JP2012016686A - Washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing device which can prevent spreading of a flowing out liquid from a container during washing.SOLUTION: A device for treating a container includes a washing unit 6 which is a washing device for washing the inside of the container (a). The washing unit 6 includes an elevating body 51 and a container support 53 which elevates with the elevating body 51 and rotates while holding the container (a) when the elevating body 51 lies at a high position. The washing unit 6 also includes a washing nozzle 54 injecting a washing liquid toward the inside of the container (a) in a standing posture which is held by the container support 53 when the elevating body 51 lies at a low position. The washing unit 6 includes a flow passage 55 for discharging which receives the flowing out liquid from inside the container (a) in the standing posture and discharges the received flowing out liquid during washing performed by the nozzle 54.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus capable of preventing spilled liquid from the inside of a container from being scattered during cleaning.

  Conventionally, for example, a container processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is known.

  This conventional container processing apparatus includes a cleaning means (rinser) for cleaning the inside of the container, a filling means (filler) for filling the container after the cleaning by the cleaning means, and a container after the liquid filling by the filling means And a lid attaching means (capper) for attaching the lid.

  Further, a container conveyance path is provided between the outlet star wheel of the cleaning means and the inlet star wheel of the filling means to discharge the container from the outlet star wheel at a predetermined conveyance pitch and supply the container to the inlet star wheel. The conveyance path is configured by a guide rail, a timing screw, and the like.

  As the cleaning means (rinser) for cleaning the inside of the container, for example, after the container is turned upside down so that the upper surface opening of the container faces downward, the cleaning liquid is sprayed from the cleaning nozzle toward the container in the inverted position. A cleaning device is known in which the inside of a container is washed, and at the time of this washing, the effluent that flows out from the inverted container is received by an effluent receiving pan.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-14994 (FIG. 1)

  However, in the configuration in which the effluent flowing out of the inverted container is received by the effluent receiving pan during the cleaning by the cleaning nozzle as in the conventional cleaning device described above, the effluent may be scattered around the effluent receiving pan. There is.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the washing | cleaning apparatus which can prevent the effluent from the inside of a container splashing in the case of washing | cleaning.

  The cleaning device according to claim 1 is moved up and down together with the lifting body that moves up and down between the lower position and the upper position, and rotates while holding the container when the lifting body is located at the upper position. A container holding body, a cleaning nozzle that sprays a cleaning liquid toward the container in an inverted posture held by the container holding body when the lifting body is positioned at a lower position, and the cleaning nozzle And a discharge flow path for receiving the effluent flowing out from the container in the inverted posture at the time of washing by the above, and for discharging the received effluent.

  The cleaning device according to claim 2 is provided with a lifting member whose lifting distance is different according to the vertical dimension of the container in the cleaning device according to claim 1, and the cleaning nozzle and the discharge flow path together with the lifting member It goes up and down.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the cleaning apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the discharge flow path has an approximately frusto-conical cylindrical effluent receiving cylinder portion that gradually expands in diameter upward. The cleaning nozzle is disposed in the effluent receiving cylinder.

  The cleaning device according to claim 4 is the cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the container holding body includes a one-side container holding portion that holds the container from above and below, and the other side that holds the container from above and below. A container holding part, and the one side container holding part and the other side container holding part are configured vertically symmetrically.

  According to the present invention, since the effluent that flows out from the container in the inverted posture at the time of the cleaning by the cleaning nozzle is received, the discharge effluent is discharged and discharged from the container. In addition, the container holder rotates while holding the container when the lifting body is in the upper position, so that the container holder interferes with the cleaning nozzle, the discharge flow path, etc. Can be prevented.

It is a top view of the container processing apparatus provided with the washing | cleaning apparatus (cleaning means) which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is a top view of the guide means of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is sectional drawing of a guide means same as the above. It is sectional drawing of the turntable means of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is a partial top view of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is sectional drawing of the conveyance means of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is a side view of the washing | cleaning means of a container processing apparatus same as the above. It is a top view of a washing means same as the above. It is a partial side view of a washing means same as the above. It is a fragmentary sectional view of a washing means same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of washing | cleaning a large bottle with a washing means same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of washing | cleaning a small bottle with a washing means same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. FIG. 23 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 22. It is a side view which shows the state which has filled the large bottle with the liquid with the filling means of the container processing apparatus same as the above. It is a side view which shows the state which has filled the small bottle with the liquid with the same filling means. It is a side view of the lid attachment means of a container processing apparatus same as the above.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, 1 is a container processing apparatus. This container processing apparatus 1 is a predetermined process in the middle of the conveyance to the circumferential direction with respect to the several container a, for example, a washing process, a liquid filling process, and a lid | cover. The attachment process is sequentially performed. That is, the container processing device 1 is a compact device having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that plays three roles in one unit.

  The container a is, for example, a bottle filled with a liquid such as a beverage or a seasoning. The container a has an opening a1 that opens upward, and the opening a1 is closed by screwing a lid (cap) b to a lid mounting portion a2 at the upper end of the container a.

  The container processing apparatus 1 intermittently transports the container a while sliding on the container placement surface 2 along the virtual circle c so that the container a is rotated approximately 300 degrees from the transport start end position to the transport end position with the standing posture. Conveying means (star wheel) 3 and a turntable means 4 for carrying the container a before processing into the conveying means 3 and carrying out the container a after processing from the conveying means 3 are provided. The virtual circle c is a true circle centered on the rotation center axis A, which is a rotation fulcrum of the transport means 3, for example.

  In addition, the container processing apparatus 1 includes a cleaning unit (rinser) 6 that is disposed at a position on the transport start end side of the transport unit 3 and cleans the inside of the container a with a cleaning liquid, and a position on the transport intermediate side of the transport unit 3. And a filling means (filler) 7 for filling the container a after washing by the washing means 6 and a container a after being filled with the liquid by the filling means 7 disposed at a position on the conveyance end side of the conveyance means 3. And a lid attaching means (capper) 8 for attaching the lid b to the lid attaching portion a2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in a plan view, the turntable means 4 is located on the front side that is one side in the front-rear direction, and the filling means 7 is located on the rear side that is the other side in the front-rear direction. The cleaning means 6 is located on the right side (right side when viewed from the front), and the lid mounting means 8 is located on the left side (left side when viewed from the front), which is the other side in the left-right direction.

  In the container processing apparatus 1, an operation of placing the unprocessed container “a” on the upper right side of the turntable means 4 and an operation of taking the processed container “a” from the upper left side of the turntable means 4 include, for example, This is performed manually by one worker X standing in front.

  Here, the container processing apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body 11, and a work table 12 projects horizontally from the apparatus main body 11 toward the front. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the work table 12 is provided with a stationary guide body 15 having an inlet side guide surface 13 and an outlet side guide surface 14.

  An inlet side guide body 16 that guides the container a together with the inlet side guide surface 13 of the fixed guide body 15 is positioned so as to be opposed to the inlet side guide surface 13. The separation distance between the inlet side guide body 16 and the inlet side guide surface 13 can be adjusted according to the size of the container a (for example, the outer diameter). An outlet-side guide body 17 that guides the container a together with the outlet-side guide surface 14 of the fixed guide body 15 is positioned so as to be opposed to the outlet-side guide surface 14. The separation distance between the outlet side guide body 17 and the outlet side guide surface 14 can be adjusted according to the size of the container a (for example, the outer diameter).

  A rotation guide body 19 that can be rotated and adjusted with respect to the fixed guide body 15 by operating the operation unit 18 is provided. The rotation guide body 19 can be adjusted to rotate about the rotation center axis A in the vertical direction of the rotary plate 5 of the turntable means 4 in accordance with the size (for example, outer diameter) of the container a. Then, regardless of the size of the container a, the rotation guide 19 guides the container a to a predetermined position where the center of the container a is located on the virtual circle c, that is, the transfer start end position of the transfer means 3.

  The fixed guide body 15, the inlet side guide body 16, the outlet side guide body 17 and the rotation guide body 19 constitute the guide means 20 for guiding the container a when the container a is conveyed by the turntable means 4. .

  As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the turntable means 4 includes a vertical rotation shaft 21 through which the rotation center axis A passes through the axis, a drive means 22 for rotating the rotation shaft 21, and an upper end portion of the rotation shaft 21. And a substantially circular rotating plate 5 that conveys the container a so as to draw an arc centered on the rotation center axis A while rotating with the rotation axis 21 about the rotation center axis A. ing.

  The drive means 22 is composed of, for example, a motor 23 and urethane wheels 24 and 25. The upper surface of the rotating plate 5, the upper surface of the work table 12, and the upper surface of the fixed plate 30 (container placement surface 2) are located on the same surface so that the container a can be transferred smoothly.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the transport means 3 includes a rotary shaft 31 in the vertical direction in which the rotation center axis B passes through the axis, a driving means 32 that rotates the rotary shaft 31 intermittently, An arm 33 provided radially at the upper end of the shaft 31, and a plurality of (for example, twelve) hand units provided at the tip of the arm 33 and sandwiching the container a and intermittently transporting along the virtual circle c. And a sandwiching body 34.

  The drive means 32 includes, for example, a motor 35, a rotary cam 36, a boss 37, a safety key unit 37, and the like.

  The plurality of sandwiching bodies 34 are arranged in parallel in the circumferential direction of an imaginary circle c centered on the rotation center axis B with an interval of about 30 degrees. Each sandwiching body 34 has a sandwiching portion 39 that can be opened and closed to form a pair that is opposed to each other and sandwiches the outer peripheral surface of the container a from both sides. That is, this clamping part 39 clamps the container a by the closing operation, and releases the clamping of the container a by the opening operation.

  And the clamping body 34 is the state which clamped the container a by the clamping part 39, this container a centered on the rotation center axis B, rotating intermittently with the rotating shaft 31 centering on the rotation center axis B. Are intermittently conveyed along the virtual circle c so as to draw an arc to be drawn.

  In other words, the clamping body 34 holds the container a before being transported to the conveyance start end position by the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4 at the conveyance start end position, and then rotates the container around the rotation center axis B. a is conveyed while sliding on the container mounting surface 2 of the fixed plate 30. Further, when the sandwiching body 34 transports the processed container a to the transport end position while sandwiching the processed container a, the sandwiching body 34 releases the gripping of the container a at the transport end position. Then, the processed container a is unloaded from the conveyance end position by the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4.

  The fixing plate 30 is substantially C-shaped in plan view with the insertion notch 41, and is composed of, for example, a resin plate 42 that generates little friction with the bottom surface of the container a. A part of the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4 is fitted and inserted into the insertion notch 41 of the fixed plate 30 so that the rotating plate 5 and the fixed plate 30 are connected.

  Further, the fixing plate 30 is formed with a plurality of, for example, three cutout hole portions 43 that are open toward the side so as to penetrate the upper and lower surfaces. The fixing plate 30 is formed with a plurality of, for example, three substantially circular hole portions 44 penetrating the upper and lower surfaces. Further, one substantially circular single hole 45 is formed in the fixing plate 30 so as to penetrate the upper and lower surfaces. An additional single hole 46 having a substantially circular shape is formed in the vicinity of the single hole 45.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 and the like, the cleaning means (rinser) 6 changes a plurality of, for example, three containers a from the standing position to the inverted position at the same time, and then puts them in the three containers a. It is a cleaning device that performs cleaning by spraying cleaning liquids all at once. That is, the cleaning means 6 can clean the containers a by three.

  Here, the cleaning means 6 includes an elevating body 51 that moves up and down between a lower position (standby position) and an upper position (rotation position), and a driving means 52 that elevates and lowers the elevating body 51 relative to the apparatus main body 11. A container holding body 53 that moves up and down together with the lifting and lowering body 51 and rotates about 180 degrees while holding the container a so that the container a before processing is placed in an inverted position when the lifting and lowering body 51 is positioned at the upper position; A plurality of, for example, three cleaning nozzles 54 for cleaning the inside of the container a by injecting the cleaning liquid into the inverted container a held by the container holder 53 when the 51 is in the lower position; A discharge channel 55 is provided for receiving the effluent flowing from the inside of the container a in an inverted position during the cleaning by the cleaning nozzle 54 and flowing the received effluent to the outside (outside the container processing apparatus 1). .

  Further, the cleaning means 6 is moved up and down between a lower position (standby position) and an upper position (cleaning position), and a lifting member 56 having a different lifting distance according to the size of the container a (for example, the vertical length). In addition, a drive means 57 that can be extended and contracted, such as an air cylinder that raises and lowers the elevating member 56 relative to the apparatus main body 11, is provided.

  The cleaning nozzle 54 and the discharge channel 55 are moved up and down together with the lifting member 56 by the operation of the driving means 57. Note that the lifting distance of the lifting member 56 can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of expansion / contraction of the extendable driving means 57.

  The driving means 52 for raising and lowering the elevating body 51 includes, for example, a motor 58, a timing pulley 59, a timing belt 60, a crank base 61, and the like.

  The lower end of the elevating body 51 is connected to the crank base 61 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis 62. A plurality of, for example, a maximum of six containers a can be held at the upper end of the elevating body 51 at the same time so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis 63. The container holding body 53 rotates approximately 180 degrees by the operation of driving means such as a motor (not shown) in order to turn the container a upside down when the elevating body 51 is in the upper position.

  The container holding body 53 has a one-side container holding portion 66 for simultaneously holding a plurality of, for example, three containers a from above and below on one side (inner side which is the conveying means 3 side), and a plurality of, for example, three containers a Is provided on the other side (the outer side opposite to the conveying means 3 side). The one side container holding part 66 and the other side container holding part 67 are configured to be vertically symmetrical. That is, since the one side container holding part 66 and the other side container holding part 67 are different only in that they are vertically symmetrical, the constituent members of the one side container holding part 66 will be described, and the constituent members of the other side container holding part 67 are The same reference numerals are assigned to the corresponding components of the one-side container holding portion 66, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The one-side container holding portion 66 has a plurality of, for example, three substantially circular plate-like bottom surface support portions 68 that support the bottom surface portion of the container a. The bottom surface support portion 68 is fixed to a rotation frame portion 69 that can rotate around a shaft 63. Note that the bottom surface support portion 68 is positioned in a state in which the notch hole portion 43 is fitted in the notch hole portion 43 of the fixing plate 30 when the elevating body 51 is in the lower position. For this reason, the container a is transferred from the container placement surface 2 onto the bottom surface support portion 68 by the conveyance by the conveyance means 3.

  The one-side container holding part 66 has a plurality of, for example, three upper end support parts 70 that support the lid attaching part a2 at the upper end part of the container a. The upper end support part 70 is provided on the elevating rod part 71 that can be raised and lowered with respect to the rotating frame part 69 so that the height position can be adjusted so as to correspond to the size of the container a.

  That is, the main body 73 of the air cylinder 72, which is an extendable driving means for moving the lifting rod portion 71 up and down relative to the rotating frame portion 69, is fixed to the rotating frame portion 69, and the connecting member is connected to the rod 74 of the air cylinder 72. The upper end portion of the lifting rod portion 71 is connected via 75, and the upper end support portion 70 is attached to the lifting rod portion 71 so that the height position can be adjusted.

  The upper end support portion 70 has an attachment portion 76 that is attached to the lifting rod portion 71 so that the height position can be adjusted, and an upper and lower surface opening shape that is provided on the attachment portion 76 and supports the lid attachment portion a2 at the upper end portion of the container a. And a cylindrical support portion 77. The inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical support portion 77 is formed in a substantially truncated cone shape that gradually decreases in diameter toward the upper side, and has a truncated cone surface 78 that contacts the upper end of the container a, and the upper end of the truncated cone surface 78. And a substantially cylindrical surface 79 that is continuous with the reduced diameter end.

  And the cylindrical support part 77 of the upper end support part 70 supports the lid attachment part a2 of the container a by descending together with the lifting rod part 71 based on the contraction operation of the air cylinder 72, and as a result, the container a is The support part 70 and the bottom support part 68 are sandwiched from above and below. When cleaning is performed by the cleaning nozzle 54, the effluent that flows out from the opening a1 of the container a in the inverted posture flows into the discharge channel 55 through the cylindrical support portion 77 of the upper end support portion 70. (See FIG. 11).

  On the other hand, the discharge channel 55 has a discharge pipe 81 that is fixed to the elevating base portion 80 at the upper end of the elevating member 56 and that discharges the effluent from the inverted container a.

  Connected to the upstream end side of the discharge pipe 81 are downstream end portions of a plurality of, for example, three branch pipes 82 positioned horizontally. Among the three branch pipes 82, the central branch pipe 82 is longer than the branch pipes 82 on both sides, and the upstream end side of each branch pipe 82 is configured by a curved pipe portion 82a that is curved upward. Yes. A nozzle insertion hole 84 is formed in the curved pipe portion 82a, and the cleaning nozzle 54 is inserted into the nozzle insertion hole 84, and the cleaning nozzle 54 is fixed to the branch pipe 82.

  In addition, the upper end portion of the bending tube portion 82a of each branch tube 82 is integrally provided with an effluent receiving cylinder portion 83 having a substantially truncated conical cylindrical shape that gradually increases in diameter upward. The opening size of the upper surface opening 85 of the effluent receiving cylinder 83 is larger than the inner diameter of the cylindrical support 77 of the upper end support 70.

  A cleaning nozzle 54 that sprays the cleaning liquid upward from the injection port 54a that is the upper surface opening 85 is provided in each effluent receiving cylinder portion 83. The cleaning nozzle 54 is positioned vertically so as to pass through the center of the effluent receiving cylinder part 83 in the effluent receiving cylinder part 83. The upper end side of the cleaning nozzle 54 protrudes upward from the upper surface opening 85 of the effluent receiving cylinder portion 83, and enters the cylindrical support portion 77 of the upper end support portion 70 during cleaning. Further, the lower end side of the cleaning nozzle 54 is led out of the effluent receiving cylinder 83 from the nozzle insertion hole 84, and a cleaning liquid supply means (not shown) for supplying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning nozzle 54 is connected to the lead-out portion. ing. For example, a flexible hose or the like is connected to the downstream end of the discharge pipe 81.

  As shown in FIG. 24, FIG. 25, and the like, the filling means (filler) 7 lifts a plurality of, for example, three containers a after cleaning to a predetermined position, and then puts them into these three containers a. It is a filling device that supplies and fills liquids all at once. That is, the filling means 7 can perform the liquid filling process for each of the three containers a. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a state where a large bottle serving as a container a is filled with liquid, and FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a state where a small bottle serving as a container a is filled with liquid.

  Here, the filling means 7 is moved up and down between a lower position and an upper position, and a plurality of, for example, three lifting bodies 91 having different lifting distances according to the size of the container a (for example, the vertical length), for example, Extendable and retractable drive means (not shown) including an air cylinder or the like for moving the lifting body 91 up and down relative to the apparatus main body 11 is provided.

  Each lifting body 91 has a substantially circular plate-like bottom surface support portion 92 that supports the bottom surface portion of the standing container a at its upper end. The bottom surface support portion 92 is positioned in a state of being fitted into the hole portion 44 in the hole portion 44 of the fixing plate 30 when the elevating body 91 is positioned at the lower position. For this reason, the container a is transferred from the container placement surface 2 onto the bottom surface support portion 92 by the conveyance by the conveyance means 3.

  The filling means 7 has an upper end support portion 90 that supports the lid attachment portion a2 at the upper end portion of the container a. When the elevating body 91 is in the upper position, the standing container a is sandwiched between the upper end support portion 90 and the bottom surface support portion 92 from above and below.

  Further, the filling means 7 includes a filling portion 93 for filling the liquid in the container a in a standing posture sandwiched between the upper end support portion 90 and the bottom surface support portion 92 when the elevating body 91 is located at the upper position. Yes.

  The filling unit 93 includes a liquid storage unit 101 that is disposed below the container a that is an object to be filled and stores liquid, a connection pipe 102 having an upstream end connected to the liquid storage unit 101, and a connection pipe 102 A filling pump 103 provided in the middle for supplying the liquid from the liquid reservoir 101 to the connecting pipe 102, and a supply amount detecting means 104 for detecting the amount of liquid supplied by the filling pump 103 provided in the middle of the connecting pipe 102 Have. The filling pump 103 allows a back flow of liquid when stopped.

  The filling section 93 is connected to the downstream end side of the connecting pipe 102 and fills the container a with liquid from the downstream end opening, for example, three filling thick pipes 106, and the middle of each of the filling thick pipes 106 A plurality of thick pipe valves (not shown) provided on the downstream side of the connecting pipe 102 and filled with liquid into the container a from the downstream end opening, which is formed narrower than the filling thick pipe 106, for example 3 The filling capillary tube 108, a capillary valve (not shown) provided in the middle of each of the filling capillary tubes 108, and a filling pump 103, a thick pump based on the detected supply amount detected by the supply amount detection means 104 And a control means 110 such as a controller for controlling the tube valve and the thin tube valve.

  The control means 110 detects the first supply amount when the liquid is filled into the container a from the downstream end openings of both the pipes 106 and 108 inserted into the container a by the operation of the filling pump 103. When it is determined that the set supply amount has been reached, the valve for the large tube is switched to the closed state. Thereafter, when it is determined that the detected supply amount has reached the second set supply amount, the valve for the thin tube is switched to the closed state. The filling pump 103 is stopped, and then the excess liquid positioned above the downstream end opening of the filling capillary 108 in the container a causes a drop between the liquid level in the liquid storage unit 101 and the liquid level in the container a. Based on this, the valve for thin tubes is switched to the open state so that suction is performed from the downstream end opening of the filled thin tube 108. Thus, the container a is filled with a certain amount of liquid corresponding to the container a. Note that the liquid level in the container a is located above the liquid level in the liquid storage unit 101.

  As shown in FIG. 26 and the like, the lid attaching means 8 is an apparatus for attaching the lid b one by one to the container a after liquid filling.

  The lid attaching means 8 includes a substantially circular plate-like bottom surface support portion 111 which is located in the single hole 45 of the fixed plate 30 and supports the bottom surface portion of the standing container a, and this bottom surface support portion 111 is a device. It is fixed to the upper end portion of the fixed rod portion 112 fixed to the main body 11 (see FIGS. 6 and 7).

  The lid attaching means 8 includes a head portion 113 that descends while rotating toward the standing container a supported by the bottom support portion 111 and attaches the lid b to the lid attaching portion a2 of the container a. Yes.

  The head portion 113 is attached to the lower end portion of the head shaft 114, and the head shaft 114 is moved up and down and rotated by the power from the driving means 115. The driving means 115 includes, for example, a motor (not shown), a cam roller 116, a spur gear 117, a cam follower 118, a cam follower hanger 119, and the like.

  Note that the lid attaching means 8 is rotatable about a vertical rotation center axis Y as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. For example, with respect to a special container a, if the worker X manually places the special container a on the bottom support part 120 located in the additional single hole 46 of the fixing plate 30, the lid is attached. It is possible to perform lid attachment processing by means 8. Similarly, with respect to the special container a, it is possible to perform the cleaning process and the liquid filling process by the cleaning unit 6 and the filling unit 7 one by one. In this way, the cleaning means 6, the filling means 7 and the lid attaching means 8 can process a special container a that cannot be transported by the transport means 3, and the right plate 121 facing each of the means 6, 7, and 8. The rear plate 122 and the left plate 123 are constituted by an opening / closing door that is rotatably attached to the apparatus body 11.

  Next, the operation of the container processing apparatus 1 will be described.

  When the worker X sequentially places a container a before processing, for example, a large bottle, on the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4, the container a before processing is rotated by the turntable means 4 while being guided by the guiding means 20. The plate 5 is transported in the arc-shaped transport direction to the transport start end position of the transport means 3.

  Subsequently, the container “a” before processing is arcuate toward the cleaning means 6 side along the virtual circle “c” by the sandwiching body 34 of the transport means 3 while sliding on the container placement surface 2 of the fixed plate 30. It is nipped and conveyed in the conveying direction.

  When the unprocessed container a is placed on the three bottom surface support portions 68 of the one side container holding portion 66 of the container holding body 53 of the cleaning means 6, the cleaning process by the cleaning means 6 is started. .

  Here, the cleaning process by the cleaning means 6 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, when three containers (large bottles) a before processing are arranged in a standing posture on the bottom surface support part 68 of the one side container holding part 66, the upper end support of the one side container holding part 66 is supported. The part 70 descends to support the lid mounting part a2 of the container a, and the container a is sandwiched from above and below by the upper end support part 70 and the bottom face support part 68.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 14, after releasing the nipping by the nipping body 34 of the conveying means 3, the elevating body 51 rises from the lower position to the upper position, so that the container holding body 53 becomes the one-side container holding portion 66. The container a is raised to a predetermined position while being held in a standing posture.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15, when the lifting / lowering body 51 is located at the upper position, the container holding body 53 rotates about 180 degrees while holding the container a with the one-side container holding portion 66, As a result, the container a held by the one-side container holding part 66 is in an inverted posture. That is, the container a is in a state where the opening a1 is opened downward.

  Since the container holder 53 rotates after being raised to a predetermined position, the conveying means 3, the cleaning nozzle 54, and the discharge channel 55 are not present in the rotation region of the container holder 53, and the container holder 53 does not interfere with the transport means 3 and the like.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 16, when the elevating body 51 is lowered from the upper position to the lower position, the container holding body 53 is moved to the predetermined position while holding the container a in the inverted posture with the one side container holding portion 66. Descend.

  At this time, as the elevating member 56 rises from the lower position to the upper position, the cleaning nozzle 54 and the discharge channel 55 rise to a predetermined operating position corresponding to the container a.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the upper end portion of the cleaning nozzle 54 enters the cylindrical support portion 77 of the upper end support portion 70, and the effluent receiving cylinder portion 83 of the branch pipe 82 is below the cylindrical support portion 77. The upper surface opening 85 of the effluent receiving cylinder part 83 and the lower surface of the cylindrical support part 77 are located on substantially the same plane.

  In this state, when the cleaning liquid supply means is operated and the cleaning liquid is supplied to the cleaning nozzle 54, the cleaning liquid is sprayed from the injection port 54a of the cleaning nozzle 54 into the inverted container a, and the cleaning liquid supplies the container The inner surface of a is cleaned.

  At this time, the effluent that has flowed out of the opening a1 of the inverted container a held by the one-side container holder 66 flows through the cylindrical support 77, and then flows from the effluent receiving cylinder 83 to the branch pipe. After entering into 82, it flows through the discharge pipe 81 and is discharged.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, while the cleaning process of the container a held by the one-side container holding part 66 is performed in this way, the upper end support of the other-side container holding part 67 is supported. Part 70 rises and accepts a subsequent container a to be cleaned next.

  Then, although not shown, when the three containers a before processing are aligned in a standing posture on the bottom surface support part 68 of the other side container holding part 67, the upper end support part 70 of the other side container holding part 67 descends and the container a The container a is sandwiched from above and below by the upper end support portion 70 and the bottom surface support portion 68.

  On the other hand, when the cleaning process of the container a held by the one-side container holding part 66 is completed, the elevating member 56 is lowered from the upper position to the lower position, so that the cleaning nozzle 54 and the discharge flow channel 55 are maintained. And descend to a certain standby position.

  Thereafter, the container holding body 53 is raised to a predetermined position while holding the container a with the container holding portions 66 and 67 on both sides, and then is rotated by about 180 degrees, and then the container holding body 53 is lowered to the original predetermined position. Then, the cleaning process is performed on the container a held by the other container holding part 67.

  In addition, the washed container a held by the one-side container holding part 66 is released by the upper end support part 70 ascending, and is then transferred by the transfer means 3 toward the filling means 7 side. It will be. In this way, the container a held by the one-side container holding unit 66 and the container a held by the other-side container holding unit 67 are alternately washed.

  Even if the container a is a small bottle, as shown in FIGS. 18 to 23, it is cleaned by the cleaning means 6 as in the case of the large bottle described above.

  Next, the container a after cleaning is conveyed in an arc shape along the virtual circle c toward the filling means 7 side by the holding body 34 of the conveying means 3 while sliding on the container mounting surface 2 of the fixed plate 30. Nipped and conveyed in the direction.

  And when the container a after washing | cleaning is mounted on the three bottom face support parts 92 which the filling means 7 has, the liquid filling process by the filling means 7 will be started.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 24 and FIG. 25, after the nipping by the nipping body 34 of the conveying means 3, the three containers a in the standing posture rise to a predetermined position together with the bottom surface support portion 92, and reach the upper end support portion 90. The lower end of the filled thick tube 106 and the lower end of the filled thin tube 108 are inserted into the container a.

  In this state, the filling pump 103 is actuated, and the liquid is supplied from the liquid storage unit 101 to the connection pipe 102, flows through the filling thick pipe 106 and the filling thin pipe 108, and is filled into the container a. At the end of filling, the valve for the large pipe is switched to the closed state, and filling is performed little by little only with the filling thin tube 108. Further, the excess that has entered the container a is based on the difference between the liquid level in the liquid reservoir 101 and the liquid level in the container a when the capillary valve is switched to the open state after the filling pump 103 is stopped. Sucked and flows back in the connecting pipe 102.

  When the liquid filling process is completed in this way, the three containers a in the standing posture are lowered to a predetermined position together with the bottom surface support portion 92 and are held by the holding body 34 of the transport means 3.

  Next, the container a after filling the liquid is arcuate along the virtual circle c toward the lid attaching means 8 side by the sandwiching body 34 of the conveying means 3 while sliding on the container mounting surface 2 of the fixed plate 30. Nipped and conveyed in the conveying direction.

  Then, when the container a after liquid filling is placed on one bottom surface support portion 111 of the lid attaching means 8, the lid attaching process by the lid attaching means 8 is started.

  That is, the head part 113 holding the lid b is lowered while rotating toward the standing container a supported by the bottom support part 111, and as a result, the lid b is on the outer peripheral side of the lid mounting part a2 of the container a. The opening a1 is closed by the lid b.

  When the lid mounting process is completed in this way, the container a is nipped and conveyed along the virtual circle c by the nipping body 34 of the conveying means 3 while sliding on the container placement surface 2 of the fixed plate 30. The

  When the clamping of the clamping body 34 is released at this conveyance end position, the processed container a is conveyed in the arc-shaped conveyance direction by the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4 while being guided by the guide means 20. Is done.

  And the worker X picks up the container a after a process from the rotating plate 5 of the turntable means 4, and accommodates it in containers, such as a box and a case, for example.

  In addition, regarding the special container a which is not illustrated, the opening / closing door is opened, and each unit 6, 7, 8 is used to process each one individually.

  And according to such a container processing apparatus 1, the conveyance means 3 which conveys the container a along a virtual circle, and the washing | cleaning means 6 which is arrange | positioned in the position of the conveyance start end side of the conveyance means 3, and wash | cleans the inside of the container a. And a filling means 7 that is disposed at a position on the transport intermediate side of the transport means 3 and fills the container a after cleaning with a liquid, and a container a that is disposed at a position on the transport end side of the transport means 3 and is after the liquid filling Therefore, the entire apparatus can be made compact. For example, the apparatus can be used even when the installation space is small. That is, for example, the size of the container processing apparatus 1 is 1500 mm long, 1500 mm wide, 2100 mm high, and can be installed if there is an installation space of 1 tsubo.

  Further, since one worker X can perform the work of placing the container a before processing on the turntable means 4 and the work of taking the container a after processing from the turntable means 4, the work of a plurality of persons can be performed. It is possible to improve the work efficiency without requiring an operator.

  Further, since it has a discharge channel 55 for receiving the effluent that flows out from the container a in the inverted posture during the cleaning by the cleaning nozzle 54 of the cleaning means 6 as a cleaning device, the effluent is discharged and discharged. During cleaning, the effluent from the container a can be prevented from splashing around, and cleaning and maintenance are easy.

  Further, since the container holding body 53 of the cleaning means 6 rotates while holding the container a when the elevating body 51 is located at the upper position, the container holding body 53 is provided with the cleaning nozzle 54, the discharge channel 55, and the transport. Interference with the means 3 and the like can be prevented.

  Further, the discharge channel 55 has a frustoconical cylindrical effluent receiving cylinder portion 83 that gradually increases in diameter upward, and the cleaning nozzle 54 is disposed in the effluent receiving cylinder portion 83. Therefore, the effluent can be appropriately received by the effluent receiving cylinder portion 83, and the effluent from the container a can be effectively prevented from scattering during cleaning.

  Further, since the container holding body 53 has two container holding portions 66 and 67, and the one side container holding portion 66 and the other side container holding portion 67 are configured vertically symmetrically, for example, the one side container holding portion When the inverted container a held at 66 is being cleaned, the container a can be supplied to the other container holding part 67 side, and thus the working efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, the container a which can be processed with the container processing apparatus 1 is not limited to a bottle, The size is also arbitrary, For example, it can respond to the thing of 180-1800 ml.

  Further, the lid attaching means 8 is not limited to an apparatus for attaching a lid to each container. For example, like the cleaning means 6 and the filling means 7, a plurality of, for example, three containers are simultaneously covered. You may make it attach.

  Further, for example, the turntable means 4 may not be provided, and an operator may manually carry a container before processing into the transport means 3 and manually carry out a processed container from the transport means 3.

  Further, for example, a cleaning apparatus that performs only cleaning composed of only the cleaning means 6 may be used.

6 Cleaning means as a cleaning device
51 Lifting body
53 Container holder
54 Cleaning nozzle
55 Discharge channel
56 Lifting member
66 One side container holder
67 Container holding part on the other side
83 Outflow liquid receiving cylinder part a Container

Claims (4)

A lifting body that moves up and down between a lower position and an upper position;
A container holding body that moves up and down together with the lifting body and rotates while holding the container when the lifting body is in the upper position;
A cleaning nozzle for cleaning the inside of the container by injecting a cleaning liquid toward the inverted container held by the container holding body when the lifting body is in the lower position;
A cleaning apparatus comprising: a discharge channel that receives an effluent that flows out from an inverted container during cleaning by the cleaning nozzle, and that discharges the received effluent by flowing. Elevating members with different elevating distances according to the vertical length of the container,
The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning nozzle and the discharge channel are moved up and down together with the lifting member. The discharge flow path has a substantially frustoconical cylindrical effluent receiving cylinder portion that gradually increases in diameter toward the upper side,
The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cleaning nozzle is disposed in the effluent receiving cylinder portion. The container holder is
A one-side container holding part for holding the container from above and below;
Having the container holding part on the other side for holding the container from above and below,
The cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the one-side container holding portion and the other-side container holding portion are configured vertically symmetrically.

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