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US 2006/0219522 A1Published application
Changeover system
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Enomoto
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Abstract
In a changeover system of the present invention, the upper part of the transverse pushing action section of the article transverse pushing body is formed as a tilted upper surface with a middle portion in the front rear direction being tilted forward and downward and a front end portion is formed as a leading end upper surface with gradual inclination conjointly with the tilted upper surface. As a result, the leading end upper surface with gradual inclination smoothly enters below the article, the article can be lifted by the tilted upper surface, and the prescribed transverse movement can be implemented without squeezing the article.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof;
- and
- an article transverse pushing body fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein
- the article transverse pushing body comprises an upper plate member, a front plate member extending downward from the front end of the upper plate member, a rear plate member extending downward from the rear end of the upper plate member, a bottom plate member disposed between the lower ends of the front plate member and rear plate member, and a transverse pushing action section provided above the upper plate member,
- the transverse pushing action section having an upper part formed so that a tilted upper surface in which the middle portion in the front-rear direction is tilted forward and downward, and a leading-end upper surface provided at a gradual angle with respect to the tilted upper surface is formed in the front end portion continuous with the tilted upper surface.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof;
- and
- an article transverse pushing body fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein
- the article transverse pushing body comprises an upper plate member, a front plate member extending downward from the front end of the upper plate member, a rear plate member extending downward from the rear end of the upper plate member, a bottom plate member disposed between the lower ends of the front plate member and rear plate member, and a transverse pushing action section provided above the upper plate member, and
- the transverse pushing action section comprises a top plate member that covers the upper plate member from above and rib plate members located in the left-right direction and linking the top plate member to the upper plate member, the top plate member having, on an upper surface thereof and at a position above the rib plate members located in the left-right direction, concave sections formed in the left-right direction.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof;
- and
- an article transverse pushing body fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein
- the article transverse pushing body comprises an upper plate member, a front plate member extending downward from the front end of the upper plate member, a rear plate member extending downward from the rear end of the upper plate member, a bottom plate member disposed between the lower ends of the front plate member and rear plate member, and a transverse pushing action section provided above the upper plate member, wherein the upper plate member and top plate member of the transverse pushing action section are formed to have a trapezoidal shape that has a large width in the front end section and gradually narrows to have a small width in the rear end section, as viewed in a plan thereof, and the bottom plate member is formed as a rectangular plate and protrudes at both sides in the lengthwise direction with respect to the upper plate member and the top plate member each having a trapezoidal shape.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof;
- and
- an article transverse pushing body fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein
- the article transverse pushing body comprises an upper plate member, a front plate member extending downward from the front end of the upper plate member, a rear plate member extending downward from the rear end of the upper plate member, a bottom plate member disposed between the lower ends of the front plate member and rear plate member, and a transverse pushing action section provided above the upper plate member, the bottom surface of the bottom plate member being flat.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- and
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof, wherein
- the endless rotary bodies are supported and guided on the side of the main frame via guided members, a cover body for closing the endless rotary bodies from above is disposed in the upper part of the main frame, the uppermost surface of the cover body is positioned at the same level as the upper surface of the article support body, and the inner end portion is formed by a tilted upper surface that descends with respect to the upper surface of the article support body.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- and
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof, wherein
- side brackets are provided at both ends of the article support body, guided members that are supported and guided on the side of the main frame are provided at the side of the side brackets, endless rotary bodies positioned on the outside of the guided members are configured to be capable of coupling and separating by the movement in the lengthwise direction, a rising section is formed upward at the upper part of the main frame, a guide rail section is formed on the inside of the rising section, the upward facing support surface of the guide rail section is positioned at the same level or slightly below the upper end of the rising section and configured to support and guide the guided members, the guided members comprising rotary bodies that can rotate about a central axis extending in the lengthwise direction, and the upper end of the rising section is positioned below this central axis.
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A changeover system, comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path;
- and
- a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof, wherein
- a main frame of the system comprises frame members disposed as a pair respectively at the top and bottom on both sides, and a middle frame member for linking upper and lower frame members and left and right frame members, the lower frame member including a homeward guide rail section protruding inwardly and an upper end extending section positioned above the homeward guide rail member, the homeward guide rail section and the upper end extending section being formed integrally, the homeward guide rail section having an upward facing support surface, the upper end extending section having a sidewise guide surface facing inwardly, and
- the article support body comprises an article transverse pushing body fitted thereover and guided thereby in the lengthwise direction, and a guided member supported and guided by the upward facing support surface and another guided member guided by the sidewise guide surface are provided at the side of the article support body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.