JPS60128103A - Automatic retrieval device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve quickly and correctly and prevent sheets, etc. from being damaged by moving article adsorbing suckers to at least two positions and moving sheets to the two positions in an automatic retrieval device for sheets, etc. such as a family register ledger. CONSTITUTION:In the specified drawer 1a of a cabinet 1, suckers 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b are rotated in the predetermined direction, and a tray 3a is extracted on a mount table 7 or 8 from a tray shelf opposite to the drawer 1a, then the suckers 24a-25b are returned downward. A sheet S is adsorbed by the suckers 24a, 24b, the adsorption of the suckers 25a, 25b is released, a rotor 23 is rotated to shift the sheet S toward a mount table 9. During this period, retrieval and collation is performed, and if it is the desired sheet, it is put in the tray 3a, and other sheets are stored on the mount table 9, then the suckers 25a, 25b are further rotated to adsorb the next sheet, thus this operation is repeated. Accordingly, sheets can be retrieved correctly and efficiently without being damaged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic retrieval device for retrieving sheets of Basic Resident Registration 2 Family Registration Register, other medical charts, etc., or cases or packages containing the same.

Generally, when obtaining a copy of the basic resident register 1 family register, etc., the original document of the person requesting the issuance is found in the register organized by town name or block, and after taking it out and making a copy of it, the used one is The work of returning the original documents to the ledger is done manually.

Therefore, when there are many people requesting issuance, or when the ledger is stored far from the issuance counter, those requesting issuance may be forced to wait for a long time. For this reason, it has been considered to search the ledger using an automatic search machine, but if you separate the ledger page by page and run it through the search machine, there is a risk that the paper will be worn out and damaged, and the characters may disappear. However, the current situation is that this has not yet been realized.

For this reason, the present inventor has already proposed a paper search method and paper that can prevent inconveniences such as abrasion, damage, and loss of characters due to searching even for relatively soft paper such as family register ledgers as described above. (Patent application 1986-231)
No. 950). However, this method has the disadvantage that when paper is moved during a search, duplicate papers are often sent.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is an automatic search device that determines whether or not a search object is a corresponding object, and distributes the search object to at least two positions by adsorbing the search object to a suction cup. A large number of search targets are provided by comprising a driving body that moves the suction cup reciprocally or circularly to at least two positions, and a lifting means that moves the suction cup near and far from each of the two positions as the driving body moves. It is possible to search quickly and accurately without causing search errors such as double feeding of objects, and it is equipped with a posture control means that maintains the suction cup vertically downward at all times, making it possible to perform flexible searches without disturbing the posture of the object to be searched. It is possible to smoothly move sheets, especially paper, etc., without damaging them, and by adding a function to the posture control means to maintain the suction cup horizontally, it is possible to draw out a drawer from a cabinet such as a drawer for storing search objects. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic search device which can also be used as a push-in operation and whose overall configuration can be simplified.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be specifically described below based on drawings showing embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an automatic search device according to the present invention (referred to as pI Shimogi's device of the present invention) in use for sheet search, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the search device, and FIG. The figure is a plan view of the sheet that is the search object.
1 is a storage cabinet for sheets that are search objects, 2
3 is a search machine, 3 is a tray shelf for taking out sheets, 4 is a robot, 5 is a facsimile machine, 6 is a control unit, and S is a sheet. The cabinets 1.1 are arranged in parallel on both sides of the search machine 2 across the travel range, and each cabinet 1.1
is equipped with multiple drawers 1a in the vertical direction, each drawer 1a
Inside, sheets S, such as a basic resident register, are stacked and stored in a drawer 1a assigned to each block, for example, in a cabinet 1.1 assigned to each town name. Drawer 1
a is formed slightly wider than the sheet S, and the second
As shown in the figure, the horizontal locking groove 1b is located at the lower part near the front end.
This locking groove 1b is connected to the cabinets 1, 1.
The drawer 1a is stored in the cabinet 1.1 in a state where it is locked by a stopper 1C provided therein, and when drawing out the drawer 1a, the front plate 1d is slightly lifted upward and the stopper Ic is pulled out from the locking opening Nib. When inserting the drawer 1a into the cabinets 1 and 1, lift the drawer 1a slightly before inserting the drawer 1a and release the drawer 1a after inserting the drawer 1a. is engaged with the stopper 1c to prevent the drawer 1a from being pulled out. Of course, the means for preventing the drawer 1a from being pulled out is not limited to the above-described embodiment; any conventionally known means may be adopted as appropriate. The sheet S is a kimono as shown in FIG. 3, and has columns Sa for visual recognition information on the left and right sides, respectively.

sb, and the top of the margins Sc on both the left and right sides.

A barcode Sd as an identification symbol is printed approximately at the center of the bottom, and a transparent (or opaque) material made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene is printed on the front and/or back surfaces of the left and right margins Sc. The strip-shaped film Sg (good) is thermally bonded, that is, laminated. The material of this synthetic resin film Sg is not particularly limited.

A material with excellent abrasion resistance is used, preferably one on which visual information can be added by printing.

The sheets S as described above are stacked with their left and right directions located on the left and right sides of the drawer 1a, and
The sizes of the sheets S and the drawer 1a are appropriately determined so that the sheets S in the drawer 1a do not shift relative to each other, in other words, so that a wide gap is not formed between the periphery of the sheet S and the inner peripheral edge of the drawer 1a. .

The search machine 2 is installed in the cabinet 1.1 as shown in Figure 1.2.
It is mounted on a lifting platform 12 of a trolley 11 mounted on a rail 2a laid on the floor between the rooms, and is located on the left or right side, that is, near the cabinets 1, 1 side, and is located near the drawer 1a or the detection sheet retrieval platform. Placing tables 7 and 8 on which the tray 3a for
, a mounting table 9 that can be raised and lowered between the two mounting tables 7 and 8.
, a search machine main body 20, etc. Trolley 1
1 is equipped with a driving motor (not shown) and a hydraulic cylinder (not shown) for raising and lowering the lifting platform 12, and accommodates a sheet S to be searched for in the trolley 11 according to a control signal from a control unit 6, which will be described later. The lifting table 12 is moved up and down in order to move on the rail 2a to a position facing the cabinet 1, and to move the placing tables 7 and 8 to the same level as the drawer 1a in which the sheets S in the cabinet 1 are stored. It has become. As for the structure of the lifting platform 12, a conventionally known pantograph structure, a parallel link structure, a rank gear structure, or the like may be appropriately selected.

The mounting tables 7 and 8 are approximately the same size as the drawer 1a and the tray 3a.

Or, it is formed into a rectangular plate shape having an area slightly larger than this, and the drawer 1a and the tray 3 are mounted on the surface of the rectangular plate.
When a is placed, the locking grooves 1b and 3 provided at the bottom of each
Stoppers 7a and 8a that engage with the tray 3a are fixed on the mounting table 7.8, respectively, and the drawer 1a pulled out from the tray shelf 3 and the locking groove 1b of the tray 3a
, 3b fit into the drawer 1a and tray 3a.
are positioned and fixed on mounting tables 7 and 8, respectively. The mounting table 9 has approximately the same size as the mounting table 7°8, and has a large number of strip-shaped thin plates 9a on the bottom plate with a gap larger than a gap corresponding to the thickness of hooks 27a and 27b, which will be described later, between them. A large number of rails 2a are fixed upright in a direction perpendicular to the rail 2a, separated from each other, and a rack 9b is attached to the negative end, that is, one end in the extending direction of the rail 2a. The rack 9b is fitted into the guide groove 9d of the support block 9C so that it can be moved upwardly and downwardly, and a gear (not shown) of the motor 9e attached to the support block 9C is meshed within the guide groove 9d. The loading table 9 is moved up and down by forward and reverse driving, and when searching, the upper surface of the loading table 9 or the surface of the sheet S placed thereon is the sheet S in the drawer 1a.
In addition to adjusting the loading table 9 downward continuously or intermittently every time several sheets S are moved so that it is flush with the surface, the sheet S on the loading table 9 is returned to the drawer 1a after the search is completed. At this time, the mounting table 9 is raised so that its lower surface is located higher than the drawer 1a, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. The support block 9C is provided with a screw hole and a guide hole in a direction perpendicular to the rail 2a, and the lifting platform 1 is inserted through the screw hole.
A horizontally oriented screw rod 9g that is perpendicular to the rail 2a provided on the rail 2a is threaded through the rail 2a, and a guide rod 9h provided parallel to the screw rod 9g is slidably fitted through the guide hole. A motor 9i for rotating the screw rod 9g is provided at one end of the screw rod 9g, and by forward and reverse driving of the motor 9i, the mounting table 9 is rotated into the mounting table 7 (or 8) as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. You can move it to the left or right so that it overlaps with the top and bottom.

The search machine main body 20 includes a support rod 22 installed on a support stand 21 so as to be able to move upwardly and downwardly, a rotor 23 pivotally supported on the support rod 22, and a pair each attached to the rotor 23 via support arms 24 and 25. Suction cups 24a, 24b, 25a
, 25b.

It is comprised of barcode readers 26a, 26b, hooks 27a, 27b, etc. for returning the sheet S from the mounting table 9 onto the drawer 1a of the mounting table 7 or 8. The support stand 21 is formed into an L shape when viewed from the side, and has a horizontally oriented screw hole and a guide hole in its base 21a. A bell rod 12a is threaded through the guide hole, and a guide rod 12b is slidably fitted through the guide hole. The guide rod 12a is pivotally supported at both ends by brackets protruding from the lifting platform 12, and the guide rod 12b is fixed to the brackets.
The support stand 11 moves along the guide rod 12b to the rail 2a by forward and reverse driving of the motor 12c connected to the rod 12a.
It is designed to be able to move back and forth in the left and right directions perpendicular to the .

In addition, the support stand 21 has a threaded rod 21c+ on the support 21b.
Guide rods 21d are arranged vertically and parallel to each other, and the base end of the support rod 22 is screwed through and slid into these, and is driven in the forward and reverse directions by a motor 21e connected to the rod 21c. , the support rod 22, in other words, the search machine main body 2
0 can be raised and lowered in its entirety.

A shaft (not shown) of a rotor 23 is concentrically and horizontally supported at the tip of the support rod 22, and can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions by forward and reverse driving of a motor 22a attached to the support rod 22. There is. The rotor 23 has an elliptical cross section, the length in the major axis direction is slightly larger than the width dimension of the mounting tables 7, 8.9, and support arms 24 are provided at both ends in the long direction.
．． The proximal ends of tube shaft portions 24f and 25f of 25 are pivotally supported. The tube shaft portions 24f and 25f are formed of a pipe material with a closed tip and an open base end, and a bearing (not shown) is mounted on the base end with the majority portion of the tip side protruding parallel and horizontally in front of the rotor 23. It is pivotally supported by the rotor 23 via the
Branch pipe parts 24g and 25g constituting the support arm 24.25 are connected to the distal end thereof using connectors 24c and 25c, and the proximal end thereof is connected to tubes 24d and 25d disposed inside the rotor 23, respectively, and The other end of the double pipe is connected to one end of a double pipe (not shown) disposed inside the support rod 22 using a rotary joint, and the other end of the double pipe is connected to hoses 24e and 25e, respectively, connected to the base end of the support rod 22. It is also connected alternately to an intake pump and an air supply pump (not shown) via switching valves (not shown).

The branch pipe parts 24g, 25g are connected to the pipe shaft parts 24f, 25r via connectors 24c, 25c below the pipe shaft parts 24f, 25r.
f, and both ends thereof are bent vertically downward, and a strip film Sg of the sheet S is attached to each end thereof, respectively.
Suction cups 24a, 24b are spaced apart from each other with an interval equal to the interval between Sg.
, 25a.

25b is attached, and barcode readers 26a, 26b and hooks 27a, 27b are attached to this bent part.
is attached. In the state shown in Figure 2, the suction cup 2
4a.

A hose 24e connected to 24b is connected to an intake pump,
Air is sucked through the suction cups 24a, 24b, and the sheet S in the drawer is adsorbed by the negative pressure on the strip film Sg.Almost at the same time, the hose 25e is connected to the air supply pump for a short time, and the suction cups 25a, 25b are sucked. Air is blown out and the sheet S being sucked is released onto the mounting table 9. 23a is a synchronous motor built into the rotor 23, and its output shaft is connected to tube shaft portions 24f and 25f via transmission shafts 23b and 23c, respectively.
Regardless of the rotation of the rotor 23, each suction cup 24a,
In addition to rotating the tube shaft portions 24f, 25f so that the tube shafts 24b, 25a, 25b always face downward, the drawer 1a1 tray 3a is placed on the mounting table 7°8 when the drawer 1a1 tray 3a is pulled out from the cabinet 1.1 and the tray shelf 3 and when it is returned. As shown in Figure 6,
Furthermore, when returning the sheet S taken out on the mounting table 9 to the drawer la, as shown in FIG. ing.

The barcode readers 26a and 26b use OMR hair (or IHA laser system), and the branch pipe parts 24g and 25
Drawer 1a is fixed to the side of cabinet 1, 1 of g.
In the process of suctioning the inner sheet) S with the suction cups 24a and 24b and transferring it onto the mounting table 9, a motor (not shown) moves the reading section 26c toward the barcode Sd written on the surface of the sheet +-S at a required angle. This is read by swinging the sheet, and the controller 6 compares the sheet to determine whether or not it is a search target sheet.

Further, the hooks 27a and 27b are formed in an L shape, and are attached to the branch pipe parts 24g and 25g with their locking parts 27c facing vertically downward on the side opposite to the side where the barcode leagues 26a and 26b are fixed. As shown in FIG. 7, in the process of returning the sheet S on the placing table 9 to the drawer 1a after the search is completed, its posture is changed to horizontal and sideways, and the sheet S on the placing table 9 is
' It is designed to be locked to the seat S above.

Tray shelf 34 for taking out sheets! , 3r is approximately the same height as cabinet 1, the number of shelves is approximately 1/2 or 1/3 of the number of shelves in cabinet 1, and one tray corresponds to 12 or 3 drawers 1a of cabinet 1. 3a
is provided. A groove 3b is provided at the lower part of the front end of each tray 38, and is configured to prevent the tray 3a from being removed by engaging a stopper 3C provided on each shelf. The configuration is the same as that of the drawer la. Tray shelves 31 and 3r are cabinet 1
．． 1, and if the cabinet containing the search target sheet is in the left column, the tray shelf is placed in series on the opposite side, that is, in the right cabinet column. Pull out the tray 38 from 3r onto the table 8 of the search machine 2, and conversely when the cabinet containing the search target sheet is on the right row, pull out the tray 38 from the tray shelf 3 on the left side.
After pulling out the tray 3a from 1 onto the mounting table 7, the search m2 is moved to a position facing the target cabinet throat 1.

The articulated robot 4 moves from the search machine 2 that has completed the search to the tray shelf 3j! , take out all the search target sheets stored in the tray 3a returned to the tray 3r from the tray 3a,
This is configured to be set in the facsimile 5, and its configuration is not particularly limited as long as it has a clamping function for gripping the sheet S.

In the device of the present invention configured as described above, the search device 2 is always stopped and waiting at a position facing the tray shelf 3C3r in FIG. When the address 1 name code is input, the cabinet 1 and drawer 1a in which the basic resident register of the person requesting is stored is specified.

Determine whether the drawer 1a is in the left or right column, and if it is in the left column, place the tray 3a from the right tray shelf 3r, and if it is in the right column, place the tray 3a from the left tray shelf 3β. Pull out on 7 or 8. This drawer operation is exactly the same as for the drawer 1a, which will be described later, and the support arm 24.25 is rotated 90" to the right or left by the synchronous motor 23a, and the suction cups 24a, 24b, 25
a, 25b are horizontally oriented, and the suction cup 24a.

24b or 25a, 25b is attracted to the front plate of the tray 38 and pulled out onto the mounting table 7 or 8. When the drawer is finished, a control signal is output to the motor for driving the trolley 11 and the motor for lifting the lifting platform 12, allowing the trolley 11 to access a predetermined cabinet 1, and the lifting platform 12 to face directly below the predetermined drawer 1a. so that it can be accessed. If the sheet to be searched is in the cabinet on the left side, as shown in FIG. The synchronous motor 23a drives the suction cups 24a, 24b, 25a, and 25b so that they are horizontally oriented toward the drawer 1a.
In this state, the upper and lower positions of the suction cups 24a and 24b are adjusted by the drive of the motor 21e so that they face the front plate of the predetermined drawer 1a, and when the suction cups 24a and 24b face the predetermined drawer 1a, the support stand is adjusted by the drive of the motor 12c. 21
is moved to the drawer 1a side, the front plate of the drawer 1a is sucked by the suction cups 24a and 24b, and the drawer 1a is pulled out onto the mounting table 7. In addition, when drawing this drawer, drawer 1
a has a stopper 1 in its locking groove 1b as shown in FIG.
C is engaged, so when drawing out the drawer 1a, the motor 21e is driven to move the rotor 23 slightly upward (or rotate the suction cups 24a and 24b upward).
Pull out the locking groove 1C from the stopper 1C and pull it out forward in that state. When the drawer 1a is pulled out onto the mounting table 7 and moved to a position where its locking groove 1b faces the stopper 7c on the mounting table 7, the rotor 23 is moved at that position.
is lowered, the locking groove 1b is engaged with the stopper 7c, and the drawer la is positioned and fixed on the mounting table 7. Suction cup 24a
.

24b is stopped, the drawer 1a is released, and the rotor 2
3 and drives the synchronous motor 23a to change the posture of each suction cup 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b so that it faces downward, and the search for the sheet S is started. First, the rotor 23 is lowered and each suction cup 24a, 24b is moved to the drawer l.
After initial setting is made so that the suction cups 25a and 25b are in contact with the surface of the sheet S in a, and the suction cups 25a and 25b are in contact with the surface of the mounting table 9, the rotor 23
Rotation and lifting and lowering are performed synchronously. Figure 5 shows the rotor 13
This is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the suction cups 24a, 24 as shown by solid lines.
At step b, the uppermost sheet S in the drawer Ia is sucked, and air is blown out from the suction cups 25a and 25b. Next, the rotor 23 is raised in the same position or while being gently rotated around the support rod 22, and when it reaches the upper limit, the support rod 122 is moved so that the long axis direction of the rotor 23 is approximately vertical as shown by the broken line. Rotate it 90 degrees. In this state, the suction 1it 24a and 24b have 1
Although the sheet S is in a suction state, the suction and blowing of air from the other suction cups 25a and 25b is stopped at the same time as the rotor 23 rises, and the sheet S is not suctioned.

Next, from the state shown by the broken line in FIG. 5, the rotor 23 is again rotated in the same direction and lowered, rotated 90'', and with the long axis of the rotor 23 in a substantially horizontal state, the suction cups 25a, 25
b is the suction 11i24a on the sheet S in the drawer la.

The suction cups 24b are brought close to or in contact with the mounting table 9, and then the suction cups 25a and 25b suck air to adsorb the sheet S, while the suction cups 24a and 24b blow out air to absorb the sheet S. is released onto the mounting table 9.

In the same way, repeat the above process to move the
It is transferred onto the mounting table 9 from a. On the other hand, in the process of transferring this sheet S, the barcode reader 26a.

Barcode S written on sheet S by 26b
d is read and it is determined whether the sheet S is the search target.

The information read out by the barcode leagues 26a and 26b is input to the control unit 6, and is compared with the information on the search target sheet S that has been input in advance.If No, sheets 1-3 are loaded as described above. It is transferred onto the placing table 9, but if YES, it is transferred into the tray 3a.

That is, while the rotor 23 rotates 90'' from the state shown by the solid line to the state shown by the broken line in FIG.

is the search target sea I-, and if YES, the rotational speed and descending speed of the rotor 23 are reduced and the motor 12c is
to move the support stand 21 to the right side in FIG. 2, that is, to the mounting table 8 side by a dimension approximately equal to the width of the mounting table 9, and approximately synchronously with this, the rotor 23 moves to the state shown by the broken line in FIG. Rotate the suction cup 24a 90° to the position shown by the two-dot chain line.
, 24b are brought close to or in contact with the center of the tray 3a on the mounting table 8, and the suction cups 25a, 25b are brought close to or in contact with the tray 3a on the mounting table 9. Blow out air from the suction cups 24a and 24b,
Release the adsorbed sheet S into the tray 38. Sucking ff1
Air is not sucked or discharged from 25a and 25b.

The rotor 23 rises again and when the temperature is high, the motor 12c reverses, moving the support stand 21 to the left t, and returning it to the old position.1. A search is performed by repeating the same operations as described above. Of course, if there is only one sheet to be searched, the search ends when the search machine body 20 returns to its old position.

As mentioned above, when the sheets S in the drawer 1a are transferred onto the mounting table 9, the height of the sheets S in the drawer 1a is low and the height of the sheets S on the mounting table 9 is high. Since a step is formed between the two, the motor 9e is moved to the seat S.
The table 9 is intermittently lowered each time one or more sheets are transferred to the table 9, and control is performed so that the top surface of the sheet in the drawer 1a and the top surface of the sheet on the table 9 are maintained at the same level. It looks like this.

When the search is completed, the rotor 23 stops in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 8 into the drawer 1a. The synchronous motor 23Sa of the rotor 23 is activated, and the support arm 24.25 is rotated so as to face the suction cups 24a, 24b, until it is placed vertically facing the groove in the pedestal 9 attached to the branch pipe portion 24g. The rotor 23 is lowered and stopped at that position, and the horizontal feed motor 9 of the mounting table 9 is moved.
□Move i backwards. As a result, the sheet S on the mounting table 8
are returned all at once into the drawer 1a as the mounting table 9 is moved laterally.

When the return of the sheet S to the drawer 1a is completed, the rotor 23
is further lowered and its suction cups 24a, 24b (or 25a, 25b) are set in a position facing the front plate of the drawer la, sucking air from the suction cups 24a, 24b, and moving the drawer 1a with the suction cups 24a, 24b. The rotor 23 is pulled up slightly, the stopper 7c is pulled out from the locking groove 1C of the drawer 1a, and the stopper 7c is moved toward the cabinet 1 side and inserted into the cabinet 1. Just before the end of insertion, the rotor 13 is pulled up again. The drawer 1a is lifted slightly to engage the locking groove 1b of the drawer 1a with the stopper 1c, thereby preventing the drawer 1a from being pulled out. Next is the suction cup 24a.

24b (or 25a, 25b) stops sucking air, moves the suction cup away from the drawer 1a, raises the rotor 23, and drives the synchronous motor 23a, and the suction cup 24a, 24b
, 25a, 25b so that they face vertically downward, the trolley 11 is moved to move the tray 3a on the mounting table 8 to the tray shelf 3β, 3r take-out position, and at that position the suction is carried out in the same manner as above. ! l124a, 24b (or 25a
, 25b) to the front plate of the tray 38, lift it up slightly and pull out the stopper from the locking groove 3b of the tray 3a, push the tray 3a onto the tray shelf 3A', and remove the drawer 1.
Return it to the tray shelf in the same way as a. If there is a command from the control unit 6, the trolley 11 repeats the same operation as described above, pulls out a predetermined tray 38, places it on the mounting table 7 or 8, and places it in a predetermined drawer 1a of a predetermined cabinet 1. moving towards. Also, if there is no order, I will wait on the spot.

On the other hand, the sheet S in the tray 3a returned to the tray shelf 31 or 3r is taken out together with the tray (or only the sheet S) from the tray 3a by the articulated robot 4, sent to the facsimile 5, and issued with a residence certificate. An email will be sent to the counter. After the electronic transmission, the sheet S is returned to the 1-lay shelf 31 by the articulated robot 4 and transferred to the search machine body 2.
The sheet S is returned to the drawer 1a in the same process as the sheet S take-out process described above at step 0.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the main body of a search machine showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a chain conveyor 53 is used in place of the rotor 23 of the embodiment shown in FIG. ing. The chain conveyor 53 has a drive shaft 53a and a floating shaft 53b that protrude in parallel from the support rod 52.
Sprockets 53 are spaced apart from each other by a required distance in the axial direction.
Chains 53g and 53h connected to each other by collars 53e and 53f are stretched between these sprockets 53c and 53d at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and are connected to the motor 53i. It is designed so that it can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions.

The proximal ends of tube shaft portions 54a, 55a of support arms 54, 55 are fitted into each collar 53e, 53f,
The tip portion is provided to protrude parallel to the mounting table 7.9,
Branch pipe portions 54b and 55b are attached here, and the proximal ends protrude from collars 53e and 53f, and are connected to hoses 56a and 56b via rotary joints, respectively.

Also, each color 53e, 53f has a color 53e, 53f.
connected to tube shaft portions 54a and 55a inserted into f,
Suction cups 54e, 54f.

Control motors 57a and 57b are attached to keep the postures of the chains 55e and 55f vertically downward, regardless of the driving position of the chains 53g and 53h.

In the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the attitude control motors 57a and 5Th are used to control winter clothes @54a and 54b.
.

With both 55a and 55b facing vertically downward, the motor 53i is driven, and the support rod 52 is lowered to lower the suction cup 54e.
, 54f are lowered to a position in contact with the surface of the sheet S in the drawer 1a, and in this state, air is sucked through the hose 56a, and the negative pressure causes the sheet S to be attracted to the suction cups 54e, 54f, and at the same time, air is sucked through the hose 56b. The sheet S is fed, air is blown out from the suction cups 54e and 54f, and the sheet S being sucked is left on the mounting table 9. and support rod 5
2, the drive sprocket 53c is operated by the motor 53i, and the chains 53g and 53h are moved approximately half a turn with the sears 1 and 53h adsorbed to the suction cups 54e and 54f, and then the support rod is lowered and the suction cups 55e and 55f is placed on the sheet in the drawer 1a, and the suction cups 54e and 54r are placed on the placing table 9, the sheet S is sucked by the suction cups 55e and 55f, and the sheet S in the suction cups 54e and 54f is placed on the placing table 9. Leave it alone.

While driving the motor 51e again to raise the support rod 52, the motor 53i is reversely driven to raise the suction cup 55e through the downward rotation range with the sheet S sucked to the suction cups 55e and 55f.
, 55f are returned to the mounting table 9-hi, and the suction cups 54e and 54f are returned to the drawer 1a.

The sheet S is transferred from the drawer 1a to the placing table 9 by repeating the above-mentioned operation, but during this time, the code of the sheet S is read with a barcode reader, and if the code is No, the sheet S is placed on the placing table 9. However, if YES, the support stand 51 is moved horizontally by the motor so that the sheet S faces the tray 3a, and at this position the sheet S is taken out into the tray 3a.

Note that the other configurations are substantially the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and corresponding parts are designated by the same numbers and explanations thereof will be omitted.

In such a configuration, by making the chains 53g and 53h longer, it becomes possible to apply the search to a large sheet S.

Although the above-mentioned embodiments have all been described using sheets as search objects, the present invention is not limited to this in any way; for example, files, cases, etc. containing sheets, etc.
Of course, packaging and the like may also be targeted. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration is explained in which the sheet to be searched is carried to a predetermined position, then transferred to the facsimile 5 by the robot 4, and transmitted electronically.
This may be photographed using a television camera or the like, used as image storage information, and then electronically transmitted to a predetermined location and printed out there.

Furthermore, the above embodiment has a rotor 23 and a chain conveyor 53.
Although the explanation has been given on the case where the rotation is driven in one direction, it goes without saying that it is also possible to repeatedly rotate the rotation in a reciprocating manner.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration using one search device 2 has been described, but two or more search devices may be installed in order to speed up the search speed.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the present invention,
In this embodiment, the length of the drawer 1a is approximately twice the length of the drawer in each of the embodiments described above, and the center portion is partitioned by a partition plate 1f, and each side of the partition plate If has sheets S.
It is spacious enough to accommodate. Furthermore, as the drawer 1a is enlarged, the width of the mounting tables 7 and 8 is also increased accordingly.

The search machine body 20 adsorbs the sheet S from one compartment divided by the partition plate 1f in the drawer 1a, performs the search in the process of moving it to the other compartment, and places unmatched sheets in the other compartment. , only the relevant sheet is taken out onto the mounting table 9. Note that the sheet S transferred from one compartment of the drawer 1a to the other compartment in this process is memorized.

When the search is completed, the drawer 1a can be returned to the cabinet 1, leaving the sheets S in the drawer 1a as they are. Further, when returning the sheet S that has been taken out to the original drawer 1a, it is returned to one of the compartments of the drawer 1a. Next, when searching for another sheet in the same drawer 1a, it is determined which side of the partition plate 1f the corresponding sheet S is located based on the previously stored contents, and the rotor 23 of the search machine main body 20 Search by rotating forward or backward.

As described above, in the device of the present invention, since the sheet to be searched is sucked by a suction cup and the sheet is linearly moved to perform the search, there is no possibility of linear movement errors such as double feeding of the sheet. The present invention has excellent effects, such as being able to search for sheets reliably and accurately, and without any recreational movements.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a cabinet and drawer used in the device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a sheet as a search target by the device of the present invention, and FIG. The figure is a perspective view of the main body of the search machine used in the device of the present invention, Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the mounting table, Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the main body of the search machine, and Fig. 7 is the process of returning sheets to the drawer after searching. FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing another embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the invention. 1...Cabinet 1a...Drawer 1b...
Locking groove 1c...Stopper 2...Search t83...
・Tray shelf 3a...tray 3b...locking groove
4...Robot 5...Facsimile 6...Control unit? , 8. 9...Placement stand 9a...Thin plate 9
b...Rack 9c...Support block 9d...
Guide groove 9e...Motor 11...Dolly 12.
... Lifting platform 20 ... Search machine main body 21 ... Support stand 22 ... Support rod 23 ... Rotor 2
3a...Synchronous motor 24, 25...Support arm
24a, 24b, 25a, 25b - Suction cup 53...
Chain conveyor 54.55...Support arm 54
e, 54f, 55e. 55f...Sucker patent Applicant: Ryo Nori, agent, patent attorney, Noboru Kono, 3rd report, 4, Figure 5, Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An automatic search device that determines whether or not a search object is a corresponding object, and distributes the search object to at least two positions by sucking the search object to a suction cup, comprising: reciprocating the suction cup to at least two positions;
Alternatively, an automatic retrieval device comprising: a driving body that makes a circular movement; and an elevating means that moves the driving body near and far from each of the two positions as the driving body moves. 2. The automatic search device according to claim 1, wherein the search object is a sheet, a case, or a package. 3. The automatic search device according to claim 1, wherein the driving body is an ellipsoid or a chain conveyor. 4. The automatic search device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor for searching the search object is attached to a support portion of a suction cup. 5. In an automatic search device that determines whether or not a search object is a corresponding object, and distributes the search object to at least two positions by adsorbing the search object to a suction cup, the suction cup is reciprocated to at least two positions;
or a driving body that moves in a circular manner, and an elevating means that moves the driving body near and far from each of the two positions as the driving body moves;
An automatic retrieval device characterized by comprising posture control means for maintaining a suction cup vertically downward at all times. 6. The automatic search device according to claim 4, wherein the attitude control means is provided in a driving body. 7. Determine whether the search target is a matching item or not, attach the search target to the suction cup at the first position, and move it to the second or third position.
In the automatic retrieval device, the suction cup is provided at two positions in the circumferential direction so that when the - suction cup is opposed to the first position, the other suction cup is opposed to the second or third position, a driving body that reciprocates or moves each suction cup alternately between a first position and a second or third position; Second. A means for raising and lowering the suction cup to move it near and far from the third position, and a posture control means for maintaining the suction cup vertically downward during the search operation and horizontally and horizontally before the start of the search and/or after the end of the search. An automatic search device characterized by: 8. The automatic search device according to claim 7, wherein the search object is a sheet, a case, or a package.