JPH0977002A - Liquid filling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid filling device which can largely improve productive efficiency without interruption of a liquid filling process due to cleaning and sterilization incident to change of liquid. SOLUTION: A liquid filling device 1 fills a container B with a liquid from a nozzle 50a while a main liquid feed pipe 3, a pipe-line 41, and a discharge pipe-line 51 are cleaned and disinfected, and discharges it through a discharge pipe-line 10. The liquid filling device comprises main liquid feed pipes 2 and 3 of two systems and a plurality of flexible liquid feed pipes 4 having pipe-lines 40 and 41 which respectively communicate with the two main liquid feed pipes 2 and 3. To a tip of each liquid feed pipe 4, a filling nozzle 5 equipped with two discharge pipe-lines 50 and 51 which respectively communicate with the pipe-lines 40 and 41 is attached.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid filling device used for filling a container with a liquid substance such as shampoo, rinse, liquid detergent and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A liquid filling device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-52798 is known as a conventional technique relating to a liquid filling device used for filling liquids such as shampoo, rinse and liquid detergent into a container. ing. This liquid filling device is a liquid filling device that fills a liquid material supplied from a liquid supply pipe into a filler bowl into a container from a filling nozzle. The connection of the liquid supply pipe is switched and filling is performed.

[0003]

By the way, in the above liquid filling apparatus, since the filler bowl and the filling nozzle are one system, when filling different kinds of liquid substances,
The equipment cannot be restarted unless the equipment is temporarily stopped, washed and sterilized, and then filled with another type of liquid material. Filling was interrupted and production efficiency was unavoidable.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to perform the washing / sterilization work accompanying the change of the liquid material without interrupting the filling process of the liquid material, and it is possible to greatly improve the production efficiency. It is to provide a liquid filling device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there are provided a main liquid supply pipe of two systems, and a plurality of flexible liquid supply pipes each having a pipe line communicating with each of the main liquid supply pipes of the two systems. A liquid filling device comprising a filling nozzle having two discharge pipe lines communicating with each of the pipe lines and attached to each tip of the liquid supply pipe. Thus, the above object is achieved.

In the liquid filling apparatus of the present invention, the main liquid supply pipe of one system, the one pipe line in the flexible liquid supply pipe communicating with the main liquid supply pipe, and the one discharge pipe of the filling nozzle communicating with the pipe line. Although the liquid is filled into the container through the passage, when changing the type of the liquid material to be filled to another type, the liquid material of the other type is supplied to the main liquid supply pipe of the other system and the above-mentioned supply fluid communicating with this. The other pipe line in the liquid pipe, and the other discharge pipe line in the filling nozzle leading to the pipe line, are introduced.
By changing the liquid supply system by rotating the flexible liquid supply pipe, it is possible to easily change the liquid supply system. When changing to another type of liquid material, wash and sterilize the main liquid supply pipe, the pipeline and the discharge pipeline of the one system while the other system is in use. Since the liquid substance can be immediately dealt with by guiding it into the discharge line, it is not necessary to interrupt the filling process due to the washing and sterilization associated with the change of the liquid substance. Therefore, it is possible to greatly improve the production efficiency as compared with the conventional case.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 show one embodiment of a liquid filling device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a liquid filling device, and B indicates a container.

The liquid filling device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called rotary type in which a liquid is continuously filled in a container B conveyed on a turntable 6 which rotates about a main shaft (not shown). In the following description, only the characteristic part will be described.

The above liquid filling apparatus 1 has a plurality of sets internally provided with two systems of main liquid supply pipes 2 and 3 and pipe lines 40 and 41 which communicate with the two systems of main liquid supply pipes 2 and 3, respectively. The flexible liquid supply pipes 4, ... (Only two sets are shown in the figure) are provided. At the tip of each of the liquid supply pipes 4,
A filling nozzle 5 having two discharge conduits 50, 51 communicating with the conduits 40, 41 is attached.

The main liquid supply pipes 2 and 3 are vertically connected via a double rotary joint 7. The double rotary joint 7 is incorporated in the main shaft (not shown) so that the liquid supply pipe 4 can be rotated around the central axes of the main liquid supply pipes 2 and 3 without any trouble. is there.

The liquid supply pipe 4 provided with the pipe lines 40 and 41 is
It is made up of a pair of rubber tubes and is provided so as to be able to cope with the twist associated with the rotation of the filling nozzle 5 described later. The liquid supply pipe 4 is bundled above the filling nozzle 5 with a band 4a.

The filling nozzle 5 is fixed to a drive shaft 90 of a drive motor 9 fixed to the tip portion of the bracket 8, and as the drive motor 9 rotates, 180 ° about the drive shaft. It is rotatably provided. The bracket 8 is provided so as to be rotatable together with the double rotary joint 7.

Further, each discharge line 5 of the filling nozzle 5 is
Nozzles 50a and 51a corresponding to the liquid material to be filled, the container, and the like are attached to the tip ends of 0 and 51.

Below the nozzle 51a of the filling nozzle 5, a discharge pipe line 10 provided with a hopper 10a is provided, and the discharge end of the liquid material (drip) and the discharged material during cleaning / sterilization are disposed. It can be collected. The discharge conduit 10 is also provided so as to be rotatable together with the double rotary joint 7.

The liquid filling device 1 is equipped with a controller (not shown) equipped with a sequencer, and rotates the filling nozzle 5, the rotation speed of the double rotary joint 7 (the rotation speed of the turntable), the nozzle. Fifty
A series of operations such as opening and closing of a and 51a can be controlled according to the control flow of the sequencer.

In the liquid filling device 1, the nozzle 50a is provided through the main liquid supply pipe 2, the pipe 40, and the discharge pipe 50.
Then, the liquid material is filled in the container B, while the main liquid supply pipe 3, the pipe line 41, and the discharge pipe line 51 are washed and sterilized.
The discharge from the cleaning / sterilization is from the nozzle 51 to the hopper 1.
0a and discharge through discharge line 10. Then, after completion of cleaning and sterilization, another type of liquid material is supplied into the main liquid supply pipe 3, the pipe line 41, and the discharge pipe line 51, and further the nozzle 51a is filled up. Be prepared to fill with different types of liquids.

When the container B is filled with the above-mentioned different kind of liquid material, the nozzle 51 is provided above the container B as shown in FIG.
The drive motor 9 is driven to rotate the filling nozzle 5 by 180 degrees so that the nozzle a is positioned above the hopper 10a. At this time, since the liquid supply pipe 4 is flexible, it does not hinder the rotation. Then, another type of liquid substance is filled into the container B from the nozzle 51a through the main liquid supply pipe 3, the pipe line 41, and the discharge pipe line 51, and if necessary, the main liquid supply pipe 2, the pipe The inside of the passage 40 and the discharge pipe passage 50 are washed and sterilized to prepare for filling a new liquid substance. In the liquid filling device 1, a conventionally known method can be applied to the cleaning / sterilization method.

As described above, the liquid filling device 1 of this embodiment
According to this, the liquid material to be filled can be easily changed by rotating the filling nozzle 5 to switch the liquid supply system, and while one liquid supply system is being used, the other liquid supply system is used. Since it can be washed and sterilized, it is not necessary to interrupt the filling process due to the washing and sterilization work due to the change of the liquid substance, and it is possible to greatly improve the production efficiency as compared with the conventional method.

The liquid filling device according to the present invention is not limited to the liquid filling device 1 of the above embodiment, and its size, shape and the like can be changed as appropriate without departing from the object of the present invention. .

For example, in the liquid filling device 1 of the above-described embodiment, the liquid supply pipe 4 is provided by the rubber pipe body. However, as the pipe body forming the flexible liquid supply pipe, resin pipes, It is possible to use those made of steel or composite materials thereof.

The liquid filling apparatus of the present invention is particularly suitable for filling a container with a liquid substance such as shampoo, rinse, and liquid detergent.

[0023]

According to the liquid filling apparatus of the present invention, it is not necessary to interrupt the filling process due to the work of washing and sterilization accompanying the change of the liquid material, and the production efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the conventional one. It is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a main part of an embodiment of a liquid filling device according to the present invention, showing a partial cross section.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a main part of the liquid filling device of the embodiment, showing a state in which the filling nozzles are switched and a part of which is shown in cross section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Liquid Filling Device 2, 3 Main Liquid Supply Pipe 4 Liquid Supply Pipe 40, 41 Pipeline 5 Filling Nozzle 50, 51 Discharge Pipeline B Container

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Shigeru Hatanaka, the inventor 2-1-3 Fumika, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Inside the Kao Research Institute (72) Inventor Yoshinori Inagawa, 2-1-3 Fumika, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Kao Institute of Stock Research

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of flexible liquid supply pipes internally provided with two main liquid supply pipes (2, 3) and conduits (40, 41) communicating with the two main liquid supply pipes (2, 3), respectively. 4 and two discharge pipe lines 50, which communicate with the pipe lines 40 and 41, respectively, at the respective tip portions of the liquid supply pipe 4.
A liquid filling device having a filling nozzle 5 provided with 51.