JPH0725218Y2 - Raw material filling device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a raw material filling device for charging a plurality of raw materials into a single container, and for example, in the production of paints, the purpose is to mix several primary color paints. The present invention relates to a raw material charging device suitable for application to a primary color charging device used when performing a toning operation for manufacturing the above-mentioned color paint.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when a plurality of raw materials are mixed and filled in one container, a raw material filling device is used. As this raw material filling device,
For example, there is known a primary color charging device for performing a toning operation for mixing several types of primary color paints to produce a paint of a desired color. This device is configured such that a plurality of filling valves are installed in a conveying device and the filling valves are moved in a three-dimensional direction to move the valves to a target filling point. This is shown in FIG. The L-shaped primary color pipes 1 are arranged in an array, and the discharge ports at the tips are arranged in a straight line. A flexible hose 2 is connected to this primary color pipe 1, and this flexible hose 2 is connected to a number of filling valves 4 mounted on a three-dimensionally movable carriage 3 that matches the number of primary color pipes. The filling valve 4 is aligned and faces the lower surface of the carriage 3, and the container 5 is carried by the conveyor 6 installed below.
On the other hand, the primary color paint supplied from the primary color pipe 1 to the filling valve 4 is dropped and filled. At this time, when a plurality of primary color paints are mixed and filled, the carriage 3 is three-dimensionally moved and the corresponding filling valve 4 is aligned above the container 5 to selectively fill the required paint.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, the configuration of the above-described conventional raw material filling device has a drawback that the number of types of raw materials becomes large because many filling valves are required according to the types of raw materials such as primary color paint.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and to provide a raw material filling device that does not require an increase in the number of filling valves even if the number of types of raw materials increases.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention focuses on the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a plurality of raw material supply ports arranged at fixed positions and a raw material which is movably attached to a trolley and is connected to a filling valve along the arrangement direction of each raw material supply port. It has a receiving port, and the raw material supply port and the raw material receiving port are connected to each other via a detachable coupler, and it is possible to cut off the flow of the raw material by connecting and disconnecting the coupler. is there.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, when the carriage is moved with respect to the plurality of raw material supply ports arranged at the fixed positions, the raw material receiving ports mounted on the cart can be moved in the arrangement direction of the raw material supply ports.
A coupler is provided between the raw material supply port and the raw material receiving port, which can be attached to and detached from each other.When the coupler is operated and coupled with the raw material receiving port facing the desired raw material supply port, the raw material is It flows from the raw material supply port to the raw material receiving port.
Since the raw material inlet of the trolley is connected to the filling valve,
The raw material flows to a filling valve, and by opening it, it can be dropped and filled into a container facing the filling valve.
At this time, the mixing process can be arbitrarily performed by setting one filling valve and sequentially switching to the desired raw material supply port. By mounting the filling valve so as to be movable in three dimensions with respect to the carriage, it is possible to easily deal with the case where the container for blending and filling the raw materials is moved by the conveyor.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a raw material charging apparatus according to the present invention will be set up in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a raw material charging apparatus according to an embodiment. This example is applied to a primary color charging device for compounding and filling primary color paint. As shown in the figure, this device is provided with a plurality of primary color pipes 10 whose ends are bent in an L shape. The primary color pipes 10 have horizontal pipe ends arranged in a line and their tips arranged in a straight line, and the primary color paint can be discharged from each of them. A discharge coupler 12 is attached to this pipe end, which acts as a valve.By pressing the discharge coupler 12, the flow passage opening opens and the paint is discharged. Is configured to close.

On the other hand, below the primary color pipe 10 is a container filled with paint.
A transfer conveyor 16 that transfers 14 is installed. A gate-shaped frame 18 is provided so as to straddle the conveyor 16.
A carriage 20 that runs on the upper beam is attached to the gate frame 18. The carriage 20 is movable along the upper beam, and the traveling direction thereof coincides with the arrangement direction of the flow ports of the primary color pipe 10. In particular, the traveling height of the carriage 20 is set so that the side surface of the carriage 20 faces the tip of the discharge coupler 12 of the arranged primary color pipes 10 when the carriage 20 travels. Then, such a dolly 20 is provided with an inlet coupler 22 so as to face the discharge coupler 12 of the primary color pipe 10, and this is also seen from the side surface of the dolly 20 by the telescopic cylinder mechanism 23 mounted on the dolly 20. It is supposed to be accessible. The receiving coupler 22 is set at the same height as the discharging coupler 12, and is connected to the discharging coupler 12 by being extended and the flow port is connected to discharge the primary color paint to the receiving coupler 22 side. It has become so. One of the receiving coupler 22 is mounted on the trolley 20, and the primary color pipe 10 is selected by moving the position of the trolley 20 and the corresponding discharge coupler 12 is selected.
By connecting it to any paint.

A flexible hose 24 is attached to the socket coupler 22 of the dolly 20.
, And the end of the flexible hose 24 is further connected to the filling valve 26. The filling valve 26 can be opened and closed, and although it is not shown, it is supported by a gate-shaped frame 18 and can be moved up and down, and when it is located above the container 14 conveyed by the conveyer 16, the paint is opened. The container 14 is filled and supplied.

The operation of the primary color charging device configured as described above is as follows. When the container 14 transported by the transport conveyor 16 reaches below the gate frame 18, the carriage 20 moves to the position of the preset primary color pipe 10. Operate the telescopic cylinder mechanism 23 at that position, press the outlet coupler 22 to the discharge coupler 12 on the side of the primary color pipe 10 to connect, and paint the inlet coupler.
The flexible hose 24 and the filling valve 26 are supplied through 22. Therefore, by opening the filling valve 26, the container
14 is filled with the desired primary color paint. Then, the dolly 20 is moved to the primary color pipe 10 of the paint to be mixed, and similarly the receptacle coupler 22 is connected to the discharge coupler 12 to mix and fill the container 14. This only needs to be done for the type of paint to be blended.
When the compound filling is completed, pull up the filling valve 26,
Wait until the next container 14 arrives.

According to the raw material filling device having such a configuration, the socket coupler 22 provided at one end of the flexible hose 24 connected to one filling valve 26 is attached, and the flexible hose side is connected so as to be connected to the target primary color pipe 10. Set the coupler of to the carrier and move it. As a result, not only the movement of the carriage 20 in the linear direction is required, but the device is simplified and the number of filling valves is increased to one.

Although the primary color pipe 10 and the flexible hose 24 are connected by the couplers 12 and 22 in the above embodiment, the flexible hose 24 and the filling valve 26 may be connected by a coupler. Further, in this mechanism, a cleaning solvent may be passed through the passage from the receiving coupler 22 to the filling valve 26 every time the filling and feeding of one kind of paint is completed. Therefore, the cleaning solvent supply pipes can be arranged in parallel with the primary color pipes 10.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the raw material filling device of the present invention, the operation direction of the trolley is simplified only in the linear direction to simplify the structure, and the number of units can be reduced because the filling valve is shared.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a raw material filling apparatus according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional raw material filling apparatus. 10 …… Primary color piping, 12 …… Discharge coupler, 14 …… Container, 16
…… Conveyor, 20 …… Car, 22 …… Receptacle coupler,
23: Telescopic cylinder mechanism, 26: Filling valve.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of raw material supply ports arranged in fixed positions,
And a raw material inlet that is attached to the carriage so as to be movable along the arrangement direction of each raw material supply port and that is connected to the filling valve.
A raw material charging device, characterized in that the raw material supply port and the raw material receiving port are connected to each other via a detachable coupler so that the flow of the raw material can be interrupted by connecting and disconnecting the coupler.