JPH0324490Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cup feeding device for placing a cup on the top of a bottle.

Recently, various types of sake bottles have come to be sold with cups on their heads, making them convenient for drinking while traveling or measuring food.

By the way, the work of putting a cup on the top of a bottle has traditionally been done by hand, one by one, on a conveyor line before the sealed bottles are packed by an automatic machine, which is extremely inefficient, and we would like to see labor savings. The voices increased in number as time passed.

Therefore, the present inventor devised a cup feeding device that automatically places a cup on the top of a bottle to meet the demand for labor saving.

In the present invention, the cup fed to the vicinity of the head of the bottle by the above-mentioned cup feeding device is in an upright position with its opening facing downward, and the cup in an inverted or overturned position is placed in the middle. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cup feeding device in which a tapered cup is placed on the head of a bottle with the opening on the large diameter side facing downward. A cup shooter is provided which has a rectangular cylindrical shape and has an inclined part on the way down of the cup to change the posture of the cup from an overturned state to an upright state in which the opening faces downward and the bottom on the small diameter side faces upward, The inclined portion is provided with an overturning cup removal hole for removing a cup that is not in an upright state,
The tipping cup removal hole is formed by cutting out the bottom plate and the side plate in the longitudinal direction so as to have a residual portion in each of the bottom plate of the inclined portion and the side plate adjacent to one side of the bottom plate, and The remaining portion of the bottom plate is set to a size that receives and supports the lower end surface of the cup in an erect state, and allows the lower end surface of the cup in a state other than the erect state to come off;
The remaining portion of the side plate is sized to receive the top side surface of the cup in an upright position, and the cup is stopped just before the lower end of the cup holder from which the cup descends in the upright position. It is provided with a stopper that releases the stop when the head passes.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the cup feeding device, Fig. 2 is a right side view, Fig. 3 is a left side view, Fig. 4 is an inclined view showing the overturned cup removal member, and Fig. 5 is an inclined view showing the overturned cup removal member. It is a sectional view of a member.

The cup feeding device 1 includes a hopper 2, a supply conveyor 3, a traverse conveyor 4, and a cup separating section 5.
and a rectangular cylindrical cup shooter 6, and a falling cup removing member 7 is formed on the cup shooter 6, and the cup 8 in the erect state is located just before the lower end lead-out portion 6c of the cup shooter 6 from which it descends. A stopper 6e that stops the cup 8 and releases the stop when the head 11a of the bottle 11 passes.
It is equipped with

The hopper 2 has a plurality of rows of cups 8 stacked on top of each other and arranged in a row horizontally, and is connected to the supply conveyor 3 from the supply port 2a.
The rows of cups are placed at an angle on a shelf 9 to be transferred. In this case, the opening of the cup 8 faces towards the rear in the transport direction of the traverse conveyor 4.

Further, the supply conveyor 3 has a large number of protruding fins 3a arranged in parallel to form a cup row conveying section 3b between the fins 3a, and an inverting section 3c on the upper and lower sides. The supply conveyor 3 is inclined to the shelf 9 so that the supply port 2a of the hopper 2 is arranged in the vicinity of the conveyance section 3b of the hopper 3.

Furthermore, the lateral conveyor 4 continuously conveys the row of cups transferred at the upper reversing section 3c of the supply conveyor 3 in its longitudinal direction, and when there are no more cups 8 on the lateral conveyor 4, The transverse feed conveyor 4 is moved so that the cup rows are transferred from the upper reversing section 3c of the supply conveyor 3.
The transfer speed of the supply conveyor 3 and the transfer speed of the supply conveyor 3 are set.

The cup separating section 5 is provided on an extension of the transverse conveyor 4 in the transfer direction, and is equipped with an air pump 5b to continuously blow out air from a nozzle 5a. It extends to the periphery.

The cup shooter 6 is arranged such that its starting end is close to the cup separating section 5 and its terminal end is located above the conveyor 10, and the cup separating section 5 removes the cups one by one in an overturned position. A curved slope part 6b is connected to the right angle descending part 6a so as to lead the bottle 11 to the head 11a of the bottle 11 which is erected and conveyed on the conveyor 10. They are installed one after the other in a tilted position.

The curved inclined portion 6b of the cup shooter 6 is provided with an overturning cup removal hole 7a for removing a cup 8 that does not stand upright. This falling cup removal hole 7a
The remaining pieces 6b ₁ and 6 are attached to the lower plate of the curved inclined portion 6b and the side plate adjacent to one side of the lower plate, respectively.
b ₁ , and a notch is formed in the bottom plate and the side plate in the longitudinal direction. The remaining portion _6b1 of the lower surface plate is set to a size that receives and supports the lower end surface of the cup 8 in the erect state, and allows the lower end surface of the cup 8 to come off when the cup 8 is not in the erect state. The size of the cup _6b1 is set to be large enough to receive the side surface of the upper end of the cup 8 in an erect state. The tipped cup removal member 7, which is attached to cover the tipped cup removal hole 7a, is provided with a stock portion 7b. Then, when the cup 8 descends to the curved inclined portion 6b in an erect state, the cup 8 receives and supports the large-diameter opening-side lower end surface of the cup 8 with the remaining portion _6b1 of the lower plate, and at the same time lowers the cup 8. The cup 8 is passed toward the lead-out portion 6c with the upper end side surface of the cup 8, which is slightly inclined (not shown) with respect to the face plate, being lightly received by the remaining portion _6b1 of the side plate. In this case, the remaining portion _6b1 of the lower surface plate has a shape in which the above-mentioned width is constant until the middle as shown in the figure, and the width gradually increases from the middle position of the lower part (not shown). It is desirable to gradually correct the tilted posture of the cup 8 with respect to the lower plate to avoid the cup 8 from hitting the lower edge of the falling cup removal hole 7a. Further, when the cup 8 descends to the curved inclined portion 6b in a state other than the upright state, for example, in an inverted state, the cup 8 is moved from the lower end surface of the small diameter bottom side to the remaining part 6b ₁ of the lower plate. The cup 8 is allowed to fall under its own weight to the stock portion 7b through the falling cup removal hole 7a. In addition, the stopper 6e in the figure temporarily stops the cup 8 that has been guided to the lead-out portion 6c, releases the stop when the head 11a of the bottle 11 passes, and places the cup 8 on the head of the bottle 11. This is to ensure that it is covered.

The cup feeding device 1 configured as described above is connected to the conveying section 3 of the supply conveyor 3 from the supply port 2a of the hopper 2.
Supply a cup column addressed to one column to b. The supply conveyor 3 transports the row of cups upward and transfers them to the traverse conveyor 4 at the upper reversing section 3c. Since this transverse conveyor 4 is continuously rotating, the row of cups is gradually transferred to the cup separating section 5, and the cups 8 are transferred one by one to the cup shooter 6 by the air from the nozzle 5a in the cup separating section 5. It will be blown out. Depending on the attitude of the cup 8 blown out by the cup shooter 6 at the right angle descending section 6a, the cup 8 will normally move along the curved slope section 6b.
It will be decided whether or not to descend. That is, since the cup 8 is blown out by air and advances, its posture is not necessarily in an overturned state with the opening facing backward. When the cup 8 assumes a posture other than the overturned state with the opening facing the rear side, when it reaches the curved slope part 6b, it comes off from the remaining part 6b1 of the lower surface plate of the curved slope part 6b, so that the cup ₈ is removed from the tipped cup removal hole 7a.
It falls to the stock part 7b through its own weight. Also,
Cup 8 in overturned position with opening facing rearward
At the same time, the lower end surface on the large diameter opening side is received and supported by the remaining portion 6b ₁ of the lower surface plate, and at the same time it assumes a slightly inclined position (not shown) with respect to the lower surface plate, and the upper end side surface is supported by the remaining portion 6b ₁ of the side plate. It descends along the curved slope part 6b in a state where it is lightly received, and the tipped cup removal hole 7a is reached.
It passes above and is guided toward the lead-out portion 6c. Therefore, the cup 8, which is stopped at the outlet portion 6c with the opening facing downward, is hooked onto the head 11a of the bottle 11 being conveyed on the conveyor 10 and carried away, and the cup 8 is placed in the bottle 11. 8 will be crowned.

As explained above in detail, the cup feeding device of the present invention holds the cup in an upright position with its opening facing downward in order to ensure that the cup is placed on the head of the bottle being conveyed on the conveyor. I placed them and eliminated the cups in other positions, so
There is no need for any special equipment to place the cup on the bottle when the cup is in an overturned position, and there is no risk of stopping the conveyor, and the cup is lowered in an upright position. By being equipped with a stopper that stops the cup just before the outlet at the lower end and releases the stop when the head of the bottle passes, the operation of putting the cup over the head of the bottle can be performed reliably and efficiently without malfunction. It can be done in a specific manner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of the cup feeding device, Fig. 2 is a right side view, Fig. 3 is a left side view, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tipping cup removal member, and Fig. 5 is a tipping cup removal device. It is a sectional view of a member. 1...Cup supply device, 2...Hopper, 3...
...Supply conveyor, 4...Transverse feed conveyor, 5...
Cup separation part, 5a...Nozzle, 5b...Air cylinder, 6...Cup shooter, 6a...Right angle descending part, 6b...Curved inclined part, 6b ₁ ...Remaining part, 6
c...Derivation part, 6e...Stopper, 7...Tumble cup removal member, 7a...Tumble cup removal hole, 7
b...Stock part, 8...Cup, 9...Shelf, 1
0...conveyor, 11...bottle, 11a...head.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a cup feeding device in which a tapered cup is placed over the head of a bottle with the opening on the large diameter side facing downward, the cup is shaped like a square cylinder and has an inclined part on the way down. A cup dispenser is provided to change the posture from an overturned state to an upright state with the opening facing downward and the bottom on the small diameter side facing upward, and the tilted portion of the cup dispenser is provided with an overturned cup elimination method for eliminating cups that cannot be placed in an erect state. a hole, and the tipping cup removal hole has a residual portion in each of the lower plate of the inclined part and the side plate adjacent to one side of the lower plate, and cuts out the lower plate and the side plate in the longitudinal direction. The remaining portion of the bottom plate is sized to receive and support the lower end surface of the cup in the erected state, and is set to a size such that the lower end surface of the cup in a state other than the erected state comes off. The cup is set to be sized to receive the side surface of the upper end of the cup in the upright position, and the cup is stopped just before the lower end of the lower end of the cup holder, from which the cup descends in the upright position, and the cup is stopped in line with the passage of the head of the bottle. A cup feeding device comprising a stopper for releasing the stop.