JP2003001211A - Washing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the maintenance of the inside of a washing apparatus. SOLUTION: This washing apparatus is provided with a ring-shaped plate 20 whose outer peripheral side and inner peripheral side are supported respectively by supporting means (a supporting plate 22 and a supporting roller 24) to be rotated, many holders 18 fit to the plate 20, a driving mechanism 28 for rotating the plate 20, an inside cleaning nozzle 40 and an outside cleaning nozzle 42 for spraying washing water toward a bottle 38 held by the holders 18 and a washing water tank 4 arranged in the lower part of the holders 18 for receiving the washing water. The exterior surface of this washing apparatus is covered with the outer wall of the tank 4 (the lower part 6a of an outer plate cover), the upper part 6b of the outer plate cover and a top plate 10. The plate 10 is attached to the upper part 6b of the outer plate cover detachably. The inner wall of the tank 4 is integrated with a shield plate 8 surrounding the internal space.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for spraying cleaning water while rotating a bottle contained in a holder for cleaning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cleaning device has a circular support base mounted around a drive shaft installed in the center of a can body, and a plurality of plate-shaped bridges fixed to the support base in the radial direction. A plurality of container holders are attached to each row of bridges. In the cleaning device, a bottle is inserted from the supply / discharge bottle section and held in each holder, and while intermittently rotating and moving, cleaning water is sprayed from a cleaning nozzle to perform cleaning. The outer surface except for is covered with a cover to prevent the washing water from splashing around. A shield plate is installed on the inner peripheral side of the drive unit at the center of the can body so that the wash water does not flow out.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned cleaning device, it is necessary to periodically remove the label residue, the cleaning nozzle, the cleaning chamber, the broken pieces, and the like. It is also necessary to replace or repair parts. When performing such maintenance, in the structure of the conventional cleaning device, the top plate and the shielding plate that are divided into a plurality of parts are removed to perform the work, but the cover on the outer surface cannot be removed. There was a problem that the workability was very poor because it could only be accessed from.

Further, in the conventional cleaning device, since the shield plate is detachable in order to perform the above-mentioned maintenance, a complete liquid-tight structure is provided between the shield plate and the inner drive shaft side. There is also a problem that the cleaning water easily leaks into the interior. Further, since the tank for receiving the cleaning water is not liquid-tightly sealed with the drive unit side, the cleaning water easily leaks and collects in the tank, and there is a problem in that there is a problem in sanitary property.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device having good workability in maintenance such as removal of label dregs and cleaning of a cleaning nozzle and a cleaning chamber. Is.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cleaning device having a good sanitary property in which the cleaning zone and the drive section are completely separated.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cleaning device having a simple structure by eliminating the central drive shaft and forming a hollow annular structure.

[0008]

A cleaning device according to the present invention comprises a ring-shaped plate having a holder mounting hole, a support member for rotatably supporting the plate, and a drive provided on the plate. A transmission unit, a drive unit that is arranged inside the outer peripheral portion of the plate, engages with the drive transmission unit to rotate the plate, and cleans a container housed in a holder attached to the plate. A cleaning means for spraying water and a cleaning liquid tank arranged below the holder to receive cleaning water are provided, and the container housed in the holder is rotated while being horizontally moved for cleaning. .

The cleaning device according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a shielding plate for preventing the cleaning water from scattering toward the center is formed integrally with the cleaning liquid tank.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view passing through the center thereof. In this cleaning device, an annular cleaning liquid tank 4 is installed on a base 2, and a container holder, a cleaning nozzle, etc., which will be described later, are provided in a space (cleaning chamber) above the annular cleaning liquid tank 4. .

The outer wall of the cleaning liquid tank 4 constitutes a part (a lower portion of the outer plate cover 6) 6a of an outer plate cover 6 which has an octagonal planar shape and surrounds the outside of the cleaning device. The inner wall is integrally formed with the shield plate 8 having a quadrangular planar shape. The upper portion 6b of the outer wall 6a (upper portion of the outer plate cover 6) of the cleaning liquid tank 4 and the top plate 10 are detachable.

Sealing members 14, 1 are provided between the upper portion 6b and the top plate 10 of the removable outer plate cover 6, and the lower portion 6a of the fixed outer plate cover 6 and the inner peripheral shield plate 8, respectively.
6 is provided so that the cleaning water does not leak to the outside and the inner peripheral side of the cleaning chamber during cleaning.

An annular holder mounting plate 20 used as a bridge for mounting the container holder 18 is arranged above the cleaning liquid tank 4. The holder mounting plate 20 has a plurality of (eight in this embodiment) support plates 22 whose outer peripheral side is fixed to the inner surface of the outer plate cover 6 (the outer wall 6a of the cleaning liquid tank 4 therebelow).
Supported above. On the other hand, the inner peripheral side is supported by a plurality of (four in this embodiment) support rollers 24 attached to the inner wall (shielding plate 8) of the cleaning liquid tank 4. Positioning rollers 26 that rotate in a horizontal plane are provided near the support rollers 24. The positioning rollers 26 contact the inner peripheral surface of the holder mounting plate 20 so that the holder mounting plate 20 moves. It is positioning.

A plurality of container holders 18 are attached to the annular holder attachment plate 20 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. In this embodiment, the container holder 18 is provided in two rows, the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side.

A drive mechanism 2 for rotationally driving the holder mounting plate 20 on the inner peripheral side of the holder mounting plate 20.
8 are provided. The drive mechanism 28 includes a driven roller 30 provided at each intermediate position of the container holder 18 on the inner peripheral side, a drive sprocket 32 having a recess 32 a for meshing with the driven roller 30, and a drive shaft 3.
4 and a motor 36 for rotating the drive sprocket 32. The drive shaft 34, to which the drive sprocket 32 is fixed, penetrates the bottom surface of the cleaning liquid tank 4 and extends downward, and the lower portion of the drive shaft 34 is connected to the motor 36. When the drive sprocket 32 is rotated by the drive of the motor 36, the drive sprocket 3
The driven roller 30 sequentially meshes with each of the concave portions 32a of No. 2, and the holder mounting plate 20 rotates. The drive mechanism 28 is provided in the supply / discharge bottle unit A (which will be described later) which is open without the outer cover 6. Since it is provided in the open portion A as described above, there is an effect that maintenance can be easily performed.

The cleaning device has eight outer surfaces, and one of the outer surfaces (the area indicated by the symbol A in FIG. 1) is open without the outer plate cover 6. The open portion A serves as a supply / discharge bottle portion for supplying / discharging the bottle 38 to be cleaned. The holder mounting plate 20 is adapted to rotate in the direction of arrow R in FIG. 1, and a preliminary cleaning section B is provided on the downstream side of the supply / discharge bottle section A.
The preliminary cleaning section B is provided below the holder mounting plate 20 with an internal cleaning nozzle 40 for spraying cleaning water upward to clean the inside of the bottle 38.

On the downstream side of the preliminary cleaning section B, a main cleaning section C is provided. The main cleaning part C is further divided into three parts, and the upstream part CA has an upward facing inner cleaning nozzle 4
0 and the external washing toy 44 installed above are installed above the internal washing nozzle 40 and the bottle 38 held by the holder 18 in the middle portion CB, and spray the washing water downward to spray the bottle 38. An outer washing nozzle 42 for washing the outer surface of the bottle, a downstream portion CC is provided with an upward inner washing nozzle 40 and an outer washing toy 44 installed above, and the bottle 38 held in the holder 18 is washed. I do. Note that the external washing toy 44 has a large number of holes formed in the bottom surface, and water is sprayed from the holes to the bottle 38 below to perform washing.

On the downstream side of the main cleaning section C, a finishing cleaning section D
Is provided. The finish cleaning section D is provided with an upward inner cleaning nozzle 40 and a downward external cleaning nozzle 42. In the first half DA, cleaning with circulating water is performed.
The second half DB is cleaned with fresh water.

The operation of the cleaning apparatus having the above structure will be described. In this cleaning device, the outer plate cover 6 has eight surfaces, and one surface of the outer cover 6 is open as a supply / discharge bottle portion A. The bottle 38 is inserted from the opened supply / discharge bottle portion A and held in the container holders 18 in an inverted state.

The holder mounting plate 20 is adapted to be intermittently rotated by a drive mechanism 28. The drive mechanism 28 rotates the drive sprocket 32 via a rotation shaft 34 by a motor 36 installed below the bottom surface of the cleaning liquid tank 4. Drive sprocket 3
When 2 rotates, the driven roller 30 provided on the holder mounting plate 20 sequentially meshes with each of the recesses 32a to rotate the holder mounting plate 20.
In this embodiment, the drive sprocket 32 is intermittently rotated by an angle of one pitch, that is, an angle of one pitch of the driven roller 30 provided on the holder mounting plate 20. The holder 18 in which the bottle 38 is inserted rotates and stops at the next preliminary cleaning section B, and the holder 1 in which this bottle 38 is inserted is rotated.
The subsequent holder of 8 stops at the supply / discharge bottle unit A. These subsequent holders 18 also hold the bottles 38 in the same manner as the holders 18, respectively.

The bottle 38 is inserted in the supply / discharge bottle section A,
Container holder 1 that has been rotated and stopped at the next preliminary cleaning unit B
Reference numeral 8 denotes the preliminary cleaning section B, to which the cleaning water is sprayed from the lower internal cleaning nozzle 40. The washing water of the inner washing nozzle 40 is
The inside of the bottles 38 is blown to wash the inside of these bottles 38.

When the holder mounting plate 20 is further rotated, the bottle 38 washed in the preliminary washing section B is
Enter the main cleaning section C and stop. CA upstream of main cleaning unit C
Then, the inner washing nozzle 40 from below and the outer washing toy 4 above
4, the first stage main cleaning is performed. The outer-cleaning toy 44 has a large number of holes formed in the bottom surface, and water is sprayed from the holes onto the bottle 38 below to clean the bottle. The bottle 38 for which the main cleaning has started is rotated and the main cleaning portion C is rotated.
Entering into the middle stream CB, the inner washing nozzle 40 and the outer washing nozzle 42
The main cleaning of the second stage is performed by and. Wash nozzle 4
The washing water of No. 2 is sprayed on the outer surface of the bottle 38 to wash the outer surface. After that, it intermittently rotates and stops, and in the downstream portion CC of the main cleaning portion C, the inner washing nozzle 40 and the outer washing toy 44 are provided.
The third stage main cleaning is performed by.

After the main cleaning is completed, when further rotating,
The bottle 38 accommodated in the holder 18 is stopped in the finish washing section D, and the inner washing nozzle 40 and the outer washing nozzle 42 sequentially perform the finishing washing with the circulating water and the finishing washing with the fresh water, and the washing is completed. When the holder mounting plate 20 is further rotated after the washing is completed, the bottle 38 after washing is washed.
The holder 18 which holds the item reaches the supply / discharge bottle unit A and stops. In this supply / discharge bottle section A, the bottle 38
And then insert the bottle 38 to be washed into the container holder 18.

When the washing apparatus repeats washing a large number of bottles 38 in the above-described process, label dregs gradually accumulate in the washing tank 4, and the washing nozzles 40 and 42 and the inside of the washing chamber become dirty. Also, if there is a bottle rupture, it is necessary to remove the shards, so the inside of the can is opened periodically (for example, once every two to three weeks) to perform cleaning and the like. In addition, parts may need to be replaced or repaired. In this case, the top plate 10 and the upper portion 6b of the outer plate cover 6 are removed. When the top plate 10 and the upper portion 6b of the outer plate cover 6 are removed in this manner, the cleaning solution tank 4, the container transporting part such as the container holder 18 and the holder mounting plate 20, the cleaning chambers in which the cleaning nozzles 40, 42, etc. are accommodated Since it is open, cleaning work is easy and sanitary property is improved. In addition, maintenance such as repair is easy.

Further, in the structure of the conventional cleaning apparatus, the plate-shaped bridge provided with the container holder 18 is attached in the radial direction, but in the cleaning apparatus according to this embodiment, the bridge is integrated into an annular shape. Since the holder 18 is provided on the holder mounting plate 20, the positional accuracy of the holder 18 is improved, and by extension, the washability of the bottle is also improved. Further, the shielding plate 8 can be arranged inside the inner peripheral portion of the holder mounting plate 20 without contacting it, and the effect of preventing the cleaning liquid from scattering is improved. Further, it is more effective to integrally form the shielding plate 8 and the cleaning liquid tank.

The driving mechanism for rotating the holder mounting plate 20 is not limited to the combination of the driven roller 30 and the driving sprocket 32 as described above, and for example, a chain is provided on the inner or outer circumference of the holder mounting plate 20. It is also possible to drive with a sprocket. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a gear 120a is formed on the inner peripheral surface of an annular holder mounting plate 120, and a small gear 121 rotated by a motor or the like is meshed with the gear 120a to mount the mounting plate 120. You can rotate it. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the holder mounting plate 220 is formed in a U-shaped cross section, the upper portion 220a thereof is widened to mount the container holder 18, and the gear 220c is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lower portion 220b. The motor 2
The small gear 221 driven by 23 may be meshed. In addition, in the said embodiment, although it wash | cleaned, conveying the bottle 38 by intermittent operation, you may make it convey the bottle 38 by continuous operation.

[0027]

As described above, in the cleaning apparatus of the present invention, the plate on the ring in which the mounting hole for the holder is formed, the support member for rotatably supporting the plate, and the drive provided on the plate. A transmission unit, a drive unit that is arranged inside the outer peripheral portion of the plate, engages with the drive transmission unit to rotate the plate, and cleans a container housed in a holder attached to the plate. It is equipped with a cleaning means for spraying water and a cleaning tank arranged below the holder to receive the cleaning water, so that the container housed in the holder is rotated horizontally to perform cleaning. Compared with the conventional configuration in which a large number of bridges for mounting are arranged in the radial direction, the positioning accuracy of the holder is improved because the bridge is integrated.
Further, the hollow bridge arrangement improves the washing performance of the container.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the shielding plate for preventing the cleaning water from splashing to the center side is formed integrally with the cleaning tank, the cleaning water is provided inside the shielding plate. It does not leak and the sanitary property is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the inside of a can body of a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the cleaning device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of driving means.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing still another example of driving means.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 Cleaning liquid tank 6 cover (outer plate cover) 8 Shield 18 holder 20 Ring-shaped plate (holder mounting plate) 22 Support member (support plate) 24 Support member (support roller) 28 Drive means 38 containers 40 Cleaning means (internal cleaning nozzle) 42 Cleaning means (external cleaning nozzle)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ring-shaped plate in which a holder mounting hole is formed, a support member for rotatably supporting the plate, a drive transmission portion provided in the plate, and an inner side of an outer peripheral portion of the plate. Drive means arranged to be engaged with the drive transmission portion to rotate the plate, cleaning means for spraying cleaning water onto the container housed in the holder attached to the plate, and arranged below the holder A cleaning liquid tank for receiving the cleaning water, and cleaning the container housed in the holder while horizontally rotating the container. 2. The cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein a shield plate for preventing the cleaning water from splashing toward the center side is formed integrally with the cleaning liquid tank.