JPS63294332A - Moving type automatic carrier treatment apparatus of article filling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically exclude an inferior article to the outside of an article filling line, by operating a rejector, which detects the abnormal state of the moving type carrier and container moving on the article filling line and discharges the moving type carrier and container in the abnormal state to an inferior article discharge conveyor, and a replenishing apparatus. CONSTITUTION:The container inspection apparatus 30 arranged on the downstream side of a box delivery station B inspects whether a container 38 is normally received in a moving type carrier 37 and the capping state detector 47 arranged at a weight checking and printing station E inspects whether a cap normally closes the container 38 and a weight checker further checks whether the container is filled with a prescribed amount of content. The obtained detection signals are sent to a control apparatus and, when abnormality is detected, a control signal is sent to a rejector 63 and a pawl 64 is operated and hooks the moving type carrier 37 in an abnormal state to discharge the same to an inferior article discharge conveyor 61. In a filling line, a new empty carrier 37 returns from an empty carrier supply conveyor 62 to be transferred to a conveyor 67.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an article filling line (filling liquids such as foods, detergents, oils, etc., and granules such as powders) using a mobile carrier as a unit for a plurality of articles. The present invention relates to a mobile carrier automatic processing device for an article filling device that transports articles to an article filling line (article filling line) and fills the same container with articles.

(Conventional technology) A conventional article filling device will be explained with reference to FIG.

(1) is a box, (2) is a washed empty bottle, (3) is an anchor for taking out the washed empty bottle (2) from the box (1), and (4) is taking it out from the box (1). An alignment device that transports washed empty bottles (2) and arranges them in a line.

(9) is the cleaned empty bottle (2) from the same sorting device (4)
(5) is a bottle filling machine that fills the cleaned empty bottles (2) transported by the same conveyor (9) with liquid, and (6) caps the liquid-filled bottles (2). The capper (10) is a conveyor that conveys the capped bottle (2) from the capper (6), and (7) is the capped bottle (2) conveyed by the same conveyor (10). A case packer (8) is a box conveyor that conveys empty boxes (1) discharged from the above-mentioned caser (3) to the above-mentioned case packer (7).
3), alignment device (4), bottle filling machine (5), and capper (
6), the case backer (7), and the box conveyor (8), and workers are placed near them to carry out the necessary work.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The conventional article filling apparatus shown in FIG. ) and near the box conveyor (8) to carry out the necessary work.The reason for this is as follows. That is, Ankesa (
3) processes a specified number of bottles (2) at the same time, but the bottle filling machine (5) uses an uncaser (3) and a bottle filling machine (5) to process each bottle (2) one by one. An alignment device (4) for aligning the bottles (2) in -rows is provided between them. In addition, in front of the case packer (7), there are bottles (2
) is provided with an alignment device to form multiple lines. In addition, since each machine is connected by a long conveyor, a worker is placed at each of the above positions to monitor the condition of the bottles (2) and machines, and if there is a defective product, remove it or remove it. Operates machines as necessary. However, placing workers at each of the above positions increases personnel costs, which is not desirable.

In addition, when the dimensions of the bottle (2) change, it is necessary to replace the bottle handling device of each machine, but since there are many machines in this case, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time to replace the bottle handling device. was there.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention addresses the above-mentioned problems, and provides an article filling device that transports containers to an article filling line using a mobile carrier and fills the containers with articles. and a detection device for detecting an abnormal state of the mobile carrier and container moving on the article filling line.

a defective product discharge conveyor attached to the product filling line;
a rejector that discharges mobile carriers and containers in an abnormal state from the article filling line to the defective article discharge conveyor;
It is characterized by comprising a replenishment device that replenishes the mobile carrier to the filling line, and a control device that operates the rejector and the replenishment device based on a detection signal from the detection device.

The object of the present invention is to provide a product filling device that can automatically remove defective products from the product filling line and eliminate the need for many workers who were engaged in inspecting and removing defective products. The present invention provides a mobile carrier automatic processing device.

(Function) The mobile carrier automatic processing device of the article filling device of the present invention is configured as described above, and is moved by grabbing a container from a box on the two-box conveying device and moving it corresponding to the same cylinder. After being stored in the pocket of the mobile carrier, the container passes through a detection device to check whether the container is properly placed in the mobile carrier.

After the cap is attached to the container, it passes through another detection device to check whether the cap closes the container normally or not. In addition, the detection signals obtained by each of the above detection devices are sent to the control device, and when an abnormality is detected here, the control signal obtained at that time is sent to the rejector, which is activated to prevent the abnormal state from occurring. While the carriers are discharged to the reject conveyor, new empty mobile carriers are refilled by the replenishment device into the article filling line.

(Embodiment) Next, the mobile carrier automatic processing device of the article filling device of the present invention will be explained using an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. (31) in FIGS. With the device,
The box transport device (31) is intermittently driven by a drive device (not shown), and also hooks the rear part of the box (32).
33) to line up each box (32) in a line at regular intervals.
) is transported to each station on the filling line. In addition, a 113-shaped left and right flap opener device (34) is supported by a frame (not shown) on the upper part of the flap opening station (A) near the entrance of the cylinder conveyance device (31). An opener device (34) opens left and right flaps (32a) of the box (32). Also equipped with the same left and right flap openers! (34) in the downstream flap oven station (A).

A front and rear flap opener device (35) is installed which opens the front and rear flaps (32b) of the box (32) by rotating clockwise or counterclockwise by a drive device (not shown). The above box (32) has the same left and right flap opener device (
34) and the same front and rear flap opener ff (35), the left and right flaps (32a) and the front and rear flaps (32
b) is opened, the article filling line is moved from the flap oven station (A) to the unboxing station (B).
) → Filling station (C) → Capping station (D) → Weight check and printing station (E
)→Transported to the boxing station (F).

Also, next to the box transport device (31), the same box transport device (3
A carrier conveying device (36) is arranged parallel to the box conveying device (31), and the carrier conveying device (36) is intermittently driven in synchronization with the box conveying device (31) by a drive device (not shown). The mobile carrier (37) is then transported to each of the stations (A) to (F). That is, when the one-box transport device (31) moves intermittently in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 to transport one box (32) to each station (A) to (F) of the article filling line.

Similarly, the carrier transport device (36) moves intermittently.

The mobile carrier (37) is adapted to be transported to each station (8) to (F) of the article filling line.

In addition, (37a) is a pocket provided in the mobile carrier (37), and the pitch of the pocket (37a) is 9 boxes (3
2) Are the vertical and horizontal pitches of the container (38) the same?

Thicker than that (, the same pocket (37a) is
8) is inserted into the receptacle to hold the container (38) non-rotatably during filling or capping.

The flap oven station (^) above is equipped with left and right flap openers! (34) and the front/rear flap opener device (35) have already been described, but the box unloading station (B) following the flap open station (A) is equipped with a box opening device (34) and a front/rear flap opener device (35).

and a known container gripper (39) movable in the rotational direction.
is placed, and the container gripper (39) is placed in the box (32).
) and take out the container (38) from the pocket (
37a).

In addition, the filling station (C) following the unboxing station (B) has a known filling head that is vertically movable (a filling head having the same number of heads as containers (38)).
) (40) is arranged, and the same filling head (40)
moves up and down to fill the container (38) with liquid.

Further, a capping station (D) following the filling station (C) has a vibrating sorting device (
43), and a cap picker (44) that moves laterally in the direction of arrow A and picks out the caps (41) one by one (four in this embodiment).
5) and a capping head (
46) are arranged, and a capping head (46) is arranged.
) takes out the cap (41) loaded in the cap picker (44) of the cap take-out device (45), and then moves to above the mobile carrier (37) being transported by the carrier transport device (36). Second, it descends toward the container (38) of the movable carrier (37), and when it meets the center of the container (38), it rotates to tighten the cap (41).

There is also a weight check and printing station (E) following the capping station (D).

A capping state detection device (47), a laser printing machine (48) that prints a loft number etc. on the container (38), a weight checker (not shown), and a printing inspection device (49) that tests the printing state. It is located.

Also, the above weight check and printing station (E)
The boxing station (F) following the container gripper (
Container gripper (39) of the unboxing station (B)
There is a container gripper (39a) similar to the above.

The container gripper (39a) grasps the container (38) in a normal state in the mobile carrier (37), moves upward, moves toward the two-box transport device (31), and places the container in the empty box (32). (38) is to be packed in boxes.

In addition, a sealing station (not shown) following the boxing station (F) has a sealing device, and the containers (3
A sticker is pasted on the box (32) in which 8) is packed.

In addition, a container gripper (39) (39a) and a filling head (40).

And the pitch of the capping head (46) is 9 boxes (32
) and the container storage pitch of the mobile carrier (37).

In addition, (30) in FIG. 2 is a container detection device that checks the number of containers (38) stored in the mobile carrier (37), (51) is an air cleaner that cleans the inside of the container (38) with air, ( 52) is a traction device;
2) Ha.

A mobile carrier is attached to the most advanced carrier (37a) while controlling the required speed. (37) is intermittently conveyed one pitch at a time.

Also, (61) in Figure 2.4 is the defective product discharge conveyor.

The defective product discharge conveyor (61) carries a mobile carrier (37) that does not contain a defective product 1, for example, a container (38),
Incompletely filled containers (38), containers without caps (3B)
), containers with abnormal caps (38), and containers with abnormal printing (38) are carried out. Also, (62) is an empty carrier supply conveyor that supplies empty mobile carriers (37), and (63) is an ejector installed between the carrier conveyance device (36) and the defective product discharge conveyor (61). (63) has a claw (64) that reciprocates in the convex direction of the arrow and a drive device (65), and hooks the defective mobile carrier (37) with the claw (64), and the defective product discharge conveyor (63) 61) It is designed to discharge upward. Also, (66) in Figure 1 is the descent device, and the descent device (66)
6) Ha.

The empty mobile carrier (37) is now a carrier transport device!
The receiver is passed from (36) to the return conveyor (67). Furthermore, the movable carrier (37) returned to the upstream side in the conveyance direction by the return conveyor (67) is raised to the level of the carrier conveyance device (36) by the lifter (68), and the empty container is removed from the container gripper (39). The receiver takes (38),
Store it. In addition, (69) in FIG. 4 is an extrusion device provided between the empty carrier supply conveyor (62) and the return conveyor (67), and the extrusion device (69) is a bar that reciprocates in the two directions of the arrows. (70) and a drive device (71).

An empty mobile carrier (37) is transferred from an empty carrier supply conveyor (62) onto a return conveyor (67).

Next, the operation of the mobile carrier automatic processing device of the article filling apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be specifically explained. The box transport device (31) moves intermittently in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 to transport one box (32) from the flap open station (A) of the article filling line to the unloading station (B) to the filling station (C). Capping station (D) - weight check and printing station (E) -> Carry to boxing station (F), carrier transport device (36)
similarly moves intermittently to transport the mobile carrier (37) to each of the stations (A) to (F) of the article filling line. At this time, the flap open station (
A).

The left and right flaps (32a) and the front and rear flaps (32b) of the three boxes (32) are opened by the left and right flap opener device (34) and the front and rear flap opener device (35).

Also, at the unboxing station (B), container grippers (3
9) grabs the container (38) from the box (32) and moves the mobile carrier (37) corresponding to the container (32).
) in the pocket (37a). Further, at the filling station (C), the filling head (4o) moves up and down to fill the container (38) with liquid. Further, at the capping station (D), the capping head (46) is operated by the cap picker (4) of the cap removal device (45).
4) After taking out the cap (41) loaded in the.

It moves to above the mobile carrier (37) being transported by the carrier transport device (36), and then moves to the top of the mobile carrier (37). (3B) and rotates when it meets the center of the two containers (38) to tighten the cap (41). At the weight check and printing station (E), a laser printer (48) prints a lot number etc. on the container (38), a weight checker (not shown) checks the weight, and a print inspection device (49) Inspect the printing condition. Also at the boxing station (F).

The container gripper (39a) grasps the container (38) in a normal state in the mobile carrier (37) and moves upward toward the two-box transport device (31) to place the container (38) in the empty box (32).
38) is packed in boxes.

At this time, the container inspection device (30) located downstream of the 5 unboxing station (B) checks whether the container (38) is properly placed in the mobile carrier (37).

The capping state detection device (47) located at the weight check and printing station (E) determines whether the cap is properly closing the container (38).
Also, a weight checker is used to check whether the specified amount is filled. In addition, these container inspection devices (30) and capping state detection devices (47)
, and the detection signal obtained by the weight checker is sent to a control device (not shown), and if an abnormality is detected here,
The control signal obtained at that time is sent to the rejector (63), the claw (64) is activated, and the mobile carrier (37) in the abnormal state is caught on the defective product discharge conveyor (61) by opening (64). discharge to. At this time, in the filling line, a new empty carrier (
37) is transferred from the empty carrier supply conveyor (62) to the return conveyor (67). The current filling has been completed.

When switching to fill another article, the mobile carrier (37) on the carrier conveying device (36) is discharged to the defective product discharge conveyor (61), while the new empty carrier (37) is transferred to the empty carrier supply conveyor. (62).

(Effects of the Invention) The mobile carrier automatic processing device of the article filling device of the present invention grabs and takes out containers from the boxes on the box conveying device as described above.
After storing the container in the pocket of the mobile carrier that is moving corresponding to the cylinder, it passes through a detection device to check whether the container is properly placed in the mobile carrier or not. After the cap is attached to the container, it passes through another detection device to check whether the cap closes the container normally or not. In addition, the detection signals obtained by each of the above detection devices are sent to the control device, and when an abnormality is detected here, the control signal obtained at that time is sent to the rejector, which is activated to prevent the abnormal state from occurring. While the carrier is discharged to the defective product discharge conveyor, a new empty mobile carrier is supplied to the product filling line by a replenishing device, so that defective products can be automatically removed from the product filling line, making inspection and removal of defective products easier. This has the effect of eliminating the need for many workers who were previously engaged in this process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a mobile carrier automatic processing device of an article filling device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view taken from the direction of the arrow ■ in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view taken along the line m-m in FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a conventional article filling device. (＾)・・・Flap oven station, (B)・
... unboxing station, (C) ... filling station, (D) ... capping station, (E) ...
・・Weight check and printing station, (F)・
... Cartoning station, (37) ... Mobile carrier, (38) ... Container, (47) (50)
...detection device, (61) ...defective product discharge conveyor, (63) ...rejector, (62) ...replenishment device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an article filling apparatus for transporting containers to an article filling line by a mobile carrier and filling the containers with articles, a detection device for detecting an abnormal state of the mobile carrier and the container moving on the article filling line; a defective product discharge conveyor attached to the product filling line; a rejector for discharging abnormal mobile carriers and containers from the product filling line to the defective product discharge conveyor; and a replenishment device for replenishing the mobile carriers to the filling line. . A mobile carrier automatic processing device for an article filling device, comprising: a control device that operates the resictor and the replenishment device based on a detection signal from the detection device.