JPH083383Y2 - Equipment for transporting goods - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article conveying device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a conveying device for aligning or changing the orientation of articles in a certain direction during conveyance, the actual device has been developed.
Some of them are described in 64-9915. This prior art is
A flat groove is formed on the side surface of the article, and the magnetic adsorbent is attached to the flat portion. An endless circulating band into which the concave groove of the article can be engaged extends to the side of the article conveying path, and a magnetic body is installed on the back of the endless circulating band. That is, the direction of the article is regulated by the magnetic attraction between the magnetic adsorbent and the magnetic body and the conveying force (direction changing force) exerted by the endless circulation zone.

[0003]

In the prior art, however, it is essential that the endless circulating zone exerts a conveying force (direction changing force) on the product within a certain conveying path length.
Not only does the apparatus configuration become complicated, but also the time and transport distance for alignment or direction change increase.

An object of the present invention is to simplify the structure of an apparatus when aligning or changing the orientation of articles using magnetic force, and to shorten the time and the conveying distance for aligning or changing the orientation. To do.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article transporting device for transporting an article by placing the article on a transporting means which moves along a constant movement path. While having a flat guide surface on at least a part of the side surface, the article guide member is installed at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means, and at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means with respect to the magnetic body of the article. An article guiding magnetic body that exerts a magnetic action and presses the side surface of the article against the article guiding member is installed, and a conveying resistance force is exerted on a part of the article conveyed along the article guiding member to convey the article on the conveying means. A conveyance resistance portion to be turned is provided near the side of the article guide member, and a flat guide surface of the article which has passed through the conveyance resistance portion and turned is guided by the article guide member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, the carrying resistance portion is fixedly arranged on the carrying means, and a part of the bottom surface of the article is moved from above the carrying means. It has a scooping plate for scooping up.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the present invention, at the exit side position of the conveying resistance portion along the article moving path by the conveying means, on the opposite side of the article guiding member. An article positioning magnetic body that exerts a magnetic action on the magnetic body of the article so that the flat guide surface of the article rotated by the conveyance resistance unit is positioned at a position where the article guide member guides the flat guide surface. It was made to do so.

[0008]

In the process in which the article guiding magnetic body moves while being pressed against the article guiding member by the magnetic action (magnetic attraction action or magnetic repulsion action) exerted on the article-side magnetic substance by the article guiding magnetic body, After being turned by the conveyance resistance exerted on the section, the flat guide surface of the turned article is guided by the article guiding member to align or change its orientation.

At this time, the product is turned at a time when it passes through the conveyance resistance portion. Therefore, the device configuration is simple, and the time required for alignment or direction change and the transport distance are small.

When the conveyance resistance portion is a scooping plate for scooping up a part of the bottom surface of the article, compared to the case where the conveyance resistance portion is formed by a projection part which abuts against a part of the side surface of the article. As a result, the impact and wear acting on the article can be reduced, and the article that is being conveyed at high speed can be smoothly turned. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction change at high speed.

By installing the article positioning magnetic body on the exit side of the carrying resistance section, the article after turning by the carrying resistance section can be surely positioned, and the article being carried at high speed can be stably turned. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction changeability at high speed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a first embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an A-direction and a III-B direction, FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a direction conversion state of the second embodiment.

(First Embodiment) (See FIGS. 1 to 3) The carrying device 10 carries an article 12 by placing the article 12 on a conveyor belt 11 that moves along a fixed movement path.
13 is a conveyor belt drive motor. Reference numeral 14 denotes a nonmagnetic belt receiver.

The article 12 has an article-side magnet 15 and is provided with flat guide surfaces 16 at four positions which form 90 degrees around the central axis of the side surface. The article 12 has the adjacent guide surfaces 16 (16) before and after passing the conveyance resistance portion 23 described later.
Each of A and 16B) is guided from the upstream of the article guide member 21 to the downstream, and as a result, it is possible to change the direction by 90 degrees.

The article 12 can have a direction change angle of θ degrees by setting the angle of intersection of adjacent guide surfaces 16 to θ degrees.

The article 12 may be the product container itself or the like, or may be a carrying case for the product container or the like.

The transport device 10 has a rod-shaped or plate-shaped article guide member 21 installed at an upper position along the article moving path by the transport belt 11. Reference numeral 20 is a support stay.

Further, the conveying device 10 exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 at a lower position along the article moving path by the conveyor belt 11 so that the side surface of the article 12 is pressed against the article-guiding member 21. 22 are installed.

Here, the article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 are formed of flat magnets. Then, the article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 can make magnetic poles attracting each other face each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the article 1
The center of the article guiding magnet 22 is eccentrically arranged closer to the article guiding member 21 than the center of the article-side magnet 15 in a state where 2 is pressed against the article guiding member 21. This allows
The article guiding magnet 22 exerts a magnetic attraction action on the article-side magnet 15 to press the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21. That is, the S-pole of the article-side magnet 15 can face the article-guide magnet 22, and the N-pole of the article-guide magnet 22 can face the article-side magnet 15.

The article-side magnet 15 and the article-guiding magnet 22 are provided.
Is the center of the article guiding magnet 22 rather than the center of the article-side magnet 15 in a state where the magnetic poles that repel each other can face each other via the conveyor belt 11 and the article 12 is pressed against the article guiding member 21. May be eccentrically arranged on the side opposite to the article guide member 21. In this case, the article guiding magnet 22 exerts a magnetic repulsion action on the article-side magnet 15 to press the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21.

The article guiding magnet 22 may be any one as long as it exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 and presses the side surface of the article 12 against the article guiding member 21. Therefore,
The article guiding magnet 22 does not have to be installed on the opposite side of the article-side magnet 15 with the conveyor belt 11 sandwiched therebetween. That is, the article guiding magnet 22 may be arranged at an upper position along the article moving path by the conveyor belt 11.

Further, the transport device 10 includes an article guide member 21.
A conveyance resistance portion 23 that applies a conveyance resistance force to a part of the article 12 conveyed along the direction and rotates the article 12 on the conveyance belt 11 is provided near the side of the article guide member 21. The transport resistance portion 23 is specifically a rake plate 24 supported by the support stay 20 and fixedly arranged on the transport belt 11, and the rake plate 24 is provided on the bottom surface of the article 12 transported by the transport belt 11. A part of the conveyor belt 11 is scooped up, and a conveying resistance force based on frictional force is exerted on a part of the bottom surface. The tip portion 24A of the scooping plate 24 has a knife-edge shape, and a part of the bottom surface of the article 12 can be smoothly scooped up.

As a result, in the transport device 10, the flat guide surface 16 (16B) of the article 12 that has been passed through the transport resistance portion 23 and turned around the article guide member 21 as described above.
To guide and realize a 90-degree direction change.

At this time, the conveying device 10 has the conveying belt 1
1, the flat guide surface 16 of the article 12 turned by the conveyance resistance section 23 is guided to the article guide member 21 at the exit side position of the conveyance resistance section 23 along the article movement path by 1. An article positioning magnet 25 that exerts a magnetic action on the article-side magnet 15 is installed so as to position the article 12 at the specified position.

Here, the article positioning magnet 25 is composed of a flat magnet, and magnetic poles attracting each other to the article side magnet 15 can face each other via the conveyor belt 11, and the article positioning magnet 25 has a rectangular shape. The outer diameter of the shaped magnetic pole surface coincides with the outer diameter of the rectangular magnetic pole surface of the article-side magnet 15 (horizontally long in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction) when the article 12 after being turned by the conveyance resistance portion 23 is to be guided by the article guide member 21. Arranged to be possible. As a result, the article-side magnet 15 is attracted and positioned by the magnet 25 such that the outer diameter of the magnetic pole surface thereof substantially matches the outer diameter of the magnetic pole surface of the article positioning magnet 25 (horizontally long in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction). . That is, the S-pole of the article-side magnet 15 can face the article-positioning magnet 25, and the N-pole of the article-positioning magnet 25 can face the article-side magnet 15.

It should be noted that the article positioning magnet 25 can make magnetic poles that repel each other face the article-side magnet 15 via the conveyor belt 11, and the magnetic repulsion action of the article 12 causes the article 12 to move.
May be positioned as described above.

The above-mentioned magnets 15, 22, 25 may be any of permanent magnets, rubber magnets, electromagnets and the like. Further, one of the magnet 15 and the magnet 22 and one of the magnet 15 and the magnet 25 may be replaced with a simple magnetic material such as an iron plate.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The article 12 is moved by being pressed into contact with the article guide member 21 by the magnetic action (magnetic attraction action or magnetic repulsion action) exerted by the article guiding magnet 22 on the article magnet 15, and the conveyance resistance portion 23 of the article 12 moves. After being turned by the conveyance resistance exerted on a part thereof, the flat guide surface 16 of the turned article 12 is guided by the article guiding member 21 to align or change its orientation.

At this time, the rotation of the article 12 is caused by the conveyance resistance portion 2
It is done at one time when passing 3. Therefore, the device configuration is simple, and the time required for alignment or direction change and the transport distance are small.

When the conveyance resistance portion 23 is a scooping plate 24 for scooping up a part of the bottom surface of the article 12, the conveyance resistance portion 23 is formed by a protrusion which abuts against a part of the side surface of the article 12. Impact on the article 12,
Abrasion can be reduced, and articles that are being conveyed at high speed can be smoothly turned. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction change at high speed.

By installing the article positioning magnet 25 on the exit side of the conveyance resistance section 23, the article 12 after turning by the conveyance resistance section 23 is surely positioned, and the article 12 which is being conveyed at high speed is also stably turned. it can. Therefore, it is possible to improve the alignment or the direction changeability at high speed.

(Second Embodiment) (See FIGS. 4 to 5) The transport device 30 is different from the transport device 10 only in that a protrusion 31 is used as the transport resistance portion 23. The protrusion 31 is used for the article 12 conveyed by the conveyor belt 11.
It abuts a part of the side surface of the article and exerts a conveyance resistance force on a part of the side surface, so that the article 12 is rotated on the conveyance belt 11. It is preferable that the protrusion 31 is made of a cushioning material such as rubber.

In the practice of the present invention, a set of an article guide member and a conveyance resistance portion is provided at each of a plurality of positions along the movement path of the conveying means, and the article guides of the plurality of sets are provided in the movement process. The direction may be repeatedly and sequentially changed by the member and the conveyance resistance unit.

[0034]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, in order to align or change the orientation of articles using magnetic force,
The apparatus configuration can be simplified, and the time and the transport distance for the alignment or the direction change can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows III A and III B in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a direction change state of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Conveying apparatus 11 Conveying belt (conveying means) 12 Article 15 Article side magnet 16 Flat guide surface 21 Article guiding member 22 Article guiding magnet 23 Conveying resistance part 25 Article positioning magnet

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An article carrying apparatus for carrying an article by placing the article on a carrying means that moves along a fixed movement path, wherein the article has a magnetic body, and a flat guide surface is provided on at least a part of a side surface. The article guiding member is installed at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means, and the side surface of the article is pressed against the article guiding member at a position along the article moving path by the conveying means by exerting a magnetic action on the magnetic body of the article. A magnetic material for guiding an article to be pushed is installed, and a conveyance resistance portion for exerting a conveyance resistance force on a part of the article conveyed along the article guide member and turning the article on the conveyance means is provided on the side of the article guide member. An article conveying device, wherein an article guiding member guides a flat guide surface of the article which has passed through the conveyance resistance portion and is turned. 2. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance resistance section is a scoop plate which is fixedly arranged on the conveying means and scoops up a part of the bottom surface of the article from the conveying means. 3. An exit side position of a conveying resistance portion along an article moving path by the conveying means, on a side opposite to the article guiding member,
An article positioning magnetic body that exerts a magnetic action on a magnetic body of the article is installed so that the flat guide surface of the article rotated by the conveyance resistance unit is positioned at a position where the article guide member guides the flat guide surface. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.