JPH0720103Y2 - Direction changer in transport mechanism - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a long object to be conveyed, with its longitudinal end portion at the beginning, at the middle or end of a conveying path.
The present invention relates to a direction changing device that changes the traveling direction within a small scale range.

[Technical background]

For example, in the case of a long-steel material, commonly referred to as billet cast steel, with its end in the longitudinal direction at the beginning, when conveying the device in a branched or non-branched direction, The curved path has a large radius according to the length of the curved line and is curved in a desired direction.

[Prior Art] In a long conversion device for a traveling direction of an object, as described above, in order to form a curved path having a large radius that gradually bends the conveying path, a conveying path corresponding to the curved path is formed. The same applicant as the applicant of the present application has proposed a device capable of bending at a right angle or at an angle close to a right angle in the middle of a transporting path for transporting a long object in order to eliminate the harmful effect. The application for utility model registration is published in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 190124 of 1988.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. Sho 63-190124 is a device for surely changing the course of a conveyance path in a state close to the bend, and is capable of performing a branching action such as a straight movement or a refraction progression. This device could not be used when desired, and the present invention improves part of the above-mentioned structural requirements and further adds a newly developed technique to change the traveling direction of the body to be sent, By making it possible to achieve two purposes, that is, straight traveling without changing the traveling direction, the purpose of this device is to install the device at an intermediate position of the conveying path so that a branching action can be performed by an operation performed at a desired time. is there.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

This invention is, as means for achieving the above-mentioned object,
A long length of the fed body, with the end in the longitudinal direction at the head, at the tip of the conveyor to be moved straight or at an interrupted position in the middle, the desired direction other than the straight movement is set as the conveyance direction, and the width dimension of the fed body is set. A secondary conveyor having a dimension shorter than the length and larger than the width dimension of the body to be transferred is installed, and adjacent to both sides of the secondary conveyor, a position parallel to the secondary conveyor is set as an axis center. A guide roller is provided, and a direction changing device is formed on the guide roller so that desired movements such as forward / reverse and sliding rotation can be obtained by operation, and both of the guide rollers are provided outside the guide roller and on the straight conveyor. At a position on the outer side, a guide mechanism composed of a conversion operation body provided with a guide member capable of contacting both outsides of a body conveyed by the conveyor is approximated to be orthogonal or orthogonal to the path of the conveyor for advancing straight. Those formed by allowing forward and backward movement of the position of the degree.

[Action]

In the case where the direction change device of the present invention is used to change the course of a long-distance body to be conveyed by a straight-moving conveyer, with the end in the longitudinal direction at the beginning, the secondary conveyor is used. The guide roller installed so that it is placed in a free state is rotatably free, or by applying a rotational force in the direction that acts in the same direction as the operating direction of the conveyor that conveys the sent body straight At the point of contact with and, the contact moving operation that breaks the traveling posture up to that point with the guide member installed outside the guide roller is converted orthogonally or orthogonally to the traveling direction of the conveyor that moves the conversion operation body straight. At the same time as operating in a similar direction, the two guide rollers that sandwich the secondary conveyor are given a rotational movement in a direction in which they are wound toward each other toward the secondary conveyor. Sending Can rotate in the same place while maintaining the contact state, and finally it is detached from the guide roller and placed on the secondary conveyor, and can be conveyed in the direction according to the movement of the secondary conveyor. is there.

However, the present invention is directed to the direction changing device by transferring the object to be conveyed conveyed by the straight-moving conveyor to the direction changing device in an oblique shape other than the direction perpendicular to the direction changing device. By rotating the guide roller of the book to the side of the secondary conveyor where the portions contacting the fed body are located in the middle of each other, the fed body exhibits a plane rotation motion on the direction changing device, and finally the secondary It is placed on a conveyor.

This invention is particularly a straight-moving conveyor, with the end in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor at the beginning, and the conveyed body to be conveyed is applied to the direction changing device, and at the same time, the central portion of the long body is removed,
By moving a guide member that joins either the front or the rear in a state where both sides of the fed body are held in contact with each other, the guided member is moved in a direction orthogonal or nearly orthogonal to the traveling direction of the fed body. The vertical traveling movement posture in the course direction is converted into an oblique traveling posture so that the plane rotation motion as described above is started at the time when the entire load of one sent object is transferred to the direction changing device. Is.

Furthermore, in a configuration situation in which a direction changing device is provided in the middle of a conveyor that moves straight, two guiding rollers provided in the direction changing device are provided when the driven body passes through the direction changing device and continues straight. The object of conveyance in the desired direction can be achieved by setting the rotatable state to a free state or by driving the guide roller to rotate so that the fed body can move straight.

〔Example〕

The following is an explanation of the embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.
A secondary conveyor (2) having a conveying direction other than the straight-ahead direction is installed, and adjacent to both sides of the secondary conveyor (2), a position parallel to the secondary conveyor (2) is an axis center. Is provided with a guide roller (3), and the guide roller (3) is provided with a direction changing device (II) so that desired operations such as forward / reverse and sliding rotation can be obtained by the operation of these guide rollers (3). From a conversion operation body (5) provided with a guiding member (4) on the outer side and on both sides of the straight conveyor which can contact both outer sides of the body (A) to be transported by the conveyor. The guide mechanism (III) is configured so that it can be moved back and forth at a position at an angle that is orthogonal to the path of the conveyor (I) that moves straight ahead or that is close to the path.

The straight conveyor (I) may be of any form, such as a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, a chain conveyor, etc., and may be provided in any desired number and in parallel if the number is plural, and A direction changing device (II) is provided in the middle of the conveyor (I) to be moved straight ahead of a desired interruption position or a position set as a tip end, at an angle orthogonal to the traveling direction or an angle close to the orthogonal direction.

In this direction changing device (II), the width dimension is shorter than the length of the body (A) to be fed and larger than the width dimension of the body (A) to be fed, and an arbitrary left or right direction is operated as a traveling direction. A secondary conveyer (2) that can be operated by is provided, and two guide rollers (3), (3) are installed on both sides of the secondary conveyer (2) so as to sandwich the secondary conveyer (2). ), (3) is to be able to obtain rotational power from the drive source (3a) (3a) such as a motor, and is located at an intermediate position of the conveyor (I) for moving the direction changing device (II) straight. In the drive source (3a) in the case where it is provided, at least the conveying direction by the conveyor (I) to be moved straight forward (forward / reverse rotation by operation, and, if necessary, with respect to the guide roller (3) on the downstream side of the arrow) So that it can be freely rotated In addition, with respect to the drive source (3a) of the guide roller (3) on the upstream side, the outer circumference that acts by the contact has a rotation equivalent to the carrying direction (arrow) of the conveyor (I) that advances straight ahead. , It is configured so that it can be operated in a freely rotatable state as required.

A single or arbitrary plural auxiliary rotors (6) are installed on the outer side of each of the guide rollers (3) and (3) as described above, and a drive source for these auxiliary rollers (6) is installed. The presence or absence of (6a) is optional.

Furthermore, although the guide mechanism (III) is provided in the gap between the end of the conveyor (I) that moves straight and the direction changing device (II) in principle, as described above, the direction changing device (II) is used. ), The auxiliary roller (6) is installed outside the auxiliary roller (6), and is orthogonal to the traveling direction (arrow) of the conveyor (I) that moves straight between the auxiliary roller (6) and the end of the conveyor (I) that moves straight. Alternatively, the guiding mechanism (III) is installed at an angle close to orthogonal.

The embodiment of the guide mechanism (III) will be described in more detail. The conversion operating body (5) provided with the guide member (4).
Is a regulating roller (12) that installs and fixes the rail (11) on the base (10) in the direction in which the rail (11) is installed, and holds the rail (11).
And a wheel (13) that is placed and engaged with the rail (11),
The pump (14) is formed so that it can travel freely on the rail (11), and at the end of the conversion operation body (5), a pump (14) that operates by inserting and removing the pressurized fluid fixed to the base (10) is used. The rod (15) is connected so that the pump (14) can be operated to move the conversion operation body (5).

A pair of guide members (4) are provided on the upper surface of the conversion operation body (5) through a gap having a size larger than the width size of the body (A) to be fed. ) Is
The contact roller (17) is rotatably attached to the two standing shafts (16) so that the contact resistance caused by the pressure contact for contacting the body (A) to be transferred and changing the moving posture in the traveling direction is achieved. It is designed so that it can be reduced.

The configuration of the guide mechanism (III) described above is an example of the embodiment, and is not limited to the above configuration as long as the above-described action can be achieved.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, the direction changing device (II) is provided in the middle of the conveyer (I) which moves straight by the above-mentioned structure.
A guide mechanism (III) is interposed between a straight conveyor (I) and a direction changing device (II), and the straight mechanism is selected by operating the guide mechanism (III) with respect to the body (A). Direction changer interposed in (I) (II)
Has an effect that it can be used as a branch structure in an installation location of a small area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an essential part for explaining the operation, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an essential part of the apparatus, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a guide mechanism, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of FIG. (I) ... a straight conveyor, (II) ... a direction changing device,
(III) ... Guiding mechanism, (2) ... Secondary conveyor, (3) ...
Guide roller, (4) ... Guide member, (5) ... Conversion operation body,
(A) ... Sent body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A widthwise direction of a long body to be conveyed, with a longitudinal direction end thereof being a head, at a leading end of a conveyer for conveying straightly or at an interruption point in the middle thereof, and a desired direction other than the straight line is a conveying direction. A secondary conveyor having a dimension shorter than the length of the body to be transferred, and having a dimension larger than the width dimension of the body to be transferred,
Adjacent to both sides of the conveyor, a guide roller having an axis parallel to the secondary conveyor is provided, and the guide roller is oriented so that desired operations such as forward / reverse rotation and sliding rotation can be obtained by operation. A conversion operation body that forms a conversion device, and is provided with a guide member that can contact both outsides of a body conveyed by the conveyor at positions outside these guide rollers and on both outsides of the straight-moving conveyor. A direction changing device in a conveying mechanism, wherein the guiding mechanism including the above-mentioned is capable of advancing and retreating at a position of an angle that is orthogonal or approximate to an orthogonal direction of the path of the conveyor that advances straight ahead.