JPH0431223A - Cone sleeve fitting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure advancing motion of a cone sleeve in an open edge even when the lower side of the open end of a cone sleeve is lifted from a carriage path when fitting of a cone sleeve in a cone cup is automated by equipping a movable plate actuator which moves a movable plate provided along a cone carriage path to a lifting position. CONSTITUTION:A cone sleeve 9 stops along a cone carriage path 1 at a position in which the front end of a stop plate 23 comes into contact with the upper side outer peripheral surface of the cone sleeve 9, and is held there. Then, before a cone cup 5 behind reaches a sleeve fitting region 21, a movable plate 25 for a lifting mechanism 27 moves from a step-aside position at the time of sleeve feeding to a lifting position in response to the rotation of a cam 26. When the cup 5 behind moves along the movable plate 25 located at the listing position, the pointed tip end of this cup 5 moves to the cone sleeve 9 while being lifted higher than the lowest position of the edge at the open end of the sleeve 9 which is held in front of the eeding direction of the cup 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a cone sleeve for attaching, for example, a paper cone sleeve to a cone cup, which is an edible container for frozen desserts such as ice cream or soft serve. The present invention relates to a mounting device.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, conical edible containers made of wafers have been used as containers for frozen desserts such as ice cream and soft serve.
A so-called cone cup is used, and a cone sleeve made of a conical sheet of paper or the like is usually attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cone cup for hygiene reasons. Attachment of such a cone sleeve to each cone cup is performed manually for each cone cup.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the past, the attachment of the cone sleeve to the cone cup was done manually, resulting in poor production efficiency, and even if workers wore gloves when handling the cone cup, it was not hygienic. The problem is that it is not.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to automate the work in order to hygienically and efficiently attach a cone sleeve to a cone cup. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cone sleeve mounting device that can reduce mounting defects and suppress falling off after mounting.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, the cone sleeve mounting device according to claim 1 of the present invention has a cone conveyance path in which cone cups are sequentially placed one by one with their pointed ends facing forward in the feed direction, and a cone sleeve mounting device that is placed on the cone conveyance path. a moving means for pushing the cone cup from the open end side and moving it on the cone conveyance path; When the sleeve supply unit supplies the cone sleeve with the head end facing forward and the cone sleeve is supplied to the sleeve mounting area, the cone is conveyed with the distance between the cone conveyance path smaller than the diameter of the open end side of the cone sleeve. a stop plate that operates to clamp the cone sleeve between the cone conveyance path and the sleeve installation area; a movable plate that is interposed along the cone conveyance path at a position rearward of the sleeve installation area; When the cone sleeve is in position, the front end of the movable plate is guided by the movable plate so that the pointed end of the cone cup moving from the rear enters the opening edge of the cone sleeve. The present invention is characterized by comprising a movable plate operating means for moving the cone sleeve from a retracted position when supplying the sleeve along the conveyance path to a lifted position in the direction of the center position of the open end of the cone sleeve.

Further, the cone sleeve mounting device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the device according to claim 1, which further includes passing through the sleeve mounting region and attaching the cone cup to which the cone sleeve is mounted to the outer periphery of the cone sleeve. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a gripping part that temporarily grips the cone cup with a cone sleeve, and a pressing part that applies a pressing force toward the pointed end on the open end side of the cone cup with cone sleeve that is gripped by the gripping part.

[For production]

According to the cone sleeve mounting device of claim 1 above,
The cone sleeve supplied onto the cone conveyance path is held on the cone conveyance path while being inserted between the stop plate and the cone conveyance path. Since the open end of this cone sleeve is located on the rear side in the feed direction, the cone cup that moves from the rear on the cone conveyance path with its pointed end positioned on the front side in the feed direction is Accordingly, the cone sleeve is entered from the open end side of the cone sleeve, and as a result, the cone sleeve is attached to the outer periphery of the cone cup.

At this time, along the movable plate located at the lifting position, the pointed end side of the cone cup moves into the cone sleeve while being lifted in front of the open end of the cone sleeve. That is, since the cone cup is pushed from the rear open end side by the moving means, the pointed end is in a conveyed state in contact with the cone conveyance path. Therefore, for example, if the edge of the open end of the cone sleeve is deformed and its lower end is floating from the cone conveyance path, the pointed end of the cone cup will fit into the lower side of the cone sleeve. This may result in poor attachment. However, in the above case, the point end side of the cone cup is lifted in front of the open end of the cone sleeve and moved toward the cone sleeve side, so the occurrence of the above-mentioned incorrect attachment is reduced. This allows for a more reliable mounting operation.

Further, according to the cone sleeve mounting device of claim 2, when the cone cup is equipped with a cone sleeve, when the outer periphery of the cone sleeve is gripped, there is a gap between the cone cup and the cone sleeve. In order to discharge the intervening air layer, an operation is performed to apply a pressing force to the open end of the cone cup toward the pointed end. This increases the degree of adhesion between the two. As a result, for example, the cone sleeve is prevented from falling off during the subsequent transportation process leading to packaging.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on FIG.

As shown in the figure, the cone sleeve mounting device according to the present invention is provided with a cone conveyance path 1 extending in the left-right direction in the figure, and this cone conveyance path 1 is located on the front side in the feeding direction (the right side in the figure, hereinafter referred to as the front side). It is arranged in an inclined state from the horizontal direction so that the rear side (abbreviated as abbreviated) is located above the rear side in the feeding direction (the left side in the figure, hereinafter abbreviated as the rear side). Further, the cone conveying path 1 has a substantially V-shaped cross section in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. Furthermore, at each front and rear end of this cone conveyance path 1,
A pair of sprockets (only the front side is shown) 2 are installed on both sides of the cone conveyance path 1, and a conveyance drive mechanism 3 consisting of a chain or the like wrapped around these sprockets 2 is installed on both sides of the cone conveyance path 1. Each section is arranged parallel to the feeding direction. In this conveyance drive mechanism 3, a plurality of feed bars (moving means) 4 are provided close to the upper part of the cone conveyance path 1 and extend in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction.
... are attached at predetermined intervals, and by operating the conveyance drive mechanism 3, each feed bar 4... moves on the cone conveyance path l from the rear end side to the front end. It looks like this.

On the above-mentioned cone conveying path 1, at its rear end side, a substantially conical cone cup 5 is sequentially supplied between each feed bar 4 with its open end facing backward and its pointed end facing forward. be done.

Then, as each feed bar 4... moves, these feed bars 4... come into contact with a portion approximately at the center in the height direction of the open end of each cone cup 5... and are pushed. As a result, each cone cup 5 is sequentially conveyed forward on the cone conveyance path 1. In this case, each cone cup 5 is conveyed with at least two points on the lower edge of the circular opening end and the pointed end in contact with the cone conveyance path 1.

On the other hand, above the cone conveyance path 1 is a sleeve supply section 6.
is provided. This sleeve supply section 6 has a sleeve mounting surface 7 that is inclined in the opposite direction to the cone conveying path 1 with respect to the horizontal direction, and on this sleeve mounting surface 7, there is a surface that is perpendicular to this surface 7. A sleeve accommodating portion 8 extending in a direction is provided upright. This sleeve accommodating part 8 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and along this sleeve accommodating part 8,
A large number of cone sleeves 9 are stacked one on top of the other, and are placed with the open end facing down and the pointed end facing up. Further, on the sleeve mounting surface 7, a sleeve ejector which is somewhat larger than the diameter of the circular opening end of the cone sleeve 9 is placed coaxially with the center of the cone sleeve 9 placed as described above. A hole 11 is bored. Further, a pair of sleeve stoppers 12 are installed at symmetrical positions sandwiching the center of this sleeve ejection hole 11 with a distance somewhat smaller than the diameter of the circular opening end of the cone sleeve 9. By abutting the circular open end of the cone sleeve 9 at the lowest end position with the stoppers 12, the entire cone sleeve 9 is prevented from falling downward.

A plurality of guide rods 13 are provided on the lower side of the sleeve mounting surface 7.
・Guided by 13 to the above sleeve! 3! A slider 14 is provided that is movable in the direction toward and away from the mounting surface. A rod-shaped adsorption air blow nozzle 15 is pivotally attached to the slider 14 at its base end. This suction air blow nozzle 15 is provided with an air outlet 15a at its tip, and has a pair of suction pads 15b and 15 in the middle.
b, and the air outlet 15a is connected to a compressed air source, and the suction pads 15b are connected to a vacuum source, respectively, through flow path opening/closing valves (not shown). The suction air blower nozzle 15 is attached to the slider 14.
a sleeve removal position in which the axial direction substantially coincides with the center of the sleeve removal hole 11, and a sleeve probe located substantially horizontally toward the front side of the cone conveyance path 1; It can be rotated between positions.

Further, on the sleeve mounting surface 7, there is a sleeve ejection hole 1.
A pair of air cylinders 16 are installed on both sides of the air cylinder 1, with each piston rod facing toward the center. By operating these air cylinders 16, 16 and moving the pressing pad portions 16a, 16a at the tip of each piston rod to the forward position, these pressing pad portions 16a, 16a are moved to the highest position on the sleeve mounting surface 7. The cone sleeve 9 on the lower end side is brought into contact with the cone sleeve 9 from the side, and the contact portion is further deformed toward the center.

On the other hand, as shown in the figure, when the slider 14 is located at its lowest position and the adsorption air blow nozzle 15 is located at the sleeve blow position, the cone sleeve 9 A hollow chute 17 having a through hole slightly larger than the diameter of the circular opening end is disposed, and an area where the straight air blowing path from the air blowing outlet 15a intersects with the cone conveying path 1; That is, above the cone conveyance path 1 in the sleeve mounting area 21, a sleeve holding section 22 is further provided. This sleeve holding portion 22 has a stop plate 23 at its lower end that faces the cone conveyance path 1, and this stop plate 23 is driven in the vertical direction by an air cylinder 24 for actuating the stop plate. The stop plate 23 is arranged almost horizontally, and therefore, the distance between it and the cone conveyance path 1 gradually becomes narrower in the forward direction of the feed direction.
At the lower end position when the stop plate operating air cylinder 24 is operated, the distance between the front end of the stop plate 23 and the cone conveying path 1 is smaller than the diameter of the open end of the cone sleeve 9. The stop plate 23 is located at.

In an area in front of the sleeve mounting area 21 in the cone conveyance path 1, there is a movable plate 25 disposed along the cone conveyance path 1, and in order to cause the movable plate 25 to be tilted, a movable plate 25 is provided. A pointed head lifting mechanism 27 is provided which includes a cam (movable plate actuating means) 26 disposed below the plate 25. The movable plate 25 is provided in a locally cut out part of the cone conveyance path 1, and is arranged at a height that is almost continuous with the cone conveyance path 1 on the rear end side in the feeding direction, and is rotated at the rear end side. It is pivoted freely. On the other hand, the cam surface sliding protrusion 2 is located on the lower surface of the front end side in the feeding direction.
5a, and this cam surface sliding protrusion 25a slides on the cam surface of the cam 26 that rotates in conjunction with the conveyance drive mechanism 3 that drives the feed bar 4 and moves up and down. The plate 25 has the above-mentioned pivot point on its front end side in the feeding direction or between a retracted position when supplying the sleeve at the same height as the cone conveyance path 1 and a lifted position raised above this retracted position. Rotate around the center.

On the front end side of the cone conveyance path 1, a sleeve crimping portion 31 is further disposed at a position somewhat lower than the front end position. This sleeve crimping part 31 has a pair of gripping parts 32 and 32 disposed at positions facing each other in a substantially horizontal direction.
These gripping parts 32 are moved toward and away from each other across the center by a reciprocating mechanism such as an air cylinder (not shown), and at the gripping positions located on the center side of each other, As shown in the figure, a cone cup 5 located with its axis in the vertical direction, more specifically, a cone sleeve 9 in a cone cup with sleeve 5s to be described later.
They are positioned at a distance equal to the diameter of the outer circumference of the upper end. A pressing portion 33 that rotates in conjunction with the movement of the gripping portions 32 to the gripping position is further provided. This pressing part 33 is constructed by providing a pressing surface 33b made of an elastic body at the tip of an arm 33a that rotates around an axis stop on one end side, and is located at a pressing position where the arm 33a is located almost horizontally. When doing so, the sleeved cone cup 5S held by the gripping portions 32, 32 is pressed over the entire circumference of its open end.
The pressing surface 33b abuts from above, and in this state applies a downward pressing force to the cone cup 5.

Note that the front end of the cone conveyance path 1 and the sleeve crimping portion 3
1, the sleeved cone cup 5S, which falls when it exceeds the front end position of the cone conveyance path 1, is guided to between the gripping parts 32 with its pointed end facing downward. A guide plate 34 is provided for this purpose.

Further, on the lower side of the gripping parts 32, 32, there is a cone cup 5S with a sleeve that falls downward from the sleeve crimping part 31 when the gripping parts 32, 32 are moved in a direction away from each other. A hollow transfer chute 36 is provided to guide the transfer onto the transfer conveyance path 35. The transfer conveyance path 35 extending in a substantially horizontal direction includes the cone conveyance path 1.
Similarly, feed bars 35a and 35a are provided which are driven parallel to this transfer conveyance path 35, and this feed bar 3
5a, the sleeved cone cup 5S placed on this transfer conveyance path 35 moves along this transfer conveyance path 35.
is conveyed to the front end side in the feeding direction. Further, a cone accumulation section 37 is provided at a position close to the front end of this transfer conveyance path 35.

Next, the operating state of the cone sleeve mounting device configured as described above will be explained.

As described above, in the cone conveyance path 1, on the rear side in the feed direction, cone cups 5 are sequentially inserted between each feed bar 4 with the open end facing the rear side and the pointed end facing the front side. The cone cups 5... are supplied to each feeding bar 4...
is conveyed on the cone conveyance path 1 toward the front end side by contacting and pushing the open end side of each cone cup 5 .

On the other hand, in synchronization with the conveyance state of such cone cups 5 . First, in order to take out the lowermost cone sleeve 9 from the sleeve accommodating part 8, the slider 14 is moved from the guide rod with the suction air blow nozzle 15 facing the direction of the sleeve removal hole 11 of the sleeve mounting surface 7. 13. At the upper end position, the suction pad 1 of the suction air blow nozzle 15
The sleeve extraction hole 11 is located on the tip side of 5b and 15b.
The suction pads 15b are located in the lowermost cone sleeve 9 of the cone sleeves 9 placed in the sleeve accommodating portion 8, and in this state, the suction pads 15b are connected to a vacuum source. At this time, each of the air cylinders 16 and
16 is activated, and the cone sleeves 9 and 16 on the lower end side are pressed by the pressing pads 16a and 16a at the tip of each piston rod.
... deformation occurs toward the center, and the deformed portion is adsorbed in close contact with the suction pads 15b. Thereafter, by retracting each of the air cylinders 16, 16, the lowermost cone sleeve 9 is held in a suction state to the suction pads 15b, while the upper cone sleeve 9, on which no suction force acts, is held. ...returns to a circular shape.

The slider 14 is then lowered to the lowest sleeve blowing position along the guide rod 13. At this time, in the lowermost cone sleeve 9, the spacing between the suction parts by the suction pads 15b is smaller than the spacing between the sleeve stoppers 12 provided in the sleeve removal hole 11, so that the upper cone sleeve 9 It is separated from the cone sleeve 9 and taken out downward through the sleeve removal hole 11.

As mentioned above, the cone sleeve 9 is attached to the suction pad 15b.
When the slider 14 reaches the lowermost sleeve blowing position while being sucked by the cone 15b, the suction air blowing nozzle 15 is rotated to the sleeve blowing position toward the cone conveyance path 1. After one feed bar 4 passes through the sleeve mounting area 21 on the cone conveyance path 1, it is not shown in the figure that the feed bar 4 one position behind this feed bar 4 pushes the cone cup 5. After confirmation with a photoelectric detector etc., the connection between the suction pads 15b and the vacuum source is cut off and the suction state is released, and the air outlet 15a
Compressed air is supplied to the air outlet 15a, and the compressed air is blown out through the air outlet 15a. As a result, the cone sleeve 9 that had been adsorbed by the suction air blower nozzle 15 up to that point is blown off in a straight line in a horizontal direction through the shoe 17 toward the sleeve attachment area 21 of the cone conveyance path 1, and the sleeve It is supplied to the mounting area 21.

At this time, the stop plate 23 is located at the lower end position of the sleeve holding part 22 in the sleeve mounting area 21, and in this state, as described above, the cone sleeve 9 is transferred from the sleeve supply part 6 to its pointed end side. This cone sleeve 9 is placed between the stop plate 23 and the cone conveyance path 1 by being fed with the cone sleeve 9 facing forward in the feeding direction.
The stop plate 23 enters from the rear side in the feeding direction, and is stopped along the cone conveying path 1 and held at a position where the front end of the stop plate 23 comes into contact with the upper outer peripheral surface of the cone sleeve 9.

After the cone sleeve 9 is supplied to the cone conveyance path 1 as described above, before the rear cone cup 5 reaches the sleeve attachment area 21, the movable plate 25 of the pointed head lifting mechanism 27
The sleeve is changed from the retracted position when supplying the sleeve to the lifted position according to the rotation of the cam 26. After that, when the rear cone cup 5 moves along the movable plate 25 located at the lifting position, the pointed end side of the cone cup 5 is held at the front in the feeding direction. It moves toward the cone sleeve 9 side while being lifted above the height of the lowest position at the edge of the open end of the cone sleeve 9.

As a result, the pointed end of the cone cup 5 enters into the cone sleeve 9 through the open end of the cone sleeve 9. In this way, when the pointed end of the cone cup 5 passes over the movable plate 25 and enters the cone sleeve 9, the movable plate 25 is returned to the retracted position during sleeve supply, and the stop plate 23 is raised. A cone cup 5 is provided between the stop plate 23 and the cone conveyance path 1.
A separation distance larger than the diameter of the open end is formed.

As a result of the cone cup 5 still being moved toward the front end side along the cone conveying path 1, the outer peripheral surface of the pointed end side of the cone cup 5 becomes a pedestal state along the inner surface shape of the cone sleeve 9. The state in which the cone sleeve 9 is attached (hereinafter, the cone cup 5 with the cone sleeve 9 attached in this way is referred to as the cone cup 5 with sleeve)
s), this cone cup with sleeve 5
s further moves the feed bar 4 toward the front end side of the cone conveyance path 1.
transported by.

When the sleeved cone cup 5s reaches the front end of the cone conveyance path 1 and further exceeds this front end, it moves in the falling direction. This movement is performed by the guide plate 34.
As a result, the sleeved cone cup 5S is rotated by approximately 90 degrees such that its pointed end side is directed downward and its axis is directed approximately vertically. During this time, the pressing part 33 of the sleeve crimping part 31 is located in a retracted position away from the moving path of the sleeved cone cup 5S, and the gripping parts 32 are in gripping positions located toward the center of each other. positioned. Therefore, the sleeved cone cup 5S, which falls while rotating as described above, is
The sleeved cone cup 5s is held in a gripping state in which the middle part of the outer circumferential surface of the sleeved cone cup 5s is in contact between the opposing surfaces of these gripping parts 32, 32, and the axis is oriented substantially vertically. Ru.

Then, in this state, the operation of rotating the pressing portion 33 is performed. As a result, the arm 33 of this pressing portion 33
The pressing surface 33b provided at the tip a contacts the entire circumference of the open end of the sleeved cone cup 5s from above, and the upper side of the cone sleeve 9 is gripped by the gripping portion 32°32. , a downward pressing force is applied to the cone cup 5. As a result, for example, if the cone cup 5 and the cone sleeve 9 are installed in such a manner that there is a gap between them, the air layer is removed from this gap, and the cone cup 5 and the cone sleeve 9 The degree of adhesion of the sleeve 9 is increased.

When the pressing operation by the pressing part 33 as described above is completed,
The pressing portion 33 is moved back to the retracted position, and the gripping portions 32 are moved in a direction away from each other, whereby the gripping state of the sleeved cone cup 5s is released and the sleeved cone cup 5s is released. The cone cup 5s falls further downward. The falling movement at this time occurs along the transfer chute 36, and as a result, it is placed from the transfer chute 36 onto the transfer conveyance path 35 with the axial direction substantially horizontal. Then, this transfer conveyance path 35
Along this line, the cone stacking portion 37 is transferred by the feed bars 35a, 35a onto the cone accumulation section 37 disposed on the forward end side of the transfer conveyance path 35 in the feeding direction.

The above procedure moves the feed bar 4 on the cone conveyance path 1.
This process is repeated for each cone cup 5 that is sequentially conveyed by . As a result, the sleeved cone cups 5s are stacked on top of each other on this cone stacking section 37, and when the stacked number reaches a predetermined number, they are taken out from this cone stacking section 37 and packed. be done.

As described above, according to the cone sleeve mounting device of the above embodiment, the cone sleeve 9 is mounted on each cone cup 5 sequentially transported on the cone transport path 1, and the cone sleeve 9 The operations up to stacking the cone cups with sleeves 5s attached thereto are consistently and automatically performed. During this process, the cone cup 5 is introduced into the open end side of the cone sleeve 9 held on the cone conveyance path 1 while lifting the pointed end side. In other words, the cone cup 5... is moved through the cone conveyance path 1 by pushing its rear open end with the feed bar 4...
At this time, the cone cup 5...
The forward pointed end of the cone sleeve 9 in the feeding direction is positioned at a position in contact with the cone conveying path 1, similar to the position of the lowest end of the edge of the cone sleeve 9 on the open end side. In this state,
When the cone cup 5 reaches the position of the cone sleeve 9, for example, if the open end of the cone sleeve 9 is deformed out of the circular shape and even some of it is floating from the cone conveying path 1, the cone cup 5 The pointed end of the cone sleeve 5 enters the underside of the cone sleeve 9, resulting in improper installation. However, in the above, since the cone cup 5 is moved while the pointed end side of the cone cup 5 is lifted in front of the open end of the cone sleeve 9, it deforms into the cone sleeve 9 as described above. Even in cases where the cone cup 5 enters the cone sleeve 9,
Poor attachment is prevented.

Further, in the above embodiment, with respect to the sleeved cone cup 5s to which the cone sleeve 9 is attached, while once gripping the cone sleeve 90 portion, the cone cup 5 is moved toward the open end side toward the pointed end side. An operation to apply a pressing force is performed. As a result, the air layer interposed between the two is eliminated, and the degree of adhesion is increased. As a result, for example, the cone sleeve 9 during the transportation process leading to subsequent packaging.
is prevented from falling off. Further, in the case where the sleeved cone cups 5S are subsequently taken out one by one from the sleeved cone cups 5S stacked on top of each other, etc.
The occurrence of troubles such as the cone sleeve 9 remaining on the inner peripheral surface side of the adjacent cone cup 5 is also reduced.

Note that the above embodiment does not limit the scope of the present invention, and various changes can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the cone sleeve 9 is moved onto the cone conveying path 1 by air blow However, it is also possible to use other methods, such as one that utilizes its own weight to fall. Further, the present invention is not limited to the cone cup 5 and the cone sleeve 9 having a conical shape, but can also be applied to a truncated cone shape, a polygonal pyramid shape, or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the cone sleeve mounting device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a cone conveyance path in which the cone cups are sequentially placed one by one with their pointed ends facing forward in the feed direction, and a moving means for pushing a cone cup placed on the cone cup from its open end side to move it on the cone conveyance path; When the sleeve supply section supplies the sleeve with its pointed end side facing forward, and the cone sleeve is supplied to the sleeve mounting area, the distance between the cone conveyance path and the cone sleeve is smaller than the diameter of the open end side of the cone sleeve. a stop plate that operates to clamp the cone sleeve between the cone conveyance path and the cone conveyance path; a movable plate that is interposed along the cone conveyance path at a position rearward of the sleeve mounting area; When the cone sleeve is located in the sleeve mounting area, the front end of the movable plate is guided by the pointed end side of the cone cup that is moving rearward to enter the opening edge of the cone sleeve, guided by the movable plate. The cone sleeve is configured to include a movable plate actuating means for moving the cone sleeve from a retracted position during sleeve supply along the cone conveyance path to a lifted position in the direction of the center position of the open end of the cone sleeve.

Therefore, when a cone cup is moved with its pointed end facing forward in the feeding direction toward the open end of the cone sleeve held on the cone conveyance path, its pointed end side is lifted from the cone conveyance path. In this state, a movement of advancing into the open end of the cone sleeve occurs. This results in
For example, even if the edge of the open end of the cone sleeve is deformed and its lower end is floating from the cone conveyance path, the movement into the open end will occur more reliably. This has the effect of reducing attachment defects.

The cone sleeve mounting device according to claim 2 of the present invention further includes a gripping portion that passes through the sleeve mounting region and once grips the cone cup to which the cone sleeve is mounted at an outer peripheral position of the cone sleeve; This configuration includes a pressing portion that applies a pressing force toward the pointed end on the open end side of the cone cup with cone sleeve that is gripped by the gripping portion.

Therefore, the cone cup is pressed toward the cone sleeve gripped on the outer periphery, thereby eliminating the air layer interposed between the two and increasing the degree of adhesion between the two. As a result, there is an effect that, for example, the cone sleeve is prevented from falling off during the subsequent transportation process leading to packaging.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which schematic diagram 1 showing the entire cone sleeve mounting device shows a cone conveyance path, 4 a feed bar (moving means), 5 a cone cup, and 6
9 is a sleeve supply section, 9 is a cone sleeve, 21 is a sleeve mounting area, 23 is a stop plate, 25 is a movable plate, 26 is a cam (movable plate actuating means), 32 is a gripping part, and 33 is a pressing part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cone conveyance path in which cone cups are sequentially placed one by one with their pointed ends facing forward in the feeding direction, and a cone cup placed on the cone conveyance path on its open end side. a moving means for moving the cone cup on the cone conveyance path by pushing the cone cup from the cone conveyance path; and a sleeve supplying section for supplying the cone sleeve to the sleeve mounting area, the cone sleeve being arranged between the cone conveyance path and the cone conveyance path so that the distance between the cone conveyance path and the cone conveyance path is smaller than the diameter of the open end side of the cone sleeve. a stop plate that operates to clamp the cone; a movable plate that is interposed along the cone conveyance path at a position rearward of the sleeve attachment area; and when the cone sleeve is located in the sleeve attachment area, In order for the pointed end side of the cone cup moving from the rear to be guided by the movable plate and enter the opening end edge of the cone sleeve,
The movable plate actuating means moves the front end of the movable plate from a retracted position during sleeve supply along the cone conveyance path to a lifted position in the direction of the center position of the open end of the cone sleeve. Cone sleeve attachment device. 2. A gripping part that passes through the sleeve attachment area and temporarily grips the cone cup with the cone sleeve attached at the outer circumferential position of the cone sleeve, and a gripping part that passes through the sleeve attachment area and temporarily grips the cone cup with the cone sleeve attached, and a gripping part on the open end side of the cone cup with the cone sleeve gripped by this gripping part. Claim 1, further comprising a pressing portion that applies a pressing force to the pointed end side.
Cone sleeve attachment device as described in section.