JPS60148826A - Stock article transferring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to simply and surely carry out the working of material-handling for successively supplying articles such as, for example, package cartons, etc., to a predetermined mechanism, by allowing the workers to have a sufficient time for material-handling. CONSTITUTION:A stacked articles 1 stored in a frontmost stocker in a stock article transferring device A, are fed to a stacked article receiving section 51 when no presence of the stacked articles 1 on the stacked article receiving section 51 is detected, and is raised to a level as shown in the drawing by means of a lifter 54. The stacked articles 1 on the stacked article receiving section 51 are slid due to the first stage advance operation of a two-stage pusher device 52, and therefore are shifted onto a stand-by bed plate 53 in a stacked article supply mechanism B where they are waited for a predetermined time which is in accordance with the disposing capacity of a stacked article separating and transferring mechanism C. When the stacked articles are allowed to be fed into the separating and transferring mechanism C, the stacked articles 1 on the stand-by bed plate 53 are fed into a magazine 62 in the separating and transferring mechanism C due to the second stage advance operation of the two stage pusher device 52. The stacked articles 1 disposed in the magazine 62 are each separated one by one and are fed therein with goods.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides extra time to the worker when continuously feeding articles such as packaging boxes to a predetermined mechanism, so that the worker is not constantly engaged in the above continuous feeding operation. The present invention also relates to an article stock transportation device that allows such work to be carried out easily and reliably.

When automatically filling and storing a predetermined number of products into a predetermined container such as a predetermined packaging box, for example, when filling and storing cosmetic soaps in a row in soap storage boxes, a predetermined number of soap storage boxes are usually placed in a predetermined position. These soaps are distributed and transported one by one at regular intervals, and the soaps are filled and stored in the soap storage box.

However, in the case of the above method, in order to continuously distribute and transport soap containers without interruption, it is necessary to constantly replenish a predetermined number of soap containers at the above-mentioned predetermined positions. The workers have almost no spare time during this replenishment work (supply work).

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned points, and when continuously feeding articles such as packaging boxes to a predetermined mechanism, by giving the worker extra time, the worker is constantly engaged in the above-mentioned continuous feeding work. An object of the present invention is to provide an article stock transportation device that allows such work to be easily and reliably performed even when the person is not using the product.

That is, the article storage and transportation device of the present invention has a laminate supply mechanism that intermittently supplies a laminate, one unit of which is a stack of a predetermined number of articles, to another device. An apparatus capable of sequentially transporting and supplying the laminate one unit at a time in synchronization with the intermittent operation of the material supply mechanism, and capable of stocking a large number of the laminates in an aligned state before being supplied to the laminate supply mechanism, , is equipped with a plurality of stockers arranged in series and a pusher for feeding the above-mentioned laminate to the rearmost stonker of the stockers arranged in series; It is installed facing the laminate receiving part of the mechanism, and operates when it detects that there is no laminate in the laminate receiving part, and supplies the laminates stocked in the stocker to the laminate receiving part. In addition, when the above-mentioned stocker at the forefront is removed, it is activated when it detects that there is no laminate in the front stocker, and the laminate in each stocker is removed from the adjacent front stocker. The pusher is configured to transport the laminate to the rearmost stocker, and the pusher operates to send the laminate to the rearmost stocker when detecting that there is no laminate in the rearmost stocker. It is characterized by:

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, one embodiment of the article stock transportation apparatus of the present invention will be described without being shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the article stock transportation device of the present invention together with its usage mode.
A is a stock transportation device for articles of the present invention, B is a laminate supply mechanism that intermittently supplies a laminate, one unit at a time, to another device C, in which a predetermined number of articles are stacked as one unit; As will be described later, the apparatus C is designed to separate and transport the supplied articles (soap storage boxes) constituting the laminate 1 one by one, and to fill and accommodate the products (toilet soap) in each one. .

1 is a predetermined number of articles 11.11. A laminate in which one unit is a stack of . . . , in which each article 11
, a soap storage box consisting of a container 12 and a lid 13 for closing it is shown, and the laminate 1 is actually a stack of about 10 to 30 cases of soap storage boxes 11. However, for convenience, the drawing shows a form in which five soap storage boxes 11 are stacked one on top of the other.

Thus, the article stock transportation device A of the present invention has 16 stockers ① to [phase] arranged in series (not all shown in Fig. 1, see Figs. 3 and 4). and a pusher 3 that feeds the laminate 1 into the stocker ■ at the rearmost part.
By operating the stocker Φ~[phase] in synchronization with the intermittent operation of the laminate supply mechanism B, the laminate 1 can be moved while sliding on the mounting plate 41. The laminate is transported one unit at a time from the rearmost S)y car to the foremost stocker @ (indicated by the two-dot chain line in Figure 1), and the above laminate is transported from the foremost stocker [phase]. None so that it can be supplied to the supply mechanism B, and also so that the laminates 1 before being supplied to the laminate supply mechanism B can be stocked one unit at a time in each stocker 〇 to [phase] in an aligned state. be.

To explain in more detail about the article stock transport device A of the present invention, the foremost stocker [phase] is installed facing the laminate receiving section 51 of the laminate supply mechanism B, and is When it is detected that there is no laminate 1 in the section 51, it is activated to supply the stocked laminate 1 to the laminate receiving section 51 of the laminate supply mechanism B. In addition, stockers excluding this stocker [phase] at the very tip ■~[phase]...
is activated when it detects that there is no laminate 1 in the adjacent front stocker ■ to [phase], and the stocker ■
~[Phase] There is no way to transport the laminates 1 stocked in each to the adjacent front stocker ■~[Phase]. Further, the button shear 4 is configured such that when it detects that there is no laminate 1 in the rearmost stocker (2), it operates to send the laminate 1 to the rearmost stocker (2).

Each of the stockers Φ~[phase] has a pair of rotary actuators 42.
42, and feed bars 43, 43 are fixed to each of the rotary actuators 42, 42, and the laminate 1 stocked between the feed bars 43, 43 is rotated by the rotary actuators 42, 42. By rotating the feed bars 43 and 43 as shown by the arrows, the laminates are sequentially transported and supplied to the adjacent front stockers ① to [phase] and the laminate receiving portion 51 of the laminate supply mechanism B in an aligned state. . In addition, strike Tsuka - ■ ~ [phase]
A pair of feed bars 43, 43 and rotary actuators 42, 42 are tiltable and tiltable, as shown in FIG. 2, so that the lamination pattern of the laminate (2) can be arranged as required.

Further, the pusher 3 in the article stock transport device A of the present invention is located behind the rearmost stocker (■), and is supplied between it and the rearmost stocker (2) by the revolving table 21. When it is detected that there is no laminate 1 in the rearmost stocker (2), it is pushed into the rearmost stocker (2). The laminate 1 is supplied by the revolving table 21 by the operator placing a predetermined number of articles (soap storage boxes) 11 on the revolving table 21 by placing them on a leaf stand, and then pressing the two push buttons 22, 22 at the same time. This is done by raising the safety door 23 to prevent hands from entering when turning the turning table 21, and then automatically turning the turning table 21 as shown in FIG. It should be noted that the turning table 21, which has finished supplying the laminate 1, automatically returns to its original position.

The laminate supply mechanism B is composed of a lifter, the laminate receiving section 51 that is raised and lowered by the lifter 54, a two-stage pusher 52, and a standby mounting plate 53. By raising the laminate receiving part 51, the laminate l supplied from the stocker [phase] onto the laminate receiving part 51 is transferred between the two-stage pusher 52 and the standby mounting plate 53, and is placed on standby. When it is detected that there is no laminate 1 on the standby mounting plate 53, the first stage of the two-stage pusher 52 is moved forward, so that the laminate 1 on the raised laminate receiver 51 is placed on the standby mounting plate 53. When it is detected that the laminate 1 can be fed (Jj) into the laminate separation mechanism C, the second stage of the two-stage pusher 52 is moved forward, so that the laminate 1 is slid onto the plate 53. The laminate 1 on the mounting plate 53 is not supplied into the laminate separation mechanism C.
After completing the above-mentioned operation, the laminate receiving part 51 is automatically moved.
is lowered, and the two-stage butcher 52 is not set back to the illustrated position.

Further, the laminate separating, conveying and filling device C is equipped with a cross-section type 4 that holds each of the four corners of each article (soap storage box) 11 constituting the laminate 1 supplied from the laminate supply mechanism B.
A magazine 62 whose main body is a book guide 61. A conveyor receiving plate 63 provided, a pair of conveyor chains 64°64 provided on both sides of the conveyor receiving plate 63 and operating intermittently,
and the pair of conveyance chains 64.64 fixed at appropriate intervals between the pair of conveyance chains 64.64.
A large number of separation plates 65, 65., which pass between the magazine 62 and the placement plate 63 due to the movement of the magazine 62, 65. It is composed of... Furthermore, the two guides 61 61 on the side of the laminate supply mechanism B are configured to function as gates that rotate as shown by the arrows to open the supply 1'' of the magazine 62. is equipped with a shack 66 that protrudes into the magazine 62 only when the gate is opened. The separation operation of the laminate 1 by the laminate equalization mechanism C is performed when the articles (soap storage box) in the magazine 62 are separated.
By detecting that the amount of 11 has decreased, the gate is opened and the shack 66 is protruded into the magazine 62, and then the second stage of the two-stage pusher 52 of the laminate supply mechanism B is opened. The stack 1 on the standby mounting plate 53 is moved onto the shutter 66 by pressing, and then the gate is closed and the shutter 66 is opened to cause the supplied stack 1 to fall into the magazine 62. The lowest article (soap storage box) 11 is placed on the conveyance receiving plate 63, and the article (soap storage box>11) on the conveyance receiving plate 63 is separated into a stack l by the separation plate 65 of the pair of conveyance chains 64, 64. The article (soap storage box) 11 is conveyed by being separated from the conveyance receiving plate 63 and moved 18 times on the conveyance receiving plate 63.Then, the article (soap storage box) 11 is conveyed by being pressed by the separation plate 65 on the conveyance receiving plate 63. After the lid 13 is removed by vacuum or the like, and the product (toilet soap>14) is filled and housed in the container 12, it is closed again with the lid 13 and moved to the next process. Book guide 61, 61
The guide 61 on the rear right side is not provided so that it can move as shown by the arrow to accommodate stacks 1 of different sizes.

Since the article stock transportation device of the present invention is configured as described above, in the illustrated device, by operating the article stock transportation device of the present invention, the above-mentioned laminate supply mechanism B is operated intermittently. In order to transport and supply the laminate one unit at a time in synchronization, the operator supplies the laminate l to the revolving table 21 as described above, and all subsequent operations are performed automatically.

That is, when the laminate 1 is supplied to the revolving table 21, the laminate 1 supplied to the revolving table 21 is supplied to the front of the pusher 3 by the rotation of the revolving table 21 as described above, and is fed to the rearmost stroke 7 car. When it is detected that there is no laminate in the position (■), the pusher 3 is activated as described above, and the laminate 1 in front of the pusher is pushed into the stocker (■) at the rearmost position. When it is detected that there is no laminate 1, the laminate 1 stored in the rearmost stocker (2) is transported to the stocker (2) in the same way.

Then, the same operation as described above is performed for the stockers ① to [phase], and the laminates are sequentially placed on the revolving table 21.
By continuously supplying °ζ, the laminates 1, 1, . ... will be stocked, and finally all stockers ■~[phase] will be full.

On the other hand, in parallel with the above-described operation, the laminate l stored in the foremost stocker [phase] in the article stock transportation device A of the present invention is transferred to the laminate receiving portion 51 in the laminate supply mechanism B. When it is detected that there is no laminate 1 in
The laminate receiving portion 51 is supplied as described above, and the lifter 5
4 and moves to the position shown in the first figure. Then,
The laminate 1 on the laminate receiving portion 51 is slid onto the standby mounting plate 53 in the laminate supply mechanism B by the forward movement of the first stage of the two-stage pusher 52 as described above, where the laminate is separated and transported. After waiting for a predetermined time depending on the processing capacity of the filling device C, when it becomes possible to supply the laminate bone MIll feeding and filling device C, the laminate I on the standby mounting plate 53 is transferred to the two-stage pusher 52. By the second forward movement, the laminate is supplied into the magazine 62 of the feeding and filling device C as described above. The laminate l supplied into the magazine 62 is separated into articles (soap storage boxes) 11 one by one as described above, transported, and filled with products (toilet soap).

The article stock transportation device A and the laminate supply mechanism B of the present invention transport the laminate 1 as one unit, whereas the laminate separation, conveyance and filling device C has the following features:
Since the articles constituting the laminate 1 are separated and sequentially processed in units of -III, the article stock transportation apparatus A of the present invention
The transportation time for each article 11 in the laminate supply mechanism B is much shorter than the processing time for each article 11 delivered to the laminate separation, conveyance and filling device C.

Therefore, the standby mounting plate 53 of the preceding stage of the laminate separation mechanism C, that is, the laminate supply mechanism B, the stocker 1 to [phase], and the butcher 3
In front of, for example, as shown in FIG. .
Even if the process is interrupted until the stock of [phase] is empty, if the loading work of the laminate 1 onto the turning table 21 is carried out again after the interruption,
The laminate l stocked in the stocker [phase], [phase] and the laminate receiving part 51 can be supplied to the magazine 62 before the magazine 626 of the laminate transport filling device C becomes empty. As a result, the continuous supply of the laminate 1 to the laminate separating, conveying and filling device C can be continued without interruption even if the operator is not always involved.
This allows extra time to be given to workers.

In addition, although the number of stockers is 16 in the embodiment, the article stock transportation apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the number of stockers. However, as long as it is permissible, it is more effective to increase the number of stockers because it allows for more free time, and the operation of the stockers is
For example, when the stocker [phase] is empty, the stocker [phase]
phase] to supply the laminate 1 of the stocker ■ to the stocker [phase], and then supply the laminate 1 from the stocker ■ to the empty stocker [phase]. In addition to moving the laminate 1 sequentially from laminate 1, when the stocker [phase] becomes empty, the stocker ■
~■ may be operated simultaneously.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, each stocker is activated by detecting that there is no laminate l in the adjacent front stocker and the pusher 3 and the foremost stocker [ phase] can also be operated in accordance with this. By doing so, it is possible to stock and transport even laminates 1 whose size exceeds the space for one stocker.

Also, a laminate supply mechanism B and a laminate separation, conveyance and filling device (separate device) connected to the stock transportation device of the present invention.
It goes without saying that C is not limited to that in the example.

Next, a test example will be given which specifically shows the effect of the article stock transportation device of the present invention (effect of providing free time to workers).

Test example 8-piece box (soap storage box that can accommodate 8 pieces of toilet soap, the same applies hereinafter) or 10-piece box (test block 1), 12111 boxes or 15
A single box (test tooth 2), a 1611 m box or a 20 piece box (test tooth 3) were processed using the equipment shown in Figures 1 and 3 (Fig. 4), respectively, under the conditions shown in the table below. It was continuously supplied to the feeding and filling device C. The operating time (actually measured value) at that time is as follows, and the margin time etc. are as shown in the table below.

Operation time 1) Loading cycle time (preparation time until dismantling and supplying)...40 seconds 2) Transport time of laminate from stocker ■ to [phase]
...96 seconds 3) Lifter rise, advance time of 2nd stage pusher 1st stage
...12 seconds 4) Advance time of the second stage of the two-stage pusher... 5 seconds The meanings of the abilities in the above table are as follows.

Number of soap storage boxes 11 per unit of laminate Stock amount: As shown in FIG. time until the stock of fully stocked laminates (18 or 10 pieces) as shown in the figure becomes empty Time margin: In the case of Fig. 3, in front of the pusher 3 and the stocker ■~ ■The time it takes for the laminate to become empty;
In the case shown in the figure, the maximum continuous supply time is the time until the stacks in front of the pusher 3 and the stockers ■ to Maximum working time for an operator to continuously supply the laminate to the separating, conveying and filling device C without interruption until the laminate is fully stocked as shown in the figure Processing by the laminate separating, conveying and filling device C In terms of the time required to process one unit of laminate, on test floors 2 and 3, each stocker is activated when it is detected that there is no laminate in the adjacent front stocker. The operations of the pusher 3 and the stocker [phase] at the forefront were also carried out in accordance with this.

As described above, according to the article stock transportation device of the present invention, when articles such as packaging boxes are continuously supplied to a predetermined mechanism, for example, as shown in the embodiment (toilet soap storage boxes and laminates are stacked) When continuously supplying the material 1i1 to the conveying/filling device C, it is possible to give the worker extra time, so even if the worker is not always engaged in the above continuous supply work, such work can be easily and easily carried out. The effects that can be achieved reliably are achieved, and you can do other work during the free time or take a break, etc.
You can improve work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention together with its usage mode, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the main part of Fig. 1 when arranging a laminate, and Figs. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a stock transportation mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. A... Goods stock transportation device B... Laminate supply mechanism C... Another device (laminate separation, conveyance and filling device) ~[Phase]... Stocker ■... Rearmost stock/ Car [phase] ... Stocker at the very beginning ■ ... Laminate 11 ... Article (soap storage box) 5I Laminate receiver patent applicant Kao Soap Co., Ltd. No. 3 No. 4 ■■■■■■■ ■ Diagram ■ [Stock] ■ o0 [Stock] ■ [Phase]

Claims (1)

[Claims] A laminate supply mechanism that intermittently supplies a laminate in the form of a stack of a predetermined number of articles to another device one unit at a time, is configured to supply the laminate in synchronization with the intermittent operation of the laminate supply mechanism. A device capable of sequentially transporting and supplying one unit at a time, and capable of stocking a large number of the above-mentioned laminates in an aligned state before being supplied to the above-mentioned laminate supply mechanism, comprising a plurality of stockers arranged in series, and a plurality of stockers arranged in series. The stocker is equipped with a pusher for feeding the laminate to a stonker at the rear end of the stocker, and the stocker at the forefront is installed facing the laminate receiving part of the laminate supply mechanism, and When it is detected that there is no laminate in the laminate receiving part, the laminate is actuated to supply the laminate stocked in the stacker to the laminate receiving part, and the stocker at the foremost part is operated. The stockers other than the stockers are activated when it is detected that there is no laminate in the front stocker, and transport the laminate stored in each stocker to the adjacent front stocker. . An article stock transport device, characterized in that it operates when detecting that there is no laminate in the rearmost stocker and feeds the laminate to the rearmost stocker.