Makeup foundation filling machine

Abstract

A makeup foundation filling machine includes: container supplying means for supplying at least one container in which a puff is contained to a fixed position on a stage; elevating means having a flow pipe which is elevated above the container arranged at the fixed position by the container supplying means and pressing and transforming the puff in a state where the flow pipe gets in contact with the puff during a lowering action of the flow pipe; and foundation supplying means for supplying foundation of a fixed volume to the puff through the inside of the flow pipe in the state where the flow pipe directly gets in contact with the puff pressed and transformed while the flow pipe lowers by the elevating means.

Claims

1. A makeup foundation filling machine comprising: container supplying unit (100) for supplying a container (10) in which a puff (20) is contained to a fixed position on a stage (50); a flow pipe (200) having an outer flow pipe (230) which is elevated above the container (10) arranged at the fixed position by the container supplying unit (100) and gets in contact with an edge of the puff (20) during a lowering action to prevent leakage of foundation when foundation of the fixed volume is supplied to the puff (20); elevating unit (300) for elevating the flow pipe (200); and foundation supplying unit (500) for supplying foundation of a fixed volume to the puff (20) through the inside of the flow pipe (200) in the state where the flow pipe (200) directly gets in contact with the puff (20) when the flow pipe (200) lowers by the elevating unit (300), wherein the flow pipe (200) comprises: a pipe body (210); an inner flow pipe (220) which is arranged inside the pipe body (210) and becomes a supply path of foundation; and the outer flow pipe (230) which is arranged to the outside of an end portion of the inner flow pipe (220) and presses the edge of the puff (20) downwardly so as to prevent leakage of foundation when foundation of the fixed volume is supplied to the puff (20) through the inner flow pipe (220).

2. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 1, wherein the elevating unit (300) comprises: a driving motor (310) rotated when external electricity is applied; a driving shaft (315) rotated by rotation of the driving motor (310); a lower platform (320) connected to be elevated according to rotation of the driving shaft (315); and an upper platform (330) which is connected to the lower platform (320) to be interlocked with the lower platform (320) via connection rods (325) and is joined integrally with the pipe body (210) to transfer the elevating power of the lower platform (320) to the flow pipe (200).

3. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 2, wherein the elevating unit (300) further comprises auxiliary elevating unit (350) for separately elevating the outer flow pipe (230).

4. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 3, wherein the auxiliary elevating unit (350) comprises: an elevating cylinder (351) having an elevating rod (352) which is arranged above the pipe body (210) and is vertically elevated by an external power source; a moving plate (353) which is connected to an end portion of the elevating rod (352) to be vertically elevated according to an elevating action of the elevating rod (352); an interlocking bar (354) connected to the moving plate (353) to be interlocked; and a support plate (355) which is connected to the interlocking bar (354) and supports the outer flow pipe (230) to transfer the elevating power of the elevating rod (352) of the elevating cylinder (351) to the outer flow pipe (230).

5. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the outer flow pipe (230) is 30 to 70% of the inner diameter of the container (10) in which the puff (20) is contained.

6. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 1, wherein the inner flow pipe (220) further comprises a pressing disc (225) disposed on the outer circumference of the lower part thereof.

7. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 1, wherein the container supplying unit (100) comprises: a supply conveyer (110) for conveying container trays (30), on which the containers (10) are respectively seated, in consecutive order; a discharge rod (120) which is moved forward and backward by a cylinder to push and locate the container tray (30) to the fixed position of the stage (50) on the supply conveyer (110) and to push and move foundation toward a discharge conveyer (130) after foundation is supplied to the puff (20) by the foundation supplying unit (500); and the discharge conveyer (130) for discharging the container trays (30) transferred by the discharge rod (120) in order.

8. The makeup foundation filling machine according to claim 1, wherein pressure to supply foundation to the puff (20) through the inner flow pipe (220) of the flow pipe (200) is 0.3 to 1.5 kg/cm.sup.2.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 is a configurative diagram showing a structure of a makeup foundation filling machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the makeup foundation filling machine;

(4) FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a connection structure of a flow pipe of the makeup foundation filling machine;

(5) FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3;

(6) FIG. 5 is a configurative diagram schematically showing an arrangement state of the flow pipe and a container;

(7) FIG. 6 is a view showing an operational state of elevating means of the makeup foundation filling machine;

(8) FIG. 7 is a view showing an operational state of auxiliary elevating means of the makeup foundation filling machine;

(9) FIG. 8 is a use state view schematically showing a foundation filling process in order according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

(10) FIG. 9 is a use state view schematically showing a foundation filling process in order according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(11) Referring to FIGS. 1 to 9, a makeup foundation filling machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: container supplying means 100 for supplying at least one container (10) in which a puff 20 is contained to a fixed position on a stage; a flow pipe 200 which is elevated above the container 10 arranged at the fixed position by the container supplying means 100; elevating means 300 for elevating the flow pipe 200 and making the flow pipe 200 come into contact with the puff 20 when the flow pipe 200 lowers after being elevated; and foundation supplying means for supplying foundation of a fixed volume to the puff 20 through the inside of the flow pipe 200 in the state where the flow pipe 200 directly gets in contact with the puff 20 when the flow pipe 200 lowers by the elevating means 300.

(12) Referring to FIG. 1, the elevating means 300 includes: a driving motor 310 which is disposed below the stage 50 and rotates in forward and backward directions when external electricity is applied; a driving shaft 315 rotated by rotation of the driving motor 310; a lower platform 320 connected to transfer a rotational force of the driving shaft 315 through a vertical elevating power; and an upper platform 330 which is connected to the lower platform 320 to be interlocked with the lower platform 320 via connection rods 325, is joined integrally with a pipe body 210 to transfer the elevating power of the lower platform 320 to the flow pipe 200.

(13) The driving shaft 315 is connected to the lower platform 320 in a screw type, such that the lower platform 320 is vertically elevated according to rotation of the driving shaft 315.

(14) The connection rods 325 are vertically joined to edge parts of the lower platform 320 and the upper end portion of the connection rod 325 is connected to the lower side of the upper platform 330 to transfer the elevating power of the lower platform 320 to the upper platform 330.

(15) Referring to FIG. 2, the container supplying means 100 includes: a supply conveyer 110 for conveying container trays 30, on which the containers 10 are respectively seated, in one direction in consecutive order; a discharge rod 120 which is moved forward and backward by a cylinder to push and locate the container tray 30 to the fixed position of the stage 50 on the supply conveyer 110 and to push and move foundation toward a discharge conveyer 130 after foundation is supplied to the puff 20 by the foundation supplying means 500; and the discharge conveyer 130 for conveying the container trays 30 transferred by the discharge rod 120 in the other direction to discharge the container trays 30 in order.

(16) In this instance, because the plural containers are seated on the container tray 30 and foundation is supplied to the containers at the same time, foundation is supplied to a plurality of the puffs 20 so as to enhance productivity.

(17) The stage 50 is located between the supply conveyer 110 and the discharge conveyer 130, and the flow pipe 200 is located above the stage 50.

(18) Referring to FIGS. 3 and 5, the flow pipe 200 includes: a pipe body 210 joined to an upper supporter; an inner flow pipe 220 which is arranged inside the pipe body 210 and of which upper part is connected with the foundation supplying means 500 to become a supply path of foundation; and an outer flow pipe 230 which is arranged to the outside of an end portion of the inner flow pipe 220 and presses the edge of the puff 20 downwardly so as to prevent leakage of foundation when foundation of the fixed volume is supplied to the puff 20 through the inner flow pipe 220.

(19) It is preferable that the inner flow pipe 220 further include a pressing disc 225 disposed on the outer circumference of the lower part thereof.

(20) The pressing disc 225 is arranged at a space between the inner flow pipe 220 and the outer flow pipe 230 in order to press the puff 20 when the flow pipe 200 presses the puff 20 and foundation is supplied and to smoothly supply foundation to the puff 20 located inside the outer flow pipe 230.

(21) Moreover, it is preferable that the diameter of the outer flow pipe 230 is at the rate of 30% to 70% of the inner diameter of the container 10 in which the puff 20 is contained.

(22) Because the puff 20 is contained in the container 10 to be able to move, if the diameter of the flow pipe 230 exceeds 70% of the inner diameter of the container 10, some of the outer circumference of the lower part of the outer flow pipe 230 is not located in a straight line of the puff 20 and the flow pipe 200 does not get in contact with the puff 20 and may be located in the space of the container 10 when the flow pipe 200 lowers. Therefore, some of foundation does not directly get in contact with the puff 20 while foundation is supplied and foundation may be leaked out of the container 10.

(23) On the contrary, if the diameter of the flow pipe 230 is less than 30% of the inner diameter of the container 10, because the surface area of the puff 20 located inside the outer flow pipe 230 is small, supply efficiency of foundation supplied through the inner flow pipe 220 is reduced.

(24) Referring to FIGS. 2 and 5, the foundation supplying means 500 includes: a supply hose 510 which becomes a path to supply liquid foundation from the outside; and a connector 520 for connecting the inner flow pipe 220 of the flow pipe 200 with an end portion of the supply hose 510.

(25) The supply hose 510 is made of a flexible material to be interlocked according to the elevating action of the upper platform 330.

(26) It is preferable that pressure to supply foundation to the puff 20 through the inner flow pipe 220 of the flow pipe 200 is 0.3 to 1.5 kg/cm.sup.2.

(27) If pressure to supply foundation to the puff 20 is less than 0.3 kg/cm.sup.2, in the state where the end portion of the inner flow pipe 220 gets in contact with the surface of the puff 20, the foundation absorbing rate of the puff 20 is lowered. On the contrary, if pressure to supply foundation to the puff 20 exceeds 1.5 kg/cm.sup.2, because foundation may run over the container 10 after passing the puff 20. Therefore, it is preferable that foundation is supplied to the puff 20 within a pressure range of 0.3 to 1.5 kg/cm.sup.2.

(28) Hereinafter, the operation of the elevating means 300 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, when external electricity is applied to the driving motor 310, the driving motor 310 is rotated in one direction to rotate the driving shaft 315. After that, the lower platform 320 screw-coupled with some of the outer circumference of the driving shaft 315 lowers, and then, the upper platform 330 connected with the connection rod 325 is also lowered.

(29) Continuously, the upper platform 330 which is lowering lowers the pipe body 210 of the flow pipe 200 to move the outer flow pipe 230 and the inner flow pipe 220 toward the container 10 seated at the fixed position of the stage 50, and then, the outer flow pipe 230 and the inner flow pipe 220 come into contact with the puff 20 contained in the container 10 to transfer the pressing power.

(30) Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 8, in a case that the lower part of the inner flow pipe 220 protrudes downwardly more than the lower part of the outer flow pipe 230, an end portion of the inner flow pipe 220 presses the central portion of the puff 20 to press the puff 20 into a concave form, and liquid foundation supplied from the foundation supplying means 500 is directly supplied to the upper surface of the puff 20 through the inside of the inner flow pipe 220.

(31) Next, after liquid foundation is supplied to the surface of the puff 20, as time passes after the container 10 is completely packed, foundation is soaked into the puff 20 to be evenly distributed, and then, the puff 20 is expanded inside the container 10.

(32) In this instance, the flow pipe 200 is elevated upwardly in order to return to its original position after liquid foundation is completely supplied to the surface of the puff 20. When the flow pipe 200 is elevated, even though the puff 20 is adhered to the elevated inner flow pipe 220, because a contact area between the puff 20 to which foundation is supplied and the inner flow pipe 220 is small, the puff 20 drops to the inside of the container 10 by self-weight, and hence, the puff 20 is not adhered to the flow pipe 200.

(33) Moreover, according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in a case that the end portion of the inner flow pipe 220 is arranged inside the outer flow pipe 230, in order to prevent that the puff 20 is adhered to the flow pipe 200, the foundation filling machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes auxiliary elevating means 350 for elevating the outer flow pipe 230.

(34) As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the auxiliary elevating means 350 includes: an elevating cylinder 351 having an elevating rod 352 which is vertically elevated by an external power source, such as hydraulic pressure or pneumatic pressure; a moving plate 353 which is connected to an end portion of the elevating rod 352 to be vertically elevated according to an elevating action of the elevating rod 352; an interlocking bar 354 connected to the moving plate 353 to be interlocked; and a support plate 355 which is connected to the interlocking bar 354 to support the outer flow pipe 230 and to transfer the elevating power of the elevating rod 352 of the elevating cylinder 351 to the outer flow pipe 230.

(35) The elevating cylinder 351 is mounted on a fixed plate 410 arranged on the upper side of the upper platform 330 to be spaced via a fixed bar 415, and the elevating rod 352 is connected to the lower side of the moving plate 353 to vertically elevate the moving plate 353.

(36) Next, the moving plate 353 transfers the vertically elevating power to the support plate 355 connected via the interlocking bar 354 to vertically elevate the support plate 355, and the outer flow pipe 230 is elevated when the support plate 355 is vertically elevated.

(37) That is, the outer flow pipe 230 and the inner flow pipe 220 get in contact with the puff 20 contained in the container 10 and presses the puff 20 by the action of the elevating means 300, supply foundation of the fixed volume to the surface of the puff 20 using the foundation supplying means 500, and then, are returned to their original position. When the flow pipe 200 is returned to its original position, the outer flow pipe 230 is first elevated using the auxiliary elevating means 350, and then, the inner flow pipe 220 is elevated, such that it is prevented that the puff 20 is adhered to the end portions of the outer flow pipe 230 and the inner flow pipe 220.

(38) In this instance, the auxiliary elevating means 350 for returning the flow pipe 200 elevates the elevating rod 352 of the elevating cylinder 351 to elevate the moving plate 353 and the support plate 355, and then, the outer flow pipe 230 joined to the support plate 355 is separately elevated.

(39) After that, as described above, even though the puff 20 is adhered to the inner flow pipe 220 which is being elevated, because the contact area between the inner flow pipe 220 and the puff 20 to which foundation is supplied is small, the puff 20 drops to the inside of the container 10 by self-weight so as to be easily separated from the flow pipe 200.

(40) Continuously, after the container 10 is completely packed, foundation supplied to the surface of the puff 20 is soaked into the puff 20 to be evenly distributed, and then, the puff 20 is expanded inside the container 10. In this instance, the expansion level of the puff 20 is varied according to materials of the puff 20.

(41) Therefore, the makeup foundation filling machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention does not adopt the conventional diffusion filling method through a nozzle to supply foundation but adopts a method to quantitatively fill the contents of makeup foundation of the fixed volume in the state where the edge part of the puff 20 is pressed by the outer flow pipe 230 and directly gets in contact with the puff 20, thereby enhancing productivity by simply supplying foundation of the fixed volume and preventing makeup foundation from being sprayed outside the container 10 or around the stage 50 to contaminate around the puff.

(42) Additionally, because the diameter of the outer flow pipe 230 is formed at the rate of 30 to 70% of the container 10, even though the puff 20 is not located at the fixed position but is moved inside the container 10, the foundation filling machine can reduce malfunction when foundation is supplied because the flow pipe 200 presses the puff 20 in the state where the flow pipe 200 directly gets in contact with the puff 20 when the flow pipe 200 lowers.

(43) In addition, while liquid foundation is supplied in the state where the flow pipe 200 directly gets in contact with the puff 20, it is prevented that the puff 20 is adhered on the end portion of the flow pipe 200, such that the puff can be easily separated from the flow pipe 200.