JPH0535046Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a two-head caser conveyor.

(Prior Art) Cartons filled with beverages, etc., are usually packed in cases of, for example, 10 to 12 bottles and transported, and at the time of shipping, the cartons are packed into cases in a warehouse.

Carton casing is carried out using a device called a carton caser.Recently, the filling capacity of paper container packs has become higher, so compared to a one-head carton caser, different types of cartons can be packed into casings. There is a shift to two-head casers that can be made at the same time.

6 and 7 show a two-headed carton caser A equipped with a conventional conveyor 50, in which 51 is a side carton supply passage, 52 is a side carton supply passage, and 53 is a case supply passage.

The cartons a supplied to the carton caser A from the respective carton supply passages 51 and 52 are sequentially packed into cases c1 and c2 by heads 54 and 55, respectively, and when a predetermined number of cartons a have been packed, the elevators 56 and 57 descend. The cases c1 and c2 are then carried out onto the conveyor 50 and discharged in the case discharge direction.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, when shipping different types of cartons by supplying them in the side carton supply passage 51 and the side carton supply passage 52, it takes time to wait until both products are prepared. , there is a large amount of time lost while waiting for a ride.

In addition, even if different cartons are packed in the side heads 56 and 57, if the conveyor can only transfer in one direction, the handling operations in the warehouse will be confused, and the cartons will not be supplied to the automated carton caser. It's also confusing.

Therefore, with conventional conveyors that cannot be moved in one direction, the work of packing cartons into cases cannot be carried out smoothly and is inefficient.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, in a two-head caser conveyor that can simultaneously pack cartons supplied from the side carton supply passage and the side carton supply passage, the side cartons are A conveyor that receives packed cases,
Equipped with a conveyor to receive cases filled with cartons on the side, when the drive shaft of each conveyor is ON
OFF, and one of the drive shafts of each conveyor is OFF.
A two-head caser conveyor configured to have a coupling device between the two conveyors, which is equipped with a clutch device that turns on when the two conveyors connect each driven shaft to each other, so that each conveyor can run in the same direction or in opposite directions. devised.

(Function) According to the two-headed caser conveyor of the present invention configured as described above, the cases filled with side cartons and the cases filled with side cartons are received by separate conveyors and conveyed separately. can.

Furthermore, by making the two conveyors move in the same direction, the cases on both sides can also be carried in the same direction.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the proposed conveyor, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of a carton caser A to which the proposed conveyor is attached.

1 is a side conveyor that receives the case c1 taken down by the elevator 56 on the side of the carton caser A, 2 is a side conveyor that receives the case c2 taken down by the side elevator 57, and 3 is a side conveyor between these side conveyors 1 and 2. This is a connecting device installed in the

In the side conveyor 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a motor, and the drive of this motor 10 causes the output sprocket 12 of the worm gear case 11 to rotate in the direction of arrow X1 in FIG.
The signal is transmitted to the sprocket 14 via.

15 is an electromagnetic clutch, and this electromagnetic clutch 15 rotates the conveyor drive shaft 16.
It is now possible to control ON/OFF.

Endless transport chains 18, 18 are wound in parallel around the conveyor drive shaft 16 and the conveyor driven shaft 17, and the case c1 lowered by the elevator 56 on the side is transferred onto the endless transport chain 18. If the electromagnetic clutch 15 is ON at that time, the case c1 is transferred in the side case ejection direction Y1.

In the embodiment, in consideration of the case where the two rows of endless conveying chains 18, 18 do not have the same elongation, the sprocket 14 is constructed so that the length of the chain can be adjusted as shown in FIG. This prevents tension imbalance in the chain.

19 is a photoelectric sensor, and elevator 56
This is to detect the case c1 that has been lowered by.

Next, the side conveyor 2 is configured symmetrically with the side conveyor 1, and 20 is a motor;
21 is the worm gear case, 22 is the motor 20
This is an output sprocket that rotates in the direction of arrow X2 in FIG. Incidentally, this sprocket 24, like the side sprocket 14, is constructed of an adjustable chain length as shown in FIG. 4.

25 is an electromagnetic clutch, and this electromagnetic clutch 25 rotates the conveyor drive shaft 26.
It is now possible to control ON/OFF.

Endless transport chains 28, 28 are wound in parallel around the conveyor drive shaft 26 and the conveyor driven shaft 27, and the case c2 lowered by the elevator 57 on the side is transferred onto the endless transport chain 28. If the electromagnetic clutch 25 is ON at that time, the case c2 is transferred in the side case ejection direction Y2.

29 is a photoelectric sensor, and elevator 57
This detects the case c2 that has been lowered by the operator.

Next, a coupling device 3 is arranged between the side conveyor 1 and the side conveyor 2, 30 is a side driven sprocket attached to the side conveyor driven shaft 17 via an electromagnetic clutch 31, and 32 is a side driven sprocket attached to the side conveyor driven shaft 17. The side driven sprockets 33 are directly attached to the driven shaft 27.
This is an endless chain wound around the 0 and side driven sprockets 32.

In addition, 34 is a photoelectric sensor that detects the passage of case c, and 35 is a support rail that prevents case c from falling into the joint between side conveyor 1 and side conveyor 2.

The electromagnetic clutch 31 of the coupling device 3 is
Side electromagnetic clutch 15 and side electromagnetic clutch 25
When either side is ON, it is OFF, and when either side or side electromagnetic clutch is OFF, it is OFF.
It is controlled to be ON.

Therefore, according to the structure as described above, when both the electromagnetic clutch 15 on the first side and the electromagnetic clutch 25 on the side are ON, the electromagnetic clutch 31 of the coupling device 3 is OFF, and the electromagnetic clutch 31 on the side is OFF. The case c1 transferred onto the endless chain 18 is transferred in the side case discharge direction Y1, and the case c2 transferred onto the side transport endless chain 28 is transferred in the side case discharge direction Y2, so that the side cartons are The packed case c1 and the case c2 filled with side cartons are transported in different directions.

Next, when the side electromagnetic clutch 15 is OFF and the side electromagnetic clutch 25 is ON, the electromagnetic clutch 31 of the coupling device 3 is ON, and the sprocket 3
Since the rotation of the side conveyor driven shaft 27 is transmitted to the side conveyor driven shaft 17 by the chain 33, the side conveying endless chain 18 rotates in the same direction as the side conveying endless chain 28.

Then, the case c1, which is transferred onto the side conveyance endless chain 18 and the side conveyance endless chain 28,
c2 are all transferred in the side case discharge direction Y2.

Next, when the side electromagnetic clutch 15 is ON and the side electromagnetic clutch 25 is OFF, the electromagnetic clutch 31 of the coupling device 3 is ON, and the sprocket 3
Since the rotation of the side conveyor driven shaft 17 is transmitted to the side conveyor driven shaft 27 by the chain 33, the side conveying endless chain 28 rotates in the same direction as the side conveying endless chain 18.

Then, the case c1, which is transferred onto the side conveyance endless chain 18 and the side conveyance endless chain 28,
c2 are both transferred in the side case discharge direction Y1.

As described above, the layout inside the warehouse is configured as shown in FIG. 5, for example, and the case c1 filled with side cartons and the case c2 filled with side cartons are shipped at different positions. It is also possible to transport it to the side or only to the side.

(Effect of the invention) In any case, according to the two-head caser conveyor of the invention, the drive shaft of each conveyor is turned on.
A connecting device equipped with a clutch device is provided between each conveyor, which turns OFF when the drive shaft of each conveyor is OFF, and turns ON when any of the drive shafts of each conveyor is OFF, connecting each driven shaft to each other. Because it can travel in different directions, the side cases and side cases can be conveyed separately on two conveyors without using multiple configurations, and they can be conveyed in different directions or in the same direction, so cartons of different types and capacities can be conveyed separately. Even when items are packed in cases and stored, the cargo handling work inside the warehouse can be carried out smoothly without confusion.

Therefore, it has the feature that dispatching of vehicles and waiting times at the time of shipment are greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 are a plan view and a front view of the conveyor of the present invention, Figure 3 is a plan view of a carton caser equipped with the conveyor of the present invention, Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the sprocket, and Figure 5 is a layout diagram of the inside of the warehouse. , 6 and 7 are a plan view and a front view of a carton caser equipped with a conventional conveyor. A...Carton caser, c...Case, 1...
...Side conveyor, 2...Side conveyor, 3...Connection device, 51...Side carton supply passage, 52...
...Side carton supply passage, 53...Case supply passage, 54, 55...Head, 56, 57...Elevator.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a two-headed caser conveyor that can simultaneously pack cartons supplied from the side carton supply passage and the side carton supply passage, a conveyor that receives cases filled with side cartons and a conveyor that receives cases filled with side cartons. The drive shaft of each conveyor is turned on.
, the drive shaft of the coupling device is OFF, and when any drive shaft of each conveyor is OFF, the drive shaft of the coupling device is turned ON, and the coupling device equipped with a clutch device that connects each driven shaft is connected to both. A two-head caser conveyor installed between conveyors and configured so that each conveyor can run in the same direction or in opposite directions.