an outer peripheral portion of the rotary shaft. A horizontal tilting mechanism consisting of four plates, a drive motor for indexing the plate to a horizontal position A and a horizontal position B on the opposite side by rotating the rotary shaft intermittently by 90 ° about its axis, and appropriately. An article supply mechanism for supplying the article conveyed to the plate onto the plate in the horizontal position A, and an article discharge mechanism for ejecting the article laterally moved from the horizontal position A to the horizontal position B on the plate. An article overturning device comprising three members.