JP4364162B2 - Foreign matter detection device in bottle holder in washing machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a foreign matter detecting device in a bottle holder that detects foreign matter remaining in a bottle holder in a washing machine.

  A washing machine for washing beer lees and the like is composed of, for example, a water supply device, a washing device main body, and a waste evacuation device. The water supply device supplies the straw that has been conveyed by the water supply conveyor to the washing device body. In the main body of the washing apparatus, the bottle is received by a bottle holder attached to a carrier frame that is transported by an endless chain that travels in the apparatus main body. After removing the foreign matter, removing foreign matter in the bag, peeling the label, etc., and washing with a brush or jet installed in the apparatus main body, rinsing is performed. Then, the washed soot is discharged out of the washing machine by the draining device.

If foreign matter such as shards or films remain in the bottle holder of the washing machine, there is a risk that the scouring defect may occur or the cleaning liquid may remain in the sachet.
Conventionally, when foreign matter remains in the bottle holder, the bottle accommodated in the bottle holder protrudes from the bottle holder by a predetermined amount or more, and thus the bottle protruding from the bottle holder has been detected. Further, it has been performed to detect whether or not the cleaning liquid remains in the basket after being discharged from the washing machine.

However, none of the measures described above is an essential measure because it does not directly detect foreign matter such as shards and films remaining in the bottle holder.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by directly detecting the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder of the washing machine, the foreign matter in the bottle holder is eliminated, the washing failure of the bottle, and the washing liquid in the bottle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bottle holder foreign matter detecting device in a washing machine capable of preventing the residue.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the foreign matter detecting device in the bottle holder in the washing machine of the present invention is a washing machine of a type in which the bottle is held by the bottle holder and moved in the liquid tank by a circulating conveyor for washing. A plurality of bottle holders are arranged in a vertical and horizontal direction, and an ultrasonic detector for detecting foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder is provided at a predetermined position in the transfer path of the bottle holder. The same number as the number of horizontal rows of holders is installed, and every time the bottle holder moves by one vertical row, the ultrasonic detector is operated to detect the total number of the plurality of bottle holders aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions. and can detect the foreign substance left in the bottle holder, the installed adjacent ultrasonic detectors are staggered over two vertical stages of the bottle holder, the foreign substance It is characterized in that a bottle debris or films,.
According to the present invention, the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder of the washing machine can be directly detected by the detection means.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, there is provided stop means for stopping transfer of the bottle holder after the bottle holder is transferred to a predetermined position by a signal from the detection means.
According to the above aspect , when the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder is detected by the detection means, the transfer of the bottle holder can be stopped by the stop means after the bottle holder is transferred to a predetermined position. And after a stop, the foreign material which remained in the bottle holder in this predetermined position can be removed.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the detection distance of the ultrasonic detector is 20 mm to 90 mm from the bottom of the bottle holder.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the installation position of the ultrasonic detector is a position on the supply side of the washing machine, in front of the bottle being inserted into the bottle holder. The waste side of the machine is a position after the soot is discharged from the bottle holder, and the ultrasonic detector is at least on the feed side of the washer and the waste side of the washer It is characterized by being installed on one side .
According to the present invention, since the detecting means is constituted by an ultrasonic detector, even when there are conditions that disturb the detection of steam, water droplets, etc., the foreign matter remaining in the holder is reliably detected. can do.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the ultrasonic detector is an ultrasonic reflection type sensor.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the ultrasonic detectors installed adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be shifted from each other by a predetermined angle.
According to one aspect of the present invention, a shielding plate is disposed between the ultrasonic detectors installed adjacent to each other .
As above mentioned, or staggered by a predetermined angle to each other adjacent to the installed ultrasonic detector, or installing a shielding plate between adjacent installed ultrasonic detectors, or adjacent By arranging the ultrasonic detectors installed in a staggered manner across the two stages of the bottle holder, the mutual interference (ultrasonic interference) between adjacent ultrasonic detectors is prevented. it is Ru can.

  According to the present invention, the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder of the washing machine can be reliably detected, so that the foreign matter in the bottle holder can be eliminated, and the washing defect of the bottle and the cleaning liquid remaining in the bottle can be prevented. It is.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a foreign matter detecting device in a bottle holder in a washing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the overall configuration of a washing machine to which the foreign matter detecting device in a bottle holder of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a washing machine 1 includes a washing device body 10 for washing a beer 2 such as a beer cake, and a feeding device 30 disposed on the inlet side (left side in the drawing) of the washing device body 10. And a foreign substance detector 40 in the bottle holder disposed between the washing apparatus main body 10 and the water supply apparatus 30, and a drainage apparatus 50 disposed on the outlet side (right side in the figure) of the washing apparatus main body 10. And.

  In the housing 11 of the cleaning apparatus main body 10, in order from the entrance side, the pre-cleaning chamber 12 that receives the dirty soot 2 and performs pre-cleaning by the nozzle 12 a, and a plurality of ( In FIG. 1, six immersion baths 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, a hot water immersion bath 19 that is a liquid bath for storing and rinsing the hot water, and finish cleaning, tub, and bottle holder A post-treatment chamber 20 for draining water is disposed. The dipping tanks 13 to 18 and the hot water dipping tank 19 are each provided with a gutter bottom guide 21 formed by bending a plate-like material to guide the bottom of the gutter 2.

  Moreover, the washing apparatus main body 10 includes two endless chains 22 (illustrated by thick lines) that run along both inner side surfaces of the housing 11 and constitute a washing conveyor. While these endless chains 22 are guided by sprockets and roller guides, the endless chains 22 are transferred along the bottom guide 21 to sequentially move the preliminary cleaning chamber 12, the immersion baths 13 to 18, the hot water immersion bath 19, and the post-treatment chamber 20. It moves cyclically. Both ends of a carrier frame (not shown) arranged along the width direction of the housing 11 are fixed to the two endless chains 22, and the carrier frames differ depending on the ability of the washing machine 1. A plurality of bottle holders 24 of about 10 to 40 are fixed. That is, a plurality of bolt holders 24 are supported on the two endless chains 22 in a state where they are aligned vertically and horizontally, and these bottle holders 24 aligned vertically and horizontally become spare as the endless chain 22 travels. The cleaning chamber 12, the immersion baths 13 to 18, the hot water immersion bath 19, and the post-treatment chamber 20 are sequentially moved.

The feeder 30 includes a feeder conveyor 31 that conveys a large number of baskets 2 in an upright state, and an arm 32 that supplies the bottle 2 that is placed on the outlet side of the feed conveyor 31 and laid sideways to the bottle holder 24. I have.
In the washing machine 1 configured as shown in FIG. 1, the basket 2 is placed upright on a feed conveyor 31 equipped corresponding to the full width of the washing apparatus body 10, and the washing apparatus The number of rows corresponding to the number of horizontal rows of the bottle holders 24 of the main body 10 is transferred. The basket 2 is tilted sideways at the outlet end of the feed conveyor 31 and is inserted into the bottle holder 24 by the arm 32 with the mouth side at the top and the bottom side behind.

  The bottle 2 supplied to the bottle holder 24 from the water supply device 30 is immersed and washed in the immersion tanks 13 to 18 while being held in the bottle holder 24, rinsed in the hot water immersion tank 19, and finished in the post-treatment chamber 20. And draining. Then, the washed basket 2 is supplied to the waste disposal device 50 and discharged to the outside of the washing machine 1 by the waste disposal device 50.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the washing machine 1 includes a bottle holder foreign matter detector 40. The in-bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 is disposed on the discharge side of the water supply device 30 and on the inlet side of the cleaning device main body 10. That is, the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 detects whether there is a foreign matter in the bottle holder 24 before the bottle holder 24 receives the basket 2 from the feed device 30. It is arranged slightly upstream of the supply position for supplying the ridge 2 to the holder 24. The bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 are installed in a number corresponding to the plurality of bottle holders 24 arranged in a horizontal row between the two endless chains 22.

  That is, as described above, the plurality of bottle holders 24 are installed in a state where they are aligned vertically and horizontally, and the same number of foreign substance detectors 40 in the bottle holder as the number of horizontal rows of bottle holders 24 are installed. Each time it moves by one vertical line, the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is operated to detect foreign matters remaining in the bottle holder 24 for the total number of the plurality of bottle holders 24 aligned vertically and horizontally. ing.

  The foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is composed of an ultrasonic reflection type sensor, and this ultrasonic reflection type sensor uses an ultrasonic signal of about 200 KHz, and the detection distance can be set to 200 mm to 700 mm. Yes. Since the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is composed of an ultrasonic reflection type sensor, the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder 24 is detected even when there are conditions surrounding the detection of steam, water droplets, etc. be able to. As shown in FIG. 2, the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is connected to a stop device 41 for stopping a motor (not shown) coupled to a sprocket for running the endless chain 22. Thereby, the stop device 41 stops the traveling of the endless chain 22 after the bottle holder 24 in which the presence of the foreign matter is detected is transferred to a predetermined position by a signal from the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder. . A foreign matter removing device (not shown) that removes the foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder 24 is installed at the predetermined position.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 and the bottle holder 24. As shown in FIG. 3, the bottle holder 24 is a cylindrical container that is open at both ends that moves while holding the basket 2, and the opening 24 a on the side into which the bowl 2 is inserted has a large inner diameter and the opposite side The opening 24b has a small inner diameter through which the mouth of the flange 2 cannot pass, and holds the flange 2 at the opening 24b when the flange 2 is inverted. The in-bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 is arranged to face the bottle holder 24 transferred by the endless chain 22. The detection distance of the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is set to 20 mm to 90 mm from the bottom 24 c of the bottle holder 24. That is, the detection distance of the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 is set to the shaded portion in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an elevation view showing a method of arranging the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a relationship between the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 and the bottle holder 24. As shown in FIG. 4, the bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 arranged in two upper and lower stages are arranged above the floor surface 60. These in-bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 arranged in two upper and lower stages are arranged corresponding to the curved traveling portion of the endless chain 22. The adjacent bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 are arranged so as to be shifted vertically by a predetermined angle (25 ° to 35 °). Preferably, this angle is 30 °. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the in-bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 arranged in the two upper and lower stages are arranged in a staggered manner over the two vertical stages of the bottle holder. As described above, the adjacent bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40 are arranged apart from each other to prevent ultrasonic interference between the adjacent bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40.
As shown in FIG. 4, a waterproof plate 61 is disposed above the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 so that the cleaning liquid does not fall on the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing another arrangement method of the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder. As shown in FIG. 6, both sides of each bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 are surrounded by shielding plates 62 to prevent mutual interference between adjacent bottle holder foreign matter detectors 40.

Next, the operation of the foreign matter detecting device in the bottle holder in the washing machine configured as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 will be described.
The basket 2 is placed in series on the feed conveyor 31 equipped corresponding to the entire width of the cleaning apparatus body 10 and has a number of rows corresponding to the number of horizontal rows of the bottle holders 24 of the cleaning apparatus body 10. Be transported. The basket 2 is tilted sideways at the outlet end of the feed conveyor 31 and inserted into the bottle holder 24 by the arm 32. Before the jar 2 is inserted into the bottle holder 24, the bottle holder foreign matter detector 40 checks whether or not foreign matter is present in the bottle holder 24. When the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder detects the presence of foreign matter in the bottle holder 24, the stop device 41 detects the presence of the foreign matter based on a signal from the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder. After the holder 24 is transferred to a predetermined position, the travel of the endless chain 22 is stopped. A foreign matter removing device is installed at the predetermined position, and foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder 24 is removed by the foreign matter removing device.

  On the other hand, the basket 2 supplied from the water supply device 30 to the bottle holder 24 is immersed and washed in the immersion tanks 13 to 18 while being held in the bottle holder 24, and rinsed in the hot water immersion tank 19, and the post-treatment chamber At 20 the finish is washed and drained. The washed basket 2 is supplied to the waste disposal device 50 and discharged to the outside of the washing machine 1 by the waste disposal device 50.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is installed at a position before the basket 2 is inserted into the bottle holder 24 on the feeding side of the washing machine. The foreign matter detector 40 in the holder may be installed on the waste side of the washing machine. In this case, the foreign matter detector 40 in the bottle holder is installed at a position after the bottle 2 is discharged from the bottle holder 24 on the waste side of the washing machine.

It is typical sectional drawing which shows the whole structure of the washing machine to which the foreign material detection apparatus in a bottle holder of this invention is applied. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the relationship between the foreign material detector in a bottle holder, and a bottle holder. It is an elevation view which shows the arrangement | positioning method of the foreign material detector in a bottle holder. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between the foreign material detector in a bottle holder, and a bottle holder. It is a schematic diagram which shows another arrangement | positioning method of the foreign material detector in a bottle holder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Washing machine 2 １０ 10 Washing device main body 11 Housing 12 Preliminary washing chamber 12a Nozzle 13-18 Soaking bath 19 Hot water soaking bath 20 Post-treatment chamber 21 Basin bottom guide 22 Endless chain 24 Bottle holder 24a, b Opening 30 Feeding device 31 Feeding conveyor 32 Arm 40 Foreign matter detector in bottle holder 50 Exhaust device 60 Floor surface 61 Waterproof plate 62 Shielding plate

Claims (6)

In a washer of a type in which a bottle is held by a bottle holder and moved in a liquid tank by a circulating conveyor to be cleaned, a plurality of the bottle holders are installed in a state where they are aligned vertically and horizontally, and the bottle holder An ultrasonic detector that detects foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder is installed at the predetermined location of the transfer path in the same number as the horizontal row of the bottle holder, and each time the bottle holder moves by one vertical row, By detecting the ultrasonic detector, it is possible to detect foreign matter remaining in the bottle holder with respect to the total number of the plurality of bottle holders aligned vertically and horizontally ,
The ultrasonic detectors installed adjacent to each other are staggered over two vertical stages of the bottle holder,
The apparatus for detecting foreign matter in a bottle holder in a washing machine, wherein the foreign matter is a broken piece or a film .   2. The foreign matter detecting device in the bottle holder according to claim 1, wherein a detection distance of the ultrasonic detector is 20 mm to 90 mm from a bottom of the bottle holder.   The installation position of the ultrasonic detector is a position on the feed side of the washer before the soot is inserted into the bottle holder, and on the drain side of the washer. The position after the bottle holder is discharged from the bottle holder, and the ultrasonic detector is installed on at least one of the supply side of the washing machine and the discharge side of the washing machine. The foreign matter detection apparatus in a bottle holder in the washer according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The foreign matter detection device in a bottle holder in a washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the ultrasonic detector is an ultrasonic reflection type sensor.   The foreign matter in the bottle holder in the washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the ultrasonic detectors installed adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be shifted from each other by a predetermined angle. Detection device.   The foreign matter detection device in the bottle holder in the washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a shielding plate is disposed between the ultrasonic detectors installed adjacent to each other.

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