JP2013081930A - Agitator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the enlargement of an agitator and to lengthen the life of a deflection holding part, when an agitator shaft supported by a bearing is made to perform a so-called swing motion.SOLUTION: An agitator 1 includes: a container body 2 that has a shaft insertion entrance 7; the agitator shaft 10 that is inserted to the shaft insertion entrance 7; a bearing 12 that supports the agitator shaft 10; a driving device 13 that makes the agitator shaft 10 perform the swing motion with a bearing center C of the bearing 12 as fulcrum; and the deformable deflection holding part 17 that has a hollow space 18 in which the agitator shaft 10 is inserted, is fixed to the container body 2 in one end part, is fixed to the agitator shaft 10 in the other end part, and can deflect according to the swing motion. The distance of the agitator shaft 10 from the bearing center C of the bearing 12 to the other end part of the deflection holding part 17 is shorter than the distance of the agitator shaft 10 from the bearing center C of the bearing 12 to the driving device 13.

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a stirring device used for stirring processing such as mixing, dissolution, crystallization, concentration, slurry suspension and gas-liquid contact of a liquid or slurry in a production process in the pharmaceutical and chemical fields. In particular, the present invention relates to an agitation device that causes the agitation shaft to perform a so-called swinging motion (also referred to as a miso motion, a roasted wood motion or a precession motion).

  There is a type of stirring device that stirs a substance in a container by causing a stirring shaft to perform a so-called swinging motion (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). In this type of agitation device, the agitation shaft is not actively rotated, so that a precisely configured shaft sealing device is not required. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, this type of stirring device is referred to as a “non-sliding stirring device” in view of the advantage that sliding between the rotating stirring shaft and the shaft seal device can be eliminated.

  As shown in Patent Document 1, a conventional non-sliding type stirring device is formed on a schematic center line of a container and a shaft insertion port through which a stirring shaft is inserted. And a bending holding part fixed to the stirring shaft. The axis of the stirring shaft is inclined with respect to the center line of the container. A stirring blade is provided at the inner end of the stirring shaft, and an actuator is connected to the outer end of the stirring shaft.

  When the actuator is operated, the outer end of the stirring shaft is moved in a circular motion so as to draw a circumference on a plane perpendicular to the center line of the container. When the circular motion is performed, the agitation shaft performs a swing motion with the intermediate portion in the axial direction as a fulcrum. That is, the agitation shaft moves so as to stroke the side surface of the cone having the fulcrum as a vertex and the axis of its own as a generating line. The stirring blade is rotated in the container following this movement of the stirring shaft, whereby the substance in the container is stirred. The bending holding part can be bent and deformed according to the swinging motion of the stirring shaft. Thereby, the swinging motion of the stirring shaft is allowed. In the conventional non-sliding type stirring device, a bellows having both ends opened is often applied to the bending holding portion, and the stirring shaft is inserted through the bellows.

  As shown in Patent Document 2, a non-sliding stirring device may include a spherical bearing. The bearing center of the spherical bearing is arranged so as to coincide with the intersection of the center line of the container and the axis of the stirring shaft. When the spherical bearing is provided in this manner, the fulcrum of the swing motion is not easily displaced from the center of the bearing, and the behavior of the stirring shaft is stabilized.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-115532 JP-A-48-27357

  If a spherical bearing is not provided as in the non-sliding type stirring device of Patent Document 1, the position of the fulcrum of the swing motion is not stable. In addition, because the position of the fulcrum is inside the container, it cannot withstand corrosive atmosphere where wear powder due to shaft contact is mixed in the container, and the mechanical strength of bellows and diaphragm as a means to seal the pressure in the container There are problems such as short life.

Further, in the non-sliding type stirring device of Patent Document 2, the spherical bearing is disposed outside the container, but is separated from the portion of the stirring shaft that is fixed to the bending holding portion. For this reason, the said fixed part performs remarkable circular motion, and draws a big circumference on the plane orthogonal to the center line of the container. Furthermore, since the upper part of the bending holding part is in a horizontal circular motion, it is considered that the agitation shaft and the bending holding part are not integral and a joint is necessary for the fixed part. In order to seal the inside of the container at the contact point, it is considered that an additional sealing member is required. And the bending holding | maintenance part must be largely bent in order to accept | permit this circular motion. Therefore, a large bellows is required at the location where the stirrer is provided with the bending holding portion, and it has been difficult to stably operate in terms of pressure resistance and durability.

  Therefore, the present invention aims to suppress the increase in the size of the stirring device and extend the life of the bending holding portion when the stirring shaft supported by the bearing performs a so-called swing motion.

  The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, a container body having a shaft insertion port, a stirring shaft inserted into the shaft insertion port, a bearing portion supporting the stirring shaft, and the stirring shaft. A drive device for performing a swing motion with the bearing center of the bearing portion as a fulcrum, and a hollow space through which the agitation shaft is inserted, fixed to the container body at one end, and A bending holding portion fixed to the stirring shaft and capable of bending and deforming according to the swing motion, and the stirring shaft extending from the bearing center of the bearing portion to the other end portion of the bending holding portion. The distance is shorter than the distance of the stirring shaft from the bearing center of the bearing portion to the driving device.

  According to the above configuration, the other end portion of the bending holding portion is required to bend and deform following the swinging motion of the stirring shaft. From the bearing center of the stirring shaft to the other end portion of the bending holding portion. The distance of the stirring shaft is shorter than the distance to the driving device. For this reason, the circular motion of the stirring shaft is reduced in the portion fixed to the bending holding portion. Therefore, while the stirring shaft performs the swing motion, the amount of bending deformation of the bending holding portion can be reduced, and the repeated load acting on the bending holding portion can be reduced. Therefore, the location where the bending holding part is disposed can be made compact, and the life of the bending holding part can be extended.

  The stirring shaft has a flange projecting in a radial direction and coupled to the other end portion of the bending holding portion, and the hollow space of the bending holding portion communicates with the internal space of the container body at the one end portion. And the distance between the bearing center of the bearing portion and the surface formed by the other end portion of the bending holding portion is equal to or less than the length of the inner diameter of the bending holding portion. As described above, the bearing portion may be installed.

  According to the said structure, since the distance of a bearing part and the bending | flexion holding | maintenance part edge part is below the internal diameter of a bending | flexion holding | maintenance part, the deformation amount of a bending | flexion holding part can be made small suitably.

  The bearing portion may be installed such that a distance between the bearing center of the bearing portion and the center of the bending holding portion is equal to or less than a length of an inner diameter of the bending holding portion.

  According to the above configuration, since the bearing center serving as a fulcrum of the swing motion is disposed near the center of the bending holding portion, it is possible to suppress the distortion of the entire bending holding portion and improve the durability of the bending holding portion. be able to.

  At least a part of the bearing portion may be arranged so as to overlap or contact the flange.

  According to the above configuration, since the bearing portion is arranged so as to overlap or contact the flange that closes the hollow space of the bending holding portion at the other end portion, the bearing center is located at the other end portion of the bending holding portion. Can be suitably approached. Therefore, the amount of bending deformation of the bending holding portion can be suitably reduced.

  The bending holding portion has a second end opening that opens the hollow space at the other end, and the stirring shaft has a flange that protrudes in a radial direction and is coupled to the other end of the bending holding portion. And the said flange has a recessed part which penetrates in the said hollow space through the said other end opening, and at least one part of the said bearing part may be accommodated in the said recessed part.

  According to the above configuration, the other end opening is closed by the flange. Since the bearing portion is arranged on the side opposite to the one end portion of the bending holding portion when viewed from the flange, dust generated in the bearing portion and lubricant supplied to the bearing portion are mixed into the substance in the container. Can be prevented. If the other end of the bending holding portion is arranged so as to overlap the center of the bearing, the circular motion of the other end of the bending holding portion is minimized, so that the bearing center and the other end of the bending holding portion are as much as possible. By making these close, it is possible to suitably reduce the deformation in the circumferential direction and the vertical direction of the bending holding portion. According to the above configuration, at least a part of the bearing portion is accommodated in the concave portion that has entered the hollow space, so that the bearing portion is easily overlapped with the other side portion of the bending holding portion in a side sectional view. Therefore, the center of the bearing can be brought close to the other side portion of the bending holding portion, and the bending holding portion and the bearing portion are compact in the axial direction of the stirring shaft as a whole.

  The drive device includes an actuator and a rotating member that is rotationally driven by the actuator, the rotating member includes a shaft fixing hole into which an end of the stirring shaft is fitted, and a central axis of the shaft fixing hole May be inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the rotating member, and the center axis of the shaft fixing hole and the rotation axis of the rotating member may pass through the bearing center.

  According to the above configuration, the central axis of the shaft fixing hole coincides with the axis of the stirring shaft. Thereby, if the stirring shaft is fitted into the rotating member, the swinging motion of the stirring shaft can be realized.

  The shaft insertion port is formed in an upper portion of the container body, the one end of the bending holding portion is a lower end portion of the bending holding portion, and the other end portion of the bending holding portion is an upper end portion of the bending holding portion. The lower end portion of the bending holding portion is connected from the outside to the upper portion of the container body so that the shaft insertion port communicates with the hollow space, and the stirring shaft is connected to the hollow space from the bearing portion. And a lower portion that sequentially passes through the shaft insertion port and reaches the inside of the container body, and an upper portion that extends substantially upward from the bearing portion and is connected to the driving device, and when the driving device operates, The lower part may perform a swing motion with the bearing center as a fulcrum.

  According to the said structure, a bending holding part and a bearing part are arrange | positioned above a shaft insertion port, and are arrange | positioned outside a container main body. Therefore, the bending holding portion and the bearing portion can be easily assembled. Further, the distance from the bearing center to the lower end portion of the stirring shaft can be increased, and the radius of the circular motion at the lower end portion of the stirring shaft can be easily increased.

  The bending holding part may have a cylindrical part made of an elastic body and forming the hollow space.

  According to the said structure, since the cylindrical part which forms a hollow space consists of an elastic body, a bending holding part can follow a swinging motion of a stirring shaft favorably, and can be favorably bent and deformed.

  The said cylindrical part may have 1-3 steps | paragraphs of bulging parts which bulged in the radial direction partially.

  According to the said structure, since it has a bulging part, the amount of bending deformation of a bending holding part can be enlarged. In addition, since the cylindrical part is an elastic body and the amount of bending deformation of the bending holding part can be reduced as described above, the oscillating part of the stirring shaft can also follow the swinging movement of the stirring shaft only by 1 to 3 steps. Deformation of the bending holding part can be realized.

  The bearing center of the bearing portion may be disposed in a height range between the uppermost end and the lowermost end of the bulging portion.

  According to the above configuration, the bearing center serving as the fulcrum of the swing motion is disposed near the bulging portion that is easily deformed, the stress concentration in the bent portion of the base of the bulging portion is alleviated, and the entire bending holding portion Makes it easier to absorb movement. Thereby, durability of the bending holding part is improved.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, when the stirring shaft supported by the bearing performs a so-called swinging motion, an increase in the size of the stirring device is suppressed, and the life of the bending holding portion is extended. Can do.

It is side sectional drawing of the stirring apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a partial sectional side view of the stirring apparatus shown in FIG. It is a sectional side view which shows the bending holding part and bearing part which are shown in FIG. It is a sectional side view which shows the bending holding part and bearing part which concern on a modification. It is a partial sectional side view of the stirring apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows the bending holding part and bearing part of the stirring apparatus which concern on 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element which is the same or it corresponds through all the figures, and the detailed description which overlaps is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a stirring device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A stirrer 1 shown in FIG. 1 is mainly used for stirring processes such as mixing, dissolution, crystallization, concentration, slurry suspension, and gas-liquid contact in a production process in the pharmaceutical and chemical fields. The container body 2 of the stirring device 1 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and the axis A of the container body 2 is directed in the vertical direction. The container body 2 has a mirror-shaped or dish-shaped upper wall 3 and a bottom wall 4. The upper wall 3 is provided with a nozzle 6 such as a raw material input into the internal space 5 of the container body 2, a light window and a manhole, and a shaft insertion port 7 through which the stirring shaft 10 is inserted. The bottom wall 4 is formed with a discharge port 8 for discharging a product obtained by stirring using the stirring shaft 10 from the internal space 5. An outer jacket 9 is joined to the outer surface of the container body 2, and the temperature of the inner space 5 can be managed by circulating a cooling medium between the inner surface of the outer jacket 9 and the outer surface of the container body 2. .

  The shaft insertion port 7 is formed in a substantially circular shape in plan view, and the center line of the shaft insertion port 7 coincides with the axis A of the container body 2. A housing 11 is provided above the shaft insertion opening 7. The housing 11 is fixed to the container body 2, has a substantially cylindrical appearance, and accommodates a portion of the stirring shaft 10 that protrudes upward through the shaft insertion port 7. The axis of the housing 11 coincides with the axis A of the container body 2.

  The housing 11 also houses a bearing portion 12 that supports the stirring shaft 10. The axis B of the stirring shaft 10 intersects the axis A of the container body 2 at the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12 and is inclined with respect to the axis A of the container body 2. In the following description, a portion of the stirring shaft 10 above the bearing center C is referred to as “upper portion 10a”, and a portion below the bearing center C is referred to as “lower portion 10b”.

  A driving device 13 is attached to the upper surface of the housing 11. The driving device 13 includes an actuator 14 such as an electric motor, and a rotating member 15 that can rotate on the inner upper portion of the housing 11. The rotating member 15 has an output shaft 15a and a protruding portion 15b protruding in the radial direction from the output shaft 15a, and the upper end portion of the stirring shaft 10 is fixed to the lower surface side of the protruding portion 15b. In the present embodiment, the axis of the output shaft 15 a becomes the rotation axis of the rotating member 15, but coincides with the axis A of the container body 2. However, the rotation axis of the rotating member 15 may not coincide with the axis A of the container body 2. For example, the stirring shaft 10 is inserted through an opening (for example, the nozzle 6) eccentric from the axis A of the container body 2. It may be.

When the actuator 14 operates, the rotating member 15 is rotationally driven around the axis of the output shaft 15a, and the projecting portion 15b goes around. Accordingly, the upper end portion of the stirring shaft 10 performs a circular motion so as to draw a circumference around the axis A on a plane orthogonal to the axis A of the container body 2. Then, the upper part 10a and the lower part 10b of the stirring shaft 10 perform a so-called swinging motion with the bearing center C of the bearing part 12 as a fulcrum. That is, the upper portion 10a of the stirring shaft 10 moves so as to stroke the side of the inverted cone having the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12 as the apex and the axis B of the stirring shaft 10 as a generating line. It moves so that the side surface of the cone having the bearing center C of the portion 12 as the apex and the axis B of the stirring shaft 10 as a generating line is stroked. The cone virtually drawn by the lower part 10b is similar to the inverted cone virtually drawn by the upper part 10a.

  A stirring blade 16 is provided at the lower end of the stirring shaft 10, and the stirring blade 16 is accommodated in the internal space 5. When the stirring shaft 10 swings, the stirring blade 16 moves following the swing motion, and the substance in the internal space 5 is stirred. The stirring blade 16 may be a paddle blade or an oval shaft. Although there is no particular limitation, the lower end position of the stirring shaft 10 on the axis B is arranged so as to swing about half of the tank diameter, and it is easy to put in and out from the shaft insertion port 7 in consideration of maintenance. It is preferable.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 17 denotes a bending holding portion. The bending holding part 17 has a hollow space 18 through which the stirring shaft 10 is inserted. Moreover, the bending holding part 17 is fixed to the container main body 2 at one end (the lower end in the present embodiment), and is fixed to the stirring shaft 10 at the other end (the upper end in the present embodiment). The bending holding portion 17 can be bent and deformed according to the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10. Thereby, the stirring shaft 10 is favorably held by the container body 2 while allowing the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10 to be allowed.

  FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the stirring device 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 11 includes a lower housing 20 and an upper housing 30 stacked on the lower housing 20. The lower housing 20 includes a support member 21 extending in the vertical direction, a base 22 provided at the lower end of the support member 21, a flange 23 provided at the upper end of the support member 21, and an interior defined inside the support member 21. Region 24. The base 22 and the flange 23 protrude outside the support material 21. Similar to the lower housing 20, the upper housing 30 also has a support material 31, a flange 32, a base 33, and an internal region 34. The support members 21 and 31 may be formed of a cylindrical body, or may be formed of a plurality of steel materials arranged at intervals, and a steel angle material is applied to the steel materials. May be.

  In the present embodiment, the base 22 of the lower housing 20 is fastened to the mount portion 2 a that protrudes upward from the outer surface of the container body 2. The flange 32 of the upper housing 30 is installed on the flange 23 of the lower housing 20 and fastened to the flange 23. The driving device 13 is installed on the base 33 of the upper housing 30 and supported by the base 33. The flange 32 of the upper housing 30 and the flange 23 of the lower housing 20 constitute an intermediate flange 29 interposed between the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20 and the inner region 34 of the upper housing 30.

  The rotating member 15 is provided through the base 33 of the upper housing 30 and enters the inner region 34 of the upper housing 30. The bearing portion 12 is attached to the flange 32 (intermediate flange 29) of the upper housing 30. The bending holding portion 17 is provided so as to penetrate the base 23 of the lower housing 20 and enters the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20.

  The stirring shaft 10 passes from the inner region 34 of the upper housing 30 through the bearing portion 12, the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20, the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17, and the shaft insertion port 7, and the inner space 5 of the container body 2. Has reached. The upper portion 10 a of the stirring shaft 10 extends substantially upward from the bearing portion 12, is fitted into the protruding portion 15 b of the rotating member 15, and is accommodated in the internal space 34. The lower portion 10 b of the stirring shaft 10 extends substantially downward from the bearing portion 12, passes through the internal space 24, the hollow space 18, and the shaft insertion port 7 and reaches the internal space 5. Hereinafter, the structure and arrangement of the bending holding portion 17 and the bearing portion 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the structures of the bending holding portion 17 and the bearing portion 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the bending holding part 17 includes a cylindrical part 41 made of an elastic body, an end flange 42 provided at one end part (lower end part in the present embodiment) of the cylindrical part 41, and a cylindrical part. 41, and the other end flange 43 provided at the other end portion (the upper end portion in the present embodiment). The cylindrical portion 41 has a surface layer 44, an intermediate layer 45, and an inner surface layer 46 from the outside, and these three layers 44 to 46 are in close contact with each other in the plate thickness direction of the cylindrical portion 41. The surface layer 44 and the intermediate layer 45 are made of, for example, ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM), but other rubber materials may be used, and the third component of the surface layer 44 may be different from the third component of the intermediate layer 45. . The rubber material does not necessarily have to be two layers, and may be a single layer. The inner surface layer 46 is made of a material having excellent chemical resistance such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The one end flange 42 and the other end flange 43 are made of, for example, a rolled steel material for general structure.

  The cylindrical part 41 has a substantially cylindrical basic shape and forms a hollow space 18 with both ends open. The one end flange 42 and the other end flange 43 are formed in a disc shape having circular holes 42 a and 43 a in the center, and are arranged apart from each other in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion 41. The lower end portion of the tubular portion 41 passes through the circular hole 42a of the one end flange 42 and then is folded back to the end surface of the one end flange 42 so as to be in contact with the end surface. The upper end portion of the cylindrical portion 41 is also folded back to the end face of the other end flange 43 after passing through the circular hole 43a of the other end flange 43 and is in contact with the end face. Thus, the cylindrical portion 41 has a pair of projecting portions 47 and 48 projecting radially outward at one end and the other end, and each projecting portion 47 and 48 has a corresponding flange 42 and 43. It is in contact with the end face of. The projecting portion 47 on one end side defines a circular one end opening 18a that opens one end of the hollow space 18 (lower end in the present embodiment), and the projecting portion 48 on the other end side is the other end of the hollow space 18 ( In the present embodiment, a circular other end opening 18b that opens the upper end) is defined. In the present embodiment, the projecting portions 47 and 48 are constituted by three layers of the surface layer 44, the intermediate layer 45 and the inner surface layer 46, and the inner surface layer 46 is exposed to the outside, but the layers constituting the projecting portions 47 and 48. The number of can be changed as appropriate. The protrusions 47 and 48 are attached to the corresponding flanges 42 and 43 so that the surface of the layer exposed to the outside (in this embodiment, the inner surface layer 46) is located outside the end surfaces of the corresponding flanges 42 and 43. Is done.

  The cylindrical portion 41 has a bulging portion 49 that bulges in the radial direction at the axial intermediate portion. The bulging portion 49 has a substantially U-shaped cross section. In the present embodiment, the one-stage bulging portion 49 is provided in the cylindrical portion 41, but the two-stage or three-stage bulging portion 49 is provided so as to be aligned in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion 41. May be.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the one end flange 42 is installed on the upper end of the shaft insertion opening 7 from above. An attachment flange 51 is attached to the shaft insertion port 7, and the one end flange 42 is coupled to the attachment flange 51 using a bolt that is inserted on the radially outer side of the protrusion 47. Thereby, the one end part (lower end part in this embodiment) of the bending holding part 17 is fixed with respect to the container main body 2. FIG.

  The base 22 of the lower housing 20 is disposed above the upper end of the shaft insertion port 7. The bending holding portion 17 extends upward from the upper end of the shaft insertion port 7, penetrates the base 22 of the lower housing 20, and enters the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20. Further, when the bending holding portion 17 is fixed as described above, the shaft insertion port 7 is connected to the one end opening 18a, and as a result, the internal space 5 of the container body 2 is bent through the shaft insertion port 7 and the one end opening 18a. It communicates with the hollow space 18 of the holding part 17. The housing 11 may have any shape as long as the intermediate flange 29 to which the bearing portion 12 is attached is disposed outside the container body 2 and is fixed to the container body 2, and the drive device 13 can be fixed. Or any combination of components.

A flange 54 is welded to the lower portion 10 b of the stirring shaft 10. The flange 54 is accommodated in the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20 and protrudes in the radial direction from the stirring shaft 10. The flange 54 is installed on the end surface of the other end flange 43 at the outer peripheral portion in the radial direction from above, and is coupled to the other end flange 43 using a bolt inserted through the outer peripheral side in the radial direction from the projecting portion 48.
Thereby, the other end part (upper end part in this embodiment) of the bending holding part 17 fixes the stirring shaft 10 via the flange 54. Note that reference numeral 53 is a joint for connecting two parts divided when the stirring shaft 10 is configured to be vertically splittable, and the stirring shaft 10 is integrated from the upper end to the lower end. Can omit the joint 53 (see FIG. 4).

  When the one end flange 42 is coupled to the mounting flange 51, the protruding portion 47 is pressed in the vertical direction according to the bolt tightening torque. Thereby, the shaft insertion port 7 and the hollow space 18 are sealed from the outside of the container body 2. Further, when the flange 54 is coupled to the other end flange 43, the protrusion 48 is pressed in the vertical direction according to the bolt tightening torque. Thereby, the bending holding part 17 seals the container main body 2. Thus, the flange 54 closes the other end opening 18b of the bending holding portion 17 in cooperation with the projecting portion 48, whereby the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17 and the inner space 5 of the container body 2 are thereby closed. Sealed.

  Returning to FIG. 3, a sliding spherical bearing is applied to the bearing portion 12 according to the present embodiment. The bearing portion 12 is provided on the stirring shaft 10 and holds an inner ball (inner ring) 61 having a spherical surface, an outer race (outer ring) 62 having a concave spherical surface and slidably receiving the inner ring 61, and the outer ring 62. Holder 63 to be used. The holder 63 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is arranged so that the center line thereof coincides with the axis A of the container body 2. The center line of the holder 63 may be eccentric with respect to the axis A of the container body 2. A bearing retainer 64 is provided at the upper end of the holder 63, and the bearing retainer 64 is installed from above on the flange 32 of the upper housing 30 and fastened to the flange 32. Thereby, it can suppress that the holder 63 and the inner ring | wheel 61 and the outer ring | wheel 62 which are accommodated in this shift in the up-down direction with respect to the container main body 2. The center of the spherical surface of the inner ring 61 is the bearing center C.

  As described above, the bearing portion 12 is attached to the flange 32 (intermediate flange 29) of the upper housing 30. That is, the bearing portion 12 is disposed in a space isolated from the internal space 5 of the container body 2. Therefore, it is possible to suitably prevent dust generated in the bearing portion 12 and the lubricant supplied to the bearing portion 12 from entering the internal space 5 of the container body 2 and mixing into the substance in the internal space 5.

  In the present embodiment, the joint 53 is disposed below the inner ring 61 constituting the bearing portion 12 and is accommodated in the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17. The flange 54 has a concave portion 57 that enters the hollow space 18 through the other end opening 18b in the radially inner peripheral portion thereof.

  On the other hand, the holder 63 enters the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20. Further, the holder 63 also enters the recess 57 of the flange 54. The outer ring 62 is held on the inner bottom of the holder 63, and the inner ring 61 is received by the outer ring 62. Accordingly, the lower portion of the bearing portion 12 is disposed so as to overlap with the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17 in a side sectional view (see FIG. 2), whereby the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12 is placed on the other end flange 43. The distance in the axial direction of the stirring shaft 10 from the bearing center C to the other end flange 43 is shorter than the distance in the axial direction of the stirring shaft 10 from the bearing center C to the rotating member 15. .

  Returning to FIG. 2, when the rotary member 15 is driven to rotate, the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12 becomes a fulcrum for the swing motion of the lower portion 10 b of the stirring shaft 10. At this time, the lower portion 10b of the stirring shaft 10 has a circumference centered on the axis A on a plane orthogonal to the axis A of the container body 2 (which can be represented by a straight line extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 2). Do a circular motion as you draw.

Since the other end side of the bending holding portion 17 is fixed to the stirring shaft 10, the bending holding portion 17 is greatly bent and deformed following the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10 as compared with the one end portion fixed to the container body 2. Desired. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the bearing center C is close to the other end flange 43 and the distance of the stirring shaft 10 from the bearing center C to the other end flange 43 is relatively short. Therefore, the stirring shaft 10 hardly performs circular motion in the portion fixed to the bending holding portion 17 (that is, the peripheral portion of the flange 54). For this reason, while the stirring shaft 10 performs the swing motion, the amount of bending deformation of the bending holding portion 17 can be reduced, and the repeated load acting on the bending holding portion 17 can be reduced. Therefore, the inner region 24 of the lower housing 20 in which the bending holding portion 17 is disposed can be made compact in the radial direction, and the life of the bending holding portion 17 can be extended.

  In the present embodiment, a recess 57 that enters the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17 is formed on the radially inner peripheral portion of the flange 54 that closes the other end opening 18b (see FIG. 3) of the bending holding portion 17. A lower portion of the bearing portion 12 is accommodated in the concave portion 57. Therefore, the lower portion of the bearing portion 12 is arranged so as to overlap the other end flange 43 in a side sectional view, and the bearing center C is in close proximity to the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17, and the bearing portion 12 and the bending holding portion. 17 is reduced in size in the axial direction of the stirring shaft 10 or in the axial direction of the container body 2 (see FIG. 2).

  The bending holding part 17 is deformed by the bending of the tubular part 41. Since the cylindrical part 41 consists of an elastic body, it can follow the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10 well, and can bend. Moreover, the tubular portion 41 is provided with a bulging portion 49 that partially bulges in the radial direction. When the stirring shaft 10 swings and the other end flange 43 follows this, the bulging portion 49 expands or is crushed in the axial direction, whereby the tubular portion 41 is deformed as a whole. Therefore, the bending holding part 17 can be bent and deformed while suppressing the cylindrical part 41 from expanding or contracting. For this reason, durability of the bending holding | maintenance part 17 improves suitably, accept | permitting the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10. FIG. In the present embodiment, only one bulge portion 49 is provided. Since the cylindrical portion 41 is made of an elastic body and the bending deformation amount of the bending holding portion 17 can be reduced as described above, even if the bulging portion 49 is provided only in one stage, the oscillation of the stirring shaft 10 The bending deformation of the bending holding portion 17 following the movement can be realized.

  The rotating member 15 has a shaft fixing hole 15d having a circular cross section opened to the lower surface 15c of the protruding portion 15b. The lower surface 15c of the protruding portion 15b is inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to the axis A of the container body 2 (that is, the axis of the output shaft 15a), and the axis of the shaft fixing hole 15d is aligned with the axis A of the container body 2. It inclines with respect to the bearing center C. The upper end portion of the stirring shaft 10 is fitted into the shaft fixing hole 15d from below. Then, the upper part 10a of the stirring shaft 10 extends straight from the bearing portion 12 toward the shaft fixing hole 15d, and the axis of the shaft fixing hole 15d coincides with the axis B of the stirring shaft 10. Note that a bearing is provided inside the rotating member 15, and when the bearing is of the self-aligning type, the lower surface 15 c may be inclined from a plane perpendicular to the axis of the output shaft 15 a by an alignable angle. Get better. As described above, in this embodiment, by simplifying the joint and bringing the bearing portion 12 closer to the bending holding portion 17, the inner region of the upper housing 30 can be reduced and the displacement of the bending holding portion 17 is small. An eccentric angle sufficient for stirring can be obtained.

  The shaft insertion port 7 is formed in the upper wall 3 of the container body 2, the one end flange 42 of the bending holding portion 17 forms the lower end portion of the bending holding portion 17, and the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17 is bent and held. The upper end portion of the portion 17 is formed. One end flange 42 of the bending holding portion 17 is connected to the container main body 2 from the outer upper side so that the shaft insertion port 7 communicates with the hollow space 18. That is, the bending holding portion 17 and the bearing portion 12 are disposed above the shaft insertion port 7 and are disposed outside the container body 2. Therefore, compared with the case where the bending holding part 17 and the bearing part 12 are accommodated inside the container main body 2, the bending holding part 17 and the bearing part 12 can be easily assembled.

From the viewpoint of reducing the load on the bending holding portion 17 by suppressing the amount of movement of the bending holding portion 17 in the horizontal direction and the contraction of the protruding portion while sufficiently stirring the workpiece inside the container. And the axis B are preferably 3 degrees or more and 12 degrees or less. Since the liquid height is often about 1 to 1.5 of the tank diameter, if there is no angle of 3 degrees or more, the container becomes unnaturally long and becomes an inefficient stirring device. Further, if a sufficiently large circular orbit is to be formed, it is necessary to wastefully increase the length of the stirring shaft 10. If the angle is not less than 12 degrees, the amount of contraction or horizontal movement of the flexure holding portion 17 increases, and an excessive burden is applied to the flexure holding portion 17 and may be damaged.

  Further, the distance between the center position C of the bearing portion 12 and the surface formed by the upper surface portion (the upper surface portion of the protruding portion 48 or the upper surface portion of the other end flange 43) of the other end portion of the bending holding portion 17 is the bending holding portion 17. It is preferable that the length is equal to or less than the length of the inner diameter. When the inner diameter of the deflection holding portion 17 is large, the allowable amount with respect to the deviation in the horizontal direction increases. On the other hand, when the inner diameter of the deflection holding portion 17 decreases, the tolerance with respect to the deviation in the horizontal direction also decreases. Therefore, by setting the distance between the surface formed by the upper surface portion of the other end of the bending holding portion 17 and the bearing portion 12 to be equal to or less than the length of the inner diameter of the bending holding portion 17 as described above, the size of the bending holding portion 17 is increased. Accordingly, the amount of movement in the horizontal direction can be suppressed.

  As described above, by reducing the amount of movement of the bending holding portion 17 in the horizontal direction, it is possible to reduce the burden on the bending holding portion 17 and to prevent breakage.

  In addition, as a method of reducing the amount of movement of the bending holding portion 17 in the horizontal direction, it can be realized by shortening the distance between the bearing center C and the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17.

  FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the stirring device 201 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the structure of the housing 211. In the second embodiment, the structures and functions of the bearing portion 12 and the bending holding portion 17 are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment. However, the arrangement of the bearing portion 12 and the bending holding portion 17 is different from the first embodiment. To do. Hereinafter, the stirring device 201 according to the second embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the housing 211 has a lower cover 220 and an upper housing 230. The upper housing 230 includes a bearing base 232 fastened to a plurality of support bosses 2 a erected from the container body 2, a support member 231 made of steel and erected from the base 232, and a support member 231. And a drive device base 233 provided at the upper end. The driving device 13 is installed on the base 233 of the upper housing 230. The base 232 of the upper housing 230 constitutes an intermediate flange 229 interposed between the inner region 224 of the lower cover 220 and the inner region 234 of the upper housing 230.

  The rotating member 15 passes through the base 233 of the upper housing 230 and enters the inner region 234 of the upper housing 230. The bearing portion 12 is attached to the base 232 (intermediate flange 229) of the upper housing 230. The one end flange 42 of the bending holding portion 17 is installed on the upper end of the edge portion of the shaft insertion port 7 from above, and is fastened to the edge portion. Thereby, the internal space 5 of the container main body 2 communicates with the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17 through the shaft insertion port 7 and the one end opening 18a. The stirring shaft 10 passes through the inner region 234, the bearing portion 12, the inner region 224, the hollow space 18 and the shaft insertion port 7 and reaches the inner space 5. The axis B of the stirring shaft 10 is inclined to the axis A of the container body 2 and passes through the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12.

  The stirring shaft 10 is provided with a flange 254 protruding in the radial direction. The flange 254 is accommodated in the internal region 224, installed on the other end flange 43 from above, and fastened to the other end flange 43. By this flange 254, the other end opening 18b of the bending holding portion 17 is closed, and the hollow space 18 and thus the internal space 5 of the container body 2 are sealed.

  The bending holding portion 17 and the flange 254 according to the present embodiment are reduced in size in the radial direction as compared with the first embodiment. Therefore, the flange 254 has a sufficient radial dimension to accommodate the bearing portion 12. The recessed part which has is not provided. This is because if the shaft insertion port 7 is enlarged, the bearing portion 12 can be disposed in the bending holding portion 17, but when the dimensions of the stirring tank are changed, the bending holding portion 17 becomes smaller as the overall size is reduced. When the balance with respect to the tank diameter is considered, the bearing portion 12 is more compact when taken into consideration, and the number of nozzles attached to the upper lid 3 can be increased.

  On the other hand, the bearing holder 64 of the bearing portion 12 is installed on the lower end flange 232 of the upper housing 230 from above and fastened to the lower end flange 232. In addition, since the support member 231 of the upper housing 230 is made of a steel material arranged at an interval, the bearing portion 12 can be inserted into the inner region 234 of the upper housing 230 from the side, which is beneficial.

  Although the bearing portion 12 is not overlapped with the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17 in a side sectional view, the bearing portion 12 is disposed in contact with the flange 254 and the stirring shaft 10 in the axial direction. The outer ring 62 is held on the inner bottom of the holder 63, the inner ring 61 is received in the outer ring 62, and the center of the inner ring 61 is the bearing center C of the bearing portion 12. More specifically, in the present embodiment, in a small reaction vessel, the diameter of the flexure holding portion 17 is smaller than that in the first embodiment in proportion to the diameter of the vessel. The shaft diameter does not become extremely small compared to the form. That is, the ratio of the diameter of the stirring shaft 10 to the inner diameter of the bending holding portion 17 is large. The inner ring 61 of the bearing portion 12 protrudes downward from the bottom of the holder 63, and the inner ring 61 avoids interference between the flange 254 welded to the stirring shaft 10 and each part due to bending in the axial direction of the stirring shaft 10. The minimum dimension. Therefore, the bearing center C can be suitably brought close to the other end flange 43 of the bending holding portion 17, and an arrangement that does not exceed the allowable amount of bending without overlapping the bearing portion 12 with the bending holding portion 17 can be achieved.

  FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing a bending holding portion and a bearing portion of a stirring device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the structure and function of the bearing portion 312 and the bending holding portion 17 are substantially the same as the modification of the first embodiment (see FIG. 4), and the arrangement of the bending holding portion 17 is also the first embodiment. This is almost the same as the modified example. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, the arrangement of the bearing portion 312 and the structure of the flange and the concave portion interposed between the stirring shaft 10 and the bending holding portion 17 are different from the above-described embodiment and its modified examples. Hereinafter, the stirring device 301 according to the third embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the above-described embodiment and its modifications.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, the entire bearing portion 312 enters the recess 357 of the flange 354. The bearing center C of the bearing portion 312 is disposed at a deeper location in the hollow space 18 of the bending holding portion 17 than in the embodiment and the modification thereof. However, the bearing center C is opposite to the drive device 13 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) (lower side in the present embodiment) with respect to the other end portion (upper end portion in the present embodiment) of the bending holding portion 17. Is arranged. Therefore, as in the above embodiment, the distance L1 of the stirring shaft 10 from the bearing center C to the other end of the bending holding portion 17 reaches the drive device 13 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) from the bearing center C. Shorter than the distance of the stirring shaft 10 (detailed illustration is omitted). Further, although the bearing portion 312 is disposed at a deeper position in the hollow space 18, the other end portion of the bending holding portion 17 from the bearing center C (the upper end portion in the present embodiment) is similar to the above embodiment. The distance L1 from the surface formed by the is less than or equal to the inner diameter (diameter 2D) of the bending holding portion 17.

  By the way, when the bending holding part 17 is provided with the bulging part 49, since the flexibility of a bending holding part increases, the swinging motion of the stirring shaft 10 is performed smoothly. In this case, the further away the bearing center C is from the bulging portion 49, the greater the swinging of the bulging portion 49. Thereby, distortion of the bulging part 49 or the bent part between the bulging part 49 and the cylindrical part 41 becomes large. For this reason, when the bending holding part 17 is provided with the bulging part 49, it is preferable to perform the swing motion of the stirring shaft 10 so that the distortion of the bulging part 49 becomes as small as possible. In order to realize this, it is preferable that the bearing center C serving as a fulcrum of the swing motion is arranged as close as possible to the bulging portion 49.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the bearing center C of the bearing portion 312 is disposed at a deeper location in the hollow space 18, thereby approaching the bulging portion 49. As the bearing center C is brought closer to the bulging portion 49 in this way, stress concentration at the bent portion of the base of the bulging portion 49 is alleviated, and the entire bending holding portion 17 can easily absorb the movement. Thereby, durability and pressure | voltage resistance of the bending holding part 17 improve.

  In order to embody this, the concave portion 357 of the flange 354 penetrates deep into the hollow space 18 through the other end opening 18 b to the vicinity of the center O of the bending holding portion 17. The center O of the bending holding portion 17 is on the central axis of the bending holding portion 17 and is located exactly in the middle between the one end opening 18a and the other end opening 18b in the axial direction. Since the concave portion 357 penetrates deeply in this way, the welded portion (see the black triangle in FIG. 6) of the stirring shaft 10 and the flange 354 is also arranged near the center C of the bending holding portion 17. The concave portion 357 has a predetermined gap in the radial direction from the bending holding portion 17.

  As in the above embodiment and its modification, the bearing portion 312 includes an inner ring 61 provided on the stirring shaft 10 and having a spherical surface, an outer ring 62 having a concave spherical surface and slidably receiving the inner ring 61, and an outer ring. And a holder 363 for holding 62. The holder 363 is formed in a cylindrical shape and is suspended from the flange 32 of the upper housing 30 toward one end of the bending holding portion 17. The axial length of the holder 363 is longer than that of the above-described embodiment and its modification, and the lower end portion of the holder 363 reaches the vicinity of the center O of the bending holding portion 17, thereby the outer ring received by the holder 363. 62 and the inner ring 61 received by the outer ring 62 are arranged in the vicinity of the center O of the bending holding portion 17. The bearing holder 364 is also long in the axial direction in the same manner as the holder 363, and the outer ring 62 is firmly held by the holder 363 by the bearing holder 364. Thereby, the bearing center C can be brought close to the center O of the bending holding part 17, and the bearing center C can be brought close to the bulging part 49.

  A distance L2 between the bearing center C and the center O of the bending holding portion 17 is equal to or smaller than the inner diameter (diameter 2D) of the bending holding portion 17. In this way, if the bearing center C is close to the center O, the overall distortion of the bending holding portion 17 can be effectively suppressed.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, since the bulging portion 49 is provided at the intermediate portion in the axial direction of the bending holding portion 17, when the bearing center C approaches the center O, the bearing center C approaches the bulging portion 49. In the present embodiment, the bearing center C is disposed between the uppermost end 49a and the lowermost end 49b of the bulging portion 49 in the axial direction. When the bearing center C is brought close to the bulging portion 49 in this manner, distortion of the bulging portion 49 can be effectively suppressed, thereby improving the durability of the bending holding portion including the bulging portion 49. Can do. In the case where two or more bulging parts are arranged in the axial direction, the bearing center C is arranged at the uppermost end of the bulging part arranged at the uppermost position and at the lowest position. What is necessary is just to arrange | position between the lowest end of a bulging part.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the said structure is only an example and can be suitably changed within the scope of the present invention.

  When applying this stirrer to applications that require cleanliness such as corrosion resistance and contamination-free, glass lining should be placed on the inner surface of the container, stirrer blades, stirrer shaft, flanges, etc. Treatment or PTFE lining treatment is preferred. In this case, it is preferable that the flange connected to the other end flange of the bending holding portion and the stirring shaft are integrated, or the joint 53 may be divided. When performing the glass lining process or the PTFE lining process, the inner surface of the bending holding part is made of PTFE, so that the corrosion resistance and the cleanliness in the bending holding part can be suitably secured. On the other hand, when it is made of metal such as SUS, CS, or resin, it is not limited to this, and the structure that can be divided on the inner surface side of the container (on the shaft insertion port side) than the flange portion in the stirring shaft good. In this way, the space in the container can be completely sealed with the flange portion, and the stirring shaft can be divided to facilitate maintenance.

  The present invention suppresses an increase in the size of the stirring device when the so-called swinging motion is performed on the stirring shaft supported by the bearing, and since the shaft does not rotate, a sealed structure can be formed without using a mechanical seal, Achieving an effect that the life of the holding part can be extended, and by making the stirring shaft perform a so-called swinging motion, a stirring device that does not want foreign matter such as mechanical seal wear powder and sealant to enter the product It is beneficial to apply.

1, 201, 301 Stirring device 2 Container body 3 Upper wall 5 Internal space 7 Shaft insertion port 10 Stirring shaft 11, 211 Housing 12, 312 Bearing portion 13 Drive device 14 Actuator 15 Rotating member 15a Output shaft 15b Protruding portion 15c Shaft fixing hole 16 Stirring blades 17 and 117 Deflection holding portions 18 and 118 Internal spaces 18a and 118a One end openings 18b and 118b Other end openings 20 and 220 Lower housings 24 and 224 Internal spaces 29 and 229 Intermediate flanges 30 and 230 Upper housings 34 and 234 Internal spaces 41, 141 Tubular portion 42, 142 One end flange 43, 143 Other end flange 49, 149 Expanded portion 53 Joint 54, 254, 354 Flange 57, 357 Recess 61 Inner ring 62 Outer ring 63, 363 Holder A Axis (container body) axis B (Agitator shaft) axis C Bearing center

Claims (10)

A container body having a shaft insertion port;
A stirring shaft inserted through the shaft insertion port;
A bearing that supports the stirring shaft;
A drive device for causing the agitation shaft to swing around the bearing center of the bearing portion as a fulcrum;
A hollow space through which the agitation shaft is inserted, fixed to the container main body at one end and fixed to the agitation shaft at the other end, and a flexure holding part that can be flexibly deformed according to the swing motion; With
The distance of the stirring shaft from the bearing center of the bearing portion to the other end of the bending holding portion is larger than the distance of the stirring shaft from the bearing center of the bearing portion to the driving device. Short, stirring device. The stirring shaft has a flange protruding in a radial direction and coupled to the other end of the bending holding portion;
The hollow space of the bending holding portion communicates with the internal space of the container body at the one end and is sealed by the flange at the other end.
The bearing portion is installed such that a distance between the bearing center of the bearing portion and a surface formed by the other end portion of the bending holding portion is equal to or less than a length of an inner diameter of the bending holding portion. The stirring device according to 1.   The agitation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bearing portion is installed such that a distance between the bearing center of the bearing portion and a center of the bending holding portion is equal to or less than a length of an inner diameter of the bending holding portion. apparatus.   The stirring device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein at least a part of the bearing portion is disposed so as to overlap or contact the flange. The bending holding portion has an opening at the other end that opens the hollow space at the other end.
The stirring shaft has a flange protruding in a radial direction and coupled to the other end of the bending holding portion;
The flange has a recess that enters the hollow space through the opening at the other end;
The stirring device according to claim 4, wherein at least a part of the bearing portion is accommodated in the concave portion and arranged to overlap the flange in a side sectional view. The driving device has an actuator and a rotating member that is rotationally driven by the actuator, and the rotating member has a shaft fixing hole that fits and fixes an end of the stirring shaft,
The center axis of the shaft fixing hole is inclined with respect to the axis of the rotating member, and the center axis of the shaft fixing hole and the axis of the rotating member pass through the bearing center. The stirring device according to any one of the above. The shaft insertion port is formed in an upper portion of the container body, the one end of the bending holding portion is a lower end portion of the bending holding portion, and the other end portion of the bending holding portion is an upper end portion of the bending holding portion. And
The lower end portion of the bending holding portion is connected to the upper portion of the container body from the outside so that the shaft insertion port communicates with the hollow space,
The stirring shaft passes through the hollow space and the shaft insertion port in order from the bearing portion and reaches the inside of the container body, and an upper portion that extends substantially upward from the bearing portion and is connected to the driving device. The agitator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the drive device operates, the lower portion performs a swing motion with the bearing center as a fulcrum.   The stirring device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the bending holding portion includes a cylindrical portion made of an elastic body and forming the hollow space.   The stirrer according to claim 8, wherein the cylindrical portion has 1 to 3 bulged portions that are partially bulged in the radial direction.   The stirring device according to claim 9, wherein the bearing center of the bearing portion is disposed in a height range between an uppermost end and a lowermost end of the bulging portion.

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