JP2018153137A - Rice measuring device, rice generator, rice injection device and rice measuring method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve improvement of treatment rate during measuring rice volume.SOLUTION: After conducting a first process for preparing a measurement frame 11a in which a first frame body part 11a-1 and a second frame body part 11a-2, which are neighboring each other in a horizontal direction, are formed, and introducing rice R to the first frame body part 11a-1, in which a bottom is closed, by opening a separation shutter 11b, a second process for closing the separation shutter 11b; a third process for dropping the rice R of the first frame body part 11a-1 by moving the measurement frame 11a and introducing the rice R to the second frame body part 11a-2, in which a bottom is closed, by opening the separation shutter 11b; a fourth process for closing the separation shutter 11b; and a fifth process for dropping the rice R of the second frame body part 11a-2 by moving the measurement frame 11a and introducing the rice R to the first frame body part 11a-1, in which the bottom is closed, by opening the separation shutter 11b are successively repeated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooked rice metering device, a cooked rice generating device, a cooked rice throwing device, and a cooked rice metering method, and more particularly to a technique that is effective when applied to an improvement in processing speed when volumetrically measuring cooked rice.

  2. Description of the Related Art As a device for weighing cooked rice put into a hopper so as to have a predetermined set weight value, a cooked rice weighing device by volumetric measurement is known.

  Volumetric weighing is a method in which cooked rice is introduced into a weighing bowl (measuring unit) having a volume corresponding to a predetermined amount of cooked rice. Specifically, the cooked rice is introduced into the weighing bowl, the upper shutter is closed, and then the lower part of the weighing bowl is opened to drop and extract the cooked rice.

  In addition, about the rice measuring device by volume measurement, the technique etc. which were described in patent document 1 (Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2000-253840) are known, for example.

JP 2000-253840 A

  Here, as described above, the cooked rice in the conventional volumetric measurement is taken out by opening the lower part of the weighing bowl and dropping it by its own weight, or pushing out the cooked rice in the weighing bowl.

  In such a conventional technique, since the operation of removing the cooked rice after it is introduced into the measuring bowl is repeatedly performed, the number of cooked rice per hour obtained by volumetric measurement is limited, and the demand for high-speed processing is met. I can't.

  In addition, in order to accurately measure the actual weight of the volume-measured cooked rice with the load cell, it takes time to stabilize the strain generating body that is distorted by the load of cooked rice. I need it.

  However, if it takes a long time to measure with the load cell in a situation where the number of cooked rice obtained by volumetric measurement cannot meet the demand for high-speed processing as described above, the processing speed is further slowed down.

  The present invention has been made from the above technical background, and provides a cooked rice weighing device, a cooked rice generating device, a cooked rice throwing device, and a cooked rice weighing method capable of improving the processing speed when volumetrically measuring cooked rice. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the cooked rice weighing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a supply unit that regulates the side surface of the cooked rice fed from above and feeds it downward, and the top and bottom are opened and the horizontal direction is mutually The first frame body portion and the second frame body portion adjacent to each other are formed so that the first frame body portion and the second frame body portion are selectively positioned directly below the supply portion. A movable measuring frame, a shutter provided between the supply unit and the measuring frame to permit the introduction of cooked rice from the supply unit, and a movement of the measuring frame provided below the measuring frame A weighing plate for weighing and dividing the cooked rice introduced from the supply unit, comprising a bottom plate member that selectively opens and closes a lower open portion of the first frame and the second frame. A control unit that controls the shutter, and the control unit opens the shutter. A second step of closing the shutter after the first step of introducing cooked rice from the supply unit to the first frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member, and moving the measuring frame. A third step of dropping the cooked rice from the first frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the second frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; and a first step of closing the shutter. Step 4 and moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice in the second frame body portion, and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the first frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member. The fifth step is controlled to be repeatedly executed sequentially.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cooked rice weighing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, further comprising a conveying unit that conveys the first and second framed body rice that has dropped from the first frame body unit and the second frame body unit. And the weighing frame is reciprocally moved along the direction in which the cooked rice is conveyed by the conveying unit.

  In order to solve the above problems, a cooked rice generating apparatus according to the present invention described in claim 3 is a cooked rice weighing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, and a measuring unit that measures the weight of cooked rice weighed by the cooked rice weighing apparatus. The adjusting unit for adding the cooked rice of the difference between the weight measured by the measuring unit and the set weight value to the cooked rice measured by the measuring unit.

  In order to solve the above problem, the cooked rice throwing device according to the present invention described in claim 4 is a container supply for feeding the cooked rice generating device according to claim 3 and a container into which the cooked rice produced by the cooked rice producing device is put. Provided in the downstream of the cooked rice production direction of the cooked rice production device, and formed in a predetermined shape of the cooked rice produced by the cooked rice production device, and provided downstream of the shaping means in the cooked rice conveyance direction, Positioning means for positioning the cooked rice conveyed from the molding means directly above the cooked rice feeding area formed in the container fed from the feeding means and dropping the cooked rice into the cooked rice feeding area. It is characterized by.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cooked rice loading apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the total weight, which is the weight of the container charged with the cooked rice, is provided downstream of the feeding means in the cooked rice conveyance direction. A total weight measuring means for measuring, a sorting means for sorting the containers in two directions based on the measurement result of the total weight measuring means, and one of the sorting means downstream of the rice transfer direction. A leveling means for leveling the cooked rice put into the container with a total weight allocated to the means within a predetermined range, and the other means provided downstream of the sorting means in the direction of conveying the cooked rice, and distributed to the sorting means And a discharging means for discharging the container having a total weight outside a predetermined range to the outside of the apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the cooked rice weighing method according to the present invention described in claim 6 is formed with the first frame body part and the second frame body part which are opened vertically and adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction. A second step of closing the shutter after performing the first step of opening the shutter installed above the measuring frame and introducing the cooked rice into the first frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; A third step of moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice in the first frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the second frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; A fourth step of closing the shutter; and the first frame body that moves the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice in the second frame body portion and opens the shutter to be closed by the bottom plate member. And 5th step of introducing cooked rice to the department Run, characterized in that.

  According to the present invention, since the operation of introducing the cooked rice into the weighing unit and the operation of dropping the cooked rice from the weighing unit are performed in parallel, the volume measurement can be performed at high speed, and the time of the obtained cooked rice It becomes possible to increase the number of hits.

  Thereby, even if the time required for measuring the actual weight of the volume-measured cooked rice by the measuring unit is taken, the processing speed is not delayed.

It is a perspective view which shows the cooked rice throwing-in apparatus with which the cooked rice production | generation part provided with the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention was used. It is a side view which shows notionally the cooked rice loading apparatus of FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view conceptually showing the cooked rice throwing device in FIG. 1. It is a perspective view which shows the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention. (A) is the conceptual diagram which looked at the main measurement part of FIG. 4 from the plane, (b) is the conceptual diagram which looked at the main measurement part of FIG. 4 from the side. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the main measurement part which is one embodiment of invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the cooked rice was introduce | transduced by the 1st frame part in the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention, and the division | segmentation shutter was closed. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the 1st frame body part in which the rice was introduced in the main measuring part which is one embodiment of this invention moved on the 1st gate. In the main weighing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention, the first gate is opened and the rice is dropped from the first frame body onto the first conveyor, and the divided shutter is opened to the second frame body. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the rice was introduced. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the division | segmentation shutter was closed in the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention, the rice was introduced into the 2nd frame part, and the division | segmentation shutter was closed. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing which shows continuously operation | movement of the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing which shows continuously the operation | movement from FIG.11 (d) in the main measurement part which is one embodiment of this invention. (A) is the conceptual diagram which looked at the main measurement part which is other embodiment of this invention from the plane, (b) is the conceptual diagram which looked at the main measurement part which is other embodiment of this invention from the side. is there.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment as an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cooked rice throwing device using a cooked rice generating unit having a main weighing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view conceptually showing the cooked rice throwing device of FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view conceptually showing the cooked rice throwing apparatus of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the cooked rice throwing device using the cooked rice producing unit including the main weighing unit of the present embodiment is a cooked rice producing unit (rice cooked rice) that produces cooked rice R targeted at a set weight value. Generation device) M1, container supply unit (container supply means) M2 for supplying container T into which cooked rice R generated in cooked rice generation unit M1 is charged, and cooked rice R generated in cooked rice generation unit M1 have a predetermined shape A forming part (forming means) M3 for forming the rice, a cooked rice input part (input means) M4 for supplying the cooked rice R to the cooked rice input region T1 of the container T supplied from the container supply unit M2, and a cooked rice R at the cooked rice input unit M4 A total weight measuring unit (total weight measuring means) M5 for measuring the weight (total weight) of the container T into which the container is charged, and a container distribution for distributing the containers T in two directions based on the measurement result of the total weight measuring unit M5 Part (sorting means) M6 and the total sorted by container sorting part M6 The cooked rice leveling unit (smoothing means) M7 for leveling the cooked rice R put into the container T within the predetermined range and the container T whose total weight distributed by the container sorting unit M6 is outside the predetermined range are removed from the machine. And a container discharge portion (discharge means) M8.

  And the cooked rice production | generation part M1, the shaping | molding part M3, the cooked rice injection | throwing-in part M4, the gross weight measurement part M5, and the container distribution part M6 are arrange | positioned sequentially from the upstream of the conveyance direction (boiled rice conveyance direction) of the cooked rice R. In addition, a rice leveling portion M7 and a container discharge portion M8 are further branched from the container sorting portion M6 to the downstream side in the cooked rice conveyance direction. Moreover, the container supply part M2 accommodates the container T in which the cooked rice R is thrown in by the cooked rice throwing part M4, The container feed conveyor 20 for conveying the container T from the container feed part M2 to the cooked rice throwing part M4 is provided. And connected to the cooked rice input unit M4.

  Moreover, the cooked rice throwing apparatus of this Embodiment has a control part which manages the whole operation | movement of an apparatus. The control unit receives a signal from an input unit 94 on which a worker makes a predetermined setting. And based on the signal from the input part 94, operation | movement of the cooked rice production | generation part M1, the container supply part M2, the shaping | molding part M3, the cooked rice input part M4, the gross weight measurement part M5, the container distribution part M6, and the cooked rice leveling part M7 To control.

  Now, in the cooked rice production | generation part M1, three conveyors, the 1st conveyor (conveyance part) C1, the 2nd conveyor C2, and the 3rd conveyor C3, are arrange | positioned toward the downstream from the upstream of the cooked rice conveyance direction. ing. In addition, a main weighing unit (rice metering device) 10 that measures and divides the cooked rice R into a predetermined weight and sends it to the first conveyor C1 is disposed above the first conveyor C1. Furthermore, immediately above the third conveyor C3, an auxiliary weighing unit (adjustment unit) for supplying the rice R sent from the second conveyor C2 with an amount of rice R that is insufficient with respect to the set weight value. ) 14 is arranged.

  In addition, a lifter 90 that lifts and lowers the cooked rice container 92 along a pair of vertical rails 91 extending in the vertical direction is provided on the side of the cooked rice generating unit M1 (on the right side in FIG. 1). The lifter 90 lifts the cooked rice container 92 to the position of the hopper 93 installed above the main weighing unit 10, and rotates the upper end of the lifter 90 toward the hopper 93. Thereby, the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 92 is put into the hopper 93.

  An unillustrated unrolling roller for unloading the cooked rice is provided in the hopper 93, and the cooked rice thrown into the hopper 93 is unrolled by the unrolling roller and introduced into the main weighing unit 10 and the auxiliary weighing unit 14. Is done.

  Here, the main weighing unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 is a perspective view showing a main weighing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 (a) is a conceptual diagram of the main weighing unit of FIG. 4 seen from the plane, and FIG. 5 (b) is a main weighing unit of FIG. It is the conceptual diagram which looked at the measurement part from the side.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the main weighing unit 10 regulates the side surface of the cooked rice R sent from the upper hopper 93 and feeds the cooked rice R introduced from the feed unit 13 to the lower volume. A measuring rod (measuring unit) 11 for measuring and dividing is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the supply unit 13 is arranged in two upper and lower stages so as to face each other and a pair of rollers 13-1 that feeds the cooked rice R downward. It has a pair of side regulating plates 13-2 that operate and regulate the side surface of the cooked rice R fed from the upper unrolling roller and feed it to the lower measuring basket 11. In addition, the roller 13-1 rotates when supplying the cooked rice R to the measuring bowl 11, and the rotation stops at other times.

  The pair of side regulating plates 13-2 are respectively composed of two panels that are separated from each other in the lateral direction and are installed so as to be shifted from each other. According to such a structure, the pair of rollers 13-1 can move toward and away from each other by moving (sliding) so that the two panels overlap each other. Further, the panels constituting the pair of side regulating plates 13-2 move in the axial direction of the roller 13-1, so that the pair of side regulating plates 13-2 can move toward and away from each other. Yes.

  The adjustment of the distance between the pair of rollers 13-1 and the pair of side regulating plates 13-2 and the rotation of the pair of rollers 13-1 are controlled by the control unit described above.

  Therefore, the horizontal cross-sectional area of the cooked rice R sent from the supply unit 13 to the weighing basket 11 is adjusted by appropriately setting these intervals by the control unit. Thus, the amount of cooked rice introduced into the weighing frame 11a, that is, the quantity is adjusted.

  However, the supply unit 13 is not limited to the configuration shown in the present embodiment, as long as the side surface of the cooked rice R sent from the upper hopper 93 can be regulated and sent to the lower weighing basket 11. Various configurations can be employed.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the measuring rod 11 includes a measuring frame 11a whose top and bottom are opened, a divided shutter (shutter) 11b provided between the supply unit 13 and the measuring frame 11a, and a measuring frame 11a. It is comprised by the quantity plate (bottom plate member) 11c provided below.

  Here, the weighing frame 11a is formed with a first frame body portion 11a-1 and a second frame body portion 11a-2 which are opened vertically and are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction. The body part 11 a-1 and the second frame body part 11 a-2 can be reciprocated so that they are selectively located directly below the supply part 13.

  The divided shutter 11b is composed of a pair of plate-like bodies that are arranged in the horizontal direction and move in the approaching and separating directions. The divided shutter 11b opens and closes the lower end of the supply unit 13, and introduces the cooked rice R from the supply unit 13 into the weighing frame 11a (specifically, the first frame body portion 11a-1 and the first frame body 11a in the weighing frame 11a). 2) Permitted to be selectively introduced into the second frame 11a-2.

  The weight plate 11c selectively opens and closes the lower open portions of the first frame body portion 11a-1 and the second frame body portion 11a-2 by the movement of the measurement frame 11a described above. That is, the quantity plate 11c is formed in a size corresponding to the frame parts 11a-1 and 11a-2, and a cooked rice receiving part 11ca that receives the cooked rice R from the supply unit 13 is formed in the center. In addition, on both sides of the cooked rice receiving portion 11ca, the first opening hole 11c-1 and the second opening hole 11c-2 which are also formed in sizes corresponding to the frame body portions 11a-1 and 11a-2. Are formed respectively. Furthermore, the first gate 11c-1a and the second gate that open and close these opening holes 11c-1 and 11c-2 are respectively provided above the first opening hole 11c-1 and the second opening hole 11c-2. A gate 11c-2a is provided.

  Then, the first frame body portion 11a-1 is placed at the position of the cooked rice receiving portion 11ca, the cooked rice R is introduced, the measuring frame is horizontally moved, and the first frame body portion 11a-1 is moved to the first opening hole. If it moves to 11c-1 and opens the 1st gate 11c-1a, the rice R will fall on the 1st conveyor C1 from the 1st frame part 11a-1. For the second frame body portion 11a-2, the cooked rice R falls on the first conveyor C1 in the same manner. In addition, in this Embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the 1st frame part 11a-1 and the 2nd frame part 11a-2 are arranged along the conveyance direction of the cooked rice R by the 1st conveyor C1. The measuring frame 11a is reciprocated along the conveying direction of the cooked rice R by the first conveyor C1.

  Now, the measuring rod 11 is also controlled by the control part. Here, the operation control of the weighing rod 11 by the control unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a control system of a main weighing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a case where cooked rice is introduced into the first frame body portion in the main weighing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the divided shutter is closed, and FIG. 8 is a state in which the first frame body portion in which cooked rice is introduced has moved onto the first gate in the main weighing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a first measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the first gate is opened and the rice is dropped from the first frame body onto the first conveyor and the divided shutter is opened. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state in which cooked rice is introduced into the second frame body portion, and FIG. 10 shows that the divided shutter is closed in the main weighing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention and the cooked rice is introduced into the second frame body portion. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the division | segmentation shutter was closed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit S includes a weighing frame drive motor B1 that moves the weighing frame 11a in the horizontal direction, a divided shutter drive motor B2 that moves the divided shutter 11b in the horizontal direction, and a first gate 11c-1a. And a gate drive motor B3 for simultaneously driving the second gate 11c-2a. The gate drive motor B3 drives the first gate 11c-1a and the second gate 11c-2a so that they are simultaneously in the open position and simultaneously in the closed position.

  As a result, when the predetermined setting content input by the operator is sent from the input unit 94 to the control unit S, the control unit S responds to the setting content via the motors B1, B2, and B3, and the measuring frame 11a. The operations of the divided shutter 11b, the first gate 11c-1a, and the second gate 11c-2a are controlled.

  Specifically, the control unit S first closes the divided shutter 11b by the divided shutter drive motor B2 to cut off the supply of the cooked rice R from the supply unit 13, and the weighing frame drive motor B1 to measure the weighing frame 11a. The first frame body portion 11a-1 is set to the position of the cooked rice receiving portion 11ca of the scale plate 11c, and the lower open portion of the first frame body portion 11a-1 is closed. At this time, the first gate 11c-1a and the second gate 11c-2a are positioned to close the first opening hole 11c-1 and the second opening hole 11c-2, respectively.

  Then, from this state, as a first step, the divided shutter 11b is opened, and the cooked rice R is introduced from the supply unit 13 to the first frame body portion 11a-1. Note that, as described above, when the cooked rice R is introduced, the control unit S rotates the pair of rollers 13-1 provided in the supply unit 13.

  Subsequently, as a second step, the divided shutter 11b is closed (FIG. 7).

  And as a 3rd process, it measures so that the 1st frame 11a-1 in which the rice R was introduce | transduced may be in the position of the 1st gate 11c-1a which has closed the 1st opening hole 11c-1. The frame 11a is moved (FIG. 8), and the first gate 11c-1a is moved by the gate drive motor B3 to open the first opening 11c-1 (FIG. 9). Thereby, the cooked rice R in the 1st frame part 11a-1 falls on the 1st conveyor C1.

  Here, since the 1st opening hole 11c-1 and the 2nd opening hole 11c-2 are formed in the both sides of the cooked rice receiving part 11ca as mentioned above, the 1st frame body part 11a-1 is formed. If it becomes the position of the 1st opening hole 11c-1, the 2nd frame body part 11a-2 will become the position of the cooked rice receiving part 11ca of the quantity plate 11c, and the lower open part will be closed. Therefore, in the third step, the divided shutter 11b is opened, and the cooked rice R is introduced from the supply unit 13 to the second frame body unit 11a-2.

  Then, as a fourth step, the divided shutter 11b is closed (FIG. 10).

  Subsequently, as a fifth step, the second frame 11a-2 into which the cooked rice R has been introduced is positioned at the second gate 11c-2a that closes the second opening 11c-2. The weighing frame 11a is moved, the second gate 11c-2a is moved to open the second opening hole 11c-2, and the cooked rice R is dropped onto the first conveyor C1.

  When the second frame 11a-2 is positioned at the second opening 11c-2, the first frame 11a-1 is at the position of the cooked rice receiving portion 11ca of the mass plate 11c. The lower open site is closed. Therefore, in the fifth step, the divided shutter 11b is opened, and the cooked rice R is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the first frame body portion 11a-1.

  Thereafter, returning to the above-described second step, the control of sequentially repeating the second step, the third step, the fourth step, and the fifth step is performed up to the number of cooked rice R produced.

  In addition, the detail about the motion of the cooked rice R by the above 1st-5th process is mentioned later.

  Now, the 2nd conveyor C2 is provided with the load cell (measurement part) which is not shown in figure for measuring the weight of the cooked rice R produced | generated by the main measurement part 10 and sent from the 1st conveyor C1. Further, the above-described auxiliary weighing unit 14 is disposed immediately above the third conveyor C3 disposed downstream of the second conveyor C2 in the cooked rice conveyance direction.

  A part of the above-mentioned cooked rice R in the hopper 93 is supplied to the auxiliary weighing unit 14 via the auxiliary conveyor 15, and the cooked rice R measured by the load cell of the second conveyor C2 is further provided. The weight data is sent. Then, the auxiliary weighing unit 14 calculates the excess / deficiency weight of the actual cooked rice R with respect to the set weight value from the weight value (set weight value) set by the operator and the measured value in the load cell, and the rice for the insufficient weight is calculated. It is generated and supplied to the cooked rice R being conveyed on the third conveyor C3.

  Thereby, the cooked rice R targeting the set weight value is sent from the cooked rice generating unit M1 to the forming unit M3.

  In the present embodiment, auxiliary weighing is performed in this manner to increase the accuracy of the amount of cooked rice R, but auxiliary weighing is not necessarily performed.

  On the side of the hopper 93 (left side in FIG. 1), there is an operation panel 94a for setting the set weight of the cooked rice R, the type of the container T, the production quantity, etc., driving, stopping, restarting, etc. An input unit 94 including an operation switch 94b for performing the above is provided. Then, the operator operates the operation panel 94a to input a desired set weight of the cooked rice R (for example, an arbitrary weight within a range of 150 g to 300 g).

  The container supply unit M2 that supplies the container T into which the cooked rice R is charged includes a tower-type stock unit (container storage unit) 21 that stores the containers T in a stacked manner. The container supply unit M2 is provided with the above-described container transport conveyor 20 that extends from directly below the stock unit 21 to the cooked rice input unit M4. At the lower part of the stock part 21, a container take-out part 22 is installed that sucks and takes out the lowermost container T accommodated and drops it onto the container transport conveyor 20. Furthermore, the pushing part 23 which pushes the container T conveyed by the container conveyance conveyor 20 and pushes into the predetermined position of the cooked rice input part M4 is provided.

  By such a container supply unit M2, the containers T accommodated in the stock unit 21 are adsorbed one by one in order from the bottom by the container take-out unit 22 and placed on the container transport conveyor 20, and the container transport conveyor 20 After being conveyed, it is set to the cooked rice input part M4 by the pushing part 23.

  In the forming unit M3 located downstream of the cooked rice generating unit M1 in the direction of conveying the cooked rice, the cooked rice R generated by the cooked rice generating unit M1 is formed into a shape (for example, a square shape) corresponding to the cooked rice input region T1 formed in the container T. To do. Further, the position (molding position) of the cooked rice R is adjusted so that the transport path of the shaped cooked rice R is directly above the cooked rice throwing area T1 of the container T supplied to the cooked rice throwing unit M4.

  The molding unit M3 includes a fourth conveyor C4 that is provided downstream of the third conveyor C3 in the direction of transporting the cooked rice and transports the cooked rice R, and a mold 30 that is provided on the fourth conveyor C4. ing.

  As shown in the figure, the mold 30 is disposed opposite to a position along the cooked rice conveyance direction, and a pair of first mold members 30a that press the cooked rice R in the direction along the conveyance direction, and orthogonal to the cooked rice conveyance direction. A pair of second mold members 30b that are disposed opposite to each other and press the cooked rice R in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and a third mold member 30c that presses the cooked rice R from above and leveles the upper surface. It is configured.

  The first mold member 30a and the second mold member 30b can be moved up and down with the position in contact with the fourth conveyor C4 as a descending end, and the first mold member 30a located at the rear of the cooked rice conveyance direction is lowered. The second mold member 30b is movable at the lower end in a direction perpendicular to the cooked rice conveyance direction. Further, the third mold member 30c can be moved up and down with a position at a predetermined distance from the fourth conveyor C4 as a descending end. In addition, the 1st type | mold member 30a located in front of the cooked rice conveyance direction can move only in the direction orthogonal to the cooked rice conveyance direction at the descending end, and cannot move in the cooked rice conveyance direction.

  In the present application, “pressing the cooked rice in the direction along the conveying direction (rice cooked direction)” means pressing the cooked rice R along the conveying line. Therefore, not only pressing the cooked rice R in the cooked rice transport direction, but also allowing the first mold member 30a located in front of the cooked rice transport direction to move in the front-rear direction of the cooked rice transport direction, is opposite to the cooked rice transport direction. The cooked rice R may be pressed in the direction, or the cooked rice R may be pressed from two directions opposite to the cooked rice transport direction and the cooked rice transport direction.

  In such a molding part M3, the fourth conveyor C4 is temporarily stopped, and the first mold members 30a and 30a, the second mold members 30b and 30b, and the third mold member 30c are appropriately positioned. To form the cooked rice R on the fourth conveyor C4 into a shape corresponding to the shape of the cooked rice input area T1 formed in the container T.

  At the time of molding, the position of the cooked rice R on the fourth conveyor C4 is adjusted by the first mold members 30a, 30a, the second mold members 30b, 30b, and the third mold member 30c. Then, the molding position is adjusted so that the position immediately above the cooked rice throwing area T1 of the container T positioned in the cooked rice throwing portion M4 into which the cooked rice R is put in the next process is on the transport path of the shaped cooked rice R.

  In this way, if the cooked rice R is formed into a shape corresponding to the shape of the cooked rice input region T1 formed in the container T and the forming position of the cooked rice R is adjusted as described above, the cooked rice R in the cooked rice input unit M4. The cooked rice R is positioned just above the cooked rice throwing area T1 simply by adjusting the conveyance stop position. Therefore, if the cooked rice R is dropped from there, the cooked rice R will be neatly stored in the cooked rice input region T1 of the container T.

  In the present invention, it is sufficient that the mold 30 can press the cooked rice R in the horizontal direction on the fourth conveyor C4. Therefore, the mold member constituting the mold 30 and its movement are not limited to the present embodiment, and the third mold member 30c that presses the cooked rice R from above may not be provided.

  Moreover, the shape of the molding surface of the first mold members 30a and 30a and the second mold members 30b and 30b can be freely set. For example, if the molding surface is curved in the horizontal direction, the cooked rice R can be molded into a round shape or an elliptical shape. Moreover, if the forming surface is inclined in the horizontal direction, the cooked rice R can be formed into a triangle or the like.

  Furthermore, forming the cooked rice R into a shape corresponding to the shape of the cooked rice input region T1 of the container T is not limited to forming the cooked rice R into a shape having the same size as the shape of the cooked rice input region T1. That is, it is sufficient that the cooked rice R has a shape that does not protrude from the cooked rice throwing region T1 when the cooked rice R is put into the cooked rice throwing region T1.

  In the cooked rice loading unit M4 provided downstream of the molded unit M3 in the direction of conveying the cooked rice, the cooked rice R (that is, the molded unit M3) conveyed from the molded unit M3 to the cooked rice feeding region T1 of the container T supplied from the container supply unit M2. , The shape corresponding to the shape of the cooked rice input area T1 formed in the container T, and the transfer path of the cooked rice R is directly above the cooked rice input area T1 of the container T installed in the cooked rice input section M4. The cooked rice R) whose position has been adjusted is introduced.

  Here, the cooked rice input unit M4 is provided with a container installation unit 42 in which the container T supplied from the container supply unit M2 is installed. Further, a shutter plate (opening / closing portion) 40 is provided above the installed container T, and further, positioning for positioning the cooked rice R formed as described above in the forming portion M3 on the shutter plate 40 in the closed position. A member 41a is provided.

  The positioning member 41a is positioned in front of the cooked rice conveyance direction and regulates the tip position of the cooked rice R. Moreover, the transfer member 41b which moves the cooked rice R shape | molded by the shaping | molding part M3 from the shaping | molding part M3 along a cooked rice conveyance direction and contact | abuts to the positioning member 41a is provided in the cooked rice conveyance direction back of the positioning member 41a. ing.

  Therefore, the cooked rice R moved by the transfer member 41b comes into contact with the positioning member 41a, so that the cooked rice R is positioned immediately above the cooked rice input region T1.

  Thereby, in the cooked rice throwing-in part M4, after positioning the cooked rice R in the positioning part 41 just above the cooked rice throwing-in area | region T1, the cooked rice R on the shutter board 40 is moved by moving the shutter board | plate 40 from a closed position to an open position. It is dropped into the cooked rice throwing area T1 formed in the container T.

  A fifth conveyor C5 provided with a load cell (not shown) is disposed in the total weight measuring unit M5 provided downstream of the cooked rice input unit M4 in the cooked rice conveyance direction. Therefore, when the container T sent from the cooked rice throwing portion M4 is conveyed by the fifth conveyor C5, the weight of the container T charged with the cooked rice R, that is, the total weight is measured. And a measurement result is sent to the following container distribution part M6.

  A container sorting unit M6 provided downstream of the total weight measuring unit M5 in the direction of transporting cooked rice sorts the containers T in two directions based on the measurement results obtained by the total weight measuring unit M5. That is, a cooked rice smoothing section M7 is provided downstream of the container sorting section M6 in one cooked rice conveyance direction, and a container discharge section M8 is provided downstream of the other cooked rice conveyance direction. And when the total weight of the container T which is a measurement result in the total weight measuring unit M5 is within a predetermined range, it is distributed to the cooked rice leveling unit M7 in the container distribution unit M6, and the total weight of the container T Is outside the predetermined range, it is distributed to the container discharge section M8 in the container distribution section M6.

  Here, a sixth conveyor C6 is provided in front of the container sorting unit M6. Further, the container allocating portion M6 is provided with a allocating member 60 including a protruding plate 61 having a width equal to or larger than the width of the container T and capable of appearing and retracting in a direction crossing the sixth conveyor C6. A leveling member 70 constituting a cooked rice leveling unit M7 is installed above the downstream side of the sixth conveyor C6 with respect to the container sorting unit M6. The leveling member 70 has a leveling plate 71 that can be moved up and down with a position at a predetermined distance from the sixth conveyor C6 as a descending end. Further, a discharge conveyor 80 constituting the container discharge unit M8 is installed on the opposite side of the distribution member 60 across the sixth conveyor C6. The discharge conveyor 80 is formed by a plurality of rotatable rollers, and is inclined downward from the position facing the sorting member 60 as a starting point.

  The container T (the container T charged with the rice R) conveyed from the total weight measuring unit M5 is processed as follows by the container distributing unit M6, the cooked rice smoothing unit M7, and the container discharging unit M8. .

  That is, when the total weight of the container T is within a predetermined range, the protruding plate 61 of the sorting member 60 constituting the container sorting unit M6 does not project. Therefore, the container T is conveyed to the sixth conveyor C6 and reaches the cooked rice leveling part M7. And the leveling board 71 of the leveling member 70 which comprises the cooked rice leveling part M7 descend | falls, and the cooked rice R thrown into the container T is leveled. After that, side dishes are placed on the container T by the operator.

  Further, when the total weight of the container T is out of the predetermined range, the protruding plate 61 of the sorting member 60 protrudes, and the container T moves from the sixth conveyor C6 to the discharge conveyor 80 constituting the container discharge portion M8. It is guided. Thereby, the container T slides on the roller which forms the discharge conveyor 80, and is discharged | emitted out of an apparatus.

  Next, the operation of the cooked rice throwing apparatus having the above configuration will be described.

  If the cooked rice is put into the hopper 93 and the container T into which the cooked rice R is put into the container supply unit M2, the operator operates the input unit 94 to set the weight of the cooked rice R, the type of the container T, and the production. Enter the quantity and press the start button. In the present embodiment, a plurality of types of containers T are registered in advance, and the container T is formed in the container T simply by selecting the container T stored in the container supply unit M2 from the registered containers T. The shape and position of the cooked rice input region T1 are set. Therefore, the cooked rice R corresponding to the shape and position of the set cooked rice input region T1 is molded in the molding unit M3.

  When the start button is pressed, in the cooked rice generating unit M1, the cooked rice R sent from the hopper 93 is volume-measured in the main weighing unit 10, and the cooked rice R corresponding to the set weight is generated. When the weight of the generated cooked rice R is insufficient with respect to the set weight value, the shortage is compensated for in the auxiliary weighing unit 14, and finally the cooked rice R targeting the set weight value is generated.

  Here, operation | movement of the main measurement part 10 by the control part S is demonstrated using FIG. 11 and FIG. 11 (a) to 11 (d) are explanatory diagrams continuously showing the operation of the main weighing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 12 (a) to 12 (d) are one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows continuously the operation | movement from FIG.11 (d) in a certain main measurement part.

  In addition, since the detailed operation | movement of the main measurement part 10 in the 1st-5th process has already been demonstrated, it demonstrates focusing on the motion of the cooked rice R below. In these drawings, in order to avoid complication, the divided shutter 11b, the cooked rice receiving portion 11ca, the first opening hole 11c-1, and the second opening hole 11c- shown in FIGS. 2. The first gate 11c-1a and the second gate 11c-2a are omitted.

  First, as shown to Fig.11 (a), the division | segmentation shutter 11b is closed, supply of the cooked rice R from the supply part 13 is interrupted | blocked, and the lower side of the 1st frame body part 11a-1 of the measurement frame 11a Is closed by the weight plate 11c.

  Then, as shown in FIG.11 (b), as a 1st process, the division | segmentation shutter 11b is opened and the cooked rice R is introduce | transduced from the supply part 13 to the 1st frame part 11a-1. The cooked rice R at this time is given the number “1” in FIGS. 11 and 12. Moreover, about the cooked rice R sequentially introduced into the first frame body part 11a-1 and the second frame body part 11a-2 in the subsequent steps, the "2" to "7" in FIGS. Numbered. Furthermore, in the following description, these cooked rice R is set to cooked rice R1 to cooked rice R7.

  Subsequently, as a second step, after the divided shutter 11b is closed, as shown in FIG. 11C, as a third step, the measuring frame 11a is moved and the first frame body portion 11a-1 is moved. Rice R1 is dropped onto the first conveyor C1. At this time, the falling position of the cooked rice R1 is forward in the transport direction of the first conveyor C1.

  Furthermore, in the third step, as the weighing frame 11a moves, the lower open portion of the second frame body portion 11a-2 is closed by the weight plate 11c, so the divided shutter 11b is opened, The cooked rice R2 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the second frame body part 11a-2.

  Subsequently, as a fourth step, after the divided shutter 11b is closed, as shown in FIG. 11D, as a fifth step, the measuring frame 11a is moved and the second frame body portion 11a-2 is moved. Rice R2 is dropped onto the first conveyor C1. At this time, since the weighing frame 11a moves in the opposite direction to that in the third step, the falling position of the cooked rice R2 is behind the first conveyor C1 in the transport direction. In addition, the cooked rice R1 that has fallen forward in the conveyance direction of the first conveyor C1 in the third step is conveyed on the second conveyor C2 and is weighed by the load cell.

  Furthermore, in the fifth step, as the weighing frame 11a moves, the lower open portion of the first frame body portion 11a-1 is closed by the weight plate 11c, so the divided shutter 11b is opened, The cooked rice R3 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the first frame body part 11a-1.

  Subsequently, after returning to the second step and closing the divided shutter 11b, as shown in FIG. 12A, as the third step, the cooked rice R3 in the first frame body portion 11a-1 is the first. It is dropped on the conveyor C1. Further, as a third step, the divided shutter 11b is opened and the cooked rice R4 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the second frame body portion 11a-2. At this time, the falling position of the cooked rice R3 is forward in the transport direction of the first conveyor C1, and therefore the cooked rice R3 is transported forward in the transport direction than the above-described cooked rice R2. The cooked rice R1 is conveyed on the third conveyor C3.

  Subsequently, as a fourth step, after the divided shutter 11b is closed, as shown in FIG. 12B, as a fifth step, the cooked rice R4 in the second frame body portion 11a-2 is moved to the first step. Drop on conveyor C1. Further, as a fifth step, the divided shutter 11b is opened and the cooked rice R5 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the first frame body portion 11a-1. As described above, since the weighing frame 11a moves in the opposite direction to that in the third step, the falling position of the cooked rice R4 is behind the first conveyor C1 in the conveying direction. The cooked rice R1 is supplemented with an insufficient amount of cooked rice R on the third conveyor C3, and the cooked rice R3 that has fallen forward in the conveying direction of the first conveyor C1 is weighed on the second conveyor C2, The cooked rice R3 that has fallen rearward in the transport direction of the first conveyor C1 reaches the front in the transport direction of the first conveyor C1.

  Subsequently, after returning again to the second step and closing the divided shutter 11b, as shown in FIG. 12C, as the third step, the cooked rice R5 in the first frame portion 11a-1 is changed to the first step. 1 is dropped on the conveyor C1. Further, as a third step, the divided shutter 11b is opened and the cooked rice R6 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the second frame body portion 11a-2. At this time, since the falling position of the cooked rice R5 is in front of the first conveyor C1, the cooked rice R5 is located between the cooked rice R2 and the cooked rice R4. Here, the cooked rice R3 is conveyed on the third conveyor C3, the cooked rice R2 is weighed on the second conveyor C2, and the cooked rice R4 is behind the cooked rice R5 in the conveying direction of the first conveyor C1. positioned.

  Subsequently, as a fourth step, after the divided shutter 11b is closed, as shown in FIG. 12 (d), as the fifth step, the cooked rice R6 in the second frame body portion 11a-2 is moved to the first step. Drop on conveyor C1. Further, as a fifth step, the cooked rice R7 is introduced from the supply unit 13 into the first frame body part 11a-1. At this time, the falling position of the cooked rice R6 is behind the first conveyor C1 in the transport direction. Here, the cooked rice R3 is supplemented with a deficient cooked rice on the third conveyor C3, the cooked rice R2 is conveyed on the third conveyor C3, and the cooked rice R5 is fed on the second conveyor C2. The weight is weighed, and the cooked rice R4 reaches the front in the transport direction of the first conveyor C1.

  As described above, in the main weighing unit 10 of the present embodiment, after the first step is executed by the control unit S, the second step, the third step, the fourth step, and the fifth step. Then, the process returns to the second step, and the second to fifth steps are sequentially repeated.

  And while dropping the cooked rice R in the 1st frame body part 11a-1, the division | segmentation shutter 11b is opened, and the 2nd frame body part formed adjacent to the said 1st frame body part 11a-1 The cooked rice R is introduced into 11a-2. Moreover, while dropping the cooked rice R in the second frame body portion 11a-2 and opening the divided shutter 11b, the first frame body portion formed adjacent to the second frame body portion 11a-2. The cooked rice R is introduced into 11a-1.

  Therefore, since the operation of introducing the cooked rice R into the weighing bowl 11 and the operation of dropping the cooked rice R from the weighing bowl 11 are performed in parallel, volumetric measurement can be performed at high speed, and the obtained cooked rice R It becomes possible to increase the number per hour.

  Thereby, even if it takes the time required to measure the actual weight of the volume-measured cooked rice R with the load cell, the processing speed is not delayed.

  While the cooked rice R is generated by the cooked rice generating unit M1, in the container supply unit M2, the lowermost container T accommodated in the stock unit 21 is taken out by the container takeout unit 22 and conveyed to the container conveyer 20. It is set in the container installation part 42 of the cooked rice input part M4.

  Now, the cooked rice R generated in the cooked rice generating unit M1 is sent to the molding unit M3, and on the fourth conveyor C4 temporarily stopped, the shape and position corresponding to the cooked rice input region T1 of the container T are set. Molded with the mold 30. When the formation of the cooked rice R is completed, the first mold members 30a, 30a and the second mold members 30b, 30b are integrally moved in the horizontal direction, so that the cooked rice R is placed on the transport path of the cooked rice R. The cooked rice R is positioned so that the position just above the cooked rice input region T1 of the container T positioned at M4 is located. The molding and positioning may be performed at the same time.

  The cooked rice R that has been molded in the molding unit M3 in this way is conveyed to the cooked rice input unit M4.

  In the cooked rice input unit M4, the container T sent from the container supply unit M2 is installed in the container installation unit 42 as described above. The cooked rice R from the molding part M3 is pushed along the cooked rice conveying direction by the rear positioning member 41b and brought into contact with the front positioning member 41a, so that the cooked rice R is put into the container T on the shutter plate 40. It is positioned immediately above the region T1. When the shutter plate 40 moves to the open position, the cooked rice R on the shutter plate 40 is automatically dropped into the cooked rice throwing area T1 formed in the container T.

  The container T into which the cooked rice R has been fed by the cooked rice throwing unit M4 is weighed in the total weight measuring unit M5. It is distributed to the leveling part M7. And the cooked rice R thrown into the container T in the cooked rice smoothing section M7 is smoothed and sent to the next process (for example, a side dish serving process). If the total weight of the container T is out of the predetermined range, the container sorting unit M6 sends the container T to the container discharge unit M8 and discharges it from the discharge conveyor 80 to the outside of the apparatus.

  As described above, in the cooked rice throwing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the cooked rice throwing area T1 formed in the container T has a shape corresponding to the shape, and the position immediately above the cooked rice throwing area T1 is on the transfer path of the cooked rice R. The rice R is shaped by adjusting the position. Then, the cooked rice R is transported along the transport direction, positioned right above the cooked rice throwing area T1, and dropped into the cooked rice throwing area T1 of the container T.

  Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment, the embodiment disclosed in this specification is an example in all respects and is limited to the disclosed technology. is not. That is, the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed restrictively based on the description in the above-described embodiment, but should be construed according to the description of the scope of claims. All modifications are included without departing from the technical scope equivalent to the described technique and the gist of the claims.

  For example, in the main weighing unit 10 of the present embodiment, the first opening hole 11c-1 and the second opening hole 11c-2 include the first gate 11c-1a and the second gate that open and close them. 11c-2a is provided. However, these gates 11c-1a and 11c-2a may not be provided. In this case, in the third step and the fifth step, if the weighing frame 11a is moved, the cooked rice R immediately falls from the first opening hole 11c-1 and the second opening hole 11c-2. Will do.

  Moreover, in the main measurement part 10 of this Embodiment, the 1st frame part 11a-1 and the 2nd frame part 11a-2 are formed along with the conveyance direction of the cooked rice R by the 1st conveyor C1. The weighing frame 11a reciprocates along the direction of conveyance of the cooked rice R by the first conveyor C1. However, as shown in FIG. 13, the first frame body portion 11a-1 and the second frame body portion 11a-2 are formed so as to be orthogonal to the conveying direction of the cooked rice R by the first conveyor C1, and the weighing frame 11a. Can be reciprocated in a direction orthogonal to the direction of conveyance of the cooked rice R by the first conveyor C1.

  In the cooked rice throwing device described above, a total weight measuring unit, a vessel sorting unit, a cooked rice leveling unit, and a vessel discharge unit are provided as processes after the cooked rice is fed into the cooked rice feed region of the vessel. However, these may not be provided.

10 Main Weighing Department (rice cooker)
11 Weighing scale (weighing section)
11a Measuring frame 11a-1 First frame body part 11a-2 Second frame body part 11b Split shutter (shutter)
11c Weight plate (bottom plate member)
11ca Rice cooker 11c-1 1st opening hole 11c-1a 1st gate 11c-2 2nd opening hole 11c-2a 2nd gate 13 Supply part 13-1 Roller 13-2 Side regulating plate 14 Auxiliary Weighing unit (adjustment unit)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Auxiliary conveyor 20 Container conveyance conveyor 21 Stock part 22 Container extraction part 23 Pushing part 30 Mold 30a 1st mold member 30b 2nd mold member 30c 3rd mold member 40 Shutter board (opening-closing part)
41a positioning member 41b transfer member 42 container setting part 60 distribution member 61 protruding plate 70 leveling member 71 leveling plate 80 discharge conveyor 90 lifter 91 vertical rail 92 cooked rice container 93 hopper 94 input unit 94a operation panel 94b operation switch B1 weighing Frame drive motor B2 Divided shutter drive motor B3 Gate drive motor C1 1st conveyor C2 2nd conveyor C3 3rd conveyor C4 4th conveyor C5 5th conveyor C6 6th conveyor M1 )
M2 container supply unit (container supply means)
M3 molding part (molding means)
M4 Rice input part (input means)
M5 Total weight measuring unit (total weight measuring means)
M6 container sorting section (sorting means)
M7 rice cooker (equalizing means)
M8 container discharge part (discharge means)
R Cooked rice S Control unit T Container T1 Cooked rice feed area

Claims (6)

A supply unit that regulates the side of the cooked rice sent from above and sends it downward,
A first frame part and a second frame part that are opened vertically and are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction are formed, and the first frame part and the second frame part are selectively A measuring frame that is reciprocally movable so as to be positioned directly below the supply unit, a shutter that is provided between the supply unit and the measurement frame and permits the introduction of cooked rice from the supply unit, and the measuring frame Cooked rice introduced from the supply unit, comprising a bottom plate member provided below and selectively opening and closing a lower open portion of the first frame body part and the second frame body part by moving the measuring frame A weighing unit that divides
A control unit for controlling the weighing unit,
The controller is
After performing the first step of introducing the cooked rice from the supply unit to the first frame body unit that opens the shutter and is closed by the bottom plate member,
A second step of closing the shutter;
A third step of moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice in the first frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the second frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; ,
A fourth step of closing the shutter;
A fifth step of moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice from the second frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the first frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; ,
To control to repeatedly execute
A cooked rice weighing device characterized by that. A transport unit that transports the rice that has fallen from the first frame body part and the second frame body part;
The weighing frame reciprocates along the direction of transporting cooked rice by the transport unit,
The cooked rice weighing device according to claim 1. A cooked rice weighing device according to claim 1 or 2,
A measuring unit for measuring the weight of cooked rice weighed by the cooked rice weighing device;
An adjustment unit for adding cooked rice of the difference between the weight measured by the measurement unit and the set weight value to the cooked rice measured by the measurement unit,
The rice cooker characterized by the above-mentioned. A cooked rice production apparatus according to claim 3,
Container supply means for supplying a container into which the cooked rice produced by the cooked rice production apparatus is charged;
Forming means that is provided downstream of the cooked rice generation direction of the cooked rice generation apparatus and molds the cooked rice generated by the cooked rice generation apparatus into a predetermined shape;
The cooked rice is positioned downstream of the shaping means in the direction of carrying the cooked rice, and the cooked rice conveyed from the shaping means is positioned directly above the cooked rice input area formed in the container supplied from the container supply means. An input means for dropping into the cooked rice input area;
The rice-rice throwing device characterized by having. A total weight measuring means for measuring the total weight, which is the weight of the container charged with cooked rice, provided downstream of the throwing means in the cooked rice conveyance direction;
A distribution unit that distributes the container in two directions based on a measurement result of the total weight measurement unit;
A leveling means that is provided downstream of one of the sorting means in the direction of transporting the cooked rice and smoothes the cooked rice put into the container with a total weight distributed to the sorting means within a predetermined range;
A discharge means provided downstream of the sorting means in the other cooked rice conveyance direction, and for discharging the containers whose total weight distributed to the sorting means is out of a predetermined range to the outside of the apparatus;
The rice cooker according to claim 4, further comprising: The first and second shutters installed above the measuring frame formed with the first frame part and the second frame part adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction with the top and bottom being opened are closed by the bottom plate member. After performing the first step of introducing cooked rice into the frame part of 1,
A second step of closing the shutter;
A third step of moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice in the first frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the second frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; ,
A fourth step of closing the shutter;
A fifth step of moving the measuring frame to drop the cooked rice from the second frame body portion and opening the shutter to introduce the cooked rice into the first frame body portion closed by the bottom plate member; ,
Are executed sequentially,
A method for measuring cooked rice characterized by the above.

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