JPH0416411A - Carrying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce an installation space by making a carrier body provided with a comb plate on a standing support arm movable in its carrying direction and putting comb teeth of the comb plate in and out of a carry path so that they may be held in/released from a container or the like, in a carrying apparatus of a sterile filling and packing machine of liquid filled containers or the like of drink, etc. CONSTITUTION:Each pressing roller 38 presses a receiving plate 30 via a driving shaft 32 and a rotating arm 35 when a feeder 3 is rotated with a constant center angle. Therefore each operating shaft 25 integral with the receiving plate 30 moves a carry body 2 in a carrying direction. On the other hand, since each comb plate 20 is attached via each base body 40 on each flange 23 which is attached at the upper end of each support arm 22, sliding of each link piece 44 with respect to each coupling shaft 46 at the time of operating the feeder 3 allows the comb plate 20 to be integrally moved and also elevation of each lift 41 allows the comb plate 20 to tilt around each bonding shaft 47 so that each tooth piece 20a is put in and out of a carry path to have a container A held in and released from a container A. Thus an installation area can be reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to containers filled with fluids such as beverages, medicines, alcoholic beverages, gelled substances, and gas-containing liquids, and objects held in a suspended state, such as The present invention relates to a conveyance device for solid objects such as packaging bags, frozen meat, and joints conveyed on free rollers, and particularly relates to a conveyance device in an aseptic filling and packaging machine.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art For conveying a solid object held in a suspended state, a device is generally used in which a suspension hook is connected to a chain and conveyance is realized as the chain moves.

This conveyance method poses no problem if it simply conveys the conveyed object, but if it is necessary to perform specific processing on the conveyed object at a fixed position during conveyance, it is necessary to accurately move the conveyed object. It becomes necessary to transport the product in a positioned state. In particular, when the object to be transported is a container, sterilization, filling, sealing, etc. of the transported object are performed by accurately positioning and stopping specialized equipment installed in a predetermined position. It is necessary to perform the above processing.

In this way, when transporting objects with accurate positioning, a dedicated position adjustment mechanism is provided separately from the transport device, but when such a dedicated position adjustment mechanism is provided, the structure of the entire transport equipment is The system becomes complicated and large-scale, which increases equipment costs, requires troublesome maintenance, and requires a large amount of space for installation.

As a conventional technique to solve this inconvenience, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 62-
There are Japanese Patent No. 287833 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1-294416.

The prior art disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-287833 is a method for transporting objects suspended from a rail body that can change the width of the transport path according to the shape of the objects to be fed. Regarding the device, plates are erected at regular intervals on a conveyor running in the form of an endless band, and the plates are used to press and convey objects suspended from a rail body one by one.

Furthermore, in the prior art disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-294416, a conveyed object is held suspended on a rail body that can change the width of the conveying path according to the shape of the conveyed object to be fed. Regarding the conveyance device, it has a comb-toothed plate having a tooth piece that fits onto a part of the object to be conveyed, and this comb-tooth plate is fixed to the upper end of the swing arm. is fitted onto a part of the object to be conveyed and the comb tooth plate is advanced along the conveyance path. When the object is not being conveyed, the swinging arm is tilted and the comb tooth plate is moved so that the tooth pieces are out of the conveyance path. In this state, it is moved back to the position before the forward movement to prepare for the next conveyance operation.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In addition to achieving accurate alignment with each processing device when carrying out various processes on the transported object, the transfer device must also have a form that does not interfere with the operation of each processing device, and It is desirable that the installation not be subject to positional constraints.

However, with the conventional technology disclosed in JP-A No. 62-287833, it is difficult to combine it with a sealing device that seals and fixes the lid material to the transported object, a discharge device that guides the transported object out of the filling and packaging machine, etc. However, the overall size of the filling and packaging machine becomes large, and when applied to an aseptic processing device, the aseptic processing volume becomes unnecessarily large, resulting in a problem that the filling and packaging machine becomes uneconomical.

Furthermore, with the conventional technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-294416, it is possible to easily and effectively combine it with other processing equipment; This is achieved by moving the comb-tooth plate to the side of the conveyance path, so a space must be secured to the side of the conveyance path for the comb-tooth plate to retreat, and the sterile volume must be increased accordingly. However, there is a problem that the sterile processing volume is uneconomical.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the problems in the prior art described above, and the retraction of the comb-toothed plate from the conveyance path of the conveyed object is achieved by substantial vertical displacement of the comb-toothed plate. The aim is to reduce the volume of installation space required by the transport device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes a comb-shaped plate in which a tooth piece is fitted onto a part of the object to be conveyed, and a conveying force is applied to the object through the tooth piece. , having a conveying body provided at the upper end of the upright support arm; having a feeding device that moves this conveying body along the conveying direction; The comb tooth plate is tilted with respect to the support arm, or the comb tooth plate is moved up and down.

The conveyance device according to the present invention having such a configuration is incorporated into a filling and packaging machine that performs sterilization and filling processes on objects to be conveyed during conveyance, and has a flange on the outer periphery of the opening of the bottomed cylindrical main body. It is advantageous to apply this method to an object in which the object to be conveyed, which is a container surrounding the object, is supported in a suspended manner by at least a pair of parallelly arranged rails.

The feeding device moves the conveyor forward at a fixed distance along the conveyance path.
It is preferable to have a configuration in which it is moved backward.

The comb-toothed plate of the conveying body is constructed by combining a first comb-toothed plate and a second comb-toothed plate so as to be slidably displaceable so that the interval between opposing tooth pieces can be changed, and the teeth relative to the conveyance path of the conveyed object It is preferable to provide a comb tooth position adjustment device for adjusting and setting the entrance and exit positions of the pieces.

As the loading/unloading device, a base plate having a tiltable axially connected comb-tooth plate is connected to the upper end of a support arm, and the lifting body that is driven up and down is connected to the comb-tooth plate via a link piece. Either the comb tooth plate is configured to tilt according to the vertical displacement, or the comb tooth plate is assembled so that it can be moved up and down, so that it can be slid horizontally with respect to the comb tooth plate, but remains immovable vertically. It is preferable that the structure is composed of an elevating body that is connected to the elevating body and moves up and down.

[Effect]

When the feeding device is driven with the teeth of the comb-toothed plate of the conveyor fitted over a part of the object to be conveyed, the object to be conveyed will move along the conveyance path while being held between the teeth of the comb-toothed plate. conveyed along the When the object is transported to a predetermined position by driving the feeding device, the loading/unloading device is driven after the feeding device stops.

When the loading/unloading device is driven, the comb-toothed plate, which has teeth fitted onto a part of the transported object, tilts relative to the support arm, or moves up and down independently or together with the supporting arm, removing the comb from the transported object. At the same time as it leaves, it retreats from the conveyance path of the conveyed object.

In this way, the comb tooth plate of the conveying body is retracted out of the conveyance path for the conveyed object that is positioned at a preset fixed position, so that the conveyed object that is positioned at this fixed position Sterilization processing, filling processing, sealing processing, etc. on objects are carried out without being interfered with by this conveyor.

In addition, the tooth piece is moved in and out of the conveyance path by tilting only the comb-tooth plate of the conveyor with respect to the support arm using a loading/unloading device.
Alternatively, this can be achieved by simply moving the tooth piece up and down alone or together with the support arm, so that the space required for retracting the tooth piece to the outside of the conveyance path is extremely small.

The conveying device according to the present invention is incorporated into a filling and packaging machine that performs sterilization processing, filling processing, sealing processing, etc. on objects to be transported during transportation, and a flange is attached to the outer periphery of the opening of the main body in the shape of a cylinder with a bottom. When an object to be conveyed, which is a container, is suspended from at least a pair of parallel rails and is conveyed along these rails, the teeth of the comb-teeth plate are A part of the transported object will be located below the rail, and the comb tooth plate, which is tilted or moved up and down by the loading/unloading device, will be tilted downward from the position where the tooth piece is fitted onto a part of the transported object. Or, it descends, separates from the conveyed object, and retreats to the outside of the conveyance path.

The feeding device moves the conveyor forward at a constant distance along the conveyance path,
If the configuration is such that the object is moved backwards, the object to be transported will be transported intermittently over a certain distance, but when the transporter moves backwards, the comb tooth plate will be transported by tilting or raising and lowering due to the operation of the loading/unloading device. The vehicle is kept off the road.

If the comb tooth plate has a combination structure of a first comb tooth plate and a second comb tooth plate and a comb tooth position adjustment device is provided, even if the dimensions of the transported object change, the By driving the comb tooth position adjustment device in response to the changed dimensions and displacing both comb tooth plates by equal distances in opposite directions, the center position of the transported object can be accurately positioned with respect to a fixed transport stop position. By moving only the negative comb plate by a certain distance relative to the other, the front end position of the object to be transported can be made to correspond accurately to a certain transport stop position.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 15 are configured to be assembled into the aseptic filling and packaging machine shown in FIG.
The aseptic filling and packaging machine shown in FIG. 16 is composed of a sterilizer 10 for container-shaped objects to be transported A, which has a flange around the outer periphery of the opening of a bottomed cylindrical main body, and a filling and sealing device 15. There is an airtight frame 19a, which is a sterile chamber, on a support frame 18 that houses a drive device for the entire bacteria packaging apparatus and serves as a support for the entire apparatus. A supply body 11 that sequentially supplies material A, a sterilizing agent inlet 12 such as hydrogen peroxide, an ultraviolet irradiation device 13 also for the purpose of sterilization, a hot air supply duct} 14a, and a hot air suction duct}
14b is attached to the airtight frame 19a.
A conveyed object A supplied from the supply body 11 to at least one pair of conveying rails R arranged horizontally and parallel to each other.
is held in a suspended state by its flanges, and the conveyed object A held on this rail R is carried by pushers fixed at regular intervals on an endless chain installed to run along the rail R directly below the rail R. I try to move it using a board.

The conveyed object A held on the rail R is first sterilized by spraying a sterilizer from the sterilizer inlet 12 and then irradiated with ultraviolet rays from the ultraviolet irradiation device 13, and then heated. After being completely dried and smoked by wind blowing, it is supplied to the filling and sealing device 15.

The filling and sealing device 15 has an airtight frame 19b that is a sterile chamber mounted on a support frame 18, and a filling machine 1 that fills the contents into the transported object A into the airtight frame 19b.
6, a lid sterilizer 17 that sterilizes the lid and supplies it to the transported object A, and a sealing part that tightly welds the lid to the opening surface of the transported object A, and the inside of the airtight frame 19b. The first aspect of the invention is to achieve the positioning of the conveyed object A and the posture regulation of the conveyed object A with respect to the lid body supplied from the lid body sterilizer l7 and the conveyance device l of the present invention combined with the rail R. When welding and fixing the lid to the transported object A, the positioning part and the sealing part for welding and fixing are used to achieve positioning and posture regulation of the combination of transported object A and the lid with respect to the sealing part. A second positioning portion is arranged to receive and stop the pressing force from.

The conveyed object A carried in from the sterilizer 10 is held suspended on the rail R and conveyed by the conveying device 1 directly below the filling machine 16, and is filled with sterile contents by the filling machine 16. The transported object A filled with the contents is further moved directly below the lid sterilizer 17, where it is placed under pressure by the first positioning section and regulated to a constant posture, and then transported from the lid sterilizer 17. At the same time as the lid is supplied, the lid is temporarily attached to the object A to be transported. The conveyed object A whose lid has been temporarily fixed to the opening is then conveyed directly below the sealing section, where it is positioned and regulated by the second positioning section, and the welding land of the lid is By supporting the flange from below, the lid body is hermetically welded by the seal portion, and the lid body is transported outside the airtight frame 19b.

The conveyance device 1 (see FIG. 1) assembled to the filling and sealing device 15 has teeth that apply a pressing force for conveyance to the main body of the conveyed object A suspended on the rail R. 20a
A transport device 3 that reciprocates the transport body 2 at a fixed distance along the transport path of the transported object A formed by the rail R, and It is comprised of a loading/unloading device 4 for moving the tooth piece 20a in and out, and a comb tooth position adjustment device 6 for adjusting the position of the tooth piece 20a in and out of the conveyance path.

The conveyor 2 (see FIGS. 2, 3, and 15) includes a comb plate 20 in which a large number of teeth 20a are integrally provided at regular intervals on a head plate 20b in the form of an elongated straight plate, and a fixed part. The base end is immovably fixed to a straight rod-shaped actuating shaft 25 attached to a support frame 18, and a plurality of support arms 22 have a comb tooth plate 20 connected to the upper end, The support arm 22'' is fixed to the position adjustment device 6 and has a comb tooth plate 20 connected to its upper end.

The comb-tooth plate 20 is attached to the upper end of the support arm 22 through a flange 23 so that the first comb-tooth plate 201 and the second comb-tooth plate 202, which have the same structure, are mutually moved along the conveyance path. They are constructed by overlapping each other in a state in which they are coupled so that they can be slant-displaced. The first comb-tooth plate 201 and the second comb-tooth plate 202 are coupled to each other in a slidable manner by forming a long slide hole 20c along the conveyance path in the head plate 20b.
This is achieved by engaging the engagement pin 21 with 0c.

The operating shaft 25 has its base end fixed to the support frame wall 18' of the support frame body 18, and its middle part is attached to a slide bearing 26 fixed to the upper end of a large number of fixed column pieces 27 sealed to the airtight frame wall 19'. Each support arm 22 is attached to the operating shaft 25 so as to be slidable in the axial direction (see FIG. 12).
The lower end of is immovably fixed by a fixed bearing 24. That is, the support arm 22 moves together with the operating shaft 25 along the conveyance path.

A fixed support arm 22'', which has one comb tooth plate 20 coupled to its upper end so as not to be displaceable along the conveyance path, supports the comb tooth position adjustment device 6 by means of a fixed flange 23'' (see FIG. 15) provided at its lower end. It is fixed to a moving bearing 70, and this sliding bearing 7
0 in the axial direction with respect to the operating shaft 25, the position of the comb tooth plate 20 in and out of the conveyance path is changed.

The feeding device 3 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) is rotatably driven at a constant central angle by a drive source (not shown), is supported by a support bearing 33 on a support frame wall 18°, and is supported by an airtight frame wall 19°.
A rotating arm 35 extending laterally is fixed to the tip of the drive shaft 32 that penetrates through the drive shaft while being sealed by a sealed bearing 34, and two pairs of suppression rollers 38 are attached to the tip of the rotating arm 35. In the installation, the plate 37 is rotatably attached to the shaft 36, and the plate 37 is attached in a manner to be installed between the two operating shafts 25 which are arranged in parallel at both ends. The flat plate-shaped receiver is attached to the operating shaft 25 by a fixing fitting 31 so that it can be rotated freely but cannot be displaced in the axial direction. ing. This feeding device 3 has a drive shaft 3
2, the receiver applies a pressing force to the plate 30 via the pressure roller 38, and due to the action of this pressing force, the receiver moves the plate 30 together with the actuating shaft 25 in the axial direction of the actuating shaft 25. , that is, along the conveyance path.

The loading/unloading device 4 has a structure in which the comb tooth plate 20 is tilted relative to the support arm 22, and a structure in which the comb tooth plate 20 is moved up and down.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 shows a configuration example in which the comb-tooth plate 20 is tilted with respect to the support arm 22, and two flat plates are provided corresponding to the first and second comb-tooth plates 20. The shaped base body 40 is fixed to the upper end of the support arm 22 on the flange 23, and the base body 40 is attached to the guide hole 50 which is long in the longitudinal direction. The head plate 20b of the comb-tooth plate 20 corresponding to the side edge of the base body 40 is tilted via a joint shaft 47 having a hinge structure. possible to combine. Bracket 4 fixed to the lower surface of the head plate 20b of the lower comb tooth plate 20
3, the upper end of a link piece 44 is pivotally fixed by a connecting pin 45, and the lower end of this link piece 44 is slidably connected to a connecting shaft 46 at the upper end of the elevating body 41. Lifting body 4
1 is inserted and assembled in a cylindrical guide tube 42 that is airtightly fixed by penetrating the support frame wall 18' and the airtight frame wall 19' so that it can be slid up and down freely, and the lower end is inserted into the support frame 18. The connecting shaft 46 is connected to an elevating drive body (not shown) which is attached to the upper end, and a connecting shaft 46 is installed horizontally between the opposing flanges of a connecting fitting 48 fixed to the upper end. The length of the connecting shaft 46 installed horizontally on the connecting fitting 48 is longer than the conveying distance of one time of the feeding device 3 (see FIG. 7), which conveys the container A intermittently along the rail R.

A connecting shaft 47 that hinges the upper base body 40 and the comb-teeth plate 20 is connected to the base body 40.
This is achieved by a vertically installed bottle and a long hole (see Fig. 8) through which this bottle is loosely connected, thereby stably achieving the tilting of both comb teeth plates 2o around the lower connecting shaft 47. There is.

Therefore, when the feeding device 3 is in operation, the link piece 44 slides relative to the connecting shaft 46 and moves together with both comb teeth plates 20, and when the elevating body 41 moves up and down, the elevating displacement of the elevating body 41 is controlled. The signal is transmitted from the connecting shaft 46 to the two comb-tooth plates 20 via the link piece 44, and the two comb-teeth plates 20 are tilted and displaced about the coupling shaft 47, thereby achieving the movement of the tooth piece 20a in and out of the conveyance path.

In addition, when the length of the comb-teeth plate 20 is long, it is preferable to provide a plurality of loading/unloading devices 4.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 shows a configuration example in which the comb plate 20 is moved up and down. It is assembled so that it can be moved up and down relative to the operating shaft 25.

The elevating body 41, which is lifted and lowered by the elevating drive body within the support frame body 18, is assembled so as to be slidable up and down on a guide cylinder 42 which is fixed by passing through the support frame wall 18' and the airtight frame wall 19'' in an airtight manner. A base body 40 is fixed to the upper end of the base body 40. A connecting bar 51 in the shape of a straight round rod extending along the transport direction is attached to the base body 40. is slidably connected to the flange 23.

Therefore, when the feeding device 3 is in operation, the conveying body 2 slides the attached flange 23 with respect to the connecting bar 51 to move forward and backward along the conveying path, and the elevating body 2 moves forward and backward along the conveying path.
During the first lifting and lowering operation, the support arm 22 slides up and down relative to the fixed bearing 24 while being supported by the connecting bar 51, thereby allowing the tooth piece 20a to move in and out of the conveyance path.

In the case of the loading/unloading device 4 that moves the comb tooth plate 20 up and down to move the tooth piece 20a in and out of the conveyance path, the fixed support arm 22° is assembled to the sliding bearing 7o of the comb tooth position adjustment device 6 as follows. Similar to the attachment of the support arm 22 to the fixed bearing 24, the fixed support arm 22' is attached to the sliding bearing 7o so as to be slidable up and down.

Further, if the length of the comb tooth plate 2o is long, it is preferable to provide a plurality of loading/unloading devices 4.

Comb tooth position adjustment device 6 (Figs. 13, 14, and 1)
(see Figure 5) is attached to the plate 61 with an air motor as a drive source, which is attached to the plate 61 using a fitting 72 so that it can be rotated but cannot be slid. 6o and this air motor 60
A drive gear 64 is fixed to the tip of a rotary shaft piece 63 which is connected to the output shaft of the rotor and housed in the shaft cover 62, and is attached to the plate 61 so that it can rotate freely but cannot be slid and is assembled by a bearing 73. A driven gear 65 fixed to one end of the screw shaft 66 is engaged with the drive gear 64, and the screw shaft 66
Both ends of a connecting arm 69 whose center is immovably fixed to a nut piece 68 screwed into a threaded portion 67 with a reverse screw structure formed at both ends of the connecting arm 69 can be slid in the axial direction on the creative movement shaft 25. The assembly is connected to a sliding bearing 70 which is fixed and cannot be rotated. As shown in FIG. 15, a fixed support arm 22' of the carrier 2 is immovably fixed to the sliding bearing 70 by a fixed flange 23'. When the screw shaft 66 is rotated by the drive of the air motor 60, the nut piece 68 screwed into the threaded portion 67 moves in opposite directions due to the rotation of the screw shaft 66, and the nut piece 68 and the connecting arm 69 are connected to each other. Since the sliding bearing 70 connected to the sliding bearing 70 slides along the operating shaft 25, the comb plate 20 connected to the sliding bearing 70 via the fixed support arm 22° is displaced along the conveyance path.

When the shape or dimensions of the transported object A changes and the width of the main body of the transported object A along the transport path changes, for example, when it becomes smaller, both sliding bearings 70 may be moved closer to each other. By driving the air motor 60 in the direction of
The tooth pieces 20a are moved closer to each other to reduce the distance between the two tooth pieces 20a, so that the center position of the conveyed object A that is being conveyed while being held between the two tooth pieces 20a always stops at a constant stop position. That's what I do.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has the following effects.

Since the comb-tooth plate moves in and out of the conveyance path simply by tilting the comb-tooth plate with respect to the support arm or moving the comb-tooth plate up and down, it is necessary to maintain the comb-tooth plate in a retracted position outside the conveyance path. Therefore, the space occupied by the entire transport device can be significantly reduced, so that the entire transport device can be integrated into a narrow space without any problems.

Funds incorporated into aseptic filling machines can significantly reduce the volume of the sterile atmosphere created and maintained within the aseptic filling machine, thereby significantly reducing the amount of sterilizing agent required and the amount of sterile air required. As a result, the operating costs of aseptic filling machines can be significantly reduced.

Since the comb tooth plate can be moved in and out of the conveyance path by simply tilting the comb tooth plate with respect to the support arm or moving the comb tooth plate up and down, the configuration of the loading/unloading device can be simplified, and its operation can also be simplified. It can be made simple, which simplifies the configuration and operation of the entire conveying device.

Since the installation space of the entire transfer device can be sufficiently small, the transfer device can be installed sufficiently adjacent to the storage or waiting space for the transferred items, thereby achieving efficient transfer operations without wasting space. can do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing an embodiment of a conveyance apparatus according to the present invention, which is combined with a rail that holds an object to be conveyed in a suspended manner. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a combination of a pair of comb teeth plates. FIG. 3 is a partial external perspective view showing another embodiment of the combination of a pair of comb-teeth plates assembled on a support arm. 4 and 5 show an example of the structure of the feeding device, with FIG. 4 being a partially cutaway front view and FIG. 5 being a partially cutaway plan view. Figures 6 to 8 show examples of the configuration of a loading/unloading device that tilts a comb tooth plate to move tooth pieces in and out of the conveyance path. Figure 6 is a front view, Figure 7 is a side view, FIG. 8 is a plan view. Figures 9 to 11 show an example of the structure of a loading/unloading device that moves the comb plate up and down to move tooth pieces in and out of the conveyance path, with Figure 9 being a front view and Figure 10 being a side view. , 11th
The figure is a plan view. FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of the assembly of the operating shaft of the conveyor, FIG. 9(a) is a plan view, and FIG. 9(b) is a partially cutaway side view. 13 to 15 show an example of the structure of the comb tooth position adjustment device, and FIG. 13 is a partially cutaway side view, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view, and FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway front view. FIG. 16 is an overall side view showing an example of an aseptic filling and packaging apparatus to which the apparatus of the present invention is assembled. Description of symbols 1; Conveying device; 2; Conveying body; 20; Comb tooth plate; 201; First comb tooth plate; 202; Second comb tooth plate, 20a; Tooth piece, 20b
; ill plate, 20c; slide elongated hole, 21: engagement pin,
22; Support arm, 22°; Fixed support arm, 23; Mounted on flange, 23゛; Fixed 7 langes, 24; Fixed bearing, 25; Operating shaft, 26; Slide bearing, 27; Fixed column piece, 3; Feeding device , 30; The receiver is a plate, 31; Fixing metal fittings, 32
Drive shaft, 33; Support bearing, 34; Sealed bearing, 35; Rotating arm, 36; Mounted on shaft, 37; Mounted on plate, 38; Press roller, 4; Take-in/take-out device, 40; Base body, 41;
Lifting body, 42; Guide tube, 43; Bracket, 44; Link piece, 45; Connection pin, 46; Connection shaft, 47; Connection shaft, 48; Connection fitting, 49; Guide pin, 5o; Guide hole, 51: Connection Bar, 6; Comb tooth position adjustment device, 6o; Air motor, 61; Mounting plate, 62; Shaft cover, 63
; Rotating shaft piece, 64; Drive gear, 65; Driven gear, 66;
Screw shaft, 67; threaded part, 68; nut piece, 69; connecting arm, 70; sliding bearing, 71; mounting part, 72; assembly fitting, 73; assembly bearing, 10; sterilizer, 11 ;supply body;
12; Disinfectant inlet, 13; Ultraviolet irradiation device, 14a;
Hot air supply duct, 14h; Hot air suction duct, 15; Filling and sealing device, 16; Filling machine, 17; Lid sterilization device, 18;
Support frame body, 18'; Support frame wall, 19a; 19b; Airtight frame body, 19'; Airtight frame wall, A: Object to be transported, R: Rail. Applicant Yukijirushi Dairy Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] (1) A comb-tooth plate is provided at the upper end of the upright support arm, with a tooth piece externally fitted onto a part of the object to be conveyed, and a comb-tooth plate that applies a conveying force to the object through the tooth piece. a conveying body; a feeding device that moves the conveying body along the conveying direction; and a comb-teeth plate of the conveying body relative to the support arm in order to move the tooth piece into and out of the conveyance path of the conveyed object. A conveying device consisting of a loading/unloading device that tilts. (2) A comb-shaped plate is provided at the upper end of the upright support arm, with a tooth piece externally fitted onto a part of the object to be conveyed, and which applies a conveying force to the object through the tooth piece. a conveyance body, a feeding device that moves the conveyance body along the conveyance direction, and an insertion/removal device that moves the comb tooth plate of the conveyance body up and down in order to move the tooth piece into and out of the conveyance path of the conveyed object. A conveying device consisting of. (3) The transported object is a container that is installed in a filling and packaging machine that sterilizes and fills the transported object during transportation, and has a bottomed cylindrical main body with a flange around the opening. ,
3. The conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the conveying device is suspended from at least a pair of parallel rails. (4) The conveying device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the feeding device is configured to move the conveying body forward and backward at a fixed distance along the conveying path. (5) The comb-tooth plate is constructed by combining a first comb-tooth plate and a second comb-tooth plate in a slidable manner so that the interval between opposing teeth can be changed, and 5. The conveyance device according to claim 1, further comprising a comb tooth position adjusting device for adjusting and setting the ingress and egress positions of the tooth pieces. (6) In the loading/unloading device, a base body having a comb-toothed plate tiltably coupled to the upper end of the support arm is connected to the upper end of the support arm, and the elevating body that is driven up and down is connected to the comb-toothed plate via a link piece, 6. The conveyance device according to claim 1, wherein said comb tooth plate is tilted in accordance with the vertical displacement of said vertically movable body. (7) The loading/unloading device is constituted by an elevating body that can be slid horizontally with respect to the comb-toothed plate, but is fixedly coupled to the comb-teeth plate and moved up and down, and the comb-toothed plate is assembled so as to be movable up and down. 6. The conveying device according to claim 2, 3, 4, or 5.