JP6453503B1 - Noodle strip feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

In a noodle band supply device, automating replenishment of noodle bands eliminates the manual operation for joining the leading end of the supplementary noodle band to the end of the noodle band, thereby improving productivity in supplying the noodle band. Increase.
SOLUTION: A transport device 20 for transporting a noodle band from a receiving unit 20a for receiving a strip-shaped noodle band to a supply unit 20b for supplying the noodle band to the next process, and a container 18 containing a noodle band of a predetermined length. A gripping device 50 that grips and removes the leading end of the noodle strip for replenishment and superposes it on the end portion of the noodle strip that is transported in advance by the transport device 20, and a pair of rollers for the noodle strip being transported by the transport device 20 And a crimping device 90 for integrally joining the leading end portion of the supplementary noodle strip superposed on the end portion of the preceding noodle strip.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a noodle strip supply device for supplying a noodle strip as a raw material to a process for producing dumplings, shumai, spring rolls, wontons, noodles and the like.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a noodle strip supply device that supplies a dumpling forming device to supply a noodle strip that is a raw hide of dumplings. Since the dumpling forming apparatus continuously forms dumplings, it is necessary to continuously supply the noodle strips without interruption. On the other hand, the noodle band is generally a roll of a predetermined length wound around a core rod. Therefore, in order to continuously supply the noodle strip, when the end of the noodle strip is confirmed during the supply of the noodle strip, the tip of the supplementary noodle strip is joined to the end portion.

JP 2006-333750 A

  The operation of joining the leading end portion of the supplementary noodle strip to the end portion of the noodle strip is a manual operation and requires care so as not to cause sanitary problems associated with the manual operation. For this reason, there is a limit to increasing productivity in supplying noodle strips.

  An object of the present invention is to eliminate the manual operation for joining the leading end of the noodle strip for replenishment to the end portion of the noodle strip by automating the replenishment of the noodle strip in the noodle strip supplying apparatus. It is to increase productivity.

  1st invention of this invention is a noodle strip which hold | maintained the conveying apparatus which conveys a noodle strip from the receiving part which receives a strip | belt-shaped noodle strip toward the supply part which supplies a noodle strip to the next process, and the noodle strip of predetermined length A gripping device that grips and removes the leading end of the refilling noodle strip from the holding means and superposes the end portion of the noodle strip that is transported in advance by the transporting device, and a pair of noodle strips that are transported by the transporting device. And a pressure bonding device for integrally joining the leading end portion of the supplementary noodle strip superposed on the end portion of the preceding noodle strip.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the sensor according to the first aspect, further comprising a sensor that detects that a terminal portion of the preceding noodle band has passed a predetermined position near the receiving portion of the transport device, and the gripping device includes the sensor Is activated in response to detecting that the end of the preceding noodle band has passed the predetermined position.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the noodle strip holding means is a container for storing a single noodle strip folded in a plurality of layers, and the opening of the container is a lid. Before the gripping device grips the leading end of the supplementary noodle strip, the lid of the container containing the supplementary noodle strip is opened, and the noodle strip preceded by the lid is opened. The lid transfer device is provided so as to cover the opening of the empty container that contains the container.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the gripping device includes an adsorber that adsorbs and grips the tip of the supplementary noodle strip, and a replenishment adsorbed by the adsorber. A holding plate for holding the tip of the noodle band from the lower surface side.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, when the gripping device polymerizes the leading end of the supplementary noodle strip to the end of the preceding noodle strip, A presser roller is provided that presses the leading end portion toward the transfer surface of the transfer device so as to be separated from the gripping device, and the presser roller is rotatable in the noodle band transfer direction by the transfer device.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, the noodle strip held by the noodle strip holding means is gripped by the gripping device to form a supplementary noodle strip, and the leading end of the supplementary noodle strip is superposed on the end portion of the preceding noodle strip. And the front-end | tip part of the supplementary noodle band is integrally joined to the terminal part of the preceding noodle band with a crimping | compression-bonding apparatus. Therefore, the replenishment of the noodle band can be automated, and the productivity in supplying the noodle band to the next process can be increased.

It is a schematic plan view which shows the noodle strip supply apparatus 100 as one Embodiment of this invention with the dumpling shaping apparatus G which is a supply destination of a noodle strip. FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a noodle strip replenishing device 10 in the noodle strip supply device 100. It is a side view of the noodle strip replenishing device 10. It is an enlarged front view of the conveyance apparatus 20 in the noodle strip supply apparatus 100. 3 is a side view of a transport device 20. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of a moving mechanism 50A in the gripping device 50 of the transport device 20. FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a transport device 20 FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional enlarged front view of a noodle strip suction mechanism 60 in a gripping device 50 of a transport device 20. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a noodle strip adsorption mechanism 60. FIG. It is an enlarged partial bottom view of the noodle strip adsorption mechanism 60. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of a control circuit in the noodle strip supply apparatus 100. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing main program contents of a control unit 70.

<Overall Configuration of One Embodiment>
FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a noodle strip supply device 100 that continuously supplies a strip-shaped noodle strip to the dumpling forming device G. The noodle strip supply device 100 includes a transport device 20 that transports the noodle strip toward the dumpling forming device G, and a noodle strip replenishment device 10 that replenishes the transport device 20 with the noodle strip. The noodle strip replenishing device 10 is replenished with a predetermined length of noodle strip accommodated in the container 18 from the previous step (not shown). The noodle band accommodated in the container 18 is taken out from the container 18, transported by the transport device 20, and supplied to the dumpling forming device G. In addition, in the dumpling forming apparatus G, as it is well known, the rawhide for dumplings is formed from the noodle strip, and the dumplings are continuously produced by wrapping rice cake in the rawhide.

<Configuration and operation of the noodle strip replenishing device 10>
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the noodle strip replenishing device 10 includes three roller conveyors 12, 13, and 14 arranged in a gate shape in plan view. Each of the roller conveyors 12, 13, and 14 is rotated by a plurality of rollers, and the container 18 placed thereon moves by gravity in the rotation direction of the rollers as indicated by white arrows in FIG. Is done. For this reason, the surface formed by the upper surface of each roller is arranged with the arrow direction inclined downward. That is, the upper surfaces of the rollers of the roller conveyors 12, 13, and 14 are made lower on the tip side of each arrow than on the root side.

  A container receiving table 11 and a container unloading table 15 are provided on the side of each roller conveyor 12, 14 away from the roller conveyor 13. The container receiving table 11 is a table for receiving and placing the container 18 containing the noodle band from the previous process, and the upper surface so that the container 18 placed on the table slides due to gravity and moves toward the roller conveyor 12. Is formed on an inclined surface. The container carry-out stand 15 is a stand for temporarily waiting for the container 18 that has been emptied after the noodle band is taken out, and the container 18 pushed out from the roller conveyor 14 is placed thereon. The container 18 on the container carry-out stand 15 is transported to a separate process (not shown) for storing the noodle band inside. In the separate process, a single noodle band is accommodated in a plurality of layers in the container 18, and the opening of the container 18 is covered with a lid 18a so as to be opened and closed. In the state where the lid 18a is closed, the inside of the container 18 is hermetically sealed, and the humidity of the noodle strip accommodated in the container 18 is maintained, and ripening also proceeds in the container 18. The container 18 is a hexahedron-shaped box, and an upper surface is an opening, and corresponds to the noodle strip holding means of the present invention.

  In the roller conveyor 13, container moving mechanisms 16 and 17 are provided at the upstream end and the downstream end as viewed in the flow of the container 18, respectively. The container moving mechanism 16 moves the container 18 descending from the roller conveyor 12 by drawing it onto the roller conveyor 13, and is normally disposed at a position lower than the upper surface of the roller conveyor 13, and moves the container 18. The roller conveyor 13 is configured to protrude to a position higher than the upper surface of the rollers and to transmit power to the lower surface of the container 18. The container moving mechanism 17 has the same configuration as the container moving mechanism 16, and the container moving mechanism 17 is configured to push and move the container 18 on the roller conveyor 13 onto the roller conveyor 14.

  The container moving mechanism 16 is operated by detecting that the container 18 does not exist on the container moving mechanism 16, and moves the container 18 descending from the roller conveyor 12 onto the roller conveyor 13. As a result, when the movement of the container 18 on the container moving mechanism 16 is completed, the container moving mechanism 16 descends to a position lower than the rollers of the roller conveyor 13 and leaves the bottom of the container 18 to enter a standby state. Further, the container moving mechanism 17 is operated to move the empty container 18 onto the roller conveyor 14 when the noodle strip is completely taken out from the container 18 existing thereon. When the movement is completed, the container moving mechanism 17 descends to a position lower than the rollers of the roller conveyor 13, leaves the bottom of the container 18, and enters a standby state. A sensor 80 is provided at a position adjacent to the roller conveyor 13. The sensor 80 indicates that the end of the noodle band has passed over the sensor 80 after the noodle band has been removed from the container 18. It is something to detect.

<Configuration and Action of Lid Transfer Device 40 in Noodle Band Replenishment Device 10>
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a lid transfer device 40 is provided in a space surrounded by the roller conveyors 12, 13, and 14 arranged in a gate shape. In the lid transfer device 40, the slide rail 41 is horizontally supported by two support columns 44, and the arm 42 can slide along the slide rail 41. An adsorber 43 is provided at the tip of the arm 42, and the adsorber 43 exists on the roller conveyor 14 adjacent to the upper position of the container 18 existing on the container moving mechanism 17 by the movement of the arm 42. It is possible to move between the upper position of the container 18 to be. The adsorber 43 is configured to adsorb and lift the lid 18a of the container 18 by vacuum.

  When the container 18 containing the noodle band moves on the container moving mechanism 17, the adsorber 43 adsorbs and lifts the lid 18a of the container 18. And it is moving on the roller conveyor 14, and the lid | cover 18a is put on the opening part of the container 18 which the noodle strip was taken out and became empty.

<Configuration and operation of transport device 20>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 9, the transport device 20 includes a belt conveyor 21 that transports the noodle strip from the noodle strip replenishing device 10 in the horizontal direction, and the noodle strip in the subsequent stage of the belt conveyor 21 from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. Belt conveyors 23 and 27 are provided for changing the direction of conveyance. The belt conveyor 21 is formed by stretching a conveyor belt 35 across a driving roller 92 and a driven roller 22. The driving roller 92 is driven by a motor 93 to drive the conveyor belt 35. The noodle strips placed on are conveyed in the direction indicated by the white arrows in FIG.

  The belt conveyor 23 is formed by stretching a conveyor belt 36 across the driving roller 26 and the driven roller 24, and the conveyor belt 36 is driven when the driving roller 26 is driven by a motor 31. A driven roller 25 is disposed between the drive roller 26 and the driven roller 24 in a portion surrounded by the conveyor belt 36. By the driven roller 25, the direction of the conveyor belt 36 is changed to a substantially right angle. Further, the driven roller 24 is disposed adjacent to the driving roller 92, and the noodle band conveyed on the conveyor belt 35 is transferred onto the conveyor belt 36 without any step, and is outlined in FIG. It is conveyed in the direction indicated by. The driven roller 24 has a smaller diameter than that of the driving roller 92 so that the gap between the belt conveyor 21 and the belt conveyor 23 is reduced. Thereby, the trouble that the noodle strip passing through the joint between the belt conveyor 21 and the belt conveyor 23 enters the gap between the joints is prevented.

  The belt conveyor 27 is disposed adjacent to the inner angle side of the conveyor belt 36 whose direction is changed to a substantially right angle, and is formed by stretching a conveyor belt 37 across the driving roller 28 and the driven roller 29. Is driven by the motor 30 to drive the conveyor belt 37. The conveyor belt 37 is arranged so as to be conveyed in the direction indicated by the white arrow in FIG. 4 with a noodle band sandwiched between the conveyor belt 36 and the conveyor belt 36.

  In a portion surrounded by the conveyor belt 36, two guide rollers 34 are provided between the driving roller 26 and the driven roller 25 at a distance from each other. Each guide roller 34 is disposed so as to contact the inner surface of the conveyor belt 36 adjacent to the conveyor belt 37. Further, two guide rollers 33 are provided between the driving roller 28 and the driven roller 29 at a portion surrounded by the conveyor belt 37 at a distance from each other. Each guide roller 33 is disposed in contact with the inner surface of the conveyor belt 37 adjacent to the conveyor belt 36. In addition, each guide roller 33 is spring-biased in a direction in which the conveyor belt 37 contacts the conveyor belt 36. Therefore, the noodle band passing between the conveyor belt 36 and the conveyor belt 37 is sandwiched and conveyed by the spring biasing force of each guide roller 33.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the belt conveyor 21 is supported by the support column 38, and the belt conveyors 23 and 27 are supported by the support column 32.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the belt conveyor 21 has the height of the upper surface of the conveyor belt 35 substantially the same as the upper edge of the container 18 positioned on the container moving mechanism 17 (see FIG. 2) of the roller conveyor 13. Has been. Therefore, when the noodle strip taken out from the container 18 is transferred onto the conveyor belt 35, the moving distance of the noodle strip can be shortened and an unreasonable force can be prevented from being applied to the noodle strip. The upper surface of the conveyor belt 35 forms a receiving portion 20a for receiving the noodle strip from the container 18, and the exit of the noodle strip sandwiched between the conveyor belts 36 and 37 is connected to the dumpling forming apparatus G (see FIG. 1). The supply part 20b which supplies a belt | band | zone is comprised.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a sensor 80 is provided between the belt conveyor 21 and the container 18 at an obliquely lower position of the driven roller 22 (corresponding to a predetermined position near the receiving portion 20a in the present invention). The sensor 80 is replenished from the container 18 and detects when the end portion of the noodle strip conveyed by the belt conveyor 21 passes over the sensor 80.

<Configuration and operation of the crimping device 90 in the transport device 20>
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the pressure bonding device 90 is composed of a combination of a drive roller 92 and a pressure roller 91, and the pressure roller 91 is provided on the drive roller 92 and on the conveyor belt 35. For this reason, the pressure roller 91 is configured to press the conveyor belt 35 against the noodle band conveyed in the direction indicated by the white arrow in FIG.

<Configuration and operation of gripping device 50>
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the gripping device 50 includes a moving mechanism 50 </ b> A and a noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60. In the moving mechanism 50 </ b> A, the slide rail 51 is horizontally supported by two support columns 53, and the arm 52 is slidable along the slide rail 51 using the motor 54 as a power source. A noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 is provided at the tip of the arm 52. The noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 can move between the upper position of the container 18 existing on the container moving mechanism 17 (see FIG. 2) and the upper position of the receiving portion 20a of the belt conveyor 21 by the movement of the arm 52. Has been. Further, the noodle strip adsorption mechanism 60 is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the arm 52 by using a motor 55 as a power source.

<Configuration and Action of Noodle Band Adsorption Mechanism 60 in Gripping Device 50>
As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 includes an adsorber 61 that adsorbs and holds the noodle strip by vacuum, and a holding plate that holds the noodle strip adsorbed by the adsorber 61 from the lower surface side. 62 and a pressing roller 63 that presses the upper surface of the noodle band toward the conveying surface of the belt conveyor 21 in a state where the adsorber 61 has released the adsorption of the noodle band. The adsorber 61 includes an airtight container 61a. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, a plurality of suction cups 61b are provided on the lower surface side of the airtight container 61a. Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a connector 61c for introducing a vacuum into the hermetic container 61a is coupled to the hermetic container 61a.

  A frame 61d is fixed to the upper part of the airtight container 61a, and three brackets 61e, 61f, 61g are fixed on the frame 61d. A hinge pin 64 is fixed through the lower portion of each bracket 61e, 61f, 61g, and the holding plate 62 and the pressing roller 63 are coupled to each other by the hinge pin 64 so as to be rotatable around each one end. However, one end of the holding plate 62 is coupled to the hinge pin 64 via a pair of arms 62a. Intermediate portions of the pair of arms 62a between the hinge pin 64 side and the holding plate 62 side are connected to each other by a connecting rod 62c, and both ends of the connecting rod 62c are connected to an output rod 62d of the actuator 62b. The actuator 62b is swingably supported between the brackets 61e and 61f. Therefore, in accordance with the operation of the actuator 62b, the connecting rod 62c performs an arc motion around the hinge pin 64 between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the holding plate 62 is formed by bending a stainless steel plate with an L-shaped cross section. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the holding plate 62 is moved between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the phantom line by the operation of the actuator 62b. At the position indicated by the phantom line, the tip M2a of the noodle strip M2 adsorbed by the suction cup 61b of the adsorber 61 is held from below. When the holding plate 62 moves below the tip M2a of the noodle band M2, there is a possibility that the noodle band M2 may be damaged by coming into contact with the noodle band M2. In that case, the holding plate 62 is configured not only to rotate around the hinge pin 64 but also to move vertically below the noodle strip M2 when contacting or separating from the tip M2a of the noodle strip M2. May be.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the presser roller 63 is rotatably coupled between the other ends of a pair of arms 63 a having one end rotatably coupled to the hinge pin 64. Each arm 63a is bent at a substantially right angle between both ends (see FIG. 10), and the presser roller 63 is attracted while the presser roller 63 is moved downward about the hinge pin 64 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG. It is designed to press the upper surface of the noodle band M2 adsorbed by the container 61 in the direction of the belt conveyor 21. One end side (hinge pin 64 side) of the pair of arms 63a is connected to each other by a connecting rod 63c, and both ends of the connecting rod 63c are connected to an output rod 63d of the actuator 63b. The actuator 63b is supported between the brackets 61f and 61g so as to be swingable. Therefore, in accordance with the operation of the actuator 63b, the connecting rod 63c moves in a circular arc between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the arm 63a and the pressing roller 63 are moved between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the phantom line by the operation of the actuator 63b. At the position indicated by the phantom line, the presser roller 63 presses the upper surface of the noodle band M2 as described above, and at the position indicated by the solid line, the presser roller 63 is located away from the noodle band M2.

<Configuration and operation of control circuit>
FIG. 13 shows the main part of the control circuit in the noodle strip supply apparatus 100. The control unit 70 which forms the center of the control circuit is composed of a program-controlled computer. The control unit 70 takes in the signal from the sensor 80 described above. The signals from the control unit 70 are the motor for the container moving mechanism 16, the motor for the container moving mechanism 17, the motor 45 for the lid transfer device 40, the opening / closing valve for the adsorber 43 of the lid transfer device 40, and the movement mechanism 50A. The motor 54, the motor 55 of the moving mechanism 50A, the opening / closing valve for the airtight container 61a, the actuator 62b, the actuator 63b, the motor 93 for the driving roller 92, the motor 31 for the driving roller 26, and the motor 30 for the driving roller 28 are output. .

  FIG. 14 shows the main program contents of the control unit 70. When the program is started at the start, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the sensor 80 has detected the end portion M1a of the noodle band M1 being conveyed by the conveying device 20. That is, it is determined whether or not the sensor 80 has detected the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1 on the transport device 20. If the end portion M1a is not detected, a negative determination is made in step S1, and the processing after step S2 is skipped. When the terminal part M1a of the noodle band M1 is detected, an affirmative determination is made in step S1, and the motor for the container moving mechanism 17 is operated in step S2. That is, the empty container 18 is moved from the roller conveyor 13 to the roller conveyor 14.

  When the movement of the empty containers 18 from the roller conveyor 13 to the roller conveyor 14 is completed, the container moving mechanism 17 is moved downward from a position higher than the roller upper surface of the roller conveyor 13 to a lower position. When the container moving mechanism 17 is lowered in this way, the container 18 containing the noodle band immediately moves from the upstream side of the roller conveyor 13 by gravity and is finally positioned on the container moving mechanism 17.

  In step S3, the motor 45 of the lid transfer device 40 is operated to move the adsorber 43 onto the lid 18a of the container 18 on the container moving mechanism 17, and the opening / closing valve (not shown) of the adsorber 43 is turned on. Open and supply vacuum to the adsorber 43. As a result, the lid 18 a is adsorbed by the adsorber 43. Thereafter, the adsorber 43 is moved onto the empty container 18 on the roller conveyor 14 via the arm 42 by the motor 45 of the lid transfer device 40. At that position, the supply of the vacuum to the adsorber 43 is shut off, and the lid 18a is placed so as to close the opening of the empty container 18.

  In step S4, the motor 54 and the motor 55 of the moving mechanism 50A of the gripping device 50 are actuated so that the noodle belt adsorption mechanism 60 is opened in the container whose lid 18a is opened on the roller conveyor 13 as indicated by phantom lines in FIG. 18 is moved above. Specifically, the adsorber 61 of the noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 is moved onto the tip portion M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 accommodated in the container 18. In this state, the on-off valve (not shown) is opened so as to supply vacuum into the airtight container 61a of the adsorber 61. As a result, the tip M2a of the supplementary noodle band M2 is adsorbed by the suction cup 61b of the adsorber 61. Thereafter, the noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 is moved to the conveying device 20 side by the motor 54 while being lifted by the motor 55. During this movement, the holding plate 62 is moved from the solid line position in FIG. 10 to the phantom line position by the operation of the actuator 62b, and the leading end portion M2a of the supplementary noodle band M2 is held from below by the holding plate 62. . Thereby, even if the suction force of the tip M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 by the suction cup 61b is weak, the supplementary noodle strip M2 is prevented from dropping from the adsorber 61 of the noodle strip adsorption mechanism 60.

  In step S5, the motor 54 and the motor 55 of the moving mechanism 50A are actuated so that the noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 that adsorbs the leading end M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 is received by the transport device 20 as shown by the solid line in FIG. It moves on the part 20a. When the leading end M2a of the refilling noodle strip M2 reaches a position where it overlaps the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1 moving on the belt conveyor 21, the holding plate 62 is lifted as shown by a solid line in FIG. . Therefore, the front end portion M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 is polymerized to the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1.

  In step S6, the suction of the tip M2a by the suction cup 61b is released, and at the same time, the actuator 63b is actuated to press the presser roller 63 against the upper surface of the tip M2a of the refill noodle strip M2 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG. . As a result, the front end portion M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 is separated from the suction cup 61b of the adsorber 61 and overlaps the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1. Thereafter, in step S7, the noodle band suction mechanism 60 is lifted by the operation of the motor 55 of the moving mechanism 50A, and returns to the initial position.

  The leading end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1 and the leading end portion M2a of the replenishing noodle strip M2 are conveyed on the conveyor belt 35 of the belt conveyor 21 in a state where they overlap each other, and the driving roller 92 and the pressure roller of the pressure bonding device 90 91, and they are crimped and integrated with each other. The integrated noodle band is sandwiched and conveyed by the belt conveyors 23 and 27, and is supplied from the supply unit 20b to the dumpling forming apparatus G in the next step.

<Operation and Effect of One Embodiment>
According to the above embodiment, the noodle strip contained in the container 18 is gripped by the gripping device 50 to form the supplementary noodle strip M2, and the leading end M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 is the leading end of the preceding noodle strip M1. The tip end M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 is integrally joined to the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1 by the pressure bonding device 90. Therefore, replenishment of the noodle band can be automated, and productivity in supplying the noodle band to the dumpling forming apparatus G which is the next process can be increased.

<Other functions and effects in one embodiment>
The sensor 80 detects that the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle band M1 has passed the position immediately before reaching the receiving portion 20a of the transport device 20, and in response to the detection, the container moving mechanism 17, the lid transfer device 40, and the grip The device 50 is activated. And the front-end | tip part M2a of the supplementary noodle band M2 is superposed | polymerized by the terminal part M1a of the noodle band M1 currently conveyed. Therefore, the transport speed of the noodle strip by the transport device 20, the operating speed of the container moving mechanism 17, the lid transfer device 40 and the gripping device 50, the initial position of the noodle strip suction mechanism 60, and the end portion of the noodle strip M1 by the gripping device 50 By appropriately adjusting the polymerization position of the tip M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 with respect to M1a, the supplementary noodle strip M2 can be inserted into the end portion M1a of the noodle strip M1 with appropriate accuracy without complicated control. The tip M2a can be polymerized.

  The noodle band is accommodated in the container 18 closed by the lid 18a until just before being gripped by the gripping device 50. Therefore, while the noodle strip is in the container 18, the humidity of the noodle strip can be appropriately maintained, and the noodle strip is aged in the container 18 until refilling of the noodle strip from the container 18 is started. Can continue. The lid 18a of the refilling noodle strip container 18 picked up by the lid transfer device 40 accommodates the preceding noodle strip until just before, and is put on the container 18 that is empty at this point. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently open and close the lid 18a without needless movement and extra space such as temporarily storing the lid 18a that has been picked up in a specific storage location.

  Further, the noodle strip suction mechanism 60 of the gripping device 50 grips the noodle strip by sucking it with the sucker 61 and holds the gripped state with the holding plate 62. Therefore, the end of the noodle band M1 that has been transported in advance is securely gripped by the leading end M2a of the supplementary noodle band M2 without dropping the noodle band gripped by the noodle band adsorption mechanism 60 in the middle of movement. It can be polymerized to the part M1a. In addition, the gripping device 50 supplements the gripping of the tip M2a of the supplementary noodle strip M2 not only by the suction device 61 but also by the holding plate 62, so that the suction device 61 is compared with the case where the gripping device 50 grips the noodle strip only by the suction device 61. Can be reduced, and the possibility of damaging the tip M2a of the supplementary noodle band M2 due to the strong adsorption force can be suppressed.

  Further, when the noodle strip adsorbing mechanism 60 of the gripping device 50 superimposes the leading end portion M2a of the refilling noodle strip M2 on the end portion M1a of the preceding noodle strip M1, the presser roller 63 causes the leading end portion of the refilling noodle strip M2 to Press M2a away from the noodle strip adsorption mechanism 60. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem that the noodle band M2 held by the noodle band adsorption mechanism 60 does not leave while being held by the noodle band adsorption mechanism 60. Further, since the presser roller 63 is rotatable by the arm 63a, the presser roller 63 is rotated in the transport direction in accordance with the transport of the noodle strip by the transport device 20, and does not prevent the transport of the noodle strip. Therefore, the refilling noodle band M2 that is conveyed does not receive a force that prevents the conveyance by the pressing roller 63, and the noodle band can be prevented from being extended or cut by the force.

<Other embodiments>
As mentioned above, although specific embodiment was described, this invention is not limited to those external appearances and structures, A various change, addition, and deletion are possible. For example, in the above embodiment, the next step in which the noodle band is supplied is the dumpling forming apparatus G, but it may be a process for forming various ingredients using noodle bands such as Shumai, Harumaki, and noodles. It may be a rawhide molding process such as spring rolls and wontons.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the noodle strip holding means is the container 18 in which the noodle strip is folded and accommodated, but any form may be used as long as it holds the noodle strip of a predetermined length. It may be wound.

  In the above embodiment, the presser roller 63 is provided integrally with the noodle strip suction mechanism 60 of the gripping device 50, but may be provided independently of the gripping device 50.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Noodle strip replenishment apparatus 11 Container receiving stand 12, 13, 14 Roller conveyor 15 Container unloading stand 16, 17 Container moving mechanism 18 Container (noodle strip holding means)
18a Lid 20 Transport device 20a Receiving unit 20b Supply units 21, 23, 27 Belt conveyors 22, 24, 25, 29 Driven rollers 26, 28 Drive rollers 30, 31 Motors 32, 38 Support columns 33, 34 Guide rollers 35, 36, 37 Conveyor belt 40 Lid transfer device 41 Slide rail 42 Arm 43 Suction device 44 Strut 45 Motor 50 Holding device 50A Moving mechanism 51 Slide rail 52 Arm 53 Struts 54, 55 Motor 60 Noodle band suction mechanism 61 Suction device 61a Airtight container 61b Suction cup 61c Connector 61d Frame 61e, 61f, 61g Bracket 62 Holding plate 62a Arm 62b Actuator 62c Connecting rod 62d Output rod 63 Pressing roller 63a Arm 63b Actuator 63c Connecting rod 63d Output rod 64 Hinge pin 70 Unit 80 sensor 90 crimping device 91 the pressure roller 92 driving roller 93 motor 100 dough feeder G dumpling molding machine M1 preceding the tip portion of the terminal end M2 replenishing noodle M2a refill noodle of dough to dough M1a prior

Claims (5)

A transport device that transports the noodle strip from the receiving unit that receives the strip-shaped noodle strip toward the supply unit that supplies the noodle strip to the next process;
A gripping device that grips and removes the leading end of the refilling noodle strip from the noodle strip holding means that holds the noodle strip of a predetermined length, and superposes it on the end portion of the noodle strip that is transported in advance by the transport device;
A noodle strip supply device comprising: a pressure bonding device that sandwiches a leading end portion of a supplementary noodle strip superposed on an end portion of a preceding noodle strip by sandwiching the noodle strip being transported by the transport device with a pair of rollers. . In claim 1,
A sensor for detecting that the terminal portion of the preceding noodle band has passed a predetermined position near the receiving portion of the transport device;
The gripping device is a noodle strip supply device that is activated when the sensor detects that the end of the preceding noodle strip has passed the predetermined position. In claim 1 or 2,
The noodle strip holding means is a container that accommodates a single noodle strip folded in a plurality of layers, and the opening of the container can be opened and closed by a lid,
Prior to the gripping device gripping the tip of the supplementary noodle strip, the container containing the supplementary noodle strip is opened and the empty container containing the noodle strip preceding the lid is opened. Noodle band supply device comprising a lid transfer device that covers the opening of the lid. In any one of Claims 1-3,
The gripping device is
An adsorber that adsorbs and grips the tip of the refill noodle strip;
A noodle strip supply device comprising: a holding plate that holds the tip of the supplementary noodle strip adsorbed by the adsorber from the lower surface side thereof. In any one of Claims 1-4,
When the gripping device superimposes the leading end of the refilling noodle strip on the end of the preceding noodle strip, presses the leading end of the refilling noodle strip toward the transport surface of the transporting device so as to be separated from the gripping device. A noodle strip supply device comprising a presser roller for rotating the noodle strip in the transport direction of the noodle strip by the transport device.

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