KR950008621Y1 - Device for feeding articles - Google Patents

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Container sorting device

1 is a partially broken perspective view of a conventional container alignment device.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional alignment device.

FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 2. FIG.

3 is a partial perspective view of the container alignment device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container alignment device according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the upper portion of the container alignment device according to the present invention.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the white drive unit of the present invention.

7 is a front view of the container alignment device of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: expectation 20: external fuselage

30: internal fuselage 40: rotary alignment plate

50: rotary drive unit M1: drive motor

51: internal fuselage drive shaft 52: rotary alignment plate drive shaft

53: power transmission means 49: bearing

60: primary alignment unit 70: secondary alignment unit

80: discharge guide 90: container transfer unit

91: belt conveyor 94: conveyor drive unit

95: drive motor

The present invention relates to a container alignment device, and relates to a container alignment device that the drive system is simple and can be installed in one place.

Conventional container alignment apparatus, as shown in Figures 1 to 2 a, b, the outer body 2 placed on the base (1), and the inner body (rotated inside the outer body 2) ( 3), the rotary alignment plate 4 rotated in the opposite direction from the upper portion of the inner body (3), the primary alignment portion (5) aligned in the state lying on the side of the container, and the primary aligned container bottom It consists of a secondary alignment unit 6 to be aligned so as to be below, a container discharge guide unit 7 for inducing discharge of secondary aligned containers, and a container transfer unit 8 for transferring the discharged container.

The inner body 3 and the rotary alignment plate 4 are driven to rotate in opposite directions by one driving motor M. The rotational force of the driving motor M is internally driven by the inner fuselage driving shaft 9a. The upper end of the inner fuselage drive shaft 9a extends upwardly through the center of the rotary alignment plate 4 and is transferred to the fuselage 3 so that the electric gear part 9c and the rotary alignment plate drive shaft 9b installed at the upper end thereof are moved. It is configured to be transmitted to the rotary alignment plate 4 through the inner body 3 and the rotary alignment plate 4 is rotated in the opposite direction to each other.

The container introduced through the container inlet (2a) formed in the upper portion of the outer body (2) falls on the rotary alignment plate (4).

The rotary alignment plate 4 is installed to be inclined to one side (about 30 °) so that the container dropped thereon rolls or slides down from the upper surface of the rotary alignment plate 4, and the outer body 2 and the inner body ( 3) it enters the primary alignment space 5a of the primary alignment portion 5 formed therebetween.

At this time, since the inner body (3) and the rotational alignment plate (4) rotate in the opposite direction to each other, the container smoothly enters into the primary alignment space (5a), and enters the side lying state, the neck of the vessel is the primary alignment piece (5b) The neck portion is inserted into the locking groove (5c), the bottom portion is in a state supported by the container backing plate (5d).

The vessels primaryly aligned sideways by the primary alignment unit 5 are rotated to the secondary alignment unit 6 by the inner body 3 which rotates in the opposite direction to the rotary alignment plate 4.

The neck is inserted into the neck hook groove 5c of the primary alignment piece 5b, and the bottom and the body are supported by the container backing plate 5d, and the container passes through the end of the container backing plate 5d. The neck portion inserted into the partial catching groove 5c is dropped as a point.

In this case, the container in which the neck part is transferred in advance is rotated and dropped at the moment when the trailing bottom part passes through the end of the container support plate 5d, and the container in which the bottom part is transferred in advance is the body part. At the moment when more than half of the container passes through the support plate (5d) is rotated to fall, and the bottom is both aligned in the state of the bottom.

The rotating dropping container is guided by an upper guide vane 6b formed in the channel 6a of the secondary alignment unit 6 so that the bottom surface is placed on the intermediate supporting plate 6d installed on the inner side of the lower door (not shown). Secondary alignment in the upright position.

The secondary aligned containers, standing on the intermediate supporting plate 6d, are transported while sliding on the upper surface of the intermediate supporting plate 6d while being sandwiched between the upper guide vanes 6b according to the rotation of the inner body 3, and the intermediate supporting plate When it reaches the end of 6d, it falls and is guided in the state sandwiched between the lower guide vanes 6c of the channel 6a and placed on the lower surface constituting the discharge guide portion 7.

The containers placed on the bottom surface of the discharge guide portion 7 rotate while sliding on the bottom surface of the discharge guide portion 7 in accordance with the rotation of the inner body 3 in the state accommodated between the lower guide vanes 6c of the channel 6a. Transferred.

The vessels that are rotated in the discharge induction part 7 are largely rotated one turn and then guided to the container transfer part 8 at the end of the bottom surface.

The container transfer unit 8 is composed of a beet conveyor (8a), and is transferred to the next process, the injection and sealing process of the aligned containers.

However, in such a conventional container sorting device, some problems arise because the rotary sorting plate 4 should be inclined by about 30 ° in order to primaryly align the containers introduced through the inlet 2a of the outer body 2 to the side. there was.

That is, as the inner body 3 and the rotational alignment plate 4 are inclined, the rotational alignment plate driving shaft 9b of the internal fuselage shaft 9a for rotating the inner body 3 and the electric power alignment plate 4 is rotated. ) Is installed to be inclined, and both the outer body (2) and the inner body (3) is also installed inclined so that the structure is very unstable, it is difficult to design and manufacture.

In addition, since both the outer body 2 and the like are inclined, the motor 8b for driving the belt conveyor 8a of the conveying unit 8 and the electric machine are rotated together with the rotary drive unit 9 of the outer body 2. There is a management problem that can not be collectively managed the drive unit because it must be installed separately at the end of the belt conveyor (8a) can not be installed in the lower portion.

In addition, the inner fuselage driving shaft (9a) for rotating the inner fuselage (3) to rotate the inner fuselage (3) and the rotary alignment plate 4 in the opposite direction, and the rotary alignment plate for rotating the rotary alignment plate (4) The drive shaft 9b is required, and the upper end of the inner fuselage drive shaft 9a is extended to the upper portion of the rotary alignment plate 4, and the electric gear part 9c is installed at the upper end thereof to install the rotary alignment plate drive shaft 9b. Since it is driven to rotate in the opposite direction to (9a), there is a problem that the drive mechanism of the inner body 3 and the rotary alignment plate 4 becomes complicated and the installation and assembly are cumbersome.

In addition, in the past, a device such as Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-7023 has been devised, but this is because the bottle is placed upright along the spiral guide rail and then dropped again. The bottle was simply discharged through a tangential outlet, which was undesirable in the discharge process.

The purpose of the present invention is to arrange the outer body, the inner body, the inner body driving shaft and the rotational alignment plate driving shaft vertically, so that the primary alignment of the containers can be made smoothly, so that the entire apparatus is stable and the structure is simple. Is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to simplify the rotary drive device for rotating the inner body and the rotational alignment plate in the opposite direction to each other and to facilitate the installation and management.

Another object of the present invention, the conveyor driving device for driving the belt conveyor constituting the conveying unit can be installed in the lower part of the outer body together with the drive of the inner body and the rotational alignment plate to manage the drive unit collectively I want to.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the outer body having a large diameter cylindrical portion of the upper portion and a funnel-shaped inclined portion of the middle and a small diameter cylindrical portion of the bottom fixed to the upper portion of the base; An inner body installed vertically rotatably in the interior of the outer body and having an inclined portion having a smaller diameter corresponding to the inclined portion of the outer body and a lower cylindrical portion having a smaller diameter corresponding to the small diameter cylindrical portion of the outer body; A conical rotary alignment plate installed between the large-diameter cylindrical portion and the inclined portion of the inner body so as to be rotatable in the opposite direction and having an anti-overturning protrusion piece attached to one side of the upper edge; Rotation which is installed under the base and has a drive motor and a transmission means for rotating the drive shaft of the inner body and the rotational alignment plate in the opposite direction to each other, and the upper end of the rotational alignment plate drive shaft supported by the bearing fixed to the upper side of the outer body A drive unit; The primary alignment plate and the outer body of the primary alignment space formed between the upper large diameter cylindrical portion of the outer body and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary alignment plate and the upper outer circumferential surface of the inner fuselage with a pair of insertion grooves A primary alignment unit having a primary alignment support plate attached to an inner circumferential surface of the upper end and primary alignment in a state in which the container is laid on its side; It is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner fuselage and has a plurality of channels formed of side plates and upper guide vanes and lower guide vanes corresponding to the inclined portion and the lower cylindrical portion of the inner fuselage, and the primary aligned container has a bottom portion A secondary alignment unit for sorting in a state; A container discharge induction part having a base formed in the outer body between the outer body of the lower part of the secondary alignment part and the lower cylinder part of the inner body and an outlet formed in one side of the lower part of the outer body; An inner end is provided with a container conveying unit having a conveyor belt drive unit which is installed at the lower part of the base together with the belt conveyor and the rotary drive unit facing the discharge port to drive the belt conveyor.

Hereinafter, the container alignment apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a partial cutaway perspective view showing an embodiment of the container alignment device according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container alignment device according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a front view of the container alignment device according to the present invention, An outer body 20 seated on an upper portion of the base 10, an inner body 30 rotatably installed in the outer body 20, and an upper portion of the inner body 30 in the opposite direction. Rotating alignment plate 40 rotatably installed, the rotary drive unit 50 for rotating the re-driven body 30 and the rotary alignment plate 40, and the primary alignment unit ( 60), the secondary alignment portion 70 for aligning the primary aligned containers with the bottom portion, the container discharge guide portion 80 for inducing discharge of the secondary aligned containers, and the container transfer portion for transferring the discharged containers. It consists of 90.

The outer body 20 is formed of a large diameter cylindrical portion of the upper end and a funnel-shaped inclined portion of the middle and a small diameter cylindrical portion of the lower end, the container inlet 21 is installed on the upper surface, the upper peripheral surface as shown in FIG. Lower doors 22 and 23 are provided.

The inner body 30 is composed of an inclined portion having a smaller diameter corresponding to the middle inclined portion of the outer cylinder 20 and a cylindrical portion having a smaller diameter corresponding to the lower diameter cylindrical portion of the lower end of the outer cylinder 20, The upper and lower guide vanes 73 and 74 constituting a plurality of circles 71 constituting the secondary alignment unit 70 to be described later are composed of a rotary frame 31 attached to the outer circumferential surface.

The inner fuselage 30 is formed in a similar shape having a smaller diameter than the outer fuselage 20.

The rotary frame 31 and the rotary alignment plate 40 are rotated in opposite directions by the rotary drive motor M1 of the rotary drive unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 5, the rotary alignment plate 40 is formed to have a diameter substantially coincident with the diameter of the upper end of the inner body 30, and is formed in a conical shape that has a high central portion and becomes lower toward the magnetic field.

It is preferable that the conical angle of this rotary alignment plate 40 is about 20 degrees.

One side of the inclined surface of the rotary alignment plate 40 is attached to the container overturning prevention piece 41 for preventing the container not aligned with the primary alignment unit 60 to be described later to fall to the secondary alignment unit 70 side.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rotary drive unit 50 includes a rotary drive motor M1, an internal fuselage drive shaft 51 rotated by the rotary drive motor M1, and a rotary alignment plate drive shaft 52. ), And these drive shafts 51 and 52 are installed to rotate in opposite directions by transmission means 53 different from each other.

The inner fuselage driving shaft 51 is connected and fixed to the lower end of the rotating frame body 31 constituting the inner fuselage 30 by the connector (51a), the rotary alignment plate driving shaft 52 is the central portion of the rotary alignment plate 40 The connection is fixed by the connector 52a.

The inner fuselage driving shaft 51 is formed as a rotary alignment plate driving shaft is configured such that the rotary alignment plate driving shaft 52 penetrates and extends upward.

The transmission means 53 is engaged with the drive gear 54 fixed to the shaft of the rotary drive motor (M1), the main motor gear 55a engaged with it, and the internal fuselage motor gear (55b) coaxially fixed thereto. An inner body driving gear 56 fixed to the inner body driving shaft 51, an electric sprocket 57a fixed coaxially with the electric gears 55a and 55b, and a chain to the electric sprocket 57a; And a driving sprocket 57a which is interlocked with 58.

The upper end of the rotary alignment plate driving shaft 52 is simply rotatably supported by a bearing 59 fixed to the upper side of the outer body 20.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the primary alignment unit 60 includes a primary alignment space 61 and an inner body 30 formed between the outer body 20 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary alignment plate 40. The primary alignment piece 62 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the upper end at a predetermined interval and is attached to the inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the outer fuselage 20 with a primary alignment piece 62 having a pair of container neck insertion grooves 63, and lying sideways. It consists of a primary alignment support plate (64).

The primary alignment space 61 is formed to have a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the container to be aligned, the container neck insertion groove 63 is formed to a size that can easily be inserted into the neck of the container to be aligned do.

The primary alignment support plate 64 is installed over approximately ₃ / 의 of the circumferential length of the inner circumferential surface of the outer body 20, the remaining ₁ / 있도록 so that the primary aligned container can fall to the secondary alignment unit 70 It is.

The primary alignment piece 62 is accessible by opening the upper door 22 of the outer body 20 for replacement or repair depending on the size of the container.

The secondary alignment unit 70 is composed of a plurality of channels 71 attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner fuselage 30, the channel 71 is a side plate corresponding to the inclined surface and the vertical plane of the inner fuselage 30 ( 72, and the upper guide blade 73 and the lower guide blade (74).

Here, the upper guide blade 73 is arranged in the primary alignment unit 60 to align the container to fall to the bottom facing down is inclined form the top of each pair of wings widen.

In addition, the lower guide blade 74 is guided to the discharge guide portion 80 to be described later to the bottom by the upper guide blade 73 is aligned so that the bottom is downwardly bent form to be opened upward.

A secondary alignment support plate 75 is installed at a height corresponding to the height between the upper guide blade 73 and the lower guide wing 74, and the secondary alignment support plate 75 is installed at the stop of the outer body 20. It is fixedly attached to the lower door 23.

The secondary alignment support plate 75 is disposed in the range of about ₄ / 대하여 relative to the circumferential length of the inner peripheral surface of the interruption portion of the inner body 30, until the end of the container dropped between the upper guide blade (73). Guided by the support.

The lower guide blade 74 is to guide the discharge guide portion 80 receives the container falling to the end of the secondary alignment support plate 75.

The discharge guide portion 80 is composed of a support jaw portion 81 formed in the lower end of the outer body 20, and the discharge port 82 formed in one side of the lower end of the outer body 20.

The different container transfer part 90 is composed of a belt conveyor 91 extending from the outlet opening 82 side of the discharge guide portion 80 to extend for a long time.

The belt conveyor 91 includes a plurality of rollers 92 and a belt 93, and is driven by a conveyor driving unit 94 installed together with the rotary driving unit 50 at the lower portion of the outer body 20. Will be.

Conveyor drive unit 94 is composed of a drive motor 95, a chain 96 and a sprocket 97, 98 as shown in FIG.

In addition, guide rails 99 are installed on both sides of the belt 93 to prevent the container from being separated.

The container alignment device of the present invention configured as described above, when the drive motor M1 of the rotary drive unit 50 and the drive motor 95 of the conveyor drive unit 94 are driven, as shown in FIG. The rotational force of M1 is transmitted to the internal fuselage drive shaft 51 and the rotary alignment plate drive shaft 52 by the transmission means 53.

That is, the rotational force of the drive motor M1 is transmitted from the drive gear 54 fixed to the shaft to the main motor gear 54a, and the internal body through the electric gear 55b fixed coaxially with the main motor gear 55a. It is transmitted to the internal fuselage drive gear 56 fixed to the drive shaft 51 to rotate the internal fuselage 30 counterclockwise in a plan view, and the electric sprocket 57a fixed coaxially with the main motor gear 55a. It is transmitted to the rotation alignment plate drive shaft 52 through the chain 58 and the drive sprocket 57b to rotate the rotation alignment plate 40 in a clockwise direction in a plane opposite to the rotation direction of the inner body 30. will be.

Meanwhile, the drive motor 95 of the conveyor drive unit 94 is rotated, and the rotational force of the drive motor 95 is transmitted to the ruler 92 by the sprockets 97 and 98 and the chain 96 to rotate the belt ( 93).

In this state, when the container is introduced through the container inlet 21 formed on the upper surface of the outer body 20, the container is dropped on the rotary alignment plate 40, and slides along the conical slope of the rotary alignment plate 40. In the first alignment space portion 61 of the primary alignment unit 60 while rolling or rolling, the primary alignment is made in a state of lying sideways.

At this time, since the inner fuselage 30 and the rotary alignment plate 40 are rotated in opposite directions to each other, the inner fuselage 30 and the rotary alignment plate 40 are smoothly moved into the primary alignment space 61 to be laid sideways.

The containers that enter the primary alignment space 61 are placed on the primary alignment support plate 64 and the neck is inserted into the neck insertion groove 63 of the primary alignment piece 62.

The primary aligned container with the neck inserted into the neck insertion groove 63 of the primary alignment funnel 62 and placed on the primary alignment support plate 64 is viewed in plan view by the rotation of the inner body 30. When it rotates and rotates counterclockwise and reaches the tip of the primary alignment support plate 64, it is dropped to the secondary alignment unit 70.

At this time, the container in which the neck part is transferred in advance (indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 3) is rotated counterclockwise from the side with the neck as the point when the bottom part passes the tip of the primary alignment support plate 64. As the part is lowered and falls, the container in which the bottom part is transferred beforehand (shown in FIG. 2) is the side of the neck at the point when the neck part passes the end of the primary alignment support plate 64. Boa rotates clockwise and the bottom part falls down.

Therefore, even if the primary alignment is made in any state, when the secondary alignment, the bottom portion is all cut down.

The falling container is guided and erected by the upper guide blade 73 of the channel 71 constituting the secondary alignment portion 70, the bottom portion is attached to the inside of the lower door 23 of the outer body 20 It is erected on the vehicle alignment support plate 75.

At this time, since the upper guide blade 73 of the channel 71 is installed to be inclined in a wide state, the container that is dropped is smoothly guided.

The vessel placed between the upper guide blades 73 and placed on the secondary alignment support plate 75 is pivotally transported according to the rotation of the inner fuselage 30, and the lower guide wings 74 reaching the end of the secondary alignment support plate 75 are rotated. Falls between.

At this time, the upper end of the lower guide blade 74 is bent in the open state so that the container is dropped smoothly guided.

The container, which enters between the upper guide blades 73 and is placed on the secondary alignment support plate 75, is pivotally transferred according to the rotation of the inner fuselage 30, and the lower guide wings 74 reaching the end of the secondary alignment support plate 75. Falls between.

At this time, the upper end of the lower guide blade 74 is bent in the open state so that the container is dropped smoothly guided.

The container dropped between the lower guide blades 74 is placed on the support jaw 81 of the discharge guide portion 80, and is rotated by the lower guide blades 74.

The container which is guided and transported in the discharge guide portion 80 reaches approximately one turn to the discharge port 82.

When it reaches the discharge port 82 which is the end of the discharge guide portion 80, the belt conveyor 91 of the container transfer unit 90 is transferred to the next step of the injection and sealing process.

The belt 93 of the belt conveyor 91 is driven by the roller 92 rotated by the drive motor 95 and the sprockets 97, 98 and the chain 96 of the conveyor drive unit 94. The container placed on top is transferred sequentially.

As described above, according to the present invention, the outer body, the inner body, the inner body driving shaft, and the rotating alignment plate driving shaft are installed vertically, and the rotating alignment plate is formed in a conical shape with a high center and a low edge so that the containers are aligned smoothly. Although the whole device is installed in a stable state, the structure can be made simple.

In addition, the drive motor and the driving means, which constitute the rotary drive unit for driving the inner fuselage and the rotary alignment plate, are installed on the lower side of the external fuselage, and the upper end of the rotary alignment plate drive shaft is simply supported by the bearing, so the structure of the rotary drive unit is There is an effect that it becomes simple and convenient maintenance.

In addition, the conveyor driving device for driving the belt conveyor constituting the conveying unit is installed in the lower part of the outer body together with the driving unit of the inner body and the rotary alignment plate, so that the entire driving device can be managed collectively. This has the effect of being convenient.

The present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

An outer body 20 having a large-diameter cylindrical portion at the top and a funnel-shaped inclined portion at the bottom and a small-diameter cylindrical portion at the bottom, and fixedly installed vertically on the upper portion of the base 10; An inner fuselage 30 vertically rotatably installed inside the outer fuselage having an inclined portion having a smaller diameter corresponding to the inclined portion of the outer fuselage and a smaller cylindrical portion of the outer fuselage having a smaller diameter; Wow; A conical rotary alignment plate 40 installed rotatably in the opposite direction between the large-diameter cylindrical portion and the inclined portion of the inner body, and having a container tip preventing protrusion 41 attached to one side of an upper edge thereof; It is installed in the lower base and has a drive motor and the transmission means for rotating the drive shaft (51, 52) of the inner body and the rotational alignment plate in the opposite direction to each other and is fixed to the upper side of the outer body of the rotational alignment plate drive shaft A rotary drive unit 50 supported by the bearing 59; The primary alignment space portion 61 formed between the upper large diameter cylindrical portion of the outer body and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary alignment plate and the upper outer circumferential surface of the inner body at regular intervals, and having a pair of container neck portion insertion grooves 63. A primary alignment unit (60) having a primary alignment support plate (64) attached to an inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the outer body and the secondary alignment plate (62); It is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner fuselage and has a plurality of channels 71 formed of a side plate 72 and the upper guide blade 73 and the lower guide blade 74 corresponding to the inclined portion and the lower cylindrical portion of the inner fuselage A secondary alignment unit 70 for aligning the primary aligned containers with the bottom portion underneath; The container discharge guide portion 80 having a support jaw portion 81 formed in the outer body and an outlet 82 formed in the lower side of the outer body between the outer body of the lower portion of the secondary alignment portion and the lower cylinder portion of the inner body; ; It is provided with the container conveyance part 90 which has the conveyor belt drive part 94 in which the inner end is installed in the lower part of the base with the belt conveyor 91 which faces the said discharge port, and the said rotary drive part 50, and drives the said belt conveyor. Container sorting device characterized in that.