JPH08113353A - Slide shoe for sorter of conveying article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a slide shoe for a sorter of conveying articles to restrain noise produced at the time of movement and improve the traveling stability. CONSTITUTION: A slide shoe 3 of a sorter for conveying articles is provided with a pair of shoe guides 38, 40, which slide as making contact in the horizontal direction with respect to a slat 21 along the direction orthogonal to the slat conveyor direction, on supporting members 33, 34 of a base plate 32, while an elastic member 30 is provided between the other supporting member 33 and the shoe guide 38 which is energizely supported towards the direction of contacting the slat 21 with pressure by a compression spring 39.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slide shoe that sorts articles in a predetermined direction by extruding articles on a conveyor in a sorting machine using a conveyor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a distribution center or a distribution center, a system for automatically sorting goods at high speed according to the destination has been applied. FIG. 2 shows an outline of a general conveyed goods sorting machine, FIG. 3 shows a cross section of a slide shoe of a conventional conveyed goods sorting machine, and FIG. 4 shows a bottom view of a slide shoe of a conventional conveyed goods sorting machine.

As shown in FIG. 2, in a product sorter of a distribution center, a transfer conveyor 11 and a slat conveyor 12 are arranged so as to be connected in series, and the slat conveyor 12 is sorted into an intermediate portion thereof. Goods 1
Three transport conveyors 13, 14 and 15 that transport 0 are diagonally connected to each other. And the conveyor 1
A bar code reader 16 for reading the type of the item 10 is attached to one side of 1. In addition, each conveyor 11, 1
2, 13, 14, and 15 can be driven by a driving device (not shown), and each driving means is controlled by conveyor control boards 17 and 18.

The slat conveyor 12 is composed of a large number of slats 21 arranged in parallel along the transport direction and connected in an endless belt shape.
A plurality of slide shoes 22 for sorting articles to be conveyed are attached to each slide shoe, and each slide shoe 22 is movable in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
Has a U-shaped cross section, and has guides 21a formed at opposite ends. On the other hand, in the slide shoe 22, a pair of rollers 24, 2 are provided on the base plate 23 located below the slats 21 corresponding to the slats 21, respectively.
5 are arranged at a predetermined interval and are rotatably attached by rotating shafts 26 and 27. The rollers 24 and 25 are provided with small-diameter recesses 24a and 25a in the axial center.
And the recesses 24a, 25 of the rollers 24, 25 are formed.
One guide 21 of each slat 21 in which a is adjacent
It is engaged with a. In addition, a support shaft 28 is erected in the center of the substrate 23 so as to be positioned in the space between the adjacent slats 21.
A shoe body 29 that is located above 1 to push out the articles 10 to be sorted is attached. The shoe main body 29 has a trapezoidal shape in plan view, and has push-out inclined portions 29a and 29b on both sides with which the article 10 contacts. Reference numeral 30 is a connecting shaft that connects the shoe body 29 and the substrate 23.

[0006] The slide shoe 22 configured as described above
Is located below the slats 21 and is supported by a movable body that is movable along the longitudinal direction of the slats 21,
It is possible to move in the same direction, and this moving body is drive-controlled by a control device (not shown).

Therefore, the slide shoe 22 can move along with the moving body along the moving direction Y orthogonal to the conveying direction X of the slat 21, and at this time, the slide shoe 2
2, rollers 24 and 25 (recesses 24a and 25a) move along the guide 21a of the slat 21.

Then, in the distribution center, as shown in FIG. 2, when various articles 10 are placed on the conveyor 11, the articles 10 move on the conveyor 11 and are transferred to the slat conveyor 12. It At this time, the type of the article 10 on the conveyor 11 is read by the bar code reader 16. Conveyor control panel 17,
18 moves each slide shoe 22 of the slat conveyor 12 based on the type data of the article 10 read by the bar code reader 16, and the article 10 transferred to the slat conveyor 12 is held by each slide shoe 22 and at a predetermined position. Then, the slide shoe 22 moves again, so that the article 10 is pushed out to the conveyors 13 or 14, 15. Then, the sorted items 10 are fed to predetermined positions by the respective conveyors 13, 14, 15.

[0009]

In the slide shoe 22 of the above-mentioned conventional article sorter, the slide shoe 22 is such that the recesses 24a and 25a of the rollers 24 and 25 are engaged with the guide 21a of the slat 21. When the rollers 24 and 25 rotate, they move in the movement direction Y. However, in this case, there is a problem that the rollers 24 and 25 (recesses 24a and 25a) and the guide 21a of the slat 21 are in line contact with each other, and the contact pressure at the contact parts is increased to cause noise. .

In the slide shoe 22, the rollers 24, 2 are provided between the outer peripheral surfaces of the rollers 24, 25 (recesses 24a, 25a) and the end surface of the guide 21a of the slat 21.
A minute gap S is formed to rotate 5 to reduce sliding resistance. The rollers 24 and 25 and the rotary shafts 26 and 27 that rotatably support the rollers 24 and 25.
A gap is also formed between and. Therefore, roller 2
4, 25 (recesses 24a, 25a) and the guide 21a, a minute gap S between the rollers 24, 25 and the rotating shafts 26, 27 causes the rollers 24, 25 to move when the slide shoe 22 moves. Move only the gap, guide 21
There was a problem that noise was generated by contact with a.

The present invention solves such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a slide shoe for a conveyed goods sorting machine which suppresses the generation of noise during movement and improves the running stability. To do.

[0012]

The slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorter of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorter of the present invention, which is conveyed to a conveyor for conveying conveyed goods. In a slide shoe of a conveyed goods sorting machine in which a conveyed goods sorting slide shoe is provided so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the direction, with respect to a pair of guide members provided along a direction orthogonal to the conveyor direction. A pair of shoe guides, which slide while making surface contact in the horizontal direction, are provided on the slide shoe main body to movably support the slide shoe main body on the pair of guide members, and at least one of the pair of shoe guides is provided. It is characterized in that the urging member urges and supports the pair of guide members in a direction in which they are pressed against each other.

The slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorting machine of the present invention is characterized in that an elastic member is interposed between the slide shoe body and the shoe guide.

[0014]

The slide shoe slides in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveyor while making surface contact with the pair of guide members by the pair of shoe guides, and at this time, at least one of the pair of shoe guides is an urging member. Is pressed against the guide member, and the slide shoe moves smoothly without rattling with respect to the guide member.

Further, since the elastic member is interposed between the slide shoe main body and the shoe guide, vibration is absorbed by the elastic member when the slide shoe moves, and noise is suppressed.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a slide shoe of a conveyed goods sorting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that members having the same functions as those described in the related art are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the conveyed goods sorting machine of this embodiment, the slat conveyor 12 is composed of a large number of slats 21 arranged in parallel along the conveying direction X and connected in an endless belt shape. A plurality of slide shoes 31 for sorting articles to be conveyed are attached to the slat 21, and each slide shoe 31 is movable along a direction Y orthogonal to the conveying direction X (direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1).

That is, in the slide shoe 31 of this embodiment, the pair of support members 3 are provided on the base plate 32 located below the slats 21 so as to be adjacent to the slats 21.
3, 34 are arranged at a predetermined interval, and the fixing bolt 3
5, 36 are attached. A shoe guide 38 is attached to one of the support members 33 via an elastic member 37 made of urethane rubber. The shoe guide 38 is attached to the inner surface of the adjacent slat 21 in the Y direction (the direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1). It is fitted so as to be movable along. The shoe guide 38 can be moved toward and away from the support member 33, and the shoe guide 38 is pressed between the shoe guide 38 and the inner surface of the slat 21 by a compression spring 39 interposed between the shoe guide 38 and the elastic member 37. Energized and supported. A shoe guide 40 is attached to the other support member 34 by a bolt 41, and the shoe guide 40 is movably fitted to the inner surface of the adjacent slat 21 along the Y direction (the direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1). ing.

A support shaft 42 is erected at the center of the base plate 32 in the space between the adjacent slats 21. The support shaft 42 is positioned above the slats 21 above the support shaft 42. A shoe body 43 is attached to push out the articles 10 to be sorted. The shoe main body 43 has a trapezoidal shape when viewed from the top, and the extruded inclined portion 4 on both sides of which the article 10 contacts.
4 are formed.

Therefore, the slide shoe 31 thus constructed is positioned below the slat 21 and is supported by a movable body which is movable in the longitudinal direction Y of the slat 21, and the movable body moves. You can move in the same direction. At this time, the shoe guides 38, 40 move along the inner surface of the slat 21 while making surface contact with each other, so that the slide shoe 31 is reliably supported with less squeaking noise during movement. The shoe guide 38 is pressed against the inner surface of the slat 21 by the compression spring 39, and the shoe guide 40 is moved while being pressed against the inner surface of the slat 21 by the urging force of the compression spring 39. Without slats 21
Even if there is an error such as distortion, the error is absorbed and the object moves smoothly.

Further, since the elastic member 37 is interposed between the shoe guide 38 and the support member 33, the vibration generated when the slide shoe 31 is moved is absorbed by the elastic member 37, and noise is also generated. Suppressed.

[0023]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorting machine of the present invention,
The slide shoe body is provided with a pair of shoe guides that slide in horizontal contact with a pair of guide members provided along the direction orthogonal to the conveyor conveying direction. Movably, and at least one of the pair of shoe guides is urged and supported by the urging member in a direction in which the pair of guide members are pressed against each other. At least one shoe guide is pressed against the guide member by the biasing member, and the slide shoe moves smoothly without rattling with respect to the guide member to improve running stability. You can

Further, according to the slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorting machine of the present invention, since the elastic member is interposed between the slide shoe body and the shoe guide, the vibration generated when the slide shoe is moved is absorbed by the elastic member. The generation of noise can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a slide shoe of a conveyed goods sorting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a general conveyed goods sorting machine.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a slide shoe of a conventional conveyed goods sorting machine.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a slide shoe of a conventional conveyed goods sorting machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 goods (conveyed goods) 12 slat conveyor 21 slats 31 slide shoes 33, 34 support members 37 elastic members 38, 40 shoe guides 39 compression springs

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Yasushi Kodama 2-17-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Stock Company, Meidensha

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A slide shoe of a conveyer sorter in which a conveyer for conveying a conveyer is provided with a slide shoe for separating a conveyer in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, the slide shoe being orthogonal to the conveyer direction of the conveyer. A pair of shoe guides, which slide in horizontal contact with a pair of guide members provided along the direction, are provided on the slide shoe body, and the slide shoe body is movable to the pair of guide members. A slide shoe for a conveyed sorter, wherein the slide shoe is supported, and at least one of the pair of shoe guides is biased and supported by a biasing member in a direction of being pressed against the pair of guide members. 2. The slide shoe of the conveyed goods sorting machine according to claim 1, wherein an elastic member is interposed between the slide shoe body and the shoe guide.