JPH08225150A - Article delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To increase the speed of delivery operation of a washed cup by providing respective plural arms in a plurality of cylinder mechanisms and simultaneously supplying a plurality of washed cups underneath the filling valve of a rotary type filling device in a delivery position and after that, discharging them. CONSTITUTION: This article delivery device is provided with two cylinder mechanisms 54, 55 on a support member 53 rotating in a horizontal level and at the same time respective two arms 58 for each of the cylinder mechanisms 54, 55. The moving direction of the respective cylinder mechanisms 54, 55 when the arms 58 are moved in the state of being directed to a second delivery position B in which the arms 58 is rotated by 180 deg. from the initial state is made to accord with a radial line extending from the center C of rotation of a rotary type filling device 1. Four washed cups 28 are received by the respective arms 58 in a first delivery position A and on the other hand, the four washed cups 28 grasped by the arms 58 are smoothly supplied to the rotary type filling device 1 in the second delivery position B to increase the speed of the delivery operation of the washed cups 28.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article delivery device, and more particularly, to an article delivery device suitable as a delivery device for delivering a cleaning cup to a rotary filling device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an article delivery device for delivering a cleaning cup to a rotary filling device, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-1397.
A gazette is known. Such a conventional article transfer device is provided with a plurality of arms, and each arm holding the cleaning cup is sequentially moved to the transfer position in synchronization with each filling valve of the rotary filling device being sequentially stopped at the transfer position. The cleaning cup is supplied to the lower side of each filling valve at the delivery position. On the other hand, after the cleaning work of each filling valve is completed, the cleaning cup is separated from each filling valve by each arm and discharged in the reverse order of the above-mentioned supply of the cleaning cup. .

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional article delivering device, the washing cups are delivered to the single filling valve by the single arm at the delivering position. Therefore, all the washing cups are delivered. There was a drawback that it took time to finish.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In view of such circumstances,
The present invention is provided at a position adjacent to a rotary-type article processing device, and simultaneously delivers a plurality of articles to a rotary-type article processing device at a predetermined delivery position, while the article that has been processed by the rotary-type article processing device is described above. An article delivery device for discharging from a rotary processing apparatus at a delivery position, the article delivery apparatus being provided at a position adjacent to the rotary article processing apparatus, the support member rotating on a horizontal plane, and the support member being provided on the support member. At least two reciprocating mechanisms that move forward and backward, and an arm that is provided in each of the reciprocating mechanisms and detachably holds an article. Each of the reciprocating mechanisms has its own arm at the delivery position. To provide an article delivery device arranged so as to be moved back and forth on the radiation extending from the rotation center of the rotary article processing device in the radial direction when the article is moved back and forth. A.

[0005]

According to this structure, for example, when the rotary article processing device is a rotary filling device and the articles are cleaning cups, at least two cleaning cups are rotary type at the delivery position. It can be fed below the filling valve of the article processing device. Then, if each reciprocating mechanism has two arms, it is possible to simultaneously supply four cleaning cups below the filling valve in the delivery device. On the other hand, when the cleaning cup is discharged from the lower side of the filling valve at the delivery position, it is possible to separate the cleaning cups at least once. Therefore, as compared with the above-mentioned conventional device, the time required for delivery of the article can be shortened and the delivery work of the article can be speeded up.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a filling liquid 3 in a container 2.
It is a rotary type filling device for filling. The rotary filling device 1 includes a rotating body 5 that rotates in association with a motor 4, and when the motor 4 is driven by the control device 6, the rotating body 5 rotates clockwise in FIG. There is. Since the rotary encoder 7 is connected to the motor 4, the pulse generated by the rotary encoder 7 is input to the control device 6 while the motor 4 is rotating, so that the control device 6 can operate. The rotation angle of the rotating body 5 can be grasped. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotating body 5 is composed of a rotary table 8 arranged on the lower side and a filler ball 11 arranged on the upper side. Since the filler ball 11 and the rotary table 8 are connected by a plurality of connecting means 12 having a conventionally known structure,
The filler ball 11 and the rotary table 8 rotate together, and the filler ball 11 can move up and down with respect to the rotary table 8. A ring-shaped filling liquid tank 11A is formed on the outer peripheral side of the filler ball 11, and the filling liquid 3 is stored therein. The filling liquid tank 11A has circumferentially equidistant positions on the bottom surface of the filling liquid tank 11A. A filling valve 13 having the structure is provided. Also,
A guide cone 14 for guiding the upper end opening portion of the container 2 is provided at a lower position in the vicinity of each filling valve 13 so as to be vertically movable. These guide cones 14 are located at the descending end shown in FIG. 2 before the start of the filling work, but during the filling work, they are fitted to the upper end opening of the container 2 to be raised and rise with the container 2. Therefore, the lower end of the filling valve 13 can be reliably inserted into the container 2. On the other hand, the rotary table 8 is provided with lifting tables 15 for mounting and lowering the container 2 below the filling valves 13, and the lifting tables 15 are provided with the lifting mechanisms 16 provided in the rotary table 8. It is designed to be raised and lowered by. The lifting mechanism 16
An outer cylinder 16a that connects the lifting table 15 to the upper end and that moves up and down with respect to the rotary table 8 is provided.
An inner cylinder 16b is provided on the inner side of the outer cylinder 16a and supported vertically upward. From the upper end of the inner cylinder 16b to the outer cylinder 1
Since compressed air is supplied to the inside of 6a, the outer cylinder 16a and the lifting table 15 provided therein are always urged toward the upper side. A cam follower 17 is rotatably attached to the lower end of each outer cylinder 16a, and these cam followers 17 are pressed against the annular cam member 18 arranged on the upper side of the movement locus from the lower side. As a result, as the rotary body 5 rotates, each of the lifting tables 15 is moved up and down along the cam curve of the cam member 18. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a planetary gear 22 is attached to the upper end of the screw shaft 21 provided in each coupling means 12, and the planetary gear 22 of each coupling means 12 is meshed with the sun gear 23. Therefore, the motor 24 (FIG. 1) linked to the sun gear 23
When the controller 6 is rotated in the normal and reverse directions by the required amount,
The screw shaft 21 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions to raise and lower the entire filler ball 11. Thereby, the filling valve 13 can be adjusted to an appropriate height according to the height of the container 2. Then, when the empty container 2 is conveyed from the upstream side on the left side by the conveyor 25 while the rotary filling device 1 configured as described above is rotating in the clockwise direction, each container 2 is supplied. It is sequentially placed on each lifting table 15 by the star wheel 26. Thereafter, as the rotator 4 is rotated clockwise, each container 2 on the elevating table 15 rises from the lower end position shown in FIG. 2 to the upper end along the cam curve of the cam member 18. After that, it descends to the position of the original descending end. And
In this process, the guide cone 1 is placed at the upper end opening of the container 2.
4 are fitted and are raised together, the nozzle 13a which is the lower end of the filling valve 13 is inserted into the upper end opening of the container 2 and the guide 13 is provided on the bottom surface of the body 13b of the filling valve 13. The cone 14 is pressed. In this state, the filling valve 13 is opened by the opening / closing cam 19.
Is opened and then closed, so that a predetermined amount of the filling liquid 3 is filled in the container 2. In this way, each container 2 filled with the filling liquid 3 and lowered to the descending end position is discharged from each lifting table 15 onto each transport conveyor 25 by the discharging star wheel 27. The above-described structure and the operation based thereon are the same as those of the conventionally known rotary filling device. By the way, after completing the filling operation of the filling liquid by the rotary filling device 1 as described above, it is necessary to wash each filling valve 13 and each guide cone 14 with the washing liquid. At this time, as in the case of this embodiment, the cleaning cup 28 is used to clean the filling valves 13 and the guide cones 14 as in the prior art. However, in the present embodiment, the rotary filling device is used. 1
In addition to improving itself, the delivery device 31 for delivering the cleaning cup 28 is also improved to speed up the cleaning operation. Before describing the configuration of the apparatus, the configuration of the cleaning cup 28 and the holding member 32 that temporarily holds the cleaning cup 28 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the cleaning cup 28 has a large diameter portion on the upper side from the central portion in the state where the opening is directed upward,
The stepped end face is formed in the central portion by forming the smaller diameter portion below the central portion. A flange portion 28a having the same outer diameter is formed on the end surface of the step portion and the outer peripheral portion slightly above the step portion. Further, as will be described later, the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, each of the cleaning cups 28 includes four arms 58 that detachably hold the cleaning cup 28, and these arms 58 allow four cleaning cups to be held at a time from the holding member 32 at the first delivery position A. 4 of them after receiving 28
The two cleaning cups 28 are delivered to the rotary filling device 1 at the second delivery position B. The delivery device 31 repeats the above-described operation and installs the same number of cleaning cups 28 as the filling valves 13 included in the rotary filling device 1 into the rotary filling device 1.
It is supposed to be delivered to. As described above, in this embodiment, each holding member 32 is sequentially positioned at the first delivery position A as the delivery device 31 delivers four cleaning cups 28 to the rotary filling device 1 at a time. I have to. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the holding member 32 includes a rectangular main body 32A, and four notches 32a are formed at predetermined longitudinal positions on the front surface of the main body 32A. The depth of each notch 32a is set to a dimension that allows the arm 58 of the delivery device 31 to smoothly deliver the product. That is, the depth of each notch 32a at both ends is large, and the depth of each two notches 32a on the center side is small. A pair of holding members 34 urged toward the other by springs 33 are movably attached to the innermost facing surfaces of the notches 32a. Further, the widths of the cutout portions 32a are all the same and are set to be slightly larger than the small diameter portion of the cleaning cup 28. Each notch 32a at the left end and its adjacent right position is formed by obliquely cutting the opening with respect to the sandwiching member 34 so that the opening is displaced to the left side, while the right end and its adjacent left position are formed. Each notch 32a
Are obliquely cut out so that the opening of the holding member 34 is displaced to the right side. When the cleaning cup 28 is held by the holding member 32, the small diameter portion of the cleaning cup 28 is inserted by inserting the small diameter portion of the cleaning cup 28 from the front surface side of the holding member 32 to the deepest position in each notch 32a. The portion is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching members 34, and the lower flange portion 28a is placed on the upper surface of the main body portion 32A. In this way, one holding member 32 holds the four cleaning cups 28. In addition, in the present embodiment, when supplying the holding member holding the four cleaning cups 28 to the first delivery position A, as shown in FIG. 1, the delivery device 31 is sandwiched between the rotary filling device 1 and the opposite side. Further, four cylinder mechanisms 35, 36, 37, 38 that reciprocate in a horizontal plane are provided. Then, these four cylinder mechanisms 35, 36, 3
A machine frame (not shown) is horizontally arranged on the inner side surrounded by 7, 38, and a total of nine holding members 32 are provided on the machine frame.
Has been arranged. In addition, a pair of left and right cylinder mechanisms 39, 39 'directed vertically upward is provided below the first delivery position A (FIG. 9), and the cross section L extends across the tip portions thereof.
The character-shaped engagement plate 42 is attached horizontally. In the present embodiment, with the holding member 32 located at the first delivery position A as a reference, the four holding members 32 are arranged sequentially adjacent to the rear side thereof, and the four holding members 32 are arranged.
Further, four holding members 32 are arranged at the adjacent position on one side. Then, the arm 58 of the delivery device 31 described later.
By the holding members 32 to 4 located at the first delivery position A
When taking out the individual cleaning cups 28, first, the cylinder mechanisms 39 and 39 'are raised from the position of the lower end to the upper end shown by the solid line in FIG. As a result, the engagement plates 42 come into contact with the bottoms of the four cleaning cups 28 located at the first delivery position A, and the four cleaning cups 28 are raised by a predetermined amount with respect to the holding member 32. As a result, the small diameter portion of the cleaning cup 28 is exposed above the upper surface of the holding member 32, so that the exposed small diameter portion is gripped by the arm 58 of the advanced delivery device 31. When the cleaning cup 28 is gripped, the arm 58 retracts, so that the removal of the cleaning cup 28 from the holding member 32 at the first delivery position A is completed. In this way, when the four cleaning cups 28 are taken out from the holding member 32 located at the first delivery position A by the arm 58, the empty holding member 32 at the first delivery position A is cylinder-driven by the cylinder mechanism 35. The mechanism 38 is translated to a position in front of the mechanism 38. After that, the cylinder mechanism 36, the cylinder mechanism 37, and the cylinder mechanism 38 are sequentially advanced to move the holding members 32 positioned in front of them in parallel, so that the next holding member 32 holding the cleaning cup 28 is moved to the first position. It is supplied to the delivery position A. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rotary filling device 1 of the present embodiment has an annular support member 43 disposed below the filler ball 11. Nut members 44 are attached to the support member 43 at a plurality of circumferential positions on the inner peripheral side thereof.
A screw shaft 45, which is rotatably supported by the filler ball 11, is screwed onto the screw 4 from above. A planetary gear 46 is connected to the upper end of the screw shaft 45 penetrating the filler ball 11, and each planetary gear 46 is meshed with a sun gear 47. The sun gear 47 is linked to a motor 48 (FIG. 1), and the motor 48 is driven by the control device 6 to rotate in the forward and reverse directions. Since the motor 48 is stopped during the filling operation of the filling liquid 3 into the container 2 described above, the support member 43 is stopped at the rising end shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the control device 6 normally rotates the motor 48, the support member 43 is lowered from the rising end shown in FIG. 2 to the lowering end position shown in FIG. In addition, a holding portion 43a formed of a concave portion is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the support member 43 on the lower side of each filling valve 13.
Is formed, and the outer peripheral portion between both flange portions 28a of the cleaning cup 28 is engaged with and held in each of the holding portions 43a. Further, the width of the holding portion 43a is
The diameter is set larger than the outer diameter of the guide cone 14, so that the holding portions 43a do not interfere with the guide cone 14 when the support member 43 is moved up and down. Further, when the support member 43 is stopped at the rising end position, the nozzle 13a of the filling valve 13 is positioned at the center position of each holding portion 43a (FIG. 2). Next, the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4. The delivery device 31 includes a rotating shaft 51 directed vertically upward, and the rotating shaft 51 is rotated by 180 degrees by the control device 6. The motor 52 (FIG. 1) is operated. The central portion of the bottom surface of a rectangular support member 53 is connected to the upper end of the rotary shaft 51, so that the support member 53 is supported horizontally. Brackets 56 are fixed to the upper surface of the support member 53 at positions separated by the same distance from the central portion.
55 are attached so as to face substantially the same direction. The cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 are adapted to be moved back and forth when the arm 58 faces the respective transfer positions A and B, based on a command from the control device 6. A pair of left and right guide shafts 57 are slidably fitted in parallel to the brackets 56 with the rods of the respective cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 sandwiched between them. The rods of the cylinders 54 and 55 are integrally connected via a bracket 61. A pair of left and right arms 58 are attached to the front surface of the bracket 61 so that the extension line of the axis of each guide shaft 57 and the axis are aligned. The arm 58 has a conventionally known structure, and is provided with a pair of arcuate engagement claws, respectively, and the cleaning cup 28 can be detachably held by the pair of left and right engagement claws. In this way, the delivery device 31 includes a total of four arms 58, and the interval between the left and right arms 58 is set to be the same as the pitch of the adjacent filling valves 13 provided in the rotary filling device 1. In this embodiment, the control device 6 rotates the support member 53 clockwise by 180 degrees to stop the four arms 28 by sequentially facing the two transfer positions A and B, and then stopping them. , 55 is moved forward and backward. Thus, the four arms 58 are alternately moved to the first delivery position A and the second delivery position B, so that the cleaning cup 28 is supplied to the rotary filling device 1 and the cleaning cup 28 from the rotary filling device 1 is moved. Can be discharged. Further, in this embodiment, the support member 53
The advancing / retreating directions of the cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 which are advanced and retracted above are adjusted as follows. That is, in a state where the arms 58 are opposed to the second delivery position B, the advancing / retreating directions of the cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 (the axes of the cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55) interlocked with the arms 58 are set to the rotary filling device. It is adjusted so as to coincide with the radiation extending from the rotation center C of No. 1 in the radial direction. As a result, as the two cylinder mechanisms 54, 55 are advanced to the forward end at the second delivery position B, the arms 58 interlocking with them are also advanced to the forward end. Then, when each arm 58 is advanced to the forward end, the four arms 58 stop on the concentric circles of the rotation center C of the rotary filling device 1 at equal pitches. The rotary filling device 1 is located at a lower position adjacent to the four holding portions 43a stopped at the second delivery position B (FIG. 3). The movement trajectory of each arm 58 advanced to the advance end does not coincide with the above-mentioned radiation and is slightly deviated, but the width of the holding portion 43a is adjusted to an appropriate dimension, so that the cleaning cup 28 is held. When the arm 58 is advanced to this position, the cleaning cup 28 can be smoothly inserted into each holding portion 43a without interfering with the outer peripheral edge of the support member 43. On the other hand, in a state of facing the first delivery position A, when each arm 28 is advanced to the forward end and positioned at the first delivery position A, the arms 58 engage the four cleaning cups 28 held by the holding member 32. Then, it is designed to hold them. At this time, the movement trajectory of the arm 58 advanced at the first delivery position A is not in the direction orthogonal to the front surface of the holding member 32. Therefore, the direction of each notch 32a provided on the holding member 32 side as described above is formed obliquely so as to coincide with the advancing / retreating direction of each arm 58, whereby the cleaning cup from each notch 32a is formed. It is possible to smoothly take out 28 or insert the cleaning cup 28 into each notch 32a after the cleaning operation is completed. (Explanation of Operation) In the above configuration, during the above-described filling operation, the support member 43 is located at the rising end position shown in FIG. 2, and the delivery device 31 moves each arm 58 to the first delivery position A. Each arm 5 while facing the washing cup 28
8 is stopped at the backward end. When the filling valve 13 of the rotary filling device 1 is cleaned after the filling work is completed, first, the control device 6 causes the motor 48 to rotate in the normal direction by a required amount. 3 to the descending end position shown in FIG. At the same time,
Cylinder mechanisms 39, 3 provided below the first delivery position A
9'is activated to raise the engaging plate 42, and the control device 6 causes the transfer device 31 to operate both cylinder mechanisms 54,
Operate 55 synchronously. As a result, the four cleaning cups 28 held by the holding member 32 at the first delivery position A are raised with respect to the holding member 32, and the four arms 58 are advanced in synchronization with the forward end position. By the arms 58, the cleaning cup 2 at the first delivery position A
8 is gripped (FIGS. 3 and 4). After that, the control device 6 retracts both the cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 to the original retracted position, so that the four arms 58 holding the cleaning cup 28 are also retracted to the retracted position, and the cleaning cup 28 from the holding member 32 is removed. Ejection is performed (Fig. 5). After that, the control device 6 rotates the motor 52 by a predetermined amount, so that the support member 53 is rotated by 180 degrees and the arm 58 holding the cleaning cup 28 is moved to the second delivery position B facing the rotary filling device 1. It is stopped at the facing position (Fig. 6). Thereafter, the control device 6 advances both cylinder mechanisms 54, 55 to the forward end position. As a result, the arms 58 are stopped immediately below the four holding portions 43a stopped at the second delivery position B, and the outer peripheral portions of the cleaning cups 28 held by the arms 58 are engaged with the holding portions 43a ( (FIGS. 3 and 7). After that, the control device 6 retracts both the cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 to the retracted ends, so that the arm 58 releases the holding state of the cleaning cup 28, whereby the four holding portions 43a stopped at the second delivery position B. Is supplied with a washing cup.
During the delivery of the above-mentioned four cleaning cups 28 by the delivery device 31, each of the above-mentioned cylinder mechanisms 35-38 is operated, and the holding member 32 that has become empty moves from the first delivery position A to the adjacent position. At the same time, the next holding member 32 holding the cleaning cup 28 is supplied to the first delivery position A (FIGS. 6 and 7). Next, the control device 6 drives the motor 4 to rotate the rotating body 5 clockwise by four holding portions 43a, so that the next four holding portions 43a stop at the second delivery position B. To do. At the same time, the control device 6 rotates the support member 53 by 180 degrees so that the arm 58 faces the cleaning cup 28 that stops at the first delivery position A. Hereinafter, the control device 6 controls the delivery device 31 in the same manner as the delivery operation of the first four cleaning cups 28 described above, and sequentially holds the four holding portions 43a at the second delivery position B.
Therefore, the cleaning cup 28 is delivered to all the holding portions 43a of the rotary filling device 1. In this way, when the cleaning cups 28 are delivered to all the holding portions 43a of the rotary filling device 1, the control device 6 causes the motor 48 to move.
Is reversed to raise the support member 43 by a required amount. As a result, the cleaning cups 28 held by the respective holding portions 43a are simultaneously raised, so that the upper end of the cleaning cup 28 comes into contact with the guide cone 14 and both members are integrally raised, and then the guide cone 14 is lifted. Is pressed against the bottom surface of the main body portion 13b of the filling valve 13. Therefore, the cleaning cup 28 is engaged with the filling valve 13 via the guide cone 14, and the interior space of the guide cone 14 and the cleaning cup 28 constitutes a recovery passage for the cleaning liquid 3 ′. In this way, in this embodiment, the cleaning cups 28 can be simultaneously engaged with all the filling valves 13 included in the rotary filling device 1 (FIG. 10). next,
When this state occurs, the filling liquid tank 1 is previously
The cleaning liquid 3'stored in 1A is circulated through each filling valve 13 to wash each filling valve 13 and the guide cone 14. Next, after the cleaning work of the filling valves 13 and the guide cones 14 is completed in this way, the control device 6 reverses the motor 48 to cause the support member 4 to rotate.
3 is lowered to the lower end position, so each guide cone 1
4 is separated from the main body portion 13b of each filling valve 43, and all the cleaning cups 28 are simultaneously guided by the guide cone 1.
Separate from 4. After that, the control device 6 rotates the support member 53 of the delivery device 31 by 180 degrees, and then advances the arm 58 to the forward end, so that the arm 58, which has been oriented to the first delivery position A until then, passes the second delivery position A. After being directed to the position B, the cleaning cups 28 of the four holding portions 43a stopped at the second delivery position B are simultaneously gripped by the respective arms 58 that have been advanced. After that, the control device 6 retracts each arm 58 to the retracted end, and then rotates the support member 53 by 180 degrees, so that after each arm 58 removes the four cleaning cups 28 from the time keeping portion 43a at once. The cleaning cup 28 held by each of the arms 58 faces the empty holding member 32 stopped at the first delivery position A. Next, the control device 6 advances each arm 58 to the advance end, so that the cleaning cup 28 held by the arm 58 is held by the holding member 32.
Is inserted into each notch portion and is sandwiched by the engaging member 34. After that, the arm 58 is retracted to the retracted end by the control device 6, so that the cleaning cup 2 by each arm 58 is moved.
The gripped state of 8 is released, and the four cleaning cups 28 are delivered to the holding member 32 stopped at the first delivery position A.
After that, the control device 6 rotates the support member 53 clockwise by 180 degrees to direct the arm 58 to the second delivery position B, and rotates the rotating body 5 clockwise by four holding portions 43a. Therefore, the four cleaning cups 28 held by the holder 43a stop at the second delivery position B. On the other hand,
During this time, the first delivery position A where the cleaning cup 28 is delivered
The holding member 32 of No. 1 is translated to one side by the cylinder mechanism 35, while each cylinder mechanism 36, 37, 38 is actuated, so that the next holding member 32 in the empty state is supplied to the first delivery position A. To be done. Hereinafter, the control device 6 controls the delivery device 31 similarly to the delivery operation of the first four cleaning cups 28 described above, and sequentially suspends the four holding portions 43a at the second delivery position B. Therefore, all the cleaning cups 28 held in the holding portion 43a of the rotary filling device 1 are detached from the holding portion 43a and held in the cutout portions 32 of the holding members 32. According to the present embodiment described above, when cleaning the filling valve 13 of the rotary filling device 1, the cleaning cup 28 is provided for all the filling valves 13 of the rotary filling device 1.
It is possible to engage all at once or release the engaged state. Therefore, as compared with the conventional device in which the arm holding the cleaning cup 28 for each filling valve 13 stopped at the second delivery position B is moved up and down to attach and detach the cleaning cup 28 for each filling valve 13, It is possible to shorten the time required for the work and speed up the cleaning work. Further, in the present embodiment, the delivery device 31 includes the four arms 58.
In addition, since the forward and backward directions of both cylinder mechanisms 54 and 55 when they are directed to the second delivery position B are made to coincide with the radial direction of the rotary filling device 1, 4 at a time at the second delivery position B. The one cleaning cup 28 can be delivered smoothly. In this way, since the cleaning cups 28 are supplied to the second delivery position B and discharged from the second delivery position B four by four, the cleaning cup 2
8 can be delivered at high speed. Therefore, it is possible to further speed up the cleaning work as compared with the conventional case. Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, since the cleaning cup 28 is not held by the rotary filling device 1 during the filling work by the rotary filling device 1, the cleaning cup 28 is previously installed in the rotary filling device. The configuration of the rotary filling device 1 can be simplified as compared with the conventional one that is configured to hold the washing cup 28, and the cleaning cup 28 can be prevented from being contaminated by splashes of the filling liquid during the filling operation. . The guide cone 14 in the above-mentioned embodiment is not always necessary and may be omitted. In that case, the upper end of the cleaning cup 28 is directly engaged with the main body portion 13b of the filling valve 13. Further, a reciprocating mechanism using magnetic force may be used instead of the cylinder mechanisms 54, 55 of the delivery device 31 in the above embodiment. In addition, the delivery device 31
Although two arms 58 are interlocked with each of the cylinder mechanisms 54, 55, one arm 58 may be provided for each of the cylinder mechanisms 54, 55, or three arms may be provided for each of the cylinder mechanisms 54, 55. It is also possible to provide the arm 58. Further, in the above embodiment, the rotary article processing apparatus is the rotary filling apparatus 1, and the case where the present invention is applied to the delivery apparatus for delivering the cleaning cup 28 to the rotary filling apparatus 1 has been described. The present invention can be applied to a delivery device in which the article processing apparatus is a rotary capper and the cap is delivered to the rotary capper.

[0007]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the delivery work of articles can be speeded up as compared with the prior art.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cleaning cup 28 by the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment.
Process drawing showing the delivery process of.

FIG. 5 is a cleaning cup 28 by the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment.
Process drawing showing the delivery process of.

FIG. 6 is a cleaning cup 28 by the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment.
Process drawing showing the delivery process of.

FIG. 7 is a cleaning cup 28 by the delivery device 31 of the present embodiment.
Process drawing showing the delivery process of.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 8;

10 is a rotary filling device 1 showing a state different from that of FIG.
Sectional view of.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rotary filling device 28 ... Washing cup 31 ... Delivery device (article delivery device) 53 ... Support member 54 ... Cylinder mechanism 55 ... Cylinder mechanism 58 ... Arm B ... 2nd delivery position (delivery position) C ... Rotary filling device 1 rotation center

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An article provided at a position adjacent to a rotary-type article processing apparatus to simultaneously deliver a plurality of articles to a rotary-type article processing apparatus at a predetermined delivery position, and an article that has been processed by the rotary-type article processing apparatus. An article delivery device for discharging from a rotary article processing device at the delivery position, wherein the article delivery device is provided at a position adjacent to the rotary article processing device, and has a support member that rotates in a horizontal plane and the support member. The reciprocating mechanism includes at least two reciprocating mechanisms that are provided to move forward and backward, and an arm that is provided in each of the reciprocating mechanisms and detachably holds an article. The reciprocating mechanisms are respectively arranged at the delivery position. When the arm is moved back and forth, it is arranged so as to be moved back and forth on the radiation extending in the radial direction from the center of rotation of the rotary article processing device. The delivery device. 2. The rotary article processing apparatus is a rotary filling apparatus for filling a filling liquid into a container, and the article is a washing cup used when washing a filling valve of the rotary filling apparatus. The article delivery device according to claim 1. 3. The reciprocating mechanism is composed of a cylinder mechanism, and two cylinder mechanisms are provided on the supporting member, and two arms are provided in each of the cylinder mechanisms. The article delivery device according to claim 2.