JPH0867331A - Bottle collecting and conveying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a bottle collecting and conveying device which can prevent the damage of the label stuck on a bottle surface, bottle scuffing and bottle falling as much as possible and easily conducts work for a bottle packing line. CONSTITUTION: A bottle collecting and conveying device is provided with a bottle properly arranging conveyer 60, which arranges the contained bottles 30 conveyed upperstream in a tight honeycomb-like state in even-numbered lines, two curved conveyers 73 and 74, which divide the lined bottles received from the bottle properly arranging conveyer 60 into two flowing lines and slant them rightward and leftward to enlarge the distance between the two lines and then make them go straight while restoring their standing posture, straight conveyers 75, 76 and 77 which run between and outside the the straight sections of these conveyers 73 and 74, and a single line bottle guide 9 which divides the bottles 30 into single lines downstream of the straight conveyers in the moving direction on each of the straight conveyers 75, 76 and 77. This device is also provided with a motor M1 which drives at the same speed as those of the curved conveyers 73 and 74 and the straight conveyers 75, 76 and 77 and faster than that of the bottle properly arranging conveyer 60.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bottle collecting conveyor device applied to a bottle packing device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bottle collecting conveyor device is shown in FIGS.
3, 1 is a bottle feeding conveyor, 2 in FIGS. 3 and 5 is a bottle conveyor connected to the bottle feeding conveyor 1, and 3 is between the bottle feeding conveyor 2 and the bottle feeding conveyor 1. Provided bottle transfer plate, 4, 5 are bottle guide members provided on the bottle supply conveyor 1, 6 and 7 are bottle guide members provided on the bottle conveyor 2, and 8 is for loosening jams of bottle groups An oscillating plate for aligning the bottles 30, a fixed single-row bottle guide member 9 for arranging the bottles 30 in one row, 10 a photoelectric switch, 1
0'is the light source body. Reference numeral 11 denotes a light blocking lever provided for each bottle row. If the bottle 30 row does not pass, the light blocking lever 11 swings downward as shown by the dotted line in FIG.
The light flux from 0'to the phototube switch 10 is blocked.
Further, when the bottle row 30 passes, the light blocking lever 11 contacts the bottle head and swings upward as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, and the light flux from the light source body 10 ′ reaches the photoelectric tube switch 10, A bottle alignment completion signal is transmitted from the phototube switch 10. The photoelectric tube switch 10 also has a role of an inverted bottle detector.

Reference numeral 12 in FIG. 3 is a bottle supply confirmation switch, 1
3 is a box conveyor. Next, the main part of the bottle packing machine having the same box conveyor 13 will be explained with reference to FIG. 5. Reference numeral 29 is a vertical guide member, 28 is an elevator vertically moved by the vertical guide member 29, and 27 is a trajectory of the elevator 28. A bottle grip head that moves upward in the horizontal direction. A bottle grip 26 is attached to a lower portion of the bottle grip head 27. In the conventional bottle collecting conveyor device shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the bottle feeding conveyor 1 is driven at a constant speed at the time of starting, and the bottle feeding conveyor 2 is placed in a stopped state to move the bottle feeding conveyor 1 above. The bottles 30 sent at random are accumulated between the guide members 4 and 5, while some bottles 30 pass through the bottle transfer plate 3 and move to the upstream side of the bottle conveyor 2 in the conveying direction.
When a sufficient number of bottles 30 are accumulated on the bottle supply conveyor 1, the bottle supply confirmation switch 12 is activated to drive the bottle conveyor 2 to drive the group of bottles 30 accumulated on the bottle supply conveyor 1 into a wavy shape. The bottle is moved along the bottle guide member 4 and is transferred onto the bottle conveyor 2 through the bottle transfer plate 3 while being divided into a number of flows corresponding to the number of heads of the packing machine, and is guided between the single-row bottle guide members 9.

The inlet of the arranging portion until it reaches the single-row bottle guide member 9 is divided by the dividing bottle guide 15 for each box, but the guide 15 narrows the inlet slightly, The widening prevents the bottle 30 from blocking. Further, the swing plate 8 provided at the tip of the single-row bottle guide member 9 for aligning the bottles 30 swings to loosen the jam of the bottle group. That is, adjacent ones of the rocking plates 8 rock in opposite directions to prevent the block of the bottle 30 from being broken, or the block of the bottle 30 is broken, so that the bottle 30 becomes a single-row bottle guide member 9
They are guided to and line up. When the bottles 30 for one box are aligned between the single-row bottle guide members 9, the phototube switch 10 is activated, and the bottle alignment completion signal obtained at that time is sent to the bottle packing machine to lower the bottle grip head 27. , Each bottle grip 26
Holds the bottle 30 and the bottle conveyor 2 is temporarily stopped,
The bottle stopper 14 is loosened, and the bottle grip head 27 and the bottle grips 26 rise while holding the bottle 30. Next, the bottle grip head 2 moves in the horizontal direction and stops at a position above the box 31, and the bottle grip head 27 and each bottle grip 26 descend while holding the bottle 30, and the bottle 30 is put into the box 31. Next, the bottle grips 26 release the bottles 30, the bottle grip heads 27 and the bottle grips 26 rise, and the bottle grip heads 27 and the bottle grips 26 move in the horizontal direction so that the bottle grips 2 are placed on the bottle conveyor 2. Return and wait for the next bottle.

[0005]

In the conventional bottle collecting conveyor device shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a large amount of bottles 30 are pushed from the bottle supply conveyor 1 through the bottle transfer plate 3 to the bottle conveyor 2 in a pressed state. The label attached to the side surface of the bottle 30 may be damaged, and scuffing is likely to occur due to friction between the bottle 30 and the bottle 30.
The direction of movement of the suddenly changed, so there was a high possibility of a bottleneck. Further, when the number of bottles 30 is small, the bottles 30 are likely to be accumulated only in the back of the bottle conveyor 2, and the bottles 30 in this portion
However, there is a drawback in that the label tends to be pressed into a block for a long time and a label is damaged or bottle scuffing easily occurs. Further, when adjusting the shape of the wavy bottle-shaped bottle guide member 4 installed on the bottle supply conveyor 1, it is troublesome to adjust the shape of the bottle-shaped bottle guide member 4 due to repeated site alignment and trial and error. The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to prevent label damage, bottle scuffing, and bottle falling as much as possible, and it is possible to easily perform the work of the bottle packing line. Is to provide.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the bottle arranging conveyer for arranging the bottles sent from the upstream side in an even row in a dense honeycomb form and the bottle arranging received from the bottle arranging conveyor are arranged in two rows. Divide into two streams, and slant laterally to widen the distance between the two streams, then return to the original direction and go straight 2
Aligning the curved conveyor, a linear conveyor that runs parallel to the outside and between the linear parts of the curved conveyor, and a single-row bottle guide that divides the bottle into a single row downstream in the transfer direction on the linear conveyor, the curved conveyor And a driving mechanism for driving the linear conveyor at the same speed and faster than the bottle arranging conveyor, which is a means for solving the problem.

[0007]

[Operation] Bottles are lined up in an even row in a dense honeycomb form on the bottle arranging conveyor, so that the bottles can be easily divided into two streams by placing them on a curved conveyor divided into two directions. Since the straight conveyors run side by side at the same conveying speed downstream of the curve conveyor, the function of this part together with the curve conveyor is the same as that of the conventional device. Further, since the above-mentioned division of the bottle row is performed by the curve conveyor, there is substantially no need for the aid of the division guide, and there is no interference such as collision and friction between the bottle and the division guide. In addition, since the conveyor speed of the curve conveyor is faster than that of the bottle conveyor, the bottles are transported at intervals in the traveling direction,
Not affected by upstream bottles.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bottle collecting conveyor device showing one embodiment of the present invention, and 50 is a bottle feeding conveyor located upstream of the device. Driven by M3, the bottles 30 in a random arrangement are transferred to the device of the invention. 51 and 52 are bottle guides, 53
Is a bottle board. 60 is a bottle arranging conveyor, which is a motor M
Bottle 3 driven by 2 and received from the bottle conveyor 50
After arranging 0s in a plurality of rows, the 0s are transferred downstream as shown by an arrow C. 61 and 62 are bottle guides, and 63 is a bottle passing plate. The bottle transfer plates 53 and 63 have the same structure, and a front view thereof is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 70 is a bottle conveyor, the main part of which is composed of two bendable curve conveyors 73 and 74 and three straight conveyors 75, 76 and 77. The curve conveyors 73 and 74, after receiving the bottle along the transfer direction indicated by the arrow C, are smoothly slanted laterally at the slanting portion 70a and separated from each other, and the distance between the centers is equal to the full width w of the bottle conveyor 70. When it becomes almost half, it returns to the transfer direction and goes straight.

The straight conveyor 76 is provided between the curved conveyors 73 and 74, and the straight conveyors 75 and 77 are provided on both outer sides of the curved conveyors 73 and 74 along the straight portions of the curved conveyors 73 and 74, respectively. The bottle conveyor 70 is formed, and is driven by the motor M1 together with the curve conveyors 73 and 74 at a transport speed higher than that of the bottle aligning conveyor 60. 71 and 72 are bottle guides, bottle guides 51, 61 and 52 of the bottle feeding conveyor and bottle aligning conveyor,
It is integrated with 62. Reference numeral 78 denotes a division guide that forms a guide for the oblique portion 70a together with the bottle guide 71. In addition to this, a partition bottle guide 15, a rocking plate 8, a single-row bottle guide 9, a phototube switch 10, a light source 10 ', a light blocking lever 11, and a bottle stopper 14 similar to those of the conventional apparatus are provided. Are configured. The description of the same parts as those of the conventional device will be omitted. Also, switches necessary for control are not shown.

Next, the operation of the embodiment constructed as described above will be described. The bottle 30 (FIG. 1) which has entered the bottle aligning conveyor 60 from the upstream bottle feeding conveyor 50, via the bottle transfer plate 51.
(Although they are already aligned on the bottle feeding conveyor 50, they may come in pieces separately) are sent to the downstream side, temporarily stopped at the upstream end of the bottle transfer plate 63, and pushed to the subsequent bottle 30. Then, the width between the bottle guides 61 and 62 of the bottle arranging conveyor 60 is adjusted to the width when the bottles 30 are densely arranged in a honeycomb shape in the even line, so that the bottle transfer plate 63 is provided. At that point, it becomes the above-mentioned honeycomb-like arrangement, and this arrangement spreads upstream. Further, the bottles 30 pushed out from the bottle transfer plate 63 are placed on the curve conveyors 73, 74 having a transfer speed higher than that of the bottle aligning conveyor 60 and transferred, so that an interval in the transfer direction is created between the bottles. Next, the flow is divided into two streams at the skew portion 70a, skewed in the lateral direction, and separated, and the center of the curve conveyors 73 and 74 spreads to almost half of the entire width w of the bottle conveyor 70, and goes straight in the transfer direction again. Then, go into between the single-row bottle guides 9. Curve conveyor 73, 74
When the space between the single-row bottle guides 9 guided by is full, the bottle 30 overflows toward the straight conveyors 75, 76, 77 and moves into the remaining single-row guides 9 (this situation occurs in the case of the conventional device). Is similar to). The operation after the space between the single-row guides 9 is completely filled with the bottle 30 is the same as that described in the conventional device, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

[0011]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since the bottles are lined up in order until they are transferred to the bottle conveyor, the bottles do not rotate and scuffing is avoided.
Further, since the bottle is first divided into two streams and then sent between the single-row guides, the lateral movement is small and scuffing is avoided. Furthermore, since the bottle row is divided by the curved conveyor, the aid of the dividing bottle guide is practically unnecessary. Therefore, the bottle does not collide with the divided bottle guide and is not rubbed, so that there is no crushing, crushing, or scuffing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bottle collecting conveyor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the bottle passing plate in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a conventional bottle collecting conveyor device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the action of the lever for the photoelectric tube switch in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional boxing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Swing Plate 9 Single Row Bottle Guide 10 Phototube Switch 10 'Light Source 11 Light Blocking Lever 14 Bottle Stopper 30 Bottle 50 Bottle Feeder Conveyor 51, 52 Bottle Guide 53 Bottle Transfer Plate 60 Bottle Aligning Conveyor 61 Bottle Guide 70 Bottle Bottle Conveyor 72 Guide 73,74 Curve conveyor 75,76,77 Straight conveyor 78 Split bottle guide

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bottle arranging conveyor for arranging the garment bottles sent from the upstream in an even row and a dense honeycomb shape, and a bottle arranging line received from the bottle arranging conveyor are divided into two streams, which are slanted laterally. Two curve conveyors that go straight after returning to the original direction after extending the distance between the two flows, a straight conveyor that runs parallel to and between the straight parts of this curve conveyor, and a transfer on the same straight conveyor A bottle assembly characterized by aligning a single-row bottle guide that divides the bottle into a single row downstream in the direction, and providing a drive mechanism that drives the curve conveyor and the straight conveyor at the same speed and faster than the bottle aligning conveyor. Conveyor device.