JP3069220B2 - Lump packaging bag removal device - 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 removing a luggage-packaging bag which is suitably used for removing a luggage bag containing a lump such as an artificial bridge from the lump.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, artificial artificial lumber used for artificially cultivating mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms is, for example, a state in which wood sawdust such as shii and chestnuts is filled in a culture bag as a packaging bag and is lightly pressurized. After the inoculation, the upper end of the culture bag is closed, and the bacteria are cultured under predetermined temperature and humidity conditions. Is formed as

[0003] When the artificial log is shipped, it is necessary to remove the culture bag from the artificial log. For example, a bulk packaging bag as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-352626 is disclosed. The removing device accommodates the artificial wood, and transport means for transporting the culture bag closed at the upper end serving as an opening in an upright state, and is provided in the middle of the transport means, on both sides in the front-rear direction of the culture bag. A side cutting means for making a cut extending upward from the bottom side of the culture bag; and an upper end of each cut formed in the culture bag, provided on the way of the transport means and located downstream of the side cutting means. An upper cutting means for cutting the upper side of the culture bag at a position intersecting with the side, thereby forming a cutting opening in the culture bag above the artificial tree.
By providing a pair of left and right engaging portions, which are provided in the middle of the transporting device and located on the downstream side of the upper cutting device and are engaged with the cutting opening of the culture bag, outward in the left-right direction,
Packaging bag separating means for separating the culture bag from the artificial log along each cut.

[0004] Here, the side cutting means fixes the culture bag containing the artificial groves conveyed by the conveyor as the conveyance means from the left and right directions by a holding plate, and uses a bag-closing cylinder, a gripping device or the like to culture the culture bag. While pulling the opening side of the culture bag in the front-rear direction, it is pulled up to give the culture bag a vertical tension. Then, in this state, the cutters of the respective cutter devices are brought into contact with the side surfaces of the culture bag from the bottom side, and the respective cutter devices are raised to make cuts near the gripping device.

[0005] Next, the culture bag having the cuts formed thereon is conveyed to an upper cutting means on the downstream side by a conveyor. The upper cutting means secures the culture bag conveyed by the conveyor from the left and right directions with a holding plate, and grips the opening side of the culture bag from the left and right directions with a bagging cylinder, a gripping device, etc. Pull up to give the culture bag up and down tension. Then, in this state, the cutter blade of each movable cutter is brought into contact with the upper side of the culture bag from the downstream side, and each movable cutter is moved toward the upstream side. Forms a cutting opening reaching the upper end.

Further, the culture bag in which the cutting opening is formed is transported by a conveyor to a packaging bag separating means on the downstream side. Then, the packaging bag peeling means presses and fixes the culture bag conveyed by the conveyor together with the artificial rope from above, and grips the cutting opening of the culture bag from above by each gripping mechanism. Extend the peeling cylinder of the peeling mechanism to move the gripping mechanism outward in the left-right direction,
The culture bag is peeled off along each of the cuts to remove the culture bag from the artificial bridge.

[0007]

However, in the above-described apparatus for removing a luggage package bag according to the prior art described above, a separate upper cutting means is provided downstream of the side cutting means to cut the upper side of the culture bag. Although each cut forms a cutting opening reaching the upper end, the culture bag can be peeled off by the packaging bag peeling means in the next step, but in this case, the culture bag cutting step is performed in two steps. This not only hinders the improvement of the productivity, but also complicates the device itself and raises the manufacturing cost.

[0008] Further, since the upper side of the culture bag is cut by the upper cutting means, culture bag discharge devices must be provided at two different places, in the middle of the removing device and at the downstream end. There is a problem that the processing device for the culture bag becomes complicated.

Further, by cutting the upper side of the culture bag by the upper cutting means, the dimension (gripping allowance) from the upper end of the artificial tree to the cutting opening of the culture bag is shortened, and the downstream packaging bag is cut. There is a problem that the culture bag cannot be gripped when gripped by the grip portion of the peeling means, and the culture bag cannot be reliably peeled due to poor gripping.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to improve the productivity by reliably separating a packaging bag from a lump in a small number of steps. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging bag removing device.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, the construction of the lump packing bag removing apparatus adopted by the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that the lump at the upper end side is filled with lump therein. The opening is closed and at least the upper end side is not filled with the lump.
A transporting means for intermittently transporting the packaging bag serving as the filling portion in an upright state, and a lower cutter and an upper cutter, which are provided in the middle of the transporting means, and wherein the packaging bag is provided by the lower cutter.
Make a cut in the filling section of
By placing the notch in the unfilled portion of the Sobukuro, and cutting means for forming a cut reaching the opening from the bottom side in the lateral direction on both sides of the packaging bag, the located downstream of said cutting means It provided in the middle of the conveying means, by separating the opening side of the packaging bag before and after the transport direction in accordance with the cuts, and a packaging bag separating means for peeling the packaging bag along the respective score from lumps .

[0012] According to a second aspect of the invention, the upper position of said transfer means transfer the packaging bag by the conveying means
Sometimes, a configuration is provided in which a guide rail is provided along the transport direction with the opening side of the packaging bag closed.
You .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the packaging bag peeling means has a pair of front and rear gripping portions for gripping the opening side of the packaging bag, and opens each gripping portion in the front-back direction. by moving the front along the packaging bag to cut
It has a configuration which is stripped from the serial mass.

Further, the invention of claim 4, upstream of the cutting means by moving lifting the mass <br/> like material while holding the opening side of the packaging bag, said packaging have a structure formed by providing a supplying means for supplying the bags on the conveying means
You .

[0015] Furthermore, the invention of claim 5, downstream of the packaging bag separating means is lifted upward by gripping the lumps the packaging bag is peeled off from the bulk material in a state of pressing down By moving, only the lump is transported by the transporter.
It has a configuration providing a discharge means for discharging from the stage.

[0016]

According to the above construction, the invention according to claim 1 is capable of forming a lump
When the filled packaging bag is transported by the transport means,
The cutting means uses the lower cutter to cut into the filling section of the packaging bag.
And make a cut on the unfilled side of the packaging bag with the upper cutter.
By placing, forming a cut reaching the opening and extends upwardly from the bottom side in the left-right direction sides of said packaging bag
Can be . Next, the packaging bag peeling means places the opening side of the packaging bag divided in the front-rear direction by the cutting means along the cut line.
The packing bag can be separated from the lump by separating the packing bag from the lump before and after in the transport direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the packaging bag is transported by the transporting means, the packaging bag is held along the transport direction with the opening side of the packaging bag closed by the guide rail.
Falling of the opening side of the packaging bag is prevented.

Furthermore, the invention of claim 3, when peeling the packaging bag from lumps in the packaging bag separating means, while holding the opening side of the packaging bag before and after the pair of gripping portions, each of said gripping portion the it by the moving so as to open in the longitudinal direction, the packaging Sobukuro is reliably separated from the mass.

Further, the invention of claim 4, by providing the supply means upstream of the cutting means, together with a packaging bag containing the mass-like material can be automatically supplied on the transport means, the opening of the packaging bag By gripping the part side and lifting the lump, wrinkles and breaks on the opening side can be lengthened.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5, by providing a discharge means on the downstream side of the packaging bag peeling means, the packaging bag is separated from the lump and only the lump is discharged from the transport means. I can get out.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a conveyor 8 to be described later.
1 shows a culture bag as a packaging bag placed thereon, and the culture bag 1 is formed into a bag shape with a transparent resin film such as polypropylene having heat resistance even at a temperature of about 100 to 150 ° C. It has enough flexibility to be deformed according to the object. The culture bag 1 is filled with sawdust 2 made of wood, such as vertebra or chestnut, from an opening 1A on the upper end side, and the sawdust 2 is inoculated with bacteria such as shiitake mushrooms in a state of being weakly pressurized. After that, the artificial bridge 3 is formed as a lump by culturing as described below (see FIG. 2). In addition, the opening 1A of the culture bag 1
On the side, a suturing portion 4 and a welding portion 5 are formed using means such as suturing and welding, and the suturing portion 4 and the welding portion 5
The filter acts as a filter for preventing bacteria from entering while ensuring ventilation in the culture bag 1.

Then, in this state, the culture bag 1 is
At the same time, it is placed in a predetermined temperature and humidity atmosphere for a long time, and cultured in such a manner that hyphae such as shiitake mushrooms, which have been inoculated in advance on the artificial log 3, spread into the culture bag 1. In addition, culture
The inside of the bag 1 is, as shown in FIG.
Up to the filling section of the artificial wood 3
It is a filling section.

Next, reference numeral 6 denotes a culture bag 1 containing the artificial wood 3
And a transfer device for transferring the paper in an upright state.
Is roughly composed of a pair of frames 7, 7 extending in the transport direction while being separated from each other in the transport direction, and a transport conveyor 8, a supply conveyor 9, and the like provided between the respective frames 7.

Numeral 8 denotes a transport conveyor as a transport means. On the outer peripheral side of the transport conveyor 8, projections 8A for positioning the culture bag 1 containing the artificial tree 3 on the transport conveyor 8 are provided.
.. Are provided at predetermined intervals.
The transport conveyor 8 is intermittently transported in a direction indicated by an arrow A by being driven to rotate around by a drive source (not shown) to rotate the culture bag 1 placed on the transport conveyor 8.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a supply conveyor provided between the frames 7 and provided upstream of the conveyor 8. The supply conveyor 9 transfers the culture bag 1 containing the artificial wood 3 to the upstream of the conveyor 8. It is supplied to the vicinity of the side.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a discharge conveyor provided on the downstream side of the transfer device 6, and the discharge conveyor 10 is a box packing device (shown in the figure) for processing the artificial tree 3 from which the culture bag 1 has been peeled. )).

Reference numeral 11 denotes a guide rail positioned above the transport conveyor 8 and the supply conveyor 9 and extending in the transport direction from the upstream side of the supply conveyor 9 to a culture bag peeling device 34 described later. Are left and right rails 11A, 11A and 11B, 11B arranged two by two at predetermined intervals at a cutting position of a cutting device 22 to be described later.
And the guide rails 11 are
The culture bag 1 is held along the transport direction with the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 closed between A and 11B. In each of the rails 11A and 11B, an insertion hole 11C (shown in FIG. 10) through which a rod 31A of a closing cylinder 31 described later is inserted is located near the cutting position and is coaxially formed in the left-right direction. Have been.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a supply device provided as a supply means provided between the transport conveyor 8 and the supply conveyor 9, and the supply device 12 is, as shown in FIG.
The supply device 12 is configured to sequentially supply the culture bags 1 containing the artificial logs 3 supplied by the supply conveyor 9 onto the transport conveyor 8.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a moving mechanism that is provided on the side of the transfer device 6 and moves the gripping mechanism 17 in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction. The moving mechanism 13 is mounted on a support (not shown).
A movable cylinder 14 for reciprocating the bracket 14A in parallel with the transport direction of the transport conveyor 8, a movable plate 15 having a base end fixed to the bracket 14A of the movable cylinder 14 and a distal end extended to the transport device 6; The lifting cylinder 16 is provided on the distal end side of the plate 15, and includes a rod 16 </ b> A extending downward through the moving plate 15 to move the gripping mechanism 17 up and down.

Numeral 17 denotes a gripping mechanism which is located on the tip side of the moving plate 15 and is attached to the tip of the rod 16A of the lifting cylinder 16. The gripping mechanism 17 has a lower surface of the moving plate 15 as shown in FIG. Plate 18 fixed to the end of the rod 16A of the lift cylinder 16 and
A pair of gripping plates 19, 19 extending downward and parallel from the lower surface of the conveyor 8 and being movable in the left-right direction with respect to the transport direction of the transport conveyor 8, and one of the grippers 19 for moving the grippers 19 toward and away from each other. The rod 20A is attached to the holding plate 19,
And a holding cylinder 20 fixed to the other holding plate 19. Each of the gripping plates 19 is located at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction and protrudes inward. When the gripping plates 19 approach each other, they come into contact with each other and pinch the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1A. And a guide portion 19B which is located at the lower end side, projects inwardly, and the inner end side curves along the outer periphery of the artificial log 3 so as to prevent the artificial log 3 from shaking greatly when the artificial log 3 is moved. Are provided.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a sensor which is located on the downstream end side of the supply conveyor 9 and is provided on each frame 7 of the transfer device 6 and constitutes the supply device 12 together with the moving mechanism 13 and the gripping mechanism 17. Is a light emitting unit 21A and a light receiving unit 2
1B.
Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the culture bag 1 containing the artificial log 3 is transported by the supply conveyor 9 to the sensor 21, and the artificial log 3 is moved to the light emitting portion 21A as shown in FIG.
When it reaches a position where it blocks between the light receiving unit 21B and the light receiving unit 21B, a detection signal is transmitted to a control unit (not shown), the supply conveyor 9 is stopped, and the artificial log 3 is placed at a predetermined position.

Here, the supply device 12 is located on the supply conveyor 9 in the state shown in FIG. 4, and the culture bag 1 containing the artificial log 3 is transported on the supply conveyor 9 as shown in FIG. When placed at the supply position, as shown in FIG. 7, the rod 20A of the gripping cylinder 20 is reduced to bring each gripping plate 19 closer, and grip the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 between the projecting plate portions 19A. After that, the rod 16A of the lifting cylinder 16 is reduced, and the artificial bridge 3 is lifted. Next, in this state, as shown in FIG. 8, the artificial tree 3 is moved onto the conveyor 8 by the moving cylinder 14, and the lifting cylinder 16 and the rods 16 </ b> A, 20 </ b> A of the gripping cylinder 20 are sequentially extended. The tree 3 is placed between the projections 8A on the conveyor 8.

At this time, by gripping the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 with each protruding plate portion 19A, the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 is stretched to eliminate wrinkles and breaks, etc. The work can be done reliably.

Next, in FIG. 9, reference numeral 22 denotes a device for cutting the culture bag 1 provided in the middle of the conveyor 8, and the cutting device 22 includes a fixing mechanism 23, a cutting mechanism 26, and an air supply mechanism 32, which will be described later. It is composed of

Reference numeral 23 denotes a fixing mechanism provided between the respective frames 7. The fixing mechanisms 23 are disposed apart from each other in the left-right direction of the conveyor 8, and the upper ends thereof pass through the respective frames 7 and face each other. Holding portion 24 bent inward so as to make
A L-shaped holding plates 24, 24, which have become A, are attached to the lower surface side of one frame 7 via a bracket 25A,
By expanding and contracting a rod (not shown),
And a holding cylinder 25 for moving the nozzle 4 closer and further away. When the culture bag 1 containing the artificial logs 3 conveyed in the direction of arrow A by the conveyor 8 is stopped at the cutting position, the fixing mechanism 23 is connected to the holding portions 24A of the holding plates 24. The outer circumferential surface of the artificial wood 3 is sandwiched and fixed with the culture bag 1 by positioning.

Numeral 26 denotes a cutting mechanism provided above the fixing mechanism 23. As shown in FIG.
It comprises a lifting frame 27, a side cutter 28, an upper cutter 29, a lifting cylinder 30 and the like, which will be described later.

Numeral 27 designates an elevating frame which is provided above and below the conveyor 8 so as to be movable up and down.
Is formed in an H shape from a pair of side plate portions 27A, 27A extending in the vertical direction and separated in parallel in the left and right direction, and a connecting portion 27B connecting the side plate portions 27A.

Reference numerals 28, 28 denote side cutters as a pair of lower cutters provided at the lower ends of the side plates 27A of the lifting frame 27 for cutting the filling portion of the culture bag 1. The cutter 28 includes a cutter arm 28A having an upper end rotatably attached to the side plate portion 27A and a lower end extending downward to be a free end, and a cutter blade 28B attached to a lower end of the cutter arm 28A.
And a cylinder 28D attached to the side plate 27A and rotating the cutter arm 28A in directions indicated by arrows B and C by extending and contracting a rod 28C.

Numerals 29, 29 denote upper cutters as a pair of upper cutters provided on the elevating frame 27 and located above the side cutters 28 for cutting the unfilled portion of the culture bag 1. Each of the upper cutters 29 is rotatably mounted on the lower surface side of the connecting portion 27B of the elevating frame 27, and a rotating bracket 29B in which a rotating arm 29A protrudes through the side plate portion 27A, and a downwardly directed rotating bracket 29B. Cutter blade 29C attached to extend to
And a rod 29D attached to the upper end of the side plate 27A.
And a cylinder 29E that rotates the cutter blade 29C in the directions indicated by the arrows D and E by expanding and contracting. Each upper cutter 29 has its cutter blade 29C slidably contacting each other like scissors on the same line as the cutter blade 28B of each side cutter 28.

Here, the cutters 28 and 29 rotate the cutter arm 28A and the rotating bracket 29B in the directions indicated by arrows B and D, respectively, from the state shown in FIG.
1, the cut 33A is formed in the filled portion of the culture bag 1 and the cut 33B is formed in the unfilled portion, as shown in FIG.

Numeral 30 denotes an elevating cylinder positioned above the elevating frame 27 and attached to the cylinder bracket 30A. The elevating cylinder 30 raises and lowers the elevating frame 27 connected to the tip of the rod 30B. The lifting cylinder 30 is provided with each cutter 28,
When 29 is in the state of FIG. 11, as shown in FIG.
By raising the lift frame 27 with respective cutter 29, cutting 33A as shown in FIG. 14 to the culture bag 1, 33B was allowed to upwardly extended our from the bottom side to the opening 1A side, the opening Notch 33 that separates part 1A
Is formed.

Numeral 31 designates a pair of bag stopper cylinders (only one is shown) which are located on each rail 11A on the left side of the guide rail 11 and are coaxial with the insertion hole 11C. When the culture bag 1 transported by the above is stopped at the cutting position, the rod 31A is extended to extend the culture bag 1 disposed between the rails 11A and 11B.
The opening 1A of the culture bag 1 is fixed to prevent the displacement of the opening 1A when the culture bag 1 is cut.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an air supply mechanism provided on the frame 7 at an upstream side of the fixing mechanism 23. The air supply mechanism 32 includes a support 32A provided on the frame 7.
And a cylinder 32C mounted on the column 32A and arranged so as to face the culture bag 1 where the rod 32B is stopped at the cutting position, and a cylinder 32C attached to the tip side of the rod 32B, and the culture is performed when the rod 32B is extended. And a hollow needle portion 32D which is pierced into the bag 1.
2D is connected to a compressor (not shown) via an air hose 32E or the like.

When the culture bag 1 containing the artificial tree 3 is stopped at the cutting position of the cutting device 22, the air supply mechanism 32 extends the rod 32B of the cylinder 32C to attach the tip of the needle 32D to the culture bag. In this state, air is blown into the culture bag 1 via an air hose 32E, a needle portion 32D, and the like to expand the culture bag 1 so that wrinkles and breaks of the culture bag 1 are extended. Has become.

In FIG. 15, reference numeral 34 denotes a packaging bag peeling device which is located downstream of the cutting device 22 and is provided in the middle of the conveyor 8 as packaging bag peeling means. A lifting cylinder 35, a lifting plate 37,
It is roughly composed of peeling arms 39 and 40, gripping cylinders 41 and 42, and pushing arms 43 and 44.

Reference numeral 35 denotes an elevating cylinder which is located above the conveyor 8 and is mounted on the frame 36 so that the rod 35A faces downward. Reference numeral 37 denotes a rectangular elevating plate mounted on the tip of the rod 35A of the elevating cylinder 35. Are respectively provided on the lower surface side of the elevating plate 37, and two connecting brackets 37A,
Are provided so as to protrude downward.
Further, peeling rods 37B, 37B are provided at the four corners of the lift plate 37.
B,... Are provided extending downward, and the respective peeling rods 37B are provided.
Presses the culture bag 1 peeled from the artificial bridge 3 downward when the lifting plate 37 is lowered.

Reference numerals 38, 38 denote a pair of brackets provided on each frame 7, and 39, 39 and 40, 40 are rotatably connected at their base ends to the respective brackets 38 so as to be forward and rearward in the transport direction. A pair of left and right peeling arms is shown, and each of the peeling arms 39 and 40 is set to have a length dimension that reaches the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 with its tip side facing upward.

41, 41 are left peeling arms 39, 40
A male gripping cylinder attached to the distal end and constituting a gripping portion together with a female gripping cylinder 42 described later. Reference numerals 42 and 42 denote female gripping cylinders mounted to the right peeling arms 39 and 40, respectively. As shown in FIG. 16, a needle portion 41B is formed at the distal end of the rod 41A of the gripping cylinder 41, and the needle portion 41B of each male gripping cylinder 41 fits into the distal end of the rod 42A of each female gripping cylinder 42. A hole 42B is formed. Then, each of the gripping cylinders 41, 42 extends the respective rod 41A, 42A, as shown in FIG.
The opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 is sandwiched between the tips of A and 42A and fixed to the tips of the peeling arms 39 and 40.

The front and rear sides 43, 43 and 44, 44 are rotatably connected at their upper ends to the respective connecting brackets 37A of the elevating plate 37 and rotatably connected at their lower ends to the distal ends of the peeling arms 39 and 40. A pair of push arms provided on the left and right sides on the rear side are shown.
In FIG. 18, the peeling arms 39 and 40 are rotated in the directions indicated by arrows F and G in FIG. The male gripping cylinders 41, 41 are provided at the connecting portion between the peeling arm 39 and the pushing arm 43 on the right side in the transport direction and at the connecting portion between the peeling arm 40 and the pushing arm 44, respectively. Cylinders 42, 42
Is a connecting portion between the left peeling arm 39 and the pushing arm 43,
It is provided at the connection between the peeling arm 40 and the pushing arm 44.

Thus, the culture bag peeling device 34 lowers the lifting plate 37 by the lifting cylinder 35 while holding the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 between the gripping cylinders 41 and 42, thereby obtaining the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 20, the peeling arms 39 and 40 are rotated in the direction of arrow F via the pushing arms 43 and 44, and the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 is cut 3
It is peeled off from the artificial log 3 along the direction 3 so as to open in the front-rear direction. Also, at this time, each peeling bar 37B of the elevating plate 37 presses the culture bag 1 in close contact with the artificial bridge 3 from above, and peels the culture bag from the artificial bridge 3.

Next, in FIG. 21, reference numeral 45 denotes a discharge device as discharge means disposed downstream of the culture bag peeling device 34 and disposed at the downstream end of the conveyor 8. Is roughly composed of a moving mechanism 46, a gripping mechanism 50, and a holding mechanism 54, which will be described later. The discharge device 45 is configured to hold the culture bag 1 peeled from the artificial log 3 in the front-rear direction in a state where the culture bag 1 is pressed. 3 is lifted and moved upward to move only the artificial log 3 onto the discharge conveyor 10.

Reference numeral 46 denotes a moving mechanism provided on the side of the transfer device 6 for moving the gripping mechanism 50 in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction. The moving mechanism 46 is mounted on a support (not shown).
As shown in FIG. 1, a moving cylinder 47 for reciprocating the bracket 47A in parallel with the conveying direction of the conveying conveyor 8, a base end side is fixed to the bracket 47A of the moving cylinder 47, and a distal end side is conveyed as shown in FIGS. 21 to 24. A movable plate 48 extending on the conveyor 8 and having a free end, and a rod 49A provided on the distal end side of the movable plate 48,
And an elevating cylinder 49 that extends downward through the inner cylinder 8.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a gripping mechanism which is located on the tip side of the moving plate 48 and is attached to the tip of the rod 49A of the lifting cylinder 49. The gripping mechanism 50 is located on the lower side of the moving plate 48 as shown in FIG. A lift plate 51 positioned and fixed to the end of a rod 49A of a lift cylinder 49;
A pair of gripping plates 52, 52 extending downward and in parallel from the lower surface of the pair, and being movable in the left-right direction with respect to the transport direction of the transport conveyor 8, a gripping plate 52 for moving each gripping plate 52 closer and further away. , And the rod 53A is roughly constituted by a gripping cylinder 53 fixed to the other gripping plate 52. Further, grip portions 52A projecting inward from the lower ends of the gripping plates 52 and having inner ends curved along the outer periphery of the artificial log 3 are integrally provided.
The outer peripheral side of the artificial log 3 is gripped together with the culture bag 1 between the gripping portions 52A by bringing the gripping plates 52 closer to each other.

Reference numeral 54 denotes a holding mechanism provided on the left frame 7 of the frames 7, and 55 denotes a holding cylinder 5 described later.
6 shows a bag presser constituting the presser mechanism 54 together with a pair of brackets 55 which are located on the frame 7 and are spaced apart in the conveying direction of the conveyor 8.
A, 55A, a rotating shaft 55B rotatably inserted into each of the brackets 55A, and a pair of pressing portions 55 whose base ends are fixed to both ends of the rotating shaft 55B and whose distal ends extend in parallel.
C and 55C, and a rotating arm 55D whose base end is fixed to the axially intermediate portion of the rotary shaft 55B and whose distal end extends so as to be substantially perpendicular to each of the pressing portions 55C.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a holding cylinder attached to the lower side of the frame 7 via a bracket 57. The holding cylinder 56 has its rod 56A end connected to the end of the pivot arm 55D of the bag holder 55. By extending and contracting the rod 56A, each holding portion 55C of the bag holder 55 is rotated in directions indicated by arrows H and J.

Then, the holding mechanism 5 configured as described above.
4 is a rod 5 of the presser cylinder 56 as shown in FIG.
By extending 6A, each pressing portion 55C is rotated in the direction of arrow H via the rotating arm 55D and the rotating shaft 55B,
The opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 separated from the artificial wood 3 in the front-rear direction is pressed down from above by the holding parts 55C.

Here, the discharging device 45 is located on the downstream side of the conveyor 8 in the state shown in FIG. 22, and the opening 1A side of the artificial tree 3 is moved back and forth on the conveyor 8 by the culture bag separating device 34. When the culture bag 1 is conveyed and disposed at the discharge position in a state where the culture bag 1 is peeled in the direction shown in FIG. 23, the respective holding portions 55C of the bag holder 55 are rotated in the direction of arrow H, and as shown in FIG. The opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 is pressed down by the part 55C. Then, in this state, as shown in FIG.
The rod 53A of the gripping cylinder 53 is reduced so that each gripping plate 5
2, the artificial log 3 is gripped between the gripping portions 52 A, the rod 49 A of the lifting cylinder 49 is contracted, the artificial log 3 is lifted, and the moving cylinder 47 discharges only the artificial log 3. 10 and lift cylinder 4
9. The artificial logs 3 are placed on the discharge conveyor 10 by sequentially extending the rods 49A and 53A of the gripping cylinder 53.

On the other hand, the culture bag 1 remaining on the conveyor 8
The discharge chute 5 is rotated by the orbiting operation of the conveyor 8.
8, and is discharged into a dust box (not shown).

The apparatus for removing the culture bag of the artificial tree according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration. Next, the operation of the apparatus will be described.

First, the artificial tree 3 is placed on the supply conveyor 9 together with the culture bag 1 and transported toward the transport conveyor 8 side. At this time, by disposing the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 between the rails 11A and 11B of the guide rail 11, it is possible to prevent the opening 1A side from falling down during transportation and to smoothly perform the subsequent process. To do.

As shown in FIG. 6, the culture bag 1 containing the artificial bridge 3 is composed of the light emitting portion 21 A and the light receiving portion 2 of the sensor 21.
1B, the supply conveyor 9 is stopped, and as shown in FIG. 7, the supply device 12 reduces the rod 20A of the gripping cylinder 20, brings the gripping plates 19 closer to each other, and After grasping the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 between the protruding plate portions 19A, the rod 16A of the elevating cylinder 16 is reduced, and the artificial log 3 is lifted.

Next, in this state, as shown in FIG. 8, the artificial log 3 is moved onto the conveyor 8 by the moving cylinder 14, and the lifting cylinder 16 and the rod 1 of the gripping cylinder 20 are moved.
The artificial bridge 3 is placed between the projections 8A on the conveyor 8 by sequentially extending the 6A and 20A.

Then, the artificial bridge 3 is accommodated and the opening 1A
When the culture bag 1 guided in a state where the side is closed by the guide rail 11 is conveyed on the conveyor 8 to the cutting position of the culture bag 1 shown in FIG. 9, the conveyor 8 is temporarily stopped, Each holding plate 24 is pushed toward the outer peripheral surface of the artificial wood 3 by the left and right holding cylinders 25, and the artificial wood 3 in the culture bag 1 is moved between the holding plates 24A as shown in FIG. Fix at the cutting position. And the fixing mechanism 23
Is completed, the rod 31A of each stopper cylinder 31 is extended to open the culture bag 1 at the opening 1A.
The opening 1A side is fixed to the guide rail 11 side through the side to prepare for cutting.

Next, in this state, the rod 32B of the air supply mechanism 32 is extended to supply air into the culture bag 1 via the needle portion 32D, and the culture bag 1 is inflated by the air to reduce wrinkles and breaks. It is designed to stretch.

When the preparation for cutting is completed as described above, the cutting mechanism 26 rotates the cutter arm 28A of each side cutter 28 in the direction of arrow B, as shown in FIG. The cutter blade 28B attached to the tip of 28A is pressed against the bottom side (filling portion side) of the culture bag 1. At the same time, the cutter blade 29C of each upper cutter 29 is indicated by an arrow D via a rotation bracket 29B.
By rotating in the direction, the cutter blade 29C cuts into the upper side (unfilled portion side) of the culture bag 1 and crosses the tip side in the culture bag 1. As a result, in the culture bag 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a cut 33A by each side cutter 28 is formed on the bottom side, and a cut 33B by each upper cutter 29 is formed on the upper side on the same line.

When predetermined cuts 33A, 33B are formed in the culture bag 1 by the cutters 28, 29, as shown in FIG. 13, the rods 30B of the lifting cylinder 30 are kept with the cutter blades 28B, 29C as they are. To reduce
The cutters 28 and 29 are moved upward together with the lifting frame 27. Thereby, the cutters 28 for the respective side surfaces are arranged as shown in FIG.
2, the cutter blade 28B is moved upward from the cut 33A toward the cut 33B, and each upper cutter 29 is moved as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The cutter blade 29C is opened 1A from the cut 33B.
It is moved up. As a result, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cut 33 extending from the bottom to the upper end is formed continuously.

On the other hand, when the predetermined cut 33 is formed in the culture bag 1, the cutter blade 28B of each upper side cutter 29 is moved in the direction of arrow C in the direction of arrow C.
Is rotated in the direction of arrow E to reduce the rod 31A of each bag stopper cylinder 31 to release the fixing of the culture bag 1 on the opening 1A side, and release the fixing of the artificial bridge 3 by the fixing mechanism 23. Then, the conveyor 8 is driven again to convey the artificial tree 3 together with the culture bag 1 in the direction indicated by the arrow A. The culture bag 1 is formed with cuts 33 reaching the opening 1A from the bottom side on both sides in the left-right direction. In this state, it is sent to the next culture bag peeling step.

Then, the culture bag 1 in which the notches 33 reaching the opening 1A from the bottom side on both sides in the left-right direction in the cutting process of the previous step is formed by the transport conveyor 8 together with the artificial wood 3 as shown in FIG. When transported to the bag peeling position, the transport conveyor 8 is temporarily stopped.

Next, as shown in FIG. 17, the rod 41A of each male gripping cylinder 41 and the rod 42A of each female gripping cylinder 42 are extended, and the opening of the culture bag 1 is opened between the rods 41A, 42A. Each peeling arm 39,
40 is fixed to the tip side.

When the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 is fixed to the distal end side of each of the peeling arms 39 and 40, the rod 35A of the lifting cylinder 35 is extended to lower the lifting plate 37, thereby obtaining FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7, the peeling arms 39 and 40 are moved through the pushing arms 43 and 44 by arrows F.
Rotate in the direction. Thereby, the culture bag 1 is peeled off from the opening 1A side to the bottom side with the cut 33 as a boundary. At this time, the culture bag 1 closely adhered to the artificial bridge 3 by the peeling rods 37B of the lifting plate 37.
Is pressed from above and peeled off, so that the culture bag 1 can be reliably peeled to the bottom side.

On the other hand, when the culture bag 1 is peeled off from the artificial log 3 along the cut 33, the rods 41A, 42A of the gripping cylinders 41, 42 are reduced to release the fixation of the culture bag 1, and then the lifting cylinder 35 Is reduced, the peeling arms 39 and 40 are rotated in the direction of arrow G to return to the standby position, and the conveyor 8 is driven again to remove the artificial wood 3 from the culture bag 1.
Is transported in the direction indicated by the arrow A. Thereby, the culture bag 1
Is separated from the artificial log 3 in the front-rear direction from the opening 1A side to the bottom side, and is sent together with the artificial log 3 to the next discharging step.

Then, the culture bag 1 which has been peeled in the front-rear direction from the opening 1A side to the bottom side from the artificial log 3 in the culture bag peeling step of the preceding step is transported together with the artificial log 3 by the transport conveyor 8. When the sheet is conveyed to the discharge position indicated by 21, the conveyor 8 is temporarily stopped.

Next, the rod 56A of the holding cylinder 56 is extended to rotate each holding part 55C of the bag holder 55 in the direction of arrow H, and as shown in FIG. The opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 peeled in the front-rear direction is pressed down from above.

When the pressing of the culture bag 1 by the pressing mechanism 54 is completed as described above, as shown in FIG. 24, the rod 53A of the gripping cylinder 53 is reduced so that the gripping plates 52 are moved closer to each other, and After grasping the artificial bridge 3 between 52A, the artificial bridge 3 is lifted by reducing the rod 49A of the lifting cylinder 49 and separated from the culture bag 1.

Next, in this state, the artificial bridge 3 is moved onto the discharge conveyor 10 by the moving cylinder 47, and the lifting cylinder 49 and the rods 49A, 53A of the gripping cylinder 53 are sequentially extended, whereby the artificial bridge 3 is moved. Only the artificial tree 3 is placed on the discharge conveyor 10, and the artificial rope 3 is conveyed by the discharge conveyor 10 toward a downstream packing process or the like.

On the other hand, the culture bags 1 peeled off from the artificial tree 3 and left on the conveyor 8 are discharged into the dust box via the discharge chute 58 by the orbiting operation of the conveyor 8. .

Thus, according to the present embodiment, the culture bag 1 for the artificial timber 3 conveyed by the conveyer 8.
A cut 33 is formed in one step by using the side cutter 28 and the upper cutter 29 of the cutting device 22 so as to be positioned on both sides in the left-right direction of the culture bag 1 and reach the opening 1A from the bottom side. The culture bag 1 is peeled from the artificial log 3 in the front-rear direction along the cut 33 from the opening 1A side to the bottom side by the peeling device 34.
The number of man-hours required to remove the culture bag 1 from the conventional technique can be reduced from two steps required in the prior art to three steps, and the number of working steps can be reduced to greatly improve productivity. In addition, the manufacturing cost can be reduced by simplifying the apparatus itself.

Further, since the cut 33 extending from the bottom side to the upper end can be formed in the culture bag 1 by the cutting device 22, the discharge chute 5 for discharging the culture bag 1 after peeling is obtained.
Only 8 is required, and the cost can be further reduced by simplifying the processing apparatus.

Further, since the notch 33 reaching the opening 1A from the bottom side is formed in the culture bag 1 by the cutting device 22, when the culture bag is peeled off by the culture bag peeling device 34, the grip allowance is reduced as in the prior art. As a result, it is possible to prevent poor gripping, and the culture bag 1 can be reliably separated from the artificial bridge 3.

A guide rail 11 is provided on the conveyor 8 and the supply conveyor 9, and the opening 1 A of the culture bag 1 is provided.
Since the side of the culture bag 1 is held in a closed state, it is possible to prevent the opening 1A side of the culture bag 1 from falling down during transportation, and poor gripping occurs in the cutting device 22, the culture bag peeling device 34 and the like. Can be prevented.

Further, since the supply device 12 and the discharge device 45 are provided on the upstream and downstream sides of the packaging bag removing device, respectively, the supply of the culture bag 1 containing the artificial log 3 and the supply of the artificial log 3 Can be automated and productivity can be improved.

In the above-described embodiment, the apparatus for removing the culture bag 1 containing the artificial bridge 3 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, mushrooms or plants other than shiitake mushrooms may be used. The present invention can also be applied to a culture bag removing device containing an artificial medium.

[0084]

As described above in detail, according to the invention of claim 1, a packaging bag lumps filled intermittently conveyed by the conveying means, of the packing bag by the lower cutter and an upper cutter of the cutting means To make a cut in the filled part and the unfilled part
More, in the right and left direction sides of said packaging bag and extending upwardly from the bottom side to form the cut to reach the opening, then the opening side of the packaging Sobukuro packaging bag separating means along said cuts transport by spacing in the longitudinal direction, since the packaging bag is to be detached from the agglomerates, cuts by the cutting means
The packaging bag can be divided in the front-back direction according to
Thus, the packaging bag can be reliably separated from the lump. Obedience
Therefore , the packaging bag removal operation can be performed in two steps of a cutting step and a peeling step, thereby reducing the number of work steps and improving the productivity, and simplifying the apparatus itself to reduce the manufacturing cost. can do.

[0085] Further, the invention of claim 2, when conveying the packaging bag by the conveying means, is configured to be held along the conveying direction in a state of closing the opening side of the packaging bag by a guide rail
Since it is, the guide rails inclination of the side of the opening of the packaging bag
Can be prevented by the cutting means, the Ru can be reliably grip the opening side of the packaging bag packaging bag separating means
In both cases, occurrence of poor grip can be prevented.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, when the packaging bag is peeled from the lump by the packaging bag peeling means, the opening side of the packaging bag is gripped by a pair of front and rear grips, and each gripping portion is held. since the packaging bag is moved so as to open in the longitudinal direction is configured to be detached from the agglomerates can be securely grip the opening side of the packing bag in the stripping step of the packaging bag, the gripping failure capable of carrying out the peeling of the packaging Sobukuro more reliably to prevent.

[0087] Further, the invention of claim 4, by providing the supply means upstream of said cutting means, a packaging bag containing the mass-like material can be automatically fed onto the conveying means, the productivity can be improved . The supply means lifts the lump while grasping the opening side of the packaging bag, so that the packaging bag can be supplied to a subsequent process in a state where wrinkles and folds on the opening side of the packaging bag are stretched, Removal work can be performed smoothly.

Further , according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the discharging means provided on the downstream side of the packaging bag peeling means includes a lump
While holding the packaging bag peeled off from the
By lifting and moving upward while grasping,
Since only the material is discharged from the transporting means, the packaging bag can be automatically separated from the lump and only the lump can be discharged, so that the productivity can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an apparatus for removing a culture bag from an artificial bridge according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a culture bag containing the artificial log shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the supply device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view showing a state in which a culture bag containing an artificial log is arranged at a supply position of a supply device.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a state in which a culture bag containing artificial trees is transported toward the supply conveyor from the upper side by the supply conveyor.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the operation at the same position as in FIG. 5, showing a state in which a culture bag containing an artificial log is placed at a supply position of the supply device.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as FIG. 4 showing a state in which the opening side of the culture bag is gripped by the gripping plate of the gripping mechanism and lifted together with the artificial log.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 5 showing a state in which a gripping mechanism gripping a culture bag by a moving cylinder is moved onto a conveyor.

9 is an enlarged perspective view of the cutting device shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view showing a state in which the culture bag is fixed to the cutting position together with the artificial wood by the fixing mechanism.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 10 showing a state where the cutter blades of each side cutter and upper cutter are cut into the culture bag.

FIG. 12 shows a culture bag in which each cut is formed by the cutter blade of each side cutter and upper cutter.
It is an expansion perspective view similar to.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 10 showing a state in which each side cutter and upper cutter are moved upward by a lifting cylinder.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged perspective view similar to FIG. 2 showing a culture bag having a cut formed from a bottom side to an upper end.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged perspective view of the culture bag peeling device shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view showing a state in which a culture bag containing an artificial log is placed at a peeling position of the culture bag peeling device.

FIG. 16 shows a state in which the opening side of the culture bag is gripped by the male gripping cylinder and the female gripping cylinder.
It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the position similar to.

FIG. 18 is an operation explanatory view showing a state where a culture bag containing an artificial log is placed at a peeling position of the culture bag peeling device from a side.

FIG. 19 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as FIG. 18 showing a state in which the culture bag is peeled off from the artificial log by extending the rod of the elevating cylinder.

FIG. 20 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 18 showing a state in which the culture bag is separated from the artificial log by extending the rod of the elevating cylinder.

FIG. 21 is an enlarged perspective view of the discharging device shown in FIG.

FIG. 22 is an operation explanatory view showing a state in which an artificial log with a culture bag removed is arranged at a discharge position of a discharge device.

FIG. 23 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 22 showing a state in which the opening side of the culture bag is pressed by the bag holder of the holding mechanism.

FIG. 24 is an operation explanatory view at the same position as in FIG. 22 showing a state in which the artificial bridge is separated from the culture bag by reducing the rod of the elevating cylinder.

[Description of Signs] 1 Culture bag (packing bag) 1A opening 3 Artificial tree (mass) 8 Conveyor (conveying means) 11 Guide rail 12 Feeding device (supplying device) 22 Cutting device (cutting device) 28 For side surface Cutter (lower cutter) 29 Upper cutter (upper cutter) 33 Cut 33A, 33B Cut 34 Culture bag peeling device (packing bag peeling means) 41 Male gripping cylinder (grip) 42 Female gripper cylinder (grip) 45 Discharge device (discharge means)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] MiTakashi of claim 1] <br/> opening of the upper end side in a state filled with lumps therein is closed at least the upper end side the lumps
The packaging bag has become Hama portion, a conveying means for intermittently conveying stand upright, provided in the middle of the conveying means has a lower cutter and upper cutter, filling part of the packaging bag with the lower cutter by placing the notch in <br/> unfilled portion of the packaging bag with the upper cutter with add cut in the side, to form a cut reaching the opening from the bottom side in the lateral direction on both sides of said packaging bag A cutting means, which is provided in the middle of the conveying means and is located downstream of the cutting means , and separates the opening side of the packaging bag forward and backward in the conveying direction in accordance with the cut , thereby separating the packaging bag from each of the cuts. And a packaging bag removing means for removing the packaging bag from the lump along the line. 2. The package above the transporting means,
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a guide rail for holding the bag along the carrying direction while closing the opening of the bag when the bag is carried by the carrying means. 3. The packaging bag peeling means has a pair of front and rear gripping portions for gripping an opening side of the packaging bag, and moves the gripping portions so as to open in the front-rear direction. 3. The apparatus for removing a luggage packaging bag according to claim 1, wherein the lump is separated from the lump along the cut. Upstream of claim 4, wherein said cutting means is moved to lift the lumps while holding the opening side of the packaging bag
It allows packaging bag apparatus for removing lumps of claim 1, 2 or 3 formed by providing a supplying means for supplying the packaging bag on the conveying means. 5. On the downstream side of the packaging bag separating means is lifted upward by gripping the lumps <br/> like material the packaging bag is peeled off from the <br/> agglomerates in a state of pressing down Discharge means for discharging only the lump from the transfer means by moving
That configuration and then formed by claim 1, the packaging bag apparatus for removing bulk product according to 2, 3 or 4.