WATER DROPLET REMOVAL DEVICE AND WATER DROPLET REMOVAL METHOD

To provide a water droplet removal device and a water droplet removal method capable of further fully removing water droplets from a container.SOLUTION: The device for removing water droplets from a container includes a conveyor for conveying a container in a conveying direction in a state of supporting the bottom of the container and a first discharge outlet that is disposed on at least one side of the container in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyor and continuously discharges pressurized air over a predetermined first section on which the container is conveyed. The first discharge outlet supplies pressurized air to a side face of the container that moves in the conveying direction while changing the location for supplying pressurized air from one side in the axial direction of the container to the other side thereof. The first section includes a bottom proximity area that includes one end of the first section and in which the location of the first discharge outlet is closer to the bottom than the other end. At least in the bottom proximity area, at least a portion of the bottom is open downwardly to enable a flow of pressurized air to be received from the first discharge outlet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】容器から水滴をより十分に除去することが可能な水滴除去装置および水滴除去方法を提供すること。【解決手段】容器から水滴を除去する装置は、容器の底を支持した状態で容器を搬送方向に搬送するコンベヤと、コンベヤに対して直交する幅方向において容器の少なくとも一方側に配置され、容器が搬送される所定の第１区間に亘り連続的に加圧空気を吐出する第１吐出口と、を備える。第１吐出口は、搬送方向に移動する容器の側面に対し、加圧空気の供給位置を容器の軸線の一方側から他方側へと一方向に変化させながら加圧空気を供給する。第１区間は、第１区間の一端部を含み他端部と比べて第１吐出口の位置が底に近接している底近接領域を含む。少なくとも底近接領域では、底の少なくとも一部が、第１吐出口からの加圧空気の流れを受け入れ可能に下方へ開放されている。【選択図】図３