JP2512019Y2 - Container cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container cleaning device, and more particularly to a container cleaning device having a cleaning nozzle that moves following a bottle or the like that is continuously transferred to clean the inside of the bottle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Containers (bottles) filled with drinking water, soy sauce, sake, etc. are collected and reused after use. In this case, the used bottle is washed by a washing machine before use.

FIG. 7 shows an outline of a bottle washing work process using a general bottle washing machine. As shown in the figure, the bottle washing machine is composed of a bottle supply device 101, a bottle washing device 102, and a bottle discharging device 103.

The bottle feeding device 101 includes a belt conveyor 10
4, the bottles 105 sent in the upright state are sequentially supplied to the bottle washing device 102 by the supply device 106.

The bottle washing device 102 is for washing the inside and outside of the bottle 105 supplied from the bottle feeding device 101, and removes coarse substances and residues attached to the bottle 105 by jet injection of a washing liquid. It is divided into three steps: pre-cleaning for cleaning, main cleaning by jetting and dipping the cleaning liquid, and rinsing by dipping in warm water and jetting fresh water. That is, the bottles 105 sent from the bottle supply device 101 are pushed into and supported by the bottle carriers 107, respectively. The bottle carrier 107 is a chain 108 that is hung around the washing machine 102.
Is fixed to. Therefore, by driving the chain 108, the bottle 105 moves, is immersed in the plurality of cleaning liquid tanks 109 and the hot water tank 110 in each cleaning process, and the cleaning liquid and fresh water from the plurality of cleaning nozzles 111 and 112 are jetted, respectively. It is sprayed and the outside and inside of the bottle 105 are cleaned.

The bottle discharging device 103 is moved by a chain 108 and sent to the bottle discharging device 103.
5 is pulled out from the bottle carrier 107, and is sequentially pushed out to the conveyor 114 by the discharging device 113 and discharged.

Then, the bottle 105 discharged by the conveyor 114 is then inspected for a cleaning state or damage. It should be noted that washing is performed in a state where a plurality of bottles 105 are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction.

In some of the above-mentioned bottle washing devices, the inner washing nozzle for washing the inside of the bottle is synchronized with the conveyance of the bottle to wash the bottle.

FIG . 8 shows a conventional bottle washing device. As shown in the figure, bottles 105 are held by a bottle carrier 107, and a plurality of bottle carriers 107 are continuously fixed to a chain 108 along the longitudinal direction (transfer direction) thereof. Therefore, by driving the chain 108 by a driving device (not shown), the bottles 105 can be continuously transferred.

On the other hand, a guide member 122 is attached to the main body 121 of the apparatus along the transfer direction of the bottle 105, and a frame 12 having a header 123 on the guide member 122.
4 is movably supported by rollers 125.
A plurality of cleaning liquid pipes 126 are arranged in parallel with each other in the frame 124 along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the header 123, and the screws 127 and the fixing plate 128 are provided.
Has been fixed by. And this cleaning liquid pipe 1
26 is a cleaning nozzle 12 with a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction.
9 is attached, and each cleaning nozzle 129 faces a plurality of bottles 105 to be conveyed.

A pipe from a supply pump (not shown) is connected to the header 123 so that the cleaning liquid can be supplied to the cleaning liquid pipe 126 through the header 123, and a driving device (not shown) is connected to the guide member. It can move back and forth on the 121.

The chain 108 is driven to continuously transfer the bottle 105. Then, as the frame body 124 reciprocates along with this, the cleaning nozzle 129 is synchronized with the mouth portion of the bottle 105 at the time of its forward movement, and at this time, the cleaning liquid is jetted from the cleaning nozzle 129 to cause the bottle 105 to move.
The inside is cleaned.

[0013]

In the above-described bottle washing apparatus, the synchronous movement between the mouth of the bottle 105 and the washing nozzle 127 is performed by moving the frame body 124 in synchronization with the driving of the chain 108. ing. By the way, since a large amount of bottles 105 are transferred by driving the chain 108, a great driving force acts on the chain 108 at the time of driving, and the chain 108 stretches due to long-term use. The extension of the chain 108 disturbs the synchronized movement of the mouth of the bottle 105 and the cleaning nozzle 129, whereby the cleaning liquid is not sprayed into the inside of the bottle 105.
However, there is a problem that cleaning failure occurs.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container cleaning device which prevents defective cleaning of bottles.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus of the present invention is provided with a container cleaning device which is substantially straight in the container conveying direction.
A cleaning liquid pipe is provided along the intersecting direction,
Multiple cleaning nozzles are continuous on the pipe along its length
Is provided so as to face the container to be transferred,
The cleaning liquid pipe provided with a plurality of cleaning nozzles is the container.
Multiple side-by-side installations on a frame that can be reciprocally moved along the transfer direction
In the container cleaning device supported by , the plurality of cleaning liquid pipes are provided so as to be independently movable and adjustable along the transfer direction of the container and fixed at a predetermined position. To do.

[0016]

[Function] Since the cleaning liquid pipe is provided so that it can be independently moved and adjusted along the transfer direction of the container, even if the chain extends due to long-term use of the machine, by adjusting the mounting position of this cleaning liquid pipe , Matching position between container and cleaning nozzle
The position can be corrected to synchronize the two .

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a bottle washing apparatus as a container cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention (AA section in FIG. 4), FIG. 2 is a BB section in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the bottle washing device, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3, and FIG.
A cross section and FIG. 6 show the mounting state of the cleaning nozzle.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bottle 1 is held by a bottle carrier 2, and a plurality of bottle carriers 2 (six in this embodiment) are fixed to the connecting frame 4 in the width direction of the chain 3. Has been done. The connecting frame 4 is continuously fixed to the chain 3 along the transfer direction of the chain 3. Therefore, a plurality of rows of bottles 1 can be continuously transferred by driving the chain 3 by a driving device (not shown).

On the other hand, a guide member 10 is laid along the transfer direction of the bottle 1 on the apparatus main body side.
A header 11 and a frame 13 are supported on the top by rollers 14 so as to be reciprocally movable. A drive device (not shown) is connected to the frame body 13 so that the frame body 13 can be moved in synchronization with the transfer of the bottle 1 for a predetermined time. In this case, when the frame 13 moves forward, it is synchronized with the transfer of the bottle 1, and when returning, it returns to its original position.

In addition, a plurality of cleaning liquid pipes 15 (four pipes in this embodiment) are parallel to each other in the frame body 13 along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the header 11 (the transport direction of the bottle 1). Are arranged. This cleaning liquid pipe 15
Is provided with a plurality of cleaning nozzles 16 (six in this embodiment) at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, and the cleaning nozzles 16 are located at positions facing the plurality of bottles 1 to be conveyed. Has become.

Further, the cleaning liquid pipe 15 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, preparative notch 17 formed on its lower surface
A plurality of attachment plates 18 (three in this embodiment) are fixed. On the other hand, a plurality of members fixed to the frame body 13 (in this embodiment,
The restriction plate 20 having an L-shaped cross section is attached by three (3) mounting brackets 19, and the upper end portion of each of the attachment plates 1 is attached to each of the attachment plates 1.
It is inserted in the notch 17 of 8.

At the mounting portion between the regulation plate 20 and the mounting bracket 19, a long hole 21 is formed in the regulation plate 20 along the transfer direction of the chain 3, and a mounting bolt 22 is provided with the long hole 2.
Both are fixed by penetrating through 1 and the mounting bracket 19 and fastening. At this time, the regulation plate 20 can be moved by the length of the long hole 21 to adjust the mounting position of each cleaning liquid pipe 15.

The cleaning liquid pipe 15 is connected at its base end to the header 11 via a connecting pipe 23, and is fixed via a fixing screw 24, a fixing plate 25, and an O-ring 26. Further, a pipe from a supply pump (not shown) is connected to the header 11 to supply the cleaning liquid.

Then, the chain 1 is driven to continuously transfer the bottle 1, and the frame 1 is followed by the transfer of the bottle 1.
3 moves synchronously. At this time, the inside of the bottle 1 is cleaned by spraying the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle 16.

[0026] When the elongation of the chain 3 by the use of long-term washing bottles device occurs, correcting the relative position of the bottle carrier 2 (bottle 1) and the washing nozzle 16 by adjusting the mounting position of the cleaning liquid pipe 15 To do.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, each fixing bolt 2
2 is loosened, and the cleaning nozzle 16 and the bottle carrier 2 are moved relative to the mounting bracket 19 within the range of the long hole of the regulation plate 20.
The relative position with the bottle 1 held at is adjusted. Then, by tightening the fixing bolt 22 again, the cleaning liquid pipe 15 is fixed at the suitable position . In addition, the cleaning nozzle 16 for the bottle 1 in a direction intersecting the transfer direction of the bottle 1
Bottle 1 the attachment of the adjusting of the position the guide member 10
It is possible by moving in a direction that intersects the transfer direction of
It

Further, the washing liquid pipe 15 is usually attached so that the washing nozzle 16 faces the center position of the bottle carrier 2 fixed to the chain 3, but as shown in FIG. 6, the extension of the chain 3 is taken into consideration. It is also possible to install it. That is, when the distance between the bottle carriers 2 in the transfer direction of the chain 3 is CP, the center of the bottle 1 is
Cleans the inside of bottle 1 well even if the center of cleaning nozzle 16 is displaced
If the possible range is α, the cleaning pipe 15 is the same as the embodiment.
If there are four sea urchins, the distance between the cleaning liquid pipes 15 is CP + 2α
Set it to / 3 . As a result, the amount of elongation of the chain 3
It is not necessary to adjust the cleaning liquid pipe 15 until it becomes 4α / 3 per CP .

[0029]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the container cleaning device of the present invention ,
The longitudinal direction of the cleaning liquid pipe along the direction that is almost orthogonal
Install multiple cleaning nozzles along the
Move the cleaning liquid pipe back and forth along the transfer direction of the container.
Since a plurality of cleaning liquid pipes are supported side by side on a movable frame and can be independently adjusted along the transfer direction of the container and fixed at a predetermined position, the machine can be used for a long period of time. chain also extend by adjusting the mounting position of the cleaning liquid pipe or the like, can be corrected easily tuned by adjusting the relative position of the container to be transported and the cleaning nozzle. As a result, it is possible to prevent the cleaning failure of the container from occurring.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bottle washing device as a container washing device according to an embodiment of the present invention (cross section AA in FIG. 4).

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the bottle washing device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 3;

5 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a mounting state of a cleaning nozzle.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a general bottle washing machine.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a conventional bottle washing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bottle 2 Bottle Carrier 3 Chain 11 Header 13 Frame 15 Cleaning Liquid Pipe 16 Cleaning Nozzle 17 Notch 18 Mounting Plate 19 Mounting Bracket 20 Control Plate 21 Long Hole 22 Fixing Bolt

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A container extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction of the container.
The cleaning liquid pipe is provided by the
Multiple cleaning nozzles are continuously transferred along the hand direction
The plurality of cleaning nozzles are provided so as to face the container.
The cleaning liquid pipe provided with a
In containers <br/> instrument cleaning apparatus which is supported by a plurality juxtaposed state freely frame reciprocate it, moved adjustably and predetermined plurality of cleaning liquid pipes independently along the transfer direction of the container The container cleaning device is provided so that it can be fixed at the position.