JPS60236920A - Holder for mutual space between bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

Detailed Description of the Invention Technical Field The present invention relates to a plate supply conveyor, an rK transport conveyor, and a plate supply conveyor and a bottle transport conveyor arranged between the two conveyors and driven at a faster speed than the plate supply conveyor. (1) Concerning the interval holding device when the intermediate conveyor is tilted.

When inspecting prior art bottles, it is necessary to transport the bottles with a sufficient distance from each other, since all sides of the bottles are monitored by the tester. Preferably, the inspection of the bottles is carried out at a fairly high speed.

However, when operating the bottle at such a high speed and applying a large acceleration, there is a problem that the bottle may fall.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for reproducing bottles in an upright position and at high speeds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the objective described in 1), the present invention was constructed as follows.

That is, the intermediate conveyor described in 1. is arranged to overlap the bottle supply conveyor and the bottle transport conveyor, and the intermediate conveyor is provided with at least one pair of driven endless conveyance elements, and between these endless conveyance elements, the conveyance Constructed to hold a bottle.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a plate supply conveyor, and bottles 2 are lined up next to each other on this conveyor 1''2 and are fed at a predetermined speed. On the right side of the figure, there is a conveyor 3 for conveying II2, and this conveyor 3 is driven at a faster speed than the plate supply conveyor 1, so that the bottles 2 are I'm trying to increase the spacing.

An intermediate conveyor 4 is provided between the plate supply conveyor 1 and the bottle transport conveyor 3, which intermediate conveyor 4 comprises a driven endless conveyor element (i.e. a driven bell) 5,6.7
It has three sets of These driven belts are driven by a drive motor 8 for driving the plate supply conveyor 1.

FIG. 2 shows details of the intermediate conveyor 4. The drive motor 8 rotates a shaft 10 via a transmission 9. This shaft 10 supports a pulley 11. This boot 1 is configured as a drive pulley for driving the belt 5. Furthermore, the shaft 10 is connected to the driven pulley 1.
I support 2. This driven boo January 2 and the other axis 14
There is a rope between 13 and 1 boo attached to January 5.
is hung. The boot IJ15 is also adapted to drive the shaft 14, on which is supported one pulley at a time, and this pulley 16 is adapted to drive the driven belt 6. It has become. Further, the shaft 14 supports a freely rotating boob IJ17 that functions as a guide pulley for guiding the driven belt 5.

The two pulleys 12 and 15 have a diameter ratio such that the driven belts 5 and 6 have inversely proportional speeds.

Furthermore, the shaft 14 supports a pulley 18 which cooperates with a rope 19. This rope 19 is connected to the pulley 18 and the shaft 20.
The pongee 20 is driven by a pulley 21 mounted on the pongee 20. This shaft 20 further supports a pulley 22 for driving the driven belt 7. The driven belt 7 is adjacent to the bottle transport conveyor 3 and is hung on the freely rotating boob IJ23.

Only one of the multiple sets of driven bells 5, 6, and 7 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. This is to simplify the drawing and make it easier to see. A plurality of sets of these followers 5.6.7 prevent the bottle 2 from falling. The operating speed of the plate supply conveyor 1 and the moving speed of the belt 5 can be changed stepwise.

Since the bottle 2 is supported on both sides, it is unlikely to fall. When the bottles 2 are transferred from the belt 7 to the conveyor 3, this transfer needs to be done smoothly. For this purpose, the moving speed of the belt 7 and the speed of the bottle transport conveyor 3 are made equal.

The second memory 20 supports a pulley 26. This boo I
A rope 27 is hung between J26 and a pulley 28 mounted on one shaft 29. The pongee 29 is designed to cooperate with the free rotation boob IJ23. ”-Memory 2
Reference numeral 9 drives the bottle conveyor 3 via means not shown.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment, in which the bottle 2 is supported on both sides and the transport speed can be varied by ropes 25. As a modification of FIGS. 1 and 2, these ropes 25 are
It has two functions. That is, one function is a bottle conveyance function by a plurality of sets of driven bells) 5, 6.7, and another function is a rope drive function or a bottle conveyance function by the function of the ropes 13, 19.27. It is a driving function.

Having described FIGS. 1 and 2 in detail, the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 will be apparent without further detailed description.

In FIG. 4, nine bottles 4 are supplied by the plate supply conveyor 1 and are transferred to the bottle transport conveyor 3 via the intermediate conveyor 31. This intermediate conveyor 31 consists of two driven endless conveyor elements, namely two wide bells) 32,33.

These wide bells 32, 33 serve to support and transport the bottle 2 on both sides. The bottle transport conveyor 3 is operated by a transmission 34, which is shown as a simplified cylinder in the figure. ), and is driven at a speed faster than the operating speed of the plate supply conveyor 1. This transmission 35 drives the belt 32 described in section 1 above. The intermediate conveyor 31 is connected to the plate supply conveyor 1 and the bottle conveyor 3.
There is some overlap.

) During the transfer of the plates 2 from the plate supply conveyor 1 to the intermediate conveyor 31, a certain slippage occurs in the opening of the bottles 2 and the endless transport element 23. The intermediate conveyors 31c and 5iX7- are constructed so as not to fall.

In this respect, the device 46 illustrated in FIG. 5 is more enhanced than previously described devices. 1. The device 46 comprises a plate supply conveyor 47, an intermediate conveyor 48 which should be constructed as a separate unit adjacent to the bottle transport conveyor 49, a side inspection device located at the bottle transport conveyor 49, and a subsequent A bottom surface inspection device 51 and an ejector 5 arranged as
2, a sorting conveyor 53, and a discharge conveyor 54.

The bottles 2 are arranged almost next to each other on the plate supply conveyor 47, but in the present invention, the bottles 2 can be erected with arbitrary spacing dimensions, and can also be spaced apart from each other by the intermediate conveyor 48. Toru. This intermediate conveyor 48 is driven at a considerably faster speed, for example about 50% faster. The bottles are transferred to a bottle transport conveyor 49 which is driven at the same speed as the intermediate conveyor 48. The bottle conveyor 49 is incorporated into the side surface inspection device 50. This side surface inspection device 50 is equipped with a monitor 55 and a lens, and these monitors 55 and lenses inspect all sides of the bottle 2 at a rate of, for example, 8 to 1000 pieces per minute, preferably on the order of 1300 to 15000 pieces. competent and located to inspect the The bottom surface inspection device 51 is the monitoring device 5
It has 7. The monitors 55 and 57 cooperate with pulsators 59 and 60 to memorize the passage time of the bottle 2 being monitored through an electrical circuit 58 in each case. This electric circuit 58 is connected to control means 61 . This control means 61 is for controlling the ejector 52, and stores the transport time between each pulsator 59, 60 and the ejector 52, and for each bottle 2, a mechanical push-type ejector or a blower is used. A double bar ejector may or may not be activated to eject a broken or soiled bottle. These damaged or soiled bottles 2 are discharged via a discharge conveyor 48 or sent to a cleaning process.

In FIG. 6, intermediate conveyor 48 overlaps plate supply conveyor 47 and bottle transport conveyor 49 by a certain length. The intermediate conveyor 48 includes a pair of driven endless conveying elements or a pair of ropes 65. This pair of ropes 65 is adapted to hold the bottle 2 between them, and the mechanical acid is driven at the same speed as the bottle transport conveyor 49 by an electrically connected motor 64. It has become. The plate supply conveyor 47 includes a conveyor belt 63. This conveyor belt 63 is supplied with liquid soap as a lubricant by a lubricating device, that is, a soap supply device 66, so that
The coefficient of friction between the bottom surface of the wind and the support surface 67 of the plate supply conveyor 47 is reduced. Both the bottle 2a and the thin bottle 2 lying on the plate supply conveyor 47 are transferred to the intermediate conveyor 4.
The receiving device 70 is passed from the transport space 68 of No. 8 through the drop port 69.
That is, it is designed to be placed in a glass container.

FIG. 7 shows the guiding means 71 for the rope 65 with a toothed belt 72 driven by a gear 78 of the motor 64. In this guide means 71, a toothed belt 72 is composed of an elastic layer 73 made of spongy rubber and an outer layer 74 made of ordinary rubber, and the outer layer 74 has a very high coefficient of friction against glass. 1. The guide means 71 is provided with a groove 75 for each rope 65. This groove 75 is provided with supply nozzles 76 at regular intervals, and lubricating water is supplied to the supply nozzles 76 from a supply passage 77 by being pumped by a pump 81. Therefore, the frictional resistance between the guide means 71 and the rope 65 is extremely small.

-1- The guide means 71 are arranged so that their positions can be adjusted laterally along the conveyance direction 80 so that the uniform and elastic pushing levers can be brought into contact with each other with force, symmetrically with respect to the MI center. It has become. The ropes 65 are sufficiently moistened by a water sprinkler 83, so that the condition of each rope as well as its coefficient of friction against the glass remains constant. Also, although the rope 65 is driven at high speed, it is cooled by the water from the sprinkler.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the device, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the device according to the second embodiment. 4 is a perspective view of the device according to the third embodiment, FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of the device according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 11-6 is a diagram of the device shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a schematic enlarged perspective view of the portion (2), and FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional perspective view taken along the line (2)--(2) in FIG. 1... Plate supply conveyor, 2, 2a... Bottle, 3...
iK conveyor, 4... intermediate conveyor, 5.6.7
... Driven belt, 8... Drive motor, 9... Transmission, 10... Shaft, jl... Pulley, 1
2... Driven pulley, 13... Rope, 14... Shaft, 1.5.16... Pulley, 17... Free rotating pulley, 18... Pulley, 19... Rope, 20 ...
Shaft, 21.22...Pulley, 23...Free rotating pulley, 25...Rope, 26...Pulley, 27...Rope, 28...Pulley, 29...Shaft, 31...・Intermediate conveyor, 32.33... wide belt, 34...
Transmission, 46... Device, 47... Plate supply conveyor, 48... Intermediate conveyor, 49... Bottle transport conveyor, 50... Side inspection device, 51... Bottom inspection device, 52... - Ejector, 53... Sorting conveyor, 54... Discharge conveyor, 55.57... Monitor,
58... Electric circuit, 59.60... Pulsator, 6
1... Control means, 63... Conveyor belt, 64...
Motor, 65... Rope, 66... Soap supply device,
67...Supporting surface, 68...Transporting space, 69...Drop opening, 70...Receiving device, 71...Guiding means, 72
... Toothed 12- Heald, 73. Spongy rubber layer, 74.. Outer layer, 75.
・・Wij, 76 Nozzle, 77・- Supply passage, 78-
Gears, 80 Direction of conveyance, 81 Pumps, 83 Sprinklers - 8 Patent applicant Tomatsusen en Traveel-Velflifa Namrose Tsu;

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Plate supply conveyor (47) and bottle conveyor (49)
), plate supply conveyor (47) and bottle conveyor (49)
) and an intermediate conveyor (48) which is driven at a faster speed than the plate supply conveyor (47), wherein the intermediate conveyor (48) is arranged between the plate supply conveyor ( 47
) and the bottle transport conveyor (49), and the intermediate conveyor (48) comprises at least one pair of driven endless transport elements (5, 6, 7, 33, 65), with a gap between these endless transport elements. , transported) IK (2)
A bottle mutual spacing maintaining device characterized in that the bottle is configured to maintain the distance between the bottles. 2. The intermediate conveyor (48) includes at least two pairs of driven endless conveyance elements (5, 6, 7, 33, 65), and holds the bottle (2) to be conveyed between these driven endless conveyance elements. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The device according to claim 2, further comprising means for applying moisture to the conveying element (65). 4. Teeth comprising at least one set of conveying elements (65), each conveying element comprising an elastic layer (73) and a canine outer layer (74), usually made of rubber and having a coefficient of friction against glass. 4. The device according to any one of items 1 to 3, characterized in that it is configured by (72). 5. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the conveying elements (65) of the intermediate conveyor (48) are guided by guiding means (71) lubricated by water. 6. The device according to any one of items 1 to 5, further comprising means (55) for inspecting the bottle. 7. The device according to any one of items 1 to 6, characterized in that the plate supply conveyor (47) comprises a conveyor belt lubricated by a lubricating device (66). 8. The device according to any one of items 1 to 7, wherein the conveyance space (68) of the intermediate conveyor (48) communicates with the receiving device (70) via the drop port (69). . 9. The conveyance element (65) is guided by a pulley mounted to rotate about an axis extending perpendicular to the direction of movement of the conveyance element (65). The device according to any one of items 1 to 8.