JPH02219780A - Carrying/storage equipment for granular/powdery body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to permit the title equipment to serve both as a container and tank, and eliminate moving work between them by a method wherein a container, which also serves as a tank, made of a flexible material, for which on the top of a hopper part equipped with a flexible cylinder type valve, a cylindrical shaped tank part is connected, is provided, and a tank supporting equipment, which has receiving panels which can support the hopper part of the container/tank, is provided. CONSTITUTION:Under a cylindrical shaped tank 1, a hopper part 2 is connectedly provided, and a tank with hopper, for which a top surface 3 of the cylindrical shaped tank 1 is made of a planar flexible material, is provided. By providing a connecting equipment 4 on the top surface 3, and providing a flexible cylinder type valve 5 under the hopper part 2, a container A, which also serves as a tank, is made. A plurality of tank supporting poles 7, which are vertically supported by stands 6 on the floor surface, are arranged to surround the container A. Cylindrical bodies 8 are fitted over respective supporting poles 7, and a supporting member 9, which corresponds with the hopper part 2 of A, is unified with the cylindrical body 8. The cylindrical body 8 can be fixed with the tank supporting pole 7 by a fastener 8a. By providing an engaging tool 10 between the upper peripheral wall of the cylindrical shaped tank 1 and the tank supporting pole 7, the upper part of the cylindrical shaped tank 1 is engaged with the tank supporting pole 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a container that also serves as a tank for transporting and storing powdery materials such as foods and medicines.

BACKGROUND ART As a known technique for transporting powder and granular materials, there is a cylindrical container made of a flexible material (made of a soft material) for transporting powder and granular materials. In addition, a cylindrical tank integrated with a hopper with a shutoff valve attached to the lower end (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-96 filed by the present applicant)
No. 092 ``Shutoff valve in hopper, etc. for powder and granular materials''), etc. are publicly known.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the occurrence of bridging phenomenon in the hopper tank for storing powder and granular materials and to perform good powder discharge,
Japanese Patent Application No. 114429/1989 filed by the applicant of the present application exists as a bridge breaking device in a powder supply device.

O Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention In the prior art, there is a problem in that a transfer operation between a container and a tank is required.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to use both a container and a tank for powder and granular material, thereby eliminating the need for transfer work between the two.

O Means for Achieving the above-mentioned Problems The present invention provides a flexible material with a cylindrical tank part connected above a hopper part equipped with a flexible cylindrical valve at the lower end, and the top surface of the cylindrical tank part being flat. A tank support device having a plurality of tank supports surrounding the tank-combined container and a receiving plate attached to the tank supports and capable of supporting a hopper portion of the tank-cum-container is provided. To provide a powder transport/storage device having the functions of both a tank and a transport container.

The present invention also adds a bridge breaking device to the above-mentioned tank container to prevent the bridging phenomenon from occurring when the container is used as a tank.

In the present invention, a fixed quantity supply device is further attached to the above-mentioned container which also serves as a tank, thereby making it possible to supply a fixed quantity when used as a tank.

The present invention further provides a plurality of containers that also serve as tanks, and a connecting device is provided at the center of the top surface, so that when used as a tank, a plurality of containers that also serve as tanks are placed vertically.

Embodiment 0 The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a downward conical or pyramidal hopper part 2 is connected to the bottom of a cylindrical (cylindrical or prismatic) cylindrical tank part 1. A tank with a hopper made of flexible material jN (made of soft material) with a planar surface 3 is provided, a long throw device 4 is provided below the center of the top surface 3, and a flexible cylindrical valve 5 is connected below the hopper section 2. to configure container A that also serves as a tank.

A plurality of tank supports 7 supported vertically on the floor by stands 6 are arranged to surround the tank container A, and a cylinder 8 is inserted into each tank support 7 to support the tank container A. A support member (receiving plate) 9 in the shape of a downward cone or pyramid corresponding to the hopper part 2 is integrated with the cylindrical body 8, and the cylindrical body 8 can be fixed to the tank support 7 with a fastener 8a, thereby forming a cylindrical tank part. A locking means 10 is provided between 1, the upper part of the peripheral wall, and the tank support 7, and the cylindrical tank part 1
By locking the upper part of the tank to the tank support 7, the tank-cum-container A is suspended, and the lower hopper part 2
is supported in contact with the receiving plate 9 to constitute a tank support device B. In addition, the top surface 3 is placed above the top surface 3 of the tank-container A.
A hard flat plate 3a is attached to suspend and support the plate, and a connecting device is attached to the center of the flat plate! 4 may be fixed, and the tank side locking tool 10a of the locking means 10 may be fixed around the tank side locking tool 10a of the locking means 10, and the tank-side container A may be supported via the flat plate 3a.

In the tank-cum-container A described above, the flexible cylindrical valve 5 has a flange 11 fixed to the upper end of a cylindrical body 13 made of flexible material (made of soft material) and a flange 11 fixed to the lower end, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. By relatively rotating the fixed flange 12 in opposite directions, the valve action of fully open (Fig. 4) and fully open (Fig. It has a structure that performs the valve opening/closing operation as shown in FIG. 6, and the relative distance between the upper end flange 11 and the lower end flanges 12, that is, the entire length of the cylindrical body 13, expands and contracts with the valve operation. be. Further, a valve operating device 14 is provided for operating the valve by relatively rotating the flanges 11 and 12 in opposite directions. As the above-mentioned valve operating device 14, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63
The rotary operation body 4 disclosed in Japanese Patent No. -96092 can be applied.

Next, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, when stacking a plurality of tank containers A in the vertical direction, when transferring powder and granular material from the upper tank container A to the lower tank container A, The connecting device 4 for preventing powder and granular materials from scattering includes a tube 15 made of a hard material for guiding the lower flange 12 of the flexible cylindrical valve 5 through an O-ring 16, and a container 15. The lid 17 is attached to the hinge 1 to keep the interior sealed when used as a
9 and the flange 15 above the cylinder 15 via the fixture 18
It is configured by being rotatably and fixably attached to a. FIG. 7 shows an example of the fixture 18, in which a lock bin 40 is provided which is slidable in a guide groove 41 provided in the radial direction on the lid 17,
By moving the locking hole 42 provided in the flange 15a in and out, the lid 18 can be attached to and removed from the fi 15 by engaging and disengaging the locking bin 40 and the locking hole 42, and the end 43 of the locking bin 40 can be placed in the locked position. It is constructed so that it is maintained in an upright state and is housed in a collapsed state in the unlocked position within the lid, so that the top surface is maintained flat when used as a container.

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the above-mentioned connecting device 4, in which a rotary tube 44 is installed inside the tube 15, and the rotary tube 44 is installed inside the tube 15.
A spiral groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder 15, and a rotating pin 45 attached to the cylinder 15 is locked in the spiral groove, and the rotating cylinder 44 is raised or lowered by turning the rotating cylinder 44 by hand. The spiral groove on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary cylinder 44 has the same shape as the groove for raising and lowering the lower flange 12 in the flexible cylinder valve 5, and is set so that the flange 12 and the rotary cylinder 44 perform the same operation. . The flange 1 is secured by the locking tool 46.
2 and the rotary cylinder 44 are detachable.

47 and 48 are gaskets to enhance the sealing effect.

The connecting bag M4 is connected to the flexible cylindrical valve 5,
First, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower flange 22 of the flexible cylindrical valve 5 is brought close to the upper part of the rotary cylinder 44, and then the rotary cylinder 44 is rotated by hand to be raised.

With the rotation @ 44 rising and in contact with the flange 22,
The rotating cylinder and flange 22 are integrated with each other by fixing them together using a locking tool 46, as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, when the flexible cylindrical valve 5 is opened, the flange 12 rotates and descends, and the rotating cylinder 44 also rotates and descends due to the action of the rotating pin 45 and the spiral groove.
The upper and lower tanks/containers are connected in a sealed state (first
Figure 0).

Next, the bridge breaking device C will be explained with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG. 14. A belt 21 made of a soft material that is slightly harder than the material of the tank container A and having an elastic restoring force is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the tank container A, located at the bottom of the cylindrical tank part 1 or the top of the hopper part 2. A bridge breaker 22 is positioned opposite to the belt 21.
, and a drive device 23 for intermittently driving the bridge breakers 2, 2. In addition, in the example,
The bridge breaker 22 is a cam body, and the effective dimension of the tank-container A in the radial direction is intermittently increased or decreased by changing the rotation angle due to the rotation of the bridge breaker 22. Said bridge breaker 2
2 and a pulley 25 integral with the bridge breaker 22 are pivotally supported 26, and the drive of a motor 29 fixed to the support plate 24 is transmitted to the bridge breaker 22 via belts 27 and 28 to constitute a drive device 23, and the motor By intermittently driving the belt 29 in the forward and reverse directions, the bridge breaker 22 is operated intermittently to change the top view shape of the belt 21 and act to destroy the powder bridge in the tank.

It should be noted that the bridge breaking device C is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration, but is based on known technology, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 114429/1983.
Of course, the following can be applied.

Referring to FIG. 15, the fixed quantity supply device has a cylindrical discharge port 31 connected to the bottom of the lowermost hopper section 2 of a plurality of containers A that also serve as tanks, and a discharge screw in the cylindrical discharge port 31. 32 is inserted, and the rotary shaft 33 to which the discharge screw 32 is fixed is passed through the tank/container A and extended to the top tank/container A, and the motor 34 is directly connected to the upper end of the top tank/container A. , case 35
is fixed to the top surface 3 or the hard flat plate 3a, and the discharge screw 32 is rotated by the drive of the motor 34 to open the cylindrical discharge port 31.
The granular material is forcibly discharged from the cylindrical discharge port 31, and the granular material is supplied in a fixed amount to the lower part of the cylindrical discharge port 31. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the bridge breaker 36 is fixed to the rotary shaft 33, and the bridge in the tank is destroyed by the rotation of the rotary shaft 33 at the same time as a fixed amount of powder is supplied.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 17, the flange 3 is replaced with the case 35.
7 is fixed to a hard flat plate 3a, a supply cylinder 38 having a supply port 39 is fixed to the hard flat plate 3a, and the supply cylinder 38 is extended upward to continuously supply powder and granular material. Enables quantitative supply.

When using the tank-cum-container A of the present invention as a tank, FIGS. 1 and 2 show.

Figure 11 Artificial Figure 14 As shown in Figure 14, the hopper part 2 is positioned downward in a suspended state to function as a tank with a hopper, and the powder fluid is stored in the tank, and the hopper part 2 can be operated by valve operation as desired. The liquid powder in the tank is supplied by dropping from the lower discharge port.

FIG. 18 shows the container A being transported as a container, with the tank-cum-container A facing the opposite direction, with the top surface 3 facing the bottom surface, and being placed on the bed of a truck, the bed of a trailer, or the like.

If the cylindrical tank 1 of the tank-container A is shaped like a square prism, the loading platform can be used effectively by laying it down sideways and placing it on the loading platform with the top surface 3 as the side, as shown in Fig. 19. .

FIG. 20 shows a transfer method for changing the function of a tank-container A placed on a truck bed or a trailer bed from its function as a container to its function as a tank.
After moving the horizontal tank-cum-container A on the loading platform above the turning table 51 from the hanging crane 49,
The hopper parts are raised by the first and second hanging cranes 50 and turned to a vertical state, and the hopper parts are moved downward to the tank position in a suspended state, and then lowered and stacked in one or more stages. Feed powder and granules downward.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, by using both a tank with a hopper and a container, it is possible to eliminate the need for transferring work from the tank with a hopper to the container and reduce the cost of transporting powder and granular material.

Moreover, if the tank support is made movable, the tank can be added as temporary equipment that can be removed when necessary, without using it as factory equipment.

Since the second invention of the present application is provided with a bridge breaking device, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a bridging phenomenon at the bottom of the tank when the container is used as a tank.

According to the third invention of the present application, by removing the connecting device on the top surface of the tank-container and equipping it with a quantitative supply device, it is possible to supply a fixed amount of powder or granules by forcibly discharging a fixed amount.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by using a plurality of containers that also serve as tanks, it is possible to effectively utilize the floor space and install the tanks. Continuous supply is also possible by removing the empty tank above and replacing it with a full tank.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the transport and storage device for powder and granular materials according to the first invention of the present application, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing an embodiment of the transport and storage device for powder and granular materials according to the fourth invention of the application. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 above. 4 and 5 are schematic diagrams showing the outline of the flexible cylinder type pulp, with FIG. 4 showing the "open" state and FIG. 5 showing the "closed" state. FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing the outline of the connecting device, and FIG.
The locking/disengaging mechanism of the lid is shown, with figure a being a longitudinal sectional view and figure b being a plan view. FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the articulation device, and FIG.
Figure 8 shows the start of the connection work, Figure 9 shows the middle of the connection work, and the first
Figure 0 shows the state of completion of the connection work. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a locking tool for fixing the flange and the rotary cylinder. Figure 12 shows a bridge breaking device which is a part of the main part of the second invention of the present application, and Figure 12 is a plan view,
3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the belt in contact with the bridge breaker. Fig. 15 is an artificial figure. Fig. 17 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a quantitative feeding device which is a part of the main part of the third invention of the present application. Fig. 15 shows only the quantitative feeding device attached, but Fig. 16 shows the broken bridge. Fig. 17 shows the addition of a continuous supply mechanism. FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are perspective views showing the case where the tank-cum-container of the present invention is transported as a container.
Figure 9 shows the case where the device is placed horizontally. FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing a transfer method for changing the function from a container to a tank. 1... Cylindrical tank part 2... Hopper part 3... Top surface 4... Connecting device 5... Flexible cylindrical pulp 7...tank support 9...support member A...tank container B...tank support device C...bridge destruction device D.・・・・・・Quantitative supply device

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A container that also serves as a tank and is made of a flexible material, with a cylindrical tank section 1 connected above a hopper section 2 equipped with a flexible cylindrical valve 5 at the lower end, and the top surface 3 of the cylindrical tank section being flat. A
and; a tank support device B having a plurality of tank supports 7 surrounding the tank-container, and a support member 9 attached to the tank supports 7 and capable of supporting the hopper portion 1 of the tank-container. Transport and storage equipment for powder and granular materials. (2) A container that also serves as a tank and is made of a flexible material, in which a cylindrical tank part 1 is connected above a hopper part 2 equipped with a flexible cylindrical valve 5 at the lower end, and the top surface 3 of the cylindrical tank part is flat. A
and; a tank support device B having a plurality of tank struts 7 surrounding the tank-cum-container, and a support member 9 attached to the tank struts 7 and capable of supporting a hopper portion of the tank-cum-container; It has a bridge breaker 22 arranged opposite to the circumferential surface of the container, and a drive device 23 for intermittently driving the bridge breaker to a contact position, and the bridge breaker is intermittently brought into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the container that also serves as a tank. A bridge destruction device C for changing the cross-sectional shape of a tank-cum-container A and destroying the bridge; (3) Container A that also serves as a tank and is made of a flexible material with a cylindrical tank part 1 connected above a hopper part 2 equipped with a flexible cylindrical valve 5 at the lower end, and a top surface 3 of the cylindrical tank part made flat. and; a tank support device B having a plurality of tank struts 7 surrounding the tank-cum-container, and a support member 9 attached to the tank struts 7 and capable of supporting a hopper portion of the tank-cum-container; A vertical rotating shaft 33 that can be inserted into the container is provided, and a discharge screw 32 is attached to the lower end of the rotating shaft. A conveying and storage device for powder and granular materials, comprising: a quantitative supply device D that performs quantitative supply by forcibly discharging the powder and granular materials from the lower part of a dual-purpose container using a discharge screw 32; (4) A cylindrical tank part 1 is connected above a hopper part equipped with a flexible cylindrical valve 5 at the lower end, and the top surface 3 of the cylindrical tank part is flat, with an open position below the center of the top surface. a plurality of tank containers A made of a flexible material and provided with connecting devices 4 for connection with flexible cylindrical valves 5; a plurality of tank supports 7 surrounding the tank containers; and tank supports 7; A tank support device B having a support member 9 which is removably attached to the tank and can support the hopper portion of the tank-container; and a granular material transport and storage device.