JP2005153990A - Long root vegetable boxing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively reduce impact on a long root vegetable in the course of boxing and to correctly store it straight into a container. <P>SOLUTION: The front bottom of the container 2 is brought into close contact with the end of a dispenser, thereby reducing impact on a Chinese yam 1 dispensed from the dispenser. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a boxing device for long root vegetables such as radish and burdock.

Examples of prior art document information related to the present invention include the following.
This is because the slide tilt shutter moves back and forth in the horizontal direction, tilts up and down, and operates a conveyor belt provided on the slide tilt shutter, thereby causing the long root vegetables to be rooted. It is sent from the tip to the container and stored.
With this structure, the drop impact when the long root vegetables to be delivered is packed is reduced.
JP 2002-80007 ([0017] and [0018], FIG. 1 and FIG. 3)

By the way, in order to optimize the drop impact on the delivered long root vegetables, the sending end of the slide tilt shutter is brought close to the bottom of the container. What is necessary is just to tighten the inclination of the shutter.
However, when the tilt of the slide tilt shutter is tightened, the long root vegetables slide down before the operation of the conveyor belt in the shutter, and the root of the long root vegetables collides with the container and damages the root tip due to the sliding momentum. There is a possibility that.
Therefore, in reality, the slide tilt shutter is tilted to such an extent that the long root vegetables do not slide down. However, this tilt is also shown in FIG. In the middle of delivery, the long root vegetables fall as if thrusting into the container from their roots due to their own weight, so the drop impact may damage the roots of the long root vegetables, There is also a possibility that the long root vegetables will be displaced due to falling and cannot be stored straight.
In addition, as a method of bringing the sliding end of the slide tilt shutter close to the bottom of the container in a state where the tilt of the slide tilt shutter is appropriate, a container having a shallow bottom can be used.
Under the present circumstances, since long root vegetables are stored in a container in a multi-stage shape, it cannot be practically adopted.
In addition, when packing long root vegetables, put a cushioning material in the container in advance, and this cushioning material alleviates the impact on long root vegetables at the time of boxing, as well as when transporting and stacking boxes Although the impact on long root vegetables is alleviated, in the boxing device illustrated, it is necessary for the operator himself to put the cushion material by hand when putting the cushion material into the container. It was incomplete in terms of mitigating impacts on root vegetables and automatic boxing.

Therefore, the present invention has a first object of effectively mitigating the impact on the long root vegetables at the time of boxing, and storing it straight and accurately in a container, and provides a boxing device that solves this problem With the goal.
Moreover, in addition to the said subject, this invention makes it the 2nd subject to aim at the complete automation in the boxing of long root vegetables, and it aims at provision of the boxing apparatus which solves this subject.

The present invention employs the following technical means in order to solve the above problems.
Technical means for solving the first problem include: a delivery unit that sends out the long root vegetables to the container; and a container support means that causes the container storing the long root vegetables to approach and separate from the delivery unit. The long-lived vegetables are sent out from the end toward the container while holding the placed long-root vegetables in place and moving backward along the longitudinal direction in the horizontal direction. And the container support means is configured so that the front bottom portion of the container can be tilted so that it can be approached and separated from the delivery end of the delivery part. The side bottom is brought close to the delivery end of the delivery unit to mitigate the impact on the long root vegetables delivered from the delivery unit. (Claim 1)
Further, the technical means for solving the second problem is that, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, a supply unit for supplying the cushion material to the container before the delivery of the long root vegetables is provided. (Claim 2)

The boxing device of the present invention has the following excellent effects by the above configuration.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the container is inclined so that the rear side bottom portion is brought close to and away from the sending end of the sending portion, the sending portion is placed in a horizontal state. The long root vegetables can be prevented from slipping down, and the bottom of the container can be brought as close as possible to the delivery end of the delivery unit regardless of the depth of the container.
Therefore, it is possible to greatly relieve the drop impact on the root at the time of delivery of the long root vegetables, and to suppress the deviation in the container of the long root vegetables that may be caused by falling, one by one straight It can be stored accurately.
Moreover, since long root vegetables are hold | maintained in the fixed position at the time of delivery, the impact by a root tip being pressed on a container at the time of delivery or colliding can be prevented.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent a pressure impact on the root tip when the long root vegetables are delivered.
According to the invention of claim 2, since the cushion material is automatically supplied before the delivery of the long root vegetables, it is possible to realize full automation in the boxing operation of the long root vegetables.

The back side bottom part as used in the field of this invention is a bottom part of the conveyance direction downstream side.
The delivery section referred to in the present invention includes all configurations that can send out the long root vegetables to be placed and can move back and forth in the horizontal direction. For example, the long root vegetables can be fed by a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor. This can be realized by a configuration that feeds and moves these conveyors back and forth using a chain drive or a cylinder mechanism.
The container support means includes all of the configurations in which the container is inclined so as to be able to approach and separate from the delivery part. It can be realized by a configuration in which it is moved up and down and the other end is pivotally supported at a fixed position.
Moreover, you may make it discharge | emit the accommodated container by providing a belt conveyor in a container support means.
In this case, it is preferable that a conveyor for supplying the container to the support means and a conveyor for transporting the stored containers to be discharged to the other end side are connected to one end side of the container support means.
The container support means is preferably provided with a stopper that prevents the container from sliding off when inclined.
For example, the stopper may be provided with a protrusion on the support surface of the container and the protrusion may be used as a stopper, or the support surface may be made of a material having high frictional resistance.
When the container support means is provided with a belt conveyor, the stopper is provided with a protrusion on the belt so that when the container to be placed is discharged, the protrusion returns to a position for stopping the container.
Further, a material having a high frictional resistance may be attached to the surface of the belt, or the belt itself may be made of a material having a high frictional resistance.
In order to feed the long root vegetables toward the container from the end while holding the placed long root vegetables in place and retracting horizontally along the longitudinal direction, the horizontal retraction is required. This is possible by setting the speed and the sending speed for sending long root vegetables to the same speed.
In addition, examples of the cushioning material according to claim 2 include rice husk, wheat husk, buckwheat husk, or crushed expanded polystyrene.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 to 7 show a boxing system B using the boxing apparatus A of the present invention.
The boxing system B includes a boxing device A, a first conveyor C that supplies the long bag 1 to the boxing device A, a second conveyor D that also supplies the container 2 to the boxing device A, and a stored container 2 that is discharged. And a third conveyor E for transporting the vehicle.
In the following, the upstream side in the transport direction of the long rod 1 is defined as the rear side, and the downstream side is defined as the front side.

Long root vegetables are supplied to the first conveyor C by the belt conveyor F.
The 1st conveyor C is connected with the chain part C2 via the support rod C1, and is made to move back and forth along a conveyance direction by the normal / reverse motion of the said chain part C2.
The support rod C1 is guided by the guide rail C3 so as to move back and forth.
In the most advanced state of the first conveyor C, a part of the downstream side is located immediately above a delivery conveyor 31 described later, and in the last retracted state, the entire upper surface of the delivery conveyor 31 is exposed.
Reference numeral C4 is a frame for positioning the long rod 1 and is positioned immediately above the downstream side of the first conveyor C, and stops the conveyed long rod 1 at a set position.

  The boxing apparatus A includes a sending unit 3 that sends the long sheet 1 to the container 2, a container support means 4 that moves the container 2 in which the long sheet 1 is stored toward and away from the sending unit 3, and a container before the long sheet 1 is delivered. 2 is provided with a supply unit 6 for supplying the cushioning material 5 to the unit 2.

The delivery unit 3 is a delivery conveyor 31 located on the downstream side of the first conveyor C, and the delivery conveyor 31 is horizontally supported by a support plate 32 via the supply unit 6.
The supply unit 6 is a belt conveyor supported so as to be movable back and forth in the transport direction, and is positioned between the delivery conveyor 31 and the loading conveyor 41 and supported by the chain unit 62 via the support rod 61 so as to be movable back and forth. Has been.
The support rod 61 is guided by the guide rail 63 so as to move back and forth.
The transporting operation of the supply unit 6 is such that the cushion material 5 is supplied prior to the delivery of the long sheet 1 by the delivery conveyor 31.
The delivery conveyor 31 and the supply unit 6 thus moved back and forth simultaneously by the back and forth movement of the chain unit 62.

The container support means 4 includes a mounting conveyor 41 on which the container 2 is mounted, and a cylinder 42 that tilts and moves the mounting conveyor 41 up and down.
The loading conveyor 41 is supported by a pedestal 43 that can rotate 360 degrees via a cylinder 42.
The pedestal 43 is provided with two cylinders 42 that support the mounting conveyor 41 so as to be inclined.
The pedestal 43 is supported by a turntable 44 that rotates 360 degrees forward and backward.

On the surface of the loading conveyor 41, a protruding stopper 45 that prevents the container 2 from sliding down is provided.
The stoppers 45 are protruded along the width direction of the loading conveyor 41 so as to reach a fixed position every half circumference of the conveyor 41. When the stored container 2 is discharged, the next stopper 45 is fixed. To reach the position.
The fixed position of the stopper 45 is such that when the container 2 does not protrude from the loading conveyor 41 and the loading conveyor 41 is tilted with the container 2 being loaded, the bottom of the container 2 on the rear side of the loading conveyor 41 It is a position close to the delivery end (downstream side).
Each of the two cylinders 42 is pivotally supported by the base 43 so that the base end can be inclined, and the tip is pivotally supported by the axis of the pulley 46 of the loading conveyor 41, so that the two cylinders are at the same height. At a certain time, the horizontal state of the mounting conveyor 41 is maintained, and the inclined state of the mounting conveyor 41 is maintained in the extended state on the rear side of the cylinder 42.

Hereinafter, the operation of the boxing system B configured as described above will be described.
In the present embodiment, the operation of the boxing system B will be described as being automatically controlled.
The automatic control of this embodiment was detected while detecting the position of the first conveyor, the delivery conveyor, the mounting conveyor, the position / number of long root vegetables, and the position of the container with a detection means (not shown). The boxing system B is operated by inputting the result to the control means and outputting the result based on the input result.

(1) The position of the first conveyor C is the most advanced position, the position of the delivery conveyor 31 is the most advanced position, and the set number of long root vegetables are stopped by the frame 35. When the absence is detected, the control means moves the first conveyor C and the delivery conveyor 31. (Figure 2)
(2) When it is detected that the long sheet 1 conveyed from the first conveyor C reaches the preset number and the set number is stopped by the frame body C6, the control means performs the conveying operation of the first conveyor C. Stop.
(3) When it is detected that the conveying operation of the first conveyor C is stopped, the control means moves the first conveyor C backward and supplies the long sheet 1 to the delivery conveyor 31. (Figure 3)
At the time of supplying the long sheet 1 to the delivery conveyor 31, the conveying operation of the first conveyor C is resumed, and the long sheet 1 is conveyed while being retracted to be supplied to the delivery conveyor 31.
Further, when it is detected that the first conveyor C is in the last retracted state, the control means advances the first conveyor C to the most advanced position.
(4) When it is detected that the container 2 is placed on the placement conveyor 41, the control means tilts the placement conveyor 41. (Fig. 4)
(5) When it is detected that the loading conveyor 41 is inclined, the conveying operation of the delivery conveyor 31 is activated while the conveying operation of the supply unit 6 is activated to supply the cushion material 5 to the container 2. Then, the long bag 1 is sent to the container 2. (Fig. 5)
(6) When it is detected that the delivery conveyor 31 is in the last retracted state, the control unit changes the placing conveyor 41 from the inclined state to the horizontal state, and further advances the delivery conveyor 31 and the supply unit 6.
(7) When it is detected that the loading conveyor 41 is in the horizontal state, the control means lowers the loading conveyor 41 to a rotatable position, and rotates the pedestal 43 by 180 degrees in the lowered state.
(8) When the operations from (1) to (7) are completed, the operations from (1) to (7) are started again, and it is detected that the long basket 1 is stored in the container 2 in the set number of stages. The control means causes the loading conveyor 41, the second conveyor D, and the third conveyor E to move and discharge the stored containers 2, and supplies the next containers to the loading conveyor 41. (Fig. 6, Fig. 7)
By this automatic control, a continuous boxing operation can be performed without damaging the tip of the long rod 1 in particular.

The front view of the boxing system using the boxing apparatus concerning this invention. The side view of FIG. Operation diagram of the boxing system. Operation diagram of the boxing system. Operation diagram of the boxing system. Operation diagram of the boxing system. Operation diagram of the boxing system.

Explanation of symbols

A: Box packing device B: Box packing system C: First conveyor 1: Nagatoro (long root vegetables)
2: Container 3: Delivery unit 31: Delivery conveyor 4: Container support means 41: Loading conveyor 42: Cylinder 5: Cushion material 6: Supply unit

Claims (2)

  A long section on which the delivery section is placed, including at least a delivery section for delivering the long root vegetables to the container and a container support means for approaching and separating the container storing the long root vegetables from the delivery section. The root vegetables are left in place, and the long root vegetables are sent out from the end toward the container while retreating in the horizontal direction along the longitudinal direction, and the container support means is disposed at the front of the container. By configuring the side bottom portion to be tiltable so as to be able to approach and separate from the delivery end in the delivery unit, when sending out the long root vegetables, the front side bottom portion of the container is brought close to the delivery end in the delivery unit, and the delivery unit A boxing device for long root vegetables that is designed to reduce the impact on the long root vegetables that are sent out from.   The boxing device for long root vegetables according to claim 1, further comprising a supply unit that supplies the cushion material to the container before the delivery of the long root vegetables.

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