JPH0620340U - Equipment for transporting goods - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To reduce the time and transport distance for alignment or direction change. [Structure] The article-side magnet 15 exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 at a position along the article movement path by the conveyor belt 11.
For guiding an article 22 for pressing the article to the article guiding member 21
Is installed, and a conveyance resistance portion 23 that applies a conveyance resistance force to a part of the article 12 conveyed along the article guide member 21 and turns the article 12 on the conveyance belt 11 is provided beside the article guide member 21. It is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an article transport device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, as a conveying device for aligning or changing the direction of an article in a certain direction during conveyance, there is one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. Sho 64-9915. In this conventional technique, a concave groove flat portion is formed on a side surface of an article, and a magnetic adsorbent is attached to the flat portion. An endless circulation zone into which the above-mentioned concave groove of the article can be inserted is extended to the side of the article conveyance path, and a magnetic body is installed on the back surface of the endless circulation zone. That is, the direction of the article is regulated by the magnetic attraction force between the magnetic attraction body and the magnetic body and the conveyance force (direction changing force) exerted by the endless circulation zone.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the prior art, it is essential that the endless circulation zone exerts a conveying force (direction changing force) on the product within the range of a constant conveying path length, not only complicating the device configuration, but also aligning or The conversion time and the transport distance are long.

An object of the present invention is to simplify the device configuration when aligning or changing the orientation of articles using magnetic force, and to shorten the time and the transport distance for aligning or changing the orientation. And

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention according to claim 1 is an article transporting apparatus for transporting an article by placing the article on a transporting means that moves along a constant movement path, wherein the article has a magnetic body and at least a part of a side surface thereof. An article guide member having a flat guide surface is installed at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means, and a magnetic action is exerted on the magnetic substance of the article at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means. A magnetic material for guiding an article that presses the side surface against the article guide member is installed, and a conveyance resistance portion that applies a conveyance resistance force to a part of the article conveyed along the article guide member and rolls the article on the conveyance means is provided. The guide member is provided on the side of the guide member so that the article guide member guides the flat guide surface of the article that has passed through the conveyance resistance portion and is rolled.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, the conveyance resistance portion is fixedly arranged on the conveying means, and a part of the bottom surface of the article is moved from above the conveying means. It has a scooping plate for scooping up.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the present invention, at the exit side position of the conveyance resistance portion along the article movement path by the conveying means, the opposite side of the article guide member. In order to position the article at a position where the flat guide surface of the article turned by the conveyance resistance portion is guided by the article guiding member, an article positioning magnetic body that exerts a magnetic action on the magnetic body of the article is provided. It was installed.

[0008]

[Action]

 In the process of moving the article while being pressed against the article guide member by the magnetic action (magnetic attraction action or magnetic repulsion action) exerted on the article-side magnetic substance by the article guiding magnetic body, the transport resistance part is part of the article. After being turned by the conveying resistance force exerted, the flat guide surface of the turned article is guided by the article guiding member to align or change its orientation.

At this time, the product is turned at one time when passing through the conveyance resistance portion. Therefore, the device configuration is simple, and the time and transport distance for alignment or direction change are short.

When the conveyance resistance portion is a scooping plate for scooping up a part of the bottom surface of the article, compared to the case where the conveyance resistance portion is formed by a projection part that abuts against a part of the side surface of the article. As a result, the impact and wear acting on the article can be reduced, and the article being conveyed at high speed can be smoothly turned. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction change at high speed.

By installing the article positioning magnetic body on the exit side of the carrying resistance section, the article after turning by the carrying resistance section can be surely positioned, and the article during high-speed carrying can also be turned stably. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction changeability at high speed.

[0012]

【Example】

 1 is a schematic diagram showing the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is a view seen from the direction III A and III B in FIG. 2, and FIG. Is a schematic diagram showing a second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the second embodiment.

(First Embodiment) (See FIGS. 1 to 3) The carrying device 10 is for carrying an article 12 by placing it on a conveyor belt 11 that moves along a fixed movement path. 13 is a conveyor belt drive motor. Reference numeral 14 is a belt receiver made of a non-magnetic material.

The article 12 has an article-side magnet 15 and is provided with flat guide surfaces 16 at four positions that form 90 degrees around the central axis of the side surface. The article 12 is guided on each of the adjacent guide surfaces 16 (16A and 16B) from upstream to downstream of the article guide member 21 before and after passing through the conveyance resistance portion 23 which will be described later, and as a result, can be turned by 90 degrees. It is like this.

The article 12 can have a direction change angle of θ degrees by setting an intersection angle of adjacent guide surfaces 16 to θ degrees.

The article 12 may be the product container itself or the like, or may be a carrying case for the product container or the like.

The transporting device 10 has a rod-shaped or plate-shaped article guide member 21 installed at an upper position along the article moving path by the transport belt 11. Reference numeral 20 is a support stay.

In addition, the conveying device 10 has an article guiding magnet that exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 at a lower position along the article moving path by the conveyor belt 11 to press the side surface of the article 12 to the article guiding member 21. 22 are installed.

Here, the article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 are composed of flat-plate magnets. The article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 can face each other with magnetic poles attracting each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the article-side magnet 15 in a state where the article 12 is pressed against the article-guiding member 21. The center of the article guiding magnet 22 is eccentrically arranged closer to the article guiding member 21 than the center thereof. As a result, the article guiding magnet 22 exerts a magnetic attraction action on the article-side magnet 15 and presses the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21. That is, the S magnet of the article-side magnet 15 can face the magnet 22 for guiding the article, and the magnet 22 of the article guiding can face the N-pole of the magnet 22 for the article.

The article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 can face each other with magnetic poles that repel each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the article 12 is pressed against the article-guiding member 21. The center of the article guiding magnet 22 may be eccentrically arranged on the side of the article inner member 21 side rather than the center of the article side magnet 15. In this case, the article guiding magnet 22 exerts a magnetic repulsion action on the article-side magnet 15 to press the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21.

Further, the article guiding magnet 22 may be any one as long as it exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 and presses the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21. Therefore, the article guiding magnet 22 does not necessarily need to be installed on the opposite side of the article-side magnet 15 with the conveyor belt 11 interposed therebetween. That is, the article guiding magnet 22 may be arranged at an upper position along the article moving path of the conveyor belt 11.

Further, the conveyance device 10 applies a conveyance resistance force to a part of the article 12 conveyed along the article guide member 21 to form a conveyance resistance portion 23 for rotating the article 12 on the conveyance belt 11 to guide the article. It is provided near the side of the member 21. The transport resistance portion 23 is specifically a rake plate 24 supported by the support stay 20 and fixedly arranged on the transport belt 11, and the rake plate 24 is a bottom surface of the article 12 transported by the transport belt 11. A part of the conveyor belt 11 is scooped up, and a conveying resistance force based on frictional force is exerted on a part of this bottom surface. The tip portion 24A of the scooping plate 24 is formed into a knife edge shape so that a part of the bottom surface of the article 12 can be smoothly scooped up.

As a result, the carrier device 10 guides the flat guide surface 16 (16B) of the product 12 which has been passed through the carrier resistance portion 23 and turned around by the product guide member 21 as described above. Realize 90 degree direction change.

At this time, the conveyance device 10 is turned by the conveyance resistance portion 23 on the side opposite to the article guide member 21 at the exit side position of the conveyance resistance portion 23 along the article movement path by the conveyance belt 11. In order to position the article 12 at a position where the flat guide surface 16 of the article 12 is guided by the article guide member 21, an article positioning magnet 25 that exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 is installed. .

Here, the article positioning magnet 25 is composed of a flat-plate magnet, and magnetic poles attracting each other to the article-side magnet 15 can face each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the article positioning magnet 25 has a rectangular shape. The outer diameter of the shaped magnetic pole surface is the outer diameter of the rectangular magnetic pole surface of the article-side magnet 15 (horizontally long in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance) when the article 12 after being turned by the conveyance resistance portion 23 is to be guided by the article guide member 21. Arranged so that they can match. As a result, the article-side magnet 15 is attracted and positioned by the magnet 25 so that the outer diameter of the magnetic pole surface thereof substantially matches the outer diameter of the magnetic pole surface of the article positioning magnet 25 (horizontally long in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction). . That is, the S-pole of the article-side magnet 15 can face the article-positioning magnet 25, and the N-pole of the article-positioning magnet 25 can face the article-side magnet 15.

It should be noted that the article positioning magnet 25 allows magnetic poles that are repulsive to the article-side magnet 15 to face each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the magnetic repulsion action positions the article 12 as described above. May be

The magnets 15, 22, 25 described above may be any of permanent magnets, rubber magnets, electromagnets, and the like. Further, one of the magnet 15 and the magnet 22 and one of the magnet 15 and the magnet 25 may be replaced with simple magnetic bodies such as iron plates.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The article 12 is in the process of being moved by being pressed against the article guide member 21 by the magnetic action (magnetic attraction action or magnetic repulsion action) exerted by the article guiding magnet 22 on the article side magnet 15, and the conveyance resistance portion 23 causes the article 12 to move. After being turned by the conveyance resistance exerted on a part of the sheet, the flat guide surface 16 of the turned article 12 is guided by the article guide member 21 to align or change its orientation.

At this time, the article 12 is turned at a time when the article 12 passes through the conveyance resistance portion 23. Therefore, the device configuration is simple, and the time required for alignment or direction change and the transport distance are small.

When the conveyance resistance portion 23 is a scooping plate 24 for scooping up a part of the bottom surface of the article 12, the conveyance resistance portion 23 is formed by a protrusion that abuts against a part of the side surface of the article 12. Compared to the case described above, the impact and wear acting on the article 12 can be reduced, and the article being conveyed at high speed can be smoothly turned. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction change at high speed.

By installing the article positioning magnet 25 on the exit side of the conveyance resistance section 23, the article 12 after turning by the conveyance resistance section 23 can be reliably positioned, and the article 12 that is being conveyed at high speed is also stable. You can turn to. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction changeability at high speed.

(Second Embodiment) (See FIGS. 4 to 5) The carrier device 30 is different from the carrier device 10 only in that a protrusion 31 is used as the carrier resistance portion 23. The protrusion 31 collides with a part of the side surface of the article 12 conveyed by the conveyor belt 11, exerts a conveyance resistance force on a part of this side surface, and turns the article 12 on the conveyor belt 11. . It is preferable that the protrusion 31 is made of a cushioning material such as rubber.

In the practice of the present invention, a set of an article guide member and a conveyance resistance portion is provided at each of a plurality of positions along the movement path of the conveying means, and the article guide member is provided with a plurality of sets during the movement process. The direction may be sequentially and repeatedly changed by the member and the conveyance resistance unit.

[0034]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, when aligning or changing the orientation of articles using magnetic force, the structure of the device is simplified, and the time and the transport distance for aligning or changing the orientation are reduced. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows III A and III B in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Conveying device 11 Conveying belt (conveying means) 12 Article 15 Article side magnet 16 Flat guide surface 21 Article guiding member 22 Article guiding magnet 23 Conveying resistance part 25 Article positioning magnet

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An article carrying apparatus for carrying an article by placing the article on a carrying means that moves along a constant movement path, wherein the article has a magnetic body, and a flat guide surface is provided on at least a part of a side surface. The article guide member is installed at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means, and the side surface of the article is pressed against the article guiding member at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means by exerting a magnetic action on the magnetic body of the article. A magnetic material for guiding an article to be pushed is installed, and a conveyance resistance portion that applies a conveyance resistance force to a part of the article conveyed along the article guide member and turns the article on the conveyance means is provided on the side of the article guide member. An article conveying device, wherein an article guiding member guides a flat guide surface of the article which has passed through the conveyance resistance portion and is turned. 2. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance resistance portion is a scoop plate which is fixedly arranged on the conveying means and scoops up a part of the bottom surface of the article from the conveying means. 3. An exit side position of a conveying resistance portion along an article moving path by the conveying means, on a side opposite to the article guiding member,
An article positioning magnetic body that exerts a magnetic action on the magnetic body of the article is installed so that the flat guide surface of the article rotated by the conveyance resistance unit positions the article at a position where it is guided by the article guide member. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.