JPH06183544A - Method for conveying and sorting article in article sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely attain conveying and sorting an article with no relation to its size by selecting a number of carriages to be used relating to the one article in accordance with a length of the conveyed article. CONSTITUTION:Many runnable conveying carriages 1 provided with a tiltable tray 23 are arranged in a transfer loading position, where arranged a plurality of sorting chutes in a specific position of a loop-shaped running path, and on this running path. Further, the adjacent conveying carriages 1 are movably connected to each other, so as to simultaneously run all the conveying carriages. A V-shaped pan 23, tiltably provided at need in an upper part of all the conveying carriages, is constituted by using two sheets of flat plates. Thus by loading an article so as to stride on the pans 23 of the adjacent conveying carriages 1 in the case of transferring the long scaled article of a pan length or more, the long scaled article can be conveyed to be sorted without changing the conveying carriage 1, pan and a conveying speed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a number of carriages to be used for one article according to the length of the article to be conveyed, which is provided with a V-shaped pan which is circulated and driven by connecting predetermined paths to each other. The present invention relates to a method for sorting and delivering articles in an article sorting machine, which ensures reliable sorting and sorting regardless of the size of the articles without impairing the sorting capacity.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an article sorter that sorts articles such as parcels and home-delivered articles by destination, an article supply position and an article take-out position for sorting and taking out are provided along a predetermined circulation path and Then, the carriages provided with V-shaped pans (trays) on which the articles are placed are connected to each other, and the carriages are driven by a linear motor or other driving device to sort the articles supplied on the V pans at the supply position. In some cases, articles are sorted by being transported to a position, selected at a destination, taken out at an extraction position, and the like.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In an article sorter for transporting articles by connecting transport carts provided with V pans, the sizes of the transport carts and V pans (trays) are determined according to the size of the articles to be sorted in advance. Has been set. For this reason, there is no problem in conveying articles of a size within a preset range,
Since stoppers are provided at both ends of the V pan, such as large articles exceeding the setting range, it is not possible to convey especially articles longer than the entire length of the V pan. For this purpose, a large-sized carrier dolly or V-pan is exchanged or used in a connected carrier dolly having a different size, and a large carrier dolly is assigned to a large article. Therefore, if the size of the carrier is increased, the set sorting capacity cannot be obtained unless the carrier speed is increased, and if the carrier speed becomes high, noise will increase, and the timing adjustment during transfer / delivery will be difficult and shock will occur. Also grows.

An object of the present invention is to reliably carry out sorting of long articles without changing the carriage or the carrying speed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and tilts on a transfer position where a plurality of sorting chutes are arranged at a predetermined position on a loop-shaped traveling path and on this traveling path. In a sorting device for articles in which a large number of transport carriages each having a possible tray are arranged so as to be movable, and adjacent transport carriages are movably connected to each other so that all the transport carriages can be simultaneously moved, A V-shaped pan provided on the upper part of the carrier cart so as to be tiltable as needed is constructed by using two flat plates, and when transferring a long product having a bread length or more, it is spread over the pan of an adjacent carrier car. The gist is that it is placed in this manner and is conveyed to the sorting and dispensing position.

[0006]

The V-shaped pan, on which the articles are placed, is formed on the upper part of the transporting carts connected to each other so that the V-shaped pan can be made flat by providing hinges at the abutting portions of two adjacent flat plates. This makes V
For long products that are longer than the mold pan, by placing them on the V-shaped pan of the transport cart that is connected and adjacent to each other, it is possible to sort and sort long products without changing the transport cart, pan and transport speed. Becomes

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A method for sorting and sorting articles by the article sorting machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. The transport carriage that transports along a running path formed in a loop is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the front and rear are connected to each other and are arranged in an array so that they can travel on all the traveling paths. The carrier truck 1 connects the traveling and truck with the V pan portion 1A of the upper unit that mainly performs loading and unloading. Lower unit 1B mainly performed
The upper unit is joined to the lower unit to form a unit.

The lower unit 1B of the carriage 1 has a reaction plate 11 vertically provided at the center of the lower portion of a carriage main body 10 having a predetermined size to obtain thrust by a linear motor arranged along the traveling direction of the carriage. At the same time, the connecting pieces 12 are provided on the rear side of the trolley body 10, and a single shaft 13 is vertically supported through the connecting pieces 12.
3, the bogie bogie frame 14 is supported so as to be swingable in the left-right direction, and horizontal rollers 15 and 15 are opposed to and supported on both lower side portions of the bogie bogie 14, respectively.
Reference numerals 5 and 15 are rails R and R on two traveling paths arranged in parallel.
The bogie 14
The traveling wheels 16 and 16 are supported so as to be opposed to each other so as to project to both sides, and the traveling wheels 16 and 16 are rotatably mounted on the traveling rails R and R, and the load of the carriage is loaded. Support.

Further, the trolley body 1 of the lower unit of the transport trolley
At the front end of 0, a connecting rod 17 is provided so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of its axis, and the tip end of the connecting rod 17 is attached to the shaft 13 provided on the bogie body of the preceding carriage, whereby The carriages 1 and 1 connected to the front and rear are twisted with each other,
It is swingably connected to the left and right and up and down, and can travel along the traveling path.

As described above, a tray is provided on the upper portion of each traveling carriage which is provided with a bogie bogie frame at a connecting portion between the bogie bodies which are adjacently connected to each other in the front-rear direction so that the bogie body can be traveled even in a curved line portion while reducing traveling resistance. Shaft 21 supported by support bracket 20
A hinge 22 is provided on the tray, and a tray (V-shaped pan) 23 is swingably and tiltably provided through the hinge 22 or directly on the shaft 21. The V-shaped tray 23 has a V-shape or other shape so that articles can be reliably transferred.
On the back side of both side plates of the tray 23, the bracket 20,
20 is projected, and the lower end of this bracket is the main body 10 of the carriage.
The support roller 24 is movably provided on the tray 23, and the bracket is contacted and supported by the support roller 24 to prevent the tray 23 from tilting. Do as you do. The support roller 24 is rotatably supported by the trolley body 10, and a restoring spring is attached to a support shaft of the support roller 24. The support roller 24 is tilted via the roller support shaft to support the support roller 24. When the roller is tilted, the contact with the bracket is released and the tray 23 can be freely tilted. At this time, that is, the shock absorber 48 that abuts and supports the back surface of the tray so as to stop at a predetermined angle when the tray is tilted is provided in the carriage body 10.

A V-shaped tray (V-shaped pan) 23
Is formed by connecting two flat plates by a shaft 21 and a hinge 22 so as to be bendable, and has a V shape as shown in the figure so that the article does not fall unintentionally during transportation in the state where the article is placed. The tray is tilted to the position and the articles are dispensed. The size of this tray is predetermined according to the carrier 1.
Keep the top of the tray flat.

Therefore, when an article longer than the entire length of the tray is supplied to the transfer cart constructed as described above at the transfer position, the article protruding from the tray end is spread over the flat tray of the adjacent transfer cart. Placed. As a result, it is possible to carry out reliable transportation of the transported articles from the regular length to the long length without changing the transport carriage.

[0013]

According to the method for sorting and conveying articles in the article sorting machine of the present invention, a transfer position in which a plurality of sorting chutes are arranged at a predetermined position on the loop-shaped traveling path and a tray provided with a tiltable tray on this traveling path are provided. In an article sorting device in which a large number of trolleys are arranged so that they can run, and adjacent trolleys are movably connected to each other so that all the trolleys can run at the same time Accordingly, a V-shaped pan provided so as to be tiltable is configured by using two flat plates, and when transferring a long article having a bread length or more, the V-shaped pan is placed so as to straddle the pan of an adjacent carrier truck, and the sorting is performed. Since the articles are conveyed to the payout position, there is an advantage that long articles can be safely conveyed without changing the carriage or the pan.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a carriage for showing a method of sorting and sorting articles in an article sorting machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing conveyance of a long product.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a known example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transport trolley 10 Truck main body 23 Tray R rail

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transfer position in which a plurality of sorting chutes are arranged at a predetermined position of a loop-shaped traveling path, and a large number of transport carriages provided with tiltable trays are movably arranged on the traveling path, and The adjacent carriages are movably connected to each other,
In an article sorting apparatus capable of simultaneously moving all transport carriages, a V-shaped pan provided on the upper portion of all transport carriages so as to be tiltable as required is configured by using two flat plates,
When transferring long articles of bread length or more, they are placed so as to straddle the bread of the adjacent carrier truck and are transported to the sorting / delivery position. Method