KR100718510B1 - Basket overturn apparaus for basket washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a basket inverter of a basket washer, which automatically removes large dirt contained in the basket by turning the basket 180 degrees before washing the basket. Basket basket inverter of the basket washing machine according to the present invention, the base frame; A conveying conveyor installed on the base frame to convey the basket from one side of the base frame to the other side; A rotating shaft rotatably installed on the base frame; It characterized in that it comprises a reversing unit for inverting the basket conveyed along the conveying conveyor 180 degrees while rotating along the rotation axis.

Basket, Washer, Inverter, Sewage, Remover

Description

Basket Overturn Apparaus for Basket Washing Machine

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a basket washer according to the present invention

Figure 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a basket inverter of the basket washing machine according to the present invention

3 is a side view of the basket reversing apparatus of FIG.

4 is a rear view of the basket inverter of FIG.

5 is a front view of the basket inverter of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: base frame 20, 25: first and second variable conveyor

21, 26: first and second movable block 22, 27: first and second conveyor part

23, 28: first and second connection block 30: the rotating shaft

32: bearing 40: gripping member

41: rotary frame 42: phage bar

43: auxiliary phage bar 51: servo motor

52: driven pulley 53: driven pulley

54: power transmission belt 61: pneumatic cylinder

B: basket

The present invention relates to a basket washer, and more particularly, to a basket inverter of the basket washer to reverse the basket before washing the basket to automatically remove the large dirt contained in the basket.

In general, large discount marts need a basket for transporting and displaying vegetables, fish or meat supplied from the production site.

The basket is contaminated by food or other dirt after use because various objects are stored therein. Therefore, these baskets must be replaced with new ones after use or necessarily washed and reused.

Conventionally, since there was no device for automatically washing the basket, the basket once used was discarded or reused by a worker washing manually.

However, if a worker manually washes a large number of baskets, there is a problem that not only requires a large number of workers required for washing, but also increases the time required to reduce productivity and increase the cost of washing.

In recent years, a basket washer has been developed that can carry out a plurality of baskets, then automatically separated by one to perform the washing, and automatically perform a series of operations to re-load the washed basket.

However, when the cleaning is performed with such a basket washer, if large dirt such as packaging materials or food remains in the basket, such a large dirt may remain even after the cleaning process is completed, in which case the cleaning may be poor. There is a problem that the reliability of is significantly lowered.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to reverse the basket in the basket washing machine for automatically washing a large number of baskets to remove the large dirt remaining in the basket can improve the reliability of the cleaning operation It is an object of the present invention to provide a basket inverter of a basket washing machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a basket washing apparatus of a basket washer having excellent compatibility that can be selectively applied to various baskets of different sizes.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the base frame; A conveying conveyor installed on the base frame to convey the basket from one side of the base frame to the other side; A rotating shaft rotatably installed on the base frame; It provides a basket reversing apparatus of the basket washer comprising a reversing unit for inverting the basket conveyed along the conveying conveyor by 180 degrees while rotating along the rotation axis.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the basket inverter of the basket washing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail.

Figure 1 schematically shows the configuration of the basket washer according to the present invention, the basket washer of the present invention, the input unit 1 for feeding the basket to be washed, and the internal dirt of the basket put in the input unit 1 is collected The waste collection unit 2, the washing unit 3 for washing the basket transported from the waste collection unit 2 with a fluid, and the discharge unit 4 for discharging the basket passing through the washing unit 3 It is largely composed of).

In the inlet 1 of the basket washing machine, the baskets to be washed are stacked up and down, and then the baskets are separated and conveyed one by one from the stacked baskets.

In the waste collection unit 2, the basket reversing apparatus of the present invention inverts the basket 180 degrees to remove large dirt remaining in the basket.

The washing unit 3 sprays a fluid such as water and a detergent or water mixed with a detergent at a high pressure to the basket from which the dirt is removed to wash the basket. The discharge part 4 receives the basket from which the washing is completed from the washing part 4 and stacks them in order.

The input unit 1, the waste collection unit 2, the washing unit 3 and the discharge unit 4 are arranged in-line through a conveyor line (not shown).

On the other hand, Figures 2 to 5 show one embodiment of the configuration of the basket reversing apparatus according to the present invention disposed in the waste collection unit (2).

Referring to these drawings, the first variable conveyor 20 and the second variable conveyor 25 in which the basket B is seated and conveyed on the base frame 10 of the basket reversing apparatus are formed along the conveying direction of the basket.

In addition, the rotation shaft 30 is installed in the middle of the base frame 10 in a direction crossing the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25. Holding members 40 on both sides of the rotating shaft 30 to grip the lower edge of both sides of the basket (B) carried along the first and second variable conveyors (20, 25) to reverse the basket (B) by 180 degrees. ) Is installed. The holding member 40 inverts the basket B while rotating together with the rotation shaft 30.

A pair of guides 45 on both sides of the holding members 40 to guide both side portions of the basket B to prevent the basket B from being separated when the baskets B are rotated by the holding members 40. ) Is installed.

A servo motor 51 is installed at one side of the base frame 10, and a driving pulley 52 is axially coupled to the servo motor 51. Then, the driven pulley 53 is fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 30 is installed. The drive pulley 52 and the driven pulley 53 are connected by a power transmission belt 54. Therefore, when a predetermined control signal is applied to the servo motor 51, the drive pulley 52 is rotated, the rotational force of the drive pulley 52 is driven through the power transmission belt 54 driven pulley 53 Is transmitted to the rotating shaft 30 is rotated.

The first variable conveyor 20 is formed to rotate in the conveyance direction of the basket on the first movable block 21 and the first movable block 21 extending along the conveying direction of the basket on the base frame The first conveyor portion 22 to which one side of the basket is seated and conveyed, and a first connection of which one side is connected to the first movable block 21 and the other side is rotatably connected to any one of the holding members 40. Block 23.

And, the second variable conveyor 25, the second movable block 26 provided in parallel with the first movable block 21 and the second movable block 26 in the conveying direction of the basket (B). The second conveyor portion 27 is formed to rotate along the other side of the basket is seated and conveyed, and one side is connected to the second movable block 26 and the other side of the holding member 40 is rotated It comprises a second connecting block 28 that is possibly connected.

The first and second conveyor parts 22 and 27 may be formed in a belt structure driven by geared motors 24 and 29 installed at one ends of the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26. It can be configured by employing a variety of conveyor configuration.

The gripping member 40 is connected to the rotary shaft 30 to rotate and the rotary frame 41, the rotary frame 41 is formed to extend outward with a phase difference of a predetermined angle to grip the outer edge of the basket A plurality of phage bars 42 and the auxiliary phage bar 43 for holding the outer edge of the basket (B) when the basket (B) is turned over by 90 degrees apart from each other the phage bar (42) is turned over by 90 degrees It consists of. In this embodiment, the phage bar 42 and the auxiliary phage bar 43 are formed such that each of the four phage bars 42 and 90 has a phase difference of 90 degrees. Each of the phage bar 42 and the auxiliary phage bar 43 is preferably formed in the form of a steel beam (L) having a 'L' shaped cross section to facilitate gripping both edges of the basket (B).

In addition, bearings 32 rotatably supporting the rotary frame 41 with respect to the connection block are installed between the first and second connection blocks 23 and 28 and the rotary frame 41.

On the other hand, the holding member 40 and the first and second variable conveyors (20, 25) is preferably configured to be able to adjust the distance between each other corresponding to the width size of the basket (B) to be conveyed.

To this end, the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 of the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 are installed to be movable in the direction of each other on the base frame 10. The holding member 40 and the guide 45 are installed on the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 to move together with the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26. The first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 are mutually adjusted by pneumatic cylinders 61 installed in the base frame 10.

The rotary shaft 30 penetrates the rotary frame 41 of the gripping member 40. Therefore, the rotary frame 41 is radially constrained to the rotation shaft 30 to rotate together with the rotation shaft 30, and should be coupled to be movable in the axial direction.

To this end, the rotating shaft 30 is made of a spline shaft formed with a plurality of grooves at regular intervals along the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface thereof, and on the inner circumferential surface of the rotary frame 41 through which the rotating shaft 30 penetrates. A plurality of protrusions (not shown) meshed with the grooves of the rotating shaft 30 are formed.

Therefore, when a force is applied to the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 in the horizontal direction by the operation of the pneumatic cylinder 61, the connection block 23 of the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26, Force is applied in the horizontal direction to the rotary frame 41 connected to the 28, the rotary frame 41 is moved along the rotation axis 30 in the desired direction to the first and second variable conveyors (20, 25) and gripping The distance between the members 40 is adjusted.

Although not shown in the drawings, it is preferable that a waste container (not shown) for collecting waste falling from the basket B is provided at the lower side of the base frame 10, strictly speaking, immediately below the rear side of the holding member 40. .

The basket reversing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above operates as follows.

When the operation of the basket washing machine starts, the drive pulley 52 starts to rotate while a control signal is applied to the servomotor 51, and thus the rotating shaft 30 starts to rotate. In addition, the rotary frame 30 and the rotary frame 41 and the grip bar 42 of the gripping member 40 rotates at a constant speed. The reason why the servo motor 51 is used without using the general motor as described above is to perform accurate inversion in a short time (2 seconds).

The basket B separated from the input 1 of the basket washer (see FIG. 1) enters the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 of the basket reversing device at regular intervals, and the lower sides of the basket B are first and second. It is seated on the variable conveyors 20 and 25 and conveyed to the rear.

The basket B conveyed on the 1st and 2nd variable conveyors 20 and 25 is gripped by the grip bars 42 of the holding | gripping tool 40, and both lower edge parts are rotated. At this time, the baskets (B) rotated by the holding member 40 is guided smoothly without being separated laterally by the guides 45 on both sides.

When the basket B held by the phage bar 42 is rotated by 90 degrees or more, the basket B is turned upside down, and the opened part is gradually turned downward, and the dirt present in the basket B It falls apart underneath.

When the basket B rotated by the holding member 40 is turned over by 180 degrees, the basket B is completely seated on the auxiliary holding member 40 and at the same time, on the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25. It is seated on and conveyed to the rear.

Subsequently, the basket B is guided and washed by the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 to the washing unit 3 (see FIG. 1).

Since the holding member 40 of the basket reversing device has four phage bars 42 and auxiliary phage bars 43 continuously rotating, one basket B is gripped and rotated by the first phage bar 42. Meanwhile, another basket B conveyed through the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 is gripped by the second phage bar 42 to be rotated. Therefore, the continuous basket reversal operation can be made, it is possible to obtain the advantage that the productivity is improved.

On the other hand, when the size of the basket (B) to be cleaned is changed, the distance between the first variable conveyor 20 and the second variable conveyor 25, and the holding member 40 connected to each variable conveyor (20, 25) The spacing of) should also change to correspond to the size of the basket (B).

In this case, when the operator operates a controller (not shown) of the basket reversing device, each of the piston rods is expanded and contracted while pneumatic pressure is applied to the pneumatic cylinders 61, and thus the first and second variable conveyors 20 A force is applied in the horizontal direction to the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 of the " 25 "

When a force is applied to the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 in a horizontal direction, the rotary frame 41 of the holding member 40 is rotatably connected to the first and second connection blocks 23 and 28. The first and second movable blocks 21 and 26 are moved along the spline groove of the rotary shaft 30 and at the same time. When the distance between the holding member 40 and the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 is adjusted by the movement of the rotary frame 41 and the first and second movable blocks 21 and 26, the same process as described above. The holding member 40 and the first and second variable conveyors 20 and 25 operate to invert 180 degrees of the basket B and remove the dirt.

On the other hand, the basket inverter of the present invention is applied to remove the dirt, but may be used to restore the original state by reversing the basket upside down once by placing two basket inverters in succession, or after the washing unit. Of course.

As described above, according to the present invention, while the basket conveyed through the input of the basket washing machine is inverted by 180 degrees by the basket reversing device, dirt in the basket is removed and washing is performed. Therefore, dirt may remain in the basket so that a poor cleaning occurs, or a phenomenon in which the basket is not properly stacked in the process of loading the washed basket does not occur.

In addition, since the reversal operation of the basket is automatically performed, as well as the plurality of baskets are continuously inverted at regular intervals, the basket reversal and dirt removal operations are performed very quickly, thereby increasing productivity and workability. You can get it.

Claims (8)

A base frame; A conveying conveyor installed on the base frame to convey the basket from one side of the base frame to the other side; A rotating shaft rotatably installed on the base frame; Basket inverter of the basket washer comprising a reverse unit for inverting the basket to be conveyed along the conveying conveyor 180 degrees while rotating along the rotation axis. The method of claim 1, wherein the inversion unit, A pair of gripping members which are formed at predetermined intervals on the rotating shaft to grip both side edge portions of the basket being conveyed along a conveying conveyor; A drive unit for rotating the rotating shaft; The basket inverter of the basket washer, characterized in that it comprises a guide installed on the outside of each holding member to guide both side portions of the basket rotated by the rotation of the holding member. The gripping member of claim 2, wherein the gripping member is coupled to the rotary shaft to rotate together with the rotary shaft, and the rotary frame is formed to extend outwardly with a phase difference of a predetermined angle to grip the outer edge of the basket. Basket inverter of the basket washer, characterized in that consisting of a bar. The driving unit of claim 2, wherein the driving unit connects a driven pulley fixed to the rotating shaft, a motor installed on the base frame, a driving pulley axially coupled to the motor, and the driven pulley and the driving pulley. Basket inverter of the basket washer, characterized in that it comprises a power transmission belt for transmitting to the driven pulley. The basket reversing apparatus of claim 2, wherein at least one of the holding members is installed to be movable along the rotation axis, and the distance between the holding members is adjusted according to the size of the basket. The plurality of protrusions of claim 5, wherein the rotation shaft is formed of a spline shaft having a plurality of grooves formed at predetermined intervals along the axial direction on an outer circumferential surface thereof and inserted into a groove of the spline shaft on an inner circumferential surface of the gripping member. Are formed, the holding members are basket reversing apparatus of the basket washing machine, characterized in that moved along the axis of rotation by a pneumatic cylinder. 6. The conveying conveyor of claim 5, wherein the conveying conveyor is made of first and second variable conveyors which are individually connected to each of the holding members and move along the rotation axis together with the holding members to adjust the distance therebetween. Basket Inverter, Basket Inverter. The basket of claim 7, wherein the first variable conveyor is configured to rotate on the base frame along a conveying direction of the basket and to the first movable block extending along the conveying direction of the basket. A first conveyor portion having one side seated and conveyed, and a first connection block having one side connected to the first movable block and the other side rotatably connected to any one of the holding members, The second variable conveyor may include a second movable block installed in parallel with the first movable block and a second movable block formed on the second movable block so as to rotate in the conveying direction of the basket, and the other side of the basket is seated and conveyed. Basket inverter of the basket washing machine, characterized in that it comprises a conveyor and a second connection block is connected to the second movable block and one side of the holding member rotatably connected to the other side.

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