JP3211042B2 - Alignment transfer device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aligning / conveying apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows and then aligning and transporting the plurality of articles in a line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of articles 102 are transported by using conveyors 103A and 103B.
For example, there is an aligning / conveying device 101 that carries out two-line conveying and then arranges them in one line using the aligning conveyor 104. In the aligning and conveying device 101, the conveying conveyors 103A and 103A
B is arranged orthogonal to the alignment conveyor 104.

[0003]

However, in the above-described aligning and conveying apparatus 101, especially when the article 102 has a plate shape, when the article 102 is conveyed from the conveying conveyors 103A and 103B to the aligning conveyor 104, an adjacent plate is used. The shaped articles 102 are partially overlapped and sent to the alignment conveyor 104. In this partially overlapped state, the alignment conveyor 1
There is a possibility that the sheets will be aligned and conveyed by the cartridge 04.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides an aligning / conveying device capable of aligning and conveying a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel at predetermined intervals in a line. The purpose is to:

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a multi-row transporter for transporting a plurality of articles simultaneously in a plurality of rows, and a plurality of articles are continuously connected in a transport direction of the plurality of rows of the articles and run at a predetermined speed to move the articles. An alignment conveyor that aligns and transports in a row, and a timing change mechanism that is provided adjacent to the alignment conveyor while being continuously provided in the transport direction of the multi-row transporter and travels at a speed different from the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor. A transport conveyer which is connected to the alignment conveyer in the running direction of the timing change mechanism and is adjacent to the alignment conveyer, and conveys the articles carried in from the timing change mechanism onto the alignment conveyer; Is that the articles carried out from the transport conveyor to the alignment conveyor are transported at predetermined intervals between the articles placed adjacently on the alignment conveyor. The running speed is the one set to the running speed of the alignment conveyor.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the aligning / conveying apparatus of the present invention, one of a plurality of articles is conveyed onto the aligning conveyor from the multi-row conveying machine, and the other articles are moved on the aligning conveyor by the timing changing mechanism. The speed is changed to a speed different from the speed of the article, and the article is conveyed onto the alignment conveyor via the conveyor. At this time, due to the speed change made by the timing changing mechanism, the articles on the conveyor are carried in at a predetermined interval between adjacent articles on the alignment conveyor. Therefore, a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel can be conveyed in a line at a predetermined interval on the arrangement conveyor.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an apparatus for manufacturing a superposed paper piece to which an embodiment of an aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 5 is a process diagram showing a process of manufacturing a folded polymer paper piece from the polymer paper piece.

[0008] In general, some postcards and cards are formed using a superposed paper piece capable of hiding transmission information. This superimposed paper piece describes transmission information to be concealed, such as personal information, on the bonding surface of the superimposed paper piece that is folded and superimposed and integrally adhered, so that concealment such as an address is unnecessary on the surface of the superimposed paper piece. Information is described, and the bonding surface is configured to be releasably bonded.

As shown in FIG. 5, the overlapped paper piece 1 has an integral multiple of a predetermined area required for a postcard or a card, for example, twice as large as the overlapped paper piece 2 (FIGS. 5A and 5E). )) Is folded at the folding line 4 (FIGS. 5 (B) and 5 (F)), and cut at the cutting line 5 to form the overlapped paper piece 3 having a predetermined area (FIGS. 5 (C) and (G)). It is configured by bonding the bonding surface 6 (FIGS. 5D and 5H).

[0010] On the outer surface 7 of the overlapped paper piece 2 twice as large as the predetermined area, an address α and a general description item β that does not need to be hidden are described in advance. Further, on the inner surface (adhesive surface 6) of the overlapped paper piece 2, transmission information γ such as personal information that needs to be concealed is described in advance, and a pseudo-adhesive that can be peeled off is applied to the adhesive surface 6. A plurality of pieces of the superposed paper sheet 2 before folding are stored as articles in the hopper 11 of the superposed paper sheet manufacturing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

The apparatus 10 for producing polymerized paper pieces includes, in addition to the hopper 11, a feed roller 12, a paper folding machine 13 as a folding machine, a slitter 14 as a multi-row conveyor, and a timing feed roller 15 as a timing change mechanism. , A right-angle conveyor 16, an alignment conveyor 17, a crimping machine 18, and a stacker 19. The slitter 14, the timing feed roller 15, the right-angle transport conveyor 16 and the alignment conveyor 17 constitute an alignment transport device 20.

The hopper 11 is, as described above, a piece of superposed paper 2 having a size twice as large as a predetermined area (FIGS. 5A and 5E).
Are stored in a stacked state as shown in FIG. The feed roller 12 sequentially carries out the superposed paper pieces 2 stored in the hopper 11 one by one to the folding machine 13 one by one from the uppermost layer.

As shown in FIG. 3, the folding machine 13 is disposed between a pair of folding rollers 21A and 21B, another pair of folding rollers 22A and 22B, and between the folding rollers 21A and 22A. Stopper 23, folding rollers 21B and 2
And a tray 24 disposed between 2B.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when the overlapped paper piece 2 sent from the feed roller 12 is carried in between the folding rollers 21A and 21B, first, the leading end of the overlapped paper sheet 2 is , And is sent out between the folding rollers 21B and 22A to enter the tray 24. After that, the tip of the superposed paper sheet 2 is
Paper folding rollers 21B and 22
3A, the broken line 4 of the overlapped paper piece 2 is sandwiched between the paper folding rollers 22A and 22B. Thus, the superposed paper sheet 2 becomes
The paper is folded by the folding rollers 22A and 22B at a fold line 4 in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, and is carried out of the folding machine 13 as shown in FIG. 3C.

As shown in FIG. 2 (A), the slitter 14 has slitter rolls 14A and 14
Between B, the superposed paper sheets 2 folded by the paper folding machine 13 can be inserted. Further, the slitter 14 is configured to be able to cut the overlapped paper sheet 2 folded by the paper folding machine 13 along a cutting line 5 (FIG. 5A) in a direction coinciding with the transport direction (FIG. 5A). (C)). With this slitter 14,
The overlapped paper pieces 2 have a predetermined area equal to each other.
The superposed paper pieces 3 are arranged in two rows in parallel, and the superposed paper pieces 3 in each row are
The sheet is then conveyed to the alignment conveyor 17 (conveying direction A).

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2A and 4, the aligning conveyor 17 is continuously provided along the conveying direction A of the slitter 14, and two rows of superposed paper pieces conveyed from the slitter 14. 3, one row of the overlapped paper pieces 3 is carried in. The alignment conveyor 17 includes an alignment conveyor roll 26, an alignment conveyor belt 27, a holding ball 28, and an alignment guide 2.
9. A pair of aligned conveyor rolls 26
The alignment conveyor belt 27 is wound around, the alignment conveyor belt 27 is driven, and runs in the running direction B at a predetermined speed to convey the overlapped paper pieces 3.

The alignment guide 29 is provided in the same direction as the transport direction A of the slitter 14. The alignment conveyor belt 27 is configured to be inclined downward in the vertical direction toward the traveling direction B, as shown in FIG. 4, and to extend in the horizontal direction with respect to the transport direction A of the slitter 14 as shown in FIG. 1. Is also inclined. Due to this horizontal inclination, the overlapped paper pieces 3 placed on the alignment conveyor belt 27 are in sliding contact with the alignment guide 29 during conveyance, and are thereby aligned in a line along the alignment guide 29. .

A plurality of pressing balls 28 are arranged above the aligning conveyor belt 27, and press the polymer sheet pieces 3 placed on the aligning conveyor belt 27 to align the polymer sheet pieces 3. It is integrated with the conveyor belt 27 and is transported reliably.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A, the timing feed roller 15 forms a pair of upper and lower pairs.
Three sets of timing feed rollers 15 are arranged in parallel along the transport direction of the slitter 14. These three sets of timing feed rollers 15 are installed adjacent to the alignment conveyor 17. The three sets of the timing feed rollers 15 are provided with one row of the overlapped paper pieces 3 that are not carried into the alignment conveyor 17 among the two rows of the overlapped paper pieces 3 conveyed from the slitter 14.
Is carried in. By feeding the superposed paper sheet 3 between the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15, the superposed paper sheet 3 is stacked on the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17 as described later. The sheet is conveyed in the same direction as the conveying direction A of the slitter at a speed different from that of the sheet piece 3, for example, a lower speed. The timing feed roller 15 may be driven intermittently.

The right-angle conveyor 16 is provided in the conveying direction of the timing feed roller 15 and is installed adjacent to the alignment conveyor 17. As shown in FIG. 2 (C), the right-angle transport conveyor 16 includes a transport conveyor roll 30, a transport conveyor belt 31, and a holding ball 32.
A pair of conveyor belts 30 is provided on a pair of conveyor belts 30.
1 is wound and driven to travel. The traveling direction C of the conveyor belt 31 is orthogonal to the alignment guide 29 of the alignment conveyor 17 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the superposed paper sheet 3 conveyed from the timing feed roller 15 is converted in the right-angle direction by the right-angle conveyor 16 and is conveyed onto the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17.

The conveyor belt 31 of the right-angle conveyor 16 is set horizontally so that the overlapped paper pieces 3 sent from the timing feed roller 15 can be carried in at the same level. Further, the transport conveyor belt 31 is installed horizontally. As described above, since the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17 is configured to be inclined in the vertical direction, the transport conveyor belt 31 is configured as shown in FIG. As shown in ()), there is a level difference h in the vertical direction with respect to the alignment conveyor belt 27. Due to the level difference h, the overlapped paper sheet 3 from the conveyor belt 31 is configured to fall onto the alignment conveyor belt 27.

A plurality of pressing balls 32 of the right-angle conveyor 16 are arranged above the conveyor belt 31 and press the superposed paper pieces 3 carried and placed on the conveyor belt 31. Is integrated with the conveyor belt 31 and reliably transported. The holding force of the overlapped paper piece 3 by the pressing ball 32 and the conveyor belt 31 is smaller than the holding force of the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15 for the overlapped paper sheet 3. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2 (A), when conveyed from the timing feed roller 15 to the conveyor belt 31, the overlapped paper piece 3 is completely transferred onto the conveyor belt 31 from the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15. Until it is carried out, it is held by the timing feed roller 15 and is conveyed in the direction of arrow A. When it is no longer held by the timing feed roller 15, it is held between the conveyor belt 31 and the holding ball 32 and is moved in the direction of arrow C. Conveyed.

The transport speed of the timing feed roller 15 is determined by the alignment conveyor belt 27 in the alignment conveyor 17.
Conveyor belt 3 on the right-angle conveyor 16
1 is set in relation to the traveling speed. That is, while one of the overlapped paper pieces 3 cut into two by the slitter 14 and conveyed onto the alignment conveyor 17 is conveyed by the alignment conveyor 17, the other of the two divided polymerization paper pieces 3 A predetermined interval is provided behind the one piece of polymerized paper 3 via the timing feed roller 15 and the right-angle conveyor 16, and the sheet is then cut into two by the slitter 14 and conveyed onto the conveyor 17. The traveling speed of the timing feed roller 15 is set to be equal to the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor belt 27 such that the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor belt 27 can also be carried in front of the succeeding one overlapped paper piece 3 at substantially the same interval as the predetermined interval. Set for

In this way, the overlapped paper pieces 3 conveyed from the conveyor belt 31 of the right-angle conveyor 16 onto the alignment conveyor belt 27 are transferred to the alignment conveyor belt 27.
While traveling, the sheet is simultaneously cut in two by the slitter 14 and is aligned in a line with a predetermined interval behind the overlapped paper pieces 3 placed on the alignment conveyor belt 27 from the beginning.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B, the press machine 18 includes a pair of upper and lower press rollers 33A and 33B and a pair of upper and lower press rollers 34A and 34B. By the pressure rollers 33A and 33B, the overlapped paper piece 3 carried out from the alignment conveyor belt 27 of the alignment conveyor 17 is supplied between the pressure rollers 34A and 34B. Then, by the pressing of these pressure rollers 34A and 34B, the bonding surface 6 (FIGS. 5C and 5G) of the polymer paper piece 3 is bonded by the pseudo adhesive, and the polymer paper piece 1 is manufactured.

The stacker 19 has two sets of stacker conveyors 35A and 35B and a stacker guide 36. The stacker conveyors 35A and 35B are arranged side by side, and a stacker guide 36 is installed on the rear of the stacker conveyors 35A and 35B. Therefore, the superposed paper pieces 1 produced by the crimping machine 18 are sequentially fed onto the stacker conveyors 35A and 35B, and the stacker conveyors 3A and 35B.
5A and 35B, the overlapped paper pieces 1 on the stacker conveyors 35A and 35B are transferred to the stacker guide 36.
Will be integrated.

According to the above-described embodiment, one of the two polymerized paper pieces 3 cut and conveyed by the slitter 14 at the same time is transported onto the alignment conveyor 17 and the other polymerized paper piece 3 is transferred. 3 is changed by the timing feed roller 15 to a speed lower than the speed of the overlapped paper sheet 3 on the alignment conveyor 17, and is conveyed onto the alignment conveyor 17 via the right-angle conveyance conveyor 16. At this time, due to the change in the speed made by the timing feed roller 15, the overlapped paper pieces 3 on the right-angle conveyor 16 are moved on the alignment conveyor 17.
The following succeeding sheet, which is carried at a predetermined interval behind the one overlapped paper piece 3 formed by being cut into two parts at the same time, and then cut into two parts by the slitter 14 and carried onto the alignment conveyor 17 It is carried in front of the overlapped paper piece 3 with an interval substantially the same as the predetermined interval. Therefore, Slitter 1
The two superposed paper pieces 3 conveyed in parallel from 4 can be conveyed in a line with a predetermined interval on the alignment conveyor 17 without changing the order.

Further, since the pressing balls 32 and 28 are provided on the right-angle conveying conveyor 16 and the aligning conveyor 17, respectively, the overlapped paper pieces 3 can be pressed and conveyed by the pressing balls 28 to the aligning conveyor belt 27. The superposed paper piece 3 can be conveyed by being pressed against the conveyor belt 31 by the use of the conveyor belt 32. For this reason, the conveyance of the overlapped paper pieces 3 by the right-angle conveyance conveyor 16 and the alignment conveyor 17 can be reliably performed without causing displacement.

FIG. 6A is a plan view showing a part of a device for manufacturing a polymerized paper piece to which another embodiment of the aligning and conveying device according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 6B is a plan view of FIG. FIG. In the other embodiments, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The apparatus 4 for producing polymerized paper pieces in this embodiment
The alignment transport device 41 at 0 includes a slitter 14 as a multi-row transport device, an alignment conveyor 17, a set of timing feed rollers 15 as a timing change mechanism, and a skew transport conveyor 42. . The skew transport conveyor 42 is connected to the transport direction of the timing feed roller 15 and is installed adjacent to the alignment conveyor 17. The skew transport conveyor 42 has skew transport conveyor mechanisms 42A and 42B, and these skew transport conveyor mechanisms 42A and 42B extend from the timing feed roller 15 to a substantially central portion of the alignment conveyor 17 in the axial direction. , And are arranged to be inclined in the horizontal direction.

Each of the skew transport conveyor mechanisms 42A and 42B includes a transport conveyor roll 43, a transport conveyor belt 44, and a holding ball 45. The conveyor belt 44 includes a pair of conveyor rollers 43.
And is transported in the direction of arrow D.
As the conveyor belt 44 travels, the overlapped paper pieces 3 sent from the timing feed roller 15 are conveyed obliquely to the alignment conveyor 17.
Is dropped onto the alignment conveyor belt 27.

The holding ball 45 is provided on the conveyor belt 4.
A plurality of the overlapped paper pieces 3 are pressed above the transfer conveyor belt 44 and are transported without displacement. The holding force between the pressing ball 45 and the conveyor belt 44 is set smaller than the holding force of the pair of upper and lower timing feed rollers 15. Therefore,
Polymerized paper piece 3 conveyed from timing feed roller 15
However, the polymer sheet 3 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 44 only at a stage away from the timing feed roller 15.

The traveling speed of the timing feed roller 15 of this embodiment is controlled by the
7, one piece of superposed paper 3 is simultaneously cut into two pieces by the slitter 14 and is carried at a predetermined interval behind another superposed paper piece 3 conveyed onto the conveyor 17; In addition, in such a manner as to be carried into the front of the succeeding overlapped paper piece 3 that has been cut into two parts next to the overlapped paper piece 3 and conveyed on the alignment conveyor 17 at substantially the same interval as the predetermined interval, It is set lower than the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor 17.

Therefore, also in this embodiment, one of the two superposed paper pieces 3 cut by the slitter 14 and conveyed in parallel is directly conveyed onto the alignment conveyor 17, and
The other is conveyed onto the alignment conveyor 17 via the timing feed roller 15 and the skew conveyance conveyor 42 at a predetermined interval behind the one polymer sheet 3. Further, the other overlapped paper piece 3 is conveyed to the front of the overlapped paper piece 3 which has been cut next by the slitter 14 and directly conveyed to the alignment conveyor 17 at substantially the same interval as the above-mentioned predetermined interval. .
As a result, the two superposed paper pieces 3 cut into two by the slitter 14 can be aligned in a line at a predetermined interval on the alignment conveyor 17 in an orderly manner.

It should be noted that the aligning and transporting apparatus 2 in both of the above embodiments is used.
In 0 and 41, the respective timing feed rollers 15
Has been described in which the traveling speed is lower than the traveling speed of the alignment conveyor 17, but it may be set to be higher. In this case, the overlapped paper pieces 3 conveyed from the right-angle conveyor 16 or the skew conveyor 42 onto the alignment conveyor 17 are simultaneously cut into two by the slitter 17 and directly conveyed onto the alignment conveyor 17. The sheet 3 is conveyed at a predetermined interval in front of the sheet 3.

[0036]

As described above, according to the aligning / conveying apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of articles conveyed in parallel can be lined up at a predetermined interval and conveyed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an apparatus for manufacturing a polymerized paper piece to which an embodiment of an aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

2 (A), 2 (B) and 2 (C) each show FIG.
It is the IIA arrow view, IIB arrow view, and IIC arrow view.

FIG. 3 is an operation diagram showing an operation in the folding machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the alignment conveyor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a process chart showing a process of manufacturing a folded polymer paper piece from the polymer paper piece.

FIG. 6A is a plan view showing a part of an apparatus for manufacturing a polymerized paper piece to which another embodiment of the aligning and conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 6B is a view showing VIB of FIG. It is an arrow view.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a conventional alignment transfer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 polymerized paper piece 10 polymerized paper piece manufacturing apparatus 14 slitter 14A, 14B slitter roll 15 timing feed roller 16 right angle transport conveyor 17 alignment conveyor 20 alignment transport apparatus 27 alignment conveyor belt 31 transport conveyor belt

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A multi-row transporter for simultaneously transporting a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows, and an alignment conveyor connected to the transport direction of the plurality of rows and traveling at a predetermined speed to align and transport the articles in a row. A timing changing mechanism that is provided adjacent to the aligning conveyor and that runs at a speed different from the running speed of the aligning conveyor, and that is run adjacent to the aligning conveyor; A conveyor that is adjacent to the aligning conveyor and is configured to carry out the articles carried in from the timing changing mechanism onto the aligning conveyor, wherein the timing changing mechanism aligns the goods from the conveying conveyor. The traveling speed is adjusted so that the articles to be conveyed to the conveyor are conveyed at predetermined intervals between the articles placed adjacently on the alignment conveyor. Aligning conveyor device relative to the running speed of the conveyor is obtained is set. 2. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor is a right-angle conveyor arranged at right angles to a traveling direction of the timing changing mechanism and the aligning conveyor. The aligning and conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the aligning and conveying device is configured to be conveyed to an apparatus. 3. The conveying conveyor is a skew conveying conveyor arranged obliquely with respect to the timing changing mechanism and the aligning conveyor, and the articles from the timing changing mechanism run obliquely and are unloaded onto the aligning conveyor. The aligning and conveying device according to claim 1, wherein 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the timing changing mechanism comprises a timing roller.