ARTICLE ALIGNMENT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS

To provide an article alignment conveyance apparatus capable of further efficiently aligning a long article.SOLUTION: A pair of rotary rollers 18 are arranged to be inclined in parallel so that a conveyance direction upstream side becomes higher. A pair of guide plates 22A, 22B are arranged so that they face each other above the rotary rollers 18 along the rotary rollers 18 and an upper interval is wider than a lower interval. A long article M with an engagement part Me is thrown between the guide plates 22A, 22B, is aligned by being suspended from between the rotary rollers 18, and is conveyed by being slid on the rotary roller 18. First to third push-back devices 28, 30, 32 are provided for pushing back a long article M not properly aligned between the rotary rollers 18 to the upstream side. The first push-back device 28 pushes back a long article M on the guide plate 22A, the second push-back device 30 pushes back a long article M on the guide plate 22B, and the third push-back device 32 pushes back a long article M positioned above the rotary roller 18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】長尺物品を、より効率的に整列させる物品整列搬送装置を提供する。【解決手段】一対の回転ローラ１８を搬送方向上流側が高くなるように傾斜させて並列に配置する。両回転ローラ１８に沿って、回転ローラ１８の上方で対向し、上部の間隔が下部の間隔よりも広くなるように一対のガイド板２２Ａ、２２Ｂを配置する。係合部Ｍｅを備える長尺物品Ｍをガイド板２２Ａ、２２Ｂ間に投入し、回転ローラ１８の間から吊架することで整列させ、回転ローラ１８上を滑らせて搬送する。回転ローラ１８間に適正に整列されていない長尺物品Ｍを上流側に押し戻す第１〜第３押し戻し装置２８、３０、３２を設ける。第１押し戻し装置２８では、ガイド板２２Ａ上の長尺物品Ｍを押し戻し、第２押し戻し装置３０では、ガイド板２２Ｂ上の長尺物品Ｍを押し戻すとともに、第３押し戻し装置３２では、回転ローラ１８の上方に位置する長尺物品Ｍを押し戻す。【選択図】図１