JPH09221218A - Tilting-transferring device for panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate impact when a panel is transferred to the carrying-out conveyor side to prevent damage to the panel, and cope with the change in the thickness of the panel. SOLUTION: The device is provided with plural L-shaped arms 11, each of which consists of a vertical part 11a and a horizontal part 11b, and a panel A is supported by the arm 11 to be tilted 90 degrees, and transfered onto a carrying-out conveyor. In this case, plural conveyors 2 where the respective, arm 11 side end parts of the panel can rise and fall simultaneously, are provided between the L-shaped arm 11 and the carrying-out conveyor, and the horizontal parts 11b of the respective arms 11 are provided so that they can be taken in and out by the same length in response to the thickness of the panel A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention tilts a panel of lightweight cellular concrete (hereinafter referred to as ALC) or the like by about 90 ° from the supplied state, and, for example, a panel supplied with the panel surface vertical. The present invention relates to a device that tilts the surface so that it is horizontal and transfers it to a horizontal carry-out conveyor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a manufacturing process for ALC panels, for example, a panel group is sequentially conveyed with the panel surface vertical, and the panels are tilted by 90 ° so that the panel surface is horizontal and a horizontal conveyor is provided. In the case of transferring to a substrate, a tilt transfer device that supports the panel surface and the edge surface of the panel by a plurality of L-shaped arms and tilts the L-shaped arms by about 90 ° to transfer the panels to the carry-out conveyor. It is used.

This tilt transfer device is provided with a plurality of L-shaped arms each having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, and by rotating a common shaft to which the L-shaped arms are fixed, the respective L-shaped arms are simultaneously moved. 9
It is designed to tilt by 0 °. Normally, the panel to be supplied to the tilt transfer device is supplied by a supply conveyor in parallel with the horizontal part of the L-shaped arm, and the tilted panel is transferred to the roller conveyor and the above-mentioned roller conveyor via the transfer roller conveyor. It is transferred to the carry-out conveyor orthogonal to the horizontal part and sent to the next process.

However, in the conventional tilt transfer mounting device,
When the panel is tilted and placed on the transfer roller conveyor, or when the panel is transferred from this roller conveyor to the carry-out conveyor, the panel is easily damaged by a large impact, and it is necessary to repair it. was there.

Further, when the thickness of the panel to be supplied (width of the edge surface) is changed, an operator adjusts the length of each horizontal part of the plurality of L-shaped arms in accordance with the edge surface of the panel. However, this work requires a lot of trouble and time, and there is a problem that the work efficiency is significantly reduced.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above conventional circumstances, the present invention eliminates the impact when the panel is transferred to the unloading conveyor side to prevent the panel from being damaged, and further, the thickness of the panel is changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tilt transfer device for a panel that can easily cope with such a situation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a tilt transfer device for a panel provided by the present invention comprises a plurality of L-shaped arms each having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, and is supplied with the panel. Of the L-shaped arm for supporting the panel surface and the edge surface of the same by the L-shaped arm and tilting the L-shaped arm by about 90 ° to transfer the panel to the carry-out conveyor. And an unloading conveyor, each end on the L-shaped arm side is provided with a plurality of inclined conveyors capable of simultaneously moving up and down, and when the inclined conveyor is inclined, the upper surface of the end is the upper surface of the unloading conveyor and the L-shaped inclined. It is characterized in that it is located at a position slightly higher than the vertical part of the vertical arm, and its upper surface is located slightly lower than the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor when the inclined conveyor is horizontal.

Further, in the above-described tilt transfer device for a panel, each horizontal part of a plurality of L-shaped arms composed of a vertical part and a horizontal part is simultaneously adjusted in the longitudinal direction according to the thickness of the panel to be supplied. The same length can be provided to allow access.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the tilt transfer device of the present invention, a plurality of tilt conveyors are provided between the L-shaped arm and the carry-out conveyor so that each end on the L-shaped arm side can move up and down simultaneously. When the tilted panel supported by the arm is transferred, the arm-side ends of the tilted conveyors are lifted so that the upper surfaces of the tilted conveyors are perpendicular to the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor and the tilted L-shaped arm. Incline so that it will be slightly higher than the part,
The panel is transferred onto the inclined conveyor in this state. next,
The panel is moved from the inclined conveyor to the unloading conveyor by lowering the end of each of the inclined conveyors to make it horizontal and setting the upper surface of the inclined conveyor to a position slightly lower than the upper surface of the unloading conveyor.

Therefore, the panel supported by the L-shaped arm is temporarily placed on the raised end side of the inclined conveyor without being impacted when the L-shaped arm is tilted, and on the opposite side of the inclined conveyor. When the inclined conveyor is moved and becomes horizontal, it is transferred to the carry-out conveyor. Therefore, the panel does not receive a large impact until it is transferred from the arm to the carry-out conveyor, and the damage to the panel is significantly reduced as compared with the conventional case.

Further, a plurality of L's each including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion
Even if the thickness of the panel to be supplied is changed, the horizontal portion of the V-shaped arm is adapted to the thickness of the panel to be supplied so that the same length in the longitudinal direction can be put in and out at the same time. The length of the horizontal portion can be easily changed according to the thickness of the panel, and therefore, the panel edge can be reliably supported and lifted by the horizontal portion. The horizontal section can be set in and out automatically using a computer.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific example of the tilt transfer device for a panel of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, this tilting transfer mounting device supports the panels A one by one from a group of panels sequentially conveyed by the supply conveyor 3 with the panel surface vertical, and tilts the panel A by 90 °. Is placed horizontally on a carry-out conveyor (not shown), and includes a tilting machine 1 having an L-shaped arm 11, and a tilting conveyor 2 provided between the tilting machine 1 and the carry-out conveyor. It is configured.

The supply conveyor 3 for supplying the panel A to the tilt transfer device is usually composed of a plurality of pan conveyors or the like which are arranged horizontally to each other, and a plurality of panels A are placed on the upper surface thereof with their front sides facing down. The panel surface is conveyed in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the pan conveyor.

As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of L-shaped arms 11 of the tilting machine 1 are arranged in parallel between and parallel to the supply conveyors 3 such as a plurality of bread conveyors. There is. The intervals between the arms 11 may be constant, but the arms 11 may be installed at different intervals so as to accommodate panels A having different lengths.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of these L-shaped arms 11 comprises a vertical portion 11a for supporting the panel surface of the panel A and a horizontal portion 11b for supporting the fore edge surface. It is attached to a triangular plate-shaped fixing member 11c, and the base portion of the fixing member 11c is fixed to the common shaft 12. Further, the horizontal portion 11b has a fixing member 11c at the base side.
The rack 13 that is housed inside and fixed to the horizontal part 11b
It is provided so that it can be taken in and out in the longitudinal direction by a and the pinion 13b. Further, each pinion 13b is a pinion shaft 1
4, the pinion shaft 14 is rotatably supported by the common shaft 12.

One end of the common shaft 12 is connected to a cylinder 15 via a link 15a, and the cylinder 15 is fixed to a mount 16. Therefore, if the common shaft 12 is rotated by driving the cylinder 15, the common shaft 12
The L-shaped arm 11 fixed to can be tilted by approximately 90 °. The other end of the pinion shaft 14 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the pinion 13b is connected to the motor 17 attached to the common shaft 12 via the gear 17a, and the forward and reverse rotations of the motor 17 rotate the pinion 13b. The horizontal portion 11b of the arm 11 can be moved in and out simultaneously in the longitudinal direction by the same length.

The inclined conveyor 2 is a slender belt conveyor, and as shown in FIG. Multiple are arranged as described above. One end 2a of each inclined conveyor 2
The drum on the side is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the drum shaft 2
The motor 22 is rotatably supported by the motor 1 and is simultaneously driven by a motor 22 attached to the end of the drum shaft 21.

A contact plate 23 is fixed to the lower surface of the other end 2b of each inclined conveyor 2, and a roller 24 attached to a drive shaft 25 rotated by a cylinder 26 is attached to the lower side of the contact plate 23. Abutting from. Therefore, by expanding and contracting the cylinder 26, the drive shaft 25 rotates to push up the rollers 24 all at once, pushing up the contact plate 23 from below to raise the other end 2b side of the inclined conveyor 2 or to the original position. Can be lowered to.

The inclined conveyor 2 driven in this way is
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, when the other end 2b side is inclined, the upper surface of the other end 2b is located slightly higher than the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor 4 and the vertical portion 11a of the tilted L-shaped arm 11. . Further, when the other end 2b is lowered and is horizontal, the upper surface of the inclined conveyor 2 is arranged to be slightly lower than the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor 4.

Further, on one side surface of the carry-out conveyor 4,
A plurality of guide rollers 27 are arranged to bring the front edge surface of the panel A transferred from the inclined conveyor 2 into contact with each other and to restrict the movement of the panel A in the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the carry-out conveyor 4. Further, a sensor 28 is provided near the guide roller 27, and when the sensor 28 detects the tip of the panel A transferred to the carry-out conveyor 4, the driving of the inclined conveyor 2 is stopped and the panel A is moved to the guide roller 27. It is designed not to clash.

Next, the operation of this tilt transfer mounting device will be described. In the steady state before the panel A is supplied, the tilting machine 1
The vertical portion 11a of the L-shaped arm 11 is vertically upright, and the inclined conveyor 2 is in an inclined state in which the other end 2b is raised. In accordance with the thickness of the panel A loaded in this state, the pinion 13b is rotated by the drive of the motor 17 via the pinion shaft 14, and the rack 13 meshed with the pinion 13b.
By moving a, the horizontal part 1 of each L-shaped arm 11 is moved.
1b is automatically taken in and out by the same length in the length direction at the same time, and is set to a length slightly shorter than the thickness of the panel A.

Thereafter, the supply conveyor 3 is driven and the panel A is supplied to the tilting machine 1 with the panel surface vertical, and the supply conveyor 3 stops immediately before the panel A contacts the vertical portion 11a of the arm 11. Then, the cylinder 15 of the tilting machine 1 is driven to rotate the common shaft 12, so that the L-shaped arm 11 moves to 9 mm.
By tilting by 0 °, the panel A is tilted until it is supported by the vertical portion 11a and the horizontal portion 11b and the panel surface becomes horizontal, and is transferred to the tilt conveyor 2 in that state.

Next, the motor 22 of the inclined conveyor 2 is driven, and the panel A moves above the inclined conveyor 2 in the inclined state and reaches above the carry-out conveyor 4. At this time, when the sensor 28 detects the approach of the panel A, the inclined conveyor 2
Is stopped, and the front edge of the panel A is brought into contact with the guide roller 27 to stop. Therefore, when the cylinder 26 is reversely operated and the other end 2b of the inclined conveyor 2 is lowered to make the inclined conveyor 2 horizontal, the panel A is transferred to the carry-out conveyor 4 and conveyed to the next step.

Finally, after returning the L-shaped arm 11 of the tilting machine 1 to the original state and returning the tilting conveyor 2 to the tilted state, the next panel A tilt transfer is performed. By repeating the above operation, the panels A sequentially conveyed by the supply conveyor 3 can be tilted by 90 ° and transferred to the carry-out conveyor 4 without being damaged, and sequentially transferred to the next step.

In this embodiment, the case where the panel A supplied with the panel surface vertical is mounted by tilt transfer has been described. However, even when the panel A is supplied with the panel surface horizontal, the L-shaped arm is also provided. The tilt transfer can be similarly carried out only by adjusting the length of the horizontal portion 11b of 11.

[0026]

According to the present invention, by providing a plurality of inclinable tilt conveyors that temporarily support a panel tilted by a tilting machine and transfer it to a horizontal carry-out conveyor,
It is possible to prevent an impact when the panel is transferred from the tilting machine to the carry-out conveyor side and prevent the panel from being damaged.

Further, since the horizontal portions of the plurality of L-shaped arms of the tilting machine can be automatically moved in and out by the same length, even if the thickness of the panel is changed, the horizontal portions can be set to the corresponding length. It can be easily changed, and regardless of the thickness of the panel, the panel can always be reliably supported and the tilt transfer can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a main part of a tilt transfer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a main part of a tilt transfer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a tilt conveyor and a carry-out conveyor of the tilt transfer device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a tilt conveyor and a carry-out conveyor of the tilt transfer device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tilting machine 11 L-shaped arm 11a Vertical part 11b Horizontal part 12 Common shaft 13a Rack 13b Pinion 15 Cylinder 17 Motor 2 Tilt conveyor 21 Drum shaft 22 Motor 23 Abutting plate 24 Roller 25 Drive shaft 26 Cylinder 27 Guide roller 28 Sensor 3 supply Conveyor 4 Carry-out conveyor A panel

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of L-shaped arms each having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion are provided, and the panel surface and the edge surface of the supplied panel are supported by the L-shaped arm, and the L-shaped arm is approximately 90.
In a panel tilt transfer device for tilting and transferring a panel to an unloading conveyor, a plurality of L-shaped arm-side end portions can be simultaneously moved up and down between the L-shaped arm and the unloading conveyor. An inclined conveyor is provided, and when the inclined conveyor is inclined, the upper surface of the end portion is inclined with respect to the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor.
The tilt transfer device for the panel according to claim 1, wherein the vertical position of the character arm is slightly higher than the vertical part, and the upper surface of the end part is slightly lower than the upper surface of the carry-out conveyor when the inclined conveyor is horizontal. 2. The horizontal portions of the plurality of L-shaped arms are
The tilt transfer device for a panel according to claim 1, wherein the device is provided so as to be able to move in and out at the same length in the longitudinal direction at the same time.