KR100702220B1 - Conveyor system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a conveyor apparatus. Conveyor device of the present invention, the frame; A roller conveyor installed on the upper surface of the frame to convey the introduced article; A turntable which is lifted from the lowered position between the respective conveying rollers of the roller conveyor to the upper protruding position and lifts the article upwardly at the protruding position; Lifting means for lifting and lowering the turntable between the lowered position and the protruding position; And a rotating means for rotating the turntable raised to the protruding position so that the turntable can rotate the article on the upper surface at a predetermined angle. The lifting means includes: guide rails installed vertically of the frame; A lifting plate capable of lifting and lowering along the guide rails while supporting the turntable; And a lift cylinder for elevating the elevating plate, and the rotating means includes a rotating shaft rotatably installed on the elevating plate while supporting the turntable, and a driving motor for rotating each of the rotating shafts. According to this invention, it is possible to lift the article upward while moving it slowly, then rotate it at an angle of 180 ° or 90 °, lower the conveyed article back and transport it, and thus rotate the article automatically. In particular, the automatic rotation of the article saves the user from having to manually return the article manually.

Description

Conveyor Device {CONVEYOR SYSTEM}

1 is a front sectional view showing a configuration of a conveyor apparatus according to the present invention;

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1;

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

5 is an operation diagram showing an operation example of the turntable lifting means constituting the conveyor apparatus of the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: frame 20: conveyor

22: feed roller 22A: feed side feed roller group

22B: Discharge-side feed roller group 22C: Intermediate-side feed roller group

24: Rolling wheel 25: Drive motor

26: power transmission shaft 27: first chain mechanism

28: second chain mechanism 30: first chain wheel

32: second chain wheel 34: first chain

36: 2nd Chain 40: Turntable

50: guide rail 52: elevating plate

54: lift cylinder 60: first chain wheel

62: second chain wheel 64: chain

70: rotation axis 72: drive motor

74: chain mechanism

The present invention relates to a conveyor apparatus, and more particularly to a conveyor apparatus that can be automatically rotated while transporting the article.

The conveyor apparatus is a device for continuously conveying an article, and is mainly composed of a belt conveyor and a roller conveyor. The belt conveyor has a configuration for conveying an article placed on the upper surface of the belt to a desired place by circulating an annular belt. And the roller conveyor has a structure which conveys the goods mounted on the upper surface of the rollers to the desired place by driving the several rollers arranged in a line.

By the way, the conventional conveyor apparatus is configured only to transport the article in one direction, when it is necessary to rotate the article at a predetermined angle, for example, to convey the article while rotating to distinguish the front and back direction of the article If necessary, or when receiving a stack of sheets such as corrugated cardboard from the conveyor and stacking the bundles alternately at 180 ° or 90 ° angles, the worker must manually rotate the items of the conveyor unit manually. There was a hassle.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above disadvantages, the object of the present invention is to provide a conveyor device configured to automatically rotate while transporting the article.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a conveyor device that can reduce the hassle of having to manually turn the article by the operator by rotating the article automatically.

The present invention to achieve this object, the frame; A roller conveyor installed on the upper surface of the frame to convey the introduced article; A turntable which rises from a lowered position between the respective conveying rollers of the roller conveyor to a protruding position at an upper part thereof and lifts the article upwardly at the protruding position; Lifting means for lifting and lowering the turntable between the lowering position and the protruding position; And the rotating means for rotating the turntable raised to the protruding position so that the turntable rotates the article on the upper surface at a predetermined angle.

Preferably, the lifting means, the guide rail is installed vertically of the frame; A lifting plate capable of lifting and lowering along the guide rails while supporting the turntable; And a lift cylinder for elevating the elevating plate.

The rotating means may include a rotating shaft rotatably installed on the elevating plate while supporting the turntable, and a driving motor for rotating the rotating shaft.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the conveyor apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 4, the conveyor apparatus of the present invention includes a frame 10, and a conveyor 20 is installed on an upper surface of the frame 10. The conveyor 20 is a roller conveyor 20 for transferring the introduced article, and has a plurality of transfer rollers 22 rotatably installed on the upper surface of the frame 10.

Here, the plurality of feed rollers 22 are installed to be divided into several groups 22A, 22B, 22C, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein each group of feed rollers 22 ) 22A, 22B and 22C are arranged at predetermined intervals in the front, rear, left and right directions. Hereinafter, among the groups 22A, 22B and 22C of the conveying rollers 22, the group 22A of the conveying roller 22 provided at the introduction side of the article H is referred to as "introduction side." The group 22B of the conveying roller 22 installed in the discharging side of the article H is called "conveying roller group" 22A, and is called the "discharge-side conveying roller group" 22B, and is conveyed by an introduction side. The group 22C of the feed rollers 22 between the roller group 22A and the discharge side feed roller group 22B will be arbitrarily referred to as " intermediate side feed roller group " 22C.

And the roller conveyor 20 is equipped with the drive means for driving the several conveyance rollers 22. As shown in FIG. The driving means includes a plurality of roll wheels 24 rotatably installed on the frame 10 so as to be in contact with the underside of each feed roller 22, and a drive motor for rotating the plurality of roll wheels 24. 25).

In particular, the roll wheels 24 are disposed below the feed rollers 22, and are arranged between the feed rollers 22, so that one roll wheel 24 is in contact with the two feed rollers 22. It is composed. Since the rolling wheel 24 is in frictional contact with the feed roller 22, the rolling wheel 24 directly serves to roll the feed rollers 22. Here, the roll wheel 24 is installed on both sides of the frame 10 to roll both sides of the feed roller 22.

On the other hand, the rolling wheels 24 and the drive motor 25 are connected to each other by a power transmission means, the power transmission means is a power transmission shaft (installed in the frame 10 as shown in Figs. 26, the first chain mechanism 27 for connecting the power transmission shaft 26 and the drive motor 25, and the second chain mechanism for connecting the power transmission shaft 26 and one of the rolling wheels 24. (28) and interlocking means for transmitting the power of one of the rolling wheels 24 to another adjacent rolling wheel 24 to rotate.

In particular, the interlocking means is the first chain wheel 30 and the second chain wheel 32 which are integrally installed on the shaft 24a of the rolling wheel 24 and the first chain of two adjacent rolling wheels 24. The first chain 34 alternately winding the wheel 30 and the first chain wheel 30, and the second chain wheel of two adjacent rolling wheels 24 not connected by the first chain 34. (32) and the second chain 36 is wound around the second chain wheel (32).

This power transmission means rotates each of the rolling wheels 24 by transmitting the power of the driving motor 25 to each of the rolling wheels 24, thus causing the rolling wheels 24 to be the upper surface of the rolling wheels 24. It is possible to transfer the article (H) supported in the one direction.

Again, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the conveyor apparatus of the present invention includes a turntable 40 accommodated in an accommodating portion 23 formed between the feed roller 22 groups 22A, 22B, and 22C. It is provided. The turntable 40 is a horizontal beam 42 and the vertical beam 44 is combined in a lattice shape, the horizontal beam 42 and the vertical beam 44 is a group of transport rollers 22 (22A, 22B, 22C) It is configured to be accommodated in the receiving portion 23 between them.

The turntable 40 is accommodated between each of the conveying rollers 22, and is provided to be capable of lifting up and down between the upper protruding position ("X") and the lower lowering position ("Y"). In particular, the upper protrusion position ("X") is configured to protrude more than the upper surface of the feed rollers 22, the lower lower position ("Y") in the receiving portion 23 between the feed rollers 22 Configured to be accommodated.

On the other hand, the turntable 40 is moved up and down by the lifting means. The elevating means includes four guide rails 50 installed vertically of the frame 10, elevating plates 52 capable of elevating movement along the guide rails 50 while supporting the turntable 40, and elevating plates. It consists of the lift cylinder 54 which raises and lowers 52.

Particularly, the lift cylinder 54 is a pneumatic cylinder, which lifts and lowers the lifting plate 52 while expanding and contracting by compressed air entering and exiting, thereby protruding the turntable 40 supported by the lifting plate 52 upward. Raise and lower at the position ("X") and the lower position ("Y").

According to the elevating means, as the elevating plate 52 is lifted by the lift cylinder 54, the turntable 40 supported by the elevating plate 52 is moved upwardly (X) and downwardly lowered. Exercise between ("Y"). Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the turntable 40 allows the article H to be conveyed along the conveying roller 22 to be lifted upward or the lifted article H to be conveyed again to the conveying roller 22. Allow them to be placed on the top of the field.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the lift cylinder 54 is configured to elevate only one portion of the elevating plate 52. Accordingly, the present invention provides a driving force of the lift cylinder 54. It further includes a lift cylinder power transmission means for transmitting to the other side of the elevating plate 52 to simultaneously elevate the other side of the elevating plate 52.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lift cylinder power transmission means includes a first chain wheel 60 installed at one portion of the elevating plate 52 so that the lift cylinder 54 can be simultaneously raised as the lift cylinder 54 extends, and the first The second chain wheel 62 and the first chain wheel 60 and the second chain wheel 62, which are installed on the other side of the elevating plate 52 so as to be opposite to the chain wheel 60, One end is fixed to the bottom surface portion 10a of the frame 10 while being wound around the first chain wheel 60, and the other end is wound on the top surface portion of the frame 10 while being wound around the second chain wheel 62. It is composed of a chain 64 fixed to 10b).

This lift cylinder power transmission means, as shown in Figure 5, when the lift cylinder 54 is extended to raise one portion of the elevating plate 52, the first chain wheel 60 also raises the chain 64 Pull upwards. Then, the pulled chain 64 causes the second chain wheel 62 to pull upward, thereby raising the other side of the elevating plate 52. As a result, the driving force of the lift cylinder 54 is transmitted to the other part through the first chain wheel 60, the chain 64 and the second chain wheel 62, and thus, the one side of the elevating plate 52 The other part can rise and fall at the same time.

On the other hand, such a lift cylinder power transmission means, a pair is provided on the left and right of the turntable 40, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the driving force of the lift cylinder 54 is configured to be simultaneously transmitted to the four corners of the turntable 40.

1 and 4 and 5, the conveyor apparatus of the present invention may rotate the turntable 40 by 180 ° so that the items H lifted upwards can be rotated by 180 ° or 90 °. It is provided with a rotating means for rotating movement at an angle of 90 °.

The rotating means includes a rotating shaft 70 rotatably installed on the elevating plate 52 while supporting the turntable 40, and a driving motor 72 for rotating the rotating shaft 70. In particular, the drive motor 72 is connected to the rotary shaft 70 by a chain mechanism (74).

This rotation means serves to invert the article H supported on the upper surface by 180 degrees or 90 degrees by rotating the turntable 40 by 180 degrees or 90 degrees. Here, when the operation of the rotating means is completed, the turntable 40 is lowered from the protruding position ("X") to the lowering position ("Y") by the elevating means, and thus the article H supported on the turntable 40. ) Is supported on the upper surface of the feed roller 22 and moves to the discharge side.

Conveyor device of the present invention as described above, the lifting the introduced article (H) by lifting upwards, then rotating it at an angle of 180 ° or 90 °, and transported the rotated article (H) lower down again Let's do it. Therefore, the article (H) can be automatically rotated, thereby reducing the need for the operator to manually return the article manually.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and may be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. For example, although the roller conveyor was used as a conveyor for conveying an article in this invention, a belt conveyor can also be used as needed.

As described above, the conveyor apparatus according to the present invention lifts the article upwards while slowly moving the article, and then rotates it at an angle of 180 ° or 90 °, lowers the rotated article back to the lower portion, and thus conveys the article. It can rotate automatically. In particular, the automatic rotation of the article saves the user from having to manually return the article manually.

Claims (5)

delete A frame 10; A roller conveyor 20 installed on the upper surface of the frame 10 so as to transfer the introduced article; A turntable 40 which is lifted from the lowered position between the respective conveying rollers 22 of the roller conveyor 20 to the upper protruding position and lifts the article upwardly at the protruding position; Lifting means for lifting and lowering the turntable 40 between the lowering position and the protruding position; In the conveyor apparatus comprising a rotating means for rotating the turntable 40 raised to the protruding position so that the turntable 40 can rotate the article on the upper surface at a predetermined angle, The lifting means, Guide rails 50 installed perpendicular to the frame 10; An elevating plate 52 capable of elevating movement along the guide rail 50 while supporting the turntable 40; Conveyor device, characterized in that it comprises a lift cylinder (54) for elevating the elevating plate (52). The method of claim 2, The lift cylinder 54 lifts one part of the lifting plate 52, and the other part of the lifting plate is lifted by receiving the driving force of the lift cylinder 54 by a power transmission means. The power transmission means includes: a first chain wheel (60) installed at one portion of the elevating plate (52) so that the lift cylinder (54) can be simultaneously raised as it is extended; A second chain wheel (62) installed at the other side of the elevating plate (52) so as to be opposite to the first chain wheel (60); The first chain wheel 60 and the second chain wheel 62 are intersected with hooks, one end of which is fixed to the bottom surface of the frame 10 in a state wound around the first chain wheel 60, And the other end of the chain (64) fixed to the upper surface of the frame (10) in the state wound around the second chain wheel (62). The method of claim 2, The rotating means, A conveyor including a rotating shaft 70 rotatably installed on the elevating plate 52 in a state in which the turntable 40 is supported, and a driving motor 72 for rotating each of the rotating shafts 70. Device. The method of claim 4, wherein The drive motor 72, Conveyor device, characterized in that for each rotation of the turntable 40 at any one of 180 ° or 90 ° angle.

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