JPH0565131A - Aligning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To completely automate carrying by making the delivery of articles-to- be-carried from a carrying conveyor to a bypass conveyor smoother. CONSTITUTION:The title device is equipped with a carrying conveyor 20, bypass conveyor 30, aligning path 40, first push-out unit 51 and second push-out unit 52. The bypass conveyor 30 is connected to the carrying conveyor 20 and an aligning conveyor, and an article-to-be-carried 11 from the carrying conveyor 20 is rotated by 90 deg. and carried to the aligning path 40. The first push-out unit 51 pushes out the article-to-be-carried 11 from the carrying conveyor 20 to the aligning path 40. The second push-out unit 52 pushes out the article-to-be- carried 11 from the carrying conveyor 20 to the bypass conveyor 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aligning device for aligning articles in a predetermined pattern, for example, to put articles in a bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For packaging a granular material such as rice, a few k
2. Description of the Related Art It is practiced to weigh and pack in a unit of about g. In this case, the larger the unit of measurement, the easier the handling during transportation. Therefore, a plurality of small bags are put together in a large outer bag, and the outer bag is handled as one bag during transportation.

In order to store a plurality of pouches in an outer bag, the pouches to be conveyed and placed are placed according to a predetermined arrangement pattern,
It is necessary to insert the arrangement pattern as it is into the outer bag. As a conventional aligning device for this purpose, there is, for example, one disclosed in JP-A-62-208328.

That is, the transport conveyor transports the sequentially fed goods, and the control device controls the start and stop of the alignment conveyor, so that the alignment conveyor receives the goods from the transport conveyor and arranges them into a plurality of units. It is supposed to do. Further, in the above publication, a bypass conveyor may be provided between the transport conveyor and the alignment conveyor, and the transported object may be selectively passed through the bypass conveyor so that the longitudinal and lateral directions of the transported object are alternately changed. It has been suggested.

By arranging the conveyed goods in different vertical and horizontal directions, when the outer bag is packed with the outer bag, the small bags are less likely to be displaced in the outer bag, and the stability in stacking during transportation is increased,
It is effective in reducing the risk of cargo collapse.

[0006]

However, since the above publication does not disclose means for delivering a conveyed product from the conveyer conveyor to the bypass conveyor, there is a problem in achieving smooth delivery of the conveyed product and achieving full automation. there were.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is possible to smoothly transfer the conveyed article from the conveying conveyor to the bypass conveyor to achieve the complete automation of the conveying. It is an object of the present invention to provide an aligning device as described above.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to: 1 In an aligning device for aligning conveyed objects in a predetermined pattern, a conveyer conveyor, a bypass conveyor, and an alignment path. ,
It has a 1st extrusion part, a 2nd extrusion part, and an alignment conveyance part, The said conveyance conveyor has the structure which conveys the said conveyed material in a predetermined direction, The said alignment path is a downstream of the said conveyance conveyor. To the transport conveyor at a second connection upstream of the first connection and at a second connection upstream of the first connection, and downstream of the first connection. The third connecting portion is connected to the alignment path at a right angle, and the conveyed product from the second connecting portion is rotated by 90 degrees and conveyed to the third connecting portion, and the first extruding portion includes: The first connecting portion is configured to push out the conveyed object from the conveying conveyor to the alignment path in a right angle direction, and the second extruding portion is formed from the conveying conveyor to the bypass conveyor at the second connecting portion. It has a structure for pushing out a conveyed product in a right angle direction, Line transport unit, aligning apparatus that has a configuration to convey beyond the third connecting portion the conveyed object over the alignment path from the first connecting portion, and wherein.

[0009] 2. A third extruding part has a packing position adjacent to the aligning path, and the third extruding part is arranged in a predetermined pattern from the aligning path to the packing position. Having a configuration for extruding the conveyed product in a perpendicular direction,
The aligning device according to the above item 1.

3 has a first stopper, a second stopper, a third stopper, a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor and a control device, and the first stopper can be opened and closed. When the container is opened, the conveyed object on the conveyor is passed, and when it is closed, the second member of the conveyor is passed.
The second stopper is provided so as to be able to stop at the position of the connecting portion, and the second stopper can be opened / closed, and when the second stopper is opened, the conveyed object on the conveyor is passed, and when the second conveyor is closed, the conveyor is closed. Is provided so as to be able to stop the conveyed product at the position of the first connection part, and the third stopper is capable of opening and closing, and when the third stopper connects the conveyed product on the bypass conveyor to the third connection. Is provided so as to be able to stop the conveyed object before passing through the alignment path on the bypass conveyor when closing the first passage.
The sensor is provided at a position for detecting a conveyed product on the conveyor that is directly stopped by the first stopper, and the second sensor is provided on a conveyed product on the conveyor that is directly stopped by the first stopper. Then, the third sensor is provided at a position for detecting the stopped conveyed product, the third sensor is provided at a position for detecting the conveyed product on the transfer conveyor stopped directly by the second stopper, and the control device is
A structure for controlling the opening and closing of each stopper and the operation of the aligning and conveying section and the extruding section according to the detection of the conveyed object by the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor, The present invention resides in the aligning device according to item 1 or 2.

[0011]

The transport conveyor transports the transported object in a predetermined direction. In the alignment path, the conveyed products extruded in the right-angle direction from the conveying conveyor by the first extruding unit are placed in the same orientation as the conveying conveyor. The bypass conveyor rotates the conveyed product extruded in the right-angle direction by the second extruding unit by 90 degrees with respect to the direction of the conveying conveyor and conveys the conveyed product to the alignment path.

The first extruding unit facilitates the transfer of the conveyed product from the transfer conveyor to the alignment path, and the second extruding unit facilitates the transfer of the transferred product from the transfer conveyor to the bypass conveyor. By combining the case of directly carrying from the transfer conveyor to the alignment path and the case of carrying from the transfer conveyor to the alignment path via the bypass conveyor, the vertical and horizontal directions of the transferred objects can be freely changed and arranged. The goods to be conveyed on the alignment path are conveyed from the first connecting portion to the third connecting portion by the arrangement conveying portion.

When the third extruding section has the third extruding section, the third extruding section extrudes the conveyed articles arranged in a predetermined pattern in a right angle direction from the alignment path to the packing position. By placing the conveyed product in the packing position once, it is possible to easily push the conveyed product into the bag.

In the case of having a plurality of stoppers, sensors and a control device, the control device detects the position of the conveyed article on the conveyance conveyor by each sensor, and in accordance with the detection,
By controlling the opening and closing of each stopper and the operation of each push-out section, the conveyed objects can be reliably aligned in a predetermined pattern.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the aligning device 10 is a device that aligns the conveyed objects 11 in a predetermined pattern. The alignment device 10 includes a transport conveyor 20, a bypass conveyor 30, an alignment path 40, a first extrusion unit 51, a second extrusion unit 52, a third extrusion unit 53, a fourth extrusion unit 55, and a first extrusion unit 55. Stopper 61, second
The stopper 62, the third stopper 63, and the first sensor 71
The second sensor 72, the third sensor 73, the first aligning / conveying unit 81, the second aligning / conveying unit 82, and the controller 90.

The transport conveyor 20 is a conveyor having a linear transport path for transporting the transported object 11 in a predetermined direction. The alignment path 40 is a linear transport path, and is connected to the downstream of the transport conveyor 20 at a right angle direction by a first connection portion 41. A packing position 43 is provided adjacent to the alignment path 40.

The bypass conveyor 30 is a conveyor having an arcuate transfer path, is connected to the transfer conveyor 20 at a right angle at the second connecting portion 31 upstream of the first connecting portion 41, and is connected to the first connecting portion 41. Third connection portion 32 downstream of the portion 41
Is connected to the alignment path 40 at a right angle. As a result, the bypass conveyor 30 has a configuration in which the conveyed object 11 from the second connecting portion 31 is rotated 90 degrees and conveyed to the third connecting portion 32.

The first pushing section 51 is composed of an air cylinder, and has a pushing plate 51b at the tip of a rod 51a. The push-out plate 51b has a size capable of pushing the ends of the two conveyed objects 11 at the same time. The first push-out section 51 extends in the direction perpendicular to the transport conveyor 20 in the direction of the alignment path 40, and the push-out plate 51b pushes the article 11 from the transport conveyor 20 to the alignment path 40 in the right-angle direction by the first connection portion 41. It has become.

The second extruding section 52 is composed of an air cylinder, like the first extruding section 51, and has an extruding plate 52b at the tip of a rod 52a. The pushing plate 52b is 1
It has a size capable of pushing the end portion of the individual conveyed article 11. The second extruding portion 52 extends in the direction perpendicular to the transport conveyor 20 in the direction of the bypass conveyor 30, and the extruding plate 52 is provided.
By b, the conveyed article 11 is pushed out at a right angle from the conveyer conveyor 20 to the bypass conveyor 30 at the second connection portion 31.

The third extruding section 53 is composed of an air cylinder, like the first extruding section 51, and has an extruding plate 53b at the tip of a rod 53a. The push-out plate 53b has a size capable of simultaneously pushing the conveyed articles 11 arranged as shown in FIG. The third pushing portion 53 extends in a direction perpendicular to the alignment path 40 toward the packing position 43,
From the alignment path 40 to the packing position 43 by the push plate 53b,
The conveyed articles 11 arranged in a predetermined pattern are extruded in a perpendicular direction. The third pushing-out portion 53 can be moved in the vertical direction by a lifting cylinder 54.

The fourth extruding portion 55 is composed of an air cylinder similarly to the first extruding portion 51, and has an extruding plate 55b at the tip of the rod 55a. The push-out plate 55b has a size capable of simultaneously pushing the conveyed articles 11 arranged as shown in FIG. The fourth pushing portion 55 extends parallel to the alignment path 40 toward the packing position 43, and pushes out the conveyed articles 11 arranged in a predetermined pattern at the packing position 43 by the pushing plate 55b to move them forward. There is.

The first stopper 61 is an air cylinder 61a.
Has an openable / closable shutter 61c attached to the tip end of the rod 61b which moves up and down by, and when the shutter 61c is opened, the transported object 11 on the transport conveyor 20 is passed, and when it is closed, the second connection portion 31 of the transport conveyor 20 is opened. It is provided so that the conveyed article 11 can be stopped at the position.

The second stopper 62 is an air cylinder 62a.
Has a shutter 62c that can be opened and closed and is attached to the tip of the rod 62b that moves up and down. When the shutter 62c is opened, the transported object 11 on the transport conveyor 20 is passed, and when the shutter 62c is closed, the first connection portion 41 of the transport conveyor 20 is opened. It is provided so that the conveyed article 11 can be stopped at the position.

The third stopper 63 is an openable and closable shutter similar to the first stopper 61 and the second stopper 62, and when the third stopper 63 is opened, the conveyed product 11 on the bypass conveyor 30 is opened.
Is passed through the third connecting portion 32, and when closing, the conveyed article 11 can be stopped before the alignment path 40 on the bypass conveyor 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first sensor 71 is connected to the conveyor 20 directly stopped by the first stopper 61.
It is provided at a position for detecting the upper transported object 11. Second
The sensor 72 is provided at a position to detect the conveyed article 11 stopped subsequently to the conveyed article 11 on the conveyor 20 directly stopped by the first stopper 61. The third sensor 73 is provided at a position for detecting the conveyed object on the conveyor 20 directly stopped by the second stopper 62.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the first aligning and conveying section 81 has an openable and closable push-out plate 81c attached to the tip of a rod 81b which moves up and down by an air cylinder 81a.
Have. The air cylinder 81a is attached to an air cylinder 81d having a movement path in the direction in which the alignment path 40 extends. As a result, the first aligning / conveying unit 81 moves the conveyed product 11 pushed out from the conveyor 20 by the first pushing unit 51 along the alignment path 40 to the conveyed product 1 on the alignment path 40.
1 is transported from the first connecting portion 41 over the third connecting portion 32.

The second aligning and conveying section 82 is the first aligning and conveying section 8.
1, the push-out plate 82c that can be opened and closed is attached to the tip of a rod 82b that moves up and down by an air cylinder 82a.
Have. The air cylinder 82a is attached to an air cylinder 82d having a movement path in the extending direction of the alignment path 40. As a result, the second aligning / conveying unit 82 moves the conveyed product 11 extruded from the conveyor 20 by the first pushing unit 51 along the arrangement path 40 and conveys the conveyed product 1 on the arrangement path 40.
1 is transported from the first connecting portion 41 over the third connecting portion 32.

The control device 90 has a structure for controlling the opening and closing of each stopper and the operation of each extruding portion in response to the detection of the conveyed object 11 by the first sensor 71, the second sensor 72 and the third sensor 73. That is, according to the position of the transported object 11 on the transport conveyor 20, the stoppers 61, 62,
It has a configuration for controlling the opening / closing of 63 and the operation of each of the aligning and conveying sections 81, 82 and each of the extruding sections 51, 52, 53, 55.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, the transport conveyor 20 transports the transported object 11 laterally from upstream to downstream. When the conveyed article 11 is arranged in the arrangement shown in FIG. 1, the first sensor 71 and the second sensor 72 detect the first
The air cylinder 61a of the stopper 61 is actuated to raise the shutter 61c, the first extruding portion 51 is actuated by the detection of the third sensor 73, and the extruding plate 51b is used to convey the conveyor 20.
From the vertical direction to the alignment path 40, the two conveyed articles 11a are vertically extruded. On the alignment path 40, the transported objects 11a are placed in the orientation of the transport conveyor 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the article 11a pushed to the alignment path 40 by the first pushing section 51 is pushed downstream by the second aligning and feeding section 82 beyond the third connecting section 32. .. After extruding, the extruding plate 82c is the air cylinder 82.
It rises with a. Next, the second push-out section 52 is activated by the detection of the first sensor 71, and pushes the article 11b on the conveyor 20 to the bypass conveyor 30. In this way, the second extrusion unit 52 facilitates the transfer of the conveyed product 11 from the conveyor 20 to the bypass conveyor 30.

At this time, the third stopper 63 is opened, and the bypass conveyor 30 connects the conveyed object 11b to the third connecting portion 32.
Transport to. The bypass conveyor 30 rotates the conveyed object 11b extruded in the right-angle direction by the second extruding section 52 by 90 degrees with respect to the direction of the conveyor 20 and conveys the conveyed object 11b to the alignment path 40 in the lateral direction.

Next, the first stopper 71 is opened by the detection of the first sensor 71 and the second sensor 72, and the first push-out portion 51 is operated by the detection of the third sensor 73 to move to the alignment path 40.
The individual conveyed products 11c are extruded in the vertical direction. In this way, the first push-out section 51 facilitates the transfer of the articles 11 from the conveyor 20 to the alignment path 40.

On the aligning path 40, the transported objects 11c are placed in the orientation of the transport conveyor 20. At this time, the 1st alignment conveyance part 81 descend | falls, and the conveyed material 11c is pushed out by the 1st alignment conveyance part 81 beyond the 3rd connection part 32, and downstream. The conveyed product 11b is pushed forward by the conveyed product 11c. Further, the conveyed product 11a is advanced by the conveyed product 11b to be arranged as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the pattern of the conveyed product 11 is completed, the third push-out portion 53 moves from the alignment path 40 to the packing position 43 and the conveyed products 1 arranged in a predetermined pattern.
Extrude 1 in the right angle direction. By once placing the transported article 11 at the packing position 43, it is possible to easily push the transported article 11 into the bag. The conveyed article 11 arranged at the packing position 43 is pushed by the fourth pushing portion 55,
It will be packed in a bag.

First alignment transport section 81 and second alignment transport section 82
And are operated at the same time, ascending at the position beyond the third connecting portion 32, descending at the position of the first connecting portion 41, and pushing out the conveyed product 11. After the completion of one pattern, the next conveyed product 11
When sent by the push-out section 51, the first aligning and conveying section 81 descends, and the above-described operation is repeated.

By combining the case of directly carrying from the carrying conveyor 20 to the alignment path 40 and the case of carrying from the carrying conveyor 20 to the alignment path 40 via the bypass conveyor 30, the vertical and horizontal directions of the article 11 can be freely set. Can be placed in place of.

In this way, the control device 90 detects the position of the conveyed object 11 on the conveyer conveyor 20 by each sensor, and controls the opening / closing of each stopper and the operation of each extruding portion according to the detection. It is possible to surely align the conveyed objects 11 in a predetermined pattern.

The conveyed items may be arranged in another arrangement pattern other than the arrangement shown in the above embodiment.

[0039]

According to the aligning device of the present invention, the first
The extruding unit pushes the conveyed object from the conveyor to the alignment path,
Since the second extruding unit pushes the conveyed product from the conveyor to the bypass conveyor, it is possible to smoothly transfer the conveyed product between the conveyors and to achieve complete automation of the conveyance.

When the third extruding section has the third extruding section, the third extruding section extrudes the conveyed article and once locates it at the packing position, so that the conveyed article can be easily pushed into the bag.

In the case of having a plurality of stoppers and a control device, the control device controls the opening and closing of each stopper and the operation of each push-out portion to surely align the conveyed objects in a predetermined pattern. Is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a first step of the aligning device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a second step of the aligning device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a third step of the aligning device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Aligning device 11 ... Conveying object 20 ... Conveying conveyor 30 ... Bypass conveyor 40 ... Alignment path 51 ... 1st extrusion part 52 ... 2nd extrusion part 53 ... 3rd extrusion part 55 ... 4th extrusion part 61 ... 1st stopper 62 ... second stopper 63 ... third stopper 71 ... first sensor 72 ... second sensor 73 ... third sensor 81 ... first alignment conveyance section 82 ... second alignment conveyance section 90 ... control device

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An aligning device for aligning conveyed articles in a predetermined pattern, comprising: a conveyer conveyor, a bypass conveyor, an alignment path, and a first passage.
It has an extruding section, a second extruding section, and an aligning and conveying section, the conveyer conveyor is configured to convey the conveyed article in a predetermined direction, and the aligning path is perpendicular to a downstream side of the conveyer conveyor. Direction by a first connecting portion, the bypass conveyor is connected at a right angle to the transport conveyor by a second connecting portion upstream of the first connecting portion, and a third downstream of the first connecting portion. The connection portion is connected to the alignment path at a right angle, and the conveyed product from the second connection portion is
It is configured to rotate by 0 degree and convey to the third connecting portion, and the first extruding portion is configured to push out the conveyed object at a right angle from the conveying conveyor to the alignment path at the first connecting portion. The second extruding unit has a configuration for extruding the conveyed product at a right angle from the conveying conveyor to the bypass conveyor at the second connecting unit, and the alignment conveying unit is on the alignment path. An aligning device, characterized in that the transport object is transported from the first connecting portion over the third connecting portion. 2. A third extruding part, having a packing position adjacent to the alignment path, wherein the third extruding part is aligned in a predetermined pattern from the alignment path to the packing position. The aligning device according to claim 1, wherein the aligning device is configured to push out the conveyed items in a direction perpendicular to the conveyed items. 3. A first stopper, a second stopper, a third stopper, a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, and a control device, wherein the first stopper can be opened and closed. The second stopper is provided so as to allow the conveyed product on the conveyor to pass when opened, and to stop the conveyed product at the position of the second connection portion of the conveyor when closing. Is openable and closable, and is provided so as to allow the conveyed product on the conveyor to pass when opened, and to stop the conveyed product at the position of the first connection portion of the conveyor when closing, The third stopper is openable and closable, and when opened, allows the conveyed object on the bypass conveyor to pass through the third connection portion, and when closed, the conveyed object on the bypass conveyor before the alignment path. Stop Is provided so that the first sensor is provided at a position for detecting a conveyed object on the conveyor that is directly stopped by the first stopper, and the second sensor is directly stopped by the first stopper. The third sensor detects a transported object on the transport conveyor that is directly stopped by the second stopper. The control device is provided at a position to open / close each stopper and actuate the aligning conveyance unit and each push-out unit according to the detection of the conveyed object by the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor. The aligning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the aligning device has a controlling structure.