JPH03213456A - Suspension conveying equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effect a processing work in a state that objects to be conveyed are sufficiently laterally spaced away from each other by a method wherein a pair of the support parts on both sides for an object to be conveyed of a trolley device runnable on a specified route are movable individually in a lateral direction. CONSTITUTION:Guide rails 27 laterally protruded and inclined such that a level is gradually raised toward an outer end are interconnected on both sides of a coupling frame 26 mounted on a trolley device 6 movable in a state to be supported and guided by a rail 2 for guiding a trolley. A pair of support parts 7 on both sides individually movable in a lateral direction in a state to be supported and guided by the guide rails 27 are provided. The support part 7 comprises a pair of trolley members 31 on both sides, a flat frameform frame 32 located between the lower parts of the trolley members, and a hanger 31. The support part 7 is stopped in a given spot (a painting room and the like) 50, and transferred to a moving guide rail 59 through operation of a transfer device 62 in a state that the moving guide rail 59 is joined with the guide rail 27.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is used, for example, in various factories to support and transport objects and to perform treatments such as painting on the objects during the transport route. This relates to hanging conveyance equipment.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in Utility Model Publication No. 60-23239, this type of hanging conveyance equipment has been provided with a trolley device having a plurality of trolleys, a hanger is attached to this trolley device, and a hanger is attached to each trolley. V for supporting and guiding
-yv 1, and a V-ru for supporting and guiding the drive device is provided above this rail. According to such conveyance equipment, by interlocking the drive device with the trolley device, the conveyed object can be conveyed on a fixed path via the hanger, and the conveyed object can be painted, etc. at a predetermined point on the fixed path. can be processed.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional system as described above, when a pair of left and right objects is supported and transported by a hanger, the left and right objects are placed close to each other on the hanger. If the substrate is supported by a substrate, processing operations on these adjacent surfaces cannot be easily and accurately performed. To solve this problem, the pair of objects to be transported may be supported by hangers with a sufficient distance in the left-right direction, but this requires a wide transport space to be secured over the entire length of the fixed path.

It is an object of the present invention to provide hanging conveyance equipment that allows normal conveyance to be carried out within a narrow conveyance space, and that allows processing work to be carried out with sufficient distance between the conveyed objects in all left and right directions. be.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above objects, the hanging conveyance equipment of the present invention has the following features:
It has a trolley device that can travel freely along a fixed path, and a support section for the transported object attached to the trolley device. - a transfer guide part which is configured to be movable separately, and which is connectable to the outer end of the force guide part at a predetermined location on the short path; A transfer device is provided for moving the support section from the above-mentioned section to the eastward transfer guide section.

Effects According to the configuration of the present invention, by moving the pair of left and right support parts, each supporting an object to be conveyed, closer to each other in the left-right direction, adjacent surfaces of the object to be conveyed can be brought close to each other, thereby reducing the width. Normal transportation can be performed by sandwiching the occupied space in both directions.

Then, by completely stopping the trolley device at a predetermined location, connecting the transfer guide section to the outer end of the guide section, and then operating the transfer device, the support section is moved from the guide section to the transfer guide section, and then The two wave carriers can be moved apart in the left and right (width) directions.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 5, 1 is a suspended conveyance device, which is constructed above the top guiding rail A/2, this L lolli guiding rail, and FL/2. A trolley driving device rail/l/4, a trolley device 6 supported and guided by the trolley guide rail 2 and movable on a fixed path 5, and this trolley device 6
The trolley drive device 8 is comprised of a support portion 7 attached to the trolley drive device 6, and a trolley drive device (such as a chain conveyor) 8 supported and guided by the trolley drive device rail 4. The trolley device 6 includes:
Front trolley 9 and a pair of front and rear flippy trolleys 10.
11, a rear trolley 12, and connecting rods 13, 14, 15 that connect the front and rear facing trolleys. The above trolleys 9゜10.11 and 12 are guide wheels/I/16
and wheels 7'17 for preventing lateral vibration, and are supported and guided by the trolley guide rail 2 via these wheels 16 and 17.

Said Freon)) p! J9 has a passive dog 19 which can be freely engaged and disengaged from the transmission protrusion 18 from the trolley drive device 8, which can be raised and lowered, and an operation lever 20, which is attached in the middle thereof and can be vertically swung, extends forward. are doing. The rear end of the operating lever 20 and the lower end of the passive dog 19 are connected via a pin. Therefore, the operating lever 20 and the passive dog 19 are interlocked so that when the operating lever 20 moves upward, the passive dog 19 descends. Further, the front door 9 has an abutting member 21 located below the operating/(-) position, and has a hold dog 22 located at the rear of the passive dog 19 at the rear of the upper end. Norya trolley 12t/'i, the operating lever 20
1 &: A camchie/L/23 to be moved upward is extended to the rear, and a contact portion to which the abutting member 21 can freely abut is formed in the Mayu camchie/L/230 part. . A V-arm 26 (connected via a trunnion bin 25) is attached between both the free trolleys 10 and 11, and the pair of left and right supporting portions 7 are movable independently in the left and right directions with respect to this connection frame 26. established in That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, from both sides of the connecting frame 26,
A guide rail (an example of a guide portion) 27 is provided in succession, protruding in the left-right direction and slanted so that its outer end is located above the top.

Two sets of these guide rails Z7Fi, each consisting of two channel-shaped members whose open portions are opposed to each other at the front and back, are provided at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction. The pair of left and right support portions 7 are supported and guided by these guide rails 27 and are movable separately in the left and right directions.
/27, a pair of left and right trolley members 31 supported and guided via guide wheels 30, a flat frame 32 provided between the lower portions of these trolley members 31, and a frame 32 extending vertically from the lower surface of the frame 32. It consists of a hanger 33. This hanger 33#-j' is in the shape of a long plate extending in the front-rear direction, and can be hung via a plurality of hanging tools (wires, etc.) 35 using any one of the many locking holes 34 formed. Supports the conveyed object 36. Therefore, since both the support parts 7 are supported by the inclined guide tray w27 via the guide wheels 30, they automatically move toward each other in the left-right direction due to their own weight.

The outer end of the guide rail 27 is open, and therefore, in order to prevent the trolley member 31 from jumping out due to vibrations during transportation, a bracket 37 is connected upward from the outer end of the guide rail 27. This pool? A stopper 39 is attached to the F'/to 37 via a longitudinal pin 38. Here, the stopper 39 faces inward, and the presence of the stopper portion 40 prevents the edge from swinging outward, but is configured to swing inward. Furthermore, a coupling member 41 is provided on the outer surface of the outer end of the guide rail 27, into which a coupling pin (described later) on the transfer guide side can be fitted. A lower stand 42 is erected from the center of the frame 32, and a bag and shaft 43 are mounted on the upper end of this roller stand string. A roller 44 is attached through it. Furthermore, an oil pan 45 located above the trolley device 6 is connected from the inner end of one frame 32 . Further, on the upper surface of the guide rail 27 on the inner side of the roller stand 42, a guide plate name for preventing vibration is attached.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
A transfer guide portion connectable to the outer end of the force idle rail 27 is provided in the painting room 50 having a width of 9. That is, a stopper device 51 for stopping the trolley device 6 is provided at a predetermined location, and this stopper device 51 has an actuating portion 52 attached to the outer surface of the trolley guiding row/I/2, and the actuating portion 52 causes the trolley to be guided. It consists of a stopper plate 53 that can freely move up and down above the rail 2. And stopper plate &
As a result of the protruding movement, the moving passive dog 19 is pushed down and removed from the transmission protrusion 18, and then the hold dog 22 stops receiving, thereby stopping the trolley device 6. Furthermore, a guide roller 54 is provided at a certain location so as to be able to come into contact with the guided plate 28 from above, and this guide roller 54 is attached to the lower end of a slide 56 hanging from the frame 55. A fixed guide rail 5 is provided on the frame body 55 side.
7 is attached, and a movable guide rail 59 (an example of a transfer guide section) that is supported and guided by wheels 58 is provided on the fixed guide rail 57. The fixed guide tray fV57 is located outside the outer end of the guide rail 27 when the trolley device 6 is stopped, and is located on an extension of the slope of the guide rail 27, and the fixed guide tray μ57 The inner end of the movable guide knoll 59 is connected to the outer end of the guide rail 27 by operating the cylinder device 60 provided between the outer ends of the movable guide knoll 59 and the movable guide rail 27. Furthermore, movable guide tray A
A connecting pin 61 is provided on the outer surface of the inner end of the connector 159 and is configured to fit into the connecting member 41 when the connection is made, and the stopper 39 is moved upward by the connection.

A transfer device 62 for moving the support portion r1ks from the guide tray/I/27 to the movable guide rail 59 is provided at a predetermined location. That is, on the side of the frame 55, a rail 63 is provided which is parallel to the fixed guide tray 57 from above when viewed from the front, and a movable body 65 is supported and guided by the rail 63 via wheels 64. A pair of left and right guide plates 661 are provided at the bottom of this movable body.
A hook 67 is attached thereto, and the row "y44 can be moved freely into a guide groove 68 formed between both guide plates 66. Between the hook 67 and the frame 55 side,
A cylinder device 69 that moves this hook 67 completely outward?
It is set up.

As shown in Section 5(2), the hanging conveyance device IFi is arranged in an endless manner, for example, the painting chambers 50 are arranged side by side, and a loading device 7 is placed on the upper side of the group of painting chambers (equipment).
01, and a drying chamber 71 and unloading equipment [17
2 are installed.

According to the transport device 1 for suspending the above structure, the trolley device 6 is normally moved by the transmission protrusion 18 engaging the passive dog 19. When the trolley device 6 tries to run away during such running, the hold dog 22 comes into contact with the transmission protrusion 18, so that the runaway is prevented. Further, during normal running, the supporting parts 7 automatically move toward each other by moving the guiding wheels 30 inward on the inclined guide rails 27 due to the weight of the supporting parts 7 and the transported object 36. are doing. Therefore, as shown in the solid line in FIG. 1 and in FIG.
By bringing the adjacent surfaces closer to each other, the occupied space in the width direction is narrowed and normal conveyance can be performed.

Further, the stopper 39 is pivoted to the operating position and prevents the support portion 7 from flying outward due to vibration or the like. The trolley assembly fi1 was brought into the painting room 50 in such a state.
61-i: First, the guided slope is the guide loaf 54.
By entering the position F, horizontal shaking is prevented, and the stopper device 51 acts to stop the vehicle at a predetermined location. That is, the actuating portion 52 moves the stopper plate & to the second position.
The passive dog 19 is made to protrude forward as shown by the imaginary line in the figure and in FIG.

Then, the moving passive dog 19 hits the stopper plate 53.
It is pushed down and removed from the driven protrusion 18, and the driving state is determined. Thereafter, the stopper plate 53 stops receiving the hold dog 22, thereby stopping the trolley device 6. When being transported to such a predetermined location, as shown in FIG. Since the trolley device 6 is moving, the guide groove 68 moves along with the trolley device 6.
It will be inserted into.

As shown in FIG. 3, the trolley device 6 is stopped at a predetermined location.
In this state, the cylinder device 60 is first extended, guided by the fixed guide rail 57, and moved inward by the movable guide rail 59. Then, the coupling bin 61 is fitted into the coupling member 41, and as shown in FIG. 4, the movable guide tray/L1
The free end of 59 is connected to the outer end of guide V-27, and the stopper 39 is moved upward to the non-operating position. Next, the cylinder device 69 of the transfer device @62 is contracted, and the movable body 65 is moved outward by being guided by the rail B. Then, as described above, since the row-y 44 is fitted into the guide groove 68, the support portion 7 moves integrally. That is, the guide wheel 30 transfers from the guide tray yv27 to the movable guide rail 59, and the open conveyed object 36 moves outward as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 and the imaginary line in FIG. This means that the two sides will be separated from each other.

Therefore, a wide work area can be secured between the two wave carriers 36, and painting can be easily and accurately performed. After the desired painting is done, by performing the operation opposite to the above, that is, by extending the cylinder device 69 and retracting the cylinder device 60, it is possible to return to the state shown by the east line in FIG. By operating the trolley device 6, it is possible to transport the trolley device 6 to a lower position. By putting this trolley device 6 into the drying/drying chamber 71, it is possible to dry the painted object 36, and by stopping the trolley device 6t-unloading device 72 section, the object 361 can be coated and transported.
By stopping the loading device 70, a new object 361 can be loaded.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention having the above configuration, by moving the pair of left and right support parts that supported the transported object closer to each other, normal transport can be carried out by bringing the adjacent surfaces of the transported object closer together and creating a constant-width sandwich. This can be done in a small transport space. Then, at a predetermined point, transfer to the outer end of the guide part. By activating the transfer device after connection, the support section can be moved from the guide section to the transfer guide section, thereby widening the work area by sufficiently separating the open conveyed object in the left and right direction. hand,
Various tasks can be performed easily and accurately. Further, the supporting portion can be automatically moved in the left-right direction, so that safe work can be performed even in an atmosphere (environment) where an organic solvent is used, for example.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view of the painting chamber, FIG. 2 is a side view of the conveyor section, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are main parts showing the transfer work. The front view and FIG. 5 are schematic plan views. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Hanging conveyance device, 2... Rail for trolley guide, 4... Rail for trolley drive device, 5... Fixed path, 6... Trolley device, 7... Support part, 8 ... Trolley drive device, 18 ... Transmission protrusion, 19 ... Passive dog, 26 ... Connection frame, 27 ... Guide tray 1
v (guide part), 31... trolley member, 33...
Hanger, 36... Object to be transported, 39... Stopper, 4
4... Roller, 50... Painting room, 51... Stopper device, 57... Fixed guide rail, 59... Movable guide rail (transfer guide part), 60... Cylinder device, 62 ... Riding→shielding device, 63... Ray M1 65... Movable body, 68... Guide valley t1 69... Cylinder device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. It has a trolley device that can travel freely on a fixed path, and a supporting part for the transported object attached to this trolley device, and this supporting part is a pair of left and right, and is supported and guided by a guide part on the trolley device side and moves from side to side. A transfer guide section configured to be movable in each direction and freely connectable to the outer end of the guide section at a predetermined location in a fixed path, and a transfer section for moving a support section from the guide section to the transfer guide section. Hanging conveyance equipment characterized by being provided with a device.