JP2000289702A - Apparatus for setting up lid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for setting up a lid simple in structure and capable of setting up an eating/drinking server and a lid to a container. SOLUTION: A lid setting apparatus includes an eating/drinking server sticking unit 8 for transfering a container 2 containing food and drink through an eating/drinking server sticking region B and sticking an eating/drinking server on the container 2 during the operation of transfering the container 2 through the eating/drinking server sticking region B, and a lid mounting unit 12 for transfering the container 2, on which the eating/drinking server is stuck, through a lid mounting region D and mounting a lid 10 on the container 2 during the operation of transfering the container 2 through the lid mounting region D. The lid mounting unit 12 has a turret 74 provided with a plurality of container receiving parts 78 and a plurality of lid receiving parts, and each container 2 is received by each container receiving part 78 while each lid is received by each lid receiving part. During the operation of transfering the container 2 through the lid mounting region D, the lid 10 is mounted on the container 2 by a lid mounting means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lid assembling apparatus for assembling eating and drinking utensils and a container with a lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Food and beverages such as fruit juice drinks and lactic acid bacteria drinks are accommodated in, for example, a cup-shaped container, and a lid is attached to an opening of the cup-shaped container. Attached to. Such a lid mounting device includes a turret unit that is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction, and a plurality of container receiving units and a lid receiving unit are provided around the turret unit.

In such a lid mounting apparatus, the lid is received in the lid receiving portion of the turret means, and the container is received in the container receiving portion of the turret means. When the container and the lid are transferred to the lid mounting area, the lid mounting means provided on the turret means holds the lid and covers the opening of the container, and thus the lid is mounted on the container. You.

[0004]

Conventionally, food and drink utensils such as straws, spoons and the like are attached to a container containing food and drink before the lid is mounted on the container by such a lid mounting apparatus. The attachment of such eating and drinking utensils is performed by an eating and drinking utensil adhering device that forms an assembly line completely different from the lid attaching device. Therefore, in order to attach the lid after the eating and drinking utensil is attached, the container to which the eating and drinking utensil is attached must be transported from the assembling line including the eating and drinking utensil attaching device to another assembling line including the lid attaching device. However, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and the production efficiency of the container with the lid is poor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lid assembling apparatus having a simple structure to which a food and drink tool and a container with a lid can be assembled.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a food and beverage implement sticking apparatus for transporting a container containing food and drink through a food and beverage implement sticking area, and attaching the food and beverage implement to the container while being conveyed through the food and beverage implement sticking area. The device, a lid mounting device that transports the container to which the eating and drinking utensil is attached by the eating and drinking utensil pasting device through a lid mounting region, and mounts a lid on the container while being transported through the lid mounting region. A food and beverage utensil feeding device that feeds a food and beverage tool to be attached to a container to the food and beverage utensil sticking device, and a lid feeding device that feeds a lid to be mounted on the container to the lid mounting device. The lid mounting apparatus is provided with a turret means provided with a plurality of container receiving portions and a lid receiving portion spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and provided on the turret means corresponding to each lid receiving portion. Lid attaching means, and Is received in the container receiving portion of the turret means of the lid mounting device, and the lid from the lid feeding device is received in the lid receiving portion of the turret means, While the container received by the lid and the lid received by the lid receiver are conveyed through the lid mounting area, the lid held by the lid receiver is moved by the lid mounting means to the container. A lid assembling device, which is mounted on a container held by a receiving portion.

According to the present invention, the container containing the food and drink is sequentially fed in the order of the food and beverage tool sticking device and the lid mounting device. The eating and drinking utensil sticking device conveys the container through the eating and drinking utensil sticking area, and the eating and drinking utensil is attached to a predetermined portion of the container during the conveyance. The lid mounting device includes a turret unit provided with a plurality of container receiving units and a lid receiving unit, and a lid mounting unit provided corresponding to each of the lid receiving units. The container from the device is received in the container receiving portion of the turret means of the lid mounting device, and the lid from the lid feeding device is received in the lid receiving portion of the turret means. While the container of the container receiving part and the lid of the lid receiving part are conveyed through the lid mounting area, the lid is mounted on the container by the action of the lid mounting means, and thus the container is attached to the eating and drinking utensil sticking area and the lid mounting area. The food and beverage utensils and the lid are assembled as required to the container while being continuously transferred through the container.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a lid assembling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 1, one embodiment of a lid assembling apparatus according to the present invention will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, the illustrated lid assembling apparatus includes a container 2 containing food and drink.
Positioning transfer device 4 for positioning the camera at a specific angular position
And a food and beverage utensil sticking device 8 for affixing the food and beverage utensil 6 (see FIG. 2) to the container 2, and a lid mounting device 12 for mounting a lid 10 to the container 2 to which the food and beverage utensil 6 is attached. . A container feeding device 14 is provided on the upstream side of the angle positioning transfer device 4, and the container 2 fed by the container feeding device 14 is fed to the angle positioning transfer device 4. Also,
A eating and drinking utensil feeding device 16 is provided in association with the eating and drinking utensil sticking device 8, and the lid feeding device 1 is associated with the lid attaching device 12.
8 are provided.

Here, the container 2 assembled by the lid assembling apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. The container 2 has a cup shape and is made of, for example, paper, synthetic resin, or the like. An annular locking flange 22 protruding radially outward is integrally provided at the upper end of the container 2. A sealing seal is attached to the upper opening of the container 2 as necessary. The container 2 contains, for example, fruit juice beverages, lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk, yogurt, and the like as foods and drinks.

The container 2 includes a food and drink utensil 6 and a lid 10.
Is assembled. The eating and drinking utensil 6 uses a straw 24 when the contained food is a fruit juice beverage, a lactic acid bacteria beverage, or the like, and uses a spoon, fork, or the like depending on the food or beverage. The eating and drinking utensil 6 is sealed with a film sheet 26 or the like. In this eating and drinking utensil 6, a film-like sheet 26 is attached to a predetermined portion on the peripheral side surface of the container 2 by, for example, an adhesive.

The lid 10 is made of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin, and an engagement concave portion (not shown) is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening to removably engage with the locking flange 22 of the container 2. Have been. The lid 10 has a small thickness and is elastically deformable. A circular concave portion 26 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the lid 10, and a curved protrusion 28 is provided at the outer peripheral portion thereof. The lid 10 is detachably attached to the upper end of the container 2 by pressing it from above the container 2.

Next, each device of the lid assembling device will be described. The container feeding device 14 includes a spiral transport mechanism 31 and feeds the container 2 from a container supply source (not shown) to the downstream side.

The angle positioning transfer device 4 includes a first turret means 42 which is driven to rotate in a direction indicated by an arrow 40, and a first auxiliary turret means 44 is provided between the first turret means 42 and the spiral transfer mechanism 31. It is arranged.
The first turret means 42 includes a plurality of first container receiving portions 4.
6, and the first auxiliary turret means 44
A plurality of container receivers 48 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction. Container 2 transported by spiral transport mechanism 31
Are received one by one in the container receiving portion 48 of the first auxiliary turret means 44 and then fed to the first turret means 42. Each first container receiving portion 46 of the first turret means 42 is provided with a positioning rotation mechanism (not shown), and the container 2 is positioned at a specific angular position while being conveyed by the first turret means 42.

The eating and drinking utensil sticking device 8 includes a second turret means 52 which is driven to rotate in a direction indicated by an arrow 50. The second turret means 52 is provided with a plurality of second container receiving portions 56 spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and a tool receiving portion (not shown) is provided corresponding to each second container receiving portion 56. Have been. The container 2 from the angle positioning transfer device 4 is
The turrets 52 are transferred and held one by one to the second container receiving portion 56 of the turret 52.

An eating and drinking utensil sticking area B is provided on the moving and conveying path of the container 2, and the eating and drinking utensil feeding device 16 is arranged upstream of the eating and drinking utensil sticking area B. Eating and drinking utensil feeding device 1
6 is a tool winding strip 58 in which a number of eating and drinking tools 6 are wound in a belt shape.
The food and drink utensil 6 pulled out from the tool winding band 58 is separated by the cutter means, which includes a pull-out roller 60 drawn out from the apparatus, a servomotor 62 for rotationally driving the pull-out roller 60, and cutter means (not shown). Later, it is received by a tool receiving portion (not shown) of the second turret means 52.

The container 2 and the tool receiving portion 5 of the second container receiving portion 56
The eating and drinking utensil 6 is conveyed through the eating and drinking utensil attachment area B. On the upstream side of the eating and drinking utensil sticking area B, an adhesive applying device 66 is further provided.
Is applied to a film-like sheet 26 (see FIG. 2) covering the sheet. Then, while the container 2 and the eating and drinking utensil 6 are being conveyed through the eating and drinking utensil sticking area B, the eating and drinking utensil 6 held by the utensil receiving portion is pressed against a predetermined portion on the peripheral side surface of the container 2. ), The eating and drinking utensil 6 is attached to the peripheral side surface of the container 2.

A printing area C is provided in the moving and conveying path of the container 2, and the printing area C is located downstream of the eating and drinking utensil sticking area B. The printing area C is provided with, for example, an ink jet printing device 68, and the printing device 68 performs desired printing, for example, printing of the manufacturing date, expiration date, etc., on a predetermined portion of the container 2. Note that a print inspection device 70 is provided downstream of the print area C, and the print inspection device 70 checks whether or not printing has been performed by the printing device 68. The eating and drinking utensil 6 and the container 2 on which the printing is provided in this manner are conveyed to the lid mounting device 12.

The lid mounting device 12 includes a third turret 74 which is driven to rotate in a direction indicated by an arrow 72. A second auxiliary turret 76 is provided between the third turret 74 and the second turret 52. Are arranged. The third turret means 74 is provided with a plurality of third container receiving portions 78 at intervals in the circumferential direction, and a lid receiving portion (described later) corresponding to each third container receiving portion 78. Are provided, and lid mounting means (described later) for mounting the lid 10 is provided corresponding to each lid receiving portion. Also, the second
The auxiliary turret means 76 is also provided with a plurality of container receiving portions 80 spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The container 2 from the second turret means 52 is
After being received one by one by the container receiving portion 80, it is fed to the third turret means 74.

A cover mounting area D is provided in the moving and conveying path of the container 2, and the cover feeding device 18 is disposed upstream of the lid mounting area D. The cover feeding device 18 moves the cover 10 from a cover supply source (not shown) in a direction indicated by an arrow in a third direction.
The lid 10 which is fed toward the turret means 74 and thus fed is received by the lid receiving portion of the third turret means 74.

When the container 2 held in the third container receiving portion 78 and the lid 10 held in the lid receiving portion are transferred to the lid mounting area D, the lid 10 is placed in the container 2 as required. The container 2 equipped with the eating and drinking utensil 6 and the lid 10 shown in FIG. 2C is completed. Container 2 assembled in this way
Is discharged to the container discharge device 82, and the container discharge device 82 feeds the container 2 further downstream in the direction indicated by the arrow.

In this embodiment, since the eating and drinking utensil sticking device 8 and the lid attaching device 12 are included in one production line for continuously feeding the container 2, the eating and drinking utensil 6 and the lid 1
The container 2 with zero can be assembled in a continuous process. Further, as in the embodiment, the printing apparatus 68 can be included in the manufacturing apparatus. Next, the lid mounting device 12 of the lid assembling device will be described with reference to FIGS.

Referring to FIG. 3, the illustrated lid mounting device 12 is shown.
Has an apparatus main body 102 installed on the floor of a factory or the like, and a third turret means 74 is rotatably supported on the apparatus main body 102. The illustrated apparatus main body 102 includes a main body plate 104, and a support sleeve 106 is attached to a substantially central portion of the main body plate 104.
Further, a plurality of, for example, four support rods 108 (one is shown in FIG. 3) are attached to the main body plate 104. The upper plate 1 is provided at the upper end of the support rod 108.
10 and the upper plate 110 is mounted on the support rod 1.
08 is supported by the main body plate 104.

The support sleeve 106 has a pair of bearings 11.
The rotation shaft 114 is rotatably supported via the second shaft 2.
One end of the rotating shaft 114 projects below the main body plate 104 beyond the support sleeve 106, and a gear 118 is mounted on the projected end via a key member 116. The gear 118 is drivingly connected to a main driving source of the lid mounting device 12. The other end of the rotation shaft 114 projects upward beyond the support sleeve 106 and the upper plate 110. A support member 120 is attached to the upper surface of the upper plate 110, and the other end of the rotating shaft 114 is connected to the sleeve bearing 12.
2 rotatably supported by the support member 120.

The turret 74 is mounted at an intermediate portion of the rotating shaft 114 in the axial direction. Turret means 74
A rotary sleeve 126 fixed to the rotary shaft 114 via a key member 124, a main body table 128 mounted on the outer circumference of the rotary sleeve 126, and an outer table 130 mounted on the lower outer circumference of the main body table 128.
Which rotate integrally with the rotation shaft 114.
On the outer table 130, an annular mounting plate 132
And a pair of annular container receiving plates 134 and 136 disposed above the mounting plate 132 and an annular lid receiving plate 138 disposed above the annular container receiving plates 134 and 136 are mounted. I have. A plurality of substantially semicircular receiving recesses (not shown) are formed in the outer peripheral portions of the container receiving plates 134 and 136 at intervals in the circumferential direction.
In this embodiment, the receiving recesses of the mounting plate 132 and the pair of container receiving plates 134 and 136 constitute a third container receiving portion 78 in which the container 2 is received, and the container 2 fed to the turret 74 is As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom portion is placed on the upper surface of the placing plate 132, and the peripheral side surface is received in the receiving concave portions of the pair of container receiving plates 134 and 136.

In the outer peripheral portion of the lid receiving plate 138, a plurality of substantially semicircular receiving recesses 140 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction.
(See also FIG. 4). Each receiving recess 140
Is located above and corresponding to the receiving recesses (not shown) of the container receiving plates 134 and 136, and constitutes a lid receiving portion 141 that receives the lid 10. The cover 10 is provided with the receiving recess 1 due to its curved projection 28 being somewhat elastically deformed.
It is detachably held in 40.

The turret means 74 is provided with a lid mounting means 142 above and corresponding to each of the receiving recesses 140 of the lid receiving plate 138. Body table 12
An upper table 144 is attached to the upper surface of the upper table 8, and a lid mounting means 142 includes a guide support cylinder 146 mounted on the outer periphery of the upper table 144, and a vertical support via a sleeve bearing 148 inside the guide support cylinder 146. And an elevating member 150 supported movably in the direction. A pressing member 152 is attached to a tip end (lower end) of the elevating member 150, and the outer periphery of the pressing member 152 has a curved projection 28 of the lid 10.
The pressing part corresponding to the shape of is formed. Pressing member 1
A circular opening is formed at the center of 52, and a suction member 154 is mounted in the circular opening. Suction member 15
Reference numeral 4 denotes a funnel-shaped member having elasticity such as rubber.

An axially extending passage 155 is formed at the distal end of the elevating member 150. One end of the passage 155 communicates with the adsorbing member 154, and the other end thereof is connected to the elevating member 15.
0 is open on the peripheral side surface. Also, the main body table 128
A passage 156 is formed corresponding to each lid mounting means 142, and one end of the passage 156 is connected to the main body table 128.
, The other end is open on the peripheral side surface, and the other end of the passage 156 is connected to the elevating member 1 via a tube 158.
It communicates with 50 passages 15. Further, the support sleeve 1
The passage forming member 162 is provided on the upper surface of the flange portion 160 of FIG.
Is installed. A passage recess (not shown) is formed in the passage forming member 162 corresponding to the upstream side of the lid mounting region D, and the connection pipe 164 is connected to the passage recess. Furthermore, a pipe member 166 connected to a suction source is attached to the main body plate 104, and the pipe member 166 is connected to a connection pipe 164 via a tube 168. Therefore, while the lid mounting means 142 moves on the upstream side of the lid mounting area D, the suction force from the suction source acts on the suction member 154 through the tube 158 and the passage 155 of the elevating member 150.

A slit opening 172 extending in the axial direction is formed on the peripheral side surface of the guide support cylindrical body 146 at an intermediate portion in the axial direction. In addition, the short shaft 174 is attached to the elevating member 150.
Is fixed, and the tip of the short axis 174 is formed by the slit opening 1.
Projecting outward through 72, at the projecting end of the short axis 174,
A roller 176 is rotatably mounted. On the other hand, a plurality of rod members 180 are mounted on the inner surface of the upper plate 110, and a ring-shaped cam member 182 is mounted on the lower surface of these rod members 180. Rollers 176 are mounted on the cam action portions 184 of the cam members 182. In contact. Cam action part 1
84, the vertical thickness thereof is gradually reduced corresponding to the lid mounting area D, so that in the lid mounting area D, the elevating member 150 descends and then rises, and in other areas, it rises. Will be maintained.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, around the turret means 74, in addition to the above-mentioned lid mounting area D, a lid receiving area E, a container receiving area F and a container discharging area G are arranged. The lid receiving area E and the container receiving area F are disposed on the upstream side of the lid mounting area D, and the container discharge area G is disposed on the lid It is arranged downstream of the mounting area D.

The cover supply device 18 is provided in association with the cover receiving area E, and is provided at a feed belt portion 19 located on the upstream side.
2 and a lid insertion portion 194 located on the downstream side. Referring also to FIG. 7, the feeding belt section 192 includes an endless belt 198 wound around a pair of rollers 196 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 7).
The upper belt portion 98 of the second member 98 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow.
On both sides of the endless belt 198, guide guide plates 202 and 204 extending in the feeding direction of the lid 10 are provided.
The lid 10 supplied from a lid supply source (not shown) is supplied to the upper belt portion 200 of the endless belt 198 so that the curved protrusion 28 (see FIG. 2) is at the top, and a pair of guides is provided. While being guided by the guide plates 202 and 204, it is fed to the downstream side indicated by the arrow.

The lid insertion portion 194 has an elongated guide plate 206, which extends from the downstream side of the feed belt portion 192, beyond the lid body receiving area E, and further downstream to the upstream side of the container receiving area F. ing. Guide guide members 208 and 210 are provided on both sides of the guide plate 206, and inner guide surfaces of the guide guide members 208 and 210 are curved in an arc shape along the outer periphery of the lid receiving plate 138 of the turret 74. Extending.

The upstream end of the guide plate 206 of the lid insertion portion 194 is close to the downstream end of the upper belt portion 200 of the endless belt 198, and is substantially flush with the upper belt portion 200 of the endless belt 198. A substantially V-shaped notch 212 (see FIG. 4) is provided at the center of the upper end of the guide plate 206 in the width direction (the vertical direction in FIG. 4). With this configuration, the lid 10 that moves from the endless belt 198 to the guide plate 206 is guided from both sides of the lid 10 to the guide plate 206, and the lid 10 is reliably guided to the guide plate 206. Can be.

An air jet nozzle 203 is provided above the downstream end of the feed belt 192. This air injection nozzle 203 is connected to a compressed air supply source (not shown),
The compressed air from the compressed air supply source is supplied to the air injection nozzle 203.
From above, it is sprayed on the upper surface of the lid 10 that moves from the feeding belt portion 192 to the lid insertion portion 194.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cover feeding device 18 is provided with a movement preventing means 214 for temporarily stopping the movement of the cover 10 fed through the cover feeding path. ing. The movement preventing means 214 includes a pneumatic cylinder 218.
And a pneumatic cylinder 218 is mounted on a mounting bracket 220 mounted on the lower surface of the guide plate 206. A movement preventing piece 222 is attached to an output portion of the pneumatic cylinder 218, and the tip of the movement preventing piece 22 is configured to be able to protrude upward through an opening formed in the guide plate 206.
When the pneumatic cylinder 218 is extended, the upper end of the movement preventing piece 222 protrudes above the guide plate 206 and acts on the lid 10 moving along the upper surface of the guide plate 206. On the other hand, when the pneumatic cylinder 218 contracts, the movement preventing piece 222 retreats below the guide plate 206, and the movement preventing piece 222 does not act on the lid 10 on the upper surface of the guide plate 206.

A pair of injection nozzles 224 (see FIG. 4) are provided upstream of the stop zone H. Injection nozzle 22
Numerals 4 are arranged above both sides of the guide plate 206 and communicate with a compressed air supply source (not shown). When the compressed air is supplied from the compressed air supply source, the supplied compressed air is injected downward from the pair of injection nozzles 224 toward the downstream side in the feeding direction, and the injected compressed air is located in the stop zone H. It is sprayed on the upper surface of the lid 10, thus increasing the moving speed of the lid 10 to the lid receiving area E.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lid feeding device 18 continuously directs the lid 10 supplied from a lid supply source (not shown) toward the lid receiving area E. The endless belt 198 in the feeding and feeding belt portion 192, and the feeding belt portion 192 in the lid insertion portion 194.
Is pushed forward by the lid 10 fed from the apparatus. Then, the lid 10 thus continuously fed is received by the receiving recess 140 of the lid receiving plate 138 of the turret means 74.
In order to be accepted smoothly one by one, it is configured as follows.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, lid receiving plate 1
38, the receiving recess 140 has a semicircular holding receiving portion 232,
An introduction guide portion 234 provided on the opening side of the holding receiving portion 232
And One side portion 234a of the introduction guide portion 234 extends radially outward from the opening end of the receiving concave portion 140 so as to extend in an arc toward the downstream side, and the other side portion 234b is formed of the receiving concave portion 140. The portion extending between the adjacent receiving recesses 140 of the lid receiving plate 138 linearly extends radially outward from the opening end, and has a tip that is pointed radially outward. With this configuration, the front end of the above-described portion of the lid receiving plate 138 is inserted between the continuously fed lids 10 in the lid receiving area E, and the lid 10 is inserted into the receiving recess 140. Accepted as required.

Next, the operation of the above-described lid mounting device 12 will be outlined with reference mainly to FIGS. The lid 10 supplied from a lid supply source (not shown) is continuously fed to the lid receiving area E by the feed belt 192 and the lid insertion part 194.

When the lid 10 is fed into the lid receiving area E, the lid 10 is guided into the receiving recess 140 of the lid receiving plate 138 which moves in the direction indicated by the arrow 72 while being guided by the guide member 208. The lid 10 is received by the holding receiver 232, and the lids 10 are received one by one in the lid receiver 141 in this manner. In this receiving state, the lid 10 is securely and elastically held by the lid receiving portion 141 by the elastic deformation of the peripheral side wall. When the turret 74 moves to the container receiving area F,
Container 2 fed by second auxiliary turret means 76
Is received in the container receiving portion 78 of the turret means 74,
The container receiving portion 78 holds the container 2.

The container receiving portion 78 for holding the container 2 and the lid 1
The lid receiving portion 141 holding 0 is moved through the lid mounting region D, and the lid 10 is mounted on the container 2 held by the container receiving portion 78 while being moved through the lid mounting region D. . In the lid mounting area D, the roller 176 and the elevating member 150 are driven along the cam action part 184 of the cam member 182, and the elevating member 150 is moved upward after being moved downward. Until the elevating member 150 descends and starts to ascend, the passage 156 of the main body table 128 is communicated with the passage recess of the passage forming member 162, and the suction force from the suction source (not shown) is applied to the suction member 154. Act on.

When the elevating member 150 is lowered, the suction member 154 attached to the elevating member 150 is moved to the cover receiving portion 141.
Acts on the upper surface of the lid body 10 held by this to suck and hold it. Then, by further descending the elevating member 150,
The suction member 154 removes the lid 10 from the lid receiving portion 141, moves further downward, and presses the lid 10 against the upper end of the container 2 held by the container receiving portion 78. Is attached to the container 2.

When the cover mounting area D is moved further downstream,
The elevating member 150 rises and returns to the original position, and the lid receiving portion 1
It becomes possible to receive the lid 10 into 41. Lifting member 1
When 50 rises, passage 1 of main body table 128
The communication between the passage 56 and the passage recess of the passage forming member 162 is shut off, and the suction action by the suction member 155 does not act on the lid 10 attached to the container 2.

In this way, the lid is attached to the container 2,
The container 2 with the lid 10 is rotated by the rotation of the turret 74.
Is transferred to the container discharge area G, the container 2 held in the container receiving portion 78 is moved from the turret 74 to the container discharge device 82.
And is fed further downstream by the container discharging means 82.

[0045]

According to the lid assembling apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the container accommodating the food is sequentially fed in the order of the eating and drinking utensil sticking apparatus and the lid mounting apparatus, and the eating and drinking utensil and the lid The body container can be assembled as required in one assembly line.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing an embodiment of a lid assembling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a view showing a container, a food and drink tool, and a lid separately, and FIG. 2B is a view showing a state where the food and drink tool is attached to the container. (C) is a figure which shows the state which attached the eating and drinking tool and the lid to the container.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of a lid mounting apparatus of the lid assembling apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a turret unit of the lid mounting device of FIG. 3 and the vicinity thereof;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which the lid is fed in the lid mounting apparatus of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state where the lid is held by a lid receiving portion of the turret means.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a movement preventing means provided in a lid feeding means of the lid mounting apparatus of FIG. 3 and a configuration related thereto;

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which the movement of the lid is inhibited by the movement inhibiting means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 container 6 eating and drinking utensil 8 eating and drinking utensil pasting device 10 lid 12 lid attaching device 14 container feeding device 16 eating and drinking utensil feeding device 18 lid feeding device 74 third turret means 78 third container receiving portion 141 lid receiving Department

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3E049 AA05 AB02 BA02 CA04 DA01 EA01 EA07 EB01 EB02 EB04 EC02 FA10 3E056 AA09 BA02 CA07 DA05 EA02 EA06 FE17 GA03 3E080 AA06 CC01 CE01 CF03 DD12 DD14

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A food and beverage utensil sticking apparatus for transporting a container containing food and drink through a food and beverage utensil sticking area, and affixing the eating and drinking utensil to the container while being transported through the food and beverage utensil sticking area, and the food and beverage utensil sticking apparatus A container to which the eating and drinking utensil is attached is transported through a lid attaching region, and a lid attaching device that attaches a lid to the container while being transported through the lid attaching region; and a container to the eating and drinking utensil attaching device. A food and beverage utensil feeding device for feeding food and beverage utensils to be attached to the container, and a lid feeding device for feeding a lid to be mounted on a container to the lid mounting device, wherein the lid mounting device Is provided with a turret means provided with a plurality of container receiving portions and lid receiving portions spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and a lid mounting means provided on the turret means corresponding to each lid receiving portion. The container from the eating and drinking utensil sticking device is provided with the lid The container received by the container receiving part of the turret means of the apparatus, and the lid from the lid feeding device is received by the lid receiving part of the turret means, and the container received by the container receiving part; While the lid received by the lid receiving portion is transported through the lid mounting region, the lid held by the lid receiving portion is moved to the container held by the container receiving portion by the lid mounting means. A lid assembling device to be attached.