JPH03187819A - Picking-up device for package - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable easy pickup of the given number of products through simple constitution by a method wherein, when granular drugs or packed seasonings are packed in the specified number unit, the program of a computer is changed. CONSTITUTION:In a feeding means A, a pair of upper sprocket wheels 4 are pivotally mounted close to the upper ends on both sides of an inclination support plate 2 mounted closer to the one side on a machine frame 1, and a pair of lower sprocket wheels 5 are pivotally mounted closer to the lower end thereof. A conveying means B is mounted to the upper end position of the feeding device A on the machine frame 1 such that it is circulated in a direction in which the advancement of push levers 7, 7... is interrupted. A pick-up means C is mounted fronting on the circulation passage of the conveying passage B, and a cylinder 23 is mounted to a support bed 20 securely mounted on the machine frame 1 by means of a mounting metal. A computer to operate each cylinder 32 of the pick-up means and have a program according to which a hydraulic circuit or an air circuit is operated is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a device that sequentially extracts packed products such as granular medicines or seasonings in a preset number.

<Prior art> Conventional constant extraction devices for packed products are used to extract multiples of 5 pieces, such as 5 pieces, 10 pieces, or 15 pieces, or even numbers of 6 or more when packaging a predetermined number of pieces. The mainstream is a device in which the number of devices is packaged in one case.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above conventional example, the extraction of the number is limited to a constant that is a multiple of the number of units, and when the number is one more or less than the multiple, etc. It was not possible to extract the

Moreover, even these extraction devices have drawbacks such as being extremely large in size, difficult to install in a narrow space, and moreover, they are expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention aims to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional examples and to provide an apparatus that can arbitrarily select the number of packed products to be extracted.

Means for Solving the Problems> A supply means for supplying a plurality of packed products containing granular pharmaceuticals or seasonings in parallel, and a predetermined holding part for receiving the packed products from the supply means. a constant extraction means for pushing out the packed products on the conveyance means into a predetermined number of packed products from the conveyance means; and a predetermined number of packed products extracted by the extraction means. and a delivery means for guiding the packs to the packaging device.

Action〉 Packs sent as a group by the supply means are received by the conveyance means, and sent to the constant extraction means,
By the operation of the constant extracting means, a predetermined number of punctures are pushed out from the conveying means to the sending means, in preparation for packaging a predetermined number of punctures in bulk.

<Example> The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to examples shown in the drawings. First, the outline of the present invention will be explained as follows: As shown in Figs. means A, conveyance means B for sequentially rearranging and transporting the packed products into coefficient sets and fraction sets, means C for extracting the packed products from the conveyance means B to a required set number;
and a delivery means for guiding the extracted packed product to a packaging device.

Next, each of the above-mentioned means will be explained in more detail.
A pair of upper sprocket wheels 4 are pivotally installed near the upper end of both sides, and a pair of lower sprocket wheels 5 are pivotally installed near the lower end of each of the upper and lower sprocket wheels 4.
Circulating chain bands 6, 6 are stretched across the left and right chain bands 6, 6, and push rods 7, 7 are placed horizontally at regular intervals on the chain bands, spanning between the left and right chain bands 6, 6. At the same time, a plurality of guide rails 3.3 are installed between the top and bottom of the central part of the support plate 2, and the guide rails 3.3 are arranged in a gradually contracting manner from the bottom to the top. Moreover, the guides are merged so that the number of guides at the upper level is smaller than at the lower level.

For example, the diagram shows five guides 3°3...
It is composed of three guides 3' near the upper end. In other words, at first, one packed product is sent to each guide 3, 3, etc., and near the end, it converges into 3 blocks: 2 sets of 2 pieces and 1 set of 1 piece. I try to do that.

The upper sprocket wheel 4 is configured to be rotated at a constant speed in a predetermined direction via a belt 9 by an electric motor 818 installed on the machine frame 1.

Next, the conveying means B is installed on the machine frame 1 at the upper end position of the feeding device A so as to circulate in a direction that blocks the advancing direction of the pushing rods 7, 7, . . . .

That is, the conveying means B has a shaft 11 at one position on the machine frame 1.
A pair of sprocket wheels 13.1 fitted onto the top
3 is pivotally mounted by a bearing 12.12, and the shaft 11 is mounted at the same height as the shaft 11 at the other position on the machine frame 1.
A pair of sprocket wheels 15 by an axis 14 parallel to
．． 15 is pivoted to freely rotate, a pair of chain bands are hung between both sprocket wheels 13.13 and 15.15,
Between the pair of chain bands, there is a sixth chain in a direction perpendicular to the circulation direction of the chain bands.
Product holder 17.17... with ■ character erased as shown in the figure
are arranged in rows at equal intervals over the entire circumference, and are adapted to receive and hold the banked products from the guide 3' in the means. and the shaft 11 of the sprocket wheel 13.13 and the electric motor 1 installed on the machine frame 1.
A belt 18 is stretched between the drive shaft 9 and the chain belt 18 to circulate the chain belt at a constant speed in a predetermined direction.

Further, the extracting means C is provided facing the circulation path of the conveying means B. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the structure is such that a support stand 20 is set on the machine frame 1.
Attach the cylinder 23 to the top using the fittings 22° and 22, and attach the lower part of the actuating piece 24 of the cylinder 23 to the
It faces downward from the opening 21 of the support base 20, and its lower end is connected to the sliding plate 28 on two guide rods 26 and 26 horizontally supported by bearings 25° 25 on the lower surface of the support base 20. However, the sliding plate 28 is slidably held on the guide rod 26.26 via bearings 27, 27.

A horizontal support plate 29 is attached to the lower surface of the sliding plate 28, and a large number of cylinder rows 32.
, 32□, . Bearings 35 are attached to both ends of the lower surface of the front edge of the support plate 29. ．． A plurality of swinging metal rows 37 between 35□. , 372, . .

37, . ,37□・・
・The front part of 37n has a push plate row 39. ．． 392...3
The pushing plates 39 consisting of 9n are each fixed, and the cylinder 32
When the piston of 39. is projected forward, the pushing plate row 39. ,3
9□...39n is rotated in the horizontal direction.

Further, a bearing 35□ on the lower surface of the horizontal support plate 29
, 353, on one side of the shaft 36, there is a swinging metal fitting 41 pushed by a cylinder (not shown) similar to the cylinder described above, and the other corresponding swinging metal fitting 42. (A cylinder is not connected to this.) A pushing plate 40 which is wider than the pushing plate (width of six pushing plates 39) is pivotally mounted to freely swing.

The lower edge of the pushing plate 40 includes the pushing plate row 39,
．． 39□...It is configured to be on the same level as the lower edge of 39n.

Next, the delivery means is located approximately at the rear half of the conveyance means B, and is provided facing the extraction means C with the conveyance means B in between.

That is, over the entire width of each pushing plate 39, 40 of the extraction means C,
The product receiver 17.17 of the conveyance means B is placed in the front position.
A plurality of guides 43, 43, .

In addition, a microcomputer (not shown) having a program for operating a hydraulic circuit or an air circuit for operating each cylinder 32 of the extraction means is installed.

Next, a series of operations of the above configuration will be described using the operation diagram shown in FIG. 6. First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the packed products a, a, .
When the chain bands 6, 6 are fed in units at regular intervals, in the supply device A, the chain bands 6, 6 are circulated in the direction of the arrow by rotating the upper sprocket wheel 4.4 by driving the electric l118. The product a,
The products a... are successively pushed upward along the five guides 3, 3..., and along the way the paths of the products a, a... are mutually narrowed, and at the end of the supply means A, the products a,
The products are rearranged into three groups a, a, a, a, and as shown in Fig. 6, a, a, a, a, a, a, a are placed in the product holder 17.17 of conveyance means B. , a, a, a...
It is stored in the number of repetitions as in .

The product a is held in each product holder of the conveyance means B, and is transferred as shown by the arrow (FIG. 2) and delivered to the front of the constant extraction means C.

If we describe the case where products are sequentially extracted in a number corresponding to a predetermined number of packages, for example, 12 products are included in one package, as shown in Figure 7, the flow of products on conveyance means B is shown in the upper row. In order to take out 12 products from conveyance means B, first step is to take 12 products from conveyance means B.
．． 2.2/1.2.2/2 cylinder 32
make it work.

That is, the cylinders 1, 2.2/1.2.2 are arranged in a vertical position so that the pushing plate 40 acts on them, and only the pushing plate 392 acts on the cylinders 2, 32. ．． 323...3
2n causes the piston rod 33 to protrude, and the swinging metal fitting 37. ．．
373...37n clockwise.

And the push plate 39. ．． 39. . . 39n are placed in a horizontal state as shown by the chain lines, and when the cylinder 23 is operated, the actuating piece 24 moves within the opening 21 and transmits the operation to the sliding plate 28, and the support plate 29 moves to the sliding plate 28. Along with guide rod 26
゜261 is pushed to the right (Fig. 3), and by this movement, the pushing plates 40 and 39□ transport only the products in the corresponding parts of the receivers 17, 17... The guide 43 of the delivery means is pushed out from above the means B.
43... By feeding upward, 12 products are sent out 7 at once to the packaging device in this one operation.

Then, all the pressing plates including the vertical pressing plate 40.39□ are brought to a horizontal position, and then the cylinder 23 is reversely moved back, and as a second step, the remaining product rows are removed again. Wait until the head reaches the end position of the pushing plate 40 and then push the 12 buttons 1, 0.2/1, 2.2/2.2, 1, 0.2/1, 2. The pushing plate 40 acts on 2, 2, and the pushing plates 392, 39. Maintain the vertical state so that the other pushing plates 39. ．． 39.・
- 39n is kept in a horizontal state by pushing the piston rod 33, and by preventing the product 3 from being pushed out, 12 products can be extracted as described above.

Next, in the third step, each pushing plate is placed in a horizontal position and then retreated, 1, 0.0/1, 2.2/1° 2.2/1
The pushing plate 40 corresponds to 1.0.0/1°2.2 so as to select 12 pieces, and the pushing plate 40 corresponds to 1,2.2/1, and the pushing plate 39. ．．
39□, 39. ．． 39. By operating the cylinder 23 with all the other pushing plates in a horizontal state, the cylinder 32 for each pushing plate moves forward together with the support plate 29, and the required number of products are received by the pushing plate. Tool 17.17... is extruded from above.

Also, as the fourth step, after retreating in the same manner as above, 0°2.2
/1, 2.2/1.2 to extract 12 pieces, 0.
2.2/1 and 2.2 correspond to the pushing plate 40, 1°2,
There is a push plate 39. ．． 39. Correspondingly, the support plate 29 is placed in a horizontal state so that the other pushing plates do not interact with any product.
By moving the 12 products, the holder 17°17...
・Selected from above.

Furthermore, the same <0.2, 0.・To extract 12 pieces of '1, 2.2/1, 2.2, the pushing plate 40 acts on 0, 2.0/1, 2.2, and the pushing plate 40 acts on 1, 2.2. Moving plate 39. ．． 39□
, 39. A predetermined number of products are taken out by each operation, and in the next step, the process returns to the initial operating procedure again.

In this way, which combination of the push plate rows 17, 17... for each receiver is selected, the oil pressure and air pressure of each cylinder are determined according to a program stored in a ROM installed in a microcomputer in advance. By operating the control circuits of the cylinder banks 32, . The operations 322, . . . are performed, it is determined whether the receiver is selected, and a predetermined number of objects are extracted.

In addition, in the above example, 12 products are extracted by the combination of 2 products and 1 product, but this is not limited to 16 products or 1 product.
Fractions such as 7 can also be changed freely by changing the program in the ROM.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention can be used for packaging granular pharmaceuticals or other packaged seasonings, which have recently become popular, in units of a specified number, and work efficiency is significantly improved. .

Furthermore, by changing the computer program, the required number of products can be easily extracted with a simple configuration.

8! The ellipse is compact and can be installed freely in narrow spaces, making it especially suitable for small-scale factories.

In particular, in the present invention, since it is possible to extract a fractional number, the range of use is expanded since it is not limited to multiple values, and the present invention has many effects unique to the present invention, such as high versatility.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 show embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of the essential parts of the device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is an enlarged cutaway vertical sectional view of the essential parts of the extraction means, and FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the pushing plate. FIG. 5 is a right side view of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged front view of the conveying chain belt used in the conveying means, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the product extraction procedure.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A supply means for supplying a plurality of packs containing a predetermined amount of granular medicines or seasonings, etc., in parallel to each other, and a supply means for supplying the packs from the supply means to several even and fractional sets. a transport means for sequentially accepting and holding the divided sets and transporting the same, and a transport means installed toward the transport means to select a predetermined number from among the even number sets and fractional sets to be transported by the transport means. Consisting of a constant extraction means for taking out the packs while determining the number, and a sending means for guiding the predetermined number of packs taken out by the extraction means to the packaging device, the number of extractions can be arbitrarily selected by operating the control system of the extraction means. A package extraction device characterized by: