JPH0592U - Automatic carry-out rotary sterilizer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The storage baskets 13 and 13 can be automatically carried out by an operation from outside the sterilization container 1. [Structure] First engaging portion 11 provided on back wall 5 of sterilization container 1
And a plurality of storage baskets 13 and 13 between the second engagement portion 12 provided on the inner side surface of the lid body 3 and the storage baskets 13 in series. A pair of guide members 14, 14 are provided on the lower surfaces of the storage baskets 13, 13.
And the rollers 22, 22 that rotate by energizing the second motors 23, 23 are in contact with the guide members 14, 14. After carrying out the sterilization process, when carrying out the storage baskets 13 and 13, the lid 3 is opened and the roller 2
By rotating 2 and 22, the storage baskets 13 and 13 are sent out toward the opening 2 of the sterilization container 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer of the present invention is used to sterilize the contents enclosed in bag-shaped containers and plastic bottles such as chemical packs and retort foods together with the bag-shaped containers and plastic bottles. With respect to the improvement of the rotary sterilizer, the storage basket containing the bag-shaped container and the plastic bottle can be automatically carried out after the sterilization process is completed.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 When sterilizing the contents contained in a bag-shaped container or a plastic bottle, such as a medicine pack containing medicines inside or a retort food containing foods inside, the rotation as shown in Figs. Sterilize the bag-shaped container and the plastic bottle with a sterilizer.

The rotary sterilizer is a bottomed horizontal cylindrical sterilization container 1 in which hot water can be supplied and discharged freely, a lid 3 that tightly closes an opening 2 of the sterilization container 1, the chemical pack, and the like. The storage baskets 4 and 4 for storing items to be sterilized such as retort foods, and the storage baskets 4 and 4 are rotated in a state where the storage baskets 4 and 4 are connected to each other in series and stored in the sterilization container 1. It is composed of a first motor 6.

A transmission shaft 8 is connected to an output shaft of a first motor 6 provided outside the sterilization container 1 via a joint 7. Further, the storage basket 4 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by a member such as a wire net which allows hot water to pass therethrough, and inside the storage basket 4 can be stored a substance to be sterilized such as a chemical pack or a retort food, as shown in FIG. It is configured by providing rollers 9 on the outer surface corners.

In order to sterilize an object to be sterilized such as a medicine pack or a retort food by using the conventional rotary sterilizer configured as described above, first, the object to be sterilized is placed inside the storage baskets 4 and 4. In the stored state, these storage baskets 4 and 4 are sequentially pushed into the back of the sterilization container 1 and stored in series with each other as shown in FIG.

Next, the lid 3 is closed, and a stopper mechanism (not shown) prevents the storage baskets 4, 4 from shifting in the axial direction of the transmission shaft 8 (left and right directions in FIG. 3) and prevents the first motor from moving. With the rotation of the transmission shaft 8 due to the operation of 6, the plurality of storage baskets 4 and 4 are integrally rotatable. Then, hot water is supplied into the sterilization container 1, and the first motor 6 is energized to rotate the transmission shaft 8 and the storage baskets 4 and 4 fixed to the transmission shaft 8. As a result, the items to be sterilized stored in the storage baskets 4 and 4 are evenly immersed in the hot water stored in the sterilization container 1 to be sterilized.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional rotary sterilizer configured as described above, there are the following problems to be solved.

That is, when the storage baskets 4 and 4 are taken out of the sterilization container 1 after completion of the sterilization process, the operator takes the storage baskets 4 and 4 one by one with a take-out rod having a hook-shaped portion at the tip. It was protruding. This is because the storage baskets 4 and 4 stored in the sterilization container 1 cannot be moved by an operation from the outside of the sterilization container 1. That is, as described above, the rollers 9 and 9 are provided at the corners of the storage basket 4, and the storage basket 4 can be moved within the sterilization container 1 by the rotation of the rollers 9 and 9. In the rotary sterilization apparatus, since the rollers 9 and 9 cannot be rotated by an operation from the outside of the sterilization container 1, the storage baskets 4 and 4 must be taken out one by one as described above. Absent.

Therefore, it takes a lot of time to carry out the sterilization process of the medicine pack, the retort food, etc. after the sterilization process, and the sterilization process itself cannot be automated. The automatic carry-out type rotary sterilization apparatus of the present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.

[0010]

[Means for solving the problem]

 The automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer of the present invention has a bottomed horizontal cylindrical sterilization container in which hot water can be supplied and drained freely, a lid that tightly closes the opening of this sterilization container, and a back wall of the sterilization container. A rotatable engaging portion centered on a horizontal shaft provided by the first motor, and a plurality of storage baskets facing the engaging portion and capable of storing the object to be sterilized. It comprises a delivery means for delivering the storage basket toward the opening of the sterilization container.

The storage basket pivotally supports a basket main body for storing the object to be sterilized between a pair of support walls erected at both ends of the bottom plate, and a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the basket main body. The first and second engaging pieces are fixed to the ends projecting from the outer surfaces of the pair of support walls, respectively. The first engagement piece is engageable with the engagement portion and the second engagement piece, and the second engagement piece is engageable with the first engagement piece.

Further, the delivery means engages with a lower surface of the bottom plate of the guide member that is fixedly installed on the bottom plate of the storage basket and a space surrounded by the guide member and the bottom plate. And a roller that is rotatable by a motor.

[0013]

[Action]

 With the automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer of the present invention configured as described above, contents packed in bag-shaped containers or plastic bottles such as medicine packs and retort foods can be transferred to the bag-shaped containers or plastic bottles. When sterilizing the whole product, perform as follows.

[0014] After storing items to be sterilized such as medicine packs and retort foods in a basket body that constitutes a storage basket, a plurality of storage baskets are stored in a sterilization container and are connected in series. That is, the first storage basket is pushed into the sterilization container 1 with the first engagement piece provided on the support wall facing the engagement portion, and the engagement portion and the first engagement Engage the strip.

Next, the second storage basket is pushed into the sterilization container with the first engagement piece facing the bottom wall as in the case of the first storage basket. Along with this pushing operation, the first engaging piece engages with the second engaging piece of the first storage basket, and these storage baskets are connected in series. Thereafter, a similar number of storage baskets are connected in series to each other and stored in the sterilization container by the same operation.

After storing a predetermined number of storage baskets in the sterilization container, the lid is closed and the opening of the sterilization container is tightly closed. At this time, an appropriate stopper mechanism is operated so that each storage basket does not move to the opening side of the sterilization container.

Next, while supplying hot water into the sterilization container and operating the first motor, the engagement portion is rotationally driven. As a result, the storage baskets connected to each other in series in opposition to the engaging portion rotate together with the engaging portion, and the sterilized object stored in the storage basket is rotated in the sterilization container along with the rotation. The material to be sterilized is evenly dipped in the hot water stored in.

When the storage basket is to be taken out after the sterilization treatment, the lid is opened and the second motor is energized to operate the feeding means to feed the storage basket toward the opening of the sterilization container.

[0019]

【Example】

 Next, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer of the present invention has a bottomed horizontal cylindrical sterilization container 1, a lid 3 for tightly closing an opening 2 of the sterilization container 1, The first member, which is the engaging portion described in the claims, is provided on the inner wall 5 of the sterilization container 1 and is rotatable about the horizontal transmission shaft 8 by the first motor 6. The mating portion 11, the second engaging portion 12 provided on the inner surface of the lid 3 at a position aligned with the first engaging portion 11, and the first and second engaging portions 11 A plurality of storage baskets 13 and 13 for storing the articles to be sterilized, which are stored in series between the storage baskets 12 and 12, and guide members 14 and 14 fixed to the bottom surfaces of the bottom plates 26 and 26 of the storage baskets 13 and 13. And the rollers 22, 22 that engage with the lower surfaces of the bottom plates 26, 26 in the space surrounded by the guide members 14, 14 and the bottom plates 26, 26. And feeding means driven by the second motors 23, 23.

Hot water can be freely supplied to and discharged from the sterilization container 1 by a separately provided supply and discharge means (not shown). Further, one end of a transmission shaft 8 is connected to an end of the output shaft of the first motor 6 via a joint 7. The other end of the transmission shaft 8 penetrates through the central portion of the back wall 5 and projects into the sterilization container 1, and the first engaging portion 11 is fixed to the other end. ..

The first engaging portion 11 has a short cylindrical shape and is formed with a concave groove 15 extending in the diameter direction on the tip end surface thereof, and a first engaging piece 16 provided in a storage basket 13 described later. Can be engaged with.

A recess 17 is formed in the center of the inner surface of the lid 3, and a thrust bearing 18 supports a pivot 19 in the recess 17. A stopper mechanism is formed by providing a compression spring 20 having one end fixed to the inner surface of the lid 3 at the middle portion of the pivot 19, and a second engaging portion 12 at the tip of the pivot 19. is doing. The second engaging portion 12 is provided so as to be aligned with the first engaging portion 11, and the shape thereof is a short cylinder, and a convex portion 25 extending in the diametrical direction is formed on the tip end surface thereof. And is engageable with the second engagement piece 21 provided in the storage basket 13 described below.

As shown in FIG. 2, the storage basket 13 is provided with first and second support walls 27, 28 which are erected on both ends of the arc-shaped bottom plate 26 in the length direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1). Have. A basket main body 30 is pivotally supported between the inner surfaces of the support walls 27 and 28 that face each other. The pivots 29a and 29b, which pivotally support the central portions of both end surfaces of the basket body 30, are provided at positions aligned with the first and second engaging portions 11 and 12, respectively. Similar to the storage basket in the conventional rotary sterilizer described above, this basket main body 30 is made into a rectangular parallelepiped shape that allows hot water to pass therethrough by a wire mesh or the like, and the sterilized object such as a chemical pack or retort food is inside. Can be stored freely.

Further, the first engagement piece 16 is fixed to the end portion of the pivot 29a protruding from the outer surface of the first support wall 27. The first engaging piece 16 has a convex portion 25, like the second engaging portion 12, and is fitted into the concave groove 15 of the first engaging portion 11, thereby It is freely engageable with the first engaging portion 11. The second engaging piece 21 is fixed to the end of the pivot 29b protruding from the outer surface of the second support wall 28. This second engagement piece 21 has a groove 15 like the first engagement portion 11, and the convex portion 25 of the second engagement portion 12 and the first engagement piece 16 is formed. By engaging with, the second engaging portion 12 or the first engaging piece 16 can be engaged.

Further, a pair of guide members 14 and 14 constituting a feeding means are fixed to the lower surface of the bottom plate 26 at both ends in the width direction (left and right direction in FIG. 2) of the bottom plate 26. Each of the guide members 14, 14 has an L-shaped cross section and is provided along the length direction of the bottom plate 26.

On the other hand, the rollers 22 and 22 that constitute the above-mentioned feeding means together with the guide members 14 and 14 and are rotatable by the second motors 23 and 23 are inside the space surrounded by the guide members 14 and 14 and the bottom plate 26. The bottom plate 26 is provided at a position where it abuts the lower surface of both ends. The second motors 23, 23 are provided outside the sterilization container 1, and their output shafts 24, 24 penetrate the side wall of the sterilization container 1 in a rotatable and air-tight and liquid-tight manner. ing. The rollers 22 and 22 are fixed to the end portions of the output shafts 24 and 24 protruding inside the sterilization container 1. The second motors 23, 23 are rotatable at the same speed and in opposite directions so that the second motors 23, 23 are energized to move the storage baskets 13, 13 into the sterilization container 1 Send it toward the opening 2 of the. However, only one second motor 23 may be provided, and all the rollers 22, 22 may be synchronously rotated by a transmission mechanism such as a chain.

When sterilizing a medicine pack, a retort food, etc. by the automatic carry-out type rotary sterilization apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, it is carried out as follows.

After storing items to be sterilized such as medicine packs and retort foods in the basket main bodies 30 and 30 that form the storage baskets 13 and 13, the plurality of storage baskets 13 and 13 are stored in the sterilization container 1. , Connected in series with each other. That is, the first storage basket 13 (the storage basket 13 located on the rightmost side in FIG. 1) is placed so that the first engagement piece 31 of the storage basket 13 faces the first engagement portion 11. In addition, the lower surface of both ends of the bottom plate 26 is pushed into the sterilization container 1 with the lower surfaces of both ends in contact with the rollers 14, 14, and the convex portion 25 of the first engaging piece 16 and the first engaging portion 11 By engaging the concave groove 15 with each other, the first engaging piece 16 and the first engaging portion 11 are engaged with each other.

Next, the second storage basket 13 (the central storage basket 13 in FIG. 1) is replaced with the first engaging piece 31 of the storage basket 13 by the first engagement basket 31 of the first storage basket 13. The bottom plate 26 is pushed into the sterilization container 1 while being opposed to the second engagement piece 21 and the lower surfaces of both ends of the bottom plate 26 being in contact with the rollers 14, 14. As the convex portion 25 of the first engaging piece 16 and the concave groove 15 of the second engaging piece 21 are fitted together with this pushing operation, the first and second The storage baskets 13 and 13 are connected to each other in series. Thereafter, by a similar operation, a predetermined number (three in the illustrated embodiment) of storage baskets 13 and 13 are stored in the sterilization container 1 in a state of being directly connected to each other in series.

When a predetermined number of storage baskets 13 and 13 are stored in the sterilization container 1, the lid 3 that has been open until then is closed and the opening 2 of the sterilization container 1 is tightly closed. At this time, the second engaging portion 12 forming the stopper mechanism provided on the inner side surface of the lid 3 and the second engaging piece 21 of the storage basket 13 located closest to the opening 2 side of the sterilization container 1 Engage. Since the second engaging portion 12 is pressed toward the bottom wall 5 by the compression spring 20, it is stored in the sterilization container 1 by engaging with the second engaging piece 21 of the storage basket 13. The stored storage baskets 13 and 13 are also pressed toward the bottom wall 5 to hold the storage baskets 13 and 13 in an integrally connected state.

Next, hot water is supplied into the sterilization container 1 by a supply means (not shown), the first motor 6 is operated, and the first engaging portion 11 is rotated via the transmission shaft 8. As a result, between the first engaging portion 11 and the second engaging portion 12 provided on the lid 3, the storage baskets 13 and 13 connected in series with each other are the first engaging portion. The object to be sterilized is rotated together with 11, and the object to be sterilized stored in the storage baskets 13 and 13 is uniformly immersed in the hot water stored in the sterilization container 1 for sterilization.

When the storage baskets 13 and 13 are to be taken out after the sterilization treatment, the lid 3 is opened and the second motors 23 and 23 are energized to rotate the rollers 22 and 22 constituting the feeding means. .. Since the rollers 22, 22 are engaged with the lower surfaces of the bottom plates 26, 26 constituting the storage baskets 13, 13 in the space surrounded by the guide members 14, 14 and the bottom plates 26, 26, the rollers 22, 22, The rotation of 22 causes the storage baskets 13 and 13 to be sent toward the opening 2 of the sterilization container 1.

Although the bottom plate 26 of the storage basket 13 has an arcuate cross section in the illustrated embodiment, it may have a flat plate shape. In order to prevent the storage baskets 13, 13 from moving toward the opening 2 of the sterilization container 1 during the sterilization work, a second hook is provided on the inner surface of the lid 3 as in the illustrated embodiment. In addition to providing the joint portion 12, a stopper mechanism can be provided by providing an appropriate locking tool between the storage basket 13 closest to the opening 2 and the inner surface of the sterilization container 1.

[0035]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer of the present invention is configured and operates as described above, it is possible to automatically carry out the storage basket from the sterilization container, and the labor involved in carrying out the storage basket is omitted. It is possible and the sterilization process can be fully automated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing an automatic carry-out type rotary sterilizer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional front view.

FIG. 3 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing a conventional rotary sterilizer.

FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional front view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sterilization container 2 Opening part 3 Lid body 4 Storage basket 5 Back wall 6 First motor 7 Joint 8 Transmission shaft 9 Roller 10 Sending-out means 11 First engaging part 12 Second engaging part 13 Storage basket 14 Guide member Reference Signs List 15 recessed groove 16 first engagement piece 17 recessed portion 18 thrust bearing 19 pivot 20 compression spring 21 second engagement piece 22 roller 23 second motor 24 output shaft 25 convex portion 26 bottom plate 27 first support wall 28 Second support wall 29a Axis 29b Axis 30 Basket main body

Claims (1)

[Claims for utility model registration] [Claim 1] A sterilization container having a bottomed horizontal cylindrical shape capable of supplying and discharging hot water therein, and a lid for tightly closing an opening of the sterilization container,
A rotatable engaging portion provided on the inner wall of the sterilization container and rotatable about a horizontal axis by the first motor, and a plurality of sterilizable objects that are stored facing the engaging portion. The storage basket is composed of a storage basket and a sending-out means for sending the storage basket toward the opening of the sterilization container. The storage basket holds the object to be sterilized between a pair of support walls erected at both ends of the bottom plate. While pivoting the cage body to be stored, of the pivot that pivotally supports this cage body,
First and second engaging pieces are fixed to the end portions projecting from the outer surfaces of the pair of support walls, and the first engaging piece further includes the engaging portion and the second engaging piece. The second engagement piece,
Each of the first engaging pieces is adapted to be engageable with each other, and the feeding means is a guide member fixed to a bottom plate of the storage basket, and a space surrounded by the guide member and the bottom plate. Then, an automatic carry-out type rotary sterilization apparatus, which comprises a roller which is engaged with the lower surface of the bottom plate and is rotatable by a second motor.