JP2016047730A - Inverting device of cup-shaped containers - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inverting device of cup-shaped containers which is capable of appropriately inverting cup-shaped containers on a conveyer, and whose constitution can be simplified.SOLUTION: Conveyors 11 to 17 for conveying cups 104 arrayed in a conveyance direction are provided. An inversion stage 19 capable of mounting cups 104 thereon is provided above the conveyors 12,14,16 of even number rows, and the inversion stage 19 is inverted into an upward state and a downward state. Transfer means for transferring the cups 104 on the conveyors 12,14,16 from the conveyors 12,14,16 onto the inversion stage 19 is provided for upstream in a conveyance direction of the inversion stage 19. The inversion stage 19 on which the cups 104 were transferred is inverted by 180 degrees, and re-mounts the cups 104 on empty mounting parts 18 of the conveyors 12,14,16 in an inverted state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup-shaped container reversing device suitable for reversing a cup-shaped container (hereinafter simply referred to as a cup) filled with ice cream or the like and having different sizes of an upper surface and a bottom surface.

  When packaging a plurality of cups having different sizes of the upper surface and the bottom surface as a cup group, if the adjacent cups are turned upside down, the whole becomes compact, which is convenient for packaging and storage after packaging.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151561 discloses a technique for vertically inverting a cup having the above shape. In Patent Document 1, cups are conveyed in parallel by a plurality of belt conveyors having a large friction coefficient. A swing rod is disposed above the belt conveyor in each row. Then, the swinging rod is lowered from above and comes into contact with the front end of the cup in the transport direction, and then the cup is lifted by being lifted as the cup is transported so as to be reversed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-2023

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, since the cup is reversed so as to roll toward the upstream side on the belt conveyor, not only the front-rear distance of the cup after the reversal is not constant, but also the cup is placed inclined with respect to the conveyance surface. There was a fear.

  In addition, a space for allowing the cup to be reversed on the upstream side of the cup and a space for placing the inverted cup are required. Therefore, a sorting device and a carry-in conveyor are provided on the upstream side of the swinging bowl. Thus, the space is created by appropriately setting the operation timing of the sorting device and the conveying speed of the conveyor. Furthermore, an apparatus for aligning the space at a predetermined interval is required depending on the form of the subsequent process. Therefore, the conventional configuration has a problem that the configuration of the entire apparatus becomes complicated.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cup-shaped container reversing device capable of appropriately inverting a cup and simplifying the configuration.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the structure according to claim 1 is configured such that the conveying means includes a plurality of rows of conveyors having conveying bodies that can run while contacting cup-shaped containers having different sizes on the upper surface and the bottom surface. And a transfer means that is provided corresponding to the conveyors in the row and that adsorbs and takes out the cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals in the conveying direction of the conveyor, and above the conveyor in the row And a reversing unit that has suction means for sucking and holding the plurality of cup-shaped containers, and that reverses the plurality of cup-shaped containers received from above and returns them to the transport body of the conveyor. . As the conveyor moves, the transfer means or the reversing means is moved in the conveying direction, the reversing means is turned upside down, and the cup is returned to the original position after the conveying body is sent downstream. It is returned.

  Here, providing the reversing means and the transfer means corresponding to the conveyors in the row means that the reversing means and the transfer means are provided corresponding to all the conveyors in a configuration in which a plurality of conveyors are arranged in parallel. It is something to exclude. Therefore, in addition to the configuration provided corresponding to every other conveyor, the configuration provided corresponding to the conveyor on one side when the conveyor is two rows, the configuration provided corresponding to the middle row when the conveyor is three rows In addition, a configuration provided corresponding to the columns on both sides is included.

  By comprising in this way, it is not necessary to provide a space for reversing the cup-shaped container on the conveying means, and the cup-shaped container is taken out above the conveying means, reversed, and returned to the original position. The size can be suppressed and the configuration can be simplified. In addition, since the plurality of cup-shaped containers on the conveying means are sucked at one time and taken out and reversed, it can be efficiently and appropriately reversed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer means is configured so that the transfer means can adsorb individual cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals on the conveyor. There are provided a plurality of suction means arranged with the suction surface facing downward via a swing arm configured to swing upward. The reversing means includes a plurality of suction means that are supported so as to be rotatable in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction and that can suck the individual cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals on the conveyor. In such a configuration, the transfer means sucks and holds the plurality of cup-shaped containers at the take-out position upstream in the transport direction, and removes the cup-like container upward from the position by swinging of the swing arm, and downstream of the transport direction. The suction means is released by moving to the delivery position, and the reversing means receives the plurality of cup-shaped containers at the delivery position with the mounting surface having the suction means facing upward, and rotates the cup-shaped containers while being sucked. It moves, cancel | releases adsorption | suction with the said mounting surface facing down, and returns the said cup-shaped container to the said conveyance body, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Therefore, according to the apparatus of the second aspect, the cup-shaped container adsorbed by the transfer means is taken out upward and moved downstream in the transport direction by the swinging motion of the swinging arm. That is, movement in the vertical direction and movement in the front-rear direction are simultaneously performed by one mechanism. Further, since the reversing means rotates in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction above the separation row, the turning radius can be reduced. That is, the apparatus can be reduced in size. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve downsizing of the apparatus and simplification of the configuration.

  In a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the reversing means is fixed above the position in the transport direction in which the cup-shaped container is returned to the transport body, and the cup-shaped container The lower surface of the cup-shaped container is close to the conveying surface of the conveyor when the placement surface on which is held by suction is directed downward.

  According to the apparatus of claim 3, the reversing means is fixed such that the position of the conveying direction with respect to the conveying means returns the cup-shaped container, and the lower surface of the cup-shaped container is the conveying means when the mounting surface is directed downward. Therefore, the cup-shaped container can be reversed and re-mounted on the transport means only by the pivoting operation without the need to move or move up and down in the transport direction. It can be carried out. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve downsizing of the apparatus and simplification of the configuration. In addition, since the cup-shaped container does not collide with the conveying means or the cup-shaped containers in the adjacent row during the reversing operation, it is not repositioned or tilted, and can be removed from the placing surface of the reversing means. The cup-shaped container is not deformed or damaged when dropped on the conveyor conveyance surface.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect of the invention, the transfer means places the plurality of taken-out cup-shaped containers on the mounting surface facing the reversing means. It is characterized by releasing the adsorption after placing.

  Therefore, according to the apparatus of the fourth aspect, with such a configuration, the transfer from the transfer means to the reversing means is appropriately performed, and as a result, the cup-shaped container can be properly reversed.

  In the invention according to claim 5, in the invention according to claim 4, the cup-like container that has been conveyed in series at predetermined intervals before being taken out is reversed and returned to the carrier. After that, the same interval as before the removal is maintained.

  The invention described in claim 6 is characterized in that the cup-like containers conveyed in a plurality of rows by the conveying means maintain the same arrangement as before removal even after being inverted and returned to the conveying body. And

  According to the apparatus of claims 5 and 6, since the arrangement of the cup-shaped containers, that is, the arrangement position and the distance between the front, rear, left and right are not changed before and after the cup-shaped containers are inverted, a plurality of cup-shaped containers are provided in the subsequent process. Can be collected in a predetermined number of columns and a predetermined number of rows. In addition, it is possible to easily cope with changes in the number of columns to be cut out and the number of rows.

  According to the present invention, the cup can be turned upside down efficiently and appropriately, and the configuration of the turning device can be simplified.

The perspective view of a cup. The perspective view which shows the state which put together the several cup. The schematic diagram which shows the conveyance initial stage of a cup. The schematic diagram which shows the state which picked up the predetermined number of cups from the conveyor. The schematic diagram which shows the state which mounted the cup inverted upside down on the conveyor. The schematic diagram which shows the cup and cup group on a conveyor following the state of FIG. FIG. 3 is a front sectional view showing a conveying means. The side view which shows the inversion apparatus of a cup-shaped container. The top view which shows the inversion apparatus of a cup-shaped container. The side view which shows the transfer operation | movement initial stage of a transfer means. The side view which shows the transfer operation | movement final stage of a transfer means. FIG. 6 is a front sectional view showing an initial stage of transfer operation of the transfer means.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a cup 104 having a truncated cone shape or a bowl shape in which an upper surface 101 is larger than a bottom surface 102 and the upper surface 101 is closed by a lid 103 is handled. The cup 104 may have another shape such as a truncated pyramid shape as long as the cup 104 can be turned upside down. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a total of 12 cups 104 are collected as a cup group 105 and packaged by a shrink film 106. The cups 104 constituting the cup group 105 are arranged in two rows in a state where the cups 104 are turned upside down with respect to other adjacent cups.

  The inversion method of the cup 104 is performed as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a large number of mounting portions 18 are formed at a predetermined pitch along the transport direction on the upper surfaces of seven rows of conveyors 11 to 17. 3 to 6, the upper surface of the conveyors 11 to 17 is schematically shown on the upper side, and the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, and 16 are schematically shown on the lower side together with the reversing table 19 described later. Has been. The cup 104 is placed on the placing portion 18 on the upstream side with the upper surface 101 facing downward, and in this state, the conveyors 11 to 17 are intermittently moved at the same speed to the right in FIGS. It is driven to. In this case, the cups 104 are placed on every other placement portion 18 on the conveyors 11 and 17 at both width end positions. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined number (for example, four) of cups 104 on the placement unit 18 of the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16 are picked up and conveyed by the conveyors 12, 14, 16. On the downstream side of the direction, it is transferred onto a reversing table 19 positioned above the conveyors 12, 14, 16.

  When the placement unit 18 of the conveyors 12, 14, 16 emptied by the transfer of the cup 104 reaches the lower side of the inversion table 19, the inversion table 19 is inverted 180 degrees up and down as shown in FIG. Then, the cup 104 is dropped onto the empty placement portion 18. For this reason, the cup 104 is re-placed on the empty placement portion 18 in an inverted state with respect to the odd-numbered conveyors 11, 13, 15, and 17. In other words, the cups 104 on the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, and 16, which are separated rows, are turned upside down with respect to the cups 104 in the odd-numbered rows 11, 13, 15, and 17.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 6, the two rows of cups 104 extending in the conveyor juxtaposition direction are transferred from the conveyors 11 to 17 to the next process at the end portion which is the front side of the conveyors 11 to 17. The cup group 105 is turned upside down in a zigzag manner.

  A cup-shaped container reversing device for reversing the cups 104 in the row will be described below. As shown in FIG. 8, the reversing device includes a conveying unit 20, a reversing unit 40, and a transfer unit 60.

First, the conveying means 20 having the conveyors 11 to 17 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, support shafts 22 and 23 are rotatably supported at both ends of the reversing device main frame 21 in the transport direction, and each of these support shafts 22 and 23 has seven sheets. Sprockets 24 and 25 (only one sprocket 25 is shown) are fixed. In this reversing device, the right side in FIG. 8 is the front (downstream in the transport direction). An endless conveyor chain 26 is hung between the front and rear sprockets 24 and 25. A conveyor drive motor 27 is provided on the front side of the main frame 21, and the rotation of the output shaft is transmitted to the support shaft 22 via a transmission mechanism such as timing pulleys 28 and 29 and a timing belt 30. The conveyor chain 26 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a conveyor piece 31 is attached to each chain piece 261 of the conveyor chain 26, and a feed plate 32 that is a conveyance body is erected on the upper surface of the conveyor piece 31 at a predetermined pitch along the conveyance direction. ing. The feed plate 32, the conveyor piece 31, and the conveyor chain 26 run in the clockwise direction of FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, side plates 33 and 34 having L-shaped cross sections are provided on the main frame 21 so as to face each other along the transport direction on both sides of the transport path. Is supported from below and movement in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction is restricted. A gap is formed between the opposing side plates 33 and 34 along the conveying direction, and the feed plate 32 is formed so as to protrude upward from the gap.

  The conveyor chain 26, the chain piece 261, the conveyor piece 31, the feed plate 32, and the side plates 33, 34 constitute the conveyors 11 to 17 arranged in parallel in seven rows. When the feed plate 32 is brought into contact with the rear end portion of the cup 104 placed on the side plates 33 and 34 as the transport surface and travels, the cup 104 is pushed by the feed plate 32 and slides the transport surface to the downstream side. Be transported. In this case, the conveyance surfaces of the side plates 33 and 34 partitioned by the respective feed plates 32 are configured as the placement unit 18 described above. Further, the interval between the side plates 34 on the downstream side of the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16 is formed narrow so as to correspond to the small-diameter lower portion of the inverted cup 104. In the present embodiment, the feed plate 32 that travels in contact with the cup 104 as described above is the transport body referred to in claim 1, but the cup 104 is directly placed on the endless belt and transported like a belt conveyor. In this case, the endless belt functions as a conveyance body. In short, the transport body only needs to be in contact with the cup 104 and travel with the cup 104.

The inversion means 40 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, a first subframe 41 is installed on the main frame 21 so as to straddle the upper side of the row of conveyors 11 to 17. As shown in FIG. 9, three reverse shafts 42 made of pipes and parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyors 11 to 17 are rotatably supported by the first subframe 41. The reversing stand 19 is fixed to the reversing shaft 42, and a placing surface 191 on which the cup 104 can be placed is formed on the reversing stand 19. The reversing table 19 is extended above the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16 toward the upstream side in the conveying direction of the conveyors 12, 14, 16. A reverse drive motor 44 is mounted on the first subframe 41, and a timing belt 47 is interposed between a timing pulley 45 on the output shaft and a timing pulley 46 on the front end of the reverse shaft 42. Yes. Then, the reversing drive motor 44 drives the reversing shaft 42, that is, the reversing table 19 through the timing pulleys 45 and 46 and the timing belt 47 to rotate by 180 degrees alternately around the horizontal axis. . For this reason, the mounting surface 191 of the reversing table 19 is changed in posture between an upward state and a downward state. When the placement surface 191 faces downward, the suction surface of the cup 104 is held from the conveyance surface of the side plate 34 to the placement surface 191 so that the lower surface of the cup 104 is close to the conveyance surface of the side plate 34 of the conveyors 12, 14, 16. The height is slightly higher than the height of the cup 104. That is, when the cup 104 turns to the lower side of the reversing table 19, it does not interfere with the side plate 34 or the cup 104 on the adjacent conveyor, and the cup 104 is deformed when dropped from the placement surface 191. The height is not damaged. Preferably, the cup 104 is configured as low as possible.

  On the placement surface 191 of the reversing table 19, suction pads 48 as suction means are arranged at four locations in the transport direction at the same arrangement pitch as the placement portions 18 of the conveyors 11-17. The inside of the inversion table 19 is hollow, and the suction pad 48 and the inside of the inversion shaft 42 are communicated with the hollow portion. The first subframe 41 is fixed with a collar 51 that is fitted on the front end portion of the reversing shaft 42 so as to be relatively rotatable. An intake pipe 53 is connected to the collar 51, and an intake blower 54 is connected to the intake pipe 53 via an open / close valve 55. When the opening / closing valve 55 is opened, a suction flow of the suction blower 54 is generated in the suction pad 48 through the intake pipe 53, the collar 51, the reverse shaft 42, and the reverse table 19. For this reason, the cup 104 on the suction pad 48 is sucked and held on the placement surface 191. When the opening / closing valve 55 is closed, the suction path to the intake blower 54 is switched to the atmosphere side without passing through the intake pipe 53.

Next, the configuration of the transfer means 60 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 9-11, the 2nd sub-frame 61 is fixed to the both sides of the main frame 21, and a pair of arm shaft 63 is rotatably supported by the upper part. Spar gears 64 are fixed to both arm shafts 63. An intermediate shaft 65 is rotatably supported by the second subframe 61 between the arm shafts 63, and a spar gear 66 that meshes with both the spur gears 64 is fixed to the intermediate shaft 65. Accordingly, both arm shafts 63 are rotated in the same direction via the spur gears 64 and 66. A driven shaft 681 is rotatably supported at the lower part of both second subframes 61. One second sub-frame 61 is mounted with a transfer drive motor (not shown) that can rotate forward and backward, and the driven shaft 681 is rotated by the rotation of its output shaft. A timing belt 70 is interposed between the timing pulley 68 on the driven shaft 681 and the timing pulley 69 on the intermediate shaft 65. Accordingly, the arm shaft 63 is rotated via the driven shaft 681, the timing pulley 68, the timing belt 70, the timing pulley 69, the intermediate shaft 65, and the like by the drive of the transfer drive motor.

  A base end portion of a swing arm 71 is fixed to each of the arm shafts 63, and a construction shaft 72 positioned above the width direction of the conveyors 11 to 17 is provided between the distal ends of the left and right swing arms 71. It is built to be rotatable. Between the front and rear installation shafts 72, three support platforms 73 are supported above the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16. The second sub-frame 61, the swing arm 71, and the support base 73 constitute a four-bar link. By the swing of the swing arm 71, the upper surface position on the upstream side of the conveyors 12, 14, 16 of the even-numbered rows and the upper side of the reversing table 19 in a state where the support base 73 forming one section of the four-bar link is maintained in the horizontal posture. It is swung back and forth between positions. On each support base 73, suction cups 75 as suction means with suction surfaces facing downward are arranged in the transport direction at the same pitch as that of the mounting portion 18 at four locations. The suction cup 75 is connected to a vacuum ejector via a pipe and a solenoid valve (not shown).

The operation of the cup-shaped container reversing device configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 8 shows the transport state of the cup 104. As shown in FIG. 6, the cup 104 is placed above the bottom surface 102 in all the placing portions 18 of the conveyors 11, 13, 15, 17 in the odd rows. It will be placed in the state. A cup 104 is placed with the bottom surface 102 facing upward on the placement section 18 on the upstream side of the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16, and a cup is placed on the placement section 18 on the downstream side of the conveyors 12, 14, 16. 104 is placed with the bottom surface 102 facing up. The cup 104 is conveyed by the feed plate 32 of the conveyors 11 to 17 and the side plates 33 and 34 on both sides without being detached from the placement unit 18 as the conveyors 11 to 17 move. In the state of FIG. 8, the cup 104 is not placed on the reversing table 19. In the present embodiment, the conveyors 11 to 17 are intermittently moved by two arrangement pitches in the transport direction of the cup 104 thereon.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 8, the support base 73 of the transfer means 60 is waiting at the lower part on the upstream side in the transport direction, and the suction cup 75 is slightly spaced from the upper bottom surface 102 of the cup 104. It is located directly above. When the cups 104 of the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, and 16 are reversed, the swing arm 71 is slightly rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 8 by the transfer drive motor while the conveyors 11 to 17 are stopped. Then, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, the suction cup 75 is lowered until it comes into contact with the cup 104. Then, the cup 104 is adsorbed on the lower surface of the adsorption cup 75.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the swing arm 71 is rotated in the clockwise direction by the transfer drive motor, and the support surface 73 waits with the mounting surface 191 facing upward while maintaining the horizontal posture. It is moved to the delivery position above the reversing table 19. For this reason, the cup 104 sucked by the suction cup 75 is placed on the suction pad 48 of the placement surface 191. In this state, the suction of the suction cup 75 is released. On the other hand, the open / close valve 55 downstream of the intake blower 54 is switched to the open side, the suction pad 48 is suctioned, and the cup 104 is held on the placement surface 191 in a state of being sucked by the suction pad 48. Then, the swing arm 71 returns to the standby position in FIG. 8, and the suction cup 75 is positioned immediately above the cup 104 on the conveyors 12, 14, 16 in the even rows. The height position is not particularly limited as long as the delivery position with respect to the placement surface 191 is above the vicinity of the turntable 19. After the support base 73 is moved to the delivery position, the suction cup 75 may be released from suction and dropped onto the mounting surface 191 of the reversing base 19, or a sliding plate or guide inclined above the mounting surface 191. You may comprise so that a board | substrate etc. may be interposed and it may guide to the mounting surface 191.

  When the cups 104 are taken out of the placement units 18 of the even-numbered conveyors 12, 14, 16, and the placement units 18, 14, 16 are emptied, the empty placement units 18 are located below the reversing table 19. Sent to and stopped. Then, the reversing table 19 is reversed 180 degrees by the reversing drive motor 44, the mounting surface 191 is turned downward, and the cup 104 is swung down to the lower side of the reversing table 19, and the cup 104 is turned upside down. The on-off valve 55 is switched to the closed state. For this reason, the suction operation by the suction pad 48 is stopped, and the cup 104 on the placement surface 191 is dropped onto the empty placement portion 18. And the cup 104 is remounted on the empty mounting part 18 on the conveyors 12, 14, 16 with the upper surface 101 turned upside down. Thereafter, the inversion table 19 is inverted 180 degrees so that the placement surface 191 of the inversion table 19 is directed upward, and a standby state for receiving the cup 104 is obtained.

  The cups 104 on the conveyors 11 to 17 reach the end portions of the conveyors 11 to 17, and the cups 104 for two rows extending in the direction in which the conveyors are arranged are stopped by the unillustrated take-out device while the conveyors 11 to 17 are stopped. 17 is taken out from above, collected as a cup group 105, and packaged by a film 106.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and may be modified as follows.
-Conveying means 20 should be composed of a belt conveyor. A feeding plate 32 may be provided on the upper surface of the endless belt of the belt conveyor to define the placement position of the cup 104. In this case, the placement surface of the endless belt partitioned by the feed plate 32 is the placement portion 18 and also the transport body.

  The transfer means 60 is configured to move only in the vertical direction, and the reversing means 40 is configured to be movable back and forth. The cup 104 on the conveying means 20 is attracted by the transfer means 60 and taken out upward, and the reversing means 40 waiting on the downstream side of the transfer means 60 is moved below the transfer means 60 to be transferred. The cup 104 may be received from 60 and moved to the return position on the downstream conveyor.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11-17 ... Conveyor, 18 ... Loading part, 19 ... Reversing stand, 20 ... Conveyance means, 30 ... Feeding plate, 40 ... Reversing means, 45 ... Opening / closing valve, 48 ... Adsorption pad as adsorption means, 60 ... Transfer Means 71... Swing arm 73. Support base 75. Suction cup as suction means 104. Cup 191.

Claims (6)

Conveying means in which a plurality of rows of conveyors having conveying bodies capable of running in contact with cup-shaped containers having different sizes on the upper surface and the bottom surface are arranged side by side;
Transfer means provided corresponding to the conveyors in a row, and picking up and taking out the plurality of cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals in the conveying direction of the conveyor;
A suction means is provided above the conveyors in a row and sucks and holds a plurality of cup-shaped containers, and the plurality of cup-shaped containers received from above are turned upside down to serve as the transport body of the conveyor. Reversing means for returning,
As the conveyor moves, the transfer means or the reversing means is moved in the conveying direction, the reversing means is turned upside down, and the cup is returned to the original position after the conveying body is sent downstream. A reversing device for the cup-shaped container to be returned. The transfer means lowers the suction surface via a swing arm configured to be swingable above the transport means so that the individual cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals on the conveyor can be sucked. A plurality of suction means arranged toward the
The reversing means includes a plurality of adsorbing means that are supported so as to be rotatable in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and can adsorb individual cup-shaped containers arranged at predetermined intervals on the conveyor,
The transfer means sucks and holds the plurality of cup-shaped containers at a take-out position upstream in the transport direction, and removes the cup-like container upward from the position by swinging the swing arm, and moves to a delivery position downstream in the transport direction. The suction means is released, and the reversing means receives the plurality of cup-shaped containers at the delivery position with the mounting surface having the suction means facing upward, and rotates in a state where the cup-shaped containers are sucked. The cup-shaped container reversing device according to claim 1, wherein the cup-shaped container is returned to the transport body by desorbing the surface downward. The reversing means is fixed above the position in the transport direction in which the cup-shaped container is returned to the transport body, and when the placement surface on which the cup-shaped container is held by suction is directed downward, The cup-shaped container reversing device according to claim 2, wherein a lower surface of the cup-shaped container is close to a transport surface of the conveyor. The said transfer means reverse | inverts the cup-shaped container of Claim 2 or 3 which cancels | releases adsorption | suction, after mounting the taken-out several said cup-shaped container on the said mounting surface facing the said inversion means. apparatus. 5. The cup-shaped container according to claim 4, wherein the cup-shaped containers that have been conveyed in a series at a predetermined interval before being taken out maintain the same distance as before the take-out after being reversed and returned to the carrier. Reversing device. 5. The cup-shaped container reversing device according to claim 4, wherein the cup-shaped containers transported in a plurality of rows by the transporting means maintain the same arrangement as before removal after being reversed and returned to the transporting body.