JP2000351442A - Cutout device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutout device capable of sequentially feeding a plurality of articles to the downstream side in the conveying direction. SOLUTION: A plurality of cases 1 arranged in the position most close to a shipping conveyor 3 in the conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3, out of cases 1 for one stage of a pallet stacking pattern moved to the side of the upstream end in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3 by a traverse roller table 4, are integrally gripped by arms, a truck 15 is moved to the shipping conveyor 3 side in a state where a stopper member 6 is lowered to the retreating position, and a plurality of cases 1 are cut from the traverse roller table 4 onto the shipping conveyor 3 in line in the article conveying direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 5 to 7 show an example of a pallet stacking pattern. In this pallet stacking pattern, a case 1 in which a product is stored is placed on a pallet 2.
Eleven pieces are stacked in ten rows.

In the odd-numbered stages counted from the uppermost stage, two cases 1 are placed near one short side of the pallet 2 (a side shown in FIG. 5), and the long side thereof is parallel to the short side of the pallet 2. And the other of the pallets 2 (b shown in FIG. 5).
The other nine cases 1 are placed on the short side near the short side of the pallet 2 so that the long side is parallel to the long side of the pallet 2.
Arranged in columns.

In the even-numbered stage counted from the uppermost stage, two cases 1 are placed on the short side of the other side (b side in FIG. 5) of the pallet 2, contrary to the odd-numbered stage. The pallet 2 is arranged such that its long side is parallel to the short side of the pallet 2, and the other nine cases 1 are placed near the short side of one of the pallets 2 (a side shown in FIG. 5), The three pallets 2 are arranged in three rows so as to be parallel to the long side (see FIG. 7).

Conventionally, when a product is shipped, a pallet 2 is located at an upstream end of a conveying means such as a roller conveyor, and the workers 1 are stacked one by one on the regularly stacked cases 1 as described above. It is cut out on the transport means.

[0006]

However, in the pallet stacking patterns as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the maximum stack height of the case 1 on the pallet 2 is 12
Since it is about 00 to 1300 mm, it is not easy for one worker to cut out the case 1 continuously.

On the other hand, a pusher device that pushes the case 1 on the pallet 2 by one step from the upper side has also been proposed. However, even if the pusher device is used, an operator can place the case 1 on a conveying means such as a roller conveyor. Must be placed in order.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a cutting device capable of sequentially sending a plurality of articles to a downstream side in a transport direction.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, in the cutting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, articles on one stage of a pallet stacking pattern are placed on the upstream side of the shipping conveyor in the article conveying direction. A traversing roller table that can be horizontally moved in the direction, a frame installed so as to be located above a portion near the shipping conveyor of the traversing roller table, and above a transport direction upstream end of the shipping conveyor, and mounted on the frame. And a trolley capable of reciprocating between a portion of the traversing roller table near the shipping conveyor and an upstream end of the shipping conveyor in the conveying direction, and a trolley extending downward from the trolley and approaching and separating from the shipping conveyor in the article conveying direction. A pair of arms, an operating position provided at an end of the traversing roller table near the shipping conveyor, and projecting from the upper surface of the traversing roller table; Between a retracted position where it does not protrude La table top and a vertically movable stopper member.

[0010] In the cutting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the cutting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of traversing roller tables are arranged in series toward the shipping conveyor. Of the roller table unit.

In any one of the cutting devices according to claim 1 or 2 of the present invention, the one-stage pallet stacking pattern moved to the side of the upstream end of the shipping conveyor in the article conveying direction by the traversing roller table. Of the articles, the plurality of articles arranged in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor at the position closest to the shipping conveyor are integrally gripped by the arm, and then transported with the stopper member lowered to the retracted position. The carriage is moved to the shipping conveyor side, and a plurality of articles are cut out in series in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor from the traversing roller table on the shipping conveyor.

[0012] Further, when an article corresponding to one stage of the pallet stacking pattern moves on the traversing roller table, the article located near the shipping conveyor is brought into contact with the stopper member,
Align the end faces of the articles to be gripped by the arm near the shipping conveyor.

[0013] In the cutting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the transport speed of the plurality of roller table units forming the traversing roller table is set so as to increase toward the shipping conveyor. A gap is formed between a plurality of articles that are integrally held by the arm and transferred from the traversing roller table to the shipping conveyor, and other articles following the articles.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of a cutting device according to the present invention.

The cutting device includes a traversing roller table 4 arranged on the side of the upstream end of the shipping conveyor 3, a portion of the traversing roller table 4 close to the shipping conveyor 3, and an upstream of the shipping conveyor 3 in the transport direction. The transfer mechanism 5 includes a transfer mechanism 5 that can reciprocate between the ends and a stopper member 6 that can be raised and lowered at an end of the traversing roller table 4 near the shipping conveyor 3.

The traversing roller table 4 is provided on the side of the shipping conveyor 3 so that the articles 1 for one pallet stacking pattern can be horizontally moved to the side of the upstream end of the shipping conveyor 3 in the article conveying direction. It is constituted by a plurality of roller table units 7, 8, 9 arranged in series.

Each of the roller table units 7, 8, 9 comprises:
A frame 11 extending substantially horizontally in a direction orthogonal to the shipping conveyor 3 and provided on the equipment gantry 10 such that a downstream end of the shipping conveyor 3 is adjacent to a side of an upstream end of the shipping conveyor 3 in the article conveying direction; The carrier rollers 13a, 13 pivotally supported on the frame 11 by a plurality of roller table units 7, 8, 9 respectively, and driven at a predetermined transport speed by individual driving devices 12a, 12b, 12c, respectively.
b, 13c.

The transport speed of each of the roller table units 7, 8, 9 is set so as to increase toward the shipping conveyor 3 side.

The transfer mechanism 5 is provided above the portion of the traversing roller table 4 near the shipping conveyor 3 and the shipping conveyor 3.
A frame 14 installed on the equipment base 10 so as to be located above the upstream end in the transport direction, a portion of the traversing roller table 4 near the shipping conveyor 3 and upstream of the shipping conveyor 3 in the transport direction. It comprises a carriage 15 that can reciprocate between the ends and a pair of arms 16a and 16b that extend downward from the carriage 15 and that can approach each other in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3.

The frame 14 is composed of four pillar members 17 erected at predetermined intervals in the front and rear directions at portions near the shipping conveyor 3 on the left and right equipment bases 10 on the left and right equipment bases 10 on the outer side in the width direction of the frame 11 of the traversing roller table 4. And a beam member 18 that is extended substantially horizontally between the front and rear two tops of the left and right pillar members 17 and protrudes upward from the shipping conveyor 3 from a portion of the traversing roller table 4 near the shipping conveyor 3. A linear guide 19 extending along the beam member 18 is attached to the beam member 18 on the downstream side in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor 3 (the side b in FIG. 1).

The bogie 15 includes a bogie main body 23 including left and right rocker beams 20 and 21 located above the beam member 18 and a pair of front and rear main girder members 22 interconnecting the rocker beams 20 and 21. 1 and is upstream of the shipping conveyor 3 in the transport direction (a shown in FIG. 1).
Wheel 24 capable of rolling on the upper surface of the beam member 18 on the side, a slider 25 attached to the rocker beam 21 and moving by engaging with the linear guide 19, and the shipping conveyor 3
And a cylinder 26 arranged in parallel with the beam member 18 on the downstream side in the conveyance direction (the b side shown in FIG. 1).

The cylinder 26 has a piston rod connected to the side surface of the rocker beam 21 and a housing connected to the beam member 18. The cylinder 26 has a cylinder 26. The beam member 1 of the frame 14 is provided between the portion of the roller table 4 near the shipping conveyor 3 and the upstream end of the shipping conveyor 3 in the transport direction.
Reciprocate along 8.

The carriage 15 includes front and rear main girder members 22.
And a rodless cylinder 27 extending substantially horizontally from the central portion of the cart 15 toward the one rocker beam 20, and between the front and rear main beam members 22 and from the central portion of the cart 15 to the other. A rodless cylinder 28 extending substantially horizontally toward the rocker beam 21, a pair of front and rear linear guides 29 attached to the lower surface of the main girder member 22 and extending in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor 3, and mounted on the linear guides 29. And rodless cylinder 27,2
8 and a pair of left and right moving frames 30 which are driven toward each other in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3 so as to approach and separate from each other.

One arm 16a is displaced by a rodless cylinder 27 so that the lower end thereof can contact the case 1 on the traversing roller table 4 from the upstream side in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor 3. The other arm 16 b is attached to the frame 30 so that the lower end thereof can abut on the case 1 on the traversing roller table 4 from the downstream side in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor 3. It is attached to a moving frame 30 that moves at 28.

The stopper member 6 is formed to have substantially the same length as the carrier rollers 13a, 13b and 13c of the traversing roller table 4 and protrudes above the upper surface of the traversing roller table 4 by a driving device (not shown). It is configured to be able to move up and down between the operating position and the retreat position below the upper surface of the traversing roller table 4.

When the case 1 is cut into the shipping conveyor 3 by the cutting device shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the pallet is placed on the upstream end portion of the traversing roller table 4 with the stopper member 6 raised to the operating position. The case 1 for one stage of the stacking pattern is placed by a pusher device (not shown), and one of the cases 1 located near the shipping conveyor 3 (reference numerals A and B in FIGS. 6 and 7). , C,
The traversing roller table 4 is operated until the case 1) marked with D contacts the stopper member 6.

When the traversing roller table 4 is stopped, reference numerals A, B, and B in FIGS.
The columns of Case 1 with C and D followed by the symbols E and
Between the rows of Case 1 with F and G, and the symbols E and
The column of Case 1 with F and G followed by the symbols H and
A gap is formed little by little in the front-rear direction between the rows of the case 1 provided with I, J, and K.

Next, by operating the rodless cylinders 27 and 28, the symbols A, A arranged in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3 at the position closest to the shipping conveyor 3 are arranged.
The case 1 with B, C and D is attached to the arms 16a and 16b.
To hold them together.

Further, after the stopper member 6 is lowered to the retracted position and the cylinder 26 is operated, the carriage 15 is moved from the traversing roller table 4 side to the shipping conveyor 3.
The case 1 held by the arms 16a and 16b is moved upward to the conveyor 3 for shipping, and the rodless cylinders 27 and 28 are actuated to release the holding of the case 1 by the arms 16a and 16b. By operating the cylinder 2b, the carriage 15 is moved from above the shipping conveyor 3 toward the traversing roller table 4, and the plurality of cases 1 are cut out in series in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3.

When the case 1 with reference numerals A, B, C, and D is cut out, the stopper member 6 is raised to the operating position, and the case 1 with reference characters E, F, and G is attached to the stopper member 6. After the traversing roller table 4 is operated until it contacts, the stopper member 6 is lowered to the retracted position,
a, 16b, the carriage 15 is moved onto the shipping conveyor 3, the arms 16a, 16b release the grasp of the case 1, and the carriage 15 is moved toward the traversing roller table 4 sequentially. The case 1 with the reference signs E, F and G is moved from the traversing roller table 4 to the shipping conveyor 3.
, And the symbols H, I,
Cases 1 with J and K are cut out in series on a conveyor 3 for shipping.

As described above, in the cutting apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the case 1 for one stage of the pallet stacking pattern is moved by the traversing roller table 4 to the side of the upstream end of the shipping conveyor 3 in the article conveying direction. The plurality of cases 1 arranged in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor 3 at the position closest to the shipping conveyor 3 are integrally held by the arm 16 and the stopper member 6 is lowered to the retracted position. Since the carriage 15 is moved to the shipping conveyor 3 side, the plurality of cases 1 can be sequentially cut out in series in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor 3.

When the case 1 for one stage of the pallet stacking pattern moves on the traversing roller table 4, the case located near the shipping conveyor is brought into contact with the stopper member raised to the operating position. The end faces of the case to be gripped by the arm near the shipping conveyor can be aligned, and handling of articles at the downstream end of the shipping conveyor becomes easy.

Further, the transport speed of the plurality of roller table units 7, 8, 9 forming the traversing roller table 4 is set so as to become higher toward the shipping conveyor 3 side. A gap can be formed in the front-rear direction between the rows of the plurality of cases 1 moving on the roller table 4, and the case 1 can be easily and reliably gripped by the arms 16a, 16b, and 16c.

The cutting device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the number of roller table units constituting the traversing roller table 4 may be increased or decreased. Of course, various changes can be made without departing from the scope.

[0036]

As described above, according to the cutting device of the present invention, the following various excellent effects can be obtained.

(1) Claim 1 or Claim 2 of the present invention
In any of the cutting devices described in (1), among the articles of one stage of the pallet stacking pattern moved to the side of the upstream end in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor by the traversing roller table, the article is closest to the shipping conveyor. At the position, a plurality of articles lined up in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor are integrally gripped by the arm, and with the stopper member lowered to the retracted position, the carriage is moved to the shipping conveyor side, and the From the roller table onto the shipping conveyor,
Since a plurality of articles are cut out in series in the article transport direction of the shipping conveyor, the operation of sequentially sending the plurality of articles to the downstream side in the transport direction can be efficiently performed.

(2) Further, when articles of one stage of the pallet stacking pattern move on the traversing roller table, the case 1 located near the shipping conveyor is brought into contact with the stopper member which has been raised to the operating position. Therefore, the end faces of the case to be gripped by the arm, which are closer to the shipping conveyor, can be aligned.

(3) In the cutting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the transport speed of the plurality of roller table units forming the traversing roller table is increased so as to approach the shipping conveyor. Since the gap is set in the front-rear direction between the rows of the plurality of articles moving on the traversing roller table by setting the setting, the article can be easily and reliably gripped by the arm.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an embodiment of a cutting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view related to FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view related to FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows IV-IV in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a pallet stacking pattern when stacking cases on a pallet.

FIG. 6 is a view taken in the direction of arrows VI-VI in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 5;

[Description of Signs] 1 Case (article) 3 Conveyor for shipping 4 Roller table for traversing 6 Stopper member 7 Roller table unit 8 Roller table unit 9 Roller table unit 14 Frame 15 Truck 16a Arm 16b Arm

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A traversing roller table capable of horizontally moving articles corresponding to one stage of a pallet stacking pattern toward an upstream end of a shipping conveyor in an article conveying direction, and a portion of the traversing roller table near a shipping conveyor. And a frame installed so as to be located above the upstream end in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor, and a space between the portion near the shipping conveyor of the traversing roller table mounted on the frame and the upstream end in the transport direction of the shipping conveyor. A reciprocable cart, a pair of arms extending downward from the cart and capable of approaching and separating from each other in the article conveying direction of the shipping conveyor, and provided at an end of the traversing roller table near the shipping conveyor, and A stopper member capable of moving up and down between an operating position protruding from the upper surface of the roller table and a retracting position not protruding from the upper surface of the traversing roller table. Characterizing cutting device. 2. The cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the traversing roller table is formed by a plurality of roller table units arranged in series toward the shipping conveyor.