JP2002340269A - Selective connecting device of fluid pipeline - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selective connecting device for a fluid pipeline, capable of selecting an arbitrary fluid to be fed into and discharged from a specified tank or selecting an arbitrary tank to deliver or distribute the fluid in the tank to another tank, and cleaning or sterilizing the pipeline in batch operation system in multi-sort small-amount production. SOLUTION: This selective connecting device is provided with a central pipe 6, a branching main pipe, a reciprocating shaft 13, a rotating arm 15, a connecting main pipe 17, a main pipe side biting pin 19 provided at the tip part of the connecting main pipe, a stopping chuck 20 for the main pipe biting pin provided at the tip of the rotating arm, a branching auxiliary pipe 22, a connecting auxiliary pipe, an auxiliary pipe side biting pin provided on the back of the connecting auxiliary pipe in the state of positioning on a circle concentric with the main pipe side biting pin 19 in use, a reciprocating driving device provided in a control room, and a control device for the stopping chuck.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a batch operation system in, for example, multi-product small-volume production, in which an arbitrary fluid is selected to be fed into and out of a specific tank, or an arbitrary tank is selected to be used in the batch operation. The present invention relates to a selective connection device for a fluid line which enables a fluid to be delivered and distributed from a tank to another tank, and for cleaning and sterilizing a line for sending / discharging and delivering / distributing the fluid. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the diversification of demands, liquid preparation / mixing of various kinds, various brands of raw materials, auxiliary raw materials, etc. at a predetermined ratio, and frequent use of pipes, tanks and the like have been conducted relatively frequently. Must be cleaned and sterilized.

[0003] However, in this type of field, it is common to fix and connect the tanks to each other with piping, or to manually transfer the raw materials from the tanks in an airtight state. Also, troublesome work was required in sterilization.

As a result, the piping connecting the tanks is complicated and diversified, so that not only the operation management and maintenance management become very complicated, but also the overall layout becomes complicated, and the cleaning work of the piping is complicated, and the liquid pools are formed. There was also a problem in quality control due to contamination and the like.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and distributes a specific fluid to various tanks or supplies various fluids to a specific tank. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new pipeline switching connection device with a cleaning means, which has the advantages of facilitating the cleaning, drying, and sterilization of piping.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a fluid line selective connection device according to the present invention comprises a machine housing 4 comprising a connection room 1, a drive room 2 and a control room 3, a connection room. 1, a center pipe 6 provided on one side wall 5, a large number of main branch pipes 7 a, 7 b to 7 n provided on a circular line centered on the center pipe 6 on the same wall, and provided on the drive chamber 2. A reciprocating shaft 13 having a moving end that moves far and near toward the inner end of the center pipe 6 by a rotating and reciprocating driving device, and a surface parallel to the one side wall 5 on the moving end of the reciprocating shaft 13. Arm 15 provided so as to rotate along the axis, and the center pipe 6
The base end and the front end disposed between the inner ends of the branch main pipes 7a, 7b to 7n and the rotary arm 15 are bent toward the center pipe 6 and the inner ends of the branch main pipes 7a, 7b to 7n. A connecting main pipe 17, a center maintaining guide shaft 18 provided at a base end of the connecting main pipe 17 on the center axis of the center pipe 6 and the reciprocating shaft 13, and a connecting main pipe 17 provided at a distal end of the connecting main pipe 17. Main pipe side pin 19, chuck 20 for main pipe side pin 19 provided at the end of rotating arm 15, center pipe 6 and branch main pipes 7 a, 7 b,. A large number of auxiliary branch pipes 22a, 22b to 22n are provided at positions on the radiation passing through 7n at equal intervals from the main branch pipes 7a, 7b to 7n so as to form a large number of sets. The proximal and distal ends The connecting auxiliary pipe 24 bent toward the inner ends of the main branch pipes 7a, 7b to 7n and the auxiliary branch pipes 22a, 22b to 22n, and the pin 19 for gripping the main pipe side when used on the back of the connecting auxiliary pipe 24. Auxiliary tube side biting pin 25 provided in a state concentric with a circular line
And a control device for the reciprocating drive device and the mouthpiece chuck 20 provided in the control room 3.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a machine housing 4 is constituted by a connection room 1 having a configuration in which it is isolated from the outside air, a drive room 2 provided in a lower half of the right side of the connection room 1, and a control room 3 provided in an upper half of the right side thereof.

A center pipe 6 is provided at the center of the lower half of the left side wall 5 of the connection chamber 1, and a large number of branching main pipes 7a are provided at points on the circular line centered on the center pipe 6 in the upper half. 7b to 7n are provided.

A surge tank 8 and a filling machine 9 are connected to outer ends of the center pipe 6 and the branch main pipes 7a, 7b to 7n.

A hollow shaft motor 11 for rotational driving and a telescopic cylinder 12 for reciprocation are provided in the drive chamber 2 such that the center axis of the hollow shaft motor 11 and the telescopic cylinder 12 is an extension of the center line of the center pipe 6. The movable end of the reciprocating shaft 13 of the telescopic cylinder 12 is protruded into the connecting chamber 1 through the shaft of the hollow shaft motor 11 so that the movable end of the reciprocating shaft 13 is disposed on the line. Is telescopic cylinder 12
Thus, the hollow shaft motor 11 operates to move far and near toward the inner end of the center pipe 6.

Further, a rotating arm 1 is provided at the moving end of the reciprocating shaft 13.
5 is provided in a direction parallel to the left side wall 5.

A connecting main pipe 17 whose base end and distal end are bent in an L-shape between the inner ends of the center pipe 7 and the branch main pipes 7a, 7b to 7n and the rotary arm 15 in the connection chamber 1.
And a guide shaft 18 for maintaining the center is provided on the rear surface of the base end of the connecting main pipe 17 so that the guide shaft 18 for maintaining the center is located on the center axis of the center pipe 6 and the reciprocating shaft 13. A pin 19 for holding the main tube side is provided on the back surface of the distal end of the connecting main tube 17.

Further, a chuck 20 for holding the mouth of the pin 19 for holding the main tube is provided at the end of the rotary arm 15. The operation of holding the chuck 20 and the operation of releasing the chuck 20 are controlled by a control unit described later.

In the left side wall 5 of the connection chamber 1, a large number of branching auxiliary pipes 22a, 22b to 2 are located at a position on the radiation passing through the center pipe 6 and the branching main pipes 7a, 7b to 7n.
2n is provided such that the auxiliary branch pipes 22a, 22b to 22n are arranged at equal intervals from the main branch pipes 7a, 7b to 7n.

Separately from this, the distance between the two ends is equal to the set of process and branch auxiliary pipes 7a and 22a.
A U-shaped connection auxiliary pipe 24 having the same distance as the inner end of the connection auxiliary pipe 24 is formed, and the auxiliary pipe side biting pin 25 is provided at the center of the back of the connection auxiliary pipe 24. At the time of use, it is provided so as to be located on a circle concentric with the pin 19 for holding the main tube side.

The control room 3 has a built-in control device (not shown) that enables the following operations (operations).

Reference numerals 26 and 27 in the figure denote main branch pipes 7a, 7b to 7n and auxiliary branch pipes 22a, 22b to 2n.
2n, a connection base device provided at an interconnecting end of the connection main pipe 17 and the connection auxiliary pipe 24, wherein a connection operation or a release operation is performed by control from the control room 3.

In the above-described embodiment, for example, while the tank 8 is being filled by the filling machine 8, the unused pipe portion is connected by the connection auxiliary pipe 24 while the pipe is being formed as shown in FIG. It is provided by a method such as CIP washing.

In order to change the connecting main pipe 17 from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the imaginary line in the above-mentioned usage, first, the telescopic cylinder 12 is extended and the rotating arm 15 is connected to the connecting main pipe 17.
, And the main pipe side pin 19 for pinching is held by the pinch chuck 20.

In this state, the telescopic cylinder 12 is slightly returned to disconnect both ends of the connecting main pipe 17 from the center pipe and the branch main pipe.

After the disconnection, the reciprocating shaft 13 is slightly rotated by the hollow shaft motor 11 so that both ends of the connecting main pipe 17 and the inner end of the next branch-side pipe face each other. May be extended so that both ends of the connecting main pipe 24 and the inner end of the next branch main pipe are connected.

To change the connecting auxiliary pipe 24 from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the virtual line in the above usage,
First, the reciprocating shaft 13 is rotated by the hollow shaft motor 11 so that the mouthpiece chuck 20 and the auxiliary tube side pinching pin 25 provided on the back of the connection auxiliary tube 24 are arranged in a face-to-face arrangement. The cylinder 12 is extended and the pin 25 for holding the auxiliary pipe side is held by the chuck 20 for holding the mouth.

In this state, the telescopic cylinder 1
2 is returned slightly, and both ends of the connection auxiliary pipe 24 are cut off from a set of process and branch auxiliary pipes.

After the disconnection, the reciprocating shaft 13 is slightly rotated by the hollow shaft motor 11 so that both ends of the connection auxiliary pipe 24 and the inner ends of the next process and branch auxiliary pipes face each other. In this state, the telescopic cylinder 12 is extended, and both ends of the connection auxiliary pipe 24 and the inner end of the next set of branch-side pipes may be connected.

[0026]

According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for selectively connecting a fluid conduit, comprising an apparatus housing including a connection chamber, a driving chamber, and a control chamber, a center pipe provided on one side wall of the connection chamber, and a center pipe in the wall. Multiple branching main pipes provided at points on the circular line centered on the main pipe, and a moving end that moves far and near and rotates toward the inner end of the center pipe by a rotating and reciprocating drive device provided in the drive chamber. A reciprocating shaft having a rotating arm provided at the moving end of the reciprocating shaft so as to rotate along a plane parallel to the one side wall, and an inner end of the center pipe and the branch main pipe and the rotating arm. A connecting main pipe having a base end and a front end disposed therebetween and bent toward the inner ends of the center pipe and the branch main pipe, and a center pipe and a center pipe located at the base end of the connecting main pipe on the center axis of the reciprocating shaft. The guide shaft for maintaining the center provided as a state and the main A pin for holding the side, a chuck for holding the pin for holding the main tube side provided at the end of the rotating arm, and an equidistant space from the main pipe for branching at a location on the side wall where radiation passes through the center pipe and the main branch pipe. A large number of branching auxiliary pipes provided so as to form a large number of sets at a distance from each other, and a base end and a distal end formed separately from these are bent toward the inner ends of the main branching pipe and the auxiliary branching pipe. A connecting auxiliary pipe, an auxiliary pipe-side biting pin provided on the back of the connecting auxiliary pipe so as to be located on a circle concentric with the main pipe-side biting pin, and a reciprocating drive device and a bite provided in the control room. Control device for the main chuck, so that the center pipe and the selected branch main pipe are connected by the connecting main pipe, and the selected branch main pipe and the selected branch auxiliary pipe are connected by the connecting auxiliary pipe. Do what you want This makes it possible to distribute a specific fluid to various tanks, or to supply various fluids to a specific tank, and to facilitate cleaning, drying, and sterilization of piping. Advantageously, the connection chamber can be easily configured to be shut off from the outside air, and the center pipe, the branch main pipe, the connecting main pipe, and the connecting auxiliary pipe are washed in a state where the outside air is shut off.・ Steam sterilization can be performed completely.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a system diagram showing an example of use.

[Description of Signs] 1 Connection room 2 Drive room 3 Control room 4 Machine case 5 Left side wall 6 Center piping 7a, 7b to 7n Branch main piping 8 Tank 9 Filling machine 11 Hollow shaft motor 12 Telescopic cylinder 13 Reciprocating shaft DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 15 Rotating arm 17 Connecting main pipe 18 Center maintaining guide shaft 19 Main pipe side pin 20 Pin for chuck 22a, 22b to 22n Auxiliary pipe for branch 24 Connection auxiliary pipe 25 Pin for auxiliary pipe side biting 26, 27 For connection Cap device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A housing composed of a connection room, a drive room, and a control room, a center pipe provided on one side wall of the connection chamber, and a plurality of pipes provided at points on a circular line centered on the center pipe in the wall. A main pipe for branching, a reciprocating shaft having a moving end that moves far and near toward the inner end of the center pipe with a rotating and reciprocating drive device provided in a driving chamber, and a moving end of the reciprocating shaft. A rotating arm provided so as to rotate along a plane parallel to the one side wall, and a base end and a tip disposed between the inner end of the center pipe and the branch main pipe and the rotating arm, and the center pipe and A connecting main pipe bent toward the inner end of the branch main pipe,
A center-maintaining guide shaft provided at the base end of the connecting main pipe as being located on the center axis of the reciprocating shaft and a center pipe, and a main-tube-side biting pin provided at the distal end of the connecting main pipe;
A chuck for holding the pin for holding the main pipe side provided at the end of the rotating arm, and a large number of sets spaced at equal intervals from the main pipe for branching at a location on the radiation passing through the center pipe and the main branch pipe on one side wall. A large number of branching auxiliary pipes provided as an arrangement to be formed, and a connecting auxiliary pipe whose base end and distal end formed separately from these are bent toward the inner ends of the branching main pipe and the branching auxiliary pipe, When used on the back of the connecting auxiliary pipe, the auxiliary pipe side pin is provided in a state of being located on a circle concentric with the main pipe side pin, and the reciprocating drive device and the bite chuck control device provided in the control room. A fluid pipeline selection connection device, comprising: