JPS6232183Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a direction changing device for flat bottles.
In particular, the bottle is always rotated in a fixed direction simply by placing a plate on the top of a conventional conveyor.

Conventionally, the direction of the flat bottle being transported was set at 90 degrees.
The simplest device that can be applied to change the distance is one that changes the distance between the guides (for example, the
-4697 Publication). This type of device can be applied without problems when the shape of the bottle is completely the same between the front and back sides (the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bottle is the same in the upper and lower parts), but when the front and back sides are the same, It cannot be applied when different bottles need to be turned in a certain direction. In addition, in the case of a cardboard box, it is possible to change direction in a certain direction by blocking one end of the box with a guide (obstruction such as a pillar) (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-24747), but such means However, in the case of bottles, there is a problem of tipping over, making it difficult to apply.

This invention places a plate on a conveyor,
This is a device for changing the direction of flat bottles in which a part of the bottle rests on this plate, and it adopts a mechanism that has not been considered for bottles in the past due to the problem of tipping over.
According to the inventor's experiments, if the traveling direction of the flat bottle is changed from the long axis of the bottle's horizontal section to the short axis, there will be no problem of tipping over. found.

That is, the present invention comprises a conveyor for conveying flat bottles and a direction changing plate placed close to the top surface of the conveyor, and the direction changing plate extends from the center of the conveyor to one side and covers a part of the top surface of the conveyor. By arranging the flat bottles on the conveyor, a part of the bottom of the flat bottles on the conveyor passes in contact with the upper surface of the direction change plate, and at the same time, the flat bottles are placed in front of the direction change plate in the conveyor traveling direction. To provide a direction changing device for a flat bottle, which is provided with a direction regulating guide that restricts a part of the bottom of the bottle to pass through the upper surface of a direction changing plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the flat bottle direction changing device of the present invention will be described based on preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing the device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the main parts thereof, in which 1 is a conveyor that moves in the direction of the arrow in the figure and transports flat bottles 10; , 2 are guides arranged on both sides of the conveyor 1, and 3 is a direction changing plate provided on one side of the guide 2. This direction changing plate 3
is formed by bending a steel plate or other thin plate at right angles to the direction changing part 31 and the mounting part 32, and the direction changing part 31 is arranged from the center of the width direction of the conveyor 1 to one side. It is fixed to one of the guides 2 via a mounting part 32. The direction changing part 31 of the direction changing plate 3 is arranged so that a part of the bottom of the flat bottle 10 transferred by the conveyor 1 passes in contact with the top surface of the plate without overturning the bottle. The conveyor 1 is placed as close as possible to the upper surface of the conveyor 1 to the extent that it does not interfere with the progress of the conveyor 1. Usually plate 3
The clearance between the direction changing part 31 and the conveyor 1 is 0.05 to 0.2 mm.

Reference numerals 4 and 4 designate a direction regulating guide that accurately regulates the traveling direction of the flat bottle 10 in the long axis direction of the horizontal section of the bottle 10. 1
The flat bottle 10 is fixed to the guides 2, 2 on the left side in the figure, respectively, and allows the flat bottle 10 to move accurately in the long axis direction of its horizontal section, while passing a part of its bottom in contact with the top surface of the plate 3. It is designed to let you do so.
Note that the flat bottle 10 has direction regulating guides 4, 4.
Before passing between the guides 4 and 4, they are transported randomly by the conveyor 1, but even if the transport is random, they must pass in a fixed direction so as to proceed in the long axis direction of the horizontal section, and in a constant direction between the direction regulating guides 4, 4. It is fed to the conveyor 1 by another device (not shown) so as to obtain the same.

Since the device of the present invention is configured as described above, the flat bottle 10 is placed on the conveyor 1 so that the flat bottle 10 travels in the long axis direction of the horizontal cross section, and the flat bottle 10 is always moved in a constant direction between the direction regulating guides 4, 4. If the flat bottle 10 is supplied by another device so as to be able to pass through the bottle, first, by passing between the direction regulating guides 4, 4, the flat bottle 10 is oriented in a certain direction, and the long axis of its horizontal section is accurately aligned. transported in the direction. Next, a portion of the bottom of the bottle 10 passes over the upper surface of the direction changing portion 31 of the direction changing plate 3 in the state 10a facing in this direction. As a result, the part of the bottom of the bottle 10 that passes over the plate 3 moves slower than the part that does not pass over the plate 3 due to the frictional force generated between it and the plate 3, so that the horizontal cross-section of the bottle 10 The long axis direction is sequentially changed to a direction different from the direction of travel of the bottle 10, and the short axis direction approaches the direction of travel of the bottle 10. That is, as a part of the bottom of the bottle 10 passes through the plate 3, the direction of the bottle 10 is sequentially changed from the state 10a in FIG. A state 10c is reached in which the direction is changed to a state close to the traveling direction of the bottle 10, and the bottle is transported by the conveyor 1 in this state. In this direction change, the bottles 10 are always changed in the same direction (counterclockwise in the figure), so as long as the bottles 10 are supplied to the conveyor 1 in a constant direction, the bottles 10 after the direction change are The objects will also be transported facing in a certain direction.

As described above, the bottles 10 that are transferred in a certain direction are then assembled and arranged in a form that is easy to pack in the later packaging process by, for example, a stopper 5, as shown in FIG. Packed by suitable means.

In the embodiment, the bottle 10 is caused to advance precisely in the long axis direction of the horizontal section by the direction regulating guide 4.
It is sufficient if the position of the bottle 10 can be controlled so that a part of the bottle 10 passes over the upper surface of the direction changing plate 3.

As described above, the flat bottle direction changing device of the present invention can be applied to bottles whose front and back surfaces are different in shape (bottles whose horizontal cross-sectional shapes are different at the upper and lower sides). ) However, by continuously feeding bottles under certain conditions, the orientation of the bottles can be changed smoothly and continuously in a certain direction without causing problems such as tipping over. Since the bottles can be aligned as shown in FIG. 1, the device of the present invention can be applied to a packaging device for flat bottles, etc., and can exhibit excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an outline of an embodiment of the present invention together with the mode of use, Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the main parts thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the arrangement of bottles whose direction has been changed. It is a diagram. 1... Conveyor, 2... Guide, 3... Direction conversion plate, 4... Direction regulation guide, 10...
flat bottle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is equipped with a conveyor for conveying flat bottles and a direction changing plate placed close to the top surface of the conveyor, and the direction changing plate is placed on a part of the top surface of the conveyor from the center of the conveyor to one side. A part of the bottom of the flat bottle on the conveyor passes in contact with the upper surface of the direction change plate, and a part of the bottom of the flat bottle on the conveyor is placed in front of the direction change plate in the conveyor traveling direction. A direction changing device for a flat bottle, which is provided with a direction regulating guide that restricts the portion of the bottle to pass through the upper surface of a direction changing plate.