JPH0838871A - Gyroscopic mixer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a rotary ratio of rotation and revolution by constituting a rotation means of an intermediate shaft supported on a body for revolution in a rotation axis direction, a means transmitting the rotation of a shaft for revolution in revolution motion to the intermediate shaft and a means transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to a container support means. CONSTITUTION:A rotation means rotates container support means 10, 10a around the rotation axis vertical to a revolution axis to subject them to rotation motion. A revolution means is constituted of drive means 15, 16 rotating a revolution shaft 5 to subject a revolution body 4 to revolution motion. The container support means 10, 10a are supported on the revolution body 4 in the direction of the rotation axis. Further, the rotation means is constituted of the intermediate shaft 8 supported on the revolution body 4 in the direction of the rotation axis, first transmission means 6, 7 transmitting the rotation of the revolution shaft 5 in revolution motion to the intermediate shaft 8 and second transmission means 36a, 38, 38a transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft 8 to the container support means 10, 10a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mixer for agitating an object to be agitated such as paint contained in a container, and more particularly to a gyro mixer for agitating by rotating the container while rotating it. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of gyro mixer, those having a structure as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 have been known. That is, the conventional gyro mixer is a revolving means for revolving the revolving body 102 pivotally supported in the support body 100, and a revolving means for rotating the paint can T mounted in the revolving body 102 in association with the revolving means. Be equipped with. The revolving means is supported by the left and right shafts 103
The orbiting body 102 axially supported in
Drive pulley 101A of the motor 101 fixed to the outside and the revolution pulley of the shaft 103 outside the support 100.
It is configured to be rotatable via a revolving belt 104 hung on 103A. The rotation means is composed of the revolving body 103 and the support 10 on the shaft 103.
The interlocking pulley 105 that is attached to the portion between 0 and is fixed to the support body 100 and does not rotate, and the rotation pulley that is attached to the outer side of the one revolution body 102 of the upper and lower shafts 106. A belt 109 for revolving on the axis of rotation is hooked between -107 via a guide pulley 108, and the shaft 1
The rotation of No. 03 causes the paint can T supported by the can support member 110 to rotate by rotating the rotation pulley 107 through the interlocking pulley 105 and the public rotation interlocking belt 109. Has been done. And FIG.
The conventional gyro mixer shown in FIG. 13 is an apparatus for revolving and rotating one paint can T, and the paint cans T are processed one by one.

[0003]

Generally, in consideration of the stability of the entire gyro mixer during operation, it is better that the revolution speed of the revolution is smaller. On the other hand, when stirring an object to be stirred such as a paint having a high viscosity, it is preferable that the rotation speed of rotation is large in consideration of stirring efficiency. That is, it is desirable to have a large rotation ratio between the revolution and the rotation. However, in the conventional gyro mixer, since the revolution motion is directly connected to the rotation motion of the can, there is a limit in increasing the rotation ratio between the revolution and the rotation. In addition, in order to increase the rotation speed of the rotation motion, if the ratio of revolution and rotation is increased,
On the can support member side, the public-revolution interlocking belt may idle or generate heat, and the public-revolution interlocking belt is easily worn,
Further, it was difficult to continuously operate for a long time due to heat generated by slip. Further, in the above-mentioned conventional gyro mixer, only one can can be stirred in one operation, and the work efficiency is poor. Further, when the can is attached or detached, the can support member often does not face the front due to the revolving interlocking belt when the revolving body faces the front, which causes a problem in the attaching and detaching work. Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned problems, the object of the present invention is to allow a plurality of containers containing the objects to be stirred to be easily agitated at one time, and to increase the revolution ratio between revolution and rotation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a gyro mixer in which the revolution-interlocking belt does not run idle or generate heat even when the revolution-to-revolution rotation ratio is increased.

[0004]

The present invention takes the following means in order to achieve the above object. That is, the invention of claim 1 is a revolving body axially supported by a support shaft in a revolving axial direction by a revolving shaft, and a revolving means for rotating the revolving body about a revolving shaft to perform revolving motion. A gyro mixer comprising a plurality of container supporting means capable of supporting a container containing an object to be stirred and a rotating means for rotating the container supporting means about a rotation axis perpendicular to the revolution axis to perform a rotation motion. The revolving means is constituted by a driving means that revolves the revolving body by rotating the revolving shaft, and the container supporting means is axially supported by the revolving body in a rotation axis direction. The rotation means includes an intermediate shaft axially supported by the revolution body in the rotation axis direction, first transmission means for transmitting rotation of the revolution shaft in revolution movement to the intermediate shaft, and It is summarized as configured by the second transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the container support means.

A second aspect of the present invention is the gyro mixer according to the first aspect, wherein the first transmission means is mounted concentrically with the revolution shaft and does not perform rotational movement. The gist of the present invention is that it comprises a revolving-interlocking belt that hangs a working pulley and an intermediate shaft rotating pulley attached to the intermediate shaft.

The invention according to claim 3 is the gyro mixer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container supporting means comprises a first container supporting means and a second container supporting means. And second transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the first container support means and transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the first container support means to the second container support means. The main point is that it is composed of and.

The invention according to claim 4 is the gyro mixer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container supporting means is constituted by first container supporting means and second container supporting means. The second transmission means is constituted by a transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the first container supporting means and a transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the second container supporting means. That is the main point.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the gyro mixer according to the first to fourth aspects, in which a clutch portion is provided on the rotation shaft.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the object to be stirred in each container supported by the container supporting means is stirred by the rotation motion simultaneously with the revolution motion. That is, since the container revolves around the revolving axis by the revolving means and at the same time revolves around the revolving axis perpendicular to the revolving axis by the revolving means, even if it is an agitated object of viscous material such as paint, etc. Is stirred, and a plurality of processes are simultaneously performed. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the rotation of the revolution shaft in the revolution movement is transmitted to the intermediate shaft by the belt. That is, the revolving-interlocking belt rotates together with the revolving body along with the revolving motion, but at this time, the revolving-interlocking pulley does not rotate. As a result, the public-revolution interlocking belt is pulled by the public-revolution interlocking pulley to perform a transfer movement, and the transfer movement of the public-revolution interlocking belt rotates the intermediate shaft.
Further, according to the invention of claim 3, the two container supporting means perform rotation by sequentially transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft. According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the two container support means are directly transmitted with the rotation of the intermediate shaft to perform the rotation movement. According to the invention of claim 5, when the container body is facing the front when the container is attached and detached, and the container supporting means does not face the front due to the rotation interlocking belt, the container supporting means is provided by the clutch portion. Is released from the restraint of the public-revolution interlocking belt to allow the intermediate shaft to rotate, and the position of the intermediate shaft is appropriately adjusted so that the container supporting means faces the front.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the gyro mixer of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The gyro mixer-1 includes a support body 2, a revolving body 4 mounted inside the support body 2, a revolving means for revolving the revolving body 4 by a driving motor 3, and an agitated material such as paint. First container supporting means 10 and second container supporting means 10a capable of supporting the container in the revolution body 4 and the respective container supporting means 10, 1
It is mainly composed of a rotation means for rotating 0a while revolving.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support body 2 is formed into a rectangular cylindrical body having front and rear surfaces opened, a drive motor 3 is fixed to the upper portion thereof, and the center of both left and right sides. A bearing 13 for axially supporting the orbiting shafts 5 and 5a is provided at the position. The support body 2 is for assembling the revolving means and the revolving means, and is formed with a sufficient volume in which the revolving body 4 can rotate.

The drive motor 3 is a power source for driving the gyro mixer-1. A drive pulley 15 is attached to the tip of the drive shaft 14 of the drive motor 3.

The revolving body 4 is arranged in the support 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The orbiting revolution shafts 5 and 5a attached to the left and right side plates of the revolution body 4 are supported by the bearings 13 on the left and right side plates of the support body 2, whereby the revolution body 4 is rotated.
It is possible to revolve around 5a as an axis of revolution. Further, the revolving shaft 5 on one side is projected to the outside of the side portion of the support body 2, and the driven pulley is driven by the outer end portion of the projecting revolving shaft 5.
17 is keyed on. Thus, drive pulley-15
And the drive belt 16 is hooked on the driven pulley 17,
A drive means is formed. The rotation of the drive shaft 14 of the drive motor 3 causes the revolving body 4 to revolve around the revolving shaft via the driving belt 16. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, holes 18a, b, c and a tensioner 21 for axially supporting the intermediate shaft 8 and the container supporting members 9, 9a are provided on the upper surface and the bottom surface of the revolving body 4. The elliptical holes 19 are formed in each of the holes, and a mounting plate for mounting the pulley idler 20 is provided at the lower end of the revolving body 4.

Next, the first container supporting means 10 will be described. The second container support means 10a has the same structure as the container support means 10, and therefore its explanation is omitted. The first container supporting means 10 is formed so as to support a container containing an object to be stirred in the revolution body 4. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, the first container support means 10 includes a frame 40 and a pair of upper and lower rotation shafts 3 vertically protruding from the upper and lower surfaces of the frame 40.
3 and 3. The frame body 40 is a rectangular body capable of restraining both side surfaces and a bottom surface portion of the container 32, and
A pressing frame 4 is provided above the pressing frame supporting member 43.
2 are installed. Further, fastener installation frames 40a are formed on both left and right sides of the frame body 40 so as to project laterally from the frame body 40, and further, the holding frame 4 is attached to the fastener installation frame 40a.
A fastener 41 for fixing 2 to the frame 40 and completely supporting and fixing the container 32 is provided. Also, the frame 40
A container taking-out window 46 for taking out the supported container 32 after completion of the stirring is formed in this. And FIG.
As shown in, the first container supporting means 10 is mounted in the revolution body 4 by pivotally supporting the rotation shaft 33 by bearings on the upper and lower surfaces of the revolution body 4. Then, in the gyro mixer-1 of this example, as shown in FIG. 1, a pair of left and right container supporting means 10, 10a are installed in the revolution body 4. As a result, it becomes possible to simultaneously support the two containers in the revolution body 4.

Next, the rotation means will be described. The rotation means is mainly composed of the intermediate shaft 8, the first transmission means, and the second transmission means. Here, the first transmission means are the belt 6 for rotation and rotation and the pulley 7 for rotation and rotation.
The second transmission means is mainly constituted by the rotation transmission pulley 36a and the rotation transmission belts 38, 38a.

The intermediate shaft 8 is a member for transmitting the rotation of the revolution shaft 5 to the rotation shaft 33 of the first container support means 10, and as shown in FIG. 1, a pair of left and right containers. It is vertically supported by the revolving body 4 between the supporting means 10 and 10a. Intermediate shaft 8
An intermediate shaft rotating pulley 31 provided with a clutch portion 30 is attached to one end side of the revolution body 4 outside of the revolution body 4, and a rotation transmission pulley is attached to the other end side of the intermediate shaft 8 outside the revolution body 4.
Re-36a is attached.

The clutch unit 30 has a ratchet mechanism,
When the gyro mixer-1 is stopped, the intermediate shaft 8 is released from the restraint by the belt 6 for rotation interlocking, and the container supporting means 1
It is a member for adjusting the directions of 0 and 10a as appropriate to facilitate taking out the container.

The revolution-interlocking pulley 7 is concentrically attached to the revolution shaft 5 between the support 2 and the revolution body 4. In addition, the public-revolution interlocking pulley-7
As shown in FIG. 1, it is bolted to the support 2,
It is possible to always maintain a stationary state with respect to the rotation of the revolution shaft 5. Further, the public-revolution interlocking pulley 7 and the intermediate shaft rotating pulley 31 are attached with the public-revolution interlocking belt 6 via the pulley idler 20 and the tensioner 21. Has been done. Here, the revolution-revolution interlocking belt 6 is a member for transmitting the rotation of the revolution shaft 5 to the intermediate shaft 8 via the revolution-revolution interlocking pulley 7. The pulley idler 20 is a member for converting the direction of the revolution-interlocking belt 6 from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and is attached to the revolution body 4 via the attachment plate 22. . Further, the tensioner-21 is a member for keeping the tension of the belt 6 for revolution / rotation interlocking constant, and as shown in FIGS.
And it is attached to the revolving body 4 via the attachment bolts 25. Then, if necessary, the tension of the revolution interlocking belt 6 is appropriately adjusted by utilizing the mounting positions of the mounting plate 23 in the turn pack 24 and the elliptical hole portion 19.

The rotation transmission pulley 36a is a member for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft 8 to the first container supporting means 10, and is attached to the upper end side of the intermediate shaft 8 outside the revolution body 4. There is. Further, in the first container supporting means 10, the first pulley 36b is attached to the upper end portion of the upper rotation shaft 33, and the lower rotation shaft 33 is attached.
A second pulley 37a is attached to the lower end of the.
Further, in the second container supporting means 10a, a third pulley 37b is attached to the lower end portion of the lower rotation shaft 33. The rotation transmission pulley 36a and the first
The first rotation transmission belt 38 is hooked between the pulley 36b and the second rotation transmission belt 38a between the second pulley 37a and the third pulley 37b. It is hung up. As a result, the rotation of the intermediate shaft 8 is transmitted to the first container support means 10 via the first rotation transmission belt 38, and then the rotation of the first container support means 10 is transmitted to the second rotation transmission belt 38a. It is sequentially transmitted to the second container supporting means 10a via the. Thus, the gyro mixer-1 is constructed.

Next, the use of the gyro mixer-1 of this example will be described. When using the gyro mixer-1,
First, the containers 32 and 32a are assembled. In addition, container 3
Since the assembly of 2 and the container 32a is performed in the same manner, only the assembly of the container 32 will be described. As shown in FIG.
First, the container 32 is inserted into the frame body 40. At this time, since the pressing frame 42 is biased upward by the biasing spring 44, it does not interfere with the insertion of the container 32. And FIG.
As shown in (C), the holding frame 42 is lowered to move the container 3
2 on the upper front edge of the container 3 using the fasteners 41
Fix 2 As a result, the container 32 has the frame 40.
The holding frame 42 firmly supports and fixes the container supporting portion 9.

Next, the drive motor 3 is operated to drive the gyro mixer-1. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the drive shaft 14 of the drive motor 3 rotates, the driven pulley 17 rotates via the drive belt 16 and thereby the revolution shaft 5 rotates. The diversion body 4 rotates about the revolution axis X and performs revolution movement. Further, the revolving / revolving interlocking belt 6 rotates integrally with the revolving body 4 along with the revolving movement. On the other hand, since the public-revolution interlocking pulley 7 is fixed to the support body 2 and is immovable, the public-revolution interlocking belt 6 is sequentially pulled by the public-revolution interlocking pulley 7 and transferred. Will be done. As a result, the intermediate shaft 8 is rotated via the revolution / rotation interlocking belt 6 and the intermediate shaft rotation pulley 31. Next, since the rotation transmission pulley 36a attached to the upper end of the intermediate shaft 8 rotates integrally with the intermediate shaft 8, the first rotation transmission belt 38 and the first pulley 36b are used to rotate the rotation transmission pulley 36a through the first pulley 36b. The one container support means 10 rotates. As a result, the container 32 supported by the first container supporting means 10 rotates about the rotation axis Y1 and performs a rotation motion. Then, by the rotation of the first container supporting means 10, the second pulley 37a and the second rotation transmission belt 38 are formed.
The second container supporting means 10a is rotated via a and the third pulley 37b. As a result, the container 32a supported by the second container supporting means 10a rotates about the rotation axis Y2 and performs a rotation motion. As shown in FIG. 6, the public rotation interlocking belt 6 and the second rotation transmission belt 38
“A” and the like are arranged without interfering with each member.

As a result, both the containers 32 and 32a in the gyro mixer-1 simultaneously perform an orbital movement about the revolution axis X and an orbital movement about rotation axes Y1 and Y2 perpendicular to the revolution axis X. That means both containers 32, 32
The object to be agitated in a is well agitated. In particular, it is usually difficult to stir in the corners of the container, but in the gyro mixer-1 of this example, all parts are stirred uniformly, and the stirring efficiency is improved.

After the stirring is finished, the driving motor 3 is stopped to finish the driving of the gyro mixer-1. At the end of agitation, the container support means 10, 10a may not be in a direction in which it is easy to take out the containers 32, 32a at the time of stop due to inertia of a motor or the like. In that case, the clutch 30 can be used to release the intermediate shaft 8 from the revolving / interlocking belt 6 and the orientation of the container supporting means can be manually adjusted appropriately.

Next, by operating from the opening on the front side of the revolution body 4, the container supporting means 10, 10a to the container 32,
Take out 32a. At this time, since the container 32 is closely supported by the frame 40, it is convenient to use the container take-out window 46 (see FIG. 3). Therefore, it was confirmed that all the objects to be stirred after stirring were uniformly stirred.

By the way, it is generally preferable that the rotation ratio between the revolution and the rotation in the gyro mixer-1 is set so that the rotation speed of the rotation movement becomes larger than the rotation speed of the revolution movement. The diameter ratio between the reel 7 and the pulley 8 for rotating the intermediate shaft and / or the diameter ratio between the rotation transmission pulley 36a and the first pulley 36b attached to the upper end portion of the intermediate shaft 8 are appropriately set. It can be adjusted by choosing to be the turn ratio.

The present embodiment is a gyro mixer for agitating two containers, but as shown in FIG. 7, the transmission means is arranged from the support shaft 33a of the second container support member 10a so that they are successively arranged. It is possible to arrange the container support member in the revolution body to stir a large number of containers. Note that this corresponds to the invention of claim 1.

In the present embodiment, the intermediate shaft 8 is attached to the center of the revolving body 4 and the container support means 10 and 10a are attached to the left and right sides thereof. For example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to change the attachment positions of the container support means 10 and 10a, or to set the vertical axis direction to the revolution axis X and the horizontal axis directions to the rotation axes Y1 and Y2 as shown in FIG.

Further, in the present embodiment, the rotation of the intermediate shaft 8 is successively transmitted to the first container supporting means 10 and the second container supporting means 10a. For example, as shown in FIGS. It is also possible to directly transmit from the intermediate shaft 8 to the first container support member 10 and the second container support means 10a. This is claim 4
It corresponds to the invention of.

[0029]

According to the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously stir a plurality of containers by operating the gyro mixer once, and it is possible to improve work efficiency. Next, it is possible to increase the rotation ratio between the revolution and the rotation, and it is possible to reliably stir even a highly viscous material such as paint. Even when the rotation ratio between the revolution and the rotation is increased, the revolution-interlocking belt does not slip and wear and heat generation can be prevented. Furthermore, when the container is attached or detached, the container supporting member can be appropriately adjusted so as to face the front, so that the container can be easily attached and detached and the work efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gyro mixer according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a support body and a revolution body of the gyro mixer.

3A and 3B are a perspective view and a side view showing the structure of the container support means, FIG. 3A being a perspective view showing the overall structure of the container support means;
(B) And (C) is a side view which shows the state of the assembly of the container to the container support means.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing a state in which a tensioner is attached to a revolving body. Further, (B) is a perspective view of the tensioner.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a mechanism of revolution and rotation of the gyro mixer.

6 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a large number of container supporting means are arranged.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which an intermediate shaft is arranged in the vicinity of an end of a revolution body.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the gyro mixer when the revolution axis is vertical and the rotation axis is horizontal.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state in which the first and second container support means are directly rotated by the intermediate shaft.

FIG. 11 is likewise a front view showing a state in which the first and second container supporting means are directly rotated by the intermediate shaft.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a conventional gyro mixer.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a mechanism of revolution and rotation of a conventional gyro mixer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Support 4 Revolution body 5 Revolution shaft 6 Revolution rotation interlocking belt 7 Revolution rotation interlocking pulley 8 Intermediate shaft 10, 10a Container support means 20 Pully idler 21 Tensioner 30 Clutch section 31 Intermediate Shaft Rotating Pulley 33, 33a Rotating Shaft 38, 38a Rotation Transmission Belt

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An orbiting body axially supported on a support by an orbiting shaft in an orbiting direction, an orbiting means for causing the orbiting body to rotate about an orbital axis to perform an orbiting motion, and an object to be stirred. A gyro mixer comprising: a plurality of container supporting means capable of supporting a contained container; and a rotating means for rotating the container supporting means about a rotation axis perpendicular to a revolution axis to perform a rotation motion. The revolving means is constituted by a driving means for revolving the revolving body by revolving the revolving shaft, the container supporting means is axially supported by the revolving body in a rotation axis direction, and the revolving means is An intermediate shaft axially supported by the revolving body in the rotation axis direction, first transmission means for transmitting rotation of the revolving shaft in revolution movement to the intermediate shaft, and the intermediate shuffling member. And a second transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the container to the container supporting means. 2. The first transmission means is mounted concentrically with the revolving shaft, and has a revolving interlocking pulley that does not rotate and an intermediate shaft rotating pulley mounted on the intermediate shaft. The gyro mixer according to claim 1, comprising a belt for revolution and rotation interlocking with-. 3. The container supporting means is constituted by a first container supporting means and a second container supporting means, and the second transmitting means rotates the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the first container supporting means. The gyro mixer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gyro mixer comprises a transmission means for transmitting the rotation and a transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the first container support means to the second container support means. -. 4. The container supporting means comprises a first container supporting means and a second container supporting means, and the second transmitting means rotates the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the first container supporting means. 3. A transmission means for transmitting and a transmission means for transmitting the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the second container support means.
The gyro mixer described in 1. 5. The gyro mixer according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate shaft is provided with a clutch portion.