JPH0333687Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention is a device for aligning the direction of the protruding spout of a cap, especially a protruding device that moves along a transfer path such as a chute that supplies caps to a cap tightening machine. This invention relates to a device for feeding a cap having a spout with the spout aligned in a certain direction.

(Prior technology) Recently, a cap with a built-in pump is attached to the mouth of the bottle, and the solution is poured out using the pump, or the solution is poured out in the form of a foam. There are various types of bottles that have a cap that is tightened onto the bottle or a spout that protrudes from the inner stopper.

However, in caps with such a protruding spout, the protruding spout gets in the way,
It is impossible to tighten bottles with conventional automatic cap tightening machines, but since cap tightening machines for this purpose have not yet been put into practical use, bottles are currently tightened exclusively by hand. Therefore, no device of this kind for directional alignment of caps has yet been proposed for supplying caps to an automatic cap tightening machine while aligning the directions of the protruding spouts.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In order to enable automatic tightening of caps with protruding spouts that have conventionally been manually tightened onto bottles, it is necessary to develop an automatic tightening device for caps with protruding spouts. This requires the advent of a cap directional alignment device that aligns and feeds the spout to the clamping device.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is a part of making it possible to automatically tighten a cap with a protruding spout onto a bottle by supplying the cap to an automatic cap tightening device with the spout aligned in the same direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cap direction alignment device for the cap direction alignment.

(Technical Means for Solving the Problem) The cap direction alignment device of the present invention achieves the above object by aligning the caps with the protruding spout on one side of the cap transfer path in which the cap main body of the cap is supported and moves. A star wheel is provided to separate and feed out the caps individually, and a regulating plate is provided along the cap transfer path to align the directions of the spout of the cap that is fed out at predetermined intervals by the star wheel and is brought into contact with the spout of the cap. The structure is characterized in that a rotary belt is provided along the cap transfer path and extends around the outer circumferential portion of the cap main body of the cap separated by the star wheel to drive the cap main body in rotation. I finally achieved it.

(Function) The cap moves with the cap main body supported by the guide of the transfer path, and when it reaches the cap alignment device, it is separated by the star foil and sent out.At the same time, the cap is rotated along the guide on the outer peripheral surface of the cap main body. The moving belts come into contact and are forcibly rotated as they move. When the spout hits the regulation plate, the rotation is stopped, the spout is oriented in a certain direction, and the liquid is delivered while maintaining this state.
Therefore, it is possible to supply the cap to the cap tightening machine with the spout aligned in a certain direction.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the cap direction alignment device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an example of a cap handled by this device. The cap 1 has a cap main body 2 provided with a screw on the inner surface to be screwed into a screw on the outer periphery of the bottle neck, and a spout 5 for liquid to be pumped up by a pump 3;
and a pipe 4 extending from the pump 3 to the bottom of the bottle.

The alignment device for aligning the directions of the spouts 5 of the caps, as shown by the reference numeral 10 in FIG. It has such a configuration.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap direction alignment device of this embodiment has a parallel guide 1 for the chute.
1, and the cap body 2 is placed above the guide.
A star foil 15 is provided on one side of the guide, and a star foil 15 is provided on one side of the guide, and a star foil 15 is provided on one side of the guide, which engages with the main body of a cap that is sliding down in a hanging state, and separates the cap at regular intervals and sends it out. Pour spout 5
A regulating plate 14 is fixed thereto for aligning the direction of the spout in a constant manner. Furthermore, guide 11
Along the other side, a belt 13 is conveyed by the star wheel 15 and contacts the outer circumference of the cap body 2 of the cap to rotationally drive the cap.
is provided.

In the figure, 12 and 12' are pulleys for rotating the belt, 14 is a motor for driving the pulley, and 15 is a motor for rotationally driving the star wheel.

Next, its operation will be explained based on the automatic cap tightening line shown in FIG.

The cap 1 is supplied from the feeder 8 and slides down with the cap main body supported by the guide 11 of the chute 9. When it reaches the cap alignment device, it is separated by the star foil 15 and sent out, and at the same time, it is rotated along the guide. The moving belt 13 comes into contact with the outer periphery of the cap body 2 and is forcibly rotated and moved. As the cap main body 2 rotates, the spout 5 also rotates, but when the spout 5 hits the regulating plate 14 located within the rotation radius of the spout 5 and provided along the guide, The rotation is stopped, and from then on the spout is fed out while maintaining its position. Therefore, the cap 1 is supplied to the cap tightening device with the spout 5 oriented in a fixed direction. The cap tightening device fits and tightens the bottle filled by the filling machine 6 and sent to the cap tightening device.

(Effects) The cap direction alignment device of the present invention is constructed as described above, and can reliably align the spout directions of the caps with protruding spouts with an extremely simple structure. As a result, it has become possible to supply caps with the protruding spout aligned in the same direction to the cap tightening device, which enables automatic tightening of caps with a protruding spout, which previously had to be done manually. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the cap direction alignment device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an example of a cap handled by the cap direction alignment device of the present invention. The side view, FIG. 4, is a conceptual diagram of the cap tightening device showing the arrangement values of the directional alignment device of the present invention. 1: Cap, 2: Cap body, 5: Spout, 6: Filling machine, 7: Tightening device, 8: Feeder, 9: Chute, 10: Cap direction alignment device, 11: Guide, 13: Belt, 14: Regulation Board, 15: Star foil.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] On one side of the cap transfer path where the cap body of the cap with the protruding spout is supported and moved,
A star wheel is provided for separating and sending out the caps individually, and a regulating plate is provided in the cap transfer path so that the spouts of the caps that are fed out and moved at predetermined intervals by the star wheel collide and align the directions of the spouts. A cap characterized in that a rotary belt is provided along the cap transfer path and extends around the outer circumferential portion of the cap body of the cap separated by the star wheel so as to rotate the cap body by contacting the outer periphery of the cap body. direction alignment device.