JPS58148113A - Method and apparatus for carrying article moving on conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To miniaturize the device, and to make it fit to a through automatic mass production process by carrying works in plural rows under extracted attitudes on the conveyor and arranging the works under the same attitude by a carrying inclined plate in a carrying path up to an extracting port. CONSTITUTION:A plural rows of the works 9 are carried on the mesh conveyor 3 under attitudes in case of extraction. The works 9, which fall onto the inclined plate 4 and are under irregular states, move while sliding and rolling along a round bar 7. In this case, the works 9 under regular attitudes pass under ones as they are because a clearance G1 between the inclined plate 4 and the round bar 7 is larger than the height of the works 9, but the parts 9 falling side-ways cannot pass and are separated because the clearance G1 is smaller than the diameters of the parts 9. The works are moved onto a horizontal plate 5, and arranged to a central section guide G2. Accordingly to said constitution, the device is miniaturized, and the conveyor for continuous automatic mass production is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for aligning articles for conveyance and removal on a conveyor.

It is desirable to use a robot or the like to take out articles that have been transported on a conveyor to another process.

In response to such demands, when taking out workpieces in the same shape from a heat treatment furnace or forging heating furnace, a large number of workpieces are placed in multiple rows on a conveyor inside the furnace.

By the way, in order to integrate the heat treatment furnace, forging heating furnace, and subsequent processing equipment into an integrated automated production line, it is desirable to operate the heat treatment furnace or Fi forging heating furnace and the subsequent processing equipment synchronously. When the workpieces are arranged in a line and transported, the length of the furnace must be increased to achieve the same throughput of workpieces as when transporting a large number of workpieces in multiple rows.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for conveying articles on a conveyor suitable for an automatic weighing line by compacting a device in which a large number of articles are placed in multiple rows on a conveyor.

The present invention is a device that is disposed in the conveyance direction 11 of the article in the conveyance path up to the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the conveyor.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1st
3 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, and this device includes a mesh conveyor 3 that rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure as a pair of rows 21.2 provided in the furnace rotate, One row: 172 side Kll is mainly composed of an adjacent slope 4. The inclined plate 4 is inclined so as to be gradually positioned downward as it moves away from the roller side 2, and a horizontal plate 5 is connected to the inclined plate 4. A predetermined height of 34 m6 is provided along both end edges of the inclined plate 4 and the horizontal plate 5, respectively. From this side wall 6 in the transport direction of the workpiece, that is,
A plurality of round bars 7 which are inclined downward) are attached. The round bar 7 is arranged across both side walls 6 and is attached to one side wall 6, and the tip of the nine round bar 7 is close to the installation position of the other side wall 6 and the round bar 7. Right now.

water length t from the side wall 6 of the horizontal plate 5
The guide 8 is provided so that the length and width are also slightly larger.

In such an apparatus, a large number of works 9 are placed on the mesh conveyor 3 in a plurality of rows and transported.

The workpieces 9 are cylindrical metal pieces that fall from the end of the trash conveyor 3 onto the inclined plate 4, and each workpiece 9 is in an irregular state. When such a work 9Fi slides or rolls on the inclined plate 4, it moves along the round bar 7. At this time, the gap Gsti between the inclined plate 4 and the round bar 7, the height tl of the workpiece 9
Since the twisted G1 is smaller than the diameter t1 of the work 9,
When the work 9, which is in a state of falling sideways as shown in FIG. 4, passes through the gap Gs. This is how it works. Each workpiece 9 that has passed through the lowermost round bar 7 moves along a guide provided on the horizontal plate and is aligned at the center of the horizontal plate.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show another embodiment of the present invention, and the difference is that a mesh conveyor 3 that rotates in accordance with the rotation of a pair of rollers 1 and 2 is provided in the furnace. is the same as In this embodiment, a conveyor belt 12 is provided at one end of the mesh conveyor 3 and rotates as a pair of rollers 10.degree. 11 rotates. this conveyor bell)
A side wall 13 supported by a supporting member (not shown) is provided near both ends of the width of the conveyor belt 12, and one end is fixed to the 10,000 side of each side wall 13, and the conveyor belt (12) is inclined in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt 12. In addition, in the embodiment in which a plurality of round bars 14 are provided with a predetermined gap from the other side of the side wall 13, the conveyor bell length t! The guide 15 is provided so as to be slightly larger.

Also in this embodiment, it is placed on the conveyor belt 12)
and are aligned at a predetermined position on the conveyor bell (12) by the guide 15.

In the embodiment, the inclined plate 4 and the conveyor bell) 1
Round bars 7 and 14 are provided on 2, respectively.
The gap G1 between the inclined plate 4 and the conveyor belt is maintained at a predetermined value, which is effective in aligning the workpiece advance 9 more perfectly in the predetermined position. In addition, the mesh conveyor is not limited to being installed in a furnace such as a 3Fi heat treatment furnace or a forging heating furnace, but may be installed in a device for processing workpieces on a conveyor, and the temperature conditions of such a device may be Depending on the situation, it is not limited to mesh conveyors.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the loading vehicle of the conveyor for carrying the articles placed in multiple rows on the conveyor during the conveyance path, and therefore the apparatus incorporating the conveyor can be made compact,
It becomes possible to synchronize the operation of the device following this device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The first wAFi is a plan view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention, the second
The figure is a side view of Figure 1g1, Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A' in Figure 1, Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram showing how the workpiece is taken out, and Figure 5 is another example of the apparatus of the present invention. A plan view showing the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5. 1.2, 10.11... Roller, 3... Mesh conveyor, 4... Inclined plate, 5... Horizontal plate, 6.13.
...Side wall, 7.14...Round bar, 8.15...Guide, 9...Work, 49sj7 Fig. 1 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig./3 Fig. 1.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A method of conveying an article flowing on a conveyor tilting in the conveying direction of the article in a conveying path between a plurality of cases extending perpendicularly to the traveling direction of the conveyor. - A conveyor path comprising a conveyance path between the conveyance path and an inclined member inclined in the direction of conveyance of the article in the conveyance path, the length of which is smaller than the medium length of the inclined portion; Conveyance device. 3. Permissible scope of claim 2, characterized in that extending guides are provided in the center of the conveyance path from both sides of the conveyance path forward of the inclined member provided on the conveyance path in the direction of conveyance of the article. A device for conveying goods that flows on a conveyor.