JPH069026A - Automatic transfer device for hanger trolley - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rationalize a handling system by automating hanging and removing of a hanger to and from a hanger trolley so as to save labor of hanging work. CONSTITUTION:Between a bar for hanging hanger 2 of a hanger trolley 30 running along a bar for running 1 and a hanging plate 3 is constituted so that a hanger 6 can pass through, and when the trolley 30 is moved, the bar for hanging 4 is closed by rotation levers 8, 8', 9 and 9' with springs so that the hanger 6 will not come out. At the position for transferring the hanger, a power cylinder 15 is provided for fixing the hanger trolley 30 and for releasing the levers 8, 8', 9 and 9' at that position, and a fin or propelling claw conveying body 19 is provided for discharging the hanger 6 which was hung to the next process such as a slide bar 29 outside the trolley 30 and for storing the hunger 6 inserted from the previous process such as a feeder 29' into the bar for hanging 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to handling during the production, collection and delivery of clothing items, and more particularly to an automated handling apparatus for hanging clothing items on a hanger.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been dependent on human beings to hang or remove a hanger from a hanger trolley, and automation of this transfer has been delayed, and in general, the hanger trolley itself cannot be transported. In many cases, it depends on human power, and the automation and rationalization of the handling of the process before and after the hanger trolley has not evolved so much.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a transfer device for automating the hanging and unhooking of a hanger with respect to a hanger trolley that is conventionally performed manually.

[0004]

In order to achieve this object, an automatic transfer device for a hanger trolley according to the present invention comprises:
A structure that allows the hanger to pass between the hanger suspension bar of the hanger trolley that runs along the travel bar and the suspension plate, and a rotating lever with a spring to prevent the hanger from coming off when the trolley moves. Hanger trolley configured to close the bar, and fixing the hanger trolley at the position to transfer the hanger,
At that position, the power cylinder for opening the lever and the suspended hanger are discharged to the slide bar of the next process outside the trolley, or the hanger inserted from the feeder of the previous process is stored in the suspension bar. A fin or propulsion pawl carrier is provided.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of a hanger trolley 30 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a circular cross-section for running a hanger trolley in which the lower end side is fixedly suspended from the front side of the drawing by a suspension hook (not shown) so as to keep a constant distance from the ceiling of a clothing production site or a collection / delivery center. Bars 2 and 2'are running wheels rotatably mounted on hanger trolley suspension plates 3 and 3'for traveling by being suspended on them, and 4 are circular bars for hanging hangers, and the surface of which is processed to be slippery. And Hanging plate 3,
The connecting portions 5 and 5'of the 3'and the circular bar 4 have a hook-shaped cross section so that the hook metal 7 of the hanger 6 can pass through while sliding without hitting the hanging plates 3 and 3 '. . Reference numerals 8, 8 ', 9, 9'are rotating shafts 10, 1 for supporting the suspension plates 3, 3'by levers rotatably mounted on the suspension plates 3, 3'.
At 0 ', the elastic force of the spring always acts in the P direction shown in the figure,
The levers 8 and 8 ′ are pressed against the circular bar 4. The cross-sectional shape of the bars 1 and 4 is not limited to the circular shape, and other shapes such as an ellipse and a square can be adopted.

FIG. 3 is an overall view of an automatic transfer device for automatically ejecting and inserting a large number of hangers 6 hung on the hanger trolley 30, and FIG. 4 is a side view thereof. When the hanger trolley 30 of FIG. 1 travels on the traveling bar 1 and enters the terminals 11 and 12 to be transferred, the cylinders for the stoppers 13 and 13 'equipped on the terminal 11 side by a proximity sensor (not shown). 14, 1
4'actuated, stoppers 13 and 13 'move from position A to position B
It projects into position and stops the hanger trolley 30. Next, the cylinder 15 equipped on the terminal 12 side for opening the lever 8 is moved from the C position to the D position by the operation of the position moving cylinder 17 and the swing levers 16 and 16 ', and subsequently by the operation of the opening cylinder 15. Since the lever 9 is pushed in the Q direction by the piston bar 18,
The lever 8 springs up like a U from the spring of the rotary shaft 10.

A soft fin 1 mounted on the terminal 12 side
Endless belt 20 with 9 is a circular bar 4 for hanging a hanger.
It is suspended by a driving wheel 21 and a driven wheel 22 so as to be driven in parallel with and is driven by a driving motor 25. The original driven wheels 21 and 22 are bearing bearings 23, 23 'and 24, 2
4'are each rotatably supported, and these bearings 23, 23 'and 24, 24' are gathered together by a frame 26 of integral structure. The frame 26 is connected to a power cylinder 29 via a piston rod 28 while being slidably held by a frame frame 27 fixed to the terminal 12 side.

A sensor (not shown) for the movement of the endless belt 20 with the soft fin 19 when the lever 8 has been completely flipped up.
As a result, the power cylinder 29 is actuated to move the center of the endless belt 20 from position E to position F, and as shown in FIG. 5, the fin 19 makes light contact with the hanger hook metal 7, and at the same time the motor 25 that drives the prime mover 21 is moved. The belt 20 advances in the T direction by starting and rotating in the R direction, and the hook metal 7 of the hanger 6 advances downward along with the movement of the fin 19 in the pressure contact state, so that the hanger 6 continuously stands by. The sheet is discharged to the transport system such as the slide bar 31 in the next step.

The above is the operation in the case of automatic ejection of the present invention, but in the present invention, this can be applied to automatic insertion from outside the system. FIG. 3 also shows the case of a terminal for automatic insertion, and the stoppers 14 and 14 'and the endless belt relationship can be applied as they are. In the case of automatic insertion, the insertion hanger 6 is inserted from the rear part of the hanger trolley 30, so that the opening / closing lever functions as the rear levers 8'and 9'and the endless belt 20 is activated before the insertion is started. This is different from the above-mentioned discharge case. That is, after the hanger trolley 30 is fixed, the hanger 6 is moving in the T direction by opening the lever 8 ′ and activating the endless belt 20 before starting to enter from the transport system of the previous process, for example, the slide bar 31 ′. The entered hanger 6 is automatically sent to the inner side of the circular bar 4 and can store a predetermined number of apparel.

In the embodiment described above, instead of the endless belt 20, a rodless reciprocating thinner 20 is used.
a can be used. FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 show an embodiment of this case, and a rodless reciprocating cylinder 20 equipped on the terminal 12 side with a propulsion pawl 19a.
As shown in FIG. 7, a is fixed by a frame 27a in parallel with the hanger suspension circular bar 4, and the frame 27a is slidably held by a frame frame 27 fixed to the terminal 12 side, and a piston rod 28 is attached. It is connected to the power cylinder 29 via. Other configurations are
This is similar to that described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. The rodless cylinder 20a 'for insertion has a stroke length L sufficiently shorter than the length of the rodless cylinder 20a, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, and its propulsion pawl 19a (G).
By pressing the hanger 7 with, the insertion of the hanger 7 into the circular bar 4 from the slide bar 31 ′ in the previous step can be executed.

Rodless reciprocating cylinders 20a, 20
a'is a rod fixing cylinder reciprocating type,
Such as a type in which an external slider is driven by the movement of the piston via a magnet, a type in which the reciprocating motion of the piston is converted into a rotational motion by a chain and wheels connected to the piston, and the torque is extracted to the outside and converted into a reciprocating motion. Any format can be adopted.

In operation, the reciprocating cylinder 20a with the propulsion pawl 19a activates the power cylinder 29 by a sensor (not shown) for the completion of the bouncing up of the lever 8 so that the center of the reciprocating cylinder 20a is located at the position E. When the propulsion pawl 19a contacts the hanger hook hardware 7, the reciprocating cylinder 20a operates at the same time as the propulsion pawl 19a moves to the position F, the propulsion pawl 19a moves in the T direction, and the hook hardware 7 of the hanger 6 moves to the left in FIG. In order to proceed, the hanger 6 is ejected to the transport system such as the slide bar 29 in the next process which is in a standby state in conjunction with each other.

The operation after the completion of ejection and insertion is as follows.
Although it can be roughly understood by reversing the order of the above operations, it will be omitted, but it is necessary to clarify here where to obtain the start time, that is, how to set the completion time of ejection and insertion. In general, the number of apparel hung on the suspension circular bar 4 varies depending on its type, and therefore varies. Therefore, the unit time of automatic ejection and insertion in the device of the present invention is controlled as follows. The discharge time is controlled by a timer according to the longest time required for discharge. The time until the insertion is completed is controlled by a sensor that detects the approach of the apparel when it approaches and a preset counter count amount.

[0014]

As has been described in detail above, the present invention is a hanger trolley in which simple equipment is provided so that it does not become particularly expensive even when compared with a general hanger trolley, and a minimum number of required hangers. With the automatic transfer device equipped with the insertion and ejection terminals, it is possible to take out the hanger from the hanger trolley, which conventionally relies mostly on human power, and save the labor of suspension work. Therefore, it can be applied to the rationalization of the system in the production line of sewn products and the rationalization of the handling system in the collection and delivery center of finished sewn products, which is a great practical effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a hanger trolley used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing one structural example of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view corresponding to FIG.

5 is a partial plan view showing a transportation state of a hanger in the device of the present invention in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another configuration example of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view corresponding to FIG.

8 is a partial plan view showing a transportation state of a hanger in the device of the present invention in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hanger trolley circular cross-section bar 2, 2'Running wheel 3, 3'Hanger trolley suspension plate 4 Circular bar 5, 5 'Connection part 6 Hanger 7 Hook hardware 8, 8', 9, 9 'Lever 10, 10 'Rotary shaft 11,12 Terminal 13,13' Stopper 14,14 'Stopper cylinder 15 Opening cylinder 16,16' Swing lever 17 Position moving cylinder 18 Piston bar 19 Soft fin 19a Hard propulsion pawl 20 Endless belt 20a Reciprocating cylinder 20a 'Insertion reciprocating cylinder 21 Drive wheel 22 Driven wheel 23, 23', 24, 24 'Bearing 25 Motor 26 Frame 27 Frame frame 27a Frame 28 Piston rod 29 Power cylinder 30 Hanger trolley 31, 31' Slide bar

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A running bar, a plurality of suspension plates suspended from the traveling bar via traveling wheels, and lower end portions of the plurality of suspension plates being parallel to the traveling bar. A hanger trolley having a suspension bar fixedly connected, and a pair of terminals arranged so as to face each other across a transport path of the hanger trolley formed below the traveling bar, and The suspension plate has an opening / closing lever that is elastically provided in the central direction of the suspension bar so that the hanger suspended on the suspension bar does not fall out, and one of the pair of terminals has the transport path. A movable stopper for stopping the movement of the suspension plate on the traveling bar for temporarily stopping the hanger trolley conveyed along the suspension bar, and the suspension on the other side of the pair of terminals. A carrier that conveys a large number of fins or propulsion pawls that lightly contact the hook hardware of the hanger suspended on a bar so as to be parallel to the suspension bar of the hanger trolley at a minute interval and sequentially maintain a constant interval; A body drive mechanism, a slide holding mechanism that integrally holds the carrier and the carrier drive mechanism so as to be slidable facing the suspension bar, and a lever control mechanism that controls opening and closing of the opening and closing lever. And an automatic transfer of a hanger trolley configured to perform automatic transfer of the hanger between the suspension bar and the transport path of the next step in a state where the trolley is stopped at the pair of terminals. Mounting device. 2. The fins, which are conveyed in parallel to the suspension bar of the hanger trolley with a minute gap and contact the hook metal of the hanger suspended on the suspension bar, are provided at constant intervals. The hanger trolley automatic transfer device according to claim 1, which is an endless belt with fins. 3. A reciprocating propulsion pawl, which is arranged in parallel with the suspension bar of the hanger trolley at a small interval and is in contact with a hook metal object of the hanger suspended from the suspension bar, at a constant interval. The automatic transfer device for a hanger trolley according to claim 1, which is a rodless reciprocating cylinder for carrying.