JP5489655B2 - Collecting and cleaning equipment for dyeing containers - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a collection and cleaning apparatus for a staining container, and more particularly to a collection and cleaning apparatus for a staining container that cleans a container after recovering an object to be dyed and a dye solution contained in the container.

  2. Description of the Related Art A pot-type dyeing machine is known in the past in which a dough is stored in a pot in which a dye solution is stored, and the dough is dyed by rotating the pot. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, Patent Document 1 includes a staining container 50 that stores the object to be dyed and a dyeing liquid, and a rotation shaft 52 that rotates the staining container 50. There is disclosed a dyeing machine in which a plurality of units 60 configured to transmit a rotational force to a rotary shaft 52 via a pulley 54 are arranged. In each unit 60, the opening of the staining container 50 is closed by an upper lid 56, and the upper lid 56 is attached to a rotation shaft 52 via an attachment member 58. Stained. After the dyeing is completed, the dyeing container 50 is removed, the upper lid 56 is opened, and the dyed fabric can be taken out.

JP 2002-309476 A

  Since the conventional dyeing machine needs to manually remove the fabric from the dyeing container 50, collect the dye solution, and wash the dyeing container 50, such work is performed by a plurality of units 60. There is a problem that it is complicated and takes a long time to perform each of the above.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a staining container recovery washing apparatus capable of quickly and easily performing recovery of an object to be dyed and a dyeing solution housed in a staining container and washing of the staining container.

  The object of the present invention is to reverse the container upside down to open the container containing the article to be dyed and the dyed liquid, the collecting means for receiving the dyed substance and the dye liquid falling from the inverted container, and the container to be reversed. And a recovery means for injecting a cleaning liquid into the interior of the container, wherein the recovery means includes a receiver having a dye liquid discharge portion at the bottom and a receiver support means for tiltably supporting the receiver. This is achieved by a recovery and cleaning device.

  In the staining container collecting and cleaning apparatus, the container reversing means includes a pair of racks arranged in parallel to each other, a rotation shaft in which pinions provided at both ends mesh with the rack, and the rotation shaft. And a holding member that holds the upper and lower sides of the container, and the holding member is rotated by the horizontal movement of the rotation shaft, so that the held container can be inverted upside down.

  In addition, it is preferable that the apparatus further includes a pressing and conveying unit that presses and conveys the container inverted up and down by the container inverting unit toward the cleaning unit.

  Moreover, the bottom part of the said receiver is equipped with a pair of inclined surface which inclines below toward the center from the periphery, The said discharge part can be set as the structure formed in groove shape between a pair of said inclined surface. . In this configuration, it is preferable that the receiver is supported to be tiltable on both sides so that the object to be dyed can fall along each of the inclined surfaces.

  According to the collection and cleaning apparatus for a staining container of the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily carry out the recovery of the objects to be dyed and the dyeing liquid contained in the staining container and the cleaning of the staining container.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole structure of the collection | recovery washing | cleaning apparatus of the container for dyeing | staining which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part perspective view which expands and shows the container inversion apparatus of the collection | recovery washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the container inversion apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which expands and shows the collection | recovery apparatus of the collection | recovery washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the collection | recovery apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the collection | recovery apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which expands and shows the washing | cleaning apparatus of the collection | recovery washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the washing | cleaning apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the washing | cleaning apparatus shown in FIG. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the state after the action | operation of the washing | cleaning apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic side view for demonstrating the action | operation of the collection | recovery washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic side view for demonstrating the action | operation of the collection | recovery washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a side view of the conventional dyeing | staining apparatus.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a staining container recovery washing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The staining container recovery and cleaning apparatus of the present embodiment receives a container in which a dyed object to be dyed is stored, and collects the dyed object and the dye solution and cleans the container.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the staining container recovery and cleaning apparatus 1 includes a container inversion device 10 that inverts a pot-like container P having a bottom with no lid conveyed by a belt conveyor (not shown), and the like. The recovery device 20 that receives the to-be-dyed material and the dye liquid falling from the container P, the cleaning device 30 that cleans the container P after recovering the to-be- dyed material and the dye liquid, and the press transport device that presses and transports the container P to the cleaning device 30 40 are provided in the frame 2.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the container reversing device 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the container reversing device 10 includes a pair of racks 11a and 11b provided on the frame 2 so as to extend in the horizontal direction, a rotating shaft 13 having pinions 12a and 12b at both ends, and a rotating shaft. 13 is provided with two clamping members 14a and 14b fixed to 13. The holding members 14a and 14b are formed in a U-shape in a side view by attaching support bars 142a and 142b to the upper ends of the L-shaped holding brackets 141a and 141b, and can hold the upper and lower sides of the container P. Between the holding brackets 141a and 141b, a plurality of rolling rollers 143 that receive the container P by rolling in contact with the bottom surface of the container P are provided.

  The pair of racks 11a and 11b mesh with the pinions 12a and 12b, respectively, and when the rotating shaft 13 is rotated by movement in the arrow B direction, as shown in FIG. , 14b rotate so that the container P sandwiched between the sandwiching members 14a, 14b is turned upside down. Further, sliders 16a and 16b guided by rail members 15a and 15b attached to the frame 2 are attached to both ends of the rotary shaft 13 so as to be parallel to the racks 11a and 11b. Rods 171a and 171b of container reversing cylinders 17a and 17b such as air cylinders are attached to the sliders 16a and 16b, and the rotary shaft 13 can be moved by the advance and retreat of the rods 171a and 171b.

  FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the collection device 20 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the collection device 20 includes a receiver 21 that can store the object to be dyed and a dye liquor, a rotating shaft 22 that supports the lower portion of the receiver 21, and the receiver 21 around the rotating shaft 22. Bearing members 23a and 23b that rotatably support the rotating shaft 22 so as to swing are provided. The bottom of the receiver 21 is provided with a pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b that are inclined downward from the periphery toward the center, and along the axis of the rotating shaft 22 between the pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b. An extending groove-like discharge portion 212 is formed. Both sides of the pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b are covered with side plates 213a and 213b.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the receiver 21 is arranged so as to be positioned directly under the inverted container P, and receives the object to be dyed and the dye liquid falling from the container P. A dye solution collector (not shown) is disposed below the discharge unit 212, and the dye solution stored in the receiver 21 and flowing out from the discharge unit 212 can be collected.

  Two levers 24a and 24b are fixed to the rotating shaft 22 through split fastening, and the tips of the rods of the cradle tilting cylinders 25a and 25b supported by the frame 2 are respectively connected to the levers 24a and 24b. 24b is engaged with the tip of 24b. When the rod of one of the cradle tilting cylinders 25a advances, the receiver 21 tilts as shown in FIG. 6 due to the rotation of the rotating shaft 22, and the object to be dyed falls along the one sloping surface 211a. It collects in the to-be-dyed material collection | recovery device (not shown) arrange | positioned. On the other hand, when the rod of the other cradle tilting cylinder 25b advances, the rotating shaft 22 rotates in the opposite direction to the above, and the receiver 21 drops the object to be dyed along the other inclined surface 211b. In this way, the article to be dyed is collected by a defective product collector (not shown). Thus, by selecting the cradle tilting cylinders 25a and 25b to be operated, the tilting direction of the receiver 21 can be changed to distribute the falling direction of the dyed article, and the non-defective product and the defective product are separated and collected. be able to.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pressing and conveying device 40 includes a pressing member 42 having pressing rollers 41 a and 41 b rotatably supported, and a bracket 44 attached to a rod 43 a of a container conveying cylinder 43 supported by the frame 2. 3, the rod 43a moves backward in the direction of arrow B from the state shown in FIG. 3, so that the pressing member 42 passes between the two clamping members 14a and 14b, and the pressing rollers 41a and 41b The container P is brought into contact with the side surface of P and conveyed to the cleaning device 30.

  FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the cleaning device 30 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the cleaning device 30 is supported by a roller conveyor 31 that conveys the container P in an inverted state and a vertically movable movement so as to protrude upward via a gap between the rollers of the roller conveyor 31. An internal cleaning nozzle 32 for spraying, an external cleaning nozzle 33 for spraying a cleaning liquid from above to the container P, and an air nozzle for spraying air supported so as to move upward and downward through a gap of the roller conveyor 31 34. The internal cleaning nozzle 32, the external cleaning nozzle 33, and the air nozzle 34 are sequentially arranged from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction of the roller conveyor 31, and the containers P are stopped at positions immediately above the internal cleaning nozzle 32 and the air nozzle 34, respectively. A position detection sensor (not shown) such as an optical fiber sensor for detecting the transport position of the container P is disposed so that the container P can be conveyed.

  At the entrance of the cleaning device 30, a shutter 35b supported by a cylinder 35a so as to be movable up and down is provided. After the container P has passed by the operation of the pressure conveying device 40, the operation of the cylinder 35a is performed as shown in FIG. By lowering the shutter 35b by this, it is possible to suppress the cleaning liquid from scattering to the recovery device 20. The container P is transported in the direction indicated by the arrow B by the operation of the roller conveyor 31 from the position immediately above the internal cleaning nozzle 32 shown in FIG. 8, and moves to the position just above the air nozzle 34 as shown in FIG.

  Moreover, the washing | cleaning apparatus 30 is equipped with the support brackets 36a and 36b which go up through the clearance gap between the rollers of the roller conveyor 31, as shown in FIG. 10 from the state shown in FIG. The support brackets 36a and 36b are arranged on both sides in the transport direction with the air nozzle 34 interposed therebetween, and are suspended between the drive pulley 37a and the driven pulley 37b so as to be movable up and down independently of the air nozzle 34. It is attached to an endless belt 37c. The support brackets 36a and 36b are in contact with a plurality of horizontal rollers 361a and 361b that are rotatably provided along a horizontal plane so as to contact the outer peripheral surface in the vicinity of the opening of the container P, and the opening edge of the container P. Thus, a plurality of vertical rollers 362a and 362b provided so as to be rotatable along the vertical plane are provided. A driving roller 363 is provided that is supported so as to move up and down together with the support brackets 36a and 36b and is driven to rotate along a vertical plane by a motor (not shown). The container P is supported by the horizontal rollers 361a and 361b and the vertical rollers 362a and 362b, and the drive roller 363 that is rotationally driven comes into contact with the opening edge of the container P while being lifted from the conveying surface of the roller conveyor 31. The container P is rotated around the axis.

Next, the operation of the staining container collecting and cleaning apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the schematic side views shown in FIGS. In the container for dyeing,
In the previous process, a dyed material made of chemical fibers such as cotton, nylon, polyester (cationic dyeable), acrylic, etc. is accommodated, and a dyeing solution or an auxiliary agent suitable for the dyed material is injected, and the container is sealed. The object to be dyed is dyed by rotating it. As shown in FIG. 11 (a), the container P after the dyeing process is carried is transported to the container inverting device 10 by a transport device T such as a belt conveyor with the upper part opened, and the clamping member 14a (14b) The upper and lower sides are clamped by.

  As shown in FIG. 11B, the container reversing device 10 turns the container P upside down and accommodates the object to be dyed 46 and the dyeing liquid 47 in the receiver 21 of the collection device 20. The stored dye solution 47 flows out from the discharge part 212 of the receiver 21 to the outside, and is collected by a dye solution collector (not shown). In the present embodiment, the container inverting device 10 is configured so that the container P can be turned upside down while being horizontally transported in the direction of arrow B by the rack and pinion mechanism. It is difficult to interfere with each other and smooth reversal can be promoted, and the container P can be moved over a pressing member 42 described later while reversing, so that the container P can be transported to the cleaning device 30 with a simple configuration. . However, the container P may be turned upside down without being horizontally transported by configuring the rotating shaft 13 of the container inverting device 10 to be rotatable by a motor or the like.

  After collecting the dyed liquid 47, as shown in FIG. 11C, the container P is conveyed upside down by the operation of the pressing member 42 of the pressure conveying device 40 and the roller conveyor 31 of the cleaning device 30, The detection is stopped at a position immediately above the internal cleaning nozzle 32 by the detection of the detection sensor 48a. At the same time, the receiver 21 of the collection device 20 is tilted to drop the object to be dyed 46 onto the object to be dyed collector 49. On the other hand, when a dyeing failure signal is received from an external device, such as when the measured weight of the dye liquor is out of regulation in the previous process such as the color kitchen part or the dyeing part, the receiver 21 is set as shown in FIG. Is tilted in the opposite direction and dropped onto a defective product collector (not shown). In this way, by collecting and collecting the non-defective product and the defective product by the collection device 20, it is possible to eliminate the defective product without stopping a series of processes including the pre-process and the post-process.

  In the present embodiment, the bottom portion of the receiver 21 includes a pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b inclined downward from the periphery toward the center, and the discharge portion 212 is formed in a groove shape between the pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b. Since it is formed, the discharge of the dye liquid 47 from the discharge portion 212 can be promoted, and the object to be dyed 46 is dropped along each of the pair of inclined surfaces 211a and 211b, so that the sorting can be performed efficiently. it can. However, the shape of the receiver 21 is not limited to that of the present embodiment, and may be any shape that has the discharge portion 212 for the dye solution 47 and can drop the object to be dyed 46 by inclination. The receiver 21 may be provided with a dehydration mechanism capable of discharging the dye solution 47 by centrifugal dehydration or the like. In this case, the receiver 21 may be tilted after the dehydration to collect the object to be dyed 46. it can.

  After the container P is stopped in the cleaning device 30, as shown in FIG. 12A, the internal cleaning nozzle 32 is raised from the lower side to the upper side of the conveying surface of the roller conveyor 31, and the cleaning liquid is discharged from the inside of the container P. It sprays radially and the inner wall surface of the container P is washed. After completion of the internal cleaning, the internal cleaning nozzle 32 is lowered and the roller conveyor 31 is operated again. A cleaning liquid is sprayed onto the container P from above by the external cleaning nozzle 33 during the conveyance, and the outer wall surface of the container P is cleaned. And as shown in FIG.12 (b), the container P stops in the position right above the air nozzle 34 by the detection of the position detection sensor 48b.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12C, the air nozzle 34 is raised from the lower side to the upper side of the conveying surface of the roller conveyor 31 to start air injection inside the container P, and then the driving roller 363 is driven. Meanwhile, a support bracket (not shown) that supports the drive roller 363 and the like is raised. Thereby, the container P rises while rotating, and air can be blown over the entire inner wall surface of the container P, so that the adhering water droplets can be blown off. Instead of raising the container P, the air nozzle 34 may be moved up and down to remove water droplets on the inner wall surface of the container P.

  In addition to the air nozzle 34 that injects air from the inside of the container P, another air nozzle 341 that injects air to the outer wall surface of the container P may be provided as shown in FIG. The container P from which the water droplets have been removed is transported again to the color kitchen section or the like and reused.

  Thus, according to the collection | recovery washing apparatus of the container for dyeing | staining of this invention, a container can be wash | cleaned in parallel with collection | recovery of the to-be-dyed material and dyeing solution which were accommodated, and work efficiency can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recovery washing | cleaning apparatus 10 Container inversion apparatus 11a, 11b Rack 12a, 12b Pinion 13 Rotating shaft 14a, 14b Holding member 20 Collection | recovery apparatus 21 Receiver 211a, 211b Inclined surface 212 Discharge part 22 Rotating shaft 30 Cleaning apparatus 31 Roller conveyor 32 Inside Cleaning nozzle 33 External cleaning nozzle 34 Air nozzles 36a, 36b Support brackets 361a, 361b Horizontal rollers 362a, 362b Vertical rollers 363 Driving roller 40 Pressing and conveying device P Container

Claims (5)

A container reversing means for vertically reversing the container in which the upper part is opened and the object to be dyed and the dyeing liquid is stored;
A collecting means for receiving the object to be dyed and the dye liquid falling from the inverted container;
Cleaning means for spraying the cleaning liquid into the inside of the inverted container,
The recovery means for collecting and washing a staining container, wherein the recovery means includes a receiver having a dye liquid discharge portion at the bottom and a receiver support means for tiltably supporting the receiver. The container reversing means includes a pair of racks arranged in parallel to each other, a rotation shaft in which pinions provided at both end portions respectively mesh with the rack, and a sandwiching mechanism that is fixed to the rotation shaft and sandwiches the top and bottom of the container With members,
The apparatus for recovering and cleaning a staining container according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is rotated by horizontal movement of the rotation shaft, and the held container is turned upside down. The collection washing | cleaning apparatus of the container for dyeing | staining of Claim 1 or 2 further equipped with the press conveyance means which presses and conveys the container turned upside down by the said container inversion means toward the said washing | cleaning means. The bottom part of the said receiver is equipped with a pair of inclined surface which inclines below toward the center from the periphery, and the said discharge part is formed in groove shape between a pair of said inclined surface. A collecting and cleaning device for a staining container according to claim 1. The said container is a collection | recovery washing | cleaning apparatus of the container for dyeing | staining of Claim 4 supported so that it can tilt to both sides so that to-be-dyed material can fall along each of the said inclined surface.

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