JP2613500B2 - Transfer device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a transport device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a chain conveyor (apron conveyor) to which wide slats are attached is arranged at an upward inclination so that articles conveyed in a plurality of rows are guided to a guide chute. Are provided with partition walls in accordance with the number of rows of the chain conveyor on the downstream side.
There is known a transport apparatus in which each runway is slid and a lower end thereof is supplied to a plurality of rows of chain conveyors. However, the plurality of rows of chain conveyors are also arranged at an upward inclination, and these feeders are provided. It is known that a large drop or a step is provided between an end and an upstream chain conveyor to reduce the length of the entire apparatus.

However, even if it is desired to convey articles in a single layer and a single row as much as possible to a plurality of rows of chain conveyors on the downstream side, the articles are supplied from each runway of the guide chute at a large supply speed. In such a chain conveyor, they are liable to be conveyed in an overlapping manner.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has been described in connection with a case where there is a large drop between the discharge end of the first conveying means and the supply end of the second conveying means. ,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a transport device capable of transporting articles supplied from a first transport unit in a single layer and a single row.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to be transported
A first conveying means for conveying objects in a plurality of rows, and a plurality of rows in parallel
A second transport unit having a transport path for performing the first transport
Between the discharge end of the means and the supply end of the second conveying means.
And the plurality of sheets conveyed by the first conveying means.
The objects to be conveyed in a row are distributed by the partition wall and the second conveying means
Has multiple runways for gliding towards the supply end
And a guide chute,
The second transport means is on one side with the transport direction of the first transport means.
And the partition wall is arranged to be offset toward the runway with respect to the runway.
And each runway is provided with the first transport means.
Supply from the discharge end of the transfer path of the second transfer means
End of the runway, the discharge end of each runway being closer to its supply end.
And the discharge end of each runway
The center lines of the parts are respectively at the respective supply ends of the second conveying means.
A transport device characterized by being aligned with the center line .

[0006]

The object transported in a plurality of rows by the first transporting means is provided.
The conveyed goods are transported to each runway by the guide chute partition walls.
Distributed and supplied to the respective transport paths of the second transport means.
It is. At this time, the second transporting means transports the first transporting means.
Since it is arranged so as to be deviated in one direction from the feeding direction, the first
Between the discharge end of the second conveying means and the supply end of the second conveying means
Each runway of the guide chute provided can take a long time
The sliding speed of the conveyed object sliding here is lower than before.
It will be cheap. Thereby, each transport path of the second transport means is
Transported objects in single layer and single row without excessive supply
Can be supplied.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a transfer device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described .
Referring to FIG surface described feeder scallop.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for supplying scallops according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a chain conveyor 14 for supplying scallops to the next step is used as a first conveying means.
The pedestal 13 is attached to the pedestal 13 by a suitable attachment means (not shown), and a partition plate 12 is provided at the rear of the pedestal 13. Thus, a storage portion V is formed, in which a large amount of scallops M are stored according to the present embodiment. It is stored at the lower end of the chain conveyor 14.
The details of the chain conveyor 14 are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and slats are connected between the drive wheel 15 and the driven wheel 18 and attached to the chains on both sides.
The driving wheel 15 is driven by a driving force of a pulley of a motor 16 via a chain 17. It is assumed that the motor 16 can be adjusted according to the required amount of the next process. Scallops M discharged from the chain conveyor 14 is guided by the guide chute 19 is supplied from here to the chain conveyor 21 for discharge as a second conveying means having a conveying path or transport path of the V-shape. The chain conveyor 21 is behind
As described above, an element having a V-shaped cross section is connected between the drive wheel 22 and the driven wheel 23 and attached between the two chains.
4 through a chain 25.

Next, details of the chain conveyor 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The chain conveyor 14 also includes a pair of chains 31 which, as is known, are chain elements 34 for holding slats.
And a connecting chain element 33 connecting these chain elements 34 to each other.
As shown in FIG. 3, slats S as band strips are attached to the chains 31 on both sides in the upper running portion and the lower running portion without gaps, as shown in FIG. Slats 3 every 2 sheets with slats S
5, a groove-like recess 35a extending in the longitudinal direction is formed, and the slat S therebetween is a simple flat plate like a conventional slat, and the upper surface thereof is formed by a recess 35a of the slat 35.
It is flush with the upper surface of both ends where a is not provided.

Next, the details of the guide chute 19 according to the present invention, which is connected to the discharge end of the chain conveyor 14 and is inclined downward, will be described with reference to FIGS. This consists of a bottom wall surface 40 as a chute surface, and partition plates 41, 4 which are attached perpendicularly to the bottom wall 40 at a predetermined angle so as to define four runway surfaces.
Consists of Metropolitan 2,43,44,45, also these of the partition plate 4
Guide walls 46, 47, 48, and 49 are provided on the side surfaces of 2, 43, 44, and 45 so as to extend from near the upper end to the lower end in order from the right in FIG. Transfer chutes A, B, C, and D, which are runways, are formed. The outlets of these chute sections (discharge
Ends) a, b, c, d are inlets (feed ends) a ′,
b ′, c ′, and d ′ are formed narrower than the respective elements 50 each having a V-shaped cross section that forms a transfer path of the subsequent chain conveyor 21. At the supply end of the chain conveyor, It is arranged so as to face the valley bottom 50a. That is, each outlet a, b, c, d
The center and the center of each element 50 are in the same
It is located on the cords p, p, p, p. Since the chain conveyor 21 in which a number of these V-shaped elements 50 are connected at a predetermined interval is known, further description is omitted. However, in the present embodiment, each of the elements 50 is composed of one scallop M in one row and one row. It is dimensioned to transport upwards in the layer.

The scallop supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above. Next, this operation will be described.

When the motor 16 is driven, the drive wheel 15 is driven via the chain 17, so that each slat S mounted between the chains 31 on both sides moves in the direction shown by the arrow, and at this time, the slat S is located at the lower end. The slat 35 having the recess 35a receives the scallop M in the recess 35a according to its size and the length of the recess 35a, for example, five scallops along its longitudinal direction, and is transferred upward. You. In addition, the usual recess 3 between these slats 35, 35
In the case of the flush slat S having no 5a, the chain conveyor 14 slips because the inclination angle of the chain conveyor 14 is large.
Only the scallop M contained in 5a is transferred upward. These are supplied from the discharge end of the chain conveyor to the discharge chain conveyor 21 through the guide chutes 19, and the guide chutes 19 are arranged in four rows in this embodiment as shown in FIGS. Glide along each of these transfer paths A, B, C and D,
The chain conveyor 21 is the chain conveyor 14 on the upstream side.
Are not aligned with each other, and are provided at a predetermined distance to one side and the outlets a, b, C, and d of the chute transfer paths A, B, C, and D are provided at the lower end of the chain conveyor 21. Since the V-shaped element 50 is positioned as shown in FIG. 4, the scallops M discharged one by one from each of the outlets a, b, c, and d have a lower ratio at the lower end of the chain conveyor 21. toward the root portion 50a in a shark mini-made speed. Then, each scallop M was placed on the element 50.
Transported on the chain conveyor 21 in the state, and proceed to the next process
Supplied.

As described above, each transfer path A, B, C
And D are arranged in alignment with the chain conveyor 14 arranged on the upstream side, and the discharge ends a, b, c and d of the transfer paths A, B, C and D are arranged. Takes a position offset with respect to the upstream end, so that the chain conveyor 21 connected thereto and the upstream chain conveyor 14
Although the guide chute 19 is not aligned with the above, the guide chute 19 has such a configuration that the chain conveyor 21 is transported one by one in a single layer / single row on the transport path including the V-shaped elements 50 in each row. be able to. That is, the discharge ends a, b, c, and d with respect to the upstream end of the guide chute 19
Are arranged on one side, so that the transfer path A,
The inclination angles of B, C, and D with respect to the horizontal line can be reduced, so that even if the step between the chain conveyor 14 and the chain conveyor 21 is large, these chain conveyors 1
As compared with the case where 4 and 21 are aligned and connected by a guide chute, the inclination angle for the sliding can be reduced, and therefore, each transfer of the scallops supplied from the chain conveyor 14 in the guide chute 19 can be performed. Road A, B,
The speed of the scallop gliding on C and D can be made smaller, so that it can be fed at a moderate feed rate to the transfer path consisting of the V-shaped element 50 of the chain conveyor 21 and has a single layer / single row With this, it can be transported upward. That is, when the upstream chain conveyor is disposed at a large inclination angle and the downstream chain conveyor 21 is also disposed at a large inclination angle as in this embodiment,
When supplying scallops from the former discharge end to the latter supply end, if the length in the horizontal direction of the entire apparatus is increased,
Although the inclination angle of the guide chute 19 can be reduced, the installation area of such a device cannot generally be made large. The present embodiment is particularly effective when the scallop is to be transported in a single-layer / single-row manner to the chain conveyor 21 on the downstream side in such an arrangement configuration in which the inclination angle must be increased as shown in the figure. .

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is, of course, not limited to this, and various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the slat conveyor 14 is used as the first transfer device, and a large number of V-shaped elements are connected as the second transfer means.
Although the chain conveyor 21 attached to the strip chain has been described, the present invention is applicable even if the type of these conveyors is changed to a conventionally known conveying means.

[0016]

[0017]

According to the transport apparatus of the present invention as described above, according to the present invention, an attempt to reduce the overall length of the device was increased upward inclination of the first conveying means and second conveying means sintering
As a result, even when a large step is generated between the discharge end of the first transfer means and the supply end of the second transfer means, the sliding speed of the transferred object supplied from the first transfer means is reduced . But
Therefore, the objects to be transported can be transported in parallel by the second transport means.
It can be supplied in a single layer and a single row to each supply end of the channel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a scallop supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a main part of a chain conveyor in the apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part of the chain conveyor.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a guide chute connected to the chain conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a rear view as viewed from the direction of line [5]-[5] in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 Chain Conveyor 19 Guide Chute 21 Chain Conveyor A Runway B Runway C Runway D Runway

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first transport for transporting an article to be transported in a plurality of rows.
Means and a second transporter having a plurality of rows of parallel transport paths
A step, a discharge end of the first transfer means and the second transfer means
Between the supply end of the step and the first transfer means.
The multi-row conveyed objects are distributed by the partition wall
To slide towards the supply end of the second transport means
Comprising a guide chute having a plurality of runways
In the apparatus, the second transport means is provided with the first transporter.
The partition is disposed so as to be deviated to one side from the conveying direction of the step, and
A wall is disposed perpendicular to the runways, and each runway is
Is the second conveying means from the discharge end of the first conveying means.
To each feed end of the transport path, and discharge each of the runways.
The end is formed narrower than its supply end, and
The centerline of the discharge end of each runway is the second
It is characterized by being aligned with the center line of each supply end of the conveyance means
Transfer device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each of the transport paths of the second transport means is
It has dimensions capable of receiving one of the conveyed objects.
Many elements with a V-shaped cross section are connected at predetermined intervals.
The transport device according to claim 1, wherein (3) The said conveyed object is a scallops.
Or the transfer device according to 2.