JP2009045029A - Chamber device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chamber device which maintains high level of operability in rehanging of noodle strings from a slightly extending device to a chamber body, as well as, reduces the labor cost. <P>SOLUTION: The chamber device has a chamber body 4 storing the noodle strings, taken out from the slightly extending device 1 and a pair of hanging rods 2 on which the noodle strings are hung in a twilled state, and is constituted of a box body for maturing the noodle strings. The chamber device is equipped with a carry-out conveyor 3 for carrying out the hanging rods 2 from the slightly extending device 1, at a prescribed interval in the front and rear direction successively; the chamber body 4, having a wholly opened front face facing the slightly extending device 1, rod-receiving devices 5, is constituted of a right and left pair of upper, middle and lower three stages, installed in the right and left both side parts in the chamber body 4, for successively receiving the hanging rods 2 at the front part of the chamber body 4 from the carrying out conveyor 3 which are made to protrude into the chamber body 4, and conveying the hanging rods 2 rearward; and a rod-receiver-driving device 9 for driving a rod receiver 5 so as to exhibit the same conveying speed as the carrying out conveyor 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a chamber apparatus used for storing and aging noodle strings drawn by a drawing apparatus in a noodle production process.

  In the manufacturing process of noodles such as raw noodles, udon, and cold wheat, noodle strings about 1 cm in thickness are formed from balls formed by kneading the ingredients, and are wound many times on a pair of hanging chopsticks in an 8-character form. For example, by using a drawing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 to be described later, the drawing of the noodle strings is performed by extending the interval of the chopsticks to, for example, about 30 cm.

  The drawn noodle strings are wrapped around a pair of hanging chopsticks so that the noodle strings do not get entangled in a wooden box called a room from the drawing device, and are further left for a predetermined time, for example, for 1 day. After maturing, hang it on a large puller.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the chamber 100 is fixed to an inner surface of a chamber main body 101 formed of a rectangular box having an open upper surface and two side surfaces 102 of the chamber main body 101 facing each other. A chopstick rest 103 on which a part is placed is provided.

  A pair of hanging chopsticks around which the noodle strings are wound are taken out by the worker from the pulling device, and both ends of the hanging chopsticks are received by the chopstick holder 103 at an appropriate interval. It is stored in.

  Thereafter, the upper surface of the chamber main body 101 is covered with the lid body 104, and left standing for one day for aging, for example, so that the noodle strings have a stickiness that cannot be shredded even if they are pulled over.

  As described above, conventionally, since the noodle strings are switched from the small drawing apparatus to the room by hand, workability may be reduced depending on the ability of the worker, and a large labor cost is required. It was.

  The present invention automates the changing of the noodle strings from the drawing device to the room, thereby ensuring a high level of workability for changing the noodle strings from the drawing device to the chamber body and reducing labor costs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a chamber apparatus that can be used.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a chamber main body comprising a box body that houses and matures noodle strings taken out from a drawing device and a pair of hanging chopsticks on which the noodle strings are laid. An unloading conveyor that sequentially unloads the chopsticks from the pulling device at a predetermined front-rear interval; and a box shape, and the unloading conveyor enters the front surface facing the pulling device; and The hanging chopsticks to be carried out by the carry-out conveyor and the chamber main body formed with openings for allowing the noodle strings to pass through, and the left and right sides of the chamber main body are respectively provided. Technically, comprising: a pair of left and right chopstick receiving devices that sequentially receive and convey backward; and a chopstick receiving drive device that drives the chopstick receiving device so as to have the same conveying speed as the carry-out conveyor Adopt means.

  According to the present invention, when the chopstick rest driving device is operated after the chamber body is positioned at the position where the carry-out conveyor enters the interior of the chamber body, the chopstick rest device is driven at the same transport speed as the carry-out conveyor, The chopsticks unloaded from the pulling device by the unloading conveyor are transferred to the chopstick receiving device.

  Since the carry-out conveyor sequentially carries a pair of hanging chopsticks around which the noodle strings are wound from the pulling device at a predetermined front and rear interval, the hanging chopstick is placed at a predetermined front and rear interval from the carry-out conveyor to the chopstick receiving device. Are sequentially transferred to the rear of the chamber body.

  As a result, the noodle strings are transferred efficiently and smoothly from the small drawing device into the chamber body regardless of the ability of the workers, and the noodle strings are transferred from the small drawing device to the chamber body. High workability can be secured.

  In addition, since the noodle strings are switched from the drawing device to the room without relying on human labor, the labor cost conventionally required for this work becomes unnecessary, and the labor cost can be reduced.

  In the present invention, it is desirable to take care that no impact is applied to the noodle strings when delivering the hanging chopsticks from the carry-out conveyor to the chopstick-receiving device. It is preferable to partially overlap.

  In the present invention, in order to partially overlap the transport path of the carry-out chain and the chopstick holder chain, the position and orientation of the chamber body including the chopstick holder chain in the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the vertical direction can be adjusted. Is preferred.

  In the present invention, when the chamber main body and the chopstick holder chain are provided to be movable in the front-rear direction, it is easy to change the noodle strings aged in the chamber main body to a large drawing machine and Prepare a plurality of movable chamber bodies with chopstick holders on the conveyor, and repeat the sequence of noodle strings from the pulling device with a short cycle time to the chamber body, in each chamber body with a long cycle time. It is preferable to increase productivity by increasing the operating rate of the drawing device by overlapping the aging process.

  In addition, when this technical means is adopted, a transport device such as a forklift or a lift truck may be used for moving the chamber body. However, in order to greatly reduce the facility cost, the chamber body is attached to the chamber body. It is preferable to employ technical means that wheels that are moved along the floor surface are provided.

  In this case, in order to move the chamber body stably, it is preferable to provide a plurality of wheels of three or more wheels, and at least one of them is a free wheel that can turn around a longitudinal axis that is eccentric from the rotational axis of the wheel. It is preferable that

  By the way, in the present invention, it is not disturbed to provide a pair of left and right chopstick receiving devices in the chamber body, but a plurality of pairs of chopsticks arranged in a plurality of stages on the left and right sides in the chamber body. A technical means that a receiving device is provided and a lifting device that lifts and lowers the chamber body can be employed.

  When this technical means is adopted, the chopstick receiving drive device selectively transmits power to a pair of chopstick receiving devices positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks transported from the pulling device by the carry-out conveyor. The technical means that the selective transmission means to be provided is provided.

  According to this, after the chamber main body is positioned in the advance position in advance, the chamber main body is moved up and down by the lifting device, and the chopstick receiving devices at the upper and lower stages are sequentially positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks from the carry-out conveyor, By placing the noodle strings in the chopstick receiving device, the operating rate of the pulling device can be further increased, and multiple times more conventional noodle strings and hanging chopsticks can be installed in the room body with the same occupied floor area as before. It is possible to increase the throughput of the aging process with respect to the land area by storing or reducing the occupied floor area of the chamber body that stores the same amount of noodle strings and chopsticks as before.

  The selection transmission means may be configured to selectively transmit power to a chain positioned at a height at which the chopsticks are received from the drawing device. For example, the selection transmission means is individually linked to each stage chain. A driven wheel body that is in contact with or engaged with a driven wheel body that is linked to a chain that is positioned at a height to receive the chopsticks from the pulling device, and a driving wheel body that transmits the power of a power machine such as a motor. If it is.

  Here, the driving wheel body and the driven wheel body are not particularly limited, but friction wheels, gears, and the like are used.

  As described above, the present invention includes a chamber body that includes a box body that houses and matures noodle strings taken out from the drawing device and a pair of hanging chopsticks on which the noodle strings are laid. An unloading conveyor that sequentially unloads the chopsticks from the pulling device at a predetermined front-rear interval; and a box shape, and the unloading conveyor enters the front surface facing the pulling device; and The hanging chopsticks to be carried out by the carry-out conveyor and the chamber main body formed with openings for allowing the noodle strings to pass through, and the left and right sides of the chamber main body are respectively provided. Technically, comprising: a pair of left and right chopstick receiving devices that sequentially receive and convey backward; and a chopstick receiving drive device that drives the chopstick receiving device so as to have the same conveying speed as the carry-out conveyor Since the method is adopted, the following actions or It is possible to obtain the results.

  That is, according to the present invention, when the chopstick rest driving device is operated after the chamber body is positioned at a position where the unloading conveyor enters the chamber body from the opening on the front surface thereof, the unloading conveyor and the chopstick receiving device are the same. The chopsticks that move at the conveyance speed and are carried out from the drawing device by the carry-out conveyor are transferred to the chopstick receiving device.

  Since the carry-out conveyor sequentially carries a pair of hanging chopsticks around which noodle strings are wound from the pulling device at a predetermined front and back interval, the carry conveyor conveys the chopstick receiving device at a predetermined front and back interval. The chopsticks are placed on top of each other and carried into the back of the room body.

  As a result, regardless of the worker's ability, the noodle strings can be stored in the room body in an orderly manner without tangling the noodle strings or breaking the noodle strings. High workability can be secured.

  In addition, since the noodle strings are changed over from the drawing device to the room without depending on the manpower, the labor cost conventionally required for this work becomes unnecessary, and the labor cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, a room device (hereinafter referred to as the present embodiment) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  In the drawings, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the drawing device and the chamber device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the chamber device, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the chamber device. FIG. 4 is a front view of the chamber apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the chamber apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the room device according to the present embodiment sequentially receives the chopsticks 2 from the drawing device 1 and carries it out at a predetermined interval and carries it out by the carry-out conveyor 3. A chamber main body 4 for storing the hanging chopsticks 2 and the noodle strings, chopstick receiving devices 5 which are provided on the left and right sides of the chamber main body 4 in three upper and lower stages, and which make a pair on the left and right, and the chamber main body 4 And the raising / lowering apparatus 6 which raises / lowers the chopstick receiving apparatus 5 is provided.

  The pulling device 1 is provided with a conveyor having a pair of left and right conveyor chains 11, a pair of left and right upper chopstick holders 12, and a pair of left and right lower chopstick holders 13.

  Each upper chopstick holder 12 includes an endless chain 14 and a plurality of hooks 15 fixed to the endless chain 14 at predetermined intervals as adapters. The left and right endless chains 14 are driven in synchronization by a motor 16. Is done.

  Further, the upper chopstick holder 12 is moved by a lifting drive means (not shown) to a lowered position where the tip of the hook 15 is positioned lower than the conveying surface of the chain conveyor and a predetermined height from the conveying surface of the conveying conveyor. Raise and lower over the elevated position.

  However, in FIG. 1, the endless chain 14 of the right upper chopstick holder 12, the hooks 15 positioned on the upper side and the front side, and a part of the right lower chopstick holder 13 are omitted.

  In the initial state, the upper chopstick holder 12 is located at the lowered position, and the endless chain 14 located at the lowered position and the front of the conveyor chain 11 form a pair in which noodle strings are wound between them. The hanging chopsticks 2 are sequentially inserted and placed on the conveyor chain 11 with a predetermined front-rear interval.

  Thereafter, the conveyor chain 11 is moved to feed the hanging chopsticks 2 and the noodle strings backward as much as the distance between the hooks 15 and at the same time, the endless chain 14 of the upper chopsticks 12 is moved to be positioned below the endless chain 14. The hook 15 is moved backward at the same speed as the conveyor chain 11 by the front-rear interval of the hook 15.

  By repeating the hooking of the hanging chopsticks 2 and the rearward conveyance in the above-described procedure a predetermined number of times, after placing a predetermined pair of hanging chopsticks 2 on the conveyor chain 11, the upper chopstick holder 12 is raised and each pair is moved. One of the hanging chopsticks 2 is lifted all at once, and the other of the paired hanging chopsticks 2 is received by the lower hanging chopstick holder 13.

  Thereafter, the noodle strings are drawn by raising the upper chopstick holder 12 in a stepwise manner until it reaches a predetermined height, for example, the interval between the upper and lower chopsticks 2 is about 30 cm.

  Thereafter, the upper chopstick holder 12 is lowered to lower the lower chopstick 2 from the lower chopstick holder 13 to the conveyor chain 11, and then the upper chopstick 2 is transferred from the upper chopstick holder 12 to the conveyor chain 11. After lowering, the hanging chopsticks 2 are sent out backward by the conveyor chain 11.

  Even when the hanging chopsticks 2 are fed backward, the endless chain 14 of the upper hanging chopstick holder 12 is moved so that the hook 15 positioned on the lower side moves backward at the same speed as the conveyor chain 11.

  In this embodiment, a motor 17 for exclusively driving the conveyor chain 11 is provided. For example, the sprocket 18 that wraps the rear part of the conveyor chain 11 is linked to the front idler 32 of the carry-out conveyor 3, which will be described later. The conveyor chain 11 can be driven by the motor 36 of the conveyor 3 and the motor 17 can be omitted.

  The unloading conveyor 3 is configured so that the rear part of the conveyor chain 11 forming a pair is placed on the left and right outer sides so that the front part of the conveying path of the unloading conveyor 3 overlaps the rear part of the conveying path of the conveyor chain 11 over a predetermined conveying distance. And a pair of left and right carry-out chains 31 that are partially inserted into the pulling device 1 with the height of the conveyance surface aligned.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each carry-out chain 31 has a front idler 32 that is rotatably installed around the left and right axial centers in the drawing apparatus 1, and has the same height as the front idler 32. Between the rear idler 33, which is installed to be rotatable around the left and right axial centers at a predetermined distance from the rear, and the front and rear idlers 32, 33 at a position sufficiently lower from these, for example, about 35 cm below, the left and right axial centers It is wound around a drive sprocket 34 that is rotatably installed around and front and rear guide rollers 35 provided as necessary, and is driven by the motor 36 via the drive sprocket 34.

  Here, the rotational speed of the motor 36 is controlled so as to convey the hanging chopsticks 2 backward at the same conveying speed as the conveyor chain 11.

  As a result, the hanging chopsticks 2 are transferred from the conveyor chain 11 to the carry-out chain 31 in order while maintaining the front-rear spacing in the conveyor chain 11 with almost no impact.

  The carry-out conveyor 3 includes a frame that is supported by the drawing device 1 and supports the front and rear idlers 32 and 33, the drive sprocket 34, the guide roller 35, and the motor 36. This frame understands the present invention. For ease of illustration, it is omitted in the drawings.

  Further, the carry-out conveyor 3 can be integrated with the transport conveyor of the drawing device 1 by linking the conveyor chain 11 and the carry-out chain 31 in series. The roller 35 and the motor 36 can be omitted.

  The chamber body 4 is made of wood and includes a bottom surface 41, left and right side walls 42 and 43, and a rear wall 44, as shown in FIG. 3 is opened to accept the hanging chopsticks 2 and the noodle strings carried out from the drawing apparatus 1.

  Further, the upper surface of the chamber body 4 may be closed, but in order to easily observe the state in the chamber body 4, particularly the state of the noodle strings and the chopsticks 2 housed in the chamber body 4. Is fully open.

  Although not shown in the figure, the chamber main body 4 includes a wooden front lid that covers the front surface and a wooden top lid that covers the upper surface, and the aging step closes the front surface with the front lid, It is performed with the top surface closed.

  Each chopstick receiving device 5 includes an idler 51 rotatably supported around the left and right axial centers on the front side of the left side wall 42 or the right side wall 43 of the chamber body 4, and the front side of the left side wall 42 or the right side wall 43 of the chamber body 4. The sprocket 52 is supported on the portion so as to be rotatable around the left and right axis, the chopstick receiving chain 53 wound around the sprocket 52, and the upper periphery of the chopstick receiving chain 53 is received from below and held at a constant height. A wooden chain guide 54 is provided.

  The lifting device 6 includes a mast 61 erected on the floor of a frame factory, a lifting frame 62 supported by the mast 61 so as to be lifted and lowered, a lifting drive device 63 that lifts and lowers the lifting frame 62, and the lifting frame. 62 is provided with a pair of front and rear forks 64 supported so as to be movable within a certain range in the front-rear direction.

  The mast 61 includes a lower beam 611, an upper beam 612, and front and rear columns 613, and a base plate 614 at a lower end thereof as necessary.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the elevating frame 62 includes a main frame 621 that is long in the front-rear direction, and whose front and rear ends are bent leftward, that is, toward the chamber body 4 as necessary. A pair of front and rear rollers 623 are provided on the upper and lower portions of the front and rear brackets 622 made of plate materials that are butt welded to the front and rear end portions of the right side surface of the frame 621.

  The support column 613 of the mast 61 is made of a hollow rectangular material in which a slit groove 616 is formed at the center of the left side over the entire height, and the bracket 622 is protruded from the slit groove 616 of each support column 613 into the hollow portion so as to be lifted and lowered. The roller 623 supported by the bracket 622 is brought into rolling contact with the inner surface of the support column 613 so that the lift frame 62 is supported by the front and rear support columns 613 so as to be movable up and down.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the elevating drive device 63 includes, for example, a motor 631 supported by a lower beam 611 of a mast 61, a lower sprocket 632 that is directly connected to the motor 631 and rotates around a longitudinal axis, and the mast 61 61 is wound around an upper sprocket 633 that is rotatably supported around a longitudinal axis around a top beam 612 via a bracket 615, and these upper and lower sprockets 632 and 633, and is fixed to the lifting frame 62 by a clamp 634. The elevating chain 635 is provided, and the elevating frame 62 is raised by rotating the motor 631 forward, and the elevating frame 62 is lowered by rotating it reversely.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each fork 64 is formed in an L shape having a vertical post 641 and a claw 642 extending leftward from its lower end, and on the right side of the post 641. Upper and lower slide bearings 643 and 644 are fixed at appropriate intervals in the upper and lower sides, and upper and lower guide rails 624 that engage the slide bearings 643 and 644 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. 625 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front and rear forks 64 are moved back and forth synchronously by connecting their posts 641 with a pair of upper and lower horizontal bars 65.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the chamber apparatus is provided with an advancing / retreating device 7 that drives the chamber main body 4 and the front and rear forks 64 back and forth with respect to the mast 61 and the lifting frame 62 as necessary. .

  The advancing / retreating device 7 includes a motor 71 having a vertical axis supported by one of the posts 641, for example, the rear post 641, a drive sprocket 72 directly connected to the motor 71, and a front post 641 that is rotatable about a vertical axis. A supported idler 73, a chain 74 that is hooked to the sprocket 72 and the idler 73, and a clamp 75 that fixes one point of the chain 74 to the lifting frame 62 are provided. The chamber body 4 is moved backward by rotating the body 4 forward and reversely rotating.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the chamber body 4 is provided with wheels 8 made of free wheels at the four corners on the bottom, front, rear, left and right, respectively, and these wheels 8 are grounded and the chamber body 4 is pushed by hand. The chamber body 4 can be freely moved on the floor surface.

  Therefore, the chamber body 4 can be moved to a position suitable for delivery of the hanging chopsticks 2 from the carry-out chain 31 to the chopstick receiving chain 53 by pushing and pulling the chamber body 4 by hand.

  However, in this embodiment including the lifting device 6, the planar position and orientation of the chamber body 4 with respect to the drawing device 1 and the carry-out conveyor 3, that is, the position and direction in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are adjusted accurately and in a short time. Therefore, the fork 54 of the lifting device 6 is used.

  That is, the height from the floor surface to the bottom surface of the chamber body 4 when the wheel 8 is grounded is sufficiently higher than the thickness (vertical height) of the fork 64, and the claw 642 of the fork 64 is placed on the floor. After being lowered until it comes into contact with the surface, the chamber body 4 is pushed by hand to move above the front and rear claws 642.

  Here, by bringing the right surface 13 of the chamber body 4 into contact with the front and rear posts 641, the position and orientation of the chamber body 4 with respect to the center line of the carry-out conveyor 3 and the drawing device can be accurately adjusted.

  The position in the front-rear direction with respect to the fork 64 of the chamber body 4 aligned using the post 641 of the lifting device 6 is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, the front wheel 8 is positioned in front of the front fork 64. The rear wheel 8 is positioned behind the rear fork 64.

  Further, the position in the front-rear direction with respect to the carry-out conveyor 3 of the chamber body 4 aligned using the post 641 of the lifting device 6 is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, the chamber body 4 is in the retracted position, that is, The carry-out conveyor 3 is positioned outside the chamber body 4 or behind it.

  Thereafter, the front and rear forks 64 are moved forward by rotating the motor 71 of the advance / retreat apparatus 7 forward, and the front wheels 8 are received by the front forks 64. Then, the wheels 8 and the chamber body 4 are moved by the front forks. Pushing forward, in plan view, the motor 71 of the advance / retreat device 7 is stopped at the advance position where the rear portion of the carry-out conveyor 3 enters the chamber body 4, and the chamber body 4 is stopped at the advance position.

  Here, by allowing the front wheel 8 to be received later by the front claw 642, the position of the chamber body 4 in the front-rear direction with respect to the lifting device 4, the carry-out conveyor 3, and the drawing device can be accurately adjusted to the forward movement position.

  Thereafter, the motor 631 of the elevating device 6 is rotated forward, the fork 64 is lifted, and the chamber body 4 is lifted to a height at which the wheels 8 are separated from the floor surface. Adjusted horizontally.

  Thereafter, the motor 631 of the lifting / lowering device 6 is rotated forward, and the chamber body 4 is stopped at a height where the upper surface of the upper chopstick receiving chain 53 coincides with the height of the upper surface of the carry-out chain 31, thereby The rear part of the transport path and the front part of the transport path of the chopstick receiving device 5 are overlapped over a predetermined transport length.

  Of course, the method of overlapping the conveyance path of the carry-out conveyor 3 and the conveyance path of the chopstick receiving chain 53 over a predetermined conveyance length by the advancement and elevation of the chamber body 4 is not limited to the above-described method. After the position of the body 4 in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction are adjusted, the lifting device 63 is operated to adjust the height of the chopstick receiving chain 53 to the height of the carry-out chain 31, and thereafter, the advancement / retraction device 7 is operated. A method of moving the chamber body 4 from the retracted position to the advanced position may be employed.

  As a method for aligning the chamber body 4 in the front-rear direction with respect to the fork 64, in addition to the method described above, the front wheel 8 is received by the front claw 642 from the front, and the rear wheel 8 is moved to the rear. A method of receiving the rear claw 642 from the front, a method of receiving the rear wheel 8 from the rear claw 642, a rear wheel 8 being received by the front claw 642 from the rear and the rear claw 642 A method in which the wheel 8 is received by the rear claw 642 from the front, and a method in which the front wheel 8 is received by the front claw 642 from the front and the rear wheel 8 is received by the rear claw 642 from the front. and so on.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 5, the chamber apparatus is provided with a chopstick receiving drive device 9 that selectively drives the upper, middle, and lower chopstick receiving chains 53 in synchronization with the carry-out chain 31.

  The chopstick receiving drive device 9 includes a motor 91 supported by the elevating frame 62, a selection transmission means 92, and a synchronous interlocking shaft 93.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the motor 91 is supported on the rear end portion of the elevating frame 62 via a bracket 94.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each of the selection transmission means 92 is an upper middle made up of rollers arranged coaxially with the sprocket 52 of each stage chopstick receiving device 5 on the rear left outer side of the chamber body 4. A lower three-stage driven wheel body 921 and a driving wheel body 922 made of a roller directly connected to the motor 91 are provided.

  Note that the sprocket 52 is omitted from FIG. 5 because it overlaps the driven wheel 921 in a side view.

  The driving wheel body 922 is a driven wheel that interlocks with a pair of chopstick receiving chains 53 (the upper chopstick receiving chain 53 in FIG. 5) positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks 2 carried out from the drawing device 1. By rotating and contacting the body 921, the rotation of the motor 91 is paired with the chopstick receiving chain 53 positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks 2 carried out from the pulling device 1, that is, the carrying chain 31 and the upper surface This is selectively transmitted to the chopstick rest chain 53 having the same height.

  Synchronous drive shafts 93 at the upper, middle, and lower stages are supported by the chamber body 4 so as to be rotatable about the left and right axis centers. 52 is fixed, and the driven wheel body 921 outside the chamber body 4 is fixed.

  Then, the sprockets 52 of the left and right chopstick receiving devices 5 are synchronously driven by the synchronous drive shaft 93 to which the rotation is transmitted from the motor 91 via the drive wheel body 922 and the driven wheel body 921.

  By the way, after the upper chopstick receiving device 5 is positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks 2 from the carry-out chain 31, the motor 17 of the drawing device 1, the motor 36 of the carry-out conveyor 3, and the motor 91 of the chopstick receiving drive device 9 are turned on. The conveyor chain 11, the carry-out chain 31 and the chopstick holder chain 53 of the drawing device 1 are moved at the same conveyance speed, the chopsticks 2 are transferred from the conveyor chain 11 to the carry-out chain 31, and the chopsticks are received from the carry-out chain 31. It is transferred to the chain 53 and carried into the chamber body 4 in order.

  Here, when the hanging chopsticks 2 are sent from the rear end portion of the conveyor chain 11 of the drawing device 1 to the carry-out chain 31, a space for hanging the hanging chopsticks 2 is created at the front end portion of the drawing device 1 at the same time. In order to increase the operating rate, the noodle strings to be drawn next time may be hooked on the front end of the conveyor chain 11 in parallel with the feeding of the hanging chopsticks 2.

  If the conveying length of the conveyor chain 11 of the drawing device 1 and the conveying length of the chopstick holder chain 53 are the same, all the noodle strings drawn at one time are transferred to the one-stage chopstick receiving device 5. And process management becomes easy.

  When a predetermined number of hanging chopsticks 2 are hooked on the upper chopstick receiving device 5, the motor 17 of the pulling device 1, the motor 36 of the carry-out conveyor 3, and the motor 91 of the chopstick receiving drive device 9 are temporarily stopped, and the lifting device 6 The motor 631 is rotated forward to raise the elevating frame 62, the fork 64, and the chamber body 4.

  Here, there is no problem in performing the drawing by the drawing device 1 while the lifting frame 62, the fork 64 and the chamber body 4 are raised.

  Thereafter, when the upper surface of the middle chopstick receiving chain 53 rises to the height of the upper surface of the carry-out chain 31, the motor 631 of the elevating device 6 is stopped, and thereafter, the motor 17 of the drawing device 1 and the motor of the carry-out conveyor 3 are stopped. 36 and the motor 91 of the chopstick receiving drive device 9 are rotated forward so that the hanging chopsticks 2 are sequentially placed on the middle chopstick receiving chain 53 and stored in the chamber body 4.

  When a predetermined number of hanging chopsticks 2 are hooked on the middle chopstick receiving device 5, the motor 17 of the pulling device 1, the motor 36 of the carry-out conveyor 3, and the motor 91 of the chopstick receiving driving device 9 are temporarily stopped, and the lifting device 6 The motor 631 is rotated forward to raise the elevating frame 62, the fork 64, and the chamber body 4.

  Thereafter, when the upper surface of the lower chopstick receiving chain 53 rises to the height of the upper surface of the carry-out chain 31, the motor 631 of the elevating device 6 is stopped, and thereafter, the motor 17 of the drawing device 1 and the motor 36 of the carry-out conveyor 3 are stopped. Then, the motor 91 of the chopstick receiving drive device 9 is rotated forward so that the hanging chopsticks 2 are sequentially placed on the lower chopstick receiving chain 53 and stored in the chamber body 4.

  When the chopsticks 2 are fully loaded in the upper, middle, and lower chopstick receiving devices 5 in this way, the motor 631 of the lifting device 6 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the fork 64 is lowered until the pawl 642 contacts the floor surface. Let

  Thereafter, the room body 4 full of hanging chopsticks 2 is manually pushed or pulled to move it from the lifting device 6 to a predetermined place in the factory, and another empty room body 4 is placed above the front and rear claws 642. Move and repeat the above procedure.

  As described above, the chamber device is formed in a box shape and is opposed to the drawing device 1 so as to sequentially carry the hanging chopsticks 2 from the drawing device 1 at predetermined intervals. The front of the carry-out conveyor 3 is plunged into the front, the hanging chopsticks 2 carried out by the carry-out conveyor 3 and the chamber main body 4 formed with openings for allowing the noodle strings to pass through, A pair of left and right chopsticks receiving devices 5 that sequentially receive the ends of the hanging chopsticks 2 from the carry-out conveyor 3 that has entered the chamber main body 4 at the front portion in the chamber main body 4 and convey them backward, and the carry-out conveyor 3 Is provided with a chopstick receiving device 9 for driving the chopstick receiving device 5 at the same conveying speed.

  According to this, in cooperation with the conveyor chain 11 that carries the hanging chopsticks 2 out of the pulling device 1, that is, with the same conveying speed, the carry-out conveyor 3 and the chopstick receiving device 5 are operated manually. Without relying on, the noodle strings and the pair of hanging chopsticks 2 around which the noodle strings are wound are automatically switched from the drawing device 1 to the chopstick receiving device 5 in the chamber main body 4 and can be stored in the room main body 4 in an orderly manner.

  As a result, it is possible to reduce labor costs by omitting the labor required in the conventional replacement work.

  In addition, since the heights of the upper surfaces of the conveyor chain 11, the carry-out chain 31 and the chopstick receiving chain 53 are set to the same height, the transfer from the conveyor chain 11 to the carry-out chain 31 and the chopstick receiving chain from the carry-out chain 31 are performed. There is almost no impact on the hanging chopsticks 2 and the noodle strings when changing to 53, and there is no possibility that the noodle strings will be cut by the impact when changing.

  Further, since the conveying speed of the conveyor chain 11, the carry-out chain 31 and the chopstick receiving chain 53 is the same, the interval between the hanging chopsticks 2 is not widened or narrowed during the conveyance, and the noodle strings are not changed during the changing. There is no risk of being shredded or entangled with noodle strings.

  And these things synergistically, the noodle strings and the chopsticks 2 can be efficiently exchanged from the drawing device 1 into the chamber body 4.

  Moreover, according to this chamber apparatus, by preparing the chamber main body 4 with a plurality of wheels 8 for one set of the lifting device 6 and the advance / retreat apparatus 7, the chamber main body 4 is filled with noodle strings every time. The main unit 4 can be exchanged to increase the operating rate of the pulling device 1.

  In this embodiment, the advancing / retreating device 7 is provided, but this may be omitted, and the chamber body 4 may be moved between the forward movement position and the backward movement position by pushing or pulling it by hand.

  The present invention is applied to a chamber apparatus used for maturation of a drawn noodle string in a process for producing noodles such as raw noodles, udon, and cold wheat.

It is a perspective view of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention and a drawing apparatus. It is a top view of the present invention. It is a front view of the present invention. It is a side view of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a prior art example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pulling device 2 Hanging chopsticks 3 Unloading conveyor 4 Room main body 5 Chopstick receiving device 6 Lifting device 7 Advancement / retraction device 8 Wheel 9 Chopstick receiving drive device 92 Selection transmission means 921 Driven wheel body 922 Drive wheel body

Claims (4)

A chamber device comprising a chamber body comprising a box body for storing and maturing a pair of noodle strings taken out from the pulling device and a pair of hanging chopsticks on which the noodle strings are laid,
An unloading conveyor for sequentially unloading the chopsticks from the small drawing device at a predetermined interval;
A chamber body that is formed in a box shape and has the unloading conveyor rushed into the front surface facing the pulling device, and an opening for passing the chopsticks and noodle strings that the unloading conveyor unloads, and
A chopstick receiving device that is provided on both right and left sides in the chamber body, and that receives a pair of chopsticks sequentially from the carry-out conveyor at the front portion in the chamber body, and forms a pair of left and right to convey the chopsticks backward;
A room device comprising: a chopstick receiving device that drives the chopstick receiving device so as to have the same conveying speed as the carry-out conveyor. The chamber main body is provided to be movable back and forth over a forward position where the carry-out conveyor enters the room main body over a predetermined conveyance distance and a retreat position where the entire carry-out conveyor is located in front of the chamber main body. The chamber apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a wheel that moves along a plane and / or an advancing / retreating device that moves the chamber main body in the front-rear direction across a forward movement position and a backward movement position. A plurality of pairs of chopstick holders arranged in a plurality of upper and lower stages are provided on both left and right sides in the chamber body, and a lifting device for raising and lowering the chamber body is provided. The chamber apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising selection transmission means for selectively transmitting power to a pair of chopstick receiving devices positioned at a height to receive the chopsticks carried out from the pulling device. The selection transmission means includes a plurality of driven wheels that are individually linked to each pair of chopstick receiving devices, and a pair of chopsticks that are positioned at a height to receive the hanging chopsticks transported from the drawing device. The chamber apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a driving wheel body that drives a driven wheel body that is interlocked with the apparatus.

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