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US 10,272,668 · App. 15/471,389 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Conveyance device

Inventors: Tadashi Endou (Yokohama, JP); Osamu Hatano (Yokohama, JP); Nobuhiro Sasajima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
B41F17/18B41F17/002B41F17/22B65G47/32B65G47/71B65G47/848B65G2201/0252
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Patent No.
US 10,272,668
App. No.
15/471,389
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a conveyance device capable of reducing the speed of conveyed objects, with the interval therebetween being narrowed substantially, while arranging the conveyed objects, which have been carried in one row, in a plurality of rows. The present invention includes a conveyance turret ( 110 ) that holds and conveys conveyed objects (K) and a carrying-out turret ( 120 ) that holds the conveyed objects (K) and transfers the same to a carrying-out conveyor ( 130 ), wherein the carrying-out conveyor ( 130 ) is configured to hold the conveyed objects (K) in a plurality of rows and carry out the same, the carrying-out turret ( 120 ) is provided in plurality so as to correspond to the plurality of rows of the carrying-out conveyor ( 130 ), and the conveyance turret ( 110 ) and the carrying-out turret ( 120 ) have an interval adjustment mechanism that changes radial positions of the held conveyed objects (K) according to rotation angles thereof.

Claims (24)

1. A conveyance device having: a conveyance turret that holds and conveys conveyed objects that are continuously supplied; a carrying-out turret that holds the conveyed objects and transfers the same to a carrying-out conveyor; and the carrying-out conveyor that holds the conveyed objects and continuously carries out the same, wherein

the carrying-out conveyor is configured to hold the conveyed objects in a plurality of rows and carry out the same,

the carrying-out turret is provided in plurality so as to correspond to the plurality of rows of the carrying-out conveyor,

the conveyance turret and the carrying-out turret have an interval adjustment mechanism that changes radial positions of the held conveyed objects, according to rotation angles thereof, and

the interval adjustment mechanism is configured to perform based on the rotation angles of the held conveyed objects.

2. The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein

the conveyance turret and the carrying-out turret have a plurality of holding units that individually holds the conveyed objects, and

the interval adjustment mechanism has cam members fixedly provided in parallel with the turrets and cam follower members provided at the holding units so as to engage the cam members.

3. The conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein

the holding units each have a gas circulation hole at a holding surface thereof for holding the conveyed objects, and

the holding units are configured to individually hold the conveyed objects by negative pressure and release the conveyed objects by positive pressure.

4. The conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein

the holding units draw a linear movement track before and after a transfer position at which the conveyed objects are transferred.

5. The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein

the carrying-out conveyor is configured to be capable of discharging the conveyed objects of the adjacent rows from terminal ends thereof, with the adjacent rows being deviated from each other by half a pitch.

6. The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrying-out conveyor has different conveyance path lengths for the plurality of rows.

7. The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the conveyance turret and the carrying-out turret has a first holding mechanism that adsorbs a bottom part of an object and the other of the conveyance turret and the carrying-out turret has a second holding mechanism that adsorbs an opening end of the object,

both the first holding mechanism and the second holding mechanism include a negative pressure introduction member, a contact member movable with respect to the negative pressure introduction member, an urging member that urges the contact member in a holding surface direction with respect to the negative pressure introduction member, and a guide member that restricts a movement range in a sucking direction of the contact member, and

the negative pressure introduction member has an opening on a side of the holding surface via the gas circulation hole.

8. The conveyance device according to claim 7 , wherein

the second holding mechanism has an air opening hole that communicates with an outside from an inside of the object when the object is held.

9. The conveyance device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first holding mechanism and the second holding mechanism facing each other at a facing position are arranged such that a facing interval between the holding surfaces of the respective contact members becomes shorter than or same as a length of the object in a state in which both the contact members are protruded and becomes longer than the length of the object in a state in which both the contact members are moved in the sucking direction.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 041767 FRAME 0574. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS SHOULD BE 18-1, HIGASHI-GOTANDA 2-CHOME, SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 1418640 JAPAN. Recorded Apr 3, 2017
From: ENDOU, TADASHI; HATANO, OSAMU; SASAJIMA, NOBUHIRO
To: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042141/0018 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2017
From: ENDOU, TADASHI; HATANO, OSAMU; SASAJIMA, NOBUHIRO
To: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041767/0574 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2014-200062 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
JP 2015-94279 · May 1, 2015 · national
JP 2015-94280 · May 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015075531 · Sep 9, 2015
Related Publication 20170197401A1 · Jul 13, 2017
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