JPH08282480A - Conveying facility using moving element - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a conveying facility using a moving element in which movement on an endless path including a curve can be made smoothly, certainly, and safely while a feeding device is solely provided for eliminating provision of a brake device and feedin/sendout device by incorporating an endless continuum in a train form. CONSTITUTION: A feeding device 60 is worked to passively moving parts 15, 46 of a coupling device 40 or moving elements 10, 10A, and a moving force is given to an endless continua 100 so that movement is generated on a certain path 5. The moving elements 10, 10A and coupling devices 40 are allowed to move in the linear attitude in the straight portion 5a of the path 5, and in the curved portion, they are bent in the coupling positions and travel in the attitude alongside the curve. When the endless continuum 100 moves in the curved portion 5b and any unreasonable situation, for example twisting, is generated, a certain coupling position of the coupling device 40 makes relative expansion and contraction so as to absorb the unreasonable situation, which ensures that a smooth movement is made along the curved portion 5b of the path.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer facility using movable bodies in which a group of movable bodies are moved in an endless train on a fixed route on the floor side or the ceiling side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for moving a non-driving movable body on an endless constant path, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-25.
The configuration found in publication 441 is provided.

In this conventional structure, a main body of a movable body which is supported and guided by a rail and is movable on a fixed path is formed by a plurality of frame bodies which are connected to each other by a connecting device so as to be rotatable relative to each other. The side surface of the frame body is formed as a passive surface. At least one of the frame bodies is provided with the transported object support portion and a pair of guided devices supported and guided by the rails, and the remaining frame bodies are provided with a cover on the free end side thereof. A guide device is provided, and the front and rear ends of the main body are formed at the contact portion. Further, in the fixed path, a feeding device having a feeding roller that can come into contact with the passive surface and a braking device having a braking roller are provided.

According to this conventional structure, in the state in which the movable body is positioned so as to face the feed device, the feed roller that is forcibly rotated is brought into contact with the passive surface, so that the feed device applies a propulsive force to the movable body. Along with the application, the braking force is applied by the braking device, so that the movable body group moves densely on a fixed path. At that time, in the linear path portion of the constant path, the main body of each movable body, that is, each frame body moves in a linear posture, and the succeeding movable body moves with respect to the contact portion located in the widthwise central portion of the preceding movable body. The abutting portion of the abutting portion abuts from directly behind to perform the backward movement. Also, in the curve path portion, each frame body is moved in a bent posture along the curve at the connecting device portion,
Each frame body is pushed and moved while being bent along a curve.

[0005]

According to the above-mentioned conventional structure, the movable body group can move in a dense (train-like) form between the feeding device and the braking device, but it is possible to move from the braking device to the feeding device. A feed-in / feed-out device is required between them, which makes the entire equipment complicated and expensive.

An object of the present invention is to provide a train-like endless continuous body which is provided with only a feeding device and does not require a braking device or a feeding / feeding device, but which has an endless constant path including a curved path portion. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transfer facility using a movable body, which can smoothly, reliably, and stably move.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a transport facility using a movable body according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a plurality of movable bodies which are supported and guided by rails and are movable on an endless fixed path. , The front and rear portions of the movable bodies facing each other are connected via a connecting device so as to be relatively rotatable in the lateral direction to form a train-like endless continuous body, and at least the connecting portion group of the connecting device. One location is connected so as to be capable of relative expansion and contraction in the direction of a fixed path, and each movable body and each connection device are provided with passive parts at the same level, and a feeding device that can act on each passive part during the fixed path. Is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the transfer facility using the movable body according to the first aspect of the present invention, the passive portion of the movable body is provided at a central portion in the width direction of the movable body and substantially over the entire length, and the side surface of the movable body is used. A passive surface is formed, and the connecting device forms a passive portion by a connecting rod in the front-rear direction, and both ends of this connecting rod are relatively rotatable via vertical pins to the front and rear ends of the passive portion of the movable body. Connection, or relative rotation and relative expansion and contraction via a vertical pin and an elongated hole to form a passive surface by the side surface of the connecting rod, and the feeding device can abut each passive surface from the side. It has a feed roller.

Further, in the third invention, in the transfer facility using the movable body according to the first invention, at least one movable body in the movable body group is adjustable in length in a direction of a fixed path. I am configuring.

[0010]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the present invention described above, the moving device and the passive portion of the coupling device act on the feeding device to give a moving force to the endless continuous body, thereby making the endless continuous body constant. Can move on the path. At that time, the movable body group and the coupling device group can be moved in a straight posture in the straight route portion of the fixed route, and the movable body group and the coupling device group are refracted at the coupling portion portion in the curved route portion. And can move in a posture that follows a curve. Then, when moving the endless continuum on the curved path portion, for example, there is an unreasonableness, but at this time, the specific connecting portion of the connecting device can be relatively expanded and contracted, and the unreasonableness can be absorbed, and thus the curve can be absorbed. The movement on the curved path can be performed smoothly.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the present invention described above, a moving force can be applied to the endless continuous body by bringing the feed roller that is forcibly rotated into contact with the passive surface. Further, in the curved path portion, the movable body group and the coupling device group can be refracted via the vertical pin and move in a posture along the curve. Further, at a specific connection point of the connection device, the vertical pin moves with respect to the long hole, so that relative expansion and contraction can be performed in the direction of the fixed path. The endless continuous body is in the form of an endless chain in which front and rear passive parts are connected to each other via vertical pins so that they can rotate relative to each other, and the movable body structure is connected to the passive part side of the movable body. As a result, it is possible to easily confirm the manufacturing accuracy and perform assembly work.

Further, according to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention described above, the line length of a fixed path and the train-like endless continuous body including the movable body group and the coupling device group are installed when the transfer facility using the movable body is installed. When an error occurs between the total length and the total length, the error can be absorbed by adjusting the length of the specific movable body in the direction of the constant path.

[0013]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 and 9, a machine frame 2 is arranged on the bottom surface in a pit 8 formed on the floor 1 side.
A pair of left and right channel-shaped rails 3 are provided with their open portions in opposite directions, and a similar channel-shaped guide member 4 is provided between both rails 3 to form a machine frame. It is fixed at 2. A constant path 5 is formed by the rails 3, and the constant path 5 includes a pair of parallel linear path portions 5a in plan view,
An endless shape is formed by the curved path portion 5b connecting the start and end of the straight path portion 5a.

A plurality of movable bodies 10 supported by both rails 3 and movable on a fixed path 5 are provided. The movable body 10 is a caster cart type, and the main body 11 is formed in a rectangular flat frame shape by a pair of left and right front and rear members 12 and a pair of front and rear left and right members 13. Caster wheels 14 that can be placed on the rails 3 are provided at the front and rear ends of the front and rear members 12, respectively. Here, the main body 11 has an upper surface of the floor 1
It is set to be slightly lower than a.

Between the lower surfaces of the left and right members 13 and in the widthwise central portion of the movable body 10, a passive portion 15 is provided over substantially the entire length. The passive part 15 is connected to the lower surfaces of the left and right members 13 via a mounting plate 16 and the like, and is a front and rear rod portion 17 formed by a rectangular tubular body (a square rod body), and front and rear ends of the front and rear rod portion 17. And a pair of left and right side surfaces thereof are formed into a flat passive surface 19.

Both connecting members 18 are formed in an upper cut shape so as to have a recess 20 which is open outward in the front and rear direction and in the left and right direction between the connecting plate 18 and the mounting plate 16, and the upper end is opened in the recess 20. A vertical pin hole 21 is formed. Furthermore, at the lower part of both connecting material parts 18, front and rear via a bracket 22,
A pair of guide rollers 23 are provided on the left and right sides, and these guide rollers 23 are arranged on both sides of the guide member 4.

On the upper part of the main body 11 of the movable body 10,
A support base receiving device 25 is provided for receiving and positioning an object support base (described later) from above. That is, the blocks 26 are fixed to the central portions in the front-rear direction on the inner side surfaces of both front and rear members 12, and the positioning holes 27 in the up-down direction are formed in these blocks 26. The receiving members 28 are fixed to the front and rear central portions of the front and rear members 12 and the left and right central portions of the left and right members 13, respectively.

Many of the movable bodies 10 are constructed as described above, but at least one movable body 10A of the movable body group 10 has an adjustable length in the direction of the fixed path 5. It is configured.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, both front and rear members 12 are divided into two in the front and rear, and screw holes 30 are provided on the divided end face side, and both screw holes 30 are formed. A screw shaft 31 that is screwed in between is provided. Here, the screw shaft 31 is of a reverse screw type at both ends, and is formed in a turnbuckle shape by both screw holes 30 screwed together. Then, recesses 32 are formed on both side surfaces of the portion where both screw holes 30 are formed, and a joint plate 33 is fitted between the both recesses 32 and fixed by screws or the like. 19
Is secured. The screw shaft 31 has a pair of lock nuts 34
Are screwed together.

In the movable bodies 10 and 10A having the above-mentioned structure, the front and rear portions facing each other are connected to each other via a connecting device 40 so as to be relatively rotatable in the lateral direction. A train-like endless continuum 100 is formed by 40 groups. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the connecting device 40 includes a connecting rod 41 in the front-rear direction and the front and rear end portions of the connecting rod 41 which are connected to the movable body 10,
It is composed of vertical pins 42 and the like connected to the front and rear ends of the passive portion 15 of 10A.

The connecting rod 41 is composed of a front and rear rod portion 43 formed by a rectangular tubular body (a square rod body) and a connecting material portion 44 integrated at the front and rear ends of the front and rear rod portion 43. There is. Both connecting material portions 44 are formed in a lower cut shape so that they can be inserted into the recesses 20, and vertical pin holes 45 communicating with the pin holes 21 are formed. These pin holes 2
The vertical pin 42 is inserted between 1 and 45, and the vertical pin 42 is vertically provided from the mounting plate 16. The connecting rod 41 configured as described above is a passive portion of the movable body 10.
A passive portion 46 having the same level as that of 15 is formed, and a pair of left and right side surfaces of the passive portion 46 are formed into a flat passive surface 47.

At least one of the group of connecting points by the connecting device 40, that is, both front and rear connecting points in the movable body 10A whose length is adjustable in the embodiment, is relatively rotatable in the direction of the fixed path 5 and is relatively movable. It is elastically connected. Therefore, instead of the pin hole 45 formed in the connecting member portion 44 of the connecting rod 41, a long hole 48 in the front-rear direction is formed.

A work deck 50 is provided above the connecting device 40. That is, the work deck 50 is basically formed in a rectangular plate shape having a width slightly wider than the width of the main body 11 in the movable body 10 and a length the same as the length of the main body 11, and both connecting member portions 44 Is connected to the upper part of the through a mounting plate 51 or the like. A triangular projecting deck portion 50a projecting in the front-rear direction is integrally formed at a portion located on one side in the width direction of the work deck 50 and outside the curved path portion 5b. Here, the projecting deck portion 50a is arranged so as to be located below the object support base (described later) and above the main body 11.

The object support base 53 provided on the upper part of the movable body 10 is received and positioned by the support base receiving device 25 from above. That is, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the transported object support base 53 includes a window frame-shaped outer frame 54, and front and rear frames 55 and left and right frames 56 located in the outer frame 54, which are flat frame-shaped. Is formed on the lower surface side of the support base receiving device 25, and a positioning pin 57 that can be fitted into the positioning hole 27 of the support base receiving device 25 from above is provided vertically.
28 is provided with a pad material 58 which can be contacted from above. A flat plate 59 may be provided between the upper surfaces of the frames 54, 55, 56, if necessary.
Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 9, at a predetermined position in the fixed path 5, that is, at a position near the end of one of the linear path portions 5a, the passive portions 15 and 46 act on the movable bodies 10 group. A feeding device 60 for imparting running force is provided. This feeder
As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the vertical axis 62 of the 60 is erected on a base body 61 continuous from the floor 1 side outside the rail 3. A support member 63 is provided on the vertical axis 62 for the bearing.
It is swingably attached about the longitudinal axis via 64.

A rotation drive device (motor, etc.) 65 is disposed on the support member 63, and an output shaft 67 taken out upward from a speed reducer 66 interlocked with the rotation drive device 65 is attached to, for example, a urethane feed roller. 68 is fixed. The rotation driving device 65 applies the feed rotational force A to the feed roller 68. A bracket 69 extending outward is integrally connected to the support member 63, and a cylinder device 70 for swinging the support member 63 is provided between the bracket 69 and the base body 61. The base body 61 is provided with a support roller 71 and a floating prevention roller 72 for the support member 63.

Therefore, by operating the cylinder device 70, the support member 63 can be swung about the longitudinal axis, and the feed roller 68 can be moved toward and away from one of the passive surfaces 19 and 47.
At that time, a limit type detection device 73 is provided in order to regulate the position approaching the maximum and the position separating from the maximum. A stationary roller 74, which is opposed to the feed roller 68 and is capable of receiving the other passive surfaces 19 and 47, is provided via a vertical axis 75 and the like so as to freely rotate.

As shown in FIG. 9, working portions 79 are formed at a plurality of points on the linear path portion 5a in which the feeding device 60 is arranged, and these working portions 79 support the transported object from the movable body 10. Stand
A lift device 80 for lifting 53 is provided.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lift device 80 is provided with a flat frame-shaped machine frame 81 on the floor 1 side.
Guide member 82 located outside the rail 3 from the four corners of 81
Is erected. An elevating member 84 guided by rollers 83 is provided on each guide member 82, and an elevating rod 85 is provided between the upper ends of the elevating members 84 forming a pair in the direction of the constant path 5 among these elevating members 84. . At the top of this lifting rod 85,
A contact member 86 is provided which is capable of contacting the transported object support base 53 from below. A pantograph mechanism 87 is provided between the machine frame 81 and a lower portion of the elevating rod 85 in order to elevate the elevating rod 85, and a cylinder device 88 that operates both pantograph mechanisms 87 in synchronization is provided.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the fixed path 5, a line of the suspending and conveying device 90 on the ceiling side is provided at a position where it passes through the feeding device 60 and exits the curved path portion 5b. The curved path portion 5b is provided at a crossing portion near the curved path portion 5b, and the curved path portion 5b is disposed at a crossing point.
The crossing portion on the side away from is formed in the loading portion 92.
The suspending and conveying device 90 may be of a type in which a self-propelled carriage is provided with a hanger or a chain-driven trolley device is provided with a hanger. It is configured to engage and support 53.

Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described. Between the line length of the fixed path 5 and the entire length of the train-like endless structure 100 consisting of the movable bodies 10 and 10A groups and the coupling device 40 group when the transfer equipment using the movable bodies 10 and 10A is installed. If there is an error in, the length of the movable body 10A in the direction of the constant path 5 is adjusted, and the error is absorbed.
That is, with the joint member 33 removed, the screw shaft 31 is rotated, whereby the end faces of the divided front and rear members 12 are brought closer to or separated from each other, thereby changing the total length of the movable body 10A. , Error is absorbed. Then, after the desired adjustment is made, the lock nut 34 is operated.

The endless continuous body 100 assembled and installed as described above is moved as follows. That is, when the endless continuous body 100 is stopped, the feeding device
Cylinder device 70 at 60 is extended to cause support member 63 to swing outwardly about the longitudinal axis so that feed roller 68 is spaced from passive surfaces 19, 47 as shown in phantom in FIG. There is.

Then, the feed roller 68 is moved closer by the action opposite to the above so as to be brought into pressure contact with one of the passive surfaces 19 and 47 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, and the other passive surface 19 and 47 is fixed to the stationary roller 74. Then, the passive portions 15 and 46 are sandwiched by both rollers 68 and 74, and at this time, the feed rollers
68 is rotationally driven by the rotational drive device 65. Therefore, the feed roller 68, which is forcibly rotated, is attached to the passive surface 19, 47.
When the endless continuum 10 is pressed against the endless continuum 10, the feed rotational force A gives a moving force to the endless continuum 100.
0 is moved at a desired speed on the fixed path 5.

Endless continuous body 100 by the above-mentioned feeding device 40
Is moved by sequentially operating the feed roller 68 from the passive surface 19 of the movable bodies 10 and 10A to the passive surface 47 of the coupling device 40. At that time, the feed roller 68 moves the movable body 10, 10A.
The coupling device 40 connected to the front of the
Is pushed and moved, and is also connected to the rear
40 is pulled and moved, and when the feed roller 68 is acting on the coupling device 40, the movable body 10, 10A coupled to the front portion thereof
Is pushed and moved, and the movable body 1 connected to the rear part
0,10A is pulled and moved. As a result, the moving force is applied to the endless continuous body 100 located on the fixed path 5.

During such a movement, each movable body 10, 10A
Is supported and guided on the rail 3 via the caster wheels 14,
Then, each guide roller 23 is guided by the guide member 4, so that the guide without rattling and the lateral collapse prevention of the movable bodies 10 and 10A are performed.

Endless continuous body 100 by the above-mentioned feeding device 60
The feed amount of the feed roller 68 is detected by an encoder or the like, and when a predetermined feed amount is detected, as described above, the feed roller 68
Are separated and the movement is stopped. Here, the predetermined certain feed amount is set so that the movable bodies 10 and 10A stop at the working unit 79. Therefore, the stop causes each contact member 86 to the four corners of the transported object support base 53. Are opposed from below.

In this state, the operator of the working section 79 operates the lift device 80 by stepping on a petal switch, for example. That is, the cylinder device 88 is operated, the elevating member 84 is raised via the pantograph mechanism 87, and each contact member 86 is moved.
Are brought into contact with the four corners of the transported object support base 53 from below, and the transported object support base 53 is lifted as shown by the phantom lines in FIG. In this manner, the operator performs various operations on the transported object while the transported object is raised together with the transported object support base 53. After the desired work is completed, the operator depresses the petal switch to reversely operate the lift device 80, whereby the elevating member 84 is lowered and the transported object support base 53 is returned to the movable bodies 10 and 10A. Be done.

Various operations on the transported object on the transported object support base 53 are also performed by the operator on the work deck 50. That is, the worker can work on the work deck 50 from the floor surface 1a.
Various operations are performed on the transported object when the endless continuous body 100 stops moving or is moving on top.

When the movable bodies 10 and 10A move along the curved path portion 5b, the movable bodies 10 and 10A and the connecting device 40 are relatively refracted along the curve at the vertical pins 42 in plan view. It will be moved in a posture. Accordingly, the curved path portion 5 is provided between the front and rear movable bodies 10 and 10A in a plan view.
In b, the adjacent ends located inside are relatively moved, and in the curved path portion 5b, adjacent ends located outside are relatively moved away from each other.

At this time, the inner adjacent end is projected below the transported object support base 53 and above the main body 11, and the outer adjacent adjacent end is the protruding deck portion 50a. Will be pulled out from between the object support base 53 and the main body 11. As a result, in the curved path portion 5b, the movable bodies 10 and 10A are connected to each other, or the transported object support base 53.
It is possible to prevent mutual contact. There is a gap that tends to occur between the adjacent ends located further outside.
It will be filled up with 50a and thus can prevent a worker from stepping off the work deck 50.

As described above, when the endless continuum 100 is moved on the fixed path 5, an unreasonable force such as a break occurs in the curved path portion 5b.
By moving the vertical pin 42 with respect to 48, that is, when a specific connecting portion of the connecting device 40 is relatively expanded and contracted in the direction of the constant path 5, it is possible to absorb the unreasonableness, and thus the curved path portion. Movement on 5b can be done smoothly.

The movable body is moved by the above-mentioned predetermined feed amount.
10 and 10A are set to stop at the take-out section 91 and the loading section 92 as well. Therefore, the movable bodies 10 and 10A supporting the transported object after the desired work are stopped at the take-out section 91, and the transported object is lifted by the suspending and transporting device 90 together with the transported object support base 53. Then, it is conveyed to the next process. In addition, the movable body emptied by this
10, 10A is stopped at the loading section 92, and the movable bodies 10, 10
The object to be conveyed, which has been conveyed from the previous process by the suspending and conveying device 90, is loaded on the object A together with the object support base 53.

As shown in the above embodiment, the endless continuous body 100
Is the passive part 15 of the movable body 10 or 10A and the passive part 46 of the coupling device 40.
Is in the form of an endless chain that is rotatably connected to each other via vertical pins 42, and has a structure in which the main body 11 is connected to the passive part 15 side and the work deck 50 is connected to the passive part 46 side. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the manufacturing accuracy and perform assembly work.

In the above embodiment, the working deck of the coupling device 40
Although the endless continuous body 100 provided with 50 is shown, in the present invention, the connecting device 40 without the work deck 50 may be used, and the length of the connecting device 40 is set arbitrarily. is there.

In the above embodiment, the connecting device 40 is shown which is rotatable relative to each other via the vertical pin 42. However, this may be of a type in which it is freely rotatable by a ball joint. In the above embodiment, in the feeding device 40, one feeding roller
Although 68 is of a forced drive type and the other stationary roller 74 is of an idle type, all of both rollers may be of a forced drive type. Further, the other roller may also be configured to come into contact with and separate from the passive surfaces 19, 47.

In the above embodiment, the endless continuous body 100 that can travel on the floor 1 side is shown, but this may be an endless continuous body 100 that is supported and guided by rails arranged on the ceiling side. .

In the above embodiment, the feeding device 60 having the feeding roller 68 is shown. However, as the feeding device 60, the driving pinion type acting on the rack provided on the endless continuous body 100 side, the endless continuous body 100 side is provided. It may be a drive chain type or the like that acts on the provided passive body.

In the above embodiment, the movable body 10 whose length is adjustable
Although the relative expansion / contraction structure including the vertical pin 42 and the elongated hole 48 is provided at the connection position at the front and rear ends of A, the relative expansion / contraction structure may be provided at the connection position at the front and rear ends of the other movable body 10.

As shown in the above embodiment, when the rail 3 is arranged in the pit 8 below the floor surface 1a via the machine frame 2, the overall height including the endless continuous body 100 can be formed low. This may have a configuration in which the rail 3 is arranged on the machine frame 2 from the floor 1 side. Since the rail 3 has no portion such as a chain that requires maintenance, the rail 3 can be arranged in the pit 8 below the floor surface 1a without any trouble.

[0050]

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the feeding device acts on the movable body and the passive portion of the coupling device to give a moving force to the endless continuous body so that the endless continuous body can move on a fixed path. When moving the endless continuum along the curved path portion, for example, when an unreasonable force such as a strain occurs, the specific connecting portion of the connecting device relatively expands and contracts, and the unreasonableness can be absorbed. It is possible to move smoothly between departments. Therefore, as an endless continuous body, it is possible to smoothly, reliably, and stably move along an endless constant path including a curved path portion, while providing only a feeding device and eliminating the need for a braking device and a feeding / feeding device. In addition, the entire equipment can be simplified and provided at a low cost.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the present invention described above, the feed roller that is forcibly rotated is brought into contact with the passive surface to give a moving force to the endless continuous body, and in the curved path portion. The movable body group and the coupling device group are bent through the vertical pins and can move in a posture along the curve. Furthermore, at a specific connection point of the connection device, the vertical pin moves with respect to the long hole, whereby relative expansion and contraction can be performed in the direction of the fixed path. The endless continuous body is in the form of an endless chain in which front and rear passive parts are connected to each other via vertical pins so that they can rotate relative to each other, and the movable body structure is connected to the passive part side of the movable body. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the manufacturing accuracy and perform assembly work.

Further, according to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention described above, the line length of a fixed route and the train-like endless continuous body consisting of the movable body group and the coupling device group are installed when the transfer facility using the movable body is installed. If there is an error between the total length and the total length, you can easily absorb the error by adjusting the length of the specific movable body in the direction of the fixed path, and the installation work can be done quickly and accurately. Can be done well.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a main part of an endless continuous body in a transfer facility using a movable body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of a main part of an endless continuous body in a transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of an endless continuous body in a transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a feeding device portion in the transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view of a connecting device portion in the transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a connecting device portion in the transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a lift device portion in the transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a lift device portion in the transfer facility using the movable body.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing the overall arrangement of the transfer facility using the movable body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 rails 5 fixed path 5a straight path section 5b curved path section 10 movable body 10A movable body 14 caster wheel 15 passive section 17 front and rear rod section 18 connecting section 19 passive surface 25 support base receiving device 30 screw hole 31 screw shaft 40 Coupling device 41 Coupling rod 42 Vertical pin 43 Front / rear rod part 44 Coupling material part 46 Passive part 47 Passive surface 48 Long hole 50 Working deck 53 Transported object support 60 Feed device 68 Feed roller 74 Stationary roller 79 Working part 80 Lifting device 90 Suspended transport device 91 Unloading section 92 Loading section 100 Endless continuous body

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of movable bodies, which are supported and guided by rails and are movable on an endless constant path, are provided between the front and rear portions of the movable bodies facing each other in a lateral direction via a connecting device. A train-shaped endless continuous body is movably connected to each other, and at least one of the connecting points of the connecting device is connected so as to be relatively expandable and contractible in the direction of a fixed path. 1. A transfer facility using a movable body, characterized in that each of the passive parts is provided with a similar level, and each of the passive parts is provided with a feeding device capable of acting in the fixed path. 2. The passive part of the movable body is provided in the central part of the movable body in the width direction and over almost the entire length, and the side surface thereof forms a passive surface, and the coupling device forms the passive part by a coupling rod in the front-rear direction. While forming, both ends of this connecting rod are connected to the front and rear ends of the passive part of the movable body so as to be rotatable relative to each other via vertical pins, or to be rotatable relative to each other and relatively expandable and contractible via vertical pins and elongated holes. 2. The conveyance using a movable body according to claim 1, wherein the feeding device includes a feed roller which is connected to the driving rod to form a passive surface by a side surface of the connecting rod, and the feeding device has a laterally contactable feed roller on each passive surface. Facility. 3. The transfer facility using movable bodies according to claim 1, wherein at least one movable body of the movable body group is configured to be adjustable in length in a direction of a fixed path.