JP3004218U - Automatic filling control device for Shoumai molding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In the Shoumai molding machine, the presence / absence of trays, defective shapes, etc. are reliably detected, and filling molding work is performed only when there is a normal tray at the filling position. When defective trays are sent, the filling and molding work is automatically stopped to prevent production loss and conveyor stains. Constitution: In a filling position A, in a Shumai forming machine that fills and molds Shoumai into the concave portion 2a of the tray 2 and sequentially transfers and carries out the tray catch sensor on the side of the conveyor 3 before the filling position A. Four
The presence or absence of the tray 2 is detected by the sensor 4, and the operation of the filling device 5 is stopped when the presence of the tray 2 is not detected at the normal position.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention is a Shumai forming machine that automatically fills the trays transferred by a conveyor with Shumai, so that the presence or absence of trays can be detected before the filling device and the filling operation can be turned ON / OFF according to the presence or absence of the trays. It is the one.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As an automatic filling machine that fills and coats the noodles with the ingredients and manufactures shoumai, a noodle turn table is used to first send the noodles to the raw material supply position, and the raw material supply nozzle is lowered from above the noodles skin. It is known that raw materials (tools) are extruded into the recesses of the turntable, molded, and then sequentially transferred by intermittent rotation of the turntable to take out the molded product. (For example, see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-30638)

[0003] Further, the noodles are sent to a tray that can move in a certain direction, the raw material supply nozzle is lowered from above the noodles, and the raw materials (tools) are extruded into the recesses of the tray to be molded, and then the conveyor is It is also known that a molded product filled in a tray as it is is sequentially transferred by means of. (For example, see Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 56-18185)

Of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the former, that is, the one using a turntable, requires not only a relatively large installation area but also requires a transfer to a carry-out conveyor and filling of the tray after the Shumai molding. However, there is a problem that automatic filling is difficult because it takes time and effort.

On the other hand, the latter, that is, the one that can be directly filled on the tray, can be manufactured by automatic filling, but on the other hand, due to a tray supply error or some other reason, the regular tray is sent to a fixed position on the conveyor. Not only that, there is a problem in that it involves the dangerous work of hurrying to insert the tray by hand. However, there were problems with productivity and hygiene, such as incorrect filling of defective trays.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by this device]

 The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and sends noodles onto a tray that can move in a certain direction, and lowers the raw material supply nozzle from above the noodles to move the tray. After the raw materials (tools) are extruded into the recesses and molded, they are sequentially transferred by the conveyor to obtain the molded products that are filled in the tray as they are. The filling and molding work is performed only when there is a normal tray at the filling position, and when there is no tray or when a defective tray is sent, the filling and molding work is automatically stopped, resulting in production loss and contamination of the conveyor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic filling control device for a Shoumai molding machine capable of preventing the above.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention provides a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, in which trays 2 stacked in a tray supply device 1 are supplied one by one from below the supply device 1 onto a conveyor 3 and are sequentially fixed. In the filling position A, the filling and filling of the shoe mai in the concave portion 2a of the tray 2 is performed, and in the Shumai forming machine configured to sequentially carry out and carry out, in the stage before the filling position A, to the side of the conveyor 3. A tray catch sensor 4 is provided, the presence or absence of the tray 2 is detected by the sensor 4, and the operation of the filling device 5 is stopped when the presence of the tray 2 is not detected at the normal position. The gist of the invention is the automatic filling control device of the molding machine.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to this invention, the presence or absence of the tray 2 transferred by the conveyor 3 is detected by the tray catch sensor 4 before the filling position A, and when the sensor 4 does not detect the presence of the tray 2, The operation of the filling device 5 is automatically stopped. Therefore, when the tray 2 is not supplied from the tray supply device 1 onto the conveyor 3 for some reason such as a defective shape of the tray 2, this is detected in the preceding stage of the filling position A and the filling device 5 is detected. Since the operation can be stopped, production loss and stains on the conveyor 3 can be prevented.

[0009]

【Example】

 The overall layout is shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a known tray supply device, in which the trays 2 are accommodated in multiple layers, and the trays 2 can be sequentially supplied onto the conveyor 3 one by one from the lower opening. The tray 2 is formed with a plurality of recesses 2a for accommodating the molded shoe mai.

The tray 2 supplied onto the conveyor 3 is transferred in the direction of the arrow, and at the filling position A, the filling device 5 fills and molds the surimi into the recess 2 a. The structure of the filling device 5 itself is arbitrary and, for example, a known filling device shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-18185 can be used.

A detection unit B is provided in the preceding stage of the filling position A, a tray catch sensor 4 is arranged on the side of the conveyor 3, and the presence or absence of the tray 2 placed on the conveyor 3 and sent. When it is detected that the tray 2 is placed at the normal position, the operation stop signal is sent to the filling device 5.

An example of the filling device 5 will be described. Reference numeral 6 is a Shumai raw material hopper, the lower portion of which is connected to a lifting nozzle 10 via a gear pump 7, a measuring piston 8 and a connecting pipe 9. Reference numeral 11 is a filling piston that moves up and down in the lifting nozzle 10.

Reference numeral 12 is a gathering piece for folding the noodle skin 14 wrapping the shoumai ingredient 13 inward. Reference numeral 15 denotes a molding press for pressing the noodle skin 14 folded by the gathering piece 12 from above and molding it.

At the filling position A, the noodle skin 14 is fed to the upper side of the tray 2 from a direction orthogonal to the paper surface by a supply device (not shown), and when the elevating nozzle 10 descends, the noodle skin 14 is moved to the tray 2 as shown in FIG. It is accommodated in the recess 2a.

The Shumai raw material to be the ingredient 13 is delivered from the hopper 6 by the gear pump 7 and is projected into the elevating nozzle 10 through the connecting pipe 9 while being metered by the metering piston 8 one by one. Then, when the filling piston 11 is lowered, it is filled from the lower end of the nozzle 10 into the recess 2a of the tray 2.

Then, the noodle skin 14 is folded so as to wrap the tool 13 with the gathering piece 12, and is pressed by the forming press 15, so that the concave portion 2 a of the tray 2 is filled with the surimi. The Shoumai stored in the tray 2 is carried out as it is by the conveyor 3 as a product.

The Shumai filling and molding by the above operation is automatically performed in synchronism with the feeding of the conveyor 3, but when the tray 2 is not placed on the conveyor 3, even if the tray 2 is placed, the normal position is maintained. If the filling operation is performed when the tray 2 is not placed or when the tray 2 is a deformed defective product, not only product loss occurs but also the conveyor 3 becomes dirty and unsanitary.

Therefore, a detection unit B is provided in front of the filling position A to detect the presence / absence of the tray 2 placed on the conveyor 3 and sent to confirm that the tray 2 is placed at the normal position. When it is not detected, an operation stop signal is sent to the filling device 5 to stop the operation.

The outline is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 4 denotes a tray catch sensor disposed on one side of the conveyor 3 at the detection position B. In this embodiment, a retroreflective photocell 4a is used, and a reflection plate 4b arranged facing the other side. When the presence or absence of the tray 2, the misaligned tray, the deformed tray, or the like is detected by the reflected light, a filling stop signal s is sent to the drive unit of the filling device to stop the operation.

That is, when the normal tray 2 is mounted at the regular position on the conveyor 3, the reflected light from the reflection plate 4b is blocked by the tray 2 as shown in FIG. 4a does not operate and emits no signal, but when the tray 2 is not installed, or when the misaligned tray or the deformed tray is installed as shown in FIGS. 3 (c) and (d). The photoelectric tube 4a catches the reflected light and issues a filling stop signal s to stop the operation of the filling device 5. The same effect can be obtained by arranging a light source instead of the reflection plate 4b.

To stop the operation of the filling device 5, it is sufficient to stop the driving of the gear pump 7, the measuring piston 8, the gathering piece 12, the forming piston 15 and the like, and the operation of the elevating nozzle 10 and the filling piston 11 is stopped. Does not reach. Further, depending on the distance between the filling section A and the detecting section B, a slight time lag may be set before the operation is stopped.

[0022]

[Effect of device]

 According to this invention, the tray catch sensor 4 is arranged on the side of the conveyor 3 in the preceding stage of the filling position A, the presence or absence of the tray 2 is detected by the sensor 4, and the existence of the tray 2 is not detected at the normal position. At this time, the operation of the filling device 5 is stopped, so that when the tray 2 is not supplied from the tray supply device 1 onto the conveyor 3 for some reason such as a defective shape of the tray 2, it is normally supplied. When the tray 2 is not placed at the position, or when the tray 2 is a deformed defective product, the operation of the filling device 5 can be stopped by detecting this in the preceding stage of the filling position A. There is an effect that the stain of 3 can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout view showing the structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a filling section A.

3A and 3B show an outline of a detection unit, FIG. 3A is a plan view, and FIG.
FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view, and FIGS. 7C and 7D are exemplary views of the misaligned tray and the modified tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tray supply device 2 Tray 2a Tray recess 3 Conveyor 4 Tray catch sensor 4a Phototube 4b Reflector 5 Filling device 6 Shumai raw material hopper 7 Gear pump 8 Measuring piston 9 Connecting pipe 10 Lifting nozzle 11 Filling piston 12 Gathering piece 13 Shumai tool 14 Noodle Leather 15 forming press

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. The trays (2) stacked in the tray supply device (1) are supplied one by one from below the supply device (1) onto a conveyor (3), sequentially transferred in a fixed direction, and filled. At position (A), the recess (2a) of the tray (2)
In a Shoumai forming machine in which the Shoumai filling and molding is performed and sequentially transferred and carried out, a tray catch sensor (4) is arranged on the side of the conveyor (3) before the filling position (A). The existence of the tray (2) is detected by the sensor (4), and when the presence of the tray (2) is not detected in the normal position, the operation of the filling device (5) is stopped, and the Shumai molding is characterized. Machine automatic filling control device. 2. The trays (2) stacked in the tray supply device (1) are supplied one by one from below the supply device (1) onto a conveyor (3), sequentially transferred in a fixed direction, and filled. At position (A), the recess (2a) of the tray (2)
In a Shoumai molding machine in which the Shoumai is filled and molded in order to be sequentially transferred and carried out, a regressive reflection type photoelectric tube sensor (4a) is provided on one side of the conveyor (3) before the filling position (A). If the presence of the tray (2) is detected by the sensor (4a) and the presence of the tray (2) is not detected at the normal position, the filling device ( An automatic filling control device for a Shoumai molding machine, characterized in that the operation of 5) is stopped. 3. The trays (2) stacked in the tray supply device (1) are supplied one by one from below the supply device (1) onto a conveyor (3), sequentially transferred in a fixed direction, and filled. At position (A), the recess (2a) of the tray (2)
In a Shoumai molding machine in which the Shoumai is filled and molded in order to be sequentially transferred and carried out, a regressive reflection type photoelectric tube sensor (4a) is provided on one side of the conveyor (3) before the filling position (A). If the presence of the tray (2) is detected by the sensor (4a) and the presence of the tray (2) is not detected at the normal position, the filling device ( 5) Gear pump (7), metering piston (8), gathering piece (1)
2) An automatic filling control device for a Shoumai molding machine, characterized in that the operation of the molding press (15) is stopped.