JPS63242819A - Method of standing article upright and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently stand articles upright in order in a stand-up device for boxes of caramel or the like, by gradually raising the trailing end part of an article while the lower part of the leading end thereof is blocked by a baffle plate. CONSTITUTION:An article A to be conveyed is engaged at the lower part of its leading end with a baffle plate 2. Then, a crank mechanism is operated to rotate a lift member 5 clockwise. Thereby, the article A is gradually raised from its trailing end about the engaging point, as a fulcrum, with the baffle plate 2, so as to stand upright. Further, when it stands upright completely, since the article A is set on the baffle plate 2, it is pushed toward a conveyer 3, and is shifted onto the conveyer 3. With this arrangement, it is possible to efficiently stand the article upright and to convey the same.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for raising up articles on a conveyance path.

[Conventional technology]

For example, when placing rectangular items such as a caramel box in one box, we usually transport the items to the box while they are lying down, and then place them in the boxes one after another while they are lying down. Ta.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Therefore, there was a drawback that work efficiency was extremely poor.

The present invention aims to eliminate this drawback, and is devised so that various articles can be automatically erected.

- [Means for solving the problem] In the present invention, the rear part of the article is gradually lifted while blocking the lower front end member of the article on the conveyance path with a baffle plate (2).

In order to carry out this method, a baffle plate (2) is disposed in the middle of the article conveyance path, and a lifting member (5) capable of circular arc movement is provided at a position behind the baffle plate (2). [Features] Features characterized by the fact that the article (A) is fed from the left side of the figure to the right side on the conveyance path CB as shown in FIG.
Since a baffle plate (2) is provided in the middle of the article (
The lower front end of A) is blocked by the baffle plate (2). Therefore, when the lifting member (5) is moved in a circular arc (in the clockwise direction in Figure 4) at the rear of the article, the article (^) is gradually raised up as shown in Figure 4 (b). Parts (5)
4 (C1O), the article (A) is completely erected.

When the lifting member (5) further rotates, the erected article (A) is pushed forward as shown in FIG. 4+d).

In this way, in the present invention, the article (
While supporting the lower front end of A) with the baffle plate (2),
By gradually lifting the rear part of the article (A), the article (A) can be made to stand up reliably.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 3, (B) is the conveyance path for the article (A),
Following one plate (1), a baffle plate (2) is arranged so as to be one step higher. Both the board (1) and the baffle board (2) are horizontal, and a conveyor (3) is horizontally arranged in front of the baffle board (2) at the same height. The illustrated conveyor (3) is a belt conveyor, and a support plate (4) is horizontally attached to the back side of the belt conveyor to keep the belt conveyor constantly level.

A lifting member (5) that moves in an arc is placed in front of the plate (1). The lifting member (5) shown in the embodiment moves in an arc around a shaft (6), and has a pair of left and right levers +71. fixed to the shaft (6). (It is pivotally supported between the tips of 71.

In order to move the lifting member (5) in an arc, the shaft (
6), a gear (8) is attached to the shaft (6), the gear (8) is meshed with a gear αω attached to a shaft (9) different from the shaft (6), and this gear Ql can be rotated by a crank mechanism 00. That's how it is. When the crank mechanism αυ operates, the gear Ol
rotates about the shaft (9) in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 1 and 2, or vice versa, in the clockwise direction. Therefore, a pair of left and right levers fil, (7
1, the lifting member (5) can be moved in an arc between the position shown in chain lines and the position shown in solid lines in FIG.

For example, suppose that the article (A) is further fed at right angles through the conveyance path indicated by (B'') in FIG. 3. Then,
This article (A) rides on the plate (1), but since there is a baffle plate (2) just in front of it, the lower front end of the article (^) is temporarily blocked here. When the crank mechanism 00 is operated in this state, the lifting member (5) is rotated clockwise from the position indicated by the chain line in FIGS. 1.2 and 4 fat via the gear Ql and the gear (8). move.

Then, the article (^) is gradually raised up as shown in Figure 4 (bl), and when the lifting member (5) reaches the position shown in Figure 4 (C), the article (A) is completely raised up. When the lifting member (5) further rotates, the article (A) is pushed forward as shown in FIG.

In this way, by gradually lifting the rear part of the article (B) while blocking the lower front end of the article (A) on the conveyance path (B), the article (A) can be automatically made to stand up. . Of course, this work can be applied to a single item, but when a large number of items are lined up, the lifting member (
5) If the items are lifted all at once, it is possible to make a large number of items stand up in an orderly manner without scattering them.

The crank mechanism aυ in the embodiment has one end of its crank lever (2) pivotally connected to the gear 01, and the other end connected to another shaft (2).
) is pivotally connected to the sprocket α ship attached to the sprocket.

In this way, for example, by simply installing one drive motor α (Fig. 2), the crank mechanism αυ, gear (8
), (10 and the lifting member (5) can be operated by one driving source, and there is no need to provide a separate driving source for at least the lifting member (5).

Note that in FIG. 2.3, αQ is a guide member provided on both the left and right sides of the conveyance path (B), and is used to guide a large number of articles that are erected so that they do not scatter. Further, in FIGS. 1 and 2, aη is a lever having one end fixed to the shaft a3, and a pushing rod (17a) is attached to the tip of the lever. The lever αη constantly rotates the sprocket 041 (
The conveyance path (Bo ) The article (80) that has been carried to the terminal member of (A) in Figure 2
It is fed into the starting end of the conveyance path (B) as shown in I).

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the method of the present invention, even a plurality of articles can be erected at once in an orderly and efficient manner.

Furthermore, the device of the present invention has the effect of automatically standing up articles with a simple structure.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The attached drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of the device, FIG. 2 is a side view of the entire conveying device equipped with the device, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. , FIG. 4 (al to (d+) are side views showing the work situation of raising the article in order of process. (2) - Baffle plate, +5) - Lifting member, (61 - axis, (8) ...-gear, (9)--shaft, α...
Gear, αυ-crank mechanism, (＾)...article,
(B) - Conveyance path. Patent applicant Kyoto Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (and 2 others)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for standing up an article, which comprises gradually lifting the rear part of the article while blocking the lower front end of the article on the conveyance path with a baffle plate (2). 2. An article raising device characterized in that a baffle plate (2) is disposed in the middle of the conveyance path of the article, and a lifting member (5) that can move in an arc is provided at a position behind the baffle plate (2). 3. A gear (8) is attached to the shaft (6) which is the center of the circular arc movement of the lifting member (5), while another gear (
10) is attached to another shaft (9), and the gear (10) can be rotated by a crank mechanism (11).