JPH01285520A - Straightening device for oval-shaped vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate handling operation for storage in a packing case in the next process by fixedly placing an oval-shaped bottle to be straightened so as to provide a fixed pitch tilting with a predetermined angle by a straightening part consisting of a belt-shaped guide. CONSTITUTION:An oval-shaped bottle 9 is conveyed in a straightening conveying part in a condition being mounted to a conveyer. During this time, the bottle 9 is restricted in its major axis direction to a direction almost equal to the conveying direction of the conveyer, and by contact with a tilt surface 65 of an angle restricting- protruding part 61 and a tilt surface 59 of an angle restricting-recessed part 58 provided in a terminal end part of this straightening conveying part, the bottle 9 is deflected in its major axis 9a to a direction by a predetermined angle theta1 for an advancing direction X and introduced into a straightening storage part A. And the bottle 9, being adapted to a stopper 7 provided in the advancing direction final end part of the straightening storage part Am, stops in a condition, that the bottle is tilted by a predetermined angle theta3 for the conveying direction, by the stopper 7 in its curved surface. While the next bottle 9, which is adapted to the preceding bottle 9 while brought into contact with tilt surfaces 53, 55 in a straightening protruding part 51, is straightened tilting and successively connecting similarly to the preceding bottle 9.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an arrangement device for elliptical containers, and in particular to an arrangement device for aligning elliptical containers, particularly for connecting a plurality of elliptical containers, such as bottles, whose cross sections are approximately elliptical. The present invention relates to an arrangement device for elliptical containers that can be arranged by using the same method.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, when shipping filled products such as bottles and containers, each product is stored in a packaging box that has a plurality of regularly partitioned rectangular spaces. Ship.

When storing an elliptical field with a long axis and a short axis in such a bottle or container, it is necessary to make sure that the long axis direction of the elliptical field maintains a constant angle with respect to the partition surface provided in the packaging box. It is well known that storing the field diagonally is superior in terms of preventing damage to the field, and is commonly used (
Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-30073, Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-8647
Publication No. 7, etc.).

In view of this fact, various packaging methods and packaging devices have been proposed for storing the flat field obliquely in a packaging box as described above.

For example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-30073, a plurality of elliptical bottles to be conveyed are brought into contact alignment in an inclined state using a tilt alignment device using a conveyor, a guide, and a stopper, and then a plurality of bottle grippers A boxing device is disclosed in which bottles are housed in a cardboard box while being slanted using a bottle holding and transferring device.

According to this, items that have been aligned in advance at a predetermined inclination using an inclination alignment device can be packed in boxes as they are, making it possible to pack them in boxes extremely efficiently.

Furthermore, Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-59965 discloses a method in which several glass bottles each having a substantially elliptical cross section are arranged in a line while being regulated by guides so that the long axis directions of the bodies of the bottles are in contact with each other. There has been disclosed a glass bottle storage device in which the bottle storage device grips the rows of bottles at the same time, tilts the entire row of bottles at a predetermined angle via a link *m, and then packs them into a storage box.

According to this, the mechanism for changing the orientation of a plurality of glass bottles is relatively simple, and the orientation can always be changed smoothly.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-30073, the tilt alignment device disclosed therein places the workpiece in an elliptical field, especially in an elliptical field with a base area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the wound, a high center of gravity, and poor stability. When used as a field, it is not possible to arrange several bottles closely and contiguously at a fixed pitch.

In other words, if we use the tilt alignment device to connect a plurality of the unstable elliptical fields and align them in a line at a constant pitch, the elliptical bottle will have a long axis and a short axis. However, because the curvature of the outside of the field in the direction of the field circumference is different (the curvature may also be different in the direction of the production axis), the bottles may fall over during the expansion row, or the bottles may float above the row. There is a problem in that an upward phenomenon occurs.

This problem becomes more serious as the number of bottles arranged in a row increases.

In this way, when the bottle cap or the phenomenon of rising occurs, the bottle holding and transferring device having the bottle grip in the next step does not perform its function at all.

On the other hand, in the bottle alignment method disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-59965, oval glass bottles are aligned so that the long axis directions of the bodies thereof are in contact with each other. In addition to the inconvenience of causing the bottle to topple over or rise to the extent that it is similar to or worse than the case of Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-30073, the direction of the bottle must be changed after being handled by the bottle storage device, making the entire device large-scale. There is also the inconvenience of becoming something.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to enable oval containers including oval bottles to be arranged at a fixed pitch, and to provide an apparatus for The object of the present invention is to provide a device for arranging oval containers that is simple in itself and does not take up much space.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a conveyor for conveying eight oval containers whose bodies have a substantially elliptical cross section, and a conveyor path for the oval containers along the approximately traveling direction of the conveyor. The apparatus for arranging oval containers includes an arranging section configured with at least one pair of belt-shaped guides provided to regulate an alignment conveyance section for regulating the long axis direction of the oval containers in substantially the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyor; and an alignment conveyance section provided downstream of the alignment conveyance section to connect and align several of the oval containers. It has an alignment storage section that allows the
When introducing the elliptical containers from the alignment and transportation section into the alignment storage section, the long axis direction of the elliptical containers is set in a predetermined direction with respect to the transportation direction of the transportation conveyor. An angle regulating member is provided for introducing the elliptical container in an inclined state, and a curved surface having a shape that follows the side surface of the body of the elliptical container is provided at the final end in the advancing direction of the alignment storage section, and the elliptical container is attached to the curved surface. A stopper is provided for stopping the elliptical container in a state in which the long axis thereof is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyance direction of the conveyor, and the alignment storage is provided between the stopper and the angle regulating member. The device is characterized in that alignment convex portions are provided at a predetermined pitch on one guide surface of a pair of guides forming the section.

[Effect]

In the present invention, by the above means, the oval containers are conveyed through the alignment conveyor while being placed on the conveyor, and during this time, the long axis direction of the oval containers is regulated to be substantially the same as the conveyance direction of the conveyor. The elliptical containers are introduced into the alignment storage section with the long axis direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyance direction of the conveyor by the angle regulating member provided at the wooden end of the alignment conveyor. are transported through this alignment storage section. The elliptical containers then come into contact with a stopper at the final end of the alignment storage section in the direction of travel, and are stopped with their long axes inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the transport direction of the transport conveyor due to the curved surface of the stopper.

Further, the next elliptical container to be conveyed comes into contact with the previous elliptical container and also comes into contact with the inclined surface of the alignment convex portion, so that it stops with substantially the same inclination as the previous elliptical container. The plurality of alignment convex portions formed at a predetermined pitch align several elliptical containers in series while maintaining a predetermined inclination.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the elliptical container alignment device (hereinafter referred to as alignment device) according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Let me explain using a place as an example.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the entire alignment device, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1 seen from the right, and FIG. 3 is an alignment storage section shown in the upper right corner of FIG. A partially enlarged plan view enlarged around A is shown.

As shown in FIG. 1, the alignment device of the present invention is equipped with an alignment section 1 that is conveyed in the longitudinal direction at the center, and is further provided with an elliptical shape in which the cross section of the wound is usually elliptical. In the illustrated example, a conveyance section 2 for conveying or transferring the field is connected perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the alignment section 1.

As described above, the conveying section 2 is for conveying or transferring the oval bottles 9 to the alignment section 1, which is the essential part of the present invention, and various modes can be used as the means thereof.

In the illustrated example, a conveyor 90 suspended from a pair of rotating rollers 91 (the roller on one side is not shown) is provided.
An elliptical object j19 to be transported is continuously supplied from the left side.

On both sides of the conveyor 90 in the longitudinal direction, there are guides 44, 45.
46, and an infeed screw 40 rotatable by a drive source (not shown) such as a motor is located between guides 44 and 45 provided on one side of the conveyor in the longitudinal direction. and the conveyor conveyance direction are in the same direction,
On the surface of the infeed screw 40, a spiral eraser 40a with a constant pitch is provided on the surface of the infeed screw 40 in order to forcibly align the elliptical field that is the conveyed object at a constant interval.
It is wound around the zero rotation axis.

In addition, at a portion of the conveyance section 2 connected to the alignment section 1, several oval bottles 9 conveyed at regular intervals by the infeed screw 40 are simultaneously placed in the alignment section 1, which will be described later.
A transfer mechanism 30 is provided for loading the container into the container.

The transfer mechanism 30 includes a cylinder 31 having a predetermined stroke provided along the conveyor conveyance direction, and a slidable shaft 32 connected to the cylinder rod of the cylinder 31 (the shaft 32 is connected to the shaft by a bearing or the like). ) and two pins 36a on the shaft 32.

Link members 35a, 35b provided so as to be rotatable around 36b; and link members 35a, 35b.
The other end of the bottle 37a.

The push plate attachments provided so as to be rotatable around 37b are members 38a and 38b, and the push plate attachment is member 38a.

38b and a push-in plate 39 fixed to the plate 38b.

The alignment section 1 connected to the conveyance section 2 as described above is
As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer fl! of the transfer section 2 is carried out! l!
A conveyor 10 on which an oval bottle 9, which is an object to be conveyed, is placed and conveyed from a push plate 39 provided at It is configured to include at least one pair of band-shaped guides 3 provided for regulating. Note that the term "guide" as used herein has a broad concept of regulating the transport path of the oval bottles arranged in the alignment section 1.

As shown in No. 11J, such an alignment section 1 is used for aligning and conveying the elliptical bottles 9 while conveying them and regulating the direction of the long axis of the elliptical bottles 9 at a predetermined angle with respect to the direction of travel. It consists of a part B and an alignment storage part A in which the elliptical bottles 9 are arranged and several elliptical fields are regularly connected and arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, both the alignment transport section B and the alignment storage #A! It is not necessary to necessarily share the transport conveyor 10 suspended on the pair of rotating rollers 11, 18; separate conveyors can also be provided for A and B).

Furthermore, they also share a series of at least one pair of band-shaped guides 3 provided substantially along the traveling direction of the conveyor 10.

The shape of the guide 3 is the alignment storage section A and the alignment conveyance section B.
Each has a different shape, which will be described later.

First, the alignment conveyance section B will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The alignment conveyance unit B includes a part of the conveyor 10, a series of at least one belt-shaped guide guide 3 provided along substantially the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyor 10, and a conveyor conveyance of the guide 3. Several regulating plates 12b are provided at predetermined positions to regulate the direction guide arrangement.

13b, 15b, 16b, and several fixing shafts 1 provided in the width direction of the conveyor for attaching the regulation plates.
2a, 13a, 15a, 16a and their fixing shafts 12a, 13a, 15a.

A pair of fixing plates 14 provided oppositely at both ends of the conveyor width for fixing the fixing plates 16a at regular intervals in the conveyor transport direction.
．． 14, these fixing plates 14, 14, fixing shafts 13a, 15a, etc. are attached to the side surface 2 of the conveyor main body of the aligning section 1.
2 erected for fixing to 6 (shown in Figure 2)
Book support plate 13c.

15c.

As shown in FIG. 1, the guide 3 has several regulating plates 12 provided corresponding to the number of guides 3 in the vicinity of the input port into which the guide 3 is transferred from the conveying section 2 in the elliptical field.
b, 13b creates a predetermined angle of 11J to the right with respect to the conveyor conveyance direction! It is regulated so that it is diagonal, and - from the inlet
After reaching a distance of 1, the guide 3 is further moved by the regulating plates 15b and 16b so that the guide 3 is moved almost in the same direction as the conveyor conveyance direction.
The direction of the arrangement is changed, and in this state it extends to a distance of j2 as shown in the figure.

The reason why the guide is regulated at a predetermined angle at the distance 11 is as follows.

In other words, the orientation of the oval bottles 9 placed on the conveyor 10 is determined in advance by the conveyance method of the conveyance section 2 shown in FIG. , the short axis direction of the oval 1119 is almost the same direction, and the conveyor conveyance direction and the long axis direction of the oval execution area are almost the same within the distance of the conveyor j1, Approximately 90 while transporting the oval execution site
This is for rotating.

The guide 3 at the location (J2 section) that is in almost the same direction as the conveyor conveyance direction is different from the structure of the J1 section, and has a first auxiliary guide 5 and a second auxiliary guide on both sides of the guide 3. Guides 6 (shown in FIG. 3) are provided respectively along the guide guides 3.

As described above, the first auxiliary guide 5 and the second auxiliary guide 6 are provided in a substantially straight shape along the guide guide 3, but before entering the alignment storage section A, which will be described later. , has a predetermined special shape as shown in FIG.

That is, the end portion of the second auxiliary guide 6 has an angle regulating convex portion 61 constituting an angle regulating member, and its inclined surface 65
Due to this structure, the long axis direction of the elliptical execution chamber forms a predetermined angle, and the angle is regulated so that it enters the alignment storage section 1, which will be described later.

On the other hand, the first auxiliary guide 5 is connected to the second auxiliary guide 6.
An angle regulating concave portion 58 constituting the angle regulating member is formed substantially corresponding to the angle regulating convex portion 61, and the inclined surface 59 thereof corresponds to the inclination of the inclined surface 65 of the convex portion 61. do not necessarily have the same slope, and
The shape of this angle regulating member is not limited to the above-described inclined surface, but may be a smooth curved shape.

The conveyance path of the oval execution site is carried out by a pair of guides 3 provided on both sides of the place, and a first auxiliary guide 5 and a second auxiliary guide 6 provided along the sides of this guide 3. Regulated.

substantially a first auxiliary guide 5 and a second auxiliary guide 6
The conveyance path width of the oval bottle 9 formed by the oval bottle 9 is narrower than the long axis width of the oval execution place 9, and the oval execution place 9 has its long axis direction almost the same as the conveyor conveyance direction, and is conveyed with slight rocking. Then, before entering the alignment storage section A, which will be described later, it is swung to a predetermined angle and the angle is regulated as described above.

The elliptical shape j119 swung at a predetermined angle in this manner is stored in the next aligned storage section A in a well-regulated manner.

In this case, even if the angle of the elliptical execution chamber 9, which is swung at a predetermined angle, changes slightly due to vibrations of the conveyor, etc., the stored state will not be affected.

As shown in FIG. 3, the alignment storage section A includes a part of the conveyor 10, a stopper 7 installed at the final end of the storage section A and having a substantially same shape as the oval bottle.
A guide guide 3 and a second auxiliary guide 5 (hereinafter referred to as "alignment storage guide 5a" in order to distinguish from the second auxiliary guide 5 of the alignment transport section B) are connected from the alignment transport section B. ).

The stopper 7 is arranged so that the long axis direction of the elliptical execution field is relative to the direction of movement.
It has an H-shaped inclined curved surface 71 that imitates the side surface of the body of the oval container against which the oval execution chamber contacts so as to stop within a predetermined range of inclination, and the stopper 7 is fixed by a stopper 8.

The alignment storage guide 5a provided along the guide guide 3 has alignment convex portions 51 at a predetermined pitch as shown in the figure, and the convex portions 51 have two sloped surfaces 53, 55 and one protruding flat surface between the sloped surfaces. The inclined surface 53, which is formed from the surface 56 and is located on the near side in the conveyance direction, is an inclined surface substantially parallel to the curved surface 71, and a part of the outer surface of the elliptical execution chamber 9 always comes into contact with it. The orientation of the elliptical execution chamber 9 housed in the prison and the pitch of increasing the amount are regulated.

The pitch P at which the alignment convex portions 51 are provided is the same as the pitch P at which the alignment convex portions 51 are provided.
is shorter than the length La of the maximum major axis and longer than the length Lb of the maximum minor axis, and is determined by the inclination angle of the elliptical execution chamber 9 that is stored at an angle.

Further, a generally flat counter guide 4 is provided opposite the alignment storage guide 5a, and the minimum passage width W is formed by the guide 4 and the protruding flat surface 56 of the alignment convex portion 51.
1 is regulated.

By setting the above-mentioned pitch P and minimum passage width W1 to predetermined values, the several elliptical execution chambers stored in contiguous manner in the alignment storage section A are arranged regularly at a fixed pitch, and in addition, the so-called collapsing and sagging No rising phenomenon occurs.
Note that a protrusion 51a corresponding to the alignment protrusion 51 is provided at the entrance of the normal alignment section A, and one oval bottle 9 waits at this position.

In the illustrated example of the present invention, the alignment storage section A is composed of six rows, and the number of stored elliptical fields 9 in each row is five (the sixth elliptical field 9 in the illustration is completely stored). However, the number of rows and the number of stored items are not necessarily limited to this, and the method of handling operation to transfer the oval bottles 9 to the final shipping box is shown. It is preferable to select the appropriate amount depending on the storage format of the final shipping box.

Next, the operation of the elliptical field alignment apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the oval bottle 9 is conveyed from the left to the right by the conveyor 90 of the conveyance section 2 with the direction of its growth axis and the direction of travel being almost the same. They are forcibly taken into the provided spiral well 40a and arranged at intervals corresponding to the pitch of the spiral grooves.

Thereafter, a predetermined number of elliptical fields 9 (six in the illustrated example) that have passed through the infeed screw 40 are transferred to the alignment section 1 that is connected approximately perpendicularly to the conveyance direction by the transfer atop 30 in the next step. Transferred and put in.

That is, by retracting the piston rod of the cylinder 31 that constitutes the transfer mechanism 30, 3i1! By sliding the installed shaft 32 in the direction opposite to the conveyor traveling direction (arrow (A) direction), the shaft 32 and the push plate are attached to the member 38a.

38b via pins 35a, 36b, 37a, 37b are connected to pins 36a, 3
Each rotates clockwise using 6b as a fulcrum.

As a result, the push-in plate is attached to the member 38a,
The pushing plate 39 fixed to 38b is pushed out in the direction of the connected alignment part 1.

This operation is carried out quickly so as not to interfere with the conveyance of the elliptical shapes 19 that are then conveyed at regular intervals.

In this way, several oval bottles 9 (six in the figure) pushed into the alignment section 1 by the pushing plate 39 are transferred onto the conveyor 10, each with a passage width for one oval field. As shown in FIG. 1, the sheets are conveyed and stored in the alignment and storage section A via the alignment and transportation section B by a pair of guides 3 that regulate the movement of the objects.

In the alignment conveyance section B, the major axis direction of the oval bottles 9 is to be aligned in substantially the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyor 10, and the oval bottles 9 are
The purpose is to swing the long axis direction of the object at a predetermined angle.

That is, when the oval bottle 9 is pushed by the pushing plate 39, the long axis direction of the oval bottle 9 is slightly aligned due to the vector sum of the conveying speed of the conveyor 90 and the pushing speed of the pushing plate. Although the oval bottle 9 approaches the direction in which the conveyor travels in section 1, the short axis direction of the oval bottle 9 is pushed closer to the direction in which the conveyor travels.

The elliptical field 9 pushed in in this state is formed by the guide 3 (distance 11) having a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyor traveling direction.
11j1) while changing the direction of the long axis of the elliptical field 9 due to this contact resistance, the long axis direction of the elliptical bottle 9 moves forward on the conveyor before entering the straight passage section (distance w1j2). The direction is changed to approximately match the direction.

The elliptical field 9, which is regulated in a predetermined direction in this way, passes between j2 while maintaining the same direction, but as shown in detail in FIG. The elliptical bottle 9
The direction of the long axis 9a of the paper is swung by a predetermined angle (θ1) with respect to the conveyor traveling direction X, and the paper is introduced into the alignment storage section A. At this time, the short axis 9b of the top circular field 9 is in a direction substantially perpendicular to the inner inclined surface 65.59.

The state in which the elliptical bottles 9, in which the long axes 9a are tilted at a predetermined angle (θ1) with respect to the traveling direction X of the conveyor, are arranged in the alignment storage part A at a predetermined angle will be described in detail below.

First, the first elliptical groove 9 swung at a predetermined angle (θ1) advances while slightly returning its angle, and its long axis 9a becomes at a predetermined angle (θ2) with respect to the traveling direction X of the conveyor. . However, the elliptical execution chamber 9 contacts the stopper 7 while repeatedly coming into contact with and separating from the guide surface 4 and the alignment convex portion 51, that is, while swinging within the passage, within a range that does not extend in the same direction as the conveyor conveyance direction. After that, it stops leaning against the curved surface 71 of the stopper 7. The reason why the object always stops leaning against the curved surface 7 is because the object swung at the predetermined angle is not completely swung back while passing through the alignment storage section A. Then, the elliptical execution field 9 is stabilized in a state following the curved surface 71, and the long axis 9a
The inclination angle of is θ3. In this case, the fixed arrangement shown in FIG. 3 is achieved only by the conveying force of the conveyor (without being pushed by the second oval execution chamber 9). At this time,
The outer peripheral surface of the oval bottle 9 is in contact with the curved surface 71 of the stopper 7 and the guides 4 and 5a.

Next, the second oval bottle 9 that has entered the alignment section A is moved to the first oval execution chamber while slightly rocking along the passage of the alignment storage section A, as in the case of the first oval execution chamber. After abutting against the rear part of the elliptical execution chamber 9, as shown in FIG. At this time, the outer peripheral surface of the oval bottle is the first oval 1976 part,
It is in contact with the guide 4 and the slope 53 of the alignment convex portion 51,
The slope 53 has an important function of regulating the alignment pitch and alignment angle of the ellipses ji9. In other words, Oval Punishment Hall 9
is stabilized in a state following the inclination angle of the slope 53.

Next, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Following the movement of the second oval execution site, each of the second oval execution sites is connected to the oval execution site placed in front of it, and arranged at regular pitches as shown in the figure.

The several elliptical fields arranged in this way are packed into a shipping box, for example, by a packaging device (not shown) having a bottle gripper.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, there are six rows in the alignment storage section A, and five bottles are arranged in each row.
In the figure, the bottom row of field devices is shown, and the fields of other rows are omitted.) A total of 30 fields are packed at one time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the description of the embodiments described above, the oval punishment field alignment device of the present invention includes a conveyor on which an oval punishment field, which is an object to be transported, is placed and transported; The alignment part includes at least one pair of band-shaped guides provided to regulate the conveyance path of the material, and the shape of the guide provided in the alignment part is set to a predetermined shape. The elliptical execution chambers are arranged so that their long axes are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyor conveyance direction, and the intervals between the connected chambers are a fixed pitch.

By providing an inclination of the above-mentioned predetermined angle, one of the alignment parts
Even if several fields are arranged in a row, the bottles will not fall or the so-called rising phenomenon will not occur.

By setting the intervals between the bottles at a certain pitch, handling operations for storing them in packaging boxes for the next process can be easily and reliably performed.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the alignment R is extremely simple mainly using a band-shaped guide, the entire device can be simplified, and the installation space is kept to the minimum necessary, making the device more compact.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the entire alignment device, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. The partially enlarged plan view shown in FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the operation in the alignment storage section A. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Alignment part, 2... Conveyance part, 3... Guidance guide, 5a... Guide, 51... Alignment convex part, 53.55
... slope, 6 ... angle regulating convex part, 7 ... stopper, 9 ... oval execution area, A ... alignment storage section, B ... alignment transport section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transport conveyor on which an oval container whose body has a substantially elliptical cross section is placed and transported; and at least one pair provided for regulating a transport path of the oval container along the approximately traveling direction of the conveyor. This is an arranging device for elliptical containers, comprising an arranging section configured with a belt-shaped guide, wherein the arranging section transports the elliptical containers while transporting the elliptical containers in the longitudinal direction of the elliptical containers. It has an alignment conveyance section for regulating the conveyance direction in substantially the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyor, and an alignment storage section provided on the downstream side of the alignment conveyance section and for connecting and aligning several of the oval containers. , at the end of the alignment conveyor in the traveling direction, when the oval containers are introduced from the alignment conveyor to the alignment storage section, the long axis direction of the oval containers is set in a predetermined direction with respect to the conveyance direction of the conveyor. An angle regulating member is provided for introducing the elliptical container in an inclined state, and a curved surface having a shape that follows the side surface of the body of the elliptical container is provided at the final end in the advancing direction of the alignment storage section, and the elliptical container is attached to the curved surface. A stopper is provided for stopping the elliptical container in a state in which the long axis thereof is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyance direction of the conveyor, and the alignment storage is provided between the stopper and the angle regulating member. 1. A device for aligning elliptical containers, characterized in that alignment convex portions are provided at a predetermined pitch on one guide surface of a pair of guides forming the container.