JP2000118717A - Goods loading equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] A plurality of articles can be stacked in a column shape or a sheet shape. SOLUTION: When articles G are stacked in a column shape, a plurality of articles G accumulated in a row on an accumulator conveyor 1001 are packed on an article supply conveyor 2002, and the loaded articles G are moved downward. Pallet P moving to
Alternatively, when the articles G are stacked in a plane, the plurality of articles G are stacked on the accumulation conveyor 1001 in a plane. In a state in which the articles G thus arranged are arranged in a plane on the pallet P or the articles G previously stacked via the article supply conveyor 2002. It is configured to be stowed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for stacking articles on a pallet or articles moving in a downward or forward direction. The present invention relates to a device for stacking articles to be stowed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique relating to an article stacking apparatus, one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-67975 is known.

The prior art described in the above publication will be described. Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-67975 discloses that following articles are packed at intervals according to the height of the articles, A method of stowing articles to be stowed on a pallet or articles moving down is described.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

That is, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-67975 discloses that
No mention is made of packing the articles in a sheet and stacking the articles in a sheet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to stack a plurality of articles in a column shape and to arrange a plurality of articles in a sheet shape, thereby enabling a plurality of articles to be stacked on a surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for stacking articles which can be stacked in a form.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an article stacking apparatus for stacking a plurality of articles in a column shape or a sheet shape. An article supply conveyor for supplying on the top,
An accumulator that is arranged on the upstream side of the article supply conveyor and can accumulate articles in a row and also accumulates in a plane; an elevating device for elevating and lowering the stacked articles; With a moving device that moves along the supply direction of, when the articles are stacked in a column, a plurality of articles accumulated in a row on the accumulator are packed on the article supply conveyor, The apparatus is configured to load the assorted articles on a pallet moving downward or articles previously stacked, and when the articles are stacked in a plane, a plurality of the articles are accumulated. The sheets are packed in a sheet form by accumulating them in a sheet form on a conveyor, and the packed articles are loaded on the pallet moving forward through the article supply conveyor or in advance. It is obtained by achieving the above object by providing a stowage apparatus of the article, characterized by being configured to apply stacked while being Nisoroe planar on the vignetting article.

It is preferable that a plurality of rows of article supply conveyors are provided, and some or all of the article supply conveyors are configured to be able to advance and retreat in the article supply direction.

In addition, a transfer conveyor is provided upstream of the accumulation conveyor, and a direction changing device for changing a transfer direction of the articles transferred by the transfer conveyor, and a downstream end portion of the articles transferred by the transfer conveyor. It is preferable that a movable stopper device for regulating the stop position is provided.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below together with an example of an article packing apparatus suitable for carrying out the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view partially showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a partial elevation view partially showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus, and FIG. 3 is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an apparatus for accumulating articles packed in item units by the article packing apparatus shown in FIGS. After that, an overall plan view showing an apparatus for stacking articles to be stacked on a pallet, and FIG. 6 shows a main body (consisting of a lifting apparatus, a moving apparatus, and the like) of the apparatus for stacking articles shown in FIG. 5 ( 5, FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a left side view of FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 shows an article supply conveyor of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 10 is a plan view of FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a right side view of FIG. 9, and FIG.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus different from the article packing apparatus shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is an elevation view showing an accumulator of the article packing apparatus shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 13 is a plan view of FIG. 13, FIG. 15 is an elevation view showing a width shifting device of the device for stacking articles shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 16 is a plan view of FIG.
FIG. 17 is a left side view of FIG. 15, FIG. 18 is an elevation view (as viewed from the left side in FIG. 5) of a transport conveyor of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 19 is a plan view of FIG. FIG. 20 is a left side view of FIG. 18, FIG. 21 is an explanatory view of one embodiment of a packing method using the packing equipment for articles shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and FIGS. 22 and 23 are FIGS. 24 and FIG. 25 are perspective views showing the state of the articles stacked on the pallet by the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. FIG. 26 is an AA view of the state of the articles stacked on the pallet shown in FIG.

In these drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a type (type).
Separately, a gravity roller conveyor for storing articles G is provided with a plurality of rows (5 rows) in the direction along the conveyor 2 and a plurality of rows (2 rows) in the vertical direction, with the tip side inclined low. The gravity roller conveyor 1 constitutes a fluidized shelf F having a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages. Further, the transport conveyor 2 is a drive roller conveyor arranged in each stage along the frontage, and is provided in two vertical stages. At the downstream end of each gravity roller conveyor 1, an article take-out device 3 is provided. Reference numeral 4 denotes an up-down transport device which is disposed downstream of the two-stage transport conveyor 2 and transports the articles G in a vertical direction at a constant pitch, and is an article transport having a skewer (fork) -shaped article placement section 411. A tool 41 and an endless rotating body 42 are provided, and the article transporting tool 41 is continuously rotated by the endless rotating body 42. Reference numeral 2002 denotes an article supply conveyor that supplies the unpacked articles G onto the pallet P or the articles G previously stacked,
A plurality of rows 02 are provided, and some or all of the article supply conveyors 2002 are configured to be able to advance and retreat along the supply direction of the articles G. Reference numeral 1001 denotes an accumulator that is disposed upstream of the article supply conveyor 2002 and can accumulate articles in a row and accumulate in a plane. 2003 denotes an elevating device that elevates and lowers the stacked articles G. This is a moving device that moves the stacked articles G (elevating and lowering device 2003 mounted thereon) along the supply direction of the articles G, and accumulates the articles G in a column on the accumulation conveyor 1001 when the articles G are stacked in a column shape. A plurality of articles G thus arranged are arranged on an article supply conveyor 2002, and the arranged articles G are stacked on a pallet P moving downward or an article G previously stacked. When the articles G are stacked in a plane, the plurality of articles G are accumulated in a plane on the accumulator And Nisoroe to,
The arranged articles G are arranged to be stacked in a planar manner on the pallet P moving forward through the article supply conveyor 2002 or on the articles G stacked earlier. . In addition, accumulation conveyor 1001
Conveyor 1002 is provided on the upstream side of the conveyor, a direction changing device 1004 for changing the conveying direction of the article G conveyed by the conveyor 1002, and the conveyor 1
A movable stopper device 1005 for regulating the stop position of the downstream end portion of the article G conveyed by 002 is provided. Thus, the articles G stored in the gravity roller conveyors 1 arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages are taken out and merged into the conveyors 2 of the respective stages, and the articles G merged in the respective conveyors 2 are vertically moved. When the articles G are further merged in a single row by the conveying device 4, the merged articles G are accumulated on the accumulator 1001 via the conveying conveyor 1002, and when the articles G are stacked in a column shape, the height depends on the height of the preceding article G. The following articles G are packed at intervals, and the loaded articles G are stacked on a pallet P or a previously loaded article G that is moving downward. In the case of stacking in a shape, a plurality of articles G are packed in a plane, and the packed articles G are stacked on a pallet P moving forward or on an article G stacked earlier. It is none. When the heights of the plurality of articles G are different, they are stacked in a column shape. When the heights of the plurality of articles G are the same or substantially the same, they are stacked in a plane. There is something.

To explain each part in the above embodiment, the gravity roller conveyor 1 is composed of a plurality of rollers 1.
The article G supplied on the gravity roller conveyor 1 is stored on the roller 11 by its own weight by self-running and then stored in the article take-out device 3. Is taken out to the conveyor 2. 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e are gravity roller conveyors, 1f, 1
g, 1h, 1i, and 1j are gravity roller conveyors disposed on the upper side.

The conveyor 2 is connected to an article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1 arranged side by side.
/ Min (416.7 mm / sec) drive roller conveyor,
A plurality of stages (two stages) are provided in the vertical direction so as to be substantially orthogonal to the gravity roller conveyor 1, and a rubber band (not shown) stretched between the roller 21 and a line shaft 22 (not shown) in a figure-eight shape. The rotation of the line shaft 22 is transmitted to the roller 21. Further, the line shafts 22 of the respective conveyors 2 are connected to each other by a chain and are driven by the same motor. A pulse encoder (not shown) is attached to one of the line shafts 22.

The article take-out device 3 includes shafts 33, 3
A pair of rail frames 32 each having a plurality of rollers 31 pivoted up and down by an air cylinder 35 and a lever 36 with the fulcrum 4 as a fulcrum; and a stopper 37 for locking the articles G that are self-propelled in the inclined direction. When the air cylinder 35 is at the lower end, the inclination of the rail frame 32 substantially coincides with the inclination of the rail frame 12, and the upper end of the stopper 37 projects from the upper surface of the roller 31. . Thus, when there is an article take-out instruction, by operating the air cylinder 35,
The upper end of the stopper 37 is lowered from the upper surface of the roller 31 and the inclination of the rail frame 32 is changed to the rail frame 12.
And the article G at the tip locked by the stopper 37 is taken out. At this time, since the rear end of the rail frame 32 is higher than the surface of the roller 11 of the rail frame 12, the following articles G are locked at the rear end of the rail frame 32 and the articles stored on the gravity roller conveyor 1. Only one G can be taken out to the conveyor 2 and the taken-out article G is joined to the conveyor 2 by the wheel rail 38.

An up-down transport device 4 disposed downstream of the two-stage transport conveyor 2 is an article transport tool 4 having a skewered (fork) -shaped article placement section 411 and guide rollers 412.
An endless rotating body (endless chain) 42 stretched in a substantially rectangular shape by one and four sprocket wheels 43; a first guide frame 44 disposed along a rotation locus of the endless chain 42; A second guide frame 45, which is substantially the same shape as the rotation locus of 42, and is arranged vertically and horizontally shifted, and an auxiliary guide frame 46 for keeping the article carrier 41 in a constant posture, etc. 2 (only two of them are shown in FIG. 2), the endless chain 42 having a speed of 30 m / min.
mm), the article carrier 41 held in a fixed posture (substantially horizontal) by the first guide frame 44, the second guide frame 45, and the auxiliary guide frame 46 is continuously arranged in the vertical direction. It is designed to rotate.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a delivery conveyor arranged at the downstream end of the upper conveyor 2 for transferring the articles G to the upper and lower conveyors 4, which is a fork-shaped fixed endless chain composed of seven endless chains. A skewer conveyor 51, a movable skewer conveyor 52 formed in a fork shape with six endless chains and a sliding air cylinder (not shown), and the six endless chains of the movable skewer conveyor 52 are used for sliding. The gap between the seven endless chains of the fixed skewer-type conveyor 51 or the seven skewers (forks) of the article placing portion 411 is moved by the air cylinder along the conveying direction of the article G. Conveyor 52 and Article Placement Unit 4
11 is configured to be able to cross. Note that a stopper 521 is provided at the tip of the moving skewer conveyor 52.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a delivery conveyor provided at the downstream end of the lower conveyor 2 for transferring the articles G to the upper and lower conveyors 4. The conveyor 6 is a fork-shaped fixed endless chain composed of six endless chains. The endless chain is composed of a skewer conveyor 61, and six endless chains of the fixed skewer conveyor 61
The fixed skewer-type conveyor 61 and the article placement section 411 are configured to be able to cross each other. Note that a stopper 611 is provided at the tip of the fixed skewer type conveyor 61.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a take-out conveyer for taking out the articles G from the vertical conveying device 4, and a fixed skew-shaped conveyer 71 formed in a fork shape by six endless chains and a driving roller disposed downstream thereof. The endless chain includes a conveyor 72, and six endless chains of the fixed skewer conveyor 71 are disposed in the gaps between the seven skewers (forks) of the article placement section 411, and the fixed skewer conveyor 71 and the article placement section 411 are provided. Are configured to be able to cross.

Further, a merging control device (not shown) is provided, and a virtual space β of a fixed length (pitch) is provided on the conveyor 2.
When the set virtual space β reaches a position facing the gravity roller conveyor 1 storing the articles G to be merged with the virtual space β, the articles G to be merged by the article take-out device 3 Is controlled to be taken out.

Next, the articles G stored in the gravity roller conveyor 1 of the above-mentioned article packing equipment are taken out and merged into the conveyors 2 of the respective stages, and the articles G merged in the respective conveyors 2 are separated. A description will be given of a method in which the articles G are further merged in one line by the vertical transport device 4 and the merged articles G are taken out to the conveyor 7.

In the case where the spacing between the five rows of gravity roller conveyors 1 arranged in each stage along the lower and upper conveyors 2 is 700 mm, the fifth row of the gravity roller conveyors from the downstream end is Gravity roller conveyor 1e upstream,
The distance from the gravity roller conveyors 1e and 1j is 700 mm, the gravity roller conveyors 1d and 1i are 700 mm, and the gravity roller conveyor 1d and 1i are adjacent to the gravity roller conveyors 1d and 1i.
c, 1h is 1400 mm, gravity roller conveyor 1
c, Gravity roller conveyor 1b, 1h adjacent to 1h
g is 2100 mm, gravity roller conveyor 1b, 1
Gravity roller conveyors 1a and 1f adjacent to g
800 mm.

The length of the gravity roller conveyor 1, that is, the dimension in the direction of the conveyor 2 is at most 600 m.
The articles G of various sizes up to m, for example, articles Ga on the gravity roller conveyor 1a, articles Gb on the gravity roller conveyor 1b, and articles Gj on the gravity roller conveyor 1j in the same manner. It is stored (the article G is shown in the same size in FIG. 21).

Thus, for example, the take-out conveyor 7
The ten articles G are in the following order: articles Ga, Gg, G
When there is a packing instruction so that the articles G can be taken out by j, Gj, Gd, Gi, Gi, Gh, Gj, Gd, the timing at which the articles G conveyed on the respective conveyors 2 are merged into the upper and lower conveyors 4 Accordingly, the phase difference γ is set to the timing at which the articles G are merged from the gravity roller conveyor 1 for each conveyor 2 [the phase difference γ of the upper conveyor 2 with respect to the lower conveyor 2 (the transfer conveyor 5 And the gap in the step direction between the transfer conveyor 6 and 700 mm ÷
The speed of the endless chain 42 is set to 30 m / min =) 1.4 seconds], and the phase difference γ is added to the timing of merging the articles G from the gravity roller conveyor 1 to the respective conveyors 2 (to the lower conveyor 2). Add 0 seconds to the timing of merging the articles G, and add 1.4 seconds to the timing of merging the articles G to the upper conveyor 2), and keep the articles G from the gravity roller conveyor 1 on the respective conveyors 2 Pitch (the endless chain 42 of the article carrier 41)
Calculation and control so that the articles G joined to the respective conveyors 2 are joined by the upper and lower conveyors 4 at an attachment interval of 1830 mm (the speed of the endless chain 42 is 30 m / min = 3.66 seconds). Then, the desired articles G are merged in a desired order.

That is, the article Ga first taken out by the take-out conveyor 7 is taken out from the gravity roller conveyor 1a, but since the gravity roller conveyor 1a is located at the most downstream position where the offset value α is 2800 mm, the goods Ga is taken from the start of packing. , The article G delayed by the offset value α
a is taken out. That is, 2800 mm from the start of packing
After 416.7 mm / sec = 6.72 seconds, the article Ga is transferred from the gravity roller conveyor 1 a to the lower conveyor 2.
Is given to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1a. Since the phase difference γ of the lower conveyor 2 is 0 second, there is no need to add the phase difference γ to the above time.

The article Gg to be taken out by the take-out conveyor 7 after the article Ga is a gravity roller conveyor 1 disposed along the upper conveyor 2 different from the article Ga.
g, a phase difference γ of 1.4 seconds is added so that they are merged.
To a fixed length (the conveyance pitch of the article carrier 41 is 3.66 seconds x
(Transport speed of conveyor 2 is 25m / min = 1525mm)
Is set continuously according to the merging order of the articles G, and when a predetermined virtual space β reaches a position facing the articles G to be merged, the articles G are taken out so as to be taken out to the transport conveyor 2. A command is given to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1, and the article G is supplied at a constant pitch (3.66 seconds, ie, 152
(At intervals of 5 mm), so that the offset value α of the article Ga previously passed to the vertical transport device 4
And the take-out time to the conveyor 2 excluding the phase difference γ, ie, 0 seconds later, 1.4 seconds of the phase difference γ and the time required for the virtual space βa set in the conveyor 2 to move, 1525 mm ÷ 416.7 mm / sec = 3.66
5.06 seconds after the addition of 2 seconds, the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1 g is 2100 mm, that is, 2100 mm.
10. Add mm / 416.7 mm / sec = 5.04 sec.
One second later, an article take-out command is given to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyer 1g so as to take out the articles Gg from the gravity roller conveyer 1g into the virtual space βg set in the upper conveyor 2. Can be

The article Gj to be taken out to the take-out conveyor 7 after the article Gg is stored in the gravity roller conveyor 1 at the same level as the article Gg, and thus the article G stored in the gravity roller conveyor 1 at the same level as the article Gg is stored. When being continuously taken out and merged on the conveyor 2,
It is necessary for the virtual space βg set in the conveyor 2 to move after 5.06 seconds, ie, the take-out time of the article Gg transferred to the vertical conveyor 4 excluding the offset value α. 8.72 seconds after adding the time, that is, 3.66 seconds, the article take-out command of the gravity roller conveyor 1j is issued so that the article Gj is taken out of the gravity roller conveyor 1j into the virtual space βj set in the upper conveyor 2. It is provided to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end. Since the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1j is 0 mm, it is not necessary to add the offset value α to the above time.

Since the article Gj is continuously taken out after the article Gj, the time required for the virtual space βj set on the conveyor 2 to move after the above-mentioned take-out time, ie, 8.72 seconds, ie, 3. 12.38 seconds after adding 66 seconds, an article take-out instruction is provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1j so as to take out the article Gj from the gravity roller conveyor 1j into the virtual space βj set in the upper conveyor 2. Provided to the received article take-out device 3.

Since the articles Gd to be taken out to the take-out conveyor 7 after the articles Gj are stored in the lower gravity roller conveyor 1 on the lower side different from the articles Gj, they are added together by adding a phase difference γ of 0 seconds. In addition, the removal time of the article Gj previously transferred to the vertical transport device 4 to the transport conveyor 2 excluding the offset value α and the phase difference γ, that is, the article Gj is set to the transport conveyor 2 after 10.98 seconds. Time required for the virtual space βj to move, that is, 3.6
14.64 seconds after adding 6 seconds, the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1d, that is, 700 mm ÷ 41
16.32 seconds after adding 6.7 mm / sec = 1.68 seconds, an article take-out command is issued so as to take out the article Gd from the gravity roller conveyor 1d into the virtual space βd set in the lower conveyor 2. It is provided to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the conveyor 1d.

Since the articles Gi to be taken out to the take-out conveyor 7 after the articles Gd are stored in the upper gravity roller conveyor 1 different from the articles Gd, they are combined by adding a phase difference γ of 1.4 seconds. In addition to the above, the take-out time to the conveyor 2 excluding the offset value α and the phase difference γ of the article Gd previously taken out to the vertical conveyance device 4, that is, 14.64 seconds later, the phase difference γ 1.
19. adding 4 seconds and the time required for the virtual space βd set on the conveyor 2 to move, that is, 3.66 seconds.
After 7 seconds, the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1i is 700 mm, that is, 700 mm ÷ 416.7 mm /
21.38 seconds after adding 1.68 seconds, an article take-out instruction is issued downstream of the gravity roller conveyor 1i so as to take out the article Gi from the gravity roller conveyor 1i to the virtual space βi set in the upper conveyor 2. It is given to the article take-out device 3 provided at the end.

Since the article Gi is continuously taken out after the article Gi, the above-mentioned take-out time, that is, the time required for the virtual space βi set on the conveyor 2 to move after 21.38 seconds 3.66 seconds 25.04 seconds after the addition, the article removal instruction is provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1i so as to take out the article Gi from the gravity roller conveyor 1i to the virtual space βi set in the upper conveyor 2. It is provided to the take-out device 3.

Since the article Gh to be taken out by the take-out conveyor 7 after the article Gi is stored in the gravity roller conveyor 1 at the same level as the article Gi, the offset value α of the article Gi transferred first to the vertical transport device 4 The removal time to the conveyor 2 excluding the minute, that is, the time required for the virtual space βi set on the conveyor 2 to move after 23.36 seconds, that is, 27.02 seconds after adding 3.66 seconds, Offset value α of gravity roller conveyor 1h
Minute 1400 mm, that is, 1400 mm ÷ 416.7 mm /
After 30.38 seconds after adding seconds = 3.36 seconds, an article take-out command is issued downstream of the gravity roller conveyor 1h so as to take out the articles Gh from the gravity roller conveyor 1h to the virtual space βh set in the upper conveyor 2. It is given to the article take-out device 3 provided at the end.

Since the article Gj to be taken out by the take-out conveyor 7 after the article Gh is stored in the gravity roller conveyor 1 at the same level as the article Gh, the offset value α of the article Gh transferred first to the vertical transport device 4 The removal time to the conveyor 2 excluding the minute, ie, the time required for the virtual space βh set on the conveyor 2 to move after 27.02 seconds, ie, 30.68 seconds after adding 3.66 seconds, An article removal command is given to the article removal device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1j so as to remove the article Gj from the gravity roller conveyor 1j to the virtual space βj set in the upper conveyor 2. Since the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1j is 0 mm, it is not necessary to add the offset value α to the above time.

Since the articles Gd to be taken out by the take-out conveyor 7 after the articles Gj are stored in the lower gravity roller conveyor 1 on the lower side different from the articles Gj, a phase difference γ of 0 second is added so that they are joined. In addition, the removal time of the article Gj transferred to the transport conveyor 2 excluding the offset value α and the phase difference γ of the article Gj previously passed to the vertical transport device 4, that is, the article Gj is set on the transport conveyor 2 after 29.28 seconds. Time required for the virtual space βj to move, that is, 3.6
32.94 seconds after adding 6 seconds, the offset value α of the gravity roller conveyor 1d, that is, 700 mm ÷ 41
34.62 seconds after adding 6.7 mm / sec = 1.68 seconds, an article take-out command is issued to remove the article Gd from the gravity roller conveyor 1d to the virtual space βd set in the lower conveyor 2. It is provided to the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the conveyor 1d.

The value obtained by multiplying the time required for each article G to be taken out of the gravity roller conveyor 1 by the conveyance speed of 416.7 mm / sec of the conveyor 2 is calculated by the computer (not shown) as described above. , The transport distance of each virtual space β from the start of packing to the removal of each article G. Therefore, the transport distance of the virtual space β from the start of packing to the removal of each article G is divided by the transport distance of the virtual space β during one pulse of the pulse encoder attached to the line shaft 22 of the transport conveyor 2. The value thus obtained is a pulse value from the start of assortment of articles to be taken out. Thus,
The computer transmits a pulse value from the start of the packing and the number of the gravity roller conveyor 1 from which each article G is to be taken out to a sequencer (not shown). The sequencer having received the data stores the pulse value from the start of the packing and the number of the gravity roller conveyor 1 from which the articles G are to be taken out, and starts counting the pulses of the pulse encoder simultaneously with the start of the packing. The air cylinder 35 of the article take-out device 3 provided at the downstream end of the gravity roller conveyor 1 that coincides with the commanded pulse value is operated to take out a predetermined article G to the transport conveyor 2.

As described above, the articles G joined from the plurality of gravity roller conveyors 1 at a constant pitch are conveyed to the transfer conveyors 5 and 6 arranged at the downstream end of the respective conveyors 2, and are moved up and down. When reaching the position where the article placement section 411 of the transport device 4 intersects with the fixed skewer conveyor 61 or the movable skewer conveyor 52, the articles G are continuously scooped up by the article placement section 411 passing upward from below. Is transferred to the article carrier 41 and further joined. When the article G reaches the loading section of the fixed skewer conveyor 51 of the delivery conveyor 5, the movable skewer conveyor 52 is moved to a position where it intersects with the article placement section 411, and the article G is received by the article carrier 41. After the delivery, the product returns to the original state (however, when the subsequent article G is delivered from the movable skewer conveyor 52 to the article transporting tool 41, the subsequent article G
Is returned to the original state after being transferred to the article transport tool 41). In addition, according to the timing at which the articles G conveyed on the respective conveyors 2 are transferred to the article conveyor 41, the phase difference γ is set at the timing at which the articles G are merged from the plurality of gravity roller conveyors 1 for each conveyor 2. And the phase difference γ is set at the timing when the articles G are merged from the gravity roller conveyor 1 to the respective conveyors 2.
Is added, the timing at which the article G reaches the fixed skewer conveyor 61 or the movable skewer conveyor 52 substantially coincides with the timing at which the article G is scooped up by the article placement unit 411.

The articles G joined by the vertical transport device 4
Are taken out by the article placing section 411 carrying the articles G passing from above to below the fixed skewer conveyor 71 of the takeout conveyor 7, and the articles Ga, Gg, Gj, Gj, Gd are placed on the drive roller conveyor 72. , Gi, Gi, G
It is extracted in the order of h, Gj, Gd.

Thus, the articles G taken out by the drive roller conveyor 72 pass through the conveyor 1002 and are arranged in a plurality of rows (3
The feed is supplied to the accumulator 1001 arranged in the row and is accumulated.

The configuration around the accumulator 1001 will be described. The accumulator 1001 is composed of three rows of drive conveyors, each of which has a plurality of rollers 1011 and two stoppers 1012, and the article G is accumulated. Then, excessive line pressure is prevented from being applied to the article G on the downstream side. Further, the articles G supplied on the accumulator 1001 are accumulated on the rollers 1011 and then taken out to the article supply conveyor 2002 via the width adjusting device 1003. Also, the stopper 10
Numeral 12 is used when the articles G are stacked in a planar shape (not used when the articles G are stacked in a column shape), and each of the upstream stopper 1012 and the downstream stopper 1012 has an upstream portion. A plurality of articles G (forming one surface) can be arranged in a plane on the side.

The transport conveyor 1002 is a drive roller conveyor connected to the upstream ends of the respective drive conveyors constituting the accumulator 1001, and is provided downstream of the drive roller conveyor 72. At the branch points (three places) to the respective drive conveyors constituting the accumulation conveyor 1001, three endless chains 1061 and the like, which are swung by the air cylinder 1062 so as to protrude and retract from the upper surface of the roller 1021, are provided. Conversion device 1006 and (two) fixed stopper devices 1063 or (one) movable stopper device 1005
The upper end of the stopper of the fixed stopper device 1063 is configured to protrude and retract from the upper surface of the roller 1021. In addition, the movable stopper device 100
Numeral 5 is disposed above the conveyor 1002, and its stopper is configured to be movable along the conveyor 1002. The fixed stopper device 1063
Is used only when articles G are stacked in columns.
In addition, a non-illustrated direction changing device 1 that changes the conveying direction of the article G by 90 ° in the horizontal direction is provided upstream of the conveying conveyor 1002.
004 is provided.

The width shifting device 1003 is provided with three rows of drive conveyors 1031, stoppers 1032 provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the drive conveyor 1031, and the articles G conveyed on the drive conveyor 1031 on the center side. Is configured by a width shifting belt 1033 or the like (which can be automatically set to a predetermined width). When an article removal command is issued, the articles G locked by the stopper 1032 are operated one by one by the operation of the stopper 1032. Alternatively, it is configured to take out in units of surfaces. In addition, three rows of drive conveyors 1031
Of these, the outer drive conveyor 1031 is configured to be adjustable in a skew roller shape (in FIG. 16, the upper drive conveyor 1031 is not adjusted in a skew roller shape), and is conveyed on the drive conveyor 1031. The articles G are configured to be conveyed while being separated from each other in the width direction.

Thus, 26 gravity roller conveyors 1a, 1b,..., 1z arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages are provided.
Fluidized bed F [5 rows × 2 stages (= 10 rows shown in FIG. 1)
Example), in which the articles G stored in the fluidized shelf F comprising the gravity roller conveyors 1) are stacked in a column shape, the drive roller conveyor 72 and the transport conveyor 1
002 through a plurality of columns (3 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 14).
It is a column, but here is described in the case of the embodiment of 5 columns)
A method of accumulating (loading) in a row by branching to the accumulator 1001 disposed in the pallet P will be described. As shown in FIG. Height is 300mm and height is 50
mm articles Ga are stacked m levels (for example, 4 levels), and the same type of articles, for example, 300 mm in length and 7 in height, are placed in the second row.
0 mm articles Gu are stacked in n stages (for example, three stages),
Articles of the same type, for example, articles Gc having a length of 300 mm and a height of 50 mm are stacked in o rows (for example, 4 levels) in the row, and articles of the same type, for example, a length of 300 mm and a height of 70 mm are arranged in the fourth row. Goods Gv are stacked in p stages (for example, three stages),
When articles of the same type, for example, articles 300 having a length of 300 mm and a height of 50 mm are stacked in r rows (for example, 4 rows) in the fifth row, four articles Ga are transferred from the gravity roller conveyor 1a to the gravity rollers. Four articles Gc are taken out of the conveyor 1c, four articles Ge are taken out of the gravity roller conveyor 1e, three articles Gu are taken out of the gravity roller conveyor 1u, and three articles Gv are taken out of the gravity roller conveyor 1v. After passing through the conveyor 72 and the conveyor 1002, the predetermined fixed stopper device 10
63 or stopped by the movable stopper device 1005,
Branched by each conversion device 1006, four articles Ga are accumulated (packed) on the first accumulator 1001 from the downstream side of the transport conveyor 1002, and the second accumulator 10 from the downstream side.
01, three articles Gu are packed on the third accumulator 1001 from the downstream side, and four articles Gc are packed on the third accumulator 1001 from the downstream side.
001, three articles Gv are packed and 5
Four articles Ge on the accumulator 1001
Are packed. As will be described later, the 18 articles G that have been packed are placed on a pallet P that is moving downward in 3 to 4 steps × 5 rows.
Packed in a row arrangement.

As shown in FIG. 25, in the first row of the second row of the pallet P, an article G of a different kind, for example, an article Gw having a length of 390 mm and a height of 50 mm from the bottom, and having a length of 33
Article Gx of 0 mm and height of 110 mm, length of 390 m
In the order of articles Gz having a height of 70 mm and a height of 70 mm,
Row length 300mm and height 50mm or 100m
m of articles Gb, Gg, G from the bottom in the second row, for example.
In the order of q, from the bottom in the order of the articles Gc, Gh, Gr in the third column, and in the order of the articles Gd, Gi, Gs from the bottom in the fourth column,
When the articles Ge, Gj, and Gt are stacked in the fifth row from the bottom in order, one article Gb from the gravity roller conveyor 1b, one article Gc from the gravity roller conveyor 1c, and one article Gc from the gravity roller conveyor 1d. One article Gd, one article Ge from the gravity roller conveyor 1e, one article Gg from the gravity roller conveyor 1g, one article Gh from the gravity roller conveyor 1h, and one article from the gravity roller conveyor 1i Is an article Gj from the gravity roller conveyor 1j, one article Gq from the gravity roller conveyor 1q, one article Gr from the gravity roller conveyor 1r, and one article from the gravity roller conveyor 1s. Gs is one item Gt from the gravity roller conveyor 1t. One article Gw is taken out from the troller conveyor 1w, one article Gx is taken out from the gravity roller conveyer 1x, and one article Gz is taken out from the gravity roller conveyer 1z, and is passed through the drive roller conveyer 72 and the conveyer 1002. Fixed stopper device 10
63 or stopped by the movable stopper device 1005,
Branched by each conversion device 1006, articles Gw, Gx, and Gz are arranged on the first accumulation conveyor 1001 from the downstream side of the transport conveyor 1002, and articles Gb are arranged on the second accumulation conveyor 1001 from the downstream side. , Gg, and Gq, on the third accumulator 1001 from the downstream side, in the order of articles Gc, Gh, and Gr, the fourth accumulator 100 from the downstream side.
On top of the above, in the order of articles Gd, Gi, Gs, 5
The articles Ge, G are placed on the accumulator 1001
The 15 articles G, which have been accumulated (packed) in the order of j and Gt and are packed, are stacked on the pallet P moving downward in an arrangement of 3 rows × 5 rows, as described later.

Further, the main body 2000 of the article stacking apparatus is provided.
Is a pallet transport conveyor 2001 for transporting the pallet P in the horizontal direction, the speed of moving the pallet P or the articles G previously stacked downward can be changed in two stages. Lifting device 2003 for lifting and lowering the articles G stacked by lifting, lifting device 200
3 for moving the object 3 along the supply direction of the article G
4 and the like, by moving the pallet P in the horizontal and vertical directions with respect to the article supply conveyor 2002, the articles G accumulated on the plurality of rows of the accumulator 1001 are stacked on the pallet P. . Note that the article supply conveyor 2002 is provided with the width shifting device 10.
03, the articles G taken out of the accumulator 1001 are supplied onto the pallet P or the articles G previously stacked, and are arranged in a plurality of rows (three rows in FIG. 5, four rows in FIG. 12). ), And a part or all (two rows in FIG. 5 and one row in FIG. 12) belt conveyors are configured of telescopic belt conveyors configured to be able to advance and retreat along the supply direction of the articles G. I have. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the pallet transport conveyor 2001 is a drive roller conveyor,
Is composed of a table lifter, and the table 2031
A drive roller 2032 (a chain conveyor in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5) is provided above. Table 2
A wall-shaped article regulation plate 2033 is provided upright at the end of 031 (in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the article regulation plate 2033 is provided so as to be integrated with the lifting device 2003). The moving device 2004 includes a rack 2041 and a pinion 2042, and moves the elevating device 2003 along the guide 2043 in the supply direction of the article G. Thus, when the articles G are stacked in a column shape (longitudinal direction), the following articles G accumulated in the accumulator 1001 are moved one by one by operating the stopper 1032 of the width shifting device 1003. As a general rule, the articles G are taken out and packed on the article supply conveyor 2002 at intervals corresponding to the height of the preceding articles G, and the packed articles G are pallets P moving downward or previously loaded. It is arranged to be stacked on the article G. In addition, in order to efficiently stack the articles G having a high height at a high speed, the accumulators 1001 arranged in a plurality of rows at intervals according to the descending time of the stacked articles G as necessary. Subsequent articles G accumulating in
Is taken out on the article supply conveyor 2002 and packed.
The unpacked articles G are supplied on the pallet P moving downward or the articles G previously stacked, and are stacked in the form of a column, whereby columns of a plurality of rows and columns are formed on the pallet P. You may do so. Further, when the following articles G are supplied on the articles G stacked in any of the rows, the articles G stacked so as to move the stacked articles G downward at a low speed. May be supplied onto the pallet P moving downward or the articles G previously stacked, and stacked in a column shape, so that a plurality of rows and columns of columns are formed on the pallet P. .

That is, as shown in FIG. 22, the pallet P mounted on the elevating device 2003 is
2 and the moving device 200
4, the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 is moved to a position where the articles G forming the column of the first row can be stacked. That is, four articles G stacked in the first row
a, three articles Gu stacked in the second row, four articles Gc stacked in the third row, three articles Gv stacked in the fourth row, four pieces stacked in the fifth row Are all 300 mm in length, the stacking position of the 18 articles G to be stacked in a column is determined based on the length (300 mm) of these articles G.

When the pallets P are moved to the loading start position, the pallets P are arranged in a plurality of rows at intervals corresponding to the descending time of the stacked articles G (at intervals corresponding to the height of the preceding articles G). The subsequent articles G accumulated on the accumulated conveyor 1001 are moved to the stopper 1
No. 032 are taken out one by one (for example, as described later, articles Ga, G having a height of 50 mm).
Articles Ga, Gc, Ge taken out after c, Ge
After 1.0 second, the articles Gu and Gv to be taken out subsequent to the articles Gu and Gv having a height of 70 mm are taken out after 1.4 seconds), and are packed on the article supply conveyor 2002,
When a detector (not shown) attached to the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 detects the arrival of the leading article G, the lifting / lowering device 2003 starts descending, and the articles G continuously supplied by the article supply conveyor 2002. P is moving downward or the goods G stacked earlier
Are supplied and stacked on top of each other (see FIG. 2).
As shown in FIG. 24, a plurality of articles G of the same type are stacked in a column shape (vertical direction). still,
The lowering speed of the lifting / lowering device 2003 when the articles G are stacked on the pallet P is such that when the articles G having a low height are stacked, the articles G are continuously lowered at a low speed (3 m / min or less). The height is 50m
The articles Ga, Gc, and Ge that are taken out after the articles Ga, Gc, and Ge of m are 50 mm ÷ 3 m / min = 1.0 seconds later, and the articles Gu that are taken out after the articles Gu, Gv that have a height of 70 mm. , Gv = 70 mm ÷ 3 m / min = 1.4 seconds later, the stopper 1032 of the width-shifting device 1003 is actuated to take out and pack the goods on the article supply conveyor 2002. At the timing when the upper surface of the article supply conveyor 2002 substantially coincides with the article G, the succeeding article G can be stacked in a column shape on the articles G supplied and stacked in advance, without disturbing the arrangement and the like. Various goods G with different heights
Can be stacked on the pallet P.

When the final articles G forming the columns of the first row are stacked on the pallet P, the pallet P is raised to a position immediately below the article supply conveyor 2002 as shown in FIG. According to the moving device 2004, the second to fifth rows (three rows in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and four rows in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12), but the case of the five-row embodiment is described here. Therefore, the leading end of the article supply conveyor 2002 corresponds to the second to fifth accumulation conveyors 1001 from the downstream side of the transport conveyor 1002).
It is moved to a position where the articles G forming the column of the second row to be stacked in the fifth column can be stacked. That is, three articles Gb, Gg, Gq stacked in the second row, three articles Gc, Gh, Gr stacked in the third row, and three articles Gd, Gi stacked in the fourth row. , Gs, and the three articles Ge, Gj, Gt to be stacked in the fifth row are all 300 mm in length, so that the stacking position of the twelve articles G stacked in a column shape is The pallet P is determined based on the length (300 mm), and is moved 300 mm by the moving device 2004. At the same time as the pallet P is moved, the first row of the (conveyor 100
12 (corresponding to the first accumulator 1001 from the downstream side of FIG. 2)
As shown by the alternate long and short dash line, the article supply conveyors in the second to fifth rows (up to the fourth row in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, but in the embodiment shown to five rows here). 20
(390mm-300mm =) 90 for the tip of 02
mm backward. That is, based on the articles G of the maximum length (300 mm) stacked in the second to fifth rows, the articles Gw having a length of 390 mm, the articles Gx having a length of 330 mm, and the lengths of 330 mm are stacked in the first row. 390
mm of articles Gz having a maximum length, ie, articles Gw and Gz having a length of 390 mm, the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 in the first row is set in the second row to the second row. The three articles Gw, Gx, and G are retracted by 90 mm with respect to the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 in the fifth row.
z can be stacked in a predetermined position.

When the pallet P is moved to the loading start position of the articles G forming the columns in the second row and the leading end of the article supply conveyor 2002 in the first row is retracted to a predetermined position, the stacking is performed. Accumulators 1001 arranged in a plurality of rows at intervals according to the falling time of the articles G
The subsequent article G, which has been accumulated in the
The articles Gq, Gr, Gs, and Gt that are taken out after the articles Gg, Gh, Gi, and Gj having a height of 100 mm are operated for 1.52 seconds, for example, as described later. Later, the height is 11
The article Gz taken out after the 0 mm article Gx is taken out after 1.64 seconds), and the article supply conveyor 200
2 and the detector not shown attached to the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 detects the arrival of the leading article G, the elevating device 2003 starts descending and is continuously operated by the article supply conveyor 2002. 24 and FIG. 23, the articles G to be supplied are supplied and stacked so as to be stacked on the pallet P moving downward or the articles G previously stacked (see the phantom line in FIG. 23). As shown in FIG. 25, a plurality of types of articles G are formed in a column shape (vertical direction).
Stowed in. When the articles G are stacked on the pallet P, the descending speed of the lifting / lowering device 2003 is set such that when the articles G having a high height are to be stacked,
When a high article G is supplied on the lower part, it descends at a low speed (3 m / min or less), and when a high article G is stacked on the preceding article G, The upper surface of the high articles G stacked at a high speed (5 m / min or less) and the article supply conveyor 20
02, so that the articles Gg, Gh, Gi, G having a height of 100 mm can be lowered.
Articles Gq, Gr, Gs, Gt taken out after j
Is 40 mm (the descending amount during the supply of the high article G above the preceding article G) ÷ 3 m / min + 60 mm ÷ 5
m / min = 1.52 seconds later, an article Gx having a height of 110 mm
The product Gz to be subsequently taken out is 40 mm (a descending amount while the high product G is supplied above the preceding product G) ÷ 3 m / min + 70 mm ÷ 5 m / min = 1.64 seconds later Since the articles are taken out to the article supply conveyor 2002 by the unloading device 1003 and packed, the succeeding article G is supplied in advance at the timing when the upper surface of the already stacked articles G substantially coincides with the upper surface of the article supply conveyor 2002. The stacked articles G can be stacked in a column shape on the stacked articles G, and various articles G having different heights can be stacked on the pallet P without causing disorder in arrangement or the like. Since the speed at which a given article G is moved downward can be changed, when the succeeding article G is supplied on the preceding article G, the arrangement is disturbed at a low speed. And the like. When a high article G is stacked on the preceding article G, the upper surface of the article G and the article supply conveyor 2002
Is lowered at a high speed until the upper surface substantially coincides with the upper surface (when the following article G is not stacked), so that the article G having a high height can be efficiently stacked. In the above embodiment, the height of the articles Gx stacked in the second row of the first row and the height of the articles Gg, Gh, Gi, Gj stacked in the second row of the second to fifth rows are different. Since they are different, a higher effect can be achieved by controlling as follows. That is, immediately before the following articles Gq, Gr, Gs, and Gt are supplied on the articles Gg, Gh, Gi, and Gj stacked in the second to fifth rows, the descending speed of the elevating device 2003 is reduced. High speed (5m
/ Gm / min or less) to a low speed (3 m / min or less) and the articles Gz to be taken out following the articles Gx stacked in the first row
Is reduced by 40 mm (the amount of descent while the high article G is supplied above the preceding article G) ÷ 3 m / min (time of descent at a low speed) +60 mm ÷ 5 m / min (time of descent at a high speed) ) + (70 mm−60 mm) ÷ 3 m / min (time to descend at a low speed due to the following articles G being supplied above the articles G stacked in the second to fifth rows) = 1. 72
By controlling to take out the goods to the article supply conveyor 2002 by the article take-out apparatus 1003 and to pack the goods after the second, the descent speed of the elevating apparatus 2003 is increased to a high speed just before the supply of the following article Gz is started on the article Gx. (5m / min or less) to low speed (3m / min)
/ Min or lower speed), it is possible to stack various articles G having different heights on the pallet P without causing more disorder in arrangement and the like.

Similarly, the pallets P stacked up to the third row column are carried out by the pallet transport conveyor 2001.

On the other hand, in order to stack the articles G stored in the fluidized shelves F comprising the gravity roller conveyors 1 arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages, the driving roller conveyor 7 is stacked.
2. A method of accumulating (loading) a plurality of articles G in a plane on the accumulators 1001 arranged in a plurality of rows via a conveyor 1002 will be described. As shown in FIG. Eight articles GA of the same size in the first stage and the second stage (in order to prevent collapse of the cargo, the second stage is shifted by 90 ° with respect to the first stage in plan view). ) And the third row from the bottom, as shown in FIG.
In the case of individual loading, 16 articles GA are taken out from the gravity roller conveyor 1 (there may be different types even if the size is the same, so they may be taken out from a plurality of gravity roller conveyors 1). 10 articles GB are taken out from the gravity roller conveyor 1 of the drive roller conveyor 72 and the transport conveyor 10
02 (the article G is located upstream of the conveyor 1002).
A direction changing device 1004 (not shown) that changes the conveying direction of the article 90 by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction is provided, so that the conveying direction of the article G is appropriately changed according to the pattern of the packing.) In a predetermined position (for example, when the goods GA of the second tier from the bottom are packed,
In response to the transfer operation from the top to the accumulator 1001, the plurality of articles G are stopped by the movable stopper device 1005 waiting at the position (indicated by 〜) so that a plurality of articles G come into close contact with each other (only one of them). The article G may be stopped). In the case where a plurality of articles G are accumulated (packed) in a planar manner, the fixed stopper device 1063 is not used.

The articles G stopped by the movable stopper device 1005 are all (three) conversion devices 100.
6 at the same time, the conveyor 100
2 is transferred onto the accumulator 1001 from above (for example, in the case of packing the second stage from below, it is transferred in groups of 4 in FIG. 27 four times),
Stopper 101 on the upstream side of accumulation conveyor 1001
Eight articles GA (forming one surface) are accumulated (packed) in the form of a sheet on the upstream side of 2. At this time, the eight articles GA forming the first stage from the bottom have already been stacked on the pallet P, are being conveyed on the article supply conveyor 2002, or have been accumulated on the accumulation conveyor 1001.
Is still accumulating at the upstream portion of the stopper 1012 on the downstream side of the camera. When a plurality of articles G are accumulated (packed) in a planar manner on the accumulator 1001, the articles G are accumulated on the accumulator 1001.
The three rows of drive conveyers are accumulated without forming a row, and the accumulator 1001
The plurality of articles G, which are arranged in a plane at the upstream part of the stopper 1012 on the upstream side, advance in a state where they are arranged in a plane to the upstream part of the stopper 1012 on the downstream side of the accumulator 1001, and will be described later. So that the goods supply conveyor 2
002, the pallet P moving forward or the articles G previously stacked are stacked in a planar state.

That is, as shown in FIG. 30, the pallet P mounted on the elevating device 2003 is
2 and the moving device 200
4, the article regulating plate 2033 is moved to the article supply conveyor 20.
02 (to the position where the loading of the article G is started).

When the pallet P is moved to the stowage start position, a plurality of articles G are arranged in a plane at the upstream of the stopper 1012 on the downstream side of the accumulator 1001.
Is taken out in a state where the articles are conveyed in a planar manner on the article supply conveyor 2002 by operating the stopper 1032 on the upstream side of the width shifting apparatus 1003 (when taking out a plurality of articles G arranged in a planar manner, Width adjustment device 100
3, the stopper 1032 on the downstream side is not operated, but is in an open state), and is loaded in a planar manner on a pallet P or a previously stacked article G moving forward through the article supply conveyor 2002. It is packed in a state.

That is, when a detector (not shown) attached to the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 detects the leading article GA (the elevating device 2003 does not start descending), the moving device 2004 starts moving forward, As the pallet P advances by the length of the stacking pattern, the supplied eight articles GA are stacked on the pallet P while being pressed against the article regulating plate 2033 by the driving force of the article supply conveyor 2002. . When the eight articles GA forming the first stage from the bottom are stacked on the pallet P, the lifting / lowering device 2003 descends by an amount corresponding to the height of the article GA, and the height of the articles GA stacked on the pallet P is reduced. When the top surface is lowered below the article supply conveyor 2002, the table 2031
Is retracted, and the article regulating plate 2033 is moved to the article supply conveyor 2.
002. At approximately the same time when the pallet P is retracted, the following ten articles GB arrive at the tip of the article supply conveyor 2002 (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 31), so that the moving device 2004 starts moving forward and supplies the article. Subsequent 1 supplied by conveyor 2002
Zero articles GB are stacked so as to be stacked on the articles GA previously stacked in the same manner as the articles GA initially stacked, and as shown in FIG. They are stacked on a face-by-face basis (per column).

As described above, the embodiment of the article packing apparatus of the present invention has been described together with the embodiment of the article packing equipment suitable for the implementation, but the article packing apparatus of the present invention is limited to these. Not something. For example, also in the case of stacking articles as shown in FIG. 29, a stacking device for stacking articles of the present invention in a planar shape can be used.
Needless to say, the stacking pattern of articles as shown in FIG. 9 also corresponds to the case of stacking in a planar shape in the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 27 and FIG. 29, the articles to be stacked in a planar shape have the same size.
It is preferable that the height dimensions are the same or substantially the same,
Other dimensions (dimensions in plan view) may be such that different articles are stacked in a plane.

[0056]

According to the present invention, a plurality of articles can be stacked in a column shape and the plurality of articles can be packed in a plane. Since the articles can be stacked in a planar manner, various stacking patterns are possible, and most articles can be stacked.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view partially showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an elevational view of main parts partially showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing a downstream end portion of the gravity roller conveyor shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an overall plan view showing an apparatus for stacking articles to be stacked on a pallet after accumulating articles packed in item units by the article packing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 4;

6 is an elevational view (as viewed from above in FIG. 5) showing a main body portion (constituted of a lifting device, a moving device, and the like) of the article stacking device shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a left side view of FIG.

9 is an elevational view showing an article supply conveyor of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an article packing apparatus different from the article packing apparatus shown in FIGS. 5 to 11;

FIG. 13 is an elevational view showing an accumulator of the apparatus for stacking articles shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 14 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 15 is an elevational view showing a width shifting device of the article stacking device shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 16 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 18 is an elevational view (as viewed from the left side in FIG. 5) showing the transport conveyor of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 19 is a plan view of FIG. 18;

20 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of a packing method using the packing equipment for articles shown in FIGS. 1 to 4;

FIG. 22 is a side view for explaining the operation of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

FIG. 23 is a side view for explaining the operation of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

24 is a perspective view showing a state of articles stacked on a pallet by the article stacking device shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 12;

FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a state of articles stacked on a pallet by the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

26 is an AA view of the state of the articles stacked on the pallet shown in FIG. 25.

FIG. 27 is a perspective view showing a state of articles stacked on a pallet by the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

FIG. 28 is a perspective view showing a state of articles stacked on a pallet by the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing a state of articles stacked on a pallet by the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

FIG. 30 is a side view for explaining the operation of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

FIG. 31 is a side view for explaining the operation of the article stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1001 Accumulator 1002 Conveyor 1005 Movable stopper 2002 Article supply conveyor 2003 Elevating device 2004 Moving device G Article P Pallet

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshitaka Ikeda 3-3-1 Higashi Higashi Station, Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture Inside Seibu Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tohru Maeda 3-3-1 Higashi Higashi Station, Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture West F term (reference) in Denki Co., Ltd. 3F029 AA02 AA05 BA01 CA23 CA24 DA04 DA05

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An article stacking apparatus for stacking a plurality of articles in a columnar or planar shape, comprising: an article supply conveyor for feeding the sorted articles onto a pallet or a previously stacked article. An accumulator that is arranged on the upstream side of the article supply conveyor, can accumulate articles in a row, and can also accumulate in a plane, an elevating device that elevates and lowers the stacked articles, and a stacked article. A moving device that moves along the supply direction of the article,
When articles are stacked in a column, a plurality of articles accumulated in a row on the accumulator are packed on the article supply conveyor, and the packed articles are moved downward on a pallet or a pallet. When the articles are stacked in a plane, the plurality of articles are stacked in a plane on the accumulator to load the articles in a plane. It is configured to stack the aligned and unpacked articles on the pallet moving forward through the article supply conveyor or the articles previously stacked in a planar manner. An article packing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of article supply conveyors are provided, and a part or all of the article supply conveyors are configured to be able to advance and retreat in the article supply direction. 3. A conveyance conveyor is provided upstream of the accumulation conveyor, a direction change device for changing the conveyance direction of the articles conveyed by the conveyance conveyor, and a downstream end of the articles conveyed by the conveyance conveyor. 3. The article stacking device according to claim 1, further comprising a movable stopper device for regulating a stop position of the article.