JPH0798370B2 - Paper container spout attachment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a series of devices for filling and sealing a liquid content such as milk, juice, liquor, and other soft drinks in a paper container, and then pouring the paper container into the paper container. A device for mounting and sealing.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, paper containers have been widely used in place of conventional bottles. This paper container consists of a base material having a heat-sealable adhesive layer (for example, a synthetic resin film) on its inner and outer surfaces laminated in a cylindrical shape, and then the bottom assembly, content filling, head assembly, and sealing processes. This has the advantages that it can be performed consistently, the production cost can be reduced, and that the container can be crushed after use and simply discarded. Further, in order to expedite the pouring out of the contents when using this paper container and to improve the sealing property after opening, it is actively practiced to attach a pouring port to the wall surface of the head of the paper container.

Fig. 12 shows a general paper container manufactured. The bottom of the paper container 1 is flatly folded, a pair of inclined surfaces is formed on the head, and a spout 2 having a flange 3 shown in FIG. 13 is attached to one side of the inclined surfaces.

A conventional device for aseptically filling the contents of such a paper container is to assemble and seal the bottom of the cylindrical paper container in a sterile chamber and supply the paper container to a conveyor driven intermittently. , It is configured to carry out sterilization of the inner surface of the paper container, mounting of the spout, filling of the contents, assembly of the head, and sealing while intermittently conveying the paper container in a vertically standing state. Here, as the attachment device for the spout, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-49409 is used. The attachment device of this spout raises the paper container on the conveyor by the elevating device, inserts the spout into the paper container at that position, then lowers the paper container on the original conveyor and moves it to the next position on the conveyor. It is configured so that the paper container is raised by the elevating device, the flange of the spout is sealed on the wall surface of the paper container, and then the paper container is lowered and sent to the next position by the conveyor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, since such a conventional spout attachment device is arranged in the middle of the conveyor arranged in the aseptic chamber, it is inevitably arranged in the aseptic chamber, and the volume of the aseptic chamber is increased and sliding is performed. Since it has a moving part, the sterile chamber may be contaminated with various bacteria. Furthermore, since the spout itself is not sterilized, the bacteria adhered to the spout contaminate the contents, resulting in a decrease in sterilization effect.

To solve this problem, the spout attachment device may be placed outside the sterile chamber, and thus in front of the bottom container assembly device, but before the bottom assembly device the paper container is upright. Therefore, there is no part to be transported by
The device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 409 cannot be used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a spout attachment device for a paper container, which is capable of attaching a spout to the tubular paper container before supplying the tubular paper container to the bottom assembly device.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, provides a spout mounting device for mounting a spout having a flange to a cylindrically-sealed paper container having a heat-sealable adhesive layer, in which a constant interval is provided around the rotation axis. A plurality of paper container holders arranged in parallel with the rotation axis and capable of inserting the paper container in the axial direction from one end and discharging the paper container in the axial direction from the other end. A turret provided with a holder, a drive device for intermittently rotating the turret so that the paper container holder of the turret stops at a paper container insertion / ejection position, a spout insertion position, and a spout sealing position, and the paper container A paper container insertion / ejection device that ejects a paper container from one end of the paper container holder stopped at the insertion / ejection position and inserts a new paper container from the other end, and a paper container holder that is stopped at the spout insertion position. And a paper container for moving the pouring port to a position where the pouring port is inserted by the pouring port inserting device while being held by the paper container holder. An advancing device, a paper container retracting device for returning the paper container to its original position, a spout sealing device provided near the extended position of the paper container held by the paper container holder stopped at the spout sealing position, A paper container advancing device that moves the paper container to a position where the spout is sealed by the spout sealing device while the paper container is held by the paper container holder; and a paper container retracting device that returns the paper container to the original position. The gist is a spout attachment device for paper containers that has ,.

[Action]

In the spout attachment device having the above structure, the paper container holder held on the turret intermittently moves between the paper container insertion / ejection position, the spout insertion position, and the spout seal position by the intermittent rotation of the turret. At the container insertion / ejection position, the paper container to which the spout is to be attached is inserted into the paper container holder, then at the spout insertion position, the spout is inserted into the hole of the paper container,
Next, the spout sealing device welds the spout flange to the wall surface of the paper container at the spout sealing position, then returns to the original paper container insertion / discharge position and is sent to the next step.
Here, since the spout insertion device and spout sealing device are arranged at the extended position of the paper container held by the paper container holder of the turret, there is no hindrance to the rotation of the turret, and the respective positions are different. Since there is a device for advancing and retracting the paper container, it is possible to move the paper container to a position where the spout insertion operation or the spout sealing operation is performed. Since the paper container holder of the turret is configured to hold the paper container parallel to the rotation axis of the turret, and insert it from one end and eject it from the other end, the paper container holder at the paper container insertion / ejection position is By arranging the paper container in the middle of the transport path for transporting in the axial direction, the paper container transported through this transport path is received from one end of the paper container holder,
At the same time, it is possible to send the paper container with the spout attached to the transport path from the other end, which makes it extremely easy to receive and discharge the paper container, and to simplify the mechanism.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a paper container assembling filling and sealing device having a spout attachment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The paper container 1 shown in the figure is manufactured. 10 is a paper container supply device for supplying a paper container 1 with a spout attached by attaching a spout, 20 is a paper container bottom assembly device for assembling the bottom of the paper container 1, 30 is sterilization of the paper container 1, filling of contents, It is a sterilization filling and sealing device for a paper container that performs a sealing process on the head. Figure 2 shows the first
It is the figure which looked at the paper container supply apparatus shown in a figure in the II-II arrow direction.

The paper container supply device 10 includes a feeder 11 and a feeder 1 in which a large number of paper containers 1 that are stuck in a tube and folded flat are stacked.
A flat paper container 1 is taken out from 1, and is transferred to a position S1 by opening it into a rectangular column, a transfer device (not shown), a spout 2 is inserted into a hole in the head of the paper container 1, and a flange 3 of the paper container 1 is inserted into the paper. The spout attachment device 12 and spout 2 to be joined to the container wall are supplied by the chute 14 in the vicinity of the spout insertion position of the spout attachment device 12, the spout supply device 13, and the paper container at the position S1 is poured through the position S2. It has a paper container insertion / ejection device (not shown) for sending to the outlet mounting device 12 and for sending the paper container 1 having the spout attached to the next step, and these are arranged in two rows. Details of the spout attachment device 12 will be described later.

The paper container bottom assembly device 20 includes a vertical turret 21 that has a mandrel 22 and rotates intermittently, heaters 23 and 24 that heat the bottom of the paper container 1, and bottom curl folding devices 25 that have arms 26 and 26, a guide 27, and a bottom part. The heater 23, 24, the bottom fold folding device 25, the guide 27, and the bottom fold pressure device 28 are constituted by a folding pressure device 28, and are located in the range of the vertical turret in the vicinity of the stop position of the mandrel 22. They are arranged sequentially.

The paper container sterilization filling and sealing device 30 is a conveyor 31 for intermittently carrying the paper container 1 whose bottom is assembled in an upright state.
And a head primary curling device 32, a disinfectant spraying device 33, a drying device 34, and a cooling device 3 which are sequentially arranged near the upper part of the conveyor 31.
5, a filling device 37 having a filling nozzle 38, a secondary head curling device 39, a heater 40, and a head folding pressure device 41. The disinfectant spraying device 33 sprays a disinfectant such as hydrogen peroxide on the entire inner surface of the paper container 1 to which the spout 2 is attached, and the spray disinfects the inner surface of the paper container 1 and the inside of the spout 2. Processing will be performed.

Further, the paper container bottom assembly device 20 and the paper container sterilization filling and sealing device 30 are housed in a sterile chamber 42.

Next, the spout attachment device 12 will be described. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the spout mounting device 12, and FIG. 4 is this spout mounting device 12.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a turret rotatable about a horizontal axis XX, and a rotary shaft 52, a main body 53 fixed to the rotary shaft 52, and a constant interval around the rotary axis XX. It has four sets of paper container holders 54 arranged in the same manner. The paper container holder 54 holds the paper container 1 in parallel with the rotation axis XX by engaging with the outer surface of the diagonal corner of the paper container 1, and moves the paper container 1 in the axial direction. By the
The paper container holder 54 can be inserted into or ejected from the paper container holder 54. Therefore, a paper container can be ejected from one end and a new paper container can be ejected from the other end at the same time. Further, it is possible to move the paper container in the axial direction while holding the paper container 1 in the paper container holder 54. A gear 55 is attached to the rotary shaft 52, and a turret drive device (not shown) is engaged with the gear 55. In this turret drive device, the paper container 1 held on the turret 51 is
The turret 51 is driven so as to intermittently rotate in this order while sequentially stopping at positions S3, S4, S5, S6 shown in the figure. Here, the position S3 is a position where the paper container is inserted into and ejected from the paper container holder 54, and is hereinafter referred to as a paper container insertion / ejection position. Position S5 is a position where the spout 2 is inserted into the paper container 1, and is hereinafter referred to as a spout insertion position. Position S6 is a position where the flange 3 of the spout 2 inserted in the paper container is welded to the wall surface of the paper container, and is hereinafter referred to as the spout sealing position.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a paper container insertion / ejection device 57 that inserts and ejects the paper container into the paper container holder stopped at the paper container insertion / ejection position S3. In the figure, positions S1, S2, S3, P0 all indicate the stop position of the paper container 1, and although not shown, the paper container is held at any position so as to be movable in the axial direction. A holder is provided. Further, the paper containers at these positions are arranged in a straight line, and are also in a straight line with respect to the horizontal mandrel 22 of the bottom assembly device 20. In other words, the turret 51 is arranged so that the paper container holder at the position S3 is in the middle of the conveying path for conveying the paper container 1 from the position S1 to the mandrel 22 in its axial direction. The paper container insertion / ejection device 57 includes a guide bar 58 parallel to the paper container 1 and a slider 59 slidable on the guide bar 58.
Moving bar 60 that moves horizontally with slider 59, and moving bar
It has four pushers 61 held by 60 and a lever 62 for reciprocating the slider 59 along the guide rod 58. When the slider 59 moves leftward from the position shown in the figure, the pusher 61 is pushed.
Respectively move the paper container 1 to the left by one pitch. As shown in FIG. 6, an air cylinder 63 is held by the slider 59. The air cylinder 63 rotates the moving rod 60 via a lever 64, and the pushing tool 61 causes the paper container 1 to move.
It is designed to be moved to a position where it does not touch.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the spout mounting device 51 as viewed in the direction of arrows VII-VII in FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken in the direction of arrows VIII-VIII of FIG. 70 is a paper container holder stopped at the spout insertion position S5
The sucker 71 is a spout insertion device provided at an extended position of the paper container 1 held by 54, and sucks and holds the spout 2 71
A movable rod 72 that holds the soccer 71 and can move in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the paper container 1, a two-stage cylinder 73 that moves the soccer 71 to two positions via the movable rod 72, and a paper container 1 and a guide 74 for guiding the outer surface of the four corners. The two-stage cylinder 73 holds the soccer 71 in a standby position shown by a solid line in FIG. 7, a pouring outlet receiving position for holding the pouring outlet 2A which is supplied through the chute 14 (see FIG. 2) and stands by, and the ninth position. As shown in the figure, it works to move the spout 2 to the insertion position where it is inserted into the paper container 1. In FIG. 7, 76 is a pusher provided near the right end of the paper container 1, 77 is a drive rod holding the pusher 76, and the drive rod 77 has a drive means (not shown) for reciprocating the drive rod. Are connected.
These constitute a paper container advancing device that pushes the paper container 1 and advances it to the left. 78 is a pusher provided near the left end of the paper container 1, 79 is a drive rod holding the pusher 78, and 80 is a drive rod 79.
Is a sleeve that slidably holds, and a lever 81 that swings around a support shaft 82 is connected to the rear end of the drive rod 79, as shown in FIG. This lever 81 holds a cam follower 83, and the cam follower 83 has a rotary drive shaft 84.
The air cylinder 86 presses the cam 85 attached to the. Therefore, the lever 81 swings due to the rotation of the cam 85, and the drive shaft 79 and the pusher 78 reciprocate. As can be seen from FIG. 4, the pusher 78 has a portion that can be engaged with the bottom side of the paper container 1, and by moving the pusher 78 to the right, the paper container 1 can be retracted to the right. . This push
The 78, the drive rod 79, the drive mechanism thereof, and the like constitute a paper container retracting device that retracts the paper container 1 to the right.

FIG. 10 schematically shows the spout supply device 13 for supplying the spout 2 to the position where it is passed to the soccer 71. (A) and (B) are sectional views, and (a) and (b) are partially broken. FIG. The spout supply device 13 continuously supplies the spout 2, a chute 14 at the lower end of which is provided to move horizontally, and a rod 89 which slidably holds the end block 88. It has an air cylinder (not shown) that reciprocates the end block 88. When the end block 88 is in the position shown in (A) and (a), it shoots
The bottom end of the spout 2 in 14 is received inside by its own weight, and then moved to the positions shown in (B) and (b), so that the spout 2A held inside is sucked in the soccer 71 shown in FIG. Is moved to a position where it is adsorbed and held. The end block 88 is provided with a slider 88A that supports the spout 2 so that the spout 2 in the chute does not drop even after the end block 88 moves from below the chute 14. In order to supply the spout 2 sent by the chute 14 to the sucker 71, the mounting position of the chute 14 is determined so that the spout 71 held at the lowermost end of the chute 14 is directly sucked and held by the sucker 71. However, if the spout in the chute 14 is once separated by the end block and supplied to the soccer 71 as in the present embodiment, sucking and holding of the spout by the soccer can be ensured and the pouring can be performed. When taking out the outlet with a soccer ball, it is preferable because the other outlets in the chute are not affected.

In FIG. 3, 90 is an ultrasonic horn which constitutes the spout sealing device provided near the extended position of the paper container held by the paper container holder 54 stopped at the spout sealing position, and 91 is the paper container 1 It is an anvil that supports the inner surface. Ultrasonic horn
90 is moved up and down by an air cylinder 92.
93 is a pusher provided near the right end of the paper container 1, 94 is a drive rod holding the pusher 93, and the drive rod 94 is connected with a drive means (not shown) for reciprocating the drive rod 77. It is designed to be reciprocated in conjunction with the drive rod 77. These constitute a paper container advancing device that pushes the paper container 1 and advances it to the left. 95 is a pusher provided near the left end of the paper container 1, 96 is a drive rod that holds the pusher 95, 97 is a sleeve that slidably holds the drive rod 96, and at the rear end of the drive rod 96, Similar to the drive rod 79 described above, a lever 81 that swings around a support shaft 82 is connected and reciprocates in synchronization with the drive rod 79. As can be seen from FIG. 4, the pusher 95 has a portion that can be engaged with the bottom side of the paper container 1, and the movement of the pusher 95 allows the paper container 1 to be retracted to the right. The pusher 95, the drive rod 96, the drive mechanism thereof, and the like constitute a paper container retreating device that retracts the paper container 1 to the right.

Next, the operation of the above device will be described.

First, in FIG. 1, a paper container 1 which is attached to a cylinder and folded flat is a feeder provided in a paper container supply device 10.
Stacked in large numbers on 11. The paper containers 1 are taken out one by one from the feeder 11 by a transfer device (not shown), expanded into a quadrangular prism shape, and sent to the position S1. The paper container 1 sent to the position S1 is the paper container insertion / ejection device 57 shown in FIG.
As a result, it is intermittently sent to the positions S2 and S3, and inserted and held in the paper container holder 54 of the turret 51. The turret 51 is stopped while the paper container is being transported.

Then, by intermittent rotation of the turret 51, the paper container 1 moves to the position S5 via the position S4. By the time the paper container 1 reaches the position S5, the soccer 71 shown in FIG. 7 moves to the waiting position shown while holding the spout 14 supplied by the chute 14 and the end block 88 (FIG. 10). There is. In this state, when the paper container 1 moves to the position S5 and stops, the pusher 76 then moves leftward by the drive rod 77 to move the paper container 1 leftward, and the outer periphery of the tip end thereof is guided inside the guide 74. To insert. Next, the soccer 71 moves in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the paper container, and the held spout 2 is inserted from the inside into the hole provided in the wall surface of the paper container as shown in FIG. After that, the soccer 71 releases the holding of the spout 2 and returns to the original standby position.
At the same time, the pushing member 78 on the front end side of the paper container is moved rightward in FIG. 7 by the drive rod 79, and the paper container 1 is retracted to the original position.

Next, the rotation of the turret 51 moves the paper container 1 from the position S5 to the position S6 and stops it. In FIG. 3, position S6
First, the pusher 93 moves leftward to move the paper container 1 leftward, and the tip of the paper container 1 is capped on the anvil 91. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the flange 3 of the spout 2 is supported by the anvil 91. Next, the air cylinder 92
The ultrasonic horn 90 is lowered by the
It is pressed against the outer surface of the and gives ultrasonic vibration. By this ultrasonic vibration, the heat-sealable adhesive layer on the inner surface of the paper container and the flange 3 of the spout 2 made of heat-welding synthetic resin are welded and sealed. After this, the ultrasonic horn 90 rises to its original position, and the pusher 95 located on the left side of the paper container 1 in FIG. 3 moves to the right by the drive shaft 96 to pull out the paper container 1 from the anvil 91, Move it back to its original position.

After that, the paper container 1 with the spout 2 welded is turret 51.
By intermittent rotation, it moves to the original position S3, and while stopped at the position S3, it is horizontally transferred to the position P0 by the paper container insertion / ejection device 57 shown in FIG. Simultaneously with the ejection of the paper container 1, the new paper container 1 at the position S2 is inserted into the paper container holder at the position S3. The paper container at position P0 is then capped on the horizontally waiting mandrel 22 of the paper container bottom assembly apparatus 20 housed in the sterile chamber 42 shown in FIG. At this time, the folding surface of the bottom of the paper container 1 is the mandrel.
The mandrel 22 is crowned so as to be perpendicular to the rotation direction of the mandrel 22, that is, the mounting surface of the spout 2 of the head is parallel to the rotation surface of the mandrel 22.

In FIG. 1, the paper container 1 covered with the mandrel 22 is sequentially rotated from the position P1 by the intermittent rotation of the turret 21.
It is rotationally transferred to the positions of 2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7. At the positions P2 and P3, the heaters 23 and 24 melt the heat-sealable adhesive layers provided on the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom of the paper container 1. P4
In this position, the arms 26, 2 provided on the bottom curling device 25
The folding surface of the paper container 1 is folded inward by 6
This folded state is held by the guide 27 and is rotationally transferred to the next position P5. At the position P5, the bottom part of the paper container 1 is pressed and adhered to the mandrel 22 by the bottom part folding and pressing device 28, and the assembly of the bottom part is completed.

When the bottom-assembled paper container 1 reaches the position P7, the paper container 1 is discharged by a discharging device (not shown) onto the conveyor 31 provided immediately below the turret 21, and the mandrel 22 from which the paper container 1 is removed is moved to P8. After returning to the position of P1 and returning to the position of P1, a new paper container 1 is capped.

On the conveyor 31, the paper container 1 is intermittently transferred in the horizontal direction. First, the head portion of the paper container 1 is folded by the head folding device 32, and then the germicide spraying device 33.
Sent to the position. When the paper container 1 reaches directly below the germicide sprayer 33, the paper container 1 is lifted by a lifting device (not shown).
Is lifted into place and the germicide is sprayed onto the entire inner surface of the paper container. At this time, since the spout 2 is attached to the paper container 1, the sterilizing agent is simultaneously sprayed on the inside of the spout 2 to sterilize the spout 2. After that, the paper container 1 is lowered to the original position by the elevating device and sent to the next drying process by the conveyor 31. In the drying step, hot air is blown from the drying device 34 onto the inner surface of the paper container 1 to dry the sterilizing agent which has become liquid after spraying.
The paper container 1 heated by the hot air blowing is a conveyor
It is transferred by 31 and cooled by cooling device 35, and then transferred by conveyor 31 to the next filling step.

When the paper container 1 reaches right below the filling device, the paper container 1 is lifted to a predetermined position by an elevating device (not shown), and a predetermined amount of content is filled by the filling nozzle 38, and then the elevating device is used. The paper container 1 descends to the original position and is transferred to the next process by the conveyor 31. The paper container 1 filled with the contents is re-folded by the head secondary curl folding device 39, then transferred by the conveyor 31, and the heater 40 blows hot air onto the head of the paper container 1. After the heat-sealable adhesive layer provided on the inner and outer surfaces is melted, it is further transferred by the conveyor 31. Next, the head folding pressure device 41 seals the head of the paper container 1, and the manufacture of the paper container 1 is completed. After this,
The paper container 1 is discharged from the aseptic chamber 42 by a discharging device (not shown).

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the spout attachment device according to the present invention can insert a spout into a paper container and seal the spout efficiently while holding the paper container in the turret and performing intermittent rotation. It is possible to install the outlet. Moreover, since the turret is configured to hold the paper container in parallel with the rotation axis of the turret, by arranging the rotation axis of the turret horizontally, the paper container 1 is conveyed horizontally as shown in FIG. It can be arranged in the middle of the path by taking a space slightly longer than the length of the paper container 1, and the apparatus can be made extremely compact. Further, the paper container can be easily inserted into and discharged from the paper container holder of the turret, and at the same time, the paper container can be inserted and discharged promptly.

Further, as shown in the illustrated embodiment, the spout attachment device of the present invention can be arranged outside the aseptic chamber upstream of the paper container bottom assembly device of the paper container assembly filling and sealing device,
With this arrangement, the paper container after the pouring port is attached is sterilized, and aseptic filling with an extremely high aseptic effect can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a paper container assembling filling and sealing device equipped with a spout attachment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a paper container supply device 10 shown in FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the spout attachment device 12, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the spout attachment device 12 viewed in the direction of arrows IV-IV in FIG. The figure shows a side view of the paper container insertion / ejection device 57, FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a view of the spout attachment device 51 taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 7 showing the spout insertion state, and FIG. 10 shows the operation of the spout supply device. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the anvil 91 is covered with a paper container, FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a general paper container having a spout, and FIG. 13 is a paper container of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a spout 2 used for 1 …… Paper container, 2 …… Spout, 3 …… Flange, 4 …… Paper container feeder, 11 …… Gauge, 12 …… Spout attachment device, 13 ……
Spout supply device, 14 ... Chute, 20 ... Paper container bottom assembly device, 51 ... Turret, 54 ... Paper container holder, 57 ... Paper container insertion / ejection device, 70 ... Pouring spout insertion device, 71 …… Soccer, 76, 78 …… Pusher, 77, 79 …… Drive shaft, 90 …… Spout seal device, 91 …… Anvil, 93, 95 …… Pusher, 94, 96 ……
Drive shaft, S3 …… Paper container insertion and ejection position, S5 …… Pouring spout insertion position, S6 …… Pouring spout seal position.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A spout attachment device for attaching a spout having a flange to a cylindrical paper container having a heat-sealable adhesive layer on the inner and outer surfaces thereof, wherein the spout is arranged around the rotation axis at regular intervals. A plurality of paper container holders for holding the containers in parallel with the rotation axis, the paper container holders being capable of inserting the paper containers in the axial direction from one end and discharging in the axial direction from the other end A drive device for intermittently rotating the turret so that the turret, the paper container holder of the turret stop at the paper container insertion / discharge position, the spout insertion position, and the spout seal position, and the turret stop at the paper container insertion / discharge position The paper container insertion / ejection device for ejecting a paper container from one end of the paper container holder and inserting a new paper container from the other end, and the paper container held in the paper container holder stopped at the pouring port insertion position. Extension A spout insertion device provided at a position, a paper container advancing device that moves the paper container to a position where the spout is inserted by the spout insertion device while being held by the paper container holder, and a paper container To the original position, a paper container retraction device, a spout sealing device provided near the extended position of the paper container held by the paper container holder stopped at the spout sealing position, and the paper container A paper container advancing device that moves the pouring port to a position where the pouring port is sealed by the pouring port sealing device while being held by the container holder, and a paper container retracting device that returns the paper container to the original position. Spout attachment device.