JP3705653B2 - Noodle transfer equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a noodle transfer device that automatically hangs noodles aged in a room into a noodle stretching device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in the production process of raw noodles, a dough is made by kneading raw material powder, this dough is formed into a thick string shape having a diameter of, for example, about 5 cm, and further kneaded into a string shape with a thickness of about 1 cm to form a pair of tubes. After wrapping many times in a letter shape and aging, one of a pair of tubes is supported by the upper tube receiver as the upper tube, and the other tube is disposed below the upper tube receiver as the lower tube The noodles are stretched by increasing the distance between the upper and lower tube receivers stepwise by supporting the receiver.
[0003]
Since the noodle strings before ripening are broken when they are stretched, at the time of ripening, a pair of tubes are arranged, for example, in the front-rear direction and supported by a tube receiving frame provided in a chamber (muro), and the noodle strings are placed between the two tubes. It is hung so that no load is applied to the noodle strings.
[0004]
When ripening is completed, both tubes are manually detached from the tube receiver, and manually hung on the next processing apparatus, that is, the noodle stretching apparatus.
The noodle stretcher is composed of an upper tube frame on which the upper tube is hung, a lower tube frame that pushes down the lower tube that is suspended and supported with respect to the upper tube and the noodles on the upper tube frame, and an expansion / contraction that expands or contracts these spaces Means are provided, and if necessary, a carry-in conveyor for carrying the upper pipe into the upper pipe-drawing frame and a carry-out conveyor for carrying out the upper pipe discharged from the upper pipe-taking frame are provided.
[0005]
Therefore, the noodles that have been aged are sequentially placed on the carry-in conveyor of the noodle stretcher or the upper tube-taking frame.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in general, the chamber is provided with, for example, a tube receiving frame extending in the front-rear direction in 5 to 7 stages and forming a pair of front and rear, and each tube receiving frame forming the front and rear pair has 40 to 80 noodles. It is multiplied. In addition, the work of changing over to the noodle stretching device can be changed between the upper and lower pipes and the noodles wrapped around them at one time because the worker is changed and cannot enter the changing room. Not too much. Therefore, the operation of transferring a large amount of noodles hung in the chamber to the noodle stretching apparatus as described above requires a great deal of labor and time.
[0007]
For this reason, it is not desired to mechanize the work of changing the noodles from the chamber to the noodle drawing apparatus, but this work is delicate and complicated, and requires a lot of skill even by hand. There are the following problems as a point of work.
[0008]
That is, the upper tube and the lower tube supported side by side cannot be carried into the noodle stretching apparatus as they are, and only the upper tube in the noodle stretching apparatus is selected and placed on the carry-in conveyor or upper tube frame of the noodle stretching apparatus. In order to prevent the noodles from being broken when the weight of the lower tube suddenly acts on the noodles wrapped around the upper tube, the tube of the chamber should be used so that no weight other than its own weight acts on the noodles. The problem that it is necessary to pick up the upper and lower tubes from the receiving frame, and an appropriate gap between the upper and lower tubes in order to prevent the noodles from coming into close contact with the noodle stretching device from the chamber. There is a problem that it must be retained.
[0009]
However, it is thought that it is very difficult to effectively solve these problems as a point of remedy at once. So far, a machine that handles the changing work of noodles from this room to the noodle stretcher. No device has been proposed.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle transfer device that automatically replaces noodles aged in a room with a noodle stretching device.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the noodle transfer device according to the present invention first has two upper and lower heights while maintaining the front and rear intervals between the upper and lower tubes A and B placed in the chamber 1 side by side. And an unloading mechanism 2 for pulling out from the chamber 1 after being supported and lifted.
[0012]
According to this detaching mechanism 2, the pipe receiving means 11 that supports the upper and lower pipes A and B around which the noodles C are wound in the chamber 1 with a predetermined front-rear spacing is maintained while maintaining the front-rear spacing. The upper and lower tubes A and B can be taken up without causing any weight other than their own weight to act on the noodles C because the noodles C are lifted while being supported at two upper and lower levels.
[0013]
Further, since the upper and lower tubes A and B around which the noodles C are wound are pulled out of the chamber 1 while maintaining the front-rear relationship and the vertical relationship, the upper and lower tubes A and B are detached from the tube receiving means 11. There is no risk that the noodles C will be in close contact when being pulled out of the chamber 1.
[0014]
Further, the noodle transfer device according to the present invention receives only the upper tube A supported by the unloading mechanism 2 from the unloading mechanism 2 out of the upper and lower tubes A and B drawn from the chamber 1, and thereafter And a hooking mechanism 3 for lowering the unloading mechanism 2 to suspend and support the lower pipe B via the noodle C on the upper pipe A, and then hooking the upper pipe A onto the carry-in conveyor 41 of the noodle stretching apparatus 4. .
[0015]
According to this hooking mechanism 3, since only the upper pipe A is received from the hooking mechanism 2, and the lower pipe B is suspended and supported by the upper pipe A via the noodles C, both the upper and lower pipes supported side by side are supported. Only the upper tube A in A and B can be selected and placed in the noodle stretcher 4.
[0016]
Further, according to this hooking mechanism, the lower pipe B is suspended and supported by the upper pipe A via the noodles C by lowering the hooking mechanism 2 after the upper pipe A is received from the hooking mechanism 2. Until the tube B is suspended and supported by the upper tube A via the noodle C, no force other than its own weight acts on the noodle C, and the weight of the lower tube B acts abruptly on the noodle C wrapped around the upper tube A. Thus, the noodles C can be prevented from being broken, and the noodles and the lower tube can be suspended and supported on the upper tube without bringing the noodles C into close contact with each other.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings as follows.
As shown in the side view of FIG. 1, the noodle transfer device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes both upper and lower tubes A and B that are hung side by side on a tube receiving means 11 provided in the chamber 1. After supporting and lifting at a two-step height while maintaining the interval, the unloading mechanism 2 to be pulled out from the chamber 1 and the unloading mechanism 2 among the upper and lower pipes A and B pulled out from the chamber 1 are higher. The supported upper pipe A is received from the detaching mechanism 2, and then the lower pipe B is suspended from the upper pipe A via the noodles C, and is then wound around the upper pipe A, the lower pipe B, and these. And a loading mechanism 3 for loading the noodle C into the noodle stretching device 4 that discharges the noodle C to the noodle stretching device 3.
[0018]
The pipe receiving means 11 is provided with a plurality of upper and lower stages (here, seven stages) on both left and right sides in the chamber 1, and is constituted by chain conveyors that are operated synchronously with each other. The method for synchronizing the tube receiving means 11 is not particularly limited. For example, a method of electrically synchronizing and controlling the motors provided in the respective tube receiving means 11 can be adopted. In this embodiment, FIG. As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the conveyor chain 11c of each pipe receiving means 11 is mechanically synchronized by interlockingly connecting one motor 14 via a synchronous transmission mechanism 13.
[0019]
That is, corner pillars 12a are erected on the front and rear sides of the frame 12 of the chamber 1 with appropriate intervals on the left and right sides, and end portions of the tube receiving means 11 with appropriate intervals in the vertical direction on the respective corner pillars 12a. The rotating shaft 11a is rotatably supported.
[0020]
The final sprocket 13a of the synchronous transmission mechanism 13 is fixed to the outer end portion of each end rotating shaft 11a supported by the rear side (upper, right side) corner column 12a, and all finals of each corner column 12a are fixed. A final chain 13b is wound around the sprocket 13a. Further, in order to ensure the engagement between each final sprocket 13a and the final chain 13b, each corner post 12a rotates a number of idlers 13c (which may be sprockets) for guiding the final chain 13b and a drive sprocket 13d. It is supported freely.
[0021]
As a result, the rotating shafts 11a supported by the rear corner column 12a are mechanically synchronized with each other. In this embodiment, the rotating shafts 11a supported by the front corner column 12a are further connected to each other. Are synchronized with each other in the same manner.
[0022]
The pair of left and right drive sprockets 13d disposed behind the end rotary shaft 11a supported by the rear corner column 12a are fixed to both front and rear ends of a common synchronous transmission shaft 13e. By interlocking with one motor 14 via the initial chain 13f, all the end shafts 11a on the front, rear, left and right are synchronized with the motor 74.
[0023]
As shown in the side view of FIG. 8, the tube receiving means 11 includes a conveyor wound around an end rotary shaft 11a that is paired with the sprocket 11b fixed to the inner end of each end rotary shaft 11a. A chain 11c is provided, and the conveyor chain 11c is provided with a lug 11d protruding outward at an appropriate interval. A pair of upper pipe A and lower pipe B around which noodles C are wound are manually hung on both sides of one lug 11d on the upper peripheral portion of the conveyor chain 11c. A lower pipe B or an upper pipe A around which another noodle C is wound is hung on both outer sides of the outer lugs 11d of B.
[0024]
The upper peripheral portion of the conveyor chain 11c is received from the lower side by a chain guide (not shown) so as not to bend downward due to the weight of the upper tube A, the lower tube B and the noodle C and the weight of the conveyor chain 11c.
[0025]
According to this chamber 1, the upper pipes A and B around which the noodles C are wound are placed one after the other on the tube receiving means 11 of each stage on the front surface in order from the top to the bottom or from the bottom to the top. By pressing an inching operation button 15 provided on the front surface, the motor 13 is operated to rotate the tube receiving means 11 by an appropriate pitch in the direction in which the upper peripheral portion advances from the front to the back. An upper tube A and a lower tube around which noodles C are wound are placed side by side on the tube receiving means 11 of each stage in order from the top to the bottom or from the bottom to the top, and the tube receiving means 11 is rotated by a predetermined pitch. By repeating this procedure, a large amount of noodles C can be loaded efficiently.
[0026]
As shown in each side view of FIGS. 1, 5 to 11, the unloading mechanism 2 includes a pair of left and right tube-mounting frames 21 and a pair of left-right pairs that reciprocate the tube-mounting frames 21 inside and outside the chamber 1. , An advancing / retreating mechanism 22, a pair of left and right elevating mechanisms 23 that reciprocate the tube-mounting frame 21 up and down, and a frame 24 that supports them.
[0027]
3 and FIG. 4, and as specifically shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 11, the tube frame 21 includes an upper tube receiving portion 21a for receiving the upper tube A from the lower side, and an upper portion thereof. The lower tube B is received from the lower side at a position lower than the upper tube receiving portion 21a and separated from the tube receiving portion 21a by the same distance as the upper and lower tubes A and B supported by the tube frame 11 in the front-rear direction. And a lower tube receiving portion 21b.
[0028]
The number of the upper tube receiving portion 21a and the lower tube receiving portion 21b is not particularly limited, and is set in consideration of, for example, the processing capacity of the noodle stretching device 4, the installation space of the chamber 1, the noodle transfer device, and the noodle stretching device 4. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, eight upper tube receiving portions 21a and lower tube receiving portions 21b are formed.
[0029]
The upper tube receiving portion 21a and the lower tube receiving portion 21b are formed in a U-shaped groove shape (may be a V-shaped groove shape) so that the upper tube A and the lower tube B can be positioned and supported.
Each of the left and right advancing / retreating mechanisms 22 may be configured to reciprocate the corresponding tube frame 21 inside and outside the chamber 1, for example, hydraulic, pneumatic or electric cylinders, screws and nuts, racks and pinions, chains, etc. Any known linear reciprocating drive mechanism or reciprocating swing driving mechanism such as a pin / lever may be used.
[0030]
Each lifting mechanism 23 may also be configured to reciprocate the corresponding tube frame 21 up and down over a predetermined range. For example, hydraulic, pneumatic or electric cylinders, screws and nuts, racks and pinions, chains Any known linear reciprocating drive mechanism or a reciprocating rocking drive mechanism such as a pin / lever may be used.
[0031]
In this embodiment, the frame 24 supports a lifting frame 26 that moves up and down with the frame 24 and the guide bar 25 as a guide, and the lifting frame 26 supports the tube-mounting frame 21 so as to advance and retreat.
[0032]
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, the advance / retreat mechanism 22 includes a rack 22a fixed to the tube frame 21 and a pinion that is supported by the guide bar 25 so as to be slidable and rotatable. 22b and a motor 22c that is supported by the elevating frame 26 and drives the pinion 22b. By electrically synchronizing the motors 22c of the left and right advancing and retracting mechanisms 22, both the tube mounting frames 21 are synchronized. I try to move forward and backward.
[0033]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the elevating mechanism is wound around a pair of sprockets 23a and 23b supported on the upper and lower sides of a frame 24 so as to be rotatable around a left and right axis, and these sprockets 23a and 23b. The chain 23c is connected to the lifting frame 26 and the motor 23d is interlocked to the upper sprocket 23b. The left and right chains 23c are synchronized by mechanically interlocking the upper sprocket 23b with the synchronous transmission shaft 23e. Is obtained.
[0034]
Next, the operation program of this noodle transfer device will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
In the initial state, the tube-capturing frame 21 does not hinder the upper and lower tubes A and B around which the noodles C are wrapped from entering the chamber 1, so that FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the uppermost tube hanging frame 11 is provided on the rear outer side of the chamber 1, and here, in preparation for detaching the upper and lower tubes A and B from the uppermost tube hanging frame 11. It is positioned lower than the upper and lower pipes A and B supported by each other.
[0035]
When the unloading mechanism 2 is started in this state, first, the advance / retreat mechanism 22 is activated, and the upper tube receiving portion 21a is located directly below the upper tube A as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 (b) and FIG. The tube receiving frame 21 is caused to enter the chamber 1 until the lower tube receiving portion 21b is positioned directly below the lower tube B.
[0036]
The elevating frame 26 is provided with an advance / retreat sensor S1 made of, for example, a photo interrupter in order to detect the position of the tube mounting frame 21, and when the tube mounting frame 21 enters the chamber 1 to the above position, the tube mounting frame An approach end interrupter P1 provided at the rear end of 21 drives the advance / retreat sensor S1, stops the advance / retreat mechanism 22, and operates the elevating mechanism 23.
[0037]
By the operation of the elevating mechanism 23, the lower tube receiving portion 21b causes the lower tube B to reach a predetermined height above the tube hanging frame 11, as shown by the phantom lines in FIG. The tube collecting frame 21 is raised until it is lifted. As a result, the upper and lower pipes A and B hung side by side on the pipe frame 11 are lifted by the pipe frame 21 while being supported at a height of two levels in the vertical direction while maintaining the distance between the front and rear. .
[0038]
When the tubular frame 21 is raised to this height, the lift sensor S2 made of, for example, a photo interrupter supported by the lift frame 26 is driven by the lift interrupter P2 fixed to the frame 24, and the operation of the lift mechanism 23 is stopped. At the same time, the reverse operation of the advance / retreat mechanism 22 is started.
[0039]
Due to the reverse operation of the advance / retreat mechanism 22, the tube collection frame 21 is retracted to the outside of the chamber 1, and the upper and lower tubes A and B and the noodle C wrapped around them are drawn out of the chamber 1.
By the way, as shown in FIG. 7, the hooking mechanism 3 has a pair of left and right chains 32 in which upper tube receivers 31 are chained at a predetermined interval, and the lower peripheral portions of both chains 32 are positioned in the front-rear direction. Thus, a sprocket 33 that forms a pair of front and rear around which both chains 32 are wound, and a drive mechanism 35 that synchronously drives both chains 32 via a synchronous transmission mechanism 34 are provided.
[0040]
The front-rear spacing of the upper tube receiver 31 is the same as the front-rear spacing of the upper tube A or the lower tube B supported by the tube-capturing frame 21, and at least the diameter of the upper tube A is between each upper tube receiver 31. A gap having a large width is formed. Each upper tube receiver 31 protrudes to the outside of the chain 32, and its tip end is V-shaped (may be U-shaped or J-shaped) whose upper side is opened when it is located on the lower peripheral portion of the chain 32. Is formed.
[0041]
By the reverse operation of the advance / retreat mechanism 22, the upper tube A supported by the tube frame 21 is moved upward as shown in FIG. 4 (a), by the phantom line in FIG. 7, and by the solid line in FIG. When retreating to a position located below the gap between the tube receivers 31, the advance / retreat sensor S1 is driven by the retracted end interrupter P3 provided on the tube-receiving frame 21, the advance / retreat mechanism 22 is stopped, and the elevating mechanism 23 is further moved. Operate.
[0042]
By the operation of the lifting mechanism 23, as shown in FIG. 4B, FIG. 8 by a virtual line, and FIG. 9 by a solid line, the pipe frame 21 is high in the upper pipe A and the lower pipe B is in the upper part. If it raises to become lower than the pipe receiver 31, the raising / lowering sensor S2 will be driven by the upper limit interrupter P4 provided in the flame | frame 24, and the raising / lowering mechanism 23 will be stopped.
[0043]
Simultaneously with the stop of the elevating mechanism 23, both chains 32 may be rotated so that the lower peripheral portion thereof moves rearward. In this embodiment, the advance / retreat mechanism 22 is operated (reversely operated). 4), the upper pipe A is advanced just above the upper pipe receiver 31, as indicated by a phantom line in FIG. 4 and a solid line in FIG.
[0044]
This position is an initial position in the front-rear direction, that is, an advance / retreat initial position. At this position, the advance / retreat sensor S1 is driven by the advance / retreat initial position interrupter P5, the advance / retreat mechanism 22 is stopped, and the elevation mechanism 23 is reversely operated. As a result, the tube receiving frame 21 is lowered, and the upper tube A is transferred from the upper tube receiving portion 21a of the tube receiving frame 21 to the upper tube receiver 31 as shown in FIG.
[0045]
As the tubular frame 21 is further lowered, the position of the lower pipe B is lowered. Eventually, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), in FIG. 10, the phantom line, and in FIG. Is suspended from the upper tube A via the noodles C.
[0046]
By the way, the elevating frame 26 is provided with a tube detecting sensor S3 for detecting the rearmost tube of the tube receiving means 11, and the elevating frame 26 is moved while the elevating frame 26 and the tube mounting frame 21 are lowered from the upper limit position. The tube detection sensor S3 supported by the second stage detects the rearmost tube supported by the second-stage tube receiving means 11, and then the second-stage interrupter P6 fixed to the frame 24 drives the lift sensor S2. Then, the reverse operation of the lifting mechanism 23 is stopped.
[0047]
The timing for stopping the reverse operation of the elevating mechanism 23 is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, the second stage interrupter P6 is positioned lower than the rising interrupter P2 by the vertical pitch of the tube receiving means 11, and the second stage interrupter. P6 drives the lifting sensor S2, and the lifting mechanism 23 is stopped at a height at which the tube receiving frame 21 enters the lower side of the tube receiving means 11 in the second stage from above, and the lifting / lowering mechanism 22 is actuated at the same time. Simultaneously with the stop of the mechanism 23, the operation of taking out the noodles C from the tube receiving means 11 at the next stage, ie, the second stage from the top in this case, is started to shorten the work time.
[0048]
Then, the noodle C is taken out in the same procedure as that for taking out the noodle C from the uppermost tube receiving means 11, and in parallel with this, the noodle C is transferred from the uppermost tube receiving means 11 to the loading mechanism 3. The noodles C are hung on the loading means 41 of the noodle stretching apparatus 4 as follows.
[0049]
That is, when the lower tube B is suspended and supported by the upper tube A supported by the upper tube receiver 31 via the noodles C, and the lift sensor S2 detects the second-stage interrupter P6 (or the tube detection sensor S3 has two steps from the top). When a tube supported by the eye tube receiving means 11 is detected), the drive mechanism 34 drives the chain 32 so that its lower peripheral portion moves rearward. Each upper tube receiver 31 is inverted 180 ° above the start end of the carry-in conveyor 41 of the noodle stretching apparatus 4, and the upper tube A falls from the upper tube receiver 31 to the carry-in conveyor 41 by this reversal, so that A is transferred to the noodle stretching device 4 and the noodle C is completely put into the noodle stretching device 4 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG.
[0050]
In this embodiment, the carry-in conveyor 41 has a lug-like conveyor chain similar to the tube receiving means 11, and the carrying speed and carry-in of the chain 3 so that one upper pipe A falls between adjacent lugs. In order to harmonize the conveyance speed of the conveyor 41, the carry-in conveyor 41 is driven by the motor 35 via the synchronous transmission mechanism 34.
[0051]
However, the transfer of the upper pipe A from the upper pipe receiver 31 to the start end of the carry-in conveyor 41 does not need to be caused by dropping as described above. For example, the carry line of the carry-in conveyor 41 is connected to the carry line of the carry-in conveyor 41. The upper pipe A is lifted from the upper pipe receiver 31 by the carry-in conveyor 41 by rotating the upper end of the carry-in mechanism 41 at the position higher than the upper end of the carry-in mechanism 31 and rotating. The upper pipe A may be lifted from the upper pipe receiver 31 by a plate and the upper pipe A may be transferred to the carry-in conveyor 41.
[0052]
By the way, if the predetermined number of the upper and lower pipes A and B on the rear end side of the second-stage tube receiving means 11 and the noodles C wound around these have already been transferred to the hooking mechanism 3, When the elevating frame 26 and the tube collecting frame 21 descend from the upper limit position, the tube detection sensor S3 does not detect the last tube of the second stage tube receiving means 11.
[0053]
In this case, the detection of the second-stage interrupter P6 by the raising / lowering sensor S2 immediately after this is invalidated, and the raising / lowering frame 26 continues to descend further from the height at which the raising / lowering sensor S3 detects the second-stage interrupter P6. . The tube detection sensor S3 detects the tube at the rearmost end of the tube receiving means 11 at the third or lower level from the top, and immediately thereafter, the lift sensor S2 is at the third to seventh level. When the interrupters P7 to P11 are detected, the elevating frame 26 is stopped, and the takeout of the noodles C at that stage is started.
[0054]
After all the noodles C up to the seventh stage are taken out and transferred to the loading mechanism 3 from the tube take-up frame 21, the height at which the tube take-up frame 21 and the lifting frame 26 take out the seventh stage noodle C That is, when the lift sensor S2 detects the seventh stage interrupter P11, the operating direction of the lift mechanism 23 is reversed, and when the lift sensor S2 detects the initial height interrupter P0, the lift frame 26 and the pipe The raising of the picking frame 21 is stopped, and it returns to the initial position.
[0055]
Each tube receiving means 11 of the chamber 1 is driven while the elevating frame 26 and the tube receiving frame 21 return to the initial state from the lower limit position, and then each tube receiving means when the rearmost tube is located at a predetermined position. 11 is stopped, and at the same time, the operation after the initial state of the noodle transfer device is repeated, and as a result of this repetition, the upper and lower upper tubes A and B in the chamber 1 and the noodle C wound around them are all taken out. Thereafter, when the tube take-up frame 21 and the elevating frame 26 return to the initial state, the operation program of the noodle transfer device is ended.
[0056]
In the present invention, when the vertical space between the upper tube receiving portion 21a and the lower tube receiving portion 21a of the tube frame 21 is sufficiently large, the chain 32 of the hooking mechanism 3 is connected to the tube receiving means of the chamber 1. 11 is configured with a chain with lugs similar to 11 and can be configured so that the end of the upper tube A is placed on the upper peripheral portion of the chain 32. In order to reduce the height of the noodle transfer device, It is advantageous that the hooking mechanism 3 hangs the left and right ends of the upper tube A at the lower peripheral portion of the chain 32 as in the above-described embodiment.
[0057]
In the embodiment, in order to simplify the configuration of the hooking mechanism 3 and its control, a pair of left and right chains 32 in which the upper tube receiver 31 is linked to the hooking mechanism 3 and these are connected to the sprocket 33. And a motor 35 that is driven via the synchronous transmission shaft 34. Instead of this configuration, a plate-shaped or bar-shaped upper tube receiver having an upper tube receiving portion that positions and supports the upper tube on the upper edge. And the upper tube receiver positioned at a predetermined initial position after receiving the upper tube A from the tube collection frame 21, the upper tube receiver is moved onto the start end portion of the carry-in conveyor 41 and then lowered. Drive means for returning to a predetermined initial position may be provided, and the upper pipe A placed on the upper pipe receiver at the initial position may be transferred from the upper pipe receiver to the starting end portion of the carry-in conveyor 41.
[0058]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention provides an unloading mechanism for pulling out from the chamber after lifting the upper and lower pipes lined up side by side in the room while supporting the upper and lower two levels while maintaining the distance between them. Since the upper and lower tubes around which noodles are wrapped are provided in the chamber, the upper and lower tubes are supported at a height of two levels while maintaining the front-rear interval from the tube receiving means for supporting them at a predetermined front-rear interval. The upper and lower tubes can be picked up from the tube receiving means of the chamber so that no weight other than its own weight acts on the noodles.
[0059]
In addition, the upper and lower tubes wrapped with noodles are pulled out of the chamber while maintaining the front-rear relationship and the vertical relationship, so the noodles are in close contact when the upper and lower tubes are pulled out of the tube receiving means and pulled out of the chamber. There is no risk.
[0060]
The present invention further receives, from the detachment mechanism, only the upper tube that is supported by the detachment mechanism, of the upper and lower tubes drawn out from the chamber, and then lowers the detachment mechanism to bring the noodles into the upper tube. Since the lower pipe is suspended and supported through the noodle stretching device, the upper pipe is hung on the noodle stretcher, so that only the upper pipe is received from the detachment mechanism, and the lower pipe is suspended from the upper pipe via the noodle. Only the upper tube in the upper and lower tubes that are supported side by side can be selected and placed in the noodle stretcher.
[0061]
Moreover, since the lower pipe is suspended and supported by the upper pipe via the noodles by lowering the hanging mechanism after the upper pipe is received from the hanging mechanism, the lower pipe is suspended and supported by the upper pipe via the noodles. The noodles do not act on the noodles other than their own weight, and the noodles wrapped around the upper tube can be prevented from abruptly acting on the weight of the lower tube, and the noodles can be prevented from being shredded. And the lower pipe can be suspended from the upper pipe.
[0062]
In short, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically change the noodles from the chamber to the noodle stretcher in the same manner as a skilled person performs, and it is necessary to change the noodles from the chamber to the noodle transfer device. It is possible to obtain the effect that the labor of the above becomes unnecessary.
[0063]
In the present invention, in particular, the detaching mechanism includes a tube take-up frame formed in an upwardly comb-like shape, an advancing / retracting mechanism for reciprocating the tube take-up frame inside and outside the chamber, and the tube take-up frame reciprocating up and down. An upper and lower mechanism, and when the tube frame has an upper tube receiving portion formed at the upper end of the comb teeth and a lower tube receiving portion formed at the groove bottom between the comb teeth, Since the tubes and the noodles wrapped around them can be taken out of the chamber, the workability can be greatly improved, and the time required for changing the noodles from the chamber to the noodle transfer device can be greatly shortened. It is done.
[0064]
Further, in this case, the upper and lower pipes are hooked into the room in upper and lower multistages, and the elevating drive mechanism is provided with pipe detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the pipes at each stage, from the pipe frame to the hooking mechanism. After the delivery of the upper pipe is completed, the lifting mechanism lowers the pipe frame, and the pipe detection means stops the pipe frame at a position lower than both the upper and lower pipes of the stage where the pipe is detected, so that the upper and lower multistage Both the upper and lower tubes and the noodles wrapped around them can be sequentially replaced with a noodle stretcher by a series of operations, and an effect that a large amount of noodles can be replaced can be processed in a short time.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of a chamber linked to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of an operation of detaching the tube-taking frame from the chamber according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the operation of switching from the detaching mechanism to the suspending mechanism according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the present invention in an initial state.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the main part of the present invention immediately before the tube-taking frame takes both the upper and lower tubes indoors.
FIG. 7 is a side view of the main part of the present invention immediately after the pipe frame has taken both the upper and lower pipes indoors.
FIG. 8 is a side view of the main part of the present invention when the tube-drawing frame is retracted to the retracted position.
FIG. 9 is a side view of the present invention when the tube take-up frame is raised to the upper limit position in the retracted position.
FIG. 10 is a side view of the present invention when the tube-drawing frame is moved to the front and rear initial positions at the upper limit position.
FIG. 11 is a side view of the present invention when the tube collecting frame is lowered to a position corresponding to the second-stage tube receiving means from above.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 room
2 Unload mechanism
3 Entrainment mechanism
4 Noodle stretcher
21 Tube frame
21a Upper tube receiving part
21b Lower pipe receiving part
22 Advance / Retreat Mechanism
23 Lifting mechanism
31 Upper tube receiver
S3 tube detection sensor
32 chain
33 Sprocket
34 Synchronous transmission mechanism
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Claims (5)

The upper and lower pipes hung side by side in the interior of the room are lifted by supporting the two upper and lower levels while maintaining the distance between the front and rear, and an unloading mechanism for pulling out from the room and the upper and lower pipes drawn from the room. Among them, the upper tube that is highly supported by the unloading mechanism is received from the unloading mechanism, and then the unloading mechanism is lowered and the lower tube is suspended and supported by the upper tube via noodles, and then the upper tube is removed. A noodle transfer device comprising: a noodle drawing device; The hanging mechanism comprises a tube collecting frame formed in an upward comb-like shape, an advancing / retracting mechanism for reciprocating the tube collecting frame inside and outside the chamber, and an elevating mechanism for reciprocating the tube collecting frame up and down, The tube receiving frame has an upper tube receiving portion formed at the upper end of each comb tooth and a lower tube receiving portion formed at a groove bottom between the comb teeth, and the hooking mechanism is provided on the tube receiving frame. The noodle transfer device according to claim 1, comprising the same number or more of upper tube receivers as the upper tube receiver. The upper and lower pipes are hooked up and down in multiple stages in the room, and the elevating drive mechanism is provided with pipe detection means for detecting the presence or absence of pipes at each stage, and the delivery of the upper pipe from the pipe holder to the hooking mechanism is completed. 3. The noodle transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the elevating mechanism lowers the tube collecting frame and the tube detecting means stops the tube collecting frame at a position lower than both the upper and lower tubes of the stage where the tube is detected. . The hooking mechanism has a pair of left and right chains in which the upper tube receivers are chained at a predetermined interval, and the lower peripheral portions of both chains are positioned in parallel with the upper and lower pipe pulling directions of the hooking mechanism. A sprocket group around which both chains are wound, and a drive mechanism that drives both the chains synchronously, and the advance / retreat mechanism positions the pipe frame of the detachment mechanism between the upper pipe receivers adjacent to the upper pipe receivers. Then, the elevating mechanism raises the tube frame to a position where the upper tube receiving part of the tube frame becomes higher than the upper tube plate of the chain, and then the advance / retract mechanism moves the tube frame to the upper tube. The receiving part is moved to a position located on the upper side of the upper tube receiver of the chain, or the drive mechanism is moved to the position where the upper pipe holder is located on the lower side of the upper pipe receiving part of the pipe frame, Furthermore, after this, the elevating mechanism lifts the tube frame over it. By receiving lowers to a position lower than the upper tube receiving chain, noodles transfer device according to claim 2 or 3 on pipe that is supported by the upper pipe receiving portion is received in the receiving the upper tube. After the upper tube is received by the hanging mechanism from the tube frame, the lifting mechanism lowers the tube frame until it is lower than the lower tube suspended and supported by the hanging mechanism via the upper tube and noodles, Thereafter, the drive mechanism drives the chain, and the upper tube is hung on the noodle stretching device by dropping the upper tube on the noodle stretching device from the upper tube receiver that is turned upside down at the direction changing portion at the rear end of the chain. 4. The noodle transfer device according to 4.

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