JPS58199082A - Sorting apparatus - 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 determines the size of multiple types of thin plate-like members with different shapes, such as pieces of paper, pieces of metal, coins, etc., according to their shapes, and separates and selects members according to their shapes. The present invention relates to a sorting device that can simplify the configuration of a sorting body that has a function of sorting members, and facilitates manufacturing and assembly.

Manually sorting a large number of small-shaped members in which a plurality of different shapes are mixed together according to their shapes is time-consuming and prone to erroneous sorting. Therefore, conventionally, multiple types of mechanical and mechanical parts have been classified according to their shapes.

Various automatic sorting mechanisms were used to select from. 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 and shapes has not yet been developed. For example, the sorting of paper pieces such as tickets, scraps of cloth, thin metal pieces, etc. had to be done manually. A sorting device has also been proposed in which a hole having a specific shape is opened through the sorting drum, and only a member having a specific shape is discharged from among a plurality of types of members stored in a sorting drum, thereby selecting the member. However, in this proposed sorting device, the inner diameter of the sorting drum is large, making it difficult to process and requiring complicated manufacturing and assembly, resulting in a high price. In particular, the discharge port for discharging members formed on the outer periphery of the sorting drum must be made precisely, and manufacturing accuracy is required to be higher than the size of the inner diameter of the sorting drum.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention provides a sorting device that has a simple configuration and is easy to assemble by constructing a sorting body with a sorting function by a plurality of sorting elements, and assembling the sorting elements by arranging them in a cylindrical shape. It is something.

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 their size will be described.

FIG. 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 1.
are connected vertically, and a collection box 3, which is hollow inside and open at the top, is provided between the pair of legs 2 so as to be freely movable forward and backward. 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. Also, Figure 2 shows the 11th FK
This figure shows a state in which the collection box 3 is pulled out forward and the input body 5 is rotated onto the top surface of the main body 1 by the hinge 6. A circular opening 9 is formed in the side surface of the main body 1 where the input body 5 is provided, and the inside and outside of the main body 1 are communicated through this opening 9. The side opening end of the body 100 is brought closer.

Next, FIG. 83 explains this sorting body 1o in detail. Each of the sorting bodies 10 is composed of one holding ring 11, one driving cup 12, and a plurality of plates 13 as sorting elements. The retaining ring 11 is made of a thin steel plate bent into an annular shape with large openings on both sides.
Similarly, the ring 2 is made of a thin steel plate, and is bent into an annular shape and has one end face closed to form a shallow dish shape, and the inner and outer diameters of the retaining ring 11 and the drive cup 12 are the same. Next, the plate 13 is formed by pressing a thin steel plate, and has an elongated shape with predetermined parts punched out. The retaining ring 11 and the driving cup 12 are arranged with their axes aligned in a straight line, and a plate 13 is installed along the length direction between the respective outer peripheral edges of the retaining ring 11 and the driving cup 12, The plate 13 is connected to the retaining ring 11 and the driving cup 12 by screws 14#c on both ends thereof, and each plate 13 is overlapped little by little and attached to the outer periphery of the retaining ring 11 and the driving cup 12 so that there is no gap. It is arranged.

Therefore, the retaining ring 11. Drive cup 12. A drum-shaped sorting body 1o having an open end face on one side is formed by a large number of plates 13. The sorting body 10 is installed so that its axis is horizontal, and support shafts 15, 16, 17 are placed at intervals on the left and right of the upper and lower parts of the sorting body 1o.
is pivotally supported, and rollers 18, 19, 20 are fixed on the left and right sides of each supporting i-axis 15, 16, 17, respectively.
Each roller 18, 19, 20 is brought into contact with the retaining ring 11 and the outer periphery of the moving cup 12, o-:>18°19
．． 20 rotatably holds the sorting body 1o.

Further, a drive shaft 21 is connected to the central portion of the side surface of the drive cup 12, and a motor 22 is connected to the drive shaft 21.

Next, FIG. 4 explains the above-mentioned plate 13 in detail, in which a pair of mounting holes 23 are opened through the short side of each plate 13 at intervals, and one of the long sides is opened through the plate 13. Each plate 13 is shallowly bent into a letter shape to form an overlapping portion 24.
The area from the other side to the center is drawn by a press, and a recessed sliding portion 25 and a convex separation portion 27 are formed.The sliding portion 25 has a trapezoidal shape. The separation part 27 has a triangular shape, and the sliding parts 25 are formed in four places on the plate 13, and the separation part 27 is formed in three places located between each sliding part 25. The sides of the sliding part 25 and the separating part 27 are connected by a vertically positioned side wall part 26 which has an elongated triangular shape.

The above-mentioned sliding part 25 has its parallel short side located on the other side of the plate 13 (the side opposite to the overlapping part 24), and the short side of the sliding part 25 and the side wall A U-shaped outlet 28 is formed on the other side of the plate 13 by the short side of the portion 26.
The width W of this discharge port 28 is set to a predetermined length in advance. The flat surface of the sliding part 25 is inclined upward from the parallel short sides to the long sides, and the long sides are formed into a gentle slope so as to be located at the same height as the top surface of the plate 13. It is. Further, the upper surface of the triangular separation part 27 is positioned horizontally at the same height as the upper surface of the plate 13.As described above, one plate 13 is formed by press working, and this plate 13 In order to connect a plurality of plates and secure them to the retaining ring 11 and drive cup 12, as shown in FIG.
The elongated overlapping portion 24 of the plate 13 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the other plate 13, and a U-shaped discharge port 28 is formed into a rectangular mouth-shaped opening. Therefore, the upper surface of each sliding portion 25 is
Most of it is sorted body 10 except for a part covered by 4.
It is exposed towards the interior space of.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In this embodiment, a case will be explained in which tickets A and B of different sizes and sizes are sorted. The length X of the short side of this ticket A is slightly shorter than the width W of the outlet 28, and the length Y of the shorter side of the ticket B is longer than the width W of the outlet 28. First, to select small tickets A, set the sorting device to the state shown in Fig. 1, and when mixed large and small tickets A and B are thrown into the upper opening of the input unit 5, the tickets A and B are guided to the chute 8. and stored inside the sorting body 10 in the main body 1. Once a predetermined amount of tickets A and B have been stored in the sorting body 10, when the switch on the control panel 4 is turned on, the motor 22 is started, rotates the drive shaft 21, and rotates the sorting body 10 in the direction of arrow F in the figure. . For this reason, the sorting body 10 has a retaining ring 11. The driving cup 12 rotates a number of plates 13 at the same time, and the plates 13 rotate at the triangular separation part 27.
The apex of the trapezoidal sliding portion 25 is the tip of the rotation, and the long side of the trapezoidal sliding portion 25 is the direction of the tip of the rotation. Therefore, the mixed tickets A and B are slid and stirred on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting body 10, and the tickets A and B are mixed on the inner circumferential surface of the sorting body 10.
The sorting body 1 slides due to the rotation of the
0, and is scraped up in the direction of the discharge port 28 by the sliding part 25 and the side wall part 26. In other words, tickets A and B are sorted by sorter 1 regardless of their shape.
The flow direction is regulated by the side wall portion 26 that slides on the inner circumferential surface and has large left and right openings, and the flow is directed toward the narrow center of the side wall portion 26. Tickets A and B collected between this side wall part 26 flow through the sliding part 25 and exit to the outlet 28.
However, the width W of this outlet 28 is preset to a predetermined size, and only the small-sized tickets A pass through the outlet 28 and are discharged to the outside of the sorting body 10. .

However, ticket B, which is larger in shape than ticket A, is at this outlet 28.
Since the shape of the opening is larger than that of the opening, it either gets caught on the side walls 26 on both sides in front of the outlet 28, or flows and is thrown up above the outlet 28, so that the sorting object lO does not pass through the outlet 28.
It will remain inside. The sorting body 10 is moved by arrow F for a predetermined period of time.
direction, and when all the small tickets A have been ejected, the drive of the motor 22 is stopped by a timer or the like,
The collection box 3 is pulled out to the front and the ticket A is stored in another box to empty the collection box 3, and then the collection box 3 is inserted into the lower part of the main body 1. Since the ticket B remains in the sorting body 10, the next sorting operation cannot be performed unless this ticket B is collected. First, the input body 5 is rotated about the hinge 6 as shown in FIG. 2 to expose the opening 9, and the user inserts a hand into the sorting body 10 through the opening 9 or uses a vacuum suction machine. Take out the ticket B from this sorting body 10,
In this embodiment, tickets A and B can be stored separately from ticket A, and the shapes of tickets A and B are set depending on the displayed price. ).

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to classify lightweight and thin members according to the size of their shape and classify them manually, which was impossible to sort in the past. Effective sorting can be performed in a short time regardless of the work involved.

A sorting body with a sorting function can be composed of multiple sorting elements, and each sorting element can be manufactured extremely easily by press processing, etc., and a large-diameter sorting drum can be manufactured.

The work is easier and cheaper than assembly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the same collection box as above pulled out and the input body flipped upward, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the sorting unit. FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a plate constituting the sorting body. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Sorting body, 13... Plate as a sorting element, 28... Discharge port. Patent Applicant Computer Service Co., Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Akiaki Hibi

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of elongated sorting elements made of thin-walled material are connected in an annular shape, and by connecting these sorting elements in succession, a hollow drum-shaped sorting body is formed, and multiple types of members can be placed inside this sorting body. In devices that can be stored to sort only members of a specific shape, one long side of the sorting element forms a slightly U-shaped stepped portion, and the other long side of the sorting element is formed flat and adjacent . A discharge port with a predetermined opening cross section is formed by bringing the 10,000 long side of the adjacent sorting element close to the other long side, and a member of a specific shape is passed through this discharge port to perform the sorting work. A sorting device featuring: