KR200401824Y1 - Apparatus for transferring cup - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cup conveying apparatus for conveying a cup discharged from the cup supply to the defect inspection device, located in the lower portion of the cup supply and the defect inspection device, the communication line of at least two rows consisting of a plurality of communication ports A conveyance belt which is formed along the longitudinal direction and has a cup entry portion corresponding to a lower portion of the cup supply portion and a cup dropping portion located opposite to the cup entry portion; Air suction means installed to suck air through the communication ports; Moving means for moving a cup conveyed along one communication line line from the rear of the defect inspection apparatus to another communication line; At least two discharge pipes having entrance ports located below the drop end of the transfer belt; Characterized in that it has an air discharge nozzle for discharging air toward the inlet of the discharge pipe, the cup is determined whether the defect in the inspection device is separated from the conveying belt through the cup falling portion of the conveying belt by the defective cup on the conveying belt The cup transfer efficiency can be effectively prevented from being lowered due to interference between the cup and the normal cup.

Description

Cup Feeder {APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING CUP}

The present invention relates to a conveying apparatus for efficiently conveying a cup for which inspection of defects is completed, and more particularly, through a dropping portion of the conveying belt, a defective cup and a normal cup that have passed the inspection apparatus for inspecting whether the cup is defective. The present invention relates to a cup conveying apparatus capable of discharging and preventing a decrease in conveying efficiency by mutual interference between a defective cup and a normal cup.

In general, the cup is being developed and used as one of the necessities of modern life with the development of the instant food culture is a situation that plastic or styropol synthetic resin products or paper products are widely used as disposable products. These cups are various types such as small-capacity containers such as shochu cups and large-capacity containers for food, such as coffee, beverages, or ramen, chicken.

The cup should be provided with a receiving space for accommodating food and the like during its manufacture. As a result, foreign matter generated during the paper cup manufacturing process may be introduced into the cup, and the paper cup provides a disgusting feeling to the user. Therefore, it is necessary to check whether there is any foreign matter inside the paper cup after the cup is manufactured.

An apparatus for inspecting a paper cup defect is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-75171, which is incorporated by reference. According to the said patent document, the cup judged to be bad is classified and stored in a separate space by operation | movement of an air discharge means. However, since the technology of the patent document is configured so that the normal cup and the defective cup are directly classified into separate spaces on the conveying member, the defective cup determined as defective is not stably placed on the conveying member before being classified into the separate space. Failure to do so would interfere with the transfer of the normal cup. As a result, the transfer efficiency of the cup transfer device was lowered.

The present invention has been devised to solve the conventional problems as described above, it is stablely seated on the transport belt until the bad cup is determined to be defective in the inspection apparatus is loaded in a separate space and the transport belt together with the normal cup It is configured to be transported to the falling part of the cup conveying device to improve the cup conveying efficiency by discharging the defective cup and the normal cup in the classified state along the discharge pipe provided in the lower portion of the conveying belt The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the cup conveying apparatus for transferring the cup discharged from the cup supply unit to the defect inspection device is located in the lower portion of the cup supply and the defect inspection device, consisting of a plurality of communication ports A conveyance belt having at least two rows of communication lines formed along the longitudinal direction and having a cup entry portion corresponding to a lower portion of the cup supply portion and a cup drop portion located opposite the cup entry portion; Air suction means installed to suck air through the communication ports; Moving means for moving a cup conveyed along one communication line line from the rear of the defect inspection apparatus to another communication line; At least two discharge pipes having entrance ports located below the drop end of the transfer belt; And an air discharge nozzle for discharging air toward the entrance of the discharge pipe.

The moving means includes an air nozzle on the side of the transfer belt for discharging air to move the cup seated on the communication line of one row on the transfer belt to the communication line of the other row.

The cup supply unit is composed of at least one stacking unit for stacking and discharging the cups individually, and a rotation driving body provided to correspond to the stacking unit between the stacking unit and the transfer belt. At least two or more rotary drives are provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention, the same configuration is given the same reference numerals.

1 is a block diagram showing a cup transfer apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the installation state of the air discharge nozzle provided in the discharge end of the cup transfer apparatus shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the operating state of the air nozzle installed on the side of the conveying belt of the cup conveying apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 1, the cup conveying apparatus has an endless trajectory conveying belt 12 which is rotatably supported by a pair of rotating rollers 14 and 16. The conveying belt 12 is provided with at least two rows of communication lines 12-1 and 12-2 formed of a plurality of communication ports formed along the longitudinal direction thereof. As described below with reference to FIG. 3, one communication port line, that is, the first communication port line 12-1, is for transporting a defective cup determined to be defective as a result of the inspection, while another communication port is used. The line, that is, the second communication port line 12-2, is for transporting the normal cup which is determined to be genuine. The communication lines are not limited to two columns.

In the conveying belt 12, but not limited to this, the position corresponding to the first rotating roller 14 is referred to as a 'cup entrance portion' to which a cup to be inspected for defects is supplied, and an opposite position of the cup entrance portion. That is, the position corresponding to the second rotary roller 16 is referred to as the 'cup dropping portion' through which the cup is finished inspection of the defect.

At one end of the conveying belt 12, for example, at the top of the position corresponding to the first rotary roller 14, that is, at the top of the cup entry part, a cup supply part 40 for supplying a cup is provided. The cup supply part 40 includes the loading part 42 in which the some cup is loaded. Loading section 42 is provided with a discharge means (not shown) for discharging the cups individually. In addition, the cup supply unit 40 may further include a rotary drive unit 44 provided between the loading unit 42 and the transfer belt 12 to convert the cup falling from the loading unit 42 into an inverted state. It may be.

Between the cup entry portion and the cup dropping portion, an upper portion of the conveyance belt 12 is provided with an inspection device 30 for inspecting whether the cup conveyed by the conveyance belt 12 is defective. The inspection apparatus 30 includes a camera 34 for capturing the inside of the cup and a housing 32 of the control panel for determining whether or not a defect is made through an image of the cup captured by the camera 34. At this time, the process of determining whether the defect in the inspection apparatus 30 is described in Patent Document 1 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the cup conveying apparatus has an air suction means for sucking the air through the communication port, the air suction means is an air suction housing located in the lower portion of the transfer belt 12 between the cup entry portion and the cup dropping portion And an air suction unit 20a including an air pump (not shown) connected to the air suction housing 22 to enable air communication. When the air suction is started by the operation of the vacuum motor, the air introduced into the air suction housing 22 through the communication port is discharged to the outside through the air suction unit 20a.

At the other end of the conveyance belt 12, for example, the lower portion of the position corresponding to the second rotary roller 16, that is, the lower portion of the cup dropping portion, a discharge pipe for transferring the cup passing through the inspection device 30 to another space 50 is provided. In the discharge pipe 50, a lower portion of the cup drop portion is provided with an entry port 50a for receiving a cup falling from the conveyance belt 12.

According to the present invention, an air discharge nozzle 26 for discharging air toward the entrance port 50a is provided between the transfer belt 12 and the entrance port 50a. The air discharge nozzle 26 is connected to the air supply unit 20b to enable fluid communication. Therefore, the air supplied from the air supply unit 20b is discharged toward the inlet 50a through the air discharge nozzle 26, and at this time, the cup dropped to the inlet 50a along the discharge pipe 50 together with the air. Transferred.

On the other hand, the cup transfer apparatus according to the present invention includes a moving means for moving the cup conveyed along one communication port line in the rear of the inspection apparatus 30 to another communication port line. For example, the moving means may include an air nozzle 24 provided on the side of the conveying belt 12 between the inspection device 30 and the cup dropping portion. The air nozzle 24 is fluidly connected to the air supply 20b, for example. Therefore, the air supplied from the air supply part 20b is discharged | emitted in the direction crossing the conveyance belt 12 through the air nozzle 24. As shown in FIG. That is, by discharging air in the direction crossing the conveyance belt 12 through the air nozzle 24, the cup conveyed along the second communication line 12-2 is the first communication line 12-1. Will be moved to.

Hereinafter, the operation of the cup feed apparatus according to the present invention.

The cups stacked on the stacking unit 42 of the cup supply unit 40 are discharged in units by the discharge operation of the discharge unit. The discharged cup is seated on the conveyance belt 12 in an inverted state by the rotation operation of the rotary drive member 44, that is, the opening of the cup is located at the top.

As described above, the transfer belt 12 is provided with at least two rows of communication lines (two communication lines 12-1 and 12-2 are shown in FIG. 3), and from the cup supply 40 The discharged cup is located in the second communication line 12-2. When the air intake is started by the air intake 20a by the operation of the air pump, the outside air is sucked down into the air intake housing 22 through the communication ports. At this time, the cup is seated on at least one communication port is seated in the air-adsorbed state to the conveying belt (12).

As a result, the cup discharged from the cup supply unit 40 is stably seated on the second communication port line 12-2 in front of the inspection device 30. When the cup traveling along the second communication port line 12-2 of the conveyance belt 12 travels under the camera 34, the camera 34 captures the inner surface of the cup. Image information of the cup imaged by the camera 34 is provided to the control panel housing 32. The control panel housing 32 reads the image information of the transferred cup and determines whether the cup is defective through the data comparison process.

If the cup passing through the lower portion of the camera 34 is determined to be defective, the information necessary for the air discharge operation of the air nozzle 24 is provided from the control panel housing 32.

Referring to FIG. 3 again, when the defective cup A, which is determined to be defective from the control panel housing 32, is located in front of the air nozzle 24, air is discharged from the air nozzle 24, and as a result, the second The bad cup A located in the communication line 12-2 moves to the first communication line 12-1 and is connected to any one communication port constituting the first communication line 12-1. Positioned defective cup (A ') is seated in a stable state on the conveying belt 12 by the air suction through the communication port.

However, if the cup passing through the lower part of the camera 34 is determined to be normal, the information necessary for the air discharge operation of the air nozzle 24 from the control panel housing 32 is not provided. As a result, the normal cup B determined to be normal is transferred to the cup dropping portion of the conveying belt 12 along the second communication port line 12-2.

After that, when the repositioned defective cup A 'and the normal cup B deviate from the installation position of the air suction housing 22, the adsorption effect due to the air suction disappears, and the defective cup A' and the repositioned defective cup A 'are normal. The cup B falls through the cup dropping portion of the conveyance belt 12 and is separated from the conveyance belt 12. In this way, the cup separated from the conveying belt 12 enters the entrance port 50a positioned at the lower portion of the cup drop portion, and thereafter, along the discharge pipe 50 together with the air discharged from the air discharge nozzle 26. Transferred to another place.

That is, referring back to FIG. 3, the changed defective cup A 'enters the first entrance port 52a located under the cup dropping portion corresponding to the first communication port line 12-1. Later, the air discharged from the first air discharge nozzle 26a is transferred along the first discharge pipe 52 to another place. Similarly, the normal cup B enters into the second inlet 54a located at the lower portion of the cup drop corresponding to the second communication port line 12-2, and thereafter, from the second air discharge nozzle 26b. Together with the discharged air, it is conveyed along the second discharge pipe 54 to another place.

As described above, the interference between the normal cup B and the defective cup A on the conveying belt 12 by discharging the normal cup B and the defective cup A through the cup dropping portion of the conveying belt 12. It is possible to prevent the cup transfer operation due to the phenomenon from being delayed.

4 and 5, the cup transfer apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided with three rows of communication lines 12-1, 12-2, and 12-3 on the transfer belt 12. The cup conveying apparatus shown in FIG. 1 except that the cup supply section is composed of two pairs of stacking sections 42a and 42b and rotary drive bodies 44a and 44b and three air discharge nozzles and discharge pipes are provided. And its configuration and operation are similar. On the other hand, in the rotary drive bodies 44a and 44b, the suction port (corresponding to the installation position of the cup in FIG. 4) for fixing the cup discharged from the corresponding loading portion by the air suction method has a predetermined separation angle, that is, 360 °. It is formed at an angle divided by the number of the rotating drive body. For example, when the rotation drive body is composed of two, the separation angle is maintained at 180 degrees, and when the rotation drive body is composed of three, the separation angle is maintained at 120 degrees. That is, referring to FIG. 4, if the 1st suction opening is formed in the 1st rotation drive body 44a directly under the 1st loading part 42a, the 2nd suction opening may be in the 2nd rotation drive body 44b. It is located directly above the conveyance belt 12 to maintain an angle of 180 ° with the first suction port.

Accordingly, the cup discharged from the first loading portion 42a or the second loading portion 42b is transferred to the conveyance belt 12 through the first rotating drive member 44a or the second rotating drive member 44b. Is seated on the second communication line 12-2 or the second communication line 12-3. After that, whether or not the cup is conveyed along the conveyance belt 12 by the inspection device 30 (see FIG. 1) is determined. The defective cup that is determined to be in a defective state is moved to the first communication line 12-1 by the air discharged through the air nozzle 24 and then falls through the cup dropping portion of the conveyance belt 12. The defective cup dropped to the first inlet 52a positioned below the cup dropping portion of the conveyance belt 12 so as to correspond to the first communication line 12-1, the air discharged from the first air discharge nozzle 26a. Together with the first discharge pipe 52 is transferred to another place.

Similarly, the normal cup determined as normal by the inspection device 30 falls through the cup dropping portion of the conveying belt 12 along the second communication port line 12-2 or the second communication port line 12-3. Done. A second inlet 52b or a third inlet 52c located below the cup dropping portion of the transfer belt 12 so as to correspond to the second communication port line 12-2 or the second communication port line 12-3; The top cup dropped to the other place along the second discharge pipe 54 or the third discharge pipe 56 together with the air discharged from the second air discharge nozzle 26b or the third air discharge nozzle 26c. Transferred.

The foregoing merely illustrates preferred embodiments of the present invention and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains recognize that modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and gist of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims. shall.

According to the present invention, the cup is determined whether the defect in the inspection device is separated from the conveying belt through the cup drop portion of the conveying belt to effectively reduce the cup transfer efficiency due to interference between the defective cup and the normal cup on the conveying belt It can prevent.

1 is a block diagram showing a cup feed apparatus according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the installation state of the air discharge nozzle provided in the discharge end of the cup transfer apparatus shown in FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram showing the operating state of the air nozzle installed on the side of the conveying belt of the cup conveying apparatus shown in FIG.

4 is a view showing a cup supply unit of the cup transfer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a plan view of the transfer belt of the cup transfer apparatus shown in FIG.

<Explanation of Codes for Main Parts of Drawings

12, 112: conveying belt

26, 26a, 26b, 26c, 126, 126a, 126b: air discharge nozzle

24: air nozzle

40, 140: cup supply

50, 52, 54, 150, 152, 154: discharge pipe

Claims (3)

In the cup conveying apparatus for transferring the cup supplied from the cup supply unit to the defect inspection device, Located in the lower part of the cup supply unit and the defect inspection device, at least two rows of communication lines formed of a plurality of communication ports are formed along the length direction, and the cup entry part and the cup entrance part corresponding to the lower part of the cup supply part. A transfer belt having a cup dropping portion located on an opposite side; Air suction means installed to suck air through the communication ports; Moving means for moving a cup conveyed along one communication line line from the rear of the defect inspection apparatus to another communication line; At least two discharge pipes positioned in a lower portion of the dropping portion of the conveyance belt and having entrance ports for receiving a cup falling from the dropping portion; And an air discharge nozzle for discharging air toward the entrance of the discharge pipe. The method of claim 1, The moving means is installed on the side of the transfer belt between the defect inspection device and the dropping portion of the transfer belt, to move the cup transferred along the communication line of one row on the transfer belt to the communication line of the other row. Cup conveying apparatus comprising an air nozzle for releasing the air. The method of claim 1, The entrance port of the discharge pipe is provided to correspond to each of the communication port line in the lower portion of the cup drop portion of the transfer belt.