JPS6233152B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to an automatic bottling device.

``Prior art'' Conventionally, the conventional bottling method for liquids, etc., employed in bottling factories involves continuously transporting bottles in a line, and cleaning them one after another during the transport.
It is a continuous processing method that involves filling, capping, and stamping or labeling.

An automatic bottling device that belongs to this method has a conveyance path through which bottles are conveyed in a line, and a cleaner (first step) and a filler, which introduce bottles from the conveyance path, process them, and return them, are placed in the middle of the conveyance path. It is equipped with a device (second process), a capper (third process), and a stamping or labeling device (fourth process), and is also equipped with a conveyor for empty containers in parallel with the conveyance path. Bottles brought in are extracted one by one and sent to a conveyance path, and the fed bottles are continuously transferred and processed in the first to fourth steps by each of the above devices, while empty containers or The case is transferred to the end of the conveyance path by an empty container transfer conveyor and left on standby.
After all the processing has been completed, the bottles are put back into a waiting container or case and transported outside.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" However, since this conventional method is based on processing one piece one after another, there is currently a limit to processing speed and processing efficiency.

Further, the bottle feeding operation and the processing bottle storage operation are required to be carried out manually by an operator, which may cause contamination or damage. In the case of glass bottles, the damage is often broken, chipped, cracked, etc., and in the case of plastic bottles, it is often caused by deterioration of physical properties due to crumples, deformation, discoloration, etc.

Furthermore, the equipment has to be large-scale, and if it is attempted to automate the supply of bottles and the storage of processed bottles, the equipment will become even larger and will occupy an entire factory building.

The present invention seeks to obviate such conventional drawbacks.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention provides a belt conveyor for transporting a container in which a plurality of bottles are housed in predetermined rows and columns;
an intermittent-operating chain conveyor provided in the middle of the belt conveyor with a start point and an end point associated with each other; a loader that transfers bottles in rows from containers on the introduced belt conveyor to the start point of the chain conveyor when stopped; An air cleaner, a filling device, a cap supply device, and a cap tightening device are arranged sequentially along the chain conveyor and process the bottles in each row on the chain conveyor at once when the chain conveyor is stopped. and an engraving/stamping device, and an unloader that transfers and accommodates all processed bottles in row units from the end point of the chain conveyor when it is stopped to an empty container that is subsequently transferred by the belt conveyor.

``Operation'' With the above configuration, if a container containing bottles brought in from a container manufacturer is sent as is to the belt conveyor, the bottles in the container are transferred row by row to the chain conveyor that runs intermittently by the loader, and then the bottles are transferred to the chain conveyor. As the conveyor runs intermittently, the air is cleaned by an air cleaner for each row, the liquid is filled by a filling device, the cap is covered by a cap supply device, the cap is tightened by a cap tightening device, and the stamping device engraved or stamped by
When the above processing is completed, the unloader transfers and accommodates the empty containers row by row to the empty containers that are continuously being transported by the belt conveyor, and sends them out by the belt conveyor.

"Example" The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention.

1 to 8 show an example of bottling a plastic sample bottle for cosmetics.

Figure 1 shows its configuration, and the specific bottling method shown here is a container B containing a plurality of bottles A arranged in rows and columns.
are introduced by a belt conveyor 1, which is a transfer device, and the bottles A are transferred row by row by a loader 2 to a chain conveyor 3, which is an intermittent bottle conveyance means, and air cleaners 4 are sequentially arranged along the route of the chain conveyor 3. , the filling device 5, the cap feeding device 6, the cap tightening device 7, and the marking stamp device 8 sequentially clean, fill, cap feed, cap tighten,
Chain conveyor 3 with engraved stamp processing
Then, the bottles A are returned to the downstream point of the belt conveyor 1 again, and the processed bottles A are transferred and stored row by row by the unloader 9 into the empty container B transferred by the belt conveyor 1, and sent out. It is.

The automatic bottling device used for the above-mentioned bottling has a chain conveyor 3 located midway above the belt conveyor 1, and the chain conveyor 3 forms a rectangular route, with its input and output ends connected to the belt conveyor. 1 and intersect.

Also, along the route of the chain conveyor 3, as described above, the loader 2, air cleaner 4, filling device 5, cap feeding device 6, cap tightening device 7,
An engraving stamp device 8 and an unloader 9 are sequentially installed.

The belt conveyor 1, which is commonly used, has container guides 11, 11 on both sides, as shown in FIGS. The containers B arranged and housed in rows are transferred in a constant posture.

The chain conveyor 3, as shown in FIG.
The chain 31 is stretched in a rectangular shape by chain wheels 32 disposed at the four corners and runs intermittently, and the chain 31 is equipped with a large number of cup-shaped bottle attachments 33 with appropriately opened bottoms for accommodating the bottles A. are equipped in a row, and these bottle attachments 33... are attached to container B.
The same number of bottles as in one row are lined up at the same intervals to form one group, and these are arranged at multiple equal pitches, and when intermittent running is stopped, two of the groups are transferred to the belt conveyor 1 and the loader. 2
and the unloader 9, and the five groups correspond to the air cleaner 4, filling device 5, cap feeding device 6, cap tightening device 7, and marking stamp device 8, respectively.

In addition, the chain conveyor 3 is
As shown in the figure, the chain guide 34 supports the route to keep it stable and is provided perpendicular to the belt conveyor 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the loader 2 includes a lifting bar 21 equipped with a plurality of bottle air clamps 22...
, a two-action elevating mechanism 120 that operates the elevating bar 21 up and down and back and forth, and an air supply device (not shown) that appropriately supplies compressed air to the bottle air clamps 22 through a hose, and a belt conveyor. 1 and the chain conveyor 3 on the inlet side.

The two-action elevating mechanism 120 has a slider 122 located above the belt conveyor 1 and moving in the direction of the belt conveyor 1 on a frame 121 that straddles the belt conveyor 1, and a slider 122 that is positioned above the belt conveyor 1 and moves in the direction of the conveyor. The lift bar 21 is moved up and down by a fluid pressure cylinder 125 fixed to the slider 122.
The lifting bar 21 is located above the belt conveyor 1 and has a posture perpendicular to the belt conveyor 1.

The bottle air clamp 22...
They are hung vertically from the lifting bar 21 in correspondence with the rows of bottles A in the container B.

The loader 2 also includes a catcher 130, that is,
A catcher 130 is provided, which is located below the belt conveyor 1 and picks up the bottle containers B introduced by the belt conveyor 1, and also positions and pitches the bottles A in each row.

The loader 2 is operated in conjunction with a catcher 130 and a chain conveyor 3 attached thereto, and when the catcher 130 picks up and feeds containers B containing bottles A in an array,
In the meantime, in the loader 2, the lifting bar 21 operates up and down and back and forth, and the air clamps 22... operate, and the bottle attachments 33 of each group that are intermittently running...bottle A in the container B when the navel stops. ...is transferred one after another line by line. After all the containers are transferred, the catcher 130 loads the empty container B onto the belt conveyor 1 again and sends it further.

Note that if the relative position between the loader 2 and the container B on the belt conveyor 1 is set on the belt conveyor 1, the catcher 130 is not necessarily necessary.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air cleaner 4 includes a lift bar 41 equipped with a plurality of air nozzles 42, a lift mechanism 140 that moves the lift bar 41 up and down, and a hose that supplies compressed air to the air nozzles 42. It consists of an air supply device (not shown) and is located along the chain conveyor 3 and adjacent to the belt conveyor 1.

The elevating device 140 has a frame 141 extending above the chain conveyor 3, and a hydraulic cylinder 1 mounted on the frame 141.
42 is provided, and the lift bar 41 facing parallel to the lift bar 41 on the chain conveyor 3 is moved up and down by its hydraulic cylinder 142.

The air nozzles 42 are vertically disposed from the lift bar 41 in correspondence with one group of bottle attachments 33.

The air cleaner 4 operates in conjunction with the chain conveyor 3, and the bottle attachments 3 of each group of the chain conveyor 3
3... came to our location and stopped temporarily, the lifting bar 41
is lowered, the air nozzle 42 is inserted into each bottle A in the bottle attachment 33, and compressed air is ejected to clean each bottle.

As shown in FIG. 4, the filling device 5 includes a lifting bar 51 having a plurality of filling nozzles 52, and a lifting mechanism 140 that moves the lifting bar 51 up and down (the same as that of the air cleaner 4 described above, the details are omitted. do)
, a filling liquid tank 53, 53, and a pump 55, 55 that supplies the liquid in the filling liquid tank 53 to the filling nozzle 52 through a hose 54, which corresponds to the chain conveyor 3 and also connects to the air cleaner. Adjacent to 4.

The lifting bar 51 faces the chain conveyor 3 parallel to the chain conveyor 3, and the filling nozzles 52...
3... are provided vertically from the lifting bar 51.

The filling device 5 operates in conjunction with the chain conveyor 3.
When the bottle attachments 33 of each group come to this position and pause, the lifting bar 51 is lowered and the filling nozzle is inserted into each bottle A of the bottle attachments 33. At the same time, the pump 55 ，
55 to fill the bottles A with the liquid in the filling liquid tanks 53, 53.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cap supply device 6 is
An elevating bar 61 having a plurality of vacuum rods 62, and an elevating mechanism 1 that moves the elevating bar 61 up and down.
40 (same as that of the air cleaner 4, details thereof will be omitted), a vacuum device (not shown) for appropriately sucking air from the vacuum rods 62 through a hose, and a cap for supplying the caps C to the vacuum rods 62. It consists of bar feeders 63, 63, and corresponds to the chain conveyor 3 and is located adjacent to the filling device 5.

The lifting bar 61 faces the chain conveyor 3 in parallel with the chain conveyor 3, and the vacuum rods 62 carry one group of bottle attachments 3.
3... are provided vertically from the lifting bar 61.

Further, the bar feeders 63, 63 have a plurality of branched supply ends 63a, and each of these supply ends 63a faces directly below the vacuum rod 62.
...is a shutter type stopper that can be lowered.

The cap feeding device 6 is operated in conjunction with the chain conveyor 3, and the bottle attachments 3 of each group of the chain conveyor 3 are connected to each other.
3... comes to our location and pauses, the lifting bar 61
is lowered, the cap C from the bar feeder 63 is adsorbed onto the vacuum rod 6, and placed over the mouth of each bottle A in the bottle attachment 33.
Stop breathing and leave it alone.

The cap tightening device 7, as shown in FIG.
Lifting bar 7 having a plurality of rotating spindles 72...
1, and a lifting mechanism 15 that moves the lifting bar 71 up and down.
0 and each rotating spindle 7 attached to the lifting bar 71
It consists of two rotating mechanisms 73, corresponds to the chain conveyor 3, and is located at an appropriate position on the turning route of the chain conveyor route.

The elevating mechanism 150 is substantially the same as the elevating mechanism 140 of each previous device, but in this case,
Frame 15 extending above chain conveyor 3
1 is provided with a fluid pressure cylinder 152, and the lift bar 71 is moved up and down by the fluid pressure cylinder 152 via relay members 153 and 154.

The lifting bar 71 faces the chain conveyor 3 in parallel with the rotating spindle 72.
...is one group of bottle attachments 33...
They are vertically movable vertically disposed vertically from a lift bar 71 in correspondence with the above, and springs 72a . The rotation mechanism 73 includes a motor 73a provided on the lift bar 71 and a rotation transmission gear train.

The cap tightening device 7 operates in conjunction with the chain conveyor 3, and the bottle attachments 3 of each group of the chain conveyor 3
3... comes to our location and pauses, the lifting bar 71
is lowered to press the rotary spindle 72 against the cap C attached to each bottle A in the bottle attachment 33 and rotate.
…Tighten cap C….

As shown in FIG. 7, the engraving stamp device 8 is
Bottle suppressing part 8a that suppresses bottle A... from above
and an engraved stamp part 8b that is engraved or stamped on the bottom of the bottles A, and corresponds to the chain conveyor 3 and is adjacent to the cap tightening device 7.

The bottle holding part 8a is composed of a lifting bar 81 having a plurality of bottle holding rods 82, and a lifting mechanism 140 (same as that of the air cleaner 4, so the details are omitted) that moves the lifting bar 81 up and down. The lifting bar 81 faces the chain conveyor 3 in parallel, and the bottle holding rods 82... hold one group of bottle attachments 3.
3... are provided vertically from the lifting bar 81.

The stamp part 8b is located below the chain conveyor 3, and a slider 84 is provided on the frame 83 so as to be movable back and forth, and this is operated by a fluid pressure cylinder 85 fixed to the frame 83. An engraving stamp bar 86 is provided parallel to and facing this, and the bar 86 is moved up and down by a fluid pressure cylinder 87 fixed to the slider 84, and the engraving stamp bar 86 has a group of bottle attachments. A plurality of markings or stamp heads 88... are arranged in correspondence with 33....

The stamping device 8 is operated in conjunction with the chain conveyor 3, and the bottle attachments 3 of each group of the chain conveyor 3 are connected to each other.
3... comes to this location and pauses, the lifting bar 81 is lowered in the bottle holding section 8a, and the bottle holding rods 82... hold down each bottle A... from above the cap C.... At the same time, the stamp part 8
At b, the engraving stamp bar 86 is actuated forward and upward, forcing the engraving or stamp head 88... onto the bottom of each bottle A... through the bottom opening of each bottle attachment 3..., stamping or stamping.

The unloader 9, as shown in FIG. 8, is the same as the loader 2 in FIG. 2. Further, as in the case of the loader 2, a catcher 130 is also attached.
Therefore, a detailed explanation of the structure will be omitted, with reference to the explanation of the loader 2 in FIG. 2.

The unloader 9 and the catcher 130 are located at the intersection of the belt conveyor 1 and the chain conveyor 3 on the delivery side.

Further, like the loader 2, the unloader 9 operates in conjunction with the catcher 130 and the chain conveyor 3.
picks up the transferred empty container B and feeds it one by one. During this time, the lifting bar 21 of the loader 2 operates up and down and back and forth, and the air clamps 22... operate to move the bottle attachments of each group of intermittent running. When the bottle A is stopped, processed bottles A are sequentially transferred and accommodated from the container 33 into the empty container B in rows. After all containers are accommodated, the catcher 130 places the container B on the belt conveyor 1,
send out.

In this case as well, if the relative position between the unloader 9 and the container B on the belt conveyor 1 is set on the belt conveyor 1, the catcher 13
0 is not necessarily necessary.

Since the automatic bottling apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to 8 is as described above, it is possible to feed the container B containing bottles A... brought in from the container manufacturer to the belt conveyor 1 as is. For example, bottles A... are transferred by the loader 2 to the chain conveyor 3 that runs intermittently one line at a time,
As the chain conveyor 3 runs intermittently, the air is cleaned by the air cleaner 4 in the first stroke, liquid is filled by the filling device 5 in the second stroke, and the cap C is filled by the cap supply device 6 in the third stroke. ... is covered, the cap is tightened by the cap tightening device 7 in the fourth step, and a mark or stamp is applied by the stamping device 8 in the fifth step. When the above processing is completed, the unloader 9 transfers the cap to the belt conveyor 1. Then, they are transferred and accommodated line by line to the empty container B that is subsequently transferred, and sent out by the belt conveyor 1.

In the filling device, cap feeding device, and cap tightening device, it is convenient to provide a bottle clamper 160 as appropriate.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. For example, even if bottles A... are processed in units of several rows, capping and sealing may be performed in each processing device depending on the object to be processed. You may add or exclude devices such as the above, or you may change the specific configuration in terms of design.

Further, in the above embodiments, the object to be processed is a sample bottle of cosmetics, but of course the object is not limited to this.

Furthermore, the processed bottles that have been sent out may be subsequently sent to a packaging device or the like.

"Effects of the Invention" According to the present invention, a plurality of bottles accommodated in rows and columns in a container are processed as a row unit.
Processing speed and efficiency can be improved, and if the container containing bottles brought in from the container manufacturer is fed directly to the conveyor, the processed bottles will be stored in the container and come out, so there will be no need for the operator's hands on the way. Therefore, there will be no contamination caused by tentacles, no deterioration in physical properties due to cracks, chips, cracks, bulges, and damage such as deformation, discoloration, etc., and no decrease in yield.

In addition, since the start and end points of an intermittent chain conveyor are associated with the middle of the belt conveyor that transfers the containers, the belt conveyor serves as a means for supplying containers containing unprocessed bottles and for transferring the bottles to the chain conveyor. It functions in three ways: as a means for transporting empty containers after processing, and as a means for sending out containers that have received processed bottles.Moreover, transporting empty containers in the middle requires only a short distance. Therefore, the device can be simple and compact, which is very advantageous.

Furthermore, since a chain conveyor is used as a processing line, there is flexibility in positioning the line, and the arrangement of each processing device can be suitably adapted to the factory site.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration, and FIGS. 2 to 8 are perspective views specifically showing each part and device. 1...Belt conveyor, 2...Loader, 3...
Chain conveyor, 4... Air cleaner, 5...
Filling device, 6... Cap feeding device, 7... Cap tightening device, 8... Stamping device, 9...
Unloader.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A belt conveyor that transports containers containing a plurality of bottles in predetermined rows and columns, an intermittent-operating chain conveyor with a start point and an end point connected in the middle of the belt conveyor, and an installed belt conveyor. a loader that transfers bottles in rows from the container to the starting point of the chain conveyor when stopped, and a loader that transfers bottles in rows on the chain conveyor that are sequentially arranged along the chain conveyor and is stopped, respectively. An air cleaner, a filling device, a cap supply device, a cap tightening device, and an engraving stamp device that process all the bottles line by line at once, and the belt conveyor from the end point of the chain conveyor when the bottles are stopped. An automatic bottling device consisting of an unloader and an unloader that transfers and accommodates empty containers that are subsequently transferred.