JPH08259028A - Transfer device for sheetlike article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a novel sheetlike article transfer device by which the sheetlike article can be smoothly transferred by providing a guide mechanism in the gap part that is caused between a first conveyor being a rolling member and a second conveyor being a fixed member. CONSTITUTION: In a sheetlike article transferring device, a guide mechanism 7 for smoothly carrying out the transfer of a sheetlike article is provided in the part of a gap G that is caused between a first conveyor 3 and a second conveyor 4. Further, the guide mechanism 7 is provided with a guide plate 71 that substantially guides the sheetlike article and an auxiliary guide plate 72. In addition, the guide plate 71 is a turnable member that is provided in the second conveyor 4, and the guide plate 72 is a fixed member that is provided in the first conveyor 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Object of the invention]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a corrugated board sheet, plywood,
The present invention also relates to a sheet-like article transfer device, and more particularly, to a guide mechanism for smoothly performing the transfer of the sheet-like article from the first conveyor to the second conveyor.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION For example, at the manufacturing site of corrugated cardboard containers,
When the corrugated board material of a predetermined size is appropriately sent to a so-called machine for processing such as cutting, printing, punching, etc., the number of corrugated sheets must be accumulated accurately and in an aligned state according to the requirements of the machine.

For this reason, in actual work, a large number of cardboard sheets are piled up in the storage area of the transfer device in a preliminary stacking state, and the sheets are continuously sent out in accordance with the working speed. A certain number of sheets are always stored in the area accurately and in an aligned state. In the conventional method of carrying out such a transfer, an operator manually stacks a number of sheet-like articles in a slightly inclined state in a sheet storage section of a transfer device, and then the sheets are taken out in order from the lower sheet to the front. It was going to go (semi-auto type).

By the way, recently, in the manufacturing site of corrugated paperboard containers and the like, labor saving and labor saving are desired, so that the sheet-like articles are supplied to the sheet storing section of the transfer device which has been manually performed by an operator. A so-called fully automatic type transfer device that automatically performs has been put into practical use. The configuration of this representative one is shown in FIG. 11 and the operation method will be described. First, a cardboard sheet D, which is an example of a sheet-shaped article, is placed on a fork 131 provided on the first conveyor 130, and the first conveyor 130 is rolled by about 95 °. Next, the corrugated cardboard sheet D in a substantially upright state is pushed in by the fork 131 and is transferred onto the second conveyor 140. The corrugated cardboard sheets D are transferred by the second conveyor 140, fall down on the sheet storage portion A on the third conveyor 150 and stacked, and then are fed one by one by the regulation body 164 to be stacked in the storage area S of the main machine H.

Here, the corrugated board sheet D is the first conveyor 1
When moving from 30 to the second conveyor 140, a gap G is unavoidable between the first conveyor 130, which is a rolling member, and the second conveyor 140, which is a fixed member, because it is structurally unavoidable. The corrugated cardboard sheet D is caught in the portion of (3) and the transfer operation is stopped, which is one of the factors that hinder the smoothness of the work.

[0006]

[Technical Items Attempted to Develop] The present invention has been made from such a background, and occurs between the first conveyor, which is the rolling member, and the second conveyor, which is the fixed member, which constitute the transfer device. This is an attempt to develop a novel sheet-like article transfer device that is provided with a guide mechanism in the gap section so as to close the gap section so that the sheet-like article can be transferred smoothly.

[0007]

Configuration of the Invention

[Means for Achieving the Object] That is, in the sheet-like article transfer device according to the first aspect, the sheet-like articles horizontally stacked on the first conveyor are connected to the first conveyor by rotating the first conveyor by approximately 90 °. In the device configured to continuously send the sheet-like articles to the second conveyor that keeps the sheet-like articles in a substantially vertically stacked state, the transfer of the sheet-like articles is smoothly performed in the gap portion formed between the first conveyor and the second conveyor. It is characterized by having a guide mechanism for performing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above requirements, the sheet-like article transfer device is characterized in that the guide mechanism substantially comprises a guide plate for guiding the sheet-like article and an auxiliary guide plate. To do.

Further, in addition to the above requirements, the sheet-shaped article transfer device according to the present invention is characterized in that the guide plate is a rotatable member provided on the second conveyor, and the auxiliary guide plate is the first conveyor. It is a fixing member provided in.

Further, in addition to the above requirements, the sheet-shaped article transfer device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the guide mechanism includes a rotation drive mechanism for a guide plate. Then, it is intended to achieve the above object by the requirements described in each of these claims.

[0011]

The transfer device for sheet-like articles according to the present invention comprises:
A guide mechanism is provided in a gap portion formed between the first conveyor and the second conveyor. By the guide mechanism consisting of the guide plate for guiding the substantially sheet-like article and the auxiliary guide plate,
The gap portion is always closed to prevent the sheet-like article from being caught in the gap portion.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the gap portion formed between the first conveyor and the second conveyor is provided with the guide mechanism, the corrugated cardboard sheet is prevented from being caught in the gap portion and the transfer operation is performed. Since it does not stop, the smoothness of work is not hindered.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the guide mechanism includes the guide plate that substantially guides the sheet-like article and the auxiliary guide plate, the guide mechanism is always provided regardless of the posture of the first conveyor. Closes the gap.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the guide plate is a rotatable member provided on the second conveyor, and the auxiliary guide plate is a fixed member provided on the first conveyor. The guide plate is rotated upward by the auxiliary guide plate as the first conveyor rolls downward.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the guide mechanism is provided with the rotation driving mechanism of the guide plate, the guide plate is rotated upward independently of the first conveyor.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A sheet-like article transfer device according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 in the drawing is a transfer device of the present invention, which is used by being arranged so as to face a storage area S in a so-called main machine H for processing such as cutting and printing. The transfer device 1 is defined as the front side on the machine H side and the rear side on the opposite side. The transfer device 1 includes a first conveyor 3, a second conveyor 4, and a third conveyor 5 with respect to the machine frame 2, and the first conveyor 3 and the second conveyor 4 are provided.
And a guide mechanism 7 between them.

A caster 21 and a fixed wheel 22 are provided below the machine frame 2 so that the transfer device 1 can be freely moved as needed when there are a plurality of punching lines or printing lines. ing. Casters 21 of course
The transfer device 1 may be fixed for each line without providing the fixed wheel 22.

On the rear floor surface of the transfer device 1, there is provided a mounting roller R which is installed in a relatively long track. Such a placement roller R is for placing a corrugated cardboard sheet D, which is an example of a sheet-like article to be supplied to the first conveyor 3, in a pile in a state of being placed in several piles. .

Various members constituting the transfer device 1 will be specifically described below. First, the first conveyor 3 will be described. In this example, a shaft 32 is provided at the upper end of a column 23 provided as an example in a direction perpendicular to the machine frame 2.
It is provided rotatably with respect to. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first conveyor 3 has a drive pulley 33b at one end (front) of a table-like frame 35, and a driven pulley 33c at the other end (rear) between the pulleys. The belt-shaped belt 33 is wound around and provided. In addition, the drive pulley 33b
A plurality of support rollers 33d for supporting the belt-shaped belt 33 from below are provided between the and the driven pulley 33c.
The drive pulley 33b, the driven pulley 33c, the belt-shaped belt 33, and the support roller 33d are provided two by two symmetrically with respect to the center of the first conveyor 3 in the width direction. The surface formed on the upper portion of the belt-shaped belt 33 thus supported by the support roller 33d is defined as the transfer surface 33a.

A drive sprocket 31b and an input sprocket 34b are provided on the shaft of the drive pulley 33b.
A driven sprocket 31c is provided on the shaft of the driven pulley 33c, and a chain 31a to which a fork 31 is attached is wound between the drive sprocket 31b and the driven sprocket 31c. A chain 34a is wound between the output sprocket 34c and the input sprocket 34b provided on the output shaft of the motor M _{1 which is} the drive source.

By adopting the above-mentioned structure, the belt M 33 and the fork 31 can be moved back and forth by the rotation of the motor M ₁ . The first conveyor 3 having such a structure rolls by the rolling mechanism 36 in the range of 0 ° to 95 ° with the shaft 32 as the rotation axis.
The rolling mechanism 36 is, for example, a link mechanism that uses a cylinder 36a, and the first conveyor 3 is rolled by expanding and contracting the cylinder 36a.

Further, the fork 31 is a portion for taking in the corrugated board sheet D into the transfer device 1 in the carrying-in attitude of the corrugated board sheet D shown by the phantom line in FIG. 1, and in the use attitude shown by the solid line in FIG. It is a member that pushes the sheet D forward. The fork 31 moves up and down in the carry-in posture, and moves back and forth in the use posture. In the fully automatic operation, the first conveyor 3
The rolling condition and the moving state of the fork 31 are set automatically by a microcomputer.

Next, the second conveyor 4 will be described. This is the first conveyor 3 and a third conveyor 5 described later.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, with respect to both ends of the base plate-shaped frame 41, a driven pulley 43 at a rear portion, a drive pulley 44 at a tip portion, and these two pulleys are provided. Three tension pulleys 45 are provided between the pulleys, and the belt belt 46 is wound around each of these pulleys in a state where an appropriate tension is applied. Further, the shaft of the drive pulley 44 is provided with an input sprocket 48a, and a chain 48c is wound between the output sprocket 48b provided on the output shaft of the motor M ₂ and the input sprocket 48a.
By the way, by adopting the structure as described above for the various pulleys, the various sprockets and the various belts, the forward traveling state of the belt belt 46 can be obtained by the rotation of the motor M ₂ .

Between the driven pulley 43 and the drive pulley 44, a plurality of support rollers 47 for supporting the belt belt 46 from below are provided. The surface formed on the belt-shaped belt 46 supported by the support roller 47 in this manner is defined as the transfer surface 47a.

Next, the guide mechanism 7 which is a characteristic configuration of the present invention
Will be described. As an example, this is composed of a guide plate 71 and an auxiliary guide plate 72 which are metal plate members. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one guide plate 71 is provided at the rear end of the second conveyor 4 so as to be rotatable, one on each side of the frame 41. Then, the rotary shaft side is connected to the rotary end 7
1B, and the other end is defined as a free end 71A. The auxiliary guide plate 72 is fixed to the lower front portion of the frame 35 of the first conveyor 3, as shown in FIGS. In this fixing, it is fixed at an attachment angle θ from the transfer surface 33a. Then, this fixed portion is defined as a fixed end portion 72B, and the other end portion is defined as a tip end portion 72A. Incidentally, in this example, the mounting angle θ is set to 45 °.

Next, the third conveyor 5 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, this one is provided with a four-row belt conveyor 52 for a pedestal-shaped frame 51 as an example. Each belt conveyor 52 comprises a driven pulley 53 at the front end of the frame 51, a drive pulley 54 at the rear end, and three tension pulleys 55 between these two pulleys, and a belt belt for each of these pulleys. 56 is wound with an appropriate tension applied. Further, between the driven pulley 53 and the drive pulley 54, a plurality of support rollers 57 for supporting the belt-shaped belt 56 from below are provided.
Equipped. The surface formed on the upper portion of the belt-shaped belt 56 thus supported by the support roller 57 is defined as the transfer surface 57a. Further, the drive pulleys 54 of the belt conveyors 52 are provided coaxially with each other, and an input sprocket 58a provided together with the shaft,
A chain 58c is wound around the output sprocket 58b provided on the output shaft of the motor M _{3 as} a drive source. Incidentally, by adopting the structure described above for the various pulleys, the various sprockets and the various belts, the forward traveling state of the belt belt 56 can be obtained by the rotation of the motor M ₃ .

Auxiliary rollers 59 are provided on both sides of the belt conveyor 52 and are formed by arranging a plurality of rollers. By the way, the auxiliary roller 59 has a large width dimension of the corrugated cardboard sheet D, and when the width dimension of the four belt conveyors 52 does not fit, the corrugated cardboard sheet D tends to hang down.
For supporting the respective end portions of the above to assist the transfer. Although the auxiliary roller 59 is used in this embodiment, the belt conveyor 52 as described above may be applied to this portion in a free state where it is not driven.

Next, the flow-out preventer 6 provided so as to cross over the transfer surface 57a will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, this device adopts the following mounting structure in order to make the installation position variable. That is, the frame 51
Rails 61 are provided on the respective side faces of the support member so that the support member base of the flow-out prevention member 6 is slidably supported.
A driven pulley 62a is provided on the front side of the rail 61,
A state in which a drive pulley 62b is provided near the motor M _{4 as} a drive source, a turn pulley 62c and a tension pulley 62d are provided between these two pulleys, and the cogged belt 62e applies an appropriate tension to each of these pulleys. It is wound in. The traveling position of the flow-out prevention member 6 is shifted by the traveling of the cogged belt 62e.

The drive pulleys 62b provided on the respective side surfaces of the frame 51 are provided coaxially with each other, and an input sprocket 63a provided on this shaft and a motor M as a drive source.
_A chain 63c is wound around the output sprocket 63b provided on the output shaft of No. ₄ . By the way, by adopting the above structure, the rotation of the motor M ₄ causes the cogged belt 6 to rotate.
2e can be moved forward or backward between the driven pulley 62a and the turn pulley 62c.

The flow-out prevention member 6 is provided with two sliding portions 65 provided so as to fit on the rails 61 provided on the frame 51, and two sliding portions 65 rotatably attached to the sliding portions 65. Of the driven arm 62 and a restricting body 64 rotatably attached to the tip of the supporting arm 66.
Cog belt 6 between a and the turn pulley 62c
It is fixed to 2e. By the way, by adopting such a structure, as each cogged belt 62e moves back and forth between the driven pre 62a and the turn pulley 62c,
The flow-out prevention member 6 moves back and forth on the transfer surface 57a.

The portion above the transfer surface 57a and between the regulating body 64 and the second conveyor 4 is a portion where the corrugated cardboard sheets D are stacked, and this portion is defined as a sheet storage portion A. Incidentally, when the corrugated cardboard sheet D is transferred on the transfer surface 57a, the corrugated cardboard sheet D stacked in the sheet storage portion A is in contact with the transfer surface 57a in the process of falling downward as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. Along with the transfer of D, the transfer-side end of the corrugated cardboard sheet D in the upper part abuts the guide surface 64a to regulate the transfer of the corrugated cardboard sheet D, and the corrugated cardboard sheet D is gradually displaced in the transfer direction. Wait and relieve the overlap.

Next, the jack 67 provided below the third conveyor 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, this one has a screw shaft-shaped rod 67a, and the end portion of this rod 67a is the frame 51 of the third conveyor 5.
Rotatably connected to the bottom of the. And the rod 67
The a is combined with a rod holder (not shown) having a male screw that is driven by a motor to rotate, and is extended by the driving of the motor to bring the third conveyor 5 to the front lifting state. Further, when the third conveyor 5 is lifted up in this way, the corrugated board sheet D can be more reliably delivered from the sheet storage section A sheet by sheet.

The transfer device according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and transfers the corrugated cardboard sheet D which is an example of the sheet-like article as follows. When operating the transfer device 1, the jack 67 is operated in advance to bring the third conveyor 5 into the front-lifted state in accordance with the height of the storage area S in the machine H.

(I) Placement on First Conveyor First, FIG. 7 (a) shows an initial state in which the cardboard sheet D placed on the placing roller R is lifted by the fork 31. It is in a state of being taken in on the first conveyor 3. Next, the cylinder 36a is extended to roll the first conveyor 3 around the shaft 32, and then, as shown in FIG.
After the state of (c), the state shown in FIG. 7 (d) is obtained. This state is the use posture during the fully automatic operation of the transfer device 1, and the transfer surface 33a of the first conveyor 3 rolls upward by 95 ° from the carry-in posture and has an inclination of 5 ° upwards. As shown by the solid line in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guide plate 71 closes the gap G.

The state shown in FIG. 7C is the use posture during the semi-automatic operation. The first conveyor 3 rolls upward from the carry-in posture and has a rearward inclination, and the guide plate 71 has a slide-like shape. Become a shoot.

The mode of the guide mechanism 7 at this time will be described in detail. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view around the guide mechanism 7.
The states of (a) to (d) correspond to the states of FIGS. 7 (a) to (d), respectively. First, in the carrying-in posture shown in FIG. 7A, the first conveyor 3 is upright, and as shown in FIG. 8A, the contact point P between the free end 71A of the guide plate 71 and the auxiliary guide plate 72 is the auxiliary guide plate. It is near the tip portion 72A of 72, and the gap G is closed by the guide plate 71 and the auxiliary guide plate 72. Next, when the first conveyor 3 starts rolling and enters the state shown in FIG. 7B, the contact P moves toward the fixed end portion 72B as shown in FIG. 8B. When the use posture during the semi-automatic operation shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the free end 71A is located at the front end of the frame 35 of the first conveyor 3, and the guide plate 71 alone closes the gap G. Further, when the first conveyor 3 further rolls and finally reaches the use posture during the fully automatic operation shown in FIG. 7D, the free end 71A becomes the frame 35 of the first conveyor 3 as shown in FIG. 8D. The guide plate 71 is located above the transfer surface 33a and the transfer surface 47a, and the gap G is closed only by the guide plate 71.

(Ii) Transfer to the second conveyor During the full-automatic operation, the belt-shaped belt 33 is driven so that the motor M ₁ is rotated in such a state and the transfer surface 33a is forwardly sent out accordingly. At the same time, the fork 31 moves forward. As a result, the transfer surface 3
The corrugated cardboard sheet D on 3a is conveyed by the belt belt 33 and moved by being pushed by the fork 31.
After passing over the guide mechanism 7 that closes the gap G between the first conveyor 3 and the second conveyor 4, the second conveyor 4
Transferred to the top. Also, during semi-automatic operation,
The corrugated cardboard sheet D on the transfer surface 33a is manually passed through the guide mechanism 7 that closes the gap G between the first conveyor 3 and the second conveyor 4, and is transferred onto the second conveyor 4. At this time, the guide mechanism 7 becomes a slide-shaped chute to facilitate the transfer of the corrugated board sheet D.

(Iii) Transfer to Third Conveyor (Sheet Reservoir) Next, the motor M ₂ is rotated so that the transfer surface 47a of the second conveyor 4 is sent forward and the belt belt 4 is moved.
Drive 6 As a result, the corrugated cardboard sheet D on the transfer surface 47a is moved by being pulled by the belt belt 46,
The sheets are transferred to the sheet storage section A and stacked so as to fall down from the boundary between the second conveyor 4 and the third conveyor 5.

(Iv) Transfer to this machine (storage area) Next, when the motor M ₃ is rotated and the transfer surface 57a of the third conveyor 5 is gradually moved, the corrugated cardboard sheet D immediately above the transfer surface 57a becomes the belt-shaped belt 56. They come into contact with each other and move, and are sequentially sent out to the storage area S side with a slight shift. At this time, since the corrugated board sheet D moves so as to pass between the transfer surface 57a and the regulation body 64, the upward force by which the corrugated board sheet D lifts the regulation body 64 and the downward force due to the weight of the regulation body 64 are just right. The restricting body 64 moves up to a balanced position.

Further, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 5, the front end of the corrugated board sheet D abuts on the guide surface 64a of the restricting body 64 thus raised to restrict the progress of the corrugated board sheet D. At the same time, the front end of the corrugated board sheet D is gradually displaced in the transport direction along the guide surface 64a, and the overlapping state is eliminated.

The corrugated cardboard sheets D thus fed from the sheet storage section A are continuously supplied to the storage area S of the machine H one by one. Incidentally, the motors M ₁ , M _{2 and} M ₃ are operated by microcomputer control, and the corrugated cardboard sheets D are exactly stacked in the storage area S of the machine H according to the demand of the machine H.

Next, an example in which a rotary drive mechanism is applied to the guide plate 73 as the guide mechanism 7 defined in claim 4 will be described. This one has a particularly high processing capacity of the machine H and is a structure for coping with this processing speed. The basic structure is the same as that of the previous embodiment, and only the structure of the guide mechanism 7 is different. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the guide mechanism 7 includes a guide plate 73 rotatably at the rear end of the second conveyor 4, one on each side of the frame 41, and a rotary drive mechanism. Equipped. This rotary drive mechanism has a guide plate 73.
The sprocket 77 driven by the rotation axis of
A drive sprocket 76 is provided on the shaft of a motor 75, and a chain 78 is stretched between the driven sprocket 77 and the drive sprocket 76. The guide plate 7
3 is longer than the guide plate 71 in the previous embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the auxiliary guide plate 74 is fixed to the lower front portion of the frame 35 of the first conveyor 3 at the mounting angle θ. However, its width should be shorter than the distance between the two guide plates 73, and the mounting position should be
The location should not interfere with the horizontal rotation of the. Incidentally, in this embodiment, the mounting angle θ is set to 45 °.

The transfer device 1 of this embodiment has the guide mechanism 7 described above, and transfers the corrugated board sheet D as follows. Since the steps after the transfer to the third conveyor 5 (sheet storage section A) are the same as those in the previous embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

(I) Placement on First Conveyor First, FIG. 9A shows a state where the corrugated board sheet D is positioned on the transfer surface 47a of the second conveyor 4, and the guide plate 73 is almost It is in a horizontal state, and the corrugated cardboard sheet D is not located on it. The next corrugated cardboard sheet D is placed on the fork 31 of the first conveyor 3. Next, the cylinder 36a is extended to rotate the first conveyor 3 about the shaft 32, and
After the states of (b) and (c), the state shown in FIG. This state is the use posture during the fully automatic operation of the transfer device 1, and the transfer surface 33a of the first conveyor 3 rolls forward by 95 ° from the carry-in position and has an inclination of 5 ° upward. Since the guide plate 73 closes the gap G and substantially connects the transfer surface 33a and the transfer surface 47a, the transfer of the cardboard sheet D on the first conveyor 3 to the second conveyor 4 is made smooth.

(Ii) Transfer to the second conveyor During the full-automatic operation, the belt-shaped belt 33 is driven so that the motor M ₁ is rotated in such a state and the transfer surface 33a is forwardly sent out accordingly. At the same time, the fork 31 moves forward. As a result, the transfer surface 3
The corrugated cardboard sheet D on 3a is conveyed by the belt belt 33 and moved by being pushed by the fork 31.
After passing over the guide plate 73 that closes the gap G between the first conveyor 3 and the second conveyor 4, the second conveyor 4
Transferred to the top. FIG. 10A shows a state where the corrugated board sheet D is not positioned on the transfer surface 33a due to the progress of the corrugated board sheet D.

In this state, the motor 75 is driven to drive the guide plate 7
FIG. 10B shows a state in which 3 is rotated upward. In this state, the corrugated cardboard sheet D is substantially transferred to the second conveyor 4.

Next, in order to take in a new corrugated board sheet D into the first conveyor 3, the cylinder 36a is contracted to rotate the first conveyor 3 downward about the shaft 32,
The state is as shown in FIG. In this state, the motor 75 is driven to rotate the guide plate 73 downward. In this state, as shown in FIG. 10D, the corrugated board sheet D held by the guide plate 73 is held by the auxiliary guide plate 74. And the progress of the corrugated board sheet D is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), when the corrugated board sheet D is not positioned on the guide plate 73 which is in a substantially horizontal state, the series of operations described above is repeated again to transfer the corrugated board sheet D. Go on.

[0049]

According to the invention described in claim 1, since the gap G portion formed between the first conveyor 3 and the second conveyor 4 is provided with the guide mechanism 7, the corrugated board sheet D is placed in the gap G portion. The smoothness of the work is not hindered because it is prevented from being caught and the transfer operation is not stopped. For this reason, the transfer and supply of the sheet-like article which is the work piece is stabilized, and the continuous operation of the machine H, which performs processing such as cutting and printing of the sheet-like article, can be stably performed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the guide mechanism 7 includes the guide plate 71 and the auxiliary guide plate 72 that substantially guide the sheet-like article, it does not depend on the posture of the first conveyor 3. Instead, the guide mechanism 7 always closes the gap G.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the guide plate 71 is a rotatable member provided on the second conveyor 4, and the auxiliary guide plate 72 is a fixing member provided on the first conveyor 3. Therefore, when the first conveyor 3 rolls downward, the guide plate 71 is rotated upward by the auxiliary guide plate 72.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the guide mechanism 7 is provided with the rotation drive mechanism of the guide plate 73,
The guide plate 73 is rotated upward independently of the first conveyor 3.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a use state of a transfer device of the present invention and a side view showing a characteristic part thereof in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing the first conveyor and the second conveyor.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view showing a third conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a vertical side view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the operation of the article transfer device of the present invention step by step.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the operation of the guide mechanism in stages.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the operation of the other guide mechanism in the same manner stepwise, showing the operation until the guide plate closes the gap.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing an operation until the auxiliary guide plate holds the corrugated cardboard sheet.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a problem of a conventional fully automatic type transfer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Transfer Device 2 Machine Frame 3 First Conveyor 4 Second Conveyor 5 Third Conveyor 6 Outflow Preventing Body 7 Guide Mechanism 21 Castor 22 Fixed Wheel 23 Strut 31 Fork 31a Chain 31b Drive Sprocket 31c Driven Sprocket 32 Shaft 33 Belt Belt 33a Transfer Surface 33b Drive pulley 33c Driven pulley 33d Support roller 34a Chain 34b Input sprocket 34c Output sprocket 35 Frame 36 Rolling mechanism 36a Cylinder 41 Frame 43 Driven pulley 44 Drive pulley 45 Tension pulley 46 Belt belt 47 Support roller 47a Transfer surface 48a Input sprocket 48a Sprocket 48c Chain 51 Frame 52 Belt conveyor 53 Driven pulley 54 Drive pulley 55 Tension pulley 56 Belt belt 7 Support roller 57a Transfer surface 58a Input sprocket 58b Output sprocket 58c Chain 59 Auxiliary roller 61 Rail 62a Driven pulley 62b Drive pulley 62c Turn pulley 62d Tension pulley 62e Cogged belt 63a Input sprocket 63b Output sprocket 63c 65 Chain 64 guide part Regulating body 66 Support arm 67 Jack 67a Rod 71 Guide plate 71A Free end 71B Rotating end 72 Auxiliary guide plate 72A Tip part 72B Fixed end part 73 Guide plate 74 Auxiliary guide plate 75 Motor 76 Drive sprocket 77 Driven sprocket 78 Chain A Seat storage part D Corrugated cardboard sheet G Gap H This machine M ₁ motor M ₂ motor M ₃ motor M ₄ motor P contact R Mounting roller S Storage area θ Mounting angle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A second article for maintaining a sheet-like article stacked horizontally on a first conveyor in a substantially vertically stacked state in which the first conveyor is rotated by about 90 ° and connected to the first article. In a device for continuously feeding to a conveyor, a sheet characterized by including a guide mechanism for smoothly transferring a sheet-like article in a gap portion formed between the first conveyor and the second conveyor. Transfer device for shaped articles. 2. The sheet-like article transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the guide mechanism substantially includes a guide plate for guiding the sheet-like article and an auxiliary guide plate. 3. The guide plate is a rotatable member provided on the second conveyor, and the auxiliary guide plate is a fixed member provided on the first conveyor. Of the sheet-shaped article of. 4. The sheet-like article transfer device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the guide mechanism includes a guide plate rotation drive mechanism.