JPS5993688A - Cap opener - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides continuous and automatic processing from bottle containers that are taller than the peripheral wall of the case and are conveyed by a roller conveyor or the like while being housed in a case. Concerning a capper removal machine that removes the crown.

[Technical background of the invention]

The contents are provided for consumer demand, and empty bottle containers, such as beer bottles and soft drink bottles, are collected for refilling. The collected empty bottles are then transported to a bottling factory etc. in a case, but in this case, many of the collected bottles have crowns artificially fixed on them, so they are not left as they are. In this state, it is not possible to clean the inside of the bottle container, so it is necessary to remove the entire crown.

For this reason, in the past, the crown was removed from the top of the bottle by lowering a pair of claws to the crown lip while holding the bottle so that it would not lift up from the case, and then raising the claws. I was trying to remove it.

However, with this method, not only does it require a large amount of power to uncork the cap, but the opening of the bottle container may be chipped when the cap is uncorked, or the operation may stop at the top or bottom dead center of the vertical movement of the claw body. Due to the area created, it was not possible to perform work continuously and efficiently.

For this purpose, a bottle remover is first installed around the rotating body, and by utilizing the contact and difference between the trajectories of the circular motion locus of the capper remover and the linear motion locus of the top of the bottle container, the bottle can be easily removed from the moving body. A corking machine is being considered that can remove the crown from the top. This capper remover is equipped with a synchronized dinucu or indexing guide plate that rotates integrally with a rotating body equipped with a capper remover so that the rotating capper remover matches the top of a conveyed bottle container.

However, the above-mentioned tuning dinuks or indexing guide plates, etc., cannot be used at the leading end and trailing end (
Synchronization is performed by engaging with the horizontal crosspiece (horizontal crosspiece). Therefore, if the case itself is short, the horizontal crosspiece of the case may not engage with the tuning dinuks or the indexing guide plate. 9. Make sure that the capper and the top of the bottle do not match.
Unable to uncork.

In addition, 1. With conventional capping machines, even when transporting a group of bottle containers without crowns attached, such as new bottles, to a bottling factory, the capping machine is usually built into the line.
It is made to pass through the corking machine. Even in this case, since the rotary body equipped with the capper is rotated as the bottle container is transported, there is a problem in that resistance is created during transport and the transport cannot be carried out smoothly.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been developed in consideration of the above-mentioned points, and is applicable to cases where the case for accommodating the bottle container is short and synchronization cannot be performed by engaging the tuning disk with the leading and trailing ends of the case as in the conventional case. Also, make sure to align the capper with the top of the bottle container to ensure synchronization, and when transporting all bottles that are not mixed with bottles with caps attached, such as new bottles, It is an object of the present invention to provide a capping machine which can smoothly transport bottle containers without engaging the bottle container with a rotating body provided with a capping section.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the capper removal machine according to the present invention has the following features:
A conveyor that conveys tall bottle containers has a corking section above the case.The circular motion trajectory of the capping section is fixed to the top of the bottle container in the contact area with the linear motion trajectory of the top of the bottle container. The crown that has been removed is hooked on the corkscrew part, and the crown is removed using the difference between the two trajectories. [-151], and the shaft on which the rotating body is attached is installed on a swinging self-locked arm IH], and the tip is lifted up on the tip of the arm. The gist is that an elevating section is provided.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows the front view of the corking machine, Figure 2 shows the top view, and IO in the figure is a fixed frame.
It consists of a vertical frame 11 of a book and a rectangular upper frame 12 fixed to the upper end of these vertical frames 11, and between the vertical frames 11 there is a support frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction.
are installed horizontally, and a large number of rollers 14 are rotatably supported between each pair of support frames 13. An endless running belt 15 is stretched below each roller 14 so as to be in contact with the lower surface of the roller 14, and a pressure roller 16 maintains the frictional force between the endless belt 15 and the troller 14 to cause the endless belt to run. , each roller 14 is driven to rotate, and thus the low height case 71 placed thereon
7 is conveyed rightward in FIG. This k,'? ,1
Empty bottle containers 18 such as tall beer bottles and soft drink bottles collected from consumers are housed in the container 7, for example, in four rows in the width direction, with six containers in each row. . Among the stored bottle containers 18, there are many bottles with the crowns 19 still attached.

Further, a support plate 20 is installed between the upper frames 12 at the upstream part of the fixed frame 10, and bearing parts 21 are provided at both ends of the support plate 20, and a support frame part 3 is provided below the bearing part 2. A bearing part 22 is also provided on the outside, and a shaft 23 is rotatably inserted between these bearing parts 21 and 22, and a recess 24a that engages with the body of the bottle container 18 is provided at the lower part of the shaft 23 on the outer periphery. A large number of star wheels U are mounted on the shaft 23 so as to rotate together with the shaft 23 in the horizontal direction. An auxiliary tuning roller 61 is provided in conjunction with the seven-wheel wheel 24, and this roller 61 is connected to the shaft 23 by an arm 60 that is pivotally supported on the shaft 23. A sprocket 62 is attached to the roller 61, and the sprocket 62 is connected via a chain 63 to a sprocket 64 fixed to the shaft 23, and the roller 61 is pressed against the side wall of the case 7 by a spring 65. The roller 61 performs a synchronizing function when the star wheel U does not rotate when there is an empty part of the case 7. It should be noted that the outer diameter of the row 261 is such that it rotates once in one case, and the nuter wheel 261 rotates once in two cases. Further, a bevel gear 25 is fitted to the tip of the shaft 23 that protrudes upward from the bearing portion 21 .

Further, brackets 26.2 are provided at both ends of the support plate 200.
6 is installed upright, and a shaft 27 is placed between these brackets 26 and 26.
is installed so that it can rotate freely. A bevel gear 28.28 meshing with the bevel gear 25.25 is fixed to this shaft 27 so as to rotate together with the sprocket 25.
9 is fixed so as to rotate integrally with the shaft 27.

On the other hand, bearing parts 30, 30 are fixedly installed on the upper frame 12 of the fixed frame to on the downstream side of the star wheel 24, and a shaft 31 is rotatably supported between these bearing parts 30, 30. The third gear is equipped with Nupro locks (32, 33) that rotate integrally with this shaft.

A chain 34 is stretched between the sprocket 32 and the sprocket 29.

Further, the base ends of a pair of arms 35.35 are loosely fitted into both ends of the shaft 31, so that the arms 35.35 can swing freely around the shaft 31, and between the intermediate parts of the arms 35.35. and shafts 36 and 37 are rotatably installed between the tip portions. A number of elevating members 38 are attached to the shaft 37 to move the arm 35 up and down.

This elevating member 38 is composed of a rotor 39 and a lever 40, and the rotor 3911-3 has a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the front, the top of which is fitted onto the shaft 37, and the top of the curve is Small rollers 41.41 are provided.

By rotating the lever 40 upward, the rotor 39 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.
．． 41 rests on the upper frame 12, thus arm 3
5.35 tips are lifted.

On the other hand, the shaft 36 includes a sprocket 42 and a drum 43.
A chain 44 is stretched between the sprocket 42 and the sprocket 33 inserted into the shaft 3, a rotating body 45'f is attached to the outer circumference of the drum 43, and a chain 44 is attached to the outer circumference of the rotating body 45. is uncorked at predetermined intervals as shown in Figure 3.
There are 6.

This cork removal part 46 has four parts 4 into which the top of the bottle container 18 enters.
7, a claw body 48 is fitted, the tip of this claw body 48 is bent so that it slightly protrudes into the recess 47, and furthermore, a claw body 48 is fitted so as to straddle this recess 47 in the thickness direction of the rotating body. A bifurcated release part #49 (i) is pivotally attached to the rotating body 45, and the release part #49 is urged by a spring 5o in the direction of contacting the inner surface of the recess 47.

Further, a support plate 51 is installed between the arms 35 and 35 at a position that does not interfere with the rotating body 45, and a crown release mechanism 52 is attached to this support plate 51. The release mechanism 52 has a proximal end secured to the support plate 51 and a distal end attached to the rotating body 4.
A leaf spring 53 extending to near the outer periphery of the leaf spring 5
3, the roller 54 is connected to the arm portion 4 of the release member 49 of the plug removal portion 46.
By coming into contact with 9a as the rotating body 45 rotates,
The release member 49 is rotated against the spring ring 5o, and the crown 19 held in the recess 47 is thrown off into the tray 55.

ti, the bevel gear 25, 4, sprocket 29.32.
The number of teeth of 33.42 is set so that the circumferential speed of the star wheel 24 and the circumferential speed of the rotating body 45 are equal.

Next, the operation of the corking machine will be explained.

First, the short case 17 containing the bottle container 18 is continuously placed on the row 214 and the endless belt 15 is caused to run. Then, the a-ra 14 rotates and the case 17 is conveyed to the right in FIG. Then, the body of the bottle container 18 stored in the outermost row of the case 17 that is being transported, which projects above the cane peripheral wall, fits into the recess 24a of the star wheel. Then, the star wheel 24 rotates as the bottle container 18 moves, and this rotation is transmitted to the shaft 3 through a transmission mechanism such as the shaft 23, bevel gear 25, blades, and sprockets 29, 32, 33, 42, etc.
6, and the rotating body 45 rotates so that its circumferential speed becomes equal to the circumferential speed a of the star wheel 24. There may be cases where there is no bottle in a part of the cup 21, but in this case, as the case 17 moves, the auxiliary synchronizing roller 6
1 rotates, which causes the shaft 23 to rotate.

The corking portions 46 formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body 45 are spaced at intervals equal to the distance between the bottle containers 18 housed in the case 17. Since the cap is partially in contact with the linear motion locus of the cap, the cap is removed by the action shown in FIG.

That is, at the beginning of the contact area between the circular motion locus and the linear motion locus, the top of the bottle container 18 enters the recess 47 of the cork removal part 46 as shown in FIG. The tip of the claw body 48 engages with the lip of the crown 19.

Then, when the bottle container 1B moves and reaches the middle of the contact area,
As shown in FIG. 4(b), the crown 19 is completely inserted into the recess 47 of the plug removal part 46. Further, at the end of the contact area, as shown in FIG. 4(c), the tip of the claw body 48 touches the crown 19.
hook the lip part and remove it upwards. The crown 19 that has been removed is attracted by a magnet (not shown) provided in the recess 47 of the plug removal part 46, and rotates together with the groove rotor 45 held in the recess 47.

Then, the crown 19 held in the recess 47 is attached to the rotating body 45.
When the cap removal part 46 reaches the position of the release mechanism 52, the arm part 49a of the release member 49 of the cap removal part 46 comes into contact with the roller 54 of the release machine ff452. Therefore, the 14.f removing member 49 rotates against the spring 50,
By this rotation, the crown 19 held in the recess 47 is thrown off, and the receiver falls into the tray 55.

Furthermore, if all the bottle containers 18 housed in the case 17 are new bottles or the like and do not have their crowns fixed, it is not only wasteful to put the tops of the bottle containers into the cap removal part 46 to freeze them. , the case 717 may not be transported smoothly. Therefore, in such a case, the elevating member 3
Turn lever 40 upwards. Then, the rotating element 39 becomes the roller 41'! The rollers 4 and 41 are rotated counterclockwise in FIG. As a result, the arm 35.35 swings counterclockwise in FIG.
, the drum 43 and the rotating body 45 rise, the circular #J locus of the corking part 46 no longer contacts the linear movement locus of the top of the bottle container, the top of the bottle container 18 and the corking part 46 no longer engage, and the bottle The container 18 can be transported without resistance.

Note that instead of the star wheel 24, it is also possible to use an endless running guide such as a chain having guide vanes that engage between the pitches of the bottle.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the capper remover is configured to remove the crown fixed to the top of the bottle container housed in the cane to be transported using the capper provided on the outer periphery of the body. , the synchronization of the transported bottle container and the corking unit,
Since this is done by engaging the body of the bottle container, it is possible to ensure synchronization even when the bottle container is housed in a short case, and the crown can be removed continuously and efficiently. In addition, in cases where the crowns are not attached to all the bottles, such as new bottles, by operating the lifting member, you can prevent the capper from coming into contact with the top of the bottle. Since the bottle container can be transported, it has many advantages such as being able to transport it more smoothly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a capping machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the capping machine, Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of a rotating body, and Fig. 4 (a
), (b), and (Q) are diagrams explaining the plug removal action. 14... Conveyance member, 17... Case, 18... Bottle container, 19... Crown, 24... Star wheel, 2
4a... Star wheel recess, 35... Arm,
36... Shaft installed on the arm, 38... Elevating member, 45... Rotating body, 46... Cork removal part. Applicant's agent Inomata Kiyoshi Procedural amendment March 77, 1980 Director of the Japan Patent Office Kazuo Wakasugi 1. Indication of the case Patent Application No. 198057 of 1988 2. Title of the invention. Patent applicant Kairin Beer Co., Ltd. 7, the "Detailed Description of the Invention" column and drawings of the specification to be amended. 8. Details of the amendment ■) In the details, "bottling factory, etc." in page 3, line 6 of J is corrected to "bottling factory." 2) Insert the statement ``a rotating body is provided and the rotating body is equipped'' between ``equipped'' and ``cork removal part'' on page 6, line 4 of the specification. 3) In the drawings, Figure 1 will be corrected as shown in the attached sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In order to process bottle containers that are higher than the peripheral wall of the case, a rotary body equipped with a stopper is disposed above the conveyor, and the top part of the bottle containers being conveyed before the market is transported in a straight line. Now, in the corking machine which uncorks the crown by using the difference in the trajectory between the linear motion and the circular motion, the bottle container body protrudes above the peripheral wall of the case to be conveyed, also on the upstream side of the rotating body. A plug remover characterized in that a synchronizing device that engages with the rotary body is disposed so as to be fully rotatable, and the rotation of the rotary device is transmitted to the rotary body via a transmission mechanism, so that the rotations of the synchronizing device and the rotary body are synchronized. Machine. (b) The rotating body is mounted on a shaft installed between a pair of arms that are swingable with respect to a fixed frame, and an elevating member is attached to the tip of the arm, and the elevating member is operated. 2. The corking machine according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is moved up and down by swinging the arm. 3. The tuning device comprises a star wheel that engages with the body of the bottle container, and an auxiliary tuning roller that engages with the ott+wall of the case, according to claim 1 or 2. How much does it take? 4. The said "A" device is equipped with a plurality of guide vanes, and the guide vanes consist of an endless running synchronization device such as a chain that is inserted between bottle containers, and an auxiliary synchronization roller that engages with the side wall of the case. Claim 1 or 2 indicates a corking machine with white+'M as a k t' time signal.