JPH0739858Y2 - Supplying device for raw-molded konjac to hot molding machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is for supplying raw-packed konjac (hereinafter referred to as raw-packed konjak) to a heat-molding machine for raw molding. Regarding a device for automatically supplying into a forwarding tray, specifically, to a device for feeding a raw forming konjac heat-molding device capable of reliably loading a correctly aligned raw filling konjac group into the forwarding tray It is a thing.

[Prior Art] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-278959 proposed by the applicant of the present invention is an apparatus for supplying a raw-molded konjac, which is obtained by filling and sealing a predetermined amount of raw konjac in a packaging bag, to a thermoforming machine. First
3 and 4 are explanatory views showing an example of the automatic supply device according to the above application, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view, and FIG. 4 is a plan view. As shown in FIG. 4, raw konjac K is placed on the conveyer 1 and supplied, and the stoppers 21, 21, ... Of the positioning device 2 provided above the conveyer 1 are indicated by arrows.
By sequentially descending in the Y ₁ direction (see FIG. 3), each raw konjac K is locked at a predetermined P ₀ position, and when a predetermined number of raw konjac K are aligned at the predetermined position, the cylinder 11a The pusher 11 which expands and contracts by the above is appropriately extended to move the above-mentioned raw-packed konjac K group from the conveyor 1 onto the base plate 10 by the arrow
It is transferred in the X ₁ direction and moved until it abuts the lift stopper 13 at the raised position. Then, the elevating table 12 shown in FIG. 3 is raised to slightly lift the raw konjak group, and these are held between the sandwiching plates 35, 35 driven by the cylinders 35a, 35b as shown in P ₃ . Then, the feeding device T ₀ constituted by the horizontal movement pedestal 32, the vertical movement pedestal 34, etc. is appropriately operated to move the raw konjac group to the upper part of the forwarding tray 4 (the position shown in P ₄ ), and the pressing pusher 36 By descending, the raw konjac group at the P ₄ position is dropped into the storage space 4a of the forwarding tray 4, and the pressing pusher 36 is further lowered to press the raw konjac in the forwarding tray 4 for preforming.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the case of the positioning device 2 as described above, the same number of stoppers 21 and pushers 11 as the required number of raw konjac to be aligned are required, which makes the device complicated and large-scale. There was an inconvenience.

In addition, raw konjac is not necessarily arranged exactly as a uniform shape, and the angles of the front end face and the rear end face are not uniform, so the raw konjac K locked by the stopper 21 is parallel to the conveyor 1. There are times when it becomes tilted instead. When pushing the pushed raw konjac K with the pusher 11, the raw konjac K is displaced by about 90 degrees due to the variation in the frictional resistance with the base plate 10, and it may not reach the lift stopper 13. In some cases, there was a problem that the supply of raw konjak to the heat molding processor was interrupted.

Therefore, the present inventor completed the present invention by repeatedly devising it for the purpose of providing an automatic feeding device capable of surely supplying raw konjac to the heat-molding processing machine without interruption and making the entire device small-sized. did.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention which has achieved the above-mentioned object is to deliver a plurality of raw konjac from a supply conveyor onto an aligning conveyor to align them at regular intervals on the aligning conveyor. In the device for storing the raw raw konjac in the forwarding tray and supplying it to the thermoforming processor, an alignment conveyor for arranging the raw raw konjac in a predetermined position and a supply conveyor connected to the alignment conveyor are separately provided. Along with driving, a raw konjak detection device is arranged facing a part of the feed conveyor conveyance path, and a controller for selectively intermittently driving the alignment conveyor or the supply conveyor is detected by a signal of the detection device. Connected to the device, the upper part of the alignment conveyor is movable in the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the conveyor, and the side surfaces and the rear surface of the raw konjac are put together. Provided with a pair of sandwich plates to be carried out in a state of being sandwiched, and also provided with a raw konjac support base plate that is adjacent to the longitudinal side of the alignment conveyor and is orthogonal to the conveyor and movable horizontally. It is a supply device to a heat-molding processor of raw konjac, which is provided with a supply device that conveys a plurality of raw konjaks whose both sides and bottom are held by a sandwiching plate and a support base plate to the upper side of a forwarding tray. .

[Operation and Example] A typical example of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a partially broken explanatory view showing a typical embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially broken side view of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a feed conveyor 8 for supplying raw konjac K and an aligning conveyor 6 for arranging the raw konjac K in a predetermined position are separately configured and connected to separate drive sources 8a, 6a. It is configured to move in the direction of the blank arrow A, and the end portion of the supply conveyor 8 and the start portion of the alignment conveyor 6 are connected so as to face each other, and the raw konjac K is supplied to the supply conveyor 8
Further, it can be delivered to the alignment conveyor 6 without any trouble.

Further, the detection device 7 is arranged so as to face a part of the supply conveyor 8, and the detection device 7 allows the length l ₂ of raw konjac
It is configured to measure the intervals g ₂ and g ₃ between the mounting positions I _{01 to} I ₀₃ of l ₃ and raw konjac and send a detection signal to the controller 9. As the detection device 7, an optical sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a proximity switch, or the like is used.

The controller 9 is connected to the drive sources 8a and 6a through a control cable, and controls the stop and drive of the conveyors 6 and 8 by performing power disconnection operation or braking in the drive sources 8a and 6a. , Arrange raw konjac K on the alignment conveyor 6 at a predetermined position. When the raw konjac K has almost the same length, it may be controlled so as to be aligned at constant intervals g ₁ , g _1, .... For example, when it is assumed that the supply conveyor 8 and the aligning conveyor 6 travel at a constant speed, when a detection result indicating that the interval g ₂ between the raw filling konjac K on the supply conveyor 8 is longer than the predetermined interval g ₁ Is the drive source 6a via the controller 9.
Stop and the alignment conveyor 6 is stopped for a predetermined time, and when the interval between the raw konjac K is adjusted to a constant value g ₁ , the alignment conveyor 6 is re-driven and the continuous feeding of the supply conveyor 8 is performed. Handing over konjac K, the alignment conveyor 6
Arrange a predetermined number of pieces on top of each other. When the interval of raw konjac K is always supplied at a constant value g ₁ or more, the configuration of the above example is sufficient, but when the interval g ₂ is too narrow,
Contrary to the above, it suffices to intermittently drive the supply conveyor 8, and in the case where the speed of the conveyors 6 and 8 can be adjusted,
It is also possible to adjust and control the progress speed of these.
On the other hand, the supply conveyor 8 may form a raw conveyor konjac supply source side and a part of the advancing terminal side as separate conveyors of different drives, whereby the entire supply conveyor is adjusted for raw konjac alignment adjustment. There is no need to drive intermittently.

The raw-stuffed konjac group placed at a predetermined position on the alignment conveyor 6 is filled in the forwarding tray 4 by the following supply device T ₁ described with reference to FIG. That is, the feeder T ₁ is a rail
A horizontal movement pedestal 32 that horizontally moves on 33 and the horizontal movement pedestal
Vertical moving table 34 connected to cylinder 34a installed upright on 32
The vertical moving table 34 includes a pair of cylinders 35a and 35a.
b is fixed, and the holding plates 35, 3 are attached to the tips of the cylinders 35a, 35b.
5 are installed respectively. The sandwiching plate 35 is extended along the longitudinal direction of the aligning conveyor 6 and is configured such that the raw sandwiched konjac groups can be collectively grasped by bringing the two sandwiching plates 35, 35 closer to each other. In addition, the holding plate 35,35
A pressing pusher 36, which is vertically movable by a cylinder 36a, is attached to the vertical moving table 34 at a substantially central position between them. Furthermore with a side portion is formed so as along the longitudinal direction of the conveyor 6 of the alignment conveyor 6, an arrow x _5, x ₆ direction retractably supporting base plate 41 by the cylinder 41a is disposed.

Next, the operation of loading the raw stuffed konjac on the aligning conveyor 6 into the forwarding tray 4 by the supply device T ₁ will be described.

First, the horizontal moving pedestal 32, the vertical moving table 34, the sandwiching plate 35, etc. are arranged at the positions shown by the solid lines in FIG. 2, and the raw filling konjac K on the aligning conveyor 6 is aligned, and at the same time when the alignment is completed, the sandwiching plates 35, 35 are arranged. Are brought close to each other as shown by the broken line, and the holding plates 35, 35
Arrange the raw konjac group in a certain direction between them and arrange them in a straight line. Further, the horizontal movement pedestal 32 is slightly moved in the direction of the arrow x ₃ to move the raw konjac group to the I ₂ position on the support base plate 41.

At this I ₂ position, the distance between the sandwiching plates 35, 35 is set to a predetermined value which is slightly smaller than the width of the forwarding tray, and the pusher pusher 36 is lowered to lightly regulate the four sides of the raw konjac group to forward tray 4. The posture and shape of the supply to the same are made uniform to facilitate the molding in the subsequent process. Then support base plate 41
And horizontally moving the base 32 moves at a constant speed in the arrow x _5, x ₄ direction until the chain line position of FIG. 2, transfer the raw packed konjac group to I ₃ position. The causes quickly retreat to the arrow x ₆ direction from the position of the support base plate 41 41B, the pressing pusher 36 descends from 36B position to the arrow y ₁ direction, the storage space 4a of the forward tray 4 raw packed konjac group While dropping it inside, the pressing pusher 36 is further lowered to the position 36B ₁ in the tray 4 to preform the raw konjac group into a shape close to a predetermined shape.

After completing these operations, move the vertical moving table 34 to the 34C position (2
Rising to a point chain line position) (by the arrow y ₂ direction) is further horizontal movement seat 32 back to the arrow x ₇ direction, returned to the initial state shown in the solid line position of FIG. 2, raw packed konjac Repeat the operation The groups are loaded one after another onto the forwarding trays 4,4.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to accurately align a predetermined number of raw konjacs at a predetermined position on the alignment conveyor, and to reliably load this raw konjac group into the forwarding tray. As a result, raw-stuffed konjac can be efficiently and accurately supplied to the heat-molding processor.
Further, the automatic feeder itself is structurally simplified and can be downsized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway explanatory view showing a typical embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view showing a conventional example. The drawing is a plan view showing a part of FIG. 1 ... Conveyor, 2 ... Positioning device 4 ... Forwarding tray, 10 ... Base plate 11 ... Pusher, 12 ... Elevating table 13 ... Elevating stopper, 21 ... Stopper 32 ... Horizontal moving pedestal, 33 ...... Rail 34 …… Vertical moving base, 35 …… Clamping plate 36 …… Pressing pusher, 41 …… Supporting base plate T ₀ , T ₁ …… Feeding device

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of raw filling konjacs are delivered from a supply conveyor to an aligning conveyor and aligned at regular intervals on the aligning conveyor, and the plurality of raw filling konjacs are housed in a forwarding tray and thermoformed. In the device for supplying to the processing machine, an alignment conveyor for arranging raw konjak in a predetermined position and a supply conveyor connected to the alignment conveyor are separately driven, and a part of the transport path of the supply conveyor is exposed. In the raw konjac detection device is arranged, the controller for selectively intermittently driving the alignment conveyor or the supply conveyor by the signal of the detection device is connected to the detection device, and the conveyor is on the alignment conveyor upper part. A pair of clamps that can be moved in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction and that is carried out with both side faces of the above-mentioned raw konjacs being clamped together Provided, the raw conveyor konjac support base plate that is adjacent to the longitudinal side of the alignment conveyor and is orthogonal to the conveyor and movable in the horizontal direction is provided, and the both side surfaces are provided by the sandwiching plate and the support base plate. And a supply device that conveys a plurality of raw konjaks whose bottoms are held above a forwarding tray.