JPH10236422A - Positioning device of article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rapidly position an article at a specified position in a positioning area, in a simple constitution. SOLUTION: This positioning device 24 is constituted of a positioning magnet 37 installed at a positioning place in a positioning area 23A, a pushing device 25 which is provided with an article side magnet 2A attached to the article to send the article to the positioning area, and a receive device 38 receiving the article sent by the pushing device 25 to the positioning area and positioning it near the positioning magnet 37 in the positioning area and further, which can be separated from the article thereafter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article positioning apparatus suitable for use in an article stacking and packaging apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a box packing device of a detergent filling and packaging facility, as shown in FIG. 11, an article holder 101 holding a bottle filled with a detergent by a filling machine is moved from a carry-in section 102 to an accumulation area. The bottles in the article holder 101 accumulated in the accumulation area 103 are taken out at once by the article chuck of the article transfer device and packed in a cardboard box. Then, the article holder 101 from which the bottle has been taken out is carried out from the accumulation area 103 via the carry-out section 104.

At this time, a pushing cylinder 105 is located near the carry-in section 102, a receiving cylinder 106 is located near the carry-out section 104, and a positioning device 1 is located above the carry-out section 104.
07 (including a lifting cylinder 107A and a traversing cylinder 107B). Push cylinder 105
Supplies the article holders 101 sent to the carry-in section 102 to the accumulation area 103 and sequentially pushes the article holders 101 in the accumulation area 103 toward the unloading section 104 (FIG. 1).
1 (A), (B)). The receiving cylinder 106 receives the article holder 101 pushed out to the unloading section 4 by the pushing cylinder 105 at its forward stroke end, and thereby the article holder 101 received by the receiving cylinder 106.
Locates the following other article holders 101 at respective predetermined stacking positions in the stacking area 103 (FIG. 11).
(B)). Then, in its retracted stroke end receiving cylinder 106 retracted to form a gap G ₀ between the article holder 101 extruded to the unloading unit 104 (FIG. 11
(C)). Then, the article holding tool 101 on the carry-out section 104 is pulled into the receiving cylinder 106 side by the elevating cylinder 107A and the traversing cylinder 107B of the positioning device 107, and abuts against the receiving cylinder 106.
And positioned at a predetermined position for positioning that is set to said article holder 101 in the unloading unit 104, a gap G ₁ is formed between the article holder 101 to the side of the article holder 101 in the accumulation area 103 (FIG. 11 (C), (D)), positioning device 107
Is returned (FIG. 11E).

[0004] According to this, the article holder 101 pushed out to the unloading section 104 is used for the article 10 on the side of the accumulation area 103.
1 after being positioned at a predetermined position forming a gap G ₁ between them, and the article 1 on the side of the accumulation area 103.
01 can be carried out without rubbing, and the arrangement of the articles 101 on the side of the accumulation area 103 is not disturbed.

[0005]

However, the prior art has the following problems. The article holder 101 and the accumulation area 10 on the unloading section 104
For positioning an article holder 101 on the carrying-out portion 104 so as to form a gap G ₁ between the side of the article holding device 101 of the 3, lifting cylinder 107A and transverse cylinder 107
B requires a positioning device 107, which complicates the structure.
A: A large positioning time is required due to the operation of the traversing cylinder 107B.

[0006] The receiving cylinder 106
And the article holder 101 positioned by the positioning device 107 are collected and carried out on the receiving cylinder 106 or its guide plate, and lack a smooth carry-out property.

An object of the present invention is to enable quick positioning with a simple configuration when positioning an article at a positioning position defined in a positioning area.

Another object of the present invention is to enable an article positioned in a positioning area to be smoothly carried out.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a positioning apparatus for positioning an article at a positioning position defined in a positioning area, the positioning magnet being installed at a positioning position in the positioning area. And an article feeder that has an article-side magnet installed on the article side and feeds the article to the positioning area, and receives the article sent to the positioning area by the article feeder and positions the article in the positioning area. And an article receiving device that can be positioned near the positioning magnet and separated from the article thereafter.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of articles arranged in the Y direction are fed to a positioning position defined in a positioning area with respect to an article on the leading end side in the Y direction and positioned. For the article of the article in the positioning device of the article to be fed to the position adjacent to the positioning area, while having a positioning magnet installed at a positioning position in the positioning area, and an article-side magnet installed on the article side, in the Y direction An article feeder that pushes and feeds a plurality of arranged articles in the Y direction, feeds the article on the tip side in the Y direction to the positioning area, and feeds the remaining articles to an area adjacent to the positioning area. And an article receiving device that receives the article sent to the positioning area by the article feeding apparatus, positions the article near the positioning magnet in the positioning area, and thereafter can separate the article from the article. In which it was to make it composed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the positioning area is further provided on an article carry-out conveyor, and the carry-out conveyor has a positioning magnet on a conveying surface side. In addition to the above, an article can be carried out in a direction orthogonal to the article feeding direction by the article feeding apparatus.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
The present invention according to any one of the above, further comprising an article holder for holding the article, wherein the article holder is provided with an article-side magnet.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. When the article is fed to the positioning area by the article feeding device, the article is received by the article receiving device and positioned near the positioning magnet. Thereafter, when the article receiving device is separated from the article, the positioning magnet is attracted to the positioning magnet by a centripetal force based on a magnetic attractive force exerted on the article-side magnet, and is positioned at the positioning position where the positioning magnet is installed. That is, with a simple configuration of simply providing the positioning magnet on the positioning area side and the article side magnet on the article side,
As soon as the article receiving device is separated from the article, it is attracted to the positioning magnet and quickly positioned.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. Of the plurality of articles arranged in the Y direction, the article on the tip side in the Y direction can be fed to the positioning position in the positioning area to be positioned. At this time, the positioned article is separated from the article receiving device, and is also separated from other articles in an area adjacent to the positioning area.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. The articles positioned on the unloading conveyor are separated from the article receiving device and also separated from other articles in the area adjacent to the positioning area. It can be carried out smoothly without rubbing. Further, the arrangement of other articles in the adjacent area is not disturbed.

According to the present invention, there is provided the following operation. By holding the article on the article holder provided with the article-side magnet, the article holder and the article can be easily and quickly positioned.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a box packing device.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an article holder integrating device, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a view along the line II-II, FIG. 4 is a view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a state in which the number of rows of the article holder stacking device is changed, and FIG. Arrow view along the line VI-VI of FIG. 7,
Is a schematic diagram showing an article positioning device, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an unloading path, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an article transfer device, FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows a conventional example.

(Overall Configuration of Box Packing Apparatus 10) (FIG. 1) As shown in FIG. 1, the box packing apparatus 10 is a filling machine (not shown).
The container 1 is provided between a bottle-filled hakama carrying-in conveyor 11 and a empty hakama carrying-out conveyor 12 for holding and transporting the filled bottle 1 from a hakama (article holder) 2. The box packing device 10
It has a hakama stacking device 13 connected to each of the outlet side of the hakama carry-in conveyor 11 and the inlet side of the hakama carry-out conveyor 12, and has a cardboard box carrying conveyor 14 juxtaposed beside the hakama stacking device 13. .

The hakama stacking device 13 transfers the hakama 2, which has been conveyed in a single row in the X direction from the hakama carry-in conveyor 11, through the carry-in alignment path 21 to a maximum A in the stacking area 22 in the X direction.
Pieces (column A) and a maximum of B pieces (rows B) in the Y direction are integrated to form a hakama accumulation group 3. The cardboard box conveyor 14 temporarily stops the empty cardboard boxes 4 at a box packing work position on the side of the hakama stacking group 3 stacked in the stacking area 22 of the hakama stacking device 13 by a box stopper (not shown).

An article transfer device 40 is installed above the stacking area 22 of the hakama stacking device 13 and the boxing operation position of the cardboard box conveyor 14. The article transfer device 40
The base 42A of the pitch changing device 42 is supported by guide rods 41, 41 arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction of the cardboard box conveying conveyor 14. The base 42A of the pitch changing device 42 is supported by the guide rod 41 by the bearing 43, and can be reciprocated by the laterally moving cylinder 44 between the collecting area 22 of the skirting device 13 and the packing position of the cardboard box transport conveyor 14. Have been.

The pitch changing device 42 includes an article take-out unit 45 for each of a number of slide bodies 55 described later. (A) The article chuck 47 of each article take-out unit 45
As a result, the bottle 1 is taken out of the hakama 2 accumulated in the accumulation area 22 on the hakama accumulating device 13 and is held.
The article chucks 47 of each of the article take-out units 45 that have taken out and held the articles are shifted to a boxing pitch suitable for the size of the cardboard box 4, and (c) the article chucks 47 of the article take-out units 45 that have been shifted in width are held. The bottle 1 is inserted into the cardboard box 4 which has been temporarily stopped at the packing position on the cardboard box conveyor 14.

Then, the hakama collecting device 13 carries out each empty hakama 2 of the hakama collecting group 3 from which the bottle 1 has been taken out from the collecting area 22 to the carry-out passage 23 by the hakama positioning device 24, and the carry-out passage 2
3 is positioned at a positioning position determined in the positioning area 23A, and is carried out to the empty hammer carrying-out conveyor 12 in one line state. Further, the cardboard box transport conveyor 14 carries out the cardboard box 4 into which the bottle 1 has been inserted, to the side of the sealing machine.

(Structure of Hakama Accumulator 13) (FIGS. 1 to 6) As described above, the Hakama accumulator 13 has a maximum A in the X direction in the accumulation area 22 as shown in FIGS. Pieces (A
Column), and can be integrated within a maximum of B (B rows) in the Y direction. The hakama stacking device 13 has a carry-in alignment path 21 and a carry-out path 23. The carry-in alignment path 21 is made up of a conveyor connected to the hakama carry-in conveyor 11, and is provided on the entry side of the accumulation area 22, and carries the hakama 2 by one line in the X direction and aligns it. The carry-out path 23 is formed of a conveyor connected to the inlet side of the hakama carry-out conveyor 12 and is provided on the outlet side of the accumulation area 22 to carry out the hakama 2 by one line.

The hakama collecting device 13 includes an article pushing device 25.
(Article feeding device). The pushing device 25 is provided with a pushing plate 27 in a cylinder 26, is provided beside the carry-in alignment path 21, and is carried into the carry-in alignment path 21 and aligned.
The row of hakama 2 is pushed in the Y direction of the accumulation area 22 by one row at a time, so that the hakama 2 located at the foremost end of the accumulation area 22 in the Y direction can be pushed out to the positioning area 23A of the carry-out path 23 and fed. .

The hakama stacking device 13 has a partition 28.
The partition body 28 is provided below the carry-in alignment path 21 and the accumulation area 22 with a partition plate 30 provided in the cylinder 29, and changes the number of accumulation rows determined at a specific position in the X direction between the carry-in alignment path 21 and the accumulation area 22. It can be moved in and out of the position. In the present embodiment, three partitions 28A to 28C are provided, and each partition 28
A to 28C can be inserted into each of the _three accumulation row number change positions P _{1 to} P ₃ . In addition, the hakama collecting device 13
A hakama regulating stopper 31 for regulating the position of the hakama 2 is provided at the innermost part in the X direction of the carry-in alignment path 21 and the accumulation area 22. In the hakama stacking device 13, the partition bodies 28A to 28C are
In the state in which the bottle 2 is placed under standby (FIGS. 2 and 3), the number of bottled skirts 2 in the stacking area 22 in the X direction is set to A at maximum (six in FIG. 2). And the partition body 28A ~
These integrated column number change any of the 28C positions P ₁ to P
_In the state set to ₃ (FIGS. 5 and 6), the number of bottled skirts 2 in the stacking area 22 in the X direction can be adjusted. That is, in the example of FIG. 5 is set to the partition member 28A to the integrated column number change position P _1, the X-direction integration number of bottles skirt 2
Three.

The hakama stacking device 13 supports the hakama regulating stopper 31 with a pressing body 32. The pressing body 32 is a cylinder 32
A, in which the partition member 28 (28A-28C) is inserted between the skirts 2 and 2 in the accumulation area 22 to relieve the skirt restriction stopper 31 in the X direction from the elastic contraction displacement of the cylinder 32A. (FIG. 6). Therefore, in a state where the partition body 28 is not inserted into the accumulation region 22 and a maximum of A bottled skirts 2 in the X direction can be accumulated,
The cylinder 32A supporting the stopper 31 is at the end of its forward stroke.

The hakama stacking device 13 has a bypass path 33 and a distribution guide 34. The bypass path 33 is formed of a conveyor or a sliding slope with a pushing device. The bypass path 33 guides the hakama 2 carried in from the hakama carrying-in conveyor 11 to the carrying-out path 23 from before the carrying-in alignment path 21, bypassing the accumulation area 22. The distribution guide 34 is provided in front of the carry-in alignment path 21 and is distributed by a cylinder 34A.
And the hakama 2 is placed on the side of the loading alignment path 21 and the bypass path 33.
Sort to one of the sides.

(Structure of Hakama Positioning Apparatus 24) (FIGS. 2 to 8) As shown in FIG. Hakama 2
With respect to the leading end side in the Y direction (the exit side of the accumulation area 22), the sheet is fed to a positioning position defined in the positioning area 23A of the unloading path 23, and after being positioned, it can be unloaded to the side of the hakama conveyor 12; Is sent to the accumulation area 22.

In the hakama positioning device 24, a positioning area 23A of the carry-out path 23 is provided on a conveyor 36 as shown in FIG. 8, and below the conveying surface of the conveyor 36 (below the conveying guide 36A).
The positioning magnet 37 is provided at the positioning position. At this time, the hakama 2 has an article-side magnet 2A at the bottom.

The hakama positioning device 24 moves the hakama 2 on the discharge path 23 by the cooperation of the pushing device 25 (article feeding apparatus) described above and an article receiving device 38 provided at the side of the discharge path 23. Positioning can be performed at the positioning position. That is, as described above, the pushing device 25 includes a plurality of hakama 2 (FIG. 7) arranged in the Y direction in the carry-in alignment path 21 and the accumulation area 22.
(A)) is pushed in the Y direction to be fed, the hakama 2 on the tip side in the Y direction is pushed out from the collecting area 22 to the carry-out path 23 and fed, and the remaining hakama 2 is collected from the carry-in alignment path 21. The sheet is fed to the area 22 or a new position in the accumulation area 22. The article receiving device 38 is provided with a receiving plate 38B on the cylinder 38A, and the pushing device 25 is connected to the carry-out path 23.
Of the hakama 2 sent to the positioning area 23A of the
Is positioned near the positioning magnet 37 in the positioning area 23A (FIGS. 7 (B) and 7 (C)) and then separated from the hakama 2 (FIG. 7 (D)).

When the skirt 2 is positioned near the positioning magnet 37 in the positioning area 23A due to the cooperative action of the pushing device 25 and the receiving device 38, the article-side magnet 2A and the positioning magnet 37 are displaced from the center. FIG.
(C)). Thereafter, when the receiving device 38 is separated from the hakama 2, the hakama 2 is attracted to the positioning magnet 37 by a centripetal force based on a magnetic attraction force exerted on the article-side magnet 2 </ b> A and is concentric, and the positioning magnet 37 is installed. Is positioned at the specified positioning position. By this, Hakama 2
Is separated from the receiving device 38 (gap Ga) and also separated from the other skirts 2 on the accumulation region 22 side (gap G).
b) You will be forced.

(Structure of the article transfer device 40) (FIGS. 1, 9 and 10) As shown in FIGS. 1, 9 and 10, the pitch changing device 42 of the article transfer device 40 Take-out unit 4
No. 5 pitches X 1 of the bottles 1 arranged in the X direction and the Y direction held by the article chucks 47 (hakama pitch) X ₁
If, Y-direction pitch (hakama pitch) the Y ₁ boxed pitch X
₂ is changed to Y _2.

The pitch changing device 42 arranges a plurality of X-axes 51 in parallel with each other, and connects the first swing links 53, 53 on both sides on which both ends of each X-axis 51 are pivotally connected by pins 52, respectively. By arranging them in parallel, a first parallel link group 54 (first parallelogram link group) is formed.

The pitch changing device 42 has a plurality of Y-axes 61 arranged in parallel with each other, and second swing links 63 on both sides of which both ends of each Y-axis 61 are pivotally connected by pins 62. By arranging them in parallel with each other,
A second parallel link group 64 (second parallelogram link group) is formed.

Further, the pitch changing device 42 arranges the first parallel link group 54 and the second parallel link group 64 in an upper and lower layer, and arranges the X axis 51 and the Y axis 61 of the two parallel link groups 54 and 64.
At their intersections with their X-axis 51 and Y-axis 6
1 is provided with a slide body 55 through which each slide penetrates.

The first swing links 53 on both sides constituting the first swing link group 54 have a swing support shaft 56 at the center in the longitudinal direction pivotally attached to the above-described base 42A, and the first swing link 53 on one side.
The swing support shaft 56 of the swing link 53 further includes a first drive unit 57.
Is connected. The first drive unit 57 is formed of, for example, a servomotor, and oscillates the first swing link 53 by a fixed angle (in both forward and reverse directions) to deform the first parallel link group 54, so that the Y of each slide body 55 is changed. Change the directional pitch.

The second swing links 63 on both sides constituting the second parallel link group 64 have a swing support shaft 66 at the center in the longitudinal direction pivotally attached to the base 42A, and the second swing link 63 on one side. A second drive section 67 is further connected to the swing support shaft 66 of the moving link 63. The second drive unit 67 is formed of, for example, a servomotor, and oscillates the second oscillating link 63 by a fixed angle (in both the forward and reverse directions) to deform the second parallel link group 64 and to change the X of each slide body 55. Change the directional pitch.

That is, the pitch changing device 42 has the following (A):
It works as shown in (B). (A) In the reference state in which the first parallel link group 54 and the second parallel link group 64 are, for example, in a rectangular state, the respective slide bodies 55 change their X-direction pitch and Y-direction pitch into hakama pitches X ₁ , Y
It is arranged to _one.

(B) The width by which the first parallel link group 54 and the second parallel link group 64 can be deformed from the rectangular state by the appropriate swing angles θ _a and θ _b by the first drive section 57 and the second drive section 67. In the shifting state, the pitches in the X direction and the Y direction of each slide body 55 are changed to the width shifting pitches X ₂ and Y ₂ . A _{X 2 = X 1 cos θ b} , Y 2 = Y 2 cos θ a.

The pitch changing device 42 includes the above-mentioned article take-out unit 45 on each of the above-mentioned slide bodies 55.
The article take-out unit 45 includes an elevating cylinder 46 and an article chuck 47 suspended from the elevating cylinder 46.

Hereinafter, each main operation of the box packing apparatus 10 will be described. (A) Basic Operation (1) The bottled hakama 2 conveyed in a single row from the hakama carry-in conveyor 11 is carried into the carry-in alignment path 21 of the hakama stacking device 13 and is aligned by one line in the X direction. The innermost end of the hakama 2 for one line is stopped by being stopped by the position thereof being regulated by the hakama stopper 31 or the partition 28 (28A to 28C). When the backmost hakama 2 is regulated by the hakama regulating stopper 31, the number of accumulated in the X direction (the number of accumulated rows) is A,
The number of stacks in the X direction when regulated by any of the partitions 28 is adjusted according to the stacking row number change position where the partitions 28 are inserted.

(2) It is carried into the carry-in alignment path 21 and aligned.
The bottled hakama 2 for one row is pushed by the pushing device 25 in the Y direction of the accumulation region 22. This pushing device 25
By repeating the pushing operation by
Can be integrated in the Y direction of the integration region 22 at the maximum. At this time, the empty hakama 2 taken out of the bottle located on the tip side in the Y direction of the collecting area 22 is pushed out of the collecting area 22 to the carry-out path 23 by the pressing operation of the hakama 2 by the pushing operation of the pushing device 25. Is done.

(3) The cardboard box 4 conveyed by the cardboard box conveyor 14 is temporarily stopped at the packing position on the cardboard box conveyor 14.

(4) Pitch changing device 4 of article transfer device 40
Reference numeral 2 is set above the above-described article take-out operation position. The pitch changing device 42 sets the first parallel link group 54 and the second parallel link group 64 as a reference state, sets each slide body 55 to a hakama pitch X ₁ , Y _1, and an article take-out unit provided on each slide body 55. 45 article chuck 47 descends, chucks bottle 1 in hakama 2 and then rises,
Take out each bottle 1.

(5) The pitch changing device 42 is switched and set above the above-mentioned boxing work position. The pitch changing device 42 deforms the first parallel link group 54 and the second parallel link group 64 to a width-shifting state, and each slide body 55
₂ and Y ₂ . Then, the article chucks 47 of the article take-out unit 45 provided on each slide body 55 are lowered, and the bottles 1 held by each chuck 47 are simultaneously inserted into the cardboard box 4. Cardboard box conveyor 1
4 carries out the cardboard box 4 in which the bottle 1 is inserted, and receives a new cardboard box 4. Thereafter, the pitch changing device 42 moves up the article chuck 47 of the article take-out unit 45 and is again positioned at the above-described container take-out position.

(6) The empty skirt 2 from which the bottle 1 has been taken out in the above (4) is pushed out of the accumulation area 22 to the carry-out path 23 by the pushing device 25 as in the above (2). Pushing device 25
As described above, the hakama 2 pushed out to the carry-out path 23 is positioned at the positioning position of the positioning area 23A by the cooperative action of the pushing device 25 and the receiving device 38 constituting the hakama positioning device 24 as described above. As a result, the hakama 2 is separated from the receiving device 38 via the gap Ga and the receiving device 38, and also has a gap G with other hakama 2 on the accumulation region 22 side.
b, and is smoothly carried out to the hakama carry-out conveyor 12 side by the conveyor 36 of the carry-out path 23 without rubbing against the article receiving device 38 and the other hakama 2 on the stacking area 22 side.

(B) Operation for Adjusting the Number of Stacks The number of stacked bottles 2 in the stacking area 22 of the stacking apparatus 13 is adjusted as follows. (1) Number of Stacks in X-direction (Number of Stacked Columns) Partitions 28 (2
8A to 28C) at the change positions P _{1 to} P ₃ , the number of stacked bottles 2 in the X direction (the number of stacked columns) is adjusted within the range of A at the maximum.

That is, the partition members 28A to 28C are
In the state in which the bottle 2 is placed under standby (FIGS. 2 and 3), the number of bottled skirts 2 in the stacking area 22 in the X direction is set to A at maximum (six in FIG. 2). And the partition body 28A ~
These integrated column number change any of the 28C positions P ₁ to P
_In the state set to ₃ (FIGS. 5 and 6), the number of bottled skirts 2 in the stacking area 22 in the X direction can be adjusted. That is, in the example of FIG. 5 is set to the partition member 28A to the integrated column number change position P _1, the X-direction integration number of bottles skirt 2
Three.

(2) The number of stacked Y-directions (the number of stacked rows) Each article chuck 47 of the article transfer device 40 is
Before taking out the bottle 1 from each hakama 2 accumulated in the stacking area 2, the pushing device 25 adjusts the number of times of pushing repeatedly to push the hakama 2 of one line from the carry-in alignment path 21 into the accumulation area 22 so that The number of bottled hakama 2 to be accumulated in the Y direction (the number of accumulation rows) is adjusted within a range of up to B pieces.

That is, the pushing device 25 is connected to the carry-in
After pushing the hakama 2 for only one line into the accumulation area 22, the article chuck 47 of the article transfer device 40
If you take out bottle 1 from hakama 2 for one line,
Is one in the Y direction. On the other hand, the pushing device 2
5 repeats the operation of pushing the hakama 2 for one line from the carry-in alignment path 21 into the accumulation area 22 twice, and then the article chuck 47 of the article transfer device 40 removes the bottle 1 from the hakama 2 for the two lines.
Then, the number of the bottled hakama 2 accumulated in the Y direction becomes two.

(C) Bypass operation of the empty hakama 2 The hakama 2 carried in from the hakama carry-in conveyor 11 is monitored by a bottle sensor 39 provided in front of the carry-in line 21.
It is detected whether the hakama 2 is in a bottle or empty. When the detection result of the bottle sensor 39 is the empty hakama 2, the distribution arm 34 B of the distribution guide 34 protrudes to the front of the carry-in alignment path 21, and the empty hakama 2 is passed through the bypass path 33, and thus the carry-out path 2.
Lead to 3. When the detection result of the bottle sensor 33 is the bottled hakama 2, the distribution arm 34B of the distribution guide 34
Is retracted from just before the loading alignment path 21 and the bottled hakama 2
Is passed through the carry-in alignment path 21 and is led to the accumulation area 22.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the hakama collecting device 13 is provided, the following operation is provided. By setting the partition body 28 provided at a specific position in the X direction of the accumulation area 22 to any of the accumulation row number change positions P _{1 to} P ₃ , the bottled hakama 2 accumulated in the accumulation area 22
Can be adjusted in the X direction.

Each article chuck 47 of the article transfer device 40
Before taking out the bottle 1 from each hakama 2 accumulated in the accumulation area 22, the pushing device 25 removes the hakama 2 for one row from the accumulation area 2.
By adjusting the number of repetitions of indentation,
The number of bottled skirts 2 to be accumulated in the accumulation region 22 in the Y direction can be adjusted.

By providing the bypass path 33 and the sorting guide 34, the bottled skirt 2 is fed from the carry-in alignment path 21 to the accumulation area 22, and the empty skirt 2 is smoothly guided from the bypass to the carry-out path 23. Can be.

The hammer 2 regulating stopper 31 provided at the innermost portion of the carry-in alignment path 21 and the stacking area 22 is supported by the pressurizing body 32, so that the stopper is inserted by inserting the partition body 28 between the hakama 2 in the stacking area 22. The escape of 31 can be absorbed by the displacement of the pressing body 32. Therefore, the partition body 28 is smoothly moved to the accumulation area 22.
Can be inserted at the change position of the number of accumulation columns in the
The hakama 2 can be neatly aligned and collected without forming an unnecessary play (gap) before and after the insertion of the partition member 28 between the hakama 2 to be accumulated in the hammer 2.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the following functions are provided because the skirt positioning device 24 is provided. The bottle 1 is moved to the positioning area 23 by the pushing device 25.
When it is fed to A, it is received by the article receiving device 38 and positioned near the positioning magnet 37. Thereafter, when the article receiving device 38 is separated from the article, the positioning magnet 37 is attracted to the positioning magnet 37 by a centripetal force based on the magnetic attraction force exerted on the article-side magnet 2A, and is positioned at the positioning position where the positioning magnet 37 is installed. You. That is, with a simple configuration in which the positioning magnet 37 on the positioning area 23A side and the article-side magnet 2A on the bottle 1 side are provided, the article receiving device 38 is immediately attracted to the positioning magnet 37 as soon as it is separated from the bottle 1, Positioned quickly.

Of the plurality of bottles 1 arranged in the Y direction, the bottle 1 on the leading end side in the Y direction can be fed to a positioning position in the positioning area 23A to be positioned. At this time,
The bottle 1 after positioning is separated from the article receiving device 38, and is also separated from other bottles 1 in the area adjacent to the positioning area 23A.

The bottle 1 positioned on the carry-out path 23
Is separated from the article receiving device 38, and the other bottles 1 in the area adjacent to the positioning area 23A.
, And can be smoothly carried out without rubbing against the article receiving device 38 and the other bottles 1 during the carry-out movement. Further, the arrangement of the other bottles 1 in the adjacent area is not disturbed.

The bottle 1 is attached to the hakama 2 provided with the article-side magnet 2A.
, It is possible to easily and quickly position the hakama 2 and the bottle 1.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the design can be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. The present invention is also included in the present invention. For example, the article is not necessarily held by the article holder, but may be positioned by providing the article itself with the article-side magnet.

The present invention is not limited to an article positioning device in an integrated device, but can be widely applied as a general article positioning device.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an article is positioned at a positioning position defined in a positioning area, it can be quickly positioned with a simple configuration.

According to the present invention, the article positioned in the positioning area can be smoothly carried out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a box packing device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an article holding device accumulating apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an arrow view along the line II-II in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an arrow view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the number of stacking rows of the article holder stacking device is changed.

FIG. 6 is an arrow view along the line VI-VI in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an article positioning device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a carry-out path.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an article transfer device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the article transfer device is shifted in width.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a conventional example.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 bottle (article) 2 hakama (article holder) 2A article-side magnet 23 carry-out path (article carry-out conveyor) 23A positioning area 25 push-in device (article feeder) 37 positioning magnet 38 receiving device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An article positioning apparatus for positioning an article at a positioning position defined in a positioning area, comprising: a positioning magnet installed at a positioning position in the positioning area; and an article-side magnet installed on the article side. And an article feeding device for feeding the article to the positioning area, and receiving the article fed by the article feeding apparatus to the positioning area and positioning the article near the positioning magnet in the positioning area, and thereafter separating the article from the article. An article positioning device, comprising: an article receiving device capable of receiving the article. 2. A plurality of articles lined up in the Y direction are fed and positioned at a positioning position defined in the positioning area for the article on the tip side in the Y direction, and the remaining articles are positioned adjacent to the positioning area. A positioning device for an article to be fed to a position, comprising: a positioning magnet installed at a positioning position in a positioning area; and an article-side magnet installed on the article side. An article feeding device that pushes and feeds in the direction, feeds the article on the tip side in the Y direction to the positioning area, and feeds the remaining articles to an area adjacent to the positioning area; And an article receiving device that receives the article sent to the area, positions the article near the positioning magnet in the positioning area, and thereafter can separate the article from the article. Device for positioning articles. 3. The article conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the positioning area is provided on an article carry-out conveyor, the carry-out conveyor includes a positioning magnet on a conveying surface side, and can carry out articles in a direction perpendicular to an article feed direction by an article feeder. The article positioning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. An article holder for holding the article,
The article positioning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the article holder includes an article-side magnet.