JP2000033912A - Feeder in bagging device of leaf vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rapidly achieve the bagging work by providing a holding member so as to be located on a weighing base of a weighing device, and regulating the weighing device to indicate the zero point in a condition where the holding member is located on the weighing base. SOLUTION: Upper surfaces of right and left girder rods 60, 60 of a frame 6 forming rails of right and left rods 23, 23 of a holding member 2 are set at the height level continuous to an upper surface of a bottom plate of a weighing base 10, and when an interlocking link 32 is moved to and stopped at the rear end by operating a chain 31, the right and left rods 23, 23 of the holding member 2 are advanced into an internal cavity in the weighing base 10 of flat box shape. The weighing device 2 is regulated so that an index of the weighing device 1 indicates the zero point in a condition where the weight of the holding member 2 including that of the rods 23, 23 is added to the weight of the weighing base 10, and when leaf vegetables are supported by the holding member 2, its weight is indicated by the indicator of the weighing device 1, and the leaf vegetables of a specified weight can be weighed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for packing leafy vegetables such as harvested spinach and komatsuna into a bag made of a film of a synthetic resin material in a fixed amount for shipping to the market. The present invention relates to a supply device for supplying leaf vegetables collectively into a bundle having a constant weight to a bag supported by an airframe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional leaf vegetable bagging apparatus weighs leaf vegetables to be bagged into a bundle having a predetermined weight by a weighing device such as a load cell or a platform scale which is separately installed, and weighs it. Are bundled with the palm and inserted into a bag that is kept open in the body of the bagging device.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned conventional leaf vegetable bagging apparatus is capable of storing leaf vegetables to be bagged in, for example, 2 bags.
First, leaf vegetables are put on the weighing platform of the weighing device until it reaches a predetermined weight, and when it reaches the predetermined weight, it is taken out of the weighing platform. It is done by putting the palms together in a bag with the palms of both hands, inserting the palms in that state, pulling them out of the bag while opening the palms, and putting the leafy vegetables in the bag. Problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve this problem which has occurred in the conventional means, and is an operation for weighing leafy vegetables to a predetermined amount and collecting the weighed leafy vegetables in a bundle to form a bag. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new means for making it possible to continuously perform the work of inserting the inside.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, as a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, there is provided a holding device capable of holding a predetermined amount of leafy vegetables in a bundle on the body of the bagging device. The holding member is mounted movably with respect to the bag to be supported by the fuselage, and is mounted on a weighing platform of a weighing device mounted on the fuselage at a start position of the movement, and the weighing device is mounted. A feeding device for a leafy vegetable bagging apparatus, characterized in that the holding member is adjusted to display a zero point in a state where the holding member is positioned on a weighing platform.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A supply device in a bagging apparatus for leafy vegetables according to the present invention comprises a holding member for holding leafy vegetables in a bundle in place of a worker's palm in a body of the bagging apparatus. It is movably mounted on a bag that is supported by the body in an open state.

The body of the bagging device is provided with a weighing table of a weighing device for weighing the leafy vegetables to be bagged to a predetermined weight at a position occupied by the holding member at the start of the moving operation. Then, when the holding member is in the starting position, it is mounted on the weighing platform.

[0008] At this time, the weighing device is set to display the zero point in a state where the weight of the holding member placed on the weighing platform is added, and the holding member is moved to move it. The connection with the member is in a free state in the vertical direction, and the weight on the moving member side is cut off to establish the connection.

The holding member is formed of a flexible synthetic resin material in the form of a bendable sheet, and while moving by the moving member, comes into contact with the regulating member to support the leafy vegetables on the upper surface side. Or bend into a shape that wraps the leaf vegetables, or is formed into a bract shape with a synthetic resin material, and the leaf vegetables are inserted into the lumen thereof so as to wrap the leaf vegetables. However, in any case, in a state where the holding member holds the leafy vegetables therein and the front end side is inserted into the bag, when the leafy vegetables to be held are pushed into the bag, the holding member causes the leafy vegetables to fall. Is formed so as to be flexibly deformed and expanded by the pressing through.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 2 is an overall schematic side view of a leafy vegetable bagging apparatus A equipped with a leafy vegetable supply device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the same apparatus. In FIG. , B is a bag supporting device provided on the body a,
B is a bag to be supported in an open state, 1 is a weighing device mounted on the rear end side (the right end side in the figure) of the body a, 10 is a weighing platform thereof, 2 is a starting position of an upper surface of the weighing platform 10. Is a moving member for moving the holding member 2 toward the opening of the bag B supported by the bag supporting device b.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, the bag supporting device b has a plate-shaped rear guide 41 fixedly supported on a bracket 40 and a pantograph-shaped link which is expanded and contracted by driving a motor M1. A pair of left and right expansion frames 43 and 43 and a front guide 44 that operate to expand and contract left and right (up and down in FIG. 3) while sliding back and forth (right and left in FIG. 3) by the rods 42 and fold flat. Among the bags B stacked on the base plate-shaped stocker 5 in the inserted state, the uppermost bag B lifted by the suction device 50 is suctioned to the front side of the bag B in the middle. The opening is expanded by the other suction device 51, and the expansion frames 43, 43 and the front guide 44 and the rear guide 41 are attached to the expansion frames 43, 43 by the raising operation of the suction devices 50, 51, as shown in FIG. 4 and lifted so as to cover from below as shown by a chain line in FIG. 4, the expansion frame 43 moves forward (leftward in FIG. 6) while moving left and right by the drive of the motor M1 described above. FIG.
And acts to support the bag B while holding the mouth open as shown in FIG.

The weighing device 1 mounted on the rear end side of the body a of the bagging device A is a normal platform weigher in this example,
The weighing platform 10 is formed in a thin hollow flat box shape as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, and a slit-shaped opening 11 is provided at the left and right central portions of the top plate 100. It is established along the direction.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the holding member 2 is formed in a bract shape in which leaf vegetables are bundled and wrapped in a bundle, and is elastically bent and deformed by pressing with a synthetic resin material or the like. It is formed in.

A rigid band plate 20 such as a steel plate is formed to be long in the front-rear direction and fixed to the holding member 2 at the left and right central portions on the lower surface thereof. An intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of a connecting rod 22 extending in the left-right direction is connected to a lower end of a support plate 21 suspended from the end, and rear ends of rods 23 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on both left and right ends of the connecting rod 22. , And small-diameter rings 24.

The moving member 3 is connected to the holding member 2 to move the holding member 2 with respect to the bag B which is supported by the body a of the bag packing device A in an open state. As described above, a pair of parallel girder bars 60 and 60 and a connecting member 61 bridged on the rear end side thereof are formed in a gate shape in a plan view. Tooth wheels 30, 30 respectively supported on the front and rear ends of the outer surfaces of the left and right girder bars 60, 60, which are movably supported on the frame 6, and left and right endlessly wrapped around them. A pair of chains 31, and the chain 31
And a motor M2 for driving and rotating one of the tooth gears 30. The connecting link 32 is connected to the left and right rods 23 connected to the holding member 2 described above. By connecting to each front end side, the operation of the chain 31 by the motor M2 described above
3 is moved back and forth along the upper surfaces of the left and right girder bars 60 of the frame 6 so that the holding member 2 performs a predetermined movement.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper surfaces of the left and right girder bars 60 of the frame 6 serving as the rails of the left and right rods 23 of the holding member 2 are weighing devices provided at the rear end of the body a. 1 is set at a height position that is continuous with the upper surface of the bottom plate 101 of the weighing platform 10 formed in the shape of a flat box, whereby the link 31 is moved backward by the operation of the chain 31 described above. When the control means stops at that position, the right and left rods 23 of the holding member 2
However, as shown in FIG. 15, the holding member 2 which enters the lumen of the flat box-shaped weighing platform 10 and is supported via the connecting rod 22 and the support plate 21 is moved by the top plate 100 of the weighing platform 10. , And its weight is added.

The connecting link 32 and the rod 23 of the holding member 2
As shown in FIG. 16, the link with the link 23 is provided in a vertically long slot 230 provided at the rear end of the rod 23.
2, a connecting shaft 320 fixedly provided is fitted slidably up and down, and a roller 321 that runs on the rear end side of the rod 23 is rotatably fitted around the outer periphery of the connecting shaft 320. The weighing platform 1 in which the holding member 2 is in the starting position as described above.
When it is located on the upper surface of the moving member 3, the weight of the moving member 3 is not added to the holding member 2.

At this time, the pointer of the weighing device 2 supports the zero point in a state where the weight of the holding member 2 including the rods 23 is added to the weight of the weighing platform 10 at this time. Thus, when the holding member 2 supports the leafy vegetables, the weight is displayed by the pointer of the weighing device 1 so that the leaf vegetables of a predetermined weight can be weighed out.

When the weighing device 1 detects that the weight of the leafy vegetables supported on the holding member 2 has reached a predetermined weight, the moving device 3 detects the weight of the leafy vegetables by the weighing device 10 as described above. The holding member 2 in the starting position on the upper surface
The operation of the motor M2 is controlled so that the operation of moving the motor toward the bag B supported by the body a is started.

In this control, a separate switch may be provided so that when the weighing device 1 weighs a predetermined weight of leafy vegetables, the moving member 3 is operated by operating the switch.

In this example, the movement of the holding member 2 by the moving member 3 is performed by the bag B supported by the body a.
However, from the position where the opening thereof is directed upward, the movement of the holding member 2 is temporarily stopped in the course of moving the holding member 2, and in this state, the frame 6 is pivoted as shown in FIG. 6a so that the holding member 2 is positioned above the opening of the bag B, the moving member 3 is operated again from this state, and the front end side of the holding member 2 is moved to the bag B. In this state, the bag held by the bract-shaped holding member 2 is pushed into the bag B by hand or into a bag B by a pushing device 7 mounted on the body a. The leaf vegetables are dropped into the bag B, and the moving member 3 is operated in the reverse direction to pull up the holding member 2 from that state, whereby the packing of the leaf vegetables into the bag B is completed.

The holding member 2 pulled up by the operation of the moving member 3 returns to the starting position on the upper surface of the weighing platform 10 by the downward rotation of the frame 6.

Numeral 8 denotes a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the frame 6, which is bridged between the girder 60 of the frame 6 and the base portion of the machine body a, and its operation is controlled by a control device (not shown). Is controlled by

Next, FIGS. 18 to 28 show another embodiment in which the form of the holding member 2 is changed. In the normal state, the holding member 2 in this embodiment is formed so that the holding member 2 formed in a bract shape in the above-described embodiment is developed into a flat plate shape. This is an example in which the leaf vegetables placed on the upper surface and weighed to a predetermined weight are wrapped so as to form a bract by coming into contact with the regulating member 9 while moving.

The holding member 2 in this example is formed of a flexible synthetic resin material into a bendable flat sheet as shown in FIGS.

The holding member 2 has a rigid band plate 20 formed longitudinally and longitudinally at the central portion on the left and right sides on the lower surface side thereof, fixed thereto, and the lower end of a support plate 21 vertically hanging at the rear end thereof. The connecting rods 22 extending left and right are connected to the left and right ends of the connecting rods. The right and left ends of the connecting rods 22 are connected to the rear ends of the rods 23 in the front-rear direction. The holding member 2 formed in a bract shape in the above-described embodiment is connected to the chain 31 of the moving member 3 to move the bag B supported by the body a by this.

When the moving member 3 is positioned at the end of the backward movement, the moving member 3 occupies the starting position on the upper surface of the top plate 100 of the weighing platform 10 of the weighing device 1 and holds the sheet-shaped holding member 2. The fact that the weight of the leafy vegetables placed on the upper surface is displayed as it is on the weighing device 1 is the same as in the case of the bract-shaped holding member 2 of the above-described embodiment.

However, in this embodiment in which the holding member 2 is formed into a flat sheet shape at the starting position on the upper surface of the weighing platform 10, the holding member 2 is formed.
The moving member 3 is placed on the upper surface of the moving member 3 so as to wrap the leafy vegetables weighed so as to have a predetermined weight.
In the middle of the movement path of the holding member 2, a regulating member 9 that comes into contact with the holding member 2 and bends and deforms the holding member 2 is provided.
Thereby, the bag B in which the holding member 2 is supported by the body a
During the movement, the leaf vegetables are transformed into a wrapping state, and in this state, the front end side in the moving direction is inserted into the bag B supported by the body a.

FIGS. 23 to 25 show the regulating member 9 provided in the middle of the moving path of the holding member 2.

As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the restricting member 9 is located at an upper position in the middle of the moving path of the holding member 2 and stays 90. A mounting member 91 is provided between the upper ends of the guide members 90, and guide walls 92 are formed on the lower surface of the mounting member 91. The guide walls 92 are shaped like a half cylinder when viewed in the front-rear direction. The rollers 9 are arranged so that the inner surfaces of the rollers 9 face each other, are fixedly mounted by brackets 93, and are freely rotated by left and right rotation shafts 94 on the ceiling portion between the guide walls 92.
.., So that the weight of the leafy vegetables placed on the upper surface of the flat sheet-like holding member 2 occupying the starting position as shown in FIGS. When the holding member 2 is moved by the moving member 3 by being weighed by the weighing device 1, the holding member 2 is inserted into the space between the pair of guide walls 92 from the front end side thereof, and the guide wall 9.
26 and 28, the left and right sides are bent inward to wrap the placed leafy vegetables H, and the rollers 9
Are pressed from above to hold both sides of the holding member 2 which is bent inward, so that the holding member 2 holds the leafy vegetables H.

Also, in this embodiment, the holding member 2 weighing the weight of the leafy vegetables H placed on the upper surface is moved by the operation of the moving member 3, as shown in FIG. 23 and FIG. At the position where the leafy vegetables H have been wrapped by 9, the movement by the moving member 3 stops for a while,
In this state, the frame 6 is positioned above the opening of the bag B supported by the machine body a by the upright rotation of the frame a, and the holding member 2 is lowered by the operation of the moving member 3 from there. When the front end side is inserted into the bag B and stops at that position, it repeats up and down several times,
Then, the pushing rod 70 of the pushing device 7 descends to drop the leaf vegetables H into the bag B, and the filling of the leaf vegetables H into one bag B is completed by restoring the pushing device 7 and restoring the moving member 3. Become like

[0032]

As described above, the supply device in the bagging apparatus for leafy vegetables according to the present invention comprises the holding member 2 located on the weighing platform 10 of the weighing device 1 mounted on the body a.
Then, when the leafy vegetables H are placed and supported, the weight thereof is weighed by the weighing device 1, and when the weighing device 1 weighs a predetermined weight, the holding member 2
Is moved toward the bag B supported by the body a, so that the leafy vegetables H to be supported are held in a bundle, and the front end side thereof is inserted into the bag B. The operation of weighing the leafy vegetables H packed in the bag B supported by the machine body a to a predetermined weight and the operation of putting the weighed leafy vegetables H into a bundle and inserting it into the bag B can be performed continuously. As a result, the bagging of leafy vegetables can be performed extremely quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an entire leafy vegetable bagging apparatus for implementing the means of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bag supporting device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the bag supporting device.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the bag support device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state where an expansion frame of the bag supporting device is expanded.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the same bag supporting device in the same state.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a state where the bag of the bag supporting device is expanded.

FIG. 9 is a partially broken side view of the weighing device.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the weighing device.

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the above weighing device, partially broken away.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the holding member according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the holding member.

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the holding member of the above.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a state where the holding member is in the starting position.

FIG. 16 is a partially broken side view of a connecting portion between the holding member and the moving member according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state where the frame of the moving member is raised.

FIG. 18 is a side view of another embodiment of the above.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of another embodiment of the above.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the holding member of the above.

FIG. 21 is a partially cutaway side view of the holding member.

FIG. 22 is a rear view of the holding member of the above, which is partially broken.

FIG. 23 is a rear view of the regulating member.

FIG. 24 is a plan view of the regulating member.

FIG. 25 is a side view of the regulating member.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing a state where the holding member of the regulating member is bent.

FIG. 27 is a side view of the regulating member in the same state.

FIG. 28 is a rear view of the same regulating member.

FIG. 29 is a side view of a state where the frame of the moving member is raised.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: bagging device, B: bag, H: leafy vegetables, a: machine, b ...
Bag support device, M1, M2: motor, 1: weighing device, 1
0: weighing table, 100: top plate, 101: bottom plate, 11: opening, 2: holding member, 20: band plate, 21: support plate, 22: connecting rod, 23: rod, 230: oblong hole, 24: Wheel,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Moving member, 30 ... Tooth ring, 31 ... Chain, 32 ... Connection link, 320 ... Connection shaft, 321 ... Roller, 40 ... Bracket, 41 ... Rear guide, 42 ... Link rod, 43 ... Expansion frame, 44 ... Front Guide, 5 stocker, 50/51 suction device, 6 frame, 6a fulcrum shaft, 60 beam girder, 6
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Connecting member, 7 ... Pushing device, 70 ... Pushing rod, 8 ... Hydraulic cylinder, 9 ... Regulatory member, 90 ... Stay, 91 ... Mounting member, 92 ... Guide wall, 93 ... Bracket, 94 ... Rotating shaft, 95 ... roller.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A holding member capable of holding a predetermined amount of leafy vegetables in a bundle in a body of a bag filling apparatus, and is movable with respect to a bag to be supported by the body, and the movement is started. In the position, it is installed so as to be located on a weighing platform of a weighing device mounted on the body, and that the weighing device is adjusted to display a zero point in a state where the holding member is located on the weighing platform. A feeding device in a bagging device for leafy vegetables. 2. The movement of the holding member at the starting position on the weighing platform of the weighing device with respect to the bag is controlled so as to start by weighing the leafy vegetables supported by the holding member to a predetermined weight by the weighing device. The supply device in the bagging apparatus for leafy vegetables according to claim 1, characterized in that: