JP2011173599A - Apparatus for feeding storage body for tea manufacturing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive apparatus for feeding a storage body for tea manufacturing which has a simple structure in order to reduce any mental burden or physical burden of a worker so that the problems left unsolved are removed in which bargain products are placed in bags by placing a large bag on the ground in a conventional apparatus, and much cost cannot be spent for the apparatus for handling bargain products more inexpensive than tea products. <P>SOLUTION: In the apparatus for feeding a storage body for tea manufacturing, first means includes a loading device for a plurality of storage bodies, a plurality of holding devices for holding the storage bodies in an open state on the loading device, and a driving device for turning the center of the loading device as the turning axis. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a device for placing a container when a tea leaf is put into a container such as a large sea bag in a tea factory, and more specifically, when a stored item such as a tea leaf reaches a preset amount. The container is switched to the next container.

  Containers in tea factories include large sea bags, garbage bags, cardboard boxes and container boxes with moisture-proof bags, and when shipping tea products, large sea bags or cardboard boxes are used. A large sea bag is a triple structure in which a nylon bag is sandwiched between two paper bags and has sizes of 20, 30, 35, 40 kilograms, and the like. In recent years, there are also large sea bags made of aluminum for nitrogen filling. In tea factories, these containers are used according to the purpose of use, and tea leaves called souvenirs that come out in the middle of tea making are sometimes placed in large sea bags.

  Exodus is a collective term for stems with dry stem skin, hard stem sticks, tea astringents, etc., all of which are sorted out from regular tea products during the tea making process and discharged. . Although these are less valuable than regular tea products, they are shipped as products and drunk as stick tea or used as processed tea products.

  The tea products that have been made are measured by a tea making weighing bagging machine as described in Patent Document 1, and packed into large sea bags. In the case of a product, as described in Patent Document 2, the large sea bag was opened, placed on the ground, and put in by a sorting device or a transport device.

  Depending on the size of the tea factory and the amount of processing, the products are continuously discharged in small amounts, and can be 10 or more in a large sea bag a day. In other words, it is necessary to change the large sea bag once or twice an hour, and the operator often goes to the outlet of the goods, checks the amount of the goods in the large sea bag, and has a certain amount. If so, I exchanged the large sea bags, and if the amount was small, repeated the check again after a while. In addition, the place where the goods are discharged is not limited to one place, and there are places where you forget to check the large sea bag.

JP 2003-246301 A JP 2001-275567 A

  An apparatus for packaging tea products is automated as in Patent Document 1, but an apparatus for packaging tea products is not automated as in Patent Document 2. Frequent checks on the amount of goods to be collected, heavy sea bags must be quickly replaced when the goods are continuously discharged, and depending on the throughput, they must be replaced every short time, The opening of the large sea bag closes and the items fall out of the large sea bag.In addition, if the replacement of the large sea bag is delayed, it becomes full and overflows, and the full sea bag collapses and the sea Just placing the large sea bag on the ground as in the past, such as spilling the contents of the bag, filling the large sea bag and clogging the transport device to the large sea bag, was a pile of problems.

  Extracts are cheaper than tea products, and there is no cost for equipment for the extract. However, an object of the present invention is to invent an inexpensive apparatus having a simple structure in order to reduce the mental burden and physical burden on the worker as described above.

  The first means of the present invention comprises a plurality of container mounting means, a plurality of holding means for holding the container in an open state on the mounting means, and a driving means for rotating the center of the mounting means about the rotation axis. And a tea container supply device comprising the above. According to a second means of the present invention, there is provided a sensor for rotating the mounting means at a preset angle in the first means. According to a third means of the present invention, in the first or second means, a sensor for measuring the amount of the stored item is provided. The 4th means of the present invention rotates the mounting means in the above-mentioned first, second or third means when the amount of the contents reaches a preset amount. According to a fifth means of the present invention, in the first, second, third or fourth means, there is provided an alarm means for issuing an alarm when the stored item reaches a set value. According to the sixth means of the present invention, in the first, second, third, fourth or fifth means, when the placing means is rotating, the introduction into the container is temporarily stopped. The seventh means of the present invention is the first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth means, wherein the holding means is a bag holder for holding the bag in an open state, and for fixing the bag to the bag holder. And a bag fixing tool provided in the bag holder.

  Since the plurality of containers can be prepared by the first means of the present invention, the containers can be easily switched. According to the second means of the present invention, since the mounting table rotates to a preset angle, switching to the next container is facilitated. With the third means of the present invention, the amount of the stored item can be checked without actually looking through the container. According to the fourth means of the present invention, it is possible to automatically switch to the next container, and it is not necessary to frequently check. According to the fifth means of the present invention, it is possible to grasp the status of the apparatus even in a remote place, and to go to the apparatus as necessary. According to the sixth means of the present invention, while the container is being switched, the container does not fall out of the container (on the mounting table), and it becomes clean and does not need to be cleaned. According to the seventh means of the present invention, a bag such as a large sea bag can be held with a simple configuration.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. Example 1 FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of an embodiment in which the mounting means of FIG. 1 is rotated. FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the bag fixture. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the bag fixing tool of FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an embodiment in which the number of large sea bags is different. (Example 2) FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an embodiment in which the number of large sea bags is different. (Example 3) FIG. 9 is a view showing the relationship between the mounting table and the bottom plate of the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an embodiment in which the container is a cardboard box. Example 4 FIG. 11 is a front view of FIG.

  The apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The mounting means of the container is a circular mounting table 2, and a bottom plate 4 is provided below the mounting table 2, and the mounting table 2 is supported by a bearing 23 attached to the bottom plate 4 (see FIG. 9). . A column 5 is provided at the center of the bottom plate 4. The bottom plate 4 is provided with a motor 6 as driving means, and a mounting table driving roller 7 of the motor 6 is in contact with the side wall 8 of the mounting table 2 and rotates the mounting table 2 around the support column 5. Since the mounting table 2 is supported by a bearing 23 attached to the bottom plate 4, the mounting plate 2 rotates without moving the bottom plate 4 and the support column 5. The rotation of the mounting table 2 can be set clockwise or counterclockwise by the rotation of the motor 6, but is clockwise in this embodiment.

  The first embodiment is an example of a device on which the large sea bag 1 and the five large sea bags 1 are placed, and a holding means for holding the large sea bag 1 is provided. The holding means includes a holding arm 9, a bag holding tool 10 fixed to the holding arm 9, and a bag fixing tool 11 fixed to the bag holding tool 10. In this embodiment, the holding means 5 holds 5 large sea bags 1. A single bag holder 10 is provided. In order to keep the large sea bag 1 open, the bag holder 10 is sized to fit inside the large sea bag 1 and has a circular shape. Two sets of the bag fixing tools 11 are provided on the opposite sides of the bag holding tool 10 and fixed to the bag holding tool 10 using the bag fixing tool support plate 11 (specifically, FIG. 5). , 6). By moving the handle 12 of the bag fixing tool 11, the link portion 15 moves and the arm 16 moves to open the gap between the holding plate 13 and the bag holding device 10 (FIG. 6), and the holding plate 13 and the bag holding device. By inserting the large sea bag 1 between 10 and moving the handle 12, the space between the sandwiching plate 13 and the bag holder 10 is closed, and the bag 1 can be held and fixed. These holding means are fixedly provided on the rotary support 3 provided at the center of the mounting table 2. The rotating column rotates together with the mounting table 3, and the column 5 passes through the rotating column 3. Basically, the bag holder 10 is provided at a height at which the large sea bag 1 is grounded to the mounting table 2, but the large sea bag 1 may not be grounded to the mounting table 2 depending on the size of the large sea bag 1.

  A sensor for measuring the rotation angle is provided around the bottom plate 4 and the mounting table 2. In this embodiment, a limit switch 17 is used, one limit switch 17 is provided around the bottom plate 4, and five limit switch push plates 18 are provided around the mounting table 2 at equal intervals (72 degrees). When the limit switch 17 is pushed by the limit switch push plate 18 when the predetermined angle is rotated, it is detected that the predetermined angle is rotated, and the rotation is stopped. The sensor may not be a limit switch, but may be a non-contact type sensor, another contact type sensor, or another rotational angle measurement method.

  A sensor for checking the amount in the large sea bag 1 is provided on the large sea bag 1 to be introduced. This sensor is fixed to the column 5 by the sensor support 20, and the sensor does not rotate even when the mounting table 2 rotates. This sensor includes a full sensor that informs when the tea leaves are full and a distance sensor that informs when the tea leaves reach a set height. In this embodiment, the full sensor 19 is used.

  The operation of the above apparatus will be described. This embodiment is an example in which the contents are tea leaves. First, before the tea leaves are discharged from the transport device 22, the large sea bag 1 is attached to the bag holder 10. Although it is not necessary to attach to all the bag holders 10, in order to leave it for a long time, it is good to attach the large sea bag 1 to all the bag holders 10 (Drawing 1, 2, 3, 4 of a present Example). Then, three large sea bags 1 are mounted so that the bag holder 10 wearing the large sea bag 1 and the bag holder 10 not wearing the large sea bag 1 can be seen). When tea making is performed, the tea leaves 21 are discharged from the transport device 22 as appropriate, and the tea leaves 21 are put into the large sea bag 1. When the large sea bag 1 is filled with tea leaves 21, the full sensor 19 senses, the motor 6 is driven, the mounting table 2 rotates (clockwise in this embodiment), and a predetermined angle (72 degrees in this embodiment). ) When it rotates, the limit switch push plate 18 pushes the limit switch 17, and the motor 6 is stopped to sense that it has rotated a predetermined angle. Thereby, the large sea bag 1 is switched to the next empty large sea bag 1. (Figs. 1 and 2 are rotated 72 degrees, resulting in Fig. 3 and 4)

  Since the tea leaves 21 cannot be accommodated in the large sea bag 1 while the mounting table 2 is rotating, the transfer device 22 is stopped and the loading is temporarily stopped while the mounting table 2 is rotating. Can also be controlled.

  A counter is set up to count the full ocean bags 1 and before all 5 ocean bags 1 are full, an alarm sound can be sounded or a warning light can be lit or flashed to issue an alarm. Is possible. Further, when the large sea bag 1 is full and the mounting table 2 is rotated, an alarm can be issued.

  Before all the large sea bags 1 are filled, the operator removes the filled large sea bags 1 from the bag holder 10 and lowers them from the mounting table 2, and attaches the next large sea bag 1 to the bag holder 10.

  The apparatus of the present invention is installed when the tea leaves (extract) discharged from the sorting apparatus as in Patent Document 2 are put into a large sea bag, or the tea leaves (extract) discharged from other sorting apparatuses are opened to the ocean. You may install when putting in a bag. Moreover, you may install, when putting the tea leaf (product) discharged | emitted from tea manufacturing machines other than a sorter into a large sea bag. Furthermore, although it cannot measure, it can utilize also as a bagging apparatus of tea products like patent document 1. FIG. It can also be installed after a tea making machine that mixes tea products (the amount is measured with a distance sensor, full sensor, etc.).

  A present Example is an example (FIG. 7) of the apparatus which mounts four large sea bags 1. The basic structure is the same as that of the first embodiment, and four bag holders 10 are provided. The limit switch push plates 18 are provided at intervals of 90 degrees, and the rotation stops when the mounting table 2 rotates 90 degrees. In this embodiment, the large sea bag 1 is attached to all the bag holders 10.

  A present Example is an example (FIG. 8) of the apparatus which mounts six large sea bags 1. The basic structure is the same as that of the first embodiment, and six bag holders 10 are provided. The limit switch push plates 18 are provided at intervals of 60 degrees, and the rotation stops when the mounting table 2 rotates 60 degrees. In addition, any number of large sea bags 1 can be mounted. In this embodiment, the large sea bag 1 is attached to all the bag holders 10.

  In this embodiment, the container is an example of a cardboard box 31. Unlike the previous embodiment, the holding means is a stopper 32 provided on the mounting table 2, and the stopper 32 prevents the cardboard box 31 from moving when the mounting table 2 rotates. When a moisture-proof bag 34 is built in the cardboard box 31 and the bag cannot be held in an open state, the edge of the bag may be held to the edge of the cardboard box using a fixing tool 33.

  The container may be a bag or box other than the large sea bag 1 and the cardboard box 31, may use a container box, and may use a trash bag when discarding the contents.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Large sea bag 2 Mounting base 3 Rotating support | pillar 4 Bottom plate 5 Support | pillar 6 Motor 7 Mounting base drive roller 8 Side wall 9 Holding arm 10 Large sea bag holding tool 11 Large sea bag fixing tool 12 Handle 13 Holding plate 14 Large sea bag fixing tool support plate 15 Link part 16 Arm 17 Limit switch 18 Limit switch push plate 19 Full sensor 20 Sensor holder 21 Brown leaf 22 Transport device 23 Bearing 24 Bearing mounting 25 Rail 31 Cardboard box 32 Stopper 33 Fixing tool 34 Bag

Claims (7)

  A plurality of container mounting means, a plurality of holding means for holding the container in an open state on the mounting means, and a driving means for rotating the center of the mounting means about a rotation axis. A tea container supply device.   2. A tea container supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor for rotating the mounting means at a preset angle.   3. A tea-making container supply device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a sensor for measuring the amount of the container.   4. The tea-making container supply device according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the placing means is rotated when the amount to be stored reaches a preset amount.   5. The tea-making container supply device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising alarm means for issuing an alarm when the stored item reaches a set value.   6. The tea-making container supply device according to claim 1, wherein when the mounting means is rotating, the charging into the container is temporarily stopped.   The holding means comprises a bag holding tool for holding the bag in an open state, and a bag fixing tool provided in the bag holding tool for fixing the bag to the bag holding tool. The tea-making container supply device according to 3, 4, 5, or 6.

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