KR101188457B1 - Multi-cup dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a multi cup feeder. The disclosed multi-cup feeder is provided on the upper side of the transfer member, the transfer member for transferring the multi-cup forward to be installed in the frame and placed a plurality of multi-cups stacked side by side in parallel, and at least one side is disposed in the frame And a guide member for supporting and guiding the multi-cups arranged in one or more transfer spaces and a front side of the guide member to move the multi-cups located at the most front in order to the front and the side, and the cup feeder disposed at the lower side by weight. It characterized in that it comprises a sequential supply for drop conveying the multi-cup.

Description

Multi Cup Feeder {MULTI-CUP DISPENSER}

The present invention relates to a multi-cup supply apparatus, and more particularly, a plurality of multi-cups in which a plurality of cups are stacked are arranged side by side in one or more arrangements to move forward and then move laterally to fall down to their own weight. The present invention relates to a multi-cup feeder which increases productivity by performing multi-cup feed performance.

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

Such a disposable product includes a plastic cup containing the contents and a lid made of synthetic resin to prevent the contents stored in the cup from being separated.

The conventional disposable cup is a transfer block that moves along a conveyor through a cup feeder that sequentially supplies the cups one by one when the operator manually places a multi-cup in which a plurality of cups are stacked in the guide device. Is enshrined in and transported,

Then, the various contents are put in the cup placed in the transport block transported along the conveyor, and then transported along the conveyor to cover the top of the cup containing the contents of the lid supplied from the lid supplying device and shipped it.

Here, the liquid products such as ice cream and yogurt have been described as an example, but the same may be applied to other types of food.

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.

By the way, the process of supplying the cups one by one using the existing cup supply apparatus is automated, but the multi-cup feeding process in which a plurality of cups are stacked is not automated and the manual supply of one multi-cup by hand is required. There was a problem that the workability and productivity are significantly reduced because the process is not automated.

Therefore, there is a need to improve this.

The present invention has been created by the necessity as described above, a plurality of cups are stacked to arrange a plurality of multi-cups stacked side by side in one or more arrangements to move forward and then move to the side dropping to its own weight to supply to the cup feeder It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-cup feeder to increase productivity by repeatedly performing a process.

In order to achieve the above object, the multi-cup supply apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is installed in a frame, and a plurality of stacked multi-cups are stacked side by side in parallel, and at least one side is disposed at least one multi-cup. Transfer member for transporting forward; A guide member provided on an upper side of the transfer member to support and guide the multi-cups disposed in one or more transfer spaces; And a sequential supply unit disposed at the front side of the guide member to sequentially move the multi-cup located in front and sidewards in order, and drop-transfer the multi-cup to the cup feeder disposed at the lower side by its own weight. .

In addition, the transfer member is one or more drive rollers installed at regular intervals in the axial direction on the drive shaft connected between the frame; At least one driven roller formed at a position corresponding to the front of the driving roller on a driven shaft disposed to be forwardly separated from the driving shaft; One or more conveying belts wound around the drive rollers and the driven rollers to rotate the endless tracks and to move the multi-cups placed on the upper side forwards for each lateral section; A slot member for guiding the conveying belt and supporting a multi-cup placed on the upper conveying belt; And a roller driver connected to the driving roller to provide a driving force.

In addition, the sequential supply unit moving brackets installed on both sides to be movable sideways to the support rod connected between the frame; An accommodating member disposed adjacent to the movable bracket to accommodate and support the multi cup in an accommodating space; A front cylinder fixed to the moving bracket and operating in the front and rear directions; A rotating shaft rotating together with the main lever hinged to the front cylinder; A driven lever coupled to the rotating shaft at a position spaced in the lateral direction of the main lever to rotate together; A movable plate hinged to the driven lever and operated forward and backward; At least one extending upwardly formed on the rear side of the movable plate, the support plate for transferring the multi-cups disposed in the transfer space into the receiving space through the transfer member in accordance with the operation of the front cylinder; And a lateral driving part for moving the drive assembly including the moving bracket, the receiving member, the front cylinder, the rotating shaft, the driven lever, the moving plate, and the support plate in a lateral direction with respect to the frame. .

In addition, the side driving portion is connected to one end of the connecting shaft fixed to the frame; And a side cylinder fixed to the other end of the connecting shaft, the body being hinged to the moving bracket to move the drive assembly laterally according to the forward and backward driving of the cylinder shaft, wherein the moving plate corresponds to the driven lever. It is disposed to have a shape and position to be, characterized in that it comprises an auxiliary lever supported on the auxiliary shaft to prevent the eccentricity during the movement of the moving plate back and forth.

As described above, the multi-cup supplying apparatus according to the present invention performs a process of repeatedly dropping the multi-cups stacked in a plurality of side by side in one or more arrangements to move forward and then to the side to fall to its own weight By supplying a multi-cup to the cup feed device to improve the multi-cup supply performance is an invention having the effect of increasing the workability and productivity.

1 is a front view of a multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a plan view of a multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a left side view of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a left side view of the driving side of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view of the sequential supply of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the main portion of the sequential supply unit according to the present invention shown in FIG.
7 to 11 is a view showing a state in which the multi-supply supply by sequentially operating the sequential supply of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

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 front view of a multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of a multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a multi according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a left side view of the cup supply apparatus, and FIG. 4 is a left side view of a side driving state of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a sequential supply unit of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of main parts of the sequential supply unit according to the present invention shown in FIG. 5, and FIGS. 7 to 11 are sequential supply units of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention to sequentially operate the multi-cup. Figure showing the state of supplying.

1 to 11, the multi-cup supply apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transfer member 30, a guide member 50, and a sequential supply unit 60.

The transfer member 30 is installed on the frame 20 to settle a plurality of stacked multi-cups 2 side by side in parallel, and at least one side to be disposed to transfer the multi-cups 2 forward. .

The multi-cup 2 refers to a state in which a plurality of cups, especially tens to hundreds of cups, are stacked on top.

The frame 20 serves to support the transfer member 30, the guide member 50, the sequential supply unit 60, and the like, and at the lower side, a cup feeder 4 for receiving the falling multi cup 2 is provided. Is placed.

Guide member 50 is provided on the upper side of the transfer member 30 to support and guide the side of the multi-cup (2) disposed in one or more transfer space (52).

The guide member 50 is configured to have a certain clearance between the transport space 52 and the neighboring transport space.

The conveying member 30 includes a driving roller 34, a driven roller 38, a conveying belt 40, a slot member 42, and a roller driving part 44.

One or more driving rollers 34 are installed at predetermined intervals in the axial direction on the drive shaft 32 connected between the frames 20.

At least one longitudinal roller 38 is formed at a position corresponding to the front of the driving roller 34 on the driven shaft 36 disposed to be separated from the driving shaft 32 in the front.

The driving roller 34 and the driven roller 38 are formed in accordance with the number of the transfer space 52 of the guide member 50.

For example, if there are four conveying spaces 52 through which the multi-cups 2 are conveyed, the four driving rollers 34 and the driven rollers 38 are equally spaced on the driving shaft 32 and the driven shaft 36, respectively. Is formed in the axial direction.

The conveying belt 40 is wound around the driving roller 34 and the driven roller 38, and is formed at least one so that the multi-cup 2 placed on the upper side is moved forward by the lateral sections, respectively.

When four driving rollers 34 and four driven rollers 38 are formed at equal intervals, four winding belts 40 are also formed.

Although the driving roller 34, the driven roller 38 and the conveying belt 40 are all shown in a state provided with four, but may be formed as one or more or more, if necessary.

The slot member 42 guides the conveyance belt 40 and supports the multi-cup 2 placed on the conveyance belt 40.

The slot member 42 is recessed in a predetermined depth on the upper side to prevent the transfer belt 40 from escaping to both sides, and a guide groove for guiding the transfer belt 40 is formed.

The slot member 42 extends to the bottom surface of the accommodation space 67 of the accommodation member 66.

The roller driving unit 40 is connected to the driving roller 34 to provide a driving force.

The roller driving unit 40 may use a servo motor, a gear assembly linked to the motor, a chain assembly linked to the motor, or various other power transmission means.

The sequential supply unit 60 is disposed on the front side of the guide member 50 to move the multi-cups 2 located at the most forward and in order to the front and the side in order, and the multi-cups with the cup feeder 4 disposed at the lower side with its own weight. Drop (2).

The sequential supply unit 60 includes a moving bracket 64, a receiving member 66, a front cylinder 68, a rotating shaft 72, a driven lever 74, a moving plate 76, a support plate 78 and a lateral drive unit 90. ).

The moving bracket 64 is installed on both sides of the support bar 62 connected between the frames 20 so as to be movable laterally.

The receiving member 66 is disposed adjacent to the moving bracket 64 to receive and support the multi cup 2.

The receiving member 66 is configured to communicate with the transfer space 52 of the guide member 50 so as to receive the multi-cup 2 in the transfer space 52.

The accommodation member 66 is configured to include a side plate body connected to the upper side to support the side of the multi-cup 2, and a horizontal plate body to horizontally connect the side plate body to each other.

The front cylinder 68 is fixed to the moving bracket 64 to operate in the front and rear directions.

The rear body of the front cylinder 68 is hinged to the moving bracket (64).

The rotary shaft 72 rotates with the main lever 70 hinged to the cylinder shaft of the front cylinder 68.

The driven lever 74 is coupled to the rotating shaft 72 at a position spaced apart in the lateral direction of the main lever 70 and rotates together.

That is, the main lever 70 and the driven lever 74 is operated in the same angle range while maintaining a constant angle.

The moving plate 76 is hinged to the driven lever 74 to operate forward and backward.

The support plate 78 is formed at least one extending upward on the rear side of the movable plate 76, the receiving member through the transfer member 30 in accordance with the operation of the front cylinder 68, the multi-cups disposed in the transfer space 52 It transfers to the inside of the accommodating space 67 of (66).

The side drive unit 90 is a drive assembly including a moving bracket 64, a receiving member 66, a front cylinder 68, a rotating shaft 72, a driven lever 74, a moving plate 76 and a support plate 78. 80 is moved laterally relative to the frame 20.

The lateral drive unit 90 has a cylinder shaft fixed to the other end of the connecting shaft 92 and the connecting shaft 92, one end of which is fixed to the frame 20, the body is hinged fixed to the moving bracket 64, the front and rear of the cylinder shaft It includes a side cylinder 94 for operating the drive assembly 80 laterally in accordance with the drive.

The side cylinder 94 may be configured such that the body is fixed to the frame, and the connecting shaft 92 coupled to the cylinder shaft is fixed to the moving bracket 64 so that the driving assembly 80 operates left and right. Of course, in addition to the above-described configuration is configured in a variety of ways can drive the drive assembly 80 to the left, right.

The auxiliary plate 84 is disposed on the movable plate 76 to have the same shape and position as that of the driven lever 74 and is supported by the auxiliary shaft 82 to prevent an eccentricity when the movable plate 76 moves forward and backward. It is provided.

The auxiliary shaft 82 is formed at the same height as the support rod 62 and the rotation shaft 72.

As the cylinder shaft is extended in accordance with the expansion operation of the side cylinder 94, the connecting shaft 92 is pushed, and the connecting shaft 92 is fixed to the body of the side cylinder 94 since the connecting shaft 92 is fixed to the frame 20. The moving bracket 64 is moved to the left side and the driving assembly 80 integrally connected is also moved to the left side.

The multi-cup 2 accommodated in the accommodation space 67 in the left movement of the drive assembly 80 moves out of the slot member 42 of the transfer member 30 to a position not supported at the lower side, and the multi-cup 2 ) Is lowered by its own weight, and the multi-cup 2 is supplied to the cup feeder 4 through the transfer passage 100.

At this time, since the side plate of the receiving member 66 of the drive assembly 80 is supported by the other multi-cup 2 in the conveyance space 52 of the guide member 50, it does not move forward and is stopped.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings to look at the action of the multi-cup supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It looks at the state of supplying the multi-cup (2) to the cup feeder (4) using the multi-cup feeder (10) of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, the multi-cups 2 in which a plurality of cups are stacked in the four transfer spaces 52 of the guide member 50, for example, A, B, C, D from the front to the rear. Arrange in four steps marked with, and arrange four in the lateral direction.

And, if you want to supply the multi-cup (2), by driving the roller drive unit 44 to rotate the four drive rollers 34 coupled to the drive shaft 32, the conveying belt wound on the outside of the drive rollers 34 Rotating the 40 to the caterpillar to rotate together with the driven roller 36 and the driven shaft 36, and to rotate the multi-cup (2) placed on the conveyance belt 40 to the front.

At this time, the lower side of the conveying belt 40 has a slot member 42 to guide the conveying belt 40 safely and at the same time to support the load of the multi-cup (2) placed on the upper side.

The slot member 42 extends to the bottom surface of the accommodation space 67 of the accommodation member 66.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 8, by operating the front cylinder 68 through a controller (not shown) to rotate the driving lever 70 coupled to the cylinder shaft clockwise to be integrally coupled with the driving lever 70. The rotary shaft 72 and the driven lever 74 are rotated together.

Then, the movable plate 76 coupled to the end of the driven lever 74 is moved forward, the four support plate 78 coupled to the movable plate 76 is a receiving space 67 of the receiving member 66 Since it moves forward in the interior, the multi-cup (2) in step A to be moved forward by the transfer belt 40 is moved forward with the support plate (78).

Of course, the remaining multi-cups in the rear B, C, D stage also moves forward one step.

And, as shown in Figure 9, when operating the side cylinder 94, the side drive unit 90, the cylinder shaft of the side cylinder 94 is extended while pushing the connecting shaft 92, the connecting shaft 92 ) Is fixed to the frame 20, so that the moving bracket 64 fixed to the body of the side cylinder 94 is moved to the left so that the driving assembly 80 integrally connected is also moved to the left.

The multi-cup 2 accommodated in the accommodation space 67 of the accommodation member 66 in the left movement of the drive assembly 80 moves out of the slot member 42 of the transfer member 30 to a position which is not supported downward. As shown in FIG. 4, the multi-cup 2 falls downward by its own weight, and the multi-cup 2 is supplied to the cup supply device 4 through the transfer passage 100.

In this case, even if the receiving member 66 moves to the left side, the side plate of the receiving member 66 is located at the rear and supports the multi-cups 2 of the B, C, and D stages in the transport space 52 of the guide member 50. As a result, the multi-cup does not move forward.

The multi-cups (2) supplied to the cup feeder (4) are all four cups one by one from the lower side is placed in the transport block is supplied to the conveyor to supply the contents in the contents supply device not shown, and cover and commercialize and release .

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 10, the front cylinder 68 is contracted again to rotate the moving lever 70, the rotating shaft 72, the driven lever 74 in the counterclockwise direction, the moving plate 76 and the support plate The 78 is moved rearward in the accommodation space 67 of the accommodation member 66.

As shown in FIG. 11, when the side cylinder 94, which is the lateral drive unit 90, is contracted, the driving assembly 80 moves to the right, and the support plate 78 blocks the accommodation space 67. Moving in the state is to block the multi-cups 2 of the B, C, D steps in the transport space 52 of the guide member 50.

By repeating such a state, the multi-cup (2) at the foremost front is operated again at the end of the cup supply from the cup feeder (4) to supply the multi-cup (2) again via the transfer path (100). do.

In the multi-cup supply apparatus 10 according to the present invention, the multi-cups 2 having a plurality of cups stacked are arranged side by side in one or more arrangements to move forward and then move laterally to drop to their own weight. By performing the multi-cup (2) is supplied to the cup feeder (4) is an invention having the effect of improving the multi-cup supply performance to increase the workability and productivity.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. I will understand.

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

10: multi-cup feeder 2: multi-cup
30: conveying member 34: drive roller
38: Longitudinal roller 40: conveying belt
42: slot member 44: roller driving portion
50: guide member 52: transfer space
60: sequential supply unit 64: moving bracket
66: receiving member 67: receiving space
68: front cylinder 70: main lever
72: rotation axis 74: driven lever
76: moving plate 78: support plate
80: drive assembly 84: auxiliary lever
90: side drive part 92: connecting shaft
94: side cylinder 100: transfer path

Claims (4)

A transfer member 30 installed in the frame 20 and having a plurality of stacked multi-cups 2 stacked side by side in a forward direction, and arranged at least one laterally to transfer the multi-cups 2 forward;
A guide member 50 provided above the transfer member 30 to support and guide the multi-cups 2 disposed in one or more transfer spaces 52; And
The multi-cups 2 disposed at the front side of the guide member 50 are moved forward and laterally in order, and the multi-cups 2 are dropped to the cup feeder 4 disposed at the lower side with their own weight. Multi-cup feeder, characterized in that it comprises a sequential supply unit 60 for feeding.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer member 30
One or more driving rollers 34 installed at predetermined intervals in the axial direction on the drive shafts 32 connected between the frames 20;
At least one driven roller (38) formed at a position corresponding to the front of the drive roller (34) on a driven shaft (36) disposed forwardly apart from the drive shaft (32);
One or more transfer belts 40 wound around the drive rollers 34 and the driven rollers 38 to move in an endless track and forward the multi-cups 2 placed on the upper side for each lateral section;
A slot member (42) for guiding the conveying belt (40) and supporting the multi-cup (2) placed above the conveying belt (40); And
The multi-cup supply apparatus, characterized in that the conveyor comprising a roller drive unit 44 is connected to the drive roller 34 to provide a driving force.
The method of claim 1, wherein the sequential supply unit 60
Moving brackets 64 installed on both sides of the support rods 62 connected between the frames 20 so as to be movable laterally;
An accommodation member 66 disposed adjacent to the movable bracket 64 to accommodate and support the multi-cup 2 in the accommodation space 67;
A front cylinder 68 fixed to the movable bracket 64 and operating in the front and rear directions;
A rotating shaft 72 which rotates together with the main lever 70 hinged to the front cylinder 68;
A driven lever 74 coupled to the rotation shaft 72 at a position spaced apart in the lateral direction of the main lever 70 to rotate together;
A moving plate 76 hinged to the driven lever 74 to move forward and backward;
At least one extending upwardly formed on the rear side of the movable plate 76 and the receiving space through the transfer member 30 in accordance with the operation of the front cylinder 68, the multi-cups disposed in the transfer space 52 (67) a support plate 78 for feeding inward; And
A drive including the movable bracket 64, the receiving member 66, the front cylinder 68, the rotary shaft 72, the driven lever 74, the movable plate 76 and the support plate 78; And a lateral drive (90) for moving the assembly (80) laterally relative to the frame (20).
According to claim 3, wherein the side drive unit 90
A connecting shaft 92 having one end fixed to the frame 20; And
The cylinder shaft is fixed to the other end of the connecting shaft 92, the body is hinged to the moving bracket 64 to the side cylinder 94 for operating the drive assembly 80 sideways according to the forward and backward driving of the cylinder shaft Including,
The auxiliary plate 84 is disposed on the movable plate 76 to have a shape and a position corresponding to the driven lever 74, and is supported on the auxiliary shaft 82 to prevent an eccentricity when the movable plate 76 moves forward and backward. Multi-cup supply apparatus characterized in that it comprises.

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