JPS62296998A - Empty can treatment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable extremely smooth recovering and delivering operations of empty cans by providing a printer and making slip output of at least the treated quantities of the empty cans in the pressing treatment stage of the empty cans. CONSTITUTION:The empty cans 1 are fed through a can feed port 2 into a can receiving frame 3. The frame 3 housing the empty cans 1 slide on rails 5 to transfer the empty cans 1. The empty cans 1 are pressed by a press device 14. The press device 14 is constituted of a pressing plate 17 and a stationary plate 18. An electromagnetic coil 19 is provided to the pressing plate 17 and is operated by a limit switch 20 so that a nonmagnetic material such as aluminum is dropped right after pressing. Magnetic materials such as iron are dropped by the loss of the attraction force and are divided to the right and left. The totaled data of the number of the pressing treatments is stored by a memory circuit in this stage and the slip output to the printer contained in a controller 28 is executed by a data output circuit. The recovering and delivering operations of the empty cans are thereby extremely smoothly executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention relates to an empty can processing apparatus for pressing empty iJ3.

Recently, the scattering of empty sheets of soft drinks, etc., has become a social problem, and countermeasures are currently being sought.In response, in some areas, canned products are sold for a certain amount. Measures to promote the collection of empty cans, such as refunding empty cans when they are collected, have been attempted, but the reality is that they require a lot of manpower to collect and dispose of empty cans, and are not necessarily well-received.

In view of these circumstances, the present invention has been developed to press the empty cans and at the same time output the number of pressed cans as a slip.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for smoothly accomplishing the task of making a purchase.

Specific examples thereof will be explained below based on the drawings.

Number 1 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and ■ is an empty hanging place J'
1! It is a device. At the front of the device, an opening is provided for the input hole 2, through which the input empties ζrii and tζn are sent to the receiving frame 3. The can receiving frame 3 is a frame body with an open top and bottom that forms a space for one empty can, and slides on a rail 5 in conjunction with a lever 4 provided on the oil surface of the apparatus to transfer the stored empty can. Reference numeral 6 denotes a spring that biases the can holder frame 3 to the normal position, that is, the position below the can inlet 2; 7, a shaft 8 that operates integrally with the can holder frame 3;
It is a bearing that slides. Limit switches 9 and 10 detect when the can holder frame 3 is slid. Reference numeral 11 denotes a locking device that restricts the sliding movement of the can holder frame 3, and is composed of a locking rod that is moved forward and backward by an electric 6fi coil.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a bottom plate located below the ib receiving frame 3 in the normal state, and is made of a large mesh plate [1] to allow stones and small debris thrown in by mistake to pass through. A chute 13 is formed below the bottom plate 12 for discharging dust, etc., which has passed through the bottom plate 10, out of the apparatus 1. 14 is a press device for pressing empty cans transferred by the can receiving frame 3;
The press plate 17 receives pressure from the cylinder 16 and slides thereon, and a fixed plate 8 forms a light with the press plate 17. An electromagnetic coil 9 is attached to the press plate 17 to attract empty cans made of magnetic material to the press plate 17. 20 is the press plate 17
This is a limit switch that detects the operation of Reference numeral 22 denotes a chute provided below the press chamber 21 of the press device 14, which has a shape in which the empty cans are distributed to the left and right depending on the position at which they fall, and is pivoted so as to be swingable. Therefore,
If the empty can is made of a non-magnetic material such as aluminum, it will fall immediately after being pressed, but if it is made of magnetic material such as iron, it will be attracted to the press plate 17 and will lose its adsorption force at the normal position of the press plate and fall. It will be divided into left and right depending on the material.

Reference numerals 23 and 24 are switches for detecting the swinging direction of the chute 22, which detects whether the pressed empty can is dropped in the left or right direction, and thereby the processed can is separated from magnetic material and non-magnetic material. can be determined. Numerals 25 and 26 are containers provided below the chute 22 to receive the r8 distributed by the chute 22, respectively. 25 stores a non-magnetic can, and 26 stores a magnetic can.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a cart on which the containers 25 and 26 are placed, and when taking out the fD, this cart can be pulled out together. 28 is a controller with an operation panel 31 (see Figure 2) facing the front of the main body, and a printer built-in.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control system of the above embodiment.
is a control section in the controller 28, and 31 is a history panel in the controller 28 as well. 32
1 is a detection circuit that detects the sliding motion of the can holder frame 3 based on the signals from the limit switches 9 and 10. After the can holder frame 3 slides and the limit switch 10 is pressed, the can holder frame 3 returns to its original position. +7 Mitsutswitch 5] is pressed, outputs a detection signal a. 33 is a detection circuit that detects the press operation of the press device 14 based on the signal from the limit switch 20. When the limit switch 20 is once pressed and released during the press operation, and then pressed again after the operation, it is activated for a certain period of time T1.
outputs signal 6. Reference numeral 34 denotes an operation control circuit for the locking device 11, which is operated by the signal a from the detector 1:232 to lock the can holder frame 3 from sliding, and when the detection signal from the detection means 33 rises to lock the can holder frame 3. unlock. :35 is an operation control circuit for the hydraulic system 15, which starts the hydraulic system in response to a signal a and drives it for a predetermined period of time. 36 is the electromagnetic film 19 described in 11f.
The energization control circuit operates based on the signal from the +7 limit switch 20, and energizes when the limit switch 20 is released from suppression due to the press operation, and cuts off the energization when it is pressed again after the operation is completed. 37 is a counting circuit which detects and counts the AND signal C of the detection signal S and the signal from the switch 23, and provides the number of non-magnetic cans to be processed. 38 is a counting circuit which detects and counts the ND signal d between the detection signal and the signal from the switch 24, and provides the number of cans made of magnetic material to be processed. 39 is an arithmetic circuit; 40 is a memory circuit; the arithmetic circuit 39 adds the data provided by the counting circuits 37 and 38 to the data stored in the memory circuit 40; keeping. 41 is the counting circuit 3
7.38 or a data output circuit that selectively outputs data stored in the memory circuit 40 to the printer 43. 42 is a timer circuit that detects or< of the A N D signal c-d and No. 13 e and starts a reset; the timer circuit 42
The data output circuit 41 is made to hold the data given by the counting circuits 37 and 38 only for a predetermined time given by ] 2, and the printer 43 can output the slip. Reference numeral 44 denotes a slip printout switch provided on the production panel 31. When the switch is turned on, the printer 43 is activated and the data output circuit 41 prints out the number of cans to be input. Slip to be beaten (
This is because the timer circuit 42 generates a timer temporary [
The number of cans that are successively fed into Bud I-2 and processed is recorded according to the magnetic or non-magnetic material. This launch switch 44 also has a built-in indicator lamp 45.
It is turned on until the switch 44 is pressed during the timer 1 hour T2, that is, for the time period during which printing is possible.If this lamp 45 is off, no slip will be printed even if the switch 14 is pressed.

After the slip is issued or the timer 1 hour T has elapsed, the count of the counting circuit 37/3S is cleared and the system is ready for the next seedling input. Reference numeral 46 is an alarm provided on the operation panel 31, which indicates the possibility of an operational error or clogging when there is no can detection signal from either switch 23 or 24 within a certain period of time T after the press operation. Output audio alarm. Reference numeral 47 denotes a total data printout switch. When the switch is turned on, the total data held in the storage circuit 40 is printed out from the printer 43 via the data output circuit 41. It is installed at a suitable location inside the processing device 1 so that it can be used only by the worker who collects the cans.

The operation of the embodiment having the following configuration will be explained using the flowchart shown in Fig. f:JS3. When the processing device 1 is in an energized state, normally the tally output switch 47 is turned on and the 10
Whether or not there is a can loading operation using FF (1) or lever 4 (2)
) is placed in a waiting state to detect. When the detection circuit 32 detects the can loading operation in step (2), the locking device II locks and fixes the r)m receiving frame and drives the hydraulic device 15 for a certain period of time (3). As the hydraulic device 15 is driven, when the limit switch 20 detects that the press operation has started (4), the electromagnetic coil 19 is energized (5), and after a period of time, the hydraulic device 15 stops driving, and the limit switch 20 When the end of the press operation is detected with (
6), Cut off the power to the electromagnetic filter 19, IF-, device 1
1, and the detection circuit 3 is released.
3 starts the built-in timer T1 and outputs a signal (7).

When either of the switches 23 and 24 detects that a pressed can is dropped into the container 25 or 26 (8)
, depending on whether the detected switch is 23 or 24, it is detected whether the dropped can is magnetic or non-magnetic (9). If it is non-magnetic, the counter C1 in the counting circuit 23 is set to +I L ( 10), if it is a magnetic material, the counting circuit 2
4's counter C2 is incremented by 1 (11).

Incidentally, in step (8), if the dropping of the can is not detected within the predetermined time T1 (12), a warning is output from the alarm 46 (13), and the process returns. Step (10)
After (11), the timer circuit 42 starts measuring time for a certain period of time, and at the same time lights up the lamp 45 of the slip ejection switch 44 to display whether the ejection of the slip is possible (14)
. When there is a switch input at the launch switch 44 (1
5), the printer 43 outputs the slip containing the contents of the counters C4 and C216), and the memory circuit 4
After adding the contents of C and -C2 to the total data CT and CT2 at 0 (17), C8 and C
While clearing the contents of step 2 and preparing for the next seedling input, turn off the lamp = $5 to indicate the end of the ejection of the slip. 1.8)
Return. In step (15), the ejection switch 4
If there is no switch input in step 4, the timer will monitor T2 for one hour (19), and if there is a can input operation within T2 (20)
It is determined that the input person is continuing the work, and the operation is repeated from step 3. If T2 continues as it is, it is determined that there is no request for a slip by the input person, and processing starts from step (17). Further, if there is a switch input to the total output switch 47 in step (1), the total data CT, CT2 in the memory circuit 40 is output from the printer 43 (21), and then CT and CT2 are cleared (22).
) to return.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the seedling input operation makes the payment and the number of cans for each material can be output as a slip, so when paying the refund for collecting empty cans, this slip can be used as the basis. You can pay a corresponding amount. Further, the memory circuit 40 stores total data CT, CT2, and if this data is typed out when collecting cans, the number of collected cans at that time is instantly known, so that the collection work can be carried out extremely smoothly.

This invention is configured as described above, and includes 1. Since the pressed quantity is output as a slip, the conventional collection and refund work of the actual empty cans can be replaced with only the cashing of the printed slips, and the empty cans can be sorted, counted, accumulated, and in one press. Processing work can be eliminated, and empty can collection work can be carried out extremely smoothly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control system of the embodiment. ? tS3 diagram is '7. Flowchart diagram showing the operation of the example. 1 is an empty can processing device, 43 is a printer (Fig. 1, Fig. 2)

Claims (1)

[Claims] An empty can processing apparatus for press processing empty cans, characterized in that the apparatus is equipped with a printer and outputs at least a slip indicating the number of empty cans to be processed.