JP2009262944A - Dispensing method and dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispensing method capable of enhancing the degree of freedom in adjusting the number of dose packages. <P>SOLUTION: In the dispensing method, powder and granular material on a groove is intermittently fed from the upstream side to the downstream side of the groove, and when the feed of the powder and granular material is stopped, the powder and granular material is segmented and dispensed by allowing any one of a segmenting member out of a wide segmenting member and a narrow segmenting member which is narrower than the wide segmenting member to be slidably brought into contact with the groove in the intersecting direction. The powder and granular material for the first one dose package is segmented by using the narrow segmenting member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging method and a packaging apparatus for packaging powders and other powders.

2. Description of the Related Art As a packaging device for packaging powder particles such as a medicine (powder) for each package, there is a device including a rotary table and a cutting mechanism.
The rotary table has an annular groove formed on the upper surface thereof, and the rotary table can rotate about the vertical axis. The cut-out mechanism includes a cut-out member and a disc-shaped partition member that is arranged in parallel on the downstream side of the cut-out member and is separate from the cut-out member. The cutting member has a predetermined circumferential width, and the cutting mechanism is rotatable about the horizontal axis that is the center of curvature of the annular groove.

  In this packaging device, the granular material shaken in the annular groove of the rotary table is rotated around the horizontal axis so that the outer peripheral portion of the partition member and the tip of the cutting member are in contact with the annular groove. Thus, while partitioning (regulating) the granular material in the circumferential direction with the partition member, an amount of the granular material corresponding to the circumferential width of the cutting member is cut out radially outward of the rotary table. Package powder.

For example, the following Patent Document 1 includes a plurality of cutting members provided around the horizontal axis. By providing a plurality of cutting members having the same width in the circumferential direction, the packaging speed within a predetermined time is improved. I am doing so.
JP-A-2-127202

In the above-described conventional packaging device, since the circumferential width of the cutting member is determined, if the rotation angle around the vertical axis of the rotary table is constant for each packaging, almost the same amount of powder particles are cut out. It will be.
Moreover, in the packaging apparatus of the above cited reference 1, it becomes possible to efficiently package substantially the same amount of powder particles within a predetermined time.

However, in the above-described conventional packaging device, the circumferential width of the cutting member is fixed, so that the amount of packaging after the second package is governed by the amount according to the amount of packaging of the first package by the cutting member. It will be.
Therefore, for example, in a rotary table type packing device, it is difficult to adjust the number of powder particles (number of divided powder particles) on the annular groove of the rotary table. In particular, it has been difficult to cope with a small amount of packaging, that is, to perform cutting that increases the number of packages in one rotation of the rotary table.

  Then, in view of the said subject, this invention makes it a subject to provide the packaging method and packaging device which can make the freedom degree of adjustment of a packaging number high.

  The present invention intermittently feeds the granular material on the groove from the upstream side to the downstream side of the groove, and when the feeding of the granular material is stopped, it is narrower than the wide cutting member and the wide cutting member. A cutting method in which any one of the cutting members is slidably contacted in a direction intersecting the groove to cut out and sinter the granular material, and the first granular material is cut out with a narrow width It is characterized by cutting out using a member.

  In the above method, by cutting out the first package with the narrow cut-out member of the cut-out member, the cutout of the powder after the second pack is made to correspond to the amount of the region cut out with the narrow-cut out member. Because it can be done, even if the granular material after the second package is cut out with a wide cutting member, even if it is a granular material in a groove with a limited length, the degree of freedom in adjusting the amount of packaging It becomes possible to make it high.

  In the packaging method of the present invention, when performing the cutting of the powder immediately after performing the cutting of the granular material using the narrow cutting member, using the wide cutting member, the groove on the narrow cutting member It is characterized by cutting out within the range including the trajectory.

  In the above method, traces of the granular material remaining when the granular material is cut out by the narrow cutting member can be removed by the wide cutting member slidingly contacting the groove.

  In the packaging method of the present invention, the groove is provided on a rotating table and is formed in an annular shape, and the granular material on the groove is sent from the upstream side to the downstream side by intermittently rotating the table. The body is cut out sequentially toward the outside in the radial direction of the groove.

  In the above method, using a narrow cut-out member, the granular material in the circumferential direction corresponding to the width is cut out and packaged radially outward of the groove as a single bundle, and then the table is rotated by a predetermined angle. Then, using either a narrow-width cutting member or a wide-width cutting member, the peripheral region corresponding to the width is cut out and packaged as a second bundle, and the table is further angled by a predetermined angle. The operation is repeated such that the granular material in the circumferential region corresponding to the width is packaged as a third bundle using either a narrow cut-out member or a wide cut-out member.

  The packaging method of the present invention is characterized in that when the first granular material is cut out, the granular material on the groove is dammed up with a partition member provided adjacent to the downstream side of the narrow cutting member. It is said.

  In the above method, when cutting out the first granular material, if the granular material is blocked by the partition member on the downstream side, the table is rotated to move the granular material to the downstream side. Thus, the granular material can be stored and stored on the side surface of the partition member, and a large amount of the granular material can be cut out by the stored amount.

  In the present invention, an annular groove is formed on the upper surface, and a rotary table that can rotate around the vertical axis, and a powder on the annular groove are scraped by rotating around a horizontal axis that is the center of curvature of the annular groove. A cutting member for taking out in the radial direction of the rotary table, and a disk-shaped partition member arranged in parallel to the cutting member downstream in the rotational direction of the rotary table and partitioning the granular material in the circumferential direction; A slicing device for sequentially slicing powder particles cut out by rotation around the horizontal axis of the cutting member, the cutting member including a narrow-width cutting member having a narrow width in the circumferential direction; It is composed of a wide-cutting member that is wider in the circumferential direction than the narrow-cutting member, the narrow-cutting member and the wide-cutting member are arranged at a predetermined angle around the horizontal axis, and an annular shape of the wide-cutting member The contact area to the groove is rotated by a narrow cutout member. It is characterized in that is provided to include a contact end portion of the upstream side in the rotation direction of the Buru.

  In the packaging apparatus having the above-described configuration, the wide partition member and the narrow partition member are provided, so that each partition member can be used properly, and the granular material supplied on the annular groove is partitioned by the partition member. In the state of damming, the narrow cut-out member or the wide partition member is rotated around the horizontal axis so as to be slidably contacted with the annular groove, and the granular material is cut and packaged in the radial direction of the annular groove.

  In the above configuration, for the first package, the narrow cut-out member is rotated about the horizontal axis to cut out the granular material in the radial direction of the annular groove, and then the rotary table is rotated about the vertical axis by a predetermined angle. Then, the narrow cut member or the wide cut member is rotated about the horizontal axis, whereby the second granular material is sequentially packaged so as to be cut out in the radial direction from the annular groove.

  The first granular material is cut out by a narrow-cutting member, so that it is narrower than the wide-cutting member, so that the ring-shaped concave groove has a predetermined circumferential length. The granular material supplied to the groove can be divided and cut out in the circumferential region.

  When cutting out the first granular material using a narrow cutout member, the granular material is dammed up with a partitioning member and the rotary table is rotated around the vertical axis as necessary. Since the granular material is stored on the upstream side of the partition member while being blocked by the partition member, it is stored not only in the circumferential region of the narrow cut-out member but also in the cut-out member having a small width. It is possible to perform operations such as cutting as much powder as much as much as possible, and cutting the second and subsequent packages by adjusting the amount of rotation (rotation angle) about the vertical axis of the rotary table is substantially the same as the first package As a result, the degree of freedom in adjusting the amount of packaging can be increased even with the granular material in the annular groove having a limited length.

  In the packaging device of the present invention, the narrow cut-out member and the wide cut-out member are arranged side by side in contact with the side surface of the partition member on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotary table.

  In the above configuration, when the granular material is cut out using the wide partition member in the first and subsequent packages, the traces of the granular material generated by the rotation around the horizontal axis of the narrow cutting member are wide. The cut-out member is removed by rotating so as to be in sliding contact with the groove.

  According to the packaging method of the present invention, by cutting out the first package with a narrow cut-out member among the cut-out members, the cut out of the powder after the second pack is cut out with the narrow cut-out member The degree of freedom of adjustment of the amount of granular material in a limited length of groove even when the second and subsequent powders are cut out with a wide cutting member. Can be raised.

  In the packaging apparatus of the present invention, the wide-cutting member and the narrow-cutting member are provided as the cutting member, so that each cutting member can be used properly, and the narrow-cutting member is used for the first package. Rotate around the horizontal axis to cut out powder particles in the radial direction of the annular groove, and turn the turntable vertically so that the cut amount of the powder particles after the second bundle corresponds to the cut amount of the first package The degree of freedom in adjusting the amount of granular material in the annular groove with a limited length by rotating around the axis and cutting out the granular material sequentially using a narrow-width or wide-width material. Can be raised.

  Hereinafter, the packaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking as an example a packaging apparatus for packaging powder as a granular material. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the packaging device, FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan sectional view of a main part, FIG. 3 is a front view of the main part, and FIGS. 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c) are wide cutout plates. FIG. 5 is a front view mainly showing a rotary drive unit, FIGS. 6A and 6B are schematic front views mainly showing a lifting device, FIG. 7 is a control block diagram, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are cut out. FIG. 8 is a partial plan view, and FIG. 9 is a partial front view.

  As shown in these drawings, the packaging device 1 includes a rotary table 2 and a scraping device 5 disposed on the upper side of the rotary table 2. The turntable 2 is formed in a hollow shape (doughnut shape) in a plan view, and an annular groove 3 (annular concave groove) in a plan view is formed on the upper surface thereof. The groove 3 is formed in a concave shape that is recessed downward, and the groove bottom surface 3a is formed in an arc shape. The turntable 2 is configured to be intermittently rotatable about a vertical axis at the center thereof by driving a drive motor (not shown).

The scraping device 5 is for scraping and cutting the powder 4 supplied to the groove 3 in the radial direction of the groove 3, and a partition plate 6 as a partition member is provided in a scraping portion of the scraping device 5. Compared with the wide cut-out plate 7A and the wide cut-out plate 7A as the cut-out members, the rotary table 2 has a narrow cut-out plate 7B narrower in the circumferential direction, a cover 8, and a cover 9.
The scraping portion constituted by the partition plate 6, the wide cut plate 7A, the narrow cut plate 7B, the cover 8, and the cover 9 is around the horizontal axis that is the center of curvature of the groove 3 of the turntable 2 (in this case, the arc center). It is configured to be rotatable.

  The partition plate 6, the wide cut plate 7A, the narrow cut plate 7B, and the cover 8 are provided separately, and the cover 8 and both cut plates 7A and 7B are provided from the upstream side, that is, the upstream side in the rotation direction of the rotary table 2. And the partition plate 6 are arranged in this order. The cover 9 is provided adjacent to the upstream side surface of the narrow cutout plate 7B.

  The partition plate 6 dams up the powder 4 supplied to the groove 3 on the downstream side of the rotary table 2. The partition plate 6 includes a partition plate main body 10 formed in an annular shape when viewed from the front, and an annular weir integrally formed on the partition plate main body 10 so as to protrude radially outward at an outer peripheral portion of the partition plate main body 10. And a stopper 11.

  A rotating body 13 is integrally fitted into the center hole 12 of the partition plate body 10 from the downstream side. In addition, insertion holes 14 that are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction are formed in the outer peripheral portion of the center hole 12 of the partition plate main body 10, and project from the mounting plane 15 to the upstream side of the mounting plane 15 of the rotating body 13. The provided pin 16 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the partition plate body 10, and the partition plate 6 is attached to the rotating body 13 so as not to rotate (to rotate integrally with the rotating body 13).

  The weir body 11 is made of silicon rubber, and weirs the powder 4 from the upstream side so that the radially outer end 18 thereof is in elastic contact with the groove bottom surface 3a. Therefore, the curvature of the weir body 11 is substantially the same as the curvature of the groove bottom surface 3a.

A cover 8 is disposed adjacent to the upstream side surface of the wide cutout plate 7A, and a partition plate 6 is disposed adjacent to the downstream side of the wide cutout plate 7A and the narrow cutout plate 7B. That is, the narrow cutout plate 7B is adjacent to the partition plate 6 so that its downstream end position is at the same position as the downstream end portion of the wide partition plate 7A, and the upstream end of the narrow partition plate 7B. And the upstream end of the wide partition plate 7A are displaced in the circumferential direction (the plate width direction of each partition plate).
The plate width of the narrow partition plate 7B is set to be slightly smaller than half the plate width of the wide partition plate 7A.

The wide cut-out plate 7A scrapes the powder 4 dammed up by the partition plate 6 from the groove 3 in the area partitioned between the partition plate 6 and the cover 8 to the side of the rotary table 2, that is, radially outward. It is for cutting out to the hopper 20 arrange | positioned.
The wide cut-out plate 7A includes a cut-out plate main body 21, an elastic blade (scraping blade) 22, and spacers 23a and 23b. The cut-out plate body 21 is integrally formed from a distal end plate portion 24 and a proximal end plate portion 25, and the distal end plate portion 24 is formed wider than the proximal end plate portion 25. The cut-out plate body 21 has a stepped surface 26 that falls at a right angle from the proximal end plate portion 25 side of the distal end plate portion 24.

  The tip plate portion 24 is provided with the elastic blade 22 protruding further forward. The elastic blade 22 is formed in a plate shape whose tip is cut at an acute angle so that the powder 4 can be scraped (cut out) by contacting the groove bottom surface 3 a, and the elastic blade 22 has a width B 1 of the tip plate portion 24. The tip plate 24 protrudes on both sides in the width direction so as to be formed slightly larger than. Further, the elastic blade 22 is heat-sealed to the tip plate portion 24 and fixed to the tip plate portion 24 so as to form a coating portion 28 having a uniform thickness t1 that covers one side surface of the tip plate portion 24. ing.

  The spacers 23 a and 23 b are formed integrally with the elastic blade 22. The spacers 23a and 23b are extended on both side surfaces of the cut-out plate main body 21 with a uniform width B2 along the both sides. That is, the width B2 is substantially equal to the width of the portion of the elastic blade 22 that protrudes on both sides in the width direction of the tip plate portion 24.

  The base end plate part 25 is fixed with parallel retaining protrusions 30 that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance L1 along the width direction of the base end plate part 25. As a fixing means of the retaining protrusion 30, for example, heat fusion is used. The thickness of the retaining protrusion 30 is equal to the thickness t1 of the covering portion 28. The cross-sectional shape of the retaining protrusion 30 is formed in a hemispherical shape, and is formed so as to be continuous with the covering portion 28 via a sheet portion 31 having a very thin thickness compared to the covering portion 28.

  An attachment support 32 for attaching and supporting the wide cut-out plate 7A is mounted so as to overlap the partition plate 6 from the upstream side via a pin 16 inserted through the insertion hole 14 to the upstream side. The attachment support 32 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with the upstream side sealed, and a groove portion 33 into which the upstream end portion of the pin 16 is inserted and fixed is formed on the downstream side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a support recess 35 for inserting and supporting the base end plate portion 25 of the wide cut-out plate 7 </ b> A in the width direction is provided on the upstream side wall 34 of the attachment support 32. The position is shifted by a predetermined distance L2. The support recess 35 is formed slightly thicker than the thickness of the base end plate portion 25 of the wide cut-out plate 7A, and a hemispherical retaining recess 36 into which the retaining projection 30 is inserted is formed in the support recess 35. It is formed continuously. The depth of the support recess 35 is formed to be substantially equal to the width of the base end plate portion 25, and when the base end plate portion 25 is mounted, one spacer 23b projects from the support recess 35 to the upstream side. Yes.

  The other spacer 23 a is configured to protrude further downstream from the downstream end surface of the mounting support 32 when the base end plate portion 25 is mounted. When the base end plate portion 25 is attached to the support recess 35, the distal end plate portion 24 protrudes from the mounting support body 32 along the radial direction of the mounting support body 32. The upstream side wall 34 of the mounting support 32 is provided with a plurality of radially spaced pins 17 projecting further upstream.

  The cover 8 is formed in a substantially elliptical shape when viewed from the front. The curvatures of the curved portions on both sides in the radial direction are set so as to substantially match the curvature of the mounting support body 32, and the pin 17 is inserted into the pin hole 37 on the proximal end side, so that the upstream side of the mounting support body 32. It is attached to the side wall 34 in an overlapping manner. The tip of the cover 8 is not in contact with the groove bottom surface 3a.

  Rotation transmission holes 41a, 41b, and 41c through which a rotation transmission shaft 40 as a horizontal axis is inserted are formed at the centers of the rotating body 13, the mounting support 32, and the cover 8, respectively. The rotation transmission shaft 40 is fitted into the portions 41a, 41b, 41c. The base end portion 40b of the rotation transmission shaft 40 is connected to a drive transmission mechanism 50 for rotating the rotation transmission shaft 40 about its axis.

  A tip end portion 40a of the rotation transmission shaft 40 protrudes from a rotation transmission hole portion 41c of the cover 8, and an end cap 45 having a screwing hole portion 45a screwed to the tip end portion 40a at the center is attached.

The end cap 45 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with the downstream side opened and the upstream side closed, and the end cap 45 is firmly screwed into the tip end portion 40 a of the rotation transmission shaft 40, thereby the end cap 45. The downstream outer peripheral edge 45 b is in pressure contact with the plate surface of the cover 8.
Thus, the rotating body 13, the mounting support body 32, the wide cut-out plate 7 </ b> A, and the cover 8 are integrated by receiving a pressing force in the axial direction of the rotation transmission shaft 40.

Here, the narrow cutout plate 7B will be described. The narrow cut-out plate 7B scrapes the powder 4 dammed up by the partition plate 6 from the groove 3 in a region partitioned between the partition plate 6 and the cover 9, and is located laterally of the rotary table 2, that is, radially outside. It is for cutting out to the hopper 20 arrange | positioned in the direction, and is fixed by being pinched | interposed into the rotary body 13 and the attachment support body 32. FIG.
This narrow cut-out plate 7B is preferably used for cutting out at least the first pack in order to cut out the powder 4 supplied on the groove 3 in order to sequentially pack it into small packages.

  The narrow cut-out plate 7B has a cut-out plate body 60, an elastic blade (scraping blade) 61, and a spacer 62a. The cut-out plate body 60 is integrally formed from a distal end plate portion 63 and a proximal end plate portion 64, and the distal end plate portion 63 and the proximal end plate portion 64 are formed to have the same width.

The tip plate 63 is provided with an elastic blade 65 that protrudes further forward. The elastic blade 65 is formed in a plate shape whose tip is cut at an acute angle so as to contact the groove bottom surface 3 a and scrape off the powder 4, and the elastic blade 65 is compared with the width B 3 of the tip plate portion 63. It protrudes to the width direction one side (partition plate 6 side which is the downstream side) of the front end plate portion 63 so as to be formed slightly larger.
Further, the elastic blade 65 is heat-sealed to the tip plate portion 63 and fixed to the tip plate portion 63 so as to form a coating portion 66 having a uniform thickness t2 that covers the downstream side surface of the tip plate portion 63. Has been.

  The spacer 62a is formed integrally with the elastic blade 22 continuously. The spacer 62a is extended on the downstream side surface of the cut-out plate body 60 with a uniform width B4 along the spacer 62a. That is, the width B4 is substantially equal to the width of the covering portion 66 that is a portion protruding in the width direction of the tip plate portion 63 in the elastic blade 65.

  Parallel retaining protrusions 67 are fixed to the base end plate portion 64 and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance L3 along the width direction of the base end plate portion 64. As a fixing means for the retaining protrusion 67, for example, heat fusion is used. The thickness of the retaining protrusion 67 is equal to the thickness t2 of the covering portion 66. The cross-sectional shape of the retaining protrusion 67 is formed in a hemispherical shape, and is formed so as to be continuous with the covering portion 66 through a sheet portion 68 having an extremely thin thickness as compared with the covering portion 66.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a support recess 70 for inserting and supporting the proximal end plate portion 64 of the narrow cutout plate 7 </ b> B in the width direction is provided at the center of the attachment support 32 on the upstream side wall 34 of the attachment support 32. On the other hand, it is displaced by a predetermined distance L4. The direction of displacement relative to the center of the mounting support 32 is opposite to that of the wide cut-out plate 7A. The support recess 70 is formed slightly thicker than the thickness of the base end plate portion 64 of the narrow cutout plate 7B, and a hemispherical retaining recess 71 into which the retaining projection 67 is inserted is formed in the support recess 70. It is formed continuously.

  The depth of the support recess 70 is formed to be substantially equal to the width of the base end plate portion 64, and the spacer 62 a protrudes downstream from the support recess 70 when the base end plate portion 64 is mounted. When the base end plate portion 64 is attached to the support recess 70, the distal end plate portion 63 protrudes from the mounting support 32 to the opposite side to the distal end plate portion 24 of the wide cut-out plate 7A so that the distal end plate portion 63 extends along the radial direction of the mounting support 32. It is like that.

  In the scraping device 5 having the above-described configuration, the downstream outer peripheral edge 45 b of the end cap 45 is formed on the cover 8 by firmly screwing the screw hole 45 a of the end cap 45 to the tip 40 a of the rotation transmission shaft 40. The rotating body 13, the mounting support body 32, the wide cut-out plate 7 </ b> A and the cover 8 are integrated by receiving the pressing force in the axial direction of the rotation transmission shaft 40 by being pressed against the upstream plate surface.

  When the base end plate portion 25 of the wide cut-out plate 7A is attached to the support concave portion 35 of the support body 32, one spacer 23b is configured to protrude upstream from the support concave portion 35, and the base end plate portion 25 is Since the other spacer 23a protrudes further downstream from the downstream end face of the mounting support 32 when mounted, the screw hole 45a of the end cap 45 is provided at the tip 40a of the rotation transmission shaft 40. By firmly screwing, one spacer 23b is pressed against the cover 8 from the downstream side, and the other spacer 23a is pressed against the plate surface of the partition plate body 10 from the upstream side. Since one spacer 23b is made of an elastic body, an elastic repulsive force corresponding to the amount of compression is generated, one spacer 23b presses the cover 8, and the other spacer 23a is a partition plate. Since the main body 10 is pressed, there is no room for generating a gap between the wide cut-out plate 7A and the partition plate main body 10 and between the wide cut-out plate 7A and the cover 8.

For this reason, even if the scraping device 5 is rotationally driven to cut the powder 4 into the hopper 20, the powder 4 is caught between the wide cut plate 7 </ b> A and the partition plate body 10, the wide cut plate 7 </ b> A and the cover 8. It is possible to prevent the inconvenience of being lost.
Since the powder 4 does not remain between the members of the scraping device 5 when the powder 4 is packaged in this way, the necessary packaging accuracy is ensured even when a small amount of the powder 4 is packaged. be able to.

  Further, since the partition plate 6 and the wide cut-out plate 7A are assembled as separate members, for example, when the damming body 11 or the elastic blade 22 is damaged by sliding (by sliding the groove bottom surface 3a). Since each member can be maintained (replaced) separately, an increase in running cost can be suppressed.

  The spacers 23a and 23b are provided on the wide cut-out plate 7A. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a member having a function corresponding to the spacer is provided on the cover 8 and the partition plate main body 10 side. By doing so, the generation of the gap can be prevented.

  In the narrow cut-out plate 7B, the base end plate portion 64 is inserted into the support recess 70, and the retaining protrusion 67 is inserted into the retaining recess 71, and is attached to the mounting support 32, and the end cap 45 is attached. When tightened to the distal end portion 40a of the rotation transmission shaft 40, the spacer 62a presses the plate surface of the partition plate body 10 on the upstream side, so that there is room for a gap to be generated between the narrow cutout plate 7B and the partition plate body 10. Disappears.

  For this reason, even if the scraping device 5 is rotationally driven to cut out the powder 4 into the hopper 20, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the powder 4 is caught between the narrow cutout plate 7 </ b> B and the partition plate body 10. Therefore, even when a small amount of powder 4 is packaged, the required packaging accuracy can be ensured.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 80 denotes a drive device for applying a rotational force around the axis of the rotation transmission shaft 40 to the drive transmission mechanism 50. The driving device 80 is disposed on the center side of the turntable 2. Further, the drive transmission mechanism 50 and the drive device 80 are covered with a transmission arm member 86 passed to both. The transmission arm member 86 is extended radially outward from the center side of the turntable 2 along the radial direction of the turntable 2. Further, the transmission arm member 86 is provided so as to be rotatable around a support shaft 99 supported on the base 101 side, which will be described later, in order to support the base 86a side at the lower part thereof.

The drive transmission mechanism 50 includes a driven pulley 79 that is fitted and fixed to the downstream side of the rotation transmission shaft 40, and the rotation transmission shaft 40 has a transmission arm member 86 through a bearing 89. Are inserted into the front portions of both side plates 93.
Reference numeral 81 denotes a cleaning device for cleaning the groove bottom surface 3 a of the groove 3.

  The drive device 80 includes a rotation drive unit 85 and a transmission belt V that transmits the operation of the rotation drive unit 85 to the drive transmission mechanism 50 side (that is, the scraping device 5 side). The rotation drive unit 85 includes a rotation drive motor 87 attached to be placed on the upper surface of the base 86 a that is the center side of the turntable 2 in the transmission arm member 86, and a motor shaft that protrudes downward from the rotation drive motor 87. , A worm gear 90 attached to 88, a rotation center shaft 91 disposed on the lower side of the rotation drive motor 87 and parallel to the rotation transmission shaft 40, and a worm gear 90 externally fitted to a middle portion of the rotation center shaft 91. It has a gear 92 for rotation that meshes, and a drive pulley 94 that is externally fitted and fixed on the downstream side of the rotation center shaft 91. The transmission belt V is wound around a driven pulley 79 and a driving pulley 94.

  According to the configuration of the drive transmission mechanism 50 and the drive device 80 as described above, when the rotational drive motor 87 is rotationally driven, the worm gear 90 rotates together with the motor shaft 88 and the rotation is transmitted to the rotational gear 92. The rotation center shaft 91 rotates about its axis together with the rotation gear 92, the drive pulley 94 fitted and fixed to the rotation center shaft 91 rotates together, and the rotational force is transmitted via the transmission belt V to the driven pulley 79. And the rotation transmission shaft 40 rotates together with the driven pulley 79, and the scraping portion of the scraping device 5 fixed to the rotation transmission shaft 40 rotates around the axis of the rotation transmission shaft 40, so that a wide cut is made. The powder 4 in the groove 3 can be cut out by scraping outward in the radial direction of the rotary table 2 by the plate 7A or the narrow-cut plate 7B.

  The code | symbol 100 shown to Fig.6 (a), (b) shows an raising / lowering apparatus. The lifting device 100 is an operation unit for switching the posture of the wide cut-out plate 7A or the narrow cut-out plate 7B in the scraping portion of the scraping device 5, and this posture is the wide cut-out plate 7A or the narrow cut-out plate 7B. In a cutting posture X in which the powder 4 can be cut out by contacting the groove bottom surface 3a, and in a separating posture Y in which the wide cutting plate 7A or the narrow cutting plate 7B is spaced upward from the groove bottom surface 3a and the powder 4 cannot be cut out. is there.

  The elevating device 100 includes an elevating motor 102 as a driving unit provided on the center side of the rotary table 2 on a base 101 below the rotary table 2, and elevating and lowering parallel to the rotation transmission shaft 40 by driving the elevating motor 102. The elevating cam 104 rotates around the horizontal axis 103 and a conversion mechanism (not shown) that converts the drive of the elevating motor 102 into rotation around the elevating horizontal axis 103 of the elevating cam 104.

  The raising and lowering cam 104 has a flat surface portion 105, a large curvature portion 106 having a large curvature, and a small curvature portion 107 having a smaller curvature than the large curvature portion 106. The large curvature portion 106 is continuously formed. The large curvature portion 106 and the small curvature portion 107 can be slidably contacted with the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93 (or both side plates 93) on the base portion 86a side of the transmission arm member 86, and the flat portion 105 cannot be contacted. Relationships such as the curvature of the curvature portion 106 and the large curvature portion 106, the distance from the elevating horizontal shaft 103 to the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93, and the like are set.

That is, in the state where the large curvature portion 106 or the small curvature portion 107 of the lifting cam 104 is in contact with the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93, the wide cut plate 7A or the narrow cut plate 7B in the scraping portion is in the separation posture Y. When the scraping portion is separated from the groove bottom surface 3a and the flat portion 105 of the lifting cam 104 faces the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93 below, the wide cut plate 7A or the narrow cut plate 7B is cut out. In the posture X, the scraping portion is in contact with the groove bottom surface 3a.
Although not described in detail, the lifting cam 104 is also used as means for lifting and lowering the cleaning device 81 in order to bring the brush of the cleaning device 81 into contact with or away from the groove bottom surface 3a.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the packaging device 1 in this embodiment includes an angle sensor 110 (detecting a rotation angle of the rotary table 2 as a rotation angle of the rotary table 2 to rotate the rotary table 2 around the vertical axis. For example, a rotary encoder is used), a package number input unit 111 for inputting the number of packages, and a lift motor 102 and a rotation drive motor based on input signals from the angle sensor 110 and the package number input unit 111, respectively. Control means 112 for controlling the drive of 87 is provided.

Next, the packaging operation in the packaging apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. In addition, in FIG.3, FIG.9 etc., the scraping part shall cut out the powder 4 by this rotation direction by making clockwise rotation direction w into forward rotation.
First, while supplying powder 4 to the groove 3 of the turntable 2 from a supply means such as a feeder (not shown), the drive motor is driven to rotate the turntable 2 around the vertical axis to thereby spread the powder in the circumferential direction of the groove 3. Shake 4 At this time, the large curvature portion 106 or the small curvature portion 107 of the lifting cam 104 is brought into contact with the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93 of the transmission arm member 86, and the wide cut plate 7A and the narrow cut plate 7B are separated from each other in the scraping portion. By setting it as the attitude | position Y, the scraping part is spaced apart from the groove bottom face 3a (for example, refer FIG. 5).

  (A), (b), (c), and (d) of FIG. 8 are schematic plan views in the middle of cutting out the first, second, third, and fourth packages in the extraction of powder 4 respectively. . 9A is a schematic front view in the middle of the cutting operation for the first package, FIG. 9B is a schematic front view in the middle of the cutting operation for the second package, and FIG. 9C is a cut out of the second package to the third package. (D) is a schematic front view before cutting out the third package, and (e) is a schematic front view in the middle of the cutting operation of the fourth package.

Next, based on the number of packages input to the number-of-packaging input means 111, when the number of packages is, for example, 21 packages to 45 packages, for the first package, the wide cutting plate 7A in the scraping part, The powder 4 is cut out using the narrow cut-out plate 7B among the wide cut-out plates 7B.
That is, if necessary, the rotation drive motor 87 is driven to rotate (rotate) the rotation transmission shaft 40, so that the narrow cutout plate 7 </ b> B is radially inward of the turntable 2 on the downstream side in the cutout direction. The lifting / lowering motor 104 is driven and the lifting / lowering cam 104 is rotated around the lifting / lowering horizontal shaft 103 to lower the scraping portion.

By doing in this way, the partition plate 6 can dam the powder 4 in the circumferential direction. Subsequently, the rotational drive motor 87 is driven to rotate the scraping portion around the rotation transmission shaft 40, so that the powder 4 in the region partitioned in the circumferential direction by the partition plate 6 and the cover 9 becomes the narrow cutout plate 7B. Is cut out radially outward of the turntable 2 as an amount of powder 4 according to the width (see FIG. 9A).
The powder 4 cut out in this way is taken as the first package.

  By the way, when the powder 4 is cut out by the narrow cutout plate 7B, a cover 9 is provided adjacent to the upstream side of the narrow cutout plate 7B, and this rotates when cutting out, so that the narrow cutout plate 7B The powder 4 remains in a streak pattern on the groove bottom surface 3a along the upstream locus (indicated by a broken line a1 in FIG. 8A).

  Therefore, as the operation of the second parcel that is the next cut-out, as shown in FIG. 8B, the narrow cut-out plate 7B and the wide cut-out plate 7A whose downstream side positions are matched are cut out. In this manner, the powder 4 remaining in the stripe shape is scraped off at the tip of the wide cut-out plate 7A including the powder 4 remaining in the shape of the stripe after finishing the cutting of the powder 4 in the first package. This is cut out as a second package (see FIG. 9B).

  Similarly, during the cutting operation by the wide cut-out plate 7A to cut out the powder 4 of the second package, the powder 4 is striped on the groove bottom surface 3a along the upstream trajectory of the wide cut-out plate 7A by the rotation of the cover 8. It will remain (indicated by a broken line b1 in FIG. 8B).

  (C) of FIG. 8 is an explanation of the cutting operation of the third package, but since the powder 4 is cut out using the wide cutting plate 7A, there is no powder 4 below the scraping portion. For this reason, it is necessary to send the powder 4 downstream by rotating (turning) the rotary table 2 around the vertical axis by an angle corresponding to the number of packages. Here, in cutting out the powder 4 of the first and second packages, the powder 4 is caught between the outer peripheral portion of the partition plate 6 (the radially outer end 18 of the weir body 11) and the groove bottom surface 3a. In addition, the outer peripheral portion of the partition plate 6 is in close contact with the groove bottom surface 3a. When the rotary table 2 is rotated around the vertical axis in this state, the partition plate 6 vibrates finely.

  Therefore, when the rotary table 2 is rotated about the vertical axis for the next packaging (in this case, when the second package is cut out and the third package is cut out), the control means 112 is used for rotational driving. Immediately after the motor 87 detects a drive amount that has just finished the previous cutting operation or immediately before rotating the rotary table 2, it outputs a drive signal to the drive unit of the lifting motor 102.

By doing so, the large curvature portion 106 or the small curvature portion 107 of the elevating cam 104 comes into contact with the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93 from the cutting posture X of the wide cutting plate 7A and the narrow cutting plate 7B to be in the separation posture Y. (See FIG. 9 (c)).
In the separation posture Y, the partition plate 6 is also separated from the groove bottom surface 3a. Therefore, even if the rotary table 2 is rotated around the vertical axis, no friction occurs between the partition plate 6 and the groove bottom surface 3a of the rotary table 2. The plate 6 is not vibrated finely, and the powder 4 is not rubbed between the partition plate 6 and the groove bottom surface 3a.
Then, the control means 112 outputs a drive signal to the drive unit of the drive motor, and when the control means 112 detects that the rotary table 2 has rotated around the vertical axis by an angle corresponding to the set number of packages, the control means 112 112 outputs a stop signal to the drive unit of the drive motor.

Subsequently, the control unit 112 outputs a drive signal to the drive unit of the lifting motor 102 in order to set the wide cut plate 7A or the narrow cut plate 7B to the cutting posture X (see FIG. 9D), The elevating horizontal shaft 103 is rotated until the flat portion 105 of the elevating cam 104 faces the lower surface 86c of the side plate 93 below. And the control means 112 outputs a drive signal to the motor 87 for rotation drive, rotates the rotation transmission shaft 40, and cuts out the powder 4 with the wide cut-out plate 7A. At this time, the third package is cut out by tracing the powder 4 remaining in a streak pattern by the second package cutting operation (see FIG. 8C).
Accordingly, the powder 4 remaining in a streak shape is removed by the cutting operation of the second package.

  Even when the third package to the fourth package are cut out, the control is performed immediately after detecting the driving amount of the rotary drive motor 87 that has just finished the third package cutting operation or immediately before the rotary table 2 is rotated. The means 112 outputs a drive signal to the drive unit of the lifting motor 102 to raise the scraping unit from the groove bottom surface 3a. Thereby, the partition plate 6 does not vibrate finely, and a smooth packaging operation can be performed.

  When the rotary table 2 rotates about the vertical axis by an angle corresponding to the number of packages, the control unit 112 outputs a drive signal to the drive unit of the lifting motor 102 so as to lower the scraping unit, and FIG. As shown in Fig. 8 (d), the scraping part is lowered as shown in Fig. 8 (d), and the streak powder 4 (shown by the broken line c1 in Fig. 8 (c)) generated by the cutting operation of the third packet is shown. It is removed from the groove bottom surface 3a.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the wide cut plate 7A and the narrow cut plate 7B which are narrower than the wide cut plate 7A are provided as the cut members. The powder 4 is cut out by the plate 7B, and then, the striped powder 4 generated by the previous cutting operation is removed by the wide cutting plate 7A, and the amount of the powder 4 corresponding to the cutting amount of the powder 4 by the narrow cutting plate 7B is removed. Cutting out can be performed by the wide cutting plate 7A.

  The amount of the first powder 4 to be cut out can be determined by rotating the rotary table 2 around the vertical axis while storing the powder 4 on the downstream side of the partition plate 6 and storing it. The amount of the powder 4 for cutting out can be adjusted by the rotation angle of the turntable 2, so that even if the circumferential length of the groove 3 is determined, the first package is narrowed by the narrow cutout plate 7B. By cutting out, a large number of packages can be easily performed, and the degree of freedom in adjusting the package amount of the powder 4 can be increased.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the scraping part is lifted from the groove bottom surface 3a immediately before the turntable 2 is rotated around the vertical axis for the next packing operation. The phenomenon that the partition plate 6 vibrates finely due to rubbing can be eliminated.
In addition, the raising amount at the time of raising a scraping part from the groove bottom face 3a is not specifically limited, The partition plate 6 and the groove bottom face 3a should just not rub.

  In the above embodiment, the groove has been described with the configuration of the annular groove, but the present invention is not limited to this, and even if the groove has a linear configuration or a configuration close to this, the powder is moved by moving the portion where the groove is provided. In a packaging device that cuts particles in the direction perpendicular to the groove, the powder or powder on the groove is intermittently moved from the upstream side to the downstream side to sequentially cut the particles. Can be applied to packaging equipment.

The top view which shows schematic structure of the packaging apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention Similarly, the main part enlarged plan sectional view Same main part front view Similarly, (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view, and (c) is a bottom view of a wide cut plate. Similarly, a front view mainly using a rotary drive unit Similarly, (a) is a front view in which the scraping portion is lifted from the groove bottom surface, and (b) is a front view in which the scraping portion is in contact with the groove bottom surface. Control block diagram Similarly (a) (b) (c) (d) is a plan view for explaining the cutting method Similarly, (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are front views for explaining the cutting method.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Packaging apparatus, 2 ... Rotary table, 3 ... Groove, 3a ... Groove bottom surface, 4 ... Powder, 5 ... Scraping device, 6 ... Partition plate, 7A ... Wide cut plate, 7B ... Narrow cut plate, 9 ... Cover: 21 ... Cut-out plate body, 22 ... Elastic blade, 40 ... Rotation transmission shaft, 50 ... Drive transmission mechanism, 63 ... Tip plate portion, 64 ... Base plate portion, 65 ... Elastic blade, 66 ... Covering portion, 70 ... Support recess, 79 ... driven pulley, 80 ... drive device, 81 ... cleaning device, 85 ... rotation drive unit, 86 ... transmission arm member, 87 ... motor for rotation drive, 88 ... motor shaft, 90 ... worm gear, 91 ... center of rotation Shaft, 92 ... Rotating gear, 94 ... Drive pulley, 100 ... Elevating device, 102 ... Elevating motor, 103 ... Elevating horizontal axis, 104 ... Elevating cam, 105 ... Planar portion, 106 ... Large curvature portion, 107 ... Small curvature part, 110 ... angle sensor, 11 ... number of packets input means, 112 ... control unit, V ... transmission belt, X ... cut position, Y ... remote position

Claims (6)

  The granular material on the groove is intermittently sent from the upstream side to the downstream side of the groove, and when the feeding of the granular material is stopped, the wider cutting member and the wider cutting member are compared with the wide cutting member. It is a packaging method in which any of the cut-out members are slidably contacted in the direction intersecting the groove to cut out and divide the granular material, and the first granular material uses a narrow-width cut-out member A packaging method characterized by cutting out.   When cutting out the granular material immediately after cutting out the granular material using the narrow cut-out member, using the wide cut-out member, cut out within the range including the locus on the groove of the narrow cut-out member The packaging method according to claim 1.   The groove is provided in a rotating table and is formed in an annular shape, and the granular material on the groove is sent from the upstream side to the downstream side by intermittently rotating the table, and the cutting of the granular material is performed in the radial direction of the groove. The packaging method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the packaging is performed sequentially outward.   4. The component according to claim 3, wherein when the first granular material is cut out, the granular material on the groove is dammed by a partition member provided adjacent to the downstream side of the narrow cutting member. Packaging method. A rotary table having an annular groove formed on the upper surface and rotatable about the vertical axis, and rotating around the horizontal axis, which is the center of curvature of the annular groove, scrapes powder particles on the annular groove and rotates the rotation. A cutting member for cutting out in the radial direction of the table, and a disk-like partitioning member that is arranged in parallel to the cutting member on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotary table and partitions the granular material in the circumferential direction. A packaging device for sequentially packaging powder particles cut by rotation around a horizontal axis of a member,
The cut-out member includes a narrow-cut member that is narrow in the circumferential direction and a wide-cut member that is wider in the circumferential direction than the narrow-cut member. The narrow-cut member and the wide-cut member are The contact area to the annular groove of the wide cut-out member is provided so as to include the contact end portion on the upstream side in the rotation direction of the rotary table in the narrow cut-out member. Characteristic packaging device.   6. The packaging device according to claim 5, wherein the narrow cut-out member and the wide cut-out member are juxtaposed in contact with the side surface of the partition member on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotary table.

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