KR100835595B1 - soluble vessel Meterial feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a raw material supply apparatus for a foam container for superimposing and supplying the biodegradable paper or degradable vinyl overlapping the raw material starch to be foamed to the upper and lower surfaces or to one side to the manufacturing device of the biodegradable disposable foam container.

In particular, the present invention supplies the raw starch in the dough state into a plate having a certain amount and thickness, and adheres to one or both sides of the disposable container, and increases the firmness of the container and the biodegradability to block moisture absorbed into the foam container. Paper, film (hereinafter referred to as film), and the like, in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the plate-like raw material to be supplied to the mold,

A raw material feed hopper for supplying raw materials to the lower film roll which enables the lower film in close contact with the bottom surface of the container to the conveying means configured to be conveyed to the gas, and to the upper upper film which is fed and transported by the lower film roll. The upper film roll of the upper film supplied to be covered with the upper part of the raw material, and the pressure forming roll formed by pressing the raw material supplied between the upper and lower films to form a plate form a foam member overlapping the foamed starch inside the upper and lower film layer To be transported.

And a cutting device for cutting the foam member to which the upper and lower films and the raw material are overlapped and transported by a predetermined length, and a robot arm for supplying the cut foam member to the mold. It is to manufacture a disposable container by foaming in the molding hole of the mold while passing through the heating furnace by the foaming device of the prior application.

The present invention is an invention that can be supplied to the mold continuously by forming a plate-shaped foam member in close contact with a constant thickness and a film that is laminated up and down with the raw material of the dough state to supply a high-productivity and stable foam raw material Is to provide.

Biodegradable, film

Description

Raw material feeding device for foam container {soluble vessel Meterial feeder}

1 is an overall configuration explanatory diagram showing a device of the present invention.

Figure 2 (a) is an enlarged view showing the pressure roll configuration of the present invention.

       (b) is an enlarged view showing the cutting device of the present invention.

3 is a disposable container molded by the present invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the foam container molded by the present invention.

<Code Description of Main Parts of Drawing>

10; transfer means 11; conveyor belt 20; lower film roll

21; bottom film 30; raw material supply hopper 31; raw material

40; upper film roll 41; upper film 50; pressure forming roll

60; foam member 61; unit member 70; cutting device

71; cutting blade 80; mold 81; robot arm

82; molding hole 85; Cutting knife 86; A fixed knife

100; gas 200; disposable container M; motor

The present invention relates to a raw material supply apparatus for a foam container for superimposing and supplying the biodegradable paper or degradable vinyl overlapping the raw material starch to be foamed to the upper and lower surfaces or to one side to the manufacturing device of the biodegradable disposable foam container.

As is well known, the demand for cheap disposable products, which are hygienic, convenient, productive and beautiful, is increasing as the consumption of instant food is increased due to the change of dietary life with the increase of income level with industrial development.

In particular, fast food is mostly used disposable containers, and fast food stores, convenience stores and vending machines are using a disposable container made of paper, foamed resin, etc. that can be discarded after use.

Disposable containers, however, are used every year due to a number of excellent advantages, while the environmental pollution is increased due to disposal after use, and they are hardly decomposed by transition metals or microorganisms in the soil when they are landfilled with various wastes. In this case, a large amount of toxic gas (dioxin, carbon monoxide, etc.) is generated, which is known to have a global warming and harmful effects on the human body.

In order to solve this problem, research on the regeneration treatment method is actively conducted in terms of recycling waste resources, but there are many problems such as difficulty in separating and removing impurities mixed after collection.

As a result, biodegradable polymers having similar properties to synthetic resins and easily decomposed by natural microorganisms include aliphatic polyesters through chemical synthesis, polyhydroxyalkanoate by fermentation, PHA] and polyhydroxy butylate (poly (hydroxyl-butyrate), PHB] and a disposable container made of a biodegradable polymer containing starch composed of a combination of these and natural polymers such as cellulose or starch.

Particularly, in the applicant's registered patent No. 10-0581036, starch is obtained from corn, potato, tapioca, sweet potato, wheat, rice, etc. It has been invented a method for producing a biodegradable disposable container using the composition and the composition.

In this production, the starch in the dough state is supplied to the mold, and the mold is foamed by heat as the mold moves through the heating furnace, thereby forming a large amount of foamed disposable containers.

In such a manufacturing apparatus, the device for supplying the starch raw material into the mold is not known or simply composed of a supply means using a robot arm. There has been no means to supply safely and evenly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and in particular, the raw material starch in the dough state is supplied in a plate shape having a certain amount and thickness, and is in close contact with one or both sides of the disposable container, thereby increasing the firmness and foaming of the container. It aims to be able to supply biodegradable paper, film (hereinafter referred to as a film), etc. to block the moisture absorbed into the container and to supply the mold to the upper and lower surfaces of the raw material.

In order to achieve this purpose, to supply the raw material to the lower film roll and the lower film to be supplied by the transfer means to supply the lower film that is in close contact with the bottom of the container to the conveying means consisting of a conveyor belt to the gas to the conveying means Foamed starch is provided inside the upper and lower film layers by providing a raw material supply hopper and an upper film roll of the upper film supplied to be covered with the upper portion of the raw material, and a press forming roll configured to press-feed the supplied raw material between the upper and lower films. Forming and overlapping the foam member is transferred.

And a cutting device for cutting the foam member to which the upper and lower films and the raw material are overlapped and transported by a predetermined length, and a robot arm for supplying the cut foam member to the mold. It is to be produced in a disposable container by foaming in the molding hole of the mold while passing through the heating furnace by the foaming device of the prior application.

On the other hand, the mold receiving the elongated foam member was further configured to cut a knife for cutting the divided unit member applied to each of the plurality of molds to be mass-produced into a plurality of molds.

The present invention is an invention that can be supplied to the mold continuously by forming a plate-shaped foam member in close contact with a constant thickness and a film that is laminated up and down with the raw material of the dough state to supply a high-productivity and stable foam raw material Is to provide.

The present invention sequentially supplies the lower film and the upper film supplied to be covered with the upper portion of the raw material to the lower film and the lower film to the transport means consisting of a conveyor belt of long gas to achieve the above object. The present invention provides a supplying device for forming a foaming member in which foamed starch formed in a plate shape overlaps while being fed and transported, and cuts it by a predetermined length on the end side of the conveying means and supplies it to the foaming device by a robot arm.

The configuration and operation of the present invention for achieving the above object by the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail according to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an explanatory view of the overall configuration of the device of the present invention, Figure 2 (a) is an enlarged view showing the pressure roll configuration of the present invention (b) is an enlarged view showing the cutting device of the present invention.

And (a) (b) is a cross-sectional view illustrating a process of cutting the elongated foam member into the unit member by the combination of the mold and the mold applied to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a disposable container molded by the present invention and Figure 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the foam for molding according to the present invention.

The present invention constitutes a conveying means (10) consisting of a conveyor belt (11) in the elongated gas (100) as shown in the figure, and the conveyor belt (11) of the conveying means (10) is a reducer and a motor (M). It is natural that the feed rate is controlled according to the feeding amount and the rate of foaming time.

And the lower film roll 20 and the lower film 21 to be supplied to the conveyor belt 11 of the transfer means 10 in close contact with the bottom surface of the disposable container 200 on the front end side of the base 100 and the The raw material supply hopper 30 for supplying the raw material 31 in the dough or thin porridge state to the upper portion of the lower film 21 supplied by the feed and the upper film 41 to be supplied to cover the upper portion of the raw material 31 The upper film roll 40 and the upper and lower films 41 and 21 layer provided with a press forming roll 50 for compressing the raw material 31 supplied between the upper and lower films 41 and 21 to form a plate. It forms and conveys the plate-shaped foam member 60 in which the raw material 31 which is foamed starch overlaps inside.

And a cutting device 70 for cutting the foam member 60, the upper and lower film 41, 21 and the raw material 31 is overlapped and transported by a predetermined length on the end side of the conveying means 11, the cut It consists of a robot arm 81 for supplying the foam member 60 to the mold 80, the mold 80 is supplied to a foaming device, not shown in the prior application of the present inventors through the heating furnace of the foaming device While foaming in the molding hole 82 of the mold 80 is to produce a biodegradable foam disposable container 200.

At this time, the foam member 60 supplied in the above is composed of an elongated member of a length applied to the plurality of molding holes 82 is supplied.

The foam member 60 is cut into a number of unit members 61 of the number of molding holes 82 in order to be divided into a plurality of molding holes 82 formed in the mold 80 to be compression molded.

That is, as shown in Figure 3 by forming a cutting knife 85 and a fixed knife 86 in the upper and lower molds cut the foam member 60 supplied to the upper and lower cutting knife 85 between the upper and lower molds Subsequently, the prolonged foam member 60 is divided by the number of molding holes 82 by forming the molding holes 82 while continuing to descend, thereby forming the protruding foam members 60. ) Prevents stabbing or twisting.

The present invention comprises a plate-shaped foam member 60 in close contact with a constant thickness with the upper and lower films 41 and 21 stacked up and down with the raw material 31 in the dough state and continuously supplied to the mold 80 By making it possible, it is possible to improve the mass productivity and stably supply the foamed raw materials continuously.

The pressure forming roll 50 is capable of adjusting the supply amount of the raw material 31 in accordance with the firmness, use, foaming degree, etc. of the molded disposable container 200, that is, the foam member so as to supply more raw material 31 ( The thickness of the control unit 60 is further adjustable to move up and down, and the cutting device 70 further comprises a linkage device for raising and lowering the cutting blade (71).

In addition, the robot arm 81 for supplying the foam member 60 cut by the cutting blade 71 to the mold 80 is applicable to the robot arm, a slide guide, or the like shown, and known as necessary It is preferable to apply by selecting.

This is because selecting a robot arm and a guide according to the configuration of the foaming apparatus and applying a configuration suitable for the foaming apparatus may be more effective in construction and operation.

Such a biodegradable film of the present invention uses paper or vinyl, and the film is adhered to one side or both sides of the container and applied to a cup, a ramen container, an outdoor container, a plate, and a packaging container as a disposable container.

It can also be manufactured as an egg packaging container and packaging material, and this selection can be used in various biodegradable applications as it is classified according to the mold and its shape.

The operating effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described below.

The present invention conveys the lower film 21 drawn out from the lower film roll 20 located on the tip side of the elongated body 100 as shown in the overall configuration explanatory diagram showing the apparatus of the present invention of FIG. It is fed to the conveyor belt 11 of (10) and conveyed.

At this time, a plurality of films supplied at this time, that is, a plurality of rows or two rows or three rows and a plurality of rows to supply the foam member 60 of the present invention to the molding holes 82 of the mold having a plurality of molding holes 82 also before and after It is supplied in several rows, such as three rows.

Accordingly, when the lower film 21 to be supplied and fed passes the raw material supply hopper 30 formed in the gas 100, the lower material 21 in which the dough 31 or the thin porridge raw material 31 filled in the raw material supply hopper 30 is transferred. The film 21 continues to be fed and conveyed while falling in a fixed amount.

The upper film 41 drawn out of the upper film roll 40 is covered on the lower film 21 so as to be covered with the upper part of the raw material 31 so as to be covered with the upper part of the raw material 31. The pressure forming roll 50 while passing through the pressure forming roll 50 configured in the upper and lower films while being widened by pressing the raw material 31 of the dough state having a different height in the state consisting of the conveying conveyor belt 11 and the set height It forms the plate-shaped foam member 60 in close contact between the (41) (21).

Such a plate-shaped foam member 60 is continuously moved by the conveying means 11 and sensed that the cutting device 70 configured at the end side reaches a preset length and is lowered and cut by the cutting blade 71. The base end is to cut the plurality of foam member 60 by a predetermined length.

Alternatively, the cutting device 70 selects a configuration such that the robot arm 81 can pull the foam member 60 in the cut state, which is located in the base 100, unlike the end of the base 100 in which the cutting device 70 is shown. Can be applied.

The robot arm 81 may be pulled in advance or may be pulled out after cutting.

Such front and rear selection is preferably selected according to the conditions such as the foaming apparatus and its bonding properties.

The robot arm 81 holding the foam member 60 is moved and supplied with a plurality of elongated foam members 60 into the mold 80 of the foam apparatus (not shown).

The supplied foam member 60 is formed in each molding hole 82 to form the molding by each of the molding holes 82 constituting a plurality of molding holes 82 as shown in (a) (b) of FIG. Cutting is done according to

That is, a cutting knife 85 and a fixed knife 86 protruding between the molding hole 82 and the molding hole 82 are coupled to the lower mold ascending or descending the lower mold as shown in FIG. 3. Prior to the combination of 82, the first elongated foam member 60 located in the upper and lower molds are cut into a plurality of forming according to each forming hole 82, so that the number of unit members 61 coincident with each forming hole 82 Composed of the upper and lower molds continue to fall after this cutting to form the shape of the container in the molding hole (82).

Then, the mold is foamed while passing through the heating furnace in the foaming apparatus, thereby completing the disposable containers of FIGS. 4 and 5 in which the films supplied together above are attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the raw material 31.

The present invention comprises a plate-like foam member 60 in a uniform and uniform thickness in the upper and lower films 41 and 21 in which the dough material 31 is laminated up and down continuously to the mold 80 continuously. By making it possible to supply, it is possible to continuously supply foamed materials continuously and stably to improve mass productivity.

In addition, it is possible to easily adjust the strength according to the use of the container by adjusting the supply amount of the raw material 31 according to the rigidity and use, foaming degree, etc. of the disposable container 200.

The present invention is different from the above embodiment, the robot arm 81 for supplying the foam member 60 cut by the cutting blade 71 to the mold 80 is applicable to the robot arm shown, or a slide guide, etc. Of course, it is also preferable to select a more stable machine configuration to increase the effect.

The present invention feeds the lower film and the upper film to the upper means of the lower film to the conveying means consisting of a conveyor belt of elongated gas and the upper film supplied so as to be covered with the upper portion of the raw material in order to feed and compress to form a plate By forming a foam member that overlaps the foamed starch, cutting it to a certain length, and supplying a foaming device to a foaming device by a robot arm, it is possible to produce disposable foam containers in large quantities, thereby providing a container at a low price and providing a conventional synthetic resin. It is a useful invention that has the effect of improving the end of the environmental pollution is increased by the disposal of the container.

Claims (5)

The conveying means 10 constituted by the conveyor belt 11 on the base 100 is driven by a speed reducer and a motor M, and closely adhered to the bottom surface of the disposable container 200 on the front end side of the base 100. A lower film roll 20 for supplying the lower film 21 to the conveyor belt, A raw material supply hopper 30 for supplying the raw material 31 to the upper portion of the lower film 21 to be transferred, an upper film roll 40 of the upper film 41 supplied to be covered with the upper portion of the raw material 31, In addition, the pressure forming roll 50 and the upper and lower films 41 and 21 and the raw material 31 for compressing the raw material 31 supplied between the upper and lower films 41 and 21 to form a plate form are transferred. It is composed of a cutting device 70 for cutting the foam member 60, the robot arm 81 for supplying the cut foam member 60 to the mold 80 to the biodegradable foam raw material to the mold of the foam device Raw material supply device of the foam container, characterized in that for supplying. The method of claim 1, The film is a raw material supply device for the foam container, characterized in that to supply any one or two of the upper and lower films to be in close contact with either side or both sides of the disposable container 200. The method of claim 1, Raw material supply device of the foam container, characterized in that composed of any one of the robot arm 81 and the slide guide for supplying the foam member (60) cut by the cutting blade (71) to the mold (80). delete The method of claim 1, The cutting member 85 and the fixed knife 86 are formed in the upper and lower molds, and the foam member 60 supplied between the upper and lower molds is divided into unit members 61 cut by the number of molding holes 82, and molded. Raw material supply device of the foam container, characterized in that.

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