Orientation switching apparatus
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Ukai
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An orientation switching apparatus capable of placing a pallet which is in a vertical orientation and holding a group of tires in a stacked state into a horizontal orientation, and placing a pallet which is in a horizontal orientation and holding a group of tires in a horizontally arranged state into the vertical orientation, includes: a base that holds the pallet; a switching drive device which switches the orientation of the pallet held, by rotating the base; a standing device which pushes a leaning tire located at one end of the group of tires toward the other end to cause the leaning tire to stand; and a restricting device which restricts movement of the tires.
Claims15
An orientation switching apparatus capable of placing a pallet that is in a horizontal orientation and holds a group of tires into a vertical orientation together with the group of tires, the group of tires being in a horizontally arranged state in which vertically oriented tires are lined up, the orientation switching apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to hold the pallet;
- a switching drive device configured to switch an orientation of the pallet that is held, by rotating the base;
- a standing device configured to push a leaning tire, which is a tire of the group of tires located at one end of the group of tires held in the pallet, toward another end of the group of tires to cause the leaning tire to stand;
- and
- a restricting device configured to restrict movement of the group of tires by abutting at least a portion of circumferential surfaces of the group of tires, wherein
- the standing device includes:
- a pushing component configured to apply, on the leaning tire, a pushing force toward the another end of the group of tires;
- an advancing device configured to advance and retract the pushing component between the leaning tire and the pallet;
- and
- a moving device configured to generate, for the pushing component that is in an advanced state, the pushing force toward the other end that is to be applied on the leaning tire.
An orientation switching apparatus capable of placing a pallet that is in a horizontal orientation and holds a group of tires into a vertical orientation together with the group of tires, the group of tires being in a horizontally arranged state in which vertically oriented tires are lined up, the orientation switching apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to hold the pallet;
- a switching drive device configured to switch an orientation of the pallet that is held, by rotating the base;
- a standing device configured to push a leaning tire, which is a tire of the group of tires located at one end of the group of tires held in the pallet, toward another end of the group of tires to cause the leaning tire to stand;
- and
- a restricting device configured to restrict movement of the group of tires by abutting at least a portion of circumferential surfaces of the group of tires, wherein
- the standing device includes:
- an insertion component configured to be inserted through a hole of at least the leaning tire;
- a pushing component configured to abut an end surface on a one end-side of a tire that had been the leaning tire;
- an inserting device configured to insert the insertion component through the leaning tire, and remove the insertion component from the leaning tire;
- a pushing device configured to push the tire located at the one end of the group of tires toward the another end, using the pushing component;
- and
- a lifting device configured to lift and lower the insertion component, the pushing component, the inserting device, and the pushing device.
An orientation switching apparatus capable of placing a pallet that is in a horizontal orientation and holds a group of tires into a vertical orientation together with the group of tires, the group of tires being in a horizontally arranged state in which vertically oriented tires are lined up, the orientation switching apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to hold the pallet;
- a switching drive device configured to switch an orientation of the pallet that is held, by rotating the base;
- a standing device configured to push a leaning tire, which is a tire of the group of tires located at one end of the group of tires held in the pallet, toward another end of the group of tires to cause the leaning tire to stand;
- and
- a restricting device configured to restrict movement of the group of tires by abutting at least a portion of circumferential surfaces of the group of tires, wherein
- the standing device includes:
- a pushing component configured to apply, on the leaning tire, a pushing force toward the another end of the group of tires, the leaning tire being disposed on the pallet which is placed in a tilted orientation between the horizontal orientation and the vertical orientation by the orientation switching apparatus;
- and
- a pushing device configured to push the tire located at the one end of the group of tires toward the another end, using the pushing component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.