JPH0624546A - Confluence device for conveyor carrying cylindrical article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a confluence device which efficiently lines up a plural number of bins concentrated into the outlet of a conveyor into one row so as to be delivered. CONSTITUTION:The device is made up of a wide and horizontal main belt conveyor 1 carrying a plural number of bins lined up in multiple rows at random, a narrowed bin outlet 2 delivering the bins carried in while being lined up in a single row at the terminal end section of the main belt conveyor 1, and of paired guide belts 3 and 4 which are so arranged that a space between them becomes gradually narrower in order to guide the bins to the outlet. The guide belts 3 and 4 are so arranged as to be rotated around each vertical shaft, and one guide belt 3 is so arranged while being inclined that it crosses obliquely the main belt conveyor 1, and also is so devised that the side of its slide contacting section with each bin is rotated toward the outlet, and the other guide belt 4 is arranged along the side of the main belt conveyor 1, and is so set as to be rotated reversely to the feed direction of the main belt conveyor 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic filling line for filling a cylindrical container such as a bottle with articles such as drinking water and chemicals, which are randomly sent by a wide belt conveyor. The present invention relates to a merging device for sending a cylindrical container in a single row from a narrowed outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to feed a large number of bins that have been randomly sent in a standing posture by a wide belt conveyor in a row from a narrowed outlet, a guide whose width is gradually narrowed toward the outlet. A plate is provided and a large number of rollers are provided on the guide plate, or the guide plate itself is swung or vibrated to promote the flow of the bottle concentrated at the outlet.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional method, when the second conveyor, which is connected to the outlet and moves the bins to the next process, is stopped for some reason, a large number are provided near the narrowed outlet. There is a case where the bottles of No. 1 are accumulated and the pressing forces of the bottles are balanced to generate a bridging phenomenon (climbing phenomenon), or when the bottles are extremely heavy, the pressing force sharply increases and cracks occur in the bottles. In addition, there is a drawback that noise is increased in a system in which a lateral vibration is applied to the guide plate to disperse the coagulating force of the bottle so as not to accumulate and the bridge phenomenon is not generated.

In view of this, the present invention provides a pair of guide belts having a narrower interval in order to guide the bin conveyed by the wide main belt conveyor to the narrowed bin outlet, and moves the guide belts. By driving the bottles so that their directions are opposite to each other, the cohesive force of the bins is dispersed so that a large number of bins concentrated at the outlets can be effectively delivered in a single row, and at the same time, the bins are put into the outlets for some reason. Provided is a bin merging device which prevents bridging phenomenon and bottle cracking by applying a force in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the main belt conveyor to release the bottle even if it accumulates. The main purpose of this is.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the merging device according to the present invention, the bins (A) are conveyed in a state where they are randomly arranged in multiple rows in a standing posture. A wide horizontal main belt conveyor (1), a narrow bin outlet (2) for discharging the bins conveyed at the end portion of the main belt conveyor (1) in one row, and this bin outlet (2 ), The guide belt is composed of a pair of guide belts (3), (4) made of endless belts arranged so that the distance between them is gradually narrowed toward the outlet (2).
(3) and (4) are arranged so as to rotate about the vertical axis, and one guide belt (3) is arranged so as to diagonally cross the main belt conveyor (1) and is slidable. The tangential side is the exit (2)
It is set so as to rotate toward, and the other guide belt (4) is arranged along the side of the main belt conveyor (1) in the direction opposite to the feeding direction of the main belt conveyor (1). The structure is set to rotate.

[0006]

[Operation] In the merging device configured as described above, the bins (A) ... sent by the main belt conveyor (1) are guided by the guide belts (3) and (4), and the outlet (2) becomes narrower. To the next conveyor (5), and is subjected to a process such as labeling. Also, when the destination conveyor (5) is stopped for some reason, even if the bins (A) ... which are sequentially fed accumulate near the exit, a part of the bin is in the moving direction of the main belt conveyor (1). It is possible to avoid the guide belt (4) in the reverse direction in the direction reverse to the main belt conveyor (1), thereby preventing the bridging phenomenon and the bottle cracking near the exit.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. In the figure, reference numeral (1) indicates a bin (A) ...
A wide horizontal main belt conveyor (1) that conveys cylindrical objects such as in a standing position in a random arrangement in multiple rows, with a drive wheel (1a) that rotates around a horizontal axis. It is installed between driven wheels (not shown) and rotates in a fixed direction (leftward in the embodiment shown in the drawing). The main belt conveyor
A narrow bottle outlet (2) is formed to discharge the bottles conveyed in the end portion of (1) in one row. And to guide the bottle to this bin outlet (2) its spacing is the outlet (2)
A pair of guide belts (3) and (4) are arranged so as to become gradually narrower toward each other. The guide belt
(3) and (4) are formed by endless belts, and are installed on the drive wheels (3a) (4a) and driven wheels (3b) (4b) that rotate around the vertical axis so that they can be rotated by a motor. Is configured. In the embodiment shown in the figure, one guide belt (3) is arranged so as to be inclined so as to diagonally cross the main belt conveyor (1), and the bin sliding contact side is set to rotate toward the outlet (2). The other guide belt (4) is arranged along the side of the main belt conveyor (1) and is opposite to the guide belt (3), that is, the feeding direction of the main belt conveyor (1). It is set to rotate in the reverse direction. In addition, in the figure (5)
The bottle (A) sent from the exit (2) in a single row in the next step,
For example, a conveyor for sending to a labeling process is shown.

The guide belts (3) and (4) are preferably constructed so that their positions can be moved and adjusted with respect to the outlet (2). This allows the outlet width to be adjusted according to the bottle diameter. Further, it is preferable to rotate the guide belts (3) and (4) at the same speed.

In the above structure, the main belt conveyor
The bin (A) sent by (1) is the guide belt
It is sent to the narrowed exit (2) guided by (3) and (4), and is sent in a line from the exit (2). At this time, even if a large number of bins (A) ... Concentrate at the exit all at once, a part of the bins is avoided along the guide belt (4) that runs counter to the main belt conveyor (1) in the direction of the arrow and jams in the bin. Or stagnation does not occur. For some reason, the destination conveyor (5) is stopped, and even if a large number of bins (A) ... are sequentially sent to the outlet (2), a part of the bins will become the main belt conveyor (1) as described above. It is possible to avoid along the backward guide belt (4), thereby preventing the occurrence of bridging phenomenon and bottle cracking near the exit.

In the above embodiment, the bottle (A) is shown as the cylindrical material to be conveyed. However, in the joining device of the present invention, a circular or elliptic cylindrical body such as a can container or 4 instead of the bottle is used.
Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to polygonal cylindrical bodies such as polygons, pentagons, and hexagons.

Although the representative embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the structures of the embodiments described above, and is within a range that has the constituent features of the present invention and has an effect. Of course, it can be implemented by appropriately changing it.

[0012]

As described above in detail, in the present invention, the main belt conveyor (1) is arranged obliquely across the guide belt (3) which is rotated in the bin feeding direction, and the main belt conveyor ( At the outlet (2) narrowed by the guide belt (4) arranged along the side of (1) and rotating in the direction opposite to the feeding direction of the main belt conveyor (1), the bottle (A) ... etc. Since it is designed to guide tubular objects, many tubular objects
Even if it concentrates on the exit every time, a part of the cylindrical object is the main belt conveyor
Along with the guide belt (4) that runs counter to (1), it avoids the direction of running backwards from the main belt conveyor (1) to prevent clogging and stagnation of tubular objects, and enables smooth delivery. Even when the conveyor in front of the exit stops due to some reason, a part of the bins accumulated around the exit is avoided along the guide belt (4) that runs backwards from the main belt conveyor (1) in the same manner as described above, so that near the exit. There is an excellent effect that the bridging phenomenon and the bottle crack of the cylindrical object can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Main belt conveyor (2) Exit (3) Guide belt (4) Guide belt

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wide horizontal main belt conveyor (1) for transporting cylindrical objects such as bins (A) ... in a standing posture and arranged in multiple rows at random, and the main belt conveyor (1) ) The narrowed bin outlet (2) that discharges the bottles conveyed at the end part of () in one row, and the intervals between them sequentially toward the outlet (2) to guide the bottle to this bin outlet (2). It is composed of a pair of guide belts (3), (4) made of endless belts arranged so as to be narrow, and the guide belts (3), (4) are arranged so as to rotate around the vertical axis. And one guide belt
(3) is arranged so as to obliquely cross the main belt conveyor (1) so that the sliding side of the bin rotates toward the outlet (2), and the other guide belt (4) Is a merging device in a tubular object conveyor which is arranged along the side of the main belt conveyor (1) and is set to rotate in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the main belt conveyor (1). 2. The confluence of the tubular article transport conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the tubular article is a polygonal tubular body such as a tetragon, a pentagon, and a hexagon, or a cylinder such as a circle and an ellipse. apparatus.