JPH0733913Y2 - Washing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a carrier which is applied to bottle transport of a bottle washing machine.

[Conventional technology]

A carrier of a conventional bottle washing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

A bottle cage 3 is coupled to a carrier frame 2 engaged with a carrier chain 1 driven by a drive system (not shown). The bottle 4 is stored inside the bottle cage 3 and moves in the cleaning liquid. A rail 6 provided on the bottle bottom guide 5 guides and supports the bottom of the bottle 4, and at a place communicating with the inside of the bottle bottom guide 5, a cleaning liquid flow 7 is supplied from a side opposite to the bottle bottom guide 5 by an injection mechanism (not shown). The label 8 sprayed on the bottle 4 and peeled off from the bottle 4 by immersion in the cleaning solution is poured into the inside of the bottle bottom guide 5. The internal cleaning liquid flow 9 of the bottle bottom guide 5 is guided to a label processing device (not shown) together with the label 8, the label is removed, the pressure is increased by the pump, and the cleaning liquid flow 7 is used again.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The above-mentioned conventional technique has the following problems.

The gap α between the adjacent continuously connected carrier frames 2 is larger than the gap β between the bottle cage 3 and the bottle 4 stored inside because of the shape having the first manufacturability. Therefore, most of the cleaning liquid flow flows through the gap α.
As a result 1). The label 8 which is peeled off from the bottle 4 stored in the bottle cage 3 and remains in the bottle cage 3
Could not be drained effectively.

2). In order to flow out the label 8, a label processing device that processes a large flow rate and a pump that pressurizes a large flow of cleaning liquid are required.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Bring the carrier frame close to the bending center of the carrier that carries the carrier (center of the roller and pin of the carrier) to the extent that the carrier frames do not touch each other.

In this way, the clearance α between the carrier frames is minimized so that most of the cleaning liquid flow flows through the clearance β between the bottle cage and the bottle.

[Action]

Most of the cleaning liquid flow flows through the gap β between the carrier frame and the bottle, and the label peeled from the bottle can be efficiently washed away.

〔Example〕

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

A bottle cage 3 is coupled to a carrier frame 2 engaged with a carrier chain 1 driven by a drive system (not shown). The bottle 4 is stored inside the bottle cage 3 and moves in the cleaning liquid. A rail 6 provided on the bottle bottom guide 5 guides and supports the bottom of the bottle 4. At a place communicating with the inside of the bottle bottom guide 5, a label 8 peeled off from the bottle 4 by immersion of the washing liquid by a washing liquid flow 7 ejected from an opposite side of the bottle bottom guide 5 by an ejection mechanism not shown inside the bottle bottom guide 5. Pour into. The internal cleaning liquid flow 9 of the bottle bottom guide 5 is guided to a label processing device (not shown) together with the label 8, the label is removed, the pressure is increased by the pump, and the cleaning liquid flow 7 is used again.

The carrier frame 2 advances while curving inside the bottle washing machine by the carrier chain 1. Therefore, in order to minimize the gap between adjacent carrier frames, the carrier frame 2 is carried by the carrier chain 1 within a range where they do not come into contact with each other due to the bending. The structure is set so as to be closest to the bending point C (center of the roller and pin of carrier chain).

[Effect of device]

The present invention provides a pair of endless chain conveyors arranged in parallel, a carrier frame connected adjacent to each other between the pair of endless chain conveyor links, and a bottle continuously arranged on the carrier frame. In a bottle washing machine having a cage and washing the bottle with a water jet flow while storing and transporting the bottle in the bottle cage, a gap between the adjacent carrier frames is a bent portion (of a chain) of the endless chain conveyor. Having the smallest carrier frame in the vicinity of the (pin portion) has the following effects.

Since the gap α between the adjacent carrier frames is minimized, the gap α is smaller than the gap β between the bottle cage and the bottle stored inside, so that most of the cleaning liquid flow flows through the gap β. As a result, 1) The label that is separated from the bottle stored in the bottle cage and stays therein is effectively discharged by the cleaning liquid flow into the bottle bottom guide.

2) Since the cleaning liquid flow effectively flows out the label, the label processing device and the pump for pressurizing the cleaning liquid flow may process a small flow rate as compared with the conventional example.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a carrier of a bottle washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along arrow A of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional carrier, and FIG. It is the arrow B figure of a figure. 1 ... Carrier chain, 2 ... Carrier frame 3 ... Bottle cage, 4 ... Bottle 5 ... Bottle bottom guide, 7 ... Cleaning liquid flow α ... Gap between carrier frames β ... Gap between bottle cage and stored bottle

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pair of endless chain conveyors arranged in parallel, a carrier frame connected between the pair of endless chain conveyor links so as to be adjacent to each other, and continuously arranged on the carrier frame. In a bottle washing machine having a bottle cage and washing the bottle with a water jet flow while storing and transporting the bottle in the bottle cage, a gap between the adjacent carrier frames is a bent portion (chain) of the endless chain conveyor. A bottle washing machine characterized by having the smallest carrier frame in the vicinity of the (pin portion of).