JPH0664734A - Goods alignment and feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a goods alignment and feeding device where goods are surely accommodated in a transferring means, generation of defective goods such as damages to the goods caused by stuffing and biting of the goods is reduced, the labor saving can be achieved. CONSTITUTION:In a goods alignment and feeding device A where goods (b) which are randomly charged are arranged, and the direction of the goods is aligned and the goods are supplied, an accommodating part 25 where the upper part to accommodate the projecting part b2 of the goods (b) in the upside-down position of the goods (b) and the pushingly feeding side are opened is added to a pushingly feeding body 8 in a transferring means. This constitution eliminates the troubles such as stuffing and biting of the goods at an inverting part of the goods, and the unmanned alignment and supply of the goods is achieved because the maintenance personnel can be dispensed with to cope with this kind of troubles. At the same time, deterioration of the value of the goods due to the damages of the container does not happen, and the operational efficiency is greatly improved because the production line never stops due to such accidents.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article aligning / delivering device capable of orderly feeding articles, for example, to a processor for filling a container with liquid or powder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, when transferring a container to a processing machine for filling a liquid such as a liquid or powder into a cylindrical container, a large amount of the container is placed on a conveyer and automatically. The container b is continuously and rapidly supplied, and as shown in FIG. 4, the container b is formed of a synthetic resin in a cylindrical shape, and a cap for sealing is capped on the upper part of the body. A mouth portion b2 having a smaller diameter than b1 is projected.

In response to the above-mentioned high-speed processing, the cylindrical containers b are inevitably continuously mechanically loaded into the conveyor in a large amount in a random state, and during the transportation thereof, each container b is As shown in FIG. 5, it is supported by a protrusion (engagement member) 41 of a conveyor 40 and aligned and transferred in a single row in a lying state. For example, this technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 46-11729. Devices for aligning and delivering misaligned containers are known.

The protrusions (engagement members) 41 attached to the conveyor 40 have a rectangular shape whose height and width do not exceed the dimension of the diameter of the container body, as shown in FIG. Each corner was smoothly chamfered.

The above-mentioned protrusion 41 is indispensable for stable transfer of the container b. However, when the container b is conveyed by the conveyor 40 having the protrusion 41, the mouth portion b2 of the container b or The shoulder passes over the dislodging member 42 while the shoulder portion remains on the projection 41, that is, as shown in FIG. 6A, the disposing of the misaligned container b by the dismounting member 42 can be performed. If it is sent to the upper side without being made, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the container pressing member 43 arranged at the terminal end of the conveyor 40.
In addition, the mouth portion b2 and the shoulder portion of the misaligned container b hit and get caught, or, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), they are pushed back and overlap on the succeeding container b, so that the container b is damaged. Cause defective products.

Further, when this phenomenon further progresses, the container b is crushed, and the container pressing member 43 is clogged and clogged, and the movement of the conveyor 40 is stopped, so that the container b cannot be supplied.

Further, the container pressing member 43 causes the mouth portion b2
The container b whose shoulders are pressed down floats at the bottom of the container and becomes unstable in placement on the conveyor 40. Therefore, when the container b is supplied to the chute, the container b is clogged.

The above-mentioned troubles such as biting and clogging of the container must be manually removed each time, which makes it impossible to unmanner the apparatus and save labor, and to speed up the processing machine in the subsequent process. Can't handle.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an article aligning and delivering method for aligning randomly placed articles and supplying the articles in one direction. In the apparatus, by providing the pushing body of the transfer means with the convex portion of the article, the upper part of which the article is stowed in the collapsed state, and the loading portion having an opening on the pushing side, the article can be reliably stored in the transportation means. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an article aligning / delivering device capable of reducing the occurrence of defective articles such as article damage due to article clogging and biting, and saving labor.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object are a machine casing having an article receiving / accommodating portion on the lower side thereof, and the inserting / accommodating portion attached to the machine casing at a predetermined inclination. The article is placed in a lying state, is moved upward from the loading and accommodating section, and has an aligning and transporting means having a substantially horizontal transporting section at a terminal end; and an operation means provided on the loading and accommodating section to both sides of the aligning and transporting means. With an alignment plate attached so that it can move up and down with
A removing member is provided above the aligning and transferring means in the vicinity of the aligning plate to drop an unaligned article on the aligning and transferring means downward, and a transfer member of the transferring means to prevent delusion of the article. An aligning and transferring device for an article, which comprises a pressing member and an article direction changing means which is provided at a transfer end of a transfer portion of the transfer means to align the articles in one direction, and which has a convex portion at a side end thereof. Is a transfer member having a flat upper portion that travels between the alignment plates, and a plurality of transfer members are provided on the upper surface of the transfer member at intervals such that the longitudinal direction of the article can be accommodated. In the configuration of the article aligning and delivering apparatus, the article aligning and delivering apparatus is provided with:

[0011]

The article aligning and delivering apparatus of the present invention constructed as described above has the following actions.

The articles supplied to the loading and accommodating section are sequentially raised one by one while being aligned in a lying state by the aligning plate on the aligning and transferring means. It is dropped into and is aligned again by the alignment plate.

At this time, among the articles in the form of transfer means, the projections of which correspond to the pusher body, the projections try to ride on the upper part of the pusher body. It is placed on the top in a stable posture in a lying state.

In this state, the articles move upward as the transfer means is driven. However, articles standing upright or overlapping with other articles are dropped by the drop-off member into the lower loading / accommodating section, and then again. Although the fall plate is aligned by the aligning plate, the articles stored in a stable posture between the pushing members are carried to the terminal end as they are without being affected by the removing member.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the articles from being unable to be transferred or to be damaged due to the jamming of the articles in the pressing member in the substantially horizontal conveying section, and to stably supply the articles to the processing machine.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the article aligning and delivering apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, A is an article aligning / delivering apparatus, which is used for a post-processing processor for filling an article, for example, a cylindrical container or the like with a liquid or granular material, as shown in FIG. A mouth part b2 is formed on the upper part of a cylindrical body part b1 made of plastic or the like, and various types of articles having different sectional shapes, body lengths, etc. The machine frame 2 is arranged and continuously transferred in one direction, and has a machine frame 2 having a container 1 for accommodating the container b, an alignment transfer means 3 attached to the machine frame 2, and an alignment transfer means 3. By the aligning plates 4 and 4, the removing member 5 provided above the aligning and transferring means 3, the holding member 6 for the container b, the container direction changing means 7, and the pushing body 8 provided in the transferring means 3. Basically composed.

The above-mentioned aligning and transferring means 3 is for carrying the container b in an upright state and carrying it in one direction by a driving means 9 such as a motor. The supporting shafts 10, 10 ... A plurality of transfer members 11 such as belts suspended at a predetermined inclination are arranged at a predetermined interval, and a substantially horizontal transfer unit 12 is provided at the upper end portion. On the upper surface of the member 11, a pushing body 8 which will be described in detail later is attached.

At the starting end of the aligning and transferring means 3, the machine frame 2 is provided with a loading and accommodating section 1 for randomly and continuously loading a large amount of the containers b.
The container b in the random posture is conveyed from the bottom to the upper transfer end.

The above-mentioned aligning plate 4 is movable in the vertical direction so that it is provided in the above-mentioned loading / accommodating portion 1 and protrudes on both sides of the transfer member 11 in the above-mentioned aligning / transferring means 3 above the transfer member 11. , A pair of which are attached in a substantially fan shape, and a main portion thereof is rotatably attached by a pivot shaft 13, and is vertically moved by a predetermined stroke by an operating means 14 described later, so that it is closed. The containers b in the container 1 are agitated, dispersed on the transfer member 11 and placed one by one, and the aligning plate 4 is also used for the adjacent transfer members 11 provided in multiple rows. By doing so, a pair is formed.

The operating means 14 is individually linked to the aligning plate 4 to move the aligning plate 4 up and down, and can be moved forward and backward by a fluid cylinder type such as a cam type, a pneumatic type or a screw type. In this embodiment, a cam plate 16 having a predetermined displacement amount and abutting against the lower edge of the alignment plate 4 is attached to the support shaft 15 supported by the machine frame 2. By rotating the support shaft 15 by a drive member 17 such as a motor, the desired vertical movement of the alignment plate 4 is performed.

The discharging member 6 is provided near the aligning plates 4 and 4 above the aligning and transferring means 3.
The unaligned container b on the aligning and transferring means 3 is dropped downward, and a plurality of blades 19 are radially attached to the rotating shaft 18, and the container b is conveyed to the transferring member 11 in an upright state.
Is scraped off to the lower loading / accommodating portion 1 by the blades 19 which are rotated in the opposite direction to the conveying direction, and the dropped container b is again aligned in a predetermined manner by the alignment plates 4 and 4. It is placed on the transfer member 11 in a lying state.

The above-mentioned container pressing member 6 is provided in the transfer section 12 of the above-mentioned transfer means 3, and restricts the movement of the container b which is deviated or jumped up when the container is changed by the container direction changing means 7 and has elasticity. The base portion of the holding plate 20 is fixed to the mounting portion 21, and the free end side thereof is arranged so as to correspond to the upper surface of the container b placed on the transport portion 12.

The container direction changing means 7 is provided at the final transfer end of the conveying means 4 so that the length direction of the container b which is sequentially fed toward the mouth side or the bottom side is one direction, for example. , Which is aligned with the mouth side, has a locking rod 23 which is rotatable forward and backward with respect to a support 22 provided at the terminal end on the upper side of the conveying means 4 and engages with the mouth of the container,
Send to 24 in a line.

A large number of the above-mentioned pushing-out bodies 8 are provided on the upper surface of the transfer member 11 in the above-mentioned transfer means 3 at intervals so that the longitudinal direction of the container b can be accommodated.
The container b is to be accommodated in the collapsed state of the container b, and the container 25 is provided as shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. The side is opened or the upper side and the pushing side are opened as shown in (b) .If the upper edge of the inner wall is chamfered, the mouth of the receiving portion 25 The drop of the part b1 is further improved.

Therefore, the container b placed on the transfer member 11
When the mouth portion b2 corresponds to the pushing body 8 side, the mouth portion b2 tries to ride on the upper portion of the pushing body 8, but since the receiving portion 25 is formed by notching this portion, Mouth b2
Is smoothly dropped into this, and as shown in the figure, it is placed in a lying state in which the body part b1 of the container b is in contact with the transfer member 11, so not only the discharging member 5 during the transfer but also Abnormal contact with the container pressing member 6 is eliminated, and slipping of the transfer member 11 caused by this causes the container to be unable to be transferred.
The container b will not be damaged.

Further, reference numeral 26 in FIG. 1 denotes a fixed guide plate provided at the terminal end of the aligning and transferring means 3, which is disposed on both sides of the transferring member 11 to guide the container b laterally.

[0028]

As described above, in the article aligning and delivering apparatus according to the present invention, since the pushing member attached to the transfer member in the aligning and transferring means is provided with the receiving portion for receiving the convex portion of the article, Trouble such as clogging or biting of articles in the reversing part of the product is eliminated, repair personnel for this trouble are unnecessary and unmanned supply of articles is achieved, and product value is reduced due to damage to the container. Will not occur.

Further, since the above-mentioned troubles are reduced as much as possible, the production line is not stopped for this purpose, and the working efficiency is greatly improved.

Since the convex portion of the article is accommodated in the receiving portion without riding on the pushing body, the chance of the article being removed by the removing member is reduced, and the supply amount of the article is increased accordingly. It has special effects such as.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an outline of an embodiment of an article alignment and delivery apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing each example of the pushing body in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an article transfer state by the apparatus in FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing an article used for the apparatus in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional projection for a container alignment and transfer device.

6 is an explanatory diagram of each example showing a container transfer state in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A article aligning and delivering device b article b2 convex section 1 input / accommodating section 2 machine casing 3 aligning and transferring means 4 aligning plate 5 expulsion member 6 holding member 7 container direction changing means 8 pusher 11 transfer member 25 receiving section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A machine frame having an article loading / accommodating section on a lower side, and a machine frame attached to the machine frame at a predetermined inclination to place the article in the loading / accommodating section in a lying state and transferred upward from the input / accommodating section. An aligning and transporting means having a substantially horizontal transporting portion at a terminal end thereof, an aligning plate which is provided in the input accommodating portion and vertically attached to both sides of the aligning and transporting means by operating means, and above the aligning and transporting means. Discharging member provided near the aligning plate for dropping the unaligned articles on the aligning and transferring means downward, a pressing member provided in the conveying portion of the transferring means for preventing delusion of the articles, and the transferring means. In the article aligning / delivering device, which comprises article direction changing means provided at a transfer end of the carrying section for aligning the articles in one direction, and having a convex portion at a side end thereof, the alignment transferring means travels between the alignment plates. The top is flat A plurality of transfer members are provided on the upper surface of the transfer member at intervals such that the longitudinal direction of the article can be accommodated, and the convex portion of the article is inserted in a collapsed state of the article,
An article aligning and delivering apparatus comprising: an upper portion thereof and a pushing body provided with a receiving portion having an opening on the pushing side.