JPS63258733A - Vessel conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to sealing containers that have been brought in with at least two containers each connected to a long tube. The present invention relates to a container transport device that can separate containers and transport them with tubes aligned without human intervention.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, two or more containers connected with long tubes are first cut into individual containers by an operator, and then transported while aligning the tubes. Containers are conveyed one by one onto a conveyor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the past, a worker had to perform the work of cutting the sealed container product and the work of transporting the cut container to the conveyor. It has been pointed out that this method is troublesome and has poor workability.

This invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the invention is to automatically transport containers with at least two connected long tubes connected to each other. To provide a container conveyance device capable of separating container sealed products into individual containers and transporting them with tubes aligned.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the purpose, a container conveying device according to the present invention includes at least two containers connected with long tubes. a carrying-in conveyor into which sealed container-sealed articles are carried; a lifting means for sucking and lifting the container-sealed articles on the carrying-in conveyor; a gripping means for chucking the container-sealed articles lifted by the lifting means; a conveying means for conveying the gripping means between a take-out position above the carrying-in conveyor and a conveyance position remote from the take-out position; and a conveying means capable of engaging with the container sealed product gripped by the gripping means, cutting means that engages between adjacent containers of the container sealed product to separate the container sealed product into individual containers as the gripping device is transported by the transporting device;
an unloading conveyor disposed below the transporting position; and a mounting device for placing the containers, which have been transported to the transporting position by the transporting means, cut into individual containers by the cutting means, on the unloading conveyor. and a guide means disposed between the take-out position and the conveyance position to respectively guide the tubes connected to and dragged by the container being conveyed from the take-out position to the conveyance position.

[Operation] In the container conveyance device configured as described above, the conveyor carries in sealed container products in which at least two containers connected with long tubes are connected. The container seal product is lifted by the lifting means and chucked by the gripping means. This gripping means is conveyed by the conveyance means from the take-out position to the conveyance position, and along with this conveyance, the sealed container product is also conveyed. Here, during this transportation, the container sealed product is separated by a cutting means into individual containers with tubes connected to each container. The containers separated during conveyance in this manner are placed on a conveyor for conveyance. Note that the tubes connected to and dragged by the container transported from the take-out position to the transport position during transport are guided by guide means to prevent them from becoming entangled with each other.

[Embodiment 1] Below, the configuration of an embodiment of the container conveying device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

This container transport device 10 transports a bag seal product 14 that is integrally formed with blood bags 12 that are separated and joined together at their side edges. The blood bags 12 are separated from the stacking conveyor 16, which is transported while being transported, to the plate conveyor 18 for transport to the next process.

This stacking conveyor 16 has a plurality of
For example, it is configured to transport six to seven bag seal products 14 in a stacked state from a bag seal product manufacturing mechanism (not shown) to a take-out position. In this bag seal product manufacturing mechanism, by overlapping two synthetic resin sheets (upper and lower) and sealing the periphery and center,
The parts corresponding to the bag bodies 12a of the two blood bags 12 are integrally formed with the bag bodies 12a joined at the side edges, and at the time of sealing, the upper edge of each bag body 12a is They are integrally attached with a long tube 12b sandwiched between the corresponding parts.

That is, this bag seal product 14 can seal two blood bags 1.
2 are integrally formed with their side edges joined together.

When the bag-sealed product 14 configured as described above is conveyed to the take-out position of the stacking conveyor 16, the running of the stacking conveyor 16 is stopped. It should be noted that this bag seal product 14 is stored in plurality, for example, three, on the stacking conveyor 16.
Therefore, this extraction position is
Three locations are defined corresponding to each bag seal product 14. Above each take-out position, a suction mechanism 20 is vertically movably disposed for sucking and lifting upwardly the bag-sealed product 14 that has reached the corresponding take-out position. This suction mechanism 20 is configured to lift up the stacked bag seal products 14 one by one when brought to the corresponding removal position.

Further, this conveyance device 10 includes a clamper 22 for clamping a portion corresponding to each bag body 12a of each bag sealed product 14 lifted by this suction mechanism 20.
It is equipped with These clampers 22 are reciprocated between the upper part of the take-out position and the upper part of the release position.
Further, it is connected to a reciprocating mechanism 24 so as to move up and down. This reciprocating mechanism 24 includes a pair of sprockets 26a.

26b and the bridge are provided with an endless chain 28, and a part of this endless chain 28 includes a first
For installation, a tool 30 is fixed.

In this first attachment, the tool 30 has a protrusion along the horizontal direction.
A first drive cylinder 34 with a retractable piston 32 is mounted. Further, a second mounting tool 36 is fixed to the tip of this piston 32, and a second mounting tool 36 is provided with a piston 38 that can be protruded and retracted along the vertical direction. A drive cylinder 40 is attached.

The piston 38 of the second drive cylinder 40 is arranged to protrude below the endless chain 28, and the pair of clampers 22 described above are attached to the lower end of the piston 38. With this configuration, the first drive cylinder 34 is activated and the piston 32 is protruded, so that the clamper 22 can be moved with strong force toward the release position, and the second drive cylinder 40
starts and projects the piston 38 downward,
This means that the clamper 22 can be pushed down.

Note that, above the take-out position, when the bag-sealed product 14 is lifted by the suction mechanism 20, the tube 12b connected to the bag-sealed product 14 is connected to the tube of the other bag-sealed product 14 left on the stacking conveyor 16. An anti-tangle device 42 is provided to prevent the wire from becoming tangled with 12b. This entanglement prevention device 42 is normally used for the suction mechanism 2
The tube 1 connected to the bag-sealed product 14 is on standby in a position that does not interfere with the lifting operation of the bag-sealed product 14 by the bag-sealed product 14.
It is configured to be swingable so as to engage and lift 2b from below.

Furthermore, a slit cutter 44 is disposed adjacent to the release position for each extraction position. Each slit cutter 44 is lifted by the suction mechanism 20 and positioned between adjacent bag bodies 12a of the bag seal product 14 clamped by the clamper 22. In this manner, with the clamper 22 clamping the bag seal product 14, the first drive cylinder 34 is activated and projects its piston 32 toward the release position, thereby moving the clamper 22 to the release position. It will be moved towards. According to this movement, the bag seal product 14 is engaged with the above-mentioned slit cutter 44 and is cut from the middle, as shown in FIG. Furthermore, in accordance with the running of the endless chain 28,
The bag-sealed product 14 is moved toward the release position, and as a result, the bag-sealed product 14 is divided into two blood bags 12 by the slit cutter 44, as shown in FIG.

Here, between the take-out position and the release position, as shown in FIG. A tube guide 46 is provided for this purpose. As shown in FIG. 5, the tube guide 46 is composed of a plurality of guide blocks 46a to 46g, which are adjacent to each other and spaced apart from each other. These mutually adjacent guide blocks 46a to 46
The gap of g is the tube 1 of each blood bag 12 being transported.
It is configured to extend along the travel path of 2b.

In this way, the tubes 12b each connected to the blood bag 12 are clamped by the clamper 22 and transported from the extraction position to the release position by the reciprocating mechanism 24.
They will be reliably guided by the tube guide 46 without becoming entangled with each other.

Further, the plate conveyor 18 described above includes plates 48 arranged in a line along the withdrawal direction, and these plates 48 are configured to be intermittently conveyed by a conveyance mechanism (not shown). Here, these plates 48 are configured to stop directly below the corresponding release position, and each plate 48 is formed with a through hole 52 through which a suction block 50, which will be described later, is pushed through.

On the other hand, above the blood bags 12 that have reached the release position, a bag holding rod 54 is arranged to press each blood bag 12 that has reached the release position onto the suction block 50. The bag presser rod 54 has a rotation fulcrum in the middle and is rotatable by a rotation mechanism (not shown), and is also movable up and down by a vertical mechanism (not shown). In the standby state, the bag holding rod 54 is held so as to extend in the horizontal direction, as shown in FIG.

The suction block 50 described above sucks the blood bag 12 that has reached the release position from below and transfers it to the plate conveyor 18.
This is provided to ensure that it is placed on the plate 48 of. In the standby state, this suction block 50:
It is located below the plate 48 and is driven so as to protrude above the plate 48 through the through hole 52 of the plate 48 in the operating state.

Furthermore, a bag holding plate 56 for holding the blood bag 12 placed thereon is disposed on one side of the plate 48 located below the release position. In the standby state, the bag holding plate 56 stands upright and leaves the top of the plate 48 open, and in the operating state, the bag holding plate 56 has a 9-shaped structure that holds the blood bag 12 between it and the plate 48.
It is driven to rotate by 0f.

Further, between the tube guide 46 and the plate conveyor 18, the tube 12b of the blood bag 12 placed on the plate 48 of the plate conveyor 18 is held,
A tube carrier 58 is provided that runs in synchronization with the running of the plate conveyor 18.

The operation of the transport device 10 configured as above will be explained below.

When the stacked bag seal products 14 are conveyed from a bag seal product manufacturing mechanism (not shown) to the take-out position by the stacking conveyor 16, the traveling drive of the stacking conveyor 16 is temporarily stopped at this take-out position. . The upper one of the bag-sealed products 14 brought to the take-out position in this manner is sucked by the suction mechanism 20 that has descended, and is lifted as the suction mechanism 20 rises.

Here, the reciprocating mechanism 24 is set so that the first mounting tool 3° is urged to the home position on the ejection position side, and the first drive cylinder 34 is set so that its piston 32 is protruded. Further, the second drive cylinder 40 is set so that its piston 38 is in a retracted state. still,
In this state, the clamper 22 does not engage with the bag seal product 14 being lifted.

Further, in the state in which the bag seal product 14 is lifted by the suction mechanism 20 in this manner, the first drive cylinder 34 is activated and operates to draw the piston 32. In synchronization with this operation, the clamper 22 is opened to a clampable state. In this way, in response to activation of the first drive cylinder 34, the clamper 22 engages with each bag body 12a of the bag seal product 14, and then clamps each bag body 12a by intervening.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, the slit cutter 44 rises from the standby position and is brought to a position where it can engage with the bag-sealed product 14 being conveyed. The first drive cylinder 34 is now activated in the opposite direction and its piston 3
In other words, the clamper 22 is driven to move toward the release position. In this way, the bag seal product 14 is cut open from the middle by the slit cutter 44.

In this cutting operation, the anti-tangle device 42 swings from its standby position and engages the tube 12b connected to the lifted bag seal product 14 from below, leaving it on the stacking conveyor 16. This is done so that it does not get entangled with the tube 12b connected to the bag seal product 14.

Thereafter, the reciprocating mechanism 24 is started and the endless chain 28 is driven to run, and therefore the bag seal product 14 clamped by the clamper 22 is also moved from the take-out position to the release position. Along with this movement, the bag seal product 14 is transported so as to take the slit cutter 44 inward, and as a result, the bag seal product 14 is cut into two blood bags 1 by the slit cutter 44.
It is divided into 2. Furthermore, since the tubes 12b connected to the divided blood bags 12 are guided by the tube guide 46 as the blood bags 12 are transported, the tubes 12b do not become entangled with each other during the transport. This will be prevented. And the fourth
As shown in the figure, when the pair of blood bags 12 are transported to the release position, the drive of the reciprocating mechanism 24 is stopped.

Note that during the operation of the reciprocating mechanism 24, the first drive cylinder 34 operates to retract the piston 32 thereof, and the second drive cylinder 40 operates to retract the piston 32 thereof.
8 to push down the clamper 22, and further, the suction block 50 moves the plate 48 from the standby position.
At the same time, the bag holding plate 56 is raised to an open position. Then, in the state brought to the release position, the driving of the reciprocating mechanism 24 is stopped as described above, and the bag presser rod 54 is rotated 90 degrees from the horizontal standby position and brought to the upright position. After this, the bag presser rod 5
4 is pressed down to press the blood bag 12 against the corresponding suction block 50. In this way, the blood bag 12 is placed on the corresponding suction block 50 without being displaced.

After that, the suction block 50 starts the suction operation, the clamp by the clamper 22 is released, the bag holding rod 54 is raised, and the blood bag 12 is only sucked by the suction block 50. will be held. And the first drive cylinder 34
is actuated to project its piston 32, and the clamper 22 is separated from the blood bag 12.

After this, the suction block 50 is lowered to a position below the plate 48. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the suction operation is stopped in response to the suction block 50 being positioned below the plate 48, and in this way, the blood bag 12 is securely placed on the corresponding plate 48. will be placed. Incidentally, as the blood bag 12 descends, the tube 12b connected to it
It will be engaged and held by the corresponding tube carrier 58.

After the blood bag 12 is placed on the plate 48 in this way, the bag holding plate 56 is rotated so that the blood bag 12 and the plate 48 are
The bag main body 12a of the blood bag 12 is sandwiched and clamped between the blood bag 12 and the blood bag 8. In this way, the blood bag 12 will be locked onto the plate 48.

From this state, the plate conveyor 18 is started, and the blood bag 12 is transported to the next step. Here, since the tube carrier 58 holding the tube 12b connected to the blood bag 12 travels in synchronization with the direction of the plate conveyor 18, the blood bag 12 as a whole is reliably transported. Become. That is, when the plate conveyor 18 starts traveling, the tips of the tubes 12b are located within the tube guide 46, as shown in FIG. 8, but the proximal ends of each tube 12b are Since it is held by the tube carrier 58, the blood bag 1
2 will be reliably transported without damaging the placement condition.

Thereafter, the reciprocating mechanism 24 now travels in the opposite direction to return the clamper 22 from the release position to the take-out position, as shown in FIG. In this way, the transport device 10
is returned to the initial position shown in Figure 1 as a whole,
The series of conveyance operations ends. Furthermore, after returning to the position shown in Figure 1 in this way, the next bag seal product 1
The transport operation of No. 4 is started in the same manner as described above.

It goes without saying that this invention is not limited to the configuration of the one embodiment described above, and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the blood bag 12 is used as the container, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration and can be applied to any type of container.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, the container conveying device according to the present invention has at least two containers connected to a long tube.
A carry-in conveyor into which the sealed containers are carried in, a lifting means for sucking and lifting the sealed containers on the carrying conveyor, and a chuck for the sealed containers lifted by the lifting means. a gripping means for transporting the gripping means, a transporting means for transporting the gripping means between a take-out position above the carrying-in conveyor and a conveyance position remote from the take-out position, and a container seal product gripped by the gripping means. a cutting means that is provided so as to be able to fit together, and that engages between adjacent containers of the container sealed product to separate the container sealed product into individual containers as the gripping device is transported by the transporting device; an unloading conveyor disposed below the transporting position; and a mounting device for placing the containers, which have been transported to the transporting position by the transporting means, cut into individual containers by the cutting means, on the unloading conveyor. and a guide means disposed between the take-out position and the conveyance position to respectively guide the tubes connected to and dragged by the container being conveyed from the take-out position to the conveyance position.

Therefore, according to the present invention, container sealed products that have been brought in with at least two containers connected to long tubes are automatically separated into individual containers. Thus, a container conveying device capable of transporting the tubes in an aligned state will be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the container transport device according to the present invention in an initial state; Fig. 2 is a front view showing a state in which a bag-sealed product is partially cut open by a slit cutter in the transport mechanism. Figure; Figure 3 is a plan view showing the bag seal product cut by a slit cutter and divided into two blood bags; Figure 4 is the transported blood bag brought to the release position Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the configuration of the tube guide; Figure 6 is a front view showing the blood bag placed on the plate; Figure 7 is the clamper returned to the extraction position. A front view showing the state; and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the state in which the blood bag is transported by the plate conveyor. In the figure, 10...transport device, 12...blood bag, 1
2a...Bag body, 12b...Tube, 14.
...Bag seal product, 16...To the stacking contest

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A carry-in conveyor into which a container seal product having at least two containers connected to each other with long tubes is carried in, and a container seal product on the carry-in conveyor is sucked. A lifting means for lifting up, a gripping means for chucking the container sealed product lifted by the lifting means, and a gripping means for transporting the gripping means between a take-out position above the conveyor for carrying in and a transport position distant from the take-out position. a conveying means that is capable of engaging with the container sealed product gripped by the gripping means, and as the gripping means is conveyed by the conveying means, engagement between adjacent containers of the container sealed products is provided. a cutting means for separating the container-sealed products into individual containers; an unloading conveyor disposed below the transporting position; A loading means for placing individual separated containers on a conveyor for carrying out, and a tube arranged between a take-out position and a conveyance position and connected to and dragged by the containers being conveyed from the take-out position to the conveyance position. A container conveyance device characterized by comprising a guide means for respectively guiding the containers.