JPH0692435A - Device for upright alignment of transported flat plate article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To especially make unwasteful upright alignment of flat plate articles which are transported unperiodically in planar form. CONSTITUTION:A device for upright alignement of a transported flat plate articles 1 is constituted so that a number of feeding pieces 7 having a stopper 6 and loading board 5 (hereinafter, called as feeding piece conveyor) are installed continuously on a transfer chain in a descent inclination, and each drop preventing plate is installed on both the sides of the upper surface of the feeding piece conveyor, and an inlet chute connected with the preceding process is installed at the starting part of the upper surface, and a laying plate which is smoothly connected with both the drop preventing plates and connected with the next process is installed at the terminal part of the upper surface.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for aligning a flat plate-like object which is conveyed in a flat form by a bar.

[0002]

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention]
There was a device for aligning the flat objects transferred in a flat shape. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a flat plate-like object that is transported in a flat shape on a conveyor is
There is a device in which the direction is changed into a litter by a turntable having five notches (hereinafter referred to as a paddle), and the litter is aligned on the conveyor in the next process.

However, in the above apparatus, when a flat object is transferred irregularly, it does not coincide with the cycle of the direction changing mechanism of the paddle, and the flat object jumps out of the device or is stuck in a barge. It will collapse.

As a result of earnest research, the present inventor has solved the above problems by the following means.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A large number of feeding pieces each having a stopper and a mounting base are continuously provided on a downwardly inclined transfer chain (hereinafter, these are referred to as a feeding piece conveyor). It is necessary to provide a fall prevention plate on both sides, an entrance chute connected to the start part of the upper surface from the previous process, and a transfer plate smoothly connected to the both fall prevention plates to the end part of the upper surface and connected to the next process. A device that aligns the characteristic flat plates that are transferred.

The terms of the above means will be described below.
It is preferable that the top surface and the bottom surface of the flat plate used are substantially parallel flat surfaces. The shapes of the top surface and the bottom surface are not particularly limited. It is preferable that a part of the side surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface and is substantially flat. In the present invention, the term “kobo” refers to any part of the side surface of the flat plate-like object, and often refers to the above-mentioned part of the side surface. The plate-like material used in the present invention is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include biscuits, chocolate, rice crackers and the like.

Transport chains are not exceptional. An inclination angle of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor is preferably 25 to 35 degrees. The feed piece has a stopper and a mount. The platform must be sloped down in the direction of travel. The inclination angle is preferably 10 to 20 degrees. Further, it is preferably adopted that it is flat. The material is not particularly limited, but resin, aluminum or the like, which is lightweight and has a low friction coefficient, is preferably used. It is preferable that the length of the mounting table in the advancing direction substantially coincides with the length of the flat object in the advancing direction. Also, its width must be reasonably smaller than the width of the flat article. The latter is half of the former
The degree is preferably adopted. It is preferable that the angle formed by the stopper and the plane of the mounting base of the immediately preceding feeding piece in the traveling direction of the feeding piece is 90 degrees or less. Further, it is preferably adopted that the shape of the surface corresponds to the shape of the ridge portion of the flat plate-like object. The material thereof is not particularly limited, but the same material as that of the mounting table, or a soft material such as rubber when the plate-like object is fragile is preferably used. The height of the stopper is appropriately selected from the same as the thickness of the plate-shaped material to 3 times, and particularly preferably 2 times or slightly longer than that. It is preferably adopted that its width matches the width of the mounting table.

Providing a transfer piece on a transfer chain means that a specific one pin facing each other or two adjacent pins extend from both of the two transfer chains facing each other, and one transfer piece is fixed to the pin. Perhaps, one transfer piece is fixed on one specific link of one transfer chain. “Continuously” means that the end of the mount of one sending piece is in contact with the starting end of the stopper of the next sending piece, and is likewise continuous one after another. The large number means at least 6 or more. The number of feeding pieces from the outlet of the inlet chute to the transfer plate is preferably 10 to 20.

The upper surface of the feed piece conveyor refers to a portion where the feed piece mounting table provided thereon faces upward. Both sides refer to the vicinity of amphibians on the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor, the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor and the fall prevention plate are not in contact with each other, and there is no obstacle between them. The fall-prevention plate corresponds to the position of the flat object on the both sides of the platform so that when the flat object is properly placed on the platform of the feeding piece, the part of the tab of the planar object can slide. Provide in shape. The material is not particularly limited, but a material having a low friction coefficient such as stainless steel is preferably used.

It is preferable that the start portion of the fall prevention plate hits the outlet portion of the inlet chute and is positioned slightly below the uppermost portion of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor. The end portion is preferably located slightly above the lowermost portion of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor.

The flat plate manufactured in the previous step is transported in a planar and high speed irregularly. The inlet chute is an instrument for guiding the flat plate-shaped objects to a fixed position in a fixed direction and supplying it to the start portion of the upper surface of the piece conveyor. The material is not particularly limited, but a material having a low friction coefficient such as stainless steel is preferably used.

The transfer plates are smoothly connected to the respective fall prevention plates at the end portion of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor, and the positions of the transfer plates thereafter are located above the upper surface of the feed piece conveyors thereafter. The material is not particularly limited, but a material having a low friction coefficient such as stainless steel is preferably used. The flat plate-like material aligned by the above-mentioned kako-dama is transferred to the next step.

The supply amount of the flat plate-like material from the entrance chute per unit time and the passing amount of the loading table per unit time of the feed piece conveyor are approximately matched. Similarly, the processing capacities in the next process are also roughly matched.

[0014]

[Function] The flat material is irregularly supplied from the inlet chute at a high speed. The flat material supplied from the inlet chute is
Since the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor is tilted downward and at the same time the loading platform is also leaning down, it slides down on it and hits the stopper, and as a result, it is loaded on the loading platform.

Even if it is temporarily supplied excessively, the height of the stopper is more than twice the thickness of the flat plate,
The excess amount will be placed on the flat object placed on the placing table. Even if it cannot be completely placed on a certain platform, the excess will slide down and be placed on the platform of the other transporting piece or the flat object mounted on that platform. Therefore, in any case, the flat plate-like object remains on the mounting table. If the supply becomes insufficient temporarily, the flat object will not be placed on the platform.

After the end of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor, the flat plate-like object is guided by the transfer plate on which both ends of its ridge are placed. In the vicinity of the end portion and thereafter, the flat plate-like object guided by the transfer plate is pushed forward by the amount corresponding to the height of the stopper by sliding up the mounting table on which it is mounted.

The flat object placed on the next platform is inserted into the gap created by the extrusion.
Hereinafter, the above operation is repeated at the end portion of the upper surface of the piece-feeding conveyor.

The flat plate-like objects bulged on the transfer plate are stacked with their flat portions.

[0019]

[Effect] With this apparatus, it is possible to align the flat plate-like objects conveyed in a flat shape without waste. or,
The effect was even more prominent when they were transferred irregularly.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A description will be given below with reference to FIGS. The flat plate is a hard biscuit (1) having a width of 24 mm, a length of 40 mm and a height of 5 mm. The apparatus is composed of eight rows of piece conveyors. In the previous step, the biscuit (1) is irregularly transferred on the belt conveyor (2) at about 650 sheets per minute per row. The biscuit (1) transferred by the inlet chute (14) is guided in a fixed direction and fixed position. The biscuit (1) is discharged from the outlet of the inlet chute (14) onto the feeding piece of the feeding piece conveyor starting portion (10).

The total length of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor (15) is 62.
The width is 0 mm and the width is 14 mm. The angle of inclination of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor (15) is 30 degrees. The mounting table (5) is a flat surface, and the inclination angle thereof is 17 degrees with respect to the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor (15). The length in the direction of travel is 37 m
m, the width is 14 mm. The material is resin. The stopper (6) is flat and its inclination angle is 73 degrees with respect to the mounting table. Its height is 11 mm and its width is 14 mm. The material is resin. There are 15 pieces on the upper surface of the piece conveyor (15). The piece conveyor (15) has a processing capacity of 900 sheets per minute. The number of rotations can be adjusted by frequency conversion according to the number of flat objects.

The fall prevention plates (9) on both sides of the feed piece conveyor (15) are parallel to the feed piece conveyor (15) and are located 11 mm below the apex of the feed piece (7). The gap between the feed piece conveyor (15) and the fall prevention plate (9) is 1 mm.
The width of the fall prevention plate (9) is 5 mm, and its length is 70 mm from the start (10) of the piece conveyor (15) to the lowermost part (16) of the upper surface of the piece conveyor (15) (end). It is 550 mm up to the part (11)). The material is stainless steel.

The end portion (1) of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor (15)
In 1), the bridge plate (12) and each fall prevention plate (9) are connected smoothly. The bridge plate (12) is a flat surface, and its inclination angle is 20 degrees with respect to the fall prevention plate (9). At the position 55 mm ahead from the end portion (11), the part of the bridge plate divided into two becomes one. The length of the transfer plate (12) is 230 mm, the width of each of the two parts is 5 mm, and the width of the one part is 26 mm.
Is. The material is stainless steel.

The biscuits (1) laid out by the device on the transfer plate (12) are gradually conveyed to the belt conveyor (4) having a transfer capacity of 650 sheets per minute per row.
Be transferred to.

[0025]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a conventional barb aligning device. FIG. 2 is a sketch of the device according to the invention. FIG. 3 is a side view of a barbed portion of the device according to the present invention. 4 is shown in FIG.
It is the figure which looked at the site | part from above. FIG. 5 is a diagram when a lapse of time has elapsed from FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram when a lapse of time from FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram when a lapse of time from FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Flat object (biscuit) 2 Belt conveyor 3 Paddle 4 Belt conveyor 5 Loading table 6 Stopper 7 Sending piece 8 Koba 9 Fall prevention plate 10 Start part 11 End part 12 Transfer plate 13 Transfer chain 14 Inlet chute 15 Sending piece conveyor 16 Bottom 17 guide

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A downwardly sloping transfer chain is provided with a large number of continuous feed pieces each having a stopper and a mounting base (hereinafter referred to as a "feed piece conveyor"), and a drop prevention is provided on both sides of the upper surface of the feed piece conveyor. The transfer is characterized by providing a plate, an inlet chute connected to the start of the upper surface of the plate from the previous process, and a transfer plate smoothly connected to both the fall prevention plates and connected to the next process at the end of the upper surface. A device for arranging incoming flat objects.