JPH03288721A - Storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form a plurality of conveyors into a temporary stored conveyor storage by arranging bucket conveyors in which a number of trough-shaped buckets extending in the width direction are arranged in parallel, into plural stages, and exposing the starting edge and terminal edge of the lower conveyor from the starting edge and terminal edge of the conveyor directly above. CONSTITUTION:A temporary stored conveyor storage 2 consists of plural stages of bucket conveyors 81-84 which are fixedly installed on a frame 7, and independently driven. The starting edge and terminal edge of the conveyor 81 are projected and exposed outside from the conveyor 82 which is directly above, and also other conveyors 82-84 are exposed from the conveyor which is directly above. A number of trough-shaped buckets 12 extending in the width direction are arranged in parallel on each conveyor 81-84, and the transported articles which are arranged in one row in the width direction by a transport means 4 are supplied to the starting edge of each conveyor 81-84 from directly above. The conveyors 81-84 in each stage are formed into a temporary stored conveyor storage 2 through the successive transport.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a storage device for temporarily storing articles.

(Prior Art) When manufacturing articles, especially products through a continuous integrated process, it is often necessary to temporarily store the conveyed articles and adjust the time when sending the conveyed articles to the next process in the related process. There is something necessary.

For example, when transporting an infusion bottle filled with infusion solution and with a cap firmly attached from the sterilization process to the inspection and packaging process, when the infusion bottle is transferred sequentially according to the working time of the inspection and packaging process, from the sterilization process to the inspection and packaging process. During the transition, it is necessary to temporarily hold the infusion bottle.

In such a case, there is a means of simply transferring the material onto the mesh belt 1 or the bell) on a conveyor, a walking conveyance means, etc., but these means are inconvenient when the storage time is relatively long, and the equipment before and after the The only response was to stop the operation of the system.

Moreover, since the walking conveyance means has a top and bottom two-stage structure and conveys the conveyed articles from the delivery member to the receiving member through the ends, not only is AII14 complicated, but the scale of the apparatus is also increased. Not really.

Furthermore, these means require a means for preventing blind movement of the conveyed objects, such as a mechanism for preventing movement of the conveyed objects and an aligning mechanism during transfer of the next culm.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) It is possible to temporarily store conveyed objects so as not to interfere with the work of the next process, accumulate a relatively large number of articles and efficiently feed them to the next work process, and when aligning the conveyed objects There was a problem as to how to prevent this from being hurt.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a device that can temporarily store transported items in accordance with the work procedure of the next process and can efficiently accumulate a relatively large number of items. Accordingly, claim (1) is characterized in that a plurality of bucket conveyors each having a large number of vertical trough-shaped buckets h extending in the width direction are arranged in a step-like manner, and the vertical trough-shaped buckets 1 at the starting end and the terminal end of the lower bucket conveyor are arranged in steps. Claim 2 provides a storage device in which a temporary storage conveyor 1-rage is exposed to a brush 1 directly above the conveyor when seen from the starting end and the terminal end of the conveyor in plan view.
) is a system in which a plurality of bucket conveyors each consisting of a large number of vertical trough-shaped buckets that extend in the width direction are arranged in a tiered manner, and the straight trough-shaped buckets at the starting and terminal ends of the lower bucket conveyor are connected to the starting end of the bucket conveyor directly above. A temporary storage conveyor 1 herage is provided which is exposed when viewed planarly from the terminal end, and a predetermined number of storage units are provided in a standby straight section parallel to the vertical trough-like bucket near the carry-in side of the temporary storage conveyor storage. A feeding mechanism is disposed for feeding objects to be transported in a column, and a predetermined number of objects to be transported in the column in the standby straight section are simultaneously lifted and moved forward by the feeding mechanism and an inlet section of the temporary storage conveyor storage. , a loading mechanism is provided that lowers, releases, and simultaneously transfers a predetermined number of objects into the straight bucket; Provided is an accumulating device having an ejecting mechanism for simultaneously lifting, advancing, lowering, and releasing the
In 3), a plurality of bucket conveyors each having a large number of vertical trough-shaped buckets 1 to 1 extending in the width direction are arranged in a stepped manner, and the vertical buckets at the starting and terminal ends of the lower bucket conveyor are connected to the bucket directly above. Temporary storage conveyor storage is provided which is exposed when viewed from the start and end of the conveyor in plan view, and is located in a predetermined standby straight section parallel to the straight bucket near the carry-in side of the temporary storage conveyor storage. Feed l! which counts the number of objects to be transported and pushes them into a predetermined number of rows! horizontally disposed, simultaneously holding, moving forward, lowering, and releasing a predetermined number of conveyed objects in columns within the waiting surface section between the feeding mechanism and the loading section of the temporary storage conveyor storage; Carrying-in I to simultaneously transfer a predetermined number of transported items into the vertical trough-shaped bucket! To provide a storage device provided with a carry-out mechanism that simultaneously holds a predetermined number of conveyed objects in the vertical axis bucket at a carry-out part of the temporary accumulation conveyor storage, advances, lowers, and releases them. .

(Function) A predetermined number of conveyed objects are sent to the standby straight part by the feeding mechanism, and transferred to the vertical trough-shaped bucket of the time accumulation conveyor storage by the side part of the lifting machine of the conveying mechanism. The objects to be transported are transferred into the vertical bucket of the bucket conveyor, and then transferred into the vertical trough-shaped packets 1- of the upper bucket conveyor, and the large number of objects to be transported are adjusted to the work procedure of the next process. can be temporarily stored in conveyor storage.

(Example) Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

For the sake of explanation with reference to FIG. 1, which schematically shows the outline of the device of the present invention in a plan view, the storage device 1 has a feeding mechanism 3 disposed on the carry-in side of a temporary storage conveyor storage 2, and this feeding mechanism 3
A carry-in mechanism 4 is provided between the storage area and the carry-in part of the temporary storage conveyor storage 2, and a carry-out mechanism 5 is provided on the carry-out side of the temporary accumulation conveyor storage 2. (A) is formed so as to count and feed a predetermined number into one line.

As shown in FIG. 4, the standby straight section 6 consists of a plastic top chain conveyor 6a and a kite member 6b for guiding the conveyed object (A), and the conveyed object (A) is guided by the plastic top chain conveyor 6a. It is placed on the stationary side.

The temporary storage conveyor storage 2 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
5 and 6, a first stage bucket conveyor 81, a second stage bucket conveyor 82, a third stage bucket conveyor 83, a fourth stage bucket) to a conveyor 84 are fixedly installed on the frame 7. The first stage bucket conveyor 81 is attached to the driving chain wheel 9 and the driven chain wheel 10, respectively, and is attached at both ends to attachment chains 1.1.11 arranged on both sides. A large number of ・ are set in parallel, and the vertical trough-like bucket 12 has sufficient depth to insert the lower part of the infusion bottle as the conveyed object (a), and the motive chain wheel 9 and the driven chain wheel The first stage bucket conveyor 81 runs horizontally through a large number of vertical trough-like buckets 112, 12, which extend in the width direction of the stationary side and are arranged in parallel. do.

The second stage bucket conveyor 82, the third stage bucket conveyor 83, and the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84 have the same structure as the first stage bucket conveyor 81.
The attachment to the driven chain wheel 10 involves attaching a large number of vertical trough-like packets h12, 12 to the chain wheel 11. In the figure, 13 is a driving chain wheel, 14 is an opening chain wheel, and 15 is a driving chain wheel.

The second stage bucket conveyor 82, the M3J'ffi bucket conveyor 83, and the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84
has the same structure as the first stage bucket conveyor 81 and 00, or as shown in FIG. The starting end of the three-stage bucket conveyor 83 is retracted inward from the starting end of the conveyor 82 into the second-stage bucket 1, and the fourth-stage bucket conveyor 84
The starting end of the bucket conveyor 83 is recessed inward from the starting end of the third-stage bucket conveyor 83, and at least one of the vertical trough-like buckets 12, 12...
The first stage bucket conveyor 81 and the second stage bucket conveyor 8 are set so as to be exposed when viewed from above.
2. At the end of each of the third-stage bucket conveyor 83 and the fourth-stage bucket conveyor 84, and at the end of the lower bucket conveyor, vertical trough-shaped buckets 1212
. . is set to be exposed when viewed from above, and its length is approximately the same as that of the standby straight portion 6.

The feeding mechanism 3, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8,
The guide trough 16 and the standby straight section 6 are equipped with a conveyor 17 extending along the guide trough 16, and the guide trough 6 is provided with a counting mechanism 18, which is connected to the horizontal rotating bells 1 disposed on both sides. A conveyor 19, 19 and sensors 1 to 20 are provided, and a conveyor stop sensor 21 is provided near the right end of the standby straight section 6. The conveyor 17 is stopped by detecting that the first conveyed object (a) has reached a predetermined position.

The loading machine'! ! Reference numeral 44 denotes a movable body 23 that can freely reciprocate along the guide rail 22 at the upper part of the frame 7, as shown in FIGS. The horizontal portion 26 of the lifting machine is set on a support member 25 whose both ends are attached to shrinking chains 24, 24 which hang down from both ends and rotate vertically.

The horizontal part 26 of the lifting machine has a pair of elongated abutment members 2728, one of the elongate abutment members 27 is rotatable in the direction of the arrow (a>) about two support shafts, and the other one is The long strip-like rest members 28 are horizontally movable in the direction of arrow 2 (b), and in this example, hooks 30 are attached to each of the long strip-like rest members 27 and 28, and the length of the standby straight portion 6 is adjusted. They are approximately the same length.

The long piece-shaped abutting member 27 is a driving air cylinder 31.
The support shaft 29 is rotated and operated, and the elongated member 28 is moved horizontally by the horizontal movement of the driving air cylinder 31.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 7, and 10, the movable body 23 operates a movable body drive motor 35 fixed to the frame 7 to ensure positioning accuracy via a pole screw driver W436. Follow the arrow (c) along the guide rail 22 to
) direction, and as shown in FIG. 10, the vertical chain 24°24
By vertically rotating the support member 25, the support member 25 can be moved up and down in the direction of arrow (d), and by the combined movement of the reciprocating movement of the movable body 23 and the up and down movement of the support member 25, as shown in FIG. , the lifting V & structure section 26 reaches directly above the standby straight section 6,
As shown in FIG. 11, open the long strip-like abutment members 27 and 28, move the long strip-like abutment members 28 horizontally to the left, and bring the hooks 30 and 30 to the top of the conveyed object (a). Transported items (a)
The support member 25 is hooked onto the flange (b) of the object, and then the long strip-like abutment member 27 is rotated downward to bring it to the other side of the conveyed object (a), and the hook 30 is hooked onto the flange (b) of the support member 25. 12 (A> position), and when they reach the (B) position, the movable The body 23 is moved forward, and when the position (C) is not reached, the support member 25 is moved downward, and the first stage bucket conveyor 81, the second stage bucket conveyor 82, and the third stage bucket conveyor 82 are moved forward.
Among the stage bucket conveyor 8 and the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84, it is located on the starting end side and the stationary side of the bucket conveyor, which is stopped synchronously so that the conveyed objects (a), (a), etc. are introduced and stored. The vertical trough-shaped bucket (12) in a standby state carries objects to be transported (a).

(A)... are inserted from above at the (D) position, and then the long strip-shaped abutting members 27 and 28 are opened to release the conveyed objects (A) and (B)... Transferred,
After being transferred, the support member 25 is moved upward from the (D) position, the movable body 23 is moved backward from the (C) position, the support member 25 is moved downward from the (B) position, and it is on standby at the (A) position. A predetermined number of conveyed objects (A), (A), etc. in the straight portion 6 are lifted by the long strip-shaped contact members 27, 28, moved upward to the (B) position, and advanced to the (C) position. The conveyor is then moved downward to position (D), and lifted to simultaneously transfer a predetermined number of conveyed items (A) and (A) into, for example, the vertical trough-shaped bucket 12 of the first stage bucket conveyor 8□. The mechanism section 26 repeatedly performs a generally U-shaped movement opening downward.

In this case, the movement path of the lifting mechanism 26 actually becomes a modified U-shaped curved movement opening downward due to the combined movement of the reciprocating movement of the movable body 23 and the vertical movement of the support member 25.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the discharge mechanism 5 has a structure substantially similar to the carry-in mechanism 4, and is connected to a first-stage bucket conveyor 81 and a second-stage bucket conveyor 81 on the discharge 5 side of the temporary storage conveyor storage 2. Bucket conveyor 82, third stage bucket conveyor 83
, of the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84, the vertical trough-shaped bucket 1 at the terminal end of the bucket conveyor whose intermittent drive has been stopped.
A predetermined number of conveyed items (a), (a)...
is lifted by the lifting mechanism 26, moved forward, moved down, and transported to the next work process! The conveyed objects (A), (A)... are placed on the transfer conveyor 38 that transports the OJ (A), (A)...
is brought to the table, and the long strip-shaped abutment member 2728 is released to transfer the paper.

Although the apparatus of the present invention is configured as described above, the objects are transferred through the guide trough 16, and a predetermined number of objects (A), (A), etc. are transferred to the waiting straight section 6 by the counting mechanism 18 and the feeding mechanism 3. It is fed into the interior in a vertical line.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the intervals between the conveyed objects (A), (A), etc. fed into the waiting straight section 6 may be the same or irregular; The predetermined number can be changed at any time.

In this way, the predetermined number of conveyed objects (a), (a), etc. sent into the standby straight section 6 are then caught by the elongated contact members 27 and 28 of the lifting mechanism section 26. Ingredients 30
．． lifted and raised simultaneously from both sides via 30;
The bucket conveyor 81 moves forward, descends, stops intermittent driving, and waits, namely the first stage bucket conveyor 81 and the second stage bucket conveyor 81.
A predetermined number of conveyed objects (A) (A)... can be inserted and transferred at the same time.

After the transfer, the next transfer and loading movement is performed by the upward movement of the support member 25, the backward movement of the movable body 23, and the downward movement of the support member 25, and such operations are repeated.

The first-stage bucket conveyor 81, the second-stage bucket conveyor 82, the third-stage bucket conveyor 83, and the fourth-stage bucket conveyor 84 all run intermittently, and the conveyance OI (a), ( stomach)···
When transferring the
A 6-movement valve that operates corresponding to the vertical trough-like bucket 12 at the starting end of the stage bucket conveyor 81 and operates in the same manner on the second stage bucket conveyor 82, the third stage bucket conveyor 8, and the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84. At the terminal end on the discharge side of the accumulation conveyor storage 2, conveyed objects (a) and (a) are placed in vertical trough-like buckets 1 to 12.
In synchronization with the intermittent running stop of a bucket conveyor 84 carrying..., for example, the fourth stage bucket conveyor 84, the discharge mechanism 5 is operated, the supporting member is moved downward, and the lifting mechanism is moved to the fourth stage bucket conveyor. 84 in the vertical trough-like buckets 12, are raised, lifted, advanced, and lowered, and released and transferred on the transfer conveyor 38.

The operations of the feeding mechanism 3, carrying-in mechanism 4, temporary storage conveyor storage 2, and discharge mechanism 5 are controlled to operate synchronously in accordance with the next process. 8 After the transfer of the objects (A), (A), etc. in the vertical trough-shaped packets 1 to 12 is completed, the objects (A), (A), etc. are automatically transferred to the empty bucket conveyor. It will be transferred. In this example, a four-stage bucket conveyor was used, and the storage capacity was 9360 pieces.

(Effect of the invention) The conveyed articles are inserted into the vertical trough-like bucket of the temporary storage conveyor storage without damaging the conveyed articles during constant feeding by the feeding mechanism, and the conveyed articles are kept aligned without being actively moved during movement. Because they do not fall over, there is no need for positioning in the transfer direction, fall prevention means, or alignment means, and the number of temporary storage pieces and the number of pieces that can be stored in the temporary storage conveyor storage can be constantly calculated and controlled and output externally, so it is possible to In addition to being able to operate in accordance with the work process, it is also possible to control the operating state of the upstream work structure and quickly respond to regulate the expiration date of temporary storage. Conveyors and temporary storage conveyors allow first-in, first-out, and simultaneous storage and removal.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an outline of the device of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the outline of the device of the present invention.
An enlarged plan view of the main parts of the related structure between the feeding mechanism and the carry-in side of the temporary storage container storage; Figure 3 is a side view of the main parts;
Fig. 4 is an end view of the standby straight section, Fig. 5 is a plan view of the main part of the temporary storage container storage, Fig. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the vertical trough-shaped bucket attached to the bucket conveyor, Fig. 7
The figure is a side view of the main part showing the related structure of the temporary storage conveyor 1 herage and the carrying-in mechanism, Figure 8 is a plan view of the main part showing the related structure of the feeding mechanism and the standby straight section, and Figure 9 is the main part of the carrying-in mechanism. 10 is a perspective view showing the related structure between the movable body of the loading mechanism, the support member, and the lifting mechanism, and FIG. Detailed view of the side part of the upper machine, Figure 12 is lifting Ill! It is an explanatory view of the operating state of the side part. 1... Accumulation device, 2... Temporary accumulation conveyorst 1
0 Storage, 3... Feeding mechanism, 4... Carrying in 8! Calamity, 5.
... Unloading mechanism, 6... Standby straight part, 87, 82.83
84... Bucket conveyor, 12... Vertical trough-shaped bucket.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of bucket conveyors each consisting of a large number of straight buckets extending in the width direction are arranged in a tiered manner, and the straight buckets at the starting and ending ends of the lower bucket conveyor are connected to the bucket conveyor directly above the bucket conveyor. A storage device that is a temporary storage conveyor storage that is exposed from the start and end ends when viewed from above. (2) A plurality of bucket conveyors each consisting of a large number of straight trough-shaped buckets arranged in parallel in the width direction are arranged in a stepped manner, and the straight trough-shaped buckets at the starting and ending ends of the lower bucket conveyor are connected to the upper bucket conveyor. A temporary storage conveyor storage is provided which is exposed when viewed from the starting end and the terminal end, and a predetermined number of conveyors are transported to a standby linear section parallel to the straight trough-shaped bucket near the carry-in side of the temporary storage conveyor storage. A feeding mechanism for feeding objects in a column is provided, and a predetermined number of objects to be transported in the column in the standby straight section are simultaneously lifted, moved forward, and lowered between the feeding mechanism and the loading section of the temporary storage conveyor storage. a loading mechanism is provided for simultaneously transferring a predetermined number of transported objects into the straight trough-shaped bucket; A storage device equipped with an ejection mechanism that lifts, advances, lowers, and releases. (3) A plurality of bucket conveyors each having a large number of straight gutter-shaped buckets arranged in parallel in the width direction are arranged in steps, and the straight gutter-shaped buckets at the start and end of the lower bucket conveyor are connected to the upper bucket conveyor. A temporary storage conveyor storage is provided which is exposed when viewed from the starting end and the terminal end, and a predetermined number of conveyors are transported to a standby linear section parallel to the straight trough-shaped bucket near the carry-in side of the temporary storage conveyor storage. disposing a feeding mechanism that counts objects and pushing them in a predetermined number of rows, and simultaneously lifting a predetermined number of columns of transported objects in the standby straight section between the feeding mechanism and the loading section of the temporary storage conveyor storage; A carry-in mechanism is provided to move forward, lower, release, and simultaneously transfer a predetermined number of conveyed objects into the straight trough-shaped bucket, and transfer the predetermined number of objects in the straight trough-shaped bucket to the unloading section of the temporary accumulation conveyor storage. A storage device equipped with an unloading mechanism that simultaneously lifts, advances, lowers, and releases conveyed items. (4) The carry-in mechanism and the carry-out mechanism include one long strip-like abutting member that simultaneously engages one side of the predetermined number of objects to be conveyed in a column, and the other long strip-like abutment member that simultaneously engages the other side of the objects. Claim: 1. A lifting mechanism unit having a structure in which the lifting mechanism unit has a downward opening deformed U-shaped movement that repeats a lifting movement, a forward movement, a downward release movement, an upward movement, a backward movement, and a downward movement. The storage device described in (2) and (3).