JP2004106792A - Conveyance device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveyance device which prevents generation of gap between a cart and a cart due to slippage of the cart placed on a conveyance conveyor. <P>SOLUTION: In a conveyance device 1, guide rails 21, 22 changing the height of guide surface with a inclined part 25, are provided on a conveyance conveyor 10 consisting of a drive roller 12 and a driven roller 13. A connecting device 40 with an engaging member 42 in back and forth, is clipped and conveyed between carts 51, 52 placed on the conveyance conveyor 10. The carts 51, 52 in front and rear is connected with the connecting device 40 by the engaging member 42 between the start point and the end point of the conveyance conveyor 10 by the guide rails 21, 22, and the connection can be released at the start point and the end point. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a transport device that transports an automobile body or the like mounted on a truck, and more particularly to a transport device that links and transports a truck that can be transported on a transport conveyor in which drive rollers and a plurality of driven rollers are arranged.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In an automobile assembly line, a slat conveyor with a substantially flat upper surface is used so that a worker can mount various parts on the car body while the car body is being conveyed. Etc. are adopted.
As shown schematically in FIG. 8, the slat conveyor 80 connects the left and right ends of a slat plate 84 having a substantially flat upper surface to the chains 81, 81 on the left and right sides in the transport direction, and connects the chains 81, 81 to the front and rear of the assembly line. One of the sprockets 82 is connected to a drive motor 83 to move the chains 81, 81, and thus the slat plate 84 in the transport direction (the direction of the arrow (a)). It is inverted by a sprocket 82 and moved in the direction of arrow (b) to circulate endlessly.
[0003]
Then, the factory floor 90 is dug down to a required depth to form a pit 91, and the slat conveyor 80 is stored in the pit 91 so that the upper surface of the slat plate 84 is substantially flush with the factory floor surface 90. I have.
The trolley 500 on which the vehicle body B is mounted is placed on the slat conveyor 80, and the vehicle body B is sequentially transported to the next process. During the transport, an operator attaches parts to the vehicle body B. .
[0004]
By the way, in the slat conveyor 80, as apparent from FIG. 8, the sprocket 82 has a large diameter in order to invert the slat plate 84 with the sprocket 82, and the height of the entire apparatus is increased. In this case, the factory floor 90 must be dug deeply over the entire length of the assembly line, and a large-scale construction is required. Therefore, the installation cost is expensive and a long time is required, and it is not easy to move / add / extend the line.
[0005]
Therefore, as an easy installation work, a driving device, a driving roller rotated by the driving device, a plurality of driven rollers arranged in parallel with the driving roller, and between the adjacent driving roller and the driven roller, A plurality of carts capable of placing an object to be transported on a conveyor provided with a belt wound around driven rollers and having the belt driven to rotate the driven roller by the driving device via the driving roller. There is no transfer device that is arranged and transferred in series, and a vehicle body as an object to be transferred is mounted on the carriage and transferred.
That is, as shown in the side view of FIG. 9 and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 10, the transport conveyer 10 is composed of left and right frames 11, 11 in which C-shaped channels are combined at required intervals so that the bottom faces each other. Rollers 12 and 13 having a railroad wheel-shaped cross section are disposed in the gaps between the left and right frames 11 and 11 at the same position in the front-rear direction with the flanges of the wheels outside. One is connected to a driving device 15 to form a driving roller 12, and the roller adjacent to the driving roller 12 is connected to a belt 14 to form a driven roller 13 rotated by the driving roller 12. The matching rollers are connected by a belt 14 to form a driven roller 13 which is rotated by the preceding driven roller 13. In the illustrated example, these rollers 12, 13 are arranged in five rows. It is obtained by constituting the conveyor 10 of the one-machine rotation combination of over La 12,13 as 4.
A required number of the conveyors 10 are arranged in series to form a conveyor of an assembly line, and the left and right frame portions 513 of the truck 500 on which the vehicle body B is mounted are mounted on the rollers 12 and 13. The carriage 500 is transported in the transport direction by the rotation of the rollers 12 and 13.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the cart is placed on the rollers of the conveyor as described above, the contact point between the rollers and the cart becomes point contact in a side view (line contact in a front view), and the cart easily slips on the rollers, and When multiple carts are placed so that the carts come into contact with each other, a gap occurs between the carts and the carts, and workers are trapped in these gaps, objects fall, and the carts collide with each other and become smooth. There have been problems such as not being transported.
For this reason, it was necessary to connect the carriages and transport the carriages.
[0007]
Then, in order to solve such a subject, an object of the present invention is to provide a conveyance device which can prevent generation of a gap between trolleys due to sliding of trolleys placed on a conveyance conveyor.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The transport device according to claim 1 according to the present invention, a driving device, a driving roller rotated by the driving device, a plurality of driven rollers disposed in parallel with the driving roller, and the adjacent driving roller An object to be conveyed can be placed on a conveyor provided with a belt wound between driven rollers and between driven rollers, and a belt configured to rotate the driven roller by the driving device via the driving roller. A transport device for transporting a plurality of trolleys in series, comprising a connecting device for connecting adjacent trolleys.
Therefore, the adjacent front and rear trolleys are connected by the connecting device, so that no gap is generated between the trolleys and the safe transport device can be provided.
[0009]
Further, the transfer device according to claim 2 according to the present invention is a connecting device inputting means for inputting the connecting device on a starting point of the transport conveyor, and the bogie while feeding the bogie to a starting point of the transport conveyer. And pushing the connecting device immediately before via the connecting device, a bogie immediately before the connecting device, and a bogie loading means for arranging the bogie immediately after the connecting device in a predetermined positional relationship. When the connecting device has passed a predetermined position near the starting point on the conveyor, the connecting device is operated, and the bogie immediately before the connecting device and the bogie immediately after the connecting device are connected by the connecting device. When the connecting device has passed a predetermined position near the end point on the conveyor, the connecting device is operated, and the connecting device connects the bogie immediately before the connecting device to the bogie immediately after the connecting device. Connection device to be released Characterized in that it comprises an actuation means.
Therefore, since the front and rear bogies are brought into contact with the connecting device and then connected, the bogies can be securely connected.
[0010]
The transfer device according to claim 3, wherein the connecting device is provided with a base member mounted on the transfer conveyor, and an engagement position provided on the base member and engaging with the cart. And an engagement member movable to an engagement release position for releasing the engagement with the cart, wherein the connecting device operating means slides on the engagement member, and the engagement member is in the engagement position. And a guide rail for guiding to move to the disengagement position.
Therefore, the connection and disconnection of the bogie by the connecting device are automatically performed with the movement of the bogie by the weight of the engagement means and the guide rail, so that a dedicated operation source is not required and the structure can be simplified. it can.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, one embodiment of a transport device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The transport device according to the present embodiment is provided on an automobile assembly line.
Here, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a part of an assembly line to which the transfer device according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a connecting device inserted between the carts.
[0012]
(Constitution)
The configuration of the transport device according to the present embodiment will be described. The transport device 1 includes a plurality of trolleys 50 on which the vehicle body B can be loaded, a plurality of connecting devices 40 inserted between the trolleys 50 to connect the trolleys 50, and a transport for transporting the trolleys 50 and the connecting device 40. Conveyor 10, connecting device operating means 20 for controlling connection / disconnection of cart 50 and connecting device 40, cart loading device 30 for putting cart 50 in and out of transport conveyor 10, and connecting device 40 on transport conveyor 10. It is provided with a connecting device loading means (not shown, such as a robot) for taking in and out.
The conveyor 10 basically has the same configuration as that described in the related art, and is configured by arranging a plurality of units in series as shown in FIG.
[0013]
That is, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, the transport conveyor 10 combines an L-shaped cross-sectional frame 111 arranged in a sleeper and a C-shaped cross-section channel with a required separation so that the bottom faces each other. Frames 11, 11 arranged at the left and right ends of the horizontal frame 111 in parallel with the transport direction, a driving roller 12, a driven roller 13 rotatably disposed in a gap between the frames 11, 11, and a driving roller 12, A belt 14 connects the rollers 13 to transmit a driving force, and a driving device 15 drives the driving roller 12 via the belt 14.
In the frame 11, rollers 12, 13 having a railway wheel-shaped cross section in the gap of the channel having a C-shaped cross section are rotatably disposed at the same position in the front-rear direction with the wheel flanges on the outside. The driving roller 12 is connected to the driving roller 12, and the roller 13 adjacent to the driving roller 12 is connected to the driving roller 12 by a belt 14 to form a driven roller 13 rotated by the driving roller 12. It is configured as a driven roller 13 connected by a belt 14 and rotated by the driven roller 13.
[0014]
The coupling device actuating means 20 is a guide rail having an inverted L-shaped cross section mounted on the horizontal frame 111 at substantially the center of the left and right frames 11, 11. , A front guide rail 21 disposed on the left side for guiding the front engagement member 42, its guide surface 23, and a rear guide rail disposed on the right side for guiding the rear engagement member 42 22 and a guide surface 24 thereof, and are laid over substantially the entire length of the transport device 1.
The guide surfaces 23 and 24 of the guide rails 21 and 22 are located at positions where the front and rear engagement members 42 can maintain the engagement state with the front and rear carriages 50 between the start point and the end point of the conveyor 10. The engaging member 42 has a height at which the engaging member 42 pivots upward. At the start point and the end point, the engaging member 42 is moved downward to a position where the front and rear engaging members 42 do not engage with the front and rear bogies 50. An inclined portion 25 is provided near the start point and the end point of the conveyor 10 so as to have a height at which the conveyor 25 rotates. Details of the inclined portion 25 will be described later.
[0015]
As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 and FIG. 7, the carriage loading means 30 is provided near the start point and the end point of the conveyor 10 and is parallel to the transport direction between the front horizontal frame 111 and the rear horizontal frame 111. Angles 36, 36 having an L-shaped cross-section, which are disposed so as to face the back with a required interval left and right, and attached to the lower surfaces of the angles 36, 36 so that the openings having the U-shaped cross-section face each other. Rails 37, 37, a pusher 33 having a roller 331 movable in a cross section of the rails 37, 37, a cylinder 31 for moving the pusher 33 in the front-rear direction, and a rod connecting the cylinder 31 and the pusher 33 32.
The pusher 33 has an inverted T-shape when viewed from the side. A total of four rollers 331 are attached in the front-rear direction at the lower part of the pusher 33, and the upper protruding part protrudes from the upper end of the angle 36. The engagement claw 332 that can abut the rear end of the storage arm 416 provided in the above is always urged in the direction in which it is erected and is supported so as to be able to fall.
The cylinder 31 is attached to the lower surface of the angle 36 via a bracket 311.
[0016]
Next, the bogie 50 is basically the same as the conventional bogie 500. In particular, the front and rear frames of the bogie 50 are formed so that the engaging members 42 provided on the connecting device 40 described later can be engaged. Therefore, the description is omitted.
[0017]
Next, as shown in the plan view of FIG. 2 and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3, the coupling device 40 is formed in a rectangular shape on all sides by a square pipe frame, and an upper plate is attached to the upper surface thereof. And the like, and an engaging member 42 rotatably supported on the lower surfaces of the front and rear frames.
The base member 41 includes a front horizontal frame 411 on the front side in the transport direction and perpendicular to the transport direction, a rear horizontal frame 412 on the rear side, and left and right ends connecting the left and right ends of the front horizontal frame 411 and the rear horizontal frame 412 in the front-rear direction. A frame is constituted by the frames 413 and 413, and an upper plate 414 is adhered to the upper surface of the frame by welding, and a rear surface of the upper plate 414 between the front horizontal frame 411 and the rear horizontal frame 412 has a left and right space. The reinforcement members 418 and 418 of the L-shaped channel are attached, and a reinforcement member 419 of a square pipe is attached at the center portion. And J-shaped arms 416, 416 are provided to protrude forward, and similarly, inverted J-shaped arms 417, 417 are provided to protrude rearward from the lower surface of the rear horizontal frame 412.
These arms 416 and 417 are used when the connecting device 40 is replaced on the transport conveyor 10 or on the return rail by a connecting device loading device (robot or the like) (not shown) at the start point or the end point of the transport conveyor 10. Is a storage arm for securing a space when the hand grips the front horizontal frame 411 and the rear horizontal frame 412.
[0018]
The engagement member 42 is attached to substantially the center of the lower surface of the front horizontal frame 411 and the rear horizontal frame 412 in a point-symmetric manner with respect to the center point of the connecting device 40 in plan view.
First, on the lower surface of the front horizontal frame 411, a hook arm 421 is rotatably mounted on a support shaft 422 provided on a bracket 4191 attached to the lower surface of the central reinforcing member 419 so that a hook portion 4212 described later faces forward. It is supported by.
The hook arm 421 has a U-shaped cross section that opens upward, and has an L-shape in side view including an upper arm portion 4211 and a hook portion 4212 with an L-shaped corner interposed therebetween. The inside of the L-shaped corner of the arm part 4211 and the hook part 4212 forms an engaging corner part 4223 in a shape capable of engaging with the rear frame 512 of the front bogie 51, and the tip of the hook part 4212 is outward. It is expanded in a C-shape to facilitate engagement with the front bogie 51.
Further, a roller shaft 424 is attached to the L-shaped corner by protruding leftward in a plan view, and the roller 423 is rotatably supported on the protruded portion so that the outer diameter comes out from the outside of the L-shaped corner. I have.
A shaft hole through which the above-mentioned support shaft 422 is inserted is provided at an upper portion of the arm portion 4211, and a rotation of a required angle when the hook arm 421 rotates downward around the support shaft 422 is provided at an upper end thereof. A stopper 4224 is provided so that the end of the arm 4211 abuts on the lower surface of the bracket 4191 so as to stop at the moving position.
[0019]
Similarly, on the lower surface of the rear horizontal frame 412, a hook arm 421 is rotatably mounted on a support shaft 422 provided on a bracket 4191 attached to the lower surface of the central reinforcing member 419 so that a hook portion 4212 described later faces rearward. It is supported by.
The hook arm 421 has a U-shaped cross section that opens upward, and has an L-shape in side view including an upper arm portion 4211 and a hook portion 4212 with an L-shaped corner interposed therebetween. The inside of the L-shaped corner of the arm 4211 and the hook 4212 forms an engagement corner 4223 in a shape engageable with the front frame 521 of the rear bogie 52, and the tip of the hook 4212 faces outward. It is expanded in a C-shape to facilitate engagement with the rear bogie 52.
A roller shaft 424 is attached to the L-shaped corner so as to protrude rightward, and the roller 423 is rotatably supported at the protruded portion so that the outer diameter comes out from the outside of the L-shaped corner.
A shaft hole through which the above-mentioned support shaft 422 is inserted is provided at an upper portion of the arm portion 4211, and a rotation of a required angle when the hook arm 421 rotates downward around the support shaft 422 is provided at an upper end thereof. A stopper 4224 is provided so that the end of the arm 4211 abuts on the lower surface of the bracket 4191 so as to stop at the moving position.
[0020]
(Action)
Next, the operation of the transport device 1 will be described, particularly focusing on the operation of engaging and disengaging the carriage 50 and the coupling device 40.
When the cart 50 and the connecting device 40 are placed on the conveyor 10, the left and right frames 313, 313 of the cart 50 and the left and right frames 413, 413 of the connecting device 40 ride on the left and right rollers 12, 13. And 13, the carriage 50 and the coupling device 40 are transported in the transport direction.
First, the operation of engaging / disengaging the connecting device 40 and the carriage 50 by the engaging member 42 will be described with reference to FIG. The guide surfaces 23 and 24 of the guide rails 21 and 22 as the coupling device operating means 20 are arranged such that the front and rear engaging members 42 and 42 engage with the front and rear carts 51 and 52 between the start point and the end point of the conveyor 10. At the position where the state can be maintained, the front and rear engaging members 42 and 42 have a height to rotate upward, so that the roller 423 is located on the guide surface 23 as shown in the front portion in the transport direction in FIG. To rotate the engaging member 42 upward with the support shaft 422 as the center of rotation, and the engaging corner 4223 of the hook arm 421 comes into contact with the rear frame 512 of the front bogie 51, and The rear part and the front part of the connecting device 40 are connected.
[0021]
On the other hand, the guide surfaces 23 and 24 of the guide rails 21 and 22 are located at positions where the front and rear engaging members 42 do not engage with the front and rear carriages 51 and 52 near the start point and the end point of the conveyor 10. Since the joining member 42 is set at a height at which the joining member 42 rotates downward, the roller 423 is positioned at a position lower than the guide surface 24 between the start point and the end point, as shown by the rear portion in the transport direction in FIG. Rolling on the surface 24, the engagement member 42 is rotated downward about the support shaft 422 as a rotation center, and the hook portion 4212 of the hook arm 421 is separated downward from the front frame 521 of the rear vehicle 52 and the rear vehicle. The front part of 52 and the rear part of the coupling device 40 are not engaged.
When the rear bogie 52 and the coupling device 40 advance in the transport direction in the disengaged state shown in the example on the rear side, the engagement member 42 gradually moves while the roller 423 rolls the inclined portion 25 of the guide surface 24. And the front part of the rear bogie 52 and the rear part of the coupling device 40 are engaged.
As described above, the engagement / disengagement of the front and rear bogies 51, 52 and the coupling device 40 is selected according to the height of the guide surfaces 23, 24 of the guide rails 21, 22, and the timing of the engagement / disengagement is determined by the guide rail 21, 22 is set by the position of the inclined portion 25.
[0022]
That is, in FIG. 6, at the starting point of the conveyor 10, both inclined portions 25 provided on the guide surface 23 of the front guide rail 21 shown by the dotted line and the guide surface 24 of the rear guide rail 22 shown by the solid line. The inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 23 of the front guide rail 21 across the starting point of the conveyor 10 is slightly inclined toward the conveying direction from the starting point, and the inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 24 of the rear guide rail 22. Reference numeral 25 denotes a position before the start point, which is set at a position corresponding to the timing described below.
At the starting point of the conveyor 10, where the front bogie 51 is already mounted on the conveyor 10, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), it is first returned on the return rail and waits near the starting point. The connecting device 40 is transferred to a rail (not shown) having the same height as the conveyor 10 by a connecting device input means (robot or the like) not shown in the drawing and stands by just before the starting point of the conveyor 10. .
Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, a rear bogie 52 is dropped on the same rail from a drop lifter or the like further in front of the connecting device 40 placed on the rail. At this time, the front bogie 51 and the connecting device 40 and the connecting device 40 and the rear bogie 52 have not yet contacted each other. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6C, the rear bogie 52 is pushed forward by the bogie loading means (fast-forward device) 30, comes into contact with the rear part of the coupling device 40, and pushes the coupling device 40 forward.
[0023]
Then, the connecting device 40 and the rear bogie 52 are further advanced, and the front end of the connecting device 40 contacts the rear portion of the front bogie 51 as shown in FIG. This contact position is set as a starting point.
When the front bogie 51, the connecting device 40, and the rear bogie 52 move further forward, as shown in FIG. 6E, the engaging member 42 provided at the front of the connecting device 40 Is guided by the inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 23 of the front bogie 51, and gradually rotates upward to engage with the rear frame 512 of the rear portion of the front bogie 51 and at the same time engage with the rear portion of the coupling device 40. The joining member 42 is guided by the inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 24 of the rear guide rail 22 and gradually rotates upward to engage with the front frame 521 at the front of the rear bogie 52. The front bogie 51, the connecting device 40, and the rear bogie 52 are connected.
As shown in FIG. 6F, the front bogie 51, the connecting device 40, and the rear bogie 52 are conveyed forward by the driving force of the conveyer 10 in a connected state, and the rear end of the rear bogie 52 is a starting point. Pass through.
Thereafter, at the starting point of the transport conveyor 10, the operations from FIG. 6A to FIG. 6F are repeated again.
In this way, the front bogie 51, the connecting device 40, and the rear bogie 52 are connected, conveyed on the conveyor 10, and reach the end point of the conveyor 10.
[0024]
At the end point of the conveyor 10, the inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 24 of the rear guide rail 22 is set at a position before the end point of the conveyor 10, and provided on the guide surface 23 of the front guide rail 21. The inclined portion 25 is set at a position away from the end point of the conveyor 10 in the forward direction in the transport direction.
As shown in FIG. 6G, in a state where the front bogie 51, the connecting device 40, and the rear bogie 52 are connected, when the rear portion of the connecting device 40 approaches the end point of the transport conveyor 10, the engaging member 42 at the rear portion is used. Is guided by the inclined portion 25 of the rear guide surface 24, rotates downward by its own weight, and the connection between the connecting device 40 and the rear bogie 52 is released.
Thereafter, in a state where only the front bogie 51 and the connecting device 40 are connected, the vehicle is pushed forward by the rear bogie 52 as it is, and the storage arms 416 and 417 provided before and after the connecting device 40 are engaged with the bogie loading means 30. The user reaches the installation position of the carriage loading means 30 while tilting the dowel 332.
Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the engaging claw 332 provided on the pusher 33 of the bogie loading means 30 is engaged with the storage arm 417 at the rear of the connecting device 40, and the rod 32 is extended by the operation of the cylinder 31. The connecting device 40 is pressed forward.
[0025]
As a result, when the front bogie 51 and the connecting device 40 are connected to each other and move forward, the front engaging member 42 of the connecting device 40 reaches the inclined portion 25 provided on the guide surface 23 of the front guide rail 21. As shown in FIG. 6H, the front engaging member 42 of the connecting device 40 is guided by the guide surface 23 of the front guide rail 21 from the state of engagement with the rear frame 512 of the front bogie 51, and its own weight. As a result, the hook arm 421 is disengaged from the rear frame 512 of the front bogie 51, and the connection between the front bogie 51 and the connecting device 40 is released.
Thereafter, the front bogie 51 is carried to the next step by a drop lifter or the like, and the connecting device 40 is placed on a return rail to the starting point of the conveyor 10 by a connecting device inputting means (robot or the like), and returns to the starting point. Also, the rear bogie 52 is pressed forward by the bogie loading means 30 via the rear connecting device 40, is mounted on the drop lifter, and is carried to the next step.
[0026]
As described above, the guide rails 21 and 22 in which the heights of the guide surfaces 23 and 24 are changed by the inclined portion 25 are provided on the conveyor 10 including the drive roller 12 and the driven roller 13, and the guide rails 21 and 22 are provided on the conveyor 10. Between the carriages 51 and 52 to be placed, the connecting device 40 provided with the engaging members 42 at the front and rear is transported therebetween, and the guide rails 21 and 22 provide the link between the starting point and the end point of the conveyor 10. Since the front and rear carriages 51 and 52 and the connecting device 40 are connected by the joining member 42 and the connection device can be released at the start point and the end point, the carriage 50 is transferred on the transfer conveyor 10. There is no gap between the trucks between the trucks, and it is possible to provide a safe transport device.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention relates to a driving device, a driving roller rotated by the driving device, a plurality of driven rollers arranged in parallel with the driving roller, and winding between the adjacent driving roller and driven roller and between driven rollers. A plurality of carts capable of placing objects to be conveyed in series are conveyed on a conveyor provided with a belt that is hung and a belt configured to rotate the driven roller by the driving device via the driving roller. The present invention provides an inexpensive transfer device that is safe and does not have a gap between the trolleys, and is easy to install, because the device is provided with a connecting device that connects the adjacent trolleys. Became possible.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a part of an assembly line to which a transfer device according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a coupling device applied to the transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
3A is a diagram illustrating a connecting device applied to a transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3A is along line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3B is along line BB in FIG. It is sectional drawing.
FIG. 4 is a rear cross-sectional view of the transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation of a hook of the connecting device applied to the transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating timing of engagement and disengagement of a carriage and a coupling device of the transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a side view of a carriage loading means applied to the transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view showing an assembly line using a conventional slat conveyor.
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a transport conveyor using a conventional roller.
FIG. 10 is a rear cross-sectional view of a transport conveyor using a conventional roller.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 transfer device
10 Conveyor conveyor
11 frames
12 Drive roller
13 driven roller
15 Drive
20 Connecting device operating means
21, 22 Guide rail
23, 24 Guide surface
25 Inclined part
30 cart loading means
40 Connecting device
41 Base member
42 engagement member
421 hook arm
423 rollers
50 bogies

Claims (3)

A driving device, a driving roller rotated by the driving device, a plurality of driven rollers arranged in parallel with the driving roller, and wound around between the adjacent driving roller and the driven roller and between the driven rollers, A transport device for arranging a plurality of carts capable of placing objects to be transported in series on a transport conveyor including a belt configured to rotate the driven roller by the driving device through a driving roller, and transporting the vehicles in series. ,
A transfer device comprising a connecting device for connecting adjacent trucks. The transport device according to claim 1,
A coupling device input unit that inputs the coupling device onto a starting point of the transport conveyor,
While loading the truck at the starting point of the conveyor, pushing the connecting device immediately before via the truck forward, the connecting device, the truck immediately before the connecting device, and the truck immediately after the connecting device. A cart loading means arranged so that a predetermined positional relationship is obtained,
When the connecting device has passed a predetermined position near the starting point on the conveyor, the connecting device is operated, and the bogie immediately before the connecting device and the bogie immediately after the connecting device are connected by the connecting device, When the connecting device has passed a predetermined position near the end point on the conveyor, the connecting device is operated, and the connecting device releases the connection between the truck immediately before the connecting device and the truck immediately after the connecting device. And a connecting device operating means. The transport device according to claim 2,
The coupling device is movable on a base member placed on the transport conveyor, an engagement position provided on the base member, and an engagement position for engaging the carriage and an engagement release position for releasing engagement with the carriage. The coupling device actuating means is a guide rail that slides on the engagement member and guides the engagement member to move to the engagement position and the disengagement position. A transfer device characterized by the above-mentioned.

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