JPH105710A - Container cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively clean containers different in size and shape. SOLUTION: A lift 11 is positioned at its elevated position and a gripper turning shaft 15 at its advanced position, an arm 16 is turned forth, a gripper 18 is opposed to a bottle container B on a bottle feed table 24, the lift is lowered to hold the bottle container B by the gripper 18, the gripper turning shaft is rotated to invert the bottle container, and a cleaning soln. is injected on the neck of the inverted bottle container from a nozzle 23. Subsequently, the turning shaft is rotated by a sliding air cylinder S2, then the turning shaft is rotated to erect the bottle container held by the gripper, the erected bottle container is placed on a conveyor V, the air in the gripper is discharged, the lift is elevated, and the bottle container is released from the gripper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the inside of a container, and more particularly to a cleaning apparatus suitable for cleaning a container used for producing a small variety of products.

[0002]

Generally, in the manufacturing process of a bottled product in which contents such as a beverage are filled in a bottle container, the inside of the bottle container is particularly carefully examined before filling the contents. Washing is performed.

[0003] Here, as for bottle containers for products such as beer and sake that are shipped in large quantities, cleaning is performed by complete automation because the shape of the bottle containers is almost constant and the amount of processing is large. Washers have been used in the past.

[0004] However, for example, whiskey and other bottled products produced in small lots of various kinds, since the bottles have various sizes and shapes, internal washing is performed by the above fully automatic washing machine. Each time, it is necessary to reset the washing port of the washing machine according to the shape and size of the bottle to be cleaned, and such bottled products must be shipped individually. Since the amount is small, it is necessary to frequently set the washing machine again, which lowers the production efficiency.

[0005] For this reason, with regard to the internal washing of bottled products of the above-mentioned high-mix low-volume production, a large-sized washing machine which performs washing automatically is not suitable. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. Hand-operated bottle washers have been used.

[0006] The conventional bottle washing machine 1 shown in FIG.
Is provided with a plurality of insertion holes 3 on the upper surface of the main body 2 for inserting the bottle container B in an inverted manner, and nozzle openings (not shown) are attached to the bottom of the insertion holes 3, respectively. The cleaning water such as purified water or sterilized water is spouted upward.

When washing is performed by the bottle washing machine 1, a worker turns the bottle container B upside down and inserts its mouth into the insertion hole 3 of the bottle washing machine 1, and the inserted bottle container B It is set so that the cleaning liquid is ejected from the nozzle opening. Then, in this state, the inside of the bottle B is washed with the washing liquid ejected from the nozzle port, and after a lapse of a required time, the worker pulls out the washed bottle B from the insertion hole 3 to remove the unwashed bottle. The bottle container B is manually washed by exchanging the bottle container B with the bottle container B.

However, even in the case of small-volume production, it is inefficient to perform manual cleaning of the bottle B as in a conventional cleaning machine, and the cleaning effect is not constant. There is. For this reason, there has been a demand for the development of a washing apparatus capable of automatically and efficiently obtaining a stable washing effect even for bottle containers for bottled products of various kinds in small quantities.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. That is, the present invention is capable of automatically cleaning the inside of a bottle container, and in particular, efficiently and with a constant cleaning effect even for bottle containers having different sizes and shapes for bottled products of various kinds and small quantities. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container cleaning device capable of obtaining a container.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an elevating platform that can move up and down with respect to a base, and an intervening base between the elevating platform and the base. An elevating drive member mounted and elevating the elevating platform with respect to the base; a driving shaft hung horizontally on the elevating platform and having both ends freely supported in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; An arm member fixed so as to extend in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the drive shaft, a container gripping member attached to a tip end of the arm member, and a drive shaft connected to the drive shaft and moving the drive shaft in both directions around the axis. A rotary drive member for rotating the drive shaft, a forward / backward drive member interposed between the lift table and the drive shaft, and a forward / backward drive member for moving the drive shaft back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction with respect to the lift table. When the arm member is mounted and the drive shaft is A cleaning liquid ejecting member that is upwardly opposed to the container gripping member when the container is rotated in the filtration direction and ejects the cleaning liquid upward, and a container that is disposed on the front side of the elevating table 11 so that the container is placed thereon A container positioning member for positioning the mounted container at a position facing the container gripping member when the arm member is rotated forward while the cage drive shaft is positioned at the forward position; and the container positioning member. When the arm member is rotated in the forward direction with the drive shaft located at the rearward position, the container placed at the position vertically opposed to the container gripping member is unloaded. A lifting member is positioned at a raised position, a drive shaft is positioned at an advanced position, and the arm member is turned forward, and the container gripping member faces the mouth upward on the container positioning member. Placed on The container is gripped by the container gripping member by the lifting platform being lowered by the lifting drive member, and the drive shaft is rotated by the rotation drive member while the container is gripped by the container gripping member. When the arm member is rotated, the arm member is rotated backward, and the mouth of the container in an inverted state is opposed to the cleaning liquid ejection member, and the cleaning liquid is ejected from the cleaning liquid ejection member into the container, and the forward / backward drive member After the drive shaft is retracted by the rotation drive member, the drive shaft is rotated by the rotation drive member, the arm member is rotated forward, and the container gripped by the container gripping member is placed on the carry-out member in an upright state. After that, when the lifting platform is raised by the lifting drive member, the container gripping state of the container gripping member is released, and thereafter, the container is unloaded by the unloading member.

In the container cleaning apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the container to be cleaned is placed and positioned on the container positioning member with the opening thereof facing upward, the lifting platform is moved to the raised position. The container gripping member at the distal end of the arm member that has been rotated forward with the drive shaft positioned at the forward position is positioned above the container positioned on the container positioning member and opposed to the container. You.

In this state, when the elevator is lowered by the elevator drive member, the arm member and the container gripping member are lowered together with the elevator, and the container is gripped by the container gripping member.

When the arm is rotated backward by the rotation of the drive shaft by the rotation drive member in the state where the container is gripped, the gripped container is turned upside down and The mouth of the container is directed downward and faces the cleaning liquid ejection member from above. In this state, when the cleaning liquid is jetted from the cleaning liquid jetting member, the cleaning liquid enters the container from the downward opening of the container facing the cleaning liquid jetting member, and the inside of the container is cleaned.

Thereafter, when the drive shaft is moved backward by the forward / backward drive member, the container facing the cleaning liquid ejection member is shifted rearward from above the cleaning liquid ejection member. At this time,
The washing liquid remaining inside the container is drained. Then, after this, when the drive shaft is rotated by the rotation drive member and the arm member is rotated forward, the drive shaft and the arm member are retracted with respect to the lift table,
The container gripped by the container gripping member is placed in an upright state, not on the container positioning member, but on a carry-out member disposed behind the container positioning member.

Thereafter, the lifting platform is raised by the lifting drive member, and the container gripping member is raised together with the lifting platform, whereby the container gripping state of the container gripping member is released. Then, the container whose gripping state has been released is carried out by the carrying-out member.

The container gripping member having released the gripping of the container is moved forward together with the drive shaft and the arm member by driving the forward / backward driving member with the lifting platform raised, and the container cleaning step is performed. The cleaning process is repeated while being performed and positioned above the container placed and positioned on the container positioning member.

According to the container cleaning apparatus of the first aspect, the inside of the container can be automatically cleaned only by placing the container to be cleaned on the container positioning member. In addition, containers of different sizes and shapes for bottled products of high-mix low-volume production can be easily handled by adjusting the centering with the container gripping member, and the containers can be efficiently cleaned. it can. Further, a constant cleaning effect can be obtained by keeping the container to face the cleaning liquid jetting member and making the jetting time of the cleaning liquid constant.

In order to achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect,
A plurality of container gripping members are attached to the tip of the arm member in a state of being arranged in parallel with the axial direction of the drive shaft, and the cleaning liquid ejection members are arranged in the same number as the container gripping members and at the same intervals in parallel with the drive shaft. A plurality of cleaning liquid ejection ports, and the same number of containers as the container gripping members on which the container positioning members are placed are positioned at the same intervals as the container gripping members.

In the container cleaning device according to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of containers mounted on the container positioning member in parallel with the drive shaft are simultaneously operated by the same number of container gripping members attached to the tip of the arm member. The washing is performed at the same time as the mouths of the plurality of grasped containers are gripped and opposed to the washing liquid ejection ports of the washing liquid ejection members arranged in the same number.
Thereby, a plurality of containers can be washed at a time, and the efficiency of the washing operation can be improved.

[0020] To achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect,
The container gripping member has a donut-shaped pad member whose inner diameter is reduced by supplying pressure to the inside, and the inner diameter is reduced by supplying pressure to the inside in a state where the pad member is externally fitted to the container. It is characterized in that the container is gripped by being performed.

In the container cleaning apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the pad member of the container gripping member is externally fitted to the container in a state where the internal pressure is released. In this state, pressure is supplied into the pad member to expand the pad member and reduce the inner diameter thereof, so that the pad member is in close contact with the outer surface of the container, whereby the container is gripped undetachably.

In order to achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a container cleaning apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The container positioning member includes a table on which the container is placed, and a partition member that is mounted on the table and positions the placed container at a predetermined position.

In the container cleaning apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the container to be cleaned is placed on the table of the container positioning member, and faces the container gripping member which is rotated in a predetermined position by the partition member, that is, in the forward direction. Positioned in position.

[0024] To achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention further includes a container cleaning apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention.
The container positioning member further includes a bar member slidably mounted on the table in the front-rear direction, and the partition member is attached to the bar member so that the mounting position can be changed along the axial direction of the bar member. Features.

In the container cleaning apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention, when cleaning containers having different shapes and sizes, the bar member is slid in the front-rear direction along the table surface, and further, the partition member is moved with respect to the bar member. By changing the mounting position, centering of the container positioned by the bar member and the partition member with respect to the container gripping member is performed. This makes it possible to easily change the specifications of the apparatus when cleaning the containers for high-mix low-volume production.

In order to achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention has the structure of the first aspect,
An upper portion of the lifting platform is opened, and a sink is built in the lifting platform. The cleaning liquid ejected from the cleaning liquid ejection member falls into the sink and is discharged from the sink to the outside.

[0027] In the container cleaning apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the invention, the cleaning liquid that has been jetted from the cleaning liquid jetting member and has washed the inside of the container drops into the sink in the elevator. Then, the cleaning liquid is discharged to the outside of the elevator from a water pipe connected to the sink. Thus, there is no possibility that the periphery of the container cleaning device is contaminated with the cleaning liquid.

[0028] To achieve the above object, a container cleaning apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention has the structure of the first aspect,
The container positioning member is provided with a container carrying member for carrying a container to be washed and placed on the container positioning member.

In the container cleaning apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the invention, the container to be cleaned is automatically conveyed to the container cleaning device by the container carry-in member, and is placed on the container positioning member. Thereby, the cleaning of the container can be further automated.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, an elevator 11 is mounted on the base 10 so as to be vertically movable. A pair of guide sleeves 12 are attached to both sides of the base 10, and further, a pair of slide shafts 13 are provided at the positions opposite to the attachment positions of the guide sleeves 12 on both sides of the elevating platform 11. The upper end is fixed so as to be vertical. The slide shafts 13 are slidably fitted into the corresponding guide sleeves 12, respectively, so that the lift table 11 with respect to the base 10 is guided up and down.

A vertical air cylinder S is provided between the mounting positions of the pair of slide shafts 13 on both sides of the vertical platform 11.
1 is attached so that its piston rod s1 faces vertically downward. And this air cylinder S
The downwardly directed tip of the first piston rod s1 is fixed to a plate P fixed to the floor.
It moves up and down with respect to 0.

The upper surface of the elevator 11 is open, and a sink 11A is provided inside. The slide table 14 is slidably movable in the front-rear direction horizontally along the upper end surface of the side wall plate of the lift table 11 at the upper end of both side wall plates of the lift table 11.
A, 14A 'is attached, and the slide table 14A,
A pair of bearings 14 are respectively fixed on 14A '. Further, rear ends of a pair of sliding air cylinders S2 are fixed to upper end surfaces of both side wall plates of the lift base 11 at positions rearward of the mounting position of the bearing 14, respectively. The tip of the piston rod s2 of S2 is connected to each bearing 14,
By the operation of the pair of sliding air cylinders S2, the bearings 14 are horizontally slid in the front-rear direction together with the slide tables 14A and 14A 'along the upper end surfaces of the side walls of the lift table 11 respectively.

One gripper turning drive shaft 15 is fitted to the pair of bearings 14 and is supported so as to freely rotate around the shaft. A pair of arms 16 extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the gripper turning drive shaft 15 are provided at positions inside the bearings 14 at both ends of the gripper turning drive shaft 15 so that their center portions are parallel to each other. The pair of arms 16 are rotated in the vertical plane with the rotation of the gripper turning drive shaft 15 about the axis.

A gripper support beam 17 is attached between the distal ends of the pair of arms 16 in a state of being bridged. The gripper support beam 17 holds the throat of the bottle container. A plurality of grippers 18 (12 in the illustrated embodiment) are mounted in a straight line along the longitudinal direction of the support beam 17 for grippers.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the gripper 18 has a gripper body 18A and a gripper body 18A attached to the lower surface of the gripper support beam 17 at equal intervals.
Donut-shaped gripping pads 18 respectively provided inside
B is provided. A compressed air supply source (not shown) is connected to the gripping pad 18B, and compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply source is supplied to the gripping pad 18B.
B, and the gripping pad 18B is expanded.

A bar 1 is provided between the rear ends of the pair of arms 16.
9 is fixed in a state of being bridged, and this bar 19 is fixed.
Is mounted with a balancer 20 having a weight substantially equal to the weight of the gripper support beam 17 and the gripper 18 attached to the gripper support beam 17.

A drive motor 21 is connected to the right end of the gripper turning drive shaft 15, and the drive of the drive motor 21 causes the gripper turning drive shaft 15 to rotate around the axis. ing. This drive motor 2
1 is a slide table 14 on which a bearing 14 is mounted.
A, and the drive motor 21 slides along with the bearing 14 along the upper end of the side wall plate of the elevating platform 11 with the sliding of the slide platform 14A by the sliding air cylinder S2. .

At the rear of the upper surface of the lift 11, a balancer 20 is provided.
The cleaning nozzle mounting bar 22 extending horizontally in parallel with the gripper turning drive shaft 15 at a position behind the turning position of
Is mounted in a state of being bridged between both side wall plates of the lifting platform 11. The cleaning nozzle mounting bar 22 includes:
The same number of the cleaning liquid jet nozzles 23 are provided at the same intervals as the grippers 18 attached to the gripper support beams 17 with the nozzle ports facing upward in the vertical direction. The cleaning liquid jet nozzle 23 is connected to a cleaning liquid tank (not shown), and purified water or sterilized water supplied from the cleaning liquid tank is jetted upward from the nozzle opening of the cleaning liquid jet nozzle 23.

On the front side of the base 10 and the lift 11,
A conveyor V for unloading the washed bottle container B is arranged so as to extend in parallel with the gripper turning drive shaft 15 and the gripper support beam 17.

Further, in front of the conveyor V, a bottle supply table 24 having a mounting surface on which the bottle container B is mounted is provided.
It is arranged so that it is parallel to the conveyor V and the mounting surface is almost the same height as the conveyor V.

On the mounting surface of the bottle supply table 24, a centering bar 25 for the bottle container B is arranged in parallel with the conveyor V. The centering bar 25 is shown enlarged in FIG. Brackets 25A are attached to both end portions thereof, respectively.

A guide groove 24A is formed on the mounting surface of the bottle supply table 24 in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor V, and a bolt screw 25B screwed vertically to the bracket 25A is supplied to the bottle supply table. Guide groove 24A of table 24
The centering bar 25 slides along the guide groove 24A so that the centering bar 25 moves on the conveyor V on the mounting surface of the bottle supply table 24 while the bolt screw 25B slides along the guide groove 24A. Is slid in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction.

The gripper 1 is mounted on the centering bar 25.
The same number of partition plates 25C as the number 8 are mounted at their base ends at equal intervals so as to extend horizontally in the direction parallel to the bracket 25A and opposite to the conveyor V. The plate surface of the partition plate 25C is oriented vertically. Further, the right bracket 25A and the partition plate 2 in FIG.
5C and between each partition plate 25C, a bottle positioning bar 2 extending horizontally in the same direction as the partition plate 25C.
5D is attached at its proximal end.

Each partition plate 25C and each bottle positioning bar 2
The base end of 5D is detachably attached to the centering bar 25, and by changing the attachment position, the interval between the partition plate 25C and the bottle positioning bar 25D can be set arbitrarily. It has become.

When the bearing 14 is slid forward along the upper end surfaces of both side walls of the lift 11 in a state where the arm 16 is horizontally tilted forward as shown in FIG. , The gripper support beam 17 and the gripper 18 attached thereto are located above the set space of the bottle container B formed between the partition plate 25C and the bottle positioning bar 25D as described later, and the bearing 14 is The gripper support beam 17 and the gripper 18 attached thereto are set to be positioned above the conveyor V when slid backward.

Next, the operation of the above bottle container cleaning apparatus will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the bottle container B to be washed is set in the cleaning device by the operator between the partition plate 25C of the centering bar 25 on the bottle supply table 24 and the bottle positioning bar 25D. This is done by arranging.

At this time, the centering between the center of the bottle container B set on the bottle supply table 24 and the gripper 18 is as follows.
Bracket 2 according to the size and shape of bottle container B
Loosen the 5A bolt screw 25B and loosen the bolt screw 25B
Is moved along the guide groove 24A to move the centering bar 25 in the front-rear direction, and the mounting position of the partition plate 25C and the bottle positioning bar 25D with respect to the centering bar 25 is changed.

When the height of the bottle B is different,
The base 10 and the lift 11 are fixed, and the lift air cylinder S1 is operated to raise the base 10 so that the base 10 is lifted.
The height of the gripper 18 can be adjusted by replacing the spacer 30 below the leg 10A.

At the time of setting the bottle B, as shown in FIG. 6, the lift 11 is raised with respect to the base 10 and the gripper 18 is placed on the bottle supply table 24. The gripper 18 is positioned above the bottle opening of the container B, and is rotated by the arm 16 as described later.
Are located above the cleaning liquid ejection nozzle 23.

The bottle container B to be washed is placed between the partition plate 25C of the centering bar 25 and the bottle positioning bar 25D, and the bottle supply table 2 is placed along the centering bar 25.
When the bottles are arranged in a line on the bottle 4, as shown in FIG. 6, the bottle set in the state where the elevator 11 is located at the raised position and the bearing 14 is located at the advanced position (the right position in the drawing). The bottle opening of the container B is located directly below the gripper 18.

In this state, the lift air cylinder S1 is operated, and the lift 11 is lowered. At this time, the air pressure in the gripping pad 18B of each gripper 18 has been exhausted, and the inner diameter of the gripping pad 18B is larger than the outer diameter of the bottle opening b of the bottle container B as shown in FIG. The gripping pads 18B of the grippers 18 are fitted to the bottle mouths b of the bottle containers B set on the bottle supply table 24 by the lowering of the grippers 18 with the lowering of the elevating platform 11, respectively. .

Then, compressed air is supplied from a compressed air supply source (not shown) to the gripping pad 18B externally fitted to the bottle opening b of the bottle container B, and the gripping pad 18B is expanded. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner wall portion of the gripping pad 18B is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the bottle b of the bottle B, and the gripping pad 18B cannot pull out the bottle b of the bottle B. To grip.

Thereafter, the drive motor 21 is driven to rotate the arm 16 in the backward direction (counterclockwise in the figure) as shown in FIG. 7, whereby the gripper is moved as shown by the chain line. The bottle container B gripped by 18 is turned upside down, and the bottle b of each bottle container B is located above the cleaning nozzle mounting bar 22 at a position facing the cleaning liquid ejection nozzle 23.

In this state, washing water such as purified water or sterilized water is ejected from the washing liquid ejection nozzle 23, and the washing liquid ejected vertically upward is supplied from the bottle opening b facing the washing liquid ejection nozzle 23 into the bottle container B. And the inside of the bottle container B is washed by the washing water. Further, the washing liquid after washing the bottle container B falls into the sink 11A in the elevating table 11, and is discharged from the drain pipe 11a to the outside.

After this washing is performed for several seconds to several tens of seconds,
The slide air cylinder S2 is operated to retract the piston rod s2, and the slide tables 14A and 14A are moved.
4A 'slides, the bearing 14 and the gripper turning drive shaft 15 are slid rearward (to the left in the drawing) with respect to the elevating platform 11, and the bottle in the inverted state as shown by the solid line in FIG. Container B is cleaning liquid jet nozzle 2
3. From above, the container is horizontally moved rearward by the distance between the arrangement position of the bottle containers B on the bottle supply table 24 and the conveyor V.

When the drive motor 21 is driven in the opposite direction from the state shown by the solid line in FIG.
The arm 16 is rotated forward (clockwise in the figure). As a result, as indicated by a chain line in FIG.
The bottle B is returned to the upright state again, and the bearing 1
The bottle container B gripped by the gripper 18 at the tip of the arm 16 is moved between the bottle supply table 24 and the elevator 11 by moving the gripper rotating drive shaft 15 backward with respect to the elevator 11. Is placed on the conveyor V arranged in the.

Thereafter, air pressure is discharged from the gripping pad 18B of the gripper 18, and the bottle b
After the gripping state of the air cylinder S1 is released,
Is actuated in the opposite direction to that described above, and the elevator 11 is raised with respect to the base 10, and as shown in FIG.
The gripper 18 rises, and the bottle b of the bottle B is gripper 1
Get out of 8.

Thereafter, by driving the conveyor V, the bottle container B having been washed is carried out of the washing apparatus. Further, while the bottle B is being washed in an inverted state above the cleaning liquid jet nozzle 23, the bottle B to be washed next is arranged on the bottle supply table 24. And
From the state shown in FIG. 9, the slide air cylinder S2 is operated in the opposite direction to the above, and the gripper 18 together with the bearing 14 and the gripper turning drive shaft 15 moves the arrangement position of the bottle containers B on the bottle supply table 24 and the conveyor V. The gripper 18 is advanced above the bottle container B on the bottle supply table 24 by being advanced by the distance therebetween.

Then, the same operation is repeated again from the state shown in FIG. 6, whereby the next bottle container B is similarly washed. In the above embodiment, the operator manually arranges the bottle containers B on the bottle supply table 24 and sets the bottle containers. However, the cleaning device is provided with a bottle carry-in device for carrying the bottle containers B. Thus, the bottle container B can be automatically carried into the cleaning device.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a cleaning apparatus in which the bottle container B is automatically carried in. In this cleaning apparatus, a conveyor V 'is arranged in front of a bottle supply table 24'. When the bottles B to be washed are carried in a line in front of the bottle supply table 24 'by the conveyor V', the pushing plate 40 advances by the operation of the cylinder S3, and the bottle containers on the conveyor V ' B is transferred onto the bottle supply table 24 ', and the bottle container B is positioned at a predetermined position on the bottle supply table 24' as in the case of the cleaning device of the above embodiment. After that, the inside of the bottle container B is washed by the same washing process as in the above embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the best mode of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same example.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing a configuration of the gripper in the same example in a state where the grip of the bottle container is released.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the gripper in a state where a bottle container is gripped.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a configuration for positioning a container on a bottle supply table in the same example.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an operation state of the container cleaning device in the same example before gripping the container.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing an operation state after the container of the container cleaning device in the same example is gripped.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an operation state after cleaning of the container of the container cleaning apparatus in the same example.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing an operation state of the container cleaning device in the same example when the container is carried out.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another example of the best mode of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Base 11 ... Elevating stand 14 ... Bearing 15 ... Drive shaft (drive shaft) for gripper rotation 16 ... Arm (arm member) 18 ... Gripper (container holding member) 18B ... Pad for holding (pad member) 21 ... Drive motor (Rotation drive member) 22: Cleaning nozzle mounting bar (cleaning liquid ejection member) 23: Cleaning liquid ejection nozzle (washing liquid ejection member) 24: Bottle supply table (container positioning member) 24A: Guide groove 25: Centering bar (bar member) 25C: Partition plate (partition member) 25D: Bottle positioning bar (partition member) S1 ... Air cylinder for elevating (elevation driving member) S2 ... Air cylinder for sliding (forward / backward driving member) V: Conveyor (exporting member) V ' … Conveyor (loading member) B… Bottle container (container)

Claims (7)

[Claims] An elevator that can be moved up and down with respect to the base; an elevator drive member that is interposed between the elevator and the base to raise and lower the elevator with respect to the base; A drive shaft that is horizontally hung and both ends are supported so as to be able to move forward and backward in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, an arm member fixed to the drive shaft so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive shaft, A container gripping member attached to a distal end of the arm member; a rotation driving member connected to the driving shaft to rotate the driving shaft in both directions around the axis; A forward / backward drive member mounted on the lift table for moving the drive shaft back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction thereof; and an arm member attached to the lift table with the drive shaft positioned at a forward position. When the container is turned in the A cleaning liquid jetting member for jetting the cleaning liquid upward, and a container placed on the front side of the elevating platform 11 so that the container is placed thereon, and the arm member is moved forward with the drive shaft positioned at the forward position. A container positioning member for positioning a container placed when rotated in the direction to a position facing the container gripping member, and an arm in a state in which the drive shaft is located at a retracted position behind the container positioning member. When the member is rotated in the forward direction, the container holding member is disposed at a position facing the up and down direction, and an unloading member that unloads the placed container is provided. With the shaft positioned at the forward position and the arm member rotated forward, the container gripping member is placed on the container positioning member with the mouth thereof facing upward, opposed to the positioned container, and moved up and down. The table is driven up and down The container is gripped by the container gripping member by being lowered by the member, and the arm member is rotated backward by rotating the drive shaft by the rotation drive member while the container is gripped by the container gripping member. The mouth of the container in the inverted state is opposed to the cleaning liquid ejection member,
The cleaning liquid is jetted from the cleaning liquid jetting member into the container, the drive shaft is retracted by the forward / backward driving member, and then the drive shaft is rotated by the rotary drive member, the arm member is rotated forward, and the container gripping member After the container gripped by the container is placed on the carrying-out member in the upright state, the lifting / lowering drive member raises the lifting platform to release the container holding state by the container holding member, and thereafter, the container is carried out by the carrying-out member. A container cleaning device characterized by being performed. 2. A plurality of container gripping members are attached to a tip end of an arm member in a state of being arranged in parallel with an axial direction of a drive shaft, and the cleaning liquid ejection members are driven by the same number and at the same intervals as the container gripping members. 2. The container according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cleaning liquid ejection ports arranged in parallel with the axis, wherein the same number of containers as the container gripping members on which the container positioning members are mounted are positioned at the same interval as the container gripping members. Container cleaning device. 3. The container holding member has a donut-shaped pad member whose inner diameter is reduced by supplying pressure to the inside, and the pressure is supplied to the inside when the pad member is fitted to the container. The container cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the container is gripped by being reduced in inner diameter. 4. The container positioning member according to claim 1, wherein the container positioning member includes a table on which the container is mounted, and a partition member mounted on the table and positioning the mounted container at a predetermined position. Container cleaning equipment. 5. The container positioning member further comprises a bar member slidably mounted on a table in a front-rear direction, and a partition member can change a mounting position of the bar member along an axial direction of the bar member. The container cleaning device according to claim 4, which is attached. 6. The lifting platform is open above, and the lifting platform has a built-in sink, and the cleaning liquid ejected from the cleaning liquid ejection member falls into the sink and is discharged from the sink to the outside. 2. The container washing device according to 1. 7. The container cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a container carrying member for carrying a container to be washed and placed on the container positioning member is attached to the container positioning member.