KR101610696B1 - Automatic feeding apparatus for plastic container and feeding method of plastic container using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus to automatically feed a container, and a method of automatically feeding a container using the same. According to the present invention, the first to fourth trapping screws are positioned on four lower edges of a first and a second gear train, and have different-shaped grooves which spirally continue downwards which have the width gradually widened. Four edges of a flange of a container are supported by the first to fourth trapping screws; and the first to fourth trapping screws are simultaneously and intermittently rotated such that the containers fall horizontally downward by unit. As such, the apparatus to automatically feed a container stably and continuously supplies the containers with different shapes, sizes, and materials by accurate unit; safely and hygienically packs foods by an automation process in accordance with a hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP); and automatically supplies containers with excellent process efficiency, supply accuracy, and sanitation.

Description

     TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic container feeding apparatus and an automatic container feeding method using the same,

The present invention relates to an automatic container feeding apparatus and a method of automatically feeding a container using the same, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for automatically feeding a container using the same, The present invention relates to an automatic container feeding apparatus and an automatic container feeding method using the same.

In recent years, with the advancement and complexity of society and the rapid progress of information, the life of modern people has become more and more demanding, and the demand for fast food and instant food is rapidly increasing.

As a result, consumption of instant food or concentrated fish processed food which can be easily cooked in a short time, is easy to store and store, and is easy to transport and carry, is on the increase.

Generally, containers made of synthetic resin such as polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate, which have high hygiene in terms of economy and easiness of molding, are widely used for packaging of such instant food or processed food.

Therefore, it is important for food processing plants and food processing factories to accurately supply containers for packaging such instant foods or processed foods through high-speed automated processes in terms of process efficiency.

In recent years, we have analyzed the risk factors that may have a detrimental effect on the hygiene of food in the whole process of manufacturing and distribution of food, and set important management points in steps to remove these risks or secure safety, The introduction of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), which controls the safety of foodstuffs, ensures accurate and continuous automatic supply of containers through automated processes in terms of hygienic and safe food manufacturing by automated processes. It is becoming an important issue.

Conventionally, a registered utility model publication No. 20-0006436 (registered on Jun. 1, 2004) discloses a container having an S-shaped curved storage portion for distributing the load of a storage container and a container placed on the entire lower surface of the storage portion, A camshaft fixed bearing and a housing, a circular gear and a rack gear, a driving portion and a power transmitting portion provided with a coupling bracket, and a power transmitting portion provided with power to the power transmitting portion by a cylinder And a power unit for delivering the disposable container.

However, this apparatus is not only complicated in its structure as a whole, but also has a risk of falling down due to gravity when the container is inserted into the S-shaped bent portion of the container, and the container tilts and falls, There is a problem that the two containers may fall down when the containers are closely stacked and stacked, and furthermore, there is a problem that the application degree is low because it depends on the dimensions and shape of the container.

In addition, the registered utility model publication No. 20-0421434 (registered on Oct. 8, 2012) is provided with a coin and bill insertion slot, a manipulation panel section, a cooking chamber provided with a heater built-in heater, a main body having a control section, a food storage section, Wherein the container storage unit includes a container stacking compartment, first and second driving units, and first and second opening / closing rods that are operated by the first and second opening and closing rods, The rod operates in a slide manner to support a container immediately above the bottommost container. The second opening / closing rod is provided to rotate about the hinge axis, and is rotated downward when the coin is inserted, thereby dropping the bottommost container .

However, the above-mentioned prior art is based on a base material (refer to the 9th paragraph on page 4) for an aluminum or metal container having a good drop-off property, in which the container has a considerable weight and is not likely to be overlapped, and is relatively large There is a problem that it is difficult to apply to a synthetic resin container which is liable to stick to each other due to stacking and is light in weight because it is a method in which falling of the stacked metal container is blocked by sliding of a rod having a thickness.

[0008] In the following, a method for manufacturing a packaging container includes a support plate on which a packing container moving groove is formed on an upper surface thereof, a loading plate provided with a storage bar for storing a packaging container, A supply frame having an inclined surface that enters between the packaging containers supplied from the supply holes on both sides and slides the packaging container one by one by pushing the packaging container; driving means for reciprocating the supply container; and both ends of the packaging container being dropped, A chain installed on the bottom of the support plate so as to move in an endless track; a chain fixedly spaced from the chain and protruding upwardly through the cutout groove, the package being inserted into the movement groove by rotation of the chain; And an automatic feeding device for feeding a machining packaging container composed of conveying means having a conveying table for conveying the container forward And.

However, this apparatus is required to have a guide plate for preventing the positional deviation because the inclined surface of the reciprocating feed frame falls down while inclining the packaging container. In addition, There is a fear that the container is dropped, and the container accommodated in the moving groove formed on the support plate is selected by the movement of the conveyance belt connected to the chain and inserted into the incision groove, so that the position accuracy of the conveyance container is low, There is a problem that it may be difficult to inject.

Registration Utility Model Bulletin No. 20-0352918 (registered on June 1, 2004) Registration Utility Model Bulletin No. 20-0421434 (Registered on October 10, 2012) Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0102854 (published on September 19, 2012)

Therefore, it is a first object of the present invention to provide an automatic container feeding apparatus which can continuously supply containers of various shapes, sizes, and materials on an accurate unit basis.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an automatic container feeding apparatus capable of packaging food hygienically and safely by an automated process according to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).

A third object of the present invention is to provide an automatic container feeding method having excellent process efficiency, supply accuracy and hygiene by using the apparatus according to the above objects.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention for attaining the above objects of the present invention, there is provided a driving device for a vehicle, comprising: a driving gear; a driven intermediate gear; a first screw driving gear; A first gear train in which driving gears are sequentially engaged; A driven gear, a driven intermediate gear, a third screw driving gear, at least one intermediate gear, and a fourth screw driving gear meshed with the driving gear are sequentially engaged with each other, Two gear trains; The first to fourth screw driving gears having first, second, third, fourth, and fifth screw driving gears, the first to fourth screw driving gears having first, second, third and fourth screw driving gears, A screw; A semicircular stainless steel separating spacer (apacer) provided on the upper surface of the first to fourth trapping screws for separating the containers into individual pieces, and having a arching groove for fixing and a separating blade formed at one end in the radial direction )Wow; A container supplier configured to accommodate a plurality of stacked containers and configured with a container guide positioned above the trapping screw; And a tray formed of a plurality of hollow frames each having a central portion at both sides fixed to the above-mentioned chain, and a container transferring portion positioned below the container supplying portion, Wherein the first and second gear trains are positioned on a pair of longitudinally movable frames opposed to each other in parallel so as to increase or decrease the spacing widths, Wherein one of said pair of longitudinal frames is provided on a pair of laterally movable frames so as to be able to increase and decrease the spacing between said pair of longitudinal frames while being positioned on a pair of parallel longitudinally opposed frames; The four corners of the flange of the container are supported in the release grooves of the first to fourth trapping screws and the first and third trapping screws are rotated clockwise by intermittent rotation of the drive gear , And said second and fourth trapping screws are horizontally downwardly dropped in a unit by an intermittent simultaneous rotation in the counterclockwise direction so as to be placed in the hollow frame of said tray do.

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A control unit including a positioning sensor may be provided in a region adjacent to the container supply unit.

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Further, the container auxiliary supply unit may be provided above the container supply unit, and the container auxiliary supply unit may include a plurality of container magazines, a conveyor belt for conveying the container supplied from the container magazine, As shown in Fig.

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According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a container automatic feeder, comprising the steps of: (A) stacking a plurality of containers in a container guide of the above-described automatic container feeding device; And (B) the intermittent rotation of the drive gear described above causes the first and third trapping screws to rotate in a clockwise direction, and the second and fourth trapping screws rotate intermittently And placing the containers stacked by simultaneous rotation horizontally downward in a single unit and placing them in the hollow frame of the tray.

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The automatic container feeding device and the automatic container feeding method according to the present invention are capable of placing the packaging containers of various shapes, sizes, and materials in the hollow frame of the tray that is automatically transported downward horizontally in an accurate unit, The automatic process according to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) enables the packaging of food in a hygienic and safe manner, so that the container can be automatically supplied with excellent process efficiency, accuracy of supply and hygiene.

1 is a plan view of a main portion of an automatic container feeding apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a side view of Fig.
3 is a sectional view taken along the line II in Fig.
4 is a front view of Fig.
5 is a side view of the release groove screw in Fig.
6 is a plan view of a container separation spacer coupled to the upper end of the modified home screw of FIG.
7 is an overall side view of an automatic container feeding apparatus according to the present invention.
8 is a partial photograph of Fig.
9 is a perspective view of Fig.
10 is a photograph of the main part of Fig.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which should not be construed as limiting the present invention to the specific disclosure, but rather should be construed broadly within the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is to be understood that changes and modifications may be made, and equivalents or alternatives are also within the scope of the invention.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same reference numerals, and in particular, numerals having the same numerals and alphabets denote members having the same or similar functions. The present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

As used herein, the term " comprising " means that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or a combination thereof described in the specification may be used to describe one or more other features, It is to be understood that they do not preclude the presence or addition of components, components or combinations thereof.

The terms 'first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', and the like in the present specification are used to distinguish between different components. In the detailed description and claims of the present invention, It may not match.

In the present specification, 'lateral direction' and 'longitudinal direction' are based on FIG.

Also, the singular < RTI ID = 0.0 > terms used herein are defined to include a plurality of representations unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In addition, the automatic container feeding device and the automatic container feeding method according to the present invention can be suitably applied to packaging various kinds of food materials such as tofu, but the present invention is not limited thereto, The present invention is not limited to the automatic feeding device for the food packaging container and the automatic feeding method for the food packaging container.

In the description of the present invention, matters which are known in the technical field of the present invention or which are not directly related to the present invention will be briefly mentioned or a detailed description will be omitted.

2 is a side view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a front view of the automatic container feeding apparatus 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a side view of the trapping screw 7 in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a top view of the container separation spacer 8 coupled to the upper end of the trapping screw 7 of FIG. 5, And Fig. 10 is a photograph of the main portion of Fig. 7, which will be referred to for the sake of explanation.

The arrangement of the gears of the container supply unit 10 in the automatic container supply apparatus 1 according to the present invention is as shown in Fig. 3, which is a sectional view taken along the line II in Figs. 1 and 1, A first gear train 2 in which a first intermediate gear 2, a driven intermediate gear 4, a first screw driving gear 5, at least one intermediate gear 6, and a second screw driving gear 5 are sequentially engaged, A driven intermediate gear 4, a third screw driving gear 5 and at least one intermediate gear 6 meshed with the above drive gear 2, And the fourth screw driving gear 5 are sequentially engaged with each other and a second gear train (not designated) is provided so as to face the first gear train.

On the other hand, at the lower end portions of the first to fourth screw driving gears 5 located at the four corners, as shown in Fig. 5, the deformed grooves 7a, 7b which are continuously spirally directed downward and whose width gradually increases, 7b, respectively, are mounted.

5, the first release groove 7a and the second release groove 7b are formed by dividing into the first release groove 7a and the second release groove 7b, And the width or width of the groove is gradually increased so that the container 100 can be smoothly and accurately dropped downward horizontally.

In the figure, reference numerals 7c and 7d denote key grooves, respectively.

A semi-circular separating apacer 8 for smoothly and accurately separating the containers 100 as shown in FIG. 6 is installed on the upper surfaces of the first to fourth trapping screws 7 And an arc-shaped groove 8a for fixing a bolt is formed in the separation spacer 8 and a separation blade 8b for separating the container 100 from the container 100 is formed at one end in the radial direction And a shaft groove 8c for avoiding interference with an axis (not designated by reference numerals) may be formed at the center.

In the meantime, referring to the structure of the frame 9 as an optional feature which is not limited in the present invention, the first and second gear trains (not shown) are arranged in parallel to each other so as to be capable of increasing / 9b of the pair of longitudinal moving frames 9b, 9b can be positioned on a pair of longitudinal moving frames 9b, 9b of the pair of longitudinal moving frames 9b, In the example shown in Fig. 1, the longitudinal frame 9e is arranged in the lateral direction along the pair of transverse moving frames 9c and 9c so as to be able to increase and decrease the spacing between the longitudinal frames 9d and 9e. As shown in Fig.

The longitudinal frames 9d and 9e and the other longitudinal frame 9f are joined to the outer frame 9a.

As described above, the position of the first to fourth screw driving means 5 can be moved by the pair of the longitudinal movement frames 9b and 9b and the pair of the lateral movement frames 9c and 9c, Since the first to fourth trapping screws 7 are also positionally movable, the area of the container guide 11 can be changed. As a result, it is possible to apply the conversion according to the shape and dimensions of the automatic supply object vessel 100 do.

A container guide 11 in which a plurality of containers 100 are stacked is located above the first to fourth trapping screws 7.

As a result, the four corners of the flange of the container 100 are supported in the release grooves 7a and 7b of the first to fourth trapping screws 7, and the first to fourth trapping screws 7, The container 100 is vertically and horizontally dropped down in a unit by an intermittent simultaneous rotation of the container 100.

On the other hand, a control unit 20 including a main body 21 including components (not shown) such as brakes, clutches, motors, and the like and a positioning sensor 22 is extended Is provided by a plate (23).

The positioning sensor 22 confirms whether the container 100 is accommodated in a tray 32 to be described later and sends out the signal to the control unit 20 so that the first to fourth trapping screws 7 The rotation or stop is determined.

In addition, the container transferring unit 30 may be positioned below the container supplying unit 10 described above.

The above-mentioned container transferring unit 30 comprises a pair of caterpillars 31 separated in parallel to each other and a plurality of trays 32 provided on the caterpillars 31 on the caterpillars.

Each of the trays 32 has a shape of a hollow frame 32a having a protruding portion 32b having fixing holes 32c formed at both side central portions as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 8 described later. The tray 32 is also rotatably movable when the chain 31 is rotated by being fixed to the chain 31 on a set of endless tracks through the fixing holes 32c of the both side projections 32b.

In the drawing, reference numeral 39b denotes a driven gear.

The container auxiliary supply unit 40 may be installed above the container supply unit 10. The container auxiliary supply unit 10 includes a plurality of container magazines 43 and a container 100, And a top guide 42 positioned above the container guide 11 of the container supply unit 10. The conveyor belt 41 is provided with a conveyor belt 41,

The container 100 supplied from the plurality of container magazines 43 is stacked in the upper guide 42 along the conveyor belt 41 rotated by the drive motor 44, . ≪ / RTI >

In FIG. 2, reference numerals 45 and 46 denote first and second driven motors, respectively, and reference numeral 47 denotes a power transmission means such as a belt or a chain.

Meanwhile, the first to fourth trapping screws 7 may be formed of polyethylene, and the separation spacer 8 may be formed of stainless steel.

The present invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to FIG. 7, which is an overall side view of the automatic container feeding device 1 according to the present invention and FIG. 8, which is a partial photograph thereof, We will minimize it.

In the illustrated example, the container feeding part 10 and the control part 20 constituted by the automatic container feeding device 1 according to the present invention and the container feeding part 30 and the container auxiliary feeding part 40, Therefore, the product supply unit 50 and the discharge unit 60 will be mainly referred to. However, the configuration of the product supply unit 50 and the discharge unit 60 may be variously modified depending on the type of product, But is not limited to, and is an optional configuration.

The illustrated example illustrates application of the automatic container supply apparatus 1 according to the present invention to a head cutting and packaging apparatus and when the container transfer unit 30 includes the product supply unit 50 and the discharge unit 60 Respectively.

The container 100 automatically falling from the automatic container feeding device 1 according to the present invention one by one and placed in order on the tray 32 of the container feeding section 30 can be used for the case where, 34, the tofu is accommodated in the product introducing portion located in the water tub 37, and then, the tofu is transported to the discharging portion 60. [

Reference numerals 38 and 39 denote drive motors, reference numerals 39a to 39d denote driven gears, and reference numeral 39e denotes a guide roller.

Finally, a method of automatically feeding a container using the automatic container feeding device according to the present invention will be described in brief.

(A) Preparation of container:

A plurality of containers (100) are stacked and accommodated in a container guide (11) of an automatic container feeding device (1) according to the present invention.

(B) Automatic container dispensing stage:

Subsequently, the intermittent rotation of the drive gear 2 causes the first and third trapping screws 7 to rotate clockwise and the second and fourth trapping screws 7 to rotate counterclockwise And the containers 100 stacked by intermittent simultaneous rotation of the containers 100 are discharged horizontally downward in a unit of a unit.

In this step (B), by providing a semi-circular separation spacer 8 on the upper surfaces of the first to fourth trapping screws 7, the first to fourth trapping screws 7 And the interval between the upper containers 100 is appropriately set in advance at the same time as the lowering of the container 100 by the intermittent rotation of the upper container 100. As a result,

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

1: automatic container feeding device according to the present invention
2: drive gear 3: driven main gear
4: driven intermediate gear 5: first to fourth screw driving gears
6:
7: first to fourth trapping screws
7a: first deformed groove 7b: second release groove
7c: Keys Home 7d: Keys
8: Separation spacer
8a: arc-shaped groove 8b:
8c: Axial groove
9: Frame
9a: outer frame 9b: longitudinal moving frame
9c: lateral movement frame 9d, 9e, 9f: first-third longitudinal frame
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11: Container guide
20:
21: Main body 22: Positioning sensor
23: Extension plate
30: container conveying part
31: Chain 32: Tray
32a: hollow frame 32b:
32c: fixed hole 34: inclined entrance portion
35: product input section 37: water tank
38: drive motor 39, 39a-39d: driven gear
39e: guide roller
40: Container auxiliary supply
41: conveyor belt 42: upper guide
43: container magazine 44: drive motor
45, 46: first and second driven motors 47: power transmission means
50: product supply section 51: product
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100: container

Claims (11)

A first gear train in which a driving gear, a driven intermediate gear, a first screw driving gear, at least one intermediate gear, and a second screw driving gear are sequentially engaged;
A driven gear, a driven intermediate gear, a third screw driving gear, at least one intermediate gear, and a fourth screw driving gear meshed with the driving gear are sequentially engaged with each other, Two gear trains;
The first to fourth screw driving gears having first, second, third, fourth, and fifth screw driving gears, the first to fourth screw driving gears having first, second, third and fourth screw driving gears, A screw;
A semicircular stainless steel separating spacer (apacer) provided on the upper surface of the first to fourth trapping screws for separating the containers into individual pieces, and having a arching groove for fixing and a separating blade formed at one end in the radial direction )Wow;
A container supplier configured to accommodate a plurality of stacked containers and configured with a container guide positioned above the trapping screw;
And a tray formed of a plurality of hollow frames each having a central portion at both sides fixed to the above-mentioned chain, and a container transferring portion positioned below the container supplying portion, It consists of:
Here, the first and second gear trains are located on a pair of longitudinal moving frames opposed to each other so as to be able to increase and decrease the spacing widths, while the pair of longitudinal moving frames are arranged in parallel One of said pair of longitudinal frames being provided on a pair of laterally movable frames so as to be able to increase and decrease the spacing between said pair of longitudinal frames;
The four corners of the flange of the container are supported in the release grooves of the first to fourth trapping screws and the first and third trapping screws are rotated clockwise by intermittent rotation of the drive gear , And the second and fourth trapping screws are horizontally downwardly dropped in a unit by an intermittent simultaneous rotation in the counterclockwise direction to seat in the hollow frame of the tray
Automatic container supply. delete delete delete delete The automatic container feeding device according to claim 1, wherein a control unit including a positioning sensor is provided in an area adjacent to the container supply unit. delete 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a container auxiliary supply portion is provided above the container supply portion, wherein the container auxiliary supply portion includes a plurality of container magazines, a conveyor belt for conveying the container supplied thereto, And an upper guide positioned above the container. delete An automatic container feeding method comprising the steps of:
(A) stacking and accommodating a plurality of containers in a container guide of the automatic container feeding device according to claim 1; And
(B) By the intermittent rotation of the driving gear, the first and third trapping screws are rotated clockwise, and the second and fourth trapping screws are rotated intermittently Placing the containers stacked by rotation horizontally downward in a single unit and placing them in the hollow frame of the tray.













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