JP2501048Y2 - A cage transfer mechanism - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer mechanism for a cage frame of an automatic laver producing apparatus, and more particularly to a transfer mechanism for a cage frame between two upper and lower drying chains in the automatic laver producing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in JP-A-49-6170 and JP-A-54-163196,
In order to shorten the total length of the device and reduce the installation area, and to improve the drying efficiency and the quality of seaweed, a drying chain is installed in the upper and lower two stages in the drying chamber, and the cage frame is provided between the paper making device and the drying chamber. An automatic seaweed production apparatus for delivering the seaweed is already known. In these automatic laver production equipment, when transferring the cage frame from the upper drying chain to the lower drying chain, it is directly transferred to the lower drying chain without changing the posture of the upper and lower (top and bottom) of the cage frame. ing.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In an automatic laver producing apparatus, if dry spots occur during the drying of the laver spread on the laver cage, the dried portion will be quickly peeled off from the laver cage and the laver will shrink. However, it is important to dry the laver evenly so as not to cause drying spots, since it reduces the commercial value.
However, in the conventional automatic laver manufacturing apparatus, as described above, the cage frame is transferred to the drying chain below the upper drying chain without being turned upside down, so that drying spots are generated in drying the seaweed laver. However, there is a problem that the commercial value of the laver product is reduced.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present application is intended to provide a cage frame transfer mechanism having a simple structure capable of solving the above-mentioned problems, and is suspended on sprockets provided at the front and rear of the drying chamber. A drying chain with a cage frame holding rod consisting of an endless reciprocating path is arranged in upper and lower two stages, and along the lower transfer path of the upper and lower two-stage drying chain, A transfer rail that can lock the chain side frame bar is arranged, and between the end of the upper transfer rail and the end of the lower drying chain,
The present invention is characterized in that a transfer chain with a locking projection is provided which can lock the chain side frame rod of the cage frame and transfer the cage frame from the upper transfer rail to the lower drying chain.

[0005]

As for the cage frame supplied between the cage frame holding rods of the drying chain, the chain side frame rod is locked to the transportation rail in the lower transportation path of the drying chain to prevent it from falling. When the cage frame is transferred to the end of the upper transfer rail, the chain side frame bar of the cage frame is locked by the locking projection of the transfer chain with locking protrusions and moved downward, and the cage frame moves to the lower stage. Is supplied between the cage frames of the drying chain.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present application will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a pair of transfer chains with locking projections (hereinafter referred to as transfer chains), which are set in pairs at predetermined intervals (the length of the cage frame 2 shown in FIG. 2 plus α). A stop projection 3 is provided and is suspended by a large number of sprockets S and SA to form endless transfer paths E and C. Although illustration is omitted, as is well known, a papermaking apparatus M is configured by arranging a papermaking section, a dehydration section, and a stripping section at predetermined positions of the endless transfer paths E and C. Thus, the transfer chain 1 in this embodiment has A, C
The sprocket S indicated by the points and the sprocket S indicated by the points B and D are arranged so that the cage frame 2 is delivered between the upper drying chain 4 and the lower drying chain 4A which will be described later. Between the points B and C, a part of the transfer chain 1 serves as a transfer path 5 for the cage frame 2 between the upper and lower drying chains 4, 4A. Sprocket SA
Circulates the transfer chain 1 between the upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A to the front spare space to facilitate the delivery of the cage frame 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the cage frame 2 has a front frame rod 6 and a rear frame rod 7 connected in a ladder shape by a connecting rod 8, and a cage 9 is attached by an appropriate means such as a clip, so that the front frame rod 6 Is set to be longer than the rear frame bar 7.

The upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A have the same structure as the conventional one, and the cage frame 2 holds and transports the cage frame 2 for each link of the pair of endless chains 10 and 10A suspended between the sprockets B1. A holding rod 11 is attached, and the holding frame 11 is placed so as to transfer the cage frame 2 to and from the transfer chain 1 at each of the above-mentioned points, and is attached in the upper and lower two stages in the drying chamber. Lower transfer path 12 for both drying chains 4, 4A
Transfer rails 1 capable of locking the chain side frame rods (front side frame rods) 6 of the cage frames 2 between the cage frame holding rods 11A and 112A, respectively.
3 and 13A are attached. Incidentally, the drying chamber is a well-known conventional one comprising a box for accommodating the above-mentioned drying chains 4, 4A, a hot air supply device, etc., and therefore, the illustration is omitted.

The reversing device 14 is provided in the middle of the transfer path 5 between the two drying chains 4 and 4A and has the following structure. Reference numeral 15 is a pair of guide rails for reversing. The guide rails 15 receive a frame bar (rear frame bar) 7 on the side opposite to the locking portion side of the cage frame 2 transferred from the transfer path 5. It is placed so as to be stopped and placed so that the frame rod 7 is moved away from both the drying chains 4 and 4A as the cage frame 2 is transferred. Reference numeral 16 denotes another guide rail, which is mounted below the guide rail 15 in the same phase as the guide rail 15, and both ends thereof are set to be longer than the guide rail 5, and the upper end is folded in a "H" shape. The bent part is directed to the lower drying chain 4A.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a pair of guide rails for receiving and guiding the rear frame bar 7 during transfer, and reference numeral 18 denotes a guide roller provided coaxially with the sprocket SA, both of which smoothly guide the rear frame bar 7 to the guide rail 15. Acts to be.

In the figure, 14A is a reversing device for reversing the cage frame 2 from the lower drying chain 4A to the transfer chain 1 until the cage frame 2 reaches the seaweed stripping device (not shown). The same as above except that the inclination directions of 15A and the guide rail 16A are opposite to those of the reversing device 14. The cage frame 2 has the front frame bar 6 and the transfer chain 1
The cage frame 2 which is locked by the locking projection 3 of FIG. 1 and is reciprocally conveyed in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1 and in which the papermaking and dehydration operations are performed by the papermaking and dehydration units (not shown) is indicated by a point A. It is transferred toward the drying chamber to the delivery position of the cage frame 2, and at this point, the cage frame 2 is moved to the cage frame holding rod 1 of the upper drying chain 4.
The drying chain 4 which is held and delivered between 1 and the cage frame 2 is reciprocally conveyed and circulated through the cage frame 2 in a drying chamber (not shown) and reaches the transfer position to the transfer chain 1 indicated by point B. 2 is transferred, but as is clear from the drawing, when the cage frame 2 delivered so as to insert the front side frame rod 6 of the cage frame 2 between the cage frame holding rods 11 is transferred through the upper transport path 12. The front side frame rod 6 is below the cage frame 2, and then reaches the lower transfer path 12A and is above. That is, the upper and lower sides (top and bottom) of the cage frame 2 are reversed in the inner part of the drying chamber during the transfer. When the cage frame 2 comes to the lower transfer path 12A, the chain side frame bar (front side frame bar) 6 is placed on the transfer rail 13 to prevent the cage frame 2 from falling out between the cage frame holding bars 11. To do.

The cage frame 2 that has been transferred to point B as described above.
At this point, the chain side frame bar (front side frame bar) 6 is again locked between the locking projections 3 of the transfer chain 1 and delivered, and the transfer chain 1 that has taken up the cage frame 2 is the transfer chain 1 The cage frame 2 is transferred from the upper side drying chain 4 to the lower side drying chain 4A by the transfer path 5 constituted by the above. During the transfer, the cage frame 2 is reversed as follows. That is, the transfer chain 1 that has taken up the cage frame 2 at the point B locks the chain side frame rod (front side frame rod) 6 between the locking projections 3, and the cage frame 2 circulates to the spare space in the suspended state. Then, the rear side frame bar 7 is received by the guide rail 17 so that the rear side frame bar 7 is moved to the position indicated by the point P by the rear side frame bar 7 on both sides thereof. 4A is guided in a front direction (left side in the drawing) away from 4A, and as the transfer of the cage frame 2 further progresses, the rear frame bar 7 is placed on the guide rail 15 for reversing via the guide roller 18. At the point P, as shown in the drawing, the rear frame bar 7 is guided by the guide rail 15 in a direction obliquely downward in the direction away from both the drying devices 4 and 4A, is inclined, and is in a half-inverted state. When the gantry frame 2 is transferred obliquely to the point P on the transfer path 5, the transfer rail 13 prevents the front frame bar 6 from dropping off from the locking projection 3.

The cage frame 2 transferred to the point P as described above.
Is then moved to the position indicated by P1, and when the cage frame 2 is moved in this way, the rear frame bar 7 is guided further obliquely downward by the guide rail 15, and finally from the lower end of the guide rail 15. When the cage frame 2 is received by the guide rail 16 provided below it and guided by the guide rail 16 and the cage frame 2 is transferred to the point P1, the front frame bar 6 moves to the front side in the traveling direction of the transfer chain 1. Be reversed so that As is apparent from FIG. 1, the guide rails 15 and 16 mount only the rear frame bar 7 of the cage frame 2, and the mounting positions thereof are connected as shown in FIG. Since it is provided so as to mount the portion protruding outward from the rod 8,
When the rear frame bar 7 falls from the guide rail 15 to the guide rail 16, the cage frame 2 and the guide rail 15 do not interfere with each other when the cage frame 2 is further transferred to point P1, and the cage frame is inverted and transferred. Is carried out smoothly. Also, when the cage frame 2 is transferred to the point P, the cage frame 2 preceding this reaches the point P1.
Since the rear frame bar 7 of the cage frame 2 at the point is received by the guide rail 15, they do not interfere with each other, and a design change to lengthen the attachment interval of the locking projections 3 for performing the reversing work is required. It is not necessary and work efficiency is not reduced.

The cage frame 2 which has been transferred to the point P1 and has been inverted is then transferred to the delivery position of the lower drying chain 4A shown at the point C, and at the same time as the point A, the cage frame 2 is delivered. As is apparent, the front frame rod 6 of the cage frame 2 delivered
Becomes the lower side when being transferred through the upper transfer path 112 of the lower drying chain 4A, and naturally becomes the upper side when reaching the lower transfer path 112A. That is, in the present application, both drying chains 4,
The cage frame 2 that is dried while reciprocating and circulating 4A is viewed as "lower" in the upper transfer path 12 of the upper drying chain 4 when viewed with the front frame rod 6 held between the cage frame holding rods 11 as a reference. "Upper" in the lower transfer path 12A, "lower" in the upper transfer path 112 of the lower drying chain 4A,
In the lower transfer path 112a, "upper" and the upper and lower sides of the cage frame 2 are transferred while being alternately changed for each transfer path and dried, and are transferred to the transfer chain 1 again at point D.

The transfer chain 1 transfers the drawn cage frame 2 to the seaweed stripping portion (not shown) to perform seaweed stripping work. During this process, the spreading surface of the seaweed making seaweed is turned downward by the reversing device 14A. To be inverted again. The reversing device 1
The reversing operation by 4A is all the reversing device 1 except that the reversing direction of the cage frame 2 is opposite to the reversing direction by the reversing device 14.
This is the same as the inversion by 4. Moreover, the cage frame 2 is the lower transfer path 4A.
It is the same as above that the upper frame bar 6 is held by the transfer rail 13A to prevent the cage frame 2 from falling off while being transferred from the transfer chain 1 to the transfer chain 1 and transferred to the seaweed stripping device via the reversing device 14A. It is also the same as in the prior art that the cage frame 2 from which the seaweed has been stripped is transferred again to the papermaking section (not shown) by the transfer chain 1. In the above embodiment, the transfer of the cage frame 2 between the transfer chain 1 and the upper and lower drying chains 4, 4A is A on the upper side, C on the lower side, and C on the lower side.
Although they are carried out at different points, respectively, this does not limit the technical idea of the present application. As is widely practiced in the past, sprockets of the same diameter are placed side by side on the left and right in the drawing, and there is no end between them. The chains 10 and 10A may be suspended to form the drying chains 4 and 4A, and the delivery may be performed at two different positions on the same sprocket. In this case, the height of the drying chamber may be reduced.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the chain side frame rod of the cage frame detached from the upper transfer rail is locked by the locking projection of the transfer chain, and in this locked state, the cage frame is moved to the lower drying chain. Since it is transferred between the cage frame holding rods, it is possible to reliably deliver the cage frame.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part of the automatic laver producing apparatus with a part thereof omitted.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of XX in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 transfer chain, 2 cage frame, 3 locking protrusions, 4,
4A drying chain, 5 transfer paths, 7, 8 frame bars, 1
1 cage frame holding rod, 13, 13A transfer rail, 15,
16 Guide rail, S1, SA sprocket

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A drying chain with a cage-frame holding rod, which comprises an endless reciprocating path suspended on sprockets provided at the front and the back of a drying chamber, is arranged in two stages, the upper and lower two stages of drying. A transfer rail that can lock the chain side frame rod of the cage frame between the cage frame holding rods is arranged along the lower transfer path of the chain, and from the end of the upper transfer rail to the end of the lower dry chain. A transfer mechanism for the cage frame, in which a chain-side frame rod of the cage frame is locked, and a transport chain with a locking projection that can transfer the cage frame from the upper transfer rail to the lower drying chain is arranged.