JP2017100868A - Supply device of long article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supply device which can align the orientation of a long article at a high processing speed.SOLUTION: A long article M such as a sausage conveyed in a random orientation by an input conveyer 12 is input into a discharge guide 14 arranged on a downstream side of the input conveyer 12 and having an arc-shaped bottom surface. The discharge guide 14 is rotated by a transmission belt 24, the orientation and line of the input long article M are aligned, and the long article is discharged from a discharge end of the discharge guide 14 to a taking-out conveyer 16. The long article M discharged from the taking-out conveyer 16 is conveyed by a feed conveyer 18 arranged approximately orthogonal to the taking-out conveyer 16.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying an elongated article that is supplied to a downstream apparatus with the direction and position of the elongated article such as sausage aligned.

  There is known a sausage aligning and supplying apparatus that supplies sausages in a boxing or taping packaging apparatus in which the sausages are aligned and positioned in the length direction (Patent Document 1). In this device, sausage that is thrown in an uneven state from the upper opening of the throwing cylinder is passed through a discharge guide that has an arcuate bottom surface that is arranged in the lower part and is curved in an elbow shape. It is aligned in the direction along the axis.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-82292

  However, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, for example, when a large number of long articles such as sausages are thrown in a random posture in order to increase the processing speed, there is a problem that the posture of the articles cannot be aligned in the discharge guide. . In particular, when a scraping-type feed conveyor is disposed on the outlet side of the discharge guide, the supply article may be clogged at the lower end of the discharge guide, and the conveyance line may stop.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a supply device capable of aligning the direction of a long article at a high processing speed.

  The apparatus for supplying a long article according to the present invention is provided at a charging means for charging a long article, a discharge guide having an arcuate bottom surface provided downstream of the charging means, and a discharge end of the discharge guide. In a long article supply apparatus provided with a take-out conveyor and a feed conveyor that is provided substantially orthogonally to the take-out conveyor and supplies a long article discharged from the take-out conveyor, a rotating means for rotating the discharge guide is provided. In addition, it is characterized in that the long article is conveyed while rotating the discharge guide by the rotating means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the supply apparatus which can align the direction of elongate articles | goods at a high processing speed can be provided.

It is a top view which shows a part of arrangement | positioning of the conveyance system which employ | adopted the elongate article supply apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows a part of arrangement | positioning of the conveyance system which employ | adopted the elongate article supply apparatus of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a plan view and a front view showing a part of the arrangement of a transport system that employs a long article supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 1, 2, the structure of the elongate article supply apparatus of this embodiment is demonstrated.

  In the transport system 10 that employs the long article supply apparatus of the present embodiment, a long article M such as sausage that is transported on the input conveyor 12 arranged substantially horizontally is discharged into a discharge guide 14 having an arc-shaped bottom surface. In. The discharge guide 14 has, for example, a cylindrical shape with both ends opened, and the cylindrical axis is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane. The elongate article M is inserted from the upper opening end (input end) 14A of the discharge guide 14, slides down the arc-shaped bottom surface of the discharge guide 14, and from the lower open end (discharge end) 14B of the discharge guide 14. Discharged.

  A takeout conveyor 16 is disposed below the open end 14 </ b> B of the discharge guide 14. The long articles M discharged from the discharge guide 14 are sequentially supplied to the conveying surface curved in a concave shape of the take-out conveyor 16. On the downstream side of the take-out conveyor 16, a scraping type feed conveyor 18 is arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the take-out conveyor 16, and a hopper 20 is provided at the lower end (upstream end).

  The long article M discharged from the takeout conveyor 16 is first put into the hopper 20. The feed conveyor 18 is disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, and blades 18B standing upright from the transport surface are provided on the transport surface at predetermined intervals along the transport direction. The blade 18B scoops up the long article M from the hopper 20 and conveys it upward. The long articles M sent out from the upper end (downstream end) of the feed conveyor 18 are sequentially transferred onto the transport surface of the discharge conveyor 22 arranged horizontally.

  Further, the cylindrical discharge guide 14 of the present embodiment is held rotatably about a cylindrical axis, and a transmission belt 24 is wound around the outer surface of the cylinder. The transmission belt 24 transmits the rotational force from the prime mover 26 to the discharge guide 14 via a driving pulley (not shown) and the transmission belt 24. That is, the discharge guide 14 can be rotated or swung around the cylindrical axis by the prime mover 26.

  Further, the feed conveyor 18 of this embodiment is equipped with a rotary blade device 28. The rotary wing device 28 includes a plurality of rotary wings 28B extending in a radial direction from the shaft 28S, and the rotary wings 28B are rotated around the shaft 28S. The shaft 28S is pivotally supported in parallel with the width direction of the feed conveyor 18 at a position away from the conveying surface by a predetermined distance. The position of the shaft 28 </ b> S is set to such a height that the tip of the rotating rotary blade 28 </ b> B does not touch the tip of the blade 18 </ b> B of the feed conveyor 18. Further, the rotary blade 28 </ b> B is rotated so that the rotary blade 28 </ b> B on the feed conveyor 18 side moves in the direction opposite to the transport direction of the feed conveyor 18.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the flow of the transport operation of the long article M in the transport system 10 of the present embodiment will be described.

  The long article M is directed in a random direction, for example, on the transport surface of the input conveyor 12. When the elongate article M is put into the discharge guide 14, the elongate article M slides down on the arcuate bottom surface of the inclined discharge guide 14, while the direction of the longitudinal axis is the generatrix of the arcuate bottom face. While being aligned in the direction (in the present embodiment, the cylindrical axis direction), the long articles M are aligned in a line.

  In this embodiment, this alignment operation is enhanced by rotation or swinging of the arcuate bottom surface (discharge guide 14). That is, even when a large amount of the long article M is put into the discharge guide 14 all at once and the long article M that cannot be aligned in the cylindrical axial direction is likely to be generated, the arc-shaped bottom surface (the discharge guide 14 ) Is rotated or rocked so that the longitudinal axis of the elongated article M is aligned with the cylindrical axis. Further, by this rotation or swing, the long articles M are aligned in a row at the lowest position of the arc-shaped bottom surface.

  As a result, from the opening end 14 </ b> B that is the outlet of the discharge guide 14, the long articles M that are aligned in the axial direction and aligned in a row are sequentially discharged onto the transport surface of the take-out conveyor 16. Further, since the transport surface of the take-out conveyor 16 is configured to have a concave cross-section such that the central portion is lowered along the transport direction, the long article M is also on the take-out conveyor 16 in its direction and The state where the rows are aligned is maintained, and the same state is maintained and the hopper 20 is introduced from the downstream end of the take-out conveyor 16. Therefore, the long articles M are stacked in the hopper 20 in a state where the directions are aligned and at substantially the same position.

  The long article M in the hopper 20 is scraped up in units of one or more by the blade 18B. One or more long articles M scraped up by the blade 18B are transported upward along the oblique transport surface of the feed conveyor 18 and delivered from the downstream end to the discharge conveyor 22. During this time, when the long article M scraped up protrudes from the upper end of the blade 18B, for example, the protruding long article M comes into contact with the rotary blade 28B and is scraped off into the hopper 20.

  For example, a transfer plate 30 is bridged between the feed conveyor 18 and the discharge conveyor 22, and the long article M sent out from the feed conveyor 18 rolls down on the transfer plate 30 and is placed on the transport surface of the discharge conveyor 22. Transferred. At this time, the longitudinal direction of the long articles M is aligned perpendicularly to the conveying direction of the discharge conveyor 22, and the long articles M are aligned, for example, in close contact with each other.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to align the direction of the long article at a high processing speed.

  In the present embodiment, the discharge guide has a cylindrical shape. However, if the discharge guide is rocked, the discharge guide may not have a cylindrical shape as long as it has an arc-shaped bottom surface. In this embodiment, the belt transmission system is used for rotating / swinging the discharge guide. However, a gear train or other driving method can be used for rotating / swinging the discharge guide.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Conveyance system 12 Input conveyor 14 Discharge guide 16 Extraction conveyor 18 Feed conveyor 20 Hopper 22 Discharge conveyor 24 Power transmission belt 26 Motor | power_engine 28 Rotary blade apparatus 30 Transfer plate M Long-form article

Claims (1)

Loading means for loading a long article;
A discharge guide provided on the downstream side of the charging means and having an arcuate bottom;
A take-out conveyor provided at the discharge end of the discharge guide;
A long article supply apparatus comprising: a feed conveyor that is provided substantially orthogonal to the takeout conveyor and that supplies the long article discharged from the takeout conveyor.
A rotation means for rotating the discharge guide;
The apparatus for supplying an elongated article, wherein the elongated article is conveyed while rotating the discharge guide by the rotating means.

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