TW201942037A - Vertically feeding bottle preform aligner machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A vertically feeding bottle preform aligner machine includes a base, a conveying device, and an aligning device. The base includes an input portion for inputting bottle preforms. The conveying device is vertically disposed on the base and provided with a picking end, a releasing end, a ring shaped conveying belt between the picking end and the releasing end, and a driving device for driving the conveying belt. The picking end is connected with the inputting portion. The conveying belt includes plural picking member for picking up the bottle preform from the picking end and conveying the bottle preform upward toward the releasing end. The aligning device is disposed at one side of the conveying device for receiving the bottle preform released at the releasing end. With the conveying device vertically conveying bottle preforms, the preform feeding operation is accelerated for improving the manufacturing efficiency.

Description

Conveyor for bottle preforms for vertical feeding

The present invention relates to the technical field of an integrator, in particular to a bottle preforms in-line conveyor for vertical feeding of bottle preforms in a vertical manner.

According to Taiwan Patent No. M465386, it discloses a bottle embryo arranging machine with an automatic embryo returning conveying device, which includes a whole row device and an embryo returning conveying device. Among them, the germ returning device includes an germ returning channel arranged obliquely. One end of the germ returning channel is connected to the whole row of devices, and the other end is provided with a germ return. The germ return is higher. In addition, a third power source drives the germ return. A conveyor belt rotates back and forth in the germ return channel, whereby the bottle embryos can be driven to the germ return through the conveyor belt and fall into the whole row of devices to make the bottle embryos stand upright and output.

However, the obliquely set back embryo transfer device has a large overall volume and occupies a large space in the plant. The bottle embryo's oblique conveying stroke is like the oblique side of a right triangle, so its feeding speed is slow, and because the If it is long, a motor with a higher power is required, which causes power consumption.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention discloses a bottle preform aligning machine for vertical conveyance, which uses a vertical feeding method to vertically convey preforms to an aligning device for aligning to increase the speed of preform conveying.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a bottle preform alignment machine for vertical conveyance, which includes a base, a conveying device, and an entire line device. The base is provided with a feeding part for feeding bottle preforms, and the conveying device is vertically arranged on the base. The conveying device includes a feeding end, a lower feeding end, and a ring-shaped one disposed between the feeding end and the lower feeding end. The conveyor belt and a drive for driving the conveyor belt are connected with the feeding end to the feeding part. The conveyor belt is provided with a plurality of driving parts for vertically driving the preforms from the feeding end to the bottom and conveying to the lower feeding end. ; The whole row of devices is set on the base and on one side of the conveying device. The whole row of devices includes a feeding section, a whole row of channels and a discharge channel. The whole row of channels is connected between the feeding section and the discharge channel, and the feeding section corresponds to the blanking The end is used to receive bottle preforms cut from the cutting end.

With this, the present invention conveys bottle preforms vertically through the conveying device, which can increase the feeding speed and greatly improve production efficiency.

In addition, the conveyor belt of the conveying device of the present invention is arranged vertically instead of obliquely, so that the volume of the conveying device is small, does not occupy too much space in the factory building, and is convenient for buyers to use the space.

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and are not intended to limit the technical principles of the present invention to specific disclosed embodiments, but the scope of the present invention is limited only by the scope of patent applications, covering substitutions, modifications and Equivalent.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6. The present invention is a bottle preform alignment conveyor 100 for vertical feeding, which includes a base 10, a transportation device 20, and an alignment device 30. The transportation device 20 and the alignment device 30 are both provided. On the base 10, and the conveying device 20 can vertically convey the preforms 200 from bottom to top to the entire row of devices 30, so that the preforms 200 pass through the entire row of devices 30 and are aligned in the same direction (that is, the bottle mouth faces upward), and It is output to the bottle blowing machine (not shown in the figure) from the entire array of devices 30 to be blow-molded to form a bottle body. among them:

The base 10 is a frame, but is not limited thereto. The base 10 has a feeding portion 11 which is generally funnel-shaped and has a feeding port 12 and a feeding port 13. The feeding port 12 is opened upward and used for dropping the preform 200. In the embodiment of the invention, a material cover 14 is further included, and the material cover 14 can selectively close the material inlet 12. It can be understood that, the material cap 14 may be provided with an opening for the preform 200 to be put in, or the material cap 14 may be directly removed and then poured into the bottle preform 200.

The conveying device 20 is vertically arranged on the base 10, and the conveying device 20 includes a feeding end 21, a lower feeding end 22, an endless conveying belt 23 disposed between the feeding end 21 and the lower end 22, and A drive 24 drives a conveyor belt 23 to run. The feeding end 21 can communicate with the feeding portion 11. In the embodiment of the present invention, the feeding end 21 is communicated with the feeding port 13 side.

The conveyor belt 23 is provided with a plurality of L-shaped driving portions 231. In addition, the conveyor belt 23 further includes a straight line segment 232 and an arc segment 233 connected to the straight segment 232, and the straight segment 232 is arranged upright on the base 10, and the arc The horizontal height of the segment 233 is higher than the horizontal height of the straight segment 232, and the picking end 21 is located at one end of the straight segment 232 away from the arc segment 233, and the blanking end 22 is located at the arc segment 233 away from the straight line One end of the segment 232, and the stroke length of the straight segment 232 is greater than the stroke length of the arc segment 233. When running by the conveyor belt 23, the preform 200 is vertically driven from the picking end 21 to be conveyed from the bottom to the top and to the lower end 22.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the conveying device 20 further has a casing 25, and the conveyor belt 23 is provided on the casing 25, so that the preform 200 is prevented from falling off during the process of conveying the preform 200, and it also has the function of isolating dust or debris to cause conveyance. Belt 23 does not run smoothly. The feeding end 21 and the feeding end 22 are arranged at opposite ends of the casing 25, and the bottom side of the feeding end 22 is open, so that the feeding material is used. In addition, the driver 24 is attached to the casing 25 and is adjacent to the discharge end 22.

The entire row device 30 is arranged obliquely on the base 10 and is located on one side of the conveying device 20. The entire row device 30 includes an inclined feeding portion 31, an entire row 32, and a discharge channel 33. The entire row 32 communicates with Between the feeding portion 31 and the discharge channel 33, the feeding portion 31 is disposed laterally on the entire row 32 and is located below the feeding end 22 to receive the bottle preform 200 discharged from the feeding end 22. In addition, the extending direction of the arc segment 233 of the conveying device 20 is opposite to the discharge path 33.

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4. The operation mode of the present invention is to put the preform 200 from the feeding part 11 so that the preform 200 is driven by the driving part 231 along with the operation of the conveyor belt 23 and is taken by End 21 is conveyed upright from bottom to top via straight segment 232 to arc segment 233. When preform 200 moves to arc segment 233 and is conveyed to blanking end 22, preform 200 can sequentially fall into the entire row of devices 30的 料 部 31。 The feeding section 31.

Please refer to FIG. 5 to FIG. 6. When the preform 200 slides into the entire row 32 through the feeding portion 31, the entire row is aligned through the entire row 32 to form a bottle mouth upwards. The discharge path 33 is output to the blow molding machine.

In this way, the present invention uses the conveying device 20 to convey the preforms 200 vertically / upright to the aligning machine 30 for the entire line. The conveying stroke is shorter than that of conventional equipment, which is helpful to improve the feeding speed and greatly improve production efficiency. .

In addition, because the travel of the conveyor belt 23 of the conveyor 20 is short, the driver 24 does not need to use a high-power motor, so the power consumption is relatively low, and it also has advantages in control systems and maintenance.

Furthermore, because the conveyor belt 23 of the conveyor device 20 of the present invention is not arranged obliquely, the volume of the conveyor device 20 is small, does not occupy space in the factory building, and is convenient for buyers to use the space.

In addition, the bottle preform alignment conveyor 100 for vertical feeding of the present invention adopts a conveyor device 20 and an alignment device 30 in two, which not only has the function of transportation and alignment, but also reduces the cost of purchasing equipment.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art can make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Various modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of the present invention are all within the scope of patent application of the present invention.

100‧‧‧ Preform Bottle Conveyor

11‧‧‧Feeding Department

13‧‧‧feeding port

20‧‧‧ Conveying device

22‧‧‧Unloading end

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10‧‧‧ base

12‧‧‧ feed inlet

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21‧‧‧Receiving end

23‧‧‧ conveyor belt

232‧‧‧Straight segment

24‧‧‧Driver

30‧‧‧ train

32‧‧‧ train

200‧‧‧ preform

[Fig. 1] is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of the present invention. [FIG. 2] It is a schematic side sectional structure diagram of the present invention. [FIG. 3] It is an enlarged schematic view of a taking end of FIG. 2 according to the present invention. [Fig. 4] is an enlarged schematic view of the lower material end of Fig. 2 according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a top view of the present invention, showing a state in which the preforms are put into the aligning device through the conveying device to perform the aligning. [FIG. 6] It is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIG. 5 according to the present invention, showing a state in which the preform enters the entire row of channels through the feeding portion.

Claims (10)

A vertical conveyor for preform feeding comprises: a base, which is provided with a feeding section for feeding preforms; a conveying device, which is vertically arranged on the base, and the conveying device includes a feeding end , The feeding end, a loop-shaped conveyor belt disposed between the feeding end and the feeding end, and a drive for driving the conveyor belt, the feeding end is connected to the feeding section, and the conveyor belt is provided There are a plurality of driving parts for driving the preforms vertically from the feeding end to the bottom and conveying to the lower feeding end; and a whole row of devices, which are arranged on the base and located on one side of the conveying device, The whole line device includes a feeding section, a whole line and a discharge channel, the whole line is connected between the feeding section and the discharge channel, and the feeding section corresponds to the feeding end for receiving from the feeding section End cut preforms. As described in claim 1, the vertical feeding bottle preform full-line conveyor is characterized in that the feeding section is generally funnel-shaped and has a feeding port and a feeding port, and the feeding port communicates with one side of the feeding end. The bottle preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 2, further includes a material cover for closing the feeding inlet. The preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 1, wherein the conveyor belt has a straight line segment and an arc segment connected to one end of the straight segment, the straight segment is set upright on the base, and the taking end It is located at one end of the straight line segment far from the arc segment, and the blanking end is located at one end of the arc segment far from the straight segment. The preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 4, wherein the stroke length of the straight segment is greater than the stroke length of the arc segment. The preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 4, wherein the extension direction of the arc segment is opposite to the discharge channel. The preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 4, wherein the conveying device has a casing, the conveyor belt is disposed in the casing, and the feeding end and the discharging end are disposed on two opposite sides of the casing. The bottom side of the feeding end is open with respect to the feeding portion. The preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 7, wherein the driver is disposed on the casing and is adjacent to the feeding end. The bottle preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 1, wherein the base is a frame, and the whole-row device is arranged obliquely on the base. The bottle preform full-row conveyor for vertical feeding as described in claim 1, wherein the feeding section is disposed laterally on the full-row lane and is located below the feeding end.