JPS63123724A - Powdery material feed device by automatic tuen over of powdery material container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent flying of a powdery material, by a method wherein a powdery material container nipped by means of a clamping member is conveyed from a clamping position to a powdery material feed position at it is automatically turned over, and the port part of the powdery material is opened and the cloed by means of a plate mounted to a damper frame. CONSTITUTION:When a container 1 containing a powdery material is conveyed to a given facing a support stay 15 through rotation of a tray 7 of a magazine 2, a container holding device 4 is lowered, and the container 1 is clamped to a base frame 20. The holding device 4 is raised along the support stay 15, the support stay 15 is rotated in a 180 deg. arc around a verical shaft, and simultaneously a base frame 20 is rotated centering around a shaft 17 to turn over the container 1. A damper frame 30 having an opening and closing plate with which to open and close the port part of the container 1 is mounted to the base frame 20 and is brought into contact with the port part of the container 1. The port part of the container 1 is engaged with a chute 51 of a receiver 50 to open the port part of the container 1 and the opening and cloing plate of a damper frame 30. This constitution facilitates transfer of a powdery material between the containers without flying a powery material, and the device is well suitable for a powdery material of a food and a chemical.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically inverting a container containing various kinds of powder and supplying the powder to another container.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when powder filled in a container is transferred to another processing container, such as a container for mixing, stirring, or other heating, it is customary for one person to perform the task of changing the container. It is.

However, in addition to saving labor, for the following reasons, there is a demand for automatically switching to another container while preventing powder leakage.

That is, in the case of powders related to food or medicine, in order to improve hygiene, it is necessary to prevent the powder from coming into contact with human hands and at the same time to prevent foreign matter from getting mixed into the powder. In addition, if you change the powder with the container open, the powder will float in the air or scatter, worsening the environment, and the loss of powder due to scattering cannot be ignored. When replacing the powder in the container, care must be taken to prevent powder leakage.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] An object of the present invention is to automatically perform the above-mentioned work of replacing the powder in the powder container with another container, and to do this work without opening the container as much as possible. It is an object of the present invention to provide a powder feeding device that can perform powder feeding.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the L2 objective, the powder supply device of the present invention has a container holding device that clamps the powder container, which should supply powder from the clamping position of the powder container. The container holding device is equipped with a reversing transfer machine that moves the powder container to the position of the container and automatically reverses it during the movement. A pair of clamp members for clamping and clamping are disposed facing each other, and a damper frame is provided that can be driven toward and away from the mouth of the clamped powder container. It is constructed by providing an opening/closing plate that opens and closes the mouth of the powder container by movement, and a joining cylinder that joins to the mouth of the container or the like to which powder is to be supplied.

[Function] When the powder container is transferred to a predetermined clamp position, the container holding device transferred by the reversing transfer machine clamps the powder container with a pair of opposing clamp members, and further clamps the powder container at the mouth of the powder container. is closed by an opening/closing plate installed in the damper frame.

The powder container is transferred in this state by a reversing transfer machine, and is joined by bringing the joining tube into contact with the mouth of the container in the equipment to be supplied with the powder. The holding device is inverted and the powder container is joined to the device to which powder is to be supplied in an inverted state.

In this way, the work of replacing the powder in the powder container with another container can be performed automatically, and the work can be performed without opening the container 17 as much as possible.

[Example] FIG. 1 shows an outline of an example of a powder supply device according to the present invention.

In the powder supply device described above, the powder container 1 includes a magazine 2
, and is automatically fed to a predetermined clamping position by the container holding device 4 on the reversing transfer machine 3, which will be described below.

The illustrated magazine 2 is equipped with four trays 7 around a central rotary table 6, and as the rotary table 6 rotates, the trays 7 on which the powder containers 1 are placed are sequentially moved to the clamping position by the container holding device 4. It is configured to send. Also, on the rotary table B, there is a container 8 for temporarily covering the powder container 1 which has been opened in advance to be fed to the clamping position next.
．． An opening/closing drive device 1O is provided for automatically opening and closing the moat 8 by rotating an arm 9 to which the lid 8 is attached, and is rotatably mounted around a central shaft 11.

However, as the magazine 2, the above-mentioned *1
The configuration is not limited to 2, and other appropriate configurations can be adopted.

A reversing transfer device 3 that moves a container holding device 4 that clamps a powder container 1 to a predetermined position and at the same time reverses it during the movement is a support column 1 that is rotationally driven around a vertical axis.
5, and the mounting base 16 to which the container holding device 4 is attached can be moved up and down along the support column 15 by an elevating mechanism that is driven by a drive device (not shown) within the support column 15 and moves up and down. Further, the container holding device 4 has a shaft 17
is rotatably attached to the mounting base 16 by
A rotary drive device (not shown) moves the container holding device 4 to the shaft 1.
It is configured to be reversible around 7.

In the reversing transfer machine 3 having such a configuration, when the powder container l is transferred to a predetermined position facing the support column 15 by the rotational movement of the tray 7 of the magazine 2, the support column 1
The container holding device 4 located above the powder container 1 on the support column 1 is lowered to clamp the powder container 1 and
Lift it along 5. Thereafter, the support column 15 rotates around the vertical axis, and the powder container l held by the container holding device 4 moves onto a container in a device or the like to which powder is to be supplied. Further, while the powder container 1 is being transferred in this way, the container holding device 4 is turned around the shaft 17, and the powder container 1 are joined in an inverted state.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 to 5, the container holding device 4
The configuration of is explained in detail.

- The base frame 20 of the container holding device W14 is attached to the shaft 1 on the mounting base 18 which can be raised and lowered along the support column 15 of the reversing transfer machine 3 mentioned above.
7, and the base frame 20 includes a clamp mechanism for clamping the powder container 1.

A damper mechanism or the like is attached to open and close the mouth of the container.

First, in order to clamp the powder container 1, a rectangular peripheral frame 21 is attached to the base frame 20 to surround the container 51 at a sufficient distance around the powder container l. Clamp members 22 are provided on each of the two opposing sides. These clamp members 22.22.

As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the guide rods 24 are slidably fitted into a pair of guide tubes 23 and 23 provided on the circumferential frame 21, and the circumference is controlled by a pneumatic cylinder 25 provided on the circumferential frame 21. The powder container 1 located within the frame 21 is compressed and clamped.

When the container 1 is evenly clamped by such a pair of opposing clamp members 22.22, each clamp member 22.
In combination with the provision of inward inclined surfaces 22a at both ends of the powder container 1, the center of the powder container 1 can be held at the center of the peripheral frame 21.

On the other hand, in order to open and close the mouth of the powder container 1 by the damper am, the base frame 20 is provided with a damper frame 30 that can slide toward and away from the mouth of the powder container 1. . A pair of guide rods 3 that guide the sliding movement of this damper frame 30
1.31 is fixedly mounted parallel to the base frame 20 and oriented in the sliding direction of the damper frame 30, and slides on the damper frame 30 while being guided by these guide rods 31.31. A guide tube 32.32 is installed. Further, between the base frame 20 and the damper frame 30, there is a pneumatic cylinder 3 that drives the damper frame 30 to open and close the mouth of the powder container.
3 and 33 are provided.

The damper frame 30 is provided with a support member 35 for an opening/closing plate 3B that opens and closes the mouth of the container 1. This support member 35
It's a powder container! It has an opening 37 that matches the mouth of the powder container 1 when it is brought into pressure contact with the mouth of the powder container 1, and around the opening 37, a sealing member 38 that contacts and seals the mouth of the container 1 is provided. It is set up. Further, around the opening 37 of the supporting member 35, on the side opposite to the sealing member 38, a tapered joint n39 is provided for tighter joining with the mouth edge of a container or the like to which powder is to be supplied. It is installed.

The opening/closing plate 36, which is slidably held by the support member 35, has a plate-like portion 36a that closes the opening 3'l of the support member 35.
and an opening portion 38b that opens the opening 37 by a hole that substantially matches the opening portion 38b, and the opening 37 of the support member 35 is closed by the plate-like portion 38a by sliding within the plate surface by the pneumatic cylinder 40. It is configured to be able to maintain a closed position and an open position in which the opening 37 of the support member 35 is aligned with the opening portion 36b.

That is, a frame member 41 is fixed to the end of the recording/recording closing plate 38, and guide rods 42, 42 provided at both ends of the frame member 41 are slid onto guide tubes 43, 43 provided on the damper frame 30. The frame member 41 is movably inserted and fitted to guide the sliding movement of the frame member 41, and the frame member 4
The pneumatic cylinder 40 is provided between the damper frame 30 and the damper frame 30. Therefore, by driving the pneumatic cylinder 40, the opening/closing plate 38 takes the closed position and the open position.

Further, the base frame 20 is provided with a stopper 45, 45 that increases safety by engaging with the bottom of the powder container l and preventing it from falling, which can be retracted and retracted by the pneumatic cylinders 4fi and 48. A pneumatic cylinder 48 is provided with a knocker 47 that can be projected by a pneumatic cylinder 48 to strike the wall surface of the container 1 when the powder container 1 is overturned in order to smoothly discharge the powder inside.

The clamp mechanism for the powder container l in the container holding device 4, the damper mechanism for opening and closing the mouth of the container, etc. have the above-mentioned configurations, and each of these mechanisms will be explained below when reversing the transfer 5 of the powder container described above. It operates as follows.

First, the powder container 1 at a predetermined position facing the support column 15 is held between a pair of clamp members 22 and 22 in the container holding device 4.
In order to close the mouth of the powder container 1 when it is clamped and lifted along the support column 15 by the reversing transfer machine 3, the pneumatic cylinder 33.33 is operated and the powder container 1 is guided by the guide rod 31.31. The damper frame 3o is slid to bring the support member 35 of the opening/closing plate 36 into pressure contact with the mouth of the container l. in this case,
The lip of the powder container I is sealed by a sealing member 38 in contact therewith.

In this state, it goes without saying that the opening/closing plate 36 is in the closed position in which the opening 37 of the support member 35 is closed by the plate-like portion 38a.

In addition, in order to prevent the powder container l from falling, the cylinder 46
．． 48 brings the stopper 45.45 into projecting engagement with the bottom of the container.

In this state, the powder container 1 is raised by the reversing transfer device 3, and by further rotating the support column 15 around the vertical axis, the powder container 1 is placed above the container in the device to which powder is to be supplied. and then lowered towards the container, but at an appropriate point in the meantime, the container holding device 4 is reversed around the axis 17, and the powder container 1 is moved to the device to be supplied with powder. They are joined in an inverted state.

Figure 1 shows the powder container 1 that has been inverted and lowered in this way.
is replaced with a receiver 50 in a device to supply powder, and the joint cylinder 39 of the damper frame 30 is pressed against the rim of a chute 51 connected to the receiver 50 via a joint 52. This allows the two to be tightly joined. In addition, in the figure.

53 is a support arm of the chute 51. After the powder container l and the chute 51 are securely joined in this way, the opening/closing plate 3
When B is driven by the pneumatic cylinder 40 and the opening portion 38b is aligned with the opening 37 of the support member 35, the powder in the inverted powder container 1 is supplied into the receiver 50 through the chute 51 below. Ru.

If the powder in the container 1 is not discharged smoothly or if the discharge of the powder in the container is almost completed, the pneumatic cylinder 4
8 to operate the knocker 47 that strikes the wall of the container to promote discharge of the powder.

When the discharge of the powder in the container 1 is completed, the container 1 is returned to the original tray 7 by an operation completely opposite to that described above, and is placed on standby for the transfer of the next powder container.

Although the control device that controls the series of operations described above will not be described, it can be easily realized by known means. Furthermore, although a case has been described in which a pneumatic cylinder is used as a means for driving each part, other appropriate actuators can be used.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the powder supply device of the present invention described in detail below, the work of discharging the powder in the powder container into another container, etc. is automatically performed, and the container can be replaced as much as possible. Since the work can be done without opening, in the case of food or drug-related powders,
Can the powder come into contact with human hands? This can improve hygiene and prevent powder from floating or scattering in the air.
This is extremely advantageous in that it eliminates environmental pollution and eliminates powder loss due to scattering.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a powder supply device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of a container holding device, and FIG.
The figure is a partially cutaway rear view of only the right hand of the device, and Figure 4 is the second
FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway plan view of the clamp member viewed in the direction of arrow A in the figure, and FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway plan view of the container holding device. 1. Powder container, 3. Reversing transfer machine, 4. Container holding device, 20. Base frame, 22e. Clamp member 33*e damper frame. 36-・Opening/closing plate, 38・Medium joint tube. π2 diagram n Figure 3 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The container holding device that clamps the powder container is moved from the clamping position of the powder container to the position of the container to which the powder is to be supplied, and at the same time is equipped with a reversing transfer machine that automatically reverses the device during the movement; In the container holding device, a pair of clamp members for pinching and clamping the powder container are disposed facing each other on a base frame that is transferred and driven to be reversed by the reversing transfer machine, and a pair of clamp members for clamping and clamping the powder container are disposed facing each other. A damper frame is provided that can be driven in the direction toward and away from the damper frame, and an opening/closing plate is provided on the damper frame to open and close the mouth of the powder container by sliding within the plate surface, and the powder is supplied. A powder supply device by automatically reversing a powder container, characterized in that it is provided with a joining tube that joins to the mouth edge of the container, etc.