JPH085959Y2 - Stacking device for cylindrical articles - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention has a cylindrical shape such as a shaft part ground by a centerless grinding machine or a coin packed by a coin packing machine. The present invention relates to a stacking device for cylindrical articles which may become defective when the surface is scratched.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a centerless polishing machine or the like, in order to collect the shaft parts that are polished and sent out without damaging the polishing surface, as shown in FIG. A long chute 4 having a gentle downward slope is arranged from a delivery port 3 fed by 2 and the fed shaft component 1 gently rolls on the chute 4 while
It was arranged to be stacked in order from the lower end of the.

Further, in a coin wrapping machine that stacks a predetermined number of coins and wraps them in a cylindrical shape, the wrapping coins wrapped by the coin wrapping machine are discharged from the discharge port formed below the machine body, and the receiving coins formed below the coin are packed. It was designed to be naturally dropped into the box and accumulated.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional device for accumulating the shaft component 1 on the chute 4 as described above, it is possible to integrate the shaft component 1 without damaging it. There is a problem that the chute 4 becomes very long and the installation space becomes large when it is attempted to collect the stacked parts. Further, when the stacked shaft parts 1 are transported to another place, the articles stacked in the chute 4 are The problem was that it had to be repacked in the transport box, which was time-consuming.

On the other hand, in the conventional device for accumulating the packaging coins in the receiving box, by making the receiving box have a certain depth, the above-mentioned problem of the installation space is solved, and moreover,
There is no need to repack it for transportation, but if the depth of the receiving box becomes deeper, the falling distance of the packaging coin will increase, and the impact of the drop will damage the packaging coin and peel off the packaging paper. .

As described above, in the accumulating portion of the cylindrical article, if the surface of the cylindrical article is not scratched, a problem occurs in the installation space or transportation, and conversely, if the problems in the installation space or the transportation are solved, the surface becomes There was a contradictory problem that it was easily scratched.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a cylindrical article stacking apparatus capable of stacking a large number of cylindrical articles within a narrow range without damaging the surface of the cylindrical article. It is intended to be provided.

[Constitution of device]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a cylindrical article stacking apparatus for sequentially stacking cylindrical articles A, which are sent one by one from a cylindrical article A creating apparatus or the like, in a stacking unit 15. It is provided to be movable up and down within the range between the position where the cylindrical article A is sent out and the bottom surface of the accumulating section 15, and is a receiving port 23 that receives the cylindrical article A from the radial direction and a receiving side in its receiving state. A moving body 21 having a discharge port 24 that discharges from the opposite side and having a downward slope 25 from the receiving port 23 to the discharge port 24,
The movable body 21 is provided so as to be vertically movable in a predetermined range with respect to the lower end of the movable body 21, and is urged downward by the urging means 35 to be located at the lowest position. The discharge port 24 of the moving body 21 is closed while the moving body 21 is moved upward with respect to the moving body 21 against the biasing force of the biasing means 35. The shutter member 31 formed by moving the moving body 21 up and down, and when the moving body 21 descends, the lower end of the shutter member 31 comes into contact with the bottom surface of the stacking unit 15 or the stacked cylindrical articles A. Is provided with an elevating means 41 that stops the descent of the moving body 21 and raises it when the moving body 21 rises with respect to the moving body 21 and opens the discharge port 24 of the moving body 21.

(Operation) In the present invention, in the standby state for receiving the cylindrical article A, the moving body 21 is positioned at a position where the cylindrical articles A are delivered one by one, and the receiving opening 23 is faced to the moving body 21. The shutter member 31 biased to the lowermost position by the biasing means 35 closes the discharge port 24 of the moving body 21.

Then, the cylindrical articles A sent out one by one are received in the moving body 21 from the radial direction through the receiving port 23, and the cylindrical articles A received in the moving body 21 are discharged at the inclined surface 25 at the discharge port 24.
The roller is rolled to the side, and the discharge port 24 is brought into contact with the shutter member 31 that closes and accommodated and held.

Then, the moving member 21 accommodating and holding the cylindrical article A is lowered by the lifting and lowering means 41, and thereby the shutter member
The lower end of 31 abuts on the bottom surface of the accumulating portion 15 or the accumulated cylindrical articles A, the shutter member 31 moves up with respect to the moving body 21, and the discharge port 24 of the moving body 21 is opened. The cylindrical article A, which has been housed and held, is in the receiving state and the discharge port 24
Is discharged and accumulated on the bottom surface of the accumulating portion 15 or the accumulated cylindrical articles A.

Further, when the discharge port 24 is opened, the lowering of the moving body 21 by the elevating means 41 is stopped, and conversely, the moving body 21 is raised and returned to the standby position.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 and 2 show a stacking device for cylindrical articles,
This stacking device is attached to, for example, a device for producing cylindrical articles such as a centerless polishing machine for polishing shaft parts or a coin packaging machine for producing packed coins. Receiving the cylindrical articles A sent in the radial direction on the plate 12 and sent out one by one from the delivery port 13 on the delivery plate 12, the receiving box opened upward.
It is configured to be sequentially stacked in the stacking unit 15 inside 14.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a moving body, which is formed wide and has an opening 22 through which the cylindrical article A can enter and pass, and the delivery port 13 of the delivery plate 12 is formed therein. A receiving port 23 for receiving the cylindrical article A from the radial direction is formed on one side of the opening 22 facing the opening 22 and a discharging port 24 for discharging the cylindrical article A in the receiving state is provided on the other side of the opening 22. An inclined surface 25 is formed on the bottom surface of the opening 22 and inclines downward from the receiving port 23 to the discharging port 24. The movable body 21 is attached to the pair of guide shafts 27 supported by the fixing member 26 so as to be vertically movable, and the position facing the delivery port 13 of the delivery plate 12 from which the cylindrical article A is delivered and the accumulating portion 15 are provided. It is possible to move up and down within the range of the bottom surface.

Further, 31 is a shutter member, and this shutter member 31
Is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section from the contact plate portion 32 arranged on the lower surface side of the moving body 21 and the shutter plate portion 33 arranged on the side surface side of the moving body 21 where the discharge port 24 is opened. The plate part 32
It is supported so as to be movable up and down within a predetermined range with respect to the moving body 21 via support shafts 34 provided on the upper surfaces of both ends, and is moved downward by a spring 35 as an urging means fitted to the support shaft 34. Being energized. The shutter plate portion 33 is below the discharge port 24 of the moving body 21 when the shutter member 31 is located at the lowermost position (position shown by a solid line in the figure) with respect to the moving body 21, and When the member 31 is moved to an upper position (position indicated by a chain double-dashed line in the figure) with respect to the moving body 21, it faces the discharging opening 24 of the moving body 21 and its discharging opening.
An opening 36 for opening 24 is formed.

Further, 41 is an elevating means, and this elevating means 41 has an air cylinder 42 attached to the upper surface of the fixing member 26, and a rod 44 connected to a piston 43 moving in the air cylinder 42 is a fixing member. It penetrates through 26 so as to be vertically movable and is connected to the upper surface of the moving body 21. And the air cylinder 42
An air tube 45 for supplying and reducing air pressure into the cylinder chambers above and below the piston 43 is connected to the upper and lower parts of the.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the stacking device is in a standby state for receiving the cylindrical articles A, the moving body 21 is lifted by the air cylinder 42 as shown by the solid line in the figure, and the receiving port 23 of the moving body 21 has the receiving plate 23.
The shutter member 31 is held at the lowest position with respect to the moving body 21 by the spring 35, and the shutter plate portion 33 of the shutter member 31 releases the moving body 21. The outlet 24 is closed.

Then, the cylindrical article A sent in the radial direction on the delivery plate 12 by the pusher 11 is received in the opening 22 through the receiving port 23 of the moving body 21, and the inclined surface 25 at the bottom surface of the opening 22 It is rolled toward the discharge port 24 and comes into contact with the shutter member 31 that closes the discharge port 24 to stop.

Then, the air cylinder 42 is operated, and the moving body 21 accommodating the cylindrical article A is lowered into the accumulating portion 15 of the receiving box 14.
Due to the lowering of the moving body 21, first, the contact plate portion 32 of the shutter member 31 comes into contact with the bottom surface of the accumulating portion 15 of the receiving box 14 or the upper surface of the cylindrical article A accumulated in the accumulating portion 15 and the shutter member 31. After the descent of only the chisel is regulated, the spring 35 is compressed by the moving body 21 which is further lowered, and the shutter member 31 is relatively raised with respect to the moving body 21, and is indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure. As shown, when the opening 36 of the shutter member 31 faces the discharge port 24 of the moving body 21, the cylindrical article A accommodated in the opening 22 of the moving body 21 remains in the receiving state and the discharge port 24 and the opening. It is discharged and accumulated on the bottom surface of the accumulating portion 15 or on the cylindrical article A which has been accumulated through the mouth 36. At this time, since the height of the cylindrical articles A dropped from the moving body 21 is low, the cylindrical articles A can be accumulated without being damaged.

Further, after the cylindrical article A is discharged, when the moving body 21 descends to the limit, the moving body 21 is absorbed and stopped by the air cushion action of the air cylinder 42.

After that, the air cylinder 42 is operated in the opposite direction to move the moving body.
21 is raised, and the moving body 21, the shutter member 31, etc. are returned to the initial standby position.

In this way, the cylindrical article A is moved to the bottom area of the stacking section 15 by the movable body 21 which is vertically movable within the range between the position where the cylindrical article A is delivered and the bottom surface of the stacking section 15. Since they are discharged after being discharged, a large number of cylindrical articles A can be accumulated within a narrow area in the receiving box 14 without damaging the surface of the cylindrical articles A.

It should be noted that, regarding the stacking state of the cylindrical articles A stacked in the stacking unit 15 of the receiving box 14, first, in the lower stage, the articles A are cylindrical even if they are discharged from the moving body 21 to the same position. Rolled on the bottom surface of the stacking section 15 and arranged almost densely, and then 2
As for the steps and above, the particles are discharged from the moving body 21 to the same position, so they are stacked at the discharging position, but if they overlap to some extent, they are pushed by the discharged cylindrical article A and collapse, or the shutter member 31 has already been accumulated. By being brought into contact with the cylindrical article A of FIG.

Further, in the above embodiment, the air cylinder 42 is used as the elevating means 41 for elevating and lowering the moving body 21, but a link mechanism or the like may be used. In this case, the descending amount is absorbed via a spring, or the moving body is moved. It is preferable to stop the lowering of the moving body 21 by detecting the lowering position of the body 21 with a switch or the like.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, the cylindrical article is moved to the bottom area of the stacking section and discharged by the moving body that is vertically movable within the range between the position where the cylindrical article is sent out and the bottom surface of the stacking section. Therefore, a large number of cylindrical articles can be accumulated within a narrow range without damaging the surface of the cylindrical article.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a stacking apparatus for cylindrical articles of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a side view of a conventional stacking apparatus for cylindrical articles. 15 ... Accumulation part, 21 ... Moving body, 23 ... Reception port, 24 ... Discharge port, 25 ... Inclined surface, 31 ... Shutter member, 35 ... Spring as biasing means, 41 ... Means, A ... Cylindrical article.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A stacking apparatus for cylindrical articles, which sequentially stacks cylindrical articles sent one by one from a cylindrical article producing apparatus or the like in a stacking unit, and a position at which the cylindrical articles are sent out and It has a receiving port that is vertically movable within the range of the bottom surface of the stacking unit and that receives cylindrical articles from the radial direction and a discharging port that discharges from the side opposite to the receiving side in the receiving state, and also discharges from the receiving port. A movable body having a downward slope toward the outlet, and a movable body that is vertically movable within a predetermined range while protruding downward from the lower end of the movable body, and is urged downward by an urging means. The discharge port of the moving body is closed when it is located at the lowest position, and the discharge port of the moving body is closed when the moving body is moved upward against the biasing force of the biasing means. Opened shutter A member and the movable body are moved up and down, and when the movable body descends, the lower end of the shutter member abuts on the bottom surface of the accumulating portion or the accumulated cylindrical article so that the shutter member moves upward relative to the movable body. An apparatus for collecting cylindrical articles, comprising: an elevating means for stopping the descent of the moving body and ascending it when the discharge port of the body is opened.