JP2590901Y2 - Chuck device for gable roof container with rib - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for chucking ribs of a container for lifting a container, for example, when boxing a gabled roofed container filled with milk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus of this kind, for example,
As disclosed in JP-A-111003, an apparatus for chucking an inclined rib formed on a gable roof-shaped top, comprising an elevating head and a downward inclined chuck inclined in correspondence with an upward inclined side surface of the rib. A fixed chuck member provided on the lower surface of the elevating head so that the chuck surface is pressed against the upwardly inclined side surface of the rib when the elevating head is lowered, in a direction approaching / separating from the fixed chuck member A movable chuck member provided on the lower surface of the elevating head so as to be movable, and pressing means for pressing the movable chuck member against the fixed chuck member. It is known that a correspondingly inclined upwardly inclined chuck surface is formed.

[0003]

The ribs of the above-mentioned container are formed by closing and sealing the upper edges of the upper open container so as to overlap each other. For this reason, the ribs have thickness variations caused by the degree of overlap of the container materials, and the thickness of the ribs is not uniform over the entire length.

When such a rib is chucked by the chuck member, the chucking force is large in a thick portion of the rib,
The chucking force is small in the thin portion of the rib, and the rib cannot be chucked with a uniform force over the entire length.
Then, when chucking failure occurs, when the chucked container is to be lifted, a part of the container may be disengaged from the chuck member and the container may be inclined, or the entire container may be disengaged from the chuck member and the container may fall.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a ribbed gable roof type container chuck device which can reliably chuck a container rib without causing chuck failure.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A chuck device for a gabled roofed container with ribs according to the present invention is provided in a front-back and left-right direction.
A plurality of containers arranged as contiguous with the inclined rib formed without and gable roof top rows in the longitudinal direction, respectively
An apparatus for chucking a group of containers , comprising: an elevating head, a downwardly inclined chuck surface inclined in accordance with an upwardly inclined side surface of the rib , wherein the chuck surface is a rib of all containers when the elevating head is lowered. it upward slope side of the
Re is provided on the lower surface of the lifting head as pressed
A plurality of fixed chuck members equal to the number of columns arranged in the longitudinal direction of the container, the solid on the lower surface of the lifting head so as to be able to move in a direction that is brought closer to or separated for each fixed chuck members
Fixing chuck provided corresponding to the constant chuck member
In a chuck apparatus for a gable roof type container with ribs, comprising the same number of movable chuck members as members and pressing means for pressing the corresponding movable chuck member against each fixed chuck member, the pressing means comprises all movable chucks. The member is fixed
A movable robot that is horizontally movable
And the piston rod connected to the movable rod
And a fluid pressure cylinder having the same .

[0007]

In the chuck device for the gable roof type container with ribs according to the present invention, the pressing means is used for fixing all the movable chuck members.
Can be set and can be moved horizontally in the horizontal direction.
Moving rod and a piston rod connected to the moving rod.
Because and a fluid pressure cylinder having a de, soluble
The moving rod is moved left and right by a hydraulic cylinder.
Then, all the movable chuck members correspond to the fixed chuck
Is moved in the direction to approach and separate
You.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A container to be chucked by the device of the present invention.
11 is made of a paper-based laminate as shown in FIG. 1 and has a gable roof-shaped top 12. At a part corresponding to the roof ridge of the top part 12, a strip-like rib 13 inclined at approximately 45 degrees with respect to a vertical line is formed.

The top portion 12 includes a pair of outer top wall panels 21 forming a top roof surface, a pair of inner top wall panels 22 folded in a fold between the outer top wall panels 21, and a pair of inner top wall panels 22. One of the outer top wall panels 21 and a connecting panel 23 interposed between adjacent ones of both inner top wall panels 22.

The ribs 13 are connected to a pair of outer rib panels 24 connected to the upper ends of both outer top wall panels 21, respectively, and connected to the upper ends of both inner top wall panels 22, respectively, are folded in two, and are sandwiched between the outer rib panels 24. A pair of inner rib panels 25 and an extended connecting panel 26 which is connected to the upper end of the connecting panel 23 and is interposed between one of the outer rib panels 24 and one of the inner rib panels 25 adjacent to each other. . The extension panel connection 26 is present only at one end of the rib 13. The thickness of the rib 13 in this portion is five times the thickness of the container material. The material is 4 times thicker.

Referring to FIG. 2, there are shown twenty containers 11 that are chucked at one time by a chuck device.
Twenty containers 11 form five rows of four containers arranged side by side in the front-rear and left-right directions so as to be in contact with each other and to connect the ribs 13 in the front-rear direction.

Referring mainly to FIGS. 2 and 3, the chuck device includes a horizontal plate-like elevating head 31 disposed above the twenty containers 11 and a container
Five horizontal rectangular parallelepiped block-shaped fixed chuck members 32 extending in the front-rear direction and fixed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction so as to correspond to the 11 rows, and near the front and rear ends of all the fixed chuck members 32 Each sliding guide bush
A pair of front and rear horizontal movable rods 34 extending in the left-right direction arranged to penetrate through 33, and each fixed chuck member
There are provided five movable chuck members 35 which are fixed to the two movable rods 34 so as to correspond to the movable rods 32 one by one.

The elevating head 31 is composed of an elevating plate 41 and a lower elevating plate 42 arranged at predetermined intervals, and four vertical bar spacers 43 interposed at four corners between the two elevating plates 41,42. At the center of the upper surface of the lower elevating plate 42, a fluid pressure cylinder 44 is mounted to the right. A long hole 45 extending in the front-rear direction is formed in the lower elevating plate 42 on the right side of the fluid pressure cylinder 44 in a penetrating manner.

As shown in detail in FIG. 5, the fixed chuck member 32 is connected to a downwardly inclined anti-vibration surface 51 which is inclined corresponding to the roof surface on the left side of the container top 12, and is connected to the upper end of the anti-vibration surface 51; The rib 13 has a downwardly inclined chuck surface 52 that is inclined corresponding to the upwardly inclined side surface on the left side. The chuck surface 52 is formed with an internal enlarged mounting groove 53 extending over the entire length thereof, and a silicone rubber elastic body 54 having a trapezoidal cross section is fitted into the groove. As shown in detail in FIG. 7, the distal end of the elastic body 54 is projected from the mounting groove 53.

Referring to FIG. 6, holes 55 are formed at both front and rear ends of the movable chuck member 35 so as to penetrate the movable rod 34, and horizontal slits 56 for communicating the inside and outside of the hole 55 are formed. Have been. A bolt 57 is screwed outside the hole 55 of the movable chuck member 35 so as to straddle the upper and lower sides of the slit 56.
A movable chuck member 35 is fixed to the mounting member so that the mounting position can be adjusted.

On the movable chuck member 35, four cross-sectional triangular ridges 58 are formed so as to be aligned with each other so as to correspond to the four containers 11 forming one row, facing the fixed chuck member 32. Have been. The length of each ridge 58 is rib 13
Is about 2/3 of the length (see FIG. 4). further,
The movable chuck member 35 has a downwardly inclined contact surface 59 which is continuous with the lower edge of the ridge 58 and is inclined in correspondence with the right roof surface of the container top 12 (see FIG. 7).

Referring again to FIGS. 2 and 3, of the five movable chuck members 35, the second movable chuck member 35 from the right is integrally provided with an upwardly projecting vertical connecting plate 61. The connecting plate 61 is passed through the elongated hole 45 and protrudes upward, and the protruding portion is connected to the piston rod of the fluid pressure cylinder 44.

When the hydraulic cylinder 44 is operated, the connecting plate
5 movable chuck members via 61 and movable rod 34
35 is reciprocated simultaneously between the left and right limits.

FIG. 8A shows a state in which the lifting head 31 is located at the upper limit and the movable chuck member 35 is located at the right end. When the lifting head 31 is lowered from this state, the chuck surface 52 is pressed by the upwardly inclined side surface of the rib 13 via the elastic body 54 as shown in FIG. At this time, there is a gap between the anti-shake surface 51 and the roof surface on the left side of the container top 12, and the anti-shake surface 51 comes into contact with the roof surface when the container is inadvertently shaken greatly. It is time to prevent. Then, when the fluid pressure cylinder 44 is operated to move the movable chuck member 35 to the left end, as shown in FIG. At the same time, the contact surface 59 is pressed against the other of the right roof surface of the container top 12. The pressing point by the ridge 58 is only one point in the height direction of the rib 13. Further, as described above, since the length of the ridge 58 is shorter than the length of the rib 13,
The ridge 58 is not pressed on a portion of the extension connection panel 26 of the thirteen, and the portion pressed by the rib 13 is only the portion of the container material 4 times thicker. When the lifting head 31 is raised, all the containers 11 are lifted while being chucked by the chuck members 32 and 35.

[0021]

[Effect of the Invention] According to the invention, the movable rod is hydraulically driven.
When it is moved to the left and right by the cylinder, it is all movable
The chuck member approaches the corresponding fixed chuck member.
Since it is moved in a direction to be brought spaced, fixed Chat
Press the movable chuck member against the clamping member with a simple mechanism.
Can be pressed, and the container can be reliably chucked.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the top of a container to be chucked by the invented device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the invented device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fixed chuck member of the apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a movable chuck member of the apparatus.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of both chuck members.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a chuck operation by the same device.

[Description of Signs] 11 Container 12 Container top 13 Rib 31 Lifting head 32 Fixed chuck member 34 Movable rod 35 Movable chuck member 44 Fluid pressure cylinder 52 Chuck surface

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-168807 (JP, A) JP-A-4-112003 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65B 5/08 B65B 35/36

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A row is formed in each of front and rear and left and right directions.
And the inclined rib 13 formed on the gable roof shape top 12 before and after
A container consisting of a plurality of containers 11 arranged in a row
An apparatus for chucking a group of containers , comprising an elevating head 31 and a downwardly inclined chuck surface 52 that is inclined corresponding to an upwardly inclined side surface of a rib 13, wherein the chuck surface 52 is an elevating head 31.
Its upward inclined side surface of the rib 13 of all the container 11 during descent of
A plurality of <br/> fixed chuck member 32 equal to the number of columns arranged in the longitudinal direction of the container 11 which is provided on the lower surface of the lifting head 31 to be respectively pressed against the fixed chuck member 32 Elevating head so that it can move in the direction of approaching / separating
The same number of movable chuck members 35 as the fixed chuck members 32 provided on the lower surface of the corresponding to the fixed chuck members 32.
When, and a pressing means for pressing the movable chuck member 35 corresponding to each fixed chuck member 32, the chuck device of the ribbed gable shaped container, pressing means, all
The movable chuck member 35 is fixed and
The movable rod 34 movably provided and the movable rod
Hydraulic cylinder having a piston rod connected
Characterized in that it comprises a Sunda 44, the chuck device of ribbed gable shaped container.