JPH089063Y2 - Carrier - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[Purpose of Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveying device, and more particularly to a device for laterally moving an item on a roller conveyor.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when articles are loaded by a pallet loading device, the articles on the conveyor are moved from the left side to the right side or from the right side to the left side to form a loading pattern. It is moved and done.

At this time, if a pusher for advancing and retracting the articles on the conveyor from the side of the conveyor is used, a supporting mechanism such as a guide rod and a driving mechanism such as an air cylinder project to the side of the conveyor, and further, In order to move the product not only in one direction but also in the other direction, two sets of pusher mechanisms are required, which requires space on both sides of the conveyor and, in addition, pushers that return to the original position. However, it hinders the transportation of subsequent items.

[0005]

As described above, conventionally, two sets of pusher mechanisms are required when moving an item on a conveyor from the left side to the right side or from the right side to the left side. Therefore, space is required on both sides of the conveyor, and the pusher returning to the original position is an obstacle to the transportation of the subsequent items.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and does not require a space on both sides of the conveyor so that the pusher returning to the original position does not hinder the transportation of the subsequent items. The purpose is.

[Constitution of Device]

[0008]

The transport device of the present invention is provided with a traverse body 14 which moves in both directions parallel to the roller 4 at the lower part of the roller 4 of the roller conveyor 1, and at the upper parts of both sides of the traverse body 14, respectively. The pushers 17 and 18 on both sides, which independently move up and down and appear on and off the rollers 4 through the gap 5 between the rollers 4, are provided with a predetermined gap in the moving direction of the traverse body 14.

[0009]

In the transporting apparatus of the present invention, when the article W on one side is moved to the other side on the roller conveyor 1, one pusher 17 is raised to one side of the article W. , The traverse body 14 is moved to the other side, and the pusher 17 on one side moves the article W
When pushing the other side part to move the article W on the other side part to one side part, while the other pusher 18 is raised to the other side part of the article W, the traverse body 14 is moved to one side. And push the article W to one side with the other pusher 18. Then, the required pushers 17, 18 can be raised and the disturbing pushers 17, 18 can be lowered.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the carrying device of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
Will be described with reference to.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a roller conveyor. The roller conveyor 1 comprises a plurality of rollers 4 arranged horizontally and in parallel between left and right side frames 3 of a frame 2 with a predetermined gap 5 in the front-rear direction. An endless drive belt 6 arranged in the front-rear direction is pressed on the lower side of the plurality of rollers 4 by a plurality of pulleys 7, and the drive belt 6 is moved backward by a motor (not shown) (direction of arrow a in FIG. 2). The roller 4 is driven to rotate, and the article W supported on the roller 4 is conveyed forward (in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 2).

Then, the articles W are carried into the roller conveyor 1 from two roller conveyors (not shown) connected to the rear portion (lower side in FIG. 2) in two rows spaced apart in the left-right direction. The article W on the roller conveyor 1 is carried out to a roller conveyor (not shown) connected to the front part (upper part in FIG. 2) of the roller conveyor 1.

Near the front part of the roller conveyor 1, stoppers 8 and 9 for two rows of articles W are provided.
The stoppers 8 and 9 are adapted to be retracted by the air cylinder (not shown) on the roller 4 via the gap 5 between the rollers 4 and to stop the article W in a protruding state.

Further, the frame 2 of the roller conveyor 1
A support rod 11 is horizontally mounted between the left and right side frames 3, and a rodless air cylinder 12 is mounted on the support rod 11.
A traverse substrate 14 as a traversing body is attached to the operating portion 13 of the rodless air cylinder 12 in parallel with the roller 4, and the traverse substrate 14 is parallel to the roller 4 below the roller 4 by the rodless air cylinder 12 in the left-right direction. To move to.

Elevating plates 15 are provided on the left end side upper part and the right end side upper part of the traverse substrate 14 so as to be able to move up and down independently about a shaft 16, and a plurality of plate-like plates are respectively provided on the left and right elevating plate 15. The pushers 17 and 18 are attached in a comb-like shape with a predetermined gap in the front-rear direction corresponding to the gap 5 between the rollers 4, and the lift plates 15 to which the left and right pushers 17 and 18 are attached are respectively air cylinders 19. Thus, the pushers 17 and 18 on the left and right independently come and go on the roller 4 via the gap 5 between the rollers 4, respectively.

The left and right pushers 17, 18 are vertical when they project above the roller 4, and the distance between the left and right pushers 17, 18 in this vertical state is the rodless air cylinder 12 described above.
Is equal to the moving stroke ST of the pushers 17 and 18 due to, and the inner side of the pusher 18 on the right side coincides with the center line CL of the roller conveyor 1 with the pushers 17 and 18 moved to the left end of the moving stroke ST, With the pushers 17 and 18 moved to the right end of the movement stroke ST, the inner side of the left pusher 17 coincides with the center line CL of the roller conveyor 1.

Next, the operation of the carrying apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

When a pair of articles W, which are spaced from each other in the left-right direction, are carried in with respect to the rear portion of the roller conveyor 1 (the lower side in FIG. 2), the pair of left and right articles W are supported by a roller 4 which is rotated by a drive belt 6. It is then conveyed forward (in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 2) and stopped by the stoppers 8 and 9 projecting on the roller 4 near the front part (upper part in FIG. 2) of the roller conveyor 1.

In this state, when the pair of left and right articles W are moved to the left side of the roller conveyor 1,
As shown by the solid line in the figure, the traverse substrate 14 is moved to the right by the rodless air cylinder 12, and only the right pusher 18 on the traverse substrate 12 is projected onto the roller 4 by the air cylinder 19 to keep the product. When W is stopped by the stoppers 8 and 9, the traverse substrate 14 is moved to the rodless air cylinder 12
To move to the left.

Then, the pusher 18 on the right side moves to the left on the roller 4, and during this movement, the pusher 18 on the right side makes contact with the right side portion of the article W on the right side and pushes the article W to the left. Further, the right-side product W that has been moved to the left abuts against the right-side portion of the left-side product W and pushes this product W to the left, and the traverse substrate 12 moves a predetermined stroke ST. When done,
A pair of left and right items W are located on the left side of the center line CL of the roller conveyor 1.

Further, in the above state, when the pair of left and right articles W are moved to the right side of the roller conveyor 1,
As shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure, the traverse substrate 14 is moved to the left by the rodless air cylinder 12, and
Only the pusher 17 on the left side of 12 is projected onto the roller 4 by the air cylinder 19, and when the article W is stopped by the stoppers 8 and 9, the traverse substrate 14 is moved to the right by the rodless air cylinder 12.

Then, the left pusher 17 moves to the right on the roller 4, and during this movement, the left pusher 17 contacts the left side of the left article W and pushes the article W to the right. Further, the left side article W which is moved to the right side abuts the left side portion of the right side article W and pushes the right side article W to the right side, and the traverse substrate 12 moves by a predetermined stroke ST. When done,
A pair of left and right items W are located on the right side of the center line CL of the roller conveyor 1.

After the product W has been moved to the left or right, the stoppers 8 and 9 are lowered into the gap 5 between the rollers 4 to carry the product W forward. There is.

Further, when it is necessary to move the traverse substrate 14 and the pushers 17 and 18 leftward or rightward in preparation for the succeeding item W after the item W has been moved to the right or left. ,
Since the pushers 17 and 18 projecting on the roller 4 can be lowered to the gap 5 between the rollers 5 by the air cinder 19, even when the succeeding article W is beginning to enter the roller conveyor 1, the traverse substrate 14 and the pusher are pushed. You can move 17,18.

[0025]

As described above, the carrying device of the present invention is
By moving the traverse body provided with pushers that can be raised and lowered independently on both sides, the article on the roller conveyor can be moved not only in one side direction but also in the other side direction, and consists of this traverse body etc. Since the pusher mechanism does not project to both sides of the roller conveyor, it does not require extra space, and the pusher can be lowered, so the pusher that returns to the original position does not There is no obstacle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional front view showing an embodiment of a carrying device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same carrying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W Item 1 Roller conveyor 4 Roller 5 Gap 14 Traverse board as traverse body 17 Pusher 18 Pusher

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A traverse body which moves in both directions parallel to the roller is provided at the lower part of the roller of the roller conveyor, and the traverse body is vertically moved to the upper parts on both sides of the traverse body to be projected and retracted on the roller via a gap between the rollers. The pusher on both sides is provided at a predetermined interval in the moving direction of the transverse body, and the conveying device is characterized in that.