JPS5837210B2 - A device that aligns and transfers rectangular bodies in the longitudinal direction - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for aligning and transferring various rectangular bodies in the longitudinal force direction.

In resin molding, machining or other various production processes,
When the object to be handled is a relatively thin rectangular body with a longitudinal direction of force, it is considered necessary to align and transfer the pieces in the longitudinal direction so that the next stage of work can be carried out continuously and efficiently.

Similarly, the need to mechanically align a flat rectangular body with a longitudinal direction in a certain direction is also considered.

The present invention has been made by focusing on the above-mentioned points, and involves changing the traveling direction of the rectangular body at a steep angle during the transfer process, and bridging the rectangular body between the stationary surface and the transfer belt surface when the direction is changed. The rectangular body is rotated around the stationary surface side of the rectangular body as the transfer belt moves, and the rectangular body is adjusted in the longitudinal force direction. There is a sharp turning alignment section that allows the rectangular bodies to be slid onto the moving belt and finally fed onto the conveying belt in a substantially aligned state, and a rectangular body that is overlapped on the conveying belt and the rectangular bodies that are in an unaligned state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for uniformly transferring a rectangular body in the longitudinal direction, which is provided with an unaligned rectangular body removal mechanism for removing the shapes etc. to the outside of the transfer belt.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a rocking mechanism for swinging the rectangular body at a point where the rectangular body changes direction due to a sudden turn. A rectangular body designed to prevent the phenomenon of retention of water is aligned in the longitudinal direction]
The purpose is to provide a device for migrating by file.

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

Reference numeral 1 denotes a relatively thin rectangular body having a longitudinal direction, and numeral 2 denotes a recycling belt that can place and transport the rectangular body 1 in a random manner, and is arranged obliquely upward.

3 is a shooter connected at the top end of the belt 2 that can change the direction of transport by 90 degrees, and allows the rectangular body 1 transported by the belt 2 to fall naturally to change its direction of movement by 90 degrees.

Reference numeral 4 is at the exit end of the shooter 3, and faces the transfer pellets 1 and 5 whose transfer directions are different by 90 degrees, with a slight step difference, for example, about 10 meters, and forms a rectangular sharp turning alignment part a on the drum. There is.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a swinging mechanism capable of swinging the rectangular body 1 on the transfer belt 5 to reach the sharp turning alignment part a to prevent the inconvenience of the rectangular body 1 staying in the part a; 6, a cam ring 9 is brought into contact with a pulley 7 rolling on the transfer belt 5 and a cam 8 provided coaxially with the pulley 7, and the base end of the cam ring 9, which is subjected to the action of cam deviation, is pivotally supported. The swing plate 11 is configured to swing the swing plate 11 in a direction transverse to the traveling direction of the belt 5 in conjunction with the transfer of the transfer belt 5.

The distance 1 between the swinging plate 11 of the swinging mechanism 6 and the outlet end of the shooter 3 can be smaller than the longitudinal dimension L of the rectangular body and larger than the width dimension M of the rectangular body.

Therefore, when the rectangular body 1 reaches the shooter 3 and slides onto the transfer belt 5 while holding the width direction with respect to the rocking plate 11 in the sharp turning alignment part a, it is subjected to the action of the rocking plate 110. Items placed on the transfer belt 5 with their longitudinal direction maintained will be transported, but items that have slipped in the longitudinal direction will have one end of the rectangular body resting on the stationary shooter 3 and the other end moving. Since the rectangular body 1 is placed on the inner transfer belt 5, that is, it acts as a bridge, the rectangular body 1 rotates around the shooter 3 side, and at the same time, by the rocking operation of the rocking plate 11 of the rocking mechanism 6, the square body 1
The zero rotation tendency is promoted, and the shooter exit end 4 and the swing plate 1
1, the rectangular bodies 1 are transferred onto the transfer belt 5 and aligned in the so-called longitudinal direction.

Further, on the transfer belt 5, there are further arranged an inclined alignment part 12 sequentially from the front to the front, and long and short stylus 1 arranged in parallel in the belt width direction in order to detect the height and deviation state of the rectangular body in the width direction.
3a, 13b, a movable plate 14 for removing misaligned shaped articles, and a rear detecting element 15, which is also equipped with long and short stylus for detecting misalignment. In addition, an air chute section 16 for removing misaligned or shaped articles working with the element 15 is provided, and an air chute section 16 is provided above the inclined alignment section 12 for removing the rectangular objects 1 transferred in a superposed state to a place other than the transfer belt 5. A cam portion 17 is provided, and a rectangular misalignment detection and elimination portion 18 as a whole is constructed on the side.

The rectangular body 1 removed from the transfer belt 5 by the misalignment detection and removal unit 18 is dropped onto the receiving slope portion 19 facing the lower side of the transfer belt 5 on the recycling belt 2, and is then removed from the recycling belt again. 2 and repeat.

Therefore, in the sharp turning alignment section a, the majority of the rectangular bodies 1 are aligned in the longitudinal force direction and are carried upward one after another, but within the rectangular bodies 1, two or more are polymerized. In such a special case, the rectangular bodies 1 which are first conveyed in an overlapping state are transported onto the transfer belt 5 by the cam portion 17K. Then, the overlapping rectangular bodies 1 of two or more stages or the rectangular bodies 1 carried in an upright state are dropped onto the receiving slope part 19, and the overlapping or upright ones that could not be removed by the cam part 17 are The rectangular body 1 that is carried in a diagonal direction is detected by the front-stage detection element 13 and can be dropped onto the receiving slope portion 19 and removed by movable removal of the electric or pneumatic movable plate 14.

However, if such misalignment detection means still cannot detect it, especially if detection by the preceding stage detection element 13 continues, it may become impossible to detect the subsequent misaligned rectangular bodies 1. Even in such a case, the rear-stage detection element 15 can reliably detect the misaligned state. When detected by the element 15, the drive source of the transfer belt 5 is temporarily stopped, and the misaligned rectangular body 1 is moved to the air chute section. The high-pressure air from 16 is used to forcibly but surely remove and fall to the receiving slope part 19.

Therefore, the transfer belt 5 is
All of the misaligned shaped objects 1 other than the rectangular objects to be placed on top are completely removed by the misalignment detection and removal section 18, and are placed on the transfer belt 5 in a longitudinal direction or near longitudinal direction. Only the rectangular bodies are kept in a correct alignment state by the inclined surface of the inclined alignment section 12 during the belt transfer process, and are transferred to the final stage feeding belt 20.

According to the present invention, by simply placing a large number of rectangular bodies 1 on the recycling belt 2, the rectangular bodies 1 are aligned in the longitudinal force direction as required by the rapid turning alignment part a via the shooter 3 while being conveyed by the belt. After undergoing the conversion operation, it is placed on the transfer belt 5 and sent to the next stage of the feed belt 2g, and the alignment is automated.It can be used for various rectangular objects, such as tape cases for cassette tapes, and storage cases for cassette tapes. Alternatively, it can be used for alignment operations in the molding process of pencil cases and the like.

In the above embodiments, the recycle belt 2 maintains an alignment of 180 degrees with the transfer belt 5 via the shooter 3, but it is not necessary to do so, nor is it necessary to tilt the recycle belt 2. If the rectangular bodies 1 are to be aligned in two directions at the same time, the transfer belt 5 should be made sufficiently wide and another recycling belt 2 should be similarly arranged in parallel along the other side of the transfer belt 5, and A swing mechanism 6, a misalignment detection/exclusion section 18, a feed belt 20, etc., which have the same operational structure as the above, are additionally provided.

In this embodiment, the swing mechanism 6 is provided on the opposite side.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to align and transport rectangular bodies whose front and back surfaces are the same and whose left and right sizes differ only, and to align and transport rectangular bodies that are flat and aligned only in the longitudinal direction. It has features that can be used for many purposes, such as being able to automatically and efficiently align the rectangular bodies, as well as being able to perform continuous alignment simply during the transfer process, so automatic control can be performed reliably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the entire slope of an embodiment of the apparatus for aligning and transferring rectangular bodies in the longitudinal force direction according to the present invention, FIG. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the misalignment detection and removal section, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the same as above, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the misalignment detection and removal section.
The figure is an explanatory view of the whole slope showing another embodiment, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are a plan view of the swinging mechanism and an enlarged front view of the same. 1... Square body, 3... Shooter a
......Sudden turning alignment part, 6......Swinging mechanism,
18...Misalignment detection and exclusion section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A mechanism for transporting a rectangular body using a belt, a shooter, etc., which is located in the middle of the mechanism, maintains a level difference between the shooter, which is a stationary surface, and the end of the shooter, and transports the rectangular body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction. The rectangular body, on which the shooter has been slid, is bridged at an angle between the shooter surface and the belt surface whose width is regulated to be smaller than the longitudinal dimension of the conveyed object on the transport belt. A sharp turning alignment section that allows the rectangular bodies to turn sharply as the belt moves around the surface side part as an axis and align them in the longitudinal direction by manipulating them on the belt; In order to detect both irregularities in height due to stacking of rectangular bodies to be transferred and irregularities in deviation in the belt width direction, a single detection element comprising long and short stylus arranged in parallel in the belt width direction and a signal from the detection element are used. A device for aligning and transferring a rectangular body in a longitudinal force direction, comprising a misalignment detection and removal section having at least one set of an operative misalignment molded product removal device. 2. A mechanism for transporting a rectangular body using a belt, a shooter, etc., which is located in the middle of the mechanism and consists of a shooter, which is a stationary surface, and a belt that maintains a level difference with the end of the shooter and transports the rectangular body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the fall; The portion of the rectangular body located on the stationary surface side is created by slanting and bridging the rectangular body on which the shooter has been slid down between the shooter surface and the belt surface whose width is regulated to be smaller than the longitudinal dimension of the transferred object on the transfer belt. a sharp turning alignment section that can sharply turn the rectangular body as the belt is transferred around the axis while being maneuvered onto the belt and aligning it in the longitudinal direction; a cam that rotates in conjunction with the belt transfer in the sudden turning alignment section; The cam ring is in contact with the cam, and the cam ring is supported by a rocking plate that converts the rotational deviation of the cam surface into horizontal reciprocating motion. A rocking mechanism that hits the corner of a rotating rectangular object to encourage its turning motion by swinging continuously, and a method that changes direction at the sharp turning alignment part and transports it on a belt. In order to detect both irregularities in height due to stacking of shapes and irregularities in deviation in the belt width direction, there is a single detection element equipped with long and short stylus arranged in parallel in the belt width direction, and a detection element that is activated by a signal from the detection element. A device for aligning and transferring a rectangular body in a longitudinal direction, comprising a misalignment detection and removal section including at least one set of misalignment molded product removal devices.