JP2799662B2 - Conveyor type glass container sorting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveyor-type glass container separating apparatus for separating glass containers by color.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When recycling glass containers such as glass bottles, it is essential to separate them for each color. Conventionally, such sorting work is performed manually.

[0003]

The separation by hand is inefficient. Also, when automating the sorting by color while carrying the glass bottles on a belt conveyor,
Usually, it is expected that a robot will pick up a glass bottle on a belt conveyor and transport it to a predetermined container for each color, but the use of such a robot greatly increases the cost. Furthermore, a colorless glass bottle is determined to be the same as the absence of a glass bottle, and there is a difficulty in automatically separating the colorless glass bottle into a corresponding glass container container.

A first object of the present invention is to omit a robot for picking up and separating glass containers and to separate the glass containers automatically for each color by a simple structure. It is to provide. An object of the invention of claim 2 is to provide a conveyor-type glass container separating apparatus capable of separating a colorless glass container from other colored glass containers without error. An object of the invention of claim 3 is to, when a revolving skeleton conveyor is used as a conveyor, smoothly carry out a glass container that is separated and guided to the inner peripheral side of the revolving skeleton conveyor to the outside of the revolving skeleton conveyor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a conveyor-type glass container sorting apparatus capable of performing the above-mentioned steps.

[0005]

The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments. The conveyor type glass container sorting apparatus (10) according to claim 1 comprises the following (a) to (e).
Has the following components. (A) The glass container (28) is provided with a square (14) through which the glass container (28) can pass, and the glass container (28) in the square (14) is prevented from falling by the lower stand (24). ) Conveyor (1
2) (b) Glass container brought by conveyor (12)
A color detecting means (18) for detecting the color of (28); (c) a plurality of drops provided on the table (24) in a line in the traveling direction of the conveyor (12) corresponding to the color of the glass container (28). Mouth (4
0a, 40b, 40c) (d) Opening / closing body (44) provided at opening / closing opening (40a, 40b, 40c) so as to be openable and closable (e) Glass container (2
Control means (22) for opening and closing the opening / closing body (44) of the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) corresponding to the color of (8).

In the conveyor type glass container separating apparatus (10) according to the second aspect, the most downstream drop port (40c) in the row of the plurality of drop ports (40a, 40b, 40c) is provided with the glass container (28). ) And it is always open.

[0007] In the conveyor type glass container sorting apparatus (10) according to the third aspect, the conveyor (12) is a revolving skeleton conveyor.
(12). The plurality of drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) pass through the inner periphery of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12) so as to pass through the glass container (28) falling out from the upper side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12). It is provided on the side. In addition, each guide passage (48a, 48b, 48c) exits from the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12) in the width direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12) from each of the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c), and The glass container (28) from (40a, 40b, 40c) is placed in each glass container container (50a, 50c).
b, 50c).

[0008]

The conveyor type glass container sorting apparatus according to claim 1 (1)
In (0), each glass container (28) is placed in each cell of the conveyor (12).
(14) is input one by one. The stand (24) is disposed below the conveyor (12) and prevents the glass container (28) from falling down from the cell (14). Thereby, the glass container (28)
Is located in the square (14), while sliding on the table (24),
It is taken by the conveyor (12). The color detecting means (18) detects the color of the glass container (28) entrained by the conveyor (12). The control means (22) is a glass container (28) whose color is detected by the color detection means (18), and the glass container (28)
When the user arrives at the falling port (40a, 40b, 40c) corresponding to the color of (3), the opening and closing body (44) of the falling port (40a, 40b, 40c) is opened. As a result, the glass container (28) comes out of the square (14) and falls down (40a, 4a).
0b, 40c).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the colorless glass container (28) is provided with a color detecting means (1).
Even after passing through 8), the color is not detected by the color detection means (18), and the color detection means (18) judges that the color is the same as when the glass container (28) has not passed. Therefore, the control means (2
2) does not open the opening and closing body (44), the colorless glass container (28)
It passes through the drop openings (40a, 40b) closed by the opening / closing body (44), reaches the most downstream drop opening (40c) that is always open, and falls into the drop opening (40c).

In the conveyor type glass container sorting apparatus according to the third aspect, the glass container (28) falls to the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) corresponding to the color, and then the guide passage (48a). , 48b, 48
Guided by c), while falling out of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12) in the width direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12),
It is introduced into the glass container housing (50a, 50b, 50c) corresponding to the color.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a conveyor type glass bottle sorting apparatus 10 as viewed from above a revolving skeleton conveyor 12.
The cell 14 has a plurality of cells 14 divided in a grid pattern in three rows. The sequential charging means 16 is arranged at the uppermost stream end on the upper side of the cell 14 and is adapted to supply one glass bottle 28 to each cell 14 one by one. The dimensions of the cell 14 are such that one glass bottle 28 can be accommodated therein, and the glass bottle 28 can be easily pulled down. On the upper side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12, a color detecting means 18 and a dropping part 20 are disposed at an intermediate portion and a downstream end with respect to the traveling direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12, respectively.
18 detects the color of the glass bottle 28 entrained by the revolving skeleton conveyor 12 for each column. The control means 22
The detection value of the color detection means 18 is input, and the falling unit 20 is controlled based on the input value.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the conveyor type glass bottle sorting apparatus 10 as viewed from the side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12. The slide table 24 extends along the lower side of the upper side of the revolving skeleton conveyor 12 and supports the glass bottle 28 so that it does not fall off from the square 14 to enable the revolving skeleton conveyor 12 to carry the glass bottle 28. I have.

FIG. 3 shows a state where the glass bottle 28 is driven by the revolving skeleton conveyor 12. Each square 14 contains one glass bottle 28.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the structure of the color detecting means 18 from the side of the revolving skeleton conveyor 12. As shown in FIG. Upper unit
30 is disposed above the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12,
A light source 32 for irradiating light to the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12 is provided inside. The colorless and transparent portion 34 is provided at a position directly below the upper unit 30 on the slide table 24, and allows light to pass from the upper side to the lower side while allowing the glass bottle 28 to slide on the upper surface side. The color sensor 36 is disposed directly below the light source 32 below the colorless transparent section 34 and receives light passing through the glass bottle 28 and the colorless transparent section 34. The color determination unit 38 determines the color of the glass bottle 28 from the color of the light input to the color sensor 36.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the structure of the drop section 20 from above and from the side of the revolving skeleton conveyor 12, respectively. The falling ports 40a, 40b, 40c are formed in the slide base 24 in order from the upstream side in the traveling direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12, corresponding to the color of the glass bottle 28. The drop ports 40a and 40b correspond to, for example, brown and blue-green, and the drop ports 40c
Corresponds to colorless. The drop openings 40a and 40b are provided in each row of the square 14, and have dimensions slightly larger than the square 14,
The glass bottle 28 coming from the square 14 is received. The falling ports 40c are provided in three rows and receive the glass bottles 28 falling from the cells 14. The opening / closing plate 44 is disposed at each of the drop ports 40a, 40b and is swingable via a hinge 46, and opens and closes each of the drop ports 40a, 40b based on a control signal from the control means 22 (FIG. 1). Operate. The gutter-shaped guide members 48a, 48b, and 48c are provided corresponding to the drop ports 40a, 40b, and 40c, and receive the glass bottle 28 that has fallen from the drop ports 40a, 40b, and 40c. Lower by gravity while guiding in the width direction. The glass bottle storage containers 50a, 50b, and 50c correspond to the gutter-shaped guide members 48a, 48b, and 48c, and correspond to the gutter-shaped guide members 4 on the opposite side of the fallout ports 40a, 40b, and 40c.
8a, 48b, 48c are disposed at the ends of the gutter-shaped guide member by gravity.
Introduced the glass bottle 28 coming down 48a, 48b, 48c,
To store.

The operation of the embodiment will be described. Glass bottle
28 are sequentially loaded one by one into each square 14 of the revolving skeleton conveyor 12 by the processing in the loading means 16 and fall while sliding on the upper surface of the slide table 24 as the revolving skeleton conveyor 12 advances. It is taken to part 20. Glass bottle 28
Is detected by the color detecting means 18 on the way. Based on the color detected by the color detecting means 18, the control means 22 opens each of the open / close plates 44 of the falling ports 40a, 40b corresponding to the color and the row of the glass bottles. As a result, for example, the brown and blue-green glass bottles 28 fall out of the square 14 at the falling ports 40a and 40b, respectively, and fall into the gutter-like guide members 48a and 48b. Also,
The colorless glass bottle 28 does not detect a color in the color detecting means 18, and therefore passes through the drop openings 40a, 40b closed by the opening / closing plate 44, reaches the drop opening 40c, and at the drop opening 40c, From the falling port 40c to the gutter-like guide member 48c. The glass bottle 28 that has fallen onto the gutter-like guide members 48a, 48b, 48c is guided while sliding down the gutter-like guide members 48a, 48b, 48c, and the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12 is moved in the width direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor 12. Of the glass bottle 28, and are introduced and stored in glass bottle storage containers 50a, 50b, 50c prepared for each color of the glass bottle 28.

Although the embodiment describes the separation of the glass bottles 28, this conveyor type glass container separation apparatus can be applied to the separation of all glass containers such as glass cups.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a glass container is put in the cell of the conveyor, and the glass container is entrained by the conveyor while sliding the glass container with the color detecting means. Detects the color of the container made of glass, opens the opening and closing body of the dropper corresponding to the detected color, and drops it from the conveyor to the dropper, eliminating the robot that picks up the glass container and separates it. Thus, the structure can be simplified.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the last drop of the row of the plurality of drops is assigned to the colorless conveyor and is always open, so that the color detecting means is made of glass. When the container is colorless, the glass container falls to the last dropping port and the colorless glass container can be separated without any trouble, even though the presence and color of the glass container cannot be detected.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the glass container falls down from the grid of the orbiting skeleton conveyor to the inner peripheral side drop opening of the orbiting skeleton conveyor, and is guided in the guide passage in the width direction of the orbiting skeleton conveyor. The glass container that comes out to the outside of the orbiting skeleton conveyor and fits in the predetermined glass container container, so that the glass container drawn out to the inner peripheral side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor can be separated without trouble. Can be stored in a container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a conveyor-type glass bottle sorting apparatus as viewed from above a revolving skeleton conveyor.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a conveyor-type glass bottle sorting apparatus viewed from a side of a revolving skeleton conveyor.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a glass bottle is entrained by a revolving skeleton conveyor.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the color detecting means 18 from the side of a revolving skeleton conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of a drop section from above a revolving skeleton conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a structure of a drop section from a side of a revolving skeleton conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 conveyor type glass bottle sorting device (conveyor type glass container sorting device) 12 orbiting type skeleton conveyor (conveyor) 14 grid 18 color detection means 22 control means 24 slide (table) 28 glass bottles (glass container) 40a, 40b, 40c Drop port 44 Opening / closing plate 48a, 48b, 48c Gutter-shaped guide member (guide path) 50a, 50b, 50c Glass bottle container (glass container)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kunihito Sato 1 Kamariya-cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokyu Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Special Equipment Vehicle Business Division (72) Inventor Atsushi Fukui Atsushi Kamariya, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture No. 1 town Tokyu Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Specially-equipped Automobile Business Division (56) References Real-Aid Business Sho 51-17981 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) -9/00 B65G 47/46 B65G 19/02

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A glass container (28) is provided with a square (14) through which the glass container (28) can pass. The lower table (24) prevents the glass container (28) from falling in the square (14). A conveyor (12) that entrains the glass container (28) while being rotated, and (b) the conveyor
(C) a color detecting means (18) for detecting the color of the glass container (28) entrained by the glass container (28);
A plurality of drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) provided in the table (24) in a line in the traveling direction of the conveyor (12) corresponding to the color of (8).
(D) an opening / closing body (44) provided at the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) so as to be openable and closable; and (e) the glass container (28) based on the detection of the color detecting means (18). And a control means (22) for opening the opening / closing body (44) of the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c) corresponding to the colors (1), (2). 2. The most downstream drop port (40c) in the row of the plurality of drop ports (40a, 40b, 40c) corresponds to the colorlessness of the glass container (28) and is always open. The conveyor-type glass container sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The conveyor (12) is a revolving skeleton conveyor (12), and the plurality of drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c).
Is provided on the inner peripheral side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12) so as to pass through the glass container (28) coming off from the upper side of the orbiting skeleton conveyor (12), and each guide passage ( 48a, 48b, 48c) are each of the drop openings (40a,
40b, 40c) from the revolving skeleton conveyor (12) in the width direction of the revolving skeleton conveyor (12),
The glass container (2) from each of the drop openings (40a, 40b, 40c)
The conveyor type glass container sorting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the glass container (8) is guided to each of the glass container containers (50a, 50b, 50c).