JPH0912150A - Carrying and reverse turn device of cylindrical vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve stability of grasp of a vessel at a carrying and reverse turn operation time of a cylindrical vessel and facilitate removal of the vessel in a reverse turn state. CONSTITUTION: This device is composed of a carrying mechanism part of a cylindrical vessel and a reverse turn mechanism part provided with a vertical movement operation part, reverse turn operation part D and body part grasping part E of a vessel. In the body grasping part E, two arc shape grasping bodies 17a, 17b per one pair whose one end are pivoted are provided in the front side and rear side of a pair of turning plates 13 of the reverse turn operation part D and buckles 18 by which a tightening force can be changed are provided on the other end of each grasping body and also groove shape guides 13a are provided on the tip end of the turning plates 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cylindrical container having a neck portion used as a container for raw materials (hereinafter referred to as "drum").
Said) is conveyed to a predetermined place and then inverted to take out the contents and remove the container in the inverted state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a conventional drum transport reversing device comprises a transport mechanism A and a drum reversing mechanism B vertically movable with respect to the transport mechanism A. .

The carrying mechanism A has a pair of left and right support rods 1, a handle 2 mounted so as to bridge between the support rods 1, and a reversing mechanism B for the drum.
A control box 3 for instructing each of the descending and reversing operations with a remote control switch, a pair of left and right casters 4 that can be fixed on the floor surface attached to the bottom wall of the control box 3, and forward of the lower ends of the supporting rods 1. And a leg rod 5 having a wheel 6 at its tip.

The reversing mechanism section B is composed of a drum upper and lower body operating section C, a reversing operating section D and a body grasping section E. The up-and-down operation portion C of the drum is composed of a support arm 7 in a plan view which moves up and down with the pair of support rods 1 as a guide in response to a command from the control box 3 (for example, the support rod 1). Engraved reverse screw that engages with the reversible rotating screw rod on the side). Further, the reversing operation portion D of the drum is provided with the support arm 7
A drive box 9 provided in one side of the support box 7 and equipped with a forward / reverse rotation drive means 8 (for example, a rack and pinion mechanism) which is operated by a command from the control box 3, and a bearing box 10 provided on the other side of the support arm 7. And a pair of left and right rotating plates 13 each having a lower end fixed to a drive shaft 11 of the drive means 8 and a shaft 12 supported by the bearing housing 10. Further, the drum body grasping portion E of the drum is provided with an arc-shaped gripping plate 14 mounted so as to bridge the rear side of the pair of rotating plates 13 and two upper and lower stages on the front side of each rotating plate 13. The cloth band 15 is formed.

The operation of the drum transport reversing device having the above construction will be described. The transport mechanism A is transported to a predetermined place and the drum 16 is positioned between the pair of leg rods 5. After raising and lowering the gripping plate 14 of the body grasping portion E to almost the center of the drum 16 in the axial direction by the vertical movement operation part C, the transport mechanism part A is advanced to place the back surface of the drum 16 on the inner surface of the gripping plate 14. The drum 16 is brought into close contact with the upper and lower two-stage cloth bands 15
Is clamped to grasp the clamping pressure with the grip plate 14.

Next, the vertical movement operating section C is used to move the body grasping section E.
After the drum 16 grasped in step 1 is lifted from the floor surface and conveyed to a predetermined place, the drum 16 is reversed by the reversing operation section D (the upper neck of the drum is rotated and reversed forward) to take out the contents. .

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional drum transport reversing device, since the tightening body that cooperates with the grip plate 14 of the body grasping section E is the cloth band 15, the tightening work is troublesome (tighten several times to tighten. ), The extension occurs, and there is an inconvenience in that stability is lacking in grasping the drum 16 during conveyance and reversing operations.

Therefore, in place of the cloth band 15, as shown in FIG. 7, the rear ends of the arc-shaped gripping bodies 17a, 17b are pivotally attached to the front sides of the rotating plates 13 respectively.
A buckle 18 having a variable tightening force corresponding to the outer diameter of the drum 16 at each front end (a receiving member 18a having saw teeth and a center-over type hooking rod 18b for hooking on one of the saw teeth to tighten.
(Consisting of and) was proposed.

[0009]

Although the disadvantages of the cloth band 15 have been solved by adopting the above-mentioned buckle 18, it has been found that the following disadvantages still exist. That is, since the tightening by the buckle 18 is performed on the front side of the drum 16, the buckle 18 is located on the rear side of the drum 16 when the drum 16 is reversed, and the arc-shaped grip plate 14 appears on the front side. Therefore, if it is required to remove the drum in the inverted state from the body grasping portion E and use it after the drum 16 is inverted, it cannot be easily dealt with.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drum transport reversing device in which grasping of a drum is highly stable during transport and reversing operations, and work for removing a drum in a reversing state is easy. And

[0011]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a container having a cylindrical container carrying mechanism part, a container vertical movement operation part, a reversing operation part, and a body grasping part. In a container carrying and reversing device comprising a reversing mechanism part, the reversing operation part of the container performs reversible reversal rotation by a rotation drive means provided in a vertical movement operation part of the container, and a groove-shaped guide is provided at an upper end portion. And a pair of left and right rotating plates, each of which has a pair of left and right rotating plates. In addition, a buckle having a variable tightening force is provided at the other end of each gripping body.

The groove-shaped guides formed at the upper ends of the pair of left and right rotating plates are formed at positions slightly rearward of the center of the cylindrical container and above the buckles provided on the grips. Further, a stopper means for preventing excessive tightening by the buckle is provided, and the transporting mechanism portion of the cylindrical container is configured to be manually or automatically run.

[0013]

The pair of gripping members of the drum body grasping portion of the drum are opened and closed by the buckle on both the front side and the rear side of the body portion. Therefore, even when the drum is inverted by the reversing operation portion, the buckle is on the front side. It is easy to remove the inverted drum. Further, the drum is held at two points of the drum body and neck by the body grasping portion and the groove-shaped guides of the pair of rotating plates, and the stability at the time of transporting and reversing the drum is good.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drum transport reversing device of the present invention is different from the conventional example in the rotating plate of the reversing operation part D of the drum and the body grasping part E of the drum. However, the other parts are given the same reference numerals as those of the conventional example, and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reversing operation unit D
As shown in FIG. 4, on the upper ends of the pair of left and right rotating plates 13, the lower surface of the flange 16a formed in the neck opening of the drum 16 and the upper surface of the lid 19 (or the supply hopper of the supply hopper) fitted in the opening. A groove-shaped guide 13a that fits into the upper surface of the collar portion) is formed. And when forming it, as shown in FIG.
The drum 16 is formed in a position slightly deviated rearward from the center of the drum 16 in a grasped state, which facilitates insertion work into the collar portion 16 and the lid 19. Therefore, the drum 16 is held at two points of the body grasping portion E and the groove-shaped guide 13a,
Stability is improved.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the drum body grasping portion E of the drum has a rectangular shape on the front side and the rear side of each of the left and right rotating plates 13 and has one end of arcuate gripping bodies 17a, 17b. A buckle 18 which is pivotally attached to each of the other ends thereof and which has a variable tightening force.
(18a and 18b) are attached, and the buckle 18 appears on the front surface in any state of reversal and forward rotation, which facilitates the removal work of the drum 16 in the reversal state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, an arc-shaped guide rod 20 having a stopper projection 20 at its tip is rotated above the saw-tooth receiver 18a attached to each of the front and rear grippers 17a. A receiving member 21 that is movably provided and on which the guide rod 20 can be inserted / removed is provided above the facing gripping body 17b. When the drum 16 is grasped, the tip of the guide rod 20 is inserted into the receiving member 21. When the buckle 18 is tightened, overtightening is prevented by the stopper projection 20a coming into contact with the receiving tool 21.

The drum transport mechanism A of the above embodiment is used.
In the above description, the button is pushed manually, but the wheels 6 may be driven by a motor to be driven electrically by a command from the control box 3.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the two pairs of gripping bodies in the body grasping portion are opened and closed by the buckles on the front and rear sides of the body, respectively, so that the container in the inverted state can be removed extremely. In addition to being easy, the container is held at the upper and lower portions of the groove-shaped guide of the rotating plate of the rotating operation portion and the body grasping portion, so that the stability of grasping the container during transportation and inversion is improved. In the invention according to claim 2, the work of inserting the groove-shaped guide into the neck portion and the lid portion of the container can be easily performed.

The invention according to claim 3 prevents overtightening of the container by the body grasping portion and prevents accidents such as breakage. The invention according to claim 4 can meet the demand for labor saving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a container carrying and inverting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line XX of FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the body grasping portion of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the groove-shaped guide formed on the rotating plate of the reversing operation portion and the container neck portion of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a conventional container reversing device.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a body grasping portion in another conventional container reversing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A transport mechanism part B reversing mechanism part C vertical movement operating part D reversing operation part E body grasping part 1 support rod 3 control box 8 forward / reverse rotation driving means 9 drive box 13 rotating plate 16 containers 17a, 17b gripping body 18 Buckle 18a Sawtooth receiver 18b Hooking operating rod 19 Lid 20 Guide rod 21 Receiver

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A transport and reversing device for a container, comprising: a transporting mechanism for a cylindrical container; and a reversing mechanism for the container having a vertical movement operating unit, a reversing operating unit, and a body grasping unit. The reversing operation part is provided with a pair of left and right revolving plates having reversible reversal revolving rotation by a revolving driving means provided in the up-and-down operation part of the container and having a pair of left and right revolving plates with a groove-shaped guide formed at an upper end thereof The part grasping part is provided with two pairs of arc-shaped gripping bodies, one end of which is pivotally attached to the front side and the rear side of the pair of rotating plates, and the other end of each gripping body has a variable buckling force. An apparatus for transporting and reversing a cylindrical container, comprising: 2. The cylindrical container according to claim 1, wherein the groove-shaped guides formed at the upper end portions of the pair of left and right rotating plates are formed at positions displaced slightly rearward from the center of the cylindrical container. Transport reversing device. 3. The conveying and reversing device for a cylindrical container according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper means provided above the buckle provided on each of the grips to prevent excessive tightening by the buckle. 4. The cylindrical container transport reversing device according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical container transport mechanism is configured to be manually or automatically run.