JPH0741699Y2 - Equipment for transporting goods - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for conveying articles, and more particularly, it is suitable for, for example, conveying a columnar article film-wrapped by a packaging machine in a tilted state after standing it up. The present invention relates to a transport device for articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cylindrical articles such as spray cans are
Generally, the film is packaged in a folded state, and after packaging, it is generally transported and packed in an upright state.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a film-wrapped article 50 is conveyed by a supply-side conveyor device 52 in a collapsed state, and the article 50 falls at a predetermined position and is circulated and transferred by a circulatory transfer body 51. Received in multiple buckets 53,
Further, the article 50 is horizontally transferred to the discharge side conveyor device 55 side together with the bucket 53. Then, when transferring the article 50 to the transfer surface 55a of the discharge side conveyor device 55,
By rotating 53, each article 50 is transferred to the conveyor device 55 in an upright state.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the circulation transfer member is fed from the supply side conveyor device 52.
Since the article 50 is dropped onto the bucket body 53 when it is supplied to the conveyor 51, the transfer surface 52 of the supply-side conveyor device 52 is
It is necessary to provide a drop between a and the bucket body 53 of the circulation transfer body 51.

Therefore, the height at which the article 50 transferred by the bucket body 53 is transferred to the discharge side conveyor device 55, that is, the transfer surface 55a of the discharge side conveyor device 55 is the transfer surface 52a of the supply side conveyor device 52. It must be set lower than the above, and as a result, the conveyor surface 52 of both conveyor devices 52, 55
There was a step h1 at a and 55a.

As described above, since the step h1 is formed on the transfer surfaces 52a and 55a of the two conveyor devices 52 and 55, it is impossible to set the transfer height of the articles combined with the packaging machine to the same level. However, there is a problem in that the versatility of the layout of the conveyor line including the packaging machine is lacking. Further, since the bucket body 53 moves horizontally when receiving the falling article 50, the bucket body on which the article 50 moves
There is a risk that the film packaging may be easily scratched by coming into contact with the opening edge portion of 53. Moreover, the article 50 is a bucket body.
The question that 53 cannot be dropped surely and quickly
There was also a title.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, in which a bucket is moved diagonally upward in a forwardly raised state with respect to a falling article, and the article is received by the bucket in an inclined state. This makes it possible to prevent scratches, etc. on articles, etc. , and to receive them reliably and promptly.
In addition, even if the conveying surface of the supply side conveyor device and the conveying surface of the discharge side conveyor device are substantially level with each other, the article can be conveyed, and a series of conveying operations including a packaging machine are combined. The height can be set to the same level,
An object of the present invention is to provide a transfer device having excellent versatility in the layout of a conveyor line.

[0008]

The technical means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems is to supply an article 11.
Each of the buckets is provided with a supply side conveyor device 9 and a circulation transfer body 23 in which a plurality of bucket bodies 22 for receiving the articles 11 falling from the transport surface 9a of the supply side conveyor device 9 are provided so as to be freely circulated. in the transport device of the article the article 11 which is received in the body 22 to transfer the discharging side conveyer apparatus 13, the transfer track for transferring the bucket body 22 of the circulating conveying member 23, the bar Ke <br/> Tsu DOO 22 The received article 11 is supplied to the supply side conveyor device 9
Of so as to be transferred to the conveying surface 13a of the conveyor surface 9a and substantially the same height as the discharge-side conveyer apparatus provided in 13, the inclined portion 25 for transferring the article 11 upward is provided, et al is, moreover, the supply-side co
The angle between the circulating device 23 and the circulating carrier 23 is
It is arranged so that it is smaller than the right angle
In the side conveyor device 9, the supply side conveyor device 9
A guide that guides the conveyed article 11 to one side in the direction of dropping.
The id body 36 carries the article 11 on the supply side conveyor device 9.
The guide member 36 is provided so as to be inclined with respect to the feeding direction B.
Air is blown to the article 11 guided to
Air nozzle 35 for dropping the bucket body 22 is subjected
Being arranged on the other side of the feeding side conveyor device 9
It

[0009]

In the carrying apparatus of the present invention, when the bucket body 22 is circulated and transferred, the bucket body 22 is inclined forward on the inclined portion 25.

On the other hand, when the article 11 is conveyed to a predetermined position by the supply side conveyor device 9 , the guide body 36 conveys the article 11 to the predetermined position.
Since it guides to the side, it easily falls. In addition, the front rising
When the bucket body 22 of is approached from below, the air nozzle 35
Air is ejected from the article toward the article 11, and the article 11 is easily
It falls and is reliably received by the bucket body 22 . Bucket body
The article 11 received in 22 is transferred to a higher position by the bucket body 22, and the transport surface of the discharge side conveyor device 13 provided at substantially the same height as the transport surface 9a of the supply side conveyor device 9. It can be transferred to 13a.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the conveying device of the present invention is combined with a packaging machine 1, which comprises a homer 2, a horizontal sealer 5, a supply conveyor 7, a discharge conveyor 6 and the like.

Reference numeral 8 is a shrink tunnel connected to the discharge conveyor 6, and further, the shrink tunnel 8
Is connected to the supply side conveyor device 9. Here, the packaging height in the packaging machine 1, the transport height of the supply and discharge conveyors 6, 7, the shrink height of the shrink tunnel 8 and the transport height of the supply side conveyor device 9 are the same. It is set.

Reference numeral 10 is a stand-up conveying device according to the conveying device of the present invention. The conveying device 10 erects a cylindrical article 11 conveyed from the supply side conveyor device 9 in a tilted state and then ejects it. The sheet is discharged to the side conveyor device 13. As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer device 10 includes a pair of rotary shafts 15 and 16
A chain drive mechanism having a chain 19 wound around and mounted on sprockets 17 and 18 fixed to the sprocket, and a circulation transfer body 23 including a plurality of bucket bodies 22 provided on the chain 19 and capable of circulation transfer.

The one rotating shaft 15 is located below the supply side conveyor device 9, and the bucket body 22 is provided in a cross shape with respect to the supply side conveyor device 9, as shown in FIG.
The feeding direction A of both supply side conveyor devices 9 and circulation transfer
The angle of the transport direction B of the body 23 is set smaller than the right angle.
There is. Further, on the movement track of the bucket body 22, an inclined portion 25 and a horizontal portion 26 for transferring the bucket body 22 from the lower side to the upper side with respect to the transport surface 9a of the supply side conveyor device 9 are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the bucket body 22 is a chain.
It has a base portion 28 fixed to 19 and a pinion 30 that meshes with a rack portion 29 slidably provided on the base portion 28, and is rotatable about the pinion 30 by sliding the rack portion 29. It is composed of a bucket unit 31.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a cam groove 33a for guiding a cam follower 32 provided on the rack portion 29, which is a cam for erecting or horizontally tilting the bucket portion 31.
It is provided on the horizontal portion 26 of the moving track of 22. The heights of the transport surface 9a of the supply side conveyor device 9 and the transport surface 13a of the discharge side conveyor device 13 are set to the same height H, and when the bucket portion 31 stands up, the articles 11 of the bucket portion 31 are placed. The mounting height to be placed is set to the same height H as the height of the conveying surfaces 9a and 13a of the two conveyor devices 9 and 13, respectively.

Therefore, here, the conveyance heights of the articles 11 from the conveyance position of the supply conveyor 7 for supplying the articles 11 to the packaging machine 1 to the conveyance surface 13a of the discharge side conveyor device 13 are all set to be the same. -ing 36 is as shown in FIG.
In the direction of dropping the article 11 while sliding on the side surface of the article 11.
With a guide body that guides to one side, on the supply side conveyor device 9,
In the conveying direction B of the article 11 in the supply side conveyor device 9
An article 11 is provided so as to be inclined with respect to the supply side conveyor device.
9 makes it easy to drop from the transport surface 13a. 35 is Figure 1
And as shown in FIG. 4, an article positioned at a predetermined position by a sensor or the like provided on the supply side conveyor device 9
An air nozzle for dropping 11
35, when the bucket 22 has reached the optimum position the article 11 to close is received in the bucket portion 31 on the supply side conveyor device 9, so as to enable jetting air to the article 11, the supply-side configuration
It is arranged on the other side of the bare device 9 and is linked to the transfer of the bucket body 22.

An embodiment of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and an example of its use will be described below. First, the articles 11 are sequentially conveyed in a folded state via the supply conveyor 7, and are individually packaged by the packaging machine 1. Film-wrapped articles 11
Is further conveyed to the shrink tunnel 8 via the discharge conveyor 6, shrink-wrapped, and then conveyed to the supply-side conveyor device 9.

Further, when the article 11 is conveyed to a predetermined position by the supply side conveyor device 9, the guide body 36 moves the article 11 onto the article 11.
To guide the article 11 to one side while sliding on the side,
Easier to do. Furthermore, is the bucket body 22 rising upwards
When approaching the air from the air nozzle 35 toward the article 11.
Is ejected from the conveying surface 9a of the supply side conveyor device 9
Secures in the bucket part 31 that easily falls and is transferred upward
To be received. At this time, since the bucket part 31 is inclined forwardly upward, it is possible to easily receive the article 11 into the bucket part 31, and at the same time, the bucket body of the article 11 can be received.
It is possible to shorten the distance dropped to 22, and it is possible to preferably prevent the packaging film from being scratched or the like when the article 11 comes into contact with the opening edge portion of the bucket portion 31. Also, goods
Because air is used when dropping 11,
Item 11 is not damaged.

When the article 11 is moved by the bucket body 22 to the horizontal portion 26 of the moving track of the bucket body 22, the cam follower 32 provided on the rack portion 29 of the bucket body 22 is moved into the cam groove of the cam 33. The bucket portion 31 stands up because it slides while being guided by 33a. Further, when the article 11 is conveyed in an upright state, the guide side 36a causes the discharge side conveyor device 13 to move.
Is transported to the transport surface 13a, and is transported by the discharge side conveyor device 13 in an upright state and packaged. Further, the bucket body 22 gradually falls horizontally because the cam follower 32 is guided by the cam groove 33a of the cam 33.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the shape of the article 11 is not limited to the cylindrical shape, for example. Moreover, the shape of the bucket body 22 can be arbitrarily changed in design according to the shape of the article 11, and the members constituting the present invention are not limited to the above embodiments.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the transfer track for transferring the bucket body of the circulation transfer body can receive the falling articles and has substantially the same height as the transfer surface of the supply side conveyor device. Since an inclined portion for moving the article upward is provided so that the article can be transferred to the conveying surface of the discharge side conveyor device provided in the above, the falling article is received by the bucket body inclined forward. This makes it possible to shorten the fall distance of the article and suitably prevent the article from being scratched, as compared with the conventional case where the article is received by a horizontally moving bucket body.

Moreover, since the inclined portion is provided on the transfer track of the bucket body, it is possible to easily provide the conveying surfaces of the supply side conveyor device and the discharge side conveyor device at substantially the same height, In particular, there is an advantage that the layout of a series of conveyor lines combined with a packaging machine and the like is excellent in versatility.

[0023] In addition, the supply side conveyor device is circulated and transferred.
Make sure that the angle between them is smaller than the right angle.
And the supply side conveyor device
Con In the direction in which the articles transferred by the bare device are dropped
The guide body that guides to one side is installed on the supply side conveyor device.
The guide is provided so as to be inclined with respect to the conveyance direction of the article.
Air is blown to the article guided to one side by the body
An air nozzle that drops items into the bucket body
Since it is located on the other side of the side conveyor,
When it is transferred by the feeding side conveyor device,
Make sure that the item is easy to drop and
Can be gushed out. Therefore, a non-slip material
Even if the product is heavy or heavy, it will be scratched by the air.
Can be received by the bucket conveyor device without
Also, the timing of loading into the bucket becomes accurate,
The bucket can be dropped easily and surely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional front view showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall front view of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an upright carrying device.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 ... Supply side conveyor device, 9a ... Conveying surface, 11 ... Article, 13 ...
Discharge side conveyor device, 13a ... conveying surface, 22 ... bucket body,
23 ... Circulating transfer body, 25 ... Inclined part, 35 ... Air nozzle, 36 ...
Guide body

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Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A supply side conveyor device for supplying articles (11)
(9) and the transport surface (9a) of the supply side conveyor device (9 )
A plurality of bucket bodies (22) for receiving articles (11) falling from the circulation transfer body (2 ) provided for circulation transfer
3) and the items (1 ) received in each bucket body (22).
In the article transfer device for transferring 1) to the discharge side conveyor device (13 ) , the bucket body (22) of the circulation transfer body (23 )
The transfer track for transferring a bucket body (22) to the received article (11), the conveying surface of the supply-side conveyor system (9)
Discharge side conveyor device installed at approximately the same height as (9a)
Conveying surface (13) so as to be transferred to (13a), the article (1
Inclined portion for transferring a) above (25) is provided, et al is, deer
Also, the supply side conveyor device (9) is the circulation transfer body.
(23) so that both angles are smaller than a right angle
Placed on the supply side conveyor device (9)
Is an article conveyed by the supply side conveyor device (9)
Guide body (3) that guides (11) to one side in the falling direction.
6) carries the article (11) on the supply side conveyor device 9
The guide body is provided so as to be inclined with respect to the feeding direction (B).
Air is blown to the article (11) guided to one side by (36).
To release the article (11) to the bucket body (22)
The air nozzle (35) of the supply side conveyor device (9)
An article conveying device, which is arranged on the other side . 2. The supply side conveyor device in a collapsed state
The bucket body (22) is rotatably provided so that an article (11) conveyed in (9) can be erected and transferred to a discharge side conveyor device (13). Device for transporting goods.