Transfer system
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1. A transfer system comprising:
- a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies provided along a main conveying path;
a plurality of article support bodies mounted between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof; and
an article side-push body fitted around the article support body and guided thereby, whereina guided body is mounted on an underside of the article side-push body, anda guiding device is installed at a main frame, for guiding the guided body,the guiding device comprising a pair of left and right inner movement guiding sections more inclined inwardly on the lower side, and a pair of left and right outer movement guiding sections more inclined outwardly on the lower side and facing finish ends of the inner movement guiding sections via a change-over unit,the change-over unit including a merging guiding section for receiving the guided body from both inner movement guiding sections, a branching guiding section for guiding the guided body to both outer movement guiding sections, and a change-over guiding section for distributing a guided body from the merging guiding section to one of a pair of branching guiding sections,the change-over guiding section including an upper guiding body and a lower guiding body, said upper guiding body and said lower guiding body each being movable relative to said merging guiding section during a change-over action and together guiding the guided body from the merging guiding section to said one of said branching guiding sections, wherein a motion force of the article side-push body along the main conveying path causes the upper guiding body to perform a change-over action that moves said upper guiding body relative to said merging guiding section and causes the lower guiding body to integrally perform a change-over action during a second half of the change-over action of the upper guiding body that moves said lower guiding body relative to said merging guiding section.
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Abstract
In a transfer system used for transferring articles that are conveyed on a main conveying path to branching conveying paths, change-over guiding sections of change-over units have an upper guiding body and a lower guiding body and the change-over action of the upper guiding body is caused by the motion force of an article side-push body in the direction of a main conveying path, and the change-over action of the lower guiding body is caused integrally in the second half of this change-over action. As a result, a sufficient change-over guiding length in the change-over unit can be ensured and change-over can be performed smoothly via both guiding bodies at all times.
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6 Claims
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1. A transfer system comprising:
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a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies provided along a main conveying path; a plurality of article support bodies mounted between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof; and an article side-push body fitted around the article support body and guided thereby, wherein a guided body is mounted on an underside of the article side-push body, and a guiding device is installed at a main frame, for guiding the guided body, the guiding device comprising a pair of left and right inner movement guiding sections more inclined inwardly on the lower side, and a pair of left and right outer movement guiding sections more inclined outwardly on the lower side and facing finish ends of the inner movement guiding sections via a change-over unit, the change-over unit including a merging guiding section for receiving the guided body from both inner movement guiding sections, a branching guiding section for guiding the guided body to both outer movement guiding sections, and a change-over guiding section for distributing a guided body from the merging guiding section to one of a pair of branching guiding sections, the change-over guiding section including an upper guiding body and a lower guiding body, said upper guiding body and said lower guiding body each being movable relative to said merging guiding section during a change-over action and together guiding the guided body from the merging guiding section to said one of said branching guiding sections, wherein a motion force of the article side-push body along the main conveying path causes the upper guiding body to perform a change-over action that moves said upper guiding body relative to said merging guiding section and causes the lower guiding body to integrally perform a change-over action during a second half of the change-over action of the upper guiding body that moves said lower guiding body relative to said merging guiding section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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