JPH08169531A - Article receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce a burden to carry a bag by transporting an article by receiving the article in the bag placed on a carriage, and housing the article by a prescribed weight quantity in the bag. CONSTITUTION: An article receiving device 11 is provided to receive a sent-into article to a bag-shaped bag 70. A receiving stand 56 to place the bag 70 is arranged on a carriage 14 having traveling wheels 52 so as to be ascendable and descendable. An energizing means 62 is arranged to upward energize the receiving stand 56. A detecting part 60a is arranged to move by interlocking with an ascent and descent of the receiving stand 56. A detecting means 81 to detect the detecting part 60a when the receiving stand 56 descends to a prescribed descent position, is arranged in a carriage carrying-in part 15 to position the carriage 14 in an article receiving place.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article receiving device for receiving an article to be fed into a bag bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a distribution center or the like, a sorting conveyor has been used for sorting a large number of collected items such as envelopes according to their delivery destinations. This sorting conveyor has a sorter mechanism such as a belt cart sorter, and while sequentially transporting articles on the conveyor, the sorting conveyor is arranged along the side of the sorting conveyor, and the corresponding chute among the plurality of chutes by destination is arranged. I try to separate them.

A bag-shaped bag is attached to the tip of the delivery destination chute, and articles are received and stored in this bag. Then, the worker removes the bag containing the articles from the chute according to the delivery destination and carries it to a predetermined delivery place or the like.

[0004]

However, conventionally, a heavy bag accommodating articles must be carried by a worker to a predetermined delivery place or the like, which causes a heavy burden on the worker.

The bag removed from the delivery destination chute can be placed on a trolley and transported to a predetermined delivery place or the like, but if a large amount of articles are stored in the bag,
There is still a problem that the bag becomes very heavy, and the burden of carrying the bag such as placing it on a dolly and unloading it is heavy.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows an article to be received and carried in a bag mounted on a trolley, and the bag can store only a predetermined weight of the article. It is intended to provide a receiving device.

[0007]

The article receiving apparatus of the present invention is an article receiving apparatus for receiving an article to be fed into a bag-like bag, and is provided with a trolley having wheels for traveling and is vertically movable on the trolley. A pedestal on which the bag is placed, an urging unit that urges the pedestal upward, a detection unit that is movable in association with lifting and lowering of the pedestal, and a dolly that positions the dolly at a receiving place of the article. The carrying-in section and the detecting means provided in the carriage-carrying-in section detect the detecting section when the receiving table is lowered to a predetermined lowered position.

[0008]

In the article receiving apparatus of the present invention, the articles to be fed are received in the bag placed on the pedestal of the trolley positioned in the trolley loading section. When articles are sequentially stored in the bag, the pedestal is lowered against the biasing means, and the detection unit is moved in conjunction with the movement. When a predetermined weight of articles is stored in the bag, the detection unit detects the detection unit. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden of carrying the bag by accommodating a predetermined weight of articles that can be carried in the bag. In addition, it is possible to carry a bag containing articles by a trolley.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the article receiving apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a belt cart sorter as an example of a sorting conveyor, and the belt cart sorter 1 is rotated in a direction intersecting with the rail on each continuous carrier traveling on the rail. Carts 3 each having a belt 2 are arranged, an article is placed on each cart 3 to be conveyed, and the belt 2 is rotated at a predetermined carry-out position to carry out the article on the cart 3 to the side of the cart 3. Is configured. The belt cart sorter 1 is installed at a position higher than the installation surface 4.

On the side of the belt cart sorter 1, a large number of article receiving devices 11 for receiving articles to be carried out are arranged in parallel. In describing the article receiving device 11, the side opposite to the side of the belt cart sorter 1 is the front, the side of the belt cart sorter 1 is the rear, and both sides along the belt cart sorter 1 are the sides.

In the article receiving device 11, a chute 13 located on the side of the belt cart sorter 1 is attached to an upper part of a frame 12, and a bogie 14 is arranged inside the frame 12 below the chute 13 to carry a cart. 15 are formed.

The frame 12 has four columns 21 around it,
The upper parts of the columns 21 and the lower parts except the lower part of the front surface are connected by each horizontal joint member 22, and the front surface of the carriage carrying-in portion 15 is opened for taking in and out the carriage 14. flame
Guide plates 23 are attached to both sides of the lower part of 12 along the front-rear direction. A stopper 24 is attached to the horizontal joint material 22 at the lower rear side.

The chute 13 has front and rear guide plates 31, 32 and both side guide plates 33, 34, and has a wide upper surface opening. The lower part of the front guide plate 31 and the both side guide plates 33, 34 are respectively in the lower part. It is formed in a hopper shape that is inclined toward one side, and a discharge port 35 is formed in the lower part thereof. A guide plate 36 is attached to the upper part of the rear guide plate 32 along the belt cart sorter 1 in an inclined shape, and projects from the upper parts of the guide plates 33, 34 on both sides onto the guide plate 36 to form a triangular guide body 37. Is attached.

Guide bodies 38, 39 and guide bodies 40, 41 are attached to the edges of the discharge port 35 of the chute 13, that is, the lower edges of the front and rear guide plates 31, 32 and the guide plates 33, 34 on both sides. . These guide bodies 38 to 41 are made of a transparent and flexible material, and only the guide bodies 40 and 41 on both sides have the guide plate 3 at the upper end.
It is rotatably attached to the shafts 3, 34 via a shaft support member 42.

As shown in FIG. 4, the carriage 14 has a rectangular frame-shaped base 51, and four wheels 52 are attached near the four corners of the lower surface of the base 51. The wheels are fixedly mounted so that they face in the direction of
52 is rotatably mounted so that it faces in either direction. Rollers are provided on the bottom surface of the base 51 at two locations on both sides.
53 is rotatably attached, and a substantially U-shaped support frame 54 is attached to the front side of the lower surface. As shown in FIG. 1, the rollers 53 on both sides are brought into contact with the guide plates 23 on both sides to position the carriage 14 in both directions.

A rectangular fixed base 55 is attached to the upper surface of the base 51 by a plurality of support members 55a on both sides, and a receiving base 56 is arranged so as to cover the fixed base 55.
Between the fixed base 55 and the receiving base 56, as shown in FIG.
Substantially L-shaped brackets 57 are attached to four positions on the bottom surface of the fixing base 55 on both front and rear sides, and four brackets 57 on the bottom surface of the receiving base 56
A bracket 58 having a substantially U-shape is attached at a position, and both ends of a support shaft 59 are rotatably supported by brackets 57 on both front and rear sides, and a lever 60 having a substantially L-shape is provided near both ends of the support shaft 59. Of the lever 60 is fixed, one end of each lever 60 protruding rearward is rotatably supported by the bracket 58, and the other end of the front and rear levers 60 protruding downward is rotatable by a link 61. Are linked to. Therefore, the receiving table 56 is fixed to the fixed table 55.
It is supported so that it can be moved up and down.

A detection portion 60a is provided at the lower end of each lever 60 on the front side, and the detection portion 60a is swingably protruded below the fixed base 55. Below the fixed base 55, one end of a tension spring 62 as a biasing means is attached to the detection portion 60a of one lever 60, and the other end of the tension spring 62 is connected to an adjuster bolt 63. Fixed stand
It is screwed to a substantially L-shaped bracket 64 attached to the lower surface of 55. Therefore, the detection force of the lever 60 causes the detection portion 60a of the lever 60 to swing rearward, and the pedestal 56 is urged upward. Then, by adjusting the adjuster bolt 63, the tensile force of the tension spring 62 is adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 4, a frame 65 is provided upright on the periphery of the base 51. The frame body 65 has substantially U-shaped frame portions 66 provided upright on both sides of the base 51, and a side plate 67 is attached to the lower side of each frame portion 66 and both frame portions 66 are provided. The rear portions are connected by a connecting rod 68, and a bag-shaped bag 70 is provided above each frame 66 via a pair of support rods 69.
A bag attachment frame 71 to which the mouth portion 70a of the is attached is attached. The bag mounting frame 71 has a front surface corresponding to the attachment / detachment direction of the bag 70, and is formed in a substantially U-shape from a back side frame portion 72 located on the back side and a pair of side frame portions 73 on both sides. Front space L corresponding to the attachment / detachment direction of the side frame portions 73 on both sides
1 is formed wider than the distance L2 on the rear side.

Photoelectric tubes 81 as detecting means are attached to the lower portions of the rear surface of the columns 21 on both front sides of the frame 12 so as to face each other. The optical axis of the photocell 81 is the trolley carry-in section.
The truck 14 that has been loaded into the truck loading section 15 through the lower front of 15
When the pedestal 56 is raised and the detector 60a is swinging backwards, the optical axis is in a light projecting state, the cradle 56 is lowered to a predetermined lowered position, and the detector 60a is swung forward. When this is done, the optical axis is blocked.

A switch unit 85 is attached to the frame 12 so as to correspond to each trolley-carrying-in section 15. The switch unit 85 has an acceptance permission switch for permitting acceptance of an article, an acceptance stop switch for stopping acceptance of an article, and the like. A plurality of switches 86 are provided.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the bag 70 is attached to the carriage 14. That is, from the front of the trolley 14, the bottom of the bag 70 is placed on the pedestal 56, the mouth 70a of the bag 70 is put inside the bag mounting frame 71, and the back frame 72 and the pair of sides of the bag mounting frame 71 are placed. They are bent and hooked on the outside of the frame 73, respectively. At this time, since the front surface of the bag attachment frame 71 is opened and the front side of the side frame portions 73 on both sides is formed wide, the mouth portion 70a of the bag 70 can be easily attached to the bag attachment frame 71.

The trolley 14 with the bag 70 attached is inserted into the trolley-carrying-in portion 15 of the article receiving device 11 from the rear side. At this time, the rollers 53 on both sides of the carriage 14 are regulated by the guide plates 23 and positioned in both directions, and the rear portion of the carriage 14 contacts the stopper 24 to perform positioning in the front-rear direction.

By loading the trolley 14 into the trolley loading portion 15, the back side frame portion 72 of the bag mounting frame 71 is moved to the mouth portion 70a of the bag 70.
It is pressed against the guide body 39 via. In addition, the mouth of the bag 70
The front and side guides 38, 40, 41 on the outside of 70a are put into the mouth 70a of the bag 70 while rotating upward.
At this time, since the guide bodies 38, 40, 41 have flexibility, they can be easily operated.

In the light state where the bag 70 of the carriage 14 carried into the carriage carrying-in portion 15 does not contain any articles, the detecting portion 60a of the lever 60 is swung backward by the tensile force of the tension spring 62, and the receiving tray is supported. 56 is biased upward and is in the highest position. Therefore, the optical axis of the photoelectric tube 81 is
Since a is swinging backwards, the light is
Is ready to receive goods.

Then, by operating the acceptance permission switch of the switch unit 85, for example, when a delivery destination article to be received in the bag 70 is placed on the cart 3 of the belt cart sorter 1 and conveyed, the article receiving apparatus 11 The belt 2 is rotated according to the position of the chute 13 of the cart 3
The upper article is discharged to the chute 13. Since the chute 13 is formed in a hopper shape, the articles discharged from the cart 3 are received from the wide upper opening of the chute 13, guided to the narrow discharge opening 35 on the lower surface, and stored in the bag 70. At this time, the guides 38 to 41 can guide the article to be surely stored in the bag 70.

As the articles are successively stored in the bag 70 in this manner, the bag 70 gradually becomes heavier and the detection portion 60a of the lever 60 swings forward against the tensile force of the tension spring 62. The pedestal 56 moves and descends.

Then, when a predetermined weight of articles that can be carried is stored in the bag 70 and the pedestal 56 is lowered to a predetermined position, the detection portion 60a of the lever 60 that swings forward is moved to the optical axis of the photoelectric tube 81. Is shielded from light, and it is detected that a predetermined weight of articles are stored in the bag 70.

Upon receipt of this detection, a notification means such as a lamp provided corresponding to each article receiving device 11 is used to notify, and the article is automatically carried out from the belt cart sorter 1 to the corresponding article receiving device 11. It is forbidden to allow it to be stored in another article receiving device 11.

Then, the trolley 14 in which a predetermined weight of articles are stored in the bag 70 is pulled out from the trolley loading section 15, and another trolley 14 with the empty bag 70 attached is loaded into the trolley loading section 15.
By operating the acceptance permission switch of the switch unit 85, the article receiving operation for the article receiving apparatus 11 is similarly performed. When the trolley 14 is pulled out from the trolley loading section 15, the guides 38, 40, 41 are placed inside the mouth 70a of the bag 70. However, since the guides 38, 40, 41 have flexibility, Just pull out the trolley 14 and the mouth 70 of the bag 70
The guides 38, 40, 41 can be easily removed from a.

The trolley 14 pulled out from the trolley-carrying-in section 15 can be made to travel and easily transported as it is to a desired place.

When the bag 70 is detached from the carriage 14 and lowered, the mouth 70a of the bag 70, which is bent and hooked on the outside of the bag mounting frame 71, is returned to the inside, and the mouth 70 is left as it is.
Hold a and pull it out in front of the trolley 14 and lower it. At this time, since the front surface of the bag attachment frame 71 is opened and the front side of the side frame portions 73 on both sides is formed wide, the mouth portion 70a of the bag 70 can be easily removed from the bag attachment frame 71. The bag 70 can be easily removed from the trolley 14. Moreover, since the bag 70 contains a predetermined amount of articles, the burden of carrying the bag 70 can be reduced.

The bag attached to the carriage 14 as described above
The bag 70 containing the articles can be easily carried by the carts 14 by receiving the articles in the 70, and the burden on the worker can be reduced.

Moreover, since the chute 13 is formed in a hopper shape, the articles discharged from the cart 3 are chuteed.
It can be received from the 13 wide upper openings, led to the narrow discharge opening 35 on the lower surface, and securely stored in the bag 70.

Further, the guide bodies 38 to 41 attached to the discharge port 35 of the chute 13 can directly guide the articles discharged from the discharge port 35 of the chute 13 into the bag 70 and surely store them.

When a predetermined weight of an article is stored in the bag 70 placed on the pedestal 14, the detector 60a causes the photoelectric tube to move.
Since the optical axis of 81 is shielded, it is possible to detect that a predetermined weight of articles that can be carried is stored in the bag 70, and the burden of carrying the bag 70 can be reduced.

Further, the bag attachment frame 71 for attaching / detaching the mouth portion 70a of the bag 70 is substantially U-shaped, the front side corresponding to the attaching / detaching direction of the bag 70 is opened, and the pair of side frame portions on both sides are formed.
Since the space on the front side of 73 is formed wide, the mouth portion 70a of the bag 70 can be easily attached to and detached from the bag attachment frame 71.

[0039]

According to the article receiving apparatus of the present invention, articles can be received and carried in a bag placed on a pedestal of a truck, and the weight of articles stored in the bag can be lowered. It is possible to detect from a position to detect that a predetermined weight of articles are stored in the bag, and the burden of carrying the bag can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of an article receiving device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a truck according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the bogie of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 article receiving device 14 dolly 15 dolly loading part 52 wheels 56 pedestal 60a detection part 62 tension spring 70 as biasing means 70 bag 80 photocell as detection means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An article receiving device for receiving articles to be fed into a bag-like bag, a trolley having wheels for traveling, a pedestal provided on the trolley so as to be able to move up and down, and the pedestal. An urging means for urging the trolley upward, a detection unit that moves in conjunction with lifting and lowering of the pedestal, a trolley loading unit that positions the trolley at the receiving location of the article, and is provided in this trolley loading unit, An article receiving device comprising: a detection unit that detects the detection unit when the receiving table is lowered to a predetermined lowering position.