JPH06321392A - Aligned transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To align a plurality of parallel-transferred objects at specified intervals in one row and transfer them. CONSTITUTION:An ordered transfer device is provided with a slitter 14 to feed multiple laminated sheets 3 simultaneously in two rows, an ordering conveyor 17 which is connected to the slitter and orders the laminated sheets 3 in one row, a timing feed roller 15 which is connected to the slitter 14 and runs at a speed different from the travel speed of the ordering conveyer 17, and a right-angle transfer conveyer 16 which is connected to the timing feed roller 15 and delivers the laminated sheets 3 stored from the timing feed roller 15. In the timing feed roller 15, its travel speed is set so that the laminated sheets 3 delivered from the right-angle transfer conveyor 16 to the ordering conveyor 17 is transferred at specified intervals between the laminated sheets 3 which are put adjacently on the ordering conveyor 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aligning and conveying apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows and then aligning and conveying the plurality of articles in a row.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of articles 102 are conveyed by using conveyors 103A and 103B.
For example, there is an aligning / conveying apparatus 101 that conveys in two rows and then aligns them in one row using an aligning conveyor 104. In the aligning and conveying apparatus 101, the conveying conveyors 103A and 103
B is arranged orthogonal to the alignment conveyor 104.

[0003]

However, in the above-described aligning and conveying apparatus 101, particularly when the article 102 has a plate shape, when the articles 102 are conveyed from the conveying conveyors 103A and 103B to the aligning conveyor 104, the adjacent plates are conveyed. The shaped articles 102 are partially overlapped and sent to the alignment conveyor 104, and in this partially overlapped state, the alignment conveyor 1
There is a risk of being aligned and conveyed by 04.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides an aligning / conveying device capable of arranging and conveying a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel in a line at a predetermined interval. The purpose is to

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a multi-row carrier for simultaneously carrying a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows, and a plurality of row conveyors connected in the conveying direction and traveling at a predetermined speed, An aligning conveyor for aligning and transporting in one row, and a timing changing mechanism that is continuously installed in the transport direction of the multiple-row transporting machine and is installed adjacent to the aligning conveyor, and that travels at a speed different from the traveling speed of the aligning conveyor. , A conveyor which is continuously provided in the traveling direction of the timing changing mechanism and is adjacent to the aligning conveyor, and carries out the article carried in from the timing changing mechanism onto the aligning conveyor, the timing changing mechanism Means that the articles discharged from the conveyor to the alignment conveyor are conveyed at a predetermined interval between the articles placed adjacently on the alignment conveyor. The running speed is the one set to the running speed of the alignment conveyor.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention, one of the plurality of articles is carried into the aligning conveyor from the plurality of row conveying machines, and the other article is placed on the aligning conveyor by the timing changing mechanism. The speed of the articles is changed to a speed different from that of the articles, and the articles are conveyed onto the alignment conveyor through the conveyor. At this time, due to the change in speed made by the timing changing mechanism, the articles on the transport conveyor are carried in with a predetermined space between adjacent articles on the alignment conveyor. Therefore, a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel can be conveyed in a row at a predetermined interval on the alignment conveyor.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an apparatus for producing polymerized paper pieces, to which an embodiment of an aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 5 is a process diagram showing a process of manufacturing a folded folded paper sheet from the folded paper piece.

Generally, some postcards and cards are constructed by using a piece of superposed paper capable of concealing transmitted information. This superposed paper piece has transmission information to be concealed such as personal information written on the adhesive surface of the superposed paper piece which is superposed in two folds and integrally adhered, and it is not necessary to conceal an address or the like on the surface of the superposed paper piece. Information is described, and the adhesive surface is peelably bonded.

As shown in FIG. 5, such a superposed paper piece 1 is a superposed paper piece 2 (FIGS. 5 (A) and (E) which is an integral multiple of a predetermined area required for a postcard or a card, for example, twice as large. )) Is folded along a fold line 4 (FIGS. 5 (B) and (F)), and cut along the cutting line 5 to form the overlapped paper piece 3 having a predetermined area (FIGS. 5 (C) and (G)). It is configured by adhering the adhering surface 6 (FIGS. 5D and 5H).

On the outer surface 7 of the overlapped paper piece 2 having twice the predetermined area, an address α and a general description item β that does not require concealment are described in advance. Further, on the inner surface (adhesive surface 6) of the overlapped paper piece 2, transmission information γ such as personal information that needs to be concealed is described in advance, and the adhesive surface 6 is coated with a peelable pseudo adhesive. A plurality of the unfolded overlapped paper pieces 2 are stored as articles in the hopper 11 of the overlapped paper piece manufacturing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

In addition to the hopper 11, the above-mentioned production apparatus 10 for producing polymerized paper pieces includes a feed roller 12, a paper folding machine 13 as a folding machine, a slitter 14 as a multi-row transport machine, and a timing feed roller 15 as a timing changing mechanism. , A right-angled conveyor 16, an alignment conveyor 17, a crimping machine 18, and a stacker 19. The slitter 14, the timing feed roller 15, the right angle conveyor 16 and the aligning conveyor 17 constitute an aligning conveyor 20.

As described above, the hopper 11 has the overlapped sheet piece 2 (FIGS. 5A and 5E) having a size twice the predetermined area.
As shown in FIG. 2A, a plurality of sheets are stored in a stacked state. Further, the feed roller 12 sequentially carries out the superposed sheet pieces 2 stored in the hopper 11 one by one from the uppermost layer to the sheet folding machine 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the paper folding machine 13 is arranged between a pair of paper folding rollers 21A and 21B, another pair of paper folding rollers 22A and 22B, and the paper folding rollers 21A and 22A. Stopper 23 and paper folding rollers 21B and 2
And a tray 24 disposed between 2B and.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when the overlapped paper piece 2 sent from the feed roller 12 is carried in between the paper folding rollers 21A and 21B, first, the tip of the overlapped paper piece 2 is stopped by the stopper 23. Is contacted with the sheet, the direction of the sheet is changed, the sheet is fed between the paper folding rollers 21B and 22A, and enters the tray 24. After that, the overlapped paper piece 2 has the tip of the tray 2.
4, but the paper folding rollers 21B and 22
Since it is further sent out by A, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the folding line 4 of the overlapped sheet piece 2 is sandwiched between the sheet folding rollers 22A and 22B. Thus, the overlapped paper piece 2
The paper folding rollers 22 </ b> A and 22 </ b> B fold the paper along the folding line 4 perpendicular to the transport direction and carry it out of the paper folding machine 13 as shown in FIG. 3C.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the slitter 14 has slitter rolls 14A and 14 arranged substantially vertically.
Between B, the overlapping paper piece 2 folded by the paper folding machine 13 can be inserted. Further, the slitter 14 is configured to be able to cut the overlapped paper piece 2 folded by the paper folding machine 13 along a cutting line 5 (FIG. 5 (A)) in a direction coinciding with the conveying direction (FIG. 5 (A)). (C)). With this slitter 14,
The overlapped paper piece 2 has a predetermined area equal to each other.
Are divided into two, and these overlapping paper pieces 3 are arranged in two rows in parallel, and the overlapping paper pieces 3 in each row are fed by the timing feed roller 15
And is conveyed to the alignment conveyor 17 (conveying direction A).

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 (A) and 4, the aligning conveyor 17 is continuously provided along the conveying direction A of the slitter 14, and the two rows of superposed sheet pieces conveyed from the slitter 14 are conveyed. One row of superposed sheet pieces 3 of 3 is carried in. The alignment conveyor 17 includes an alignment conveyor roll 26, an alignment conveyor belt 27, a presser ball 28, and an alignment guide 2.
It is configured with 9. A pair of alignment conveyor rolls 26
The aligning conveyor belt 27 is wound between them, and the aligning conveyor belt 27 is driven to run in the running direction B at a predetermined speed to carry the polymerized paper piece 3.

The alignment guide 29 is installed in the same direction as the transport direction A of the slitter 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the alignment conveyor belt 27 is configured to incline downward in the vertical direction toward the traveling direction B, and as shown in FIG. Is also configured to be inclined. Due to this inclination in the horizontal direction, the overlapped sheet pieces 3 placed on the aligning conveyor belt 27 are brought into sliding contact with the aligning guide 29 during conveyance, and are aligned in a line along the aligning guide 29. .

Further, a plurality of pressing balls 28 are arranged above the aligning conveyor belt 27 and press the overlapped paper pieces 3 placed on the aligning conveyor belt 27 to align these overlapped paper pieces 3. The conveyor belt 27 is integrated with the conveyor belt 27 for reliable transport.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A, the timing feed rollers 15 are paired up and down to form one set.
Three sets of timing feed rollers 15 are arranged in parallel along the transport direction of the slitter 14. These three sets of timing feed rollers 15 are installed adjacent to the alignment conveyor 17. These three sets of timing feed rollers 15 have one row of overlapped paper pieces 3 not conveyed to the alignment conveyor 17 among the two rows of overlapped paper pieces 3 conveyed from the slitter 14.
Is delivered. By carrying the superposed paper piece 3 between the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15 of each set, the superposed paper piece 3 is superposed on the aligning conveyor belt 27 of the aligning conveyor 17, as described later. The slitter 14 is conveyed in the same direction as the conveying direction A at a speed different from that of the sheet piece 3, for example, at a low speed. The timing feed roller 15 may be driven intermittently.

The right angle conveyer 16 is continuously provided in the conveying direction of the timing feed roller 15 and is arranged adjacent to the aligning conveyer 17. As shown in FIG. 2C, the right-angled conveyor 16 has a conveyor roll 30, a conveyor belt 31, and a presser ball 32.
A pair of transport conveyor rolls 30 and a transport conveyor belt 3
1 is wound around and driven to run. As shown in FIG. 1, the traveling direction C of the conveyor belt 31 is orthogonal to the alignment guide 29 of the alignment conveyor 17. Therefore, the overlapped sheet piece 3 conveyed from the timing feed roller 15 is converted into a right angle direction by the right angle conveyor 16 and conveyed onto the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17.

The conveying conveyor belt 31 of the right-angle conveying conveyor 16 is installed horizontally so that the superposed sheet pieces 3 fed from the timing feeding roller 15 can be carried in at the same level. Further, although the transfer conveyor belt 31 is installed horizontally, as described above, the transfer conveyor belt 31 of FIG. ), There is a level difference h in the vertical direction with respect to the alignment conveyor belt 27. Due to the level difference h, the overlapped sheet pieces 3 from the transport conveyor belt 31 are configured to drop onto the alignment conveyor belt 27.

A plurality of holding balls 32 of the right-angled conveyor 16 are arranged above the conveyor belt 31 and press the superposed sheet pieces 3 carried and placed on the conveyor belt 31. The superposed sheet piece 3 is integrated with the conveyor belt 31 for reliable conveyance. The holding force of the overlapping paper piece 3 by the pressing ball 32 and the transport conveyor belt 31 is smaller than the holding force of the overlapping paper piece 3 by the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the timing feed roller 15 conveys the overlapping sheet of paper 3 onto the conveyance conveyor belt 31 from the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15. Until it is carried out, it is held by the timing feed roller 15 and conveyed in the direction of arrow A, and when it is no longer held by the timing feed roller 15, it is held between the conveyer conveyor belt 31 and the presser ball 32, and then in the direction of arrow C. Be transported.

The conveying speed of the timing feed roller 15 is the same as that of the aligning conveyor belt 27 in the aligning conveyor 17.
And the conveyor belt 3 in the right-angle conveyor 16
It is set in relation to the traveling speed of 1. That is, while the one overlapped sheet piece 3 cut by the slitter 14 and conveyed to the alignment conveyor 17 is conveyed by the alignment conveyor 17, the other overlapped sheet piece 3 is divided into two. Through the timing feed roller 15 and the right-angled conveyor 16, there is a predetermined space behind the one overlapping sheet 3 of paper, and the slitter 14 cuts the sheet into two and conveys it onto the conveyor 17. The traveling speed of the timing feed roller 15 is equal to the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor belt 27 so that it can be carried in front of the succeeding one overlapped sheet piece 3 with the same interval as the predetermined interval. It is set against.

In this way, the superposed sheet pieces 3 carried onto the aligning conveyor belt 27 from the conveyer conveyor belt 31 of the right-angle conveyer conveyor 16 are arranged on the aligning conveyor belt 27.
While traveling by the slitter 14, the slitter 14 simultaneously cuts the paper into two parts and arranges them in a line behind the overlapped sheet pieces 3 placed on the alignment conveyor belt 27 at a predetermined interval.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B, the crimping machine 18 comprises a pair of upper and lower crimping rollers 33A and 33B and a pair of upper and lower crimping rollers 34A and 34B. The pressure-bonding rollers 33A and 33B supply the overlapped sheet piece 3 carried out from the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17 between the pressure-bonding rollers 34A and 34B. Then, by the pressing of the pressure bonding rollers 34A and 34B, the adhesive surface 6 (FIGS. 5C and 5G) of the overlapped paper piece 3 is adhered by the pseudo adhesive, and the overlapped paper piece 1 is manufactured.

The stacker 19 has two sets of stacker conveyors 35A and 35B and a stacker guide 36. The stacker conveyors 35A and 35B are arranged side by side, and the stacker guide 36 is installed on the rear portion of these stacker conveyors 35A and 35B. Therefore, the polymerized paper pieces 1 produced by the pressure bonding machine 18 are sequentially fed onto the stacker conveyors 35A and 35B, and the stacker conveyor 3
By the traveling of 5A and 35B, the overlapped paper pieces 1 on the stacker conveyors 35A and 35B are moved to the stacker guide 36.
Accumulated in.

According to the above-described embodiment, one of the two superposed sheet pieces 3 cut and conveyed at the same time by the slitter 14 is carried over to the alignment conveyer 17, and the other superposed sheet piece 3 is conveyed. 3 is changed by the timing feed roller 15 to a speed lower than the speed of the overlapped sheet pieces 3 on the aligning conveyor 17, and is conveyed onto the aligning conveyor 17 via the right-angle conveyer 16. At this time, due to the change in speed made by the timing feed roller 15, the overlapped paper piece 3 on the right-angle conveyor 16 is moved on the aligning conveyor 17,
At the same time, it is carried into the rear side of the one overlapped sheet piece 3 formed by being cut into two parts at a predetermined interval, and is cut into two parts by the slitter 14 and is carried into the alignment conveyor 17. It is carried in front of the overlapped paper piece 3 with a space substantially the same as the predetermined space. Therefore, slitter 1
The two superposed sheet pieces 3 conveyed in parallel from 4 can be conveyed while being aligned in a line on the aligning conveyor 17 with a predetermined interval and without changing the order.

Further, since the pressing balls 32 and 28 are installed on the right-angle conveying conveyor 16 and the aligning conveyor 17, the superposed paper pieces 3 can be pressed and conveyed by the pressing balls 28 onto the aligning conveyor belt 27, and the pressing balls can also be pressed. The polymerized paper piece 3 can be pressed against the transfer conveyor belt 31 and transferred by 32. Therefore, the overlapping sheet pieces 3 can be reliably conveyed by the right-angle conveying conveyor 16 and the aligning conveyor 17 without causing positional displacement.

FIG. 6 (A) is a plan view showing a part of an apparatus for producing polymerized paper pieces to which another embodiment of the aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 6 (B) is shown in FIG. 6 (A). FIG. 6 is a VIB arrow view of FIG. In the other embodiments, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Apparatus 4 for producing polymerized paper pieces in this embodiment
The aligning / conveying device 41 in 0 has a slitter 14 as a multi-row conveying device, an aligning conveyor 17, a pair of timing feed rollers 15 as a timing changing mechanism, and a skew conveying conveyor 42. . The skew conveyance conveyor 42 is connected to the timing feed roller 15 in the conveyance direction and is installed adjacent to the alignment conveyor 17. The skew conveying conveyer 42 has skew conveying conveyer mechanisms 42A and 42B. These skew conveying conveyer mechanisms 42A and 42B are directed from the timing feed roller 15 to a substantially central portion in the axial direction of the alignment conveyer 17. , Are arranged horizontally inclined.

Each of the skew conveying conveyer mechanisms 42A and 42B has a conveying conveyer roll 43, a conveying conveyer belt 44 and a pressing ball 45. The transport conveyor belt 44 includes a pair of transport conveyor rolls 43.
It is wound around, driven, and conveyed in the direction of arrow D.
By the traveling of the conveyor belt 44, the overlapped sheet pieces 3 sent from the timing feed roller 15 are conveyed obliquely to the aligning conveyor 17, and the aligning conveyor 17
It is dropped onto the alignment conveyor belt 27 of.

The presser ball 45 is attached to the conveyor belt 4
A plurality of sheets of paper 4 are arranged above the transporting belt 4 to press the sheets of superposed paper 3 between them and the conveyor belt 44, so that the sheets of superposed paper 3 can be transported reliably without displacement. The holding force of the overlapping sheet piece 3 between the pressing ball 45 and the conveyor belt 44 is set to be smaller than the holding force of the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15. Therefore,
Overlapped paper piece 3 conveyed from the timing feed roller 15
However, the overlapping sheet 3 is conveyed by the conveyer conveyor belt 44 only when the sheet 3 is separated from the timing feed roller 15.

The traveling speed of the timing feed roller 15 in this embodiment is from the skew conveying conveyor 42 to the aligning conveyor 1
One superposed sheet piece 3 conveyed to 7 is conveyed at a predetermined interval behind the other superposed sheet piece 3 that has been simultaneously cut into two parts by the slitter 14 and conveyed to the conveyor 17. In addition, the superposed paper piece 3 is cut in two and is conveyed in the front of the succeeding superposed paper piece 3 that is conveyed on the alignment conveyor 17 so that the superposed paper piece 3 is carried at a distance substantially equal to the predetermined distance. It is set to be slower than the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor 17.

Therefore, also in this embodiment, one of the two superposed sheet pieces 3 cut by the slitter 14 and conveyed in parallel is directly conveyed to the aligning conveyor 17,
The other is conveyed on the alignment conveyor 17 via the timing feed roller 15 and the skew conveyance conveyor 42, behind the one overlapped sheet piece 3 at a predetermined interval. Further, the other overlapped paper piece 3 is conveyed in front of the overlapped paper piece 3 which is next cut by the slitter 14 and directly conveyed to the alignment conveyer 17 at a distance substantially the same as the predetermined interval. .
As a result, the two superposed sheet pieces 3 cut in two by the slitter 14 can be aligned in a line on the aligning conveyor 17 at a predetermined interval and in order.

The aligning / conveying device 2 in both the above embodiments.
In 0 and 41, each timing feed roller 15
Although the traveling speed of 1 is set to be slower than the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor 17, it may be set to be higher. In this case, the superposed sheet pieces 3 conveyed from the right-angle conveying conveyor 16 or the oblique conveying conveyor 42 onto the aligning conveyor 17 are simultaneously cut into two parts by the slitter 17 and directly conveyed onto the aligning conveyor 17. The sheet 3 is conveyed in front of the sheet piece 3 with a predetermined interval.

[0036]

As described above, according to the aligning / conveying apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel can be arranged and conveyed in a line at a predetermined interval.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an apparatus for producing polymerized paper pieces to which an embodiment of an aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

2 (A), (B), and (C) are each the same as FIG.
IIA arrow view, IIB arrow view and IIC arrow view.

FIG. 3 is an operation diagram showing an operation of the paper folding machine of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the alignment conveyor of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a process diagram showing a process in which a folded folded paper piece is manufactured from the folded paper piece.

6A is a plan view showing a part of an apparatus for producing polymerized paper pieces to which another embodiment of the aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 6B is a VIB of FIG. 6A. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a conventional aligning and conveying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Polymerized Paper Pieces 10 Manufacturing Equipment for Polymerized Paper Pieces 14 Slitters 14A, 14B Slitter Rolls 15 Timing Feed Rollers 16 Right Angle Conveyors 17 Aligning Conveyors 20 Aligning Conveyors 27 Aligning Conveyor Belts 31 Conveyor Conveyor Belt

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A multi-row transporting machine for simultaneously transporting a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows, and an aligning conveyor which is continuously provided in the transporting direction of the multi-row transporting machine and runs at a predetermined speed to align and transport the articles in a row. , A timing changing mechanism which is continuously installed in the carrying direction of the multi-row carrying machine and is installed adjacent to the aligning conveyor and runs at a speed different from the running speed of the aligning conveyor, and a running direction of the timing changing mechanism Adjacent to the alignment conveyor and the conveyor conveys the article carried in from the timing change mechanism onto the alignment conveyor, and the timing change mechanism, the alignment from the conveyor. The traveling speed is adjusted so that the articles delivered to the conveyor are conveyed at a predetermined interval between the articles placed adjacently on the alignment conveyor. Aligning conveyor device relative to the running speed of the conveyor is obtained is set. 2. The conveying conveyor is a right-angle conveying conveyor arranged at right angles to the traveling directions of the timing changing mechanism and the aligning conveyor, and the articles from the timing changing mechanism are converted into the right-angled direction to be on the aligning conveyor. The aligning / conveying device according to claim 1, which is for conveying to. 3. The transport conveyor is an oblique transport conveyor that is obliquely arranged with respect to the timing changing mechanism and the aligning conveyor, and the article from the timing changing mechanism is run diagonally to be carried onto the aligning conveyor. The aligning and conveying apparatus according to claim 1, which is a thing. 4. The aligning / conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the timing changing mechanism includes a timing roller.