JPH0643212B2 - Stacking and collecting device for lightweight containers - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacking / stacking take-out device for a lightweight container, and more specifically, it is made of cup-shaped paper with a bottom attached to the lower end of a peripheral side plate having a taper. The present invention relates to an apparatus for stacking and accumulating light-weight containers, which automatically performs the operation of accumulating and extracting a fixed number of containers in a fixed direction.

[Prior Art] In the manufacture of this type of paper container, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-43870.

This conventional technique cuts out a fan-shaped container side plate forming piece with a cutter from a raw material paper wound in a roll shape, and conveys this single-leaf container side plate forming piece in a horizontal state in which the paper surface is oriented in the vertical direction,
At this destination, take it out vertically so that the plate surface faces left and right between the mandrel and the guide rod that are wound in a cylindrical shape, and press it with a star wheel around the mandrel and paste it while molding. And a bottom is attached to one end of a tubular side plate processed in this manner to form a container.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technique, in packaging a fixed number of the produced containers only by producing the containers, what is the problem about polymerizing the produced containers by a fixed number as a sales unit? Therefore, since a certain number of workers manually superimpose a certain number, it requires a large working space and also requires manpower to superimpose them together with the container manufacturing workers, which increases costs. There was a problem that it was unsanitary.

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, the present invention automatically stacks and takes out light-weight containers made by a container manufacturing machine to reduce the work space, reduce the manpower, and reduce the manufacturing cost. The purpose is to polymerize and accumulate in a hygienic manner and to take out.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to construct a device for stacking and accumulating lightweight containers such as paper or plastic whose bottom portion is smaller than that of the upper portion, in which a shaft laterally provided in a main body frame A sleeve including at least two sleeves vertically installed to the shaft so as to be able to move laterally via a guide block, and a lateral movement member such as a fluid cylinder for laterally moving the guide block along the shaft. The moving mechanism of
Two shafts are provided parallel to each other in a relatively lower portion of the main body frame, and one of the shafts is provided to open and close at least two container mounting plates attached to one of the shafts. An opening / closing drive member such as a fluid cylinder for rotating a predetermined angle, a swing base attached via an arm to the center of the other one of the shafts via an arm, and this swing base swings up and down. And a swinging mechanism composed of an eccentric cam and a lever, etc., respectively. It is achieved by dropping it below the sleeve so that it can be taken out.

Further, in the present invention, in constructing a device for stacking and accumulating a lightweight container such as a paper or plastic whose bottom portion is smaller than the top portion, a main body frame and a pair of front and rear projections attached from both side surfaces of the main body frame Plate, a pair of shafts provided in parallel between the plates, a back plate slidably attached to these shafts via guide blocks, and a plurality of projections provided above and below the front side of the back plate. And at least two sleeves attached via holders, and a fluid cylinder attached to one plate of the pair of urets so as to move the back plate along a shaft and move laterally between the plates. A pair of side plates mounted on the side surface of the body frame below the mounting position of the plate of the frame, and the side plate. Two shafts arranged in parallel with each other, at least two container mounting plates mounted on the upper shafts of these shafts at a predetermined interval, and mounted on one end of the shafts. An air cylinder attached between the lever and the one plate to reciprocally rotate the shaft; and another shaft provided between the side plates.
A swing base attached to the central portion of the lower shaft via an arm, a lever attached to the shaft in the direction opposite to the arm, and a spring attached between the lever and the body frame. With an eccentric cam attached to the shaft where the end of the lever is always in pressure contact,
A motor for rotating the shaft is respectively provided, and the light-weight containers that fall into the sleeve with the bottom portion facing one side are sequentially polymerized, and are dropped below the sleeve every predetermined number of polymerizations and taken out. It is also achieved by making it possible.

A large number of air vent holes may be formed in the sleeve to prevent air retention.

Further, the sleeve may be formed of a transparent member.

[Operation] In the stacking / stacking take-out device for a lightweight container according to the present invention, the swing base for preventing the container from falling is located at the lower end of the lightweight container made of paper or the like that has been transported in a certain direction by the transport air pressure. The sleeve is fed from the upper end of the sleeve, and a certain amount of the container is carried into the sleeve, and the tapered shape is used to cause natural polymerization to some extent.

The rotation of the motor causes the shaft to rotate via a chain that is hung between the gear head and the sprockets, and the eccentric cam and lever attached to the shaft cause the shaft to reciprocate at a predetermined rotation angle. Move.

By the rotation of this shaft, the swing base that has closed the lower end of the sleeve attached to this shaft via an arm or the like moves up and down.

The vertical movement of this base causes the containers in the sleeve to be intimately polymerized and accumulated, and then the lateral movement members such as the air cylinder operate to move the lower end of the sleeve through the back plate attached to the shaft by the guide block. It can be moved with the polymerization-accumulated container therein so as to be horizontally disengaged from the mounting position.

This movement causes the lower and lowermost containers of the sleeve to face the container mounting plate from the swing base, but the operation of the opening / closing drive member such as the air cylinder causes the container mounting that was in a horizontal state via the shaft or lever. The platen will be opened forward and
A predetermined number of superposed containers in the cylinder can be dropped from the sleeve and collected in a product storage box or the like.

[Examples] Examples will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, the basic structure of the present invention is mounted so as to project forward from both side surfaces of the main body frame 1 made of, for example, a metal angle member in a vertical frame shape. Further, a pair of plates 2 and 2 and a pair of shafts 3 and 3 which are mounted vertically parallel to each other between the plates 2 and 2 are arranged as shown in the drawing.

Then, two sleeves 7 and 7 are attached to a plurality of holders 6 and 6 projecting vertically from the front side of a back plate 5 slidably attached to these shafts 3 and 3 via guide blocks 4 and 4. To wear.

Further, a fluid cylinder 8 such as an air cylinder attached to one plate 2 of the pair of plates 2 and 2 in order to move the back plate 5 along the shafts 3 and 3 between the plates 2 and 2 left and right. Constitutes a sleeve position moving mechanism.

Further, below the mounting positions of the plates 2 and 2 of the main body frame 1, the pair of side plates 10 and 10 mounted so as to project forward and backward from the side surface of the main body frame 1 are parallel to each other in the vertical direction. Install the two shafts 9 and 11.

Then, of these shafts, two container mounting plates 12, 12 are attached to the upper shaft 9 with a predetermined space, and one end of the shaft 9 is provided between the lever 13 and the one plate 2. A fluid cylinder 14 such as an air cylinder, which is attached and rotates the shaft 9 back and forth, is arranged as shown in the drawing.

Further, another shaft 15 is arranged between the side plates 10 and 10 in parallel with the shafts 9 and 11, and a swing base 17 is arranged in the central portion of the shaft 11 located below via an arm 16.

Further, a spring 18 mounted between the lever 18 mounted on the shaft 11 in the direction opposite to the arm 16 and the main body frame 1 is mounted on the shaft 15 which is constantly in pressure contact with the roller 18a of the lever 18. The eccentric cam 21 is provided as shown in FIGS.

The side plate 10 for reciprocally rotating the shaft 15 through a chain 24 suspended between the sprocket 22 mounted on the shaft 15 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 and the sprocket 22 mounted on the gear head 23. And a motor 25 attached thereto to form a take-out mechanism 26 for the lightweight container.

More specifically, the main body frame 1 is formed in a frame shape using an angle material such as metal, and has a stationary leg for attaching to a self-supporting or floor surface at the bottom.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the sleeve moving mechanism has two sleeves 7 and 7 arranged side by side, and the sleeves 7 and 7 are made of a transparent synthetic resin material so that the container inside can be seen. A large number of holes 27 through which air escapes when the container a which is conveyed by air is housed in the sleeve are opened.

A reinforcing stay 28 is attached between the holders 6, 6 for attaching the sleeves 7, 7 to the back plate 5.

The openings above the sleeves 7 and 7 are blown out with air after completion from the side plate and the core that attaches the bottom plate to this side plate in the process of manufacturing the paper container manufacturing machine. It is arranged so as to face the end of an air chute duct 29 that carries air.

Lateral moving members 8 such as fluid cylinders use back plate 5 as plate 2,2.
It has a piston lock that can be moved to the left and right by 1/2 of the distance, and an air chute tact 29 is located at the upper end of the right sleeve 7 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7. The swing base 17 is located at the lower end of the swing base 17 and is shown in FIG.
(b), left sleeve 7 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8
The air stove duct 29 is located at the upper end of the rocking base 17 and the swing base 17 is located at the lower end thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the container mounting plates 12, 12 of the take-out mechanism 26 are connected to the upper shaft 9 via the blocks 30, 30.
Installed on.

The opening / closing drive member 14 such as a fluid cylinder is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 (a), (b), it is attached to one plate 2 via an L metal 31.

Both the fluid cylinders (8, 14) and the compressor via the control box 32 mounted above the main body frame 1 as shown in FIGS. 5 (a), (b), 6 and 9 Each is connected to a power source.

The shafts 9 and 11 and the shaft 15 are rotatably attached to the plates 2 and 2 and the side plates 10 and 10 via bearings, respectively.

Incidentally, 33 in FIGS. 1 and 3 is a container storage box, and 34 in FIGS. 4 and 9 is a tension lever.

The apparatus for collecting and accumulating light-weight containers such as paper according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the operation for polymerization and accumulation of light-weight containers will be described in more detail below.

Now, the case where the sleeves 7, 7 and the take-out mechanism 26 are in the state shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The paper container manufacturing apparatus is described in detail, for example, in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 63-114095 filed by the present applicant and the drawings.

That is, this device is a device for manufacturing a paper container provided with a bottom plate on the bottom side of a tubular side plate, a continuous paper transport device for transporting a long continuous paper in the length direction, and the continuous paper A perforation hole forming body that forms a plurality of perforated cutting lines in the width direction, a first gluing machine that applies glue to one side in the length direction of the continuous paper, and the above-mentioned in the width direction of the continuous paper. A second gluing machine that applies glue along the perforated cutting line, a cutter that cuts the side plate portion partitioned by the perforated cutting line from the perforated cutting line, and a continuous paper A pressing tool for pressing the cut side plate piece onto the peripheral surface of the winding molding core that has adsorbed the bottom plate among the plurality of winding molding cores protruding from the periphery of the core rotating body, and a side plate piece around the winding molding core. With the winding forming mechanism to wind and this winding forming mechanism A heating and pressing body that heats and presses the overlapped portion of the side plate piece wound around the wound molding core and bonds the overlapped portion with the glue applied to the overlapped portion, and the bottom plate on the end surface of the winding formed core in advance. The bottom plate supply mechanism for supplying the same and the end portion of the tubular side plate, which is formed by adhering the overlapped portion to form a tubular shape, is bent along the outside of the bottom plate by being bent along the outside of the bottom plate. An apparatus for manufacturing a paper container, comprising: a bottom plate attaching mechanism for attaching and attaching the bottom plate to the end side of the tubular side plate with glue.

According to the present invention, when the bottom plate is attached to the side wall of the apparatus having the above-mentioned shape and having a tapered and tapered shape, the side plate is blown away from the processing core with air pressure and removed.

The container a which has been pressure-fed in the air chute duct 29, one end of which is located at the removal position, is shown in FIG. 10 in the right sleeve 7 opposite to the other end of the duct 29. 11 and is blocked by the swing base 17 located at the lower end of the sleeve 7, and the sleeve 7 is blocked as shown in FIG.
Stay inside.

In the same manner, the containers a which have been pressure-fed one after another are successively polymerized by the air pressure through the state shown in FIG.

At this time, a part of the air leaks out of the sleeve through the hole 27 of the sleeve 7 so that the air is smoothly conveyed without stopping the flow of the air. To do.

That is, a fixed number (for example, 10, 20
In order to accommodate and superpose individual containers a, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, a chain 24 hung between the sprocket 22a of the gear head 23 and the sprocket 22b of the shaft 15 by the rotational force of the motor 25. Through the shaft respectively
When the shaft 15 is rotated, the lever 18 that is pressed against the cam surface of the eccentric cam 21 mounted on the shaft 15 by the spring 19 via the roller 20 is constantly swinging around the shaft 11 as a fulcrum. The swing base 17 attached via the arm 16 moves up and down to eliminate the air between the containers a as shown in FIG. 12 to make the polymerization more dense.

Since this vertical swinging operation is constantly performed while the container a enters the sleeve 7 by a certain amount, a predetermined number of light weight containers can be piled up in an orderly manner.

When the polymerization accumulation of a fixed number of containers a is completed, the lateral moving member 8 such as a fluid cylinder is activated.

By the operation of the lateral movement member 8, the back plate 5 having the sleeves 7,7 mounted via the holders 6,6 slides on the shafts 3,3 via the guide blocks 4,4, and the back plate 5 shown in FIGS. Move to the right as shown.

At this time, the lowermost one of the containers a, a superposed in the sleeve 7 moves from the top of the swing base 17 to a container mounting plate 12 in a horizontal position lower than this. This time, the container mounting plate 12 prevents the falling off of the sleeve 7.

When the positions of the sleeves 7 and 7 have completely moved to the right as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the opening / closing drive member 14 such as the fluid cylinder is actuated to move the lever 13 in the state shown in FIG. 4 upward. Rotate the pulling shaft 9 to rotate it as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, open the container mounting plates 12 and 12 forward, and drop the assembled and accumulated containers a and a in the sleeve 7 from inside the sleeve 7 into the container storage box 33 as shown in FIG. Can be taken out.

When the sleeve 7 is moved to the right, the upper end of the left sleeve 7 shown in FIG. 6, the lower end of the air chute duct 29, and the swing base 17 immediately face each other. a is sent one after another.

When a certain amount of container enters the sleeve, the lateral movement member 8 such as a fluid cylinder and the opening / closing drive member 14 operate in the same manner as described above,
The sleeves 7, 7 moving to the right side are moved to the left side, and the container mounting plate 12 opened in the forward tilted state is returned to the horizontal in advance.

After that, the same operation as described above can be performed to take out a predetermined number of containers which are alternately polymerized and accumulated from the left or right sleeve 7.

A well-known crank mechanism may be used instead of the eccentric cam 21 in the above embodiment, and in this case, the spring 19 can be omitted.

In addition, the lightweight container that is loaded and dropped from the upper part of the sleeves 7, 7 is a lightweight container made by a known means other than the above-mentioned applicant, such as a plastic film molding container, a cup with a cardboard bottom plate, or a hollow container. It can be implemented by adopting all tapered lightweight containers such as conical cone containers.

And each of these containers is the air chute duct of the embodiment.
Instead of being loaded into the sleeve 7 from 29, the light-weight containers a are successively dropped one by one through the well-known aligning device provided on the upper part of the sleeve 7 one by one with the bottom part facing one side. It may be dropped into the sleeve and carried in.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the effects described below.

In the apparatus for collecting and accumulating light-weight containers made of paper or the like according to claim 1, since the accumulated and accumulated light-made containers made of paper or the like and the predetermined number of take-out containers can be automatically carried out without manpower, first of all, it is hygienic. Therefore, the working space and the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and moreover, the lightweight containers such as paper can be continuously polymerized and collected without interruption, and the like.

According to the second aspect, it is possible to make a large space below the sleeve 7, facilitate the cooperation with the packaging process, improve workability, and make the swing base 17 operate smoothly. Have.

According to the third aspect, since the air is not retained in the sleeve for dropping the lightweight container by the air conveyance, there is an effect that the conveyance can be smoothly carried out, the polymerization accumulation and the take-out can be performed.

According to the present invention, since the trouble accumulation in the sleeve can be visually detected, there is an effect that the accumulation trouble of the container can be detected early.

[Brief description of drawings]

Each of the drawings shows one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view seen from the front right side, Fig. 2 is a partially sectional front view, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view seen from above the front. , Fig. 4 is a right side view of a part cutaway, Fig. 5 (a) is a perspective view seen from the front left side,
FIG. 5 (b) is a perspective view seen from the right rear side, FIG. 6 is a partially sectional front view showing a state different from that of FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part cut, and FIG. Is the same plan view in a different state from FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is the same right side view in a different state from FIG. 4,
FIGS. 10 to 15 are schematic diagrams for explaining the essential parts in different states. 1 …… Main body frame, 12 …… Container mounting plate 3,9,11 …… Shaft, 13,18 …… Lever 7 …… Sleeve, 14 …… Opening / closing drive member 8 …… Lateral movement member, 17 …… Swing Dynamic base

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. In a device for stacking and stacking light-weight containers such as paper and plastic whose bottom is smaller than the top, a shaft 3 provided laterally on the main body frame 1 and this shaft 3
On the other hand, at least two sleeves 7, 7 vertically installed so as to be able to move laterally via a guide block 4, and a lateral movement member such as a fluid cylinder for laterally moving the guide block 4 along the shaft 3. 8 together with the sleeve 7 and 7 moving mechanism,
The body frame 1 is provided relatively parallel to the lower portion of the frame 2
A fluid for rotating one shaft 9 by a predetermined angle in order to open and close the two shafts 9 and 11 and at least two container mounting plates 12 and 12 attached to one shaft 9 of these shafts. An opening / closing drive member 14 such as a cylinder, a swing base 17 attached to the other shaft 11 of the shafts 9 and 11 through an arm 16 at substantially the center thereof, and the swing base 17.
A light-weight container a which is equipped with an eccentric cam 21 for swinging 17 up and down and a swinging mechanism including a lever 18 and which falls into the sleeve 7 from its upper part to its bottom part in one direction. A stacking and taking-out apparatus for a light-weight container, which is capable of being taken out by dropping below the sleeve 7 in a predetermined number of times by sequentially superposing. 2. A device for stacking and accumulating a lightweight container such as a paper or plastic whose bottom is smaller than the upper part, and a main body frame 1, and a pair of plates mounted so as to project forward from both side surfaces of the main body frame 1. 2,2 and the plate
A pair of shafts 3 and 3 arranged in parallel between 2 and 2, a back plate 5 slidably mounted on these shafts 3 and 3 via guide blocks 4 and 4, and a back plate 5 of this back plate 5. At least two sleeves 7 and 7 mounted via a plurality of holders 6 and 6 protruding up and down on the front side and the back plate 5 along with the shafts 3 and 3 to move laterally between the plates 2 and 2. In order to make it possible to form a sleeve position moving mechanism with a lateral movement member 8 such as a fluid cylinder attached to one plate 2 of the pair of plates 2 and 2, A pair of side plates 10 and 10 mounted on the side surface of the main body frame 1 below the mounting position, two shafts 9 and 11 provided in parallel between the side plates 10 and 10, and each of these shafts. At least two container mounting plates 12, 12 mounted on the upper shaft 9 with a predetermined space, and attached to one end of the shaft 9. An opening / closing drive member 14 such as an air cylinder attached between the lever 13 and the one plate 2 for reciprocally rotating the shaft 9, and another shaft 15 provided between the side plates 10 and 10, A swing base 17 attached to a central portion of a shaft 11 located below via an arm 16;
Lever 18 attached to 11 in the direction opposite to the arm 16
An eccentric cam 21 attached to the shaft 15 where the end portion 18a of the lever 18 is constantly in pressure contact with a spring 19 attached between the lever 18 and the body frame 1, and the shaft 15
And a motor 25 for rotating each of them.The light-weight containers that fall into the sleeve 7 with the bottom portion facing one side are sequentially polymerized and dropped below the sleeve 7 at every predetermined number of polymerizations. Collective collection device for lightweight containers that can be taken out. 3. The sleeves 7,7 have a large number of air vent holes.
The polymerization and accumulation device for containers according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 27 is open and air is not retained. 4. The paper container collecting device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the sleeves 7, 7 are formed of a transparent member.