JP2002326191A - Slicer carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly slice a block-shaped break till the end thereof, and to send the bread to a slice edge with a proper attitude. SOLUTION: A carrying conveyer 16 composed of a plurality of single conveyers 20 alienated in a width direction and arranged in parallel is disposed on an upstream side of the slice edge 13. A pushing member 30 is arranged, which pushes bread 14 supported by a supporting member 28 arranged between the carrying conveyer 16 and the slice edge 13 to a position passing through the slice edge 13. The pushing member 30 is composed of plural pushing elements 35 adjacent to both sides or one side of each single conveyer 20. The thickness of each pushing piece 35b of the pushing element 35 is smaller than the clearance measurements of the slice edges 13, 13 adjacent to each other when spacing of the slice edge 13 is set to be minimum. The pushing piece 35b is positioned on both sides of each slice edge 13 existing at a specified position so as to be adjacent to the slice edge 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slicer transfer device for transferring bread to a slicer of the slicer of bread.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a sliced sliced bread is sliced by a slicer, a plurality of the sliced bread are brought into contact with each other before and after in the transport direction (so-called pressing and pressing state).
It is sent to the slice blade by a belt conveyor or the like.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conveying method, there is a problem that the last block-shaped bread cannot be sufficiently fed into the slice blade because there is nothing to press later. Therefore, conventionally, workers used tools and the like,
Complicated work of pushing the last block-shaped bread toward the slice blade was required.

Here, when feeding the mountain-shaped bread toward the slice blade with the mountain-shaped side at the top, if the bread is brought into contact with each other before and after in the transport direction as described above, The bread may be sent obliquely to the slice blade or may be sent while swinging. For this reason, it is pointed out that the bread may be sliced diagonally or the slice thickness may not be constant.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems inherent in the prior art, and has been proposed in order to preferably solve the problem, and reliably slices a block-shaped bread to the end. It is another object of the present invention to provide a slicer conveying device capable of feeding a loaf of bread in an accurate posture to a slice blade.

[0006]

[Means for solving the problems] To overcome the above-mentioned problems,
In order to appropriately achieve the intended purpose, the slicer transport device according to the present invention is a slicer in which a plurality of slice blades for slicing a loaf of bread are arranged in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the loaf bread transport direction. A slicer conveying device that conveys a block-shaped loaf of bread to the plurality of slice blades, comprising a pushing member that pushes the loaf of bread one by one toward the slice blade, wherein the pushing member is a loaf of bread. The bread is pushed to a position where the bread passes the slice blade.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a transfer device for a slicer according to the present invention.

Prior to the description of the transport device according to the embodiment, a schematic configuration of a cutting section 12 in a slicer 11 of a loaf of bread in which the transport device 10 is provided will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the cutting portion 12 of the slicer 11 is configured by arranging a plurality of vertically extending strip-shaped slice blades 13 in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction of the bread 14. By moving each slice blade 13 up and down at a high speed by a mechanism (not shown), the block-shaped bread 1 to be fed is sent.
4 is sliced at a predetermined slice thickness. The interval between the slice blades 13 is configured to be adjustable according to the slice thickness of the bread 14. Even when the interval between the slice blades 13 is changed in accordance with the slice thickness of the bread 14, the slice blades 13 are always present at a plurality of specific positions S corresponding to the least common multiple thereof, and each of the specific positions S It is set so that the pushing body 35 of the pushing member 30 described later is positioned correspondingly.

A conveying device 10 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided with a block-shaped bread loaf 1 transferred from a conveyor (not shown) in the preceding process upstream of the cutting section 12.
4 to the cutting section 12 on the downstream side.
4 is provided with a supply conveyor 15 and a conveyor 16 for transporting the sheet 4. The supply conveyor 15 is composed of an endless belt 18 wound around a plurality of rollers 17 that are separated from each other in the conveying direction of the bread pan 14. The roller 17 is driven to rotate by a drive motor (not shown). It is configured to continuously transport the placed bread 14 toward the downstream side. In addition, on the supply conveyor 15, the bread loaf 14 is mounted and conveyed in a lateral state in which the longitudinal direction thereof is orthogonal to the conveying direction. An article sensor 19 for detecting the front end (downstream end in the transport direction) of the bread 14 is provided near the end of the supply conveyor 15, and when the sensor 19 detects the bread 14, the supply conveyor 15 is stopped and fed. The supply conveyor 15 is configured to start when the member 30 reaches a predetermined timing.

The conveyor 16 is a conveyor that conveys the bread 14 delivered from the supply conveyor 15 toward the cutting section 12, and includes a plurality of single conveyors 20 arranged in parallel at a distance in the width direction. It consists of. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the drive shaft 22 is rotatably supported at the upstream end in the transport direction between the pair of side plates 21, 21 separated in the width direction, and is rotatably supported by the drive shaft 22. A plurality of (six in the embodiment) drive pulleys 23 are respectively arranged so as to be able to rotate integrally. In addition, a support frame 24 extending a predetermined length from the disposition position of the pulley 23 to the downstream side in the conveyance direction in accordance with the disposition position of each drive pulley 23 is disposed along the conveyance direction. A driven pulley 25 is rotatably disposed at the downstream end of the support frame 24, and an endless round belt 2 is provided between a pair of pulleys 23, 25 forming a pair in the transport direction.
6 are wound around each. And
By rotating the drive shaft 22 by a drive motor (not shown), the plurality of round belts 26 are configured to run continuously at the same speed. That is, in the embodiment, the driving pulley 2
3. The single conveyor 20 is constituted by the driven pulley 25 and the round belt 26. The transport speed of the bread 14 on the transport conveyor 16 is set faster than the transport speed of the bread 14 on the supply conveyor 15, and the bread 14 transferred to the transport conveyor 16 from the supply conveyor 15.
Is separated from the subsequent bread 14 and the conveyor 1
A plurality of breads 14 are conveyed on the 6 with a predetermined gap (see FIG. 1).

Note that a pair of guide members 27, 27 spaced apart in the width direction are provided above the supply conveyor 15 and the transport conveyor 16 so as to extend to a position close to the slice blade 13. Both longitudinal sides of the bread 14 conveyed by the conveyors 15 and 16 are both guide members 2.
It is configured to be guided by 7, 27 so as not to be displaced in the width direction.

The transport conveyor 16 and the slice blade 1
3, a support member 28 for supporting the lower surface of the bread 14 transported from the transport conveyor 16 is provided.
The support member 28 is, as shown in FIG.
6 comprises a plurality of support plates 29 which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the width direction so as to correspond to the single conveyors 20, and the level of the support member 28 supporting the bread 14 (the upper surface of the support plate 29). The level is set lower than the level at which the bread 14 of the transport conveyor 16 is placed (the upper end level of the upper traveling portion of the round belt 26) (see FIG. 1).

At a position corresponding to the conveyor 16,
A pushing member 30 for pushing the loaf of bread 14 transferred to the supporting member 28 and supported on the lower surface to a position past the slice blade 13 has a front end (downstream end in the conveying direction).
In the transport direction between a pushing position (FIG. 5 (c)), which faces a position past the slice blade 13, and a standby position (FIG. 5 (a), where the front end faces upstream from the front end of the conveyor 16). It is arranged to be able to reciprocate back and forth. Also, the conveyor 16
A drive mechanism 31 of the pushing member 30 is disposed below the lower part.
As shown in FIG. 1, the driving mechanism 31 includes a pair of pulleys 32 and
2, an endless belt 33 wound between the pulleys 32, 32, and a servomotor 34 for driving the pulley 32 to rotate in the forward and reverse directions. The pushing member 30 is provided at a predetermined position of the endless belt 33. It is connected so that it may move integrally. When the pushing member 30 pushes the bread 14 forward, the rotation of the servomotor 34 is controlled so that the speed of the pushing member 30 becomes substantially the same as the transport speed of the transport conveyor 16, and the pushing member 30 is retracted. The time is controlled so as to be faster than the speed at the time of forward movement, so that the time required for one cycle of the pushing member 30 can be shortened. The pulley 32 and the endless belt 33 are of a toothed type, and are configured so as not to slip during forward and reverse rotation.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pushing member 30 is composed of a plurality of pushing members 35 spaced at a predetermined interval in the width direction so as to be adjacent to both sides or one side of each of the single conveyors 20 in the conveyor 16. You. This pushing body 35
Is formed of a plate material of a predetermined length extending along the transport direction, and a slit 35a of a predetermined length opening at the front end in the transport direction is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction. The slit 35a corresponds to the specific position S where the slice blade 13 is always present, and is set so as not to interfere with the slice blade 13. The thickness of each of the pushing pieces 35b as passable portions located on both sides of the slit 35a is smaller than the gap size between the adjacent slice blades 13, 13 when the interval between the slice blades 13 is set to the minimum. Is set to Also, the pushing piece 3 of each pushing body 35
5b indicates each slice blade 13 existing at each of the specific positions S.
Is set so as to pass between the milling blades 13 and 13 on both sides adjacent thereto, and even when the interval between the slice blades 13 is changed, each of the pushing members 30 is adjusted without adjusting the position of the pushing member 30. The piece 35b is configured to be able to move forward by passing between the adjacent slice blades 13,13.
(See the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1). In addition, the said pushing body 35 (pushing piece 35b) is provided corresponding to all the said specific positions S with respect to the bread 14 to be sliced.

At the uppermost part of the pushing body 35 of the pushing member 30, there is formed a placing portion 35c formed substantially in parallel with the upper traveling portion of the round belt 26 of the conveyor 16 so that the bread 14 can be placed thereon. Has become. This mounting part 3
As shown in FIG. 1, the level of the support member 5 supports the bread 14 of the support member 28 and the level of the transport conveyor 16.
And the level on which the bread 14 is placed. That is, the lower portion of the bread 14 transferred from the conveyor 16 to the support member 28 and supported is pushed by the front end of the pushing member 30, and the placement of the pushing member 30 pushing the bread 14 is described later. The transfer of the subsequent bread 14 from the conveyor 16 to the section 35c is performed without any trouble.

At positions corresponding to the vicinity of the downstream end of the conveying conveyor 16 in each of the guide members 27, as shown in FIG.
The front end of the regulating member 36 is configured to be able to protrude and retract inside through a through hole 27 a formed at a position corresponding to the guide member 27. The retraction restricting member 36 is always held in a state in which a front end protrudes inward through an elastic member 37 such as a spring so that the front end can come into contact with the bread pan 14, and the front end is located downstream of the conveyor 16. It has become. When the bread 14 passes, it is retracted outward to allow the passage, and after the bread 14 passes, it protrudes inward and abuts on the rear end of the bread 14 to regulate the retreat. (See FIG. 5 (c)). Further, between the retraction restricting member 36 and the slice blade 13, the slice blade 13
A forward regulating member 38 which contacts the upper front end of the bread 14 conveyed while being placed on the pushing member 30 and regulates the forward movement of the bread 14 is disposed at a position close to.

Downstream of the slicing blade 13, there is arranged a receiving conveyor 39 which receives the sliced bread 14a and sends it to a subsequent process. This receiving conveyor 39
As shown in FIG. 4, a fixed table 40 on which the sliced bread 14a is placed, a movable table 41 disposed between the fixed table 40 and the slice blade 13 and moving back and forth in the transport direction, A pair of endless chains 42, 42 which are separated in the direction and run in the vertical position sandwiching both tables 40, 41, and a plurality of rod-shaped pushers which are provided between the endless chains 42, 42 and are separated at predetermined intervals in the running direction. Member 43
It is composed of The upper surface level of both tables 40 and 41 is set lower than the support level of the support member 28, and the bread 1 pushed by the pushing member 30.
The transfer from the support member 28 to the movable table 41 can be performed smoothly. The movable table 41 is driven by driving means such as a pneumatic cylinder and a motor.
Standby position close to slice blade 13 and fixed table 40
Is reciprocated between the operating position and the pushing member 3
At the timing when the sliced bread 14a pushed in at 0 is transferred to the movable table 41 at the standby position, the slice bread is set to be moved to the operating position. Then, at this time, the pressing member 43 moves upward from below the movable table 41 through a gap generated between the movable table 41 and the slice blade 13, and the pressing member 43 moves the sliced bread 14a on the table. It is configured to be pushed toward the fixed table 40.

[0018]

Next, the operation of the transfer apparatus according to the above-described embodiment will be described. The supply conveyor 1 from the previous process
5 is conveyed downstream by the conveyor 15 and the operation of the supply conveyor 15 is stopped when the front end of the bread 14 is detected by the article sensor 19. . The pushing member 30 reciprocates at predetermined time intervals, and the operation of the supply conveyor 15 is started at a predetermined timing in the reciprocation, and the bread 14 on the conveyor 15 is transferred to the transport conveyor 16 to be transferred to the conveyor 15. The transport is continued downstream by 16. Since the transport speed of the transport conveyor 16 is set to be faster than the transport speed of the supply conveyor 15, the bread 14 transferred to the transport conveyor 16 is separated from the subsequent bread 14 on the supply conveyor 15. When the front end of the subsequent bread 14 is detected by the article sensor 19, the supply conveyor 15 is stopped. Therefore, on the conveyor 16, the breads 14,
14 are transported in a state where they are separated by a predetermined interval.

The pushing member 30 facing the standby position is moved forward toward the pushing position, and while the pushing member 30 moves above the supporting member 28, the bread 14 transported by the transport conveyor 16 is moved. Placement part 35c of pushing member 30
And transported downstream as it is. After the loaf of bread 14 placed and conveyed on the pushing member 30 is conveyed beyond the retreat regulating members 36, 36, the forward movement thereof is regulated by the upper front end abutting on the advance regulating member 38. Only the pushing member 30 moves forward with respect to the bread loaf to the pushing position.

Next, the pushing member 30 starts retreating toward the standby position.
4, the rear ends of the retraction restricting members 36, 36 projecting inward from the guide members 27, 27 are in contact with the front ends thereof, so that the retreating movement is restricted.
Only move backward to the standby position. And the pushing member 3
During the time when 0 reaches the standby position, the bread 14 is
From the support member 28 (see FIG. 5).
(See (a)). The pushing member 30 which has retreated to the standby position starts moving forward again, and at this time, pushes the bread 14 on the supporting member 28 from the upstream side at the front end of the pushing member 30 and transfers it (see FIG. 5B). At the time of this advance, the following bread 1
4 is transferred from the conveyor 16 to the mounting portion 35c of the pushing member 30 in the same manner as described above.

The bread 14 pushed by the pushing member 30
Is sliced by the slice blade 13 at a predetermined slice thickness. At this time, each pushing piece 35 of the pushing member 30
As shown in FIG. 5C, b is a slice blade 13 located at a specific position S and slice blades 13 and 1 on both sides adjacent thereto.
3, the loaf of bread is pushed to a position where the loaf of bread passes the slice blade 13, so that the loaf of bread is reliably sliced. That is, the loaf of bread 14 conveyed toward the slice blade 13 at the end can be surely sliced, and the pushing work of the operator can be omitted. In addition, since the bread 14 is pushed one by one toward the slice blade 13, even if the mountain-shaped bread is fed toward the slice blade 13 with the mountain-shaped side at the top, the bread must be sent in an accurate posture. The bread is not sliced diagonally, and the slice thickness can always be constant.

The sliced bread 14a having passed through the slice blade 13 is transferred to a movable table 41 facing a standby position of the receiving conveyor 39. This movable table 4
1 moves forward toward the operating position, the endless chains 42, 42 travel, and the pushing member 43 moves upward from below through the gap between the movable table 41 and the slice blade 13, and the pushing is performed. The sliced bread 14 a on the movable table 41 is pushed to the fixed table 40 by the member 43.

When the slice thickness of the bread 14 is changed, the interval between the slice blades 13 is changed correspondingly. In this case, the slice blade 1 is always used even if the interval is changed.
3 corresponding to the specific position S where the pushing member 30 exists.
Since the pushing piece 35b is positioned, it is not necessary to adjust the position of the pushing member 30 when changing the slice thickness, and it is possible to reduce the loss time associated with the adjusting operation. Further, since no adjusting means for the pushing member 30 is required, the mechanical configuration can be simplified.

[0024]

[Modifications] The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above, and for example, the following modifications can be appropriately adopted. When the transport conveyor is extended to the vicinity of the slice blade, and instead of the pushing member of the embodiment, between the bread rolls on the transport conveyor, the push member protrudes from below and pushes the bread toward the slice blade when returning. May be a push-back member that makes a so-called box motion that returns under the following bread. A conveying conveyor consisting of a plurality of single conveyors, or a flat belt conveyor instead of this, is extended to the vicinity of the slice blade, and instead of the pushing member of the embodiment, the pushing member is moved upward between the bread rolls that move back and forth on the carrying conveyor. It may be a pushing member that performs so-called box motion by inserting a bread loaf and pushing the loaf of bread toward the slice blade, and when returning, returns over the succeeding loaf of bread. In an embodiment, the pushing member is a separate pushing piece corresponding to the specific position.
Although a plurality of (passable portions) are provided, these may be formed as a single unit that does not interfere with each single conveyor of the transport conveyor, and a concave portion may be formed in a portion corresponding to the slice blade. Also, the passable portion does not correspond to all of the specific position, for example, every other portion, or partially corresponds to, or is formed to correspond to only one side with respect to the slice blade existing at the specific position. Is also good. The supply conveyor may be one in which a plurality of units are arranged in series instead of one. Even in such a case, the conveying speed of the downstream conveyor including the conveying conveyor is higher than the conveying speed of the upstream conveyor. It should just be. The supply conveyor was abolished, and an article sensor for detecting the bread was provided at the end of the transport of the transport conveyor. As in the above-described embodiment, the operation of the transport conveyor was started in accordance with the timing of the pusher and the bread was moved to the pusher. After the article is transferred and the following bread is detected by the article sensor, the transport conveyor may be stopped. The bread may be transferred to the conveyor one by one at predetermined intervals from the previous step of slicing in accordance with the timing of the pushing member.

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the transfer device according to (1), the loaf of bread is pushed by the pushing member to a position where the loaf passes the slice blade, so that the bread can be reliably sliced up to the loaf of bread that is finally conveyed. Further, since the bread is pushed one by one by the pushing member, even when, for example, the mountain-shaped bread is sent to the slice blade with its mountain-shaped side facing forward, the bread is fed in an accurate posture with respect to the slice blade. The sliced bread can be sliced accurately and the slice thickness is constant.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the case where the interval between the adjacent slice blades whose interval is set to a minimum can be passed through the passable portion of the pushing member and the interval between the slice blades is changed. However, since it is always provided corresponding to the specific position where the slice blade exists, even when the interval between the slice blades is changed in accordance with the change in the slice thickness of the bread,
There is no need to adjust the position of the pushing member accordingly.
Loss time associated with the adjustment operation can be reduced. In addition, according to the transfer device of the third aspect, since the passable portion of the pushing member is provided corresponding to all of the plurality of specific positions, the bread can be stably pushed toward the slice blade. In addition, the bread can be sliced to a more accurate and constant thickness.

According to the transport device of the fourth aspect, the lower portion of the bread loaf transferred from the transport conveyor to the support member is pushed by the pushing member, so that the bread can be pushed in a stable manner. According to the conveying device of the fifth aspect, the following bread is transferred to the pushing member while the bread is being pushed by the pushing member, so that the distance between the front and rear of the bread is reduced. Can improve the processing capacity. Furthermore, according to the transfer device of the sixth aspect, since the transport speed of the transport conveyor is set to be higher than the transport speed of the supply conveyor, the bread delivered from the supply conveyor is separated from the subsequent bread, and the bread is transferred by the pushing member. Can be reliably carried out one by one.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a transfer device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a transport device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a slicer and a transfer device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a receiving conveyor of the transport device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a process of feeding a loaf of bread into a slicer blade by the transport device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Slicer 13 Slice blade 14 Loaf of bread 15 Supply conveyor 16 Conveyor 20 Single conveyor 28 Supporting member 30 Pushing member 35b Pushing piece (passable part) 35c Placing part 36 Retreating regulating member S Specific position

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Hasegawa 4-380 Nakaodai, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi F-kikai Nagoya Plant F-term (reference) 4B032 DB02 DP63

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A slice blade (1) for slicing a bread (14).
3) are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the bread (14), and are arranged in parallel in a plurality of slicers (11). A conveying device for a slicer that conveys the loaf of bread (14) one by one toward the slice blade (13), and the loafing member (30) includes a loaf of bread ( A slicer conveying device, wherein the slicer (14) is configured to push the bread (14) to a position where the slicer (13) passes the slice blade (13). 2. A slicing blade (1) is provided on the pushing member (30).
3), a passable portion (35b) that can pass between the adjacent slice blades (13, 13) even when the interval between the slice blades (13) is set to a minimum. 13), and the passable portion (35b) is always located at the specific position (S) where the slice blade (13) exists even when the interval between the slice blades (13) is changed. The corresponding location
2. The slicer conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the device is set so as to pass between the slice blade (13) existing in (S) and one or both of the adjacent slice blades (13, 13). 3. A plurality of said specific positions (S) for said bread (14) to be sliced, and said passable portion (35b)
3. The transfer device for a slicer according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the plurality of specific positions (S) are provided. 4. Bread (14) toward said slice blade (13)
Conveyor (16) that transports the bread (14) that is located between the conveyor (16) and the slice blade (13) and that supports the bread (14) transported from the conveyor (16). The level at which the support member (28) supports the bread (14) is set lower than the level at which the bread (14) of the transport conveyor (16) is placed, and the pushing member (30) ) Is a bread loaf supported by the support member (28).
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lower part of (14) is set to be pushed.
The transfer device for a slicer according to any one of the above. 5. A placing portion (35c) on which the bread (14) can be placed is provided on the pushing member (30), and the level of the placing portion (35c) is the bread of the support member (28). (14) is set between the level supporting the bread (14) of the conveyor (16) and the level on which the bread (14) is placed, and the pushing speed of the pushing member (30) for pushing the bread (14) is The transport speed of the bread (14) in the transport conveyor (16) is set to be substantially the same as the transport speed of the bread (14), and the transport conveyor (16) is arranged in parallel in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the bread (14). A single conveyor (20), and the pushing member (30) is formed so as to be interposed between the single conveyors (20, 20), and when the pushing member (30) pushes the bread (14). Then, the subsequent bread (14) is transferred onto the mounting portion (35c) of the pushing member (30), and when the pushing member (30) retreats, the placing portion of the pushing member (30) (35c) Bread transferred on (14 5. The device according to claim 4, further comprising a retraction restricting member (36) for restricting the retraction of the slicer. 6. A bread loaf upstream of the conveyor (16).
At least one supply conveyor (15) for supplying (14) to the transfer conveyor (16) is provided, and the transfer speed of the bread (14) in the transfer conveyor (16) and the supply conveyor (15) is set to a downstream conveyor. Speed is set faster than the speed of the upstream conveyor,
The slicer transport device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the bread (14) is separated one by one on the (16).