JP5654415B2 - Article transfer device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention lifts solid materials, soft materials that easily lose shape, liquids (liquid materials) such as sauces used in French cuisine, gel-like materials, powders, etc. without losing their shape. The present invention relates to an article transfer device that can be moved.

Articles that are easily deformed or out of shape on a table or work table may be scooped up and moved to another place without being out of shape. Conventionally, as the moving device, there has been a transfer device (Patent Document 1) according to the patent of the present applicant, and a food moving device (Patent Document 2) according to another's patent. Transfer device of Patent Document 1, as shown in the FIG. 1 and FIG. 7, by extruding sheet (plane), it is possible to place the article on the belt turning the outer periphery of the thin plate, pulled back plane Thus, the belt is reversely rotated to feed out the article on the belt.

Japanese Patent No. 4406775 Japanese Patent No. 3557242

Wherein at JP particular problem is not transferring apparatus according 1, the thin plate is to linearly reciprocate in the horizontal direction, in a narrow place space there is room for improvement in terms of difficult to use.

  Since the food transfer device described in Patent Document 2 uses a tension spring, the tensile force of the tension spring may be weakened over a long period of use, and the structure is complicated.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to move, transfer, transfer, etc. of articles that are easily deformed or deformed to other places without being deformed or deformed (collectively referred to as “transfer”). It is an object of the present invention to provide an article transfer device that can be used even in a narrow space.

In the article transfer device of the present invention, a belt is circulated in a ring shape on the front and back sides of a movable body that can be reciprocated, and when the movable body is moved forward inside the belt, the belt moves in the moving direction of the movable body. In the article transfer device that can draw up the article ahead of the belt to the belt, and when the moving body moves back in the belt, the belt is pulled back and the article on the belt can be lowered to the tip of the belt. A frame, a movable body provided on the frame so as to be reciprocally movable, a belt that is circulated on a front surface side and a back surface side of the movable body, and a drive body that can push down the movable body and pull it up, It is equipped with vertical frames that are opposed to each other at regular intervals, and both vertical frames are provided with a horizontal support portion connected below the vertical vertical plate portion, and the shape of the side view is substantially L-shaped. Those axial direction to the part A guide is continuously formed along the movable body, and the movable body is a plate shape that can be bent like a shutter. The movable body can be reciprocated along the guide from the vertical plate portion to the support portion, and the drive body is fixed. A movable part, a fixed part is attached to the frame, the movable part is connected to the movable body, and the movable body can be pushed down and raised along the guide by raising and lowering the movable part. It circulates on the front side and the back side of the moving body, an arbitrary place in the rotating direction is fixed to the frame and is held in a ring of a certain length, and the moving body is pushed down along the guide by the movable part of the driving body When the vertical plate portion side is moved from the vertical plate portion side to the support portion side in the vertical-lateral direction, the belt surface side is sent to the front side of the moving body and the article on the front side of the belt is scooped up on the front surface side. But When the movable body is pulled back by the movable part of the driving body and moved laterally-vertically from the support part side to the vertical plate part side, the surface side is pulled back to the back side of the movable body and was on the surface side. The article is lowered to the end of the belt.

The article transfer device according to the present invention is the article transfer device, wherein the guide has a groove shape that is continuous from the vertical plate portion to the support portion, and both ends in the widthwise direction of the movable body are fitted into the groove-shaped guide, and the groove It is possible to reciprocate along the guide . The moving body is a shutter shape in which a large number of elongated plate members are connected so as to be bent or bent, or a single plate that can be bent or bent. The support can be moved up and down in conjunction with the moving body, descends so that the article scooped up by the belt can be supported from the front of the belt, and rises above the front of the belt so that the support of the article can be released. It was possible. The support was made to be able to reciprocate laterally so that it could approach the belt side or move away from the belt side.

The article transfer device of the present invention includes two of the article transfer devices, the two article transfer devices are arranged so that the moving body and the front end side of the belt face each other, and the moving bodies of both article transfer devices are driven. When the belt is pushed down along the guide and moved longitudinally-laterally from the vertical plate portion side to the support portion side, along with the movement, the front surface side of the belt is sent to the front of the moving body and approaches each other to be between the belts. When it is pushed down to the bottom of the article, both the moving bodies are pulled up by the driving body and moved laterally-vertically from the support portion side to the vertical plate portion side, the surface sides of the both belts are pulled back to the back side of the moving body, It can also be pulled back from under the pushed-in article . In this case, the frames of the two article transfer apparatuses can be separate or common .

In the article transfer device according to the present invention, in the article transfer device, the two article transfer devices include separate drive bodies or shared drive bodies, and the separate drive bodies are movable bodies of the respective article transfer devices. It can be moved vertically-horizontally and horizontally-vertically, and the common driver moves the movable body of both article transfer devices up and down, and by moving up and down, the movable bodies of both article transfer devices move vertically and horizontally. It can also be moved horizontally and vertically .

  Any of the article transfer apparatuses can be a robot hand that can be attached to a robot arm.

The article transfer device of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Since the movable body can bend and reciprocate from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction (and vice versa), the lateral movement length of the movable body is shortened by the amount of vertical movement of the movable body, and the horizontal dimension of the frame is reduced. it can.
(2) Since the belt circulates around the front and back surfaces of the moving body to form a ring shape, and the belt is pulled out and pulled back along the front and back surfaces of the moving body by the movement of the moving body, the belt is not pushed. Can be crawled up and does not deform.
(3) Since the frame is provided with a series of vertical and horizontal guides and the moving body can reciprocate vertically and horizontally along the guides, the moving body can be smoothly and reliably moved vertically and horizontally. .
(4) If the two article transfer devices are arranged to face each other, one article can be scooped up on the opposite belts of the two article transfer devices, so that the articles on the belt are stabilized. In addition, since the load of the scooped article is distributed to the belt and the moving body of the two transfer devices, the load resistance of the belt and the moving body is improved.
(5) If two transfer parts are equipped on one frame, the article transfer device can be miniaturized.
(6) If the driving body is connected to the moving body, the moving body can be automatically moved vertically and horizontally, and can be used in combination with an automatic device.
(7) If a support for supporting the article from the side opposite to the belt is provided on the belt front end side of the article placing body, it is possible to prevent the article raised up on the belt from falling.
(8) If an attachment portion that can be attached to the robot hand is provided, it can be used as a robot hand, so that it can be used as part of an automated machine.

The perspective view which shows an example of the goods transfer apparatus of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the article transfer apparatus of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a perspective view which shows the state before winding a belt around a mobile body, (b) is the state which fixed the end of the belt to the mobile body (C) is a perspective view of the state which fixed the other end of the belt to the moving body. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the article transfer device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of the article transfer device shown in FIG. 1 in a state where the moving body is pushed out in the vertical direction (the tip side is in the horizontal direction). (A) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state before picking up an article with the article transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 1, (b) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which picked up the article. (A)-(c) is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the transfer part in the article mounting apparatus of this invention. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing of the state which scoops up an article with the article mounting apparatus of this invention. The perspective view at the time of providing two transfer parts in one frame which is another example of the article transfer apparatus of the present invention. (A)-(d) is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the article mounting apparatus of this invention, (a) was mounted on the receiving material in the space between the front-end | tip parts of two moving bodies pulled up by the vertical direction. (B) is a vertical cross-sectional view of a state in which the tip of the moving body is laterally moved and the articles are scooped up on the belts of both moving bodies, and (c) is (b) (D) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state in which the receiving material is pulled out from the state of (), (d) is the two moving bodies are pulled up in the vertical direction from the state of (c), and the article is lowered from the space between the front ends of the moving bodies. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a state. FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the moving body of the article transfer device shown in FIG. 8 is pulled upward. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state by which the moving body of the article transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 8 was pushed down. (A)-(c) is partial explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the belt fixing method to the flame | frame in the goods transfer apparatus of this invention. FIG. 13 is an exploded explanatory view of the belt fixing structure shown in FIG. 12.

(Embodiment of article transfer device with one transfer unit)
An example of the article transfer device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The article transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 1 includes a frame 1, a moving body 2 mounted on the frame 1, and a belt 3 circulated in the moving direction on the front side and the back side of the moving body 2. The belt 3 is formed in a ring shape by being fixed to the frame 1 at an arbitrary position in the circumferential direction. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the moving body 2 and the belt 3 that circulates around the moving body 2 and forms a ring shape may be collectively referred to as a transfer portion 4.

(flame)
In the frame 1, two vertical frames 5 are arranged in parallel to be separated from each other in the left and right (horizontal) directions, and the upper portions of both vertical frames 5 are connected by an upper connecting portion 6 and the lower portions are connected by a lower connecting portion 7, so that a predetermined interval is provided. Is held in. Both ends of the lower connecting portion 7 are fixed to the frame 1 with screws 10. Each vertical frame 5 is substantially L-shaped in a side view, has a vertical plate portion 5a and a support portion 5b, and a guide 8 is formed in series from the vertical plate portion 5a to the support portion 5b. The guide 8 in FIG. 1 is a groove that continues from the vertical plate portion 5a to the support portion 5b, is curved at the continuous portion of the vertical plate portion 5a and the support portion 5b, and opens to the inner surfaces of the vertical plate portion 5a and the support portion 5b. Thus, the guides 8 of the two vertical frames 5 face each other. The material of the frame 1 can be metal, hard resin, or the like.

(Moving body)
As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the movable body 2 in FIG. 1 is formed by connecting a large number of elongated plates so as to be bendable and having a shutter shape, and both ends in the width direction are grooves of the guide 8 in FIG. It is possible to continuously move (continuous slide) in the vertical-horizontal direction along the bend of the guide 8. The material of the moving body 2 can also be a metal, a hard resin, or the like.

(belt)
The belt 3 in FIG. 1 is circulated on the front side and the back side of the movable body 2, and arbitrary portions in the circumferential direction (both ends in the circumferential direction in FIG. 1) of the belt 3 are fixed to the lower connecting portion 7 of the frame 1 to have a fixed length. It is held in a ring shape. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, a hook-and-loop fastener 9 a is fixed to the lower connecting portion 7, and is attached to the hook-and-loop fastener 9 a on the front side of one end in the circumferential direction (longitudinal direction) of the belt 3. The hook and loop fasteners 9b are overlapped and joined, and on the hook-and-loop fastener 9c attached to the back side of one end in the longitudinal direction (turned upside down by the joining and comes out to the front side), the circumferential direction (longitudinal direction) of the belt 3 By overlapping and joining the surface fasteners 9d attached to the other end, both ends of the belt 3 are fixed to the lower connecting portion 7, and the belt 3 is held in a ring shape.

  The belt 3 held in a ring shape as described above can slide in the circumferential direction along with the movement of the movable body 2 when the movable body 2 moves (slides) from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. Specifically, when the movable body 2 is pushed down from the state of FIG. 3 and is slid from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction (vertical-horizontal movement), the surface side 3a (upper side in FIG. 4) of the belt 3 is shown. 4 is rotated (sent out) to the front of the movable body 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and the article W at the front of the belt 3 as shown in FIG. 5 (a) becomes the surface side 3a of the belt 3 as shown in FIG. 5 (b). 4 is pulled up (crawled up), the moving body 2 is pulled up (pulled back) from the state of FIG. 4 as shown in FIG. 3, and the distal end side of the moving body 2 is slid from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction (horizontal-vertical movement) ), The front surface side 3a of the belt 3 rotates (retracts) to the rear of the moving body 2 (back surface side of the moving body) as shown in FIG. 3, and the front surface side 3a of the belt as shown in FIG. 5 (b). As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the article W that is on the top of the belt is lowered to the tip of the front surface side 3a of the belt.

(Description of belt operation)
The operation of the circumferential rotation of the belt 3 is shown in FIGS. FIG. 6A shows a case in which both ends of the belt 3 are fixed to the frame by the fixing tool 11. When the position of the fixing part 11 is kept constant on the YY line, the moving body 2 is moved forward and backward. The operation of the belt 3 will be described. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the moving body 2 has advanced, and the front surface side (upper surface portion) 3a of the belt 3 is pushed forward at the front end of the moving body 2 and sent to the front end side of the moving body 2 (front end). It is in a state of laps). FIG. 6B shows a state in which the moving body 2 is retracted from the position shown in FIG. 6A. The belt 3 is pushed by the rear end of the moving body 2 and the front side of the belt 3 (the upper surface in FIG. 6B). ) 3a circulates around the rear end side of the moving body 2 (backward lap). FIG. 6C shows a state in which the moving body 2 is further retracted from the position shown in FIG. 6B, and the front surface side (the upper surface in FIG. 6C) 3a of the belt 3 is pushed at the rear end of the moving body 2. Further, the movable body 2 is in a state of circling toward the rear end side (backward circling).

  FIGS. 7A to 7C show the operation when the article W is picked up by the peripheral rotation of the belt 3 and lowered. In a state where the article W is on the table T and ahead of the belt 3 as shown in FIG. 7A, the moving body 2 is moved forward as shown in FIG. When the upper surface in FIGS. 6 and 7 is sent forward, the article W is scooped up on the tip of the belt 3. When the moving body 2 is further advanced as shown in FIG. 7C, the article W is placed on the surface side 3 a of the belt 3. When the moving body 2 is moved backward from the state of FIG. 7B in the order of FIG. 7B and FIG. 7A, contrary to the previous time (when scooping up), the article W on the belt 3 becomes the belt 3. To the table T.

(Driver)
The pressing and lifting (returning) of the moving body 2 in FIG. 1 is performed by a driving body such as an air cylinder or a motor. As an example, the driving body 12 shown in FIG. 1 is a cylinder, and an air cylinder 12 is mounted on the upper coupling portion 6, and a rod 12 a penetrates the upper coupling portion 6 and is coupled to the upper portion of the moving body 2. When the rod 12a extends downward in FIG. 1, the moving body 2 descends, and when the rod 12a contracts upward in FIG. 1, the moving body 2 rises. In FIG. 1, the guide bar 14 is provided on both sides of the air cylinder 12, and the lower end portion 14a thereof is connected and fixed to the movable body 13 as shown in FIG. 2A, so that the rod 12a (FIG. 1) The movable body 13 that moves up and down as it expands and contracts is guided up and down so that the movable body 13 can move up and down smoothly.

  The material of the belt 3 is suitably made of resin, but a flexible thin steel plate or the like can also be used. In any case, when the article W is picked up, it is suitable that the article W is difficult to slip (easy to pick up the article W) and that the article W is difficult to adhere (easy to be lowered from the belt).

(Support)
In the case of the article transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a plate-like support 15 can be provided at the tip of the belt 3 as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). The support 15 can be attached facing the frame 1 from the upper part of the frame 1 downward. By providing the support 15, the article W scooped up on the belt 3 can be supported from the front side of the belt 3, and the article W can be prevented from dropping from the belt 3. The shape, structure, material, and the like of the support tool 15 are suitable for supporting the article W. The support 15 can be reciprocally movable in the direction of arrow XX in FIG.

(Embodiment when two article transfer devices are arranged)
In the present invention, two article transfer apparatuses shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 (a) and 5 (b) are arranged opposite to each other, and transfer parts 4 (moving body 2 and belt 3 of two article transfer apparatuses: FIG. 5). (A) and (b)) can also be arranged facing each other. In this case, the driving body 12 of the two article transfer apparatuses can be shared by the two moving bodies 2 or can be separated.

(Embodiment when two transfer parts are provided in one frame)
As shown in FIG. 8, the transfer device of the present invention can also be provided with two transfer parts 4 facing one frame 1. The two transfer units 4 in FIG. 8 have the same configuration as the transfer unit 4 of the article transfer device in FIG. 1, and the belt 3 is circulated around the outer periphery of the moving body 2, and an arbitrary place in the rotation direction of the belt 3 is connected downward. The ring is fixed to the portion 22.

  The frame 1 in FIG. 8 has two plate members 20 arranged opposite to each other, the upper part thereof being connected by an upper connecting part 21, and the lower part being connected by a lower connecting part 22 to form a hollow box shape. Each plate member 20 has a window 23 opened substantially in the lower half. Groove-shaped guides 8 (FIG. 10) that are continuous from the vertical to the horizontal are formed in a substantially L-shape on both sides in the width direction of each plate member 20 in the same manner as the guide of FIG. The grooves of the guide 8 formed in each of the two plate members 20 are opened inward and the openings face each other.

  Both ends of the movable body 2 in the width direction are inserted into the opposing guides 8 of the two plate members 20. The moving body 2 in this case is also bent along the guide 8 and, like the moving body 2 in FIG. 1, a large number of elongated plates are connected so as to be bendable to form a shutter shape. The movable body 2 of FIG. 8 is also inserted into the guide 8 at both ends in the width direction so that it can be continuously reciprocated in the vertical-lateral direction along the curve of the guide 8 (continuous reciprocating slide).

  A belt 3 is also circulated around each moving body 2 in FIG. The belt 3 in FIG. 8 is also rotated around the front side and the back side of the moving body 2 in the same manner as the belt 3 in FIG. 1, and both end portions 16 a and 16 b in the circumferential direction of the belt 3 are fixed to the lower connection plate 22 of the frame 1 and fixed. It has a long ring shape.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the movable body 2 moves (slides) in the longitudinal-lateral direction, the belt 3 circulated in a ring shape is accompanied by the movement, and the front side and the rear side of the movable body 2 are the same as the belt 3 of FIG. Move around.

  The moving body 2 shown in FIG. 8 is pushed down and pulled up by a driving body 12 such as an air cylinder or a motor. The driving body 12 is mounted on the upper connecting portion 21 in FIG. In FIG. 8, the air cylinder 12 is used as in the case of FIG. 1, and two guide bars 14 are arranged beside it. The rod 12a of the air cylinder 12 and the lower portion of the guide bar 14 project downward from the upper connecting portion 21 and are connected to the upper end portion of the moving body 2 as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (d). When the rod 12a is extended, the movable body 13 is pushed down. When the rod 12a is contracted, the movable body 13 is pulled up (retracted), so that the movable body 2 slides upward.

(Usage example of the article transfer device in FIG. 8)
From the state in which the moving body 2 of the two transfer parts 4 and the tip of the belt 3 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. 9A (there is a space between the leading ends of the two moving bodies 2). As shown in FIG. 9B, when the two moving bodies 2 are simultaneously pushed downward, the tip portions of the two transfer portions 4 move around in a direction approaching each other, and the two tip portions are closed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9A, if the article W placed on the saucer 25 is sent into the space between the front ends of the two transfer parts 4, the article W hanging on both sides of the saucer 25. Both end portions are pushed by the tip portions of the two opposite transfer portions 4 shown in FIG. 9B and are pushed under the tray 25 as shown in FIG. 9B.

  When the tray 25 is pulled out from the state shown in FIG. 9B, only the article W remains on the two transfer parts 4 as shown in FIG. 9C. When the moving body 2 of the two transfer parts 4 is pulled back in the state of FIG. 9C, a space is created between the front ends of the two transfer parts 4 as shown in FIG. The article W placed on the belt 3 of the section 4 is lowered onto the receiving member 26 waiting in the space.

(Other examples of moving objects)
Figure 1, although mobile 2 shown in FIG. 2 Ru Oh the concatenation of the large number of strip structures bendable, the moving member 2 in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 12 (a) ~ (c) , Grooves 24 are provided at intervals on the inner surface of a single thin plate (steel material, resin plate, etc.), and each groove 24 is provided over the entire length in the width direction of the plate material 20 so that the groove 24 can be bent or curved. The hinge structure may be bent in the vertical-lateral direction so as to be reciprocally slidable.

(Other examples of belt end fixing structure)
The belt 3 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is fixed to the frame 1 by using a hook-and-loop fastener and a screw, but the fixing structure of the belt 3 in the present invention can be as shown in FIGS. The fixing structure shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 is shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 8 in the stop holes 31 (FIGS. 8 and 13) opened in the respective corner portions 30 of the two plate members 20 arranged to face each other. The both ends 16a and 16b (FIG. 12C) of the belt 3 which is attached by inserting both ends 32a of the horizontally long receiving member 32 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12 (c), it is inserted into the horizontally long port 34 of the fitting 33 and pulled out to the opposite side of the horizontally long port 34. In this state, the both ends 16a and 16b of the belt 3 are pulled with fingers, and the both ends 16a and 16b are pulled. In this state, the fitting member 33 is put on the outer side of the receiving member 32 as shown in FIG. 12C, and both ends 16a and 16b of the belt 3 are put on the receiving member 32 and the fitting member 33. And fix between. Further, as shown in FIGS. 12C and 13, screws 36 are inserted into stop holes 35 formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fitting 33, and the screws 36 are screw holes 37 in the corner portion 30 of the vertical plate 20. The fitting tool 33 is fixed to the corner portion 30 by screwing in (FIG. 13) to prevent the fitting tool 33 from loosening (disengagement), and the belt 3 is tensioned to fix the belt 3 to the frame 1. It is a structure.

  The receiving member 32 shown in FIGS. 12B, 12C, and 13 is in the form of an elongated plate spring formed by bending the elongated plate into a substantially U shape. The fitting 33 shown in FIG. 12C and FIG. 13 is horizontally long like the receiving member 32, and the circumferential edge of the belt 3 is folded back outward in a substantially U shape, 16b is easily inserted.

(Frame guide structure)
The guide 8 of the frame 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a groove, but the guide 8 may be a ridge. In that case, like the groove-shaped guide of FIG. 1, it is made to continue from the vertical board part 5a to the support part 5b. In the case of a ridge, a fitting groove can be provided at both ends in the width direction of the movable body 2 so that it can be slid over the ridge.

(Robot hand)
The article transfer device of the present invention can also be used as a robot hand. In this case, an attachment portion is provided on the frame, and the attachment portion can be attached to the robot arm directly or indirectly through another connector.

(Human body movement device)
The article transfer device of the present invention can also be used to move a person sleeping on a bed. In this case, the moving body 2 has a strength and a structure capable of withstanding the weight of a person. Further, in order to prevent a person scooped up on the belt by the belt's circular movement from falling, a structure in which two transfer parts 4 are arranged opposite to each other as shown in FIG. 8 is suitable. . In this case, it is preferable that a moving means such as a caster or a wheel is provided on the frame so that a person scooped up on the belt can easily move. In this case, the frame can be attached to the stretcher, or a part of the stretcher can be used as the frame of the article transfer device of the present invention. Moreover, if the frame 1 of FIG. 8 is attached to the robot arm, a care robot for placing a person separately or moving a person from the bed can be configured.

  The article transfer device of the present invention can be used for transferring (including moving) various articles such as food, industrial products, machine parts, agricultural products, and seafood.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frame 2 Moving body 3 Belt 3a Belt surface side 3b Belt back surface side 4 Transfer part 5 Vertical frame 5a Vertical plate part 5b Support part 6 Upper connection part 7 Lower connection part 8 Guide 9a-9d Surface fastener 10 Screw 11 fixation Tool 12 Driver (Air Cylinder)
12a rod 13 movable body 14 guide bar 14a (lower end of guide bar) 15 support 16a, 16b both ends of belt 20 plate material 21 upper connecting portion 22 lower connecting portion 23 window 24 groove 25 receiving tray 26 receiving material 30 corner portion of plate material 31 Stop Hole 32 Receiving Material 32a Receiving Material Ends 33 Fitting 34 Horizontal Long Port 35 Stop Hole 36 Screw 37 Screw Hole T Table W Article

Claims (9)

A belt is circulated in a ring shape on the front and back sides of a movable body that can be reciprocated. When the movable body is moved forward inside the belt, the belt is drawn out in the moving direction of the movable body, and the article ahead of the belt is belted. In the article transfer device that can pull up the article on the belt and pull down the article on the belt toward the end of the belt when the moving body moves back and moves in the belt,
A frame, a movable body provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the frame, a belt that is circulated on the front surface side and the back surface side of the movable body, and a drive body that pushes down and pulls up the movable body ,
The frame includes a vertical frame opposed to the horizontal direction at regular intervals,
Both vertical frames are provided with a horizontal support portion arranged under a vertical vertical plate portion, and the shape of the side view is substantially L-shaped, and a guide continues along the axial direction of the vertical plate portion and the support portion. Formed,
The movable body is a plate shape that can be bent like a shutter, and can reciprocate from the vertical plate portion to the support portion along the guide,
The driving body includes a fixed portion and a movable portion, the fixed portion is attached to the frame, the movable portion is connected to the movable body, and the movable body is pushed down and raised along the guide by raising and lowering the movable portion. Can
The belt is circulated on the front side and the back side of the moving body, and arbitrary places in the rotating direction are fixed to the frame and held in a ring shape having a fixed length, and the moving body is supported by the movable portion of the driving body to the guide. When the belt is pushed down and moved vertically-laterally from the vertical plate portion side to the support portion side, the belt surface side is sent to the front of the moving body along with the movement, and the article at the front of the belt is placed on the surface side. When the moving body is pulled back by the movable part of the driving body and moved laterally-vertically from the support part side to the vertical plate part side, the surface side is pulled back to the back side of the moving body, and the surface side The items that were on the top were lowered to the end of the belt.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The article transfer device according to claim 1,
The guide has a groove shape continuous from the vertical plate portion to the support portion,
Both ends in the width direction of the moving body are fitted into a groove-shaped guide, and can be reciprocated along the groove-shaped guide.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. In the article transfer apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The moving body is a shutter-like shape in which a plurality of elongated plates are connected so as to be bent or bent, or a single plate that can be bent or bent.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. In the article transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The support tool can be moved up and down in conjunction with the moving body, and can be lowered so that the article picked up by the belt can be supported from the front of the belt, and can be raised above the front of the belt so that the support of the article can be released. Is,
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The article transfer device according to claim 4,
Reciprocating lateral movement is possible so that the support device can approach the belt side or move away from the belt side.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. Comprising two article transfer devices according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The two article transfer devices are arranged with the moving body and the front end side of the belt facing each other,
When the moving body of both article transfer devices is pushed down along the guide by the driving body and moved longitudinally and laterally from the vertical plate portion side to the supporting portion side, the belt surface side is sent out to the tip of the moving body. When the two moving bodies are pushed down to the bottom of the article between the belts and pulled up by the driving body and moved laterally-vertically from the support portion side to the vertical plate portion side, the surface side of both belts is Pulled back to the back side of the moving body and pulled back from under the pushed article,
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The article transfer device according to claim 6,
The frames of the two article transfer devices are separate or common,
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. In the article transfer apparatus according to claim 6 or 7 ,
Two article transfer apparatuses are provided with separate driving bodies or shared driving bodies, and the separate driving bodies can move the moving bodies of the respective article transfer apparatuses separately in the vertical-horizontal movement, the horizontal-longitudinal movement, The shared driving body moves up and down the movable bodies of both article transfer apparatuses, and by moving up and down, the movable bodies of both article transfer apparatuses can be moved vertically and horizontally, and horizontally and vertically.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The article transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is a robot hand that can be attached to a robot arm.
The article transfer apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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