JPH0692428A - Conveyance method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a conveyance method by which the conveyance of an article to be carried may be obtained without any damage to its surface with a simple structure. CONSTITUTION:By placing a plastic plastic case 14 or the like to be carried aslant on carrier members 11a, 11b disposed along a carrier passage, the plastic case 14 is carried with its edge parts 14a, 14b brought into contact with the surface of the carrier members.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for carrying a sensitive object such as an audio compact cassette tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a conveyor is generally used to convey an easily conveyed object such as a plastic case such as a compact cassette tape for audio. As shown in FIG. 5, such a plastic case carrying device 1 is composed of a carrying belt conveyor device 2 and guide walls 3 and 4 provided on both sides thereof. Here, the cover 5 of the plastic case of the audio compact cassette tape to be transported is
The belt conveyor device 2 is mounted on the belt 2a in an upright state. Further, the cover 5 is supported by the guide walls 3 and 4 from both sides so as not to fall in the left-right direction with respect to the transport direction.

According to the transporting device 1 thus constructed, the cover 5 is sequentially placed on the belt 2a of the belt conveyor device 2 so that the belt 2a
Can be transported along with the movement of the.

[0004]

However, according to such a conveying method, when the cover 5 stays on the belt 2a of the belt conveyor device 2 as shown in FIG. The covers 5 come into contact with each other on the belt 2a. At this time, the cover 5 itself is in an unstable standing state on the belt 2a, and the belt 2a continues to move. Therefore, this cover 5
Will vibrate or bounce on the belt 2a due to the friction between the cover 5 and the belt 2a.

Therefore, the covers 5 come into contact with each other and slide with respect to the side guide walls 3 and 4. Therefore, the surface of the cover 5 is damaged. In particular, the cover 5 has a problem that it is more likely to be scratched because the surface is soft immediately after molding.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a carrying method which allows a carried object to be carried by a simple structure without damaging the surface thereof. It is an object.

[0007]

According to the present invention, an object to be transferred is mounted on a transfer member arranged along a transfer path with an inclination. It is achieved by a transportation method in which the edges are contacted with the surface of the transport member.

At least one edge of the object to be conveyed is placed as a conveying member on the belt of the belt conveyor while being inclined.

At least one edge of the transported object case may be in contact with the sliding guide surfaces provided on both sides of the transportation member while being inclined.

Further, the edge portion of the conveyed object may be mounted as a conveying member on the sliding guide surface while being inclined.

[0011]

According to the above construction, since the object to be conveyed is placed on the belt or the sliding guide surface of the belt conveyor as the conveying member in a state of being obliquely inclined, the object to be conveyed is The edge will abut the surface of this belt or sliding guide. Further, the transported object is placed on the transport member in a relatively stable state.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that the examples described below are suitable specific examples of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are given, but the scope of the present invention particularly limits the present invention in the following description. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these modes.

1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the carrying method according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a carrying device for carrying out the carrying method according to the invention. In the figure, a conveying device 10 is a belt conveyor device 11 for conveying.
And guide walls 12 and 13 provided on both sides thereof.

Here, the belt conveyor device 11 is
It is configured as shown in FIG. In the figure, a belt conveyor device 11 includes two conveyor belts 11a and 11b arranged parallel to each other and at slightly different heights.
And the rotation of the rotary shaft of the drive motor 11c by the belt 1
Timing belt 11 that transmits to 1a and 11b
It is composed of d and 11e. As a result, the two belts 11a and 11b are arranged such that the upper portions thereof are moved at the same speed in the direction indicated by the arrow in the drawing. And these belts 11
The a and 11b are arranged as shown in FIG. That is, the belt 11a is slightly higher than the belt 11b.

According to the carrying device 10 thus constructed, when the cover 14 of the plastic case of, for example, the audio compact cassette tape as the object to be carried is placed on the belts 11a and 11b, the cover 14 is placed. One edge 14a of the belt 11 abuts on the surface of the belt 11a, and another edge 14b of the cover 14 abuts on the surface of the belt 11b. Therefore, the cover 14 can be supported and conveyed on the belts 11a and 11b in a state of being slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belts 11a and 11b.

Further, the cover 14 is loosely held by guide walls 12 and 13 arranged on both sides of the belt conveyor device 11. As a result, this cover 14
The movement of the belts 11a and 11b in the width direction can be restricted when the belts 11a and 11b are conveyed.
Since 4 is obliquely placed on the belts 11a and 11b, the edge portions of the guide walls 12 and 13 also come into contact with the guide walls 12 and 13.

Thus, in the illustrated case, the cover 14 is stably placed on the belts 11a and 11b of the belt conveyor device 11 in a substantially horizontal state, and further, the belts 11a and 11b and the guide wall. 12, 13
The edge portion comes into contact with each surface of the. This prevents the cover 14 from being scratched when it is transported.

Further, even if the cover 14 stays on the belts 11a and 11b and the covers 14 come into contact with each other on the belts 11a and 11b, the cover 14 itself remains stable. It is supported on the belts 11a and 11b. As a result, this belt 11a,
Even if 11b continues to move, the cover 14 does not vibrate or bounce on the belts 11a and 11b due to the friction between the cover 14 and the belts 11a and 11b.

FIG. 3 shows a modification of the carrying method shown in FIG. In FIG. 3 (A), the cover 14 has an edge portion 14a on the left side of the cover 14 for the transport belt 11a.
Instead of a substantially horizontal step 1 on the guide wall 12.
The embodiment is different from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that it is placed on 2a. Then, during transportation, the edge 14a of the cover 14
However, by sliding on the stepped portion 12a of the guide wall 12, it can be conveyed in a stable state. Moreover,
Since only the belt 11b is required, the structure is simple,
Costs can be reduced.

In FIG. 3 (B), the cover 14 has the right edge 14c placed on the belt 11b and the left edge 14a raised upward, and the guide wall 12 is covered. Is abutted against. As a result, the edge portion 14a can be supported and regulated by the guide wall 12 in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.

In FIG. 3C, the cover 14 is turned upside down, and the edge portion 14d of the cover 14 is the belt 1
The structure is the same as that of FIG. 3B except that it is mounted on 1b.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the carrying device for carrying out the carrying method according to the present invention. In FIG. 4, the carrying device 20 includes a first step 21 on which the edge 14a of the cover 14 is placed, a second step 22 on which the edge 14b of the cover 14 is placed, and both sides thereof. It is composed of two guide walls 23 and 24 disposed in the.

According to the carrier device 20 having such a structure,
The cover 14 is perpendicular to the paper surface in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction, with its edge portions 14a, 14b, 14c abutting the surfaces of the step portions 21, 22, and the guide walls 23, 24, respectively. Transported in various directions. Therefore,
The flat portion of the cover 14 has the step portions 21 and 2 described above.
2 and the surfaces of the guide walls 22 and 23 do not come into contact with each other. Thus, the cover 14 does not scratch its flat portion during transportation.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the method of transporting the plastic case has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be suitably used for various objects that are easily damaged.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the object to be conveyed is placed on the conveying member, for example, the conveying belt or the conveying guide surface in an inclined state. Therefore, the flat portion of the case does not come into contact with the belt or the guide surface, and only the edge portion comes into contact with the belt or the guide surface. The flat portion can be reliably prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a plan view and FIG. 1B is a sectional view showing a first embodiment of a carrying method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of a transfer device used in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the carrying method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing a second embodiment of the carrying method according to the present invention.

5 (A) is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 5 (B) is a side view showing an example of a conventional carrying method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Conveyor Device 11 Belt Conveyor Device 11a Conveyor Belt 11b Conveyor Belt 11c Drive Motor 11d Timing Belt 11e Timing Belt 12 Guide Wall 13 Guide Wall 14 Plastic Case Cover 14a Edge 14b Edge 14c Edge 14d Edge 20 Transport Device 21 Steps 22 Steps 23 Guide wall 24 Guide wall

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Koji Yamagata 6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An object to be conveyed is obliquely placed on a conveying member arranged along a conveying path, and an edge portion of the object to be conveyed is in contact with a surface of the conveying member. A transportation method, characterized in that the transportation is performed in the state of being. 2. The transport method according to claim 1, wherein at least one edge of the transported object is placed on a belt of a belt conveyor as a transport member while being inclined. . 3. The at least one edge portion of the transported object abuts the sliding guide surfaces disposed on both sides of the transportation member with a slanting inclination. The transportation method described in. 4. The transport method according to claim 1, wherein an edge portion of the transported object is mounted on a sliding guide surface as a transport member while being inclined.