JPH0812051A - Spherical body arranging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of the trouble such that a spherical body is midway caught and arrange the spherical bodies at a high speed. CONSTITUTION:A guide wall 1 is formed along the circumferential direction of a rotary plate 4 having a center shaft directed in the vertical direction. An inlet part 5a is formed in the upper side of the rotary plate 4 and in the vicinity of the guide wall 1, and a spherical body passage 5 for allowing the passing of only one row of the spherical bodies 5 to be arranged is formed. In the state where the rotary shaft 4 is revolved by a rotary plate driving device, if a spherical body 6 is supplied on the rotary plate 4, the spherical body 6 comes in contact with the guide wall 1 by the centrifugal force and advanced in the revolution direction of the rotary plate 4, and advances into the spherical body passage 5 from the inlet part 5a, and is arranged in one row.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spherical body aligning device for aligning spherical bodies such as golf balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional spherical body aligning device of this type, the spherical bodies are moved by utilizing only gravity, and the spherical bodies are guided to a passage which can pass through only one row. I was aligning my body.

[0003]

In the conventional spherical body aligning device, the spherical body is moved only by gravity, so that the spherical body is apt to be caught in each part of the device while being guided to the passage. However, there is a problem that the spherical bodies cannot be aligned at high speed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a spherical body aligning apparatus which is less likely to cause a trouble that the spherical bodies are caught on the way and which can align the spherical bodies at high speed. The purpose is to

[0005]

A spherical body aligning device according to the present invention comprises a rotary plate having a central axis oriented in the vertical direction and rotatable about the central axis, and a drive device for rotating the rotary plate. And a guide wall provided along the circumferential direction of the rotating plate, and an inlet portion above the rotating plate and near the guide wall to allow passage of spherical bodies to be aligned in only one row. And has.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when a spherical body is supplied onto the rotating plate while the rotating plate is being rotated by the rotating plate driving device, the spherical body is brought into contact with the guide wall by centrifugal force and is rotated. It advances in the direction of rotation of the plate and enters the spherical body passage from the entrance. This allows the spheres to be aligned in a row because the spheres can only pass through the sphere passages in one row.

In the present invention, since the spherical bodies are aligned by utilizing the centrifugal force, the spherical bodies are not caught in the middle unlike the conventional apparatus, and the spherical bodies can be aligned at high speed.

At least a part of the upper surface of the rotary plate is
If it is inclined so that it becomes lower toward the outer peripheral side, the spherical body can be promptly moved toward the guide wall by utilizing not only centrifugal force but also gravity.

Further, if a plurality of spherical body passages are provided, the spherical bodies can be aligned in a plurality of rows at the same time and the spherical bodies can be supplied to a plurality of places, so that the working efficiency can be further enhanced.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a spherical body aligning device according to the present invention. In the middle part inside the cylindrical guide wall 1,
The motor support plate 2 is mounted horizontally. A rotary plate drive motor 3 composed of a geared motor is attached to the center of the motor support plate 2. This motor 3
The output shaft 3a of the
A rotary plate 4 is attached to the center of the rotary plate. The rotary plate 4 has a circular shape as a whole, and a central portion thereof extends horizontally, but an outer peripheral portion thereof is inclined so as to become lower toward the outer peripheral side.

Two cylindrical spherical passages 5 are attached to the guide wall 1 at positions of 180 degrees with respect to each other. Most of the spherical body passages 5 have a circular cross section and have an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the spherical bodies 6 to be aligned, such as a golf ball, but the portion in the vicinity of the entrance 5a has a trumpet shape. Has been expanded. With such a structure, the spherical bodies 6 can pass through the spherical body passages 5 in only one row. Inlet 5a of each spherical body passage 5
Are provided substantially in contact with the upper surface of the rotary plate 4 and the inner circumference of the guide wall 1. A portion of each spherical body passage 5 near the inlet portion 5 a extends substantially in the tangential direction of the rotary plate 4 and the guide wall 1. The portion of each spherical body passage 5 other than the vicinity of the inlet portion 5a is inclined so that the height becomes lower toward the outlet 5b side of the spherical body passage 5.

On the outlet 5b side of each spherical body passage 5,
For example, a cleaning device for cleaning golf balls or a boxing device for packing golf balls in a box is provided with a device (not shown) to which the spherical bodies 6 should be sequentially supplied one by one.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The rotary plate drive motor 3 rotates the rotary plate 4 in the counterclockwise direction (direction of arrow A) in FIG. In this state, when the spherical body 6 is supplied onto the rotary plate 4 by, for example, dropping the spherical body 6 on the rotary plate 4, the spherical body 6 is brought into contact with the guide wall 1 by centrifugal force and is rotated. It advances in the rotation direction of the plate 4 and enters the spherical body passage 5 from the inlet portion 5a. Since the spherical bodies 6 can pass through the spherical body passages 5 in only one row, the spherical bodies 6 can be aligned in one row and the aligned spherical bodies 6 can be taken out one by one from the outlets 5b of the spherical body passages 5. it can.

In this spherical body aligning apparatus, since the spherical bodies 6 are aligned by utilizing centrifugal force, the spherical bodies 6 are not caught in the middle unlike the conventional apparatus, and the spherical bodies 6 are not caught.
Can be aligned at high speed.

In the present embodiment, the outer peripheral side portion of the rotary plate 4 is inclined so that it becomes lower toward the outer peripheral side. However, in the present invention, the rotary plate need not necessarily be provided with an inclined portion. Good. However, if the rotary plate is provided with the inclined portion as in the present embodiment, the spherical body can be promptly moved toward the guide wall by utilizing not only centrifugal force but also gravity. Also, of course, the entire rotary plate (particularly the upper surface thereof) may be inclined so that it becomes lower toward the outer peripheral side.

Further, in this embodiment, since a plurality of spherical body passages 5 are provided, it is possible to align the spherical bodies 6 in a plurality of rows at the same time and supply the spherical bodies 6 to a plurality of places, which further improves the work efficiency. It can be increased, but in the present invention only one spherical passage may be provided.

Further, the spherical body aligning apparatus according to the present invention can be used for aligning not only golf balls but also other kinds of spherical bodies.

[0018]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the spherical body aligning apparatus according to the present invention has excellent effects such that the spherical bodies are less likely to be caught in the middle of the trouble and the spherical bodies can be aligned at high speed. It is a thing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a spherical body aligning device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Guide Wall 3 Rotating Plate Drive Motor (Rotating Plate Driving Device) 4 Rotating Plate 5 Spherical Body Passage 5a Spherical Body Passage Entrance 6 Spherical Body

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rotary plate having a central axis oriented in the vertical direction and rotatable about the central axis, a rotary plate driving device for rotating the rotary plate, and a circumferential direction of the rotary plate. A spherical body aligning device comprising: a guide wall provided; and a spherical body passage which has an inlet portion above the rotary plate and near the guide wall and allows the spherical bodies to be aligned to pass in only one row. 2. At least a part of the upper surface of the rotary plate is
The spherical body aligning device according to claim 1, wherein the spherical body aligning device is inclined so that it becomes lower toward the outer peripheral side. 3. The spherical body aligning device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the spherical body passages are provided.