JPS58137480A - Automatic sorting apparatus for can of bevarage - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides for empty cans, empty bottles, and leftover drinking water.
^^ Empty cans weighing less than the standard weight (hereinafter referred to as empty cans) and empty cans and empty bottles weighing more than the standard weight (hereinafter referred to as empty bottles) are automatically sorted from the empty cans in the container. The present invention relates to an automatic can sorting device in which empty bottles are dropped and supplied from a sorting case to an empty bottle chute, and the empty cans move while being held in the sorting case and are fed to a lower guide of a compression mechanism.

In recent years, beverages such as juice, beer, and alcoholic beverages have changed from bottles to cans, and the demand for aluminum cans, which are made of steel and tin-plated and press-formed from aluminum plates, is on the rise. ing.

Most of these empty drinking water cans are generally dumped in fields, mountains, roadsides, parks, etc., which results in waste of resources and pollution due to empty cans being abandoned. It turns out.

However, even if all of these empty cans were collected and melted down to obtain raw materials, it is currently not profitable to produce anything other than aluminum.

In addition, aluminum cans are subject to defects such as bulkiness and high transportation costs.

(2) In order to eliminate all of the above-mentioned drawbacks, an empty can sorting mechanism was disclosed in Application No. 174466/1987, which the present applicant previously filed, and the mechanism was designed to insert empty drinking water cans, etc. into the required locations. After that, the empty can is moved horizontally by the crank mechanism of the drive device that is activated by closing the insertion door, and while the empty can is moved to a predetermined position, a large amount of drinking water is poured into the empty can. If there are any remaining empty bottles or if the empty bottle exceeds the standard weight, the bottom opening door will be opened and the pin will fully open the chute and place the empty can in the designated container. Iron cans and aluminum cans that are lower than the standard weight pass through the bottom opening door, and are automatically sorted through the same chute and sent to the compression mechanism. Empty cans are automatically and quickly separated. It's about doing.

Therefore, is it configured so that it can be inserted vertically into the sorting mechanism?
Because of this, empty cans are limited to those that are not J-shaped or have a fixed diameter, and the overall structure of υ requires a crank mechanism to move the empty cans in the horizontal direction. This complicates the process, increases the height of the container, and has drawbacks such as the fact that if the empty can that is inserted has a dent or other deformation, it is extremely difficult to move it in the horizontal direction.

The uninvented technical problem is an empty can that can be inserted into an empty can insertion lid/chute formed on the case.

The system has a left-right type rail to handle the size of the empty cans as well as the deformation of the empty cans, and the empty cans in the chute sorting case can be automatically sorted by their own weight. The uninvented configuration, ie, technical means for solving the above technical problem is as follows.

An insertion lid and chute for inserting empty cans and the like formed at an arbitrary location on the main body casing, a fan-shaped guide integrally formed with the insertion lid and chute, and an additional part of the fan-shaped guide at an EE location, A push-out arm attached to a fully rotating member at a curved end, a rotating part having one end pivotally connected to a fixed arm so as to be rotatable in relation to the forward or backward movement of the push-out arm, and a connecting member to the cough rotating member. A quick sorting case consisting of several movable J members rotatably connected through a It consists of an automatic sorting device for empty cans, etc., which is equipped with all members, and a positioning roller for actuating the positioning member is pivotally attached to one end of a fan-shaped guide or actuating piece.

The above technical means works as follows.

That is, since the empty can insertion lid/chute is formed to be somewhat thicker than the empty juice can, it is possible to easily insert an empty beer can, including an empty beer can of a size corresponding to the insertion lid. Since it also serves as a chute, empty cans are reliably fed into the sorting case along the slanted insertion lid, and the empty cans in the sorting cane, which rotates in conjunction with the opening and closing of the insertion lid and chute, are loaded more than the standard weight. If the can is empty, the movable member is actuated by the weight discrimination mechanism to lower the empty can into the pin chute.

Furthermore, if the empty can to be inserted is smaller than the standard 1, the movable member does not operate and the can is moved at high speed while being held in the sorting case by the lower guide of the compressor.

In addition, all empty cans to be inserted are simply placed on the insertion lid and chute, and they are all automatically fed into the sorting case.
Even if there is some deformation or denting, it can be moved to a predetermined position without any problem. It has three functions: the supply function of empty cans by opening and closing the insertion lid and chute, the V movement function of the sorting case, and the sorting function that operates the V amount discriminator #I while the sorting case is moving. It is possible,
Moreover, you can move empty cans using a crank machine! ! ! The sound effect is that the overall structure is simple and compact, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced, without requiring a power source like the one described above.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the device of the present invention, where 0) is a plan view thereof, and (0) is a plan view thereof.
b) is its front view, t-t is its side view, Fig. 2 is a side view of the empty can insertion and sorting mechanism, and Fig. 3 is the mechanism in which pins other than empty cans are sorted! 5? Figure 4 is a side view of empty cans being fed into the compression mechanism, Figure 5 is a plan view of the empty can insertion and sorting mechanism, and Figures 6 (a) and (b) are the empty can sorting mechanism. An explanatory view showing a state in which the compressor is about to fall into the lower guide, Fig. 7 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the means for feeding empty cans into the full compression mechanism, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the machine part of Fig. 7. Figure 9 is a plan view of the empty can compression mechanism, and Figure 10 is a side view of the empty can compression mechanism.
The figure shows an electrical wiring diagram.

A detailed explanation of the invention will be given below based on the same song.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a permanent casing, which is assembled into a box shape with a frame 9 like an angle, and is guttered around the frames with side gi. Inside the main casing 1 are empty cans and empty bottles.
In addition to the sorting mechanism, the lower VC of the nuclear sorting mechanism is an empty bottle chute 26 and an empty can compression mechanism, L2, and below these mechanisms is a combined volume 51 for storing pressed aluminum cans and sintered iron cans.
．． 52 are arranged respectively.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an insertion lid/chute with an empty can insertion lid opening/closing shaft 23 rotatably pivoted at the Ff 1tIi 1 location of the main body casing 1, and fan-shaped holes are provided on both sides of the insertion cap/shoe 1-2. Half of the bottom wall of the guide 8.8 is expanded, and the remaining υ half protrudes into the casing 1.

A VC cutout @s54°55 is formed on the curved surface of the thigh fan-shaped guide 8.8, and the cutout portion 54. '55, the fan-shaped guide 8
．． The presser roller 12, which rolls following the movement of 8, is locked.

The presser roller 12 is attached to a presser arm 11 whose one end is rotatably pivoted to the frame 9, and a presser spring 13 is secured to the other end or tip of the presser arm 11.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a sorting machine fixing arm whose one end is fixed to the frames 9 on both sides at an inclination angle of about 60 degrees with respect to the casing body 1, and the presser roller 12 is provided on the lower surface of the fixed arm 10. A recessed portion 56 is formed.

At the tip of the fixed arm 10.10, an upper end piece 58 of the rotating member 14 of the sorting case is rotatably attached via a rotating shaft 22t, and a curved surface 57 is provided on the lower side of the rotating member 14. It is formed.

Further, the base of the arm 59 of the positioning roller 16 is fixedly recessed on the outer side of the actuating member such as the fixed arm 10.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a movable member of the sorting case, and the movable member 15 has a single-shaped cross section and has two hinges 60°60 on both sides 1111 of the flat surface 61.
The rotary member 14 of the sorting case is connected to the rotating member 14 of the sorting case with all the connecting members
The left and right hinges 6 of the flat surface 61 are attached to the inner wall of the
A weight discrimination mechanism 62 is provided between 0.60 and 0.60. The weight discrimination mechanism 62 has a mouth-shaped support piece 63 fixed to the movable member 15, and a presser side adjustment screw 18 that is attached to one force of the U-shaped support piece 63.
and a movable adjustment screw 19 inserted through the 1-'' shaped support piece 63.

An adjustment spring 20 is fitted between the front surface of the rotating member 14 and the stopper 64.

A positioning piece 1 is attached to the flat surface 61 of the flexible wJ member 15.
The positioning portion side such as 7 is added, and a positioning roller 16 is brought into contact with the curved surface of the positioning piece 17.

21 is on the right side of the fan-shaped guide 8 at one end ii! 1. A lug piece 6 which is pivotally attached to an arbitrary part of the wall and has an additional piece attached to the rotating member 14 at the other end.
6, the extrusion arm 21
When the insertion lid and chute 2 is opened, the rotating member 14 of the sorting case reaches the vortex of the sorter fixed arm 10, and when the insertion lid and chute 2 is closed, the rotating member 1 of the sorting case
A curve 65 is formed in the push-out arm 21, and has a length that is located on the path of the lower guide 25 of the compressor.

In the drawing, the symbol A is an empty can, B is the diameter of the empty can A, C is the empty bottle, D is the diameter of the empty bottle C, 3 is the exit of the via, and 4 is the coin located on the lower side of the coin case 49. Take-out port, 5.6.
Reference numeral 7 indicates a light indicator indicating abnormal stop, operation in progress, and operation possible, 24 indicates a compressor motor drive limit switch, 27 indicates a hammer that is recessed into the empty can and completely forms the can, 28 indicates a return spring for the hammer 27, and 29 indicates a hammer. 30 is a compressor drive motor, 31 is a reducer for the drive motor 30, 32 is a brake, and 33 is a motor gllll.
V pulley 234 is a V pulley on the reducer side, 35 is a V belt,
36 is a compression rod that presses the empty can metal, a crank that operates the 3711i compression rod 36, 38 is a cam that makes the entire hammer lever set m, 39 is a spring for returning the hammer lever, 40 is a core for the clusterer, 41 is a hammer lever 42 is a fixed head for crushing empty cans, 43 is a piston rond for crushing empty cans, 44 is a movable chute for crushing empty cans, and 45 is (10) a shaker for separating empty aluminum cans and empty iron cans. minute shoot.

46 is a V-shaped cam which is rotated multiple times by the impact of the crank roller 40 and operates the movable chute 44 via a swing rod 47; 48 is a limit switch for stopping the drive motor;
49 is a magnet for sorting empty cans into aluminum and iron cans, 50 is a coin takeout solenoid valve & 53 is a switchboard.

Regarding the operation, first, the insertion lid and chute 2 is opened by pulling it toward you, and then when the empty can A is placed on the insertion lid and chute 2-hi, it rolls on the insertion lid and chute 2. It is then sent into the sorting case. (See Figure 2) Next, when the empty can A in the sorting case is rotated in conjunction with the closing operation of the insertion lid/chute 2, if the empty can A in the sorting case is over the standard weight, the adjustment spring 20 of the weight discriminator s62 By being compressed, the movable member 15 moves in the direction of the arrow, and the empty cans A in the sorting case fall into the empty bottle chute 26. (See Fig. 3) Note that in order to determine the standard weight of the empty can A, the spring is not limited to the use, and any suitable elastic material may be used instead.

Next, if the empty can fed into the first sorting case is less than the standard weight, the movable member 15 inside the sorting case will not operate, so as the insertion lid and chute 2 is closed, the push-out arm 21 will move to the rotating member. 14 with the sorting case holding all the empty cans, and when it reaches the position X in Figure 6 (i) on the pressure #i machine side guide 25), the movable member is moved to the first It deciding roller 16. At the same time as the positioning piece 17 on the 15 side comes into contact with the push-out arm 21, the push-out arm 21 moves further (moves by Y in FIG. 6(o)).
5, the furnace is opened, and the empty can A comes into contact with the compressor motor drive limit switch 24 and flows down to the FL-m machine lower sump guide 25.

The limit switch 24 causes the crank 37, which is integrated with the cam 38, to rotate together, and the cam 38 pushes up the drive roller 41 of the hammer lever. The hammer lever 29 rotates about the fulcrum 67 and descends, forming a dent in the hammer 27.

Thereafter, the empty can is crushed by the moving piston hand 43.

The crushed empty cans fall onto the moving chute 44, and the aluminum cans flow out in the direction of arrow F1111, completing one cycle.

However, in the case of an empty iron can, the eight states adsorbed by the magnet 49 will hold it in place.

Subsequently, the V-shaped cam 46 is struck and tightened by the crank roller 40, and the swing rod 47 connected to it is actuated to move the arrow E.
rotated to the side.

Further, due to the rotation, the magnet 49 moves away from the movable chute 44, and the suction force decreases, so the empty iron can moves away from the movable chute in the direction of υ, and flows down the road to the E side.

Figures 7 and 8 show examples of the music of the means for feeding the empty can total pressure m mechanism.

Attach the operating rod 67 to any location on the wall of the fan-shaped guide 8.
The proximal end is fixed, and a positioning roller 68 is rotatably attached to the distal end.

A positioning lever 69 is additionally provided on the flat surface 61 of the movable member 15, and is engaged with the lowering of the positioning roller 68 of the operating rod 67, which rotates together with the fan-shaped guide 8.

The movable member 15 is attached to the rotary member 14 of the sorting case via hinges 60, 60, as described above.

The empty can AFi sorting case in the insertion lid and chute 2 moves forward while being held between the rotating member 14 and the movable member 15, and as shown in FIG. 1, the positioning roller 68 moves along the slope of the positioning lever 69. The movable member 15 is rotated and lowered, and when inside 2, the movable member 15 is pivoted upward.

As a result, the empty can between the two-rotation member 14 and the movable member 15 falls into the lower guide 25 of the compression mechanism.

According to the device of the present invention, the empty cans to be inserted can be simply placed on the insertion lid and chute, and all can be smoothly fed into the sorting case with a single touch. It is possible to move to a predetermined position without any trouble, and achieve the desired purpose.

In addition, it has three functions: a supply function for empty cans by opening and closing the insertion lid J (7), a function for moving the sorting case, and a sorting function that operates the weight discrimination mechanism while the sorting case is being moved. In addition to being able to hold the empty can, the movement of the empty can does not require as much power as a crank mechanism, so the overall structure is simple and compact, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. has.

Note that the electrical wiring diagram in Figure 11 shows the operating state of various devices in the device of the present invention and is outside the gist of the claimed invention, so the details thereof have been omitted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external view of the uninvented device, (A) is its plan view, (
B) is its front view, and Flies → is its side view. Figure 2 is a side view of the empty can insertion and sorting mechanism, and Figure 3 is a soft view of the mechanism for sorting bottles other than empty cans. Figure 4 is a view from 1111j when empty cans are fed into the pressure mechanism. Figure 5 is a plan view of the empty can insertion and sorting mechanism, Figures 6 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing empty cans being dropped into the lower guide of the compressor by the empty can sorting mechanism, and Figure 7. is a plan view showing another embodiment of the means for feeding empty cans into the compression mechanism;
FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of FIG. 7. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the empty can compression mechanism, Fig. 10 is a side view of the empty can compression mechanism, and Fig. 11 is an electrical wiring diagram. Main body casing 2: Insertion line and chute 15: Movable member 25: Compressor lower guide 62:] iJi discrimination mechanism % Hariyama Ganjin Sanmei Quken Co., Ltd. IN Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd. 11 opening a5B-137480 (6) No. 5 Figure 11 Kaisho 58-137480 (7)

Claims (1)

[Claims] An insertion lid and chute for inserting empty cans and the like formed at an arbitrary location on the main body casing, a fan-shaped guide integrally formed with the insertion lid and shoe 1, and an additional end of the fan-shaped guide at an arbitrary location; An extrusion arm whose other end is attached to a fully rotating member, a rotating part paulownia whose one end is pivotally attached to a fixed arm so as to be rotatable in relation to the advancement or retreat of the extrusion arm, and a rotating member connected to the rotation member via a connecting member. Rotatably (=1
The sorting case is equipped with a weight discrimination mechanism for separating empty cans and bottles, and a positioning member provided on the movable member. An automatic sorting device for empty cans, etc., characterized by being pivotally attached to one end of a positioning roller, a fan-shaped guide, or an operating piece.