JPH0722462B2 - Bottle lid attachment / detachment device - Google Patents

Description

Description: [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a device for attaching and detaching a bottle lid such as an enoki mushroom cultivation bottle.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a device for attaching / detaching this kind of bottle lid, Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-38095
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Sho 55-41731 and the like are known.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In any of the conventional structures, it is difficult to increase the speed of attachment / detachment because the structure is such that the bottle lid is grasped and lifted above the bottle to remove it, and the bottle lid is pushed down for mounting. In addition, there is a problem in that structural difficulty may be involved in continuously attaching and detaching a large number of bottle lids.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A transfer mechanism 7 capable of bidirectionally transferring the bin 1;
Of the holding guide 11 extending in the transfer direction of the bottle 1 and capable of holding the bottle 1 to be transferred, and arranged in a state of being opposed to the holding guide 11 along the transfer direction of the bottle 1, and mounted on the bottle 1 at the transfer first end side. The bottle lid 2 is disposed on the lower edge 2a of the bottle lid 2 and gradually extends away from the holding guide 11 toward the front end of the movement, and the bottle lid 2 is removed by being held by the holding guide 11 and transferring the bottle 1. An elastic pressing member that press-contacts the bottle lid 2 at a position where the lid removing guide 14 and the bottle 1 and the bottle lid 2 on the transfer initial end side can be engaged with each other to attach the bottle lid 2 to the bottle 1. When the bottle 1 with the bottle lid 2 is transferred from the transfer initial end side to the transfer front end side by the transfer mechanism 7, the mounting guide 16 resists the elastic pressure contact and the holding guide 11. By holding and transferring the bottle 1, a holding guide 11 and a lid removing guide 14 The bottle cover 2 is configured to be removed from the bottle 1 by the lid removing guide 14, and conversely, the bottle 1 is removed by the transfer mechanism 7.
When transferring from the transfer front side to the transfer first end side, the bottle lid 2
Is mounted on the bottle 1 while being locked to the bin 1 to be transported and arranged at the upper opening while being pressure-contacted by the mounting guide 16 at a position where the bin 1 and the bin lid 2 on the transfer initial end side can engage with each other. The present invention relates to a bottle lid attaching / detaching device characterized by being configured.

[Action]

The bin 1 is transported by the transport mechanism 7 while being held by the holding guide 11. When the bin 1 with the bin lid 2 is transported from the transport initial end side to the transport front end side by the transport mechanism 7,
As the bottle 1 is transferred while being held by the holding guide 11 against the elastic pressure contact of the mounting guide 16, the distance between the holding guide 11 and the lid removing guide 14 increases, and the lid removing guide 14
The bin lid 2 is removed from the bin 1 by the above, and conversely, when the bin 1 is transported from the transport front end side to the transport initial end side by the transport mechanism 7, the bin lid 2 is locked to the transport bin 1 and the upper opening While being disposed in the container 1, the bottle 1 and the bottle lid 2 on the transfer initial end side are pressed against each other by the mounting guide 16 and mounted on the bottle 1.

〔Example〕

1 to 6 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an enoki mushroom inoculator, 1 is a synthetic resin bottle for cultivation of mushrooms, 2 is a synthetic resin bottle lid, and the bottle lid is 2 is mouth 1a of bottle 1
It is press-fitted and installed.

In this case, the bottle 1 is filled with a culture medium 3 such as sawdust.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a machine stand, and an inoculator 6 is provided at the rear of the machine stand 4 to scrape out and drop a certain amount of the seed germ from the seed germ bottle 5.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a transfer mechanism. In this case, a transfer chain 8 is movably provided on the machine base 4 by a drive mechanism (not shown), and a container 9 capable of accommodating 16 bins 1 can be placed on the transfer chain 8. The transfer table 10 is provided, and the transfer table 10 can be reciprocated between the front part of the machine table 4 and the inoculation machine 6.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a holding guide extending in the transfer direction, in this case, a horizontal direction. A frame 12 is attached to a middle portion of the machine base 4, and the frame 12 is placed at a position facing the shoulder 1b of the bottle 1 by a hanging bolt 13. Five are attached. 14 is a lid removal guide,
In this case, it gradually separates upward from the holding guide 11 and extends in the transfer direction, and is suspended on the machine base 4 by the hanging bolts 15.
Five of them are attached at the lower positions facing the edge lower surfaces 2a on both sides.

Reference numeral 16 is a mounting guide, which is mounted on the machine base 4 by a mounting body 17 so as to be adjustable in the vertical direction.
It is provided so that it can be pressed against the upper surface of the bottle lid 2 at the engagement position between the bottle lid 2 and the bottle lid 2.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a guide guide, which is provided on the lid removing guide 14 along the lid removing guide 14 by a connecting body 19.

Since this embodiment has the above-mentioned configuration, the operator can install the bottle 1 in 16
When the container 9 containing the individual pieces is placed on the transfer table 10 and the device is operated, the container 9 is sent to the right in the figure by the transfer mechanism 7, and a holding guide 11 is placed on the shoulder 1b of each bottle 1 during the transfer.
Are opposed to each other, and the lid removing guides 14 face below the lower edge surfaces 2a on both sides of the respective bin lids 2. The lid removing guides 14 gradually extend upward and separate from each other, so that the bottles 1 are further transferred to the right by the rightward movement. The holding guide 11 comes into contact with the shoulder portion 1b of the bottle lid 2 and the lid removing guides 14 come into contact with the lower surfaces 2a of both edges of the bottle lid 2 so that the bottle lid 2 is gradually opened as shown in FIG. Although it is pressed against the upper surface of the bottle 2, it escapes along the upper side, and finally the bottle lid 2 comes off the bottle 1, and the bottle lid 2 is guided by the lid removing guide 14 and the guide guide 18 and is sent upward. As it is transferred horizontally, this lid removing action is performed up to the bottle 1 in the fourth row, and 16 bottle lids 2 in total are removed. The bottle lids 2 are sent upward by pushing the bottle lids 2 in the rear row, and the last row. Since the bottle lid 2 of the above is prevented from returning and self-propelled by the pressure contact of the mounting guide 16, 16 bins 1 is located in the inoculation machine 6, inoculum 20 is entered by the inoculation machine 6.

When the inoculation is completed, the container 9 is transferred back to the left in the drawing by the transfer mechanism 7, and the outer peripheral surface 1c of the bottle mouth 1a is engaged with the inner peripheral surface 2b of the bottle lid 2 during the transfer as shown in FIG. Abutting,
By further transferring the bin 1 to the left and pressing the upper surface of the bin lid 2 of the loading guide 16, the bin lid 2 is loaded on the bin 1, and the action of loading the lid is performed by 16 bins 1 each, and the bin 1 is in its original position. Then, the worker takes out the container 9.

Therefore, a container 9 containing a plurality of bottles 1 is used as a transfer table.
The lid can be removed by simply placing it on 10, and the inoculation and lid mounting work can be performed, and it can be taken out while it is stored in the container 9, and the bin lid 2 can be detached and attached by using the holding guide 11, the lid removing guide 14 and the holding guide 11. Since it is gradually performed by the guide 16, continuous and high-speed operation can be achieved, and the mechanism can be simplified, and since the attachment / detachment is gradually performed, damage to the bottle lid 2 can be suppressed.

In addition, although the present invention is applied to the inoculation machine in the above-mentioned embodiment, it can be used for attaching and detaching other bottle lids.

Further, the mounting guide 16 has a function of preventing pressure contact with the upper surface of the bottle lid 2 and preventing the bottle lid 2 from returning and self-propelling.
If 16 is only this pressure contact action, and the action to prevent this return self-propelling is performed by another member, the guide guide 18 can be replaced with the mounting guide 16.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the transporting direction of the bottle 1 is horizontal, but it can also be applied diagonally or vertically, depending on the apparatus to which it is applied.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when the bottle with the bottle lid is transferred from the transfer first end side to the transfer front side by the transfer mechanism, the holding guide and the lid removing guide are transferred by being held by the holding guide. When the transfer mechanism moves from the transfer front side to the transfer first end side, the bottle cover is locked to the bottle to be transferred. The bottle cap on the transfer initial end side while being arranged in the upper opening is press-fitted by the mounting guide at a position where it can be engaged. Therefore, by reciprocating the bottle, the bottle lid is automatically opened. Can be removed from the bottle or put on.

Therefore, for example, when the bottle lid is removed from the bottle to fill the inside of the bottle as in the embodiment, or after the predetermined processing is performed, the bottle is closed again, the bottle is supplied to the working machine according to the present invention. If it is configured to do so, the bottle lid can be automatically removed and supplied if it is simply fed in by the transfer mechanism, and the bottle lid can be automatically attached if the container is returned and transferred after the operation. The bottle cap attachment / detachment device is excellent in practicability and can be configured as an extremely excellent device that can easily achieve high speed and high speed, can simplify the mechanism, and can suppress damage to the bottle cap.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a side view of the whole, Fig. 2 is a side view of the main part, Fig. 3 is a front view of the main part, and Fig. 4 is the main part. FIG. 5 is a sectional view for explaining the removal of the bottle lid, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view for explaining the mounting of the bottle lid. 1 ... Bottle, 2 ... Bottle lid, 2a ... Edge bottom surface, 7 ... Transfer mechanism, 11
… Holding guide, 14… Lid removal guide, 16… Mounting guide.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transfer mechanism capable of reciprocally moving a bin in both directions, a holding guide extending in a transfer direction of the bottle and capable of holding a transferred bin, and a holding guide facing the holding guide along the transfer direction of the bottle. It is arranged on the lower surface of the edge of the bottle lid attached to the bottle at the transfer first end side, gradually extends away from the holding guide toward the moving front side, and is held by the holding guide to transfer the bottle. The lid removing guide for removing the bottle lid by pressing is pressed against the bottle lid at a position where the state where the bottle at the transfer initial end side and the bottle lid can be engaged is maintained, and the bin lid can be attached to the bottle. When the bottle with the bottle lid is transferred from the transfer first end side to the transfer front side by the transfer mechanism, it is held by the holding guide and is held by the holding guide. The holding guide and the lid The distance between the guide is increased,
The lid removing guide is configured to remove the bottle lid from the bottle, and conversely, when the bottle is transferred from the transfer front side to the transfer first end side by the transfer mechanism, the bottle cover is locked to the bottle to be transferred. A bottle lid attaching / detaching device characterized in that it is arranged in the upper opening portion and is attached to the bottle by being pressed into contact with the attachment guide at a position where the bottle on the transfer initial end side and the bottle lid can be engaged.