JPH0640524A - Feeding device for corrugated board case - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the feeding device of a corrugated board case capable of flexibly coping with the change of the size of the corrugated board case and suitable for minimizing the installation space. CONSTITUTION:Rotary shafts 4 each provided with a sprocket 5 are provided at the upper section and lower section of a stanchion 1, an endless chain 6 is suspended across the upper and lower sprockets 5, multiple racks 2 vertically moved along a guide rail 12 are provided on the stanchion 1, the horizontal lever 17 of the uppermost rack 2 is fixed to the endless chain 6 via a hook tool 18, and a link mechanism vertically connecting the racks 2 is provided. The link mechanism is constituted of arms 13, fixing pins 15 on the rack 2 side, moving pins 16, and stoppers 14 each adjusting the opening angle between the upper and lower arms 13 on the moving pin 16, the vertical interval of the racks 2 is adjusted according to the size of a corrugated board case via the opening angle of the link mechanism, and the used racks 2 are stacked on the floor by utilizing the function of the link mechanism.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a corrugated board case feeder, and more particularly to a corrugated board case feeder for inserting bottles and the like into a line in a state of being packed in corrugated board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a line handling bottles and the like, a conveyor line has been conventionally used as a conveying means. This method using a conveyor line is an apparatus mainly composed of a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor, and has been put to practical use as a means for efficiently supplying and conveying a large number of cardboard cases packed with a single type of work. However, in the case of bottles of high-mix low-volume production such as cosmetic bottles, the shape and size of a single bottle is frequently changed, and the size of the corrugated cardboard case also changes accordingly. In addition, a conveyor-based transport device tends to be large and long with the amount of corrugated cardboard cases stocked, requires a large installation space, and cannot perform a setup change of a compact device by a simple operation.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a corrugated board case supply device which can flexibly cope with a change in the size of the corrugated board case and which is suitable for minimizing the installation space. To provide.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to install a rotating shaft having sprockets on the upper and lower parts between columns, and to hang the endless chain on the upper and lower sprockets, and to move vertically by being guided by the columns. A plurality of racks are provided, and a means for connecting the upper and lower sides of the racks is provided. By using the function of the connecting means, the vertical intervals of the racks are adjusted according to the size of the cardboard case, while the used racks are Achieved by stacking on the floor.

[0005]

[Operation] Since the vertical spacing of the racks can be adjusted to suit the height of the cardboard cases, it is flexible even if the size of the cardboard cases changes, and the cardboard cases can be loaded on all racks. Then, the racks are vertically stocked, and the racks that have been used are piled up and stacked and held on the floor, so that the apparatus can be compactly installed in a small floor area.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention and is a configuration diagram of a supply device for a cardboard case containing a bottle. In FIG. 1, the supply device for a cardboard case containing a bottle is formed of a column 1, a rack 2, and a rack vertical drive mechanism 3. The pillar 1 is 2 on the floor
Mainly erection. The rack 2 is composed of two arms extending laterally and interconnected with the endless chain 6 to support the pillar 1
It is guided by and can be moved up and down. The rack up-and-down drive mechanism 3 includes a rotating shaft 4 provided on the upper and lower portions,
Upper and lower sprockets 5 attached to the rotating shaft 4, and an endless chain 6 suspended on both sprockets 5.
Consists of. In order to drive the rack up-and-down drive mechanism 3, a motor with a brake (not shown) capable of forward and reverse rotation is used.
To use. Further, 7 is a cardboard case containing a bottle, 8 is a vertically movable table shown by a dotted line in the figure, 9 is a fixed plate provided on the vertically movable table, 10 is a double-sided sandwiching plate, and 11 is housed in the cardboard case 7. Showing a bottle.

FIG. 2 is a transverse cross-sectional view of this embodiment, showing a rack 2 on which a cardboard case 7 with a bottle is placed, which is hung above a column 1. In FIG. 2, a guide rail 12 is laid on a column 1 to guide the rack 2 up and down.
The racks 2 are connected by a link mechanism including an arm 13, one end of the arm 13 is connected to a fixed pin 15 of the rack 2, and the other end is fitted to another arm 13 by a movable pin 16. In addition, a stopper 14 is provided on the arm 13,
The opening angle of the arm 13 is adjusted by the stopper 14. Therefore, the vertical interval of the rack 2 determined by the height dimension of the bottled cardboard case 7 is determined by adjusting the opening angle of the arm 13 by the stopper 14. A horizontal rod 17 is attached between two arms extending in the lateral direction of the rack 2, and the horizontal rod 17 and the endless chain 6 are fixed via a locking tool 18 to connect the rack 2 and the endless chain 6. The illustrated state is the endless chain 6
Is rotated upward, and its lifting force is transmitted to the rack 2 via the locking tool 18, and at the same time, transmitted to the rack 2 of the next stage via the link mechanism including the arm 13.
Reference numeral 19 is a reinforcing member for the rack 2, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same objects.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of this embodiment, in which the rack 2 after taking out the cardboard case 7 with a bottle is attached to the support 1
It shows a state of being housed below. 3, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 indicate the same objects. The rotary shaft 4'and the sprocket 5'are used when the endless chain 6 becomes long. When the endless chain 6 is rotated downward after the bottled cardboard case 7 is taken out, the rack 2 rotates the link mechanism including the arm 13 around the fixed pin 15 and the movable pin 16 as shown in the drawing, and at the same time, stops the stopper. 16 is detached from the arm 13 and is compactly stacked.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First,
As shown in FIG. 1, when the corrugated cardboard cases 7 with bottles are loaded one by one on the racks 2 of each stage and are in the stock state, the racks 2 on the uppermost stage and the endless chain 6 are connected to each other by a locking tool 18. Therefore, the endless chain 6 is in a pulled state, the rack 2 at the next stage and below is maintained in a suspended state via the link mechanism including the arm 13, and the vertical interval of the rack 2 is kept constant. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the vertical interval of the rack 2 is adjusted by the stopper 14 to adjust the opening angle of the arm 13 so as to adapt to the height of the cardboard case 7. Next, when the cardboard case 7 is supplied from the rack 2 to the vertically movable table 8, the control system is set to the supply mode of the cardboard case 7 and the motor is started by the switch operation, the rack vertical drive mechanism 3 is driven, The endless chain 6 moves downward through the sprocket 5. The rack 2 moves downward along the guides 12 of the support columns 1 and stops when it descends by one stage of the rack. Then, the cardboard case 7 containing the bottle 11 is taken out from the rack 2 to the vertically movable table 8. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated to supply the cardboard case 7 to the vertically movable table 8. As shown in FIG. 1, the corrugated board case 7 is positioned, shaped and housed in the fixed plate 9 and the double-sided sandwiching plate 10 of the vertically movable table 8. When the cardboard case 7 is removed from the rack 2, the rack 2 is used up. Since the racks 2 of each stage are connected to each other by the link mechanism including the arms 13, when the endless chain 6 moves downward, the stoppers 14 move the arm 13 as shown in FIG.
The racks 2, which have been used up and are no longer in use, are piled up and held on the floor in an overlapping manner and accommodate all racks 2. Here, the take-out level of the cardboard case 7, that is, the stop position of the rack 2 is set to the level in which all the racks 2 are accommodated. Next, when the cardboard case 7 is stored in the rack 2, the control system is set to the storage mode of the cardboard case 7, the cardboard case 7 of the vertically movable table 8 is transferred to the rack 2, and then a switch operation is performed. The chain 6 moves upward. The rack 2 is a guide 12 of the column 1.
When you move upward along the line and move up by one rack,
Stop. Then, the corrugated board case 7 next to the vertically movable table 8 is transferred to the next rack 2. By repeating this operation, the cardboard cases 7 are stored in all the racks 2. In this way, the cardboard cases 7 are loaded on all the racks 2 and are stocked in the vertical direction. It should be noted that although the stop position of the rack 2 has been described as a method of moving the rack one stage upward or downward, the passage of the rack 2 is detected by a sensor,
Positioning can also be stopped. Further, instead of the vertically movable table 8 of this embodiment, another corrugated cardboard case 7 is appropriately used.
Needless to say, the supply and removal means of

[0010]

According to the present invention, the vertical spacing of the racks can be adjusted to adapt to the height dimension of the cardboard case, so that it is possible to flexibly cope with the change in the size of the cardboard case. . In addition, cardboard cases are loaded on all racks and stocked vertically, and used racks are piled up and held on the floor, so it is possible to install the equipment compactly on a small floor area. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a supply device for a cardboard case containing a bottle, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present embodiment, showing a state in which a rack 2 on which a bottled cardboard case 7 is placed is lifted above a column 1.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the present embodiment, showing a state in which the rack 2 after taking out the bottled corrugated cardboard case 7 is housed below the support column 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 It is formed from columns 2 and racks 3. The pillar 1 is a floor 2 a rack 3 a vertical drive mechanism 4 a rotary shaft 5 a sprocket 6 an endless chain 6 7 a cardboard case containing a bottle 8 a vertically movable table 12 a guide rail 13 an arm 14 a stopper 15 a fixed pin 16 a movable pin 17 a horizontal rod 18 a lock Ingredient

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rotating shaft having sprockets is erected between upper and lower parts between columns, an endless chain is hung on the upper and lower sprockets, and a plurality of racks are provided which are vertically moved by being guided by the columns. A corrugated cardboard supply device, characterized in that the upper and lower intervals are adjusted according to the size of the corrugated cardboard case, and used racks are stacked on the floor.