JPH08295413A - Hanger unit sorting branching device for hanger article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate sorting branching of hanger articles directly suspended and supported on a carrier conveyor by the unit of hangers. CONSTITUTION: For a sorting branching rail 4 having a starting end part 4A for picking up a hanger neck part suspended and supported on a carrier conveyor 1 at a sorting position, the starting end part 4A is set to have a rising gradient, and a conveyor 5 to push the hanger neck part 2 is provided on the rising gradient starting end part 4A to provide a hanger unit sorting branching device for hanger articles.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended for branching and transporting a hanger product, which is directly suspended on a transport rail for each individual item, to a sorting rail at a sorting / branching position, and is used as a transporting system for clothing and the like in the apparel industry. It is what is done.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a transportation system in the apparel industry, there is a sorting operation in which a garment such as an upper garment, a blouse, trousers, a skirt or the like is transported while being hung on a hanger while being branched for each sorting destination. .

Conventional sorting means sorts trolley units by which clothes and the like (hereinafter referred to as hanger products) hung on a large number of hangers are suspended by a load bar of a trolley traveling on the transport trolley, and are sorted on a transport rail. There is a means for directly suspending and transporting hanger products in units of hangers, and sorting the hanger products directly on the transport rail in units of hangers.

The present invention belongs to the latter, and, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a hanger product H directly suspended on a carrier rail R for each hanger unit is conveyed in a direction of an arrow by a conveying conveyor C having a conveying piece P. At the sorting / branching position, the transport rail 1 is partially formed by the switching rail RS, and when the hanger product H requiring sorting approaches, the switching rail RS is transferred to the connecting position of the sorting / branching rail RD by an external force, and the hanger product. Sort H from transport rail R Branch rail R
I was transferring to D.

[0005]

However, instead of transporting by the conveyer C, the transport rail R is replaced by a drive chain, belt or screw conveyor, etc., and the hanger product H is directly driven by a drive chain, belt or screw conveyor. When hanging on a hanger unit such as a carrying conveyor, the carrying conveyor moves as a continuous movable band, so switching rails cannot be partially formed on the way, making it difficult to sort and divide hanger products. Had the problem of being.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a taper-shaped ascending shape that can enter the hanger neck portion of a hanger product at a sorting and branching position of the hanger product that is directly suspended and conveyed in a hanger unit on a conveyor. A sorting and branching rail having a slope start end, a curved middle part that moves away from the conveyor to the side, and an end part connected to the sort rail is tilted downward to a position where the ascending slope start end scoops the hanger neck on the conveyor. The conventional problem was solved by arranging a pushing conveyor having a pushing piece which is mounted so that the scooped-off hanger neck portion is sorted and pushed to the end portion on the branch rail along the start end portion.

[0007]

Operation: The hanger neck portion of the hanger product which is directly suspended and conveyed on the conveyer conveyor has a tapered start end of the sorting branch rail which is tilted downward to a position where the hanger neck portion is scooped. When it is scooped off by entering into the carriage, it is engaged with the pushing piece of the pushing conveyor and pushed over the starting end portion to the middle portion of the curve, and the end portion has a downward slope, so the hanger neck portion Glide and transfer onto the sorting rails.

[0008]

1 is a front view and FIG. 2 is a side view showing an embodiment in which a conveyor chain 1 which circulates endlessly in a plane is used as a conveyor. In FIG. 2, a conveyor chain 1 runs in a direction penetrating the plane of the drawing, and the chain 1 suspends a neck portion 2 of a hanger H on which clothes are hung on the transport side.

At the sorting and branching position, a mounting plate 3B is attached to the tilting plate 3 through a long hole 3A so that the front and rear positions can be adjusted.
Further, a sorting branch rail 4 mounted so that the tilting angle can be adjusted, and an upward slope starting end portion 4 of the sorting branch rail 4 on the tilting plate 3.
A pushing conveyor 5 having a brush-like pushing piece 5A slidably contacting with A is provided, and the tapered tip of the starting end portion 4A is located at a position where it can enter into the neck portion 2 of the hanger suspended from the transport conveyor 1 and from the neck portion 2. The intermediate portion 4B of the sorting / branching rail 4 is selectively tilted downward and raised to a separated position.
Has a curved shape that moves away from the conveyor 1 to the side,
The terminal portion 4C is connected to the sorting rail 6. The tilting plate 3 is provided with a drive motor M for the feeding conveyor 5 and an operating cylinder 8 for tilting the tilting plate 3 in the vertical direction around the fixed tilting shaft 7.

In FIG. 1, the tapered tip of the starting end portion 4A of the sorting / branching rail 4 provided at the sorting / branching position of the transport conveyor 1 is placed on the transport conveyor 1 and is conveyed to the hanger in the direction of the arrow. It is tilted to a position where it is easy to enter inside 2.

Therefore, the hanger neck portion 2 on the transport conveyor 1 floats above the transport conveyor 1 due to the entry of the tapered tip of the starting end portion 4A of the sorting and branching rail 4, and is transferred onto the starting end portion 4A of the sorting and branching rail 4. The pushing conveyor 5 slides the upward slope of the starting end portion 4A to move the curved intermediate portion 4B.
It is pushed to, and slides on the descending slope of the terminal portion 4C and is transferred to the sorting rail 6.

Further, when the hanger products on the conveyor 1 are sorted to the other sorting rails on the downstream side, the starting end 4A of the sorting branch rail 4 is pulled upward by the raising operation of the operating cylinder 8 and the hanger products are sorted. Let it pass.

FIG. 3 is a plan view, in which the hanger H is transferred from the transport conveyor 1 to the starting end portion 4A of the sorting / branching rail 4 and is pushed by the conveyor 5 toward the curved intermediate portion 4B. Although the above-described embodiment is the top guide type in which the pushing conveyor 5 is disposed above the sorting / branching rail 4, the pushing conveyor 5 may be a side guide type in which it is disposed on the side of the sorting / branching rail 4.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the starting end of the sorting branch rail for scooping the hanger hook portion on the conveyer conveyor has an upward slope, and the intermediate portion and the end portion have a shape distant sideways from the conveyer conveyor. Therefore, the neck of the hanger can slide on the starting end without interfering with the conveyor, and even if the starting end of the sorting and branching rail is an upward slope, it follows the starting end of the upward slope. Since the conveyor conveyor is installed, the hanger neck part picked up from the conveyor on the ascending slope start end of the sorting / branching rail is pushed to the extruding piece of the conveyor conveyor, and the ascending slope start end is curved. It is possible to slide to the sorting rail and slide on the descending slope at the terminal end to transfer to the sorting rail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transport Conveyor 2 Hanger Neck 3 Tilt Plate 4 Sorting Branch Rail 4A Starting End 4B Curve Middle 4C End 5 Pushing Conveyor 6 Sorting Rail 7 Tilt Shaft 8 Working Cylinder

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor ▲ Yoshi ▼ Masahiko Ta, 4-17-96 Tsurumi Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. (72) Takeshi Kimura 4 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 17-96 Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sorting position of hanger products which are directly suspended and transported in a hanger unit on a transport rail,
The leading end of the conveyor belt is a sorting branch rail having a tapered upward slope that can enter the hanger neck portion of a hanger product, a curved middle portion that moves away from the transport conveyor to the side, and an end portion that connects to the sorting rail. The upper hanger neck is attached to the scooping position so as to be capable of descending and tilting, and a pushing conveyor having a pushing piece for pushing the picked hanger neck to the end on the sorting rail is installed along the ascending slope start end. Hanger unit sorting and branching device for hanger products.