CN111422591A - Chopsticks turn U-turn arrangement device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a chopsticks turning and arranging, which comprises a feeding bin, an A-shaped plate, a conveying channel, a guide plate, a turning block, an arrangement box, and a blanking port. Waist-shaped funnel, a number of A-shaped plates are symmetrically and dislocated in the upper cavity of the upper silo, the lower part of the upper silo is the conveying channel, and the guide plate at the bottom of the conveying channel has a certain slope; the upper part of the arrangement box is fixed with A steering block with a concave middle and convex ends, the relationship between the size W of the U-shaped gap between the steering block and the guide plate and the dimensions D and d of the thick and thin ends of the chopsticks is D>W>d, and the blanking port is located in the arrangement box the lower part. The invention relies on the self-gravity of the chopsticks to turn the disordered chopsticks into the same direction, and has the advantages of simple structure and easy manufacture. The manual sorting of chopsticks is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the efficiency is low, and the existing chopsticks sorting machine has a complex structure, high cost, needs to be equipped with a motor and wastes electric energy, etc., and has broad application prospects in the catering service industry.

Description

Chopsticks turn U-turn arrangement device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of tableware storage and arranging equipment, in particular to a chopstick turn-around arrangement device used for directional sorting, arranging and collecting of chopsticks.

Background technique

As a kind of tableware commonly used in the world, chopsticks are an inseparable part of the Chinese food culture, and they are also the most favorite and best used catering supplies by the Chinese people. In order to save energy, protect the environment and reduce costs, chopsticks used in large quantities in dining establishments such as canteens, restaurants, and restaurants in schools and enterprises are basically recycled after being cleaned and disinfected. Typically, chopsticks have a thin tip for holding food, and a thicker tail for holding food. From a hygienic point of view, diners should not touch the thin ends of the chopsticks that are used to hold the food when they take them. After the used chopsticks are cleaned intensively, the ends of the head and tail (thickness) of all chopsticks are generally unlikely to face the same direction. In order to facilitate the safe and hygienic use of chopsticks by diners, it is necessary to arrange the chopsticks in advance, and arrange the chopsticks with inconsistent directions at the ends of the head and tail respectively.

At present, although some large and medium-sized dining places are equipped with tableware cleaning and disinfection equipment, the sorting of chopsticks still needs to arrange for multiple waiters to manually sort them one by one. In the face of a huge number of chopsticks, it is quite tedious work to distinguish the head and tail ends of the chopsticks and arrange them in an orderly manner, which is time-consuming, laborious, and inefficient. Manual contact operation may also cause secondary pollution of chopsticks, affecting the health of diners.

In the existing patent documents and scientific papers, although a variety of chopsticks arranging devices that can adjust the direction of the head and tail of the chopsticks are disclosed, which improves the efficiency of directional arranging of chopsticks, but these devices are complicated in structure, large in size, and high in production cost, and also need to be equipped with electric motors. The drive can work, so it has rarely been popularized so far.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the above-mentioned background technology, and to provide a simple structure, easy to manufacture, and no need for electricity, which can turn the chopsticks arranged in disorder and disorder after cleaning to turn around to form the thin ends (head ends) of the chopsticks uniformly downward. The chopsticks turned to the U-turn arrangement.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted in the present invention is: a chopsticks turn-around arrangement device, including a feeding bin, an A-shaped plate, a material conveying channel, a guide plate, a turning block, an arrangement box, and a blanking port. It is characterized in that the upper silo has a narrow-waisted funnel-shaped structure with concave left and right sides, and the upper cavity of the upper silo is provided with a plurality of A-shaped plates that are symmetrical and dislocated. The lower part of the upper silo is the conveying channel, the guide plate is located at the bottom of the conveying channel, and the guiding plate is designed with a certain slope.

The upper part of the arrangement box is fixed with a steering block with a concave middle and convex ends at both ends. A U-shaped gap with a wide middle and narrow ends is formed between the steering block and the guide plate. The size of the U-shaped gap is W and the size of the thick end of the chopsticks D. , The relationship between the thin end size d of chopsticks is D>W>d, and the blanking port is located in the lower part of the arrangement box.

The top inlet of the feeding bin is in the shape of a square, and the side length of the square is slightly larger than the length of the chopsticks.

The A-shaped plate is longitudinally fixed on the front and rear side plates of the loading bin.

The turning block is fixed on the inner wall of the upper part of the arrangement box.

Compared with the prior art at home and abroad, the present invention has four advantages:

(1) The chopsticks with inconsistent head and tail directions can be arranged in a safe and effective direction, and the chopsticks arranged after U-turn can be directly and hygienically provided to the diners, which solves the problem of manual sorting of chopsticks, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, low-efficiency, and secondary pollution, etc.

(2) The process of flipping, transporting, and turning the chopsticks is completed with the help of the own weight of the chopsticks. The process of turning the chopsticks is automatically carried out without the need to equip electric motors, diesel engines and other power sources, without wasting electricity and fuel consumption, and saving energy costs.

(3) As long as the shape and size of the steering block are changed, it can adapt to the U-turn arrangement of different types of chopsticks, which is very convenient.

(4) The present invention is simple, compact, small in size, easy to manufacture, easy to operate, and overcomes the defects of the existing chopstick organizer, such as complex structure, high cost, waste of electricity, etc., and is easily accepted by various catering service industries, and has a prospect of promotion and application. optimistic.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the chopsticks of the present invention to turn around the movement situation schematic diagram;

Fig. 3 is the U-shaped gap between the steering block and the guide plate of the present invention and the dimension schematic diagram of chopsticks;

In the picture: 1. Loading bin, 2. A-shaped plate, 3. Transport channel, 4. Guide plate, 5. Blanking port, 6. Arrangement box, 7. Steering block, 8. Chopsticks.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

1 to 3 are one embodiment of the present disclosure. The chopsticks turning U-turn arrangement device of the present invention is assembled from a loading bin 1, an A-shaped plate 2, a material conveying channel 3, a guide plate 4, a turning block 7, an arrangement box 6, a blanking port 5, etc. The bin 1 is the feeding port for chopsticks that are disordered when the present invention works, and the top inlet of the feeding bin 1 is square in shape, so as to facilitate the falling of chopsticks in various directions such as vertical and horizontal. The side length of the square is slightly larger than the length of the chopsticks 8, and generally, the side length is preferably 5-8 mm larger than the length of the chopsticks.

The upper hopper 1 is a slender-waisted funnel with concave left and right sides and a shape similar to "><", and the concave side wall slope can help the chopsticks falling vertically to turn. The upper cavity of the upper silo 1 is provided with a plurality of A-shaped plates 2 that are symmetrical and dislocated. These A-shaped plates 2 are longitudinally fixed on the inner walls of the front and rear side plates of the upper silo 1 .

The lower part of the upper silo 1 is the material transport channel 3, and the guide plate 4 is located at the bottom of the material transport channel 3. The guide plate 4 is designed with a certain slope, so that the chopsticks can be directed towards the turning block 7 along the slope of the guide plate 4. rolling in the direction.

A turning block 7 is fixed on the inner wall of the upper part of the arrangement box 6 . The steering block 7 has a structure with a concave middle and convex ends, so a U-shaped gap with a wide middle and narrow ends is formed between the guide plate 4 and the steering block 7. The size W of the U-shaped gap is the same as that of the chopsticks 8. The relationship between the dimension D of the thick end and the dimension d of the thin end is D>W>d, and the blanking port 5 is located at the lower part of the arrangement box 6 .

When the present invention is used, the chopsticks 8 arranged in disorder after cleaning, disinfection and drying are poured from the top of the upper silo 1, and the chopsticks that are originally longitudinal (parallel to the slope top ridge line of the A-shaped board 2) are poured from the A-shaped chopsticks. After rolling on the slope of the plate 2, it still falls into the forehearth 3 longitudinally; if the chopsticks are inclined (not perpendicular to the ridge line of the top of the slope of the A-shaped plate 2) and fall, the slope of the A-shaped plate 2 will guide the chopsticks to make the chopsticks fall. The chopsticks that fall vertically into the forehearth 3; the chopsticks that are horizontal (perpendicular to the top ridge line of the A-board 2) are blocked by the top ridge line of the slope, and automatically turn over and roll down to the A-board 2 due to the action of gravity. On the slope of the upper and lower layers, after multiple actions of the upper and lower A-shaped plates 2, all the chopsticks fall into the guide plate 4 in the transport channel 3 in a vertical position. Since the guide plate 4 is designed with a certain slope, the chopsticks falling on the guide plate 4 will roll down along the slope of the guide plate 4 under the action of gravity to the space between the steering block 7 and the guide plate 4. At the entrance of the U-shaped gap. Because the dimension W of the gap is designed to be D>W>d (where D and d are the dimensions of the thick and thin ends of the chopsticks 8, respectively, as shown in Figure 3), when the chopsticks try to fall into the arrangement box 6 longitudinally, the thick ends of the chopsticks D is blocked by the gap W, and its thin end d can pass through the gap W, so that the thin end of the chopsticks will be turned at a 90° angle under the action of the moment generated by the self-weight of the chopsticks (with the thin end facing down, as shown in Figure 2) It falls freely at the suspended position in the arrangement box 6, and is then unloaded under the guidance of the blanking port 5 at the bottom of the arrangement box 6, and stably falls into the subsequent chopsticks collection basket or bag for packaging and storage.

The flipping and falling of the chopsticks on the A-shaped plate 2, the rolling down from the slope of the guide plate 4, and the turning and falling at the entrance of the U-shaped gap between the steering block 7 and the guide plate 4 are all by means of the chopsticks. Completed by its own weight, no additional energy is required, and it is in line with the concept of energy saving and environmental protection.

The inverted V-shaped structure with high middle and low sides of A-plate 2 enables the same number of chopsticks to be obtained on the slopes on both sides, and can also make the chopsticks that fall vertically become horizontal or inclined to prevent the chopsticks from getting stuck. . The multiple A-shaped plates 2 are dislocated up and down and left and right, which can make the chopsticks roll down alternately, prevent the chopsticks from interfering with each other during the falling and flipping process, and prevent the chopsticks from falling in piles and causing blockage.

The inner cavity of the arrangement box 6 has an inclined wall surface. This V-shaped cavity closed from top to bottom can well guide the chopsticks after turning around and smoothly enter the blanking port 5 located at the lower part of the arrangement box 6 when falling. Make sure that the chopsticks dropped into the chopstick holder have the thin end (head end) facing down uniformly.

In order to realize the U-turn arrangement of chopsticks of different models and specifications, the shape and size of the steering block 7 can be adaptively adjusted according to actual needs.

The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements and modifications made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present invention should be regarded as are within the scope of protection of the present invention. In addition, although some specific terms are used in this specification, these terms are only for convenience of description and do not constitute any limitation to the present invention.

Claims (4)

1. A chopstick turning and turning arrangement device is characterized by comprising: the device comprises an upper stock bin (1), an A-shaped plate (2), a material conveying channel (3), a guide plate (4), a steering block (7), an arrangement box (6) and a blanking port (5), wherein the upper stock bin (1) is a thin waist-shaped funnel with concave left and right sides, a plurality of A-shaped plates (2) which are symmetrically distributed in a staggered manner are arranged in an upper cavity of the upper stock bin (1), the material conveying channel (3) is arranged at the lower part of the upper stock bin (1), the guide plate (4) is positioned at the bottom of the material conveying channel (3), and a certain gradient is designed on the guide plate (4); the upper part of the arrangement box (6) is fixed with a turning block (7) with a concave middle part and convex two ends, a U-shaped gap with a wide middle part and narrow two ends is formed between the turning block (7) and the guide plate (4), the relation between the size W of the U-shaped gap and the sizes D of the thick ends and the thin ends of the chopsticks is D > W > D, and the blanking port (5) is positioned at the lower part of the arrangement box (6).

2. The chopstick turning and turning arrangement device according to claim 1, wherein: the shape of the top inlet of the upper bin (1) is a square, and the side length of the square is slightly larger than the length of the chopsticks.

3. The chopstick turning and turning arrangement device according to claim 1, wherein: the A-shaped plate (2) is longitudinally fixed on the front side plate and the rear side plate of the upper storage bin (1).

4. The chopstick turning and turning arrangement device according to claim 1, wherein: the height of the turning block (7) is larger than the thickness of the guide plate (4).

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