DK179673B1 - Device for positioning and orienting fish bodies - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus (1O) for positioning and orienting fish bodies, comprising a conveying device (11) with trough-shaped receiving elements (12) for individually receiving one each of the fish bodies and for conveying the fish bodies transversely to their longitudinal axis in a conveying direction (13), and comprising at least one positioning device (15) which is configured to position the fish bodies by displacing them in a dispiacement direction (16), wherein the dispiacement direction (16) runs transversely to the conveying direction (13), and is characterised in that the positioning device (15) comprises a sliding element (17) for displacing the fish bodies and a sliding element receptacle (18), wherein the sliding element (17) is arranged on the sliding element receptacle (18) so as to be pivetable out of a rest position about at least one axis, and wherein the sliding element receptacle (18) is designed and configured to be movable in the dispiacement direction (16). The invention further relates to an apparatus for cutting off the tail of headless fish bodies, comprising a cutting device (37) for severing the tails from the fish bodies, wherein an apparatus (1O) for positioning and arienting the fish bodies according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is arranged upstream of the cutting device (37).
Description
Device for positioning and orienting fish bodies
The invention relates to an apparatus for positioning and orienting fish bodies, comprising a conveying device with trough-shaped receiving elements for individually receiving one each of the fish bodies and for conveying the fish bodies transversely to their longitudinal axis in a conveying direction, and comprising a positioning device which is configured to position the fish bodies by displacing them in a displacement direction that runs transversely to the conveying direction. The invention further relates to an apparatus for cutting off the tail of headless fish bodies.
Such apparatuses are used in particular during the automated processing of fish, for example when severing the head or tail regions from the remaining fish body.
Document DE 31 25 412 C1 describes such a generic apparatus for the positioning of fish in order to bring them into a desired position for decapitation. Positioning is effected by means of a displacing element which is displaceable by way of a pusher rod arranged on a crank arm of a stepping motor.
US2649613A discloses an apparatus for positioning fish comprising fish locating means in combination with means feeding the fish transversely, a spindle extending above and longitudinally of the travel path of the fish, a fish locating member having a rigid bottom edge extending in the fish feeding direction, where the locating member is pivotally mounted on said spindle and is movable transversely to said spindle to press by said edge upon the fish by its own weight, and means operatively associated with said member to impart to said member short and rapid vibratory swinging movements about said axis crosswise of the fish feeding direction to displace the fish longitudinally.
The known apparatus has the disadvantage that, due to the type of drive of the displacing element, after positioning a fish body the displacing element first moves back into its starting position before the next displacement process can begin. In addition, the mechanical components of the positioning apparatus are highly stressed due to the change in direction of the displacing element which results in an adverse effect on the service life. Due to the effects referred to above, there is limited opportunity to increase the throughput rate of the overall machine, i.e. the number of fish bodies processable per unit of time.
- 2 The object of the present invention is therefore to create an apparatus for positioning and orienting fish bodies which enables precise positioning of the fish bodies, in particular at a high throughput rate, with long service lives at the same time.
The object is achieved by a method having the features referred to hereinbefore, in that the positioning device comprises a sliding element for displacing the fish bodies and a sliding element receptacle, the sliding element being arranged on the sliding element receptacle so as to be pivotable out of a rest position about at least one axis, and the sliding element receptacle being designed and configured to be movable in the displacement direction. In other words, the sliding element is designed and configured to be movable at least in two degrees of freedom. On the one hand, the sliding element is designed to be pivotable relative to the sliding element receptacle and, on the other hand, it is designed to be movable in a translational manner overall due to the sliding element receptacle which is configured to be movable in the displacement direction. Advantageously, the fish body can thus be displaced in the displacement direction by means of the sliding element. Provided that the fish body or the sliding element has reached the intended position in each case, the sliding element can swerve out of the rest position counter to the displacement direction by pivoting about the at least one axis. As a result, the application of force on the fish body on reaching the predetermined position is significantly reduced such that the sliding element slides substantially freely over the fish body in a pivot position. In this way, on the one hand, precise positioning of each fish body is achieved and, on the other hand, due to the sliding element moving back due to the previously described pivot movement relative to the sliding element receptacle, a mechanical load on all components of the positioning device is largely minimised such that the positioning device according to the invention achieves long service lives. In addition, injuries to the fish body by the sliding element are effectively prevented. The longitudinal axis of the fish bodies describes the axis of a fish or of the fish body which extends in the head to tail direction.
The positioning device comprises magnetic reset means which are designed and configured in such a manner that, during displacement of the fish body, they exert a restoring force on the sliding element acting in the displacement direction. In this case, the magnetic reset means are preferably designed such that they hold the sliding element in the rest position during displacement of the fish bodies.
- 3 Preferably, the magnetic reset means permit the sliding element to be deflected into the sliding position by a pivoting movement relative to the sliding element receptacle such that the fish bodies are displaced in the displacement direction with a defined predetermined maximum force. If the force required for displacement exceeds a predetermined threshold value and therefore the restoring force generated by the magnetic reset means, the sliding element pivots so far that it slides substantially forcefree over the fish body and thus the displacement process is terminated. An essential advantage is that the magnetic reset means are configured in such a way that the restoring force is generated on the basis of magnetic fields. The magnetic reset means are therefore not subject to any signs of wear and tear and are completely maintenance-free. Long service lives of the entire apparatus according to the invention are achieved in this way. Another advantage is that as reset means there is no need for spring elements, the cleaning of which is associated with great effort and expense due to the high standard of hygiene required when processing foods.
A preferred development of the invention is characterised in that the magnetic reset means comprise at least a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element, said first magnetic element being arranged on the sliding element and said second magnetic element being arranged on the sliding element receptacle in such a way that, in the rest position, unlike poles of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are each at least substantially opposite each other without touching. The at least one first magnetic element and the at least one second magnetic element each comprise permanent magnets and/or electromagnets. Especially preferably, the permanent magnets are designed as neodymium magnets. Further preferably as nickel-plated neodymium magnets. The first and second magnetic elements are preferably arranged in opposing positions on the sliding element and the sliding element receptacle respectively, that is in such a manner that they are directly opposite each other in the rest position of the sliding element. Alternatively, the first and second magnetic elements are arranged slightly offset, i.e. not in directly opposing positions. The first and second magnetic elements are also arranged respectively such that in each case unlike poles, for example a north pole of the first magnetic element and a south pole of the second magnetic element or a south pole of the first magnetic element and a north pole of the second magnetic element, are opposite each other. In this way, it is achieved that the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are mutually attracted in a certain pivot range about the rest position and thus exert the previously mentioned restoring force on the sliding element.
- 4 According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sliding element comprises a first bearing element and the sliding element receptacle comprises a second bearing element, the bearing elements each comprising recesses for receiving a pivot axle by means of which the first and second bearing elements are arranged so as to be pivotable about the at least one axis. The bearing elements referred to above are consequently adapted to connect the sliding element pivotably to the sliding element receptacle and represent a compact, easy-clean unit.
Another expedient embodiment of the invention is characterised in that the first bearing element is designed at least substantially as a U-shaped profile with two side parts and a base part, the side parts each encompassing the second bearing element at least partially on its side surfaces. This has the advantage that the positioning device is as compact as possible overall and is easy to clean due to the less complex geometry.
According to another preferred embodiment, at least one of the side parts comprises at least one first receptacle for receiving the first magnetic element, the first magnetic element comprising at least one first rod magnet which is arranged with its longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle. Thus, the magnetic element can be arranged in a particularly simple manner on at least the first of the side parts. Preferably, the first magnetic element is arranged in the first receptacle in a positivelocking manner. Additionally, or alternatively, however, a non-positive connection is also advantageous.
A further expedient embodiment of the invention is characterised in that the second bearing element comprises at least one second receptacle for receiving the second magnetic element, the second magnetic element comprising at least one second rod magnet which is arranged with its longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle. The advantages mentioned in connection with the first receptacle apply analogously to the second receptacle, so that reference will be made to the previously mentioned advantages to avoid repetitions.
According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention, the second rod magnet extends at least substantially over the width of the second bearing element from one of the side surfaces to the respective other of the side surfaces. This has the advantage that the second magnetic element is formed by means of only a single
- 5 second rod magnet. It is possible to preselect the maximum magnitude of the restoring force via the choice of length of the second rod magnet and the distance between the poles of the second rod magnet and the respective opposing first rod magnet arising as a result of this in the rest position.
A further expedient embodiment of the invention is characterised in that each of the side parts of the first bearing element comprises the first receptacles for receiving each of the first magnetic elements, the first magnetic elements each comprising the first rod magnets which are each arranged with their longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle. A uniform transmission of force on both sides of the first bearing element is ensured by means of the bilaterally arranged first receptacles.
Advantageously, the second magnetic element comprises two second rod magnets aligned with opposing poles which, by means of the second receptacles of the second bearing element, are arranged with their longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle, wherein the first receptacles of the first bearing elements for receiving two each of the first rod magnets in each of the side parts are configured in such a way that each of the rod magnets aligned with opposing poles on each of the side surfaces are at least substantially opposed in each case by two of the first rod magnets without touching. The said arrangement of the second rod magnets aligned with opposing poles has the advantage of a restoring force curve which, as the sliding element is increasingly deflected out of the rest position, is initially associated with a decrease in the magnitude of the restoring force. At a predetermined deflection, the restoring force assumes a minimum so as to then increase again on further deflection due to the incipient repulsion. Reference is made to the appropriate sections of the description of the figures for the mode of operation and further details.
Further preferably, the apparatus according to the invention comprises an endless conveyor arranged above the conveying device, at least one of the sliding element receptacles being arranged on the endless conveyor and said endless conveyor being designed and configured to displace the at least one sliding element receptacle in the displacement direction. This has the advantage that, due to the endless conveyor, the sliding elements or the sliding element receptacles are continuously circulated, being conveyed at constant speed in continuous operation such that high displacement speeds and therefore rapid positioning of the fish bodies can be achieved overall. In this way, the total throughput rate is increased significantly.
- 6 Advantageously, in relation to the conveying direction, the endless conveyor is arranged between the displacement direction and the conveying direction in an inclined position with a lead angle greater than 0° and less than 90°. The inclined position causes the sliding element or sliding element receptacle to “run along” in the conveying direction such that the speed component of the sliding element in the conveying direction corresponds to the conveying speed of the conveying device.
Preferably, an abutment and guiding element is arranged on the endless conveyor, said abutment and guiding element being designed and configured in such a manner that, at a predetermined end position, the sliding element is pivoted under restricted guidance out of the rest position or the sliding position into a deflecting position. In this way, the predetermined end position for positioning the fish bodies is specified and also an otherwise possible collision of the sliding element with other components of the apparatus is reliably prevented.
The distance between the abutment and guiding element and the endless conveyor is preferably designed to be variably adjustable for selecting the predetermined end position. This offers the possibility of adapting the apparatus according to the invention to various conditions, for example to the size of the fish bodies to be processed or to the fish species.
The object is also achieved by an apparatus for cutting off the tail of headless fish bodies, comprising a cutting device for severing the tails from the fish bodies, wherein an apparatus for positioning and orienting the fish bodies according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is arranged upstream of the cutting device.
Further preferred or expedient features and embodiments of the invention emerge from the dependent claims and the description. Especially preferred embodiments are explained in greater detail with reference to the attached drawing. The drawing shows:
Fig. 1 a perspective view of the apparatus according to the invention for positioning and orienting of fish bodies and the apparatus according to the invention for cutting off the tail of headless fish bodies.
- 7 Fig. 2 an exploded view of the positioning device according to the invention in accordance with a first advantageous embodiment and
Fig. 3 an exploded view of the positioning device according to the invention in accordance with a second advantageous embodiment.
Figure 1 shows the apparatus 10 according to the invention for positioning and orienting fish bodies in a perspective view. The apparatus 10 comprises a conveying device 11 having trough-shaped receiving elements 12. The receiving elements 12 are designed and configured for individually receiving one each of the fish bodies, not shown in the drawing. By means of the receiving elements 12, the fish bodies are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis in a conveying direction 13. The conveying device 11 is preferably designed as an endless conveyor having a plurality of endlessly revolving, trough-shaped receiving elements 12. The receiving elements 12 are preferably adapted to the geometry of the fish bodies to be conveyed in such a manner that the fish bodies are guided laterally, i.e. transversely to the conveying direction 13, by side walls 14 and are held in position such that in their transverse direction the fish bodies are each guided within one of the trough-shaped receiving elements 12 relative to said trough-shaped receiving element 12 while in the longitudinal direction the fish bodies lie slidably in the trough-shaped receiving elements 12.
By means of the positioning device 15, the fish bodies are displaced in a displacement direction 16 and are thus positioned in the trough-shaped receiving elements 12. The displacement direction 16 runs transversely to the conveying direction 13. The displacement direction 16 and the conveying direction 13 preferably include an angle of 90°. Further preferably, the angle between the displacement direction 16 and the conveying direction 13 is greater than 0° and less than 90°.
The positioning device 15 comprises a sliding element 17 for displacing the fish bodies. The sliding element 17 is arranged on the sliding element receptacle 18 so as to be pivotable out of the rest position about at least one axis. In this case, the rest position refers to the position of the sliding element 17 relative to the sliding element receptacle 18 in which position the sliding element 17 assumes a state in which no external forces act on the free leg of said sliding element 17.
- 8 In addition, the sliding element receptacle 18 is designed and configured to be movable in the displacement direction such that on the one hand the sliding element 17 is displaceable in the displacement direction 16 by means of the sliding element receptacle 18 and on the other hand it is pivotably arranged about the said axis or the said axes.
Further preferably, the positioning device 15 comprises magnetic reset means. The magnetic reset means are preferably designed in such a manner that, during displacement of the fish body, they exert a restoring force on the sliding element 17 acting in the displacement direction 16. In other words, the magnetic reset means are configured in such a way that contact of the sliding element 17 with a fish body is counteracted by means of the restoring force of a pivot movement of the sliding element 17.
As shown in Figure 2 in the exploded view of the positioning device 15 according to the invention according to a first advantageous embodiment, the magnetic reset means comprise at least one first magnetic element 19. The magnetic element 19 is preferably arranged on the sliding element 17. The magnetic reset means further comprise a second magnetic element 20 which is arranged on the sliding element receptacle 18. The first and second magnetic elements 19, 20 are each arranged in such a way that, in the rest position of the sliding element 17, unlike poles of the first magnetic element 19 and the second magnetic element 20 are each at least substantially opposite each other without touching. Thus, for example, a north pole of the first magnetic element 19 is opposite a south pole of the second magnetic element 20 or vice versa. In this case, the aforementioned magnetic poles or the opposing pole faces are arranged at a distance from each other such that they are opposite one another without touching.
The first and second magnetic elements 19, 20 are either arranged such that the longitudinal axes of the first magnetic element 19 and the second magnetic element 20 fall congruently on top of each other. Alternatively, the first and second magnetic elements 19, 20 are arranged so as to be offset from each other such that the respective longitudinal axes do not run congruently but rather parallel to each other.
The sliding element 17 preferably comprises a first bearing element 21, while the sliding element receptacle 18 comprises a second bearing element 22. The first and second bearing elements 21,22 each have recesses 23, 24 for receiving a pivot axle
- 9 25. By means of the pivot axle 25, the first bearing element 21 and the second bearing element 22 are arranged so as to be pivotable about the at least one axis.
Further preferably, the first bearing element 21 is at least substantially designed as a U-shaped profile and comprises two side parts 26 and a base part 27. Advantageously, the side parts 26 each encompass the second bearing element 22 at least partially on its side surfaces 28. Especially preferably, the second bearing element 22 is designed as a solid body while the U-shaped profile of the first bearing element 21 encompasses said body laterally. Alternatively, the second bearing element 22 is also U-shaped in profile.
Preferably, at least one of the side parts 26 of the first bearing element 21 comprises a first receptacle 29 for receiving the first magnetic element 19. The first receptacle 29 is preferably designed as a recess in the side part 26. Alternatively, the receptacle 29 is a hole. Basically, any means which establishes a permanent connection to the first magnetic element 19 is suitable as the receptacle 29. The receptacle 29 can therefore also be designed in such a way that the first magnetic element 19 is arranged thereon by means of a non-positive, firmly bonding or positive-locking joint.
Advantageously, the first magnetic element comprises at least one first rod magnet 33 which is arranged with its longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle 25. The longest symmetry axis of the first rod magnet 33 is in this case the axis which runs by the shortest route through the magnetic north and south pole of the first rod magnet.
Especially preferably, the second bearing element 22 comprises at least one second receptacle 30 for receiving the second magnetic element 20. The second magnetic element 20 further comprises a second rod magnet 31 which is arranged with its longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle 25.
Advantageously, the second rod magnet 31 extends at least substantially over the width of the second bearing element 22 from one of the side surfaces 28 to the respective other of the side surfaces 28. In other words, the length of the second rod magnet 31 corresponds substantially to the width of the second bearing element 22. The ends of the second rod magnet 31 preferably each form a flat surface with the side surfaces 28.
- 10 Further preferably, each of the side parts 26 of the first bearing element 21 comprises the first receptacles 29 for receiving each of the first magnetic elements 19, the first magnetic elements 19 each comprising the first rod magnets 33, 34 which are each arranged with their longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle 25.
Figure 3 shows an exploded view of the positioning device according to the invention in accordance with a second advantageous embodiment.
Advantageously, the second magnetic element 20 comprises two second rod magnets 31, 32 aligned with opposing poles. The second rod magnets 31, 32 are arranged, by means of the second receptacles 30 of the second bearing element 22, with their longest symmetry axis aligned parallel to the pivot axle 25. Additionally, the first receptacles 29 of the first bearing elements 21 for receiving two each of the first rod magnets 33, 34 in each of the side parts 26 are configured in such a way that each of the rod magnets 31, 32, aligned with opposing poles on each of the side surfaces 28, are at least substantially opposed in each case by two of the first rod magnets 33, 34 without touching.
The opposing pole alignment of the second rod magnets 31, 32, combined with the first rod magnets 33,34, arranged in each case on each of the side surfaces 28, has a particularly advantageous effect on the magnitude of the restoring force acting in the displacement direction on the sliding element 17. For better understanding, the mode of operation will be described in the following initially in the region of one of the side parts 26. For the region of the respective other side part 26, the following explanations apply in an analogous manner but with correspondingly interchanged north and south poles.
If, for example, the two second rod magnets 31, 32 are arranged in such a manner that the magnetic south pole of the second rod magnet 31 and the magnetic north pole of the second rod magnet 32 lie on the right-hand side surface 28 shown in Figure 3, then the first rod magnet 33 is arranged with its south pole opposite the second rod magnet 32 and the first rod magnet 34 is arranged with its north pole opposite the second rod magnet 31. Due to this arrangement, in the rest position of the sliding element 17, an attractive force acts between the first rod magnet 33 and the second rod magnet 32 as well as between the first rod magnet 34 and the second rod magnet 31 which results in the said restoring force.
- 11 On pivoting the sliding element about the pivot axle 25, the spatial distance between the first rod magnets 33, 34 and the second rod magnets 31, 32 initially increases in each case such that the restoring force decreases with increasing deflection of the sliding element out of the rest position. The restoring force then decreases up to a predetermined deflection of the sliding element 17 out of the rest position and reaches a minimum at this predetermined deflection. Further pivoting of the sliding element 17 beyond this predetermined deflection leads in the following to an increase in the magnitude of the restoring force, since in each case the south pole of the first rod magnet 33 approaches the south pole of the second rod magnet 31 and the north pole of the first rod magnet 34 approaches the north pole of the second rod magnet 32. When like magnetic poles approach each other, this causes a repelling force between the respective rod magnets 31, 32, 33, 34 with the result that the restoring force increases again. The curve of the restoring force as a function of the deflection of the sliding element 17 previously described has the advantage that, during the process of positioning the fish body, the sliding element 17 is essentially held in the rest position by the restoring force. When the fish body reaches its intended end position, the sliding element 17 yields by pivoting contrary to the displacement direction 16. Due to the restoring force decreasing as the deflection increases, the sliding element 17 can slide over the fish body. The restoring force only increases again on even further deflection of the sliding element 17 out of the rest position which encourages the sliding element 17 to return back into the rest position as quickly as possible after large pivoting movements have taken place.
The areas of the side parts 26 directed outwards are preferably covered with covering elements 38. The covering elements 38 are used in particular for attaching the first magnetic element 19 or the first and second rod magnets 31,32, 33, 34. The covering elements 38 are advantageously screwed onto the side parts 26 by means of screws 39. Alternatively, however, the covering elements 38 may also be arranged with any other known fastening.
As shown in Figure 1, the apparatus according to the invention advantageously comprises an endless conveyor 35 arranged above the conveying device 11. At least one of the sliding element receptacles 18 is arranged on the endless conveyor 35 and said endless conveyor 35 is designed and configured to displace the at least one sliding element receptacle 18 in the displacement direction 16. The endless conveyor
- 12 35 is advantageously designed to continuously convey the sliding element receptacles 18 with the respective sliding element 17.
Preferably, in relation to the conveying direction 13, the endless conveyor 35 is arranged between the displacement direction 16 and the conveying direction 13 in an inclined position with a lead angle greater than 0° and less than 90°. Preferably, the transport speed of the endless conveyor 35 is selected such that the speed component of the sliding element receptacles 18 and of the sliding elements 17 in the conveying direction 13 corresponds to the conveying speed of the conveying device 11 such that the sliding element 17 and each of the trough-shaped receiving elements 12 rest relative to each other with respect to the conveying direction 13.
According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, an abutment and guiding element 36 is arranged on the endless conveyor 35, said abutment and guiding element being designed and configured in such a manner that, at a predetermined end position, the sliding element 17 is pivoted under forced guidance out of the rest position or the sliding position into a deflecting position. In other words, the abutment and guiding element 36 is arranged in such a way that, on reaching the predetermined end position, the sliding elements 17 are pivoted contrary to the displacement direction 16 such that they are deflected as far as possible out of the rest position on deflection by the endless conveyor 35. The abutment and guiding element 36 is further designed and configured to reliably prevent an otherwise possible collision of the sliding element 17 with a cutting device 37 for processing the fish bodies.
Advantageously, the distance between the abutment and guiding element 36 is designed to be variably adjustable for adjusting the predetermined end position. The abutment and guiding element is thus configured to be arrangeable in different positions at least in the displacement direction.
Figure 1 further shows the apparatus according to the invention for cutting off the tail of headless fish bodies having the cutting device 37 which is designed and configured for severing the tails from the fish bodies. The cutting device 37 is designed, for example, as a circular knife.
- 13 The apparatus according to the invention for positioning and orienting the fish bodies, having the previously described features according to any one of claims 1 to 14, is arranged upstream of the cutting device 37.
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