JP2993302B2 - Equipment for feeding thin sheet-like articles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for arranging and feeding thin articles, for example, dry kamaboko supplied as a ramen noodle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 12 shows a vibration supply device for supplying a dried kamaboko m as a component of a cup ramen. The vibration parts feeder 1 is constructed in a known manner. In the bowl 3, a track 4 is formed by spirally winding a thin thin plate along the inner wall surface of the inverted conical shape and welding the thin plate to the inner wall surface. On the bottom of such a bowl 3,
Although there is a known torsional vibration drive unit,
As a result, a torsional vibration is produced around the central axis, and a substantially semicircular dry kamaboko m along the track 4 brings its linear edge or arc-shaped edge into contact with the transfer surface, and the bowl 3 It is transferred by vibration in a posture inclined to the inner peripheral wall surface. A wiper block 7 is formed on the track 4, and between a lower edge portion thereof and a transfer surface of the track 4,
It is larger than the height of the dried kamaboko m and sufficiently smaller than twice the height. In such a wiper block 7, the dry kamaboko m ″ stacked in two rows as shown in the figure cannot pass, and the dry kamaboko m ″ moves in the transfer direction and inward of the bowl 13. It is conveyed along the guide surface which is gradually inclined toward, and slides down into the bowl 3. Furthermore,
Since the notch 4a is formed on the truck 4, the narrow road is formed here. However, the overlapped dry kamaboko m arriving here slides down into the bowl 3 and thereafter is simply The layers are transferred by vibration in a single row in the direction indicated by the arrow a, and are transferred one by one onto the troughs 5 of the linear vibration feeder 2 arranged with a gap. The linear vibrating feeder 2 cuts out the discharge end of the bowl 3 of the vibrating parts feeder 1 in an L-shape as shown in FIG.
The upper end of the trough 5 is inserted into the inside of the linear vibration feeder 2, and the transfer speed of the dry kamaboko m on the linear vibration feeder 2 is the transfer speed of the dry kamaboko m on the vibrating parts feeder 1. Is set almost equal to Also, this trough 5
Are inclined downward toward the inside of the bowl 3 of the vibrating parts feeder 1, and along the transfer direction of the trough 5,
In addition, as shown in the drawing, the dry kamaboko m is transferred by linear vibration while tilting to the rail-shaped protrusion 6 formed at the lower edge. As shown by a dashed line at this discharge end, It is desired to supply approximately a predetermined number (for example, 4 or 5) to the cup ramen container A. For this purpose, the linear vibration feeder 2 must discharge a predetermined number per unit time. However, on the trough 5 of the linear vibration feeder 2, the dry kamaboko m that is transported with the linear edge abutting on the projection 6 is transported along the projection 6 in a stable posture. In the truck 4 in the bowl 3 of the vibrating parts feeder 1, the dry kamaboko m ′ which has been transferred with the arc-shaped edge abutting on the transfer surface has a linear edge on the trough 5 of the linear vibration feeder 2. The shape is pushed upward by the dry kamaboko m before and after being transferred while being in contact with the protruding portion 6, and a space is opened between the dry kamaboko m, or the posture thereof is disturbed, or the discharge end thereof is overlapped. , The linear vibration feeder 2 strictly transports a certain number of dried kamaboko m per unit time, but falls into the container A of the cup ramen due to space or overlap, Only two Although it may not be supplied, the container A of the cup ramen is stopped at a discharge end of the trough 5 immediately below a position shown in FIG.
It will be transferred to the next process.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to provide, for example, a device for feeding a thin plate-like article capable of always supplying a predetermined number of dried kamaboko to a cup ramen container. With the goal.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a vibrating parts feeder for torsionally vibrating a bowl-shaped container having a spiral track formed on an inner peripheral wall of an inverted conical shape, and a track for the vibrating parts feeder. A linear vibration feeder disposed in close proximity to the discharge end and linearly vibrating a linear trough, wherein the article transfer speed of the vibrating parts feeder is controlled by controlling the article transfer speed of the linear vibration feeder. Greater than the speed, forming an arc-shaped notch in a part of the track of the vibrating parts feeder, and tilting the bottom surface of the trough of the linear vibrating feeder downward to one side with respect to the sheet-like article transfer direction, And at least in the vicinity of the upstream end of the trough, the lower edge has a substantially semicircular shape to be trimmed, and the thickness is smaller than the thickness of the sheet-like article. A ridge is formed along the rough, and the thin plate-shaped article is transferred to the truck of the vibrating parts feeder by vibration in a posture inclined to the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl-shaped container. The sheet-like article being transported while contacting the truck is dropped downward through the notch, and only the sheet-like article which is transported with the linear edge contacting the truck is downstream. To the trough of the linear vibration feeder, and the overflowing thin plate-shaped article is returned to the bowl-shaped container over the ridge. Achieved by

[0005]

[Function] On a truck in a bowl-shaped container of a vibrating parts feeder, a thin plate-shaped article, for example, a dried fish cake is transferred to the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl-shaped container in a tilted posture. When the dry kamaboko is transported with its straight edge abutting on this truck, it is guided on the downstream side while maintaining its posture, but the arc-shaped edge is transferred to this truck. When the notch is transported by contacting the surface, when this notch is reached, a part of the arc-shaped edge is fitted into this notch, and the inner peripheral wall surface has an inverted conical shape, so gravity It slides down. Therefore, the dried kamaboko that passes here is transported with its linear edge abutting on the transport surface of the truck and in a posture inclined to the inner peripheral wall surface, and is supplied from the discharge end to the trough of the linear vibration feeder. You.
Also, since the transfer speed of the vibrating parts feeder is higher than the transfer speed of the linear vibrating feeder, anything that is in an overflow state at this junction is returned to the bowl-shaped container of the vibrating parts feeder, Since the ridge of the feeder is smaller than the thickness of the dried kamaboko, it is transferred in a single layer and a single row without overlapping thereafter. In addition, since it was transferred from the vibrating parts feeder to the linear vibrating feeder in the overflow state, there was no gap on the trough of the linear vibrating feeder, and all the linear edges were connected and connected in a posture in which the linear edges abutted the ridge. Therefore, a predetermined number of dried kamaboko can be supplied to a container (for example, a container of cup ramen) disposed opposite to the discharge end for a predetermined time.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the entirety of the present apparatus. The entirety of the present apparatus is shown as a feeding device 10 and mainly includes a vibrating parts feeder 11 and a linear vibrating feeder 12.
And consists of

The vibrating part feeder 11 is constructed in a known manner. The bowl 13 has a substantially inverted conical shape, and a track 14 is formed spirally along the inner peripheral wall surface. The transporting path width of the truck 14 is slightly larger than the thickness of the dry kamaboko m as clearly shown in FIG.
A movable core 15 is integrally fixed to the bottom surface of the bowl 13, and is connected to a lower base block 16 by a leaf spring 17 disposed at equal angular intervals. An electromagnet 19 around which an electromagnetic coil 18 is wound is fixed, and faces the movable core 15 with a gap. The electromagnetic torsional vibration drive unit is configured as described above, but the whole is covered with the cylindrical cover 20. Further, the entire vibration part feeder 11 is mounted on a gantry 22 by a vibration-proof rubber 21 so as to face a linear vibration feeder 12 which will be described in detail later, with its height adjusted. The bowl 13 is screwed and fastened to the movable core 15 with bolts 23.

The vibrating parts feeder 11 is constructed as described above, and within the bowl 13 are provided feeders 25 and 26 according to the present invention. Delivery unit 2
5 and 26 are provided at approximately 180 degree intervals on the upstream side and the downstream side of the uppermost step of the truck 14, respectively. I will explain only. In FIGS. 3 to 8, a guide surface 30 a is formed on the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl 13 directly above the track 14, and the guide surface 30 a is gradually inclined in the transfer direction of the dried kamaboko m and inward of the bowl 13. The block 30 is formed integrally. As shown in FIG. 4, the selection recess 27 having a height smaller than the height h of the dried fish cake m is provided immediately below the block 30 and between the truck 14 and the truck 14.
Further, an arc-shaped notch 2 which is shown in FIG.
9 are provided. This is the sliding surface 2 inclined towards the central bottom of the bowl 13, as is clearly shown in FIG.
8a. The slide-down recess 28 forms the above-described slide surface 28 a inclined downward toward the upper end of the bowl 13 with respect to the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl 13. The arc-shaped notch 29 has a semi-arc shape when viewed from the front, but has an upward slope toward the center bottom of the bowl 13 as clearly shown in FIG. 5, and the slope of the sliding surface 28a is again reduced. The angle is large with respect to the horizontal line.

The upstream end of the linear vibration feeder 12 is
The discharge end of the bowl 13 of the vibrating parts feeder 11 is
FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which the connection portion 13a is inserted into and close to the connection portion 13a formed by cutting out in the shape of a letter.
0 but is manifested, are disposed with a gap S ₁ and between the joint portion 13a is formed by cutting a bowl 13 cut with a gap S _2, and the discharge end of the track 14 .
However, the gaps S ₁ and S ₂ are smaller than the thickness of the dried kamaboko m. The linear vibration feeder 12 is also configured in a known manner, but is provided with a trough 31 extending linearly, and a leaf spring mounting block 40 is integrally fixed to this bottom wall portion,
This is connected to a lower base block 41 by a pair of front and rear inclined leaf springs 42, and an electromagnet 44 around which an electromagnetic coil 43 is wound is fixed on the base block 41. This is opposed to a movable core 45 provided downward from the leaf spring mounting block 40 with a gap. The entirety of the linear vibration feeder 12 is mounted on the above-mentioned gantry 22 with a height adjusted by a vibration-proof rubber 50 via a base 51.

The trough 31 extends linearly as described above, but the joint 13a with the vibrating parts feeder 11 is provided.
In (2), a thin plate 32 having an L-shaped notch 31a in section and forming an edge at the upper end is formed by
The trough 31 is fixed to the trough 31 by bolts 33. The protrusion as an edge is parallel to the inclination angle of the transfer surface 31c of the trough 31, and the amount of protrusion from the transfer surface 31c is shown in FIG.
The thickness is slightly smaller than the thickness of the dried kamaboko m. A long hole 32a is formed in the thin plate 32, and the amount of protrusion from the transfer surface 31c can be adjusted by loosening the bolt 33 within this range.

The upstream end of the trough 31 of the linear vibration feeder 12 is constructed as described above, but from this area downstream, as shown in FIG.
This height is formed sufficiently larger than the thickness of the dried kamaboko m. Therefore, the dried kamaboko m that has passed through the upstream end, which is configured for overflow
Is supplied from the downstream end of the trough 31 into the container A of the cup ramen requiring the dried kamaboko m in a stable posture. Thereafter, the container A of the cup ramen is transferred on the belt conveyor B.

The structure of the apparatus 10 for feeding dry kamaboko m according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Next, this operation will be described.

The bowl 1 of the vibrating parts feeder 11 shown in FIG.
In FIG. 3, the dried kamaboko m is only shown sporadically, but this is for the sake of simplicity of the drawing. When the bowl 13 is driven, the bowl 13 performs torsional vibration around its central axis, and the dry kamaboko m is transferred along the track 14 to the inner peripheral wall of the bowl 13 in a tilted position as shown in the figure. When reaching the sending unit 25 or 26,
The dry kamaboko m that is transported with the linear edge of the dry kamaboko m abutting on the transfer surface of the truck 14 is a position in which a part of the arcuate edge is supported by the upper edge of the sorting recess 27. Is transferred to the downstream side, and guided to the downstream side in the same posture. On the other hand, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the dry kamaboko m 'in a posture overlapping along the inner peripheral wall surface is transported along the guide surface 30a of the block 30, and the guide surface 30a is moved in the downstream direction.
As it is gradually inclined toward the inside of the radius,
Is eventually dropped into the bowl 13 while abutting on the guide surface 30a. In addition, in FIG. 6, a dry kamaboko m ′ in a posture in which the arc-shaped edge portion is in contact with the transfer surface of the truck 14
Is located above the arc-shaped notch 29, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the arc-shaped notch 29 has a shape as shown in FIG. When a part of the arc-shaped edge of m ′ fits into this, and furthermore the support of the upper edge of the sorting recess 27 is lost, it fits into this sorting recess 27,
Further, it slides on the slide surface 28 a of the slide recess 28 connected below, and slides down into the bowl 13. FIG. 8 shows the situation of the sliding down, and the sliding down is performed with the posture changed from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the dashed line.

Although two feeding units 25 and 26 as described above are provided in the bowl 13 of the vibrating parts feeder 11, a dry kamaboko m is supplied at a high density, and the downstream of the feeding unit 25 is provided. The dried kamaboko m put into the truck 14 of the bowl 13 on the side is subjected to the above-mentioned arranging operation by the arranging section 26 on the downstream side, and the straight edge of the mokaboko m is moved to the transfer surface of the truck 14. And is supplied to the linear vibration feeder 12 in a posture inclined to the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl 13.

At this time, since the moving speed of the vibrating parts feeder 11 is higher than the moving speed of the linear vibrating feeder 12, the joint 13a naturally exhibits an overflow state, as shown in FIG. , The dried kamaboko m transferred to the trough 31 passes over the protrusion of the thin plate 32 disposed on the upstream side of the trough 31,
It falls into the notch 31a. Further, when the center of gravity of the dry semi-cylindrical m is than the gap S ₂ to the linear vibration feeder 12 side, by the straight line vibration, also, when in the vibrating part feeder 11 side, by the torsional vibration, the vibration parts feeder 11 Is transferred toward the inside of the bowl 13 and returned into the bowl 13. Therefore, the dried kamaboko m that has passed through the thin plate 32 is all guided to the downstream side of the trough 31 in a single layer and a single row, and the protruding portion 31b formed on the downstream side thereof is larger than the thickness of the dried kamaboko m. Although much larger, they are transported downstream without overlapping again. As described above, on the trough 31 of the linear vibrating feeder 12, all of the dry kamaboko m are transported in a posture in which their linear edges are in contact with the protruding portions 31b, and are orderly without gaps as clearly shown in FIG. Therefore, a predetermined number of dried kamaboko m are supplied to the container A of the cup ramen for a predetermined time.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is, of course, not limited to this, and various modifications can be made based on the technical concept of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, a dry kamaboko was described as a thin plate-shaped article. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The present invention is not limited to such dried foods, and the present invention is also applicable to thin semi-circular parts.

In the above embodiment, the adjusting units 25 and 26 are
Although two places are provided, one place may of course be used. At this time, it is needless to say that the feeding section 25 may be provided at only one position in the feeding section 25 by supplying the dried kamaboko m only below the step section below the feeding section 25 on the upstream side of the truck 14.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the feeding section 25, in addition to the arc-shaped notch 29, the selection recess 27 and the slide-down recess 28 are further formed so as to be connected thereto. The inclination of the inner peripheral wall of the bowl 13 or the track 1
These may be omitted if the width of 4 is further reduced.

The trough 31 of the linear vibration feeder 12
In the upper part, the structure of the upstream side and the downstream side is different, but the height of the protruding portion 31b on the downstream side is made substantially smaller than the thickness of the dried kamaboko m, and the cutout 31a on the upstream side is formed. Instead of the structure in which 32 is fixed to the trough 31, it may be extended to the most upstream end.

[0022]

As described above, according to the apparatus for feeding thin sheet-shaped articles of the present invention, a predetermined number of thin sheet-shaped articles, for example, dried kamaboko can be reliably supplied to a cup ramen container for a predetermined time. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a dry kamaboko feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line [5]-[5] in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of a main part similar to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line [7]-[7] in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a partially broken plan view of the essential part viewed from above along the inner peripheral wall surface.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line [9]-[9] in FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a joint between a vibration parts feeder and a linear vibration feeder in the same device.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of the lowermost end of a linear vibration feeder in the same device.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a conventional apparatus for feeding and drying dry kamaboko.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 10 feeder 11 vibrating parts feeder 12 linear vibratory feeder 13 bowl 14 truck 25 feeder 26 feeder 29 notch 31 trough 32 thin plate m

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vibrating parts feeder for torsionally vibrating a bowl-shaped container having a spiral track formed on an inner peripheral wall surface of an inverted conical shape, and a vibrating parts feeder disposed close to a discharge end of the track, A linear vibration feeder configured to linearly vibrate a linear trough, wherein the article transfer speed of the vibrating parts feeder is greater than the article transfer speed of the linear vibration feeder; An arc-shaped notch is formed in a part of the truck, and the bottom surface of the trough of the linear vibration feeder is inclined downward to one side with respect to the sheet-like article transfer direction, and at least near the upstream end of the trough. In this, the lower side edge has a substantially semicircular shape to be fed, and a ridge is formed along the trough smaller than the thickness of the thin plate-like article, The thin plate-shaped article is transferred to the truck of the vibrating parts feeder by vibration in a posture inclined to the inner peripheral wall surface of the bowl-shaped container, and the notch is transferred by bringing the arc-shaped edge into contact with the truck. The sheet-like article is dropped downward through the notch, and only the sheet-like article which is being transported with the linear edge contacting the truck is transported to the downstream side, and the linear vibration feeder An apparatus for feeding thin sheet-shaped articles, wherein the thin sheet-shaped articles overflowing over the ridges are returned to the inside of the bowl-shaped container by guiding the troughs to the trough.