JPS58177186A - Selector - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention involves determining the size of multiple types of thin plate-like members with different shapes, such as pieces of paper, pieces of gold maple, coins, etc., according to their shapes, and separating and selecting members according to their shapes. The present invention relates to a sorting device that can perform

Manually sorting a large number of small-shaped members with a mixture of different shapes according to their shapes is time-consuming and prone to erroneous sorting.

Therefore, conventionally, multiple types of mechanical and electrical components have been classified according to their shapes.

An automatic sorting mechanism was used to select each product. However, the conventional automatic sorting mechanism can relatively easily construct a sorting mechanism for heavy and thick members such as coins and nuts; It is difficult to sort thin parts by shape,
A device that completely selects multiple types of members according to their shapes has not been developed. For example, paper pieces such as tickets, scraps of cloth, and thin metal pieces had to be sorted manually.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention provides a sorting device capable of sorting lightweight and thin-walled members according to their shapes.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a device for sorting rectangular pieces of paper, that is, tickets, according to the shape of the member will be explained.

Figure 1 shows the external appearance of the sorting device of this embodiment, in which a pair of legs 2 are spaced apart from each other at the bottom of a rectangular main body l.
are vertically connected, and between the pair of legs 2, a P pig box 3, which is hollow inside and open at the top, is freely movable. A control panel 4 equipped with switches, lamps, etc. is provided on a part of the side surface of the main body 1, and an input body 5 is connected to the short side of the top end of the main body 1 by a hinge 6. The input body 5 has a trapezoidal opening at the top and a triangular shape narrowing downward.The input lower has a large opening on the side closer to the main body 1, and the inside of the input body 5 is opened. A chute 8 protruding into the main body 1 from the input lower is provided at an angle at the lower part. Further, FIG. 2 shows a state in which the collection box 3 in FIG. 1 is pulled out forward and the input body 5 is rotated onto the upper surface of the main body 1 by the hinge 6.

A circular opening 9 is provided on the side surface of the main body 1 where the input body 5 is provided.
is formed, and the inside and outside of the main body 1 are communicated through this opening 9, and the side opening end of the sorting drum IO housed in the main body 1 is brought close to the opening 9.

Next, FIGS. 3 and 4 explain this sorting drum 10 in detail. The sorting drum 10II'i is formed by winding a thin metal material into a pipe shape, and the inside is hollow. One end (left side in the figure) is wide open, but the other end (right side in the figure) is closed, and a drive shaft 11 is connected to the center, and the drive shaft 11 is connected to the motor 2. The sorting drum 10 is installed so that its axis is horizontal.
Support shafts 13 and 14 are supported at intervals on the left and right sides of the lower part of the 0, and rollers 15 and 16 are fixed to the left and right sides and the center of both support shafts 13 and 14, respectively.
, 16Fi sorting drum 10 is rotatably held in contact with the outer periphery of the sorting drum IO. This sorting drum
On the outer periphery of O, a plurality of rows of sorting mechanisms 17 are formed at regular intervals in a direction parallel to the axial direction. In the embodiment, four sorting mechanisms 17/ri- rows are formed, and two adjacent sorting mechanisms 17 are arranged close to each other as a pair. Figure 4 shows this two-piece sorting mechanism 17.
This is shown in an enlarged view, and each sorting mechanism 17/fi is formed by punching out the outer periphery of the sorting drum 10 and gluing a thin, elongated band plate to the punched out part.

The sorting drum 10 [is cut into a slightly trapezoidal shape by punching for each sorting mechanism 17, and has a Mt. Fuji-shaped sliding part 18 and a bullet-shaped branch part 19 with an acute angle tip.
The sliding portion 18 is formed in a parabolic shape in a direction in which both sides approach each other, and is bent while being inclined outward from the circular outer periphery of the sorting drum 100. An elongated belt-shaped guide plate 20 is fixed to the parabolic cut portion on both sides of each sliding portion 18 over its entire length, and the guide plate 20 forms a shooter of a hyperbolic member. That is,
One end of the guide plate 20 is located on both sides sK of the peak of the sliding part 18 shaped like Mt. Fuji, and the other end of the guide plate 20 is located at the largest opening which is the cut of the sliding part 1B. A rectangular outlet 21'I at one end and the top of the sliding part 18.
t is formed, and the lower part of the other end of the guide plate 20 is the sorting drum 10.
It is made to stand up on the inner circumference. The other ends of the guide plates 20 of the adjacent sorting mechanisms 17 are connected to each other, and the branch portion 19
It has a V-shape surrounding the periphery. Further, the opening cross-sectional shape of the formed discharge port 21 is specified in advance, and the width and height H are set to predetermined dimensions.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In this embodiment, in order to sort the tickets A and B of different sizes, the sorting device is set to the state shown in FIG. When inserted, the tickets A and B are guided to a chute 8 and stored inside a sorting drum 10 in the main body 1. Once a predetermined amount of tickets A and B have been stored in the sorting drum loK, the switch on the control panel 4 is turned on, and the motor 12 is started to rotate the drive shaft 11 to rotate the sorting drum 10 in the direction of arrow U in the figure. Therefore, the branch part 19 of the sorting drum IO#'i sorting mechanism 17
It rotates with the V-shaped top as the tip of rotation and the discharge port 21 as the rear end, and the mixed tickets A and B are slid and stirred on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 10. For this reason, the tickets A, B#'i sorting)"5 are slid by the rotation of the drum 10, and due to their weight are always located below the sorting drum 10, and by contacting the guide plate 20, they are moved toward the discharge port 21. Tickets A and B will be collected.
Regardless of the size of the shape, it slides on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 10, and its flow direction is regulated by the guide plate 20 that has large openings on the left and right, and the flow in the x, y, and z directions is directed to the center of the guide plate 2o. Directed in direction.

Here, in the adjacent guide plate 2° formed in a V shape, Y
Tickets A and B entering from the direction are split at the top of the guide plate 2°, sorted into left and right in two directions, and flow toward the center of each sorting mechanism 17. are gathered between a pair of guide plates 200. This information board 20
Tickets A and BFi collected during the sliding part 18t flow to the discharge port 21K, but this discharge port 21 is pre-formed to a predetermined size, and only the tickets with a small shape will pass through the arrow Y. direction, passes through the discharge port 21 and is discharged to the outside of the sorting drum 10. However, the large ticket Bu
The discharge port 21 is larger than the cross-sectional shape of the discharge port 21.
Since it gets caught on the guide plates 20 on both sides before zero or flows and is lifted up over the discharge port 21, it remains in the sorting drum 10 without passing through the discharge port 2. (In this embodiment, the size of the ticket A and BIIi is determined depending on the displayed price, and there are two types of shapes.) In this way, there are two types of tickets A with different shapes.

Separated by the discharge port 21 of the Bu sorting drum 1'0.

After being sorted, only the small-sized tickets A are discharged to the outside of the sorting drum 10 and stored in a collection box 3 provided below the ticket AFi sorting drum IO. Moreover, the large ticket B remains in the sorting drum lo. When the sorting is completed after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the motor 12 is activated by a timer or the like.
Stop the drive of the sorting drum for 100 rotations,
By pulling out the collection box 3 toward the front, the tickets AH stored inside can be transferred to other storage devices. In addition, the input body 5
As shown in Fig. 2, the ticket B is rotated around the hinge 6 to expose the opening 9, and the ticket B is sorted by inserting a hand into the sorting drum 10 through the opening 9, or by using a vacuum suction machine. It can be taken out from the drum 1o and stored separately from the ticket A.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to classify and select lightweight and thin members according to the size of their shapes, which could not be done in the past, and to sort them by hand. Effective sorting can be performed in a short time regardless of the work involved.

In addition, since a guide plate with a sharp tip is provided between adjacent sorting mechanisms, the flow direction of the materials to be sorted can be regulated.
Since the members can be directed in the direction of sorting, efficient sorting work can be performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection box #i is pulled out and the input body is flipped upward, and Fig. 3 shows the external appearance of the sorting drum. Perspective view,
FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of the sorting drum. 10... Sorting drum, 17... Sorting mechanism, 2
゜... Information board, 21... Outlet.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A cylindrical sorting drum that stores members of multiple shapes to be sorted inside, and an opening provided around the sorting drum to allow the members having a predetermined cross-sectional shape to pass through. 1. A sorting device comprising a plurality of sorting mechanisms, which discharges members of a predetermined shape through an opening by rotating a sorting drum, and sorts a plurality of types of members according to their shapes. (2) A cylindrical sorting drum that stores members of multiple shapes to be sorted inside, and a plurality of openings provided around the sorting drum that allow only members with a predetermined cross-sectional shape to pass through. It consists of a sorting mechanism and a guide body that is installed between adjacent sorting mechanisms to regulate the flow direction of the parts.By rotating the sorting drum, the parts are caused to flow in the direction of each sorting mechanism by the guide body and from the opening. A sorting device characterized by discharging a member having a predetermined shape and sorting a plurality of types of members according to the shape.