JP4809168B2 - Bottle container inspection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bottle container inspection apparatus that inspects a bottle container for scratches and damages, foreign object contamination, and the like.

  In this type of bottle container inspection apparatus, Patent Document 1 discloses that a bottle container is conveyed upright on a conveyor belt, and the bottle neck is imaged by an imaging unit to inspect the bottle container for abnormality. ing.

  Patent Document 2 discloses that a bottle container is inspected by being conveyed while holding the body of the bottle container by a rotary wheel.

JP-A-2005-308441 JP 2004-205453 A

  However, in the prior art described in Patent Document 1 described above, since the bottle containers are transported upright on the conveyor belt, the bottle containers are unstable and difficult to transport, and in particular cannot be inspected at high-speed transport. There is.

  On the other hand, in the prior art of Patent Document 2, there is a problem that the rotary wheel is expensive and requires a large installation area. Moreover, since the trunk | drum is hold | maintained, there exists a problem that a holding member becomes obstructive and it is difficult to test | inspect a trunk | drum.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a bottle container inspection apparatus that can transport a bottle container at high speed and can easily inspect the entire bottle container such as a neck and a trunk.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a bottle container inspection device that inspects a bottle container while conveying a bottle container having a flange at a neck part in an upright state with the neck part facing up. A neck gripping and transporting unit for gripping and transporting the bottle neck, a body gripping and transporting unit for gripping and transporting the body of the bottle container, a body inspection unit for inspecting the bottle body, and an inspection of the bottle neck and a neck portion inspection unit which, is provided with a barrel portion inspection unit to the neck grip transport unit, Ri Oh and neck inspection unit is provided in the barrel grip transport unit, neck grip transport unit, the upper belt and the lower belt It is characterized by transporting the bottle container with the upper belt and the lower belt sandwiching the flange of the bottle container from above and below.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the body gripping and conveying unit is provided with an interval along the conveying direction so as to sandwich the bottle container from the horizontal direction. And at least one belt has a plurality of protrusions projecting toward the other belt, and the protrusions press the body of the bolt container toward the other belt while holding the bottle container. It is transported.

The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 2 , wherein the projecting portion is a thin plate-like fin, and the tip portion or the bent portion of the fin projecting on the bottle container side is the body portion of the bottle container. It is characterized by pressing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the neck gripping and transporting unit and the barrel gripping and transporting unit are provided with a rejection unit on the downstream side in the bottle transporting direction, and the trunk portion inspection portion and the neck portion inspection are provided. The bottle control unit is equipped with a bottle control unit that detects an abnormality of the bottle container, and the rejection unit receives the bottle container from the neck gripping transport unit or the trunk gripping transport unit and transports the bottle container from the reject transport unit. A dropping unit that controls the driving of the dropping unit, and when the bottleneck control unit receives an abnormality detection signal from the bottle control unit, the bottle container that has detected an abnormality is dropped at the dropping unit to carry the bottle It is characterized by being rejected from the part.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect , each of the neck gripping and conveying unit and the barrel gripping and transporting unit includes an encoder, and the bottle control unit is based on a position signal from the encoder. By calculating the address of the bolt container in which the abnormality is detected in the head inspection part and the neck inspection part and sending the address signal of the bottle container in which the abnormality is detected to the rejection control part, the rejection control part specifies the bottle container to be dropped. It is characterized by.

The invention described in claim 6 is the invention according to claim 4 , wherein the dropping part includes a bottle support releasing part for releasing the support of the bottle transported by the waste transporting part, and the support of the bottle is released. And a pressing member that pushes the bottle from above.

The invention described in claim 7 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 4 , a plurality of dropping parts are provided, and the bottle container is dropped at a different dropping part for each abnormal part of the bottle container and discharged. And

The invention described in claim 8 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 1, the trunk portion gripping and conveying unit further includes a bottom portion inspection portion for inspecting the bottom portion of the bottle container.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eighth aspect , the torso inspection unit, the neck inspection unit, and the bottom inspection unit each have an imaging unit, and each imaging unit bottles a captured video signal. The container control is sent to the container control, and the bottle container control detects an abnormality of the bottle container based on the video signal.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the neck gripping and transporting unit and the trunk gripping and transporting unit are continuously provided in this order along the bottle transporting direction. A spiral screw conveyance unit is provided upstream of the bottle, the spiral screw conveyance unit conveys the bottle container straightly between a pair of spiral screws, and the neck gripping conveyance unit conveys the bottle by the spiral screw conveyance unit. The neck of the container is gripped.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fifth aspect , the neck portion gripping and conveying unit and the trunk portion gripping and conveying unit are continuously provided in this order along the bottle conveying direction. Is provided with an encoder that transmits a position signal to the bottle control unit, and the bottle control unit is positioned from the encoder of the neck gripping transport unit or the body gripping transport unit. The bottle conveyance amount of the spiral screw conveyance unit is controlled based on the signal.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the tenth aspect , at least the spiral screw conveyance unit and the body gripping conveyance unit are located away from the flange below the flange of the bottle container being conveyed. A drop-preventing rail that receives a flange when the bottle container falls is provided, and the drop-preventing rail is arranged along the transport direction of the bottle container in the spiral screw transport unit and the trunk gripping transport unit. And

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the body of the bottle container is inspected when the neck is gripped and transported, and the neck of the bottle container is inspected when the body is gripped and transported. As a result, the entire bottle container can be inspected without disturbing the gripping portion, and the bottle container is gripped during transport, so that stable and high-speed transport can be achieved.

  In particular, since the bottle container is always gripped in any inspection position, stable and high-speed conveyance can be realized.

  Since the bottle is gripped along the transport direction when the bottle container is transported, straight transport is possible without using an expensive rotary wheel as in the prior art, and the area occupied by the equipment can be reduced and inexpensive. .

  Since the bottle container is always conveyed in an upright state, it is easy to handle the bottle container, and the type of inspection equipment and the degree of freedom of installation are high.

Since the flange of the bottle container is sandwiched between the upper and lower belts, the bottle container can be securely held with an easy and simple configuration using the flange of the bottle container.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the effects of the first aspect can be achieved, and the body of the bottle container is pressed by the plurality of protrusions, so that the bottle holding force can be increased with a simple configuration. it can.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the bottle container is held by the tip or the bent portion of the fin while having the function and effect of the second aspect. It is possible to prevent the bottle container from being damaged.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the bottle container having the abnormality according to the inspection can be easily removed from the bottle conveyance path while having the function and effect of the first aspect.

According to the invention described in claim 5 , since the same effect as the invention described in claim 4 is achieved and the address of the bottle container having an abnormality can be specified, only the bottle container having the abnormality can be specified. Can be selected and rejected reliably.

According to the invention described in claim 6 , the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 4 is obtained , and the bottle container to be discharged is knocked down from above, so that a predetermined amount can be obtained even if the bottle container is being conveyed at high speed. The bottle container can be reliably removed at the position.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the same operational effects as those of the fourth aspect of the present invention can be achieved, and an abnormal empty bottle can be sorted and rejected for each abnormal part.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, the trunk gripping and transporting unit that holds the barrel part of the bottle container has the same effects as the invention described in the first aspect. Since the bottle container can be transported in a stable state, the container bottom can be inspected stably and easily.

  By inspecting the bottom portion, the entire container can be inspected in addition to the neck portion and the trunk portion.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, the same effects as the eighth aspect of the invention can be obtained, and each part of the bottle container is inspected by imaging, so that non-contact inspection can be performed and high-speed conveyance is possible. However, continuous inspection by video processing can be performed.

According to the invention described in claim 10 , while having the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 1, it is possible to stably and smoothly carry and deliver the bottle container to the neck gripping and conveying unit. It is possible to perform high-speed conveyance from the delivery to the neck gripping conveyance unit.

According to the invention described in claim 11 , the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 5 is achieved, and the bottle container is placed at an appropriate position of the neck holding and conveying unit from the screw conveying unit. Can be transported.

In the invention described in claim 12 , in the invention described in claim 10 , since the fall prevention rail is provided in the transport direction, the bottle container slides down from the gripping part during the transport of the bottle container, or the transport unit Even if it is about to drop due to an impact during stoppage or driving, the fall prevention rail receives the flange of the bottle container and can prevent the bottle container from falling.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of an inspection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the schematic configuration of the inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the bottle neck is gripped by the unit, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the bottle body is gripped by the trunk gripping and conveying unit, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the evacuation unit, FIG. 7 is a side view of the evacuation unit, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the bottle neck and the fall prevention rail in the body gripping and conveying unit. FIG.

  First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the structure of the bottle container test | inspection apparatus 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The bottle container inspection apparatus 1 is an apparatus for inspecting a scratch or deformation of the empty bottle container B before filling a beverage, foreign matter adhesion, foreign matter mixing, and the like, while carrying the bottle container B in an upright state with the neck N of the bottle container B up. Inspect the bottle container. The bottle container B is a resin container (so-called “pet bottle”) in which a flange F (see FIG. 3) is formed at the neck N. In the present specification, the neck N includes a mouth.

  The bottle container inspection apparatus 1 includes a spiral screw conveyance unit 3, a neck gripping conveyance unit 5, a body gripping conveyance unit 7, and a evacuation unit 9 in this order. Each unit includes a bottle container B and a neck N. It is conveyed straight in the upright state.

The spiral screw transport unit 3 includes a pair of spiral screws 11a and 11b and a pair of neck flange support members 55a and 55b arranged substantially in parallel along the transport direction, and a bottle container B between the pair of spiral screws 11a and 11b. Further, the flange F is supported from below by a pair of neck flange support members 55a and 55b, and is conveyed one by one by rotation of a screw . In this embodiment, each of the left and right spiral screws 11a and 11b is provided with a total of four screws, two on each of the upper and lower sides. Further, the spiral screw conveyance unit 3 is provided with an encoder 25 in the drive unit, and transmits a movement amount signal measured by the encoder 25 to the bottle control unit 19.

  The neck gripping and conveying unit 5 includes upper and lower rubber endless belts 13a and 13b provided along the downstream in the conveying direction from the upper part of the spiral screw. The upper and lower endless belts 13a and 13b sandwich the flange F of the bottle container B. The bottle container B is conveyed while being suspended.

  A trunk portion inspection unit 15 is provided at an intermediate portion of the neck gripping and conveying unit 5. The body inspection unit 15 is provided with four image capturing units 17 at positions sandwiching the transport path two by two along the transport direction, and photographs the body M of the bottle container B from four directions. Each imaging unit 17 is connected to a bottle control unit 19, and the bottle control unit 19 receives an image signal from the imaging unit 17 and confirms that there are scratches, deformations, and foreign objects from the light intensity of the captured video. Arithmetic processing. When it is determined that there are scratches, foreign objects, etc., an abnormal signal is sent to the rejection control unit 21 (described later) of the rejection unit 9. The driving unit 23 of the endless belts 13a and 13b of the neck gripping and conveying unit 5 is provided with an encoder 25. The driving unit 23 sends the position signal of the bottle container B from the moving distance of the endless belts 13a and 13b to the bottle control unit 19. The bottle controller 19 identifies the address of the bottle container B. A monitor 27 is connected to the bottle control unit 19 so that the captured image of the bottle container can be monitored as necessary.

  A trunk gripping and conveying unit 7 is provided at the downstream end of the neck gripping and conveying unit 5, and an upstream end of the trunk gripping and conveying unit 7 is partially overlapped with a downstream end of the neck gripping and conveying unit 5. The neck portion N of the bottle container B with the neck portion N suspended by the neck portion gripping and transporting unit 5 is gripped and continuously transported.

  The body gripping and conveying unit 7 includes one and the other belts 29a and 29b provided at intervals along the conveying direction, and the body of the bottle container B is formed by the one and the other belts 29a and 29b. The portion M is conveyed while being sandwiched from the horizontal direction. One and the other belts 29a, 29b are belt-like, and the neck portion N of the bottle container B protrudes above the belts 29a, 29b.

  One belt 29a is provided with a plurality of projecting portions 31 projecting toward the other belt 29b. The protruding portion 31 is a thin plate-like fin, and the tip portion 31a or the bent portion 31b of the fin protruding from the other belt 29b presses and holds the body portion M of the bottle container B.

  The other belt 29 b is provided with a pair of rollers 33, 33 on the side of the one belt 29 a, and the body M of the bottle container B is received by the pair of rollers 33, 33. The other belt 29 b extends to the downstream side of the waste disposal unit 9 and also serves as the waste transportation unit 41.

  The drive unit 26 of each belt 29a, 29b is also provided with an encoder 25, and the bottle control unit 19 calculates the address of the bottle container B from the amount of movement of the other belt 29b.

  The body portion gripping and conveying unit 7 is provided with a neck portion inspection portion 37 and a bottom portion inspection portion 39 in this order from the upstream side to the downstream side. The neck inspection unit 37 includes a neck ring inspection unit 37a, a mouth inner surface inspection unit (neck inspection unit) 37b, and a top surface inspection unit 37c. Each inspection unit 37a, 37b, 37c and bottom inspection unit 39 is a camera (imaging). Each inspection unit images a corresponding part of the bottle container B and transmits the video signal to the bottle control unit 19. The bottle control unit 19 detects an abnormality based on the shadow of a wound, a foreign object, etc. for each part from the video signal.

  The evacuation unit 9 receives and conveys the bottle container B from the body gripping and conveying unit 7, the dropping unit 43 that drops the bottle container B from the evacuation conveying unit 41, and the evacuation unit that controls the driving of the dropping unit 43. And a control unit 21.

  The waste transport unit 41 has a pair of guide rails 45 extending in the transport direction and receiving the flange F of the neck N. The drop part 43 is provided in the middle of the waste transporting part 41 and moves the pair of bottle support parts 47 that receive the flange F and the pair of bottle support parts 47 away from the bottle neck part N, so that the flange F of the bottle container B The cylinder 49 is configured to be disengaged, a pressing member 53 that presses and knocks the neck N of the bottle container B from above, and a storage unit 51 that stores the dropped bottle container B. Upon receiving the abnormal bottle detection signal and its address signal from the bottle control unit 19, the evacuation control unit 21 drives the cylinder 49 to move the bottle support unit 47 to disengage the flange F of the bottle container B. The abnormal bottle container is knocked down by the pressing member 53. The pressing member 53 can be pushed down by a cylinder 52 that is driven in the vertical direction. Two dropping parts 43 are provided side by side along the conveyance direction, and fall in each abnormal part. For example, the fall part 43 on the upstream side is divided into those having an abnormality in the body of the bottle container B, and the drop part 43 on the downstream side is divided into those having an abnormality in the neck N. The bottle container B that has passed through the waste disposal unit 9 is conveyed to the next process.

Moreover, in this Embodiment, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.8 , the spiral screw conveyance unit 3, the trunk | drum holding | grip conveyance unit 7, and the waste conveyance part 41 of the waste disposal unit 7 have the bottle container B currently conveyed. A fall prevention rail 61 is provided on the lower side of the flange F so as to be separated from the flange F and receive the flange F when the bottle container B falls. Thus, by providing the fall prevention rail 61, it is possible to prevent the bottle container B in the middle of conveyance from dropping.

  Next, a bottle inspection method and operational effects according to the present embodiment will be described. The bottle container B that has been transported in an upright state with the neck N up by the spiral screw transport unit 3 is gripped and transported in the state of being sandwiched and suspended by the upper and lower endless belts 13a and 13b of the neck grip transport unit 5. Move unit 5.

  In the spiral screw transport unit 3, the bottle container B can be transported upright at a predetermined interval by transporting the bottle container B with a pair of spiral screws 11a and 11b arranged substantially in parallel.

  In the neck gripping and conveying unit 5, a video signal photographed from the four sides by the imaging unit 17 in the trunk inspection unit 15 is sent to the bottle control unit 19, and an abnormality is detected from the video of the trunk M. For example, when a shadow area is detected, an abnormality is determined in comparison with a normal area. At the same time, the bottle control unit 19 receives the position signal from the encoder 25, identifies the address of the abnormal bottle B, and transmits it to the rejection control unit 21 together with the abnormal signal.

  The trunk portion M of the bottle container B that is suspended downstream from the neck portion gripping and transporting unit 5 is sandwiched by one and the other belts 29a and 29b of the trunk portion gripping and transporting unit 7 and continuously transported. During the conveyance of the body gripping and conveying unit 7, the neck inspection units 37 a, 37 b, 37 c and the bottom inspection unit 39 photograph each part of the bottle container B and send the video signal to the bottle control unit 19 for the body inspection. Similarly to the unit 15, the abnormality of the bottle container B is determined from the video signal. Further, the address is specified by the position signal from the encoder 25 and transmitted to the rejection control unit 21 together with the abnormal bottle signal.

  In the evacuation unit 9, when the evacuation control unit 21 receives the abnormal bottle signal and the address signal, when the bottle container B of the address is conveyed, the cylinder 49 is operated to move the bottle support part 47 backward to retreat the bottle container B. Is disengaged from the storage section 51 and is pushed down into the storage section 51 by the pressing member 53.

  According to the present embodiment, the conventional conveyance speed of 300 bpm (lines / min) was conveyed and inspected at 620 bpm, and the abnormal bottles could be automatically rejected.

  According to the inspection apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the neck gripping and transporting unit 5 inspects the trunk M of the bottle container B while gripping and transporting the neck, and the trunk gripping and transporting unit 7 performs the trunking. Since the neck portion N of the bottle container B is inspected when the part M is gripped and transported, each gripping part can be inspected and the entire bottle container B can be inspected. Since the bottle container B is gripped, stable and high-speed conveyance is possible.

  In particular, since each of the transport units 5, 7, and 9 is provided linearly and continuously, the area occupied by the equipment can be reduced and inexpensive compared to a rotary wheel.

  Since the bottle container B is always in an upright state and conveys the hollow, the bottle container B is easy to handle, and the types of inspection devices (imaging units) 17 in the inspection units 37 and 39 and the degree of freedom of installation are high. .

  In the neck gripping and conveying unit 5, since the flange F of the bottle container B is sandwiched between the upper and lower belts 13a and 13b, the flange F of the bottle container B can be easily and reliably held using the flange F.

  In the body gripping and conveying unit 7, since the body M of the bottle container B is pressed by the plurality of protruding portions 31, the bottle holding force can be increased with a simple configuration.

  In particular, since the protrusion 31 has a fin shape and holds the bottle container B with the tip 31a or the bent part 31b of the fin, it can be pressed with elasticity and the bottle container B is damaged when the body M is gripped. Can be prevented.

  In the evacuation unit 9, the abnormal bottle container B whose position is specified by the encoder 25 is dropped from the conveyance path, so that the abnormal bottle container can be automatically evacuated from the conveyance path.

  Moreover, since it is the structure which provides the encoder 25 in the neck part conveyance unit 5 and the trunk | drum holding conveyance unit 7, the address of each bottle container B currently conveyed with a simple structure can be specified.

The spiral screw conveyance unit 3 includes an encoder 25 that transmits a position signal to the bottle control unit 19, and the bottle control unit 19 is based on the position signals from the encoders of the neck gripping conveyance unit 5 and the trunk gripping conveyance unit 7. Since the bottle conveyance amount of the spiral screw conveyance unit 3 is controlled, the bottle container B can be conveyed from the screw conveyance unit 3 to the proper position of the neck gripping conveyance unit 5.

  In the evacuation unit 9, the bottle container B to be evacuated is knocked down from above by the push member 53, so that the bottle container B can be reliably evacuated at the position of the storage unit 51 even when being conveyed at high speed.

  In the evacuation unit 9, the plurality of dropping parts 43 are provided, so that the empty bottle B having an abnormality can be sorted for each abnormal part and evacuated to the respective storage parts 51, 51.

  In the body gripping and transporting unit 7, the bottle container B can be transported in a more stable state than the neck gripping and transporting unit 5 by sandwiching the body M, so that the container bottom can be inspected stably and easily. .

  In the present embodiment, since the neck N, the trunk M and the bottom of the container are inspected, the entire container can be inspected.

  The body inspection unit 15, the neck inspection unit 37, and the bottom inspection unit 39 inspect each part of the bottle container B by imaging, so that non-contact inspection can be performed, and continuous inspection by image processing is performed while being conveyed at high speed. be able to.

The spiral screw conveyance unit 3 linearly conveys the bottle container between the pair of spiral screws 11 a and 11 b in an upright state, and the neck gripping conveyance unit 5 moves the neck N of the bottle container B conveyed by the spiral screw conveyance unit 3. Since it is gripped, the bottle container 5 can be transported and delivered to the neck gripping and transporting unit at high speed stably and smoothly.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

  For example, the bottle container B is not limited to a resin bottle container, and may be a glass or metal bottle.

  The bottle control unit 19 is not limited to providing a total of two for each of the transport units 5 and 9, but may be a unit that controls each of the units 5 and 9.

It is a side view showing a schematic structure of an inspection device concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a top view which shows schematic structure of the inspection apparatus shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which hold | gripped the bottle neck part by the neck part conveyance unit. It is a top view which shows the state which hold | gripped the bottle trunk | drum by the trunk | drum holding | grip conveyance unit. It is a perspective view which shows a part of trunk | drum holding | maintenance conveyance unit. It is a top view of an exclusion unit. It is a side view of an exclusion unit. It is sectional drawing which showed the relationship between the bottle neck part and fall prevention rail in a trunk | drum holding | grip conveyance unit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottle container inspection apparatus 3 Spiral screw conveyance unit 5 Neck part conveyance unit 7 Trunk part conveyance unit 9 Exclusion unit 11a, 11b Spiral screw 13a, 13b Endless belt 15 Traction part 17 Imaging part 19 Bottle control part 21 Exclusion control part 25 Encoder 31 Projection part 37, 37a, 37b, 37c Neck inspection part 39 Bottom inspection part 41 Exhaust conveyance part 43 Drop part 47 Bottle support part 53 Push member 61 Fall prevention rail B Bottle container N Neck part F Flange M Body part

Claims (12)

A bottle container inspection device for inspecting a bottle container while conveying the bottle container having a flange at the neck in an upright state with the neck up, a neck holding and conveying unit for grasping and conveying the bottle neck, and the bottle container A body gripping and transporting unit that grips and transports the body of the bottle, a body inspection unit that inspects the bottle body, and a neck inspection unit that inspects the bottle neck. is provided with, Ri Oh and neck inspection unit is provided in the barrel grip transport unit, neck grip transport unit comprises an upper belt and lower belt, transporting across the flange of the bottle above the belt and the lower belt from above and below A bottle container inspection device.   The body gripping and conveying unit is provided with an interval along the conveying direction, and includes one and the other belt that sandwich the bottle container from the horizontal direction, and at least one of the belts protrudes toward the other belt. The bottle container inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottle container inspection apparatus has a plurality of protrusions, and the protrusions convey the bottle container while pressing the body of the bolt container toward the other side belt. 3. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding part is a thin plate-like fin, and a tip part or a bent part of the fin protruding from the bottle container presses the body part of the bottle container.   The neck gripping transport unit and the body gripping transport unit are provided with a rejection unit on the downstream side in the bottle transport direction, and the body inspection unit and the neck inspection unit are provided with a bottle control unit for detecting an abnormality of the bottle container, A waste transport unit that receives and transports the bottle container from the neck grip transport unit or the body grip transport unit, a drop unit that drops the bottle container from the waste transport unit, and a waste control unit that controls the drive of the drop unit 2. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 1, wherein when the bottleneck controller receives the abnormality detection signal from the bottle controller, the bottle container in which the abnormality is detected is dropped at the dropping unit and discharged from the bottle transport unit. .   The neck gripping and transporting unit and the body gripping and transporting unit each include an encoder, and the bottle control unit calculates the address of the bolt container in which an abnormality has been detected by the body part inspection unit and the neck part inspection unit based on the position signal from the encoder. 5. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 4, wherein the bottle control unit specifies a bottle container to be dropped by sending an address signal of the bottle container in which an abnormality is detected to the discharge control unit. Drop part includes a bottle support release unit for releasing the support of the bottle to be transported by the exclusion conveying section, when the support of the bottle is released, claims, characterized in that it comprises a pressing member for pressing the bottle from the top 4 The bottle container inspection device according to 1. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of dropping parts are provided, and the bottle container is dropped and rejected by a different dropping part for each abnormal part of the bottle container.   The bottle container inspection device according to claim 1, further comprising a bottom inspection unit that inspects the bottom of the bottle container in the body gripping and conveying unit. Each of the body inspection unit, the neck inspection unit, and the bottom inspection unit has an imaging unit, and each imaging unit sends a captured video signal to the bottle container control, and the bottle container control detects an abnormality of the bottle container based on the video signal. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 8 , wherein the bottle container inspection device is detected.   A neck gripping transport unit and a body gripping transport unit are continuously provided in this order along the bottle transporting direction. A spiral screw transport unit is provided upstream of the neck gripping transport unit. 2. The bottle container according to claim 1, wherein the bottle container is linearly conveyed between the spiral screws in an upright state, and the neck gripping and transporting unit grips the neck of the bottle container being transported by the spiral screw transporting unit. Inspection device. A neck gripping transport unit and a body gripping transport unit are continuously provided in this order along the bottle transport direction, and a spiral screw transport unit is provided upstream of the neck gripping transport unit. Provided with an encoder that transmits a position signal to the control unit, and the bottle control unit controls the bottle conveyance amount of the spiral screw conveyance unit based on the position signal from the encoder of the neck holding conveyance unit or the trunk holding conveyance unit The bottle container inspection device according to claim 5 . At least the spiral screw transport unit and the body gripping transport unit are provided with a fall prevention rail that is positioned away from the flange of the bottle container being transported to receive the flange when the bottle container falls. The bottle container inspection device according to claim 10, wherein the fall prevention rail is disposed along a bottle container conveyance direction in the spiral screw conveyance unit and the body portion conveyance unit.

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