KR100424433B1 - Ionized Cleaning Apparatus for Plastic Bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a cleaning device that can be discharged to the outside of the container by spraying the inside of the container with the air in the ionized state of the dust or other foreign matter attached to the inside by the static electricity, such as a plastic container to the neutral state It is about.

Conventionally, the synthetic resin container used to package liquid coffees has adopted a method of washing the inside of the container using compressed air after the injection molding of unnecessary residues attached to the container. Dirt or foreign matter was not easily removed, even if discharged to the outside of the container, the discharged dust or foreign matter is scattered and flows back into the container to contaminate the inside of the container, there is a problem that reduces the cleaning effect.

The present invention is to immediately supply the cleaning air through the filtration and neutralization process for cleaning the container in order to solve such a conventional problem, and immediately to prevent the foreign matter discharged from the container to be mixed back into the container. It is collected and discharged separately, and the container is continuously displaced to be suitable for cleaning so that it can be effectively utilized in the field of cleaning of the container.

Description

Ionized Cleaning Apparatus for Plastic Bottles}

The present invention relates to a device for cleaning a container, and more particularly, to remove dust or other foreign matter attached to the inside by static electricity, such as a synthetic resin container, by changing the air in the ionized state to a neutral state, and then The present invention relates to a cleaning device forcibly spraying the inside of the container to block the generation of static electricity in the process of removing the foreign matter in advance, and to blow the foreign matter inside the container to remove the foreign matter.

In general, among the various types of synthetic resin containers used to package liquid coffee or other drinkable contents, the bottom of the container is narrow, the upper part is wide, and the outer periphery is formed in the form of protrusions. It is necessary to remove unnecessary foreign substances and clean the inside and outside of the container.

At this time, the conventional method is mainly used to clean the inside using compressed air, but the dust or foreign matter attached by the static electricity generated in the interior of the container, the compressed air supplied to the air having the characteristics of cation or anion As it exists in the state of the foreign matter that is located inside the container is also charged, there is a closed end is not easily removed.

Even if foreign matter adhering to the inner wall of the container is forced out of the container, the dust or other contaminants such as foreign substances are scattered and the flow of internal air generated by the flow of compressed air injected into the container. However, due to the difference in pressure, it is easily introduced into the inside of the container, and the problem of polluting the inside is continuously generated, causing a problem of actually lowering the cleaning effect.

In addition, the conventional method of feeding the empty container for cleaning is configured to change the direction while the feeding is simply carried on the guide rail, in this case, the overall length of the guide rail is enlarged and the entire apparatus is enlarged and installed It takes up a lot of space, exposing the economic side.

The present invention has been researched and developed to solve such a conventional problem.

An object of the present invention is to supply the cleaning air through the filtration process and neutralization process in advance for washing the container, and after the cleaning to immediately separate the foreign matter discharged from the container to prevent it from being mixed again into the inside of the container and collected separately It is to provide a cleaning device to ensure a certain cleaning.

Another object of the present invention is a state in which the empty container is narrowly overlapped with each other while the empty container is fed in the process of cleaning the technical configuration in which the empty container is fed in the process of washing and emptying the container before and after washing. In addition, it is intended to be more reliably washed inside and outside of the container so that the feeding is made while the displacement is continuously made in a state that overlaps with each other narrowly again.

1 is an external front view showing a preferred example of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the main portion of Figure 1,

3 is a partially omitted bottom view of FIG. 2;

4 is a side schematic diagram showing a power transmission system of the main parts illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3;

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall washing means of the present inventors washing device.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: container feeding means, 2: container washing means, 3: containers, 4: air supply,

5: air cleaner, 6: air outlet, 11: guide groove, 12: feeding roller,

13: brush roll

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a cleaning device for a container that can blow dust and other foreign matter attached to the inside by static electricity, such as a synthetic resin container to the outside, the container is narrowly overlapped, The container feeding means for continuously displacing in a long open state and a narrowly overlapping state and the container cleaning means for cleaning the inside of the container are combined, but the container feeding means has a guide groove on the outside with a different pitch interval. The formed pair of feeding rollers are installed in a state where the horizontal spaced out at a predetermined interval, and a washing brush roller is installed at the lower portion of the pair of feeding rollers, and the pair of feeding rollers and brush rollers are installed to be rotated in place. The container cleaning means is made from the inside out by the compressor Air supply unit for air feeding is to, by the filter in the filtered and neutralized the air charged by the ionizer; An air cleaning unit for injecting air supplied from the air supply unit by an injection nozzle and discharging foreign substances in the container by the injected air; In addition, there is provided a cleaning device for a container including an air discharge unit which collects foreign substances discharged from the container by the air cleaning unit to a collector by a suction pump and discharged air is discharged to the outside through a filter.

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

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the present invention is a cleaning device of the container in the cleaning device of the container to blow out the dust or other foreign matter attached to the interior by static electricity, such as a synthetic resin container, the container (3) is made by combining the container feeding means (1) for cleaning the inside of the container (3) and the container feeding means (1) so that the displacement is continuously made in a narrowly overlapped state, a long open state and again a narrowly overlapped state .

At this time, the container feeding means (1) is installed in a state in which a predetermined interval is horizontally spaced a pair of feeding rollers (12, 12) formed with guide grooves (11, 11) different pitch intervals on the outside, the pair In the lower part of the feeding rolls 12 and 12, a washing brush roll 13 is installed, and the pair of feeding rolls 12 and 12 and the brush roll 13 are formed to be rotatable in place.

Such container feeding means 1 can be configured to achieve a rotational drive, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, that is, a driving motor 15, the feeding rollers 12 and 12, and a brush roller ( 13 is rotated in place by the power transmission belt (16, 17), respectively, the feeding rollers 12, 12 are rotated in the same direction with each other, the brush roller 13 is the feeding The feeding operation of the container 3 by the feeding rolls 12 and 12 and the container 3 by the brush roll 13 are performed so that rotation driving is performed in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rolls 12 and 12. It is desirable to make the external cleaning operation more effectively.

In addition, the vessel washing means 2 is an air supply unit for filtering the air fed from the outside to the inside by the compressor 42 by the filter 44 and to neutralize the air charged by the ionizer 46 (4); An air cleaning unit (5) for injecting the air supplied from the air supply unit (4) by the injection nozzle (50) and discharging foreign matter in the container (3) by the injected air; In addition, the foreign matter discharged from the container 3 by the air cleaning unit 5 is collected by the suction pump 62 to the collector 60 and the discharged air is discharged to the outside via the filter 64. It comprises a discharge part (6).

At this time, the air supply unit 4 is a plurality of neutralized form of the ionized air while passing through the compressed air supply pipe 20 and the ionizer 46 the external air supplied to the compressor 42 through the filter 44 It is configured to be fed to the injection nozzle 50 is made.

In addition, the air cleaning unit 5 has the compressed air supply pipe 20 and the plurality of injection nozzles 50 communicate with each other at regular intervals in a sealed duct 70 installed below the base 7. It is installed so that, by providing an outlet 72 on one side of the duct (70).

At this time, the injection nozzle 50 may be configured to change the air passing through the injection nozzle 50 to the neutral state by installing the ionizer 46 described above.

In addition, the air discharge unit 6 is to collect the foreign matter discharged from the container 3 by the air cleaning unit 5 to the collector 60 by the suction pump 62, such as a ring brower (Ring Brower) In addition, the discharge port 72 and the collector 60 are connected to the connection supply pipe 76 so that the discharged air is discharged to the outside through the filter 64, the collector 60 and the suction pump. 62 is connected to each other, the foreign matter and air discharged from the duct 70 by the suction pump 62 is filtered from the collector 60 while passing through the suction pump 62 and the filter 64. The discharge is made to the outside in the state.

As reference numeral 8, reference numeral 8 denotes a support leg forming a base 7, 9 a control panel, 74 a means for inputting the container 3, and 78 a means for discharging the container 3, respectively.

Next will be described the operational relationship of the device of the present invention made as described above.

When the present inventors install the washing apparatus, and first, the container 3 to be cleaned is fed to the container feeding means 1 using the feeding means 74, the container 3 has a pair of feeding rollers 12, 12 and Moving forward to the space formed by the brush roller 13 and the forward transfer is made while the upper one side of the container (3) is bitten by the guide grooves (11, 11), the pitch of the guide groove (11) is initially narrow In the area, feeding is performed while keeping the adjacent containers 3 closely packed, and in the area where the pitch of the guide groove 11 is wide as an intermediate part, the adjacent containers 3 are widely separated from each other. Feeding is made while maintaining and the feeding is made in the area of the narrow pitch of the guide groove (11) while maintaining the closely adjacent several containers (3).

As the feeding is performed as described above, the outside of the container 3 is sequentially washed by the brush roller 13 positioned at the lower portion, and the air located at the upper portion between the feeding rollers 12 and 12 as the inside of the duct 70. The operation of the container washing means 2 including the washing unit 5 is made, the operation is made in the following order.

That is, in the air supply unit 4, the air in the filtered and neutralized state is fed through the injection nozzle 500 of the air cleaner 5 through the filter 44, the compressor 42, and the ionizer 46. When sprayed toward the vessel 3 located below by using the space between the rolls 12 and 12, the neutralized air injected from the spray nozzle 50 is sprayed into and out of the vessel 3 to be fed. You lose.

At this time, a plurality of injection nozzles (50) are installed, the air is sequentially injected into and out of the container (3) to reach the position of the nozzle 50 of the container (3) during the feeding of the container (3) The foreign matter or dirt inside or outside the) is discharged to the outside of the container 3 and falls to the bottom. Particularly, since the air supplied to the inside of the container 3 becomes neutral, the inside of the container 3 It prevents the generation of static electricity so that the foreign matter or dirt easily falls from the container 3, and once the foreign material from the container 3 over a number of nozzles 50 through a plurality of nozzles 50 in accordance with the traveling direction of the container 3 The washing operation is performed to remove the.

Next, once the foreign matter discharged from the container 3 falls into the inside of the duct 70, by the operation of the suction pump 62 in the air discharge portion 6, the discharge port 72, the connection supply pipe 76 , The foreign matter is collected in the collector 60 while passing through the collector 60, and the remaining air is discharged to the outside in a clean state filtered through the suction pump 62 and the filter 64. Of course, the foreign matter collected in the collector 60 may be discharged periodically and treated separately.

In addition, the container 3 washed by the air washing unit 5 of the above-described container 3 is discharged to the outside and discharged for the next processing step by the discharge means 78 of the container 3. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, the cleaning device, through the filtration process and the neutralization process in advance to supply the cleaning air for the washing of the container (3), after washing the foreign matter discharged from the container (3) again (3) to be immediately discharged in order to prevent mixing into the interior of the separate collection, it is possible to wash.

In addition, the empty container (3) is narrowly overlapped with each other while feeding is carried out in the process of cleaning the technical configuration that the feeding of the empty container (3) in the process of washing and empty container before and after washing In the opened state and again overlapping with each other, the displacement is continuously made so that the feeding can be performed more reliably in the inside and outside of the container 3, and the whole process of the feeding can be made even at a short distance. It is possible to reduce the installation area and effectively utilize in the field of washing of the container (3).

Claims (3)

In the cleaning device of the container to blow out dust or other foreign matter attached to the inside by static electricity, such as a plastic container, to remove the By combining the container feeding means (1) for cleaning the inside of the container 3 and the container feeding means (1) to continuously displace the container (3) in a narrowly overlapped state, a long open state and again a narrowly overlapped state It's done, The container feeding means 1 is provided with a pair of feeding rollers 12 and 12 having guide grooves 11 and 11 formed at different intervals in a horizontally spaced apart state, and the pair of feeding means In the lower part of the rolls 12 and 12, a washing brush roll 13 is installed, and the pair of feeding rollers 12 and 12 and the brush roll 13 are installed to be rotatable in place. The vessel cleaning means (2) is an air supply (4) to filter the air fed from the outside to the inside by the compressor (42) by the filter 44 and to neutralize the air charged by the ionizer (46) )Wow; An air cleaning unit (5) for injecting the air supplied from the air supply unit (4) by the injection nozzle (50) and discharging foreign matter in the container (3) by the injected air; In addition, the foreign matter discharged from the container 3 by the air cleaning unit 5 is collected by the suction pump 62 to the collector 60 and the discharged air is discharged to the outside via the filter 64. Container washing apparatus comprising a discharge part (6). The method of claim 1, The vessel feeding means 1 is driven by the drive motor 15, the feeding rolls 12, 12 and the brush roll 13 in place by the power transmission belts 16, 17, respectively, The feeding rollers 12 and 12 are rotated in the same direction as each other, and the brush roller 13 is configured to be driven in the opposite direction to the rotational direction of the feeding rollers 12 and 12. Container cleaning apparatus. The method of claim 1, The air supply unit 4 has a plurality of injection nozzles in a neutralized form of ionized air while the external air supplied to the compressor 42 via the filter 44 passes through the compressed air supply pipe 20 and the ionizer 46. Is configured to be fed to 50, The air cleaning unit 5 is installed in the sealed duct 70 installed in the lower portion of the base 7 so that the compressed air supply pipe 20 and the plurality of injection nozzles 50 communicate with each other at regular intervals. The discharge nozzle 72 is provided at one side of the duct 70, and an ionizer 46 is installed at the injection nozzle 50 to instantly change the air passing through the injection nozzle 50 to a neutral state. Is configured to The air discharge part 6 collects the foreign substances discharged from the container 3 by the air cleaner 5 to the collector 60 by the suction pump 62, and the other air is discharged through the filter 64. In order to be discharged to the outside through the), the outlet 72 and the collector 60 is connected to the connection supply pipe 76 is installed, and the foreign matter discharged from the duct 70 by the suction pump 62 and Air is discharged from the collector 60 through the suction pump 62 and the filter (64) while being discharged to the outside in the filtered state is configured to the container washing apparatus.