JP2500975B2 - Product take-out device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product take-out device capable of taking out a product, which is carried on a hanger of a trolley conveyor and transferred, at a correct take-out position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a factory for manufacturing ceramic products such as suspension insulators, products are transferred by a trolley conveyor. However, since the hanger of the trolley conveyor moves forward and backward while swinging, there is no problem when taking out manually, but when the robot hand etc. automatically takes out, the relative position of the product and the robot hand is accurate. There was a risk of damaging the product because it was not decided.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and can automatically take out a product from a hanger of a trolley conveyor that moves forward while swinging forward, backward, leftward and rightward without damaging the product. It was made to provide a device.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, provides a rail parallel to a trolley conveyor below a product take-out position of the trolley conveyor, and a hanger of the trolley conveyor is provided on the rail. It is characterized in that it is provided with a trolley for chucking and moving at the same speed as the hanger, and a product takeout mechanism for taking out a product from the hanger onto the trolley side is provided on the trolley.

[0005]

The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a trolley conveyor, 2 is a hanger on which products 3 are loaded, which is moved by the trolley conveyor 1 at a constant low speed in the direction shown, and transfers the products 3 to each process. Is. In this embodiment, the product 3 is a suspension insulator, but it can be applied to other products as it is.

Below the product take-out position of the trolley conveyor 1, a rail 4 is provided in parallel with the trolley conveyor 1 for a required length. And this rail 4
A trolley 5 is provided above. The trolley 5 can travel on the rails 4 by the wheels 7 with the motor 6, but when traveling in the same direction as the hanger 2, the trolley 5 is driven by the motor 6.
The wheel 7 is idled by disengaging the clutch between the wheel 7 and the wheel 7, and the wheel 6 is driven by the motor 6 only when the carriage 5 is returned to its original position.

The dolly 5 is provided with a hook 8 on its upper portion for engaging with the upper portion of the hanger 2. The hook 8 can be moved back and forth by a cylinder 9. When the wheels 7 of the carriage 5 are idled and the hook 8 is engaged with the hanger 2, the carriage 5 is pulled by the hanger 2 and is railed at the same speed. 4 will be run. The trolley | bogie 5 is equipped with the chuck | zipper 10 which hold | maintains the pillar 2a on both sides of the hanger 2 on both sides of the lower part. The chuck 10 can be opened and closed by a built-in cylinder.

Further, the trolley 5 is provided with the product 3 from the hanger 2 top.
A product take-out mechanism 11 for taking out the product to the dolly 5 side is provided. This product take-out mechanism 11 includes a front-back movement cylinder 12,
It includes an elevating cylinder 13 attached to the lower side thereof, and a product loading section 14 supported by the elevating cylinder 13. Each of these parts is controlled by a microcomputer or the like, and the product loading section 14 is inserted below the product 3 on the hanger 2, lifted slightly upward, and then retracted to a predetermined position. It has a function of taking out the product 3 from above.

[0009]

In the product take-out apparatus of the present invention thus constructed, the hook 8 is advanced by the cylinder 9 at the right end of the rail 4 in FIG. 1, and the hook 8 is first engaged with the hanger 2. At this time, if the wheels 7 of the carriage 5 are left idle, the carriage 5 is pulled by the hanger 2 of the trolley conveyor 1 and starts moving leftward on the rail 4 at the same speed as the hanger 2. Then, if the pillars 2a on both sides of the hanger 2 are held by the chuck 10 next, the hanger 2 can be accurately positioned with respect to the carriage 5 without slightly swinging.

Next, the product loading section 14 is positioned slightly below the product 3 to be taken out by the elevating cylinder 13, and the product loading section 14 is inserted below the product 3 by the forward / backward movement cylinder 12. The lifting cylinder 13 raises the product loading section 14 to lift the product 3 from the hanger 2, and
12 is moved backward to move the product loading section 14 together with the product 3 to the trolley 5 side.

After the product 3 is transferred to the dolly 5 side in this way, the chuck 10 is released, and the hook 8 is also retracted to separate the dolly 5 and the hanger 2. After that, trolley 5
The product 3 is taken out from above by a robot hand or the like onto a conveyor (not shown). At this time, however, the product 3 is in a mechanically accurately positioned position, so that automatic taking out by the robot hand or the like can be performed without any trouble. . The trolley 5 is quickly returned to the right side on the rail 4 by the motor 6 to prepare for the next product removal from the hanger 2.

[0012]

As described above, according to the product take-out device of the present invention, the product can be automatically taken out from the hanger of the trolley conveyor that moves forward while swinging back and forth and right and left without damaging the product. This is very effective in automating the factory. Therefore, the present invention, as a product take-out device that solves the conventional problems, has a great contribution to the industrial development.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Trolley conveyor 2 Hanger 3 Product 4 Rail 5 Truck 11 Product take-out mechanism

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rail parallel to the trolley conveyor is provided below the product take-out position of the trolley conveyor, and a carriage for chucking the hanger of the trolley conveyor on the rail and traveling at the same speed as the hanger is provided. A product take-out device, which is provided with a product take-out mechanism for taking out a product from the hanger onto the trolley side.