JPH0653402U - Transfer device for encapsulated products - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Capsule products can be directly transferred from the production line to the case packing line by connecting the manufacturing line for manufacturing individual capsule products and the case packing line for packing finished capsule products. To do so. [Configuration] A manufacturing line for transporting a capsule container in a certain direction, filling the capsule container with an object to be filled and mounting a lid material, and transporting the case in a certain direction, while prescribing a capsule-encapsulated product in the case. A transfer device that connects a case packing line for packing by number and transfers the encapsulated product completed in the manufacturing line to the case that is being transported on the case packing line, and a chucking tool that can hold the capsule packed product. A plurality of chucks are provided, and the mutual spacing of the chuck tools is adjusted by the spacing correction means.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a transfer device for encapsulated products used in a manufacturing facility that consistently manufactures encapsulated products and cases.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 There are capsule-containing products that contain small amounts of cosmetics or the like, which are used at one time, but this type of capsule-containing product may be packed in a specified number of cases. In that case, the manufacturing line for manufacturing the individual encapsulated products and the case packing line for packaging the finished encapsulated products are connected to each other, and the capsule products are directly transferred from the manufacturing line to the case packing line. Is preferable in terms of work efficiency.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the manufacturing line, the capsule containers are transported at intervals, whereas the case is designed to store the capsule-containing products with almost no space between them, so the capsules can be placed as they are on the manufacturing line. It was not possible to transfer the filled products to the case filling line, which was an obstacle to directly connecting the manufacturing line to the case filling line.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the transfer device for a capsule-containing product according to the present invention conveys the capsule container in a certain direction, fills the capsule container with the material to be filled, and attaches the lid material to the manufacturing line. While transferring in the direction, the case is connected to a case packing line that packs a specified number of capsule-containing products in a specified number, and the capsule-packed products completed on the manufacturing line are transferred to the case that is being transferred on the case packing line. The apparatus is characterized in that it is provided with a plurality of chuck tools capable of holding a product containing capsules, and is provided with a spacing correction means capable of adjusting the mutual spacing of the chuck tools.

[0005]

[Action]

 Since the interval between the plurality of chucks holding the encapsulated product can be adjusted by the interval adjusting means, it is possible to correct the interval of the encapsulated product on the production line to an appropriate interval according to the case. This enables the products in capsules to be transferred directly from the manufacturing line to the case packing line.

[0006]

【Example】

 The transfer device for the encapsulated product shown below is used for the case 8 on the case transfer pallet 201 on the manufacturing line 31 to the case transfer pallet 201 on the case packing line 32 at the key point of the capsule product manufacturing facility shown in FIG. It is used to transfer the finished encapsulated product 4 to. The manufacturing line 31 and the case packing line 32 are parallel to each other, and the capsule carrying pallet 60 and the case carrying pallet 201 are carried in opposite directions.

As shown in FIG. 2, the capsule-containing product 4 manufactured in the manufacturing line 31 is such that a plastic capsule 1 is filled with an object to be filled 2 such as cosmetic powder, and the capsule is covered with an aluminum film lid. The material 3 is attached. The capsule 1 is composed of an elliptic cylindrical portion 10 in plan view and a hemispherical portion 11 integrated with the upper portion of the cylindrical portion, and a concave portion 12 for accommodating a powder is formed in the hemispherical portion 11 so as to extend upward. It is formed by opening. By combining the upper part and the lower part of the tubular portion 10, a plurality of capsules can be stacked vertically.

As shown in FIG. 3, the case 8 is composed of a lower case member 6 and an upper case member 7, in which five piles of capsule-containing products stacked in six stages by the above method are stored in series. ing. In the stored state, there is almost no gap between adjacent piles of capsule-containing products. Ring-shaped projections 20 for holding the capsuled product 4 are arranged on the upper surface of the lower case member 6, and a ridge 21 for mounting the upper case member 7 is provided so as to surround these projections. Has been formed. Further, the bottom surface of the lower case member 6 is formed with a recess 22 into which a guide piece 202 of a case-filled pallet described later is fitted.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the capsule carrying pallet 60 has a plurality of capsule holding portions 61, ... Arranged in a grid pattern (horizontal 10 × vertical 5) on the upper surface at a predetermined interval. It is distributed. A bush 62 having a shape to which the capsule 1 is just fitted is internally mounted in the capsule holding portion 61 in a state of being elastically supported from below by a spring 63. A push-up pin hole 65 that penetrates vertically is provided at the center of the bush 62. When the capsule 1 is fitted into the bush 62, the upper portion of the capsule 1 is in a state of slightly projecting from the upper surface of the pallet 60.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the case-conveying pallet 201 has ten case-holding guide pieces 202, ... Embedded in parallel with the case-conveying direction. The center interval of the guide pieces 202, ... Is equal to the center interval of the capsule holding portions 61 ,.

The encapsulated product transfer device 54 is configured as shown in FIGS. 8 to 13.

Reference numeral 240 denotes a transfer head for transferring capsule-containing products, which is provided with a plurality of chuck tools 241 capable of individually holding one pallet of the capsule-containing products 4 ,. There is. The chuck tool 241 is adapted to hold the capsule-containing product 4 by suction from the upper side by a suction cup 241a. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the chuck tools 241, ... Are arranged in a grid pattern like the capsule holding portions 61, ... of the capsule carrying pallet 60. The distance in the direction parallel to the lines 31 and 32 (X-axis direction) can be adjusted.

The space adjusting means is configured as follows. That is, five mounting frames 301 (1 to 5) are provided in the X-axis direction inside the outer frame 300 of the transfer head which is U-shaped in bottom view, and each mounting frame 301, ... , 24 are attached at equal intervals. The mounting frame 301 (1) at the rearmost part is fixed to the outer frame 300, but the other four mounting frames 301 (2-5) are bridged between the outer frame 300 and the mounting frame 301 (1). It is slidable along the guide shafts 302, 302 in the Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis. In addition, cavities 304 are formed at both ends of the mounting frames 301 (1 to 4), and engaging pieces 305 that are loosely fitted in the cavities are integrated with both ends of the mounting frames 301 (2 to 5). Is attached to. Since the void 304 has a depth (effective distance d 1) in the X-axis direction, the engagement piece 305 is movable within the depth range. A jig cylinder 306 that moves the foremost attachment frame 301 (1) in the X-axis direction is attached to the center of the outer frame 300.

When the jig cylinder 306 is contracted, the engaging pieces 305, ... Engage with the inlet side wall surfaces 304a of the cavities 304, ... And the intervals between the mounting frames 301 ,. It is in a state (see FIG. 11). At this time, the interval p _{1 in} the X direction between the chuck tools 241, ... Is equal to the interval in the X direction between the capsule holders 61 ,.

When the jig cylinder 306 is extended from the state shown in FIG. 11, the mounting frame 301 (5) first moves in the negative direction (rearward) of the X-axis, but the engaging piece 305 of the mounting frame 301 (5) moves. The attachment frame 301 (4) also moves in the same direction as it engages with the inner side wall surface 304b of the void 304 of the adjacent attachment frame 301 (4). Similarly, the operation is sequentially transmitted to the subsequent mounting frames 301 (3 to 1), and when the jig cylinder 306 is maximally extended, the engaging pieces 305, ... By engaging with 304b, the interval between the mounting frames 301, ... Is in the narrowest state (see FIG. 12). At this time, the interval p _{2 in} the X direction between the chuck tools 241, ... Is equal to the interval between the encapsulated products 4 ,.

When the jig cylinder 306 is contracted from the state shown in FIG. 12, the mounting frame 301 (5) first moves in the positive direction (forward) of the X axis, and subsequently, the engaging piece 305 is left in the empty space. By engaging the inner side wall surface 304b of 304, the other mounting frames 301 (4-1) also move in order, and the intervals between the mounting frames 301 (1-5) expand.

The transfer head 240 is moved up and down by the pusher cylinder 242 and is horizontally moved together with the pusher cylinder along the slide table 243 between above the manufacturing / manufacturing conveyor 34 and above the case packing cylinder 50. There is. The pusher cylinder 242 is provided with an adjusting function 245 for adjusting the amount of expansion and contraction thereof, so that when the transfer head 240 descends on the case packing line 32, the descending position of the pusher cylinder 242 sequentially changes in six stages. It has become.

Numeral 250 is a push-up pin for pushing up the capsule-containing products 4, ... Fitting the bushes 62, ... Of the pallet 60. The plate 251 and the plate 251 are moved up and down by the push-up cylinder 252.

Reference numeral 260 denotes a tab for bending the ears, and holes 261 are formed in such a size that the capsule-containing products 4, ... Can be just inserted vertically. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 13, this hole 261 is formed such that a portion 261a through which the ear portion 3a of the lid film 3 passes has a lower portion expanded in a taper shape. The ear bending plate 260 is moved up and down by the ear bending cylinders 262 and 262.

When the capsule conveying pallet 60 holding the capsule-containing products 4, ... Has reached a predetermined position on the manufacturing line 31, the transfer head 240 located above the manufacturing line 31 is lowered. At this time, the transfer head 240 is in a state in which the gap between the chuck tools 241 shown in FIG. Simultaneously with the lowering operation of the transfer head 240, the ear bending plate 260 also moves downward, and the ear bending plate waits at a predetermined position.

When the lowering operation of the transfer head 240 is completed, the push-up pins 250, ... Are moved upward to push up the capsule-containing products 4, ... From inside the capsule holding portions 61 ,. , Are sucked by the chuck tools 241 of the transfer head 240. Subsequently, the transfer head 240 starts to move upward, and the capsule-containing products 4, ... Ascend while being assisted by the push-up pins 250 ,. The capsuled product 4 is fitted into the hole 261 of the ear bending plate 260, and at that time, the ear 3a of the lid film 3 is bent downward while being guided along the tapered portion 261a of the hole 261. . When the capsuled product 4 comes out of the bush 62, the push-up pins 250, ... Stop the push-up operation and return to the original state.

The transfer head 240 holding the capsule-containing products 4, ... Ascends and further horizontally moves to above the case packing line 31. During this movement, the gap adjusting means is operated so that the gap between the chuck tools 24 1, ... Is narrowed so as to match the gap during case packing. Then, the operation of stacking on the lower case members 6, ... Placed on the case packing pallet 201 is started.

The stacking operation is performed in the following order. That is, when the first-stage capsule-containing product is transferred, the transfer head 240 descends to the lowermost portion and the capsule-containing product 4 is directly mounted on the lower case member 6. The capsule product holding interval of the transfer head 240 is corrected by the interval adjusting means from the interval in the manufacturing line 31 to the interval in the case packing line 32, so that the projection 20 of the lower case member 6 has the cylindrical portion 10 of the capsule well. It comes to fit. When the second-stage encapsulated product is transferred, the lowering position of the transfer head 240 is raised by one stage and the second-stage encapsulated product is stacked on the first-stage encapsulated product. Similarly, the descending position of the transfer head 240 is raised one step at a time, and the encapsulated products are stacked on the lower case member 6 in six steps.

A stacking guide plate 270 shown in FIG. 14 is provided at the capsule product transfer position on the case filling line 32. The stacking guide plate 270 is formed with guide holes 271, ... which are slightly larger than the planar shape of the capsuled product 4, and moves up and down in six steps in synchronization with the operation of the transfer head 240. Therefore, when the capsule-containing products are transferred, the stacked capsule-containing products 4, ... Are allowed to pass through the guide holes 271, ..., and the capsule-containing products are reliably positioned. The elevating mechanism of the stacking guide plate 270 is configured such that ball screws 273 and 273 attached to the plate are rotated by a motor 274 to move up and down.

The entire manufacturing facility in which the capsule product transfer device described above is installed is as shown in FIG.

The production line 31 includes a production conveyor 34 as a transporting means for transporting capsules in a predetermined direction, and an empty capsule alignment table 35, an empty capsule transfer device 36, and an empty capsule cleaning device 38 are provided along the production conveyor. A filling device 39, a filling check device 40, a film sheet feeding device 42, a die cutting device 43, a film sheet covering device 45, a heat sealing device 46, a film sheet separating device 47 and the like are provided.

A plurality of capsules 1, ... Arranged in an aligned state on the spare pallet on the empty capsule arranging table 35 are located at the start end of the manufacturing conveyor 34 by the empty capsule transfer device 36. , ... Then, while the manufacturing conveyor 34 sequentially conveys the capsules 1, ... In the X direction, the following treatment is performed.

First, the empty capsule cleaning device 38 removes foreign substances in the capsules 1, ... And then the filling device 39 fills the capsules 1 ,. After passing through the filling device 39, the filling check device 40 checks whether or not there is an object to be filled in the capsules 1, ....

On the other hand, a band-shaped film sheet fed from the film sheet feeding device 42 is subjected to a predetermined treatment by a die cutting device 43, and a film sheet F having lid-shaped separating perforations M, ... Is attached as shown in FIG. Mold. The film sheet F 1 is put on the capsules 1, ...

The capsules 1, ... Covered with the film sheet F are conveyed to the heat sealing device 46. The heat sealing device 46 presses the capsules 1, ... While heating the film sheet F to melt the heat-melting adhesive applied to the back surface of the film sheet F, and the lid portion of the film sheet F. 3 ... and the upper part of capsule 1, ... are adhered. The film sheet F adhered to the capsule 1 is separated by the film sheet separating device 47 into the lid portions 3, ... And other unnecessary portions.

The case packing line 32 includes a case packing conveyor 50, a lower case member supply conveyor 51 and an upper case member supply conveyor 52, and a lower case member transfer device 55, along the case packing conveyor 50. An upper case member transfer device 56, a case packing discharge device 58, and the like are installed.

First, the lower case member transfer device 55 holds ten lower case members 6, ..., Which are supplied to the end portion of the lower case member supply conveyor 52, and these are placed on the case packing pallet 201 as shown in FIG. Place them side by side in the direction shown in. Then, the encapsulated product transfer device 54 performs the above operation to stack the encapsulated products 4, 6 on each of the 10 lower case members 6 ,. Next, the upper case member 7, ..., which is supplied to the terminal end portion of the upper case member supply conveyor 52, is stacked by the upper case member transfer device 56 from the top of the capsule-containing products 4 ,. Put on. The case-stuffed product thus completed is discharged from the case-stuffing conveyor 50 by the case-stuffed product discharging device 58.

[0033]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, the transfer device for encapsulated products according to the present invention can transfer the encapsulated products directly from the manufacturing line to the case filling line. It has become possible to carry out everything from manufacturing to case packing consistently and efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an essential part of a capsuled product manufacturing facility.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a capsuled product.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which capsule-containing products are packed in a case.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a pallet for transporting capsules.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a pallet for transporting capsules.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a pallet for carrying a case.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a case transport pallet.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the encapsulated product transfer device when the transfer head is located on the manufacturing line.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the encapsulated product transfer device when the transfer head is located on the case packing line.

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the transfer head.

FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the transfer head in the 1 state.

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the transfer head in a state different from that of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the ear part forming plate.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a stacking guide plate.

FIG. 15 is an overall plan view of a capsuled product manufacturing facility.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a film die cutting method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Capsule 3 Lid 4 Product with Capsule 6 Lower Case Member 7 Upper Case Member 8 Case 31 Manufacturing Line 32 Case Packing Line 60 Capsule Transfer Pallet 201 Case Transfer Pallet 240 Transfer Head 241 Chuck Tool 301 Mounting Frame 304 Vacancy ( Interval correction means) 305 Engagement piece (interval correction means) 306 Jig cylinder (interval correction means)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. While conveying a capsule container in a certain direction,
The production line for filling the capsule container with the material to be filled and mounting the lid material and the case filling line for feeding the case in a predetermined direction and filling the case with a predetermined number of capsule-containing products are connected to each other. Is a transfer device for transferring the product with capsules completed in step 1 to a case that is being transported on a case packing line, comprising a plurality of chuck tools capable of holding the product with capsules, and adjusting the mutual intervals of the chuck tools. A transfer device, which is provided with a gap correction means capable of performing the above.