JP3047236B2 - Automatic incense counting and counting device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic incense stick counting and accumulating apparatus for accumulating a predetermined number of stick incense sticks conveyed continuously in a band shape while counting. It is.

"Conventional technology" When packaging a predetermined number of incense sticks in a decorative box, it takes time to count tens to hundreds of incense sticks after drying placed on the drying shelf. Therefore, conventionally, an appropriate number of bottles were picked up by hand from the drying shelf plate, and weighed with a measuring device so as to have a weight corresponding to the predetermined number of bottles set in advance, and regarded as the predetermined number.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" However, weighing each piece by hand requires time and labor, resulting in poor work efficiency. In addition, the incense stick is extremely thin, about 1 to 2 mm in diameter, and is as long as 10 cm or more. In addition, weight per one is 0.4gr
Since the weight is small, the difference between the moisture content and the weight after drying causes a large difference between the weight and the number. As a result, when the number is large, the manufacturing cost is high and the manufacturer loses, and when the number is small, the consumer complains. Furthermore, since the incense stick is picked up by hand, there is also a problem that the hand is rubbed and the skin is damaged by hard components such as carbon contained in the incense stick.

A stick-shaped incense stick having the above properties is automatically counted by a machine for a predetermined number,
Stacking and packaging has been a long standing challenge in the industry.

By the way, for a rod-shaped object similar to an incense stick, a technique of counting and accumulating a predetermined number of pieces each using a metallic straight wire or a welding rod has already been implemented.

As an example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 50-158822 discloses a technique in which welding rods sent in an overlapping manner are counted one by one with a gap therebetween. In this application, a number of rocking bars are arranged between a first conveyor and a second conveyor having a higher speed, and the rocking bars are alternately moved up and down. After the magnets are excited and the repulsive force of the magnetic force causes a gap between the welding rods sent from the first conveyor without gaps, the gap is transferred to the second conveyor and the gap is further widened to count the number of pieces with a counter device. Technology. However, in the case of an inorganic material such as an incense stick, it cannot be separated by excitation with a magnet. In addition, even if the object is light and bowed like an incense stick even when vibrated by being mounted on a large number of rocking bars, the objects are entangled with each other without being separated. Also, the structure itself is complicated.

As another example, Japanese Patent Application No. 60-64143 discloses a technique in which wire rods continuously supplied are cut into fixed lengths by a cutting machine and a predetermined number of wires are accumulated between rotating blades. I have. However, in this application, each space separated by crossed feathers is rotated by a quarter while being stored once, and when this space is located below, sequentially from the opened mouth, naturally Because it is dropped and collected in a receiving box, if it is applied to a light and bow-shaped object such as an incense stick, it will fall one by one when ejected from the space, Since they fall together in a bundle and fall, they lose their balance in the middle of the fall to the receiving box, and they are entangled with each other in the receiving box and do not align.

Furthermore, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-403, the welding rods are naturally dropped one by one from the conveyor for conveyance, and the number is counted.
A technique for stacking a predetermined number of sheets in a receiving container fixed to a transport belt is disclosed. However, if the present invention is applied to a light and easily bowed object such as an incense stick which is warped in a bow shape, it loses balance while falling and falls into a receiving container, and then entangles with each other and does not align.

As described above, it is difficult to employ any of the conventional techniques as a means for counting and accumulating incense. Rather, it can be said that it provides a technical problem in inventing the present application.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and automatically counts unattended automatically simply by transferring incense after drying placed on a drying shelf to a belt conveyor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic incense stick counting and accumulating apparatus for automating packaging by accumulating a predetermined number of pieces.

"Means for Solving the Problems" In order to achieve the above object, the automatic incense counting and accumulating apparatus of the present invention has a rotating roller attached to the outlet side of the supply belt conveyor, and has a higher speed than this supply belt conveyor. A rotating roller attached to the entrance side of the accelerated transfer belt conveyor is connected to the same diameter and coaxially, and connected.
A counting device is attached to a required portion of the acceleration transfer belt conveyor, and the same rotating body having a plurality of curved surfaces of the same shape on the circumference is arranged symmetrically below the outlet side of the acceleration transfer belt conveyor and rotated. An integrated discharge device supported by a shaft and simultaneously rotated in opposite directions around a rotation axis based on a signal from the counting device so that both curved surfaces form a U-shaped receptacle; An intermittent transfer type cup conveyor equipped with a plurality of U-shaped cups is provided below.

The above-mentioned counting device comprises a required sensor and a counter which turns ON and OFF each time an incense stick passes through the sensing portion and counts the signal. The accumulating / discharging device is configured to operate in conjunction with a counting device, and is counted by a counter on an accelerating / transporting belt conveyor by a predetermined number, and a predetermined number of incense groups are discharged from the accelerating / transferring and the exit of the conveyor. By instructing the accumulating / discharging device from the sensor to rotate the rotating body, the incense group continuously discharged is separated by a predetermined number of pieces at the upper end edge of the rotating body, and at the same time, both curved surfaces of the rotating body The lower end edge of the incense opens right and left, from which the incense can be discharged downward.
And it is comprised so that it can be put in the U-shaped cup of the cup conveyor which waited under this accumulation discharge apparatus.

[Operation] The operation will be described with reference to the above configuration. As shown in FIG. 3, when the incense stick after drying placed in a strip shape on the drying shelf is transferred onto the supply conveyor, the incense sticks are connected. Transported on a supply belt conveyor. Next, when the user gets on the accelerated transfer belt conveyor, a gap is opened between the incense sticks due to their speed difference. When the incense is turned on and off each time the incense passes through the sensing part of the sensor, it is converted into a count signal and counted by the counter. While counting incense by a counting device including a sensor and a counting device, the incense falls one after another onto an integrated discharge device provided below the outlet side of the accelerated transfer belt conveyor. When a sensor instructs the timing at which a predetermined number of sheets are discharged from the outlet of the accelerated transfer belt conveyor, the two rotating bodies of the accumulating / discharging device instantaneously rotate in directions opposite to each other. Then, the respective curved ends open apart from each other. A predetermined number of incense sticks fall from this opened gap and are put into a U-shaped cup waiting thereunder, immediately the next curved surface appears, forms a U-shaped receptacle, and subsequently falls. Receive incense and accumulate. During this time, the previously accumulated incense stick group is intermittently transported by the cup conveyor, and the next empty U-shaped cup is waiting under the accumulation discharge device. In this way, a predetermined number of incense sticks put into the U-shaped cup are sequentially sent to a packaging machine or the like.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a supply belt in which a flat belt moves in parallel with an interval shorter than the length of the incense stick 1 is provided. A rotating roller 4 attached to the outlet side of the belt conveyor 3 and a rotating roller 5 having the same diameter as the rotating roller 4 and attached on the same axis as the shaft 6 are arranged at intervals shorter than the length of the incense stick 1. Is provided with an acceleration transfer belt conveyor 7 in which flat belts moving in parallel are stacked one above the other. The acceleration transfer belt conveyor 7 is configured to have a higher speed than the supply belt conveyor 3. Further, a sensor 8 of a reflection type photoelectric tube is arranged below the flat belt in the middle of the accelerated transfer belt conveyor 7, and each time the incense 1 passes through this sensor, the sensor 8 is turned ON and OFF and counted. A counter 10 is provided with a counter 9 connected to a signal. Below the outlet side of the acceleration transfer belt conveyor 7, a plurality of rotating bodies 11 having the same number and the same shape on the circumference are arranged side by side on the left and right sides and supported by the rotating shafts 12, and are mutually supported by the rotating shafts 12. An accumulator / discharge device 13 is provided in which the curved surfaces of both rotating bodies 11 form a U-shaped receptacle by rotating around the opposite direction. Further, an intermittent transfer type cup conveyor 15 to which a plurality of U-shaped cups 14 are attached is provided below this.

The accumulating / discharging device 13 is configured to operate in conjunction with the counting device 10, and is counted by the counter 9 by a predetermined number on the accelerating transfer belt conveyor 7. When the rotating body 11 is rotated by instructing the accumulating / discharging device 13 from the sensor 8 at the timing of discharging from the outlet of the rotating body 11, the incense groups that are continuously discharged from both curved surface upper end edges of the rotating body 11 by a predetermined number At the same time, the lower end edges of both curved surfaces of the rotating body 11 are opened to the left and right, from which the incense stick 1 is discharged downward. The discharged incense stick 1 is configured to be put into the U-shaped cup 14 of the cup conveyor 15 waiting under the integrated discharge device 13. As soon as the rotating body 11 of the stacking and discharging device 13 rotates, the next curved surface appears to form a U-shape, and then the next predetermined number of incense sticks 1 falling from the acceleration transfer belt conveyor 7 are transferred to this rotating body. It is configured to be stacked in a U-shaped receptacle composed of 11 curved surfaces. During this time, the incense group charged in the previous U-shaped cup 16 is intermittently transported by the cup conveyor 15, and the next empty U-shaped cup 16 is located below the collecting and discharging device 13 and stands by. The configuration is as follows.

Note that a paper feeder (not shown) for supplying wrapping paper can be provided in advance in the U-shaped cup 14 of the cup conveyor 15.

In addition, 16 is a supply belt conveyor, 17 is an acceleration transfer belt conveyor, and 18 is a driving device of the stacking and discharging device.

[Effect of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above,
The following effects are obtained.

Since the present invention adopts a counting standard for counting the number of incense sticks instead of the conventional weight basis, the predetermined number of incense sticks can be accurately determined without being affected by variations in the type, shape, properties and moisture content of dried incense. Be able to count. As a result, manufacturing costs are low and there are no complaints from consumers.

 In addition, productivity is improved because the processing is automatically performed by a machine.

Moreover, since the worker no longer touches the incense stick, he does not hurt his hand or break the incense stick as before,
Also, no skilled person is required.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is an overall front view, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an incense stick after drying placed on a drying shelf. 3 ... Supply belt conveyor, 4 ... Rotating roller, 5 ...
Rotary roller, 7 ... Conveyer belt for acceleration transfer, 10 ... Counter, 11 ...
... Rotating body, 12 ... Rotary shaft, 13 ... Collecting and discharging device, 15 ... Cup conveyor, 14 ... U-shaped cup.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References Japanese Utility Model Showa 52-70885 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 61-178728 (JP, U) Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-403 (JP, B1) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65G 57/18 B65G 47/84 G06M 7/00 351

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating roller 4 attached to an outlet side of a supply belt conveyor 3 and a rotating roller 5 attached to an entrance side of an acceleration transfer belt conveyor 7 having a higher speed than the supply belt conveyor 3 have the same diameter. , And connected on a coaxial center, and a counting device 10 is attached to a required portion of the accelerated transfer belt conveyor 7. Two rotating bodies 11 having the same curved surface are symmetrically arranged and the rotating shaft 12
And an integrated discharge device 13 configured to form a U-shaped receiver by simultaneously rotating in opposite directions around the rotation axis 12 based on the signal from the counting device 10; An automatic incense stick counting and counting apparatus further comprising an intermittent transfer type cup conveyor 15 having a plurality of U-shaped cups 14 attached below the cup conveyor 15.