JPH0712337Y2 - Hanger transfer device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention introduces a hanger from a main transfer path to a branch transfer path in a hanger transfer device for directly transferring a hanger on which clothes or semi-finished products are hung. A hanger transfer device for guiding.

[Conventional technology]

In a transfer device having a branch transfer path separately from the main transfer path, a carrier transfer device is provided to transfer a carrier on which a work is mounted to the branch transfer path side. This type of carrier transfer device is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-1193.

The carrier is a hanger with a roller, and the roller rolls on the transport rail to move forward. A conveyor belt having a large number of feed projections is provided in the transport rail, and when the belt goes around the rails, the feed projections push the rollers to advance the entire carrier. The carrier transfer device includes a guide rail that is vertically displaced, and this rail is circumscribed on the upper surface of the transfer rail.
After the roller is mounted on the guide rail by the forward force of the carrier, the guide rail is displaced upward and the roller is scooped up to transfer the carrier.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In the case of a carrier provided with rollers, the carrier can be surely transferred by the transfer device of the scooping type as described above. However, as shown in FIG. 4, in the type in which the hook portion of the hanger is directly hung on the transport rail and transported, the transfer of the hanger cannot be reliably performed. This is because when the hanger is scooped up by the guide rail, the hanger body is caught on the transport rail. Further, the weight of clothes acts on the hanger, and a large-sized actuator is required for the scooping operation of the clothes, which increases the manufacturing cost of the transfer device.

The present invention solves the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a transfer device suitable for a hanger carrier.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The hook portion of the hanger can be laterally moved and detached from the transport path by moving upward by at least the hook height. At this time, the hanger body is not caught on the transport rail. Based on this basic idea, the present invention uses the forward force of the conveyor to give the above-mentioned operation to the hanger, and the hook part diagonally crosses the transport rail to branch from the main transport route without scooping up the hanger. To move to.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a hanger transfer device 32.
Is composed of a guide rail 33, an operating means 34, a guide body 35, and the like.

The guide rail 33 is provided between the start end of the branch transport path 11 and the side surface of the transport rail 26 of the main transport path 10.

As for the operating means 34, the rail starting end of the guide rail 33 is the transport rail 26.
The guide rail 33 is vertically displaced between an introduction posture in which the guide rail 33 is circumscribed with the guide rail 33 and a standby posture in which the rail start end is retracted to the outside of the movement trajectory of the hook portion 40 of the hanger H.

The guide body 35 is located on the outer surface of the transport rail 26 on the side where the free end 50 of the hook portion 40 passes, and is provided corresponding to the guide rail 33.

A lateral movement guide portion 47 is provided on the rail start end side of the guide rail 33, which is inclined upward in the feeding direction of the hanger H while gradually moving away from the conveyance rail 26 and pulls the hook portion 40 toward the branch conveyance path 11 side. .

Further, an upwardly sloping upward movement guide portion 52 is provided on the guide body 35 in correspondence with the formation position of the lateral movement guide portion 47, and the upward movement guide portion 52 abuts on the hook portion 40 from the lower surface side thereof. The free end 50 of the hook portion 40 is pushed up to a height higher than the upper surface position of the transport rail 26 for operation.

[Action]

In the main transport path 10, the hanger H is moved forward by a conveyor 27 or the like that circulates along a transport rail 26. In the branch conveyance path 11 for taking in the hanger H, the hanger transfer device 32 of the present invention operates and the guide rail 33 thereof is switched to the introduction posture.

When the hook portion 40 of the hanger H reaches the transition position, the rail start end of the guide rail 33 enters the hook portion 40, and the hook portion 40 is gradually pulled toward the branch conveyance path 11 side by the lateral movement guide portion 47. At the same time, the hook portion 40 contacts the guide body 35 and is pushed upward by the upward slope of the upward movement guide portion 52.

That is, the hook portion 40 gradually moves obliquely upward from the transport rail 26 toward the branch transport path 11 side. Then, when the free end 50 of the hook portion 40 gets over the upper end of the transport rail 26, the hook end 40 falls toward the guide rail 33 side by its own weight and is separated from the transport rail 26.

[Effect of device]

In the present invention, the hanger H is formed by the cooperation of the lateral movement guide portion 47 of the guide rail 33 and the upper movement guide portion 52 of the guide body 35.
Only the forward force applied to the hanger H causes the hook portion 40 of the hanger H to cross the transport rail 26 at an angle, and the hanger H can move the rail 26.
I changed to the guide rail 33 from. Therefore, the hanger H directly hung on the transport rail 26 can be reliably transferred, and the hanger transfer device 32 suitable for the hanger transfer device can be obtained. Since the hanger H is moved by utilizing the forward force of the hanger H, the operating means 34 such as the air cylinder 42 required for changing the attitude of the guide rail 33 can be downsized, which also contributes to the reduction of the manufacturing cost of the hanger transfer device 32. .

〔Example〕

1 to 8 show an embodiment of a hanger transfer device according to the present invention.

2 and 3 show a stock system to which the hanger transfer device of the present invention is applied. This stock system is composed of a finishing yard A, an inspection yard B, and a stock yard C, and the clothes that have been sewn are transported one by one while being hung on a hanger.

In the finishing yard A, a distribution conveyor 1 for suspending and transporting hangers sent from a sewing line not shown in the figure, and a plurality of press working units 2a to 2g arranged on both lower sides of the distribution conveyor 1, A recovery conveyor 3 is provided, in which the product subjected to the press processing is put back on a hanger to be transported and recovered, and then sent to the next inspection yard B.

In the inspection yard B, a downwardly inclined transport rail 4 for slidingly guiding the hanger transported by the recovery conveyor 3 and 2
Inspection bases 5a and 5b at locations, rails 6 for defective products, a cover working unit 7 for covering good products, and three screw conveyors 8 for sending the covered products to the next stockyard C. Is equipped with. The product delivered from the screw conveyor 8 is taken over by a single supply conveyor 9 installed in an upwardly inclined posture, and is delivered to the inlet C ₁ of the stockyard C.

The stockyard C has two upper and lower main transfer paths 10 for horizontally transferring the hangers received from the supply conveyor 9 to the right in the figure, and hangs the hangers from the various parts of each main transfer path 10 in a vertical column. It is provided with a group of a large number of branch conveying paths 11 that are suspended and stocked in a uniform manner, and a hanging line D for taking out hangers from the ends of these branch conveying paths 11 and leading them to the outlet C ₂ of the stockyard C. The hanger movement in the branch conveyance path 11 is performed manually.

The hanger sent by the supply conveyor 9 is transferred to the main transport path 10 on the upper stage side in principle, but in order to transfer the hanger to the main transport path 10 on the lower stage side, a hanger transfer device is installed at the entrance C ₁ of the stockyard C. Having twelve.

Clothes that have undergone the inspection process are identified according to color pattern, size, design, etc., and screw conveyor 8 is provided for each group.
The hanger is automatically fed to the specific branch conveyance path 11 to be transferred by selectively operating the hanger transfer device 12 and a hanger transfer device 32 described later. In the figure, a group of completed clothes is sent into one of the upper and lower branch conveying paths 11. Therefore, we stock until shipment.

In FIG. 4, the screw conveyor 8 is continuously connected to a conveyor shaft 14 supported in a downwardly inclined posture toward the supply conveyor 9, a motor 15 for rotationally driving the conveyor shaft 14, and an outlet 16 of the conveyor shaft 14. It includes a chute shaft 17 and the like provided therein and is hung and supported by a frame (not shown) via a suspension arm 18.

The transfer shaft 14 is made of a stainless steel round pipe, the upper end of its inclination is connected to the output shaft 19 of the motor 15 via a joint 20, and its outlet 16 side is a chute shaft 17 that enters into the pipe and can only rotate via bearings. To support. The chute shaft 17 is welded and fixed on a bracket 22 fixed to the suspension arm 18. Therefore, when the transport shaft 14 starts the motor 15, it rotates around the chute shaft 17.

In order to efficiently transfer the hanger H on the transfer shaft 14,
A screw 24 for forcibly feeding the hanger H is formed only on the peripheral surface near the outlet 16. That is, most of the transport shaft 14 is the chute portion 25 that allows the hanger H to slide in the feed direction.

The supply conveyor 9 includes a conveyor rail 26 that supports the hanger H in a suspended posture, a chain conveyor 27 that circulates along the vertical surface on the rail 26, and a conveyor frame.
28, and a hanger claw 29 which is fixed to the chain conveyor 27 at regular intervals to operate the hanger H together.
The lower end of the hanger claw 29 has a transport rail 26 made of a round pipe.
It is fitted in the groove 30 opened on the upper surface of the hanger H, and the hanger H is slid on the transport rail 26 while being operated together.

The upper and lower main transport paths 10 are made of the same constituent members as the supply conveyor 9, and are different only in that they are arranged horizontally as shown in FIG. Therefore, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and omitted.

Upper and lower branch transport paths that are continuous with the tip of the main transport path 10 in the feed direction
Except for 11, the hanger transfer device 32 of the present invention is provided between the start end of each branch conveyance path 11 and the conveyance rail 26.

In FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, the hanger transfer device 32 is shown.
Is a guide rail 33 for guiding the hanger H from the transport rail 26 to the branch transport path 11, and an operating means 34 for vertically displacing the guide rail 33 between the introduction posture and the standby posture.
And a guide body 35 for operating the transfer of the hanger H in cooperation with the guide rail 33.

The guide rail 33 is a rail bar made of a stainless steel round bar.
36 and a rail bracket 37 made of a strip plate welded to the lower surface of the rail rod 36. The end of the rail bracket 37
The start end of the branch conveyance path 11 is supported by a pin 38 so as to be vertically swingable. As a result, the guide rail 33 is entirely operated by the operating means 34.
And a standby posture in which the rail start end is circumscribed on the side surface of the transport rail 26 (indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1) and the rail start end is retracted outside the movement path of the hook portion 40 of the hanger H. (Imaginary line state in FIG. 1) can be switched to.

The operating means 34 in the figure is configured by using an air cylinder 42 arranged diagonally above the branch conveyance path 11 as a drive source, and connecting the piston rod 43 and the guide rail 33 thereof to a rail bracket.
It is connected through an L-shaped interlocking plate 44 fixed to the lower surface of the projection end of 37. The base end of the air cylinder 42 is pivotally supported by a cylinder bracket 45 fixed to the lower surface of the branch conveyance path 11.

The rail rod 36 is arranged in the order from the rail start end side, and is gradually moved away from the transport rail 26, and the rail guide 36 inclines upward in the feeding direction of the hanger H.
Definite introductory section 48 that gradually descends while gradually descending from
And a straight chute portion 49 for transferring the hanger H to the branch conveyance path 11 are formed by bending in series. When the guide rail 33 is switched to the introduction posture, the linear chute portion 49 is positioned in a parallel posture slightly above the extension line of the branch conveyance path 11.

In FIGS. 1 and 6, the guide body 35 is a hanger H.
The hook portion 40 is disposed on the outer surface of the transport rail 26 on the side where the free end 50 passes, corresponding to the guide rail 33. The guide body 35 is made of a metal plate material that is bent in a trapezoidal shape, and is an upward movement guide portion 52 that inclines upward in the feeding direction of the hanger H.
An upper wall portion 53 along the upper surface of the transport rail 26, and a return guide portion 54 that is inclined downwardly opposite to the guide portion 52 are formed in series. This guide body 35, as shown in FIG.
The upper guide portion 52 is welded and fixed to the transport rail 26 in a state of being parallel to the lateral guide portion 47 of the rail rod 36. In this fixed state, the upper wall portion 53 is slightly inclined downward toward the outside, so that when the hook portion 40 passes directly over the guide body 35, the hook portion 40 extends in the protruding direction of the upper wall portion 53. To prevent the hanger H from sliding down to the side of the branch conveyance path 11.

The hanger transfer device 12 provided at the entrance C ₁ of the stockyard C is also configured in the same manner as the transfer device 32, but as shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail 56 corresponding to the branch conveyance path 11 is provided.
Is connected to the inlet of the main transport path 10 on the lower end side.

Next, the transfer operation of the hanger transfer device 32 will be mainly described.

The hangers H are identified by color pattern and size as already described, and each hanger is hung on one of the three screw conveyors 8 for each group to which it belongs, and is fed to the stockyard C via the supply conveyor 9. At the entrance C ₁ of the stock yard C, which is sent, the hanger transfer device 12 is operated depending on which of the upper and lower main transfer paths 10 the sent hanger group should be sent to. This switching operation is the same as the hanger transfer device 32 provided in the branch conveyance path 11, and will not be described here.

The hanger H that has moved to the main transport path 10 goes straight until it reaches the designated transition position of the branch transport path 11, and passes through several branch transport paths 11 in the meantime. For that purpose, the hanger transfer device 32 of each passing branch transport path 11 is switched to the standby posture. When passing, the hook part 40 of the hanger H is a guide body.
After getting over 35, it is hung again on the transport rail 26.

In the branch conveyance path 11 in which the hanger H should be taken in, the introduction position of the hanger transfer device 32 is switched, and the guide rail 33 is provided.
Circumscribes the side surface of the transport rail 26. When the hook portion 40 of the hanger H that has advanced reaches the corresponding transition position, the lateral movement guide portion 47 of the guide rail 33 enters into the hook portion 40, and the hook portion 40 branches off as shown in FIG. Pull to 11 side. At the same time, the hook portion 40 contacts the guide body 35, and the free end 50 of the hook portion 40 rides on the upper guide portion 52 and is pushed upward.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, after the free end 50 rides on the upper wall portion 53, the hook portion 40 is pulled up by the lateral movement guide portion 47, so that the free end 50 gets over the upper end of the transport rail 26. And slides down by its own weight, and separates from the transport rail 26 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. After that, the hook portion 40 is guided to the branch conveyance path 11 via the fixed introduction portion 48 and the straight line chute portion 49.

After the transfer of the one group of hangers H is completed as described above, the hanger transfer device 32 is returned to the standby position, and the hanger transfer device 32 of the branch conveyance path 11 to which the next group should be transferred.
To the introduction position. At this time, when the latter transport path 11 is located on the upper side in the hanger feeding direction than the former transport path 11, the latter hanger transfer device 32 may be switched after the passage of the preceding hanger group is completed.

[Another embodiment]

The guide body 35 can be formed of a plastic material having excellent lubricity.

The hanger feeding conveyor 27 on the transport rail 26 may be a belt-shaped conveyor or a rope conveyor instead of the chain conveyor.

An actuator such as a solenoid or a motor can be used as a drive source of the operating means 34.

The hanger transfer device 32 of the present invention can be applied to not only a stock system but also a transportation system such as a cleaning system or a fur processing line for suspending and transferring products or semi-finished products on the hanger H.

The branch conveyance path 11 may be configured as a mechanical drive type conveyor device like the main conveyance path 10.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a side view of a hanger transfer device, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a stock system, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line FF in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the stock system. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line GG in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the hanger transfer device, FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line H-H in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 and FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of a main part showing a state in the middle of transition of FIG. H ... Hanger, 10 ... Main transport path, 11 ... Branch transport path,
26 …… Conveyor rail of main conveyance path, 32 …… Hanger transfer device, 33 …… Guide rail, 34 …… Operating means, 35 …… Guide body, 40 …… Hanger hook part, 47 …… Transverse guide part ,
50 …… Free end of hanger, 52 …… Upward moving guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A hanger transfer device for introducing and guiding a hanger (H) suspended on a transfer rail (26) of a main transfer path (10) to a branch transfer path (11). ) And the guide rail (33) provided between the guide rail (26) and the transfer rail (26), an introduction posture in which the rail start end of the guide rail (33) circumscribes the transfer rail (26), and the rail start end is a hanger ( H) the operation means (34) for displacing the guide rail (33) between the standby position retracting out of the movement locus of the hook part (40) and the free end (50) of the hook part (40). A guide member (3) located on the outer surface of the transport rail (26) on the passing side and provided corresponding to the guide rail (33).
5) and the guide rail (33) at the rail start end side,
7) is provided, and the lateral movement guide portion (47) is a hanger (H).
In order to pull the hook part (40) of the hook toward the side of the branch transfer path (11), the hook part (40) is gradually moving away from the transfer rail (26) and is inclined upward in the feeding direction of the hanger (H). An upward movement upward guide portion (52) is provided on the guide body (35) corresponding to the formation position of the guide portion (47),
The upward movement guide portion (52) contacts the hook portion (40) from the lower surface side and pushes up the free end (50) of the hook portion (40) to a height higher than the upper position of the transport rail (26). Hanger transfer device to do.