JPH03124532A - Method and apparatus for taking vessel out of case with upper opening - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce an impact to a product, to prevent an adverse influence to the product and to reduce in size an apparatus by holding a vessel in a case, rotating it, and taking the vessel out of the case. CONSTITUTION:A case 8 in which a vessel 9 on an inlet guide 20 is contained is set in a rotary frame 3, the front case 8 is pushed out, and discharged out by roller group 22. An air cylinder 26 above the case 8 is driven to move down a plate 5, and the vessel 9 is held. The frame 3 is rotated at 180 deg. circumferentially, the plate 5 is moved down, and the vessel 9 is taken out on the plate 5. The plate 5 is horizontally moved to a position under a slide plate 6, a new case 8 is simultaneously set, the previous case 8 is pushed out, and the previous vessel 9 is fed from the plate 6 to roller group 21. A rod 26a is extended to bring the vessel 9 into contact with the plate 6, the frame 3 is rotated 180 deg. reversely, the plate 5 is lifted, and moved to an inlet side. The plate 6 is moved on the group 21, and the vessel 9 is scraped out on the group 21 by an engaging plate 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for taking out a container in a case from a case.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a so-called uncaser, which is used in the production of natto, is known as a device for taking out a container inside a case from a case.

Generally, natto is made by storing a large number of containers containing steamed soybeans inoculated with Bacillus natto in a case, and transporting the case into a fermentation chamber for fermentation. and,
After fermentation, the case is taken out of the fermentation chamber, each natto container is taken out from the case by an uncaser, and then processing such as packaging is performed.

This type of conventional encaser uses a suction device,
The structure was such that the containers were removed from the case by suctioning each container with a suction cup and lifting and moving the container.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional anchorage, since the container is moved by suction with a suction cup, the required area of the anchorage is required, and there is a problem that the anchorage becomes large. Furthermore, since the container is taken out by suction, the impact on the container becomes large, which has a negative effect on the product inside the container.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for taking out a container in an encaser, which can be downsized and reduce the influence on the product.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The uncaser of the present invention has a first aspect of the present invention, in which a plurality of containers housed in a case having an open top are taken out from the case.
This method includes the following (a) to (h). That is, (a) in a rotating frame rotatable by motor drive,
The upper part is open and a case containing a plurality of containers is inserted into this opening.

(b) The container is held between the container and the case by a vertically movable holding plate facing the opening of the case.

(c) Rotate the rotating frame 1806 times to turn the container storage case and presser plate upside down.

Cd) Lower the presser plate with the container still on it.

(e) A horizontally movable slide plate is interposed between the holding plate on which the container is placed and the case.

(f) Raise the presser plate on which the container is placed and hold the container between it and the slide plate.

(g) The rotating frame is rotated 1806 times to turn the presser plate, the slide plate, and the container held between them upside down.

(h) After raising the presser plate, take out the container on the slide plate.

On the other hand, the second invention is a device for taking out a plurality of containers stored in a case with an open top from the case, and the device is formed into a cylindrical shape having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other end. The rotating frame is placed horizontally and rotates every 180 degrees about the axial center of the cylindrical shape, and is disposed from the inlet to the outlet in the rotating frame to guide the case and to rotate the rotating frame. a support guide that supports when the rotating frame is rotated; and a support guide that is arranged so as to be able to approach the case and be separated from the case at a position that can face the opening of the case in the rotating frame, and that when approaching, the support guide supports the container in the case together with the case. and a presser plate on which the container is placed and taken out from the case when the rotating frame is separated after 1806 rotations, and a presser plate that is disposed so as to be able to face the presser plate and to be movable along the support guide. a slide plate that holds a container placed on the plate together with a holding plate, and after the next 180° rotation of the rotating frame, the slide plate on which the container is placed and moves horizontally from the outlet to the outside of the rotating frame; It is said to be configured in preparation for

(Function) Particularly, according to the above device, when the case containing the container is installed through the entrance to the support guide in the rotating frame, the presser plate descends to sandwich the container in the case with the bottom of the case. Thereafter, the rotating frame rotates 180' in the circumferential direction, the case is turned upside down, and the container inside the case is placed on the holding plate.

Next, when the presser plate is lowered, the container in the case is taken out from the case while being placed on the presser plate, and in this state, the presser plate faces the slide plate.

Then, the presser plate moves up toward the slide plate, and the container is clamped together with the slide plate.

Further, while maintaining this state, the rotating frame rotates 180°, and the container is placed on the slide plate. At this point, the presser plate rises, and then the slide plate on which the container is placed from the outlet of the rotating frame moves horizontally out of the rotating frame, and the container on the slide plate is transferred by a conveying device such as a conveying roller, and then The plate returns to its original position within the rotating frame.

Therefore, unlike in the past, the container is not picked up and moved by suction, so there is less impact on the product, and the area of the device can be reduced.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. still,
In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the device is used as an anchor for a natto container.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the anchor 1 of this embodiment includes a rotating frame 3 rotatably provided within a fixed frame 2, a support guide 4 attached to the rotating frame 3, and a support guide 4 attached to the rotating frame 3. It is composed of a set of presser plates 5, slide plates 6, and an engagement plate 7.

The rotating frame 3 is formed into a cylindrical shape by front and rear annular bodies 10 and reinforcing frames 11 provided vertically and horizontally,
The cylindrical rotating frame 3 is disposed within the fixed frame 2 so that its central axis ○ is horizontal. This rotating frame 3
is rotatably supported around the O axis by four rollers 12 attached to a fixed frame 2, and a rubber belt 13
It is connected to the motor 14 via the motor 14, and is rotationally driven by the motor 14. By driving the motor 14 to rotate in forward and reverse directions, the rotating frame 3 is alternately rotated in forward and reverse directions every 1806 times in the circumferential direction. Further, in order to ensure reversal every 1806, the rotating frame 3 and the fixed frame 2 are provided with stoppers (not shown) that engage with each other.

The support guides 4 are provided on both left and right sides of the vertical center of the rotary frame 3, and are composed of a side guide 16, an upper guide 17, and a lower guide 18.

The side guides 16 are attached to the side plates 11a of the reinforcing frame 11, and guide and support both sides of the case 8.

The upper guide 17 and the lower guide 18 are connected to the side guide 1
6 and guides and supports the sides, upper end, and lower end of the case 8. The support guide 4 is formed to have a length that can accommodate two cases 8 together with the rotating frame 3. Further, on the entrance side of the support guide 4, an entrance guide 20 for sequentially guiding the cases 8 is disposed along the support guide 4, and a feeding mechanism (not shown) for feeding the cases 8 is also provided. It is provided. On the other hand, on the exit side of the support guide 4, there is an exit roller for a container along the sliding direction of the slide plate slightly below the slide plate 6 which will be located on the upper side of the two slide plates 6 to be described later. A group 21 of exit rollers is provided, and the outlet roller group 21 is rotationally driven by a chain drive in the direction of discharging the natto container 9. Further, a case exit roller group 22 is provided on the exit side of the support guide 4, and is driven to rotate the case 8 pushed out from the rotating frame 3 in the ejection direction.

The pressing plate 5 is formed to have an area large enough to be inserted into the opening of the case 8, and a sponge 25 of the same shape is adhered to the surface facing the support guide 4. Further, the holding plates 5 are arranged both above and below the support guide 4 so as to face the opening of the case 8, and each holding plate 5 is attached to the slot 26a of the air cylinder 26 and can be moved up and down. be able to. Further, each air cylinder 26 is connected to a rodless air cylinder 27 provided along the direction in which the support guide 4 is disposed, and can move between the two cases 8 supported by the support guide 4. . Note that 28 indicates a guide rod.

The slide plates 6 are provided so as to be located between the support guide 4 and the presser plate 5, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, each slide plate 6 is formed into a flat plate with an area slightly larger than the upper area of the case 8.
A support portion 6a extending along the left and right edges is integrally formed at the rear portion. These slide plates 6 are
Both left and right edges thereof are supported by plate guides 30, respectively. The plate guides 30 are attached to the rotating frame 3 along the direction in which the support guides 4 are disposed, and inside each guide 30 there is a groove into which the left and right edges of the slide plate 6 can be loosely fitted. 30a is formed. The groove 30a is loosely fitted into the groove 30a from the edge of the slide plate 6 to the support part 6a, so that the slide plate 6 can be accommodated in the rotating frame 3, protruded from the outlet of the rotating frame 3 onto the exit roller 21, or 30a. In addition, 31 in the figure is a sight board.

In order to move the slide plates 6 in and out, they are respectively connected to rodless air cylinders 33 provided on the outside of the side plates 11a of the reinforcing frame 11 mentioned above. As the air cylinder 32 is driven,
As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the slide plate 6 is retracted from the outlet of the rotating frame 3.

The locking plate 7 is disposed above the exit roller group 21 at the exit of the rotary frame 3 and the slidable slide plate 6, and is connected to the air cylinder 3 supported by the fixed frame 2.
It is attached to 5.

That is, the locking plate 7 is formed to have a length approximately equal to the width of the slide plate 6 described above, and is disposed in a direction (lateral direction) perpendicular to the direction in which the slide plate 6 appears. Then, just before the slide plate 6 moves onto the exit roller group 21 and begins to retract into the rotating frame 3, the air cylinder 35 is driven to lower the slide plate 6 above, and as the slide plate 6 retracts, , locks onto the container 9 on the slide plate 6, thereby scraping the container 9 onto the exit roller group 21.

In this way, the anchor plate of this embodiment has a structure in which two sets of presser plates 5 and slide plates 6 are provided in order to process the containers 9 in the two cases 8 alternately every 180' rotation. There is.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, a locking mechanism 38 is provided in order to more securely fix each case 6 that rotates together with the rotating frame 3. As shown in FIGS. 4(a) to 4(c), this locking mechanism 38 has a plurality of protrusions that can be inserted into the plurality of holes 8a provided in the side wall of the case 8, corresponding to the plurality of holes 8a. It consists of a lever 39 having a piece 39a and an air cylinder 40 that drives the lever. That is, both end sides are the side plates 11a of the reinforcing frame 11.
The air cylinder 40 is connected to a rod of an air cylinder 40 fixed to the air cylinder 40. Then, only when the rotating frame 3 rotates, the air cylinder 40 is driven to protrude inward from the slit provided in the side plate 11a and insert each projecting piece 39a into the hole 8a on the side of the case 8. 8 fixation is performed.

Next, the operation of the answerer having the above structure will be explained.

5(a) to (k) show the processing operations of the answerer, and in the figures, the parts indicated by broken lines and two-dot chain lines indicate the processing operations of the previous set, and in this embodiment, the parts indicated by solid lines The processing operation will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 5(a), when the case 8 containing the new container 9 on the entrance guide 20 is transferred and set in the support guide 4 in the rotating frame 3 by the feeding mechanism, Along with this, the two front cases 8 indicated by broken lines are pushed out from the rotating frame 3 and are discharged to the outside by the case exit roller group 22. At the same time, the two previous containers 9, shown in broken lines, are being transferred from the slide plate 6 onto the container exit roller group 21.

When the case 8 is set in the rotating frame 3, the air cylinder 26 above the case 8 is driven to lower the presser plate 5, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5(b).
A large number of containers 9 are held between the holding plate 5 and the bottom of the case at once. At the same time, the lever 39 of the locking mechanism 38 is projected by driving the air cylinder 40 shown in FIG. 4, and each case 8 is securely fixed within the support guide 4. Thereafter, the motor 14 is driven, thereby causing the motor 14 to drive as shown in FIG.
As shown in c), the rotation frame 3 is
The case 8 rotates and becomes upside down.

Thereafter, as the rod 26a of the air cylinder 26 is retracted, the holding plate 5 is lowered as shown in FIG. are taken out at once with the

Next, in this state, by driving the rodless air cylinder 28, the presser plate 5 is horizontally moved to a position below the slide plate 6 located on the lower side, as shown in FIG. 5(e). At the same time, a new case 8 indicated by the two-dot chain line is set in the support guide 4 of the rotating frame 3, and along with this, the previous case 8 indicated by the two-dot chain line is pushed out, and the previous container 9 is pushed out. It is transferred from the slide plate 6 onto the exit roller group 21.

Furthermore, the slide plate 6 located on the upper side is shown in FIG.
), when it returns to its original position, the air cylinder 26
The rod 26a extends and the container 9 is pressed against the slide plate 6 located below, and the container 9 is held between the slide plate 6 and the presser plate 5 as shown in FIG. 5(g). Then, the motor 14 is driven, and the rotating frame 3 is rotated 1000 times in the opposite direction as shown in FIG. 5(h), and the case 8 and the container 9 are returned to their original positions.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5(i), the air cylinder 26
The presser plate 5 is raised by the drive of the air cylinder 2.
7, it moves to the entrance side as shown in FIG. 5(j). Along with this, the slide plate 6 on which the container 9 is placed
moves from the exit of the rotating frame 3 onto the exit roller group 21. When the slide plate 6 completes its movement and returns, the locking plate 7 is lowered, and the locking plate 7 allows the container 9 on the slide plate 6 to be lifted from above the plate 6 as shown in FIG. 5(k). It is scraped out onto the exit roller group 21 and transferred to the next step by rotation of the roller group 21. At the same time, as a new case is set, the case 8 is pushed onto the roller group 22 and conveyed out of the rotating frame 3. Then, at the same time as the slide plate 6 returns to its original position, the locking plate 7 rises to the state shown in FIG. 5(a).
The series of operations up to now is repeated continuously.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when taking out the container from the case, suction is not used as in the conventional case, so it is possible to reduce the effect on the product inside the container, and the container is taken out from the case by being held and rotated. It becomes possible to reduce the area of the device. Furthermore, since the take-out structure combines rotation and sliding, it is possible to process two sets of cases at the same time, improving the efficiency of processing work.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, since the container inside the case is pinched and rotated to take it out from the case, the impact on the product is reduced compared to the conventional suction device. , it is possible to prevent adverse effects on the product, and the area of the device is small, making it possible to downsize the device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 relate to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. 2 showing a side cross section of the anchor, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the anchor. II in Figure 1
3(a) to 3(c) show the slide plate, FIG. 3(a) is a plan view thereof, and FIG.
b) is a view from arrow 111b in Fig. 3(a), Fig. 3(c)
is a sectional view taken along the III c-mc arrow in FIG. 3(a), FIGS. 4(a) to (c) show the locking mechanism, and FIG. 4(a)
is TV a -IV in FIG. 4(b) showing its plane.
4(b) is IVb in FIG. 4(a).
The arrow view, FIG. 4(c) is IVc-IV in FIG. 4(a).
c cross-sectional view, Fig. 5 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) are explanatory diagrams showing the operation of the answerer. 1... Anchor 3... Rotating frame 4.
・・Support guide 5・Press plate 6・・・
Slide plate 8...Case 9...Container

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A method characterized by comprising the following (a) to (h), in which a plurality of containers housed in a case with an open top are taken out from the case. (a) A case 8 with an open top and a plurality of containers 9 housed in the opening is inserted into a rotating frame 3 that can be rotated by a motor. (b) The container 9 is held between the case 8 and the case 8 by the vertically movable holding plate 5 facing the opening of the case 8. (c) Rotate the rotating frame 3 by 180° to turn the container storage case 8 and presser plate 5 upside down. (d) Lower the presser plate 5 with the container 9 placed thereon. (e) Between the holding plate 5 on which the container is placed and the case 8,
A horizontally movable slide plate 6 is interposed. (f) The holding plate 5 on which the container is placed is raised to hold the container 9 between it and the slide plate 6. (g) Rotate the rotating frame 3 by 180° to turn the presser plate 5, slide plate 6, and container 9 held between them upside down. (h) After raising the presser plate 5, the container 9 on the slide plate 6 is carried out. (2) In a device for taking out a plurality of containers stored in a case with an open top, the device is formed into a cylindrical shape having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other end, and is placed horizontally. It is provided with a rotating frame 3 that rotates every 180 degrees around the axis of a shape, and is disposed from an inlet to an outlet in the rotating frame 3, and guides the case 8 and rotates the case 8 when the rotating frame 3 rotates. A support guide 4 that supports the case 8 is disposed at a position facing the opening of the case 8 in the rotary frame 3 so that it can be approached toward the case 8 and separated from the case 8, and when approaching, it can be moved inside the case together with the case 8. 180° of the rotating frame 3
A presser plate 5 on which the container 9 is placed and taken out from the case 8 when separated after rotation; a slide plate 6 which holds the placed container 9 together with the holding plate 5, and after the next 180° rotation of the rotating frame 3, places the container 9 thereon and moves horizontally out of the rotating frame 3 from the outlet; A container unloading device characterized in that the rotating frame 3 is provided with: