JPH06247539A - Device for separating and taking out storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce burden to a shiitake culturing farm by facilitating replacement of bins each having a wide opening during a shift into bacteria implantation after a culture medium is sterilized. CONSTITUTION:A bogie 1 on which storage containers 5, 5 each storing therein a plurality of bins each having a wide opening, are laid in a plurality of longitudinal rows and are stacked one upon another, is sent into a front frame 6. The containers 5, 5 are suspended at several stages, with a space between each vertical adjacent those. The uppermost stage containers 5, 5 are lowered one by one after they are sent rearward, and are shifted onto a roller conveyer 38.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The apparatus for separating and taking out a storage container according to the present invention is installed in, for example, a mushroom farmer, and a wide-mouth bottle that has been sterilized in a state of being stacked on a trolley and a plurality of wide-mouth bottles Used to take out the stored containers separately from each other.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms and shimeji mushrooms are cultivated by a farmer as follows. First, a wide-mouthed bottle made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene is filled with a culture medium in which sawdust is mixed with nutrients such as a culture solution, and the wide-mouthed bottle filled with the culture medium is sterilized. After the sterilization treatment, inoculation work is performed to inoculate the above-mentioned culture medium with fungi. After the inoculation work, the wide-mouthed bottle is placed in a humid cultivation room to grow mushrooms from the culture medium.

The above-mentioned sterilization treatment is carried out by a steam sterilizer. During this sterilization work, a large number of wide-mouthed bottles (for example, 16 bottles) are filled with a culture medium on the inside of each of them, and the plane shape with the upper side opened Store in a square storage container,
Further, the storage container is placed on the upper surface of the trolley, and the trolley is sent to the steam sterilizer. Wheels (casters) are provided at the four corners of the lower surface of the dolly so that the dolly can be pushed with a light force. In addition, the storage containers are arranged in a plurality of rows (for example, three rows) in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the cart, and are stacked in multiple stages (for example, eight steps) in the vertical direction.

The wide-mouthed bottles housed in the respective storage containers are all of the same shape and shape, and the upper half portions of the wide-mouthed bottles project above the upper end openings of the respective storage containers. Then, the plurality of storage containers are stacked in the vertical direction while the upper storage container is placed on the upper surface of the wide-mouthed bottle stored in each storage container. Further, a flange portion is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the upper end opening of each storage container over the entire circumference, and this flange portion serves as a clue when carrying the storage container.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention The apparatus for separating and taking out a container according to the present invention aims at facilitating the transfer work of the wide-mouthed bottle when transferring to the inoculation work after sterilizing the culture medium.
It is intended to reduce the burden on mushroom growers.

As described above, a plurality of storage containers are piled up on the trolley during the sterilization work. However, during the inoculation work, the storage containers must be sent one by one to the inoculation device. I won't. For this reason, conventionally, an operator has held the storage containers stacked on the upper surface of the cart one by one in his hand.

However, the work of manually dropping a large number of storage containers which are heavy and have different height positions placed on them is troublesome, burdens the waist, and is a painful work which causes back pain and the like. .

The device for separating and taking out a storage container according to the present invention is
It was invented in view of the circumstances as described above.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A storage container separating / retrieving device according to the present invention is arranged in a plurality of rows on the upper surface of a trolley in the front-rear direction, and is stacked in multiple stages in the up-down direction. A plurality of storage containers each having a collar portion are used to separate and take out, for each storage container, an article stored in each storage container in a state of protruding above the collar portion.

In such a storage container separating / retrieving device of the present invention, a front frame for freely feeding the trolley with a plurality of storage containers stacked on the upper surface of the trolley, and the trolley top surface on one side of the front frame. A pair of front and rear first elevating chains arranged in a vertical direction so as to face one side surface of the plurality of storage containers, and the other side surface of the plurality of storage containers on the upper surface of the carriage on the other side of the front frame. Then, in a state in which the pair of front and rear second lifting chains arranged in the vertical direction and the intermediate portion of the pair of first lifting chains are arranged horizontally in the horizontal direction and at intervals in the vertical direction. A plurality of first pull-up beams that are bridged and a plurality of first pull-up beams that are bridged horizontally in the middle of the pair of second lifting chains and in the vertical direction at intervals. On the second lifting beam and above the front frame A horizontal feeder for moving the uppermost storage container rearward, a rear frame provided behind the front frame, and a pair of front and rear third frames vertically arranged on one side of the rear frame. An elevating chain, a pair of front and rear fourth elevating chains that are vertically arranged on the other side of the rear frame, and a horizontal direction in the middle of the pair of third elevating chains and in the vertical direction. A plurality of first suspension beams, which are bridged over the above, and a space between them in the vertical direction in the middle of the pair of the fourth lifting chains. It is provided with a plurality of second suspension beams suspended in a state.

The first and second elevating chains circulate in opposite directions at the same speed in synchronism with each other, so that the first and second pull-up beams face the plurality of storage containers in the same phase. In the third and fourth lifting chains, the first and second suspension beams are opposed to the plurality of storage containers by circulating in the opposite directions at the same speed in synchronization with each other. While descending in the same phase, the distance between the tip edges of the first and second lifting beams facing each other as the first and second lifting chains circulate, and the third and fourth lifting chains. The interval between the tip edges of the first and second suspension beams facing each other along with the circulation of is slightly smaller than the width of the flange portion of each of the storage containers, and the pitch of the first and second lifting beams, Also, the pitch of the first and second suspension beams should be It is slightly larger than the pitch of the flange portion of the plurality of storage containers raised seen.

[0012]

The operation of taking out a plurality of storage containers stacked on the upper surface of the trolley one by one by the storage container separating / taking out device of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, the first and second lifting chains are circulated,
With the first and second hoisting beams facing each other, a trolley on which a plurality of storage containers are placed is fed inside the front frame. In the state where the feeding is completed, there is one first and second pulling beam below the brim of each storage container.

Then, the first and second lifting chains are slightly circulated to slightly raise the first and second lifting beams.
As a result, first, the lower surface of the flange portion of the uppermost storage container and the upper surfaces of the uppermost first and second lifting beams contact each other, and the uppermost storage container is pulled up. Since the pitch of the first and second hoisting beams is slightly larger than the pitch of the flanges of the plurality of storage containers stacked on the trolley, at the moment the top storage container is pulled up, The lower surface of the collar portion of the storage container and the upper surfaces of the first and second lifting beams are not in contact with each other. Therefore, the lower storage container is not pulled up, and the lower surface of the uppermost storage container is separated from the upper surface of the article stored in the lower storage container.

In this way, with the lower surface of the uppermost storage container and the upper surface of the articles stored in the lower storage container separated from each other, the uppermost storage container is raised to a predetermined position. Then, the uppermost storage container is fed backward by the horizontal feeding device.

The storage containers sent rearward by the horizontal feeder are sent one by one between the first and second suspension beams. The third and fourth elevating chains have a structure in which each time one storage container is fed between the first and second suspension beams,
The second suspension beam is lowered by one pitch. In this manner, the storage containers supported by the first and second suspension beams and lowered one by one are received by an operator below the third and fourth lifting chains or by a separately provided conveyor. And sent to the inoculation device.

The horizontal feeding device sets the uppermost storage container to
If all of them have been fed between the first and second suspension beams, the first and second lifting chains are circulated again to raise the storage container of the next stage to the predetermined position, and the horizontal feeding is performed. The storage container at this stage is sent between the first and second suspension beams by the device. Hereafter, by repeating the same work, all of the plurality of storage containers placed on the upper surface of the trolley are
Feed it between the first and second suspension beams.

[0018]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. The dolly 1 has casters 3 and 3 at the four corners of the lower surface of the horizontal base plate 2,
Gate-shaped support frames 4 and 4 are provided at both front and rear ends of the upper surface. A plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 each storing a plurality of wide-mouthed bottles (not shown) inside thereof are provided on the upper surface of the base plate 2 between the support frames 4 and 4 in a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction. (3 rows in the illustrated example) are arranged and stacked in multiple stages (8 rows in the illustrated example) in the vertical direction.

The front frame 6 is formed in a gate shape having an opening at the front (on the left side in FIGS. 1 to 3), and the cart 1 is fed in with a plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 stacked on the upper surface thereof. I am free. Outer flange-shaped flange portions 21 and 21 are formed on the outer peripheral edges of the upper end openings of the storage containers 5 and 5, respectively, and serve as clues when lifting the storage containers 5 and 5.

A first drive shaft is provided on the upper side of one side (the lower side of FIG. 2, the right side of FIG. 5) of the front frame 6 in the front-back direction (FIGS. 1 to 3).
The first drive sprockets 7, 7 are fixed to the front and rear ends of the first drive shaft. A first driven shaft is rotatably supported in the lower part of one side of the front frame 6 in the front-rear direction, and first driven sprockets 8, 8 are fixed to both front and rear ends of the first driven shaft. ing. Then, each first drive sprocket 7, 7
And the first driven sprockets 8 and 8, the first lifting chains 9 and 9 are bridged. Therefore, the first elevating chains 9 and 9 are arranged in the up-down direction so as to face one side surfaces of the plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 on the upper surface of the cart 1, respectively.

On the other hand, on the other side (upper side in FIG. 2, left side in FIG. 5) of the front frame 6, a second drive shaft is rotatably supported in the front-rear direction. The second drive sprockets 10 and 10 are fixed to both front and rear ends.
A second driven shaft is rotatably supported in the lower part of the other side of the front frame 6 in the front-rear direction, and second driven sprockets 11 are fixed to both front and rear ends of the second driven shaft. There is. A second lifting chain 12 is provided between the second drive sprockets 10 and 10 and the second driven sprocket 11. Therefore, the second lifting chain 12
Each of them is arranged in the up-down direction so as to face the other side surface of the plurality of storage containers 5, 5 on the upper surface of the cart 1.

Further, the driven sprockets 14 and 14 fixed to the front end portions (the left end portions in FIGS. 1 to 3) of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are provided on the upper surface of the front frame 6, respectively. Drive chains 16 and 16 are suspended between the drive sprockets 15 and 15. Each drive sprocket 1
Gears 18, 18 fixed to shafts 17, 17 together with 5, 15
Mesh with each other. The one shaft 17 is rotatably driven by the motor 13. Therefore, the first and second lifting chains 9 and 12 circulate in the opposite directions at the same speed in synchronization with each other.

In the middle portion of the first and second elevating chains 9 and 12, the same number of first and second storage containers 5 as the number of stages (8 in the illustrated example) stacked on the upper surface of the base plate 2 are provided. The two pull-up beams 19 and 20 are horizontally spread,
Moreover, they are extended in the same phase with each other in a state that they are spaced apart in the vertical direction. That is, the first and second lifting beams 19,
As the first and second elevating chains 9 and 12 circulate, 20 rises while facing the plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 and in a state where the phases in the vertical direction are matched.

The distance D ₁ between the leading edges of the beams 19 and 20 with the first and second pulling beams 19 and 20 facing the storage containers 5 and 5 is set to a plurality of storage containers stacked on the carriage 1. It is made slightly smaller than the width dimension W of the collar portions 21 and 21 of 5 and 5 (W> D ₁ ). Also, the pitch P of each beam 19, 20
₁ is a plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 stacked on the cart 1.
The pitch p is slightly larger (P ₁ > p).

On the other hand, on the upper part of the front frame 6, there is provided a horizontal feed chain 22 which constitutes a horizontal feed device for moving the uppermost storage containers 5, 5 backward (to the right in FIGS. 1 to 3).
They are arranged in the front-back direction. Rear frame 2 described below
Drive sprocket 24 supported by 3 and the front frame 6
In the horizontal feed chain 22 suspended between the driven sprocket 25 supported by the lower frame, the lower piece is moved from the front to the rear by the motor 26 provided on the upper surface of the rear frame 23 (see FIGS. 1, 3, 4). From left to right), it is circulated.

The horizontal feed chain 22 is engaged with the storage containers 5 and 5 themselves or with the wide-mouth bottles stored in the storage containers 5 and 5, respectively, and the storage containers 5 and 5 and the wide-mouth are opened. One of the engaging rods 27, 27 or the pressing piece 28 for feeding the bottle backward is provided.

A rear frame 23 is provided at the rear of the front frame 6, and a third drive shaft is provided on the upper side of one side of the rear frame 23 (the lower side of FIG. 2, the left side of FIG. 6) in the front-rear direction. Is rotatably supported, and third drive sprockets 29, 29 are fixed to both front and rear ends of the third drive shaft.
Further, a third driven shaft is provided on the lower part of one side of the rear frame 23,
The third driven shaft is rotatably supported in the front-rear direction, and third driven sprockets 30, 30 are fixed to both front and rear ends of the third driven shaft. Then, each third drive sprocket 29, 29
The third lifting chains 31, 31 are provided between the third driven chain and the third driven sprockets 30, 30. Therefore, the third elevating chains 31, 31 are vertically arranged so as to face one side surface of the storage container 5 fed one by one to the upper portion of the rear frame 23 by the horizontal feeding device.

On the other hand, on the other side of the rear frame 23 (the upper side in FIG. 2, the right side in FIG. 6), a fourth drive shaft is rotatably supported in the front-rear direction. The fourth drive sprockets 32, 32 are fixed to both front and rear ends.
Further, a fourth driven shaft is provided on the lower portion of the other side of the rear frame 23,
The fourth driven shaft is rotatably supported in the front-rear direction, and the fourth driven sprocket 33 is fixed to both front and rear ends of the fourth driven shaft. A fourth lifting chain 34 is provided between the fourth drive sprockets 32, 32 and the fourth driven sprocket 33. Therefore, the fourth lifting chain 34
The horizontal feeding device is arranged in the up-down direction so as to face the other side surface of the storage container 5 fed one by one to the upper portion of the rear frame 23.

The third and fourth drive shafts are also connected to the rear frame 23.
The motor 35 provided on the upper surface of the motor allows the motors to rotate in the opposite directions at the same speed in synchronization with each other by the same mechanism as the first and second drive shafts. Therefore, the third and fourth lifting chains 31 and 34 circulate in the opposite directions at the same speed in synchronization with each other.

A plurality of first and second suspension beams 36 and 37 are provided in the middle of the third and fourth lifting chains 31 and 34, respectively.
They are arranged in the same phase and at equal intervals with each other in the horizontal direction and at intervals in the vertical direction. That is, the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37 are transferred to the storage container 5 which is fed into the rear frame 23 by the horizontal feeding device as the third and fourth lifting chains 31 and 34 circulate. While facing each other, it descends while keeping the phases in the vertical direction aligned.

With the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37 facing the storage containers 5 and 5, the distance D ₂ between the tip edges of the beams 36 and 37 is determined by the width dimension W of the flanges 21 and 21. It is slightly smaller (W> D ₂ ). Further, the pitch P ₂ of each beam 36, 37 is slightly larger than the pitch p of the plurality of storage containers 5, 5 stacked on the cart 1 (P ₂ > p).
is doing.

Further, a roller conveyor 38 is arranged in the front-rear direction at the vertical middle portion of the rear frame 23. The rear end of the roller conveyor 38 slightly projects from the rear end of the rear frame 23, and the storage containers 5 and 5 lowered as the third and fourth lifting chains 31 and 34 circulate. The rollers are lowered one by one onto the upper surface of the roller conveyor 38 and are sent out to the rear of the rear frame 23.

The operation of taking out the plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 stacked on the upper surface of the trolley 1 one by one by the storage container separating / taking out device of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.
It is as follows.

First, the first and second lifting chains 9 and 12 are circulated, and as shown in FIG.
In a state where 20 are opposed to each other, the carriage 1 on which the plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 are placed is fed into the front frame 6. The first and second pull-up beams 19, 2 are provided below the collar portions 21, 21 of the storage containers 5, 5 in a state where the feeding is completed.
There is one 0 each. However, each beam 19, 2
Since the pitch P _{1 of} 0 is a little larger than the pitch p of the storage containers 5 and 5, the lower surfaces of the collar portions 21 and 21 of each step and the beams 1 are arranged.
The distances from the upper surfaces of 9 and 20 are different. That is, this distance becomes shorter in the upper stage.

Next, by energizing the motor 13, the first and second elevating chains 9 and 12 are slightly circulated, and the first and second hoisting beams 19 and 20 are slightly raised. As a result, first, the collar portion 2 of the uppermost storage container 5, 5
Lower surfaces of 1 and 21 and first and second lifting beams 1 on the uppermost stage
The upper surfaces of the containers 9 and 20 come into contact with each other, and the uppermost storage container 5,
5 is raised. At the moment when the uppermost storage containers 5 and 5 are pulled up, the lower surfaces of the collar portions 21 and 21 of the storage containers 5 and 5 on the lower side and the first and second pulling beams 19 and 20 are still present.
Does not contact the upper surface of. Therefore, the lower storage containers 5 and 5 are not pulled up, and the lower surfaces of the uppermost storage containers 5 and 5 are separated from the upper surfaces of the wide-mouthed bottles stored in the lower storage containers 5 and 5. To do.

In this way, with the lower surfaces of the uppermost storage containers 5 and 5 and the upper surface of the wide-mouthed bottles stored in the lower storage containers 5 and 5 being separated from each other, the uppermost storage container 5 is placed. When 5 is raised to a predetermined position, the motor 26 constituting the horizontal feed device is energized to circulate the horizontal feed chain 22,
By pushing the storage containers 5 and 5 with the engaging rods 27 and 27 or the wide mouth bottle with the pressing piece 28, the storage containers 5 and 5 at the uppermost stage are sent backward.

The storage containers 5 and 5 sent rearward by the horizontal feeder are one by one, the first and second suspension beams 36,
Sent during 37. Third and fourth lifting chains 31,
The reference numeral 34 designates the first and second suspension beams 36, 37 based on the energization of the motor 35 each time one storage container 5, 5 is fed between the first and second suspension beams 36, 37. 1
Move down by the pitch. In this way, the storage containers 5 and 5, which are supported by the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37 and lowered one by one, are received by the roller conveyor 38 and sent to the inoculation device.

In order to reliably carry out the operation of feeding the storage containers 5 and 5 one by one between the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37, a portion between the front frame 6 and the rear frame 23,
That is, a feed roller rotatably driven by a motor is provided in part A of FIG. 1, and the storage container 5 mounted on the feed roller
Can also be fed backwards at a higher speed than the horizontal feed device. By providing such a feed roller,
It is possible to send the storage containers 5 and 5 on the same stage to the rear while keeping an interval in the front-rear direction.

The storage container 5 at the top of the horizontal feeder is
If all 5 have been sent between the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37, the above first and second lifting chains 9 and 12 are again provided.
The storage containers 5 and 5 of the next stage are raised to the predetermined position, and the storage containers 5 and 5 of this stage are moved to the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37 by the horizontal feeding device. Send in between. Hereinafter, by repeating the same operation, all the plurality of storage containers 5 and 5 placed on the upper surface of the carriage 1 are sent between the first and second suspension beams 36 and 37,
It is lowered onto the roller conveyor 38. In the above work, the controller automatically controls the energization of the motors 13, 26 and 35 by a signal from a micro switch or a photoelectric switch (not shown) that detects the presence of the storage containers 5 and 5. Do by things.

[0040]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the device for separating and taking out the storage container of the present invention is configured and operates as described above, it facilitates the transfer work of the wide-mouthed bottle when transferring to the inoculation work after sterilizing the culture medium. By doing so, the burden on the mushroom growers can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing only a front frame portion.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing only a rear frame portion.

FIG. 5 is a view seen from the left side of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram viewed from the right side of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 trolley 2 base plate 3 caster 4 support frame 5 storage container 6 front frame 7 first drive sprocket 8 first driven sprocket 9 first lifting chain 10 second driving sprocket 11 second driven sprocket 12 second lifting chain 13 motor 14 driven Sprocket 15 Drive sprocket 16 Drive chain 17 Axis 18 Gear 19 First pulling beam 20 Second pulling beam 21 Collar 22 Horizontal feed chain 23 Rear frame 24 Drive sprocket 25 Driven sprocket 26 Motor 27 Engaging rod 28 Pushing piece 29 Third drive Sprocket 30 Third driven sprocket 31 Third lifting chain 32 Fourth drive sprocket 33 Fourth driven sprocket 34 Fourth lifting chain 35 Motor 36 First hanging beam 37 Second hanging beam 38 Roller conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage containers, which are arranged in a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction on the top surface of a trolley, are stacked in a multi-tiered manner in the vertical direction, and each of which has a collar portion at its peripheral edge, are provided in each storage container. A storage container separation / removal device for separating and taking out each storage container and each storage container stored in a state of projecting above the collar portion, wherein the cart is a plurality of storage containers on the upper surface thereof. A front frame that can be sent in the stacked state, and a pair of front and rear first lifting chains that are arranged in a vertical direction so that one side of the front frame faces one side surface of a plurality of storage containers on the upper surface of the bogie. And a pair of front and rear second elevating chains arranged in the vertical direction on the other side of the front frame so as to face the other side surface of the plurality of storage containers on the upper surface of the trolley, and the pair of first elevating chains. Across the middle of the horizontal direction, and A plurality of first pull-up beams, which are laid across at a distance in the vertical direction, and a horizontal direction in the middle of the pair of second lifting chains, and a distance in the vertical direction. After being installed behind the front frame, a plurality of second pulling beams that are bridged in a horizontal state, a horizontal feeding device that is arranged at the upper part of the front frame and moves the uppermost storage container backward. A frame, a pair of front and rear third lifting chains arranged vertically on one side of the rear frame, and a pair of front and rear fourth lifting chains arranged vertically on the other side of the rear frame, A plurality of first hanging beams, which are laid across the middle part of the pair of third lifting chains in the horizontal direction and at intervals in the vertical direction, and the pair of fourth hanging beams. Horizontally in the middle of the lifting chain and vertically. A plurality of second suspension beams that are bridged at intervals are provided, and the first and second lifting chains are synchronized with each other and circulate in opposite directions at the same speed, so that the first , The second lifting beam is raised in the same phase while facing the plurality of storage containers, and the third and fourth lifting chains are synchronized with each other and circulate in opposite directions at the same speed. The first and second suspension beams are made to descend in the same phase while facing the plurality of storage containers, and the first and second pull-ups face each other as the first and second lifting chains circulate. The distance between the leading edges of the beams, and the distance between the leading edges of the first and second hanging beams facing each other as the third and fourth lifting chains circulate are determined by the distance between the flanges of the storage containers. A little smaller than the width, the pitch of the first and second pulling beams, and Serial First, the pitch of the second suspension beam is slightly greater than the pitch of the flange portion of the plurality of container that is stacked on the dolly, container separating extraction device.