JP2010265006A - Noodle bagging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive noodle-bagging apparatus by which each of bundles of belt-like noodles successively supplied is neatly and easily folded in two and is inserted into each packaging bag. <P>SOLUTION: The noodle bagging apparatus includes: a conveyor 1 for inward conveyance; a frame 2; saucers 4 arranged parallel in the sidewise direction of the inward conveying conveyor 1 so as to freely slide along a guide rail 3a disposed alongside the conveyor 1; a ball screw 4a and motor 4b for sliding each saucer 4 along the guide rail 3a; a bag shelf 6 installed in front of the conveyor 1; a bag holding section 7 installed so as to freely slid along the guide rail 3b laid below the saucers 4 and bag shelf 6 from directly below the bag shelf 6 to directly below the saucer 4; a slide cylinder 5a for driving the bag holding section 7 and sliding it along the guide rail 3b; and a conveyor 10 for outward conveyance, disposed such that its initiating end is located below the bag holding section 7 transferred directly below each saucer 4 so that each packaging bag 9 filled with noodles 8 can be let out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for bagging noodles such as udon and soba, and more particularly to an noodle bagging apparatus that folds a plurality of noodles cut into a predetermined length and puts them in a packaging bag.

  When packing a bundle of strip-like noodles in a bag, it is often put in a bag in a folded state so as not to be bulky. The bagging operation of noodles is usually performed by an automatic facility, but the operation of bagging noodles by folding them in half has been conventionally performed manually because it is not easy to automate. In recent years, research and development have been conducted on a technique for folding a bunch of strip-shaped noodles into two bags. In connection with this, some inventions and devices have already been disclosed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an invention relating to a method and an apparatus for forming a single noodle by folding a large number of noodle strings that are gathered into a band and cut into a predetermined length into two.
In the noodle folding device according to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, the noodles are pushed by pushing the center in the longitudinal direction of the noodles downward by a pushing member in the middle of transferring the noodles from the first carry-in conveyor to the second carry-in conveyor. While being folded, the noodles folded in half are supplied onto a carry-out conveyor disposed below the second carry-in conveyor.
According to such a structure, the noodles being transferred from the first carry-in conveyor to the second carry-in conveyor have no tensile force acting in the carrying direction. It is difficult to cause a problem that the upper half end and the lower half end are uneven due to elongation or the like.

Next, Patent Document 2 discloses a device relating to a “noodle string folding supply device” capable of supplying raw noodles by folding them into two or four.
The device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is a swing hopper whose lower portion swings with the upper portion as a fulcrum, and the swing hopper is biased by a spring toward the front in the swing direction, and is moved backward by an external force. And a receiving blade and a cutting blade provided at the lower end of the swinging hopper, and placed close to the swinging hopper to restrict the swinging of the swinging hopper toward the end, And a stopper device that can be turned on and off to restrict the blade to stop at a position behind the receiving blade.
According to such a structure, the continuous noodle strings supplied to the upper side of the swinging hopper are discharged from the lower side of the swinging hopper while being turned back at a constant stroke by the movement of the swinging hopper, and then forward. It has the effect of being cut by the cutting edge and the receiving edge at the end of the oscillation.

Furthermore, in Patent Document 3, the name “a method and a folding machine for folding noodle strips or noodle strips into four or more folds” is used, and noodle strips or the like are automatically folded into four or more folds without any manual intervention. An invention relating to a method and an apparatus capable of achieving the above is disclosed.
In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 3, the noodle belt or noodle wire hanging is hung on the Shimada hanger against the noodle hanger stick cantilevered on the chain conveyor, and the noodle hanger stick is folded at the time when it is folded in half. It is characterized by cutting after repeating a cycle of performing reverse movement and performing Shimada hanging from the reverse direction a plurality of times.
According to such a method, the noodle band or the noodle strip can be formed into any even number of folds.

JP 2002-238439 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-22680 JP-A-5-292867

  However, the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 which is the above-described prior art has a structure in which the noodles are stretched by forcing the noodles in the longitudinal direction by pushing them downward with a pushing member. There was a risk of tearing. Moreover, since the thickness of the noodles which can be used is prescribed | regulated by the space | interval of a 1st carrying-in conveyor and a 2nd carrying-in conveyor, there existed a subject that it was scarce in versatility.

  In addition, the device disclosed in Patent Document 2 has to change the swing length and swing speed of the swing hopper according to the length of the noodle strings, so that the operation control is complicated and the apparatus is large. There was a problem of becoming expensive.

  In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 3, it is necessary to adjust the timing at which the noodle bar is reciprocated according to the length of the noodle band or the noodle band. Therefore, the structure and control of the apparatus are complicated, and there is a problem that it is not easy to reduce the price.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional situation, and is an inexpensive noodle that can be fed into a packaging bag in a state where a bundle of strip-like noodles that are continuously supplied are accurately and easily folded in two. An object is to provide a bagging apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the noodle bagging apparatus according to claim 1 is cut into a predetermined length, and a plurality of noodles supplied by a carry-in conveyor are put into a packaging bag in a folded state. In the noodle bagging device, a pair of movable pieces, which are opposed to each other so that their tip portions come into contact with each other and are pivotally supported by a part thereof, slide along the feeding direction of the carry-in conveyor. It is characterized by comprising a receiving tray that is freely installed and a first driving means for rotating the movable piece to separate the tip portion.
In the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, the noodles supplied to the saucer are folded in two following the rotating movable piece, and fall from the gap generated by the separation of the tip portions of the pair of movable pieces. It has the action. Moreover, it has the effect | action that the position of the noodles with respect to the front-end | tip part of a movable piece is adjusted by changing the position of the saucer with respect to the feed direction of a carrying-in conveyor.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the noodle bag filling device according to claim 1, wherein a bag holding portion for holding the packaging bag in an open state is provided below the tray, and is horizontally installed. A guide rail to be supported and second driving means for driving the bag holding portion to slide along the guide rail are provided.
According to the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, since the packaging bag is held in the open state below the saucer, the noodles that have fallen from the saucer are reliably put into the packaging bag. Further, the bag holding part can be easily moved from the lower side of the tray to another place.

The invention according to claim 3 is the noodle bagging apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bag holding portion is arranged in parallel with the interval between them being variable, and the front plate provided with the intake holes and The back plate, the bottom plate of the front plate and the back plate are in contact with the upper surface, the bottom plate is pivotally attached to one edge of the lower end, and the bottom plate is driven to rotate around the edge. And a first suction unit that is installed in the intake hole and that individually sucks both surfaces of the packaging bag that is installed between the front plate and the back plate.
In the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, both sides of the packaging bag attached to the bag holding part with the opening facing upward are individually adsorbed by the first adsorbing means, and the distance between the front plate and the back plate is set. By expanding, it has the effect | action that a packaging bag is hold | maintained in the state which opened the upper part. Moreover, it has the effect | action that the bottom face of a bag holding part opens by rotating a baseplate. And while narrowing the space | interval of a front board and a back board in this state, if the adsorption | suction of a packaging bag by a 1st adsorption | suction means is cancelled | released, a packaging bag will be from the opening part produced in the bottom face of the bag holding part in the state which closed the upper part. It is discharged downward.

The invention according to claim 4 is the noodle bag filling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a bag is installed inside and a bag shelf is disposed above the bag holding portion. A second adsorbing means installed so as to be able to adsorb a part of the packaging bag exposed from the outlet provided on the front surface of the bag shelf, and the second adsorbing means is taken out from the outlet into the bag shelf And a fourth drive means.
In the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, a part of the packaging bag exposed from the outlet of the bag shelf is adsorbed by the second adsorbing means, and the second adsorbing means is moved to the outside of the bag shelf. By having it, it has the effect | action that a packaging bag is taken out from a bag shelf.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the noodle bagging apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the noodles are placed close to the transport surface of the carry-in conveyor, and the noodles being transported from the transport surface to the side. It has an extrusion means for extruding to the side, and the tray is arranged in parallel on the side of the carry-in conveyor.
The noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure has an effect that the position of the noodles with respect to the tip of the movable piece is adjusted by changing the timing of extruding the noodles on the transport surface using the extrusion means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the noodle bagging apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the upper surface of the movable piece has a downward convex shape when viewed in the feed direction of the carry-in conveyor. It is formed in this.
In the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, when a plurality of noodles are supplied to the tray, the distance between the noodles is reduced by its own weight, and the noodle bagging apparatus has a function of being easily united.

  As described above, in the noodle bagging apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, when the noodles are folded in half, no external force is applied to the noodles from above and below, so the noodles are stretched or broken. There is no fear. Further, the center of the noodle can be easily aligned with the tip of the movable piece. Therefore, the noodles can be accurately folded in the middle regardless of the length. Such an effect is realized by a simple structure as described above. Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  According to the noodle bagging apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, the efficiency when charging noodles into the packaging bag is good. Moreover, since a bag holding | maintenance part can be moved to the position where a saucer does not become obstructive, attachment and removal of a packaging bag can be performed easily.

  In the noodle bagging apparatus according to claim 3 of the present invention, the packaging bag can be easily opened and closed. Moreover, the packaging bag in which the noodles are stored can be easily taken out from the bag holding part.

  According to the noodle bagging apparatus of claim 4 of the present invention, since only one side of the packaging bag is adsorbed, the packaging bags can be taken out one by one from the bag shelf in which a large number of packaging bags are stored. In addition, by providing an opening at the top of the bag shelf, even when the packaging bag is being taken out, the opening operation can be used to easily and safely refill the bag shelf of the packaging bag. Is possible.

  According to the noodle bagging apparatus of claim 5 of the present invention, the noodles can be accurately folded in half by aligning the center of the noodles with the tip of the movable piece regardless of the length of the noodles.

  According to the noodle bagging apparatus of the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the noodles are easily united, the noodles can be put into the packaging bag without being bulky.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the Example of the noodle bag packing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the noodle bagging apparatus of a present Example. It is a side view of the bag shelf which comprises the noodle bag packing apparatus of a present Example, and a bag holding part. It is a side view of the saucer which comprises the noodle bag packing apparatus of a present Example. (A) And (b) is the front view and back view of a saucer of FIG. 4, respectively.

  The noodle bagging apparatus of the present embodiment is an apparatus that feeds a plurality of noodles cut into a predetermined length and continuously supplied by a belt conveyor into a packaging bag in a folded state. The specific structure will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an example of the noodle bagging apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the noodle bagging apparatus of this example. FIG. 3 is a side view of a bag shelf and a bag holding portion constituting the noodle bag filling apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a side view of a tray constituting the noodle bag filling apparatus of the present embodiment. FIGS. 5A and 5B are a front view and a rear view, respectively, of the tray shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the noodle bagging apparatus of the present embodiment is a horizontally installed carry-in conveyor 1 that is driven by an endless belt, and a guide that is fixed to the stand 2 and is attached to the carry-in conveyor 1. A rail 3a, a tray 4 that is slidable along the guide rail 3a and arranged in parallel on the side of the carry-in conveyor 1, a ball screw 4a that slides the tray 4 along the guide rail 3a, and a motor 4b And a bag shelf 6 that is attached to the gantry 2 and is installed in front of the carry-in conveyor 1, and is fixed to the gantry 2, and is laid from directly below the bag shelf 6 to just below the tray 4 below the tray 4 and the bag shelf 6. Guide rail 3b, a bag holding portion 7 that is slidably installed along the guide rail 3b, and a slide cylinder that drives the bag holding portion 7 to slide along the guide rail 3b. And a, to be delivered to the packaging bag 9 noodles 8 is turned on, and a discharge conveyor 10 to the starting end below the bag holding portion 7 which is transported to immediately below the receiving tray 4 is arranged. The carry-out conveyor 10 has a structure in which the conveyance surface 10a is substantially V-shaped and sends the packaging bag 9 on the conveyance surface 10a in the direction indicated by the arrow X2.

  The bag shelf 6 is provided with a supply port 6a and an outlet 6b for the packaging bag 9 on the upper surface and the front surface, respectively, in which a plurality of packaging bags 9 are stored with the openings facing upward. Yes. A bag suction cylinder 17 is attached to the side surface 6c of the bag shelf 6 using a fixture 17a. A suction means (not shown) is connected to the movable end of the bag suction cylinder 17 via an intake pipe (not shown). A suction pad 16a to which is connected) is attached. That is, the intake pad 16a is in contact with the packaging bag 9 exposed from the outlet 6b as the bag suction cylinder 17 extends, and moves outward of the bag shelf 6 as the bag suction cylinder 17 contracts. It has become.

  According to such a structure, one side of the packaging bag 9 exposed from the outlet 6b of the bag shelf 6 is adsorbed by the intake pad 16a, and the bag adsorption cylinder 17 is contracted, so that a large number of packaging bags 9 are stored. It is possible to take out the packaging bags 9 one by one from the bag shelf 6 one by one. Moreover, since the supply port 6a is provided in the upper part of the bag shelf 6, even if it is a case where the operation | work which takes out the packaging bag 9 from the extraction port 6b is performed, the supply port 6a without interfering with this operation | work. The bag 9 can be easily and safely refilled from the bag shelf 6. Note that the packaging bag 9 taken out from the bag shelf 6 is dropped by being released from the suction by the suction pad 16 a and supplied to the bag holding unit 7.

  The bag holding portion 7 has a front plate 7a and a back plate 7b, a bottom plate 7c pivotally attached to an edge 7d of the lower end of the back plate 7b, with the upper surface abutting on the lower ends of the front plate 7a and the back plate 7b, The base end is pivotally attached to the intake pads 16b and 16c installed in the intake holes provided in the front plate 7a and the back plate 7b, and the fixture 20 provided upright on the back surface of the back plate 7b. A bottom plate opening / closing cylinder 19 having a movable end pivotally attached to an end portion of a bottom plate 7c extending rearward of 7b. A movable end of a bag opening / closing cylinder 18 is connected to the front plate 7a, and suction means (not shown) are connected to the intake pads 16b and 16c via an intake pipe (not shown).

  In the bag holding part 7 having the above structure, the front plate 7a is driven forward or backward as indicated by the arrow B by being driven by the bag opening / closing cylinder 18. Accordingly, when both sides of the packaging bag 9 supplied from the bag shelf 6 to the bag holding unit 7 are individually sucked by the suction pads 16b and 16c, and the front plate 7a is driven by the bag opening / closing cylinder 18 to be retracted from the back plate 7b. The packaging bag 9 is held with the upper part opened. Thus, in the noodle bag filling apparatus of the present embodiment, the packaging bag 9 can be easily opened and closed. Furthermore, since the noodle 8 discharged from the tray 4 is reliably put into the packaging bag 9, the efficiency of the work of putting the noodle 8 into the packaging bag 9 is good. Moreover, workability | operativity, such as attachment or removal of the packaging bag 9, can be improved by moving the bag holding | maintenance part 7 to the position where the receiving tray 4 does not become obstructive.

  Further, when the bottom plate opening / closing cylinder 19 expands and contracts, the bottom plate 7c rotates about the edge portion 7d as shown by the arrow A, and the bottom surface of the bag holding portion 7 opens and closes. Then, after the bag opening / closing cylinder 18 is extended with the bottom surface of the bag holding portion 7 opened to narrow the distance between the front plate 7a and the back plate 7b, the suction of the packaging bag 9 by the intake pads 16b and 16c is released. The packaging bag 9 is discharged below the bag holding part 7 through the gap between the bottom plate 7c and the front plate 7a with the top closed. That is, in the noodle bag filling apparatus of the present embodiment, the packaging bag 9 in which the noodles 8 are stored can be easily taken out from the bag holding unit 7.

On the carry-in conveyor 1, a pair of guide plates 11 and 11 and an extrusion plate 12 having a substantially "<" shape in plan view are fixed to the gantry 2 using a fixture (not shown). In close proximity to each other. The guide plates 11 and 11 are installed such that the front part is parallel to the feed direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1 and the rear part is gradually narrowed along the feed direction X1. The extrusion plate 12 is installed on a guide rail (not shown) laid parallel to the width direction Y of the carry-in conveyor 1 so as to be substantially parallel to the feed direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1. By being driven by the slide cylinder 5b, the structure slides along the guide rail. That is, the extrusion plate 12, the slide cylinder 5b, and the guide rail (not shown) constitute extrusion means for extruding the noodles 8 on the conveying surface 1a to the side.
According to such a structure, the noodle 8 on the conveyance surface 1a can be easily transferred to the receiving tray 4 even if the receiving tray 4 is installed at a place other than the vicinity of the terminal end portion of the carry-in conveyor 1. Even if the tray 4 is fixed, the noodle 8 can be aligned with the tray 4 by changing the timing of pushing the noodle 8 on the transport surface 1a by the pushing means. As a result, the noodle 8 can be accurately folded in the middle.

  The tray 4 is composed of a pair of substantially semi-cylindrical movable pieces 13 and 13 that are opposed to each other so that the front end portions 13 a and 13 a come into contact with each other. The cylinder 15 is connected to the movable end 15a. Further, the edge portions 13c and 13c of the movable pieces 13 and 13 are supported to be pivotable while being restricted from moving in the vertical direction. That is, the tray 4 has a structure in which the movable pieces 13 and 13 are rotated with the expansion and contraction of the open / close cylinder 15 and the tip portions 13a and 13a are separated.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, when the open / close cylinder 15 is contracted most, the tip portions 13a and 13a of the movable pieces 13 and 13 are in contact with each other, and the tray 4 is closed. When the open / close cylinder 15 is extended from this state and the movable end 15a is raised, the movable pieces 13 and 13 are rotated as shown in FIG. 5B, and the tip portions 13a and 13a are separated. When the movable end 15a of the open / close cylinder 15 rises from the state of FIG. 5B, the movable pieces 13 and 13 further rotate, and the openings of the tip end portions 13a and 13a become larger. Then, the noodle 8 supplied from the carry-in conveyor 1 to the tray 4 is folded in two along the movable pieces 13 and 13, and the opening produced by the separation of the tip portions 13 a and 13 a of the movable pieces 13 and 13. It is discharged downward from the (gap).

  In the noodle bagging apparatus having such a structure, since the movable pieces 13 and 13 of the tray 4 are substantially semi-cylindrical, the interval between the supplied plurality of noodles 8 is reduced by its own weight. Have the effect of being easy to unite. Thereby, the noodles 8 can be put into the packaging bag 9 without being bulky. Furthermore, when the noodle 8 is folded in half, no external force is applied to the noodle 8 from above and below, so there is no possibility that the noodle 8 will be extended or broken. Further, by changing the position of the tray 4 with respect to the feeding direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1, the position of the noodle 8 with respect to the tip portion 13a of the movable piece 13 is adjusted, and the center of the noodle 8 can be easily placed on the tip portion 13a of the movable piece 13. Can match. As a result, the noodle 8 can be accurately folded in the middle regardless of its length. In addition, since the noodle bagging apparatus of the present embodiment has a simple structure, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The noodle bagging device of the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the present embodiment. For example, instead of being arranged in parallel to the side of the carry-in conveyor 1, the receiving tray 4 may be arranged in parallel to the carry-in conveyor 1 and in front of the terminal portion below. In this case, there is no need for an extruding means for extruding the noodles 8 on the transporting noodles 1a and supplying them to the tray 4, so there is an advantage that the structure is simplified. Even in such a structure, it is possible to easily change the position of the tray 4 with respect to the feed direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1 so that the center of the noodle 8 can be easily aligned with the tip 13a of the movable piece 13. The effects of the embodiment are similarly exhibited.

  In this embodiment, the movable pieces 13 and 13 of the tray 4 have a substantially semi-cylindrical shape, but the upper surfaces of the movable pieces 13 and 13 of the tray 4 protrude downward when viewed in the feed direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1. For example, the movable pieces 13 and 13 are not formed in a substantially semi-cylindrical shape, but are formed in a substantially V shape when viewed in the feed direction X1 of the carry-in conveyor 1, for example. You can also. Further, in the bag holding portion 7, the bag opening / closing cylinder 18 may be attached to the back plate 7b instead of the front plate 7a, and the bottom plate 7c may be pivotally attached to the lower edge of the front plate 7a. The various cylinders used in the present embodiment may be any of a hydraulic type, a pneumatic type, and an electric type.

  The inventions described in claims 1 to 6 are applicable not only to noodles, but also when a string-like or belt-like product is put into a packaging bag in a folded state.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Carry-in conveyor 1a ... Conveyance surface 2 ... Base 3a-3c ... Guide rail 4 ... Dish 4a ... Ball screw 4b ... Motor 5a, 5b ... Slide cylinder 6 ... Bag shelf 6a ... Supply port 6b ... Outlet 6c ... Side 7 ... Bag Holding part 7a ... Front plate 7b ... Back plate 7c ... Bottom plate 7d ... Edge 8 ... Noodle 9 ... Packaging bag 10 ... Unloading conveyor 10a ... Conveying surface 11 ... Guide plate 12 ... Extrusion plate 13 ... Movable piece 13a ... Tip 13b, 13c ... Edge 14 ... Link member 15 ... Opening / closing cylinder 15a ... Movable end 16a-16c ... Intake pad 17 ... Bag adsorption cylinder 17a ... Fixing tool 18 ... Bag opening / closing cylinder 19 ... Bottom plate opening / closing cylinder 20 ... Fixing tool

Claims (6)

In a noodle bagging apparatus that puts a plurality of noodles that are trimmed to a predetermined length and supplied by a carry-in conveyor into a packaging bag in a folded state,
A saucer that is disposed so as to be opposed to each other so that the front ends thereof are in contact with each other, and is configured to be slidable along the feeding direction of the carry-in conveyor, and is configured to be pivotally supported by a part of the movable piece. When,
A noodle bagging apparatus, comprising: a first driving unit that rotates the movable piece to separate the tip portion. Under the saucer, a bag holding unit that holds the packaging bag in an open state;
A guide rail that is installed horizontally and supports the bag holding portion;
2. The noodle bagging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising second driving means for driving the bag holding portion to slide along the guide rail. The bag holding portion is arranged in parallel with the interval between the front plate and the back plate provided with intake holes, and
A bottom plate pivotally attached to any one edge of the lower end, with the upper surface being in contact with the lower ends of the front plate and the back plate;
Third driving means for driving the bottom plate to rotate about the edge;
3. The first suction device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first suction unit that is installed in the air intake hole and that individually sucks both surfaces of the packaging bag installed between the front plate and the back plate. Noodle bagging apparatus as described. A bag shelf in which the packaging bag is installed and disposed above the bag holding unit;
A second suction means installed so as to be able to suck a part of the packaging bag exposed from the outlet provided on the front surface of the bag shelf;
The noodle bag according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a fourth driving unit that causes the second suction unit to appear and disappear from the outlet into the bag shelf. Stuffing device. It is arranged close to the transfer surface of the carry-in conveyor, and includes an extruding means for extruding the noodles being transferred from the transfer surface to the side,
The noodle bagging device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tray is arranged in parallel on a side of the carry-in conveyor.   The noodle bagging device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the upper surface of the movable piece is formed to have a downward convex shape when viewed in the feeding direction of the carry-in conveyor. .

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