JPH0891577A - Cut out device for books and the like to automation line - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To send out books and the like being mixed with various sized ones in particular to the subsequent step of an automation line one by one at the constant pitch without injuring them quickly and surely by sucking books and the like in a book arranging part onto a belt face through suction holes, and delivering them one by one at the constant pitch. CONSTITUTION: When books are inserted along a back receiving plate 3 from this side of a belt conveyor 1, the books A are slipped in a belt face and the left corner part is brought in contact with the corner part between a back receiving plate 3 and a side receiving plate 2. In this way the books A are inserted one after another so as to be loaded on a book arranging part 4. Next at operating a suction device, air in a belt receiving box 6 becomes in the suction state, and negative pressure is applied on the suction hole 5 parts of the belt conveyor 1. Then, when the belt conveyor 1 is driven, the suction holes 5 are moved while sucking only the lowermost book A, and cut out from the extreme end. Next the subsequent book A is in stand-by state until the belt conveyor 1 is rotated and the subsequent suction holes 5 reach a home position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for cutting out a book or the like on an automated line for sorting and sorting for the purpose of shipping and collecting the book and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for cutting out a book or the like on an automated line for sorting and sorting, a cutting mechanism using a cutting belt or a cam or the like having hooks for hooking is arranged on the upper or lower part of a book mounting table. Then, the books are cut out one by one from the upper part or the lower part of the book loaded on the book placing table to the automated line by the cutting mechanism.

[0003]

However, in the conventional cutting mechanism, it is impossible to cut a thin object because of the shape of the hooking claw or the cam, and the shape and size are limited. Books are devices that are limited and not versatile, and there are problems such as scratches on the books of cut-out products due to nails and the like, which lowers the product value. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology, and is made in order to solve this problem, without damaging books or the like loaded in a book tidying unit, particularly books of various sizes. The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a device that can quickly and reliably send each book to the next automated line at a constant pitch.

[0004]

According to the present invention, as means for achieving the above object, the belt conveyor is inclined toward the longitudinal conveyance direction and one side in the width direction to form a three-dimensional inclined surface.
A receiving plate is erected on the lower end surface of the dimensional inclined surface to form a book organizing unit, and suction holes are formed at regular pitch intervals along the entire circumference of the belt conveyor, and at the same time, on the inner surface of the belt conveyor. Arrange a belt box that is connected to the suction device,
Slits corresponding to the suction holes of the belt conveyor are arranged on the receiving surface of the belt receiving box, and the books in the book organizing section are sucked onto the belt surface by the suction holes and delivered one by one at a constant pitch. is there.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail below. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which the belt conveyor 1 is three-dimensionally inclined.
That is, it is tilted so as to have a tilt angle α of 30 to 40 degrees in the longitudinal transport direction, and is tilted toward the left side in the width direction by 4 degrees.
It is installed so that it has an inclination angle β of 0 to 50 degrees. Further, the book rearranging section 4 is constructed by vertically arranging the side receiving plate 2 and the rear receiving plate 3 in the width direction on the left side of the lower end of the three-dimensional inclined surface which is the base end upper surface of the belt conveyor 1 in the longitudinal transport direction. This belt conveyor 1 has its surface processed with low friction such as Teflon processing, and has suction holes 5 of about 10 mm formed in a zigzag pattern in the width direction in a range matching the minimum dimension of the book A or the like in the width direction. The groups of the suction holes 5 are provided at constant pitch intervals (three places in this embodiment) over the entire circumference. Further, the belt receiving box 6 is arranged on the inner surface of the belt conveyor 1,
Slits 8 corresponding to the suction holes 5 of the belt conveyor are provided on the receiving surface 7 of the belt receiving box 6, and the hose 9 attached to the belt receiving box 6 is connected to a suction device (not shown).

With this structure, in order to cut out the book A by operating it, the book A is first placed in the book organizing section 4.
To load. At that time, when the book A is inserted from the front side of the belt conveyor 1 along the back support plate 3, the belt conveyor 1
Is installed in a three-dimensional inclined state, the book A slides on the belt surface, and the left and right corners of the book A are in contact with the corners of the back support plate 3 and the side support plate 2 in the vertical and horizontal directions. The two sides of the direction are aligned. In this way, the books A are inserted one after another, and the books A are loaded on the book organizing section 4. When the suction device is operated, the air in the belt receiving box 6 is in a suction state and the suction holes 5 of the belt conveyor 1 located in the slits 8 of the receiving surface 7 of the belt receiving box 6 are moved.
There is negative pressure in the area. So belt conveyor 1
When the belt conveyor 1 is driven, the suction holes 5 of the belt conveyor 1 are sucked by the rotation of the belt conveyor 1 while sucking only the lowest book A1 loaded in the book arranging section 4 and the slit 8 of the belt receiving box 6.
Move up. At that time, since the belt conveyor 1 is inclined three-dimensionally with the next-order book A2 and the angle in the cutting direction is steep, the friction between the books is reduced even when the books are stacked, Only the lowest book A1 is cut out without fail.
Even if the next book A2 drops and moves to the lowest position and comes into contact with the belt conveyor 1, the second book A2 uses the belt whose surface is processed to have low friction. It is in a slipping state on the upper surface and does not move only by the running force of the belt, but stays at the home position of the book organizing section 4. On the other hand, the lowermost book A1 is conveyed and moved while being attracted to the belt conveyor 1 as shown in FIG. 5, and is cut out from the front end (see FIG. 6). Next, the next book A2 loaded on the book orderer 4 is in a standby state until the belt conveyor 1 rotates and the next suction hole 5 reaches the home position of the book orderer 4 position. In this way, the books A loaded in the book ordering section 4 one after another are adsorbed to the belt conveyor 1 and sent one by one quickly and reliably to the next automated line at a constant pitch.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is constructed as a countermeasure when two books are cut out in an overlapping manner due to some trouble. That is, the length of the belt conveyor 1 of the first embodiment is increased, and the belt receiving box 11 is formed so that the separating station 14 is formed on the belt conveyor 1.
The portion 12 for the input portion and the portion 13 for the cutting station are formed in a continuous state at the suction portion of the. The other structure is similar to that of the first embodiment. As a result, when the belt conveyor 1 is operated at the pitch interval between the suction holes 5 and the next suction hole 5 and is temporarily stopped at the separating station 13, the books A1 and the books sent from the book organizing section 4 in a two-pile stack. Since the belt of A2 is suddenly stopped, the book A1 is stopped in the suction state by the suction holes 5 of the belt, but the book A2 being superposed on the book A1 is separated from the book A1 by the running inertia. Since the belt conveyor 1 has a three-dimensional inclination, the separated books A2 are freely dropped to the outside of the belt conveyor 1 at the separating station 13 and discharged. Then, when the tact operation is restarted, only the book A1 is adsorbed by the adsorption hole 5 and cut out in the traveling direction of the belt conveyor 1. On the other hand, the books A2 discharged to the outside of the belt conveyor 1
Is put in the book organizing section 4 again. In this case, the suction part of the belt receiving box 11 is separated from the input part 12 and the separation station part 13 by switching one suction device.

In the above embodiment, the book cutting method can change the cutting interval by operating the belt conveyor 1. If the book is continuously driven, the book is cut at a constant pitch interval and the tact operation can be performed. For example, you can cut out a book so that it pauses at the home position.

[0009]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above in detail with respect to various embodiments, according to the present invention, the belt conveyor is inclined toward the longitudinal conveyance direction and one side in the width direction to form a three-dimensional inclined surface. The books in the organizing section are stacked in a state where the vertical and horizontal directions of the books are aligned at the corners of the back support plate and the side support plate, and the friction between the books stacked in the book organizing section is reduced. It is reduced and only the lowest books can be cut out without fail. Also, the belt conveyor has suction holes formed at regular intervals over the entire circumference and is sucked into the belt receiving box having slits corresponding to the suction holes on the inner surface. Each one is securely cut on the upper surface of the belt through the suction holes. Furthermore, books loaded in the book arranging section, especially books mixed in various sizes, can be sent to the automated line of the next stage quickly and surely at a constant pitch one by one without being damaged, and various other advantages. It has an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Figure 2] Similarly, back view

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view in which the inclined state is also omitted.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a part of a side surface in which an inclined state is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a state in which a book is cut out and conveyed in the same manner during operation.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a state in which a book is cut out from the conveyor belt during operation.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view of the second embodiment during operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Belt Conveyor 2 Side Receiving Plate 3 Back Receiving Plate 4 Book Organizing Section 5 Adsorption Hole 6 Belt Receiving Box 7 Receiving Surface 8 Slit 9 Hose

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A three-dimensional inclined surface is formed by inclining a belt conveyor toward the longitudinal conveyance direction and one side in the width direction.
A receiving plate is erected on the lower end surface of the dimensional inclined surface to form a book organizing unit, and suction holes are formed at regular pitch intervals along the entire circumference of the belt conveyor, and at the same time, on the inner surface of the belt conveyor. Arrange a belt box that is connected to the suction device,
Slits corresponding to the suction holes of the belt conveyor are arranged on the receiving surface of the belt receiving box so that the books in the book tidying section are sucked onto the belt surface by the suction holes and dispensed one by one at a constant pitch. A device for cutting out characteristic books and other automated lines.