JP2686006B2 - Patrone recycling device and aligning device used therefor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patrone recycling device for automatically disassembling and sorting recovered patrones.
And an alignment device used therefor .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Single-lens reflex cameras and compact cameras are widely used, and 35 mm film containing a patrone is used for these cameras. This cartridge 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is composed of a plastic spool 5 around which the photographic film is wound, an iron body 6 and a cap 7 for accommodating the spool. The photographed photo film is stored in a patrone and submitted to a photo lab. At the photo lab, the photographed film is taken out of the patrone and processed for development and printing. On the other hand, the patrone is disassembled into an iron body 6 and a cap 7 and a plastic spool 5 by a disassembly device, and is then delivered to a waste disposal company as waste. By the way, recently, environmental pollution by industrial products and increase of industrial waste are becoming a social problem. Under such circumstances, it is desirable to recycle resources for used cartridges, for example, plastic parts are returned to the raw material of recycled pellets, and iron parts are returned to the raw material of recycled iron, so-called recycling is desired. ing.

Conventionally, as a patrone disassembling apparatus for taking out an exposed photographic film from a patrone, one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-23033 is known. In this patrone disassembling apparatus, a means for holding one patrone and a rod for pushing out a spool of the held patrone are operated by a cam mechanism driven by a motor.

[0004]

However, in the above-described patrone disassembling apparatus, since the patrone is set on the holding means one by one by hand, it can sufficiently cope with the work of taking out the exposed photographic film, Considering the disassembly of the patrone, the operation becomes extremely troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a patrone recycler capable of automatically and efficiently disassembling the patrone and sorting by material, and an aligning device used therefor. And

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the aligning device according to claim 1 stores a large number of patrones.
Height lower than the diameter of the storage compartment and the body of the cartridge
And a little wider than this diameter.
And has the length to hold multiple patrones side by side.
It is equipped with a large number of partition plates and is placed near the delivery port.
Between the lower rotating member that has entered the storage unit and the storage unit
Transporting means for hanging and moving endlessly,
The means scoops the patrone, sends it out, and conveys it toward the mouth.
While riding, one patrone rides on one partition
Then gradually bring the lying patrone to one side
Guide means for aligning in line and this guide means
And the storage means, and the transfer means is
While scooping up and transporting the
Drop the patrone in a standing state from the partition plate.
And means for

A patrone recycling apparatus according to claim 2
Is an aligning device according to claim 1 and an aligned cartridge.
The spool shaft while holding it so that it does not move in the axial direction.
Disassembling means to push down the Patrone in order,
Patrone parts made of iron and plastic
And a selecting means for selecting .

[0008]

EXAMPLES Referring to FIG. 1, a Patrone recycling apparatus 1
0 is an aligning device 11, a disassembling device 12, and a sorting device 13.
It is composed of The aligning device 11 scoops up the cartridges 4 accommodated in the cartridge accommodating portion 15 and then arranges them in a line in a state where they are aligned in a line and the disassembling device 1
Feed to 2. The disassembling device 12 pushes the spool 5 of the cartridge 4 in the axial direction to disassemble the cartridge 4. The Patrone parts disassembled by the disassembling device 12 are supplied to the sorting device 13 via the belt conveyors 17 and 18. This sorting device 13 sorts into iron parts and plastic parts due to their magnetic properties.

2 and 3, the aligning device 11 is
The cartridge storage unit 15 and the conveyor unit 20 that conveys the cartridge 4 are included. The conveyor unit 20 is
Two roller chains 26, 27 wound around sprocket wheels 24, 25 between a drive shaft 22 driven by a motor 21 and a driven shaft 23 are provided.
As shown in FIG. 4, a partition plate 29 having an L-shaped cross section is attached to the two roller chains 26, 27 via a mounting member 28 at a constant pitch in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the roller chains 26, 27. It is installed. The partition plate 29 has a pitch slightly larger than the diameter of the cartridge 4 and scoops the cartridge 4 from the cartridge housing portion 15 and conveys it to the chute 16 in a lying state. In addition, the partition plate 29
Is is composed of a base portion 29b and the upright portion 29a, the height of the upright portion 29a is smaller than the diameter of the path Torone 4
It is low. Further, the partition plate 29 is shown in FIG.
Like this, you can arrange about 7 Patrone 4 horizontally.
The length is set as long as possible. In addition, the roller chain 2
6 and 27 respectively slide on the rail 30 to prevent loosening.

The bottom 15a of the cartridge storage section 15 is inclined so that the cartridges 4 gather at the bottom of the conveyor section 20. A scraping roller 32 is disposed above the cartridge storage portion 15, and is rotated in the direction of arrow B shown in FIG. 3 by driving the motor 33 to scrape the standing cartridge 4. Further, a guide 34 is provided above the scraping roller 32. As shown in FIG. 2, the guide plate 34 has an inclined surface 34a which is inclined when viewed from a plane, and the inclined surface 34a contacts the side surface of the cap 7 of the cartridge 4 protruding from the rising portion 29a of the partition plate 29. The patrone 4 is arranged so as to be in contact with each other.
Gradually move to the left at to line up in a line. In addition,
The cartridge 4 pushed out from the partition plate 29 by the inclined surface 34a naturally falls along the return passage 35 provided along the transport direction, and is returned to the cartridge storage unit 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, a guide plate 36 for preventing the patrone 4 from falling is provided on the upper left side of the conveyor portion 20, and the patrone 4 is guided by the guide plate 36 so that the patrone 4 can move from the conveyor portion 20 to the chute 16. To the entrance 16a. The cartridge 4 passes through the inside of the chute 16 and is sent to the decomposition device 12 from the outlet 16b. In addition,
The drive of the motor 21 is turned on and off inside the chute 16.
A pair of transmissive photosensors 37 and 38 provided for FF control are arranged at two positions.

In FIGS. 5 to 7, a cartridge holder 40 is arranged below the outlet 16b of the chute 16. On the outer periphery of the cartridge holder 40, cartridge receiving portions 41 are provided at a constant pitch along the circumferential direction. The cartridge receiving portion 41 has an arc shape corresponding to the outer circumference of the body portion 6 of the cartridge 4, and a groove 42 is formed at the center thereof along the circumferential direction.

The cartridge holder 40 has a plurality of cartridge receiving portions 41 each having a shape corresponding to the body portion 2
If the disc and the spacer disc forming the groove 42 are used and the disc for the spacer is sandwiched between the two discs, the manufacture becomes easy.

The cartridge holder 40 has a rotary shaft 43.
The motor 44 rotates to the right. Since the rotating shaft 43 is arranged in parallel with the spool 5 of the cartridge 4 supplied from the chute 16, the cartridge 4 enters the cartridge receiving portion 41 in a state where the spool 5 is horizontal. The width of the cartridge receiving portion 41 in the direction of the rotation shaft 43 is shorter than the length of the body portion 6 so as not to support the cap 7.

As shown in FIG. 6, a guide plate 46 for guiding the cartridge 4 within the range of θ1 along the rotation direction is arranged in the outer peripheral direction of the cartridge holder 40. Further, in the range of θ2, two holding plates 47 are arranged for pressing from the outside so that the cartridge 4 does not move in the cartridge receiving portion 41. These pressing plates 47 are biased toward the outer periphery of the cartridge 4 by springs 47a. The guide plate 46 and the pressing plate 47 are fixed to the frame 48.

A rod support member 50 fixed to a rotary shaft 43 is arranged behind the cartridge holder 40. The rod supporting member 50 is provided with a plurality of pushing rods 51 so as to correspond to the cartridge receiving portions 41. Each of these push-out rods 51 is located substantially at the center of the cartridge receiving portion 41, and the tip end thereof can freely move in and out of the cartridge receiving portion 41. In addition,
The diameter of the tip of the pushing rod 41 is the shaft hole 5a of the spool 5.
Thinner and its tip is tapered,
The diameter of this portion enters the shaft hole 5a of the spool 5.

A cam portion 53 fixed to the frame 52 is arranged behind the rod supporting member 50.
The push rod 5 urged by the spring 55 to the cam surface 54 of No. 3
The rear end of 1 is hit. The cam surface 54 is θ shown in FIG.
A cam surface 54a protruding in the direction of the rod support member 50 is provided in a portion corresponding to the range of 2, and the pushing rod 51 is moved to a protruding position where it enters the cartridge receiving portion 41, and the other portions are Retreat position.

As shown in FIG. 5, a plate 56 is provided between the cartridge holder 40 and the rod supporting member 50. The plate 56 has an arcuate groove 56a formed on the circumference to allow the tip of the pushing rod 51 to pass therethrough. The arcuate groove 56a causes the cap 7 fitted at the tip thereof to drop when the pushing rod 51 comes to the retracted position. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the cartridge holder 40
A scraping plate 57 fixed to the frame 48 is provided at a position beyond the vertical line along the rotation direction of the. The scraping plate 57 has its tip inserted into the groove 42 of the cartridge holder 40, and the cartridge receiving portion 41.
The body 6 that is caught on the surface is surely scraped off. Further, below the disassembling device 12, a belt conveyor 17 is arranged to convey the disassembled cartridge parts to a sorting device 13 that sorts materials by material.

In FIG. 8 showing the outline of the sorting apparatus, a hopper 60 accommodates a cartridge body 6 and a cap 7 and a cartridge component disassembled into a plastic spool 5. The lower part of the hopper 60 is provided with an outlet 61 for discharging the cartridge parts downward. The exit 61
A stirring mechanism 62 as shown in detail in FIG.
When the driving force is transmitted from No. 4, the stirring rod 65 provided eccentrically rotates about the other end of the stirring rod 65 so that the Patrone component does not get bogged down in the outlet 61. Reference numeral 66 is a gear, and reference numeral 67 is a bearing.

The feeder section 68 is disposed below the two feed rollers 69 and 70 and the feed rollers 69 and 70, and the cartridge parts falling from between the feed rollers 69 and 70 in a fixed direction (arrows shown in FIG. 8). It is composed of a regulating plate 71 for regulating in the direction of line A). The feed roller 6
9, 70 are rotatably arranged in a state where the center of the distance between them coincides with the center of the outlet 61, and as shown in FIG. The distance L is slightly longer than the diameter of the cartridge 4. Further, in order to drop the cartridge parts on the outer circumference of the feed rollers 69 and 70 in a constant amount,
The scraping rods 72 are arranged side by side. The scraping bar 72 is provided about every 90 ° along the circumferential direction.

One of the feed rollers 70 has a pulley 7
3 is attached to the motor 6 via the belt 74.
4 is driven. The rotation of the feed roller 70 is transmitted to the feed roller 69 via the gears 70a and 70b, and the two feed rollers 69 and 70 rotate at the same speed. The gear 70b meshes with the gear 70c, and the gear 70c meshes with the gear 66.

The sorting roller 75 is arranged so that its rotation center is substantially the same as the lower end of the regulating plate 71.
As shown in detail in FIG. 11, the sorting roller 75 is composed of a hollow main body portion 76 and side plates 76a and 76b. A pulley 78 to which the driving force of the motor 64 is transmitted via a belt 77 is provided on the side plate 76b. Further, inside the sorting roller 75, a sector-shaped magnet 79 having an angle θ is provided. The support portions 79 a of the magnet 79 are fixed to the fixed shaft 80, respectively. It is desirable that the magnet 79 be fixed so that its magnetized range extends from above the sorting roller 75 shown in FIG. 8 along the rotation direction over a horizontal line, preferably over a vertical line. The main body 76 is made of aluminum or its alloy. Also, the main body 76
A plurality of ribs 81 radially projecting along the fixed shaft 80 are provided on the outer periphery of the fixing plate 80 in order to receive iron cartridge parts falling from the regulating plate 71.

Below the sorting roller 75, two collection containers 83 and 84 are arranged. One collection container 8
3 is arranged so that the iron parts are conveyed while being sucked and held on the outer periphery of the selection roller 75, and receive the iron parts that fall due to the attraction release of the magnet 79. The other collection container 8
4 is arranged so as to receive a plastic part that naturally falls while the sorting roller 75 is rotating.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
A brief description will be given with reference to FIG. The empty cartridge 4 from which the exposed film has been taken out is passed from a developing laboratory to a film maker or an industrial material processing company. The collected empty cartridges 4 are first arranged in the aligning device 1 as shown in FIG.
It is put in the cartridge storage unit 15 of No. 1. The inserted cartridges 4 are sequentially picked up by the partition plate 29 of the conveyor section 20 and conveyed toward the chute 16. After that, the standing patrone 4 is scraped off by the scraping roller 32 rotating in the direction of arrow B shown in the figure, and only the patrone 4 in the horizontal position passes and is shown in the figure. It is transported in the direction of arrow A.

As shown in FIG. 13, the cartridge 4 is conveyed while being pressed to the left by the inclined surface 34a of the guide plate 34, so that the left edge of the partition plate 29 forms one row near the drive shaft 22. It will be aligned with. afterwards,
As shown in FIG. 14, while being guided by the guide plate 36, it wraps around the outer periphery of the drive shaft 22 and is supplied to the chute 16. It should be noted that the motor 21 of the conveyor unit 20 is the chute 1
The cartridge 4 stored inside 6 controls the photo sensor 38 to operate when the photo sensor 38 is in the light blocking state, and to turn off when the photo sensor 37 is in the light blocking state. As a result, the aligning device 11 supplies an appropriate amount of the cartridge 4 to the disassembling device 12, so that the entrance 16a of the chute 16 is clogged with the cartridge 4 and the conveyor unit 20
To prevent the breakdown or damage of the.

The cartridge 4 supplied from the chute 16
Sequentially enter the cartridge receiving section 41. The cartridge 4 is first guided by the guide plate 46 as the rotation of the cartridge holder 40 progresses, and is correctly set in the cartridge receiving portion 41. At this time, the cartridge receiving section 41
The push-out rod 51 is in the retracted position as shown in FIG. Further cartridge holder 40
As the rotation of (1) advances, the patrone 4 is firmly pressed by the pressing plate 47 so as not to move. Immediately after this, the cam surface 5
4, the pushing rod 51 reaches the protruding surface 54a of
The cartridge is gradually moved toward the cartridge receiving portion 41. Then, the tip of the pushing rod 51 comes into contact with the spool 5 and pushes it strongly. At this time, the cartridge 4 pressed by the pressing plate 47 is slightly displaced in the pressing direction of the pushing rod 51 by the cartridge receiving portion 41, and the one cap 7 is caught by the edge of the cartridge receiving portion 41.

As shown in FIG. 15B, the protruding surface 54
When the rear end of the pushing rod 51 is located at the tip of a,
The push rod 51 moves to the protruding position. In this state, the other cap 7 is pushed by the spool 5 and is disengaged from the body portion 6, and the one cap 7 caught on the edge of the cartridge receiving portion 41 is also disengaged from the body portion 6. The other cap 7 and the spool 5 that have come off the body 6 fall onto the belt conveyor 17. Since the body portion 6 is held by the pressing plate 47, the body portion 6 does not drop, and the one end of the pushing rod 51 is hooked by the one cap 7.

When the cartridge holder 40 rotates 90 degrees with the position of the chute 16 as a reference, the rear end of the pushing rod 51 passes through the protruding surface 54a of the cam surface 54.
As shown in FIG. 5 (C), the tip of the pushing rod 51 moves from the protruding position to the retracted position through the arc groove 56a. At that time, only the cap 7 fitted into the tip of the pushing rod 51 is caught on the plate 56, and falls onto the belt conveyor 17. When the rotation of the cartridge holder 40 exceeds the angle range θ2 shown in FIG. 6, the pressing of the pressing plate 47 is released, so that the body portion 6 is moved to the belt conveyor 17
Fall on. The body portion 6 that does not fall from the cartridge receiving portion 41 uses the scraping plate 57 for the belt conveyor 1.
Scraped on top of 7.

The cartridge parts dropped on the belt conveyor 17 are passed through the belt conveyor 18 to the sorting device 13
Is conveyed to the hopper 10. In the sorting device 13, the stirring mechanism 61 and the feed roller 6 are driven by the motor 64.
9 and 10 and the sorting roller 75 are rotating in a predetermined direction. As a result, the Patrone parts are
Is discharged from the outlet 61 into the space between the feed rollers 69 and 70. Feed rollers 69, 70
Is discharged while the cartridge parts are regulated by the scraping rod 72 at regular intervals. The released cartridge component is dropped by the regulating plate 71 in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. At this drop position, a sorting roller 75 rotating counterclockwise in the figure is arranged, and a pair of ribs 81
It is transported in the state that it is housed in the concave part partitioned by.

When the cartridge parts housed in the recesses of the selection roller 75 are the iron body 6 and the cap 7, they do not fall naturally from the outer circumference of the rotating selection roller 75 and are magnetized by the magnet 79. The magnet 79 is conveyed along with the rotation of the selection roller 75 while being attracted and held on the outer periphery of the selection roller 75, and the attraction of the magnet 79 is released when it exceeds the vertical line.
It falls in the direction of arrow C shown in FIG.
Further, in the case of the plastic spool 5, while the sorting roller 75 is rotating, the spool 5 naturally falls in the direction of arrow B from the outer periphery thereof and enters the container 84.

The cartridge parts thus stored in the recovery containers 83 and 84 are sent to the iron recycling process or the plastic recycling process, respectively, and returned to the raw material such as recycled iron or recycled pellets.

Further, as the aligning device 11, a V-shaped guide plate 90 provided with two inclined surfaces 90a and 90b may be arranged as shown in FIG. By using this guide plate 90, the cartridge 4 can be mounted on both sides of the partition plate 29.
Since it is possible to align one by one, one aligning device 1
The disassembling device 12 and the sorting device 13 for two lines can be connected to 1.

[0033]

As described above, in the aligning apparatus of the present invention, the storage unit for storing a large number of patrones and the conveying means are provided, and the conveying means is provided with a large number of partition plates, and the partition plates are delivered. Since it is hung between the upper rotating member located near the mouth and the lower rotating member that has entered the storage part so that it can move endlessly, the patrone randomly stored in the storage part is scooped securely. Can be sent to the outlet. Moreover, since the conveying means scoops up the patrone and conveys it toward the guide means, the patrone that is standing inside the partition plate is provided for dropping from the partition plate, so that the patrone that has entered the partition plate can be removed. It can be reliably dropped, and when dropping the patrone in the partition plate to one side by the guide means, the patrone in an unstable standing state is caught between the guide means and the partition plate, and the conveying means Will not stop. Since the partition plate has a length to hold at least a plurality of patrones side by side, it is possible to secure a space for the patrone to be aligned lying down even if the patrone is in a standing state. , The alignment target cartridges can be reliably scooped into each partition plate. In particular, by configuring the partition plate to have a length such that about seven cartridges are arranged side by side as in the embodiment, the alignment target cartridges can be reliably scooped in each partition plate. While the carrier scoops the patrone and conveys it toward the outlet, one patrone lying on one partition plate is gradually moved to one side so that one patrone is placed on one partition plate. Since the guide means for aligning is provided, it is possible to shift the alignment target cartridge mounted on the partition plate in the lateral direction to drop unnecessary cartridges from the partition plate,
It becomes possible to reliably deliver one cartridge and deliver it to the mouth. Moreover, since the patrone being conveyed by the conveying means is shifted in the partition plate by the guide means to drop unnecessary cartridges from the partition plate, there is no need for a special drive device for aligning them into one piece, and the conveying means It suffices to drive, and the configuration can be simplified. In this way, the transport means having the partition plate, the means for dropping the patrone standing in the partition plate, and the guide means for laterally moving the lying patrone so as to leave only one patrone are combined. By doing so, it becomes possible to reliably send the cartridges that are randomly stored in the storage section one by one almost continuously and send them to the mouth, and the standing cartridges are bitten between the guide means and the partition plate and conveyed. The patrones can be smoothly aligned without stopping the means. Moreover, at least several patrones
By the configuration of the partition plate having a length that holds the
At least one cartridge is stored in each partition.
Delivered, only one of these patrones by the guide means
Since it will be dropped so that it remains, put a patrone in the next process
You can reliably send each one, and this sending
Be sure to feed each piece one by one without interruption.
Can be. Also, circulate each partition plate of the transport means.
The moving means, the drop means and the guide means
One by one, the Torrone is continuously sent to the next process
This eliminates the need for a drive device for dropping and guiding.
Only a multi-stage driving device is required, and the configuration can be simplified.
You. In this way, alignment can be performed efficiently,
Labor costs can be reduced and work efficiency can be improved. In the patrone recycler of the present invention, since the patrones are aligned and continuously sent one by one, it becomes possible to efficiently disassemble and sort, and it is possible to recycle a large amount of patrones in a short time. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a cartridge recycling device of the present invention.

2 is a front view of the alignment device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the alignment device.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a roller chain used in the aligning device.

5 is a side view showing the disassembling apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a main part of the disassembling apparatus.

8 is a cross-sectional view of the sorting device shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a main part of a stirring mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a main part of a feed roller.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a selection roller.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a state where the patrone is picked up in the patrone accommodating portion.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the cartridges are aligned in a line.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a cartridge is sent to a chute.

15 (A), (B) and (C) are explanatory views showing the operation of the pushing rod of the disassembling apparatus.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing an embodiment of an aligning device for aligning the cartridges at two places.

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of a cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Patrone recycling device 11 Aligning device 12 Disassembling device 13 Sorting device 15 Patrone storage unit 16 Chute 20 Conveyor unit 22 Drive shaft 29 Partition plate 32 Scraping roller 34 Guide plate 40 Patrone holder 41 Patrone receiving unit 51 Extrusion rod 54 Cam surface 75 Sorting Roller 79 Magnet 83,84 Collection container

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of patrones, each of which has a height lower than the diameter of the accommodating portion for accommodating a large number of patrones and a diameter which is slightly wider than this diameter.
Equipped with a large number of partition plates that have a length to hold side by side side by side, it is hung between the upper rotating member located near the delivery port and the lower rotating member that has entered the storage part and moves endlessly And a conveyance means for scooping the patrone to convey it toward the mouth while the conveyance means scoops the patrone so that one patrone rides on one partition plate. Inside the partition plate, the guide means is provided between the guide means and the accommodating portion for arranging them in one line by moving them toward one side, and while the conveying means scoops up the cartridge and conveys it toward the guide means . An aligning device, which comprises means for dropping the patrone in a standing state from the partition plate. 2. The aligning device according to claim 1, disassembling means for sequentially disassembling the cartridges by pushing the spool shaft in a state where the aligned cartridges are held so as not to move in the axial direction, and the decomposed cartridge components are made of iron. A Patrone recycling device, characterized in that it comprises a selection means for selecting parts and plastic parts.