JPS6411529B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a component alignment device in a vibratory conveyor.

Figures 1A and 1B show examples of pipe fittings used for seamless pipes, which are made of iron and have a diameter of approximately
Both are cylindrical in shape, measuring 150mm and approximately 200mm in height. The pipe fitting m shown in FIG. 1A has a thread cut on its inner circumferential surface, and the pipe fitting m shown in FIG. 1B has a thread cut on its outer circumferential surface. For example, if such parts need to be supplied one by one in an upright position to a pipe manufacturing process, it may be possible to do it by hand, but it is quite heavy and requires heavy labor, which is inefficient. It is also possible to use a robot to perform this, but this would be insufficient to supply the material after it has been moved a predetermined distance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is capable of automatically and efficiently supplying particularly large cylindrical parts, as shown in Figures 1A and 1B, one by one in an upright position to the next process. The object of the present invention is to provide a component alignment device in a vibrating conveyor that can be used.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, this object includes: a parts guide section disposed on the upstream transfer surface of the trough so as to be inclined from one side wall to the other side wall of the trough; a side wall forming section connected to the trough and disposed on the transfer surface on the downstream side of the trough so as to extend along the component transfer direction to the discharge end of the trough; a gate device disposed close to a discharge end of a single-row component transfer path formed by a side wall, and the gate device includes a pair of gate devices movable left and right relative to the component transfer direction of the trough. A large number of cylindrical parts, which are made up of a gate plate and are fed upright on the transfer surface on the upstream side of the trough, are guided by the part guide part and guided in a line to the single-row part transfer path, so that the cylindrical parts are During the closing operation of the pair of gate plates of the gate device, which are driven at a predetermined timing determined by the transfer speed and the size of the part, the edges of the pair of gate plates are moved in half in the direction of transfer of the cylindrical part. This is achieved by a component aligning device in a vibrating conveyor, characterized in that the upright cylindrical components are fed one by one by abutting the circumferential surfaces of the components and pushing them outward.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the above object is achieved by:
a parts guide part inclined from one side wall of the trough to the other side wall on the upstream transfer surface of the trough; and a parts guide part connected to the part guide part on the downstream transfer surface of the trough. a side wall forming part disposed so as to extend to the discharge end of the trough along the parts transfer direction, and this side wall forming part and the other side wall of the trough form a single row parts transfer path. and at least a boundary portion between the other side wall of the trough and the flat transfer surface of the trough corresponding to a narrowing upstream region adjacent to a boundary region between the component guide portion and the side wall forming portion. The cylindrical parts are rounded according to the size of the cylindrical parts to be transferred, and the large number of cylindrical parts supplied upright on the transfer surface on the upstream side of the trough are closed in the narrowing upstream area. This is achieved by a component aligning device for a vibrating conveyor, characterized in that the components are guided by the component guide portion and guided to the single-row component transfer path in a single row without any interference.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A vibrating conveyor equipped with a component alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The parts shown in FIG. 1 or 2 are applied to the parts to be supplied.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, the entire vibrating conveyor is indicated by 1, and its trough 2 has a substantially U-shaped cross section and is moved in the direction shown by arrow A (at a vibration angle of about 30 degrees) by a drive mechanism described below. It is vibrated at a frequency of 470 to 570 times/minute and a stroke of 9 to 18 mm.

The trough 2 is coupled to a counterweight 3 disposed below it by a plurality of plate-like coupling members 5 and a coil spring 7 so as to be able to vibrate relatively.
These are supported on the base 4 by the central rubber bush 5a of the coupling member 5 via the support column 6. The coupling member 5 is connected to the trough 2 and the counterweight 3 via its upper rubber bushing 5b and lower rubber bushing 5c, and the coil spring 7 has a diameter of about 30 mm.
It is arranged at an angle of inclination of 100 degrees.

Electric motors 8 are fixed on the base 4 on both sides of the counterweight 3, and the driving forces of these rotating shafts are transmitted to pulleys 10 via belts 9, respectively. A crank mechanism 11 is connected to the central axis of the pulley 10, and a connecting rod of this mechanism 11 is connected to the trough 2 via a rubber plate assembly 12 and a mounting plate 13. The rubber plate assembly 12 is composed of a pair of rubber plates 12a, 12b, and these rubber plates 12a, 12b reduce the impact force when the electric motor 8 is started.

Due to the drive mechanism described above, the trough 2 and the counterweight 3 vibrate in the same direction with a predetermined amplitude with a phase difference of 180 degrees, and as is known, almost no vibration is transmitted onto the base 4. The entire vibratory conveyor 1 is tilted downward by approximately 1 to 2 degrees with respect to the transport direction of the parts by means of a tilting block 14 interposed between the base 4 and the floor.

The trough 2 vibrates as shown by arrow A, and the parts on its transfer surface 2s are subjected to a transfer force to the left in FIG. Ru. That is, a component sweeping device 15, a component guide device 16, a supply path width adjusting device 17, and a gate device 18 are arranged in order from the upstream side, and according to this embodiment, a component change gate is further provided opposite the component guide device 16. A device 19 is provided. The details of these devices 16, 17, 18, and 19 will be explained in sequence below.

4 to 6 show details of the parts sweeping device 15, and this device 15 mainly consists of a sweeping gate 23,
A roller 29 is attached to one end of the gate 23 via a mounting frame 30, a movable body 32 is attached to the other end of the gate 23 via a mounting arm 31,
It consists of a wire cylinder 36 for driving this movable body 32 via wires 39a and 39b. The trough 2 is lined with a stainless steel sheet 20 for wear resistance, as shown in FIG.
The sweep gate 23 is slid on the pedestal 25 in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. Possibly supported. In other words, the roller 29 is connected to the frame 2 fixed to the base 4.
The movable body 32 is rotatably received by a guide groove 28 formed along the longitudinal direction of the trough 2 at the upper end of the framework 25a on the right side of the trough 2 (in the direction of transporting parts; the same applies hereinafter). is slidably supported on a rail 33 formed along the longitudinal direction of the trough 2 on an angle member 34 fixed to the frame 25b on the left side of the pedestal 25. wire cylinder 36
As shown in FIG. 5, one end is fixed to the frame 25, and the other end is fixed to the support column 35. Post 35
is a mount 25 and a mount 26 for a component guide device, which will be described later.
It is fixed to an angle member 34 that connects the two. The driving force of the wire cylinder 36 is the roller 37,
38 is applied to the movable body 32 via wires 39a and 39b wound around the wires 39a and 39b. That is, one wire 3
When the wire 9a is pulled, the movable body 32 moves to the left as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5, and when the other wire 39b is pulled, the movable body 32 moves to the right as shown by the arrow. A protection plate 24 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the front surface of the sweep gate 23, and this prevents damage to the parts due to direct collision between the parts and the gate 23. Further, the trough 2 is reinforced with ribs 21 and 22 at various parts, and the gate 23 is also reinforced with ribs 23b.

The component guide device 16 is attached to frames 26 and 27 fixed to the base 4, and mainly includes a guide gate 42, a motor cylinder 41 that drives the gate 42 up and down, and a pair of guide rods 43 that guide the up and down movement of the guide gate 42. , 44. The guide gate 42 is inclined toward one side wall of the trough 2, as shown in FIGS. The transfer surface of No. 2 is divided into two regions 2A and 2B, and a protection plate 80 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the region 2A side of the gate 42. This prevents parts from directly colliding with the gate 42 and causing damage.

The motor cylinder 41 is fixed to a mounting member 40 that bridges the frames 26 and 27, and its output shaft 4
The lower end of 1a is pivotally connected to a guide gate 42, as shown in FIG. Guide rods 43 and 44 are arranged on both sides of the motor cylinder 41, their lower end portions are fixed to the guide gate 42 via mounting members 50 and 51, respectively, and their upper end portions are fixed to the mounts 26 and 27, respectively. Sleeves 45 and 46 fixed to the upper part of the sleeve are slidably inserted therethrough. The lower ends of these guide rods 43 and 44 pass through holes 2d and 2e formed in the transfer surface of the trough 2, as shown in FIG.
Framework 26 below trough 2 at 6,27
Support blocks 48, 49 fixed to a, 27a
The wedge-shaped holes 48a and 49a are engaged with each other. The guide gate 42 is guided by the guide rods 43 and 44 by the motor cylinder 41 to move up and down, and in FIG. 10, its lower position is shown by a solid line, and its upper position is shown by a dashed line. A predetermined distance is provided between the lower edge 42a of the guide gate 42 and the transfer surface of the trough 2 in the lower position.

Although the component guide device 16 is constructed as described above, details of the component change gate device 19 disposed opposite to this device 16 will be described next.

The parts change gate device 19 is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
Mainly the air cylinder 52 as shown in the figure.
and a gate plate 54 driven thereby. The air cylinder 52 is fixed to the frame 27, and its output rod 53 is inserted through the hole 2b in the side wall of the trough 2, and its tip is attached to the gate plate 5.
The front end portion of No. 4 is pivotally attached. The rear end of the gate plate 54 is fixed to a mounting member 55 which is pivoted to a pin 56a of a support member 56 fixed to the pedestal 26 and passes through a hole 2c in the side wall of the trough 2. When changing the type of parts to be supplied to the next process, the guide gate 42 of the parts guide device 16 is moved to the upper position by the motor cylinder 41, and then the gate plate 54 of the parts change gate device 19 is moved by the drive of the air cylinder 52. The pin 56a can be rotated to the position shown by the dashed line in FIG. 9 using the pin 56a as a fulcrum.
As a result, the remaining parts on the upstream side of the gate plate 54 are guided to the region 2B side of the transfer surface of the trough 2 by the guiding action of the gate plate 54, but the remaining parts on the upstream side of the trough 2
A partition plate 57 is planted on the transfer surface of the gate plate 57 so as to be substantially aligned with the gate plate 54 in the rotational position shown by the dashed line. The remaining parts are therefore guided by the rear partition plate 57 of the gate plate 54 into a chute 58, which is clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 7. Shoot 58
is fixed to a pedestal 60.

Next, details of the supply path width adjusting device 17 disposed at the most downstream side of the trough 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

The supply path width adjusting device 17 mainly includes a motor cylinder 59, a side wall member 69 that is driven left and right in FIGS. It consists of a pair of guide rods 62 and 63 that guide the movement of the rod. The motor cylinder 59 is fixed to a pedestal 60 via a bracket 61, and both ends of guide rods 62, 63 are fixed to the pedestal 60 and extend parallel to the motor cylinder 59. A pair of sleeves 64 and 65 are slidably fitted to the guide rods 62 and 63, respectively, and the above-mentioned mounting members 67 and 68 are fixed to these sleeves 64 and 65, and are fixed to the other side wall member 69. There is. Drive shaft 5 of motor cylinder 59
9a connects the mounting members 67 and 68 via the connecting member 66.
is combined with With this assembly configuration, a predetermined distance is maintained between the lower edge 69a of the side wall member 69 and the transfer surface of the trough 2, as shown in FIG.
The side wall member 69 and one side wall of the trough 2 form a supply path F through which parts are transferred in a single line. A protective plate 70 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the side wall member 69.

Next, details of the supply gate device 18 disposed close to the discharge end of the component supply path F formed by one side wall of the trough 2 and the side wall member 69 will be explained with particular reference to FIG. do.

The supply gate device 18 mainly includes a pair of gate plates 71 and 72, a pair of air cylinders 73 and 75 for periodically driving these gate plates in opposite directions and opposite directions, and a pair of air cylinders 73 and 75 that guide the movement of the gate plates 71 and 72. It consists of guide rods 74 and 76. Edge portions 71a and 72b are formed at the upper end portions of opposing edges of the gate plates 71 and 72, and are inclined downward at a slight angle in opposing directions.
These edge portions 71a and 72b are further inclined in opposite directions with respect to the direction of transport of the component, as shown in FIG. That is, the surfaces of the gate plates 71 and 72 on the downstream side in the component transfer direction are inclined surfaces. It is assumed that these edges 71a and 72b are rounded so as not to damage the parts.

The air cylinders 73, 75 are attached to the pedestal 61, and these drive rods 73a, 75a
The distal ends of the gate plates 71 and 72 are pivotally connected to gate plates 71 and 72, and the gate plates 71 and 72 are fixed to a pair of sleeves that are slidably fitted to guide rods 74 and 76, respectively. Although FIG. 8 shows a state in which the gate plates 71 and 72 are open, according to this embodiment, the gate plates 71 and 72 are opened in this way every 5 seconds, and one component is sent to the next process. When supplied, the air cylinders 73 and 75 are driven again in the direction of the arrow to take the closed position. The timing at which the gate plates 71 and 72 are driven (every 5 seconds in this embodiment) is determined by the transport speed of the parts and the size of the parts. In this closed position, the gate plates 71 and 72 may be in close contact with each other, or may be separated by a small predetermined gap. The guide rods 74, 76 are fixed at both ends to the pedestal 60 so as to be parallel to each other. According to this embodiment, the component supply path F formed by one side wall of the trough 2 and the side wall member 69
The demagnetizer 77 is positioned directly above the pedestal 60.
Fixed. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the boundary between the transfer surface and the side wall of the trough 2, that is, the stainless steel plate 20 lined therein, is rounded to match the size of the parts to be processed. In the case of this embodiment, the width of the trough 2 is approximately 1200 mm,
The height of the side wall is approximately 250mm, whereas
50mmR radius processing has been applied.

Although the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above,
This action, effect, etc. will be explained below.

First, when using the vibrating conveyor 1 of this embodiment, the width of the supply path F is adjusted by the supply path width adjusting device 17 according to the diameters of the parts m to be aligned. That is, in FIG. 7, the motor cylinder 59 is driven, and as a result, the side wall member 69 moves from the left to the right along the guide rods 62, 63 according to the rotational direction of the motor, from the position shown by the dashed line to the position shown by the solid line. It is assumed that the position has been moved and adjusted. Note that the width of the supply path F does not need to be strictly adjusted to the diameter of the component m, and may be any width that allows transport in a single row. Therefore, even when parts of various diameters are handled, it is not necessary to adjust the width of the supply path F each time for each diameter. Further, in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the side wall member 69 has been adjusted to the position shown by the two-dot chain line.

Also, a parts sweeping device 15, a parts guide device 16,
It is assumed that the parts change gate device 19 is located at the position indicated by the solid line in FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively.

When the electric motor 8 of the drive section is powered on in the above state, the trough 2 vibrates at a predetermined amplitude and frequency as shown by arrow A in FIG. As shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, a lifting electromagnet L is suspended from a crane (not shown) so that it can reciprocate in the direction of the arrow a and move up and down in the direction of the arrow b, and parts m to be aligned and supplied are placed elsewhere. A large number of parts m are suctioned from a pallet placed in the trough 2, and when they move in the direction a to just above the upstream end of the trough 2, they descend to a predetermined position and the many parts being suctioned. Let m leave. As shown in Fig. 2, the entire vibrating conveyor 1 is inclined downward by about 1 to 2 degrees in the transport direction, thereby minimizing the vibration acceleration to obtain the desired parts transport speed. Therefore, when part m is separated from the lifting electromagnet L, it collides with the transfer surface 2S of the trough 2, but it does not fall down and maintains the upright position when it is attracted, and is stably transferred to the transfer surface 2 of the trough 2.
Supplied on S. In FIG. 3, a large number of parts m are shown immediately after being supplied, and these parts m are transferred to the left by the vibration force of the trough 2.

The part m is guided to the narrow supply path F by the guiding action of the guide gate 42, but the supply path F
Immediately before entering the trough 2, it is conceivable that a plurality of parts m compete with each other and become clogged in the narrowed transfer path portion P. However, according to this embodiment, the boundary portion between the transfer surface and the side wall portion of the trough 2 is filled with parts shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 11, the two parts m' press against each other, but the part m' on the right escapes to the rounded part R and is slightly tilted as shown by the arrow. By rotating in either direction as shown in , it either leads or follows the left part m′. If such a radius R is not applied, and if the small radius or side wall and the transfer surface intersect at almost a right angle, as in a normal trough, both parts m' will be jammed at the part shown in the figure. This would obstruct the movement of parts m on the upstream side. However, according to this embodiment, since the radius processing is sufficiently large to match the size of the part m, each part m smoothly flows into the supply path F without causing the parts to become clogged near the entrance to the supply path F. I am guided. Note that such a large rounding R is not necessarily necessary when the part m is supplied to the transfer surface of the trough 2 in a sufficiently rough state.

In this embodiment, the component m is attracted by the lifting electromagnet L and supplied to the trough 2, so it has a residual magnetism, but it is demagnetized in the supply path F by receiving alternating magnetism from the demagnetizer 77 above. When each part m stands upright in a single row and reaches the discharge end of the supply path F, it is stopped once by the supply gate device 18. According to this embodiment, the gate plates 71 and 72 are moved to the eighth gate every 5 seconds.
It is opened as shown in the figure. As a result, the leading part m passes between both gates 71 and 72 and is supplied to the next process. Even if not shown, the parts M are placed in a parts receiver for the next process that is close to and opposite to the discharge end of the supply path F and has a parts receiving surface that is approximately at the same level as the transfer surface of the supply path F or at a slightly lower level. is supplied, but at this time, before the component m is completely transferred to the receiving surface of the component receiver, the gate plates 71 and 72 move in opposite directions, but their slanted edge portions 71a and 7
2b, the lower end of the cylindrical component m on the downstream side in the transport direction is slightly lifted and the upright cylindrical component is transferred to the receiving surface of the component receiver in a slightly slanted state. Therefore, when the transferred component m is supplied to the component receiving surface and suddenly stops, the component will not fall forward and sideways due to inertial force with respect to the direction in which it has been transferred. Furthermore, the above effect is more effective as the center of gravity of the component is higher relative to the transport surface. Moreover, the edges of the gate plates 71 and 72, that is, the edge portion 7
Since the contact area between 1a and 72a and the peripheral surface of component m is small, the frictional force at the contact point can be minimized,
Furthermore, an air cylinder 7 for driving the gate plates 71 and 72
3.75 load can also be reduced. Therefore, it is stably maintained in an upright position and transferred to the component receiver. Furthermore, the edge portions 71a, 72a of the gate plates 71, 72
As clearly shown in FIG. 7, the gate plates 71 and 72 have surfaces inclined in opposite directions with respect to the transport direction of the part m. The surface receives the feeding action to the parts receiver. Therefore, even if the gate plates 71 and 72 are moved to close before the component m is completely removed from the supply path F of the trough 2, the component m is reliably transferred to the component receiver in an upright state. In other words, the efficiency of supplying parts m can be improved. Note that the component receiver (not shown) may move to receive the next component m after the component m is supplied, or may move to receive the next component m.
Further, another component receiver may be provided at a position opposite to the supply path F. When 5 seconds have elapsed after the previous supply of part m, the gate plates 71 and 72 are opened again, and part m is supplied to the next process in an upright state as described above.

According to this embodiment, parts m are periodically supplied to the trough 2 by the lifting electromagnet L, but before this supply, the parts sweeping device 15 is first driven. That is, when the wire sill 36 is driven in FIG. 3, the movable body 32 moves to the left in FIG. As a result, the sweep gate 23 also moves to the left, and at this time, the parts m remaining in the upstream end region of the trough 2 are swept downstream by the sweep gate 23. After the sweep gate 23 moves to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, it moves to the right by driving the wire cylinder 36 in the opposite direction and returns to the position shown by the solid line. That is, it reciprocates as shown by arrow C. After this, the lifting electromagnet L descends and removes the many parts m that are attracted to the trough 2.
supply to.

As described above, the parts m are supplied to the next process one by one in an upright state from the vibrating conveyor 1, but if it is desired to switch to supplying a different type of part although it is cylindrical, first the part guide device 16 is driven. That is, by driving the motor cylinder 41, the guide gate 42 moves to 2 in FIGS. 2 and 10.
It is raised to the position shown by the dot-dashed line and the one-dot chain line, and at this upper position, the motor M is braked and held. Next, the air cylinder 52 in the parts change gate device 19 is driven, and the gate plate 5
4 is rotated to the position shown by the dashed line in FIG. As a result, the remaining parts m on the upstream side of the gate plate 54 on the trough 2 are removed from the gate plate 54 and the partition wall 5.
7 and is transferred to the outside through a chute 58.

When all the remaining parts m in the trough 2 have been discharged to the outside (all the parts m remaining on the downstream side of the gate plate 54 have been supplied to the next process during this time), the gate plate 54 is removed by the air cylinder 52. The guide gate 42 is moved back again to the position shown by the solid line, and then the motor cylinder 41 of the component guide device 16 is driven to return the guide gate 42 to the lower position.
Next, the next type of component is supplied to the trough 2 by the lifting electromagnet L and is subjected to the same effect as described above. Note that before the next type of component is supplied to the trough 2, the width of the supply path F is adjusted by the supply path width adjustment device 17 if necessary.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is of course not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

For example, in the embodiments described above, a so-called balanced eccentric drive mechanism was used to drive the trough 2, but other types of drive mechanisms may be used.

Also, wire cylinders are used to drive various devices.
Although an air cylinder, a motor cylinder, etc. have been used, various drive mechanisms are applicable without being limited to these.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the component guide portion is formed not only by the guide gate 42 but also by the upstream bent end portion 69a of the side wall member 69 of the supply path width adjusting device 17 as shown in FIG. , this bent end portion 69a may be separated from the side wall member 69 and integrated with the guide gate 42.

As described above, according to the component alignment device for the vibrating conveyor of the present invention, cylindrical components can be efficiently supplied one by one to the next process in an upright state.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1A and 1B are perspective views showing examples of pipe joints as parts applied to the embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a side view of a vibrating conveyor equipped with a parts alignment device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the parts sweeping device portion of the conveyor, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of the same portion.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged rear view of the same part, Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan view of the supply path width adjustment device part of the conveyor,
Fig. 8 is an enlarged front view of the same part and the gate device part, Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of the parts guide device part and part change gate device part in the same conveyor, and Fig. 10 is taken along the line X--X in Fig. 9. A sectional view taken in the direction of arrows and FIG. 11 are enlarged plan views showing the boundary between the supply path width adjusting device portion and the component guide device portion together with the components for explaining the operation of this embodiment. In the figure, 1... vibrating conveyor, 2...
Trough, 2S...transfer surface, 16...component guide device, 17...supply path width adjustment device, 18...supply gate device, 20...stainless steel sheet, 42...
Guide gate, 69... Side wall member, 71, 72...
...Gate plate, 71a, 72b...Edge part, 7
3,75...Cylinder.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A component guide section disposed on the upstream transfer surface of the trough so as to be inclined from one side wall to the other side wall of the trough, and a component guide section connected to the component guide section that is connected to the trough. a side wall forming part disposed on a downstream transfer surface of the trough so as to extend along the parts transfer direction to the discharge end of the trough, and the side wall forming part and the other side wall of the trough. a gate device disposed close to the discharge end of the single-row component transfer path;
The gate device is comprised of a pair of gate plates that are relatively movable left and right with respect to the component transfer direction of the trough, and is capable of handling a large number of cylindrical components supplied upright on a transfer surface on the upstream side of the trough. a pair of gates of the gate device that are guided by the component guide section and guided in one line to the single-row component transfer path and driven at a predetermined timing determined by the transfer speed of the cylindrical component and the size of the component; During the closing operation of the plates, the edges of the pair of gate plates are brought into contact with the circumferential surfaces belonging to the rear half in the transport direction of the cylindrical part and pushed outward to supply one upright cylindrical part. A component alignment device for a vibrating conveyor, characterized in that: 2. The component alignment device for a vibrating conveyor according to item 1, wherein upper end portions of opposing edges of the pair of gate plates are edge portions that slope downward in opposite directions. 3. The component alignment device for a vibrating conveyor according to item 2, wherein the edge portion is an inclined surface formed by slanting a downstream surface of the gate plate in the component transfer direction. 4. A parts guide part inclined from one side wall of the trough to the other side wall on the upstream transfer surface of the trough, and a part guide part connected to the part guide part and a downstream transfer surface of the trough. a side wall forming part disposed on the top so as to extend to the discharge end of the trough along the parts transport direction, and the side wall forming part and the other side wall of the trough form a single row parts transport path. forming a boundary portion between the other side wall of the trough and the flat transfer surface of the trough, corresponding to an upstream region that narrows in proximity to at least a boundary region between the component guide portion and the side wall forming portion; The cylindrical parts are rounded according to the size of the cylindrical parts to be transferred, and the large number of cylindrical parts supplied upright on the transfer surface on the upstream side of the trough are closed in the narrowing upstream area. 1. A device for aligning components in a vibrating conveyor, characterized in that the components are guided by the component guide portion and guided to the single-row component transfer path in a single row.