JP2006016203A - Vertical conveyance machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vertical conveyance machine capable of reducing cost of facility and saving energy by dispensing with a driving source on a feed-in conveyor side installed at each story. <P>SOLUTION: This vertical conveyance machine is composed of a conveyance conveyor 2 elevating and lowering between the first story and the second story by an elevating mechanism, the feed-in conveyor installed at each story, and a pallet 4 for loading a load transferred between both conveyors. The conveyance conveyor 2 is composed of an operation mechanism 20 carrying the pallet 4 and reciprocating and operating in the horizontal direction by a motor 24 and an interlocking mechanism 30 composed of a block chain belt 31 whose front end is fixed to the pallet 4, whose rear end is connected with the operation mechanism 20, and which is bendable in only one direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vertical transfer machine capable of transferring a load between a lower floor and an upper floor.

Conventionally, as a vertical transfer machine capable of transporting cargo between the lower floor and the upper floor, the transport conveyor is moved up and down by an elevating mechanism between the lower floor, for example, the first floor and the upper floor, for example, the second floor. A configuration in which a package is delivered between the conveyor and an infeed conveyor installed on each floor is known.
JP-A-9-221209 JP-A-9-142864 Utility model registration No. 3089471

  By the way, the feeding conveyor installed on each floor in the vertical conveyor of the conventional configuration described above is driven by driving an endless belt extending in the traveling direction by a drive motor, similar to the conveyor, and by traveling the belt. Since it is a configuration for transporting a load, it requires a lot of motor drive, which increases the facility cost and has the inconvenience of having to control the drive of the feeding conveyor every time the load is transported. was there.

  In order to solve the inconveniences in the conventional configuration described above, the present invention is directed to a transport conveyor that moves up and down between the lower floor and the upper floor by a lifting mechanism, a feed conveyor installed on each floor, a transport conveyor, and a transport conveyor. A load carrying pallet that is delivered to and from the load conveyor, the conveyor conveys the pallet, and reciprocates horizontally by a motor drive, and the front end is fixed to the pallet, It is composed of an interlocking mechanism consisting of a block chain belt that can be bent in only one direction with its rear end connected to an operating mechanism, and is characterized by reciprocating the pallet between the transport conveyor and the feed conveyor It is.

  In the above, preferably, the pallet is composed of an upward U-shaped member having a horizontal flange portion bent outward at the upper edge, and the operating mechanism is in a left-right position with respect to the front-rear direction in which the pallet is transferred. The conveyor chain belts that respectively support the left and right flanges of the pallet are opposed to each other, and the interlocking mechanism extends in parallel with each of the conveyor chain belts and pivots the block chain belt. It is provided with a turn roller having the same axis as the chain wheel, and the feeding conveyor is provided with a pair of roller conveyors for supporting the pallet flanges in the left and right positions, and preferably conveys the block chain belt. It is formed in parallel with the inner position of the chain belt.

  As described above, the present invention has a structure in which the pallet for loading the cargo is transferred between the transport conveyor and the feed conveyor by the interlocking mechanism using the driving force on the transport conveyor side. It is possible to omit the motor drive source in the feed conveyor installed in the machine, which can reduce the cost of the facility, and also has energy saving effect, and it is not necessary to control the feed conveyor, so it is convenient to handle It has the advantage of being.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the conveying chain belt in the operating mechanism and the roller conveyor in the feed conveyor are opposed to the left and right positions, respectively, thereby supporting the collar portion of the pallet, A pallet formed in an upward U-shape is interposed between them so that it can be transported, so that the pallet receiving surface can be formed sufficiently low within the height of the transport chain belt, making it convenient for loading and unloading Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, there is an advantage that the entire lateral width space can be used effectively.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a general side view, and FIG. 2 is a front view in which the feeding conveyor is omitted in FIG. 1. In the present invention, the lifting mechanism 1 is used to connect the first floor floor F1 and the second floor floor F2. 6 and 7 for loading and loading, each of which has a longitudinal section formed in an upward U-shape as shown in FIGS. It comprises a pallet 4 and an infeed conveyor 5 that is installed on each floor and delivers the pallet 3 between the pallet 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the elevating mechanism 1 includes elevating rails 12 provided vertically along the inner surfaces of the left and right side walls of the frame 11 that extends upward through the first floor F1 and the second floor F2. The left and right side pieces of the carriage 13 formed in a gate shape are engaged with each other via a guide roller 14 so as to be able to run, and the top piece of the carriage 13 is connected from the ceiling of the frame 11 to the wire rope 15, the fixed pulley 16, and the movable pulley. The carriage 13 is lifted and lowered in the frame 11 along the lifting rail 12 by driving the fixed pulley 16 by a motor 19. The elevator 13 moves up and down while being held horizontally at the lower part of the carriage 13.

  The transport conveyor 2 includes an operation mechanism 20 that carries the pallet 4 and reciprocates it in the front-rear direction, and an interlocking mechanism 30 that connects the pallet 4 and the operation mechanism 20.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 4 to 7, the operating mechanism 20 allows the intervention of the pallet 4 and faces a pair of transport chain belts 21, 21 facing each other at the left and right positions with a space necessary for carrying the collar portion 41. The conveyor chain belts 21 and 21 are wound endlessly around the chain wheels 22 and 23 and are reciprocated in the front-rear direction by driving the motor 24.

  The interlock mechanism 30 includes a pair of left and right block chain belts 31 that are arranged in parallel inside the transport chain belt 21 and that can be bent in only one direction, and the front end thereof is the rear upper end of the pallet 4. A turn roller that is fixed to the lower surface of a horizontally long mounting bar 32 provided in the section and extends rearward and whose rear end is provided on the same axis 25 as the drive side chain wheel 23 when the operating mechanism 20 is inactive. After turning 33, the belt is fixed to the transport chain belts 21 and 21 via a horizontally long second mounting bar 34.

  As described above, the conveyor 2 composed of the operating mechanism 20 and the interlocking mechanism 30 is integrally assembled with the side frame frame 26 and is horizontally fixed to the lower portion of the carriage 13.

  Furthermore, as is apparent from FIG. 8, the feeding conveyor 5 allows the intervention of the pallet 4 and the upper longitudinal direction of the left and right side walls 51 facing each other at the left and right positions with a necessary interval for carrying the collar portion 41. A roller conveyor 53 having a large number of rollers 52 arranged along the sway, and the roller conveyor 53 is installed on the floor surface of each floor by a support leg 54.

  Next, the case where the package P is transported from the first floor floor F1 to the second floor floor F2 with the above configuration will be described in detail. That is, in the standby state before the load P is transported, the transport conveyor 2 is placed at the lowest position of the frame 11 which is the position facing the infeed conveyor 5 installed in the first floor floor F1, and As shown in FIG. 9, the block chain belt 31 in the interlocking mechanism 30 is turned by the turn roller 33 to be in an inoperative state with the shortest horizontal length, and the pallet 4 is sufficiently placed in the operating mechanism 20. It is carried by the transport chain belt 21 in a retracted state.

  When the load is transported from the first floor floor F1 to the second floor floor F2 by the transport conveyor 2 from this standby state, the motor 24 of the operating mechanism 20 is driven in one direction. Then, the transport chain belt 21 travels in the direction of the feed conveyor 5, that is, forward, and the pallet 4 carried on the transport chain belt 21 also moves in the direction of the feed conveyor 5.

  On the other hand, in the interlock mechanism 30, the block chain belt 31 whose rear end is fixed to the transport chain belt 21 via the mounting bar 34 rotates at the position of the turn roller 33 as the transport chain belt 21 travels, After the rear end of the block chain belt 31 passes the position of the turn roller 33, the block chain belt 31 extends in a straight line as shown in FIG.

  In the above, with the operation of the transport conveyor 2, the pallet 4 carried by the transport chain belt 21 needs to be transferred from the transport conveyor 2 to the roller conveyor 53 of the infeed conveyor 5 facing it. In the initial stage of the operation of the transport conveyor 2, most of the collar 41 of the pallet 4 is carried on the transport chain belt 21, so that the pallet 4 is transferred in the front direction following the operation of the transport conveyor 2. . That is, in the initial stage of the operation of the transport conveyor 2, a sufficient transfer force in the front direction with respect to the pallet 4 can be obtained. However, as the pallet 4 moves to the feed conveyor 5, the transfer force gradually decreases. 4 will be hindered.

  On the other hand, in the interlocking mechanism 30, at the initial stage of the operation of the transport conveyor 2, the block chain belt 31 stops turning around the turn roller 33 and no transfer force acts on the pallet 4, but the rear end of the block chain belt 31 is the turn roller. When the block chain belt 31 is stretched in a straight line after passing through 33, the block chain belt 31 becomes like a single rigid body in the longitudinal direction thereof. Therefore, the pallet 4 smoothly moves from the conveying chain belt 21 to the roller conveyor 53 (see FIG. 10) and sufficiently intervenes in the feeding conveyor 5.

  In this way, with the pallet 4 sufficiently shifted to the feeding belt 5 side, the load P is loaded directly on the pallet 4 through a cart, and then the transport chain belt 21 is moved by operating the control button. Drive to run in the rear direction opposite to the above. Then, contrary to the above, the pallet 4 is pulled by the block chain belt 31 of the interlock mechanism 30 and moved to the transport chain belt 21 while being pulled out from the feed conveyor 5, and the pallet 4 is sufficiently transferred to the transport conveyor 2. At the same time, the block chain belt 31 is wound around the turn roller 33 and restored to the state shown in FIG.

  In this way, when the block chain belt 31 rotates around the turn roller 33 and is restored, the driving of the conveyor 2 is stopped, and then the motor 19 is driven to raise the carriage 13 by the hoisting device 18, and the conveyor When 2 reaches the position facing the feeding conveyor 5 installed on the second floor floor F2, the driving of the motor 19 is stopped, and the motor 24 of the operating mechanism 20 is driven to travel forward on the conveying chain belt 21. To do.

  Then, as described above, the pallet 4 carried on the transport chain belt 21 is transferred to the roller conveyor 53 of the feed conveyor 5 and the transport conveyor is in a state where the pallet 4 is sufficiently transferred to the feed conveyor 5. 2 is stopped. Accordingly, in this state, the luggage P or the carriage loaded on the pallet 4 is pulled out to the second floor floor F2.

  In the above description, the state where the empty pallet 4 is carried by the transfer conveyor 2 is designated as the standby state for transferring the load. However, the load P is exclusively transferred from the first floor floor F1 to the second floor floor F2. In, of course, the state where the empty pallet 4 is carried by the roller conveyor 53 of the feeding conveyor 5 installed in the first floor floor F1 may be set to the standby state.

  Thus, according to the present invention, the loading pallet 4 is delivered between the transport conveyor 2 and the feed conveyor 5 by using the driving force on the transport conveyor 2 side. There is no need for a drive source for operating this on the infeed conveyor side, the length configuration is simple and the facility cost can be reduced, and there is also an energy saving effect. Since it is not necessary to control, it is convenient for handling.

  Overall side view   Overall front view with the feeding conveyor omitted   Enlarged side view of the main part   Enlarged front view of the main part   Enlarged plan view of the main part   Upper perspective view showing relationship between pallet, operation mechanism and interlocking mechanism   Lower perspective view showing relationship between pallet, operation mechanism and interlocking mechanism   Enlarged front view of the feed conveyor   Enlarged side view showing the turning state of the interlock mechanism   Enlarged side view showing the extended state of the interlocking mechanism

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lifting mechanism 2 Conveying conveyor 4 Pallet 5 Feeding conveyor 18 Lifting device 20 Actuating mechanism 21 Conveying chain belt 31 Block chain belt 32, 34 Mounting bar 33 Turn roller 41 Saddle 53 Roller conveyor

Claims (3)

It consists of a conveyor that moves up and down between the lower floor and the upper floor by an elevating mechanism, an infeed conveyor installed on each floor, and a pallet for loading cargo that is passed between the conveyor and the infeed conveyor. The transport conveyor carries a pallet and reciprocates horizontally by a motor drive, and a block chain that can be bent only in one direction with a front end fixed to the pallet and a rear end connected to the operation mechanism. A vertical conveying machine characterized in that the pallet is reciprocated between a conveying conveyor and an infeed conveyor, comprising an interlocking mechanism comprising a belt. The pallet is composed of an upward U-shaped member having a horizontal flange that is bent outward at the upper edge, and the operating mechanism is located at the left-right position of the pallet in the left-right position relative to the front-rear direction of moving the pallet. Conveying chain belts carrying the respective parts are opposed to each other, and the interlocking mechanism extends in parallel with each of the conveying chain belts, and is coaxial with the turning chain wheel of the conveying chain belt that turns the block chain belt. 2. The vertical transfer machine according to claim 1, further comprising a turn conveyor having a roller conveyor for carrying a pallet collar portion at each of left and right positions. The vertical conveying machine according to claim 2, wherein the block chain belt is formed in parallel with the inside of the conveying chain belt.

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