JPH11320713A - Apparatus for sticking eating and drinking tool to eating and drinking container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the clogging of an adhesive in a jet nozzle and to perform sticking work smoothly. SOLUTION: An eating and drinking container Y to be conveyed on a conveyance line 1 is detected by a sensor 2. An adhesive 4 is elected to the first position (a) of the container Y by a jet nozzle 3 installed at an upward position of the container Y to be conveyed. The adhesive 4 is ejected to the second position (b) of the container Y by the jet nozzle 3. An eating and drinking tool 5 is stuck on the upper surface of the container Y with the adhesive 4 of the first position (a) and the adhesive 4r of the second position (b). A means 6 for detecting the conveyance speed of the container Y to be conveyed on the conveyance line 1 and a means 7 for adjusting the time of the ejection interval of the jet nozzle 3 are installed, the ejection interval from the jet nozzle 3 to the first position (a) and the second position (b) is adjusted by a conveyance speed of the container Y during the ejection of the adhesive 4 of the first position (a).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sticking apparatus for sticking eating and drinking utensils such as straws to eating and drinking utensils filled with liquid yogurt and juice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A paper container or a plastic container filled with various drinks such as liquid yogurt and juice is placed in a predetermined position.
Products provided with eating and drinking utensils such as straws used for eating and drinking are provided. Normally, when sticking eating and drinking utensils on the side of a eating and drinking container, the eating and drinking containers are sequentially placed on a transport line, and a quick-drying paste is sprayed by a spray nozzle, and the drinking and drinking implement such as a straw is passed through the bag through a bag. However, since quick-drying glue is used, the outlet of the spray nozzle is easily clogged, and the glue may not be sprayed smoothly. If there is a lack of glue to be sprayed in this way, eating and drinking tools will not be stuck at the missing points, and as a result, the eating and drinking tools will fall off during the transportation of the eating and drinking container, which will reduce the commercial value There was a defect.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive for a jet nozzle in attaching food and drink utensils to a food and drink container. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sticking device for eating and drinking utensils to a eating and drinking container, which can reduce clogging caused by the food and can smoothly perform sticking work.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for sticking food and drink to a food and drink container, wherein the food and drink container Y conveyed on the transfer line 1 is detected by a sensor. 2 and the first position a of the food and drink container Y is detected by the single spray nozzle 3 provided above the food and drink container Y.
Next, the adhesive 4 is sprayed onto the second position b, and the eating and drinking utensil 5 is attached to the eating and drinking container Y with the adhesive 4 at both the positions a and b.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described means, an operating part 3a is provided on the spray nozzle 3, and the operating part 3a is provided on the transport line 1 in addition to the above-mentioned means. A transport speed detecting means 6 for the food and drink container Y and a time adjusting means 7 for an injection interval of the injection nozzle 3 are provided, and the injection interval from the injection nozzle 3 to the first position a and the second position b is set to the first position. It is characterized in that it is adjusted by the transport speed of the food and beverage container Y at the position a.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described first or second means, the adhesive device for attaching the eating and drinking utensils to the eating and drinking container according to the third aspect of the present invention is also provided. An injection amount adjusting means 8 is provided, and the injection amount of the injection nozzle 3 is
The number is increased at the start of the operation of the transport line 1 and at regular intervals.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, in which food containers Y1, Y2, Y3,... Are sequentially placed on a transport line 1 and transported. The transport line 1 is composed of an endless belt conveyor.
It is supported and driven by the belt support roller 1a and is moved in the direction of the arrow α. A sensor 2 composed of a light-emitting body 2a and a light-receiving body 2b is arranged at a specific location on the transport line 1 so as to detect the presence or absence of the food and beverage container Y which is sent sideways on the transport line 1. It is configured.

On the other hand, the glue injection nozzle 3 is arranged close to the upper surface of the transported food and drink container Y, and the controller C
Is supplied to the upper surface of the food and drink container Y from the operating unit 3a having the adhesive supply unit in response to the instruction. Only one injection nozzle 3 is arranged. First, the adhesive 4 is injected to the first position a, and then is injected to the second position b after a certain period of time. The injection nozzle 3 is a food and beverage container Y
Glue (adhesive 4) is intermittently jetted at regular intervals onto the upper surface of the device, and the glue is supplied to the gluing position by being pressed from the operating unit 3a whose timing and jetting time are controlled by the controller C. .

Further, on the further downstream side, a straw 5 as a food and drink tool is supplied from a straw supply device 9 and attached by the glue disposed at the first position a and the second position b (a food and drink container). Y4). Straw feeding device 9
A straw 5 wrapped in a bag 5a is incorporated therein in a horizontal state, and straws are sequentially dropped one by one from a slit below the tapered portion to a sticking position.

[0010] With the above configuration, gluing by a single spray nozzle 3 and sticking of the straw 5 are sequentially performed on the food and beverage containers Y on the transport line 1. In this case, the injection nozzle 3
Since there is only one nozzle, if the injection nozzle 3 is clogged, no glue is injected at all, so that only the first position a or only the second position b is less likely to be glued. The straw 5 is packaged in a bag 5a made of a transparent synthetic resin sheet, and the bag 5a is adhered by the adhesives 4, 4.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a conveying speed detecting means 6 comprising a roller which is driven to rotate near the position of the injection nozzle 3 is attached to the back surface of the conveying line 1.
The transport speed of the injection nozzle 3 at the first position a is transmitted to a controller C provided as a component of the operating section 3a. Then, the operation timing of the injection nozzle 3 to the second position b is specified by the speed information.
That is, by setting the operation timing of the injection nozzle 3 to the second position b based on the transport speed of the first position a, there is an effect that both positions a and b are always kept constant.

Since the distance between the first position a and the second position b on the upper surface of the food and drink container Y differs depending on the product, a time adjusting means 7 is additionally provided in the controller C for specifying the distance therebetween. I have. By appropriately setting the time adjusting means 7, the distance between the two positions a and b can be arbitrarily changed. The time adjusting means 7 merely sets the time interval of the ejection of the ejection nozzle 3.

Further, an injection amount adjusting means 8 for the adhesive 4 is provided in the operating portion 3a of the injection nozzle 3 so that the injection amount of the injection nozzle 3 increases at the start of operation of the transport line 1 and at regular intervals. By doing so, the occurrence of clogging of the injection nozzle is reduced, and a smoother sticking operation can be realized.
Since the injection amount adjusting means 8 is configured to make the injection amount proportional to the variable injection duration time, any means may be used as long as it can simply set the injection duration time to be changeable.

In the above embodiment, the conveyor line 1 is a belt conveyor, but the eating and drinking container Y may be moved by other means, for example, a pressing rod. Further, the sensor 2 may be an optical means, for example, an optical fiber sensor or the like.
Also, the conveyance speed detecting means 6 may be detected from the rotation speed of the belt support roller 1a without using the detection roller. Further, an adhesion failure detection device may be provided downstream of the present device. In the claims, the reference numerals are given for clarifying the correspondence with the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to them.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by the above configuration. 1. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the adhesive is sprayed to the first position of the food and drink container by the spray nozzle provided at the position above the conveyed food and drink container, and then the adhesive is bonded to the second position by the spray nozzle. By injecting the agent and sticking the eating and drinking utensil to the eating and drinking container with the adhesive at both positions, the adhesive can be reliably ejected to both positions by the ejection nozzle, and the eating and drinking container can be smoothly mounted.

2. According to the invention as set forth in claim 2, in addition to the above-described effects, a feeding speed detecting unit for the food and beverage container and a time adjusting unit for the injection interval of the adhesive injection nozzle are provided, and the injection interval from the injection nozzle to both positions is provided. By being adjusted by the transport speed of the food and beverage container at the time of spraying the adhesive to the first position,
The effect is that both positions are always kept constant.

3. According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first or second aspect of the present invention, an adhesive injection amount adjusting means is provided so that the injection amount from the injection nozzle is constant at the start of the operation of the transfer line and at a constant time. By performing a large number of injections in each cycle, the occurrence of clogging of the injection nozzles is reduced, and a smoother sticking operation is realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Y, Y1, Y2, Y3: Food and drink containers C: Controller a: First position b: Second position 1: Transfer line 1a: Belt support roller 2: Sensor 2a ・ ・ ・ Light emitter 2b ・ ・ ・ Light receiver 3 ・ ・ ・ Injection nozzle 3a ・ ・ ・ Activating part 4 ・ ・ ・ Adhesive agent 5 ・ ・ ・ Straw (food and drink) 5a ・ ・ ・ (of food and drink) 6 ... Conveying speed detecting means 7 ... Time adjusting means 8 ... Injection amount adjusting means 9 ... Straw (food and drink) supply device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A food and drink container Y transported on a transport line 1.
Is detected by the sensor 2, and the adhesive 4 is sprayed to the first position a of the food and drink container Y and then to the second position b by the single spray nozzle 3 provided above the food and drink container Y. The food and drink utensil 5 is attached to the food and drink container Y by the adhesive 4 at the positions a and b.
A sticking device for eating and drinking utensils to a food and drink container, wherein the sticking device is attached. 2. An operating portion 3a is provided on the injection nozzle 3,
The operating section 3a is provided with a transport speed detecting means 6 for the food and drink container Y on the transport line 1 and a time adjusting means 7 for the injection interval of the injection nozzle 3, and a first position a from the injection nozzle 3 and a second position a. 2. The sticking device for eating and drinking utensils on a food and drink container according to claim 1, wherein the injection interval to the position (b) is adjusted by the transport speed of the food and drink container (Y) at the first position (a). 3. An injection amount adjusting means 8 for the adhesive 4 is provided in the operating portion 3a of the injection nozzle 3 so that the injection amount of the injection nozzle 3 increases at the start of the operation of the transport line 1 and at regular intervals. 3. The sticking device for eating and drinking utensils on a eating and drinking container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: