JPS6326347Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a product receiving device, and more specifically, a product receiving device that receives processed products from a processing device is taken out from a product receiving storage section and transferred to a position where processed products are received one after another. It is related to the device.

Conventionally, when processing using a mechanical press with a high processing speed, a large amount of products are punched out in a short period of time and then discharged, so the product receiver that accommodates the products has to be refilled or replaced frequently by hand. It was.

This idea was made in view of the above. Incidentally, there are precedents related to this invention, such as Utility Model Application Publication No. 18533/1983, but in the precedent example, there is a cylinder that controls the operation of dropping the stacked stock one by one, and a cylinder that controls the operation of dropping the stacked stock one by one. This requires separate cylinders for pushing out the stock, which complicates the structure and requires controlling the timing of the operation of each cylinder, which also complicates the control device accordingly.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a product receiving device that has a simple structure with only one drive device and can perform various operations in a timely manner.

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

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view showing a product receiving device 3 provided close to a processing machine 1 such as a mechanical press.

In FIG. 1, the processing machine 1 is indicated by a two-dot chain line, which means that a mechanical press as an example of the processing machine 1 is located in front of the product receiving device 3 (in the front direction of the page).

That is, when the processing machine 1 is an open-back type press with a C-shaped frame, the product is generally discharged to the rear by a belt conveyor device 5 (see Fig. 4) arranged in the open-back part. A receiving chute 13 (see FIGS. 2 and 4) is provided on the front side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the product receiving device 3 is roughly divided into a vertically elongated product receiving and storing section 7 and a product receiving and supporting guide section 9 that extends in the left and right direction. Box-shaped product receivers 11 are stacked and stored. A product receiving position 12 (see FIG. 3) at 9 in the product receiving and supporting guide section is provided adjacent to the product receiving and storing section 7, and the product receiving position 12 receives products from the belt conveyor device 5. The chute 13 (see FIGS. 2 and 4) is provided.

The above-mentioned support guide part 9 is provided on a slight upward slope in the right direction, for example, about 30 minutes (30 ^- ), and when the product receiver 11 is filled with a predetermined number of products, a new product receiver 11 corresponds to the chute 13. Product receiving position 12
The device is designed so that there is no gap between the old and new product receivers 11 when the product is transferred to another location.

As is clear from FIG. 2, the product receiving and storing section 7 is constructed by welding or other suitable means such as angle iron as pillars 17 on the base plate 15, and is assembled to a size that allows a large number of product receivers 11 to be stacked and stored. A connecting beam 19 is provided in accordance with the above.

As is clear from FIG. 3, the product receiving support guide section 9 rides on the above-mentioned connecting beam 19 in the vicinity of the product receiving and storage section 7, and extends upward until it passes the first column 21 on the right side shown in FIG. A large number of wheels 27 are rotatably provided on both flanges of the open channel steel 23 via axle supports 25.

The above-mentioned axle support 25 is the second support post 29, the third support post 31, and the fourth support support 33 shown in FIG.
It is attached directly to a horizontal support member 35 which is visible in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 1, the above-mentioned axle support 25 is provided on a slight upward slope (for example, about 30 minutes) in the right direction, which is the moving direction of the product receiver 11.

Further, an arm member 37 is provided on the lower surface of the channel steel 23, a column 39 is erected as shown in FIG. Products carried out from the open bag portion of the machine 1 by a belt conveyor device 41 or the like are received and guided to a product receiver 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the chute 13 is equipped with a detector 43 that counts the number of passing products and issues a signal when a predetermined number is reached.

Furthermore, a detector 45 such as a micro switch is provided in a part of the arm member 37, and its stylus 47 detects the presence or absence of the product receiver 11.

A fluid pressure cylinder 49 as an example of a drive device is installed horizontally on the right end of the channel steel 23 in FIG. A channel-shaped guide frame 53 with a lip is provided horizontally.

In the guide frame 53 described above, a movable member 59 that is part of a product receiving and transferring device 57 equipped with wheels 55 with bearings is provided so as to be able to freely reciprocate.
The left end of the piston rod 51 is connected to this moving member 59.

At the upper left end of the moving member 59 described above, there is a product receiver 1.
A movable claw member 61 is provided for pushing 1 toward the right. The product receiving/storage section 7 is provided with a product receiving/receiving device.

As is clear from FIG. 3, the above-mentioned moving member 59
A bracket 65 protruding leftward from the connecting beam 19 connecting the pillars 17 is provided on the left front of the path through which the pillars 17 move.
9 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is rotatably provided.

A pinion gear 71 is fixed to one end (the left end in FIG. 6) of the rotation shaft 69, and a lever 73 is fixed to the other end.

As is clearly seen in FIG. 6, a rack 75 is provided which is guided by a bracket 65 and engages with a pinion gear 71.
7 extends through the connecting plate 19 toward the moving member 59 described above.

A contact portion 79 which also serves as a spring holder is provided at a portion of the movable member 59 that contacts the left end in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, above the product receiving and storing section 7, a bracket 83 is provided which protrudes left and right from the connecting beam 19, and a pivot shaft 85 is rotatably provided.

The rotating shaft 85 is provided with four symmetrical claw members 87 for supporting and opening the edges of the product receiver 11 on the left and right sides.

The contact portion 79 and the claw member 87 are interlocked and connected by a suitable link mechanism as shown in FIG. The member 87 is always urged upward.

The above-mentioned rotation shaft 85 has an arm member 89 on the front-rear direction 1 side (for example, the lower side shown in FIG. 2) of the product receiving storage section 7, which rotates the rotation shaft 85 in opposite directions at the same angle. It is provided.

As is clear from FIG. 3, if the left arm member 89 mentioned above is 89L and the right arm member 89R, 89L is twice as long as 89R, and the inner comrades of both are 89L and 89R. They are connected by a connecting rod 91 having a left-hand thread and a right-hand thread at both ends, and the two arm members 89L and 89R are adjusted so as to rotate while always maintaining a parallel state.

The remaining end of the left arm member 89L is pivotally connected to a portion of the lever 73 by a vertical connecting rod 93 so as to be adjustable in length.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the product receiving and storage section 7
On the right side in FIG. 3, a stopper device 95 is provided at the center of the connecting beam 19.

The stopper device 95 has two stopper rods 99 that can freely swing around a swing shaft 97 and are suspended vertically by their own weight, and can be rotated clockwise from the vertical position as shown in FIG. Since a horizontal stopper bar 101 is provided to prevent rocking, it acts as a stopper against rocking in one direction.

The apparatus of this embodiment described in detail above operates as described below.

The products conveyed by the belt conveyor device 41 shown in FIG.

When the product slides down on this chute 13, the detector 43 counts and the desired product quantity is determined by the product receiver 11.
When the fluid pressure cylinder 49 is activated, the moving claw member 61 pushes the new product receiver 11 from the product receiver storage section 7 to the receiving position 12.
will be transferred to. At this time, the product receiver 11 containing the product at the receiving position 12 is pushed and moved to the right in FIG. 3. That is,
When a predetermined number of products are stored in the product receiver 11 at the receiving position 12, the products are transferred from the product receiver storage section 7 to the product receiver 11.
are sequentially transferred to the receiving position 12, and the product receiver 11 at the receiving position 12 is gradually pushed out.

As mentioned above, after the product receiver 11 is transferred from the product receiver storage section 7 to the receiving position 12, the hydraulic cylinder 4
9, the movable claw member 61 is returned to its original position (the position on the left side indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Therefore, the product receiver 11 moves down the slope due to its own weight, and as shown in FIG. 3, since the edge of the product receiver is higher than the lower end of the stopper rod 99, it is prevented from moving to the left of the contact position It is located at the receiving position 12.

When the moving member 59 is moved to the left in FIG. 3 to return to its original position, the left end of the moving member 59 abuts the contact portion 79, compressing the ammunition 81 and moving the rack support portion 77 and the rack 75 to the left. move in the direction.

The pinion gear 7 therefore engages with the rack 75.
1 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 3 to swing the arm member 89L clockwise, and by the action of the connecting rod 91, the arm member 89R swings counterclockwise by the same angle. .

That is, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 3, the claw member 87 supporting the upper edge of the product receiver 11 releases its support, so that the stacked product receivers 11 all descend while remaining stacked one on top of the other.

That is, the product receiver 11 at the lowest stage rests on the wheels 27, the upper edge of the product receiver 11 at the second stage from the bottom is located slightly above the released claw member 87, and the movable claw member 61 of the movable member 59 is positioned at the top. It occupies a position on the left side away from the lower product receiver 11.

Therefore, from this state, when the fluid pressure cylinder 49 is contracted in order to transfer the product receiver 11 from the product receiver/storage section 7 to the receiving position 12, the moving member 59 starts moving to the right, and the ammunition 81 moves the rack 75 to the right, and the arm member 89 causes the reverse rocking described above to lift the second product receiver 11 from the bottom, as shown by the solid line in FIG. Returns to the state shown in .

That is, a gap shown by d is obtained between the product receiver 11 at the lowest stage shown in FIG. 3 and the product receiver at the second stage from the bottom.

Therefore, the moving member 59 moves only the lowermost product receiver 11 to the right by the moving claw member 61, and after freely passing through the stopper device 95, the product receiver 11 that previously accommodated a predetermined number of products is moved. While pushing up, the product reaches the product receiving position 12 shown in FIG.

As can be understood from the above description of the embodiments, this invention is basically a device in which the product receivers 11 for receiving processed products from the processing equipment are arranged one after another at the processing product receiving positions, and the above-mentioned receiving positions are A product receiving and storing section 7 for stacking and storing a plurality of product receivers 11 is provided on one end side of the product receiving and supporting guide section 9 extending through the product receiving and storing section 7, and a product receiving and storing section 7 is provided on the supporting and guiding section 9 at the position of the product receiving and storing section 7. A moving member 59 equipped with a moving claw member 61 for moving the lowermost product receiver 11 placed thereon to the receiving position is moved to the supporting guide portion 9.
reciprocally movable in the longitudinal direction, and a drive device 49 for reciprocating the moving member 59,
When moving the lowest product receiver 11 to the receiving position in the product receiving storage section 7, a plurality of claw members 87 that lift the second product receiver 11 from the bottom upward are rotated in the vertical direction. The movable member 59 and the abutting portion 79 provided in the link mechanism for rotating each of the claw members 87 are arranged so as to be freely provided and biased upward, and the movable member 59 is connected to the position of the product receiving and storing portion 7. The abutting portion 79
Each claw member 87 is brought into contact with the movable member 59
The structure is such that the next product receiver 11 is placed on the support guide part 9 by rotating downward.
In the present invention, the lowest product receiver 11 is placed on the support guide part 9 at the location of the product storage part 7.
When the movable member including movable claw members 61 for moving the product receiver 11 to the receiving position comes into contact with the contact portion 79 of the link mechanism, the plurality of claw members 8 lifting the product receiver 11
7 is rotated downward, and the product receiver 11 is dropped and placed on the support guide part 9. When the moving member starts moving in order to move the product receiver 11 to the receiving position,
The contact between the moving member and the contact portion 79 is released, and the plurality of claw members 87 are rotated upward by the biasing force. At this time, the second product receiver from the bottom is lifted, and only one product receiver can be reliably moved to the receiving position.

Therefore, according to the present invention, only a drive device for reciprocating the movable member is required as a drive device, which simplifies the configuration and allows each operation to be performed in a timely manner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front explanatory view showing an outline of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same embodiment;
Fig. 3 is a front view of the main parts of the above, Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken in the direction of the - sectional arrow of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken in the - sectional direction of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken in the - sectional direction of Fig. 5. This is a perspective view. Explanation of the symbols representing the main parts of the drawings, 3... Product receiving device, 7... Product receiving storage section, 9... Product receiving support guide section, 11... Product receiver, 49... Fluid pressure cylinder, 57... Product receiving and moving device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of claims for utility model registration] (1) Product receiver 11 that receives processed products from processing equipment
A plurality of product receivers 11 are arranged at one end of the product receiving support guide section 9 extending through the receiving location.
A product receiving storage section 7 is provided for stacking and storing the products.
A moving member 59 provided with a moving claw member 61 for moving the lowermost product receiver 11 placed on the support guide part 9 at the position of the product receiving storage part 7 to the receiving position is moved to the support guide. The part 9 is provided so as to be reciprocally movable in the longitudinal direction, and a drive device 49 is provided for reciprocating the moving member 59.
When moving the lowest product receiver 11 to the receiving position in the product receiving storage section 7, a plurality of claw members 87 that lift the second product receiver 11 from the bottom upward are rotated in the vertical direction. Each claw member 8 is provided freely and urged upward.
A contact portion 79 provided in a link mechanism for rotating the product receiving storage portion 7 and the movable member 59 are provided so as to be able to come into contact with each other at the position of the product receiving storage portion 7, and the movable member with respect to the abutment portion 79 59, each claw member 87 is rotated downward to place the next product receiver 11 on the support guide portion 9. (2) The product receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the support guide portion 9 is inclined at a slight upward slope with respect to the direction in which the product receiver 11 is transferred.