JPH07187432A - Slanted conveyer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry a thin plate shaped carried matter rapidly and continuously to a vertical direction by continuously disposing a pressure roller on a carrier side of a carry belt in a turning direction of the belt. CONSTITUTION:A carried matter 69 is carried upward on a slanted part, 15a embraced by respective rollers 15c, 15 of a carry belt 11 and the slanted part, 15a and carried rapidly to a parallel part 15b when a thin plate shaped carried matter 69 reaches a carry in side end part of the slanted part 15a of the slanted conveyer. At this time, float up of a pressure roller 45 is prevented by a pressure weight fit in a bottom of the pressure roller 45 and side slip of the pressure roller 45 is prevented by a positioning pin and the pressure roller 45 is securely supported to a guide 57 by a guide pin. Thereby, the carried matter 69 won't be slipped out from the carry belt 11. Thereby, the thin plate shaped carried matter can be carried rapidly and continuously to a vertical direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inclined conveyor for vertically transferring a thin plate-like conveyed product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a belt conveyor has been widely used as a workbench for assembly line work in a manufacturing factory or as a material handling and conveying machine.

In this belt conveyor, an endless conveyor belt is stretched between a head pulley and a tail pulley rotatably arranged in front of and behind a conveyor frame, and a head pulley or a drive pulley separately arranged drives a motor or the like. It has a structure in which devices are connected. Then, the head pulley or the drive pulley is rotationally driven by the driving device to roll the conveyor belt, thereby conveying the conveyed object placed on the conveyor belt.

In order to convey a thin plate-like conveyed product in the vertical direction, conventionally, endless round belts or flat belts are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the conveyed product is sandwiched between opposed portions of both belts. Inclined conveyors are widely used for vertical transport.

[0005]

However, in an inclined conveyor using a round belt, there is a risk that the round belt will be broken due to long-term use, there are many places where the round belt is tensioned, and the number of parts is also large. Many had the drawback of not being suitable for long captains.

On the other hand, the inclined conveyor using the flat belt is
It has been pointed out that the entire conveyor becomes a heavy object and the pedestal relationship becomes large, and that the maintenance is difficult.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to convey a thin plate-like conveyed object at a high speed and continuously in a vertical direction with a simple structure, and at a low cost, it is easy to maintain. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inclined conveyor which is excellent and capable of long machine length.

[0008]

In order to achieve such an object, an inclined conveyor according to a first aspect of the present invention is configured such that a conveyor belt is inclined and stretched between a head pulley and a tail pulley.
On the carrier side of the conveyor belt, pressure contact rollers that are in pressure contact with the surface of the conveyor belt and rotate by rolling of the conveyor belt are continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt. A bend pulley is placed between the head pulley and the tail pulley on which the conveyor belt is stretched, and the bend pulley
The inclined portion and the horizontal portion are provided in a circular shape, and the pressure contact roller that is in pressure contact with the surface of the conveyor belt and rotates by the rolling of the conveyor belt is provided on the carrier side of the conveyor belt extending from the inclined portion to the horizontal portion. The feature is that they are continuously arranged.

The inclined conveyor according to claim 3 is
A bend pulley is arranged between a head pulley and a tail pulley on which a conveyor belt is stretched, and an inclined portion and a horizontal portion are provided in a substantially L shape, and a conveyor in which the conveyor belt is horizontally stretched is arranged at the end of the inclined portion. However, a pressure roller that is in pressure contact with the surface of the conveyor belt and is rotated by rolling of the conveyor belt is continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt on the carrier side of the conveyor belt extending from the horizontal portion to the inclined portion and the conveyor. According to another aspect of the present invention, in the inclined conveyor, the conveyor belt is stretched between the head pulley and the tail pulley while being inclined, and the conveyor belt is horizontally stretched at the carry-in portion and the carry-out portion, respectively. Between the carry-in and carry-out conveyors, and a pressure roller that is pressed against the carrier-side surface of the conveyor belt and is rotated by rolling of the conveyor belt is continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt. And wherein the door.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the inclined conveyor according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a lateral displacement preventing positioning pin is made to penetrate the pressure contact roller at a predetermined pitch, The both ends of the pressure roller are brought into contact with the inner wall of a guide erected on a conveyor frame supporting the head pulley and the tail pulley, and among the pressure contact rollers arranged continuously.
It is characterized in that the pressure contact rollers located at both ends are passed through the guide pins, and both ends thereof are inserted into the long holes provided in the guide, and the pressure contact rollers can be vertically moved along the long holes.

Further, in the invention according to claim 6, in the inclined conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 5, a weight for pressurization is provided at the lowermost portion of the pressure contact roller continuously arranged on the inclined portion. It is attached.

[0012]

According to the inclined conveyor of the first aspect, when the conveyor belt rolls, the pressing roller that is in pressure contact with the surface of the conveyor belt rotates accordingly, so that the thin plate-like conveyed object is conveyed with the pressing roller. It is held by the belt and conveyed upward.

According to the inclined conveyor of the second aspect, since the pressure contact roller is rotated by the rolling of the conveyor belt, the object conveyed from the horizontal portion to the inclined portion is held between the pressure contact roller and the conveyor belt. Then, the inclined portion is conveyed.

Also in the inclined conveyor according to the third aspect of the invention, since the pressure contact roller is rotated by the rolling of the conveyor belt, the object conveyed to the inclined portion is held by the pressure contact roller and the conveyor belt and inclined. In the inclined conveyor according to the fourth aspect, the conveyed object conveyed from the carry-in conveyor is conveyed in the vertical direction by being pinched by the pressure contact roller and the conveying belt.

Further, in the inclined conveyor according to the fifth aspect, the positioning pin prevents lateral displacement of the pressure contact roller and the guide pin surely supports the pressure contact roller on the guide when conveying the conveyed object in the vertical direction. To do. Further, in the inclined conveyor according to the sixth aspect, the weight prevents the pressure contact roller from rising when the conveyed object is conveyed in the vertical direction.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an inclined conveyor according to claim 1, claim 3, claim 5 and claim 6,
Reference numerals 1 and 3 denote pulley receivers mounted in front of and behind the pair of conveyor frames 5, and a head pulley 7 and a tail pulley 9 are rotatably attached to the pulley receivers 1 and 3, respectively, as in the conventional case. . An endless belt-shaped conveyor belt 11 is stretched between the pulleys 7 and 9, and the motor 1 will be described later.
By rolling the conveyor belt 11 in the direction of the arrow at 3, the thin plate-shaped conveyed article placed on the conveyor belt 11 is conveyed in the same direction.

Further, the inclined conveyor 15 according to the present embodiment is
Bend pulleys 17 and 19 are arranged on the carrier side and the return side between the head pulley 7 and the tail pulley 9, respectively, and an inclined portion 15a and a horizontal portion 15b are provided in a substantially L shape,
A belt conveyor 23, in which a conveyor belt 21 is horizontally stretched, is arranged at the carry-in side end (tail pulley 9 side) of the inclined portion 15a to configure the inclined conveyor 15 according to the present embodiment.

A drive unit 33 incorporating a drive pulley 27, a snubb pulley 29, a take-up pulley 31 and the like connected to the motor 13 via a chain 25 is incorporated in the conveyor frame 5 of the horizontal portion 15b.
Is mounted on the return side of the conveyor belt 11, and the conveyor belt 11 rolls between the head pulley 7 and the tail pulley 9 in the arrow direction when the drive pulley 27 is rotationally driven by the motor 13. Although not shown, the conveyor belt 21 also rolls in the direction of the arrow in the belt conveyor 23 by the motor and the drive pulley.

In the figure, 35 is the belt conveyor 23.
2 shows a pulley holder mounted on the conveyor frame 37 of FIG. 1, and a head pulley 39 is rotatably attached to the pulley holder 35. And 41 and 43 are the conveyor belts 1.
The carrier roller and the return roller are attached to the carrier side and the return side of 1, 21.

Thus, the inclined conveyor 15 according to this embodiment.
In addition to the above configuration, the conveyor belt 1 is provided on the carrier side of the conveyor belts 11 and 21 extending from the horizontal portion 15b to the inclined portion 15a and the belt conveyor 23 as shown in FIGS.
It is characterized in that pressure contact rollers 45 which are in pressure contact with the surfaces of the conveying belts 11 and 21 and rotate by rolling of the conveying belts 11 and 21 are continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveying belts 11 and 21.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the pressing roller 45 has a large number of rollers 51 connected by pins 53 via a roller link plate 47 and a pin link plate 49, and is pressed against the surface of the conveyor belt 11. On the other hand, it has a structure in which two rows are continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt 11.

Further, instead of the pin 53, a positioning pin 55 for preventing lateral deviation, which is longer than the pin 53, penetrates through the roller 51 at a predetermined pitch. As shown in FIG. Both ends of the pin 55 come into contact with the inner wall of a guide 57 provided upright on the conveyor frame 5 to prevent the press contact roller 45 from laterally shifting.

Incidentally, each roller 51 is rotatable with respect to the pin 53 and the positioning pin 55, and is in contact with the conveyor belt 11,
It is designed to rotate by rolling 21. Also, in FIG.
Reference numeral 59 denotes a stopper inserted into the positioning pin 55, and the stopper 59 prevents lateral displacement of the roller 51 itself.

As described above, each roller 51 of the pressure contact roller 45 is arranged in pressure contact with the carrier side surface of the conveyor belts 11, 21 extending from the horizontal portion 15b to the inclined portion 15a and the belt conveyor 23. 7 and 8
Among the rollers 51 continuously arranged as shown in FIG. 1, the rollers 51a and 51b located at both ends are respectively provided with the guide pin 6
1, 63 pass through, and both ends thereof are respectively inserted into long holes 65, 67 of guides 59 extended to the conveyor frames 5, 37. Therefore, as the thin plate-shaped conveyed product 69 is conveyed, each roller 51 moves up and down slightly by the thickness of the conveyed product 69. At this time, both rollers 51a, 51b.
Moves up and down along the long holes 65 and 67 by the thickness of the conveyed object 69.

Further, the pressure contact roller 4 arranged on the inclined portion 15a.
5, the positioning pin 55 is penetrated through the roller 51c located at the lowermost part as shown in FIG. 9. The positioning pin 55 is provided with a weight 71 for pressurization.
The weight 71 applies tension to the conveyor belt 11 to prevent the press contact roller 45 from rising.

Since the inclined conveyor 15 according to this embodiment is constructed in this way, the drive pulley 27 is rotated by the drive of the motor 13 so that the conveyor belt 11 rolls in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. When the conveyor belt 21 of the belt conveyor 23 rolls in the direction of the arrow by a motor and a drive pulley (not shown), the rollers 51, 51 of the pressure contact roller 45 pressed against the surfaces of the conveyor belts 11, 21 accordingly.
a, 51b, 51c rotate respectively.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, when the thin plate-like conveyed product 69 conveyed by the belt conveyor 23 reaches the roller 51b of the pressure contact roller 45, the conveyed product 6 is conveyed.
The roller 9b is nipped by the roller 51b and the conveyor belt 21, and is nipped by the conveyor belt 21 and each of the rollers 51 successively in sequence and conveyed forward. At this time, each roller 5
1, 51b move up and down slightly by the thickness of the conveyed object 69, but since the guide pin 63 penetrating the roller 51b is inserted into the elongated hole 67 provided in the guide 57, the pressure contact roller 45 is attached to the guide 57. It will certainly be supported.

When the conveyed product 69 reaches the carry-in side end of the inclined portion 15a, the conveyed product 69 is next conveyed.
And the rollers 51c, 51 of the inclined portion 15a are sandwiched and conveyed upward in the inclined portion 15a, and then the horizontal portion 15b.
It will be quickly transported to.

At this time, the weight 71 prevents the pressure contact roller 45 from rising, and the positioning pins 5
5 prevents lateral displacement of the pressure contact roller 45, and the guide pin 63 surely supports the pressure contact roller 45 on the guide 57, so that the conveyed object 69 is surely conveyed in the vertical direction without slipping off from the conveyor belt 11.

As described above, in this embodiment, the carrier side of the conveyor belts 11 and 21 extending from the horizontal portion 15b to the inclined portion 15a and the belt conveyor 23 is pressed against the surface of the conveyor belts 11 and 21 to convey the conveyor belts 11 and 21. Since the pressure contact roller 45 which rotates by the rolling of 21 is continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belts 11 and 21, the structure is simpler and maintainability is easier than the conventional inclined conveyor using the round belt or the flat belt. It also has the advantage of being excellent and inexpensive.

Despite the inexpensive and simple structure, the weight 71 prevents the press contact roller 45 from rising, the positioning pins 55 prevent lateral displacement of the press contact roller 45, and the guide pin 63 is provided. Since the pressure contact roller 45 is reliably supported by the guide 57, it is possible to reliably continuously convey the thin plate-shaped object 69 at high speed in the vertical direction by the conveyor belts 11 and 21 and the pressure contact roller 45 that is in pressure contact with the surface thereof. It has an effect that it is possible and long captain is also possible.

FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of the inclined conveyor according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 5 and claim 6, wherein the inclined conveyor 73 according to this embodiment has a head on which the conveyor belt 11 is stretched. Bend pulleys 17 and 19 are arranged between the pulley 7 and the tail pulley 9 to provide an inclined portion 73a and horizontal portions 73b and 73c in a substantially Z shape, and the horizontal portion 73b.
The conveyor belt 11 extending from the inclined portion 73a to the horizontal portion 73c
Similarly, on the carrier side, the pressure contact roller 45 which is rotated by the rolling of the conveyor belt 11 is continuously arranged.

FIG. 11 is a schematic side view of the inclined conveyor according to claim 1, claim 4 or claim 6, wherein the inclined conveyor 75 according to this embodiment has a head pulley 7 and a tail pulley 9 arranged vertically. The conveyor belt 11 is slanted and stretched between them, and carry-in and carry-out belt conveyors 77 and 79, in which the transport belt 21 is horizontally stretched, are arranged at the carry-in portion and the carry-out portion, respectively. 77,7
Between the conveyor belts 11 and 21, pressure contact rollers 45 which are pressed against the carrier-side surfaces of the conveyor belts 11 and 21 and which are rotated by rolling of the conveyor belts 11 and 21 are similarly arranged continuously.
3 and 75, the structure of the pressure contact roller 45 and the guide 57.
The mounting structure for the same is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Thus, these inclined conveyors 73, 75
According to the above, the intended purpose can be achieved similarly to the inclined conveyor 15 shown in FIG.

[0035]

As described above, the inclined conveyor according to claims 1 to 4 has a simple structure and is excellent in maintainability as compared with the conventional inclined conveyor using a round belt or a flat belt. It also has the advantage of being inexpensive. And, despite being a cheap and simple structure, it is possible to reliably convey a thin plate-like conveyed object at a high speed continuously in the vertical direction by the conveying belt and the pressing roller that presses against the surface thereof, and, This has the effect that long captains are also possible.

According to the inclined conveyor of the fifth aspect, each positioning pin prevents lateral displacement of the pressure roller,
Moreover, the guide pin securely supports the pressure contact roller on the guide,
Further, in the inclined conveyor according to the sixth aspect, since the weight prevents the pressure contact roller from rising, there is an effect that the conveyed object can be conveyed more reliably in the vertical direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of an inclined conveyor according to claim 1, claim 3, claim 5, and claim 6;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the inclined conveyor shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a pressure contact roller.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged side view of the inclined conveyor.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged side view of the inclined conveyor.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG.

FIG. 10 Claims 1, Claims 2, 5 and 6
It is a schematic side view of an example of the inclined conveyor according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the inclined conveyor according to claim 1, claim 4 or claim 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Conveyor frame 7,39 Head pulley 9 Tail pulley 11,21 Conveyor belt 13 Motor 15,73,75 Inclined conveyor 15a, 73a Inclined part 15b, 73b, 73c Horizontal part 17,19 Bend pulley 23,77,79 Belt conveyor 27 Drive pulley 33 Drive Unit 41 Carrier Roller 43 Return Roller 45 Pressure Contact Roller 51, 51a, 51b, 51c Roller 53 Pin 55 Positioning Pin 57 Guide 61, 63 Guide Pin 65, 67 Long Hole 69 Transported Goods 71 Weight

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor belt is installed so as to be inclined between a head pulley and a tail pulley, and a pressure roller that is pressed against the surface of the conveyor belt and rotates by rolling of the conveyor belt is conveyed on the carrier side of the conveyor belt. An inclined conveyor characterized by being continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the belt. 2. A bend pulley is disposed between a head pulley and a tail pulley on which a conveyor belt is stretched, and an inclined portion and a horizontal portion are provided in a substantially Z shape, and the conveyor belt extends from the inclined portion to the horizontal portion on the carrier side. An inclined conveyor characterized in that pressure contact rollers that are in pressure contact with the surface of the conveyor belt and are rotated by rolling of the conveyor belt are continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt. 3. A bend pulley is arranged between a head pulley and a tail pulley on which a conveyor belt is stretched to provide a substantially L-shaped inclined portion and a horizontal portion, and the conveyor belt is horizontally stretched at the end of the inclined portion. Arrange the installed conveyor, press the pressure roller against the surface of the conveyor belt on the carrier side of the conveyor belt extending from the horizontal portion to the inclined portion and the conveyor, and press the pressure roller that rotates by the rotation of the conveyor belt in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt. An inclined conveyor characterized by being continuously arranged. 4. A conveyor belt is installed so as to be inclined between a head pulley and a tail pulley, and a carry-in conveyor and a carry-out conveyor, in which the conveyor belt is horizontally stretched, are arranged at the carry-in section and the carry-out section, respectively. An inclined conveyor characterized in that between the carry-out conveyors, pressure-contact rollers that are in pressure contact with the carrier-side surface of the conveyor belt and that rotate by the rolling of the conveyor belt are continuously arranged in the rolling direction of the conveyor belt. 5. A lateral displacement preventing positioning pin is penetrated through a pressure roller at a predetermined pitch, and both ends thereof are brought into contact with an inner wall of a guide erected on a conveyor frame supporting a head pulley and a tail pulley. Of the pressure contact rollers arranged continuously, the guide pins are passed through the pressure contact rollers located at both ends, the both ends are inserted into the long holes provided in the guide, and the pressure contact rollers can be moved up and down along the long holes. The inclined conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: 6. The inclined conveyor according to claim 1, wherein a weight for pressurizing is attached to the lowermost portion of the pressure contact roller continuously arranged on the inclined portion.