JPH0822695B2 - Transfer device and transfer method for cylindrical package - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a transfer device and a transfer method for transferring, in the next step, cylindrical packages stacked in multiple rows and multiple stages to the packaging slit opening position of the cylindrical packages.

[Prior art]

For example, when a can lid is shipped from a can manufacturing factory,
A large number of sheets are stacked and packaged in a cylindrical shape, and the cylindrical packaging body is a packaging body stacked in multiple rows and multiple stages. This package is transported to a canning factory, separated into individual cylindrical packages, transferred to the next step, and the packages are cut open. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the columnar packages 1 are stacked on the pallet 2 one by one in a bales to form a package. A long strip or strip-shaped film 3 is sandwiched in zigzag for each stage of each of the columnar packages, and the pallet 2 and all the columnar packages are tightened from above the strip 3 with a string 4. Such a method and apparatus for transferring the cylindrical packages stacked in multiple rows and stages are disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-31821 as a method and apparatus for transferring the can-lid cylinders apart. On the other hand, Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 60-4062 discloses a cylindrical multi-stage stacked package as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in this packing body 6, cylindrical packing bodies 1 are stacked on a pallet 2, and the outer side is an upper plate 7, a side plate 8, and a bent portion 8a of the side plate 8 and a side plate 8. Unillustrated back side bent part, side plate 9 and side plate 9 bent part 9a and side plate 9
It is surrounded by a bent portion on the back side (not shown). The string 4 is tightened together with the pallet 2 from above. Unlike the multi-row, multi-row stacking of the cylindrical packaging bodies 1 shown in FIG. 7, the packaging body 6 does not use a paper strip or a strip-shaped film.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

The transfer method described in JP-A-58-31821,
If it is a transfer device, a device for cutting a strip or a strip film,
The peeling device and the winding device must be provided in accordance with the unloading position, which is complicated. To prevent the stacked cylindrical bales from collapsing in the transport route,
It is necessary to have a holding guide that is erected from the lower part to the upper part along the ascending conveyance path. Even if such a guide is provided, if the winding operation of the strip is not done carefully, the cylindrical package at the end on the folding back side of the strip is likely to collapse during the work, and once the collapse occurs, the transport path When the cylindrical packaging body stays in the container and is pushed out and transferred to the conveyor, it may be caught in the transport path, the can lid of the contents may be damaged, and the device may be damaged if it is bare. . The present invention has been made in order to eliminate such inconvenience, and provides a transfer device and a transfer method suitable for transferring a cylindrical package as disclosed in JP-B-60-4062. To do.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A transfer device and a transfer method of a cylindrical package to which the present invention is applied to solve the above problems will be described with reference to FIG. 1 corresponding to an embodiment. A first invention of the present invention is a transfer device for a cylindrical package,
As shown in the figure, the cylindrical packaging body 1 is placed in multiple rows and multiple stages, and the cartridge 10 having the supporting members 11 and 12 in the rolling direction of the cylindrical packaging body 1 and the cylindrical packaging body 1 are placed. Supplying and conveying means 13 for carrying the cartridge 10 thus produced in the direction of the substantially cylindrical axis of the cylindrical packaging body 1, and the cylindrical packaging body 1 and the cartridge 10 carried by the supplying and conveying means 13 for conveying line of the feeding and conveying means 13. Elevating / conveying means 15 for transporting the cylindrical package to the lower or upper position C, and for transporting the cartridge 10 from the lower position C to the return position D, and the cylindrical package 1 at the lower position C in the cylindrical axial direction. Drive means for sliding to 17
And a delivery / transportation means 19 for transporting the cylindrical package 1 slid by the drive means 17 to the next step, and a delivery / transportation means 21 for transporting the cartridge 10 from the return position D. A second invention of the present invention is a transfer device for a cylindrical package as in the first invention, which is an intermediate position between the lowering position C of the cylindrical package of the first invention and the conveying line of the supply / conveying means 13 and is moved up and down. It is characterized in that the discharging and conveying means 21 is arranged on the same side as the supply and conveying means 13 with the elevating and lowering conveying line of the conveying means 15 as a boundary. A third invention of the present invention is a method for transferring a cylindrical package 1, and a cartridge 10 having support members 11 and 12 on both sides,
Supporting member 1 for columnar package 1 stacked in multiple rows
The cylindrical package is placed with the cylindrical axis oriented in the direction of 1 and 12, and the cylindrical package is lowered to the unloading position C at a position away from the position A where the cylindrical package 1 is placed. Are substantially parallel to each other (see arrows a and b), and at the lowering position C, the column-shaped packaging bodies 1 one by one in the upper stage of the multi-stage cylindrical packaging body 1 on the cartridge 10 are sequentially arranged in the cylinder axial direction. It is characterized in that it is slid to and is carried to the receiving and conveying means 19 to the next step, and then the empty cartridge 10 is carried away to the outside of the cylindrical package transfer path.

[Action]

According to the transfer device and the transfer method of the cylindrical package of the present invention, the cylindrical package 1 is transferred in all sections (position A to position C) in which the cylindrical package 1 is transferred while being stacked in multiple stages and multiple rows. Since the cartridge 10 is supported by being sandwiched between the supporting members 11 and 12 of the cartridge 10, the load is not collapsed. Further, since the cylindrical packaging bodies 1 placed on the cartridge 10 at the unloading position C are aligned one step at a time and slid in the axial direction of the cylinder to be conveyed to the conveying means 19 to the next step, the load is also here. There is no fear of collapse. Moreover, since the arrangement is carried on the transfer means 19 without breaking the alignment, the processing in the next step is easy. In particular, in the cylindrical package transfer device of the second aspect of the invention, it is the same as the supply transport means 13 at the intermediate position between the unloading position C and the transport line of the supply transport means 13 and at the boundary of the elevating transport line of the elevating transport means 15. Since the discharging / conveying means 21 is disposed on the side, the entire apparatus becomes compact and the installation space is small.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of a cylindrical package transfer device and transfer method to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the transfer device of the present invention. The apparatus shown in FIG.
The cartridge 10 on which is mounted is conveyed from the position A to the position B by the supply / conveying means 13 and from the position B to the position C by the ascending / descending conveying means 15, respectively.
Slide it down to the receiving and conveying means 19, return the empty cartridge 10 to the position D by the elevating and conveying means 15, and carry it from the position D to the outside of the transfer path of the cylindrical package 1 by the discharging and conveying means 21. It is the one to leave. The supply and conveyance means 13, the reception and conveyance means 19 and the discharge and conveyance means 21 are belt conveyors, and the elevation conveyance means 15 is a hoist. As shown in the figure, a hoist 15 is arranged at the transport tip (position B) of the supply transport conveyor 13. Hoist 15
The position of the bottom dead center of the loading platform 28 is set to a position where the height of the transport surface of the transport conveyor 40 on the loading platform 28 is slightly lower than the height of the transport surface of the supply transport conveyor 13. is there. Measure cylinder pad above hoist 15 (position C)
30 is provided, and the measure cylinder pad 30 is connected to a height sensor (not shown). The receiving / conveying conveyor 19 is arranged at a position in synchronization with the measure cylinder pad 30. On the opposite side, a drive means 17 for sliding the cylindrical package 1 with the drive direction facing the receiving and conveying conveyor 19 side.
The sweeper cylinder is installed. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the vicinity of the position C as viewed from the opposite direction to FIG. Drive rod 31 for sweeper cylinder 17
Is driven along a guide rod 32. A positioning cylinder 33 is attached to the drive rod 31, and a sweeper 37 is attached to the drive rod 35. Sweeper
A guide rod 38 is planted in 37, and the sweeper 37 is driven by a drive rod 31.
It can move up and down along a guide block 39 attached to the. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, at a position D in the middle of transportation of the hoist 15, a discharge transportation conveyor 21 is arranged on the same side as the supply transportation conveyor 13 with the transportation line of the hoist 15 as a boundary. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a cartridge 10 for stacking the cylindrical packages 1 in multiple rows and multiple stages. Cartridge 10
The support members 11 and 12 are attached to the bottom plate 23. The upper portions of the support members 11 and 12 are open outward so that the column-shaped multi-stage stacking package 6 (see FIG. 6) can be easily placed from above. The support member 11 has folded portions 11a and 11b on both sides, and the support member 12 has folded portions 12a and 12b. And the folded portions 11a, 1
A restraining lever 25 is rotatably supported on each of 1b, 12a and 12b. Further, the bottom plate 23 of the cartridge 10 has a guide metal fitting that is open to the outside of the height of the pallet 2 of the packaging body 6
26 is installed. In such a cartridge 10, a cylindrical multi-stage stacking package 6 as disclosed in the above Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-4062 is disclosed.
(See FIG. 6) is placed. Since the details of the package 6 have already been described, the repetitive description will be omitted. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the package 6 is placed on the cartridge 10. The cartridge 10 on which the package 6 is placed is placed on the supply / conveyor 13 (see FIG. 1), the string 4 is cut and removed, and then the upper plate 7 is removed. A plurality of cartridges 10 can be placed on the supply / conveyor 13. Next, the bent portion 8a of the side plate 8 is the folded portion 11a of the supporting member 11, the bent portion of the side plate 8 on the back side in the drawing is the folded portion 11b of the supporting member 11, and the bent portion 9a of the side plate 9 is the folded portion 12a of the supporting member 12. The bent portion on the back side of the side plate 9 in the figure is folded back along the folded portion 12b of the support member 12. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, all the holding levers 25 are turned inward, and the bent portions of the side plates 8 and 9 are folded back and fixed in an open state. In this state, as shown in FIG. 1, a cartridge (hereinafter, referred to as “actual cartridge”) in which the cylindrical packages 1 are stacked in multiple rows and multiple stages is placed on the supply / transport conveyor 13. Here, the supply conveyor 13 and the conveyor 40 on the loading table 28 are driven to convey the actual cartridge in the direction of arrow a,
One of the first actual cartridges is transferred to the loading table 28 of the hoist 15. After confirming this transfer, the transport conveyors 13 and 40 are stopped and the hoist 15 is driven to raise and transport the actual cartridge on the loading table 28 (see arrow b). At the same time when the loading platform 28 is raised, the measure cylinder pad 30 is lowered to a predetermined height. Eventually, the uppermost cylindrical packing body 1 in the actual cartridge on the loading table 28 contacts the measure cylinder pad 30 and pushes it up, and when a height sensor (not shown) connected to the measure cylinder pad 30 detects it. Stop driving the hoist 15. At this time, the uppermost cylindrical packaging body 1 in the actual cartridge
The lower surface of the same corresponds to the mounting surface of the receiving and conveying conveyor 19. When the loading platform 28 stops, the measuring cylinder pad 30 is lifted momentarily. On the other hand, the receiving / conveying conveyor 19 is driven to convey the cylindrical packaging body 1 to the next step, and the cylindrical packaging body 1 previously unloaded is present on the placing surface of the receiving / transporting conveyor 19 in the vicinity of the unloading position C. Make sure you don't. Next, the positioning cylinder 33 is operated to lower the sweeper 37 and stop it at a predetermined position. After the moment, the sweeper cylinder 17 is operated to move the sweeper 37 forward. Then, 1 of the uppermost cylindrical packing body 1 in the actual cartridge
The steps are pushed, slide, and are lowered onto the receiving and conveying conveyor 19. Now reverse the sweeper cylinder 17
Return 37 to the home position and wait. Again, the loading platform 28 is raised by one stage of the cylindrical packaging body 1 and the above steps are repeated, and the cylindrical packaging body 1 is successively lowered step by step onto the receiving and conveying conveyor 19 and conveyed to the next step. . When all the cylindrical packages 1 in the actual cartridge are unloaded and the inside of the cartridge 10 becomes only the pallet 2 (empty cartridge), the hoist 15 is driven downward to load the loading platform.
28 Lower the empty cartridge and transport it. When the loading platform 28 reaches the transfer position D of the discharge transfer conveyor 21, the lowering drive of the hoist 15 is stopped. After that, the conveyor 40 on the loading table 28 is reversed and the discharging conveyor 21 is driven to discharge the empty cartridge to the outside of the transfer path of the cylindrical package 1. After confirming that the empty cartridge has been discharged, the hoist 15 is driven again downward to return the loading platform 28 to the original bottom dead center. The ejected empty cartridge is appropriately carried to a standby position by a forklift or the like and used for the next use.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, according to the transfer device and the transfer method of the cylindrical package to which the present invention is applied, even if the tightening cord of the package is cut and pulled out, the cylindrical package is stacked in multiple rows. Since the supporting member of the cartridge supports the rolling direction even during the transfer of the cartridge or when the cartridge is unloaded one step at a time, there is no risk of the load collapse. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a holding guide that is erected from the lower part to the upper part over the transport path, and the load collapse occurs and the cylindrical package stays in the transport path,
When the cylindrical package is pushed out and transferred to the conveyor, it can be reliably prevented from being caught in the transport path and damaging the can lid of the contents or the device. Since the cylindrical wrappings that have been unloaded at the time of being conveyed to the next step are aligned, the process in the next step, for example, the packaging slitting of the cylindrical wrapping, can be easily performed. In the transfer device of the present invention, when the cylindrical package is stacked in multiple stages and multiple rows, no band or band-shaped film or band-shaped film or the like is used. The peeling device and the winding device do not need to be provided in accordance with the unloading position, and the device is simple and compact. Particularly, in the transfer device of the present invention, the supply transfer means and the discharge transfer means are arranged on the same side with respect to the ascending / descending transfer line, which is advantageous in that the entire device can be further downsized and the installation space can be reduced. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a transfer device of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an essential part of the above-mentioned embodiment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cartridge, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views of a state where a cylindrical package is placed on the cartridge, FIG. 7th
The figure is a perspective view of a state in which the cylindrical package is packed. 1 ... Cylindrical package, 2 ... Pallet, 4 ... Bracelet 6 ... Package, 7 ... Top plate, 8.9 ... Side plate 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b ... Bent part 11. 12 ... Supporting members 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b ... Folding portion 13 ... Supply / transport means, 15 ... Elevating / transporting means 17 ... Sliding drive means, 19 ... Receiving / transporting means 21 ... Discharge transporting means, 25 …… Pressing lever 28 …… Loading platform, 30 …… Measure cylinder pad 31, 35 …… Drive rod, 32,38 …… Guide rod 33 …… Positioning cylinder, 37 …… Sweeper 40 …… Conveyor conveyor, A ～ D: Each position

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge having a columnar packaging body placed in multiple rows and multiple stages and having a supporting member in a rolling direction of the columnar packaging body, and a cartridge having the columnar packaging body placed thereon, The feeding and conveying means for carrying the cylindrical packaging body in the substantially cylindrical axis direction, and the cylindrical packaging body and the cartridge conveyed by the feeding and conveying means for the cylindrical packaging body above or below the conveying line of the feeding and conveying means. Lifting / conveying means for carrying the cartridge to the unloading position and for carrying the cartridge from the unloading position to the returning position, a driving means for sliding the cylindrical package in the cylindrical axial direction at the unloading position, and a sliding operation by the driving means. A transfer device for a cylindrical package, comprising: a receiving and conveying means for conveying the cylindrical package to the next step and a discharging and conveying means for conveying the cartridge from the returning position. 2. The same as the feeding and conveying means, which is midway between the unloading position of the cylindrical package according to claim 1 and the conveying line of the feeding and conveying means, and which is bordered by the ascending and descending conveying line of the ascending and descending conveying means. A transfer device for a cylindrical package, characterized in that a discharging and conveying means is disposed on the side. 3. A cartridge having support members on both sides,
Cylindrical packaging bodies stacked in multiple rows and multiple stages are placed with the columnar axis direction oriented along the supporting member, and the cylindrical packaging bodies are located at positions apart from the positions where the cylindrical packaging bodies are placed. Of the multi-stage cylindrical packaging body on the cartridge at the lowering position while sliding the column-shaped packaging bodies one by one in order along the column axial direction. A method of transferring a cylindrical package, characterized in that the cartridge is carried to a conveying means for the next step, and then the empty cartridge is carried away from the transfer path of the cylindrical package.