JP6735799B2 - Boiled rice attachment device and rice rice attachment method - Google Patents

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cooked rice applicator and a cooked rice method in which a container group such as a lunch box is continuously conveyed and a predetermined amount of cooked rice is continuously served in each container.

As a conventional device for cooking rice, a device in which a weighing hopper is installed below a loosening hopper and two upper and lower shutters that slide inward and outward are provided below the measuring hopper. In this method, cooked rice is divided between upper and lower shutters, and the lower shutter is opened to drop the cooked rice into a lunch box located below to supply and serve cooked rice in the lunch box. In addition, there is a weighing hopper below the outlet of the loosening hopper, and the weighing hopper is branched according to the number of lunch boxes and other containers to be supplied at the same time. A distribution damper is provided in the middle of the weighing hopper, which is provided at intervals in the direction and can open and close each passage of the branched weighing hopper. Further, a cooked rice sensor capable of detecting cooked rice supplied to each of the branched passages of the weighing hopper is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

According to the above-mentioned conventional cooked rice device, the cooked rice is fed from the rice cooker into the loosening hopper to loosen the cooked rice inside, and only the supply passage is provided among the branched passages in the weighing hopper by the distribution damper provided on the way. By supplying the cooked rice in a state where the valve is opened and the other passages are closed, the cooked rice can be sequentially fed to the branched passages in the weighing hopper in a uniform state. After that, with the lower shutter closed, by opening and closing the upper shutter, a certain amount of cooked rice is held between the upper shutter and the lower shutter, and by opening the lower shutter, a plurality of lower rice is placed. It is said that a certain amount of cooked rice can be supplied and arranged in a container such as a lunch box at the same time.
Further, as a conventional cooked rice arrangement device, a nozzle pipe of cooling water adding means, a stirring means, a loosening means, and a distributing means equipped with a shutter are arranged vertically from above in the above order, and below the shutter. The one provided with an intermittent conveyer for the arranging container is disclosed (for example, refer to Patent Document 2). This is to stir the cooled cooked rice with the stirring means while spraying the cooling water with the nozzle pipe, drop the cooked rice on the loosening means, loosen it by the loosening means, drop the loosened rice on the distributing means, and intermittently. It is said that cooked rice is served by a distribution means in a serving container that is carried by a conveyor and stopped below a shutter, and the container that has been served is transported by an intermittent conveyor.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 06-061090 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-14339

Here, in the rice arranging site, it is necessary to align the center of the rice supplying position with the center of the lunch box arranging position so that the rice arranging position is adjusted to an appropriate position. If the cooked rice is continuously fed while the position where the cooked rice is supplied is slightly displaced from the mouth of the lunch box, problems such as uneven distribution of the serving and deterioration of appearance (appearing appearance) will occur.

Also, at the rice arranging site, after transporting one container-shaped lunch box group and performing a predetermined number of rice arranging operations, another lunch box group with a different container shape is conveyed and different lunch box groups. There is a case to do the rice serving operation. For example, even if the lunch boxes have the same volume, there are some differences in the container depth and the angle of the container side wall. Therefore, when switching to a different lunch box, unless the finely adjusting the arranging position of the cooked rice is performed, the influence of the arranging failure will occur. Further, for example, when switching to a lunch box having a different planar shape, unless the center of the serving position of the cooked rice is aligned with the center of each lunch box, the bad serving will affect.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional cooked rice apparatus, since both the supply mechanism for loosening and supplying the cooked rice and the transport mechanism for transporting the lunch box are composed of a large complex device, the cooked rice is loosened to supply the cooked rice. It was difficult to adjust the relative position between the supply position and the mounting position of the lunch box to be mounted.

That is, in the transport mechanism that pushes out the lunch box and transports it, the attachment plates are attached to the intermittent conveyor by fasteners at equal intervals, and the intermittent conveyor is wound around the drive gear that stops intermittently at each predetermined phase, and is rotated by the sprocket. It is designed to move intermittently by a fixed distance. Since these intermittent conveyors and their drive gears are incorporated in a large-sized transport mechanism, it is mechanically difficult to finely adjust the position of the intermittent conveyors and the rotational phase of the drive gears. Specifically, since the intermittent rotation phase of the sprocket cannot be freely shifted, if you try to change the position of the attachment plate, you need to loosen the fastener once and change the meshing position with the sprocket, which is extremely complicated. You will be forced to do a lot of work.

In addition, in the supply mechanism that loosens and supplies cooked rice, it is necessary to fix the receiving port of the dropped rice, while the rice that is thrown in from the receiving port is a mechanism such as a loosening mechanism, a distributor, a supply hopper, and a shutter. Through, it is continuously supplied to the lunch box.

Specifically, a large-sized reversing device for carrying the rice cooker upward and reversing it has a fixed reversing position, and accordingly, it is necessary to also fix a receiving port for receiving cooked rice from the reversing device. On the other hand, the conventional feeding mechanism has a function of loosening a large amount of cooked rice fed from the rice cooker by the reversing device, sorting the cooked rice into small amounts, and dropping the cooked rice into the lunch box. And each device called a shutter was integrally arranged on the upper and lower sides. For this reason, it was not possible to move only the supply position where the serving was carried out, and the position of the supply port could not be finely adjusted.

Therefore, the present invention makes it easy to adjust the relative position between the supply position for supplying cooked rice and the serving position of the conveyed container in a cooked rice arranging device for continuously arranging a predetermined amount of cooked rice. An object of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of problems such as uneven distribution of the coating state and deterioration of the appearance of the coating by adjusting the coating position to an appropriate position.

The present invention takes the following means in order to solve the above problems. It should be noted that the following reference numerals in parentheses are added for convenience of understanding the embodiments described later, and are not intended to limit the configurations of the embodiments corresponding to the reference numerals.
The cooked rice device of the present invention is a cooked rice device that continuously supplies a predetermined amount of cooked rice to a plurality of containers that are intermittently conveyed and serves as a cooker.
A supply unit having a supply port for receiving cooked rice and supplying a predetermined amount of cooked rice downward;
To a predetermined with Sheng position for supplying to the vessel a predetermined amount of rice from the supply port of the supply unit has a transport unit for intermittently conveying the containers,
A variable unit for changing the position of the supply unit in the transport width direction and/or the transport front-back direction of the container,
Wherein the varying means, and adjusting the feed position is a plan position of the supply port in which the supply unit has a plane relative position of the transport containers to the predetermined dated Sheng position.
-The supply unit is
It communicates the receptacle and the bottom of the feed opening is the upper opening, a supply path for transporting rice a tract within the interior,
An upper sensor for detecting the presence or absence of cooked rice in the supply path,
A lower sensor that is below the upper sensor and that detects the presence or absence of cooked rice in the supply path of the supply unit,
It is preferable that the position of the supply unit is changed by the changing means to move the planar positions of the upper sensor and the lower sensor together with the supply path.
-A method for sushi rice preparation according to the present invention is a method for sushi rice preparation using the rice sushi coating device according to any one of the above,
During the arranging operation of continuously supplying cooked rice from the supply port to the plurality of containers intermittently conveyed by the carrier unit, the plane of the supply position which is the plane position of the supply port and the container conveyed to the arranging position. It is characterized by adjusting the relative position.

-The above-mentioned cooked rice arranging device has a predetermined supply position above the arranging position (31P) in plan view with respect to the container (C0) conveyed to the predetermined arranging position (31P) by the conveying unit (C). It is a device with a cooked rice bowl for dropping cooked rice from
A storage unit (1) having a discharge opening (120) for discharging downward a first predetermined amount of the cooked rice for a plurality of containers stored therein;
A supply unit (2) having a supply port (230) for measuring and dropping the second amount of cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1) for each second supply;
A plurality of containers (C0) are intermittently conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction (CD), and a container (C0) set consisting of one or a plurality of containers is set at the predetermined assembling position (31P) and the subsequent take-out position ( 34P) and a transport unit (C) that sequentially transports
A support frame (22) for supporting the supply unit (2) such that the supply port (230) of the supply unit (2) is arranged at the predetermined supply position;
Variable means for varying the plane supporting position of the supporting frame (22),
The planar position of the supply port (230) is changed by changing the plane position of the support frame (22) by the changing means while fixing the transport unit (C) and holding the mounting position (31P) at a fixed position. It is preferable that the relative position between the mounting position (31P) and the mounting position can be changed.

・In the above-mentioned rice-boiled device,
The storage unit (1) has a loosening mechanism (12) for loosening the stored cooked rice, and is arranged above the supply unit (2) by a fixed frame (11F) installed on the installation surface,
The supply unit (2) includes an upper end receiving port (210) for receiving cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1), a supply path (23) vertically communicating with the receiving port (210), and a lower end of the supply path (23). And a supply hopper (21) comprising a lower end supply port (230) for supplying a predetermined second supply amount of cooked rice in the supply path (23),
The transfer unit (C) is connected to the fixed frame (11F),
The support frame (22) is fixed to the supply hopper and is attached to the fixed frame (11F) so as to be slidable in the plane direction.
The variable means slides the attachment position of the support frame (22) by a predetermined adjustment amount with respect to the fixed frame (11F).
While the storage unit (1) and the transport unit (C) are integrally fixed by the fixed frame (11F), the planar position of the support frame (22) is slid and changed by the changing means, so that the supply port (230) It is preferable that the supply position in plan view can be adjusted.

・In the above-mentioned rice-boiled device,
The fixed frame (11F) has slide rails (4S, 6S) extending along at least one of a transport front-rear direction (X) along the transport direction (CD) and a transport width direction (Y) intersecting the transport direction. ),
The variable means has slide pieces (43, 6R) movably attached to the slide rails (4S, 6S) by a predetermined adjustment amount,
Further, the supply unit (2) is
A supply hopper (21) having a supply path (23) which is arranged below the discharge port (120) of the storage unit (1) at a distance from each other and which is vertically connected to the storage unit (1);
An openable and closable upper and lower shutter (24) provided at two places above and below the supply path (23) so as to be separated from each other,
A shutter drive mechanism (24G) that drives the upper and lower shutters (24) to open and close,
A support frame that is fixed to an arm base of a support arm (22A) that supports a supply hopper with upper and lower shutters and is fixed to a movable casing (5F) that surrounds and houses at least a part of the shutter drive mechanism (24G). (22) and,
By the variable means, each of the components of the supply unit (2) (the components of the supply hopper (21), the vertical shutter (24), the shutter drive mechanism (24G), and the support frame (22)) is fixed to the fixed frame (11F). ), it is preferable to integrally slide by a predetermined adjustment amount along at least one of the front-rear direction (X) of the conveyance and the width direction (Y) of the conveyance.

・In the above-mentioned rice-boiled device,
The upper and lower shutters (24) have a distance control means for varying the distance (24D) between the upper and lower shutter plates (241, 242) and recognizing the distance.
The storage unit (1) is
A storage hopper (11) in which cooked rice fed from a rice cooker is received from an upper receiving port (110) and a lower discharging port (120) is opened;
A plurality of rotors with loosening blades (121, 122), which are arranged in a row in the storage hopper (11) so as to be rotatable about axes having horizontal axes parallel to each other;
A rotary drive unit (125M, 126M) configured to drive the rotors (121, 122) with loosening blades to rotate while repeatedly changing the rotational speed.
The rotating drive unit (125M, 126M) causes the rotors (121, 122) with loosening blades to rotate while repeatedly changing the rotation speed at a variable cycle of a predetermined rotation speed, thereby changing the size of the cooked rice in the storage hopper (11). Is unraveled and is repeatedly discharged at a predetermined variable cycle by a first predetermined amount according to the high-speed rotation time,
Further, the rotation driving unit (125M, 126M) is interlocked with the separation distance (24D) between the upper and lower shutters recognized by the distance control unit to change the rotation speed of the rotating body (121, 122) with loosening blades. It is preferable to have a rotation control means for first controlling so as to automatically change the time of either high speed rotation or low speed rotation.

In a cooked rice device having the interval control means, the rotors (121, 122) with loosening blades, the rotation drive parts (125M, 126M), and the rotation control means for first control,
Whether or not each of the cooked rice, which is fixed to the side of the supply path (23) of the supply hopper (21) and passes through the supply path (23), is filled into the upper filling position (UL) and the lower filling position (LL), respectively. It also has a vertical sensor (S) that recognizes
The rotation control means determines whether the upper and lower sensors (S) respectively indicate that the upper limit position (UL) is filled or the lower limit position (LL) is not filled (no filling). The second control is performed so as to automatically change (temporarily extend or temporarily shorten) the variable cycle of the rotation speed of the rotor with the loosening blades (121, 122) or the time of either high speed rotation or low speed rotation. Yes,
It is preferable to execute the second control with priority over the first control.

-The storage unit (1) is
A loosening mechanism (12) for loosening the cooked rice stored in the storage hopper,
A plurality of rotors with loosening blades (121, 122) arranged in a row so as to be axially rotatable in the loosening mechanism with horizontal axes parallel to each other;
A rotary drive unit (125M, 126M) configured to drive the rotors (121, 122) with loosening blades to rotate while repeatedly changing the rotational speed.
The rotation drive unit (125M, 126M) is rotated with each loosening blade in the loosening mechanism (12) via a coupling mechanism (125A, 122D,...) Fixed to the side of the loosening mechanism (12). Removably connected to the body (121, 122),
It is preferable that the connecting mechanism limits the axial phase of the rotating body with loosening blades and connects and holds the rotating body with loosening blades (121, 122) at a predetermined axial phase.
In the present invention, the "side portion of the loosening mechanism (12)" refers to at least one of the four side portions around the loosening mechanism. For example, in a later-described embodiment (FIGS. 15 to 18), the side plate (124) on the rear surface is the “side of the loosening mechanism (12)”.

The present invention takes the above-mentioned means, whereby the plane relative position between the position of the supply port for supplying cooked rice and the mounting position of the transported container can be easily adjusted. By adjusting the relative position of the plane to adjust the serving position of the cooked rice to an appropriate position, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of problems such as uneven distribution of the serving condition and deterioration of the appearance of the serving.

The front view which shows the whole structure of the apparatus with rice cooker of Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a left side view showing the overall configurations of the rice cooker-equipped device and the reversing device of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing the configuration and moving state of the central portion of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line α-α of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. 1 is a rear configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of a drive unit of a device with rice cooker according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an enlarged rear view showing the configuration of the central portion of FIG. 5. 3 is a rear perspective view showing a unit configuration and a slide mechanism of the cooked rice apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view showing a unit structure and a slide mechanism of a device with rice cooker according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The rear side perspective view which shows the unit structure and slide mechanism of the cooked rice apparatus of Example 3 of this invention. The front view which shows the whole structure of the rice cooker apparatus of Example 4 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the control flow of the preparatory stage by the rotation control means of this invention. The flowchart which shows the control flow of the 1st control by the rotation control means of this invention. The flowchart which shows the control flow of the 2nd control by the rotation control means of this invention. 6 is an example of an operation screen of the rotation period of the loosening blade by the rotation control means and the interval control means of the present invention. The example of the setting chart of the rotation period of the loosening blade by the rotation control means and the interval control means of the present invention. The top view which shows the whole structure of the loosening mechanism of Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a first disassembled state of the loosening mechanism of the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a second disassembled state of the loosening mechanism of the first embodiment. FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of a β-β line portion of the loosening mechanism of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 17.

Hereinafter, an example of a mode for carrying out the present invention will be described together with each drawing shown as an example.

(Boiled rice equipment)
In any of the embodiments, the cooked rice applicator of the present invention is located above the apportioned position (31P) with respect to the container (C0) transported to the predetermined apportioned position (31P) by the transfer unit (C). It is a device for placing rice on which rice is dropped and placed from a predetermined plane view supply position.
A storage unit (1) having a discharge opening (120) for discharging downward a first predetermined amount of the cooked rice for a plurality of containers stored therein;
A supply unit (2) having a supply port (230) for measuring and dropping the second amount of cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1) for each second supply;
A plurality of containers (C0) are intermittently conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction (CD), and a container (C0) set consisting of one or a plurality of containers is set at the predetermined assembling position (31P) and the subsequent take-out position ( 34P), and a transport unit (C) for sequentially transporting the same.

In any of the embodiments, a support frame (22) for supporting the supply unit (2) so that the supply port (230) of the supply unit (2) is arranged at the predetermined supply position,
A varying means for varying the plane support position of the support frame (22) along at least one of the transport front-rear direction (X) along the transport direction and the transport width direction (Y) intersecting the transport direction. Have. Then, the planar position of the supply port (230) can be adjusted by varying the planar position of the support frame (22) with the varying means while the transport unit (C) is fixed.
The configuration of each embodiment will be described in detail below.

The apparatus for cooked rice of Example 1 shown in FIGS.
A plurality of containers of cooked rice that has been inverted and charged from the reversing device (B) arranged at the upper portion is internally stored, and a first predetermined amount of the rice that has been internally stored by the internal loosening mechanism (12) is discharged downward. A storage unit (1),
The cooked rice, which is supported from both sides by two supporting arms (22A) protruding in parallel and is discharged from the storage unit (1), is weighed by a second predetermined amount from the supply port (230) to the serving position ( A supply unit (2) for dropping and supplying cooked rice into an empty container (C0) in 31P),
A plurality of containers (C0) are intermittently transferred in a predetermined transfer direction (CD), and each set of container (C0) sets consisting of two containers (C0) lined up in the transfer width direction is provided with the predetermined deposition. A position (31P) and a transfer unit (C) that sequentially transfers the position to the extraction position (34P) are sequentially arranged from above (FIG. 1).

Further, as a rear structure, an upper unit (4) fixed to an upper portion by a fixed frame (11F), a movable unit (5) supported by a lower portion of the upper unit (4) and slidably movable, and a lower portion of the movable unit (5). The lower unit (6) fixed to the fixed frame (11F) is arranged in order from above (FIG. 5). The upper unit (4) is fixed to the back of the storage unit (1), the supply unit (2) is fixed to the back of the movable unit (5), and the lower unit (6) is the lower part of the movable unit (5). Is located in. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

(Storage unit (1))
The storage unit (1) has a loosening mechanism for loosening the stored cooked rice, and is supported above the supply unit by a fixed frame (11F) installed on the installation surface. The storage unit (1) is specifically
A storage hopper (11) in which cooked rice fed from a rice cooker is received from an upper receiving port (110) and a lower discharging port (120) is opened;
A plurality of rotors with loosening blades (121, 122), which are arranged in a row in the storage hopper so as to be axially rotatable with horizontal axes parallel to each other,
A rotary drive unit (125M, 126M) (FIG. 15) that drives each rotor with loosening blades while repeatedly changing the rotational speed to change the magnitude is configured.
The fixed frame (11F) surrounds the periphery of the storage unit (1) and supports it in a frame shape. Further, an operation panel (13) for operating or setting the operation of each drive unit is fixedly installed on the side portion of the fixed frame surrounding the storage unit (1) of the fixed frame.

The receiving port (110) at the upper part of the storage hopper (11) is arranged to match the dropping position of the rice cooker (B0) by the reversing device, and stores the cooked rice in the rice cooker (B0) dropped to the receiving port (110).

The rotation drive units (125M, 126M) are arranged in the upper unit (4) at the back of the storage hopper (11), and have horizontal loose shafts (121A, 122A) and two loosening blades arranged vertically. The rotating body (121, 122) is rotated while repeatedly changing the rotation speed. Specifically, in the vicinity of the discharge port (120) of the storage hopper (11), a horizontal row of four upper stage loosening blade-equipped rotors (122B) and two lower stage loosening blade-equipped rotors (121B). And are incorporated (Fig. 3). Each rotating body with loosening blades (121, 122) is provided with a plurality of blade plates around a horizontal rod-shaped rotating shaft (121A, 122A), and all rotating bodies with loosening blades are simultaneously driven to rotate by a rotation drive mechanism. To be done. The rotation drive unit (125M, 126M) performs a rotation operation in which high speed rotation and low speed rotation are alternately repeated at a variable cycle of a predetermined rotation speed. By rotating the rotating speed while repeatedly changing the magnitude of the rotating speed, the cooked rice in the storage hopper is loosened and the first predetermined amount is repeatedly discharged according to the high speed rotating time. In the embodiment, the rotation speed is adjusted in two steps, that is, high speed rotation and low speed rotation, but multi-step or stepless adjustment may be performed. Further, the control may be performed at substantially different rotation speeds, and for example, the control may be performed by setting the rotation speed (for example, rpm) within a predetermined time instead of setting the rotation speed.

(Unraveling mechanism (12))
The loosening mechanism (12) for loosening cooked rice stored in the storage hopper (11) includes a loosening frame body (12F) having a discharge hole (120) at a lower portion and vertically penetrating, and a loosening frame body. Side plates (123, 124) removably coupled to the front and rear surfaces of (12F).
The unraveling frame body (12F) is a frame body having an inverted trapezoidal side surface in a front view and a constricted lower part, and a fixing piece (12FP) for fixing to the storage hopper (11) at both upper ends of the front view. ) Is formed to project laterally.

The side plates (123, 124) are the front side plate (123) appearing in each upper part in FIGS. 15 to 17 and the rear side plate (124) appearing in each lower part in FIGS. Composed of sheets. These are both made of an inverted trapezoidal cover plate having a light-transmitting property, and plate coupling holes (124H) for coupling with the loosening frame body (12F) are formed through the left and right side portions.

The front side plate (123) is provided with two upper and lower rows of insertion holes (123H) for inserting and holding the shaft end portions (121C, 122C) of one end side of the rotor with loosening blades (121B, 122B). To be

The shaft of the coupling gears (125G, 126G) is formed through the rear side plate (124), and the coupling pins (125A, 126A) are projectingly formed on the inner surface of the plate and at the front of the shaft. .. These connecting pins (125A, 126A) constitute one side of a connecting mechanism that detachably connects with the shaft end on the other end side of the rotor with loosening blades (121B, 122B). The connecting gears (125G, 126G) and their shafts are provided in two rows in the upper and lower directions by the side plate (124) on the rear surface.

(Connection of rotor with loosening blade)
The disentangling mechanism (12) disassembleably connects a plurality of disassembling blade-equipped rotating bodies (121, 122), which are arranged inside the mechanism so as to be axially rotatable with horizontal axes parallel to each other. This connection is performed via the connection mechanism (125A, 122D,...) Fixed to at least one side of the loosening mechanism (12). Rotational drive units (125M, 126M) for rotationally driving the rotating bodies (121, 122) with loosening blades are connected to the outside of the loosening mechanism. That is, the rotation drive units (125M, 126M) rotate the respective loosening blades in the loosening mechanism (12) through the coupling mechanism (125A, 122D,...) Fixed to the side of the loosening mechanism (12). Removably connected to the body (121, 122). The rotation driving units (125M, 126M) are driven while repeatedly varying the rotation speed by controlling the rotation speed.

The coupling mechanism limits the axial phase of the rotor with the loosening blades by the axial phase limiting mechanism including the axial phase limiting grooves (121D, 122D) and the axial phase limiting pins (125P, 126P) fitted therein. Rotating bodies (121, 122) with loosening blades are connected and held in an axial phase so that the loosening blades (121B, 122B) in each row have a predetermined angular relationship.

In the embodiment, the connecting gears (125G, 126G) are attached to the outside of the side plate (124) on the rear surface which is disassembled from the loosening mechanism (12), and the gear shafts of the connecting gears (125G, 126G) are the side parts. It penetrates through the plate (124) and is arranged in two rows in upper and lower rows. Connection pins (125A, 126A) shown in FIG. 18 are formed to project from the tip of the gear shaft, and shaft phase limiting pins (125P, 126P) are formed to project symmetrically on both sides of each connection pin.
Connection holes (121H, 122H) into which the connection pins (125A, 126A) can be inserted are formed in the other end of the rotation shafts (121A, 122A) in the axial direction. Axial phase limiting grooves (121D, 122D) into which the axial phase limiting pins (125P, 126P) are fitted at the time of inserting the connecting pins are formed on both sides of each of the coupling holes (121H, 122H) at corresponding positions with semi-elliptical grooves. Is formed. The shaft phase limiting mechanism including the shaft phase limiting pins (125P, 126P) and the shaft phase limiting grooves (121D, 122D) varies the shaft phase within a predetermined range according to the rotation phase of the coupling gears (125G, 126G). ..
Two rotation driving units (125M, 126M) are connected to the outside of the connection gears (125G, 126G) via transmission shafts (125S, 126S) for each row.

(Reversing device (B))
The reversing device (B) has a carrying conveyor (BB) for carrying the rice cooker (B0) containing cooked rice from the lower part of the device to the dropping position of the upper part, and is arranged at the back of the cooked rice device of the present invention ( (Fig. 2). The transport conveyor (BB) drops the cooked rice in the rice cooker (B0) by reversing the rice cooker (B0) that has been conveyed upward to the dropping position. The storage unit (1) is arranged such that the receiving port (110) of the storage hopper (11) is aligned with this dropping position. The transport conveyor (BB) transports the inverted rice cooker (B0) to the lower part again, and then again conveys the rice cooker (B0) containing cooked rice to the upper part and inverts it, thereby repeating the carrying/reversing operation. ..

(Supply unit (2))
The supply unit (2) is a unit arranged below the discharge port (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 apart from each other to form a supply mechanism for supplying cooked 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 the cooked rice downward into the supply hopper (21). , A second predetermined amount of cooked rice is dropped and supplied from a predetermined supply port. Dropping supply is performed at each timing when each container (C0) set is transported to the stacking position (31P).

The supply unit (2) is specifically
A supply hopper (21) that has a supply path (23) that is spaced below the storage unit (1) and that communicates in the vertical direction;
An openable and closable upper and lower shutter (24) arranged in a vertical set inside or on the lower side of the supply path (23) of the supply hopper (21);
A shutter drive mechanism (24G) which is disposed in the movable unit (5) at the back of the supply hopper (21) and drives the upper and lower shutters respectively to open and close.
And a movable casing (5F) that both supports the supply hopper (21) and the upper and lower shutters (24) and surrounds at least a part of the shutter drive mechanism.
Then, each shutter (241, 242) of the upper and lower shutters (24) is opened and closed in accordance with the intermittent transfer of the container (C0) set consisting of two containers, so that the second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount. The cooked rice is intermittently dropped and supplied to a predetermined position below the supply port (230).

The supply hopper (21) has an upper end receiving port (210) for receiving cooked rice discharged from the storage unit (1), a supply route (23) for vertically conveying the cooked rice received through the receiving port, and a supply route ( The lower end of 23) has a lower end supply port (230) for supplying a predetermined second supply amount of cooked rice in the supply path (23) and is integrally configured.

In the embodiment, the supply passage (23) is a rectangular cross-section passage having an inner width of two widths of the container (C0), and the partition plate (23P) is fixed to the center in the width direction. Two planes of cooked rice having a flat filling shape pass through the supply path (23), and cooked rice for two containers are simultaneously dropped and supplied from the supply port (230) at the lower part of the supply path (23). Below the supply port (230), a set of two containers (C0) arranged in the width direction by the transfer unit (C) is continuously transferred to the mounting position (31P).

A rectangular support frame (22) is overhangingly fixed to both sides of the supply hopper (21), and the support frame (22) is supported by two support arms (22A) so that a predetermined height can be achieved. In addition, it is arranged at a predetermined plane position.
Specifically, the support frame (22) is formed of a flat, substantially horizontal box-shaped frame fixed to a predetermined height of the supply path (23), and is extended and fixed in the front-back direction of the supply path (23) in plan view. To be done. A fitting groove (22D) into which a horizontally fixed support arm (22A) is fitted is formed in the lower portion of each of the front and rear protruding portions of the support frame (22).

On the back side of the supply hopper (21), a fixed plate (5P) which is vertically fixed to the movable casing (5F) is arranged. The fixed plate (5P) is fixed to the movable casing (5F) and constitutes a front plate of the movable unit (5) described later. Two horizontal support arms (22A) are fixed to the fixed plate (5P) via a support height adjusting mechanism (51). Each of the two support arms (22A) is supported at its base by a support height adjusting mechanism (51), and its tip end is in the front direction (front side in FIG. 1, right side in FIG. 2, left side in FIG. 4). ) Parallel to each other so as to face each other. The two support arms (22A) thus projected are fitted into the fitting grooves (22D) opened on the lower surface of the support frame (22), so that the support frame (22) is supported horizontally. The support frame (22) is fixed to the supply hopper (21), and the support frame (22) and the supply hopper are integrally supported by the support arm (22A) at a predetermined height.

Upper and lower shutters (24) are arranged under the supply hopper (21), and upper and lower sensors (S1, S2) supported by sensor arms (SA) are arranged on both sides of the supply hopper (21). The upper and lower shutters (24) and the upper and lower sensors (S1, S2) are fixed to the fixing plate (5P) and arranged so as to project forward. The lower part of the arm of the sensor arm (SA) that supports the upper and lower sensors (S1, S2) is fixed to the angle with the long hole, and the fixing pin (SAP) is fixed in the long hole of the angle with the long hole. When the sensor arm (SA) is changed in the front-rear direction by the changing means, the fixed pin (SAP) remains fixed to the fixed frame (11F), and the length of the long hole-attached angle is increased as the arm and the sensor arm are displaced. The position of the hole is displaced.

Further, the fixed plate (5P) which is erected and fixed to the movable casing (5F) on the back side of the supply hopper (21) is supported so as to be slidable in the plane direction with respect to the fixed frame (11F). Then, the fixed plate (5P) is slid in the plane direction by the variable means (FIG. 3). FIG. 3 shows a state of the slide unit which is slid and changed by the changing means by a chain double-dashed line. In addition, the reference numeral with a dash (') in FIG. 3 indicates each component after the slide movement.
In the present embodiment, the configuration of the supply hopper (21), the upper and lower shutters (24), and the upper and lower sensors (S1, S2) are all fixed to the movable casing (5F) on the back side of the supply hopper (21). Along with the movement of the fixed plate (5P), as an integral slide unit, the fixed frame (11F) is slid integrally with the fixed frame (11F) by a predetermined adjustment amount set by the variable means.

The upper and lower shutters (24) include an upper and lower openable shutter (241) composed of a pair of left and right shutter plates, and a lower openable shutter (242) also composed of a pair of left and right shutter plates, which are vertically separated by a predetermined distance ( 24D), the lower shutter (242) of which is partially surrounded by the shutter frame (24F) in the upper and side portions. The upper shutter (241) and the lower shutter (242) are each opened and closed by a shutter drive mechanism (24G) formed on the back of the fixed plate (5P). Further, there is provided interval control means for mechanically varying the spacing (24D) between the upper and lower shutters (241, 242) and recognizing the spacing (24D).

The shutter drive mechanism (24G) is housed and fixed in the movable unit (5) at the back portion of the fixed plate (5P), and supports the upper and lower shutters (24) from the back portion so that the shutter can be opened and closed. Further, it has an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a separation distance (24D) between the upper shutter (241) and the lower shutter (242) constituting the upper and lower shutters (24) to a predetermined amount. In the embodiment, the height of the lower shutter is fixed, and only the height of the upper shutter is slidable up and down. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the height of the upper shutter (241) and the upper drive gear (241G) that rotatably supports the end portions of the two upper shutters (241) from the back side are shown. The slide frame (24S) that supports the slide movement, the upper drive motor (241M) that drives the upper drive gear (241G), and the ends of the two lower shutters (242) can be rotationally driven from the back side. And a lower drive motor (242M) for driving the lower drive gear (242G). An upper drive gear (241G) and a lower drive gear (242G) are provided in a pair on the left and right corresponding to each of the pair of left and right shutters, and the left and right gears mesh with each other to open and close the left and right shutters in an interlocking manner.

The downward transportation of the cooked rice is performed by the supply hopper (21), and the second predetermined amount of measurement separation and intermittent dropping at predetermined timing are performed by the open/close type upper and lower shutters (24). Here, the upper and lower shutters (24) are separately provided at two upper and lower positions in the supply path (23), and the upper shutter and the lower shutter are controlled and driven by the shutter drive mechanism (24G) to open and close at a predetermined timing. .. A second predetermined amount of cooked rice is conveyed downward by the opening/closing motion of the upper shutter to be metered and separated, and a second predetermined amount of cooked rice is dropped from the supply port (230) by the opening/closing motion of the lower shutter. The cooked rice supplied from the supply port (230) is partitioned in the height direction by the opening and closing of the upper and lower shutters (241, 242). That is, the thickness of cooked rice supplied through the upper and lower shutters is determined by the spacing (24D) between the upper and lower shutters.

(Transport unit (C))
The transport unit (C) intermittently transports a plurality of containers (C0) in the transport direction (CD), which is one direction in a predetermined plan view, and continuously transports the plurality of containers one by one to the loading position. It plays the role of a so-called carrying mechanism. Specifically, a conveyor belt (CC) arranged along the conveyor direction, an attachment plate (C11) provided at equal intervals along the conveyor belt, and a transmission belt (TC) for driving the conveyor belt (CC). And a conveyor motor (CM), a control box (CB) that controls intermittent driving of the conveyor motor (CM), and a transport frame (CF) that holds each of these mechanisms. When the conveyor is driven, each plate surface of the attachment plate (C11) comes into contact with the container (C0) and pushes out the container for conveyance. In the embodiment, two attachment plates (C11) are provided side by side in the width direction of the conveyor belt (CC), and a container set made up of two containers is intermittently pushed out and conveyed.

Specifically, a container (C0) set consisting of two containers (C0) arranged in the width direction is intermittently transferred from the front transfer position (30P) to a predetermined stacking position (31P), and then continuously. Is intermittently conveyed to the take-out position (34P) (see FIG. 1). By continuously supplying a plurality of empty containers (C0) into the unit, a fixed number of container sets are intermittently transported in order to the loading position and the subsequent take-out position. 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.

(Support frame (22))
Further, in the present invention, the supply unit (2) is supported by the support frame (22), and the support frame (22) is controlled to move in a plane by the variable means, so that the supply unit (2) is flattened independently of the storage unit (1). It is possible to move in the direction. The support frame (22) is fixed to the supply hopper (21) and is attached to the fixed frame (11F) so as to be slidable in the plane direction. As a result, the supply hopper (21) is supported from the attachment position to the fixed frame (11F), and the support position of the supply hopper is slid in the attachment position plane direction in accordance with the sliding movement of the attachment position in the plane direction.

The fixed frame (11F) has slide rails (4S, 6S) extending along the transport front-rear direction (X) at the upper and lower positions of the movable unit (5). Specifically, it is fixed to the upper unit (4) above the movable unit (5) and the lower unit (6F) below the movable unit (5). A slide piece (43, 6R) is arranged in contact with each slide rail (4S, 6S). Each slide piece (43, 6R) is movably attached along the slide rail, and each slide piece (43, 6R) is fixed to the movable casing (5F) or fixed plate (5P) of the movable unit (5). To be done. As a result, the movement of the movable unit (5) is restricted, and the movable unit (5) slides along with the slide pieces (43, 6R) on the slide rails (4S, 6S).

(Movable unit (5))
The movable unit (5) has a box-shaped movable casing (5F) which is a back portion of the support frame and is suspended and supported by a suspension mechanism of the upper unit. Of these, the movable casing (5F) is composed of a fixed plate vertically arranged on the back side of the supply unit (2), side plates framed on both sides of the fixed plate, and a back plate covering the back side of the side plate. It consists of a square frame in plan view. A shutter drive mechanism (24G) that holds a part of the upper and lower shutters (24) and drives the shutter pieces of the upper and lower shutters (24) to open and close is fixed therein. The base of the support arm (22A) that supports the support frame (22) penetrates through a position near the center of the plate surface of the fixed plate, and the base of the support arm is a support height for adjusting the support height. It is incorporated in and supported by the adjusting mechanism (51).

(Upper unit (4))
The upper unit (4) has a box-frame-shaped upper frame (4F) arranged on the back of the storage unit (1), and is vertically fixed in the frame near the back surface of the storage unit (1). A fixed plate, a rotation drive section (125M, 126M) for rotationally driving the rotating body (121, 122) with the loosening blades of the loosening mechanism (12), a suspension mechanism for slidably supporting the movable unit, and a lower portion. And variable means for varying the planar support position of the closely supported movable unit by a predetermined set amount.

(Suspension mechanism)
The suspending mechanism is fixed to the left and right positions of the fixed plate at the upper end, and extends between the left and right support arms (42A) extending in parallel downward and the lower ends of the left and right support arms (42A) in the transport front-back direction (X ), and a slide piece (43) fixed to the movable casing (5F) of the movable unit (5) while being slidably attached to the slide rail (4S). To be done. The slide piece (43) of the embodiment includes a slide bush mounted around the slide rail (4S) having a cylindrical rod shape, and an angle (42) attached to the plate surface of the vertical fixing plate of the upper frame (4F). Are connected to each other and are integrally provided, and two are provided at left and right positions of the slide rail (4S) with a space therebetween.

(Variable means)
The variable means is provided in the upper unit (4) and slides the mounting position of the support frame (22) with respect to the fixed frame by a predetermined adjustment amount. The variable means is specifically a control support arm (41A) that is fixed to the movable unit and controls the position of the movable unit in the front-rear direction (X) of conveyance, and a control support arm that is fixed in the upper unit (4). The control mechanism (41) supports the position controllable (41A), and the rotary operation piece (40) attached to the control mechanism (41) and defining the position control amount by the control mechanism (41). The slide variable of the variable means of the embodiment is changed only along the front-rear direction (X) of the conveyance of the container C0 by the conveyance unit.

Specifically, the control mechanism (41) interlocks the rotational operation of the rotary operation piece with the horizontal fluctuation of the support position of the control support arm (41A) by a rack and pinion structure. The rack-and-pinion structure has a rack structure that extends in the horizontal direction, and has a rotation operation piece at the tip of the pinion gear. By rotating the rotating operation piece (40), the control support arm (41A) is translated (displaced) in the transport front-rear direction (X) along the transport direction (CD). Here, the arm tip portion of the control support arm (41A) is fixed to one side of the two slide pieces (43) surrounded on the slide rail (4), and the slide piece (43) is a movable unit. It is fixed to the fixing plate (5P) of (5). As a result, the slide piece (43) on one side slides along with the displacement of the control support arm, and the fixing plate (5P) fixed to the slide piece (43) slides along with it. That is, when the control mechanism (41) of the control means slides and displaces the arm position, the fixed plate (5P) is interlockedly displaced in the sliding direction.

Specifically, the control support arm (41A) is composed of a support arm extending in the vertical direction, the lower end of the support arm is fixed to the movable unit, and the upper end of the support arm meshes with the rack of the rack and pinion structure in the upper unit. And is supported so that it can move in parallel.

The embodiment has a slide mechanism in the transport front-rear direction that slides the planar support position of the support frame (22) only along the transport front-rear direction (X) along the transport direction. As another form different from the present embodiment, a slide mechanism in the conveyance width direction, which slides along a conveyance width direction (Y) intersecting with the conveyance direction in plan view, is used instead of the slide mechanism in the conveyance front-rear direction. You may have. Alternatively, it may have a biaxial slide mechanism that is slidable in two axes, the width direction of conveyance and the front-back direction of conveyance.

In the embodiment, the slide variable operation is performed by manually operating the rotary operation piece. As another form different from the present embodiment, the positional relationship between the supply position and the serving position, or the positional relationship between the cooked rice in the container after serving and the container frame is recognized, and this positional relationship is recognized. The rotary operation piece or the pinion gear may be mechanically rotationally controlled according to the deviation.

(Slide variable operation)
The planar position of the supply port can be adjusted by sliding the planar position of the support frame by the variable means while integrally fixing the storage unit (1) and the transport unit by the fixed frame. The planar position of the supply port (230) can be adjusted by varying the planar position of the support frame (22) by the variable means while the transport unit (C) is fixed. Since not only the supply unit but also the entire movable unit including the shutter opening/closing drive source of the supply unit is moved, the planar view supply position can be adjusted without impairing the supply function of the supply unit. In addition, it is possible to adjust the cooked rice according to the supply state of the cooked rice in the container during the serving of the cooked rice.

(Support height adjustment mechanism (51))
The base of the support arm (22A) penetrates the adjustment hole (5H) of the fixed plate (5P) and is fixed to the movable plate (53) of the support height adjustment mechanism (51) at the back of the fixed plate (5P). By doing so, it is indirectly fixed to the fixing plate (5P) (FIGS. 4 and 6). As shown in FIG. 6, the support height adjusting mechanism (51) is fixed to a movable plate (53) that holds both the left and right support arms (22A). This movable plate (53) is cut into a substantially U-shape when viewed from the rear (FIG. 6), and the U-shaped left and right protrusions each have a built-in height adjustment gear, depending on the gear phase of the height adjustment gear. Held at a predetermined height. The height adjustment gear changes the phase with the rotation of the gear shaft (52S) across the left and right. The left and right sides of the gear shaft (52S) are pivotally supported by the support plate (53P), and one end side is extended and connected to the rotation control section (511, 512). The rotation control section (511) is fixed to the movable casing (5F) of the movable unit (5), and the gear shaft (52S) is accompanied by the operation of the rotation operation piece (50) formed on the outside of the side surface of the movable unit (5). To rotate. Further, a blower fan (F) is provided above the center of the movable plate (53) cut in a substantially U shape to blow air forward to blow off steam at the time of deposition (FIG. 6).

(Lower unit (6))
The lower unit (6) has a box-shaped frame arranged on the back side common to the transport unit (C) and the pushing-up unit (3) and below the movable unit (5). C) and a push-up unit (3) have a fixed plate vertically fixed near the back surface and a lower slide mechanism for assisting the sliding movement of the movable unit. Here, the transport unit (C) has a push-up unit (3) built-in inside the belt-shaped transport conveyor (CC), and the lower unit (6) is disposed on the rear side of the push-up unit (3). To be done. Among these, the lower slide mechanism is a slide rail (6S) fixed to the left and right in the box-shaped frame, a holding plate (6P) extending and fixed below the movable unit (5), and a shaft supported by the holding plate. And a slide piece (6R) formed of a slide roller that rolls in contact with the slide rail.

In Example 1, two drum-shaped guide rollers having a vertical rotation shaft are pivotally supported on the holding plate on the side near the back surface of the transport unit in a rear view shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and serve as a slide rail (6S). The cylindrical shaft is pressed from the back side. As a result, the holding plate is always pressed and fixed to the front side, and the movable unit in the carrying width direction of the movable unit (5) fixed to the holding plate (6P) is eliminated.

(Control method)
Further, the rotation driving unit (125M, 126M) is interlocked with the distance between the upper and lower shutters recognized by the distance control unit to change the rotation speed of the rotor with loosening blades to a variable cycle, a high speed rotation or a low speed rotation. It has a rotation control means for first controlling so as to automatically change any time. By the first control, it is possible to stably control the first predetermined amount of cooked rice dropped from the storage hopper. The distance between the shutters controls the second predetermined amount, which is the amount supplied from the supply port. By interlocking the control of the second predetermined amount and the control of the first predetermined amount, the difference in the discharge amount from each hopper can be made smaller, and the stable supply amount control can be performed to overload or add cooked rice. The shortage can be suppressed. When such a poor filling occurs during continuous processing of a large number of bento boxes, the total amount of cooked rice required for serving may vary greatly.However, this stable supply control suppresses changes in the total amount of cooked rice. Achieve the effect of.

In particular, by moving the supply unit with the storage unit (1) fixed, the discharge position of the cooked rice to the supply unit may be slightly different, and the supply unit may affect the supply amount. In this case, by performing the above-mentioned first control, stable supply amount control is performed.

Further, fixed to the side of the supply path of the supply hopper, further has a vertical sensor for recognizing the presence or absence of each filling at the filling upper limit position and the filling lower limit position of the cooked rice passing through the supply passage,
The rotation control means, according to the recognition of the presence or absence of filling at the filling upper limit position or the filling lower limit position by the upper and lower sensors respectively, variable cycle of the rotation speed of the rotor with loosening blades, high speed rotation or low speed rotation The second control is performed so as to automatically change the time, and the second control is executed with priority over the first control.

The control by the rotation control means is performed by the flow shown in FIGS. Of these, FIG. 11 is a flow until the start-up operation is set to the initial operation start state, FIG. 12 is a first control flow for performing continuous start-up operation while controlling the up-down sensor, and FIG. 13 is a lower sensor. Is a second control flow for performing an emergency response when the rice supply becomes insufficient. In FIG. 11, the lower sensor is detected to be OFF, that is, the rice is not stored near the supply port, and the start (ON) of the loosening blade rotation is controlled accordingly. Note that the loosening blade rotation does not stop halfway after starting (ON), and the rotation speed is repeatedly changed in two stages of high speed rotation and low speed rotation at a predetermined variable cycle. By loosening the loosening blade while continuing to rotate without providing a pause time, it is possible to prevent the density of cooked rice in the loosening mechanism from becoming high, and to perform a stable supply of cooked rice and avoiding a clogged state of cooked rice. When the loosening blade starts rotating (ON), it is rotating at high speed.

When the lower sensor detects the supply of cooked rice (ON detection), the loosening blades rotate at low speed (WEAK) to slow down the speed of feeding cooked rice from the storage hopper. From here, the process moves to the first control (A) of continuous operation in FIG.

In the first control of FIG. 12, first, the driving of the conveyor belt (CC) is started (ON), and then the third sensor provided in the vicinity of the side portion of the predetermined arranging position detects the container of the predetermined arranging position. Detect the presence or absence. When the third sensor detects a container, the upper and lower shutters are alternately opened and closed to arrange from the inlet. After the completion of arranging, the presence of cooked rice is detected by the upper sensor (upper sensor ON detection). When the storage of the cooked rice is detected by the upper sensor (upper sensor ON detection), the loosening blade rotation is kept low (WEAK) and the assembling starts again. If the storage of cooked rice by the upper sensor is not detected (upper sensor ON detection), it is changed to high speed rotation (HIGH) and after waiting for a predetermined set time, the loosening blade rotation is changed to low rotation (WEAK). ..
The predetermined set time is automatically set according to the distance between the upper and lower shutters. For example, the elapsed time from the start of the high-speed rotation is controlled so that the elapsed time of the high-speed rotation of the loosening blade becomes any value of 0.1 to 0.6 seconds according to the chart of FIG. 14B.

While performing the first control shown in FIG. 12, the second control shown in FIG. 13 is given priority. In FIG. 13, it is judged whether the lower storage of cooked rice (OFF) is detected by the lower sensor, and when the shortage of stored rice (OFF) is detected by the lower sensor, the loosening blade rotation is changed at high speed, and 2 seconds after the detection. The conveyance belt (CC) drive is temporarily stopped. After that, during the high-speed operation of the loosening blade rotation, the lower sensor repeatedly determines whether the lower portion of the cooked rice is stored (ON). When the lower sensor detects that the lower portion of the cooked rice has been stored (ON), the loosening blade is released. The rotation is set to low speed rotation (WEAK) and the driving of the conveyor belt (CC) is restarted (re-ON). After the flow control of FIG. 13, the control moves to B of FIG.

The control of the variable cycle of the rotation speed of the loosening blades is specifically performed according to the setting screen of FIG. 14A and the setting chart of FIG. 14B. FIG. 14A is an input screen for setting values, in which the high-speed rotation operation time (HIGH time) of the loosening blade is set by the plus/minus button for each of the six upper and lower shutter distances. The current value of “distance between upper and lower shutters” is displayed in the display frame of “quantity adjustment” in FIG. 14A.
In FIG. 14B, the set value of the high-speed rotation time of the loosening blade is set in six stages according to the distance between the upper and lower shutters. The distance between the upper and lower shutters corresponds to the amount of coating once, and the distance between the upper and lower shutters is increased by a fixed amount of about 1.5 mm each time the dial set value is increased by 10. The high-speed rotation time of the disentangling blade is set stepwise for each variable 30 constant threshold value of the dial set value. The dial set value 30 corresponds to a distance between the upper and lower shutters of 4.5 mm.
The weight of cooked rice varies greatly depending on the size of the container. For example, each time the distance between the upper and lower shutters increases by 1.0 mm, the weight of cooked rice increases by about 10 g. The change of the input weight at the time of this control can be linked with the change of the rotation speed of the loosening blade.

The cooked rice applicator of Embodiment 2 shown in FIG. 8 has a lower slide mechanism different from that of Embodiment 1. The guide roller, which is the slide piece (6R) of Example 2, is a holding frame (65F) in which a drum-shaped roller is rotatably supported around a horizontal axis and a shaft rod is extended and fixed below the movable unit (5). ) Fixed. The guide roller sandwiches the cylindrical shaft, which is the slide rail (6S), from below and makes contact with it, so that the holding frame (65F) is always pressed upward and fixed, and the movable unit (5) fixed to the holding frame (65F) is fixed. ) Is intended to eliminate the upward and downward movable ass. Further, the hourglass shape of the guide roller limits extra movement of the movable unit in the conveyance width direction. Other configurations not specified are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The apparatus for cooked rice of Embodiment 3 shown in FIG. 9 has a lower slide mechanism and a side slide mechanism instead of the lower slide mechanism of Embodiments 1 and 2. The slide rail (6S) of Example 3 is composed of two prismatic shafts that are parallel to each other, one is fixed in the lower unit in the front-rear direction of conveyance, and the other is in the conveyance mechanism. And is fixed to a fixed frame on the front side of the fixed plate of the movable unit.

The guide roller, which is the slide piece (6R) of Example 3, has a cylindrical lower roller (61R) and an upper roller (62R) that are rotatably supported around a horizontal axis. Two rollers are provided on the upper surface of each of the two shafts. They are placed in contact with each other.
The shaft of the upper roller (62R) is pivotally supported by the fixed frame (11F) on the front side of the movable unit (5), and the shaft of the lower roller (61R) is movable on the rear side of the movable unit (5). It is pivotally supported on (5F).

By supporting the slide movement of the holding frame from the lower position and the front side position of the movable unit by the two slide mechanisms, stable slide movement becomes possible. Other configurations not specified are the same as those in the first embodiment.

In the cooked rice applicator of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 10, two sets of the front-side mechanism of the first embodiment are successively arranged in the front-rear direction of conveyance. That is, in Example 4,
A storage unit (1),
A supply unit (2),
A support frame (22) for supporting the supply unit (2),
A unit set on the front side, which includes the variable unit, is connected to the upstream side and the downstream side in the transport direction, respectively. As a result, it is possible to continuously supply cooked rice to all of the container sets in which two rows are set in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the upstream storage hopper (11A) and the downstream storage hopper (11B), the upstream unit set (2A) and the downstream unit set (2B), the upstream sensor (SA) and the downstream sensor (SB). , The upstream side rotary operation piece (50A) and the downstream side rotary operation piece (50B) are arranged side by side for the upstream side and the downstream side, or for the upstream side and the downstream side. In the embodiment, two containers (C0) are also arranged and conveyed also in the conveyance width direction, and four containers (C0) in total, two rows in the conveyance width direction and two rows in the conveyance front-rear direction, are arranged at the stacking position. Are transported as a container (C0) set.

In the fourth embodiment, the distributor (D) is installed on the front side of the reversing device. By moving the distribution blade (DB) inside the distributor (D), the cooked rice reversed and fed from the reversing device is distributed to the upstream side and the downstream side. Further, in the fourth embodiment, a lid closing conveyor (E) for closing the lid of the container is provided on the front side of the take-out position (34P) of the transport unit (C). The container C0 after being cooked with rice is continuously sent to the closing lid conveyor (E), and the lid is closed in order.
Other configurations not specified are the same as those in the first embodiment.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the configuration including the supply unit is slid in the plane direction as the movable unit supported by the slide mechanism, the supply unit can be operated even when the transport unit or the supply unit is being driven. The relative position in plan view between the position and the mounting position can be easily finely adjusted. For example, in the actual arranging site, even during the transportation of one container-shaped lunch box group, the arranging amount for adults and children or the arranging amount for men and women can be distinguished. In some cases, the input amount of some input groups may be adjusted according to the demanders. Even in such a case, with the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to easily perform fine adjustment of the supply position while checking the state of the cooked rice.

In addition, according to the above-described embodiment, the slide mechanism is provided for sliding only in the transport front-rear direction (X), and the movement of the unit in the transport direction or in the direction opposite to the transport direction can be easily adjusted. ing. Therefore, it is possible to easily adjust the position of the supply port in the transport front-rear direction without operating the sprocket fastener as in the conventional case.
In particular, the entire unit including the supply hopper having the supply port and the drive source for the shutter is slidably suspended by the upper unit, and the unit can be moved while maintaining the supply operation and control status.

However, according to the present invention, the supply unit having the supply port for cooked rice is supported by the support frame, and the plane supporting position of the support frame is changed by the changing means along at least one of the front-rear direction and the width direction of the transfer. Good. This makes it possible to easily adjust the displacement of the plane position of the supply port, that is, the supply position in the front-rear direction or the width direction of the conveyance, while keeping the mounting position of the conveyance mechanism that conveys the lunch box at a constant position. This facilitates fine adjustment of the relative positional relationship between the supply position and the deposition position.

By finely adjusting the positional relationship, the arranging position of the cooked rice is adjusted to an appropriate position, whereby it is possible to suppress the occurrence of problems such as uneven distribution of the arranging state and deterioration of the appearance (formation appearance). In addition, by finely adjusting the positional relationship, even when switching to another lunch box group having a different container shape and conveying, or even when adjusting the input amount only for a part of the input group, the serving position of the cooked rice is set to an appropriate position. It can be easily prepared, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of problems such as uneven distribution of the coating state and deterioration of the appearance (appearance of the coating).

In addition, in the above configuration, various configurations, shapes, arrangement changes, partial configuration extraction, and other configuration addition are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Storage Unit 11 Storage Hopper 11F Fixed Frame 110 Receiving Port 12 Unraveling Mechanism 121, 122 Rotating Body 121A, 122A Rotating Shaft 121B, 122B Unraveling Blade 121D, 122D Axial Phase Limiting Groove 121H, 122H Connecting Hole 123, 124 Side Plate 123H, pin connection hole 124H Plate connection hole 125A, 126A Connection pin 125G, 126G Connection gear 125M, 126M Rotation drive part 125P, 126P Axial phase limiting pin 125S, 126S Transmission shaft 12FC Plate connection tool 12F Unraveling frame 12FP Fixed piece 120 Release Outlet 13 Operation panel 2 Supply unit 21 Supply hopper 210 Receiving port 22 Support frame 22A Support arm 22D Fitting groove 23 Supply path 230 Supply port 23P Partition plate 24 Shutter (upper and lower shutter)
24D Separation Interval 24G Shutter Drive Mechanism 24S Slide Frame 241 Upper Shutter 241G Upper Drive Gear 241M Upper Drive Motor 242 Lower Shutter 242G Lower Drive Gear 242M Lower Drive Motor 24G Shutter Drive Mechanism 3 Push-up Unit 31P Push-up Position 31 Push-up Plate 34P Extraction Position 4 Upper unit 4F Upper frame 40 Rotation operation piece 41 Control mechanism 41A Control support arm 4S Slide rail 42 Angle 42A Support arm 43 Slide piece 5 Movable unit 50 Rotation operation piece 51 Support height adjustment mechanism 511, 512 Rotation control section 52S Gear Shaft 53 Movable plate 53P Support plate 5F Movable casing 5H Adjustment hole 5P Fixed plates 50A, 50B Upstream-side rotation operation piece, Downstream-side rotation operation piece 6 Lower unit 65F Holding frame 6F Lower frame 6P Holding plate 6R Sliding piece 6S Slide rail 61R Lower Roller 62R Upper roller A Rice cooker B Reversing device B0 Rice cooker BB Carrying conveyor C Carrying unit C0 Container CB Control box CC Carrying belt CD Carrying direction C11 Attachment plate CM Conveyor motor CF Carrying frame E Closing conveyor TC Transmission belt S1 , S2, S Vertical sensor X Transport longitudinal direction Y Transport width direction 11A Upstream storage hopper 11B Downstream storage hopper 2A Upstream unit set 2B Downstream unit set SA Upstream sensor SB Downstream sensor D Distributor DB Distributor blade

Claims (3)

In a cooked rice applicator that continuously supplies a prescribed amount of cooked rice to a plurality of containers that are intermittently conveyed,
A supply unit having a supply port for receiving cooked rice and supplying a predetermined amount of cooked rice downward;
To a predetermined with Sheng position for supplying to the vessel a predetermined amount of rice from the supply port of the supply unit has a transport unit for intermittently conveying the containers,
A variable unit for changing the position of the supply unit in the transport width direction and/or the transport front-back direction of the container,
Wherein the varying means, said supply position is a plan position of the supply ports supply unit has, US Iimori with apparatus characterized by adjusting the plane relative position of the transport containers to the predetermined dated Sheng position. The supply unit is
It communicates the receptacle and an upper opening and a lower feed opening, a supply path for conveying the road cooked rice inside a sensor on detecting the presence or absence of boiled rice of the supply channel,
A lower sensor that is below the upper sensor and that detects the presence or absence of cooked rice in the supply path of the supply unit,
2. The cooked rice applicator according to claim 1, wherein the position of the supply unit is changed by a changing unit to move the planar position of the upper sensor and the lower sensor together with the supply path. A method of applying rice cooked using the apparatus for applying rice cooked according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
During the arranging operation of continuously supplying cooked rice from the supply port to the plurality of containers intermittently conveyed by the carrier unit, the plane of the supply position which is the plane position of the supply port and the container conveyed to the arranging position. A method of attaching rice and rice, characterized by adjusting the relative position.