JP2929564B2 - Purification equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for cleaning a container.

[0002]

Upon manufacture of cosmetics, to prepare a mixed material and a raw material powder and pigment are stirred together at cylindrical container 1 as shown in FIG. 8, further solidifying it, powder There is a method of forming, forming, etc.

[0003] The container 1 comprises a container body 2 and an upper lid 3. The upper lid 3 is formed with an inlet 4 for raw material powder.
A hollow main shaft 5 is provided on the center axis of the first through the upper lid. Rotary joint 6 at the upper end of main shaft 5
However, a spray nozzle 7 is connected to the lower end.

[0004] A motor M is mounted on the upper lid 3 by a speed reducer 8.
And the first through a power transmission mechanism (not shown).
The stirring means 9 is adapted to be rotated around the main shaft 5. On the other hand, a second stirring means 10 is provided at the lower end of the container body 2.

In the production of cosmetics, perfume oil is injected from the injection port at the tip of the rotary joint 6, and cosmetic raw material powder is injected from the injection port 4, and the motor M
Is driven to rotate the first stirring several stages 9 and the second stirring means 10 to stir and knead these materials.

After a lapse of a predetermined time, the mixed substance satisfies the conditions as a desired cosmetic raw material.
Stop the franchise. The stirred mixed substance in the container is removed from the container as an intermediate process product, and the container is filled with different kinds of raw materials, and the stirring and kneading is performed again.

[0007] In this case, if the previously stirred mixed substance remains in the container, it greatly affects the quality of the cosmetic to be manufactured. For this reason, the containers must be cleaned prior to the next use. As a means for this cleaning, conventionally, the stirring blades and the like in the container were once removed, the suction hose of the dust collector was put in the container, the residue was suctioned with a brush, and then wiped with a towel or the like.

[0008]

However, the conventional method for cleaning the inside of a container described above requires a long time to clean, and cannot efficiently produce various types of cosmetics. was there.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, a technical object of the present invention is to provide a device for cleaning a container in which various kinds of cosmetics can be efficiently produced.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a cleaning apparatus.
In order to solve the technical problems mentioned above,
It has a configuration. That is, the present invention
A cleaning device for removing the powder that has been removed,
Dispenser rotatably mounted on the provided support
And on its axis of rotation in the distributor
And a pressure set outside the container via the support portion.
A main passage that can communicate with the compressed air supply source and
It consists of a branch passage that branches to opposite sides of the distributor
A compressed air passage, provided at an end of each of the branch passages,
Opening in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the branch passage
A plurality of outlets, the central axis of the branch passage
The outlet which can be rotated about the rotation center axis,
One end is connected to the outlet of the mouth, and the other end is the container.
Flexible tube set to a length that allows free movement in the vessel
And characterized by the following.

[0011]

The free end side of the flexible tube moves by the recoil of the air jet and blows dark air into the container to be cleaned.

The present invention is suitable for removing powder remaining in a container. In particular, after removing a mixed substance produced by mixing and stirring a powder and a pigment in a container, the powder is still contained in the container. It is suitable for removing the remaining mixed substance for cleaning the container.

[0013]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First Embodiment: In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a mouthpiece 11 having a plurality of air outlets is connected to an inlet 4. An air hose 15 is connected to an upper part of the base 11. The lower end of the base has four air outlets opened inside the upper lid 3, and four flexible tubes, in this example, urethane tubes 12, are connected to the outlets.

[0014] Unlike Each length of each tube, the upper part of the container, middle, that have lower, is such that the length reaches the bottom defined. Also, the bottom of the container opening 13 are opened. The opening 13 is openable and closable by a valve 14, and communicates with a dust collector (not shown) when the valve is opened.

[0015] deposited in this state, when feeding the compressed air to the cap 1 1, the tube in reaction of the airflow momentum is often emitted from each tube is floating, the side wall of the inner container, stirring means, a corner portion or the like Any remaining agitated mixed material that is present can be exfoliated.

[0016] The peeled residual stirred mixed substance is sent out to the dust collector through the opening 13, so that the inside of the container can be cleaned. In this example, unlike the conventional washing with water, no drying time is required, so that a completely clean state can be obtained in a short time. Second Embodiment: In this embodiment, an air hose 15 is connected to the tip of the rotary joint 6 as shown in FIG. Moreover, removing the conventional spray nozzle 7 (see FIG. 8), the spray nozzle
A distributor 16 (described later) is connected to a supporting portion , which is the lower end of the main shaft 5 to which the main shaft 7 is attached . The connection portion of this distributor employs a so-called one-touch coupler system.

As shown in FIG. 3, the distributor 16 it is so provided on the extension line of the main shaft 5, so that is provided along the vertical <br/> axis or center axis of the cylindrical vessel 1. Inside the distributor 16 , as shown in FIG.
It has a main passage that communicates linearly. This distributor 16
The lower part is branched in the horizontal direction . The conflict of the distributor 16
Each end of the horizontal branch portion 16A branched toward both sides
T-type fitting 16B is in part a delivery port portion is connected
You. In the horizontal branch portion 16A, there is a branch passage branched from the main passage.
A passage is formed and each branch passage is formed in a T-joint 16B.
Direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the branch passage
Communicating with the two outlets opening to the outside. Compressed air passage
Is constituted by the main passage and the branch passage described above. The tube 12 is connected to each of the two openings of each T-shaped joint 16B as a pair of outlets.

As shown in FIG. 5, a hose stop pin indicated by reference numeral 16C is provided at a connection portion between the tube 12 and the delivery port, and the tip of the tube 12 is held so as to be replaceable. At the connection between the T-shaped joint 16B and the horizontal branch portion 16A of the distributor, the T-shaped joint 16B is rotatable within a range of about 90 ° as shown in FIG. In addition, a packing 17 is interposed therebetween, and is prevented from coming off by a nut 18 as shown in FIG. FIG.
Here, the nut 18 is omitted.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, two opposed T-shaped joints 16B are set in opposite directions.
A pair of tubes 1 attached to two outlets respectively
2 can assume various rotational positions about a horizontal axis passing through the paper surface.

In this embodiment, the distributor 16 is also rotatable about a vertical axis passing through the main shaft 5. Then, when compressed air is sent from the air hose 15, FIG.
The air is distributed to the tubes and released as indicated by the arrows in FIG. Then, the T-shaped joint 16B rotates about the horizontal axis due to the reaction of the airflow ejected from each tube 12, and the distributor 16 rotates about the vertical axis.

In addition to the combined movement of these rotation, other respective tube 12 itself its flexibility, since swing irregularly large by flexibility, exposed to strong air flow from the tube all over the container, the tube The remaining stirred mixed material is peeled off cleanly. During this process, the dust collector is driven, and the separated residue is
It is captured by the dust collector through the opening 13. By the way, good results were obtained using an air pressure of 5 kg / cm.

In the above description, the distributor 16 is mounted in place of the spray nozzle 7, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a special distributor mounting bracket may be provided on the upper lid 3, and the distributor may be provided on this. it can. Even in that case, the distributor is configured to be rotatable with respect to the special fitting.

In this embodiment, the distributor 16 is rotated by the reaction of the airflow from the tube to the main shaft 5. However, the distributor 16 is rotated by driving the motor M for rotating the first and second stirring means. You may. In that case, the connecting portion of the distributor 16 need not be rotatable.

According to the above-described second embodiment of the present invention, the inside of the container can be cleaned in a shorter time and with no variation than in the first embodiment.

[0025]

According to the present invention, since the inside of the container can be easily and quickly cleaned, it is possible to efficiently produce various kinds of cosmetics.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cleaning device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a cleaning device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating a connection mode of tubes according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of an air flow path in the cleaning device according to the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a connection portion of the tube according to the second embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a rotation mode of the tube according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a rotation range of the tube according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a container in which a cleaning device is generally used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Container main body 3 Top lid 4 Injection port 5 Main shaft 6 Rotary joint 7 Spray nozzle 8 Reduction gear 9 First stirring means 10 Second stirring means 11 Cap 12 Tube

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 1-132288 (JP, U) JP-A 2-83079 (JP, U) JP-A 47-14872 (JP, U) JP 48-78 10350 (JP, B1) Jiko 48-19966 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B08B 1/00-11/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cleaning device for removing powder remaining in a container , wherein the cleaning device is rotatably mounted on a support portion provided in the container.
Splitter and its axis of rotation in this splitter
And is provided outside the container via the support portion.
And a main passage that can communicate with the compressed air supply
A branch passage branching from a passage to opposite sides of the distributor;
At the end of each of the branch passages.
And substantially orthogonal to the central axis of the branch passage
A plurality of outlets that open in the
Outlet that can be rotated with the center axis as the rotation center axis
One end is connected to the outlet of the outlet,
Flexible whose end side is set to a length freely movable in the container
A cleaning device, comprising: a water- soluble tube .