JP2012217354A - Sliced food positioning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliced food positioning apparatus capable of appropriately accommodating sliced food in a packaging container at a prescribed position by correcting a subtle misalignment of sliced food, especially a misalignment in a width direction whose correction has been difficult in the past, with a high degree of precision.SOLUTION: The width direction positioning apparatus 1 includes: the first conveying means 14 configured by winding a plurality of round belts 11 around a pair of winding means 12 and 13 disposed at a predetermined interval in a conveying direction, in which the winding means 13 on the front side is installed in a manner to be able to move in a width direction; the first sensors 16 and 17 that detect a predetermined position on both sides in a width direction on the first conveying means 14 in the front of the first conveying means 14, and detect an edge in a width direction of the sliced food that has shifted to a width direction from a normal position; and the first control means that, when the first sensors 16 and 17 have detected the edge of the sliced food, moves the winding means 13 in the front in a direction opposite to the side where they have detected the edge.

Description

  The present invention relates to a sliced food alignment device that corrects subtle shifts on a conveying means that occur when a sliced food is put into the conveying means. For example, the conveying means simultaneously slices a raw food such as a ham log by a slicing device. The present invention relates to an alignment apparatus that corrects a slight shift in the width direction on a conveying means that occurs when the sheet is put into the apparatus.

  Conventionally, when a sliced ham is sliced using a slicing device to produce sliced ham, a ham log of 1 to 2 m is used, and the ham log is transported and fed at a constant speed to a cutting blade rotating at a constant speed. Thus, slicing ham is manufactured by sequentially slicing at a predetermined thickness from the tip (see, for example, Patent Document 1). A discharging conveyor for receiving and unloading sliced ham sliced and dropped by a cutting blade is disposed at a predetermined position below the slicing device. Sending out. The sliced ham placed on the conveyor is accommodated in a packaging container at the packaging station.

  However, depending on the individual food logs, sometimes even one food log, depending on the slice position, the input position (falling position) of the sliced slice food onto the transport means is slightly shifted, and the slice food transported by the transport means However, there is a problem in that it does not fit in a packaging container arranged at a predetermined position in the packaging station.

  On the other hand, as a food positioning device capable of positioning in the width direction (left-right direction), a left-right positioning transport means for transporting food in the transport direction (front-rear direction), and this left-right positioning transport means Left and right position adjusting means for supporting the food in a lateral direction, a non-contact left and right food detection sensor for detecting the food, and a sensor support for supporting both the food detection sensors in a lateral direction so as to be able to approach and separate from each other. And the right and left food detection sensors are moved closer to the food from either of the left and right sides until the food is detected by the food detecting sensor, and the left and right positions are detected after the detection. Until the other food detection sensor detects the food by controlling the adjusting means, the entire left-right positioning transport means is moved to the one food detection sensor. Apparatus having the dynamic in the same direction and right and left positioning control means for moving with the same speed has been proposed (see Patent Document 2).

  However, such a food alignment apparatus is configured to move the entire left and right alignment conveyance means when aligning in the width direction, and performs alignment in the conveyance direction before performing the alignment in the width direction. Not only cannot it be performed at high speed, but also the device itself becomes complex and large. Further, after the alignment in the width direction, the alignment in the vertical direction is performed again.

JP 2000-288983 A JP 2003-1444055 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a slice food alignment apparatus capable of accurately correcting a subtle shift of sliced food, particularly a shift in the width direction, which has been difficult in the past, and accurately accommodating it in a packaging container at a predetermined position. It is to provide.

  In order to prevent a shift in the width direction of the sliced food when the sliced food conveyed by the conveying means is accommodated in a packaging container arranged at a predetermined position, the present inventors first set the width on both sides of the conveyance conveyor. We tried to correct the deviation in the width direction by providing a guide plate, but in the case of a soft product such as sliced ham, it could not always be guided to a normal position, and also due to contact with the guide plate in the width direction Due to the resistance, we faced the problem of sliced food shifting backwards. In order to accommodate the sliced food in the packaging container at a predetermined position, it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of the shift in the vertical direction, and it has been concluded that it is difficult to employ the guide plate.

  The inventors of the present invention further studied earnestly, by detecting both sides of the normal passing position of the sliced food with a sensor and detecting the sliced food (edge) when the sliced food shifted in the width direction passes, The position of the sliced food is detected by detecting the shift in the width direction and moving the front winding means in the direction opposite to the shift direction using a mobile winding means that winds a plurality of elastic round belts. By correcting the above, it has been found that the sliced food can be accurately accommodated in the packaging container at a predetermined position, and the present invention has been completed.

  That is, the present invention is (1) configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction, and the front winding means is movable in the width direction. The width direction end part of the slice foodstuff which detected the predetermined position of the width direction both sides on a 1st conveyance means in the installed 1st conveyance means and the front part of this 1st conveyance means, and shifted | deviated to the width direction from the normal position And a first control means A for moving the front winding means in a direction opposite to the sensed side when the first sensor senses the end of the sliced food. A sliced food alignment device characterized by comprising an aligning device, and (2) configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction. The front winding means is installed to be movable in the width direction 1 conveying means, a CCD camera that acquires an image of the sliced food that passes at the front of the first conveying means, and a predetermined position on both sides in the width direction on the first conveying means based on the image by the CCD camera. A width direction alignment device comprising: a first control unit B that measures the outward displacement and moves the winding device on the front side in a direction opposite to the direction in which the displacement occurs according to the magnitude of the displacement. A sliced food alignment device, and (3) a conveyance direction alignment device downstream of the width direction alignment device, the conveyance direction alignment device comprising: a second conveyance means; A second sensor that detects a center position in the width direction on the transport means and a predetermined position in the transport direction and senses the front end of the sliced food, and the second sensor detects the front end of the sliced food as a trigger. 2 Carrying of transportation means Second control means for stopping the second conveying means so that the sliced food is located at a predetermined position at a predetermined distance from the direction end, and sending the sliced food disposed at the predetermined position of the second conveying means to the downstream means. A sliced food alignment device according to (1) or (2), or (4) a width direction alignment device and a conveyance direction position, comprising: a third control unit that operates a second conveyance unit; A series of device groups including a combination device are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of sliced foods are processed simultaneously, and the sliced food alignment device according to any one of the above (1) to (3), The sliced food alignment apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4) above, wherein the sliced food is sliced ham, (6) a slicing apparatus for slicing raw food wood, and a slice The alignment apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3) above, which aligns the sliced food, a container loading device that loads the aligned sliced food into a packaging container, and a sliced food A slicing food packaging manufacturing machine characterized by comprising a packaging device for packaging; and (7) a plurality of series of device groups including a slicing device, an alignment device, a container loading device, and a packaging device, (6) or (7) characterized in that a plurality of food logs are processed at the same time, and the food packaging body manufacturing machine according to (6) above, or (8) the food logs are ham logs. In the food packaging body manufacturing machine described in the above), (9) a slicing step of slicing the raw food wood, and the front of the first conveying means constituted by winding a plurality of round belts around a pair of winding means, normal Not from the position in the width direction The width of the sliced food is detected by the first sensor, and when the first sensor senses, the front winding means is moved in the direction opposite to the sensed side, and the width is aligned. A method for producing a sliced food package comprising a direction alignment step and a packaging step for accommodating sliced food in a packaging container; (10) a slice step for slicing raw food wood; and a plurality of circles An image of the sliced food passing therethrough is acquired by a CCD camera at the front portion of the first conveying means constituted by winding the belt around a pair of winding means, and the width on the first conveying means is obtained based on the image by the CCD camera. Width direction that measures the deviation from the predetermined position on both sides in the direction to the outside and moves the winding means on the front side in the opposite direction to the side where the deviation occurred according to the magnitude of the deviation. Alignment And a method for manufacturing a sliced food package, characterized by having a packaging step of storing sliced food in a packaging container, and (11) a transport direction alignment step after the width direction alignment step In the transport direction alignment step, the front end of the sliced food is sensed by the second sensor at a predetermined position in the transport direction of the second transport means, and the second sensor senses the transport of the second transport means as a trigger. (9) characterized in that the second conveying means is stopped so that the sliced food is positioned at a predetermined position in the direction, and the sliced food disposed at the predetermined position of the second conveying means is sent to the downstream means. ) Or (10) the method for producing a sliced food package, and (12) a plurality of food logs are simultaneously processed, the slice according to any one of (9) to (11) above The present invention relates to a method for producing a food package, and (13) a method for producing a sliced food package according to any one of (9) to (12) above, wherein the food log is a ham log.

  According to the sliced food positioning apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to accurately accommodate a sliced food in a packaging container at a predetermined position by correcting a slight shift of the sliced food. Moreover, the sliced food alignment apparatus of the present invention can perform high-speed processing.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the slice food alignment apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a slicing device that can be combined with the sliced food alignment device shown in FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing of the detail of the width direction alignment apparatus in the slice food alignment apparatus shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the detail of the conveyance direction alignment apparatus in the slice food alignment apparatus shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the detail of the container injection | throwing-in apparatus which can be combined with the slice food alignment apparatus shown by FIG.

  The sliced food alignment device of the present invention is configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction, and the front winding means is in the width direction. The width of the sliced food shifted in the width direction from the normal position by detecting a predetermined position on both sides in the width direction on the first transport means in the first transport means installed movably and in the front part of the first transport means A width provided with a first sensor that senses a direction end, and a first control means A that moves the winding means on the front side in a direction opposite to the sensed side when the first sensor senses a sliced food end. It is not particularly limited as long as it is a device provided with the direction alignment device A, and examples of the sliced food processed by the device of the present invention include sliced ham, sliced bacon, sliced cheese, sliced vegetable and the like. so It may be a mode of transport processes, one by one, or may be a mode of transport is treated with plural overlapping state. In the present specification, a state in which a plurality of sliced foods are overlapped is also simply referred to as sliced food.

  The first conveying means in the alignment apparatus of the present invention has, for example, a length in the conveying direction (distance between the winding means) of about 400 to 1000 mm, and a length in the width direction (distance between the round belts on both sides) of 50. There is a conveyor of about ~ 150 mm, and the sliced food is placed and conveyed on a plurality of round belts. The round belt is made of a stretchable material such as polyurethane or silicone resin, and the front winding means can move in the width direction. Usually, about 3 to 10 round belts are wound by a winding means, and in the case of sliced ham, it is preferable to provide a total of five, one at the center and two at the outside. The front winding means can be moved in the width direction by a drive source such as a fluid pressure cylinder such as a linear motor or a hydraulic cylinder, and the rear winding means is fixed.

  The first sensor in the width direction alignment apparatus of the present invention is means for continuously detecting predetermined positions on both sides in the width direction on the first transport means at the front portion of the first transport means. The predetermined positions on both sides in the width direction are the end positions of the allowable range of the normal position of the sliced food, for example, from the both ends in the width direction at the normal center position of the sliced food having the product standard diameter (product raw wood mold diameter), respectively. The distance A is a distance, and the distance A is, for example, 1 to 5 mm. In the case of sliced ham, it is preferably 1.5 to 2.5 mm. The distance between the first sensors can be set, for example, to the same length as the diameter of the housing portion (concave portion) of the packaging container used in the packaging device described later. The first sensor detects the width direction end of the sliced food when the conveyed sliced food is out of the allowable range, and transmits the sensing information to the first control means A.

  The first control means A in the width direction alignment apparatus of the present invention drives the winding means so as to move the winding means on the front side in the direction opposite to the sensed side when the first sensor senses the sliced food end. The power source is controlled, and the front winding means is controlled to move a distance a. The distance a is, for example, about 0.2 to 0.8 times the distance A, and is preferably 0.5 to 2.0 mm in the case of sliced ham.

  Further, another sliced food alignment apparatus of the present invention is configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction, and the front winding means includes Based on the first conveying means installed so as to be movable in the width direction, a CCD camera for obtaining an image of the sliced food that passes through the front part of the first conveying means, and the first conveying means based on the image by the CCD camera First control means B for measuring the deviation of the upper side in the width direction from the predetermined position to the outside and moving the winding means on the front side in the opposite direction to the side where the deviation occurs according to the magnitude of the deviation. It is not particularly limited as long as the apparatus includes the width direction alignment apparatus B provided, and the first conveying means in the width direction alignment apparatus B is the same as the first conveying means of the width direction alignment apparatus A. It is a configuration.

  The CCD camera in the apparatus of the present invention photographs, for example, the sliced food that passes from above the front part of the first transport unit, and transmits the image information to the first control unit B.

  The first control means B in the apparatus according to the present invention detects the outward displacement from predetermined positions (both end positions of the allowable range) on both sides in the width direction on the first transport means based on the image information transmitted from the CCD camera. Measure and move the winding means on the front side in the opposite direction to the side where the deviation occurred so that the sliced food falls within the allowable range. For example, the moving distance of the winding means for moving the sliced food to the center position of the first transport means can be calculated from the measured magnitude of deviation, and the front winding means can be moved. As a means for driving the front winding means in the apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable to use a servo motor in order to move the winding means accurately in accordance with the amount of deviation of each sliced food.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the slice food alignment apparatus of this invention is equipped with a conveyance direction alignment apparatus downstream from the width direction alignment apparatus. Conventionally known means can be used as the conveying direction alignment device, but the second conveying means, the center in the width direction on the second conveying means and a predetermined position in the conveying direction are detected, and the front end of the sliced food A second sensor for detecting a portion of the sliced food, and the second sensor detecting the front end of the sliced food as a trigger, so that the sliced food is positioned at a predetermined position at a predetermined distance from the end in the transport direction of the second transport means. 2. An apparatus comprising: second control means for stopping the conveying means; and third control means for operating the second conveying means so as to send the sliced food disposed at a predetermined position of the second conveying means to the downstream means. preferable. Since the alignment by the conveyance direction alignment apparatus of the present invention is performed after the alignment in the width direction, the alignment can be accurately performed by detecting the sliced food at the center in the width direction of the second conveyance means.

  A 2nd conveyance means is a conveyor using a flat belt or a round belt, and the length of a conveyance direction is usually about 0.8 to 1.5 times the length of sliced food. The second sensor is a means for continuously detecting the center in the width direction on the second transport means and a predetermined position in the transport direction, and is a means for sensing the front end of the sliced food being transported. The width direction misalignment of the sliced food is corrected by the width direction alignment device, and the sliced food is located at the center. Therefore, by detecting the center in the width direction by the second sensor, the sliced food is surely detected. The most advanced part can be sensed, and this sensing information is transmitted to the second control means.

  The second control means is means for stopping the second transport means so that the sliced food is positioned at a predetermined position at a predetermined distance from the end portion in the transport direction of the second transport means using the sensing information transmitted from the second sensor as a trigger. For example, the second sensor stops the second transport unit after a predetermined time from the detection. When a plurality of conveying direction alignment devices are arranged side by side, it is possible to align the positions in the conveying direction of a plurality of adjacent sliced foods by setting the plurality of units to the same setting. The third control means is a means for operating the second conveying means so as to send the sliced food arranged at a predetermined position of the second conveying means to the downstream means, and the second conveying means is disposed downstream of the second conveying means. A third conveying means that performs the same operation as the operation of the conveying means (conveying speed) can be provided. It is preferable that this 3rd conveying means is one conveying means which has the width | variety which can mount the slice foodstuff of several 2nd conveying means.

  The sliced food packaging body manufacturing machine of the present invention includes a slicing device for slicing raw timber such as ham logs, the alignment device of the present invention for aligning sliced sliced food, and the aligned sliced food Is not particularly limited as long as it is provided with a container loading device for feeding the food into the packaging container and a packaging device for packaging the sliced food that has been charged, and includes a slicing device, an alignment device, a container loading device, and a packaging device. It is preferable from the point of manufacturing efficiency that it is a slice food packaging body manufacturing machine in which a series of apparatus groups are arranged side by side and simultaneously process a plurality of food logs. Conventionally, when processing a plurality of raw food logs at the same time as described above, it has been necessary to arrange a plurality of personnel in order to correct a shift in the input to the packaging container. Since the machine is provided with an alignment device, there is almost no deviation in the input to the packaging container, and the number of personnel can be reduced while maintaining high manufacturing efficiency.

  The slicing device is a device that prepares a sliced food by cutting food logs, and for example, a device described in JP 2000-288983 A can be used. The container loading device is a device that loads sliced foods arranged at predetermined positions (aligned at predetermined intervals) into a packaging container arranged at predetermined positions, and operates in synchronization with the packaging apparatus. What can be processed is preferable. The packaging device is, for example, a device that uses a deep-drawn packaging container, and as described above, a device that operates in synchronism with the container loading device so that it can be continuously processed is preferable.

  As a method for producing a sliced food package according to the present invention, a slicing step for slicing raw timber such as ham logs, and a front of first conveying means configured by winding a plurality of round belts around a pair of winding means The first sensor senses the width direction end of the sliced food that deviates in the width direction from the normal position, and when the first sensor senses, the front winding means moves in the direction opposite to the sensed side. A width direction alignment step for performing alignment in the width direction and a packaging step for storing sliced food in a packaging container, a slicing step for slicing raw food wood, and a plurality of round belts At the front part of the first conveying means that is wound around the turning means, an image of the sliced food passing therethrough is acquired by the CCD camera, and on the both sides in the width direction on the first conveying means based on the image by the CCD camera A width direction alignment step of measuring the deviation from the fixed position to the outside and moving the front winding means in the direction opposite to the direction in which the deviation occurs according to the magnitude of the deviation to perform the alignment in the width direction. And a packaging step of storing the sliced food in the packaging container, the method is not particularly limited, and it is preferable to have a conveyance direction alignment step after the width direction alignment step.

  As the conveyance direction alignment step, a conventionally known alignment method in the conveyance direction can be used, but the front end portion of the sliced food is detected by the second sensor at a predetermined position in the conveyance direction of the second conveyance means, and the second sensor Using the detection by the sensor as a trigger, the second transport unit is stopped so that the sliced food is positioned at a predetermined position in the transport direction of the second transport unit, and the sliced food disposed at the predetermined position of the second transport unit is moved downstream. It is preferable that it is a process sent out to a side means. The manufacturing method of the slice food packaging body of this invention can be implemented using the said food packaging body manufacturing machine of this invention, and it is possible to process several food raw wood simultaneously.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically based on an embodiment with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a sliced food alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a slicing device that can be combined with the sliced food alignment device shown in FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the width direction alignment apparatus in the slice food alignment apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of the conveyance direction alignment apparatus in the slice food alignment apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of details, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of details of the container feeding device that can be combined with the sliced food alignment device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the sliced food alignment device of the present invention includes a width direction alignment device 1 and a conveyance direction alignment device 2 from the upstream side (right side of the drawing). , 2, a container charging device 3 and a packaging device 4 are provided. Further, a slicing device 5 shown in FIG. 2 is provided upstream of the sliced food alignment devices 1 and 2. The series of devices constitutes the sliced food packaging body manufacturing machine of the present invention. In this embodiment, three ham logs are simultaneously processed.

In the following, description will be made in order from the upstream device.
As shown in FIG. 2, the slicing device 5 is a batch feed for batch feeding three ham logs stored in a storage lane for storing one rotary knife 51 and three rows of ham logs arranged side by side. A support frame 53 for supporting the means 52 and the collective feeding means 52 and three individual feeding means 54 for individually feeding three ham logs are provided. The ham logs stored in the storage lane are inclined so that the individual feeding means 54 side is upward and the rotary knife 51 side is downward, and sliced ham that is sliced and dropped is placed below the rotary knife 51. Then, an unloading means (unloading conveyor) for unloading is provided, and operates intermittently to unload a lump of sliced ham in which a plurality of sliced hams overlap each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the width direction alignment apparatus 1 is a conveyor (first transport) formed by winding five round belts 11 around a pair of belt pulleys (winding means) 12 and 13. Means) 14 are provided in three rows. Further, the belt pulley 13 on the front side (left side in the drawing) is installed so as to be movable in the width direction by the linear motion motor 15. Photoelectric sensors 16 and 17 are supported by support arms 18 above both sides in the width direction of the front portion of the transport conveyor 14, and the photoelectric sensors 16 and 17 are on both sides in the width direction of the front portion on the transport conveyor 14. Is continuously detected, and the passage of sliced ham that has been displaced in the width direction is detected. That is, when a slice ham whose positional deviation in the width direction is within the allowable range passes, the photoelectric sensors 16 and 17 do not detect anything, but when a slice ham that has undergone a positional deviation in the width direction passes, The photoelectric sensors 16 and 17 on the side where the deviation occurs senses the width direction end of the slice ham.

  The sensing information of the photoelectric sensors 16 and 17 is transmitted to the first control means A, and the first control means A controls the linear motor 15 to move the front belt pulley 13 in the direction opposite to the sensed side. . Specifically, when the photoelectric sensor 16 on the right side in the transport direction senses slice ham, the front belt pulley 13 is moved to the left side, and when the photoelectric sensor 17 on the left side senses slice ham, The belt pulley 13 is moved to the right, and the slice ham is corrected so as to be within the allowable range.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the conveying direction alignment device 2 includes a three-row belt conveyor (second conveying means) 21 arranged in parallel and a row adjusting belt conveyor (third conveying means) provided downstream thereof. ) 22. A set of sliced hams (superimposed lump of sliced hams) is placed on each belt conveyor 21, and a total of 6 sets of 2 sets in the conveying direction and 3 sets in the width direction are arranged on the row adjusting belt conveyor 22. Sliced ham is placed. A photoelectric sensor 23 is provided slightly above the front side in the transport direction of the center portion in the width direction of each belt conveyor 21, and the photoelectric sensor 23 has a center portion in the width direction on the belt conveyor 21 and a slightly front portion in the transport direction. It detects continuously and senses the front edge of the sliced ham being conveyed.

  The sensing information of the photoelectric sensor 23 is transmitted to the second control means, and the second control means uses the sensing information as a trigger so that the slice ham is positioned at a predetermined position on the belt conveyor 21 in the transport direction. Stop. Subsequently, the third control means operates the belt conveyor 21 so as to send the sliced food disposed at a predetermined position in the transport direction on the belt conveyor 21 to the downstream row adjustment belt conveyor 22. At this time, the row adjustment belt conveyor 22 operates in synchronism with the belt conveyor 21 and aligns two sets of slice hams on the row adjustment belt conveyor 22 in the transport direction. When nine sets of sliced ham are placed on the belt conveyor 21 and the row adjusting belt conveyor 22, the nine sets of sliced ham are sent out to the container loading device 3 in one operation.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the container loading device 3 includes a belt conveyor (fourth transport means) 31, and the belt conveyor 31 includes 3 sets × 3 sets arranged in the transport direction and the width direction. A total of 9 sets of sliced ham are placed. A knife edge (sliding plate) 32 is provided at the front end of the belt conveyor 31 to facilitate the insertion of sliced ham into the packaging container. As described above, when nine sets of sliced ham are placed on the belt conveyor 21 and the row adjustment belt conveyor 22, the nine sets of sliced ham are sent out in one operation. The conveyor 31 also operates in synchronization with this one operation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging device 4 includes a packaging film 42 having a recess 41 thermoformed immediately before in the transport direction and the width direction, and operates in synchronization with the belt conveyor 31 of the container charging device 3. That is, a total of 9 sets of sliced hams of 3 sets × 3 sets placed on the container input device 3 are input into the packaging container of the packaging device 4 in one operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Width direction alignment apparatus 11 Round belt 12 Rear side belt pulley (winding means)
13 Front belt pulley (winding means)
14 Transport conveyor (first transport means)
15 Linear motor 16 Photoelectric sensor (first sensor)
17 Photoelectric sensor (first sensor)
18 Support Arm 19 Drive Gear 2 Conveying Direction Positioning Device 21 Belt Conveyor (Second Conveying Means)
22 row adjustment belt conveyor (third conveying means)
23 Photoelectric sensor (second sensor)
24 Drive gear (second transport means)
25 Drive gear (third transport means)
3 Container loading device 31 Belt conveyor (fourth transport means)
32 Knife edge
33 drive gear 4 packaging device 41 recess 42 packaging film 5 slicing device 51 rotary knife 52 batch feeding means 53 support frame 54 individual feeding means A slice ham

Claims (13)

A first conveying means configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction, and the front winding means being installed movably in the width direction; ,
A first sensor for detecting a predetermined position on both sides in the width direction on the first transport means at a front portion of the first transport means, and detecting a width direction end of the sliced food that deviates in the width direction from a normal position;
When the first sensor senses the end of the sliced food, it comprises a width direction alignment device comprising first control means A that moves the winding means on the front side in the direction opposite to the sensed side. And slice food alignment device. A first conveying means configured by winding a plurality of round belts on a pair of winding means arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying direction, and the front winding means being installed movably in the width direction; ,
A CCD camera that acquires an image of the sliced food that passes through the front of the first conveying means;
On the basis of the image from the CCD camera, the deviation from the predetermined position on both sides in the width direction on the first conveying means is measured to the outside, and depending on the magnitude of the deviation, A slice food alignment apparatus comprising: a width direction alignment apparatus including: a first control means B for moving the turning means. A transport direction alignment device is provided downstream of the width direction alignment device,
The transport direction alignment apparatus detects a predetermined position in the transport direction, a second center of the width direction on the second transport means, and a second sensor for detecting a front end portion of the sliced food. A second control means for stopping the second conveying means so that the sliced food is positioned at a predetermined position at a predetermined distance from the conveying direction end of the second conveying means, triggered by the detection of the front end of the sliced food by the two sensors; The third control means for operating the second conveying means so as to send the sliced food disposed at a predetermined position of the second conveying means to the downstream means. Slice food alignment device.   The slice food position according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of a series of device groups including a width direction alignment device and a conveyance direction alignment device are arranged side by side and simultaneously process a plurality of slice foods. Alignment device.   The sliced food alignment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliced food is sliced ham.   A slicing apparatus for slicing raw food wood, an alignment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 for aligning sliced sliced food, and a container loading apparatus for loading the aligned sliced food into a packaging container A machine for manufacturing a sliced food package, comprising: a packaging device for packaging the sliced food that has been introduced.   The food packaging body manufacturing machine according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of a series of device groups including a slicing device, an alignment device, a container loading device, and a packaging device are arranged in parallel and simultaneously process a plurality of raw food trees.   The food packaging machine according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the food log is a ham log. A slicing process for slicing the raw food,
In the front part of the first conveying means constituted by winding a plurality of round belts around a pair of winding means, the width direction end of the sliced food shifted in the width direction from the normal position is detected by the first sensor, A width direction alignment step in which, when the first sensor senses, the front winding means is moved in the opposite direction to the sensed side to perform the width direction alignment;
A packaging process for storing the sliced food in a packaging container;
A method for producing a sliced food package, comprising: A slicing process for slicing the raw food,
At the front part of the first conveying means constituted by winding a plurality of round belts around a pair of winding means, an image of the sliced food passing therethrough is acquired by the CCD camera, and the first conveying is performed based on the image by the CCD camera. Measure the deviation from the predetermined position on both sides in the width direction on the means, and move the winding means on the front side in the opposite direction to the side where the deviation occurred according to the magnitude of the deviation to align in the width direction A width direction alignment step of performing,
A packaging process for storing the sliced food in a packaging container;
A method for producing a sliced food package, comprising: After the width direction alignment step, it has a conveyance direction alignment step,
In the transport direction alignment step, the front end portion of the sliced food is detected by the second sensor at a predetermined position in the transport direction of the second transport means, and the transport direction of the second transport means is triggered by the detection of the second sensor. 10. The step of stopping the second conveying means so that the sliced food is located at a predetermined position, and sending the sliced food disposed at the predetermined position of the second conveying means to the downstream means. 10. A method for producing a sliced food package according to 10.   The method for producing a sliced food package according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein a plurality of food logs are simultaneously processed.   The method for producing a sliced food package according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the food log is a ham log.

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