JP6540985B2 - Conveying unit of the machine with rice bowl - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a conveyance unit that sequentially conveys a plurality of containers such as lunch boxes in a rice bowl-embedded apparatus that deposits predetermined amounts of rice in each container.

  Conventionally, as an apparatus for transporting food containers and laying rice, a shuttle conveyor capable of continuously transporting a plurality of containers, and a container transport means for receiving the containers supplied from the conveyor and transporting the containers are provided. There is disclosed a configuration in which a container on the movable portion can be supplied to the container conveying means by retracting the terminal movable portion of the conveyor (see Patent Document 1). It is an object of the present invention to realize an apparatus for automatically supplying containers such as food which can rapidly supply a large number of containers while being able to cope with changes in the size of containers such as food. A shuttle conveyor capable of continuously transporting a plurality of containers, and a container conveying means for receiving the supply of the containers from the conveyor and conveying the containers, the container on the movable portion is moved by the backward movement of the movable end portion of the conveyor. The container conveyance means is configured to be able to supply the container conveyance means, and the container conveyance means has a bottom plate or the like on which the container supplied from the movable end portion is placed, and a pair of guide rails for regulating the width direction position of the container A container that can be transported in the transport direction, and a partition that transports the container in the transport direction by engaging with the back surface of the container placed on the bottom plate or the like. Pieces are fixed along the above conveying direction It is provided to 隔毎.

JP 2002-240921 A

  However, since the above-mentioned conventional conveyance unit pushes the container with the attachment and carries it intermittently, the container may be inertially moved to the downstream side of the stop position of the attachment and shifted from the mounting position during the intermittent conveyance. there were. Since the position of dropping of the cooked rice is fixed, if the rice is dropped while being shifted from the laying position, the laying position of the cooked rice will be biased or the cooked rice will spill, and the appearance of the laying becomes worse. It will

  Therefore, in the present invention, during intermittent conveyance, it is suppressed that the container is shifted from the predetermined deposition position, and it is prevented that the rice is dropped while remaining from the deposition position, and the rice is deposited. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transport unit which can be put on a well-dressed state without any deviation in position or spilled rice.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following means. In addition, although the symbol or number in the following parenthesized writing shows the referential mark in the below-mentioned Example for understanding, it is not the meaning limited to the structure shown by these referential mark.

The transport unit according to claim 1 of the present invention is disposed below the supply unit of cooked rice in which the cooked rice is dropped into the container at a predetermined placement position and disposed, and the plurality of containers disposed along the conveyance direction are A conveyor belt for intermittently conveying to the predetermined deposition position;
An attachment which is provided at equal intervals on the transport belt along the transport direction of the container and which contacts at least the upstream side of the transport container;
Power means for driving the transport belt;
Equipped with
The attachment means is brought into contact with at least the upstream side of the container by driving the conveyor belt by the motive means, and the intermittent conveyance is performed sequentially to the predetermined mounting position and the downstream side of the predetermined mounting position. It is a conveyance unit of the machine with rice bowl, and
An urging means provided with an abutting portion which abuts on the downstream side of the container which is going to move inertially under the inertia force and is biased to limit the inertial movement when being intermittently transported to the predetermined deposition position; In addition,
The container is characterized in that the contact portion provided on the biasing means is retracted downstream in the transport direction during transport by intermittent container transport from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the transport unit according to the first aspect, the biasing unit is in the biasing direction on the upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the container intermittently transported to the predetermined deposition position. The shaft rotates to urge the contact portion into contact with the downstream side of the container,
With respect to the container which is intermittently transported from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction, the biasing means is pivoted in the opposite direction to the bias direction which is the downstream side in the transport direction, and the abutting portion is transported downstream in the transport direction It has a fixed shaft for retracting to the side.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the conveyance unit according to claim 1 or 2, the abutting portion retracts to the downstream side in the conveyance direction when the weight of the container is applied during intermittent conveyance. It is
The invention according to claim 4 relates to the conveyance unit according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein the biasing means causes the abutment portion to abut on the downstream side of the container by gravity falling. It has a weight section that urges the upstream side in the transport direction, and the contact section urges the container with a predetermined mounting position upstream in the transport direction by its own weight when the weight section falls by gravity, and performs inertial movement It is characterized by limiting.
In the invention according to claim 5, in the conveyance unit according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3, the biasing means can be elastically deformed by the abutment portion abutting on the downstream side of the container. It has an elastic portion, and the contact portion urges the container at a predetermined mounting position to the upstream side in the transport direction by an elastic reaction force when the elastic portion elastically deforms, thereby limiting inertial movement. It is said that.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the transport unit according to the fourth aspect, the container is intermittently transported from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction and the contact portion is retracted to the downstream side in the transport direction The biasing means is characterized in that it is automatically returned to the state capable of being re-energized by the weight of the weight portion which falls by gravity in the released state.
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the transport unit according to the fifth aspect, the container is intermittently transported from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction and the contact portion is retracted to the downstream side in the transport direction The biasing means is characterized by automatically returning to the re-energizable state by elastic return of the elastic portion.

  Here, the "plate surface" (or "plate surface") of the attachment (C11) in the present invention refers to an extrusion surface of the attachment (C11) which is transported in contact with the container (C0). Specifically, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, among the erected attachments (C11), the plate side surface (left surface in the figure) facing the downstream side in the transport direction (CD) is the transport direction of the container (C0) (CD) Push the upstream side face and carry it intermittently to a predetermined carrying position. In the embodiment to be described later, the side surface (left surface in the drawing) of the plate facing the downstream side in the transport direction (CD) is the “plate surface of the attachment (C11)”.

  When the container (C0) is pushed out by the plate surface of the attachment (C11) and intermittently transported to the predetermined transport position, it receives an inertial force which tends to move away from the plate surface of the attachment (C11). For example, the biasing force "in the direction opposite to the above-mentioned inertial force received by the container (C0)" is applied to the container (C0) by the biasing means. The plate surface of the attachment (C11) at the mounting position (31P), even if it tries to separate from the plate surface of the attachment (C11) by the inertial force received when the container (C0) is transported to the mounting position (31P) by this. The movement can be restricted to a predetermined deposition position (31P) along the

  The "predetermined deposition position (31P) along the plate surface of the attachment (C11) at the deposition position (31P)" means that the container (C0) is in contact with the plate surface of the attachment at the deposition position (31P). It refers to either a contact position or a position near the plate surface and separated by a predetermined separation distance which is considered to be along the plate surface. Even in the case of being separated from the plate surface, in the case of a position separated by a predetermined distance or less that can be regarded along the plate surface, substantially equal separation not affected by displacement of the mounting position (31P) In order to be regarded as a state, it can be included in the proper filling position (31P).

In the transport unit
The biasing means has an abutting portion that abuts on at least one of the side portion and the bottom portion of the container (C0) intermittently transported to the predetermined filling position (31P), and the abutting portion By moving the container (C0) from the contact position to C0) toward the transport direction (CD) upstream side, the inertial movement of the container (C0) when being intermittently transported to the predetermined deposition position (31P) It is preferable to limit
According to the above configuration, the abutment portion abuts on the container (C0), and the inertial movement of the container (C0) can be directly limited by the physical biasing force due to the abutment. As a result, it is possible to reliably exert the biasing force in either a state in which the container (C0) receives inertial force and intends to move inertially or a state after inertial movement.

Alternatively, the transport unit is a transport unit (C) for intermittently transporting a plurality of containers (C0) having different shapes or sizes, and in the transport unit,
The biasing means is directed obliquely upward to at least one of the side portion of the container (C0) conveyed intermittently to the predetermined filling position (31P) or the lower corner on the downstream side in the conveyance direction (CD) of the container (C0). The contact portion has a contact portion, and the contact portion biases the side portion of the container (C0) or the lower corner on the downstream side in the transport direction (CD) from the contact position to the container (C0) obliquely upward By doing this, it is preferable to limit the inertial movement of the container (C0) when being intermittently transported to the predetermined filling position (31P).

  Here, the “lower corner on the downstream side in the transport direction (CD)” or “the lower corner on the downstream side” of the container (C0) is a side facing the downstream side in the transport direction (CD) of the container (C0), ie It refers to the boundary between the two sides of the downstream side and the bottom of the container (C0) and the vicinity thereof. For example, in the case of the central container (C0) in FIG. 2A, the corner portion at the lower right of the container (C0) is in diagonal contact with the contact portion (351). Further, for example, in the left-right center row container (C0) in FIG. 3A, the vicinity of the corner on the right side of the container (C0) in the drawing is in diagonal contact with the contact portion (351). For example, these obliquely contacting portions become "lower corner on the downstream side in the transport direction (CD)" or "lower corner on the downstream side". In addition, a corner | angular part is not necessarily limited to what is necessarily formed in the shape of a corner, and includes what is comprised by a curved surface or what is comprised by the surface chamfered. Also, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the one including the boundary center of three surfaces consisting of two side surfaces and one bottom surface, but also includes the vicinity part to the range where inertial movement of container (C0) can be restricted by applying a biasing force by abutting obliquely. .

  According to the above configuration, the contact portion of the container (C0), which has a different shape or size, obliquely faces the container (C0), and abuts against the container (C0). The biasing force can directly limit the inertial movement of the container (C0). Thereby, even when the contact position to which the biasing force is applied is different depending on the shape or size of the container (C0), the biasing force can be reliably exerted by the biasing force in the oblique direction. That is, flexibility arises in the method of provision of the urging | biasing force in, when the kind of container (C0) differs, and it becomes unnecessary to necessarily perform the adjustment operation of the urging | biasing direction according to a container (C0).

In any of the transport units
When the container (C0) intermittently transported to the predetermined filling position (31P) is intermittently transferred to the downstream side of the predetermined filling position (31P) after deposition, when the abutting portion of the biasing means is intermittently transferred to the predetermined filling position (31P) It is preferable to retract and move to the retracted position retracted in a direction away from the container (C0) than the contact position, and to return to the contact position again after the retraction and movement.
According to the above configuration, when the container (C0) is transported and moved from the filling position (31P) to the removal position (34P), the state of the inertial movement restriction by the biasing means is temporarily released, and the removal position It is possible to prevent a conveyance error to (34P) (a conveyance error such as the container (C0) is not conveyed to the removal position (34P)). Further, by returning after the retraction, it is possible to reliably apply the biasing force to the next container (C0) set which is continuously transported.

In any of the transport units
The biasing means has a weight portion (353) which falls by gravity in the released state, and the container (C0) in the mounting position (31P) is biased by gravity acceleration when the weight portion (353) falls. It is preferable to do.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to secure a reliable biasing force using gravitational acceleration without requiring the power of the biasing means.

In any of the transport units
The biasing means has an elastic portion which can be elastically deformed with the intermittent conveyance of the container (C0) or the inertia movement at that time, and the elastic force is generated when the elastic portion is elastically deformed. Preferably, the container (C0) of 31P) is energized.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to secure a reliable biasing force utilizing an elastic reaction force at the time of elastic deformation of the elastic portion.

  The transport unit of the present invention prevents dropping of the cooked rice while being shifted from the laying position (31P), so that the laying position (31P) of the cooked rice is not biased and the boiled rice does not spill out. It can be in a well-dressed condition.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The front view of the conveying apparatus containing the conveyance unit of Example 1 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 1 which shows the state by which the container (C0) was conveyed by the predetermined filling position (31P). The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 1 which shows the state which the container (C0) was lifted from the predetermined filling position (31P). The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 1 which shows the state in the middle of which a container (C0) is conveyed from a predetermined filling position (31P) to a removal position (34P). The α-α line plane sectional view of Drawing 2A. FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of a plan view showing an example of the attachment state of the biasing means of the first embodiment. The front view which shows the biasing means and accessories of Example 1. FIG. The left view which shows the biasing means and accessories of Example 1. FIG. The right view which shows the biasing means and accessory of Example 1. FIG. The bottom view which shows the urging means and accessories of Example 1. FIG. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 2 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 3 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 4 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 5 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 6 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 7 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of Example 8 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of the reference example 1 of this invention. The partially expanded front view of the conveyance unit of the reference example 2 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings shown as examples.

  In the transport apparatus of the present invention, a container (C0) set consisting of two containers (C0) arranged in the width direction is intermittently transported from the front transport position (30P) to a predetermined deposition position (31P), Subsequently, the sheet is intermittently transported to the subsequent removal position (34P) (see FIG. 1). The plurality of empty containers (C0) are continuously supplied to the unit to intermittently convey a fixed number of containers (C0) set in order to the deposition position (31P) and the subsequent removal position (34P) in sequence. Become. Further, the transport unit (C) is connected to the fixed frame (11F), and is substantially fixed to the installation place together with the storage unit (1). Therefore, the mounting position (31P) is held at a fixed position in the transport unit after installation.

(Transport unit (C))
The transport unit (C) intermittently transports the plurality of containers (C0) sequentially in the transport direction (CD) which is one direction in a predetermined plan view, and sets the plurality of containers (C0) one by one at the mounting position It plays a role of a so-called intermittent feeding mechanism which continuously carries out intermittent feeding to (31P). Specifically, the transfer belt (CC) disposed along the transfer direction (CD), the attachments (C11) provided at equal intervals along the transfer belt, and the transfer belt for driving the transfer belt (CC) It comprises a TC and a conveyor motor (CM), a control box (CB) for controlling the intermittent drive of the conveyor motor (CM), and a transport frame (CF) for framing each of these mechanisms. When the conveyor is driven, each plate surface of the attachment (C11) abuts against the container (C0) to push out the container (C0) and carry it intermittently. In the embodiment, the attachment (C11) is provided two by two in the width direction of the transport belt (CC), and the container (C0) set consisting of two containers (C0) is intermittently extruded by each set Transfers intermittently.

  In the transport unit of the present invention, the plate surface of the attachment (C11) moves on the rail (CF1) by sequentially moving to the front transport position (30P), the mounting position (31P), and then the removal position (34P). Transfer the container (C0) intermittently. Among them, when transported to the filling position (31P), the container (C0) is lifted to the supply unit side by the lifting means (3) configured at the lower part of the filling position (31P) after transfer, After the supply, the container (C0) is lowered by the lifting means (3), and the container (C0 ') after mounting is returned onto the original rail.

The lifting means (3) comprises a push-up plate (31) having a plurality of push-up portions (310P) arranged at the lower two corners of one side of the container (C0) in the filling position (31P); A fixed frame (32F) with a built-in slide bush that slides up and down the upper and lower arms (32) fixed to the lower part of the upper and lower arms (32) and movably connected to the end of the upper and lower arms (32) And a drive motor (33) for rotationally driving the crank arm (34) at the back of the transfer unit (C).
Among these, the lifting plate (31) includes a lift plate (310) in which two push-up portions (310P) are disposed so as to project upward, a leg portion (311) fixed to a lower portion of the lift plate (310), An elevation angle for co-supporting the elevation plate (310) in the width direction (see FIG. 2B).

(Support frame (22))
In the present invention, the supply unit (2) is supported by the support frame (22), and the support frame (22) is planarly controlled by the variable means to move in the planar direction independently of the storage unit (1). It is possible. The support frame (22) is fixed to the feed hopper (21) and is slidably attached to the fixed frame (11F) in a planar direction. As a result, the supply hopper (21) is supported from the mounting position to the fixed frame (11F), and the support position of the supply hopper is slid in the planar direction of the mounting position according to the sliding movement of the mounting position in the planar direction.

(Supply unit (2))
The supply unit (2) comprises a unit disposed below the outlet (120) of the storage unit (1) by being supported by the support frame (22). The storage unit (1) and the supply unit (2) are vertically spaced from each other in this order to form a supply mechanism for supplying rice from the supply port. The supply unit (2) receives the cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1) from the upper receiving port (210) and conveys it intermittently into the supply hopper (21) while measuring the rice separately by a second predetermined amount The second predetermined amount of cooked rice is dropped and supplied from a predetermined supply port. The dropping and feeding is performed at every timing when each container (C0) set is intermittently transported to the filling position (31P).

Specifically, the supply unit (2)
A feed hopper (21) having a feed path (23) spaced below and vertically communicating with the storage unit (1);
An open / close upper and lower shutter (24) disposed in an upper or lower set in the path of the supply path (23) of the supply hopper (21) or on the lower side thereof;
A shutter drive mechanism (24G) disposed in a movable unit (5) at the back of the feed hopper (21) for opening and closing each of the upper and lower shutters;
And a movable casing (5F) for co-supporting the supply hopper (21) and the upper and lower shutters (24) and surrounding at least a part of the shutter drive mechanism.
Then, each shutter of the upper and lower shutters (24) is opened and closed according to the intermittent conveyance of the container (C0) set consisting of two containers (C0), and the second predetermined amount of cooked rice is smaller than the first predetermined amount. Is intermittently dropped and supplied to the supply position below the supply port (230).

  The feed hopper (21) has a receptacle (210) at the upper end for receiving the cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1), a feed path (23) for conveying the cooked rice received vertically in longitudinal communication from the receptacle, and a feed path A lower end of the lower end (23) is integrally formed with a lower-end supply port (230) for supplying the second set amount of cooked rice in the supply path (23) at the lower end.

  In the embodiment, the supply passage (23) is formed of a rectangular cross-sectional passage having a width of two passages in the container (C0) and a partition plate (23P) is fixed at the center in the width direction. The rice of the flat filling shape for two containers (C0) passes through the supply channel (23), and the rice for two containers (C0) is simultaneously dropped from the supply port (230) at the lower part of the supply channel (23) Supplied. At the lower part of the supply port (230), a set of containers (C0) set two by two in the width direction by the transport unit (C) is intermittently transported to the filling position (31P) continuously.

  Also, rectangular support frames (22) are extended and fixed on both sides of the feed hopper (21), and the support frames (22) are supported by two support arms (22A) to provide a predetermined height. And at a predetermined planar position.

Example 1
And the conveyance unit of Example 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3B distributes a plurality of containers (C0) in two rows in the width direction, and intermittently moves the conveyance belt (CC) by the motive power means in the width direction. The container (C0) set consisting of two containers (C0) arranged in order is conveyed in order to the front conveyance position (30P), the laying-on position (31P), and the takeout position (34P) thereafter. In the embodiment, four are arranged in the width direction in a plan view (FIG. 3A) so as to abut and bias in the both width portions of each of the two containers (C0). Of the biasing means arranged in FIG. 3A, the two lower ones bias the one side container (C0) in the width direction, and the upper two ones in the width direction of the biasing means arranged in FIG. 3A Energize the other container (C0).

(Activation means)
As shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D, the urging means of the first embodiment is in contact with the upper end tip portion of the bent plate-like main body 350 bent and extended in the vertical direction at a predetermined inclination angle (35θ). 351) is attached, and a weight portion (353) is attached through the lower part of the bending plate-like main body (350). Further, a cylindrical shaft frame (352) is fixed to the inclined inner side surface of the main body, and a fixed shaft is inserted and attached in a shaft hole (352H) in the shaft frame (352).

  Specifically, the mounting state of the biasing means is such that the fixing hole (CF3H) is formed through the rod-shaped cube-shaped fixed frame (CF3) disposed along the rail (CF1) direction. In the fixing hole (CF3H), biasing means is rotatably mounted around a horizontal fixed shaft (352A). A lower frame (CF2) having a contact surface (CF2E) with which the tip of the dropped weight portion (353) abuts is fixed to the lower part of the fixed frame (CF3). By fixing the lower frame (CF2) against the weight portion (353), the rotation range of the biasing means supported in the fixed frame (CF3) is limited.

  The weight part (353) consists of a nut screwed into the screw hole (350H) in the lower part of the main body, and the tip of this nut abuts on the contact surface of the side of the lower frame (CF2), the main body stands up and the contact part Maintain the biased state in contact with the container (C0). A first nut (354) and a second nut (354 ') can be screwed and attached to the weight portion (353) made of the nut as a weight adjusting weight. In FIG. 3B, a plurality of types of nuts of different weights (first nut (354) and second nut (354 ')) are screwed in and attached. Either nut may be selected and screwed to the weight portion (353), or both nuts may be screwed. The weight adjustment of the weight portion (353) is performed according to the empty weight of the container (C0) to be transported, and the weight after mounting.

(Retraction mechanism)
The contact portion (351) of the biasing means is intermittently transported downstream of the predetermined deposition position (31P) after deposition, with the container (C0) being transported intermittently to the predetermined deposition position (31P). At the same time, it has a retracting mechanism which retracts to a retracted position retracted in a direction away from the container (C0 ′) after mounting from the contact position. In the embodiment, the weight portion (353) is screwed to the lower portion of the main body, and gravity on the weight portion (353) causes the biasing force in the left rotation direction in a front view (FIG. 4A) about the fixed shaft (352A). Will occur. However, the rotational moment due to this biasing force is set smaller than the moment received when the container (C0 ') after being served with rice bain passes over the contact surface. As a result, when weight of the container (C0 ') after mounting is applied during intermittent conveyance, it retracts and moves automatically by pivoting in the direction opposite to the biasing direction (clockwise in FIG. 4A). It has become. Further, after the retreating movement, the main body (350) is pivoted again in the urging direction by the weight of the weight portion (353), and after the retreating movement, the body is returned to the contact position again.

(Abutment part)
The contact portion (351) is fixed to the upper inclined surface of the upper portion of the main body (350) bent in the oblique direction by two fixing pins (351P). The contact surface of the contact portion (351) is directed obliquely upward including the upstream direction component of the transport direction (CD) and the two vertical components in the vertical direction in the biased state shown in FIGS. 2A and 3A. Will be distributed. The inclination angle (35θ) is defined in any range of 1 degree to 80 degrees with respect to the vertical direction, and obliquely contacts the lower corner portion on the downstream side of the container (C0). Since the contact surface is directed obliquely upward, for example, even when the long container (C0) is transported in the transport direction (CD), the contact portion does not get caught on the bottom or side of the container (C0), so that it is smooth. It is possible to perform the contact application and the subsequent retraction movement.

(Example 2)
The biasing means of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is provided with an elastic connecting member (353S) for connecting the lower portion of the main body and the side surface of the lower frame (CF2) instead of the weight portion (353) of the first embodiment. is there. In the application state of the biasing force shown in FIG. 5, a pressing force is generated which holds the contact portion (351) in the contact state by the compression reaction force when the elastic connecting member (353 S) is extended and deformed. Limit the inertial movement of the container (C0) when being intermittently transported to the position (31P). Also, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) thereafter, the container (C0 ′) after mounting is inclined by the set reaction force of the elastic connecting member (353S) smaller than the weight of the container (C0 ′) after mounting. 5.) It retracts to the bottom side, and then returns to the energized state of FIG. 5 automatically by elastic return.

(Example 3)
The biasing means of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is an elastic connecting member (352S) which bends and connects the lower side (CF2) of the bent inner side of the main body instead of the weight portion (353) of the first embodiment. ) Is provided. The elastic connecting member (352S) comprises a torsion spring fixed around the shaft frame (352), and holds and limits the phase of axial rotation of the biasing means main body to the biasing angle shown in FIG. The upper end of the torsion spring is fixed to rotate with the rotation of the main body along the side surface of the upper body, and the lower end of the torsion spring is inserted and fixed in the lower frame. A pressing force is generated to hold the contact portion (351) in the contact state by the compression reaction force when the angle is changed from the biasing position shown in FIG. 6 and the upper end of the torsion spring is deformed. 31P) Limit the inertial movement of the container (C0) when being intermittently transported. Also, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) thereafter, the container (C0 ′) after mounting is inclined by the set reaction force of the elastic connecting member (352S) smaller than the weight of the container (C0 ′) after mounting. 6.) It retracts and moves to the bottom side, and then returns to the energized state of FIG. 6 automatically by elastic return.

(Example 4)
The biasing means of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is provided with an elastic member (355S) protruding from the lower portion of the main body to the side opposite to the side surface of the lower frame (CF2) instead of the weight portion (353) of the first embodiment. It is a thing. When the main body is rotated, the projecting end (355T) of the elastic member (355S) contacts the bottom of the container (C0), and the main body is reversely rotated by the elastic reaction force to apply an urging force. Also, at the time of conveyance to the take-out position (34P) after that, the main body is rotated by the weight of the container (C0 ') after mounting and retreats and moves to the bottom side of the container (C0') after mounting. The return does not restrict the transport of the container (C0). After transport, the self-weight of the lower portion of the main body automatically returns to the biased state of FIG. 7 again.

(Example 5)
The biasing means of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is made of a coil spring-like elastic material (355S) fixed at the lower end in the fixing groove (CF3D) of the fixing frame (CF3), and the upper end thereof is a horizontally oriented triangular prism The contact portion (351) of the is fixed. The abutting portion (351) is disposed so as to project and contact the corner of the container (C0) downstream of the predetermined filling position (31P), and the lower corner of the container (C0) conveyed intermittently. The inertial movement is restricted by the elastic return force at the time of elastic deformation of the elastic member (355S) while in contact with the part. Also, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) after that, the elastic material (355S) main body is deformed by the weight of the container (C0 ') after mounting and retreats to the bottom side of the container (C0') after mounting . After the transportation, the elastic state of the elastic member (355S) automatically returns to the biased state of FIG. 8 again by elastic return.

(Example 6)
Like the biasing means of the fifth embodiment, the biasing means of the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 9 has a configuration in which the contact portion (351) of the transverse triangular prism shape is fixed to the upper end of the elastic member (355S) in a coil spring shape. The arrangement position of the contact portion (351) is adjusted to be in contact with the bottom surface of the container (C0) at the filling position (31P). In other words, the contact portion (351) is arranged so as to always contact the bottom of the container (C0) at the predetermined filling position (31P) so that the container (C0) transported intermittently can move inertially to the downstream side At the same time, the contact portion (351 ') that is in contact with the bottom receives the elastic return force of the elastic material (355S') during elastic deformation and biases the container (C0) in the left direction in the figure. It is intended to limit movement. Further, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) thereafter, the elastic material main body is deformed by the weight of the container (C0 ') after being emplaced, and retreats and moves toward the bottom surface side of the container (C0') after being emplaced. After the transportation, the elastic state of the elastic material is automatically returned to the urging state of FIG. 9 again by elastic return.

(Example 7)
The biasing means of the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 10 comprises only the contact portion (351) of the elastic member main body of the horizontal triangular prism attached in the form of a fixed frame, and is intermittently transported to a predetermined mounting position (31P). The inertial movement is restricted by the elastic return force at the time of elastic deformation of the elastic material by coming into contact with the corner of the downstream side of the container (C0). Further, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) thereafter, the elastic material main body is deformed by the weight of the container (C0 ') after being emplaced, and retreats and moves toward the bottom surface side of the container (C0') after being emplaced. After the transportation, it is automatically returned to the biasing shape of FIG. 10 again by its own elastic return.

(Example 8)
The biasing means of the eighth embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is made of an elastic material (355P) of a plate spring fixed at the lower end to the downstream side of the fixed frame, and has a trapezoidal columnar contact portion (351) at its upper end. ) Is fixed. The abutting portion (351) is disposed so as to project and contact the corner of the container (C0) downstream of the predetermined filling position (31P), and the lower corner of the container (C0) conveyed intermittently. The inertial movement is restricted by the elastic return force at the time of elastic deformation of the elastic material while in contact with the part. Further, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) thereafter, the elastic material main body is deformed by the weight of the container (C0 ') after being emplaced, and retreats and moves toward the bottom surface side of the container (C0') after being emplaced. After the transportation, the elastic state of the elastic member (355P) is automatically returned to the urging state of FIG. 11 again by elastic return.

( Reference Example 1 )
The biasing means of the reference example 1 shown in FIG. 12 comprises a plate-like rigid material main body (3510) disposed so as to be able to project upward and downward on the downstream side of the fixed frame, and the container (C0) at its upper end A contact portion (351) formed in a single-sloped manner is provided facing the corner side, and the lower portion thereof is held by the air cylinder (356) so as to be capable of rising and lowering. The abutting portion (351) is disposed so as to project and contact the corner of the container (C0) downstream of the predetermined filling position (31P), and the lower corner of the container (C0) conveyed intermittently. The inertial movement is restricted by the holding force of the air cylinder (356) while in contact with the part. Further, at the time of conveyance to the takeout position (34P) after that, the air cylinder (356) is timing-set to lower the plate-like rigid material main body (3510), and the passage of the container (C0 ') after mounting. By lowering according to the timing, the rigid material main body retracts and moves to the bottom side of the container (C0 ') after mounting. After transport, the air cylinder (356) is automatically returned to the biased state of FIG. 12 again by the upward movement of the air cylinder (356).

( Reference example 2 )
The urging means of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 13 is aspirated or suctioned while being separated from at least one of the upstream side, the bottom or the downstream side of the container (C0) conveyed intermittently to the predetermined deposition position (31P). A container that has an air flow pressure application unit that ejects a gas and the air flow adjustment unit communicated with the air flow pressure application unit forms suction or injection air flow, and the container is intermittently transported to a predetermined mounting position (31P) Limit the inertial movement of (C0).

  The present invention has the above-described configurations, and the container (C0) is intermittently transported to the mounting position (31P) during the intermittent transport in which the container (C0) is extruded with the plate surface of the attachment and transported intermittently. The action of the urging means restricts the inertial movement of the container (C0) to the downstream side of the position where the container (C0) contacts the plate surface of the attachment, and suppresses the deviation from the mounting position (31P). The As a result, it is possible to prevent dropping of cooked rice while being deviated from the laying position (31P), so that the laying position (31P) of cooked rice is not biased and the cooked rice is not spilled, and the appearance is good. It can be in the state of deposit.

  The transport unit of the present invention may be provided with any of the above-mentioned biasing means. Further, the transport unit of the present invention should at least include any one of the biasing means, the transport belt and the power means. Furthermore, as the boiled rice bowl attachment device of the present invention, any of the above-described urging means may be provided. However, the configuration shown in each of the above embodiments is a specific example of the constituent elements, and each configuration, shape, or mounting mode is not limited to the one shown as an embodiment unless it deviates from the spirit of the present invention. Various modifications or changes are possible. Alternatively, some elements may be extracted and configured as a retrofit biasing means or a unit provided with the same.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 storage unit 11F fixed frame 120 discharge port 2 supply unit 21 supply hopper 210 receptacle 22 support frame 22A support arm 23 supply path 230 supply port 23P partition plate 24 upper and lower shutters 24G shutter drive mechanism 3 lifting means 30P front conveyance position 31 lifting plate 31P Mounting position 310 Lifting plate 310P Push-up portion 311 Leg 32 Upper and lower arms 32F Support frame 33 Drive motor 34 Crank arm 34P Takeoff position 350 Body 350H Screw hole 35θ Inclination angle 351, 351 'Contact portion 351P Fixing pin 352 Shaft frame 352A Fixed shaft 352S, 353S Elastic connecting member 352H Shaft hole 353 Weight part 354 First nut 354 'Second nut 355S, 355S', 355P Elastic member 355T Protruding member tip 3510 Rigid member main body 356 Air cylinder 3 57A, 357B, 357C Airflow pressure application unit 5 Movable unit 5F Movable casing C Transport unit C0 Container C11 Attachment CB Control box CC Transport belt CD Transport direction CF Transport frame CF1 Rail CF2 Lower frame CF2E Contact surface CF3 Fixed frame CF3H Fixing hole CM Conveyor Motor TC Transmission Belt

Claims (7)

Disposed below the supply unit of a predetermined cooked rice into the container Sheng mount position by dropping give Sheng rice, conveyor belt intermittently transporting a plurality of containers arranged along a conveyance direction to said predetermined with Sheng position When,
An attachment which is provided at equal intervals on the transport belt along the transport direction of the container and which contacts at least the upstream side of the transport container ;
A power means for driving the conveyor belt,
Equipped with
By driving the conveyor belt by the power unit, is brought into contact with the attachment in at least the upstream side of the container, said a predetermined with Sheng position, intermittently transported sequentially to the downstream side of said predetermined with Sheng position It is a conveyance unit of the machine with rice bowl, and
An urging means provided with an abutting portion which abuts on the downstream side of the container which is going to move inertially under the inertia force and is biased to limit the inertial movement when being intermittently transported to the predetermined deposition position ; In addition ,
During conveyance by intermittent conveyance of the containers in the conveying direction downstream side from the predetermined dated Sheng position, characterized and to that US Iimori with devices that retract the abutment portion provided on the biasing means to the downstream side in the transport direction Transport unit. With respect to the container intermittently transported to the predetermined deposition position, the biasing means is pivoted in the biasing direction which is the upstream side in the transport direction to urge the contact portion into contact with the downstream side of the container. ,
With respect to the container which is intermittently transported from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction, the biasing means is pivoted in the opposite direction to the bias direction which is the downstream side in the transport direction, and the abutting portion is transported downstream in the transport direction 2. The transfer unit of the rice bowl according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixed shaft for retracting to the side . The transport unit of the rice bowl deposition apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the contact portion retracts to the downstream side in the transport direction when the weight of the container is applied during the intermittent transport . Biasing means includes a weight portion which abutment urges contact with the upstream side to the downstream side of the container by dropping gravity, by its own weight when the weight portion is gravity, the The apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein the contact portion urges the container at a predetermined mounting position to the upstream side in the transport direction to limit the inertial movement . Transport unit. Biasing means includes a resilient portion that can be elastically deformed by the contact portion comes into contact with the downstream side of the container, by elastic reaction when the elastic portion is elastically deformed, the contact portion predetermined Sheng 4. The conveyance unit of the rice bowl according to claim 1, wherein the container at the attachment position is biased to the upstream side in the conveyance direction to limit the inertial movement . After the container is intermittently transported from the predetermined mounting position to the downstream side in the transport direction and the contact portion is retracted to the downstream side in the transport direction, the biasing means can be biased again by the weight of the weight portion falling by gravity in the released state. The transfer unit of the rice bowl-embedded apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the conveyance unit automatically returns to the normal state . After the container is intermittently transported from the predetermined deposition position to the downstream side in the transport direction and the contact portion is retracted to the downstream side in the transport direction, the biasing means automatically returns to a re-energizable state by elastic return of the elastic portion. The conveyance unit of the rice-embedded apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that:

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