JPS603493B2 - Loading and unloading device for processed material storage container in continuous sterilizer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for automatically loading and unloading a processing material container into and out of a transport container in a continuous sterilizer.

Conventionally, it is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-266y that the inner container containing the processed material is attached to the outer container so that it can be moved in and out, but this method separates the outer container from the sterilizer. Since the inner container is attached and then returned to the sterilizer, the mechanism is complicated and troublesome. The present invention improves these deficiencies so that only the inner container containing the processed material can be taken in and out of the transport container. A device for loading and unloading a processed material storage container of a continuous sterilizer, in which a transport container having a section is constructed, an inner container containing a processed material is iron-bonded into the transport container, and the processed material is continuously transferred and heat sterilized. In this case, the conveyance chain on the outside of the processing tank is suspended between a pair of front and rear interlocking drive wheels so that both the front and rear conveyance chains are slack, and the interlocking drive mechanism is attached to the rear side of the front interlocking drive wheels. A feeding device installed in a direction parallel to the feeding device and an insertion device for iron-fixing the inner container on the feeding device to the transport container are provided, and a carrying device is installed on the rear side of the rear interlock drive wheel in a direction parallel to the interlock driving wheel. A discharging device is provided on the front side for pushing out the inner container in the transport container onto a discharging device, and a discharging device is provided between the supply device and the front intervening drive unit, and between the ejection device and the rear intervening drive unit, respectively. The gist is that the guide member of the vessel is provided so that it can be raised and lowered freely.

To explain the embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings, the continuous sterilizer is composed of a high-pressure sterilization tank and cooling tanks 2 and 3, and inside these there is a drive mechanism 4 and a guide wheel 5 for circulating rotation. The pair of left and right conveyor chains 6, 6 that are stretched are
A part of it is suspended by a pair of interlocking drive wheels 8, 8 provided front and rear on the frame 7 on the side of the cooling tank, with slack between them and between them. The conveyor chains 6, 6 are formed so as to be able to rotate intermittently in synchronization with the drive wheels 4, and to be stopped in an intermittent manner at the intermittent driving portions 8,8. FIG. 2 shows an example of a drive mechanism, in which a ratchet wheel 1 whose reverse rotation is prevented by a stopper pawl 10 is provided on the shaft 9 of the drive wheels 8, 8, and the ratchet wheel 11 is attached to the drive wheel. 4
A feed pawl 15 at the tip of a feed lever 14 operated by a cam 13 provided on the shaft 12 of the feed lever 14 is engaged with the feed lever 14 to synchronize the operation of the drive wheels 8, 8 with the drive wheels 4 and rotate the drive wheels 4 in between. It looks like this.

Furthermore, a mounting piece 1 is provided between the pair of left and right conveyor chains 6, 6.
A porous transport container 17 whose rear side is closed is installed through the transport container 17, and inside the transport container 17, an inner container 19 for accommodating the processed material is provided with a large number of through holes 18 and can be attached to and removed from the transport container 17 through the closed portion. The transport container i7 is freely fitted with iron, and a window hole 20 and a support shaft 21 supported on the outside of one side thereof are respectively provided on both end faces of the transport container i7. The locking pawl 23 biased inwardly of the inner container 17 engages with the locking hole 24 formed in the inner container 19 through the window hole 20, and the inner container 19 is integrally attached to the transport container 17. It is connected.

The inner container 19 may be a single box type with an open top, but as shown in the drawings, a plurality of small inner containers 19', 19' may be stacked together to form one inner container, and the through-hole 1
The surrounding green of No. 8 is punched inward to form a raised protrusion 25 to support the processed material A and form a liquid flow path a between the processed material A and the wall surface.

In addition, a pair of left and right through holes 26, 26 into which a pusher (to be described later) can be inserted is provided on the front side of the transport container 17, that is, a wall surface facing the closing portion, and a raised protrusion 28 is also provided in the hole 27 on the ceiling wall surface. Further, the lower bottoms of the transport container 17 and the inner container 19 are formed in a substantially boat bottom shape, making it easy to take the inner container 19 in and out. Therefore, the drive roller 2 located on the rear side is located in the portion of the front driving wheel 8.
9, 29, . . . , and an insertion device 31 for adhering the inner container 19 on the supply device 30 into the transport container 17. It consists of a slide block 34 operated by a cylinder and guided by a guide village 33, and a pair of locking punches 35, 35 provided on the slide block 34, and further includes a front interlocking drive wheel 8 and a feeding device 30. A pair of guide plates 37, 37 whose tips are rotated upwardly by a spring 36 are supported between them, and are normally rotated upward to prevent rotational movement of the conveyor container 17 by the conveyor chains 6, 6. The inner container 9 is formed so as to fall down due to its own weight only when the inner container 9 is ironed, so that the inner container 9 can be ironed smoothly into the transport container 17.

Also, in the rear part of the drive wheel 8, a carry-out device 39 consisting of drive rollers 38, 38, 38, etc. located on the rear side.
and a discharging device 40 for pushing the inner container 19 from the transport container 17 in the rear part of the drive unit onto the discharging device 39, and the discharging device 4 is operated by an air cylinder 41 and the air cylinder. It is composed of a slide block turtle 3 guided by a guide village 42 and a pair of pushers 44, 44 provided on the slide block, and furthermore, a locking claw for the transport container 17 is provided inside the rear interlock drive mechanism 8, 8. 2
Release guides 45, 45 are provided for pressing the outer ends of the three outer ends to release them from the locking holes 24.

On the other hand, a pair of guide belts 47, 47 are provided from a rotating shaft 46 provided on the outside of the carrying out device 39, passing between drive rollers 38, 38, and directed forward.
7 and 47 are formed to be able to rise and fall freely by arm levers 48 and 48 that operate in synchronization with the rear interlocking drive wheel 8 around a rotation shaft 46, and the guide belts 47 and 47 are normally raised upwardly and are connected to the transport container 17. When the inner container 19 is discharged, it is laid down horizontally to support the inner container 19 pushed out from the transport container 17 and drive rollers 38, 38 of the unloading device 39. configured to be transferred upwards. In addition, 49 in the figure is a cylinder that operates arm levers 48, 48, 50G high pressure sterilization tank 1 and cooling tank 3.
It is an airtight opening/closing mechanism that connects the Since the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, the inner container 19 containing the processed material transferred to the side of the intermediary drive mechanism 8 by the supply device 30 is placed between the intermediary drive mechanisms 8. When the song is stopped, it is pushed into the transport container 17 by the locking punches 35, 35 of the insertion device 31, and the locking claw 23 of the transport container 17 engages with the locking hole 24 of the inner container 19, and the two are integrally connected. be done.

Next, when the interlocking drive mechanism 8 rotates, the transport container 17 is continuously transferred, passes through the cooling tank 2 and the airtight opening/closing mechanism 50, enters the high pressure sterilization tank 1, is heated and sterilized with boiling water, and then is further passed through the airtight opening/closing mechanism 50 and then cooled. It passes through the tanks 2 and 3 and is transferred to the rear interlocking drive wheel 8. Then, the locking pawl 23 is released from the locking hole 24 by the release guide 45, and after the interlocking drive mechanism 8 stops interlocking, the pushers 44, 44 operate to penetrate through the through holes 26, 26, and the inner container 19 is transferred to the transport container. The inner container 17 is pushed out onto the ejecting device 39 via the guide belts 47, 47 which are lying down, and the ejecting device 39 transfers it to a predetermined position. The material is circulated through the ring 8, and the inner container 19 containing the material to be treated is transferred again. However, the porous transport container 17
When the water passes through the hot water in the high-pressure sterilization tank 1 and the cooling liquid in the cooling tanks 2 and 3, the hot water and cooling liquid pass through the liquid flow path a formed by the raised protrusion 25 from the through hole 18 of the transport container 19.
The guide plates 37, 37 and the guide belts 47, 47 move forward and backward, respectively, and when the drive wheels 8, 8 rotate, the conveyor container 17 is heated and sterilized or cooled. When the inner container 19 is attached to the inner container 19 and pushed out, it is laid down horizontally so as not to interfere with the transfer action of the inner container 17 or the discharge device 3.
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In the embodiment described above, as guide members, a guide plate was used to adhere the inner container 19 to the transport container 17, and a belt was used to shorten the stroke of the pusher 44 to take out the inner container 19. Of course, other equivalent means can be used, and the configuration of the insertion device and ejection device is not limited to this example.

In the present invention, a transport container installed between a pair of transport chains is transferred to the upper part of a pair of transport drive wheels installed in front and rear of each other, and when the transport stops, the inner container containing the material to be processed is taken in and out. Therefore, the insertion device and ejection device for the inner container can be easily installed on the open side of the transport container, and the guide portions of the inner container are installed between the transport container and the supply device and the ejection device for the inner container, respectively, during loading and unloading. By undulating the village so that it can be laid down horizontally only when the inner container is loaded or taken out, the inner container can be directly inserted without interfering with the transfer action of the transport container, and without separating the transport container from the sterilizer body. It has the excellent feature that it can be smoothly loaded into and taken out of the transport container, and that the operation of loading and unloading the inner container containing the processed material in this type of continuous sterilizer can be performed automatically with an extremely simple configuration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the driving mechanism of the interlude drive theory of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view of the transport container, and FIG. Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the same, Figure 5 is a plan view of the insertion part of the transport container, Figure 6 is a front view of the same, Figure 7 is a plan view of the unloading part of the transport container, and Figure 8 is a front view of the same. be.

1... Sterilization tank, 2, 3...-... Cooling tank,
6,6... Conveyance chain, 8... Interval drive theory, 17... Conveyance container, 19...
Inner container, 30... Feeding device, 31... Insertion device, 37... Guide plate, 39... Carrying out device, 4
0... Ejection device, 47... Guide belt.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transport container having an opening on one side is installed between a pair of transport chains stretched so as to circulate through the processing tank, and an inner container containing the processed material is fitted into the transport container to transport the processed material. In the loading/unloading device for a processing material storage container of a continuous sterilizer that continuously transports and heat sterilizes, the transport chain on the outside of the processing tank is connected to a pair of front and rear intermittent drive wheels, and the front and rear transport chains are connected to a pair of intermittent drive wheels. At the rear of the front intermittent drive wheel, a supply device installed parallel to the intermittent drive wheel and an insertion device for fitting the inner container on the supply device into the transport container are provided, and the rear intermittent drive wheel is A discharging device is provided on the rear side of the wheel in a direction parallel to the intermittent drive wheel, and a discharging device for pushing out the inner container in the transport container onto the discharging device is provided on the front side. and an inlet/outlet device for a processing material storage container, wherein guide members for the inner container are provided between the discharge device and the rear intermittent drive wheels so as to be able to rise and fall.