JPH07253351A - Fluid filling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a fluid filling apparatus for sequentially weighing, dividing and continuously supplying fluid stored in a drum or a movable reservoir such as a barrel into small containers such as an empty pail or an oil can automatically. CONSTITUTION:Liquid receiving reservoirs 1, 2 having an automatic valve 13 are mounted on a filling station A removably with respect to a support 11, while a support plate 21 equipped with an opening part whose funnel 29 is removable and a liquid receiving plate 23a can be movably set to a position for charging fluid to a small container and a liquid receiving position, and a weight meter 8 is provided on the filling station A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fluid filling device for measuring a fluid contained in a moving tank such as a drum or a coma and dividing it into small containers such as a pail or a petroleum can. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When shipping chemical products such as paints, pigments and dyes, or petroleum products, large containers such as tank trucks and drums are shipped, but small customers Generally, small containers such as pail cans and oil cans are shipped in small portions. And when subdividing, subdivide the product temporarily stored in drums etc. into pail cans or oil cans,
Alternatively, the above products mixed and mixed in Komodar are subdivided into pail cans, petroleum cans, and the like and shipped.

[0003]

However, when subdividing a drum or a coma into a pail or a petroleum can, the drum or the coma is lifted, or the funnel is successively tumbled while the funnel is used to subdivide the container. The current situation is working. Therefore, the productivity was extremely low, there was a concern of contamination, the work site was congested, and the work environment was generally bad. On the other hand, recent consumer preferences are diversifying and tend to be high-grade, so in order to meet the needs of a wide range of consumers, the product concept will be differentiated and performance-oriented, and the differences in specifications from other products will be emphasized. As a result, there is a growing tendency to cultivate new demand. As a result, products such as the ones mentioned above are inevitably increasing in small quantities and shipped in small containers, and products that are of a large variety and not very large in quantity have been effectively divided into small containers. There has been a demand for the development of a fluid filling device. The present invention automatically and sequentially measures a fluid contained in a moving tank such as a drum or a coma into a small amount container such as an empty pail or a petroleum can that is continuously supplied in response to the above-mentioned demand. The object of the present invention is to provide a fluid filling device for subdividing and continuously filling a fluid.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides the following fluid filling apparatus in order to achieve the above objects. That is, a means for transporting a small container toward the filling station, a weighing means for measuring the weight of the small container provided at the filling station, and a dish of fluid in a moving tank installed above the filling station. Liquid receiving means, the liquid receiving means includes a first receiving means with an automatic valve that is detachable from the supporting means,
A fluid filling device, characterized in that it has a dripping receiving means, and further comprises a second receiving means capable of moving and setting to a pouring port position and a dripping receiving position of a small amount container. The first receiving means in the fluid filling device comprises a liquid receiving tank and an automatic valve composed of a rotary motion type valve opening / closing mechanism installed at the outlet of the liquid receiving tank, and the automatic valve is detachable from its drive mechanism. In the second receiving means, a supporting plate having an opening for detaching the liquid dropping tray and the funnel is rotatably mounted by a cylinder, and its moving position is set. It is composed of a support plate stopper device that can be provided. Further, a lifter for loading a transfer tank such as a codadal transferred on the transfer path and a tipping device for loading and tumbling a transfer tank such as a drum can transferred on the transfer path on the opposite side of the transfer path are provided on both sides of the filling station. Is installed facing each other, and is provided with a transport path for transporting the small volume container provided in the direction orthogonal to the transport path, and it continuously connects small volume containers such as empty bale cans and petroleum cans. The filling station is provided with means for supplying and positioning at a predetermined position on the conveying path.

[0005]

[Function] Fluid is poured into the liquid receiving tank from a moving tank such as a codal or a drum by using a lifter or a tumbling device, and the injected fluid is poured into a funnel of a supporting plate set on a small volume container via an automatic valve. Then, the funnel is filled into a small amount container. After the filling is completed, the supporting plate is rotated to set the drooling tray under the automatic valve so that the drooling after the automatic valve closing is received.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below. The present invention comprises a conveying means for conveying a small container such as a pail can or a petroleum can toward a filling station, and a weighing means for measuring the weight of the small container provided at the filling station. A fluid filling process is shown in FIG. (1) is an oil can, and (1a) is an oil can filled with fluid at the filling station A. The petroleum cans are continuously supplied from, for example, a conveyor (2) in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, and are transported to the filling station (A), and a positioning device (described later) operates to stop at a predetermined position. Filling station (A)
A measuring instrument (8) is installed below the conveyor (2).

FIG. 3 shows a positioning device, in which small containers such as pail cans and petroleum cans are conveyed by a conveyor (2) along a guide plate (62) and positioned in a conveyor width direction provided at a predetermined position. For stoppers (56) of forward / backward direction cylinders (57) and stoppers (58) of vertical operation cylinders (59) for positioning in the carrying-in direction of the conveyor for small containers (1), separately for small containers such as petroleum cans Cylinder of stopper (60) (6
There is 1). Therefore, the stopper (58) or stopper (60) of the small-volume container that has advanced in the carry-in direction on the conveyor (2) has the cylinder (59) or (6) respectively.
It is lifted and stopped at 1), and the stopper (56) regulates the position of the small quantity container in the width direction of the conveyor (2) at the stopped position. (B) is a liquid receiving device as a liquid receiving means which will be described later, and the liquid receiving device can be detachably attached to a support (11) provided over the supporting column (10) shown in FIG. 4 above the filling station (A). It is placed in. Reference numeral (3) shown in FIG. 2 is a codadal as a moving tank placed on the lifter (6) located near the filling station (A), and the codadal (3) was laid orthogonal to the conveyor (2). It is transferred to the vicinity of the filling station (A) along the transport path (4) and loaded on the lifter (6). The lifter (6) has a transfer table (6a) equipped with a roller conveyor on a stay (9) that extends and contracts from a base (6a) by a cylinder (7). Therefore, the small-volume container sent by the conveyor of the transfer path (4) is transferred to the roller conveyor (not shown) of the transfer table (6b) with the stay contracted.
The base (6a) can be moved forward and backward by a cylinder (not shown).

On the other hand, the drum can (5) as a moving tank shown in FIG. 2 loaded on a drum can inversion device (C), which will be described later, is located in the vicinity of the filling station (A) so as to face the coma dull (4). It is transferred to the vicinity of the filling station (A) along the transport path (4a) laid orthogonal to 2) and transferred to the drum can inversion tank value (C).

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the fluid contained in the moving tanks (3), (5) of a coma or drum can is subdivided into small containers such as pail cans and petroleum cans.
The above-mentioned lifter (6) and the drum can tumbling device (C) for raising and lowering the komodal (3) are installed opposite to each other around the filling station (A) located slightly lower than L. 2 (2) is a conveyer which is laid from the vertical direction to the rear direction and carries the small quantity containers (1) continuously, and (8) is provided below the conveyer (2) in the filling station (A). It is a measuring instrument. A liquid receiving device (B) described below is installed above the filling station (A), and the small volume container (1) is positioned directly below the liquid receiving device (B). When subdividing and filling the fluid contained therein, the coma dall (3) is moved along the transport path (4) and loaded on the transfer table (6b) of the lifter (6), and then the cylinder (7).
Is operated to raise the lifter (6) to a predetermined height, and then the base (6a) is slightly advanced by a cylinder (not shown) to be fixed, and the manual valve of the komodal is opened to allow fluid to flow through the liquid receiving device (B). The small amount container (1) is divided into small parts while being weighed by the measuring device (8). Lifter (6)
Are not limited to those shown. Further, in FIG. 2, the conveyor (2) for supplying the small amount container (1) is laid in the recessed hole, but the conveyor (2) is laid at the same level as the transport paths (4), (4a). It doesn't matter.

FIG. 4 shows a liquid receiving device (B) as liquid receiving means. In the figure, (10) is a column standing near the filling station (A), and (11) is the column (1).
It is a support which is installed horizontally on the side of the filling station (A) at the top of 0). As shown in FIG. 7, the tip of the support (11) is opened in an annular shape or a U-shape, and a substantially funnel-shaped liquid receiving tank (12) is fitted in the opening and is placed thereon. The liquid receiving tank (12) can be easily removed from the support (11). (13) is an automatic valve with a cut valve attached to the bottom of the liquid receiving tank (12), which is the first valve in the present invention.
It constitutes a means of accepting. This automatic valve adopts a rotary motion type valve opening / closing mechanism such as a hemispherical ball valve. The reason why the automatic valve is opened and closed is (a) to make the valve run dry. (B) No liquid damage occurs on the inner surface of the valve. (C) Easy disassembly and cleaning. (D) Light when transporting after removing the liquid receiving tank. Because. If an advancing / retreating type sluice valve is used, the liquid is damaged in the guide groove of the sluice plate. In addition, it cannot be used because it has a drawback that the liquid floating under the partition plate falls down and the liquid runs out poorly.

Reference numeral (18) is a rotary shaft for opening and closing the valve (13), and reference numeral (14) is a drive shaft for rotating the rotary shaft (18). (17) is a one-touch coupling, which is a rotary shaft (18) and a drive shaft (14).
Are connected so that they can come in and out freely. As shown in FIG. 10, the coupling (17) is a cylindrical shaft coupling, which is fitted to the drive shaft (14), and the set screw (17a) is attached to the key protrusion (14a) of the shaft (14). ) To fix the coupling (17) to the drive shaft (14), and further to rotate the rotary shaft (1
8) has a structure in which the rotation shaft (18) is fixed to the coupling (17) by fitting it into the coupling (17) using a key protrusion. Reference numeral (15) is a cylinder fixed to the outside of the column (10), and the piston rod of the cylinder (15) and the drive shaft (14) are connected via a joint (16). Therefore, when the cylinder (15) is operated to extend the piston rod, the joint (1
6) The drive shaft (14) rotates in the normal direction, the movement is transmitted to the rotary shaft (18), the automatic valve (13) is opened, and the cylinder (15) is re-operated to retract the piston rod. The drive shaft (14) is reversed and the automatic valve (13) is closed. Further, by loosening the set screw (17a) of the one-touch coupling (17), the one-touch coupling (17) is removed from the drive shaft (14), and the rotary shaft (1
By disconnecting 8) from the coupling (17), the connection between the rotary shaft (18) and the drive shaft (14) is easily released. Since the liquid receiving tank (12) is fitted on the support (11) while being mounted on the opening of the tip of the support (11), the liquid receiving tank (1)
2) can be easily removed from the support (11).

The removed liquid receiving tank (12) prevents contamination by cleaning different kinds of fluid adhering to the inner wall of the tank with a cleaning bath containing a solvent or the like. (19) is a known liquid level gauge attached to the top of the liquid receiving tank (12). (20) is the post (1
0) is a cylinder fixed vertically inside, and a support plate (21) is laterally provided at the tip of the piston rod of the cylinder (20). Therefore, by operating the cylinder (20), the support plate (21) 21) can move up and down freely. In addition,
By providing a flange on the peripheral edge of the support plate (21), the support plate is not strongly bent even by cantilever support. 5 and 6 show the support plate (2
The support plate (21) has a substantially triangular plate shape with rounded corners, and the connecting part (22) with the piston rod of the cylinder (20) is the center. Turn clockwise and counterclockwise. (23) is a drip tray placed at one corner on the support plate (21), (24)
Is an opening formed in the other corner of the support plate (21), into which the funnel (29) shown in FIG. 4 is fitted. A cylinder (23a) fixed to the support plate (21) near the opening (24) is connected to the piston rod of the cylinder (25) on the lower side of the support plate (21) as shown in FIG. The liquid drop tray (23c) is raised and lowered by the piston rod (23a) by the operation of the cylinder (25). The drip pan (23c) is removable from the hole (23b). The cross-shaped mark (26) in FIGS. 5 and 6 indicates the fluid feeding position, and the fluid feeding position (2
The automatic valve (13) is located directly above 6). FIG. 5 shows a state in which a fluid is charged into a circular pail can (shown by a dotted line) in which the entire upper surface without the upper lid is opened, and the opening (2
The funnel (29) of 4) is not on the fluid input position (26). FIG. 6 shows a state in which the fluid is thrown into a petroleum can (indicated by the dotted line) having a square upper surface and an inlet opening at the corner. In this case, the funnel (29) at the opening (24) is the fluid. It is located at the charging position (26) of the oil can and is positioned at the charging port of the oil can. The support plate (21) is lowered by the cylinder (20) and the funnel (29) is fitted into the charging port of the oil can. . or,
A cylinder (27) supported by the support column (10) is provided on the support plate (21) as shown in FIG. 4, and its operation lowers the stopper (28) to rotate the support plate (21) clockwise. regulate. 8 and 9 show the planar position of the stopper (28). FIG. 8 shows the position of the stopper (28) when the fluid is put into the pail can, and FIG. 9 shows the liquid dripped by the liquid dripped tray (23). In this position, the stopper regulates the rotation of the support plate (21). In this way, the position of the liquid drop receiver of the pail can is at the intermediate position of the operating position of the cylinder (20), so the stopper (28) is taken out and the support plate (2
The rotation position of 1) is regulated, and the stop position of the support plate (21) at the time of introducing the fluid into the pail can and the fluid into the oil can is the stopper (28) because it is the end point of the rotation of the cylinder (20). ) It does not work.

Since the liquid receiving device (B) has the above structure, its operation will be described. First, referring to FIG. 5, description will be made on the case of injecting a fluid into a pail can (shown by a dotted line). The pail can is conveyed by the conveyor (2) to the filling station (A).
3 in a predetermined position, ie below the automatic valve (13),
The stoppers (56) and (58) described in 1) are activated and positioned. As a result, the center of the pail can is located just below the cross portion (26). Next, the cylinder (20) is operated to rotate the support plate (21) counterclockwise to the limit as shown in FIG. 5 to move the support plate (21) from between the automatic valve (13) and the pail can. Then, when the cylinder (15) is actuated to extend the piston rod and the rotary shaft (18) is rotated, the automatic valve (13) is opened and the fluid in the liquid receiving tank (12) is closed by the automatic valve (13). ) Directly into the pail can without dropping through the funnel (29). In this case, the fluid was previously charged into the liquid receiving tank (12) from the coma raised by the lifter (6) to the liquid receiving tank (12) via the manual valve, and the supplied fluid was automatically supplied. When the valve (13) is opened, it is put into a pail can. Since the measuring device (8) is installed below the roller conveyor (2) on which the pail can is placed, the instruction is immediately transmitted to the cylinder (15) when the predetermined value of the measuring device (8) is indicated. Rotation axis (1
8) is reversed and the automatic valve (13) is closed, and the fluid injection is stopped. At that time, the liquid receiving tank (1
As for the amount of liquid to be charged to the liquid receiving tank (12), an excess amount of the fluid is stored in the liquid receiving tank (12), so that the accuracy of the fluid from the Komadal to the liquid receiving tank (12) is high. Can be rough precision.

After the fluid is charged, the cylinder (2
0) to rotate the support plate (21) clockwise to a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. 9, but the cylinder (2) fixed above the cylinder (20) inside the column (10).
7) actuates, and the stopper (28) connected to the piston rod of the cylinder (27) extends downward to support plate (2).
Stop further turning in 1). Then the support plate (21)
Since the liquid dripping plate (23) placed in one corner of the valve is located directly below the automatic valve (13) of the liquid receiving tank (12), the liquid dripping from the automatic valve (13) is the liquid dripping plate (23). Received at. Then, the pail can that has been filled with the fluid by the roller conveyor (2) is moved from the filling station (A) to a predetermined place, and the empty pail can is supplied to the filling station (A). The above dripping dish (23) is regularly washed in a washing bath. In addition, the empty komodal (3), which has finished supplying the fluid to the liquid receiving tank (12), lowers the lifter (6) and is transferred to the transfer path (4) by reversing the roller conveyor of the transfer table (6a). The next comadal (3) filled with the fluid advances and is placed on the transfer table (6b) by the normal rotation of the roller conveyor of the transfer table (6b).

On the other hand, the case of introducing the fluid into the petroleum can (shown by the dotted line) shown in FIG. 6 will be described. The petroleum can is a conveyor (2) at a predetermined position of the filling station (A) and the stopper (shown in FIG. 3). 56) and the stopper (60) are actuated for positioning. At that time, the liquid receiving tank (12) is located on the cross mark (26) and directly below the cross mark (26). And the opening (2
After fitting the funnel (29) to 4), the cylinder (20)
Is operated to lower the support plate (21) to a predetermined height, the funnel (29) fitted in the opening (24) is inserted into the inlet of the petroleum can. Next, as in the case of the pail can, the cylinder (15) is operated to extend the piston rod, the rotary shaft (18) is rotated, the automatic valve (13) is opened, and the fluid in the liquid receiving tank (12) is automatically valved. It is dropped from (13) through a funnel (29) and put into a petroleum can. Since the measuring device (8) is installed below the roller conveyor (2) of the filling station (A) where the oil can is placed, the measuring device (8)
When the value shows a predetermined value, the instruction is immediately transmitted to the cylinder (15) and the rotary shaft (18) is reversed to turn the automatic valve (13).
Is closed and the fluid supply is stopped. Next, the cylinder (20) is operated to raise the indicator plate (21) and the funnel (29) fitted in the opening (24) is pulled out from the supply port of the oil can, and the cylinder (25) is operated to operate the cylinder. Below the piston rod of the cylinder (25) and the support plate (21), FIG.
The support rod (23
When a) is once lowered and then turned clockwise by the rear angle, the liquid drop tray (23c) is positioned directly below the funnel (29),
It receives liquid dripping from the funnel (29).
Also, as shown in FIG. 11, the liquid drop tray (23c) has a hole (23c).
It can be removed from b) and washed in a wash bath. In the same manner, the petroleum can which has been filled with the fluid by the roller conveyor (2) is moved from the filling station (A) to a predetermined place, and an empty petroleum can is supplied to the filling station (A). . When the fluid to be filled is changed, the funnel (29) is to be removed from the opening (24) of the support plate (21) for cleaning.

Next, the drum can tipping device (C) will be described with reference to FIG. The present applicant has already filed Japanese Patent Application No. 26285/1990 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 14453/1990) regarding the drum can inversion device.
No. 0). FIG. 12 shows a state in which the drum (5) is conveyed from the left side of the drawing on the conveying path (4a) and is loaded on the substantially square lifter (30). A plurality of drive rollers (31) capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions are rotatably provided on the upper surface of the lifter (30) in a direction orthogonal to the loading direction of the drums. It is fixed to the tip of the piston rod (33),
Further, guide rods (34) are provided on both end portions of the lower surface of the lifter (30).
The guide rod (34) is vertically movably inserted in the frame (35). Since the level of the transport path (4a) and the level of the lifter (30) are the same and the distance between them is small, the drum can (5) is easily transferred from the transport path (4a) to the lifter (30). It is something. that time,
The drive roller (31) rotates normally. Reference numeral (36) is a portion (36 ') (36') parallel to the transfer direction of the drum can (5) and members (36 "and (36") orthogonal to the members, and the outside of the lifter (30) is shaped like a cross. The weighing table is assembled into the weighing table (36), and both ends of the lower surface of the longitudinal member (36 ') of the weighing table (36) are placed on the load cell (38) installed on the base (37). .

Reference numerals (39) and (39) denote two columns vertically provided on the longitudinal members (36 ') and (36') of the weighing platform (36), and the drums (5) are respectively provided at the upper ends of the columns. It is rotatably connected to both ends of a semi-circular upper drum receiver (40) provided in the falling direction. Reference numerals (41) and (41) denote motors fixedly mounted on the upper portions of the columns (39) and (39), and reduction gears (42) and (42) connected to the motors (41) and (41).
The worms (43) (43) are rotatably supported on the shaft of the worm, and the worm wheels (44) (44) rotatably supported on both end shafts of the upper drum receiver (40) are meshed with the worm. (45)
Reference numeral (45) is a support fixed at a predetermined position orthogonally to the upper drum can (40) and a lower drum receiver (4a) described later, and the lower ends of the supports (45) and (45) are slightly above the upper surface of the lifter (30). A drum support plate (46) (46) is fixedly installed at the lower end of the drum holder (47) at the upper end of the support (45) (45).
(47) is provided. Drum holder (47)
(47) is an actuator (53) (53) fixed to the top of the support (45) (45) as shown in FIG.
The drum holder (47) (4
Since 7) has a downward U-shape, it is rotated by the operation of the actuators (53) (53) and the U-shaped recesses of the drum holders (47) (47) cause the ears of the drum can (5). (5a) is gripped. (4
8) is a nozzle inserted in the discharge hole of the drum can (5),
(52) is a nozzle position detection device.

Reference numeral (40a) is a semi-circular lower drum support, and a support (45) is provided at a position slightly above the lifter (30).
It is fixed at right angles to (45) and has a lower drum receiver (4
0a) has both tips projecting downward, and the projecting portions (49) (4
The tips of 9) are connected to each other by a drum receiving rod (50), and the projecting portions (49) (49) are fitted in the recesses formed in the lifter (30). Meanwhile, as described above, the drum receiving plate (46) is also attached to the lower ends of the supports (45) (45).
(46) is fixed and the drum receiving plates (46) (4
The level of 6) and the above-mentioned drum receiving rod (50) are the same. (51) is a drum position detecting device attached to the central portion of the lower drum receiver (40a).

Since the drum can inversion device (C) is constructed as described above, first, the drum can (5) is moved to the transport path (4).
a) Transfer on top and transfer to lifter (30). At that time, the nozzle (48) is located at the center of the drum (5) in the falling direction, and is confirmed by the nozzle position detection device (52). When the drum can (5) is completely transferred to the lifter (30), the cylinder (32) is actuated to lower the piston rod (33), and the guide rod (34) guides the lifter (30) to lower. , The drum can (5) supported by the roller (31) until then is the drum receiving rod (50),
The drum support plates (46) (46) are supported at three points. Drum receiving rod (50), drum receiving plate (46) (4
6) is a drum receiver (40) (40a), a support (45)
Since it is integrated with (45), the weight of the drum (5) is concentrated on the columns (39) (39), and the columns (39) (3)
Since 9) is erected on the weighing stand (36), the drum can (5) can be measured by measuring the four load cells (38).
The weight of can be measured accurately. Here, since the drum can inversion device (C) is a device for inclining the drum can and measuring while discharging the fluid, a measuring means is provided, but in the present embodiment, the filling station (A) has a measuring device (8). Since it is installed, the load cell (3
8) is not used. Next, after grasping the ear portion of the drum can with the drum holders (47) (47) attached to the tops of the supports (45) (45), the motors (41) (41) are operated and the worm wheel (44) ( When the drum receiver (40) (40a) and the supports (45) and (45) are turned around in the direction of the arrow about the axis of the worm wheel by rotating 44), the drum can (5) also falls in synchronization. Since the position of the drum can (5) is located above the liquid receiving tank (12), the fluid in the drum can (5) is introduced into the liquid receiving tank (12) from the nozzle (48) as the drum can (5) falls. ,
The fluid introduced into the liquid receiving tank (12) is subdivided into a pail can or a petroleum can. The empty drum can (5) is erected by the motor (41), the lifter (30) is raised, and the drum can (5) is transferred onto the lifter (30).
The drive roller (31) is rotated in the reverse direction and discharged from the transport path (4a).

In this embodiment, the meter (18), the automatic valve (13), the cylinders (15), (20), (25),
(27) are connected to each other via a computer (not shown), and if the automatic valve is closed after the meter (8) indicates the set value, a measurement error will occur with a slight time lag, so experience The error is grasped in advance, and a circuit is built in so that the automatic valve closes when the measuring instrument (8) indicates a value obtained by subtracting the error from the set value. The fluid is measured and subdivided and filled.

During the time of filling the pail can or the petroleum can with the fluid, the completed pail can or the petroleum can is discharged, and the empty pail can or the petroleum can is positioned at the filling station (A). Although the capacity of the liquid receiving tank (12) and the fluid feeding speed from the coma dull (3) or the drum can (5) are designed so that the receiving tank (12) is filled with the fluid and does not overflow within the predetermined time, A liquid level gauge (19) is attached to the liquid receiving tank (12) for safety. In the unlikely event that the fluid overflows the liquid receiving tank (12), the level gauge (19) will warn you, so you can manually close the manual valve of the comdal (3) or stop the fall of the drum can. To do. If necessary, opening and closing of the manual valve of the komodal (7) loaded on the lifter (6) and the motor (4) of the drum can tipping device (C)
Of course, it is also possible to connect the operation of 1) with the above-mentioned computer to automatically adjust the injection of the fluid from the komodar (3) or the drum to the liquid receiving tank (12).

As described above, a cleaning bath containing, for example, a solvent or a cleaning liquid is prepared near the filling station (A) in order to prevent contamination with a different fluid, and a liquid receiving tank (12) is provided if necessary. ) And the funnel (29) are removed from the support (11) or the support plate (21), respectively, and the drip trays (23) and (23c) are preferably removed from the support plate (21) and washed in the washing bath. Although it is not necessary to separately specify the lifter (6) and the drum can overturning device, the drum can overturning device (C) is easy to operate, and therefore it is preferable to adopt the device already proposed by the applicant. Further, in this embodiment, the structure of the support plate (21) is such that it can be used for both the oil can and the pail can. It is possible to combine different cans. Further, in the embodiment, a lifter for loading a comadal transferred on the transfer passage on both sides of the filling station, and a drum can inversion device for loading and tumbling a drum can similarly transferred on the transfer passage are installed to face each other. I explained a pail can or a petroleum can that is transported on a conveyor orthogonal to the road and positioned at a predetermined position of the filling station.In addition to disposing the drum can inversion device as described above, Both facing each other, such as those in which the codals are arranged to face each other or those in which the drum can inversion device and the drum can inversion device are disposed to face each other, can be the same type.
It can also be used for a device in which a kodal or a drum can inversion device is independently installed to face a liquid receiving means.

In any case, the present invention continuously measures a predetermined amount of a product from a moving tank such as a coda or a drum in which the product is loaded at a filling station into a small container such as a pail or a petroleum can. Piping connection by using between the moving tank and the small volume container in the fluid filling device for filling,
It is possible to adopt a rational moving tank type batch production method without the need for complicated work such as product weighing and moving tank replacement, and the trend of the times is changing to a high-mix low-volume production method. It is possible to achieve a production system that fits the flow of the times. The first receiving means with an automatic valve, which is removable with respect to the liquid receiving means for temporarily receiving the fluid in the moving tank installed above the filling station of the present invention, and the receiving means which is detachably installed at the inlet of the small volume container. Means for dripping, and second receiving means capable of moving and setting to a pouring port position and a dripping receiving position of the small amount container, and a small receiving means and a filling station. It is a feature of the present invention to use in combination with a means for measuring the weight of the measuring container, and in a preferred embodiment thereof, a liquid dropping tray is provided below the liquid receiving tank with an automatic valve which is detachable from the support. First, a fluid filling device provided with a stopper device and a cylinder device for setting a supporting plate having an opening for detachably attaching a funnel and a funnel to a fluid feeding position and a liquid dropping position is provided. The embodiment is provided with a removable liquid tray for petroleum cans and a liquid tray for pail cans on the support plate, and the liquid dish tray for petroleum cans is vertically movable by a cylinder mounted on the support plate and A fluid filling device provided so as to be freely rotatable is the second embodiment, and further, an automatic valve of a rotating motion type composed of a hemispherical ball valve is provided at the outlet of the liquid receiving tank, and a joint is provided from a cylinder provided on a column. A third embodiment is a fluid filling device in which a rotary shaft of an automatic valve is detachably provided on a drive shaft that is driven via. According to the first embodiment, it is possible to add a fluid from the moving tank to the liquid receiving tank once, to pass through the funnel from the liquid receiving tank, to measure a small amount container, and then to carry out small-scale filling. Since the fluid is received in the receiving tank, the fluid can be input from the moving tank in a rough state, and since the liquid receiving tank and the funnel can be removed, they can be removed and washed to completely prevent contamination with different fluids. . According to the second embodiment, both the fluid contained in the comadal and the fluid contained in the drum can can be selectively weighed into a pail can or a petroleum can and then subdivided and filled.
It is possible to obtain a fluid filling device that can be used in two ways with one support plate. According to the third embodiment, it is possible to obtain a fluid filling device in which the valve is well drained, liquid is not damaged in the valve, disassembly / cleaning is good, and the liquid receiving tank is light during transportation and removal.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the fluid contained in the transfer tank is once filled into the small volume container through the liquid receiving means, so that the heterogeneous fluid can be selectively weighed and then divided into the small volume. The first receiving means with an automatic valve is removable, and by removing the liquid receiving tank and the funnel by the receiving means that is detachably installed at the input port of the small volume container, it is possible to remove Contamination can be completely prevented. By connecting the metering means and each cylinder to a computer, it is possible to selectively fill the small volume container that is continuously conveyed with a small amount of fluid in sequence. Compared with the subdivided filling method, the device of the present invention is easier to operate, less dirty in the working environment, and the productivity is significantly improved, and labor saving is greatly contributed. When introduced into the device of the present invention in the product shipping process in the production system, the effect is remarkable. Therefore, according to the invention of claim 2, liquid dripping of the valve can be improved, liquid damaging does not occur on the inner surface of the valve, and disassembly and cleaning are easy,
It has the effect of being light when transported with the liquid receiving tank removed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to selectively fill the different types of fluids in small amounts, and it is possible to obtain a fluid filling device in which the work environment is less contaminated. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to selectively weigh a small amount container such as a pail can or a petroleum can from a moving tank of a coma dull or a drum, and then continuously carry out small-scale filling. According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to set the small amount container continuously conveyed to the filling station at a predetermined position, and to accurately fill the small amount container from the moving tank. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a process of filling a fluid into a small container such as a pail can or a petroleum can.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an apparatus for filling a small container of petroleum can in small quantities by filling a moving tank of a canal or a drum and filling the fluid.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a positioning device for a pail can or a petroleum can.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a liquid receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state of a support plate when a fluid is put into a circular pail can having an open upper surface without a top lid.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state of a support plate when a fluid is charged into a petroleum can having a square upper surface and a charging port opening in a corner.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the shape of the support tip.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a relative relationship between a support plate and a stopper when a fluid is charged.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a relative relationship between a support plate and a stopper when receiving a dripping liquid.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the state of the one-touch coupling before and after connection and a perspective view of the coupling itself.

[Fig. 11] An explanatory view and a disassembled slope view of a drooling tray of an oil can

FIG. 12 is a front view of an overturning device for a drum can.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a drum can ear gripping device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Filling station B Liquid receiving device C Drum can tumbling device 1 Petroleum can 2 Roller conveyor 3 Komodar 4 Conveying path 4a Conveying path 5 Drum can 6 Lifter 7 Cylinder 8 Measuring instrument 9 Stay 10 Strut 11 Support 12 Liquid receiving tank 13 Automatic valve 14 Drive shaft 15 Cylinder 16 Joint 17 One-touch coupling 18 Rotation axis 19 Liquid level gauge 20 Cylinder 21 Support plate 22 Connection 23 Liquid drop tray 23c Liquid drop tray 24 Opening 25 Cylinder 26 Fluid input position 27 Cylinder 28 Stopper 29 Funnel

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Title: Fluid filling device

[Claims]

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fluid filling device for measuring a fluid contained in a moving tank such as a drum or a coma and dividing it into small containers such as a pail or a petroleum can. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When shipping chemical products such as paints, pigments and dyes, or petroleum products, large containers such as tank trucks and drums are shipped, but small customers Generally, small containers such as pail cans and oil cans are shipped in small portions. And when subdividing, subdivide the product temporarily stored in drums etc. into pail cans or oil cans,
Alternatively, the above products mixed and mixed in Komodar are subdivided into pail cans, petroleum cans, and the like and shipped.

[0003]

However, when subdividing a drum or a coma into a pail or a petroleum can, the drum or the coma is lifted, or the funnel is successively tumbled while the funnel is used to subdivide the container. The current situation is working. Therefore, the productivity was extremely low, there was a concern of contamination, the work site was congested, and the work environment was generally bad. On the other hand, recent consumer preferences are diversifying and tend to be high-grade, so in order to meet the needs of a wide range of consumers, the product concept will be differentiated and performance-oriented, and the differences in specifications from other products will be emphasized. As a result, there is a growing tendency to cultivate new demand. As a result, products such as the ones mentioned above are inevitably increasing in small quantities and shipped in small containers, and products that are of a large variety and not very large in quantity have been effectively divided into small containers. There has been a demand for the development of a fluid filling device. The present invention automatically and sequentially measures a fluid contained in a moving tank such as a drum or a coma into a small amount container such as an empty pail or a petroleum can that is continuously supplied in response to the above-mentioned demand. The object of the present invention is to provide a fluid filling device for subdividing and continuously filling a fluid.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides the following fluid filling apparatus in order to achieve the above objects. That is, a means for transporting the small container toward the filling station, a weighing means for measuring the weight of the small container provided at the filling station, and a liquid for temporarily receiving the fluid in the moving tank installed above the filling station. A liquid receiving means, the liquid receiving means includes a first receiving means with an automatic valve that is detachable from the supporting means,
A fluid filling device, characterized in that it has a dripping receiving means, and further comprises a second receiving means capable of moving and setting to a pouring port position and a dripping receiving position of a small amount container. The first receiving means in the fluid filling device comprises a liquid receiving tank and an automatic valve composed of a rotary motion type valve opening / closing mechanism installed at the outlet of the liquid receiving tank, and the automatic valve is detachable from its drive mechanism. In the second receiving means, a supporting plate having an opening for detaching the liquid dropping tray and the funnel is rotatably mounted by a cylinder, and its moving position is set. It is composed of a support plate stopper device that can be provided. Further, a lifter for loading a transfer tank such as a codadal transferred on the transfer path and a tipping device for loading and tumbling a transfer tank such as a drum can transferred on the transfer path on the opposite side of the transfer path are provided on both sides of the filling station. Is installed facing each other, and is provided with a transport path for transporting the small volume container provided in the direction orthogonal to the transport path, and it continuously connects small volume containers such as empty bale cans and petroleum cans. The filling station is provided with means for supplying and positioning at a predetermined position on the conveying path.

[0005]

[Function] Fluid is poured into the liquid receiving tank from a moving tank such as a codal or a drum by using a lifter or a tumbling device, and the injected fluid is poured into a funnel of a supporting plate set on a small volume container via an automatic valve. Then, the funnel is filled into a small amount container. After the filling is completed, the supporting plate is rotated to set the drooling tray under the automatic valve so that the drooling after the automatic valve closing is received.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below. The present invention comprises a conveying means for conveying a small container such as a pail can or a petroleum can toward a filling station, and a weighing means for measuring the weight of the small container provided at the filling station. A fluid filling process is shown in FIG. (1) is an oil can, and (1a) is an oil can filled with fluid at the filling station A. The petroleum cans are continuously supplied from, for example, a conveyor (2) in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, and are conveyed to the filling station (A), and a positioning device (described later) operates to stop at a predetermined position. A scale (8) is installed below the conveyor (2) in the filling station (A).

FIG. 3 shows a positioning device, in which small containers such as pail cans and petroleum cans are conveyed by a conveyor (2) along a guide plate (62) and positioned in a conveyor width direction provided at a predetermined position. For stoppers (56) of forward / backward direction cylinders (57) and stoppers (58) of vertical operation cylinders (59) for positioning in the carrying-in direction of the conveyor for small containers (1), separately for small containers such as petroleum cans Cylinder of stopper (60) (6
There is 1). Therefore, the stopper (58) or stopper (60) of the small-volume container that has advanced in the carry-in direction on the conveyor (2) has the cylinder (59) or (6) respectively.
It is lifted and stopped at 1), and the stopper (56) regulates the position of the small quantity container in the width direction of the conveyor (2) at the stopped position. (B) is a liquid receiving device as a liquid receiving means which will be described later, and the liquid receiving device can be detachably attached to a support (11) provided over the supporting column (10) shown in FIG. 4 above the filling station (A). It is placed in. Reference numeral (3) shown in FIG. 2 is a codadal as a moving tank placed on the lifter (6) located near the filling station (A), and the codadal (3) was laid orthogonal to the conveyor (2). It is transferred to the vicinity of the filling station (A) along the transport path (4) and loaded on the lifter (6). The lifter (6) has a transfer table (6b) equipped with a roller conveyor on a stay (9) that expands and contracts from the base (6a) by a cylinder (7). Therefore, the small-volume container sent by the conveyor of the transfer path (4) is transferred to the roller conveyor (not shown) of the transfer table (6b) with the stay contracted.
The base (6a) can be moved forward and backward by a cylinder (not shown).

On the other hand, the drum can (5) as a moving tank shown in FIG. 2 loaded on a drum can inversion device (C), which will be described later, is located in the vicinity of the filling station (A) so as to face the coma dull (4). It is transferred to the vicinity of the filling station (A) along the transfer path (4a) laid orthogonal to 2) and transferred to the drum can tumbling device (C).

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the fluid contained in the moving tanks (3), (5) of a coma or drum can is subdivided into small containers such as pail cans and petroleum cans.
The above-mentioned lifter (6) and the drum can tumbling device (C) for raising and lowering the komodal (3) are installed opposite to each other around the filling station (A) located slightly lower than L. 2 (2) is a conveyer which is laid from the vertical direction to the rear direction and carries the small quantity containers (1) continuously, and (8) is provided below the conveyer (2) in the filling station (A). It is a measuring instrument. A liquid receiving device (B) described below is installed above the filling station (A), and the small volume container (1) is positioned directly below the liquid receiving device (B). When subdividing and filling the fluid contained therein, the coma dall (3) is moved along the transport path (4) and loaded on the transfer table (6b) of the lifter (6), and then the cylinder (7).
Is operated to raise the lifter (6) to a predetermined height, and then the base (6a) is slightly advanced by a cylinder (not shown) to be fixed, and the manual valve of the komodal is opened to allow fluid to flow through the liquid receiving device (B). The small amount container (1) is divided into small parts while being weighed by the measuring device (8). Lifter (6)
Are not limited to those shown. Further, in FIG. 2, the conveyor (2) for supplying the small amount container (1) is laid in the recessed hole, but the conveyor (2) is laid at the same level as the transport paths (4), (4a). It doesn't matter.

FIG. 4 shows a liquid receiving device (B) as liquid receiving means. In the figure, (10) is a column standing near the filling station (A), and (11) is the column (1).
It is a support which is installed horizontally on the side of the filling station (A) at the top of 0). As shown in FIG. 7, the tip of the support (11) is opened in an annular shape or a U-shape, and a substantially funnel-shaped liquid receiving tank (12) is fitted in the opening and is placed thereon. The liquid receiving tank (12) can be easily removed from the support (11). (13) is an automatic valve with a cut valve attached to the bottom of the liquid receiving tank (12), which is the first valve in the present invention.
It constitutes a means of accepting. This automatic valve adopts a rotary motion type valve opening / closing mechanism such as a hemispherical ball valve. The reason why the automatic valve is opened and closed is (a) to make the valve run dry. (B) No liquid damage occurs on the inner surface of the valve. (C) Easy disassembly and cleaning. (D) Light when transporting after removing the liquid receiving tank. Because. If an advancing / retreating type sluice valve is used, the liquid is damaged in the guide groove of the sluice plate. In addition, it cannot be used because it has a drawback that the liquid floating under the partition plate falls down and the liquid runs out poorly.

Reference numeral (18) is a rotary shaft for opening and closing the valve (13), and reference numeral (14) is a drive shaft for rotating the rotary shaft (18). (17) is a one-touch coupling, which is a rotary shaft (18) and a drive shaft (14).
Are connected so that they can come in and out freely. As shown in FIG. 10, the coupling (17) is a cylindrical shaft coupling, which is fitted to the drive shaft (14), and the set screw (17a) is attached to the key protrusion (14a) of the shaft (14). ) To fix the coupling (17) to the drive shaft (14), and further to rotate the rotary shaft (1
8) has a structure in which the rotation shaft (18) is fixed to the coupling (17) by fitting it into the coupling (17) using a key protrusion. Reference numeral (15) is a cylinder fixed to the outside of the column (10), and the piston rod of the cylinder (15) and the drive shaft (14) are connected via a joint (16). Therefore, when the cylinder (15) is operated to extend the piston rod, the joint (1
6) The drive shaft (14) rotates in the normal direction, the movement is transmitted to the rotary shaft (18), the automatic valve (13) is opened, and the cylinder (15) is re-operated to retract the piston rod. The drive shaft (14) is reversed and the automatic valve (13) is closed. Further, by loosening the set screw (17a) of the one-touch coupling (17), the one-touch coupling (17) is removed from the drive shaft (14), and the rotary shaft (1
By disconnecting 8) from the coupling (17), the connection between the rotary shaft (18) and the drive shaft (14) is easily released. Since the liquid receiving tank (12) is fitted on the support (11) while being mounted on the opening of the tip of the support (11), the liquid receiving tank (1)
2) can be easily removed from the support (11).

The removed liquid receiving tank (12) prevents contamination by cleaning different kinds of fluid adhering to the inner wall of the tank with a cleaning bath containing a solvent or the like. (19) is a known liquid level gauge attached to the top of the liquid receiving tank (12). (20) is the post (1
0) is a cylinder fixed vertically inside, and a support plate (21) is laterally provided at the tip of the piston rod of the cylinder (20). Therefore, by operating the cylinder (20), the support plate (21) 21) can move up and down freely. In addition,
By providing a flange on the peripheral edge of the support plate (21), the support plate (21) does not flex even with cantilever support. 5 and 6 show the support plate (2
The support plate (21) has a substantially triangular plate shape with rounded corners, and the connecting part (22) with the piston rod of the cylinder (20) is the center. Turn clockwise and counterclockwise. (23) is a drip tray placed at one corner on the support plate (21), (24)
Is an opening formed in the other corner of the support plate (21), into which the funnel (29) shown in FIG. 4 is fitted. A cylinder (23a) fixed to the support plate (21) near the opening (24) is connected to the piston rod of the cylinder (25) on the lower side of the support plate (21) as shown in FIG. The liquid drooping tray support rod is operated, and the liquid drooling tray (23c) moves up and down through the piston rod (25a) and the support rod (23a) by the operation of the cylinder (25). Support rod (23
The liquid drop tray (23c) fitted in the hole (23b) formed in (a) is removable. The cross-shaped mark (26) in FIGS. 5 and 6 indicates the fluid charging position, and the automatic valve (13) is located directly above the fluid charging position (26). FIG. 5 shows a state in which a fluid is introduced into a circular pail can (shown by a dotted line) in which the entire upper surface without a lid is open, and the funnel (29) fitted in the opening (24) is located at the fluid introduction position (26). ) Not on. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the fluid is thrown into a petroleum can (indicated by the dotted line) having a square upper surface and an inlet opening at the corner. In this case, the funnel (29) at the opening (24) is the fluid. It is located at the charging position (26) of the oil can and is positioned at the charging port of the oil can. The support plate (21) is lowered by the cylinder (20) and the funnel (29) is fitted into the charging port of the oil can. . Further, a cylinder (27) supported by the support column (10) is provided on the support plate (21) as shown in FIG.
The operation lowers the stopper (28) to lower the support plate (2
The clockwise rotation of 1) is restricted. 8 and 9 show the planar position of the stopper (28). FIG. 8 shows the position of the stopper (28) when the fluid is put into the pail can, and FIG. 9 shows the liquid dripped by the liquid dripped tray (23). In this position, the stopper regulates the rotation of the support plate (21). In this way, the position of the drip tray of the pail can is set to the cylinder (2
Since it is an intermediate position of the operating position of (0), the stopper (2
8) is taken out to regulate the rotation of the support plate (21),
The stopper (28) does not operate at the stop position of the support plate (21) when the fluid is put into the pail can and when the fluid is put into the petroleum can because of the operating limit of the cylinder (20).

Since the liquid receiving device (B) has the above structure, its operation will be described. First, referring to FIG. 5, the case of injecting a fluid into a pail can (shown by a dotted line) will be described. The stoppers (56) and (58) described in 3 operate to position. As a result, the center of the pail can is located just below the cross portion (26). Next, the cylinder (20) is operated to rotate the support plate (21) counterclockwise to the limit as shown in FIG. 5 to move the support plate (21) from between the automatic valve (13) and the pail can. Then, when the cylinder (15) is actuated to extend the piston rod and the rotary shaft (18) is rotated, the automatic valve (13) is opened and the fluid in the liquid receiving tank (12) is closed by the automatic valve (13). ) Directly into the pail can without dropping through the funnel (29). In this case, the fluid was previously charged into the liquid receiving tank (12) from the coma raised by the lifter (6) to the liquid receiving tank (12) via the manual valve, and the supplied fluid was automatically supplied. Valve (1
It is put into a pail can by opening 3). Since the measuring device (8) is installed below the roller conveyor (2) on which the pail can is placed, the instruction is immediately transmitted to the cylinder (15) when the predetermined value of the measuring device (8) is indicated. The rotary shaft (18) is reversed to close the automatic valve (13), and the fluid injection is stopped.

After the fluid is charged, the cylinder (2
0) to rotate the support plate (21) clockwise to a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. 9, but the cylinder (2) fixed above the cylinder (20) inside the column (10).
7) actuates, and the stopper (28) connected to the piston rod of the cylinder (27) extends downward to support plate (2).
Stop further turning in 1). Then the support plate (21)
Since the liquid dripping plate (23) placed in one corner of the valve is located directly below the automatic valve (13) of the liquid receiving tank (12), the liquid dripping from the automatic valve (13) is the liquid dripping plate (23). Received at. Then, the pail can that has been filled with the fluid by the roller conveyor (2) is moved from the filling station (A) to a predetermined place, and the empty pail can is supplied to the filling station (A). The above dripping dish (23) is regularly washed in a washing bath. In addition, the empty komodar (3), which has finished supplying the fluid to the liquid receiving tank (12), lowers the lifter (6) and is transferred to the transport path (4) by reversing the roller conveyor of the transfer table (6b). The next comadal (3) filled with the fluid advances and is placed on the transfer table (6b) by the normal rotation of the roller conveyor of the transfer table (6b).

On the other hand, the case of introducing the fluid into the petroleum can (shown by the dotted line) shown in FIG. 6 will be described. The petroleum can is a conveyor (2) at a predetermined position of the filling station (A) and the stopper (shown in FIG. 3). 56) and the stopper (60) are actuated for positioning. At that time, the liquid receiving tank (12) is located on the cross mark (26), and the charging port formed at the corner of the petroleum can is located directly below the cross mark (26). After fitting the funnel (29) into the opening (24), the cylinder (2
0) is operated to lower the support plate (21) to a predetermined height, the funnel (29) fitted into the opening (24) is inserted into the inlet of the petroleum can. Next, as in the case of the pail can, the cylinder (15) is actuated to extend the piston rod, the rotary shaft (18) rotates, the automatic valve (13) opens, and the fluid in the liquid receiving tank (12) opens automatically. From (13) to the funnel (2
After 9), it falls into an oil can and is thrown in. Since the measuring device (8) is installed under the roller conveyor (2) of the filling station (A) where the oil can is placed, when the measuring device (8) shows a predetermined value, the cylinder ( The instruction is transmitted to 15), the rotary shaft (18) is reversed, the automatic valve (13) is closed, and the injection of fluid is stopped. Next, the cylinder (20) is operated to raise the support plate (21) and the funnel (29) fitted in the opening (24) is pulled out from the supply port of the oil can, and the cylinder (25) is operated to operate the cylinder. When the support rod (23a) of the liquid drop tray (23c), which is connected to the piston rod of the cylinder (25) and the lower side of the support plate (21) as shown in FIG. 11, is once lowered and then swung clockwise by a predetermined angle. The drip tray (23c) is located directly below the funnel (29), and receives the liquid dripping from the funnel (29). Further, the liquid dropping tray (23c) can be removed from the hole (23b) as shown in FIG. 11 and can be washed in a washing bath. And similarly, the roller conveyor (2)
The petroleum can whose fluid has been filled in is moved from the filling station (A) to a predetermined place, and an empty petroleum can is supplied to the filling station (A). When the fluid to be filled is changed, the funnel (29) is attached to the support plate (2
It is to be washed by removing it from the opening (24) of 1).

Next, the drum can tipping device (C) will be described with reference to FIG. The present applicant has already filed Japanese Patent Application No. 2-268454 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-1453) regarding the drum can inversion device.
No. 30). Figure 12 shows a drum (5)
Shows a state in which the sheet is conveyed from the left side of the drawing on the conveying path (4a) and is loaded on the substantially square lifter (30). A plurality of drive rollers (31) capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions are rotatably provided on the upper surface of the lifter (30) at right angles to the loading direction of the drums, and the center of the lower surface of the lifter (30) is a cylinder (32). The guide rod (3) is fixed to the tip of the piston rod (33) and is attached to both end portions of the lower surface of the lifter (30).
4) is vertically installed, and the guide rod (34) is vertically movably inserted into a frame (35). Since the level of the transport path (4a) and the level of the lifter (30) are the same and the distance between them is small, the drum can (5) is easily transferred from the transport path (4a) to the lifter (30). It is something. At that time, the drive roller (31) rotates in the normal direction. (36) is a member (36 ') (36') parallel to the transfer direction of the drum (5)
And a member (36 ") and a member (36") orthogonal to the member are a weighing platform in which the outer side of the lifter (30) is assembled in a checkerboard pattern,
Both ends of the lower surface of the longitudinal member (36 ') of the weighing platform (36) are attached to the load cell (3) installed on the base (37).
8).

Reference numerals (39) and (39) denote two columns vertically provided on the longitudinal members (36 ') and (36') of the weighing platform (36), and the drums (5) are respectively provided at the upper ends of the columns. It is rotatably connected to both ends of a semi-circular upper drum receiver (40) provided in the falling direction. Reference numerals (41) and (41) denote motors fixedly mounted on the upper portions of the columns (39) and (39), and reduction gears (42) and (42) connected to the motors (41) and (41).
The worms (43) (43) are rotatably supported on the shaft of the worm, and the worm wheels (44) (44) rotatably supported on both end shafts of the upper drum receiver (40) are meshed with the worm. (45)
Reference numeral (45) is a support fixed at a predetermined position orthogonally to the upper drum can (40) and a lower drum receiver (40a) described later, and the lower ends of the supports (45) and (45) are slightly above the upper surface of the lifter (30). A drum support plate (46) (46) is fixedly installed at the lower end of the drum holder (47) at the upper end of the support (45) (45).
(47) is provided. Drum holder (47)
(47) is an actuator (53) (53) fixed to the top of the support (45) (45) as shown in FIG.
It is rotatably mounted on the drum holder (47)
Since (47) has a downward U-shape, it is rotated by the operation of the actuators (53) (53) and the drum holder (47) (47) is formed into a U-shape concave portion of the drum can (5). The ear portion (5a) is gripped. (48) is a nozzle inserted in the discharge hole of the drum (5), and (52) is a nozzle position detection device.

Reference numeral (40a) is a semi-circular lower drum support, and a support (45) is provided at a position slightly above the lifter (30).
It is fixed at right angles to (45) and has a lower drum receiver (4
0a) has both tips projecting downward, and the projecting portions (49) (4
The tips of 9) are connected to each other by a drum receiving rod (50), and the projecting portions (49) (49) are fitted in the recesses formed in the lifter (30). Meanwhile, as described above, the drum receiving plate (46) is also attached to the lower ends of the supports (45) (45).
(46) is fixed and the drum receiving plates (46) (4
The level of 6) and the above-mentioned drum receiving rod (50) are the same. (51) is a drum position detecting device attached to the central portion of the lower drum receiver (40a).

Since the drum can inversion device (C) is constructed as described above, first, the drum can (5) is moved to the transport path (4).
a) Transfer on top and transfer to lifter (30). At that time, the nozzle (48) is located at the center of the drum (5) in the falling direction, and is confirmed by the nozzle position detection device (52). When the drum can (5) is completely transferred to the lifter (30), the cylinder (32) is actuated to lower the piston rod (33), and the guide rod (34) guides the lifter (30) to lower. , The drum can (5) supported by the roller (31) until then is the drum receiving rod (50),
The drum support plates (46) (46) are supported at three points. Drum receiving rod (50), drum receiving plate (46) (4
6) is a drum receiver (40) (40a), a support (45)
Since it is integrated with (45), the weight of the drum (5) is concentrated on the columns (39) (39), and the columns (39) (3)
Since 9) is erected on the weighing stand (36), the drum can (5) can be measured by measuring the four load cells (38).
The weight of can be measured accurately. Here, since the drum can inversion device (C) is a device for inclining the drum can and measuring while discharging the fluid, a measuring means is provided, but in the present embodiment, the filling station (A) has a measuring device (8). Since it is installed, the load cell (3
8) is not used. Next, after grasping the ear portion of the drum can with the drum holders (47) (47) attached to the tops of the supports (45) (45), the motors (41) (41) are operated and the worm wheel (44) ( When the drum receiver (40) (40a) and the supports (45) and (45) are turned around in the direction of the arrow about the axis of the worm wheel by rotating 44), the drum can (5) also falls in synchronization. Since the position of the drum can (5) is located above the liquid receiving tank (12), the fluid in the drum can (5) is introduced into the liquid receiving tank (12) from the nozzle (48) as the drum can (5) falls. ,
The fluid introduced into the liquid receiving tank (12) is subdivided into a pail can or a petroleum can. The empty drum can (5) is erected by the motor (41), the lifter (30) is raised, and the drum can (5) is transferred onto the lifter (30).
The drive roller (31) is rotated in the reverse direction to be transferred from the transport path (4a).

In this embodiment, the meter (8) and the automatic valve (1
3), cylinders (15), (20), (25), (2
7) are connected to each other via a computer (not shown), and if the meter (8) indicates the set value and then the automatic valve is closed, a measurement error will occur with a slight time lag. The error is grasped in advance, and a circuit is built in so that the automatic valve closes when the measuring instrument (8) indicates a value obtained by subtracting the error from the set value. Is measured and subdivided and filled.

During the time of filling the pail can or the petroleum can with the fluid, the completed pail can or the petroleum can is discharged, and the empty pail can or the petroleum can is positioned at the filling station (A). Although the capacity of the liquid receiving tank (12) and the fluid feeding speed from the coma dull (3) or the drum can (5) are designed so that the receiving tank (12) is filled with the fluid and does not overflow within the predetermined time, A liquid level gauge (19) is attached to the liquid receiving tank (12) for safety. In the unlikely event that the fluid overflows the liquid receiving tank (12), the level gauge (19) will warn you, so you can manually close the manual valve of the comdal (3) or stop the fall of the drum can. To do. If necessary, opening and closing of the manual valve of the komodal (7) loaded on the lifter (6) and the motor (4) of the drum can tipping device (C)
Of course, it is also possible to connect the operation of 1) with the above-mentioned computer to automatically adjust the injection of the fluid from the komodar (3) or the drum to the liquid receiving tank (12).

As described above, a cleaning bath containing, for example, a solvent or a cleaning liquid is prepared near the filling station (A) in order to prevent contamination with a different fluid, and a liquid receiving tank (12) is provided if necessary. ) And the funnel (29) are removed from the support (11) or the support plate (21), respectively, and the drip trays (23) and (23c) are preferably removed from the support plate (21) and washed in the washing bath. Although the lifter (6) and the drum can inversion device described above are not specified separately, it is preferable to adopt the device already proposed by the applicant because the drum can inversion device (C) is easy to operate. Further, in this embodiment, the structure of the support plate (21) is such that it can be used for both the oil can and the pail can. However, by changing the structure of the support plate (21), it can be used exclusively for the oil can, for the pail can, or charged. Other can combinations with different mouth shapes are possible. Further, in the embodiment, a lifter for loading a comadal transferred on the transfer passage on both sides of the filling station, and a drum can inversion device for loading and tumbling a drum can similarly transferred on the transfer passage are installed to face each other. I explained a pail can or a petroleum can that is transported on a conveyor orthogonal to the road and positioned at a predetermined position of the filling station.In addition to disposing the drum can inversion device as described above, Both facing can be made the same type, such as the one in which the codals are arranged facing each other or the one in which the drum can tipping device and the drum can tipping device are arranged to face each other, or the liquid receiving means is provided for the codal or the drum can tipping device alone. It can also be used for things that are installed facing each other.

In any case, the present invention continuously measures a predetermined amount of a product from a moving tank such as a coda or a drum in which the product is loaded at a filling station into a small container such as a pail or a petroleum can. Piping connection by using between the moving tank and the small volume container in the fluid filling device for filling,
The trend of the times is changing to a high-mix low-volume production system that can adopt a rational mobile-tank batch production system without the need for complicated operations such as weighing the product and replacing the mobile tank. , You can achieve a production system that suits the flow of the times. The first receiving means with an automatic valve, which is removable with respect to the liquid receiving means for temporarily receiving the fluid in the moving tank installed above the filling station of the present invention, and the receiving means which is detachably installed at the inlet of the small volume container. Means for dripping, and second receiving means capable of moving and setting to a pouring port position and a dripping receiving position of the small amount container, and a small receiving means and a filling station. It is a feature of the present invention to use in combination with a means for measuring the weight of the measuring container, and in a preferred embodiment thereof, a liquid dropping tray is provided below the liquid receiving tank with an automatic valve which is detachable from the support. First, a fluid filling device provided with a stopper device and a cylinder device for setting a supporting plate having an opening for detachably attaching a funnel and a funnel to a fluid feeding position and a liquid dropping position is provided. The embodiment is provided with a detachable petroleum can liquid drooping plate and a pail can drooling dish on the support plate, and the petroleum can liquid drooling plate is vertically movable by a cylinder mounted on the support plate and A fluid filling device provided so as to be freely rotatable is used as a second embodiment, and further, an automatic valve of a rotary motion type composed of a hemispherical ball valve is provided at the outlet of the liquid receiving tank, and a joint is provided from a cylinder provided on a column. A third embodiment is a fluid filling device in which a rotary shaft of an automatic valve is detachably provided on a drive shaft driven through the fluid filling device. According to the first embodiment, a fluid is once charged into the liquid receiving tank from the moving tank, and after passing through the funnel from the liquid receiving tank, a small amount container is weighed and subdivided and filled, and the liquid receiving tank and the funnel are also provided. Can be removed freely, so by removing them and cleaning them, contamination with different fluids can be completely prevented. According to the second embodiment, both the fluid contained in the comadal and the fluid contained in the drum can can be selectively weighed into pail cans or petroleum cans and then subdivided and filled. It is possible to obtain a fluid filling device that can be used. According to the third embodiment, it is possible to obtain a fluid filling device in which the valve is well drained, liquid is not damaged in the valve, disassembly and cleaning are good, and the liquid receiving tank is light during transportation and removal.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the fluid contained in the transfer tank is once filled into the small volume container through the liquid receiving means, so that the heterogeneous fluid can be selectively weighed and then divided into the small volume. The first receiving means with an automatic valve is removable, and by removing the liquid receiving tank and the funnel by the receiving means that is detachably installed at the input port of the small volume container, it is possible to remove Contamination can be completely prevented. By connecting the metering means and each cylinder to a computer, it is possible to selectively fill the small volume container that is continuously conveyed with a small amount of fluid in sequence. Compared with the subdivided filling method, the device of the present invention is easier to operate, less dirty in the working environment, and the productivity is significantly improved, and labor saving is greatly contributed. When introduced into the device of the present invention in the product shipping process in the production system, the effect is remarkable. Therefore, according to the invention of claim 2, liquid dripping of the valve can be improved, liquid damaging does not occur on the inner surface of the valve, and disassembly and cleaning are easy,
It has the effect of being light when transported with the liquid receiving tank removed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to selectively fill the different types of fluids in small amounts, and it is possible to obtain a fluid filling device in which the work environment is less contaminated. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to selectively weigh a small amount container such as a pail can or a petroleum can from a moving tank of a coma dull or a drum, and then continuously carry out small-scale filling. According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to set the small amount container continuously conveyed to the filling station at a predetermined position, and to accurately fill the small amount container from the moving tank. .

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FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a process of filling a fluid into a small container such as a pail can or a petroleum can.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an apparatus for filling a small container of petroleum can in small quantities by filling a moving tank of a canal or a drum and filling the fluid.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a positioning device for a pail can or a petroleum can.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a liquid receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state of a support plate when a fluid is put into a circular pail can having an open upper surface without a top lid.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state of a support plate when a fluid is charged into a petroleum can having a square upper surface and a charging port opening in a corner.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the shape of the support tip.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a relative relationship between a support plate and a stopper when a fluid is charged.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a relative relationship between a support plate and a stopper when receiving a dripping liquid.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the state of the one-touch coupling before and after connection and a perspective view of the coupling itself.

[Fig. 11] An explanatory view and a disassembled slope view of a drooling tray of an oil can

FIG. 12 is a front view of an overturning device for a drum can.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a drum can ear gripping device.

[Explanation of Codes] A Filling Station B Liquid Receiving Device C Drum Can Overturning Device 1 Petroleum Can 2 Roller Conveyor 3 Comodal 4 Conveying Path 4a Conveying Path 5 Drum Can 6 Lifter 7 Cylinder 8 Meter 9 Stay 10 Strut 11 Support 12 Liquid Receiving Tank 13 Automatic Valve 14 Drive shaft 15 Cylinder 16 Joint 17 One-touch cup 18 Rotation shaft 19 Liquid level gauge 20 Cylinder 21 Support plate 22 Connection 23 Liquid drop tray 23C Liquid drop tray 24 Opening 25 Cylinder 26 Fluid input position 27 Cylinder 28 Stopper 29 Funnel

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A means for conveying a small volume container to a filling station, a weighing means for measuring the weight of the small volume container provided at the filling station, and a fluid in a transfer tank installed above the filling station. A liquid receiving means for receiving one dish. The liquid receiving means has a first receiving means with an automatic valve that is detachable from the supporting means and a liquid dropping receiving means, and the position of the inlet of the small volume container. And a second receiving means that can be moved to and set to the dripping receiving position. 2. The first receiving means comprises a liquid receiving tank and an automatic valve composed of a rotary motion type valve opening / closing mechanism installed at the outlet of the liquid receiving tank, and the automatic valve is detachably installed from its drive mechanism. The fluid filling device according to claim 1. 3. The second receiving means is provided with a support plate having an opening to which the liquid drop tray and the funnel are detachably attached by a cylinder so as to be rotatable, and a stopper device for the support plate capable of setting the moving position thereof. The fluid filling device according to claim 1, wherein the filling device comprises 4. A lifter for loading a transfer tank such as a komodal transferred on a transfer path and a tumbling device for loading and tumbling a transfer tank such as a drum can transferred on a transfer path opposite to the transfer path. The fluid filling device according to claim 1, wherein the fluid filling device is provided so as to face each other on both sides of the station, and further provided with a transfer path for transferring a small volume container provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer path. 5. The fluid according to claim 1, wherein the filling station is provided with means for continuously supplying a small amount container such as a pail can or a petroleum can to an empty space and positioning the container at a predetermined position on the conveying path. Filling device.