JPH0822689B2 - Bin supply / extraction device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a bottle supply and take-out device used in, for example, an enokitake cultivation paper winding device.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, there is known an enoki mushroom cultivation paper winding device that winds a cultivation paper around the mouth of a cultivation bottle for enoki mushroom cultivation as disclosed in JP-A-62-3718.

That is, in this case, one cultivation bin is artificially placed at the supply position on the rotary table where it can be placed and transferred, the cultivation paper is wound around the mouth of the cultivation bottle by the paper winding mechanism, and the paper is cut by the clip material. It is configured such that one paper-wrapped cultivation bottle is artificially picked up at the take-out position on the rotary table.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional structure, the supply and withdrawal of the bottle cannot follow the workability improvement by the paper winding mechanism due to the artificial work, and thus it becomes a bottleneck for imposing an excessive burden on the worker and improving the work efficiency. It has the inconvenience.

[Means for solving the problem]

An object of the present invention is to solve these disadvantages, and the gist thereof is to supply a plurality of unworked bins in a container to the working mechanism unit side one at a time, and to supply the worked bins on the working mechanism unit side. A device capable of delivering one to a container, a conveyor capable of intermittently transporting the container, and a feeding mechanism capable of feeding a plurality of bins aligned in the conveyor to a picking position in the container. And a non-working bin at the pick-up position is lifted to a supply position on the working mechanism section side, and a working arm at the pick-up position on the working mechanism section side is held at a mounting position in the container. A bin supply / extraction device comprising: a transfer mechanism having an upper transferable take-out arm; and a discharge mechanism capable of discharging the worked bins at the loading position in the container to an alignment position. .

[Action]

Multiple unworked bins are aligned in the container, the container is intermittently transported by the conveyor, and the unworked bin at the pick-up position in the container is lifted to the working mechanism side by the transfer arm of the transfer mechanism. In addition to transporting, the working arm lifts the worked bin at the picking position on the working mechanism side to the loading position in the container, and the supply mechanism feeds the unworked bin to the picking position in the container and discharges it. By the mechanism, the worked bins at the placement position are discharged to the alignment position in the container.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an enoki mushroom cultivating paper winding device, in which 1 is a container made of plastic, and 16 bins 2 totaling 4 vertically and horizontally are arranged in line. obtain.

Numeral 3 is a working mechanism section. In this case, the rotary table 5 is provided on the machine base 4 so as to be capable of 10-index rotation, and when one unworked bin 2 is supplied to the supply position a of the rotary table 5, the rotary table 5 is intermittently rotated. The bin 2 is transferred by the above, the cultivation paper W is wound around the mouth of the bin 2 by a paper winding mechanism (not shown), and the paper-wrapped bin 2 is sent to the take-out position b of the rotary table 5. .

6 is a conveyor. In this case, the carrier chain 10 is installed side by side on the frame body 7 by the sprockets 8 and 9.
A plurality of mounting rods 11 on which the container 1 is placed are installed between 10 and a control rod 12 is installed according to the length of the container 1 in the transfer direction, and the container 1 is placed adjacent to the left and right frame plates 13 Rod
12, the position of which can be regulated is controlled, and the transport chain 10 is transported by an intermittent rotation motor (not shown) so that the container 1 is intermittently transported to a predetermined amount at a predetermined timing.

Reference numeral 14 is a transfer mechanism, and the underframe 15 is attached to the machine base 4 by the conveyor 6
It is installed between the machine frame 4 and the machine base 4, and the up-down frame 16 is provided on the underframe 15 so as to be vertically movable by the guide shaft 17, and the up-down cylinder 18 for vertically moving the up-down frame 16 is provided and supplied to the up-down frame 16. The side shaft 19 and the take-out side shaft 20 are rotatably erected, the pinion 21 is fixed to the lower portions of the supply-side shaft 19 and the take-out side shaft 20, and a guide plate 22 is movably provided in the elevating frame 16, and a guide plate is provided. A rack cylinder 23 for moving 22 is provided, racks 24 are attached to both sides of the guide plate 22 by engaging with the respective pinions 21, a supply arm 25 is attached to the supply side shaft 19, and a takeout side shaft 20 is provided. Extract arm
26 is attached, a bin holding mechanism 27 is provided on the supply arm 25 and the take-out arm 26, and the supply arm 25 is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating between the pick-up position c in the container 1 and the feed position a on the rotary table 5. At the same time, the take-out arm 26 is provided so as to be able to reciprocate between the take-out position c of the rotary table 5 and the mounting position d in the container 1.

This bin supply mechanism 27 has, on the supply arm 25 side,
In this case, the feeding arm 25 can come into contact with the mouth of the bottle 2
A pushing piece having a body pushing portion 29 capable of contacting with the body 28 and the body of the bottle 2
30 is attached, and the mouth piece 28 and the body piece 29 are opposed to the pushing piece 30.
A holding piece 31 having a pin 32 is pivotally attached by a pin 32, and a holding cylinder 33 for holding and swinging the holding piece 31 is attached, and a similar structure is also provided on the take-out arm 26 side. Has become.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a feeding mechanism. In this case, the mounting frame plate 35 is installed on the left and right frame plates 13 of the conveyor 6, and the chain 38 is hooked on the upper part of the mounting frame plate 35 on the supply side by the sprockets 36 and 37. A guide shaft 39 is provided in parallel with the guide shaft 39, a feed plate 40 is slidably provided on the guide shaft 39, and the feed plate 40 is attached to the chain 38.
And a motor 41 for intermittently rotating the sprocket 36 at a predetermined timing with respect to both sides of the sprocket 36 so that the unworked bins 2 in the aligned position in the container 1 are sequentially fed to the lifting position c.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a discharging mechanism. In this case, a discharging cylinder 43 is provided on the take-out side of the mounting frame plate 35, a guide shaft 44 is provided, and a discharging plate 45 is slidably provided on the guide shaft 44. Plate
45 is connected to the rod of the ejection cylinder 43, and the ejected plate 45 ejects the worked bin 2 at the placement position d in the container 1 to the aligned position.

Since this embodiment has the above-described structure, 16 unworked bins 2 in this case are aligned and stored in the container 1, the container 1 is placed between the regulation frames 12, and the container 1 is transferred by the conveyor 6. The supply arm 25 of the exchange mechanism 14 is located at the take-up position c in the container 1, the take-out arm 26 is located at the take-out position b on the side of the working mechanism section 3, and the bin 2 in the front row in the container 1 is taken up. When it is located in the row of c, the conveyor 6 is stopped, the bin holding mechanism 27 of the supply arm 25 holds the unworked bin 2 at the pick-up position c, and the bin holding mechanism 27 of the take-out arm 26 moves at the take-out position b. The work completed bin 2 is clamped, the elevating frame 16 is raised by the up / down cylinder 18, the supply arm 25 and the takeout arm 26 are raised, the unworked bin 2 and the worked bin 2 are lifted, and the rack cylinder 23 is used for racking. The supply arm 25 and the take-out arm 26 are rotated by the action of 24 and the pinion 21. Then, the bin 2 is lifted and transferred, and the supply arm 25 is located at the supply position a on the side of the working mechanism 3 and the take-out arm 25 is located at the mounting position d in the container 1. The supply arm 25 and the take-out arm 26 During the turning operation of the feeding mechanism 34, the feeding plate 40 of the feeding mechanism 34 pushes the remaining three bins 2 in the front row by the rotation of the motor 41 to feed them to the pick-up position c, and the rotary table 5 rotates for indexing to move up and down. Cylinder
The elevating frame 16 is lowered by 18 and both bin holding mechanisms 27 are released to place the unworked bin 2 at the supply position a and the worked bin 2 at the placement position d. The supply cylinder 25 and the take-out arm 26 are swung back by the rack cylinder 23, and at the time of this swiveling operation, the discharging plate 45 of the discharging mechanism 42 causes the discharging cylinder 43 to move the bin 2 at the mounting position d for one bin 2. After discharging and advancing again, the supply arm 25 is positioned at the up position c and the take-out arm 26 is positioned at the take-out position b. When this operation is repeated twice, the state shown in FIG. When it is repeated, all the four unworked bins 2 in the front row are lifted up and transferred to the one-side working mechanism section 3 side, and the four worked bins 2 are aligned in the front row of the container 1 and fed by the feeding mechanism. The transfer plate 40 of 34 is returned, and then the conveyor 6 is operated to convey the bin 2 of the next row to the row of the pick-up position c, The bayer 6 is stopped and the same operation as described above is repeated. As a result, a plurality of unworked bins 2 in the container 1 can be automatically supplied to the working mechanism section 3 side one by one, and the working bin 2 on the working mechanism section 3 side can be automatically supplied. One can be automatically taken out into the container 1, and the work efficiency can be improved.

In the above embodiment, it is used for the enoki mushroom paper winding device, but it can also be used for supplying and taking out other bottles.

〔The invention's effect〕

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention can automatically supply a plurality of unworked bins in the container to the working mechanism unit side, and can automatically take out the worked bins on the working mechanism unit side to the container to improve the working efficiency. can do.

 As described above, the intended purpose can be sufficiently achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall plan view, FIG. 2 is a partial plan sectional view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side sectional view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view thereof. . a: supply position, b: take-out position, c: take-up position, d
…… Mounting position, 1 …… Container, 2 …… Bin, 3 …… Work mechanism, 6 …… Conveyor, 14 …… Transfer mechanism, 25 …… Supply arm, 26 …… Eject arm, 34 …… Feeding mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device capable of supplying a plurality of unworked bins in a container to the working mechanism unit side and taking out one worked bin on the working mechanism unit side into the container. A conveyor capable of intermittent transport, a feeding mechanism capable of feeding a plurality of bins aligned in the conveyor to a pick-up position in the container, and an unworked bin at the pick-up position on the working mechanism side. A transfer mechanism having a supply arm that can be lifted and transferred to the supply position and a take-out arm that can be lifted and transferred to the mounting position in the container of the working bin at the take-out position on the side of the working mechanism; And a discharging mechanism capable of discharging the worked bins at the mounting position to the aligning position.