KR102324823B1 - Vertical type dedust apparatus for capsule - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vertical capsule dedusting apparatus including a dedusting unit configured by a spiral brush dedusting a capsule while moving the capsule upward by rotation and a spiral guide spirally connected so as to correspond to the spiral brush and providing ascent guide and dust removal for the capsule. With the present invention, it is possible to completely remove foreign matter, fine dust in particular, from the outer surface of a capsule. The present invention includes: a dust collector including a vertically erected perforated pipe, a lower capsule inlet connected to the perforated pipe, and an upper capsule outlet connected to the perforated pipe; and a dedusting unit configured by a shaft rotating in the perforated pipe, a spiral brush spirally formed on the outer surface of the shaft and performing capsule ascent and dust removal, and a spiral guide spirally connected so as to correspond to the spiral brush and along the inner surface of the perforated pipe and performing capsule ascent guide and dust removal.

Description

VERTICAL TYPE DEDUST APPARATUS FOR CAPSULE

The present invention relates to a vertical capsule demineralizer, and more particularly, a spiral brush for dedusting while transporting a capsule upward through rotation, and a spiral guide connected in a spiral to correspond to the spiral brush to guide the capsule upward and remove dust It relates to a vertical capsule dedusting unit that can more completely remove foreign substances, particularly fine dust, attached to the outer surface of the capsule, including a dedusting unit composed of

Capsule-type pills (collectively referred to as capsules), which are wrapped in a thin film and filled with medicines, are transported along the production line before packaging, and various foreign substances such as dust are attached in large amounts.

For this reason, capsule producers are required to install a deduster that removes foreign substances from the outer surface of the capsule before packaging.

As a prior art related to debranching,

There is Registered Utility Model No. 20-0446798 『Bottom-up Refining Debranching』 (hereinafter referred to as prior art 1).

In the prior art 1, the central axis is vertically arranged in the center, the receiving vessel is spirally coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the central axis and provided with a stacking plate on which the tablets to be dedusted are placed, and the receiving vessel is vibrated to move the tablets in a certain direction. A bottom-up capsule comprising: an air injection unit for removing powder adhered to the tablet surface by spraying air into the container; Departure is presented.

As another prior art, there is Registered Patent No. 10-1219755 『Strong Refining Debranching』 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 2).

The prior art 2 includes a vibration generator, a vibration shaft connected to the vibration generator, a plurality of vibration plates vertically spirally coupled to the vibration shaft, and a dust removal unit including a plurality of dust passing holes formed in the vibration plate, The vibration shaft and the dedusting part are built in, and a tablet inlet on one side and a tablet outlet on the other side, and a cover part further having a dust outlet on the lower surface is included, wherein the diaphragm of the dedusting part is cut off by a fall at the upper end. A capsule debranching unit having a demineralization reinforcing unit including a demineralization unit and forming one or more demineralization reinforcing units is presented.

However, the prior art 1 and 2 are a method of generating vibration to remove foreign substances such as dust, and there is a limit to completely removing foreign substances, especially fine dust of very small particle size, attached to the surface of the capsule by simple vibration of the capsule. have.

As a debranching method different from the prior art 1 and 2,

There is Registered Utility Model No. 20-0400032 『Debranching for refining』,

The prior art 3 is a container containing tablets, a vibrating unit for moving the tablet in a certain direction by vibrating the container, an air injection unit for blowing the dust mixed in the tablet by spraying air into the container, and the same A suction unit for sucking and collecting the blown dust is provided, and the vibration unit includes six elastic pieces that support the pedestal on which the container is seated so that it can move elastically with respect to the base plate, and periodically applies magnetic attraction to the pedestal. A debrancher for refining including an electromagnet that acts is presented.

As another prior art, there is registered Patent No. 10-0804034 『Debranching for refining』,

The prior art 4 includes a receiving container in which the tablet is contained, a vibration unit coupled to the lower portion of the receiving container and vibrating the receiving container to move the tablet in the receiving container in a predetermined direction, and air is injected into the receiving container. It is made by having an air injection unit for blowing the dust mixed in the tablet and a suction unit for sucking and collecting the blown out dust, and the receiving container is a metal external passage having a plurality of viewing window holes formed therein. , is inserted into the outer cylinder, the outer surface of which is in contact with the inner surface of the outer tube is proposed a de-branching device for purification made of a transparent synthetic resin material.

However, in the prior art 3 and 4, in addition to vibration, high-pressure air is sprayed to remove foreign substances on the surface of the capsule, and it is an indirect desorption method using external pressure, so as in the prior art 1 and 2, fine dust is completely removed There is a limit to

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems,

In order to completely remove foreign substances, especially fine dust, attached to the outer surface of the capsule through a direct complex detachment method using brushing and collision of the capsule, the spiral brush and Correspondingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vertical capsule demineralization unit comprising a dedusting unit configured with a spiral guide for removing dust and a rising guide of the capsule connected to the corresponding spiral.

In order to achieve the above object, the vertical capsule debrancher according to the present invention,

a dust collector including a perforated pipe erected in the vertical direction, a capsule inlet at a lower side connected to the perforated pipe, and an upper capsule outlet connected to the perforated pipe;

A shaft rotating inside the perforated pipe, a spiral brush formed in a spiral form on the outer surface of the shaft for upward transport and dust removal of the capsule, and a spirally connected to the spiral brush along the inner surface of the perforated pipe to raise the capsule It characterized in that it comprises a; dedusting unit consisting of a guide and a spiral guide for removing dust.

And in the vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention,

A discharge unit including a discharge path connected to the outside inclined downward from the discharge port;

The discharge unit, characterized in that it comprises an empty capsule separator mounted on the discharge path.

In addition, in the vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention,

The discharge unit, characterized in that it comprises a metal detector mounted on the discharge path.

Further, in the vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention,

The discharge unit may include a recovery port formed on the bottom of the lowermost end of the discharge path, an ejector for opening and closing the recovery port, and a defective product collection container connected to the recovery port.

The vertical capsule debrancher according to the present invention,

Including a spiral brush and a spiral guide that removes foreign substances, especially fine dust, from the surface of the capsule in a direct detachment method at the same time as upward transport, the complex desorption method directly to the capsule can completely remove foreign substances including fine dust at once. there is,

It can prevent the detached foreign substances from re-adhering to other capsules by immediately discharging the detached foreign substances through intake through the perforated pipe.

After removing the dust, it is possible to select empty capsules that are not quantitatively filled or empty capsules and capsules in which metal is detected among the discharged capsules, of course,

By separating the capsules of the selected defective products from the capsules of the good products and collecting them separately, it is possible to prevent the mixing of the defective products with the good products,

It has the effect of completely separating and removing the desorbed foreign substances by making the dust collector completely airtight.

1 is a front view of a vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a side view of a vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention.
3 is a plan view of a vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the main part for explaining the airtight means according to the present invention.

The present invention is intended to be described in detail in the text of the embodiment (態樣, aspect) (or embodiments) can be applied to various changes and can have various forms. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific disclosed form, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In each drawing, the same reference numerals, particularly the tens digit and the one digit, or the tens digit, the one digit, and the same alphabetic reference numerals indicate members having the same or similar functions, and, unless otherwise stated, each The member indicated by the reference sign may be understood as a member conforming to these standards.

In addition, in each drawing, components are expressed in exaggeratedly large (or thick) or small (or thin) in size or thickness in consideration of convenience of understanding, or simplified, but the protection scope of the present invention is limited by this. it shouldn't be

The terminology used herein is only used to describe a specific embodiment (aspect, aspect, aspect) (or embodiment), and is not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, terms such as comprises or consists of are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification is present, but one or more other features It is to be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

~1~, ~2~, etc. described in the present specification will be referred to only to distinguish that they are different components, and are not limited to the order of manufacture, and their names in the detailed description and claims of the invention are may not match.

In describing the vertical capsule demineralization according to the present invention, if an approximate direction standard that is not strict for convenience is specified with reference to FIG. In the detailed description and claims of the invention related to the drawings, unless otherwise specified, directions are specified and described according to this standard.

Hereinafter, a vertical capsule demineralizer according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 3,

A dust collector 10 including a perforated pipe 11 erected in the vertical direction, a capsule inlet 12 connected to the perforated pipe 11, and an upper capsule outlet 13 connected to the perforated pipe 11;

A shaft 21 rotating inside the perforated pipe 11, a spiral brush 22 formed in a spiral shape on the outer surface of the shaft 21 for upward transport of the capsule and dust removal, and the inner surface of the perforated pipe 11 The dedusting unit 20 is connected in a spiral to correspond to the spiral brush 22 along the helical guide 23 for lifting the capsule and removing dust;

and a discharge unit (30) including discharge paths (31, 32, 33) that are inclined downwardly from the discharge port (13) to the outside.

The dust collector 10 has a cylindrical shape having a predetermined length up and down, and the inlet 12 and the outlet 13 protrude from the outer surface of the dust collector 10 in a direction orthogonal to each other, and the dust collector 10 is disposed. It penetrates and is connected to the upper and lower both ends of the perforated pipe 11 (more strictly, the lower end of the perforated pipe 11 and the upper end of the discharge pipe 14).

The inlet 12 is in the form of a downward slope toward the lower end of the dust collector 10, more precisely, the lower inlet of the perforated pipe 11, and the capsules are inserted into the perforated pipe inside the dust collector 10 by gravity. (11), and equipped with a hopper structure of upper and lower halves, allowing a large amount of capsules to be put in.

The outlet 13 has a shape inclined downward from the outer surface of the upper end of the dust collector 10, more precisely the upper end of the discharge pipe 14, to the outside, and the capsules discharged from the dust collector 10 are discharged. It is connected to the empty capsule separator 34 and the metal detector 35 forming the furnaces 31, 32 and 33.

The perforated pipe 11 has a cylindrical shape having a smaller diameter than that of the dust collector 10 , and is spaced apart from the inner surface of the dust collector 10 by a predetermined distance to form an intake path in the circumferential direction.

The perforated pipe 11 is perforated with a plurality of intake holes, so that while capsules moving upward along the hoistway collide with the perforated pipe 11, foreign substances that are desorbed are sucked into the perforated pipe 11 through the intake holes, which will be described later. to be discharged through a trapping hole.

At this time, the dust collector 10 includes a discharge pipe 14 to which the outlet 13 is connected without the perforated pipe 11 being provided at a part of the upper end, and the upper outlet of the perforated pipe 11 and the outlet ( 13) are connected.

This is to prevent the detached foreign substances, particularly fine dust, from being re-attached to the detached capsule in the process of being sucked into the collecting plate and removed.

Again, the dust collecting bin 10 is provided with a communication groove formed by opening a part of the dust collecting bin 10 up and down in the remaining sections except for the discharge pipe 14 .

A collecting plate 15 having a plurality of collecting holes is mounted in the communication groove, and a collecting pipe 16 is connected to the collecting hole.

The collection pipe 16 is provided with an intake port to which a pneumatic generating means such as a compressor is connected at the lower end, and a negative pressure (negative pressure) is applied to the inside of the collection pipe 16 so that the air inside the dust collector 10 is to be inhaled through the inlet,

Accordingly, foreign substances including fine dust detached from the capsule transferred upward along the dust collector 10 are moved to the inner surface of the dust collector 10 through the intake hole of the perforated pipe 11 and then of the collecting plate 15 . It is collected as it passes through the collection tube 16 through the collection hole, and is discharged and removed through the intake port.

In addition, a drive housing 18 provided with a control panel for supplying power and controlling various operations and a motor 17 for rotating the shaft 21 is coupled to the lower portion of the dust collector 10 .

A rotation shaft of the motor 17 is installed in the center of the bottom of the dust collector 10 , and the shaft 21 is coupled to the rotation shaft to rotate.

The dedusting unit 20 transfers the capsules upward to the upper part of the hoistway through the rotation of the spiral brush 22, while the capsules are in direct contact with the brushes of the spiral brush 22 and the spiral guide 23 to the surface of the capsule. Detach and remove foreign substances from

Specifically, the spiral brush 22 may be configured in which a plurality of brush parts 221 formed by clustering a plurality of brushes are arranged spirally spaced apart from each other at regular intervals.

The spiral guide 23 is provided along the inner surface of the perforated pipe 11 in a shape similar to a coil spring.

The spiral brush 22 is a spiral brush as the shaft 21 rotates while the capsule inserted into the inlet 12 is seated between one of the brush portions 221 or between the brush portions 221 . By (22), the capsules are transferred upward from the lower part of the hoistway to the upper part of the hoistway while rotating together, and then discharged to the outlet 13,

At this time, as the capsules are transferred upward, primary detachment by contact with the brushes of the spiral brush 22 and secondary detachment by contact with the spiral guide 23 are made, and the detached foreign material falls on the hoistway. Alternatively, while floating, it is sucked in and discharged from the collecting hole of the collecting plate 15 through the intake hole.

In particular, in the present invention, unlike the conventional upward capsule debranching, as the cylindrical perforated pipe 11 and the spiral guide 23 are added, a collision or impact with the spiral guide 23 occurs during the upward transfer of the capsules, so that it is different from brushing. At the same time as other direct desorption is made, it is possible to immediately inhale and discharge the desorbed foreign material, which has a very excellent desorption efficiency.

That is, the present invention provides direct contact with the perforated pipe 11 , the spiral brush 22 and the spiral guide 23 while shaking with irregular movement due to rotational pressure, centrifugal force, physical collision, etc. The detachment action may occur in a complex manner, and the detachment effect of foreign substances, particularly fine branches, may be further increased.

Then the discharge unit 30,

The empty capsule separator 34 mounted on the discharge path 31, 32, 33;

a metal detector 35 mounted on the discharge path 31, 32, 33;

A recovery port 331 formed on the bottom of the lowermost end of the discharge passages 31, 32 and 33, an ejector 36 that opens and closes the recovery port 331, and recovery of defective products connected to the recovery port 331 It is characterized in that it comprises a barrel (37).

The empty capsule separator 34 and the metal detector 35 are sequentially arranged up and down, and are interconnected by a discharge pipe corresponding to the discharge port 13 .

The empty capsule separator 34 is provided with a pneumatic regulator 341 connected to the lower portion of the sorting housing, and injects air pressure to the capsules discharged to the first discharge path 31, and uses the difference in the load between the capsules. The capsule is a concept that includes not only a completely empty capsule, but also a capsule in which the medicine is not filled in a quantitative amount.), and only the capsule in which the medicine is filled in a quantitative amount is separated.

At this time, the empty capsule separator 34 may separately collect and store empty capsules, or recover defective products through the ejector 36 after the capsules and empty capsules of good products are sequentially discharged to the second discharge path 32 . It can be returned to the barrel (37).

The metal detector 35 detects the metal contained in the capsule using a magnet or a vision camera.

The metal detector 35 detects whether the capsules discharged to the third discharge path 33 contain metal, and then transmits the counting information of the capsule to the control unit so that the metal is contained by the operation of the ejector 36 . The capsules are discharged to the defective product collection container (37).

The recovery port 331 is formed to be opened at the bottom of the third discharge path 33 .

One end of the ejector 36 is hinged to the recovery port 331 to open and close the recovery port 331 through vertical rotation.

The defective product collection container 37 is detachably connected to the lower portion of the recovery port 331 , and in the drawing, the defective product collection container 37 in the form of a general container detachable by screwing is representatively shown.

In the present invention of this configuration, the good-quality capsules are normally discharged through the third discharge path 33 in a state in which the ejector 36 rotates downward to close the recovery port 331 .

And when metal is detected by the metal detector 35, the ejector 36 rotates upward when the capsule (or empty capsule) of the defective product containing the metal passes through the recovery port 331 based on the counting information of the corresponding capsule. The recovery port 331 is opened, and accordingly, the capsule of the defective product does not pass through the third discharge path 33, but falls into the recovery port 331 and is stored in the defective product collection box 37, and the defective product capsule Upon completion of the recovery of the ejector 36, the ejector 36 rotates to return to the original position so that the capsules of the good product are normally discharged.

Meanwhile, the dust collector 10 is configured by assembling cylindrical pipe parts with each other, and secures airtightness by coupling the clamping member 19 to the connecting portion of the pipe parts.

In the present invention, airtightness is increased by adding an airtight means using a disc spring 102A separately from the clamping member 19 .

First, the connecting end 101A of any one of the pipe parts 10A and 10B connected to each other is provided with a circular mounting groove 101a,

At the other connecting end 101B of the pipe parts 10A and 10B connected to each other, the pressing protrusion 101b protrudes corresponding to the mounting groove 101a and has a width smaller than the inner and outer width of the mounting groove 101a. ) is provided, and at this time, the depth of the mounting groove 101a is formed to be greater than the height of the pressing protrusion 101b.

The airtight means is a flexible material, such as rubber or silicone, whose inner periphery or outer periphery is coupled to the inner end or outer end of the mounting groove 101a, and has a disc spring 102A embedded therein, and a disc spring ( The inner periphery or outer periphery of 102A is composed of a packing ring 102 that is coupled to protrude into the upper portion of the mounting groove 101a.

The mounting groove 101a and the pressing protrusion 101b are provided in a circular shape along the inside of the flange portion of each of the pipe parts 10A and 10B.

The packing ring 102 includes a covering part that is coupled to the fitting part of the mounting groove 101a by a coupling part on one side, and surrounds the outer surface of the disc spring 102A.

The disc spring 102A is in the form of a washer of upper and lower light (or upper and lower), and exerts an elastic force in the opposite direction to compression due to elastic deformation of an inclined portion connecting the inner and outer periphery.

Accordingly, when the pipe parts 10A and 10B are connected in a state where the packing ring 102 having the disc spring 102A embedded therein is mounted in the mounting groove 101a, the disc spring ( By the elastic force generated while 102A) is compressed, the soft covering portion is brought into close contact between the pipe parts 10A and 10B, thereby improving airtightness.

In addition, since the elastic force is very strong in the case of the packing ring 102 in which the disc spring 102A is incorporated, the present invention further includes a binding means for convenient assembly of the pipe parts 10A and 10B.

The binding means,

At the connecting end 101A of the first pipe part 10A provided with the mounting groove 101a, the protrusion 102a of the packing ring 102 is located at the inner end or the outer end of the mounting groove 101a. A slide groove 103 formed in communication with the mounting groove 101a in the inner and outer directions, and an insertion hole 104 connected in the longitudinal direction of the pipe parts 10A and 10B to the rear end of the slide groove 103; A separation prevention part composed of a locking member 105 coupled back and forth in the slide groove 103;

At the connecting end 101B of the second pipe part 10B provided with the pressing protrusion 101b, it protrudes so as to be fitted into the insertion hole 104, and the pressurizing protrusion protrudes to the same height as the pressing protrusion 101b. including a protrusion 106;

When assembling the first and second pipe parts 10A and 10B, while the pressing protrusion 101b presses the protrusion 102a of the packing ring 102 into the mounting groove 101a, the pressing The protrusion 106 presses the locking member 105 to protrude into the mounting groove 101a, so that the protrusion 102a of the packing ring 102 is caught by the front end of the locking member 105 and the plate It is characterized in that the elastic force of the spring (102A) is generated only within the mounting groove (101a).

The slide groove 103 and the insertion hole 104 are connected in a direction perpendicular to each other, and the locking member 105 is connected to the rear side of the slide groove 103 by a torsion spring (not shown), 104) is elastically supported.

The locking member 105 and the pressing protrusion 106 are provided with a hemispherical cam part to press the locking member 105 into the mounting groove 101a while the pressing projection 106 is inserted into the insertion hole 104 . to draw it out.

Accordingly, before the pressing protrusion 106 is inserted into the insertion hole 104, the disc spring 102A is compressed while the pressing protrusion 101b is in line contact with the protrusion 102a. When the packing ring 102 is accommodated in the mounting groove 101a, the pressing protrusion 106 is inserted into the insertion hole 104 and presses the locking member 105 to the tip end of the locking member 105. protrudes into the mounting groove 101a.

The protruding locking member 105 restricts the protrusion 102a of the packing ring 102 from expanding in the opposite direction to compression, and thus the first and second pipe parts 10A before the clamping member 19 is fastened. ) (10B) are not separated from each other due to the elastic force of the disc spring 102A, making it easy to assemble the dust collector 10 and improving airtightness using the disc spring 102A.

In the above description of the present invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it has been mainly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is capable of various modifications, changes, and substitutions by those skilled in the art, and these modifications, changes and substitutions protect the protection of the present invention. should be construed as within the scope.

10: dust collector 11: perforated pipe
12: inlet 13: outlet
14: discharge pipe 15: collection plate
16: collection tube 17: motor
18: enclosure 19: clamping member
20: dedusting unit 21: shaft
22: spiral brush 23: spiral guide
30: discharge unit 31, 32, 33: discharge path
34: empty capsule separator 35: metal detector
36: ejector 37: recovery container

Claims (4)

a dust collector including a perforated pipe erected in a vertical direction, a capsule inlet at a lower side connected to the perforated pipe, and an upper capsule outlet connected to the perforated pipe;
A shaft rotating inside the perforated pipe, a spiral brush formed in a spiral form on the outer surface of the shaft for upward transport and dust removal of the capsule, and a spirally connected to the spiral brush along the inner surface of the perforated pipe to raise the capsule A dedusting unit consisting of a guide and a spiral guide for removing dust;
A discharge unit including a discharge path connected to the outside inclined downward from the discharge port;
The discharge unit, a vertical capsule demineralizer, characterized in that it comprises an empty capsule separator mounted on the discharge path.
The method of claim 1,
The discharge unit is a vertical capsule degasser, characterized in that it comprises a metal detector mounted on the discharge path.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The discharge unit, a vertical capsule deaerator, characterized in that it comprises a recovery port formed on the bottom of the lowermost end of the discharge path, an ejector for opening and closing the recovery port, and a defective product collection container connected to the recovery port.
4. The method of claim 3,
The ejector is a vertical type capsule demineralizer, characterized in that one end is hinged to the recovery port to open and close the recovery port through vertical rotation.

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