JPH10323552A - Mixing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply an object to be mixed with a simple structure automatically and in an ideal state. A means for detachably holding a container.
A receiving member 3 rotatably provided between a horizontal posture and a forwardly inclined posture, rotation driving means 17 for rotating the receiving member 3 forward and reverse, and controlling rotation of the rotation driving means 17 Control means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for charging a mixture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of mixing and dissolving a plurality of types of powders and liquids, for example, an object to be mixed such as powders and liquids is divided into a plurality of containers such as a polycontainer and the plurality of containers are placed in an operator A method in which a certain amount of each to-be-mixed material is put into a dissolution tank while being tilted little by little while being held in a hand and stirred and dissolved, or two or more kinds of to-be-mixed materials are stirred and dissolved in one container, and the container is then moved There is a method in which the mixture is held in a hand and tilted little by little into a melting tank and stirred.

[0003]

By the way, when a solution which is a processing solution is supplied to a device which is operated for a long time or at night, for example, a dyeing machine, the solution is supplied at a predetermined time.
Or they need to be supplied at night. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the work of introducing and dissolving a plurality of substances to be mixed (chemicals) into a dissolution tank for supply at a predetermined time or at night.

[0004] Performing such a melting operation fully automatically requires an expensive and large-sized melting apparatus. Therefore, as described above, generally, an operator manually puts the mixture in a container such as a bucket. In some cases, a simple operation of manually inputting this into the melting tank is performed.

However, according to such manual input, in the case of the long-time or night operation as described above, the operator must monitor the input time and perform the input operation at that time, resulting in heavy labor. Become. Further, it is difficult to manually incline the container a little at a time and charge the mixture at a constant rate, and there is also a problem that ideal dissolution cannot be achieved.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive dispenser capable of supplying a fixed amount of powder or liquid contained in a container.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention includes a means for detachably holding a container, and includes a means for moving a container between a horizontal posture and a forwardly inclined posture. It is characterized by comprising a receiving member rotatably provided over the rotating member, rotation driving means for rotating the receiving member forward and reverse, and control means for controlling the rotation driving of the rotation driving means.

In the present invention, after a mixture such as liquid or powder is put in a container in advance, the container is set and held on a receiving member. Next, the amount of rotation of the rotation driving means is controlled by the control means, and the receiving member is rotated forward and inclined. Due to this rotation, the container is tilted forward, the mixture to be mixed therein is discharged, and is charged into a dissolving tank or the like disposed in front of the charging machine. At this time, by setting the rotation speed and the like of the container as desired in the control means, the supply speed and the supply amount of the mixture can be set as desired, and the ideal supply of the mixture can be performed. Further, the start time and stop time of the rotation driving means can be set as desired by the control means.

Further, since the container is detachably held, a container such as a commercially available plastic container can be used. According to a second aspect of the present invention, a vibrator is attached to the receiving member.

In the present invention, when the mixture is a powder or a granule, the vibrator is operated, whereby the continuous supply at a constant speed is favorably performed by the vibration. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the receiving member is formed of a bottom plate and both side plates, and cylinders are attached to both side plates in an upright state, and the piston rods of both cylinders are provided. By erection and fixing the container fixing lever in between, by placing the container on the bottom plate and lowering the container fixing lever,
The container is fixedly held by the container fixing lever.

In the present invention, the container fixing lever is raised by moving the piston rods of both cylinders upward, the container is placed on the bottom plate of the receiving member, and then the piston rods of both cylinders are moved downward to fix the container. The lever is lowered, and the container is pressed and fixed by the container fixing lever.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect, a nozzle is provided at a central portion of the container fixing lever to inject the cleaning liquid into the mounted container. It is provided.

In the present invention, after the discharge of the mixture in the container is completed, the inside of the container is cleaned by spraying a cleaning liquid from a nozzle.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. The lower ends of the two columns 1 and 2 supporting the body are fixed to the floor side. A receiving member 3 is provided between the two columns 1 and 2. The receiving member 3 includes a bottom plate 3a and both side plates 3b and 3c, and is open at the front and rear sides and the upper side. The both side plates 3
b, 3c, the horizontal support shafts 4, 5
2, the receiving member 3 is rotatably inserted into the support shaft 4,
5 is provided so as to be rotatable in the direction of arrows AB in the figure. Further, a wheel 6 is attached to the one support shaft 4.

On the outer surfaces of both side plates 3b, 3c, support plates 7,
The cylinders 9 and 10 have piston rods 9a and 1 on top of the support plates 7 and 8, respectively.
0a is fixed upward. A container fixing lever 11 is erected and fixed between the piston rods 9a and 10a, and the container fixing lever 11 moves up and down in a horizontal state by raising and lowering the piston rods 9a and 10a. Pressing rubbers 13 and 14 are fixed to the lower surface of the container fixing lever 11 at the same interval as the upper edge diameter of the container 12. Separately from the pressing rubbers 13 and 14, small-diameter pressing rubbers 13a and 14a are fixed so that even when the container 12 to be used has a small diameter, the container can be pressed.

Further, a supply pipe 15 for washing water is piped to the central part of the container fixing lever 11.
The cleaning liquid is sprayed into the inside 2 in a diffused manner.

A drive motor 17 serving as a rotary drive means is attached to one of the above-mentioned one pillars.
A chain 19 or the like is provided between the wheel 18 and the wheel 6 so that the receiving member 3 is rotated forward and reverse in the direction of arrow AB through the wheel 6 by forward and reverse rotation of the drive motor 17. .

The drive motor 17 is electrically controlled by a control means including a control panel (not shown) to control the start-up time of forward / reverse rotation, the rotation speed, the rotation time, and the like.

A pair of cams 20a and 20b are fixedly mounted on the rotating support shaft 4. When the receiving member 3 is tilted forward by a predetermined angle, the limit switch 2 is moved by the cam 20a.
0c is operated to stop the motor 17, and after this stop, a timer (not shown) is operated to hold the forward tilt stop state for a certain period of time to empty the mixture in the container 12, and then the washing water is discharged from the nozzle 16. It is designed to inject. Then, after the elapse of the predetermined time, when the motor 17 rotates in the reverse direction and the support shaft 4 rotates in the reverse direction, and the receiving member 3 is in the horizontal state, the cam 20b
The limit switch 20d is operated by the
Is stopped, and the receiving member 3 is held in a horizontal state.

A vibrator 21 for vibrating the receiving member 3 is attached to the lower surface of the receiving member 3, and the starting time and the starting time of the vibrator 21 are controlled by the control panel.

A dissolving tank 22 is fixedly installed at a front portion between the columns 1, and when the container 12 is tilted forward, the mixture in the container 12 is charged into the dissolving tank 22. I have. The dissolution tank 22 is provided with a stirrer 23.

Next, the mixing operation will be described. First, the mixture is put into a container 12 such as a plastic container before being set on the receiving member 3. The mixture may be a kind of a chemical, a mixture of a plurality of chemicals dissolved by stirring, or a liquid or a powder.

Next, the above-mentioned container 12 containing the mixture is
Is placed on the bottom plate 3a of the receiving member 3 in a horizontal state, and the cylinders 9, 10 are operated to operate the piston rods 9a, 10a.
Move a down. As a result, the container fixing lever 11 moves downward, and the upper edges of the container 12 are pressed by the pressing rubbers 13 and 14, and the container 12 is fixed to the receiving member 3.

At this time, even if the height of the container 12 is large or small, the container fixing lever 11 stops at the upper end of the container 12 and holds the container 12. The container 12 is held by the holding rubbers 13 and 14 when the upper end opening diameter of the container 12 is large, and by the holding rubbers 13a and 14a when the opening diameter is small. Therefore, even a commercially available large and small plastic container can be reliably held.

Next, when the drive switch of the control panel is pressed, the drive motor 17 rotates forward at a predetermined constant speed, and the receiving member 3 is rotated.
Rotates in the direction of arrow A at a predetermined constant speed, the container 12 tilts forward at a predetermined constant speed, and the mixture to be mixed in the container 12 is supplied into the dissolving tank 22 by a fixed amount. At this time, when the material to be mixed is a powder, the vibrator 21 is operated to supply the powder in fixed amounts.

By setting the rotational speed of the drive motor 17 to a predetermined value and setting the charging inclination speed of the container 12 to a desired value, it is possible to set the desired amount of the material to be mixed per unit time (charging speed). Further, the drive motor 17 can supply the mixture in a fixed amount at a designated time.

When the mixture is a powder, the supply amount of the powder can be set as desired by operating the vibrator 21 and supplying the powder by operating the vibrator 21 as desired.

When the container 12 is tilted forward by a predetermined angle after a predetermined time has passed, the limit switch 20c is moved by the cam 20a.
Operates, the motor 17 stops, and the timer operates. After the mixture is emptied, the cleaning liquid is ejected from the nozzle 16 to clean the inside of the container 12. As the cleaning liquid, a liquid that does not cause any trouble even if it is mixed in the dissolution tank 22 is used.

After completion of the washing, the drive motor 17
Rotates in the reverse direction, the receiving member 3 rotates in the direction of arrow B, and returns to the original horizontal position.
0d operates and the motor 17 stops. The dissolution tank 22
The mixture to be charged into the inside is stirred and dissolved by the stirrer 23.

FIG. 4 shows an arrangement in which two dispensers as described above are arranged around one dissolution tank 22. That is, two kinds of materials to be mixed are separately stored in two containers 12a and 12b, which are separately set in two charging machines, and the materials to be mixed are charged into the dissolving tank 22 as described above. Things.

In this case, by controlling the drive motors 17a and 17b of the two charging machines at different speeds as desired, as described above, it is possible to mix the two kinds of materials to be mixed. Can be set to

Further, two or more charging machines are connected to one melting tank 2
2 may be arranged. In addition, as an example of use of the above-mentioned charging machine, for example, a medicine X is stored in one container 12a and a medicine Y is stored in the other container 12b of two charging machines as shown in FIG.
, And the one container 12a and the other container 12b are respectively tilted as desired, and are poured into the dissolving tank 22 by a fixed amount at a time, and the stirrer 23 is operated to dissolve in hot water in the dissolving tank 22, and the dissolving solution is dyed. Supply to the machine. When hot water is used in this way, the cleaning liquid sprayed from the nozzle 16 uses hot water, so that the cleaning liquid flows into the dissolution tank 22 without any problem.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the mixture can be supplied in an ideal supply state using a commercially available container such as a plastic container. Further, the control means can automatically supply a predetermined amount of the mixture at a predetermined time even in the case of long-time or night-time operation, thereby reducing the labor of the operator.
Moreover, the device can be formed easily and inexpensively.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is further effective when the mixture is a powder or granules. According to the third aspect of the present invention, furthermore, it is possible to securely hold a container such as a variety of commercially available plastic containers having different diameters and heights with a simple structure, and a commercially available plastic container or the like can be effectively used.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the container can be automatically washed after the discharge of the mixture is completed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a container holding unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an example in which two charging machines of the present invention are arranged.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Receiving member 9, 10 ... Cylinder 9a, 10a ... Piston rod 11 ... Container fixing lever 12 ... Container 16 ... Nozzle 17 ... Drive motor which is a rotation drive means 21 ... Vibrator

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A receiving member comprising means for detachably holding a container and rotatably provided between a horizontal posture and a forwardly inclined posture, and rotation driving means for rotating the receiving member forward and reverse. And a control means for controlling the rotation drive of said rotation drive means. 2. A device for charging a mixture according to claim 1, wherein a vibrator is attached to the receiving member. 3. A receiving member is formed by a bottom plate and both side plates, cylinders are attached to both side plates in an upright state, a container fixing lever is erected between piston rods of both cylinders, and the container is placed on the bottom plate. 3. The mixing machine according to claim 1, wherein the container is fixedly held by the container fixing lever by moving the container fixing lever downward. 4. A machine for charging a mixture according to claim 1, wherein a nozzle for spraying a cleaning liquid into a mounted container is provided at a central portion of the container fixing lever.