JPH072334U - Mechanism for loading carrier on transport conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] For example, in a cleaning factory, in a conveyor that conveys a carrier such as cleaned clothes in a suspended state, the carrier can be reliably conveyed to a predetermined position without being dropped. To do so. A transport conveyor 1 provided with a transport hanger 4 that moves along a transport rail 3, hooks a hanger H on which a cleaning item W is hung, and transports the cleaning item W in a suspended state. Then, when the hanger H of the cleaning product W is hooked on the rear portion of the hook portion 4d of the transport hanger 4 and is loaded into the transport conveyor 1, the transport hanger 4 is moved at a larger angle than during transport or distribution. The bottom surface 4e of the hook portion 4d is held in the forward tilted posture, and the bottom surface 4e of the hook portion 4d is tilted downward in the front direction in the transport direction. Slide down on the bottom 4e,
Make sure you can reach the deepest position.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention is, for example, in a conveyor that conveys a large number of clothes and other clothes hung on a hanger in a cleaning factory to a predetermined position in a suspended state. It relates to the loading mechanism of the carrier at the time.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, for example, cleaning items such as clothes (hereinafter, simply referred to as “conveyer W”) that have undergone various processes such as washing and drying in a cleaning factory as shown in FIG. Conventionally, there is a conveyor 50 as shown in FIG. 11, for example, as a conveyor for conveying a conveyor to a distributor for unmanned distribution operation.

The transport conveyor 50 is configured such that a large number of transport hangers 52 to 52 are suspended at appropriate intervals on a transport rail 51 having a chain 53 installed therein, and the chain 53 is rotatably driven, for example, leftward in the drawing to transport the chain 53. The hangers 52 to 52 are configured to circulate and move along a predetermined path. A hook portion 52a having a certain width in the conveying direction is provided at the bottom of each conveying hanger 52 so as to be folded back upward, and a hook-shaped hook portion of the hanger H of the conveyer W is provided at the rear of the hook portion 52a. The Ha is hooked from behind and suspended (see FIG. 8 or FIG. 9), and in this suspended state, the carrier W is transported to a predetermined position.

Further, four guide wheels 52b, 52b, 52c, 52c are supported on the upper and lower sides of the transfer hanger 52 on the left, right, front and back, and these guide wheels 52b, 52b, 52c, 52c are attached to the lower surface of the guide rail 55. The transfer hanger 52 was designed to be moved in the state of being applied. The diameters of the front guide wheels 52b, 52b are slightly larger than those of the rear guide wheels 52c, 52c, so that the transport hanger 52 is moved in a forward tilted posture with a slight forward tilt. Was becoming.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, a large number of distribution devices 30 are arranged along the transport direction in the transport path of the transport conveyor 50 configured as described above. Among the plurality of distribution devices 30, the distribution rod of the distribution device 30 at a predetermined position with respect to the destination of the transported carrier W is projected from the side toward the hanger H on which the carrier W is hung. Then, by hindering the movement of only the hanger H and thus the carrier W, the carrier W is separated from the carrier hanger 52 and distributed (see FIG. 7).

Here, at the time of this distribution, the transport body W is detached by sliding the tip of the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H relatively on the bottom surface of the hook portion 52a of the transport hanger 52. Therefore, in order to do this smoothly, it is desirable that the bottom surface of the hook portion 52a be held in a horizontal state. For this reason, the forwardly inclined posture of the transport hanger 52 is kept at a very slight tilt angle, and the transport hanger 52 is configured so as to satisfy both functions of preventing the transport body W from falling during transport and smoothly detaching at the time of distribution. Was there.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As described above, the conventional transport hanger 52 is configured to move while maintaining a slight forward tilting posture, which is not only during transport and during distribution, but also during loading when the transporter W is hooked on the transport hanger 52. Was also the same. Therefore, there was no problem when the carrier W was hooked on the hook portion 52a of the carrier hanger 52 with a sufficient depth (see FIG. 9), but the carrier W was shallow on the hook portion 52a. In the case of being hooked (see FIG. 8), it was conveyed while the depth of hooking was shallow, and there was a risk of dropping during conveyance.

The present invention has been made in view of this problem, and it is possible to reliably insert the carrier into the carrier hanger and thereby reliably prevent the carrier W from falling during the transfer. The purpose is to provide a body throwing mechanism.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, in the present invention, when the transport body is loaded, the transport hanger is tilted forward in the transport direction at a larger angle than during transport and distribution, and the bottom surface of the hook portion is hooked with the hook. It is characterized in that the hook part is slid down and is tilted downwards in the transport direction at an angle sufficient to reach the deepest hooked condition.

[0010]

[Action]

 According to the above configuration, even when the hook-shaped hook portion of the carrier is shallowly hooked to the hook portion of the carrier hanger (see FIG. 8), the hook-shaped hook portion is hooked by the weight of the carrier. It slides down on the bottom of the part and is in the most deeply hooked state. Therefore, the transport body is not transported while being shallowly hooked to the transport hanger, and is reliably transported in a good state in which there is no risk of dropping. In addition, at the time of distributing the carrier, the distribution hanger can be smoothly and reliably distributed by returning the attitude of the transfer hanger to the attitude in which the bottom surface of the hook portion is substantially horizontal as in the conventional case.

[0011]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the vicinity of the input portion of the transfer conveyor 1 of this example. The transfer conveyor 1 includes a transfer rail 3 in which a chain 2 that is rotationally driven by a drive source (not shown) is installed, and a large number of transfer hangers 4 to 4 that are moved while being suspended on the transfer rail 3. 4 and the main components.

The transport rail 3 is made of a pipe material having a slit 3a formed in the upper part thereof over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. It is mounted horizontally using 7. A chain 2 is arranged along the inner peripheral side of the carrier rail 3, and pendants 8 to 8 are attached to the chain 2 at appropriate intervals, and each pendant 8 passes through a slit 3a and the carrier rail 3 is attached. Has been pulled out of. The upper part of the pendant 8 is connected to the upper part of a connecting bar 9 that is suspended downward by bypassing the side of the transport rail 3. The lower end of the connecting bar 9 and the upper portion of the transport hanger 4 are connected at one point of the support shaft 14. For this reason, the transport hanger 4 can swing around the support shaft 14 in the front-back direction (the left-right direction in the drawing) in the transport direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the transport hanger 4 is mainly composed of a main body portion 4c having a substantially flat plate shape, and the front portion of the main body portion 4c has front guide wheels 4a, 4a on the front side in the transport direction and a rear portion. The rear rear guide wheels 4b, 4b are rotatably supported at positions projecting to both sides. The diameter of the front guide wheel 4a is slightly larger than that of the rear guide wheel 4b. Further, the front guide wheel 4a is supported at a position which extends further laterally than the rear guide wheel 4b.

A hook portion 4d for hooking the hanger H of the carrier W is provided on the lower portion of the main body portion 4c. The hook portion 4d is formed by folding up the front half of the lower end portion of the main body portion 4c upward in a substantially U shape, and has a bottom surface 4e that is sufficiently long in the transport direction. Therefore, when the hanger H of the carrier W is hooked from the rear on the rear part of the hook part 4d, the tip of the hook-shaped hook part Ha of the hanger H rides on the bottom surface 4e of the hook part 4d. Is caught. On the other hand, when the hanger H is moved rearward along the surface direction of the bottom surface 4e, the tip of the hook-shaped hook portion Ha slides on the bottom surface 4e and comes off the rear end portion of the bottom surface 4e. That is, the carrier W is removed from the hook portion 4d.

The transport hanger 4 configured as described above is slightly slanted forward and hooked 4 d when the transport hanger 4 is simply suspended by the support shaft 14 without being restricted in its posture. The bottom surface 4e of the above is balanced so that it is slightly inclined forward in the transport direction (hereinafter, this attitude is referred to as "free attitude").

Next, the support column 5 is provided with a closing posture regulating means 10 for regulating the posture of the transport hanger 4. The loading posture regulating means 10 is provided only at a suitable number of loading positions 40 (see FIG. 10) which are set as sites for loading the transport body W on the transport conveyor 1. First, the closing posture regulating means 10 is provided with regulation rails 13 and 13 for regulating the posture of the transport hanger 4 in the front-back direction. Bases 11 are horizontally attached to the lower surface of the support column 5 by fixing metal fittings 6 and 6, and the first restriction rails 13 and 13 are attached to both sides of the base 11 downwardly in pairs. The suspension bolts 12 to 12 are mounted parallel to each other along the transport direction.

The first regulation rail 13 regulates the posture of the transport hanger 4 by regulating the position of the front guide wheel 4 a of the transport hanger 4 in the height direction. The height is set so that it can be pushed down a little more than when it is in a free posture. Therefore, when the transport hanger 4 moves to the left in the free posture in FIG. 1, the front guide wheel 4a is gradually forced downward by the rear end portion 13a (right end portion in the figure) of the first regulation rail 13. As a result, the transport hanger 4 is swung rearward (to the right in the figure) in the transport direction about the support shaft 14 and tilted forward (hereinafter referred to as the "insertion posture"). This closing posture is maintained while the front guide wheel 4a rolls on the lower surface of the first restriction rail 13. When the transport hanger 4 is in this insertion posture, the bottom surface 4e of the hook portion 4d is held in a state of being tilted downward at a certain angle in the forward direction of the transport direction. The downward inclination angle of the bottom surface 4e in this loading posture is set to be sufficiently larger than that in the free posture, and the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H hooked by this is set so that the hanger H or the carrier W itself. The pulling position is corrected so that it is slid down on the bottom surface 4e by its own weight and is in the deepest hooked state.

In addition to the above-described first regulation rail 13, the closing posture regulation means 10 also includes a regulation plate 15 for regulating the lateral (horizontal direction in FIG. 2) shake of the transport hanger 4. ing. As shown in FIG. 2, the regulation plate 15 is supported in a state of being horizontally suspended by the two suspension rods 16 and 16, and the side surface of the main body portion 4c of the transport hanger 4 is slidably contacted. It is located at a height. The regulation plate 15 has substantially the same length in the transport direction along the first regulation rail 13, and an inclined surface for smoothly guiding the transport hanger 4 is provided at the front and rear portions in the transport direction. 15a, 15a are formed. As well shown in FIG. 2, the regulation plate 15 regulates the swing of the transport hanger 4 to the right in the transport direction, so that when the transport body W is loaded, the transport conveyor 60 from the previous process is used. The conveyed carrier W is reliably hooked on the hook portion 4d.

By the loading posture restricting means 10 configured as described above, the transport hanger 4 reaching the loading position 40 is held in the loading posture, and in this loading posture, the transport body W is transported from the previous process described above. It is loaded from the conveyor 60 or manually. The loading is performed by hooking the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H of the carrier W on the rear portion of the hook portion 4d of the carrier hanger 4. When the transport hanger 4 in which the transport body W has been loaded in this way passes through the portion provided with the first regulation rail 14, the regulation of the front guide wheel 4a is released, and the loading posture returns to the free posture again. While moving in this free posture, the carrier W is carried to the distribution position 45 (see FIG. 10).

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, two second regulation rails 20 and 20 are provided at the distribution position 45 of the transport rail 3. The second restricting rails 20 and 20 are provided in a state of horizontally projecting on the guide wheels 4a, 4a, 4b, and 4b from the left and right sides at the upper part of the transport hanger 4, respectively. It is hung from support columns 21 and 21 arranged orthogonally to each other via rods 22 and 22. The guide wheels 4a, 4a, 4b, 4b of the transport hanger 4 having reached the distribution position 45 are simultaneously brought into contact with the lower surfaces of the second restriction rails 20, 20 as shown in the figure. Here, since the front guide wheel 4a has a slightly larger diameter than the rear guide wheel 4b, the transport hanger 4 has substantially the same front posture as that of the free posture even when regulated by the second regulation rail 20. It is regulated to tilt. In this way, the transport hanger 4 was simply suspended without any restrictions in the free posture during transport, but at this distribution position, the transport hanger 4 was restricted to this free posture. The bottom surface 4e of the hook portion 4d is positively held in a state in which the bottom surface 4e is slightly inclined downward so that the carrier W can be smoothly detached as will be described later.

Next, at the distribution position 45, a large number of distribution devices 30 to 30 are arranged on the left and right sides of the transfer conveyor 1 along the transfer direction as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the pair of distribution devices 30 mainly includes a pair of left and right distribution cylinders 31 and 31 and distribution rails 32 and 32 with respect to the transport hanger 4. Both of the distribution cylinders 31 are mounted on a base 34, which is mounted on the support column 21 via a suspension frame 33, with its rods directed downward at a constant inclination angle. Distributing rods 31a each having a conical shape with a smooth tip are attached coaxially to the tips of the rods of both distributing cylinders 31, respectively. On the other hand, both distribution rails 32 are provided facing the distribution cylinder 31 at substantially the same inclination angle. The tips of the distribution rails 32 reach the storage areas for each sorting destination.

According to the distribution device 30 configured as described above, when one of the distribution cylinders 31 is operated, the distribution rod 31a thereof is projected to the lower side of the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H of the carrier W to carry. The state in which the movement of the body W is blocked, and only the transport hanger 4 moves in this state, the transport body W relatively moves rearward and is separated from the transport hanger 4. The protruding distribution rod 31a is connected to the opposing distribution rail 32 in the form of a single rail, so that the carrier W separated from the carrier hanger 4 is hung on the distributor rod 31a and the distributor rail 32. It is slid down and transported to the designated storage location. When the other distribution cylinder 31 is operated in the ejecting direction, the carrier W is transported to another storage location via the other distribution rail 32.

As described above, at the distribution position 45, a large number of sets of distribution devices 30 each including a pair of left and right distribution cylinders 31 and distribution rails 32 are arranged. Each distribution device 30 is conveyed by the conveyor 1. When a certain carrier W is conveyed and reaches a preset distribution device 30, the distribution cylinder 31 on the preset side of the distribution device 30 is activated. Are distributed to the designated storage areas.

According to the transport conveyor 1 having the above-described configuration, at the time of loading the transport body W, the transport hanger 4 has a forward tilted posture with a larger angle than the free posture during transport or the forward tilted posture during distribution. The bottom surface 4e of the hook portion 4d is largely tilted downward in the transport direction. Therefore, even when the hook depth of the hanger H of the loaded carrier W is shallow as shown in FIG. 8, the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H slips down on the bottom surface 4e. As shown in FIG. 9, it is in a state of being hooked at the deepest position.

From this, the hook-shaped hook portion Ha of the hanger H is always hooked in a good state with respect to the hook portion 4 a of the transport hanger 4 so that the transport body W can be reliably loaded. Even if the posture regulation of the transport hanger 4 is released, there is no possibility of dropping the transport body W 1 during transport.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, when the carrier is loaded on the carrier conveyor, the hanger of the carrier can be hooked on the hook portion of the carrier hanger with a sufficient depth, so that the trouble that the carrier falls during transportation is prevented. It becomes possible to carry out reliable transportation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a transfer conveyor in a loading position according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a front view of the transfer conveyor at the loading position, which is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of a transport hanger.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the transfer conveyor during transfer.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the transfer conveyor in the same way during transfer, which is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the transfer conveyor in a distribution position.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the transfer conveyor and the distribution device in the distribution position, which is a view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing the lower portion of the transport hanger in the loading posture, showing a state in which the hanger of the transport body is shallowly hooked to the hook portion of the transport hanger.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing the lower portion of the transport hanger similarly in the loading position, showing a state where the hanger of the transport body is deeply hooked to the hook portion of the transport hanger.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a layout of various equipment of a cleaning factory.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a loading position of a conventional transfer conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Conveyor 2 ... Chain 3 ... Conveyor rail 4 ... Conveyor hanger 4d ... Hook part, 4e ... Bottom 13 ... 1st regulation rail 15 ... Regulation plate 20 ... 2nd regulation rail 30 ... Distributor 31 ... Distributing cylinder 32 ... Distribution rail 40 ... Injection position, 45 ... Distribution position 50 ... Conventional conveyor 60 ... Conveyor from previous process W ... Conveyor H ... Hanger, Ha ... Hook-shaped hook

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A conveyor rail in which a rotationally driven chain is installed, and a conveyor rail which is supported at one point on the conveyor rail and hangs so as to be swingable back and forth in the conveyor direction. A transport hanger that moves along the transport rail is provided, and a hook portion is provided at the bottom of the transport hanger in a folded-back shape. A loading mechanism for hooking the transport body in the transport conveyor configured to be able to transport the transport body in a suspended state and loading the transport body into the transport conveyor, wherein the transport hanger is transported when the transport body is loaded. Tilted forward at a larger angle than during transportation and distribution, and the bottom surface of the hook portion slides down the hook-shaped hook portion most. Shooting mechanism of the carrier, characterized in that a structure to where the downward state angle in the conveying direction forward enough to the Ku pull hung state.