JP2009096504A - Apparatus for denting bottom part of synthetic resin bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for denting a bottom part of a synthetic resin bottle which apparatus prevents the unnecessary deformation of the bottom part of the bottle from occurring when a reversed portion on the bottom part of the bottle is punched to be dented in reverse, to dent the reversed portion without fail, and has a simple configuration. <P>SOLUTION: A supporting table 2 for supporting the bottom part 13 of the bottle 3 is provided with a supporting hole part 31 in which the bottom part 13 of the bottle 3 is inserted freely, an annular bearing member 29 which bears the bottle 3 inserted in the supporting hole part 31, and an energizing member 32 which applies upward energy to the bearing member 29. A pressing member 25 is provided, which presses the bottle 3 toward the supporting table 2 to depress the bearing member 29 and causes the bottom part 13 of the bottle 3 to enter the supporting hole part 31 to keep the bottle 3 from moving up. A push-up punch 38 is provided, which pushes up the reversed portion 17 projecting downward on the bottom part 13 of the bottle 3 kept pressed by the press member 25, to dent the reversed portion 17 in reverse. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bottom recess device for a synthetic resin bottle, and more specifically, for a synthetic resin bottle provided with a reversing portion protruding outward from the trunk along the axis of the trunk on a part of the bottom, The present invention relates to a bottom indenting device for a synthetic resin bottle that is recessed inwardly by pushing up and reversing the reversing part along the axis of the body part.

  A blow molded bottle (PET bottle) made of polyethylene terephthalate is known as this kind of synthetic resin bottle, and generally contains liquid contents such as beverages.

  In this type of bottle, if the contents are cooled after the mouth is sealed with a cap, the inside of the bottle is depressurized due to the volume reduction of the contents, etc. It is not preferable.

  For this reason, it is performed to form a plurality of flexible panels in the body portion that uniformly absorb deformation caused by internal decompression due to cooling of the contents after filling (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, when such a panel is provided, the bottle shape becomes complicated and the material cost of the bottle increases.

  Therefore, an inversion part is provided in a part of the bottom of the bottle, the liquid content is filled in a state in which the inversion part protrudes to the outside of the bottom, the bottle mouth is sealed with a cap, and then the inversion part is placed inside the bottle. What is made to dent in the direction is known (refer patent document 2).

  In the bottle described in Patent Document 2, prior to the filling of the liquid contents, the inverted portion of the bottom of the bottle is pushed outward to form a protruding state. Next, liquid content is filled into the bottle with the inverted portion at the bottom protruding outward, and the bottle mouth is sealed with a cap. Thereafter, the inverted part of the bottom of the bottle protruding outward is pushed up into the bottle and recessed. As a result, the pressure inside the bottle is increased, and the shape of the bottle is maintained when the liquid content is filled at room temperature, and the liquid content is maintained when the liquid content is heated and filled. Even if the contents are in a depressurized state due to cooling or the like, the pressure inside the bottle is offset and the depressurized deformation of the container body does not occur. In this way, if the inversion part is provided at the bottom of the bottle, the contents are filled and sealed in a state in which the inversion part protrudes, and then the inversion part is inverted to be recessed into the inside of the body, the bottle body part Since it is not necessary to provide a panel for evenly absorbing the above-described deformation, the degree of freedom in bottle design is improved. Further, since the bottom portion of the bottle is stretched and thinned so that the reversing portion can be reversed, the material cost for the bottle can be reduced because the material for forming the bottom portion is small.

  By the way, in this kind of bottle, the reversing part is reversed by placing the bottle on a support table whose position corresponding to the reversing part is opened, and pushing up the reversing part toward the inside of the body by a push-up punch from below. It is recessed.

  However, when the reversing part is pushed inward by pushing up the reversing part toward the inside of the body part in order to insert the reversing part at the bottom of the bottle, the bending of the reversing part accompanying reversal spreads around the periphery and the bottom part is deformed carelessly. In particular, since this type of bottle is thinned by extending the bottom portion, there is a disadvantage in that a fold mark or the like remains in the bottom portion due to the deformation accompanying the reversal of the reversal portion and the appearance is deteriorated.

  Therefore, it is conceivable that the support table is provided with a support recess corresponding to the bottom of the bottle, and when placed on the support table, the reversing part is pushed up by the push-up punch while the bottom of the bottle is inserted and held in the support recess. . By doing so, the bottom and the periphery thereof are restricted by the inner peripheral wall of the support recess, and inadvertent deformation of the bottom due to the reversal of the reversing part can be suppressed.

However, if the support table is provided with a support recess corresponding to the bottom of the bottle, the bottom of the bottle is inserted into the support recess of the support table prior to the pushing-up of the reversing part by the push-up punch, and the reversing recess of the reversing part is inserted. Later, it is necessary to remove the bottom of the bottle from the support recess, and a means for doing this is required. Specifically, for example, a gripping mechanism and an elevating mechanism for gripping a part of the bottle (for example, the lower end portion of the bottle mouth) and moving the bottle up and down are required. For this reason, there is an inconvenience that the apparatus configuration becomes complicated.
JP-A-6-72423 Special table 2006-501109

  In order to eliminate such inconvenience, the present invention can prevent inadvertent deformation of the bottom part due to the pushing up of the reversing part when the reversing part of the bottle bottom part is reversingly recessed, and the reversing part can be surely recessed. Another object of the present invention is to provide a synthetic resin bottle bottom indenting device capable of simplifying the device configuration.

  In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a synthetic resin in which a reversal portion that protrudes outward from the body portion along the axis of the body portion is provided on a part of the bottom portion that closes the lower end portion of the tubular body portion. It is a bottom indenting device for a synthetic resin bottle that is recessed into the body by pushing up and reversing the reversing part along the axis of the body with respect to the bottle, and a support table for supporting the bottom of the bottle A support hole formed in the support table, into which the bottom of the bottle can be inserted, an annular mounting member that is accommodated in the support hole so as to be movable up and down, and mounts the bottle; and A biasing member that biases upward so that the placement surface of the bottle in the placement member and the upper surface of the support table are in the same plane position, and the biasing member by pressing the bottle toward the support table from above Push down the mounting member against the bias of And a pressing member that inserts the bottom of the bottle into the support hole and presses the bottle so as not to be lifted, and a push-up punch that pushes up and indents the reversing part of the bottle that is pressed so as not to be lifted on the support table by the pressing member. It is characterized by providing.

  The bottom recessed device of the present invention is applied to a synthetic resin bottle having a reverse portion at the bottom. The inversion part in the synthetic resin bottle is projected outward on the bottom part that closes the lower end of the cylindrical body part, and it is recessed inwardly by applying a pressing force and reversing inward. It is possible. And after the reversing part once becomes a recessed state, it is made into the shape by which a recessed state is firmly maintained unless a pressing force is applied in a protrusion direction.

  When the reversing part is reversed and recessed by the bottom recessed unit of the present invention, first, the bottom of the bottle is supported on the support table. At this time, the bottle is placed on a placement member provided on the support table. Thereby, the bottom part of a bottle is located corresponding to a support hole part. Next, the bottle is pushed down by the pressing member. As a result, the bottom of the bottle is inserted into the support hole, and at the same time, the placing member in contact with the bottom of the bottle is immersed in the support hole. And in the state which the bottom part of the bottle was inserted in the support hole part, a bottle will be in the state clamped between the pressing member and the support table, and is hold | maintained so that a raise is impossible. Next, when the push-up punch pushes up the reversing part, the reversing part is reversed and recessed into the body part. At this time, since the bottom of the bottle is inserted into the support hole, the periphery of the bottom is regulated and held by the inner peripheral wall of the support hole and the mounting member. As a result, even if the bending of the reversing part during reversal affects not only the reversing part but also the entire bottom part, it is possible to prevent inadvertent deformation of the bottom part and to prevent the occurrence of fold marks and the like and to reduce the appearance of the bottle. The reversing part can be surely recessed without causing it.

  Thereafter, simply by releasing the pressing state of the bottle by the pressing member, the placing member pushes up the bottom of the bottle resiliently by the biasing means, and the bottom of the bottle is forced from the support hole. Escaped. At this time, since the mounting surface of the bottle in the mounting member is positioned on the same plane as the upper surface of the support table, the bottle can be easily discharged. As described above, according to the present invention, since the mounting member is provided in the support hole portion, a gripping mechanism and a lifting mechanism that lifts and lowers the bottle by gripping a part of the bottle become unnecessary, and the apparatus configuration is simplified. can do.

  In the present invention, the synthetic resin bottle includes a mouth portion having a diameter smaller than that of the body portion at an upper end portion of the body portion and a shoulder portion that gradually decreases in diameter from the body portion to reach the mouth portion. It is preferable that the member includes an annular shoulder contact portion that contacts the entire periphery of the shoulder portion of the bottle from above. Since the shoulder abutment portion is annular, a uniform pressing force is applied to the shoulder portion over its entire circumference, and it is possible to reliably prevent deformation of the shoulder portion and the vicinity of the body portion when the bottle is pushed down. it can.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a bottom recessing apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view of a synthetic resin bottle employed in the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a description of the main part of the bottom recessing apparatus. FIG. 4 is an explanatory sectional view showing the support table, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the bottom recessing device of this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bottom recess device 1 of the present embodiment includes a rotating disk-shaped support table 2, and a synthetic resin bottle 3 (hereinafter, referred to as “space”) with a predetermined interval on the outer periphery of the support table 2. Each bottle 3 is transported along a circumferential track while supporting the bottle 3). An input turret 4 is provided on the upstream side of the support table 2, and an input path 5 for conveying the bottle 3 in the input direction is connected upstream of the input turret 4. A discharge turret 6 is provided on the downstream side of the support table 2, and a discharge path 7 for conveying the bottle 3 in the discharge direction is connected to the downstream of the discharge turret 6. Although not shown, a filler that fills the bottle 3 with contents and a capper that seals the bottle 3 with a cap 8 (see FIG. 3) are provided on the upstream side of the bottom recess 1. Thereby, the bottle 3 filled with the contents and sealed by the cap 8 is put into the bottom recess device 1 of the present embodiment. In addition, a screw conveyor 9 is provided in the charging path 5 to provide a predetermined interval for each bottle 3 upstream of the charging turret 4.

  Here, the bottle 3 employ | adopted in this embodiment is demonstrated. The bottle 3 includes a mouth portion into which a cap can be fitted at the upper end portion of a hollow body portion, and a body portion toward a body portion inward or outward at a part of a bottom portion closing the lower end portion of the body portion. It is a synthetic resin bottle provided with a reversing part that can be recessed or protruded along the axial direction of the resin, preferably a polyethylene terephthalate resin bottle. More specifically, as shown in a cross-sectional view in FIG. 2, the bottle 3 includes a hollow body 12 that is continuous through a mouth part 10 that opens upward and a shoulder part 11 that expands from the lower end part of the mouth part 10. And a bottom 13 that closes the lower end of the body 12.

  The mouth portion 10 is formed with a screwed portion 14 to which the cap 8 (see FIG. 3) is screwed, and a lower portion of the screwed portion 14 is formed with a flange portion 15 protruding to the outer periphery.

  An annular grounding portion 16 is formed on the outer peripheral side of the bottom portion 13, and an inversion portion 17 protruding outward (downward) from the body portion 12 is formed inside the grounding portion 16. The reversing portion 17 includes an annular inclined portion 18 that can be reversed in a symmetrical shape inward and outward (upward and downward) along the axis of the body portion 12, and a central portion surrounded by the inclined portion 18. And a central recessed portion 19 formed in the inner surface. The central concave portion 19 is not reversed, and only its vertical position is moved as the inclined portion 18 is reversed, and its shape is maintained. In addition, for example, the angle of the inclined portion 18 is appropriately set so that the reversing portion 17 is not recessed from the projecting state once it is recessed from the projecting state, so that the reversing portion 17 does not easily reverse.

  Next, a detailed configuration of the bottom recess device 1 of the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom recess device 1 includes a support column 20 and a hollow drive shaft 21 that is rotatably supported by the support column 20, and the support table 2 is provided integrally with the drive shaft 21. ing. Moreover, the 1st annular member 22 is provided in the outer periphery of the upper end part of the support | pillar 20, and the 1st annular member 22 and the support table 2 are integrally connected by the 1st guide rod 23 extended in an up-down direction. The drive shaft 21 is connected to a rotational drive means such as a motor (not shown).

  A first elevating block 24 is supported on the first guide rod 23 so as to be movable up and down, and a pressing member 25 is integrally connected to the first elevating block 24. The first elevating block 24 includes a cam follower 26, and the cam follower 26 is guided by a cam rail 27 provided on the outer periphery of the support column 20 to elevate the pressing member 25 via the first elevating block 24. In addition, the holding member 25 is formed with an annular shoulder contact portion 28 having a shape corresponding to the shoulder 11 of the bottle 3. The shoulder abutting portion 28 encloses from the outer side from the upper end portion of the body portion 12 of the bottle 3 to the upper surface of the shoulder portion 11 as the pressing member 25 is lowered, and abuts the entire circumference of the shoulder portion 11 from above.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the support table 2 includes an annular placement member 29 on which the grounding portion 16 of the bottle 3 is placed so as to be movable up and down. The placement member 29 is held on the support table 2 via the support block 30. The support block 30 includes a support hole portion 31 that opens to an inner diameter corresponding to the outer periphery of the bottom portion 13 of the bottle 3 and through which the bottom portion 13 of the bottle 3 penetrates in the vertical direction. A placement member 29 is accommodated. Further, a spring member 32 (biasing member) that biases the placement member 29 upward is provided in the support hole portion 31. The spring member 32 is supported on an annular spring support plate 33 fixed to the lower end of the support hole portion 31 and applies an upward biasing force to the mounting member 29. Further, the protrusion 34 protruding from the outer periphery of the mounting member 29 is locked to the step portion 35 formed in the support hole portion 31, so that the protrusion upward from the upper surface of the support block 30 is restricted. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper surface of the support table 2, the upper surface of the support block 30, and the upper surface of the mounting member 29 positioned at the uppermost position by the spring member 32 are in the same plane position. It is configured. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 36 denotes a first positioning member that is fixed to the first guide rod 23 and restricts the movement of the bottle 3 to the side (the rotation direction of the support table 2) to position the bottle 3 on the mounting member 29. 37 is a second positioning member which is fixed to the upper surface of the support table 2 and regulates the movement of the bottle 3 inward in the radial direction of the bottle 3 to position the bottle 3 on the mounting member 29.

  In the present embodiment, a configuration in which the support block 30 including the support hole 31 is provided in the support table 2 and the mounting member 29 is provided in the support block 30 is shown. According to this, when the outer diameter of the bottom portion 13 of the bottle 3 is changed (for example, when the bottle 3 is changed to a bottle having a different capacity), the support hole portion 31 having a size that matches the outer diameter of the bottom portion 13 and the placement What is necessary is just to replace | exchange to the support block 30 provided with the member 29, and replacement | exchange of the support table 2 whole can be made unnecessary.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a push-up punch 38 is provided below the support table 2. The push-up punch 38 is held at the upper end of the holding shaft 40 with an abutment portion 39 that abuts against the central recess 19 of the reversing portion 17 of the bottle 3. The holding shaft 40 includes a buffering spring 41 that prevents the push-up punch 38 from excessively pushing up the reversing unit 17. The holding shaft 40 is inserted into the holding cylinder 42, and the height can be adjusted by a height adjusting screw 43. The holding cylinder 42 is provided on a second elevating block 45 that is supported by a second guide rod 44 extending downward from the support table 2 so as to be movable up and down. The second guide rod 44 is provided between the second annular member 46 located on the outer periphery of the support column 20 and the support table 2. The second elevating block 45 includes a cam follower 47, and the cam follower 47 elevates the second elevating block 45 by being guided by a cam rail 49 provided on a frame 48 on the outer periphery of the support column 20.

  Next, the operation of the bottom recess device 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. With reference to FIG. 1, the bottle 3 transported along the input path 5 is supported by the input turret 4 at a predetermined interval by the screw conveyor 9, and further delivered from the input turret 4 to the support table 2. It is. At this time, since the charging turret 4 and the support table 2 are rotated in synchronization, the bottle 3 delivered to the support table 2 is placed on the placement member 29 as shown in FIG. The Next, when the support table 2 rotates, the cam follower 26 of the first lifting block 24 is guided by the cam rail 27 and the pressing member 25 is lowered. Thereby, as shown to Fig.5 (a), the pressing member 25 presses the bottle 3 from the upper direction. Accordingly, the mounting member 29 is pushed down against the bias of the spring member 32, and the bottom portion 13 of the bottle 3 is inserted into the support hole portion 31. In this state, the bottle 3 is held by the support table 2 and the pressing member 25 so as not to rise. At this time, since the shoulder abutting portion 28 is annular, a uniform pressing force is applied to the shoulder 11 over the entire circumference, and the shoulder 11 and the barrel 12 in the vicinity thereof are deformed as the bottle 3 is pushed down. Is reliably prevented.

  Subsequently, when the support table 2 further rotates, as shown in FIG. 5B, the cam follower 47 of the second elevating block 45 is guided by the cam rail 49 and rises, and the push-up punch 38 moves the reversing portion 17 of the bottle 3. Push up. As a result, the inversion portion 17 is inverted and recessed inside the bottle 3. At this time, the bottom portion 13 of the bottle 3 is inserted into the support hole portion 31 and contacted by the inner peripheral wall of the support hole portion 31 and the mounting member 29, so that deformation is restricted. In addition, since an appropriate pressing force is uniformly applied to the grounding portion 16 of the bottom portion 13 over the entire circumference by the annular mounting member 29 biased by the spring member 32, the trunk portion from the grounding portion 16 of the bottom portion 13 is provided. The shape extending to the lower end of 12 can be maintained firmly. Thereby, even if the bending accompanying the reversal of the reversing part 17 spreads to the grounding part 16 of the bottom part 13 and the lower peripheral edge of the body part 12, the deformation of the bottom part 13 is suppressed, and the generation of fold marks or the like can be prevented. Further, the buffer spring 41 provided in the push-up punch 38 prevents an excessive push-up force from being applied to the reversing portion 17, and damage to the reversing portion 17 is reliably prevented.

  Thereafter, when the support table 2 is further rotated, the first elevating block 24 is raised, the second elevating block 45 is lowered, the pressing of the bottle 3 by the pressing member 25 is released, and the push-up punch 38 is lowered, FIG. As shown in (c), the spring member 32 pushes the placement member 29 and the bottle 3 upward by the biasing force, and the bottom 13 of the bottle 3 escapes from the support hole portion 31 and is opened on the placement member 29. The Then, the bottle 3 is delivered to the discharge turret 6 and discharged to the discharge path 7. Thus, since the mounting member 29 is urged upward by the spring member 32, the bottom 13 of the bottle 3 comes out from the support hole 31 only by releasing the pressing of the bottle 3 by the pressing member 25. The bottle 3 can be discharged smoothly.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the support block 30 provided with the support hole part 31 was provided in the support table 2, and the structure which provided the mounting member 29 in the support block 30 was shown, it is not restricted to it and is not illustrated The support table 2 may be directly provided with the support hole 31 and the mounting member 29 without providing the support block 30.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the case where the bottom part 13 of the bottle 3 filled with the content by the filler and the capper and sealed with the cap 8 on the upstream side of the bottom part recessed apparatus 1 was recessed was demonstrated, For example, the bottom 13 of the bottle 3 can be well recessed even if it is an empty bottle (a bottle that is not filled with contents).

The top view which shows schematic structure of the bottom part recessed apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory sectional drawing of the synthetic resin bottles employ | adopted in this embodiment. Explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part of a bottom part recessed apparatus. Explanatory sectional drawing which shows a support table. Explanatory drawing which shows the action | operation of the bottom part recessed insertion apparatus of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bottom part recessed apparatus, 2 ... Support table, 3 ... Synthetic resin bottle, 10 ... Mouth part, 11 ... Shoulder part, 12 ... Body part, 13 ... Bottom part, 17 ... Reversing part, 25 ... Holding member, 28 ... Shoulder contact portion, 29 ... mounting member, 31 ... support hole, 32 ... spring member (biasing member), 38 ... push-up punch.

Claims (2)

For a synthetic resin bottle in which a reversing portion that protrudes outward from the body portion along the axis of the body portion is provided on a part of the bottom portion that closes the lower end portion of the tubular body portion, this reversing portion is connected to the body portion. A bottom indenting device for synthetic resin bottles that indents into the body by pushing up and reversing along the axis,
A support table for supporting the bottom of the bottle;
A support hole formed in the support table and into which the bottom of the bottle can be freely inserted;
An annular placement member that is accommodated in the support hole portion so as to be movable up and down and places a bottle;
An urging member that urges the placement member upward so that the placement surface of the bottle in the placement member and the upper surface of the support table are in the same plane position;
A pressing member that presses the bottle toward the support table from above to push down the mounting member against the urging force of the urging member and insert the bottom portion of the bottle into the supporting hole portion so that the bottle cannot be raised. When,
A synthetic resin bottle bottom indenting device, comprising: a push-up punch that pushes up and indents the reversing part of the bottle that is pressed against the support table by the pressing member. The synthetic resin bottle has a mouth portion having a diameter smaller than that of the body portion at the upper end portion of the body portion and a shoulder portion that gradually decreases in diameter from the body portion and reaches the mouth portion.
The synthetic resin bottle bottom recessed device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member includes an annular shoulder contact portion that contacts the entire circumference of the bottle shoulder from above.

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