KR102412008B1 - Chute for Sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a chute for an article sorter. The present invention relates to a base plate 11 provided with a support leg 12, and is installed on the base plate 11 and is dropped from the tray 5 of the article sorter (1). The storage unit 15 into which the transported goods P are introduced and the storage unit 15 are installed on the upper portion of the storage unit 15 so as to be adjacent to the goods sorter 1 and extend along the transport path direction of the goods sorter 1 It includes a first guide plate 20 and a second guide plate 30 having a side surface connected to the first guide plate 20 . The second guide plate 30 is formed to be inclined downwardly toward the storage unit 15 in a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter 1, and transports the goods P falling from the tray 5. Guide to the storage unit (15). In the present invention as described above, the transport P falling from the sorter transfer unit 2 naturally descends along the guide plate inclined surface of the chute 10 provided on one side of the sorter 1, so the transport P Even if it moves at a high speed, it can be safely moved to the storage unit 15 without a major collision with the chute 10 .

Description

Chute for Sorter

The present invention relates to a chute for a sorting machine, and more particularly, to a chute for a sorting machine that guides a dropping point of a transported object so that the transported object can fall safely.

Conveyor is a mechanical device that is installed in the production line of a factory or the warehouse of a freight forwarding company, such as courier, to automatically transport goods or parts in one direction by mechanical power to reduce manpower and improve work efficiency. . Such a conveyor device occupies a major role in the factory automation equipment line.

For example, conveyors are sometimes used to sort cargoes between destinations in the same area while unloading cargoes from the warehouse of a freight forwarding company so that the person in charge of each region can deliver them.

In general, cargos move along a conveyor belt in a state of being seated on a tray of a conveyor, and when the tray rotates, they fall off a movement path of the conveyor, and are finally introduced into a storage space to be transported or stored.

In this case, in the process of the cargo falling downward from the tray, the cargo may be damaged or may not be accurately dropped into the storage space, which may occur more easily as the moving speed of the conveyor increases.

In order to prevent this, in the related art, a guide plate was installed to be inclined on one side of the conveyor to prevent the cargo from deviated far from the storage space in the process of falling. However, such a guide plate can limit the fall path of the cargo so that the cargo moves into the storage space, but the cargo strongly collides with the guide plate and the cargo is damaged. There was a problem in that the space occupied by the guide plate increased because it was formed to be inclined.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1223151

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to safely move the transported goods that are sorted from the sorter and fall along the chute without a great impact.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the space occupied by a chute for guiding the goods that are sorted and dropped from the sorting machine.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention provides a base plate provided with a support leg, a storage unit installed on the base plate and into which transported goods falling from a tray of an article sorter are introduced; A first guide plate installed on the upper part of the storage unit to be adjacent to the article sorter and extending along the transport path direction of the article sorter, the side surface is connected to the first guide plate, and a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter Accordingly, it is formed to be inclined downward toward the storage unit and includes a second guide plate for guiding the transported material falling from the tray to the storage unit.

The second guide plate is inclined so as to increase in height as it moves away from one end connected to the first guide plate.

An angle (a) at which the second guide plate is inclined downward toward the storage unit in a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter is 20° to 30°, and one end of the second guide plate connected to the first guide plate The higher the distance from it, the higher the inclination angle (b) is 5° to 10°.

The second guide plate is formed to become wider as it goes downward toward the storage unit.

At least a portion of the first guide plate is inclined so that one end of the first guide plate extends to a position facing the one end of the tray rotated to drop the transported material.

A plurality of the second guide plates are installed to be adjacent to each other, and a predetermined transport path is formed between the second guide plates adjacent to each other.

A guide skirt is provided to protrude from the other end of the second guide plate corresponding to the opposite end of the one end connected to the first guide plate.

A coupling piece for coupling with an adjacent base plate is provided to protrude from the base plate.

In the article sorter suit according to the present invention as salvaged above, the following effects can be expected.

In the present invention, since the transported material falling from the sorter naturally descends along the guide plate slope of the chute provided on one side of the sorter, even if the transported transport moves at a high speed, it can be safely moved to the storage unit without a major impact with the chute. have.

In particular, in the present invention, the guide plate extends obliquely to be adjacent to the article sorter, is formed to be inclined downward along the movement path of the article sorter, and at the same time is formed to be inclined downward in the article sorter direction again. , the lowering of the transport can be made more stably.

And, in the present invention, a plurality of guide plates are installed side by side to form a kind of descending path between the adjacent guide plates, so that even if there is no sealed discharge structure such as a tunnel structure, the transported material can be stably descended without departing from a certain path. In addition, since it is not a closed structure, the operator can visually check the appearance of the transported material descending from the outside, thereby improving maintainability.

In addition, in the present invention, the guide plate of the chute is not installed in a direction away from the article sorter, but extends in a direction parallel to the movement path of the article sorter. .

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an article sorter device to which an embodiment of the article sorter chute according to the present invention is applied.
2 is a plan view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a side view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention;
4 to 6 are working state diagrams sequentially showing the process of descending the transported goods using the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the elements from other elements, and the essence, order, or order of the elements are not limited by the terms. When it is described that a component is "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but another component is between each component. It will be understood that may also be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

For convenience of explanation, first, the article sorter 1 is described. The article sorter transfer unit 2 constituting the article sorter rotates continuously and transports the transport P seated on the upper part along a predetermined path. , a plurality of trays 5 are installed on the upper portion of the transfer unit 2 of the sorting machine. The tray 5 is substantially composed of a flat plate structure as shown as a portion on which the transport P is seated. In the present embodiment, the article sorter 1 and the transfer unit 2 are composed of a conveyor belt, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the article sorter 1 may be a device for sorting articles in various ways.

The tray 5 can be rotated in either direction by the driving means 7 provided at the lower portion thereof. (2) and falls in the lateral direction. The driving means 7 may be implemented in various ways, such as a hydraulic cylinder or an electric motor.

The transport P, which is rotated and dropped by the tray 5, is guided in a predetermined direction by a chute 10 to be described below, and is stored in the storage unit 15 to be finally stored or transported.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the chute 10 forms a skeleton for supporting the lower portion of the chute 10 with a base plate 11 provided at the lower portion, and the base plate 11 is provided with a plurality of support legs 12 . The support leg 12 may be omitted or configured as a wheel structure for easy transport.

The base plate 11 is provided with coupling pieces 18 and 19 protruding for coupling with the adjacent base plate 11 . The coupling pieces 18 and 19 are provided at the front and rear of the base plate 11, respectively, so that a plurality of chutes 10 can be continuously connected to each other. And the coupling pieces 18 and 19 may be coupled by welding or fasteners. For reference, Figure 1 shows a state in which the two suits 10 are coupled to each other.

The base plate 11 is provided with a storage unit 15 . The storage unit 15 is a portion in which the lowered transport P is accommodated, and may be configured in plurality as shown in FIG. 1 , and the storage unit 15 may be shielded to have a box structure 16 . .

A side plate 13 is provided on the base plate 11 , and a first guide plate 20 and a second guide plate 30 are provided on the side plate 13 . The first guide plate 20 and the second guide plate 30 are coupled to each other to form a path for the transport P to descend. The first guide plate 20 and the second guide plate 30 are All of them have a thin plate-like structure and are preferably made of a metal material. Each of these will be described below.

First, the first guide plate 20 is installed adjacent to the article sorter transfer unit 2 and is in contact with the transport P falling before the second guide plate 30, and the storage unit 15 It is installed on the upper part of the product and extends along the transport path direction of the sorter (1).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 , at least a portion of the first guide plate 20 has an inclined introduction inclined portion 25 . The introduction inclined portion 25 is provided to be inclined on the first guide plate 20 so as to extend to a position facing one end of the tray 5 rotated to drop the transport P. The transport P can be naturally guided in the center direction of the second guide plate 30 (the arrow ① direction in FIG. 3 ) by the introduction inclined part 25 . In FIG. 3 , the inclined state of the introductory inclined unit 25 can be seen well.

A second guide plate 30 is connected to the first guide plate 20 . The second guide plate 30 is connected to the first guide plate 20 and naturally guides the transported material P descending along the first guide plate 20 in the direction of the storage unit 15, the One side is connected to the side of the first guide plate 20 and is formed to be inclined downward toward the storage unit 15 along a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter 1 .

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, one side of the second guide plate 30 is connected to the first guide plate 20, and the transport path of the article sorter 1 (direction of arrow A in FIG. 1) is shown. Accordingly, the height is gradually lowered, so that the lower end faces the storage unit 15 . Accordingly, the second guide plate 30 may guide the transport P falling from the tray 5 to the storage unit 15 . Reference numeral 31 denotes a main inclined portion of the second guide plate 30 .

As such, the second guide plate 30 is not installed in a direction away from the article sorter 1, but extends in a direction parallel to the movement path of the article sorter transfer unit 2, so that the space occupied by the chute 10 is relatively reduced. do.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3 , the second guide plate 30 is inclined so as to increase in height as it moves away from one end connected to the first guide plate 20 . Referring to FIG. 3 , the other end (right end) of the second guide plate 30 is formed higher than one end (left end) connected to the first guide plate 20 . That is, the second guide plate 30 is installed so as to be twisted about an imaginary axis of rotation extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the second guide plate 30 , and one end connected to the first guide plate 20 . The other end of the position relatively far from the first guide plate 20 is formed to be higher. Accordingly, the falling transport P may be guided in a direction (arrow ③ direction in FIG. 3 ) closer to the first guide plate 20 without departing in a direction away from the sorter transfer unit 2 .

At this time, the angle (a in FIG. 1) at which the second guide plate 30 is inclined downward toward the storage unit 15 in a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter 1 is 20° to 30°, , It is preferable that the inclination angle (b of FIG. 3) at which the height increases as the distance from one end of the second guide plate 30 connected to the first guide plate 20 is 5° to 10°. This is because an excessively abrupt inclination increases the descending speed of the transport P, and a gentle inclination at an angle less than a certain level reduces the descending velocity of the transport P, so an appropriate angle setting is required. For reference, in this embodiment, the angle a is 25°, and the angle b is 8°.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the second guide plate 30 is preferably formed to become wider as it goes downward toward the storage unit 15 . This has a force in the direction away from the sorter transfer unit 2 due to inertia when the transport P is falling, that is, in the direction outward of the second guide plate 30, so by naturally widening the width in that direction. This is to allow the transport P to descend naturally and stably without colliding with or leaving the guide skirt 37 of the second guide plate 30 with a strong force. Reference numeral 36 denotes an extended inclined portion in which the width of the lower end of the second guide plate 30 is widened.

At this time, the guide skirt 37 is provided at the other end of the second guide plate 30 corresponding to the opposite end of the one end connected to the first guide plate 20 in the longitudinal direction of the first guide plate 20 . It extends along and protrudes upward. Due to this structure, the guide skirt 37 serves to prevent the transport P from being separated from the second guide plate 30 .

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 1 , a plurality of the second guide plates 30 are installed to be adjacent to each other, so that a predetermined transport path is formed between the second guide plates 30 adjacent to each other. That is, the transport P is lowered between the adjacent second guide plates 30. Therefore, even if there is no sealed discharge structure such as a tunnel structure, the transport P can be stably descended without departing from a certain path. have. In addition, since it is not a sealed structure, the operator can visually check the state of the transport P descending from the outside, so that it is possible to immediately check whether there is an abnormality.

A connection inclined part 35 is provided at an upper portion of the second guide plate 30 . As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the connecting inclined portion 35 is formed to protrude to be biased toward the first guide plate 20 , and the introduction inclined portion 25 of the first guide plate 20 and It corresponds to a portion protruding in the direction of the introduction inclined portion 25 so that the upper portion of the second guide plate 30 can be connected. Accordingly, the first guide plate 20 and the second guide plate 30 have a descending path of the transport P leading to the introduction slope 25 , the connection slope 35 , and the main slope 31 . By being formed as a continuous inclined surface, the lowering of the transport material P can be made more stably.

Hereinafter, a process in which a transported material descends through a chute for an article sorter according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the transport P moves along the tray 5 of the sorter transfer unit 2, and when the transport P passes a point to be dropped during the movement, the tray 5 rotates and the transport P ) is dropped to the outside of the sorter transfer unit (2). A state in which the tray 5 is rotated in this way is shown in FIG. 4 .

In this case, the transported material P slides down from the tray 5 and passes through the introduction slope 25 of the first guide plate 20 in the descending process. The transport P moves along the inclination portion 25 toward the center of the second guide plate 30 , that is, in the direction of the main slope 31 , and moves downward along the slope of the main slope 31 . (in the direction of the arrow ② in FIG. 3). Such a state is shown in FIG. 5 .

At this time, since the inclined surface of the main inclined part 31 is inclined downward along the direction parallel to the transport direction of the transport P, any A strong collision with one side is prevented, and it can be guided naturally downward.

In addition, the transport P has an inertial force in the direction away from the tray 5, that is, in the right direction with reference to FIG. 3 , and in order to attenuate this, the second guide plate 30 is the first guide plate 20 ) is formed to be inclined so that the height increases as the distance from one end connected to it increases, thereby offsetting this.

In addition, the second guide plate 30 is provided with an extended inclined portion 36 so that the inertia force in the direction away from the tray 5 in the process of sliding the transport P in the direction of the extended inclined portion 36 is generated. is reduced and the departure of the transport P is prevented. Of course, the departure of the transport material P may be prevented by the guide skirt 37 .

Finally, as shown in FIG. 6 , the transported goods P are accommodated by falling into the storage unit 15 provided under the second guide plate 30 . And, such a process is made continuously. In the present invention, a kind of descending path is formed between the guide plates adjacent to each other, so that even if there is no closed discharge structure such as a tunnel structure, the transport P does not deviate from a certain path and is stably can descend

In the above, even though it has been described that all components constituting the embodiment according to the present invention operate in combination or combined into one, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all the components may operate by selectively combining one or more. In addition, terms such as "comprises", "comprises" or "have" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent, unless otherwise specified, excluding other components. Rather, it should be construed as being able to further include other components. All terms, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as those defined in the dictionary, should be interpreted as being consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art, and are not interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: Sorter 2: Transfer unit
5: Tray 10: Suit
11: base plate 15: storage
20: first guide plate 25: introduction inclined part
30: second guide plate 31: main inclined part
35: connected inclined portion 37: guide skirt

Claims (8)

A base plate provided with support legs, and
a storage part installed on the base plate and into which the transported goods falling from the tray of the article sorter are introduced;
a first guide plate installed between the base plate and the storage unit so as to be adjacent to the article sorter and extending along a transfer path direction of the article sorter;
A second guide plate having a side surface connected to the first guide plate and inclined downward toward the storage unit in a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter to guide the transported material falling from the tray to the storage unit. become,
A guide skirt is provided at the other end of the second guide plate corresponding to the opposite end of one end of the second guide plate connected to the first guide plate,
The transport path formed between the introductory slope of the first guide plate and the guide skirt extends in a direction away from the tray with the same width,
On one side of the distal end of the second guide plate, an extended inclined portion is formed in which the width of the transport path is extended in a direction away from the tray laterally by the guide skirt,
The other end of the second guide plate is bent at the introduction slope and extends in a direction parallel to the transfer path of the sorter.
[2] The suit for sorting article according to claim 1, wherein the second guide plate is inclined to increase in height as it goes away from one end connected to the first guide plate.
According to claim 2, wherein the second guide plate is inclined downward toward the storage unit in a direction parallel to the transport path of the article sorter (a) is 20 ° ~ 30 °, the second guide plate is the second guide plate 1 A suit for sorting goods, characterized in that the inclination angle (b), which increases in height as it goes away from one end connected to the guide plate, is 5° to 10°.
The chute according to claim 1, wherein the second guide plate is formed to become wider as it goes downward toward the storage unit.
The sorter according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first guide plate is inclined so that one end of the first guide plate extends to a position facing the one end of the tray rotated to drop the transported goods. suit.
[6] The chute according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the second guide plates are installed to be adjacent to each other, and a predetermined transport path is formed between the adjacent second guide plates. .
delete [2] The chute according to claim 1, wherein a coupling piece for coupling with an adjacent base plate protrudes from the base plate.

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