JPH0414322Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a filling table device, and more specifically, a container is lifted and rotated from the table position until the material supply nozzle enters the container, while filling the container with the material. This relates to a filling table device that is lowered by weight including the container's own weight which increases as the container is fed, and when a predetermined amount of the container is fed, is lowered to the table position and can change the container.

[Prior art] When bagging, canning, or bottling materials, an automatic feeding mechanism supplies a fixed amount of fluid, granular material, or powder to the automatically transported bags, cans, or bottles. In this case, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-228201, the material is supplied via a belt conveyor onto an annular packing board having a plurality of material drop ports at regular intervals, and the material is A scraping roller is placed in the can, which is held at a position corresponding to the drop port by a table and a pair of turrets arranged below the loading board, and is attached to a stuffing cylinder that extends from the drop port into the can and below the drop port to the top of the can. When the stuffing board is filled with material, the stuffing rod pushes the material in the stuffing cylinder into the can during one rotation of the stuffing board, table, and turret, and at the beginning of one rotation, the belt is This is a high-speed automatic canning device that supplies empty cans from a conveyor and discharges filled cans onto a belt conveyor.

[Problems that the invention aims to solve] However, with this device, if the material is non-liquid and undissolved, such as fish flakes, it is fed from a belt conveyor onto a large-diameter stuffing plate and scraped with a scraping roller. It is also possible to hold the material that did not fall into the filling cylinder or can from the drop opening until the next drop reaches the bottom of the roller, but this is not possible for soft serve ice cream or ice cream that has been kneaded and uncured during the manufacturing process. Materials that have such high fluidity that they melt at high room temperatures are not suitable, and have the disadvantage that they require a large working space on a stuffing machine that rotates a lot.

[Purpose of the invention] This invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and includes a conveyor for carrying in containers for storing materials and a conveyor for discharging containers filled with materials via a filling table device for storing materials. The present invention provides a filling table device for filling a container with a fixed amount of material from a material supply nozzle which is arranged in series and continuously supplies the material.

[Summary of the invention] In order to achieve the above object, the filling device of this invention includes a driving shaft that is connected to a prime mover and rotates, and a driving shaft that is attached to this shaft and slides in the length direction of the shaft to generate rotational force. A driving gear to be applied and a driven shaft that rotates through a driven gear that meshes through an engagement holding member that maintains an engaged state are arranged in parallel, and a fluid pressure cylinder connected to one end of this shaft is used to control the driven shaft. It is equipped with a container mounting table that is attached to the other end of the shaft and rotates and moves up and down, and a balance mechanism that includes a weight, etc. that is attached to the driven shaft via a fixed pulley, and is used to hold empty containers that have been brought in. The material supply nozzle is lifted up to the position where the material supply nozzle is inserted into the container, and is lowered as the material is supplied to enable discharge as the next carrying container is carried in.

[Embodiment of the invention] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the filling table device of this invention has a housing frame 12 formed of an angle member on an underframe 11 made of a channel-shaped member.
A gear 22 is attached to the output shaft of a motor 21 attached to a lower frame 16 provided below the housing frame 12. and a gear 24 coupled via a belt 23, and a bearing member attached to an upper beam 15 horizontally installed on the upper end of the housing frame 12 and a lower beam 16 horizontally installed on the underframe 11, respectively. A prime mover 26 rotatably supported at both ends by 25, 25 is connected to a groove 261 carved in the driving shaft via sliding cylinders 27, 27 to rotate and slide in the length direction of the shaft. The driving mechanism 2 includes a driving gear 28 that can be used as a driving gear, and a first engagement holding member 29 that is attached to the upper side of the driving gear via a bearing and that engages with a driven shaft to be described later.
A fluid pressure cylinder 31 fixed to a support base 17 mounted on a cylinder 6, a rod 311 of the cylinder, and a bearing sleeve 32 mounted on the upper beam 15 slide vertically via the rod and gear box 33. The hollow shaft 34 is movably mounted and has a second engagement and retention member 35 mounted inside the gear box and engaged with the first engagement and retention member 29; A driven gear 36 meshing with the driving gear 28 is provided at one end protruding into the gear box, and a container mounting table 37 having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the circular opening formed in the center of the table material 13 is provided at the other end protruding from the upper end of the hollow shaft. The driven mechanism 3 consists of the attached driven shaft 38, the mounting plate 41 fixed to the rod 311, and the shaft 43 horizontally installed above the housing frame 12 via a bearing member 42 so as to be freely rotatable. The balance mechanism 4 is composed of two fixed pulleys 44 attached to a shaft and a weight 46 suspended from the fixed pulleys attached to both ends of the mounting plate via a string 45. Note that a spring member may be used instead of the weight 46.

[Operation of the invention] The filling table device of this invention is constructed as described above, and this device 5 is constructed as described above, and as shown in FIGS. Installed between conveyors 61 and 62,
The operation of filling an empty container with the material continuously coming out from the material supply nozzle 6, for example, kneaded uncured ice cream during the ice cream manufacturing process, will be explained. If the belt conveyor 61 is provided with a locking member (such as a claw) to prevent the empty container 72 from slipping, the filled container 71 can be moved smoothly.

First, as shown in FIG.
is placed on the container mounting table 37 of the apparatus as shown in FIG. 9b by a feeding mechanism (not shown) from the belt conveyor 61. This table detects the rotation of a driving shaft 26 which is rotated by the movement of a driving motor 21 through a gear 24 which receives power through a gear 22 attached to its output shaft and a belt 23. Driving gear 2 fitted to the shaft
Power is transmitted by a driven gear 36 that meshes with the container 8, and the container is quickly placed on a container mounting table 37 attached to a rotating driven shaft 38.

When the feeding operation of the container 71 onto the table is completed, the fluid pressure cylinder 31 is activated, and the sixth
7 and 9c, the hollow shaft 34 and the driven shaft 38 are lifted upward by the rod 311 by the length of their stroke. By this lifting, the driving gear 28 fixed to the first engaging and holding member 29 that engages with the second engaging and holding member 35 is moved to the driving shaft 2.
During this time, rotational force is continuously applied from the power shaft 26 to the driven shaft 38, and the container 71 rises while rotating together with the container mounting table 37. Then, the material supply nozzle 6 hanging down from above is plunged into the container.

From the material supply nozzle 6, uncured ice cream that has been kneaded during the manufacturing process is fed out as material b, for example, and after the fluid pressure is discharged to the fluid pressure cylinder 31, the hollow which has been maintained in an elevated state by the weight 46 Axis 3
4. The driven shaft 38 and the container mounting table 37 are connected to the container 7.
As the container 1 is filled with material, the balance state is broken, and the weight of each mechanical member including the material contained in the container overcomes the weight of the weight 46, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 9d.
It begins to descend as shown in .

During this time, material b is being sent out from the material supply nozzle 6, so as the weight of material b increases further, as shown in FIG. 9e, it completely returns to the state just before rising as shown in FIG. 9b. .

In this way, when a certain amount of material enters the container, it descends, so that measurement can be performed at the same time.When the descent is completed, it is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the next container 72 is placed on the container placement table 37 by the feeding mechanism.
When placed on the container 71, the container 71 is pushed by the container 72 and sent out to the delivery belt conveyor 62 through the process shown in FIG. 9f, as shown in FIG.
The same operation is repeated from the state shown in , the empty container 7 sent from the feed belt conveyor 61 is filled with a certain amount of material and is automatically sent to the feed belt conveyor 62, the lid is closed at the feed end and the packaging is colored. and put it in a cold storage. During this time, the material is continuously fed out from the material supply nozzle 6, but as shown in FIG. Less likely to spill. Note that the nozzle 6 is divided into a plurality of parts in the vertical direction,
By dispensing different types of ice cream from each divided nozzle, marble-type ice cream can be easily filled.

[Effects of the invention] The filling table device of this invention includes a driving shaft 26 that is connected to a prime mover 21 and rotates, and a driving gear that is attached to this shaft and slides in the length direction of the shaft to apply rotational force. Engagement holding member 2 that maintains the engaged state
A driven shaft 38 that rotates through a driven gear 36 that meshes through pins 9 and 35 is arranged in parallel, and a fluid pressure cylinder 31 connected to one end of this shaft is attached to the driven shaft and the other end of this shaft. A container mounting table 37 that rotates and moves up and down, the driven shaft and fixed pulley 44
It is equipped with a balance mechanism consisting of a weight 46 etc. attached through Since the container can be discharged as the container is being carried in, it is possible to measure a predetermined amount of material to be put into the container. It is possible to continuously and automatically fill the material in a hygienic manner without the material placed in the container coming into contact with the nozzle, and without stopping the material supply from the nozzle, and does not require a sensor with a complicated operation sequence. It has advantages such as being able to be implemented at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures all show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the device, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1. Figure 4 is also B-B of Figure 1.
5 is a top view, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are a vertical front view and a side view of the state in which the driven mechanism operates and the container mounting table is raised in FIGS. 1 and 2. 8 are enlarged sectional views of the driving mechanism and the driven mechanism, and FIGS. 9a to 9g are explanatory views of the operation of filling a container with material using this apparatus. 4...Balance mechanism, 6...Material supply nozzle,
7... Container, 21... Prime mover, 26... Driving shaft,
28... Driving gear, 29, 35... Engagement holding member, 31... Fluid pressure cylinder, 36... Driven gear, 37... Container mounting table, 38... Driven shaft, 44... Fixed pulley, 46 ...A weight.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a driving shaft 26 that is coupled to the prime mover 21 and rotates;
Rotation is performed via a driven gear 36 that is attached to this shaft and meshes with a driving gear 28 that slides in the length direction of the shaft to apply rotational force and engagement holding members 29 and 35 that maintain an engaged state. A fluid pressure cylinder 31 is arranged in parallel with a moving driven shaft 38 and connected to one end of this shaft.
and a balance mechanism 4 consisting of a weight 46 and the like attached to the driven shaft and a fixed pulley 44, The empty container 7 that has been carried in is lifted to the position where the material supply nozzle 6 is inserted into this container, and as the material is fed, it is rotated and lowered by its own weight, and discharged as the next carried container is carried in. A filling table device characterized in that it is possible to do so.