JP2008114989A - Powder and granular material feeder and powder and granular material metering apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powder and granular material feeder and a powder and granular material metering apparatus capable of feeding a powder and granular material of a very small amount. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of powder and granular material passing holes 14B are formed through a bottom wall 14 fitted to a small diameter cylindrical part 12 of a powder and granular material drum 10 provided on a powder and granular material precision feeder 100. However, only by allowing the powder and granular material to stand still in the small diameter cylindrical parts, the powder and granular material is adhered to each other to form a powder and granular material arch and to close the powder and granular material passing holes 14B, and the powder and granular material does not flow out of the powder and granular material passing holes 14B. When a bottom side turning member 26 is turned above the bottom wall 14, the powder and granular material arch is collapsed, and the powder and granular material is dropped from the powder and granular material passing holes 14B. When the bottom side turning member 26 is stopped, a new powder and granular material arch is immediately formed to close the powder and granular material passing holes 14B. Since the powder and granular material arch is collapsed and the amount of the dropped powder and granular material is very small, the powder and granular material of the very small amount can be fed and measured by controlling the turn of the bottom side turning member 26. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular material supply device and a granular material measuring device.

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional granular material supply device, there has been known one that supplies and measures granular material by a screw. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-90756 ([0023], [0025], [0027], [0028], FIG. 1)

  By the way, a granular material can form a lump by the adhesive force of granular material. And in the conventional granular material supply device, the granular material is agglomerated between the blades of the screw, and when the screw turns, the whole granular material may be supplied. It was difficult to feed the body.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and aims at provision of the granular material supply apparatus and granular material measuring device which can supply a trace amount granular material.

  In order to achieve the above object, the granular material precise supply device according to the invention of claim 1 is formed by penetrating and forming a granular material container capable of accommodating the granular material, and a bottom wall of the granular material container. A plurality of granular material passage holes that can be closed by granular arches formed by adhering particles, and turning above the bottom wall to apply external force to the granular arch to form a granular arch It has a feature in that it is provided with a bottom surface turning member for forcibly dropping the powdered granular material from the granular material passage hole below the bottom wall.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the granular material precision supply device according to the first aspect, a plurality of bottom wall upper surface protrusions bulging upward are formed on the bottom wall, and the granular material passage holes are formed on each bottom. It is formed below the wall upper surface protrusion and is bent in the middle, and the upper end opening of the granular material passage hole is arranged on the side surface of the bottom wall upper surface protrusion so as to face the horizontal direction opposite to the turning direction of the bottom surface turning member On the other hand, it is characterized in that the lower end opening of the granular material passage hole is arranged directly below the bottom wall upper surface protrusion and is opened vertically downward.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the granular material precise supply device according to the second aspect, the bottom surface turning member turns about a turning axis parallel to the normal direction of the top surface of the bottom wall and turns downward. It is characterized in that the leg portions are suspended and the plurality of swiveling leg portions are configured to pass between the bottom wall upper surface protrusions and move on the upper surface of the bottom wall.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the granular material precise supply device according to the first aspect, a bottom wall lower surface protrusion that bulges downward is formed on the bottom wall, and the granular material passage hole has a bottom wall lower surface protrusion. The upper end opening of the granular material passage hole is disposed on the side surface of the bottom wall lower surface protrusion and is opened in the horizontal direction, while being directly above the bottom wall lower surface protrusion. Is characterized in that the lower end opening of the granular material passage hole is arranged and opened vertically upward.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the granular material precise supply device according to the first aspect, the bottom wall has an upper surface and a lower surface that are parallel and flat, and the granular material passage hole includes the upper surface of the bottom wall and the bottom wall It is characterized by being formed so as to penetrate in the normal direction of the lower surface.

  The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the granular material precise supply device according to claim 5, the granular material passage hole has an opening area gradually widening toward the lower end.

  A seventh aspect of the invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the bottom surface turning member is a protrusion that turns around a turning axis parallel to the normal direction of the top surface of the bottom wall. It is characterized in that it has a piece structure and has an angle of attack that is inclined so that the front edge side in the turning direction is located above the rear edge side.

  An eighth aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first, fifth, and sixth aspects, wherein the bottom surface turning member turns about a turning axis parallel to the normal direction of the top surface of the bottom wall. It has a feature in that it has a projecting piece structure that has an adjacent lower end surface that is parallel to the upper surface of the bottom wall and is adjacent.

  A ninth aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, wherein the granular container is configured such that the bottom wall is detachably attached to the cylindrical body having the lower end opened. Is characterized in that it can be changed according to the type of powder.

  A tenth aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the powder container is provided with a small-diameter cylindrical portion in which the bottom turning member revolves inside, and above the small-diameter cylindrical portion. Provided with a large-diameter cylindrical portion having an inner diameter larger than that of the small-diameter cylindrical portion, and a granular material replenishment pipe extending in the vertical direction and allowing the granular material to flow down is provided between the small-diameter cylindrical portion and the large-diameter cylindrical portion. Butting up the horizontal stepped surface from above, a pile of granular material is formed between the lower end surface of the granular material replenishment pipe and the horizontal stepped surface, and the powder is replenished by turning inside the large-diameter cylindrical part It is characterized in that there is provided an upper turning member that can cross between the lower end surface of the pipe and the horizontal stepped surface and can draw the granular material constituting the piles to the small diameter cylindrical portion side.

  An eleventh aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the powder container is provided with a small-diameter cylindrical portion in which a bottom turning member revolves and an upper portion of the small-diameter cylindrical portion. And a cylindrical replenishment pipe that extends in the vertical direction and allows the granular material to flow down on the inner tapered surface of the conical cylindrical portion. From the lower end surface and the inner tapered surface of the granular material replenishment pipe, and a pile of granular particles is formed, extending along the mother ship direction of the conical cylinder part, and the upper end side is the inner side of the conical cylinder part The upper swivel member is provided adjacent to the lower end side, and the upper swivel member swivels in the conical tube portion and extends between the lower end surface and the inner tapered surface of the granular material replenishment pipe. It is characterized in that it is possible to draw the powder particles that make up the small diameter cylinder part side .

  A twelfth aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, wherein a conical portion whose diameter is increased upward is provided at an upper portion of the granular material replenishing pipe, and the bus of the conical portion It has a feature in that it includes a flow-down auxiliary rotating blade that extends in the direction and can turn in the conical portion in a state adjacent to the inside of the conical portion.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the granular material precise supply device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, the flat plate is cut into a crank shape, and the flow assisting circuit is rotatable inside the granular material replenishment pipe. It is characterized by a moving plate.

  A fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the powder granular precision supply device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, wherein the supply motor for turning the bottom turning member and the rotation output shaft of the supply motor are at an arbitrary and constant speed. And a motor drive control unit that controls the motor to rotate.

  The granular material precision measuring instrument according to the invention of claim 15 is the granular granular precision supplying device according to claim 14, and the measuring instrument for measuring the weight of the granular material supplied from the granular accurate supplying device, The motor drive control unit stops the rotation of the supply motor when the weighing device reaches a preset weight.

[Invention of Claim 1]
The granular material precise supply device according to the invention of claim 1 has a bottom wall in which a plurality of granular material passage holes are formed through the bottom surface of the granular material container. Even if a granular material is placed on the top of this bottom wall, the granular material usually adheres and forms a granular arch that closes the granular material passage hole, so that the granular material passes through the granular material. It does not pass through the hole.

  Then, when the bottom turning member provided at the top of the bottom wall is turned, the powder arch is broken by receiving external force, and the powder constituting the powder arch passes through the powder passage hole to the bottom. It falls below the wall, and a new granule arch is immediately formed to close the granule passage hole.

  Here, since the amount of the granular material flowing out from the granular material passage hole before the granular material arch collapses and the granular material arch is formed again is extremely small, the bottom surface turning member is swung. A minute amount of granular material can be supplied during the interval.

[Invention of claim 2]
According to the invention of claim 2, since the granular material passage hole of the bottom wall upper surface protrusion provided in the bottom wall is covered upward by the granular material arch, the granular material is deposited on the bottom wall. Moreover, it is prevented that the granular material passes through the granular material passage hole only by its own weight.

[Invention of claim 3]
According to the invention of claim 3, when the bottom surface turning member at the upper part of the bottom wall is turned, the swiveling leg portion suspended from the bottom turning member stirs the powder body and the powder body becomes a lump. It is possible to apply an external force to the granular material arch and prevent the granular material from dropping from the granular material passage hole to the lower side of the bottom wall.

[Invention of claim 4]
According to the invention of claim 4, since the granular material passage hole of the bottom wall lower surface protrusion provided in the bottom wall is covered upward by the granular material arch, the granular material is deposited on the bottom wall. Moreover, it is prevented that the granular material passes through the granular material passage hole only by its own weight.

[Invention of claim 5]
According to the invention of claim 5, since the granular material passage hole is formed so as to penetrate in the normal direction of the bottom wall, it is possible to smoothly supply the granular material having a relatively strong adhesive force through the granular material passage hole. it can.
[Invention of claim 6]
According to the invention of claim 6, since the powder passage hole is formed so that the opening area gradually widens toward the lower end, the powder arch is formed on the lower end side of the powder passage hole. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly supply a granular material having a relatively strong adhesive force through the granular material passage hole.

[Invention of Claim 7]
According to the invention of claim 7, since the bottom turning member has an angle of attack, the powder is pressed against the bottom wall side by turning the bottom turning member. Thereby, external force can be efficiently applied to the granular material arch formed on the bottom wall, and the granular material can be forcibly dropped from the granular material passage hole to the lower side of the bottom wall.

[Invention of Claim 8]
According to invention of Claim 8, the bottom face turning member which has the adjacent lower end face adjacent to the bottom wall upper surface in parallel turns above the bottom wall. As a result, an external force is applied to the granular arch formed on the bottom wall, and the granular material constituting the granular arch is forcibly dropped below the bottom wall from the granular material passage hole. it can.

[Invention of claim 9]
According to the invention of claim 9, a plurality of types of powder particles can be supplied minutely by replacing the bottom wall according to the type of powder particles to be supplied.

[Invention of Claim 10]
According to the invention of claim 10, the granular material is supplied from the granular material replenishment pipe to the horizontal step surface provided between the small diameter cylindrical portion and the large diameter cylindrical portion of the granular material container, and once the pile is deposited. After the formation, the upper swiveling member is swirled and pulled into the small-diameter cylindrical portion, so that the granular pressure by the granular material in the small-diameter cylindrical portion is stabilized and the granular material is discharged from the granular material passage hole. Can be stabilized.

[Invention of Claim 11]
According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the granular material container supplies the granular material from the granular material replenishment pipe to the inner tapered surface of the conical cylindrical portion, and once the pile is formed, the upper swivel member is swirled. By adopting the configuration of drawing into the small-diameter cylindrical portion, the granular material pressure by the granular material in the small-diameter cylindrical portion is kept constant, and the discharge of the granular material from the granular material passage hole can be stabilized.

[Invention of Claim 12]
According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the clogging of the powder particles inside the conical portion can be prevented by rotating the flow assisting rotating blade inside the conical portion.

[Invention of Claim 13]
According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the clogging of the granular material inside the granular material replenishing tube can be prevented by rotating the flow assisting rotating plate inside the granular material replenishing tube.

[Invention of Claim 14]
According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, a desired constant and minute amount of powder particles can be supplied by controlling the supply motor by the motor drive control unit and rotating it at an arbitrary and constant speed.

[Invention of Claim 15]
According to the granular material precision measuring instrument of claim 15, if the weight of the desired granular material is set, the total weight of the granular material supplied minutely from the granular material precise supply device is set weight. The rotation of the supply motor stops when the value is reached. As a result, it is possible to weigh out the amount of powder particles that coincide with the set weight within a range of minute errors.

[First Embodiment]
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment according to the invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The granular material precise supply device 100 shown in FIG. 1 replenishes the granular material from the hopper 30 to the granular material drum 10 (corresponding to “a granular material container” of the present invention). It is the structure which supplies a granular material to the receiving tray 104 below from the lower surface.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the hopper 30 includes an inverted conical container 31 (corresponding to the “conical portion” of the present invention) and a cylindrical chute 32 extending from the lower end portion thereof (“powder body replenishment” of the present invention). The upper surface opening of the container 31 is closed by a lid 33. A motor 35 is provided on the upper portion of the lid 33, and a flow assist rotating member 36 that agitates the powder particles is rotated inside the hopper 30.

  The flow assist rotation member 36 rotates inside the hopper 30 to prevent the powder particles in the hopper 30 from adhering and solidifying or clogging (so-called bridge). As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the flow assist rotating member 36 is formed in accordance with the shape of the hopper 30 and has an inverted triangular flow assist blade 36A (the “flow assist assist” of the present invention). The flow assisting plate 36B (corresponding to the “flow assisting rotating plate” of the present invention) is suspended from the lower end of the “rotating blade”. The flow-down auxiliary blade 36A has a side stirring piece 36D made of a rectangular plate on each hypotenuse of the inverted triangle. Each side stirring piece 36 </ b> D extends in a plate shape in the generatrix direction of the inverted conical portion of the hopper 30, rotates in a state adjacent to the inner tapered surface of the container 31, and powder particles adhere to the inner tapered surface. To prevent.

  The flow-down auxiliary plate 36B is formed by cutting a flat plate into a crank shape as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, and the powder in the chute 32 is rotated by the motor 35 in the chute 32. The particles are stirred and flowed down.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the powder drum 10 includes a large-diameter cylindrical portion 11, a small-diameter cylindrical portion 12, and a granular material discharge portion 13 in order from the top. It has become. A disc-shaped bottom wall 14 is detachably mounted on a horizontal step surface between the small diameter cylindrical portion 12 and the granular material discharge portion 13. Further, the upper end of the powder drum 10 is open, covered with a lid 16, and a supply motor 15 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the lid 16. A rotation shaft 15 </ b> A (corresponding to a “rotation output shaft” of the present invention) of the supply motor 15 extends through the lid 16 along the central axis in the granular material drum 10. Further, an opening is formed in a part of the lid 16, and the lower end of the chute 32 of the hopper 30 is inserted therein.

  A lower end opening 32 </ b> A of the chute 32 is abutted against the horizontal stepped surface 21 between the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 12 in the powder drum 10 with a predetermined interval. And the granular material discharged | emitted from 32 A of lower end openings of the chute | shoot 32 is accumulated on the horizontal level | step difference surface 21 at one end, and the pile of the granular material is destroyed with the scraper 22 attached to the rotating shaft 15A of the supply motor 15. It is pulled into the small diameter cylindrical portion 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the scraper 22 has a structure in which the dust collecting blades 23 and the dusting blades 24 are extended laterally from a cylindrical shaft portion 25 attached to the rotating shaft 15 </ b> A (see FIG. 1) of the supply motor 15. ing. The dust collection blades 23 have an arc shape that swells in the opposite direction to the rotation direction (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3), while the dust wings 24 have an arc shape that swells in the rotation direction side. As shown in FIG. 4, the dust collection blade 23 extends to a position where the tip thereof is adjacent to the inner surface 11 </ b> C of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11, and the dust distribution blade 24 is shorter than that.

  Further, the dust collection blades 23 and the dusting blades 24 are adjacent to the horizontal step surface 21. Then, the powder particles on the horizontal stepped surface 21 are guided to the center side by the powder collection blades 23 and taken into the small-diameter cylindrical portion 12, and the powder particles that the powder collection blades 23 have taken up too much by the dust blades 24 are outside. When the powder collection blade 23 passes, the powder body pressure in the small-diameter cylindrical portion 12 is easily stabilized. In addition, the dust collection blades 23 and the dust distribution blades 24 cooperate to agitate the powder particles and crush the lump of the powder particles. Furthermore, when the granular material is a mixture of two or more types of granular material, the degree of mixing of the two types of granular material can be increased by repeating this accumulation and dispersion.

  The granular material supplied from the hopper 30 is supplied from the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32 to the horizontal stepped surface 21 of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11, and is below the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32 as shown in FIG. A pile of powder particles is formed, closing the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32. The angle (repose angle) of the slope of the sedimentary mountain with respect to the horizontal plane becomes a constant angle depending on the type of the powder. In the present embodiment, by utilizing this property, it is possible to prevent excessive discharge of powder particles from the chute 32 without providing an opening / closing means at the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32. Moreover, since the granular material from the chute | shoot 32 is once received by the horizontal level | step difference surface 21, the granular material pressure in the small diameter cylinder part 12 is stabilized, and discharge | emission of the granular material from the granular material passage hole 14B mentioned later Can be stabilized.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the bottom wall 14 of the granular drum 10 is provided with a plurality of bottom wall upper surface protrusions 14A. Each bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14 </ b> A forms a triangular pyramid with one side surface standing vertically, and is arranged along two large and small concentric circles on the bottom wall 14. And the granular material passage hole 14B is penetratingly formed toward the back surface of the bottom wall 14 from one side of 14 A of bottom wall upper surface protrusions. As shown in FIG. 7, the granular material passage hole 14B is formed to be bent halfway below the bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14A, and the granular material passage hole is formed on the upright side surface of the bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14A. An upper end opening of the hole 14B is disposed. Further, on the back surface of the bottom wall 14, a lower end opening of the granular material passage hole 14B is disposed directly below the bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14A, and is open vertically downward.

  And the upper-end opening of the granular material passage hole 14B has faced the direction opposite to the turning direction of the bottom face turning member 26 mentioned later.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the granular material passage hole 14B is formed by the granular material adhering to the upper end opening of the granular material passage hole 14B when the granular material is deposited on the bottom wall 14. The body arch is formed, and the size allows the powder body to pass through in a state where the powder body arch has collapsed. In other words, the granular material passage hole 14B has a size several to ten times larger than the particle size of the granular material. In addition, since the optimum size of the granular material passage hole 14B varies depending on the properties of the granular material and the like, a plurality of types of bottom walls 14 having different sizes of the granular material passage hole 14B are prepared. Before using the supply apparatus 100, the bottom wall 14 suitable for the granular material can be selected and replaced.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the small diameter cylindrical portion 12 is provided with a bottom surface turning member 26 that turns on the bottom wall 14. As shown in FIG. 8, the bottom turning member 26 has two turning plates 27, 27 extending in a radial direction opposite to a shaft portion 29 connected to the rotation shaft 15 </ b> A of the supply motor 15. A swivel leg 28 is suspended from the lower end.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the swivel plate 27 is a horizontally long rectangular flat plate and has an angle of attack that is inclined so that the front end edge side of the swivel plate 27 is above the rear end edge side with respect to the swivel direction. When the swivel plate 27 is swung on the bottom wall 14, the swiveling leg portion 28 is swung while pressing the powder particles in the small diameter cylindrical portion 12 against the lower side (bottom wall 14 side). Apply external force to Moreover, the lower end surface of the turning leg part 28 is opposed to the flat surface between the bottom wall upper surface protrusions 14A of the bottom wall 14 via a gap (see FIG. 10). When the turning plate 27 turns, the turning leg 28 moves between the bottom wall upper surface protrusions 14A and applies an external force to the granular arch.

  This completes the description of the configuration of the present embodiment. Next, the effect of this embodiment is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 1, the supply motor 15 is driven in a state where the granular material is accommodated in the hopper 30. Then, by the rotation of the scraper 22, it is drawn into the small-diameter cylindrical portion 12, and powder particles are deposited on the bottom wall 14 (see FIG. 9). At this time, since the powder particles adhere to each other to form a powder particle arch that closes the powder particle passage hole 14B, the powder material does not pass through the powder particle passage hole 14B only by its own weight. And when the bottom turning member 26 turning in the small diameter cylindrical portion 12 passes near the granular arch closing each granular material passage hole 14B, the granular arch receives external force. The granule that has been broken and formed the granule arch is discharged downward from the granule passage hole 14B. Then, a new granular material arch is immediately formed in the granular material passage hole 14B and closed again. Since the amount of the granular material flowing out from the granular material passage hole 14B is extremely small before the granular material arch is collapsed and re-formed, the amount of the granular material is slightly changed while the bottom surface turning member 26 is swung. Powder particles can be supplied.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, since the turning plate 27 of the bottom turning member 26 has an angle of attack, the powder particles are pressed against the bottom wall 14 side by turning the bottom turning member 26. Thereby, external force can be efficiently applied to the granular material arch formed on the bottom wall 14, and the granular material can be forcibly dropped from the granular material passage hole 14B to the lower side of the bottom wall. Furthermore, while the swivel leg 28 suspended from the swivel plate 27 stirs the powder and prevents the powder from becoming agglomerated, an external force is applied to the powder arch and the powder is passed through the powder. 14B can be dropped below the bottom wall 14.

  When measuring a predetermined amount of powder, for example, 10 mg of powder, the following may be performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the tray 104 is placed on the weighing instrument 102 and is placed below the granular material precision supply device 100. In this state, the value of the weighing instrument 102 is confirmed. Then, the supply motor 15 is rotated to supply fine particles little by little. If the rotation of the supply motor 15 is stopped when the value of the measuring instrument 102 reaches 10 mg, 10 mg of powder particles can be weighed. Further, if the rotation speed is reduced before the value of the measuring instrument 102 reaches 10 mg, the supplied granular material becomes a very small amount, so that it is possible to measure more accurately. Note that, by reducing the number of swivel legs 28 depending from the lower end of the swivel plate 27, the supplied granular material can be fed in a very small amount.

  Thus, according to the granular material precise supply apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to supply a very small amount of granular material, and therefore, it is possible to measure a very small amount of granular material as described above. .

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 11 and relates to a powder granular precision measuring device 101 according to the present invention. This granular material precision measuring device 101 is configured by combining a measuring device 102 and a control device 103 with the granular material precise supply device 100 of the first embodiment. Then, when the weight of the desired granular material is set in the control device 103 and a start switch (not shown) is turned on, the supply motor 15 is driven so that the granular material is minutely transferred from the granular accurate supply device 100 to the receiving tray 104. Supplied. Further, the control device 103 takes in the measurement value of the measuring instrument 102 and stops the rotation of the supply motor 15 when the measurement value reaches a set weight. As a result, it is possible to weigh out the amount of powder particles that coincide with the set weight within a range of minute errors.

[Third Embodiment]
This embodiment is shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, and the shapes of the bottom wall and the bottom surface turning member are different from those of the first embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the bottom wall 60 has a circular flat plate shape, and both upper and lower surfaces are flat. And the granular material passage hole 60B is penetrated and formed in the normal line direction of the bottom wall 60, and the opening area is gradually expanded toward a lower end part, as expanded and shown in FIG. According to this configuration, it is possible to smoothly supply a granular material having a relatively strong adhesive force through the granular material passage hole 60B. In addition, since the opening area of the granular material passage hole 60B gradually increases downward, the granular material arch is prevented from being formed on the lower end side of the granular material passage hole, and the adhesion force is relatively high. A strong granular material can be smoothly supplied through the granular material passage hole 60B.
Further, as shown in FIG. 14A, the bottom turning member 43 of the present embodiment has a shape in which the turning leg portion 28 is excluded from the bottom turning member 26 of the first embodiment. The lower end turns in a state adjacent to the upper surface of the bottom wall 60.
Even if it is such a structure, an external force can be given to the granular material arch formed in the granular material passage hole 60B, and it can collapse, and it can be made to flow out from the granular material passage hole 60B. Here, since the external force applied to the granular material arch by the swivel plate 27 is larger than the external force applied by the swivel of the bottom surface revolving member 26, the external force applied to the granular material with low fluidity or the granular material When it is desired to increase the discharge amount of the granular material from the passage holes 60B and 61B, the bottom surface turning member 43 may be used.

  In addition, the shape of the granular material passage hole 60B in the case of using the bottom wall 60 without the protrusion is not limited to a circular shape, and may be a polygonal shape. The same effect can be obtained even with the bottom wall 61 having the rectangular particle passage hole 61B as shown in FIGS. 15 (A) and 15 (B). Further, like the bottom turning member 46 shown in FIG. 14B, the turning plate 47 may be formed perpendicular to the turning direction instead of being inclined. In this case, since the turning plate 47 is not inclined, a strong external force like the bottom turning member 46 cannot be applied to the powder arch, but a stronger external force than the bottom turning member 26 can be applied. It is recommended to select as appropriate depending on the type of body. The swivel plate lower surfaces 27B and 47B of the bottom swivel members 43 and 46 correspond to the “adjacent lower end surface” according to the present invention.

[Fourth Embodiment]
The fourth embodiment is shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, and the shape of the powder drum 70 is different from that of the first embodiment, and the conical cylinder part is provided between the large diameter cylinder part 11 and the small diameter cylinder part 12. 71 is provided. Further, a stirring blade 18 (corresponding to the “upper turning member” of the present invention) is attached to the rotating shaft 15A of the supply motor 15. As shown in FIG. 17, the stirring blade 18 has a pair of stirring plates 18 </ b> A and 18 </ b> A. The stirring plates 18 </ b> A and 18 </ b> A straddle the conical cylinder portion 71 and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 72, and the generatrix of the conical cylinder portion 71. Extending in the direction. When the supply motor 15 rotates, the upper end side of the stirring plate 18A rotates in a state adjacent to the inner tapered surface 71A of the conical cylinder portion 71, and the lower end side of the stirring plate 18A stirs the inside of the small diameter cylindrical portion 12. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the lower end opening 32 </ b> A of the chute 32 is disposed in the powder drum 70 so as to abut against the inner tapered surface 71 </ b> A of the conical cylinder portion 71 from above. The granular material discharged from the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32 flows down to the small diameter cylindrical portion 72 because the inner tapered surface 71A is inclined. When the inside of the small-diameter cylindrical portion 72 is filled with the granular material (state of FIG. 16), the granular material that cannot flow down into the small-diameter cylindrical portion 72 accumulates in the conical cylindrical portion 71, and a pile of deposits is formed below the lower end opening 32A. The lower end opening 32A is closed. As a result, as in the case of the first embodiment, excessive powder particles are discharged from the chute 32 to the conical cylinder portion 71 without providing an opening / closing means at the lower end opening 32A of the chute 32. Can be prevented.

[Fifth Embodiment]
This fifth embodiment is shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, and does not use the hopper 30, and inside the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 in the powder drum 10, the powder control disk 38 and the powder particles. The point provided with the scraping bar 39 is different from the first embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the granular material control disk 38 is a flat disk having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the large diameter cylindrical part 11 and larger than the diameter of the small diameter cylindrical part 12. It is attached horizontally to the upper part of the scraper 22 that swivels at the bottom. When the granular material control disk 38 is attached and the granular material is put into the large diameter cylindrical portion 11, the granular material is formed between the edge of the granular material control disk 38 and the inner surface 11 </ b> C of the large diameter cylindrical portion 11. It flows down on the horizontal step surface 21 from the gap.

  On the other hand, the powder scraping bar 39 is a flat plate that turns adjacent to the upper part of the powder control disk 38 and is provided to scrape the powder on the powder control disk 38 to the edge side by turning. It has been. By attaching the flat surface of the powder scraping bar 39 to the side surface of the rotation shaft 15A of the supply motor 15 in the tangential direction, the powder particle scraping bar 39 can be inclined with respect to the rotation direction, and the powder particle on the powder control disk 38 Is pushed out to the edge of the powder control disk 38. Further, the powder particle scraping bar 39 has a tip extending to a position adjacent to the inner side surface 11C of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11, and the extruded powder particles are separated from the edge of the particle control disk 38 and the inside thereof. It flows down on the horizontal level | step difference surface 21 from the clearance gap between the side surfaces 11C. Furthermore, it is possible to agitate the granular material in the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 in the granular material scraping bar 39 to prevent the granular material from solidifying or clogging. As a result, it is possible to stably flow down the granular material on the upper part of the granular material control disk 38 onto the horizontal stepped surface 21.

  The granular material flowing down to the horizontal step surface 21 forms a pile of powder fluid between the granular material control disk 38 and the horizontal step surface 21 as in the case of the hopper 30 in the first embodiment. Here, the angle of repose of the piles of the formed granular material is constant depending on the granular material, so that no excessive granular material is supplied from the upper side of the granular material control disk 38 to the horizontal stepped surface 21. be able to. That is, the gap formed between the edge of the granular material control disk 38 and the inner surface 11C of the large diameter cylindrical portion 11 is blocked by the piles of granular material, and the granular material is not discharged. The granular material control disk 38 and the horizontal step surface 21 of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 can be brought close to each other so that excessive granular material is not supplied.

  Moreover, since the granular material which flows down from the upper part of the granular material control disk 38 is once received by the horizontal level | step difference surface 21, the granular material pressure in the small diameter cylinder part 12 is stabilized. Thus, even if it does not use the hopper 30, the same effect of the hopper 30 in 1st Embodiment is attached by attaching the granular material control disk 38 and the granular material scraping bar 39 in the large diameter cylindrical part 11. Can be played.

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The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the embodiments described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various other than the following can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It can be changed and implemented.

(1) Although the swivel plate 27 of the bottom swivel member 26 of the first embodiment has an angle of attack, the swivel plate 41 has a plate shape parallel to the horizontal plane like the bottom swivel member 40 shown in FIG. The plurality of swivel legs 28 may be suspended from the edge of the swivel plate 41 facing the swivel direction.

(2) Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the bottom wall 14 described in the first embodiment may be turned upside down so that the bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14A protrudes downward. The bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14A protruding downward corresponds to the “bottom wall lower surface protrusion” according to the present invention.

(3) As shown in FIG. 22A, a structure in which the dust wings 24 are excluded from the scraper 22 of the first embodiment may be adopted. Further, although the powder collection blades 23 in the scraper 22 of the first embodiment are rounded and curved, as shown in FIG. 22B, a plurality of flat plates are connected to form the powder collection feathers 54. Good.

(4) As shown in FIG. 23, the flow assisting rotating member swirled in the hopper 30 is integrally formed with a cruciform support portion 37C at the upper end portion of the strip plate 37B extending straight in the vertical direction. Side stirring pieces 36D and 36D may be attached to both side ends of 37C.

(5) On the horizontal step surface 21 in the granular drum 10 described in the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 24 (A) and 24 (B), radially from the direction of the rotating shaft 15A of the supply motor 15. A groove 21D may be provided. Thereby, a scraper and the horizontal level | step difference surface 21 can cooperate, and can guide a granular material to the small diameter cylinder part 12 direction efficiently. As shown in FIG. 24C, the same effect can be obtained by providing a protrusion 21E instead of the groove 21D.

(6) As the bottom wall of the drum, the woven net shown in FIG. 25 may be used, or the extended metal shown in FIG. 26 may be used.

(7) You may change various supply methods of a granular material by changing the program performed by the control apparatus 103 demonstrated in 2nd Embodiment. For example, when measuring a granular material having a target weight, the rotational speed of the supply motor 15 may be decreased stepwise until reaching the target weight. Further, an amount of powder that falls and floats on the receiving tray 104 and cannot be measured by the measuring instrument 102 is empirically obtained and input to the control device 103 as a correction value, and correction based on the correction value is performed. An amount of powdered particles may be supplied. Furthermore, an allowable range of error with respect to the target weight may be set, and the control device 103 may determine whether or not the supply can be performed according to the target weight. Moreover, if the property by the kind of granular material based on JIS etc. is input into the control apparatus 103 and the kind of granular material is input into the control apparatus 103, it will have an optimal granular material passage hole automatically. The configuration may be such that the number of the bottom wall is determined or the optimum speed of the supply motor 15 is determined.

Sectional drawing of the granular material precision supply apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) Front view of flow assisting rotation member, (B) Perspective view Scraper perspective view The perspective view showing the state which attached the scraper to the granular material drum Sectional drawing showing the state which the granular material discharged | emitted from a granular material hopper blocks the lower end opening of a chute | shoot (A) Top view of bottom wall, (B) Side view Cross-sectional view showing a state where a powder arch is formed in the powder passage hole Perspective view of bottom revolving member Sectional drawing showing the state which attached the bottom turning member to the granular material drum The perspective view showing the state which attached the bottom turning member on the bottom wall The front view showing the granular material precision measuring instrument of 2nd Embodiment The front view and sectional drawing showing the bottom wall of 3rd Embodiment The front view showing the state where the granular material arch was made in the granular material passage hole of a 3rd embodiment (A) The perspective view showing the bottom turning member of 3rd Embodiment, (B) The perspective view showing the bottom turning member of the modification of 3rd Embodiment. (A) The top view showing the bottom wall of the modification of 3rd Embodiment, (B) The sectional drawing Sectional drawing of the granular material precision supply apparatus which concerns on 4th Embodiment The perspective view showing the stirring blade of 4th Embodiment Sectional drawing of the granular material precision supply apparatus which concerns on 5th Embodiment The perspective view showing the inside of the granular material precision supply apparatus which concerns on 5th Embodiment The perspective view showing the bottom turning member of a modification Sectional drawing showing the bottom wall of a modification (A) The perspective view showing the scraper of a modification, (B) The perspective view showing the scraper of a modification. Front view of a flow assisting rotating member of a modified example (A) Front view showing horizontal step surface of modified example, (B) sectional view, (B) sectional view of modified example (A) Plan view of bottom wall of modification, (B) Cross section (A) Plan view of bottom wall of modification, (B) Cross section

Explanation of symbols

10 Powder drum (powder container)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Large diameter cylinder part 12 Small diameter cylinder part 13 Granule discharge part 14, 60, 61 Bottom wall 14A Bottom wall upper surface protrusion 14B Granule passage hole 15 Supply motor 15A Rotating shaft (Rotating output shaft)
18 Stirring blade (upper swivel member)
21 Horizontal step surface 22 Scraper (upper turning member)
26, 40, 43, 46 Bottom turning member 27B, 47B Lower face of the turning plate (adjacent lower end face)
28 Revolving leg 30 Hopper 31 Container (conical part)
32 Chute (powder replenishment tube)
36 Flowing auxiliary rotating member 36A Flowing auxiliary blade (flowing auxiliary rotating blade)
36B, 37B Flowing auxiliary plate (flowing auxiliary rotating plate)
71 Conical cylinder part 100 Powder and granular material precise supply apparatus 101 Powder and granular material precise measurement apparatus 103 Control apparatus (motor drive control part)

Claims (15)

A powder container that can accommodate the powder, and
A plurality of granular material passage holes that are formed through the bottom wall of the granular material container and can be closed by a granular arch formed by adhering the granular materials;
Turning above the bottom wall to apply an external force to the granule arch, and forcibly dropping the granule constituting the granule arch from below the granule passage hole to below the bottom wall A granular material precise supply device, comprising: a bottom turning member for causing the powder to rotate. A plurality of bottom wall upper surface protrusions bulging upward are formed on the bottom wall,
The granular material passage hole is formed below each of the bottom wall upper surface protrusions and is bent in the middle, and an upper end opening of the granular material passage hole is disposed on a side surface of the bottom wall upper surface protrusion. While opening in the horizontal direction opposite to the turning direction of the bottom turning member, the lower end opening of the granular material passage hole is arranged just below the bottom wall upper surface protrusion and opened vertically downward. The granular material precision supply apparatus of Claim 1.   The bottom swivel member swivels around a swivel axis parallel to the normal direction of the top surface of the bottom wall and has a plurality of swivel legs hanging downward, the swivel legs being provided on the bottom wall top surface. The granular material precise supply device according to claim 2, wherein the powder granular material supply device is configured to move between the protrusions and move on the upper surface of the bottom wall. On the bottom wall, a bottom wall lower surface protrusion bulging downward is formed,
The granular material passage hole is formed above the bottom wall lower surface protrusion and bends in the middle, and the upper end opening of the granular material passage hole is disposed on the side surface of the bottom wall lower surface protrusion, and the horizontal direction 2. The granular material precision according to claim 1, wherein a lower end opening of the granular material passage hole is disposed directly above the bottom wall lower surface protrusion while being opened vertically upward. Feeding device. The bottom wall has an upper surface and a lower surface that are parallel and flat,
The said granular material passage hole was penetrated and formed in the normal line direction of the upper surface and lower surface of the said bottom wall, The granular material precision supply apparatus of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.   6. The granular material precise supply device according to claim 5, wherein an opening area of the granular material passage hole gradually increases toward a lower end portion.   The bottom surface turning member has a protruding piece structure that turns around a turning axis parallel to the normal direction of the upper surface of the bottom wall, and is inclined so that the front end edge side in the turning direction is located above the rear end edge side. The granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the apparatus has an angle of attack.   The bottom surface turning member has a protruding piece structure that turns around a turning axis parallel to a normal direction of the upper surface of the bottom wall, and has an adjacent lower end surface that is adjacent to and parallel to the upper surface of the bottom wall. The granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 5 and 6.   2. The powder container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom wall is detachably attached to a cylinder having an open lower end, and the bottom wall can be changed according to the type of the powder. The granular material precision supply apparatus in any one of 8. The powder container is provided with a small-diameter cylinder part in which the bottom turning member revolves inside, and a large-diameter cylinder part disposed above the small-diameter cylinder part and having a larger inner diameter than the small-diameter cylinder part,
A powder replenishment tube that extends in the vertical direction and allows the powder to flow inside is abutted from above on a horizontal step surface between the small-diameter cylinder part and the large-diameter cylinder part to replenish the granular material. Forming a pile of the granular material between the lower end surface of the tube and the horizontal step surface;
It is possible to swivel inside the large-diameter cylindrical portion, cross between the lower end surface of the granular material replenishment pipe and the horizontal stepped surface, and draw the granular material constituting the piles to the small-diameter cylindrical portion side. The powder granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein an upper turning member is provided. The powder container is provided with a small-diameter cylinder part in which the bottom turning member turns inside, and a conical cylinder part integrally provided on the upper part of the small-diameter cylinder part and expanding toward the upper side,
A powder replenishment pipe that extends in the vertical direction and from which the granular material can flow down is abutted against the inner tapered surface of the conical cylinder portion from above, and the lower end surface of the granular material replenishment pipe and the inner tapered surface A pile of the above-mentioned granular material is formed between
An upper swiveling member is provided that extends along the generatrix direction of the conical tube portion, has an upper end side adjacent to the inside of the conical tube portion, and a lower end side projecting into the circular tube portion, and the upper swiveling member is disposed in the conical tube portion. And the particles constituting the pile are traversed between the lower end surface of the granular material replenishment pipe and the inner tapered surface, and can be drawn into the small-diameter cylindrical portion side. The granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   A conical portion having a diameter increasing toward the upper side is provided at an upper portion of the powder and particle replenishing tube, extends along the generatrix direction of the conical portion, and can turn in the conical portion in a state adjacent to the inside of the conical portion. The powder granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a flow-down auxiliary rotating blade.   The granular material precision according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising a flow-down auxiliary rotating plate that is formed by cutting a flat plate into a crank shape and is rotatable inside the granular material replenishing pipe. Feeding device.   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a supply motor for turning the bottom surface turning member; and a motor drive control unit for controlling the rotation output shaft of the supply motor to rotate at an arbitrary and constant speed. The granular material precise supply apparatus according to any one of 13. The powder granular material precise supply device according to claim 14,
A measuring instrument for measuring the weight of the granular material supplied from the granular accurate supply device,
The granular precision measuring instrument, wherein the motor drive control unit stops the rotation of the supply motor when the measuring instrument reaches a preset weight.

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