JPS6228593Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cup feeding device for placing a cup on the top of a bottle.

In recent years, various types of sake bottles have come to be sold with cups on the top, making them convenient for drinking while traveling or measuring food.

By the way, the work of putting a cup on the top of a bottle has traditionally been done manually, one by one, on the conveyor line before the sealed bottles are automatically packed, resulting in extremely poor work efficiency, and many people have expressed their desire to save time. It has been increasing with the passage of time.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above points, and includes a supply conveyor that ascends and conveys a row of stacked cups, and a lateral conveyor that transports each row of cups that is transposed at the upper reversing section of the supply conveyor. a feeding conveyor, and a cup separating section that removes and separates individual cups from the row of cups on the lateral feeding conveyor using airflow flowing through the nozzles;
A cup dispenser that has a right-angled descending part that allows the opening of the cup removed by the cup separating part to stand upright while descending, and also has a lead-out part formed at the lower end that allows the head of the bottle to pass through. and a stopper for stopping the descending cup just before the outlet portion and releasing the stop in alignment with the head of the bottle.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the cup feeding device, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views thereof.
In FIGS. 1 to 3, 1 is a cup feeding device, which includes a hopper 2 and a feeding conveyor 3.
, a traverse conveyor 4 , a cup separating section 5 , and a cup shooter 6 .

The hopper 2 horizontally houses a plurality of cup rows in which a large number of cups 8 are piled up and arranged in a row, and is inclined to the shelf 7 in order to transfer the cup rows to the supply conveyor 3 from the supply port 2a. It is placed there. In this case, the opening of the cup 8 faces towards the rear in the transport direction of the traverse conveyor 4.

Further, the supply conveyor 3 has a large number of fins 3a formed between the fins 3a to form a cup row conveying section 3b, and an inverted section 3c formed at the upper and lower parts. The supply conveyor 3 is installed at an angle on the shelf 7 so that the supply port 2a of the hopper 2 faces the shelf 7.

The lateral conveyor 4 receives the row of cups transferred at the upper reversing section 3c of the supply conveyor 3, and continuously transports the row of cups.
The transfer speed of the transverse conveyor 4 and the transfer speed of the supply conveyor 3 are set so that when there are no more cups 8 on the transverse conveyor 4, the row of cups is discharged from the upper reversing section 3c of the supply conveyor 3. .

The cup separating section 5 is provided on an extension of the transverse conveyor 4 in the transfer direction, and is equipped with an air supply device 5b to continuously blow out air from a nozzle 5a. It extends to the periphery of the cup 8 so as to supply air between them.

The cup shooter 6 is disposed such that its starting end is close to the nozzle 5a of the cup separating section 5 and its terminal end is located above the conveyor 9, and the cup separating section 5 picks up individual cups in an overturned position. A curved ramp 6b is connected to the right angle descending portion 6a so that the removed cup 8 is erected and guided to the head 10a of the bottle 10 being conveyed on the conveyor 9, and guided to the curved ramp 6b. A stopper 6e having a function of stopping the cups 8 one by one and a bottle detecting part 6f are provided at the end of the cup shooter 6. In addition, 6d in the figure is a stock portion for removing and storing cups 8 that are not erected by the cup shooter 6.

The operation of the cup feeding device 1 constructed in this way will be explained. A hopper 2, which accommodates a plurality of rows of cups 8 arranged in a row by stacking a predetermined number of cups 8, is placed on a shelf 7 at an angle. This hopper 2
Since the supply port 2a of the supply conveyor 3 is arranged close to the conveying section 3a, if there is no cup row in the conveying section 3a, the cup row in the hopper 2 will roll and be transferred to the conveying section 3a. It will be placed.
Then, due to the rotational movement of the supply conveyor 3, the row of cups is raised to the upper reversing section 3c, and the conveying section 3a faces downward in the upper reversing section 3c, so that the row of cups is transferred to the lateral conveyor 4. become. Since the cross conveyor 4 is continuously rotating, the rows of cups placed on the cross conveyor 4 are automatically transferred in the direction of rotation of the cross conveyor 4. Then, the row of cups is transported by the transverse conveyor 4 until the tip of the nozzle 5a is located at the periphery of the cup 8, and then the cup 8 is moved from the row of cups by the air ejected from the nozzle 5a. One by one will be removed. This removed cup 8 is transferred toward the right angle descending section 6a in the overturned position,
Next, it falls toward the lead-out part 6e at the right angle descending part 6a. Then, the cup 8 is gradually changed from its sideways position to its upright position by the curved ramp 6b. Therefore, the cup 8 is stopped by the stopper 6e in a position in which the opening faces downward immediately before the corresponding lead-out part 6c of the continuous portion of the curved ramp 6b and the lead-out part 6c, and the cup 8 is stopped by the stopper 6e. Therefore, the presence of the bottle 10 is detected, the stopper 6e is released as the head 10a of the bottle 10 passes, and the cup 8 is pulled by the head 10a of the bottle 10 being conveyed on the conveyor 9. Take out the cup 8 from the lead-out part 6c of the cup shooter 6, and
Cup 8 will be crowned.

As explained in detail above, the present invention is to transport the rows of cups piled up in a single row upwardly by the supply conveyor, transfer them to the transverse conveyor at the upper reversing section of the supply conveyor, and transfer them to the transverse conveyor in the forward direction of the transverse conveyor. The cup separating section located at the nozzle removes one cup from the row of cups by using the airflow flowing through the nozzle, stopping the descending cup just before the outlet section, and releasing the stop as it passes the head of the bottle. By providing a stopper to do so, the operation of putting the cup over the top of the bottle can be carried out reliably without malfunction, and the operation of putting the cup over the head of the bottle can be carried out efficiently.

The present invention is not limited to this embodiment. In other words, the cup separating section had a configuration in which the nozzle was placed close to the periphery of the cup, and the cup was removed one by one using air jetted from the nozzle. Good too.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the cup feeding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic front view thereof, FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof. 1: Cup supply device, 2: Hopper, 3: Supply conveyor, 3a: Fin, 3b: Conveying section, 3c:
Upper reversing section, 4: Traverse conveyor, 5: Cup separating section, 6: Cup shooter, 8: Cup, 10:
Bottle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A supply conveyor that upwardly conveys a row of stacked cups; a traverse conveyor that transports each row of cups to be transposed at the upper reversing section of the supply conveyor; It has a cup separating section that removes and separates one cup from a row of cups on the conveyor, and a right-angled descending section that makes the opening of the removed cup stand upright while descending. A cup shooter having a lead-out part that allows the head of the bottle to pass through, and a stopper that stops the descending cup just before the lead-out part and releases the stop when the head of the bottle passes. A cup feeding device characterized by comprising: