JPH0940080A - Cap taking out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dust from generating, and at the same time, perform a washing and a sterilization as well by a method wherein a cap supporting part is formed into a stage to support the bottom surface and the side surface of a cap, and at the same time, a cap guide is separated from a cap taking out wheel, and fixed. SOLUTION: A stage part 5 which supports the bottom surface and the side surface of a cap 2 being fixed to a rotating shaft 7, is made a cap supporting part, and on the internal periphery of the cap supporting part, a cap taking out wheel 4 is provided. A cap guide 13 is provided at an appropriate location on the outside of the cap taking out wheel 4 while being separated from the cap taking out wheel 4, so that the cap 2 which is held and carried by the cap supporting part may be carried while surely being held by the cap taking out wheel 4. Therefore, a rotating part and a fixed part are separated, and there is no sliding part. For this reason, dust can be prevented from generating, and at the same time, a washing and a sterilization can be performed as well.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cap removing device for a capper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a star wheel for picking up a rotating cap is provided on a fixed plate, a cap placed on the fixed plate is transferred by the star wheel, and a cap guide for guiding the transferred cap is used. There is a cap ejector fixed to the fixed plate.

[0003]

However, the conventional cap removing device requires a thrust washer between the rotating part, which is the cap removing star wheel of the cap disk, and the fixed plate provided with the cap guide, so that dust particles are generated. There was a problem that occurs. Furthermore, the structure is complicated,
There is a problem that it cannot be washed and sterilized, and the sterility of the cap transport surface cannot be maintained.

In view of these circumstances, the present invention replaces the conventional fixed plate, which is the fixed part of the cap disk part, and the cap take-out star wheel, which is the rotary part that slides and rotates, provided on the fixed plate. By removing the fixing plate of the cap disc, the cap removing wheel provided with the cap supporting portion having the step portion for supporting the bottom surface and the side surface of the cap, which is the rotating portion, is independently rotated, and the cap extracting wheel is rotated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cap take-out device in which a cap guide that supports and guides a cap that is transferred by is separately fixed and provided on an independent pole.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention employs the following technical means. The invention according to claim 1 is provided with a cap removal wheel fixed to the rotating shaft, and a cap support portion provided on the outer periphery of the cap removal wheel, wherein the cap support portion receives the cap from the chute, In a cap take-out device for delivering to a capper, the cap support section is a step section that supports the bottom surface and side surface of the cap, and a cap guide that guides the cap supported by the cap support section from the outside is used for cap removal. We adopted the technical means of fixing it separately from the wheel.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cap take-out device according to the first aspect, a technical means is employed in which a sheath heater is provided below the cap conveying portion of the cap take-out wheel.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention is a cap take-out device for carrying caps transferred from a cap sorter through a cap chute one by one to a capper at equal intervals.
A cap removal wheel having a stepped portion for supporting the bottom and side surfaces of the cap fixed to the rotating shaft is provided on the outer periphery, and a cap support portion provided on the outer periphery of the cap removal wheel. A cap guide is provided at an appropriate position outside the cap removal wheel so that the cap can be transported while being securely held by the cap removal wheel. As a specific example, it is provided on a detent pole fixed on the table of the capper.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a cap removing device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a rotary shaft 7 is rotatably provided on a table 6 and is connected to a drive source (not shown). The wheel 4 for removing the cap has a rotating shaft 7
Is fixed to the receiving member 10 attached to the rotating shaft 7 via the first positioning collar 8 fitted and fixed to the rotating shaft 7 and the first mold changing spacer 9 for adjusting the height.
It can be rotated together with.

On the outer peripheral portion of the cap removing wheel 4,
The step portions 5 are formed at equal intervals, and the step portions 5 form a cap support portion that receives the bottom surface and side surfaces of the cap 2. The cap support portion of the cap take-out wheel 4 is optimally machined and formed, but a disc that supports the bottom surface of the cap 2 and a star wheel that supports the side portion of the cap 2 are attached together. But good.

Further, since the sheath heater 11 is supported by the bracket 12 or the like at the lower portion of the cap conveying portion of the cap take-out wheel 4 and can be constantly heated during operation, the aseptic state of the cap conveying surface can be maintained.

As the heating means, it is possible to use hot air, steam or the like instead of the sheath heater 11. However, the sheath heater 11 is optimal.

Next, the cap guide will be described.
A second positioning collar 15 and a second positioning collar 15 are provided on the detent pole 14 which is independently erected on the table 6 of the cap removing device.
Through the mold changing spacer 16, the cap guide 13
It is provided so as to guide the cap 2 supported by a cap support portion provided on the outer periphery of the cap removal wheel 4 from the outside.

In the above construction, the caps 2 aligned by a cap sorter (not shown) and conveyed through the chute 1 are taken out one by one by the step portion 5 of the cap taking-out wheel 4 at the cap taking-out position A,
While being guided by the cap guide 13, the capper 3 is conveyed to a cap delivery position B by a capping head (not shown) of the capper 3. During this time, since the cap support portion is constantly heated by the sheath heater 10, the aseptic state of the cap transport surface is maintained.

As described above, the cap removal wheel 4 does not rotate by rubbing on the fixed plate, but the fixed plate is removed and the cap removal wheel 4 which is the rotating portion rotates independently. It is fixed to the shaft 7 and rotates independently, eliminating the sliding part with the fixed plate.

Therefore, the cap guide 13 is separately fixed to the detent pole 14 fixed to the table 6 to support and guide the cap 2.

Therefore, since the rotating part and the fixed part are separated and there is no sliding part, the generation of dust can be completely eliminated.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained based on the above configuration. (1) By simplifying the structure, separating the rotating part and the fixed part, and eliminating the sliding part, dust generation at the sliding part can be suppressed, and cleaning and sterilization are possible. (2) It is possible to sterilize and dry the cap transfer section during operation by attaching a sheath heater to the lower part of the cap transfer section of the cap removal wheel and constantly heating it, and it is possible to maintain a sterile condition.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a cap removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cap removing device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... ・ Chute 2 ・ ・ ・ ・ Cap 3 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Capper 4 ・ ・ ・ ・ Cap removal wheel 5 ・ ・ ・ ・ Step 6 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Table 7 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Rotating shaft 8 ・ ・ ・・ First positioning collar 9 ・ ・ ・ ・ First mold changing spacer 10 ・ ・ ・ ・ Receiving member 11 ・ ・ ・ ・ Season heater 12 ・ ・ ・ ・ Bracket 13 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Cap guide 14 ・ ・ ・Pole 15 ... Second positioning collar 16 ... Second type replacement spacer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cap removal wheel fixed to a rotating shaft, and a cap support portion provided on the outer periphery of the cap removal wheel, wherein the cap support portion receives a cap from a chute and a capper. In the passing cap removing device, the cap support portion is a step portion that supports the bottom surface and side surface of the cap, and the cap guide that guides the cap supported by the cap support portion from the outside is separated from the cap removal wheel. The cap removing device is characterized by being fixedly installed. 2. The cap take-out device according to claim 1, wherein a sheath heater is provided at a lower portion of the cap carrying portion of the cap take-out wheel.