KR101088099B1 - Cap dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a cap feeder. The disclosed cap feed device is provided with a supply member fixed to the frame and guided by stacking a plurality of caps vertically, a gripping member for holding or opening the cap guided from the supply member and feeding the cap downward, and a cap held by the gripping member. After attaching the cap, the cap is moved down and the cap is moved to the lower side. Capping the upper edge of the container to be characterized in that it comprises a blocking member for sequentially supplying one by one.

Description

Cap Feeder {CAP DISPENSER}

The present invention relates to a cap supply apparatus, and more particularly, to attach to the cap held by the gripping member to the attachment member descends, and to be caught by the container moving horizontally from the lower side by inclined to the guide member. By supplying the cap to the container to increase the supply efficiency of the cap, and relates to a cap supply device that the correct supply is made.

In general, due to the increase of various instant foods and the change of dietary food culture, we are encountering various disposable products in daily life, and these disposable products can be stored in a spoon with liquid contents such as ice cream and yogurt. There are many disposable products that are easy to carry.

Such a disposable product comprises a plastic container containing the contents and a cap made of synthetic resin to prevent the contents stored in the container from being separated.

The cap is manufactured by molding a soft synthetic resin material using a mold.The cap is used to provide information necessary to the purchaser of a disposable product by recording the name of the product, the composition of the contents, and the history of the manufacturer. do.

The disposable product is configured to seal the container by compression on top of the container by feeding the cap to the container for storing the contents manually or using a cap feeder.

The above-mentioned invention means the background art of the technical field to which the present invention belongs, and does not mean the prior art.

However, the existing cap supply apparatus has a problem in that the supply speed is lowered due to a slow supply speed of the cap to the container to be transported along the conveyor, and the failure rate is increased because the cap is not supplied to the container at the correct position.

Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

The present invention has been created by the necessity as described above, the cap attached to the gripping member by attaching member descends, and moved to be inclined in a state caught by the guide member to be caught in the container moving horizontally from the lower side cap The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cap feeding device in which the supply efficiency of the cap is increased and the accurate supply is made by supplying the to the container.

Cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, the supply member which is fixed to the frame and guides by stacking a plurality of caps vertically; A gripping member for supplying the cap guided or opened by the supply member to the lower side; An attachment member for raising and attaching a cap held by the gripping member and then lowering the cap to move the cap downward; A guide member which guides in an oblique direction by hooking the cap fixed to the attachment member; And a blocking member for blocking the cap moved along the guide member and supplying the cap one by one to the upper edge of the container moving horizontally along the conveyor from the bottom.

In addition, the gripping member is fixed to the frame, finger cylinders respectively installed to correspond to both sides of the conveyor; A gripper that is pinched or spread according to the operation of the finger cylinder; A pair of support plates installed at both ends of corresponding grippers so as to be connected to each other; And a close contact portion provided inside the support plate to hold or release the cap guided by the supply member downward by a pinch or open operation of the gripper.

In addition, the attachment member is supported by a support rod to suck the cap fixed by the gripping member, the cap-shaped adsorption portion made of a soft; A support for which the support rod of the adsorption part is installed to be connected to the lower side; And it is connected to the support, characterized in that it comprises a lifting cylinder fixed to the frame to raise and lower the cap.

The guide member may include a guide plate for causing the cap to be lowered by the attachment member to move inclinedly; A guide hole formed in the guide plate so that the attachment member is lifted, and the attachment member is attached to the cap to be caught when descending to separate the cap from the attachment member; A sequential supply member for limiting movement so as to sequentially move a cap that moves obliquely along the guide plate; And it characterized in that it comprises a pressing member disposed on the upper side of the cap to prevent the separation of the cap moving along the guide plate.

In addition, the blocking member is fixed to the end of the guide member, the opening member is formed to stop the movement of the cap and open to both sides; A guide shaft slidably coupled to the opening member such that the opening member is opened to both sides; And an elastic member installed on the guide shaft to provide an elastic force so that the opening member, which is opened by the movement of the cap, is returned to its original state.

As described above, the cap supply apparatus according to the present invention attaches and lowers the cap held by the gripping member as an attachment member, so that the cap feeding device is caught in a container moving horizontally from the lower side by being inclined to be caught by the guide member. Since the cap is supplied to the container, it is possible to increase the supply efficiency of the cap and achieve an accurate supply to reduce the defective rate.

1 is a side view of the cap feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a side view showing the gripper of the cap feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a front view showing the adhesive member of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a plan view showing a gripper of the cap feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a plan view showing a guide member of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a state of use of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a side view of a cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing a gripper of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is according to an embodiment of the present invention Figure 4 is a front view showing an adhesive member of the cap feeder, Figure 4 is a plan view showing a gripper of the cap feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a plan view showing a guide member of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a state diagram used in the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 6, the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the supply member 20, the gripping member 30, the attachment member 40, the guide member 50 and the blocking member 70 )

The supply member 20 is fixed to the frame 10 and guided by stacking a plurality of caps 4 vertically.

The supply member 20 is configured to be arranged at equal intervals at four points so that four guide rods having a long length up and down guide the cap 4 stably, and the circular cap 4 is a supply member 20. Guide dogs are guided in all directions.

The gripping member 30 is supplied to the lower side by holding or spreading the cap 4 guided by the supply member 20.

The gripping member 30 includes a finger cylinder 32, a gripper 34, a support plate 36, and an adhesive part 38.

Finger cylinders 32 are fixed to the frame 10 and are provided in pairs on both sides of the conveyor 6, respectively.

Finger cylinder 32 is a configuration that is generally used as a configuration that operates when the cylinder shaft is moved back and forth by the hinge connection fixed to the shaft when the cylinder shaft is moved back and forth, and thus will not be described in detail.

The gripper 34 is pinched or opened according to the operation of the finger cylinder 32. That is, the gripper 34 is fixed to each of the two arms of the finger cylinder 32 to perform the opening operation and the retraction operation.

A pair of support plates 36 are installed at both ends of the corresponding grippers 34 so as to be connected to each other.

That is, the support plate 36 is installed at each of the two ends of the gripper 34 disposed on the opposite side of the two ends of the gripper 34 installed on one side.

The close contact portion 38 is provided in the support plate 36 inside the plurality of gripper 34 by the retracted or spreading operation of the cap 4 guided by the supply member 20 to lower or release.

The close contact portion 28 is formed in a hemispherical shape to surround the circular cap 4 and is installed to correspond to the two support plates 36, respectively.

Inside the close contact portion 28 is an elastic pad is attached to facilitate pressure and close contact.

The attachment member 40 is supported by the support rod 46 to suck the cap 4 fixed by the gripping member 30 and is made of a soft cap-shaped adsorption portion 42 and a support rod of the adsorption portion 42. 46 includes a lifting cylinder 44 fixed to the frame 10 to be connected to the support 43 and the support 43 which is installed to be long connected to the lower side, and to raise and lower the cap 4.

Two lifting cylinders 44 are each formed on each side of the conveyor 6 so as to face each other, the support 43 is formed long to connect to each other in the left and right sides, the support rod 46 on the upper side of the support 43 Adsorption unit 42 is supported by the.

The support rod 48 of the adsorption portion 42 is provided with a vacuum pipe path 48 through which air moves to adsorb the bottom surface of the cap 4, and may be configured to suck air from the outside to make the vacuum or release the vacuum. have.

The guide member 50 includes a guide plate 52, a guide hole 54, a sequential supply member 56, and a pressing member 57.

The guide plate 52 catches the cap 4 descending by the attachment member 40 so that the guide plate 52 moves obliquely. The guide plates 52 are arranged side by side so that a plurality of guide plates 52 face in the traveling direction of the conveyor 6 in a row.

The guide hole 54 is formed in the guide plate 52 so that the attachment member 40 is elevated, and the attachment member 40 attaches to the cap 4 so that the cap 4 is caught by the attachment member 40. To be separated from.

The diameter of the guide hole 54 is preferably smaller than the diameter of the cap 4, it is preferably formed larger than the diameter of the adsorption portion (42).

The sequential supply member 56 restricts the movement to sequentially move the cap 4 which moves obliquely along the guide plate 52.

The sequential supply member 56 includes: a fixing plate 58 disposed vertically in the cap 4 travel direction above the guide plate 52; A cylinder 60 fixed to the fixed plate 58 and a cylinder rod 60 that moves up and down, and a blocking rod 62 fixed to an axis of the cylinder 60 to block or pass the cap 4 moving along the guide plate 58. do.

The pressing member 57 is disposed above the cap 4 so as to prevent the cap 4 from moving along the guide plate 52.

The pressing member 57 is disposed above the bottom surface of the guide plate 52 so as to have a gap enough to pass the cap 4, the end portion of the cap 4 is discharged container is moved to the conveyor 6 (2) is hooked and formed horizontally so that it can move horizontally.

The pressing member 57 is fixed to the bottom surface of the fixing plate 58 of the sequential supply member 56. Of course, the pressing member 57 may be fixed to the guide plate 52.

The blocking member 70 includes an opening member 72, a guide shaft 74, and an elastic member 76.

Opening member 72 is fixed to the end of the guide member 50 is formed to stop the movement of the cap (4) and to open to both sides.

Opening member 72 is bent so that the end is bent in the direction of the movement center of the cap 4, a pair is facing each other.

The guide shaft 74 is slidably coupled to the opening member 72 so that the opening member 72 is open to both sides.

The elastic member 76 is installed on the guide shaft 74 to provide the elastic force so that the opening member 72 opened by the movement of the cap 4 is returned to its original state.

The elastic member 76 is a coil spring wound around the guide shaft 74 and installed.

The cap 4 moves along the guide plate 52 and is caught by the opening member 72, and the upper edge of the container 2 moving along the conveyor 6 is caught by the bottom edge of the cap 4. Since the opening member 72 is opened and moved along the guide shaft 74 by the cap 4 to overcome the elastic force of the elastic member 76, the cap 4 is separated from the opening member 72.

Then, the spreading member 72 that is opened is returned to its original state by the elastic force of the elastic member 76.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings to look at the action and effect of the cap supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 6, a plurality of caps 4 are supplied and stacked on the supply member 20, and the cap 4 positioned at the lowermost portion is closely attached to the inside of the support plate 36. ) In a fixed state.

Then, the suction part 42 is vacuum-attached to the bottom portion of the cap 4 located on the upper side by the lifting of the lifting cylinder 44, which is the attachment member 40 at the lower side, and moves downward.

At this time, when the cap 4 is attached to the adsorption portion 42, the gripper 34, the support plate 36, the contact portion 38 is sequentially opened by the operation of the finger cylinder 32, and at the same time the cap ( The adsorption part 42 with 4) descends by the thickness of the cap 4.

Then, the gripper 34, the support plate 36, and the contact portion 38 are sequentially held by the operation of the finger cylinder 32 while the other cap 4 positioned directly thereon is held. This process is repeated continuously while the cap (4) is continuously lowered.

On the other hand, the adsorption part 42 with the cap 4 descends. The cap 4 is separated from the suction part 42 while being caught by the guide plate 52, and the suction part 42 continues to descend along the guide hole 54.

And the lifting cylinder 44 raises and lowers the adsorption | suction part 42 in order to attach another cap 4.

Subsequently, the plurality of caps 4 moving along the guide plate 52 is caught by the opening member 72 of the blocking member 70 provided at the outlet portion, and the movement is limited.

The cap 4 caught by the opening member 72 is guided while winning the elastic force of the elastic member 76 because the upper edge of the container 2 moving along the conveyor 6 is caught by the bottom edge of the cap 4. It moves along the axis 74 and is out of the spreading member 72 which is spread.

Then, the spreading member 72 that has been opened to block the movement of the other cap 4 in series while returning to the original state by the elastic force of the elastic member 76.

At this time, when the front cap 4 escapes from the opening member 72 by the locking action of the container 2, it is operated by the operation of the cylinder 60 to prevent the following cap 4 from moving together. The blocking rod 62 of the sequential supply member 56 moves downward to block.

And, when the front cap 4 is completely out of the opening member 72, the blocking rod 62 is moved upwards, and the following cap 4 is moved to the opening member 72.

As the above process is repeated, the cap 4 is continuously and stably supplied to the container 2.

The cap supply apparatus according to the present invention attaches and descends the cap 4 held by the gripping member 30 as the attachment member 40, and moves the inclined state to be caught by the guide member 50 to move horizontally from the lower side. Since the cap 4 is supplied to the container by being caught by the container 2, the supply efficiency of the cap 4 may be increased, and an accurate supply may be made to reduce the defective rate.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art to which the art belongs can make various modifications and other equivalent embodiments therefrom. I will understand.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

2: container 4: cap
10 frame 20 supply member
30: gripping member 32: finger cylinder
34: gripper 36: support plate
38: close contact 40: attachment member
42: adsorption unit 44: lifting cylinder
50: guide member 52: guide plate
54: guide hole 56: sequential supply member
70: blocking member 72: opening member
74: guide shaft 76: elastic member

Claims (5)

A supply member fixed to the frame and guiding a plurality of caps vertically stacked;
A gripping member for supplying the cap guided or opened by the supply member to the lower side;
An attachment member for raising and attaching a cap held by the gripping member and then lowering the cap to move the cap downward;
A guide member which guides in an oblique direction by hooking the cap fixed to the attachment member; And
It includes a blocking member to block the cap moved along the guide member and to supply the cap one by one to the upper edge of the container to move horizontally along the conveyor at the bottom, one by one,
The gripping member may include: a finger cylinder fixed to the frame and installed to correspond to both side portions of the conveyor;
A gripper that is pinched or spread according to the operation of the finger cylinder;
A pair of support plates installed at both ends of corresponding grippers so as to be connected to each other; And
Cap support apparatus characterized in that it comprises a close contact portion which is provided on the inside of the support plate to hold or release the cap guided by the supply member to the lower side by the pinch or open operation of the gripper.
delete The method of claim 1, wherein the attachment member
A cap-shaped adsorption portion supported by a support rod to absorb the cap fixed by the gripping member and made of a soft cap;
A support for which the support rod of the adsorption part is installed to be connected to the lower side; And
And a lift cylinder connected to the support and fixed to the frame to lift and lower the cap.
The method of claim 1, wherein the guide member
A guide plate which catches the cap lowered by the attachment member and moves inclinedly;
A guide hole formed in the guide plate so that the attachment member is lifted, and the attachment member is attached to the cap to be caught when descending to separate the cap from the attachment member;
A sequential supply member for limiting movement so as to sequentially move a cap that moves obliquely along the guide plate; And
Cap supply apparatus comprising a pressing member disposed on the upper side of the cap to prevent the separation of the cap moving along the guide plate.
The method of claim 1, wherein the blocking member
An opening member fixed to an end of the guide member to stop the movement of the cap and open to both sides;
A guide shaft slidably coupled to the opening member such that the opening member is opened to both sides; And
And a resilient member installed on the guide shaft and providing an elastic force to return the opening member opened by the movement of the cap to its original state.

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