JP2561061Y2 - Belt conveyor connection 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 apparatus for connecting two belt conveyors and transferring a conveyed material on one conveyor to another conveyor.

[Background of the invention]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for transferring a conveyed object on a belt conveyor to a predetermined place, a conveyed object is generally suctioned by a suction head and then moved to a predetermined place.
Therefore, a transfer device that releases the suction and then moves the suction head onto the conveyor again is often used.

In some cases, it is necessary to transfer a conveyed article from one of two independently provided belt conveyors to the other. In this case, when the conveying speed of the belt conveyor is high, the transfer is performed. It is difficult to transfer a conveyed object using the apparatus.

The transfer speed of this type of transfer device is generally slow, and therefore the transfer speed cannot keep up with the transfer speed by the belt conveyor.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, a transfer belt 104 is provided so as to straddle between two belt conveyors 100 and 102, and the transfer belt 104 It is conceivable to transfer 106 onto the other belt conveyor 102.

However, in order to receive the conveyed material 106 on one conveyor 100 on the conveying surface of the transfer belt 104 and to transfer it onto the other conveyor 102, as shown in FIG. The conveyor belt of one conveyor 100 is made to pass under the belt 104, and the transport surface of the transfer belt 104 is moved to the other conveyor 1.
The transfer belt 104 must be provided so as to be in contact with the lower surface of the transport belt No. 02, and the installation work of the transfer belt 104 becomes extremely difficult.

Further, once the transfer belt 104 is disposed, it becomes necessary to change the position at which the conveyed article 106 is received from the conveyor 100 and the position at which it is delivered to the conveyor 102, or conversely, from the conveyor 102 to the conveyor 100. When it is necessary to transfer the transported object 106 to the destination, it is difficult to cope with the need.

Further, when the transfer from the conveyor 100 to the conveyor 102 becomes unnecessary, it becomes difficult to remove the transfer belt 104.

[0009]

The device of the present invention has been devised to solve such a problem. Thus, the apparatus according to the present invention is disposed between the independently disposed first and second belt conveyors, and transfers the articles conveyed on the first belt conveyor to the second belt conveyor. The apparatus includes: (a) a transfer belt that rotates around a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis, is wound around pulleys arranged at predetermined intervals, and rotates and moves along an endless annular trajectory that rotates vertically. (B) rotation driving means for the transfer belt; and (c) a surface of a lower portion of the transfer belt, which forms an endless ring around up and down, substantially contacts an upper surface of each transport belt in the pair of belt conveyors. Supporting means for supporting the transfer belt, and scooping the conveyed material on the first belt conveyor at the back surface of the transfer belt and moving the conveyed material by the movement of the transfer belt. After moving to the conveyor side Characterized in that it is made to pass received on said second belt conveyor in the upper of the second belt conveyor (claim 1).

An apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is located on the back surface of the transfer belt, runs in the same direction as the second belt conveyor, and is conveyed on the back surface of the transfer belt. A guide belt which also serves as a stopper for abutting on the conveyed object to prevent movement and transferring the conveyed object onto the second belt conveyor is provided (claim 2).

[0011]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a transfer belt is provided, and the transfer belts are arranged on a conveyor belt of a belt conveyor to be connected to each other. The reverse side of the belt, which is the reverse side of the transport surface used, is used as the article transport surface.

In this way, when connecting the two belt conveyors by the transfer belt, it is not necessary to pass one or both of them through the inside of the transfer belt, and accordingly, the connection mainly using the transfer belt. The device can be easily installed at any position on each belt conveyor, and can be easily removed when no longer needed. Alternatively, it is possible to easily change the connection point by such a connection device.

Further, since the apparatus of the present invention transfers a conveyed object by moving the transfer belt, the moving speed of the transfer belt may be set to a speed linked to the transfer speed of each belt conveyor. Thus, the transfer can be performed without lowering the transport speed of the transported object.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the connecting device is configured to include a guide belt that abuts the conveyed object on the back surface of the transfer belt and guides the transferred object onto the second belt conveyor. According to the present invention, the conveyed article on the transfer belt can be smoothly transferred onto the second belt conveyor.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, reference numerals 10 and 12 denote belt conveyors, and reference numeral 14 denotes tiles conveyed by the belt conveyor 10. 16 is a belt conveyor 10,
12 to connect the tiles 14 to one belt conveyor 10.
This is a connection device for transferring from the belt conveyor to the other belt conveyor 12.

The connecting device 16 has a transfer belt unit 18 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the transfer belt unit 18 is wound around the pulleys 20 rotating around a horizontal axis, and the transfer belt 22 circulates along an endless annular trajectory that rotates vertically. And a cover member 24 of the transfer belt 22 (FIG. 1).
And the transfer belt 2 provided on the cover member 24.
And a motor 26 operatively connected to the transfer belt 22 for driving the transfer belt 22 to rotate.

The transfer belt unit 18 also has a guide belt 28 which also serves as a stopper. The guide belt 28 is disposed in a direction parallel to the belt conveyor 12 at a position directly above a back surface of a lower portion of the transfer belt 22 having an endless annular shape.

The guide belt 28, which also serves as a stopper,
The transfer belt 22 contacts the tiles 14 conveyed by the lower surface of the lower portion of the transfer belt 22 to prevent the tiles 14 from moving and transfers the tiles 14 onto the conveyor belt 44 of the belt conveyor 12.

The guide belt 28 is operatively connected to a motor 30 and is driven by the motor 30. The motor 30 is mounted on a plate 34 supported by the cover member 24 by a support member 32.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a main support, and as shown in FIG. 3B, the right end of the transfer belt unit 18 in the figure is supported by the main support 36 so as to be rotatable around the horizontal. ing.

Numeral 38 denotes a sub-support table 38 for supporting the opposite end of the transfer belt unit 18 at the receiving portion 40. The transfer belt unit 18 is formed by the main support table 36 and the sub-support table 38. The transfer belt 22, strictly speaking, is supported such that the surface (downward surface) of the lower portion of the transfer belt 22 is substantially in contact with the surfaces (upper surfaces) of the conveyor belts 42 and 44 of the belt conveyors 10 and 12. I have.

The main support base 36 is configured to be movable with the transfer belt unit 18 mounted thereon.
At this time, a receiving portion 40 for supporting the end of the transfer belt unit 18 is provided on the main support base 36.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. In the apparatus of the present embodiment, the tiles 14 conveyed by the belt conveyor 10 are placed on the lower part of the transfer belt 22 at the position where the transfer belt 22 is arranged as shown in FIG. The transfer belt 22 is conveyed to the belt conveyor 12 as the transfer belt 22 moves.

When the belt reaches the position on the belt conveyor 12, it is stopped by contacting the guide belt 28 also serving as a stopper, and is moved by the guide belt 28 onto the conveyor belt 44 of the belt conveyor 12. Then, the sheet is conveyed by the belt conveyor 12 in the direction of the arrow in FIGS.

In the case of the apparatus of the present embodiment, each belt conveyor 1
Even when the conveying speed of the tiles 14 is high, the transfer of the tiles 14 can be performed quickly by setting the speed of the transfer belt 22 to a speed linked to the speed of the belt conveyors 10 and 12. It has the feature that there is no need to lower the original transport speed at the time of transfer.

The apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a transfer belt unit 1
8 is merely straddled between the two belt conveyors 10 and 12, and the surface (lower surface) of the transfer belt 22 is substantially in contact with the surfaces (upper surfaces) of the conveyor belts 42 and 44 of both belt conveyors 10 and 12. Just place it, tile 14
Can be transferred.

Therefore, the two belt conveyors 10,
Twelve connections can be made, the connection position can be easily changed, and the connection can be easily broken when unnecessary.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, this is only an example. For example, in the above example, a tile is taken as an example of a conveyed object. However, the present invention is applicable to the conveyance and transfer of another conveyed object, and the connection device is configured in various other forms within the gist of the present invention. It is also possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a connection device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the background of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 12 Belt conveyor 14 Tile 16 Connection device 20 Pulley 22 Transfer belt 26 Motor 28 Guide belt 36 Main support 38 Sub support

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An apparatus which is disposed between independently disposed first and second belt conveyors and transfers a conveyed article conveyed on the first belt conveyor to the second belt conveyor. B) a transfer belt that rotates about a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis, is wound around pulleys that are arranged at a predetermined interval, and rotates and moves along an endless annular trajectory that rotates vertically. (C) moving the transfer belt such that the surface of the lower portion of the transfer belt, which forms an endless ring around the top and bottom, substantially contacts the upper surface of each conveyor belt of the pair of belt conveyors; And supporting means for supporting the transfer belt. The transported article on the first belt conveyor is scooped by the back surface of the transfer belt, and the transported article is moved to the second belt conveyor side by moving the transfer belt. , The second beltco Connection device for a belt conveyor, characterized by being made to pass received on said second belt conveyor in the upper Beya. 2. The transfer belt is positioned on the back surface of the transfer belt, runs in the same direction as the second belt conveyor, and contacts the conveyed material conveyed on the back surface of the transfer belt to prevent movement. 2. The belt conveyor connection device according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper / guide belt for transferring the belt onto the second belt conveyor.