JPH01252417A - Transferring and sorting device for rodlike paste product - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable both transferring and sorting in a transferring and sorting device for rodlike paste foods such as 'Chikuwa' by arranging a slider guide on the upper face of an endless conveyor of slat type which transfers products in a laterally aligning manner, and moving the slider on the conveyor in the width direction according to the movement of the conveyor. CONSTITUTION:Long and short sliders 5 capable of moving in the direction of struts 1 are arranged on the struts 1. Paired slider guides 6 are arranged on the surface side of the struts 1, which guides 6 being narrowed with an interval in the transfer direction and formed in an annular form surrounding the outer circumference of the conveyor. The sliders 5 are guided by guide grooves. Under such condition, when articles to be transferred are moved to the central part of struts 1 after slider guides 6a, 6b are fitted, the articles can be sorted to left and right respectively and transferred if only the right guide 6b is fitted while if only the left guide 6a is fitted. It is thus possible to enable transferring and automatic sorting so as to improve the efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a conveying and sorting device for rod-shaped dough products such as bamboo rings.

[Prior Art] The production of stick-shaped paste products such as chikuwa involves a molding process in which ground fish meat is seasoned and then molded into a predetermined shape, followed by a heating process, a cooling process, and a packaging process before being shipped.

Currently, all of the above processes are performed using automatic molding machines, automatic baking machines,
It is continuously mass-produced using machines such as automatic cooling machines and automatic packaging machines.

For example, in Chikuwa, an automatic molding machine is designed so that a certain amount of surimi is wrapped around a gold volume while rotating on a cloth-covered roll, and the surimi meat that has been roughly wrapped around a gold volume is transferred to a screw conveyor. It is heated and roasted by rotating and moving it over the kiln. Thereafter, the bamboo rings removed from the metal quantity are cooled by a blower, a forced cooling machine, etc. while being moved by a conveyor, and then entered into an automatic packaging machine and packaged. During this time, all products are manufactured in a continuous flow process.

In the process of cooling the rod-shaped dough product that has undergone the heating process, if it is not sufficiently cooled in this process, water droplets will form inside the product when it is packaged, reducing the product value and promoting spoilage. Sufficient cooling was required.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the step of cooling the rod-shaped dough products that have undergone the heating process, the rod-shaped dough products are carried out one after another from the outlet, so the rod-shaped dough products are conveyed in a line in a close state. The cooling efficiency was poor, so the cooling process took a long time, and the cooling process line had to be lengthened.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a conveying and sorting device that can automatically and reliably sort rod-shaped kneaded products into a plurality of rows at the same time as conveying them, thereby improving the cooling efficiency in the cooling process.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The transporting and sorting device for rod-shaped dough products according to the present invention includes a conveyor configured in an endless manner by arranging a plurality of partitions that are longer than the length of the product to receive and traversely transport the rod-shaped dough products; a slider guide having a guide groove having a predetermined direction with respect to the conveyance direction along a row of partitions, and a plurality of sliders that are guided by the guide groove and move within the partition as the conveyor moves. It is equipped with the following.

[Function] In the present invention, the slider inserted into the partition,
By moving within the partition along the guide groove of the slider guide in response to the B thrust of the conveyor, the bar-shaped dough product introduced into the partition is pushed by the slide and shifted to a predetermined position. Therefore, if sliders are arranged in some of the partitions arranged in a row on the upper surface of the conveyor, only the products in the partitions where the sliders are located will be shifted, so that sorting can be accomplished. The sliders can be placed every few partitions in a row, or by placing sliders of different lengths in the partitions.

C Example] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a top view of the conveying and sorting device for rod-shaped dough products according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the conveying and sorting device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts of the conveying and sorting device, and FIG. It is a layout diagram of the slider of the main part of the same conveyance sorting device. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, a plurality of gutter-shaped slats 1, which are composed of partition plates for receiving and transversely conveying bar-shaped dough products to be distributed, are arranged with the openings of the gutter facing outward. The conveyor 2 is rotated by the drive device 8, and the bar-shaped dough products 4 are sequentially introduced into the slat 1 at approximately the center position from the bar-shaped dough product input port 3, and conveyed. It is something that makes you In the figure, the conveyor 2 is installed so as to be inclined upward in the conveyance direction due to the relationship between the line heights of the recess opening 3 and the conveyor exit.

The slat 1 of the example device was coated with Teflon (trade name) or the like on the inner surface of the gutter in order to improve the sliding inside the slat 1 and to facilitate cleaning.

The embodiment shown in the figure has a configuration in which the rod-shaped dough products are distributed into three rows.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, two types of sliders 5, long and short, that can be moved along the length of the slat 1 are arranged inside the slat 1, and on the front side of the slat 1, there are sliders 5 that surround the outer periphery of the conveyor. A pair of slider guides 6 are arranged in an annular shape, and the distance between them narrows in the transport direction on the transport surface (top surface) (therefore, the distance widens on the bottom surface).

A roller 7 guided by a guide groove of the slide guide 6 is connected to the slider 5 . In addition, in this device, the slider guidero is used for cleaning the slat l and slider 5.
The slider 5 can be attached and detached from the upper surface of the conveyor to facilitate attachment and detachment, and the slider 5 is coated to facilitate cleaning.

The distribution mechanism will be explained with reference to FIG.

Divide slat 1 into three types, and select the first slat la.
In order to convey the rod-shaped dough product 4 to the central section B, short sliders 5a and 5b are attached to both slider guides 68%b. The bar-shaped dough product 4 fed into the slat 1a from the bar-shaped dough product input port 3 is conveyed in the conveying direction, and at this time, the sliders 5a and b on both sides of the slat la slide from both sides along the guide grooves so as to sandwich the bar-shaped dough product 4. It moves toward the center and drops the rod-shaped dough product 4 into section B in the center at the time of carrying out.

In the second slat 1b, a long slider 5C is attached to the slider guide 6a on the left side in order to shift the rod-shaped dough product 4 to section C on the right side in the conveying direction. The rod-shaped dough product 4 fed into the slat tb from the rod-shaped dough product input port 3 is transported in the transport direction, and at this time, the slider 5C on the slat 1b pushes the rod-shaped dough product 4 to the right in the transport direction along the guide groove. The bar-shaped kneaded product 4 is moved to section C on the right side at the time of being carried out.

In the third slat IC, a long slider 5d is attached to the slider guide 6b on the right side in order to shift the rod-shaped dough product 4 to section A on the left side in the conveying direction. The bar-shaped dough product 4 fed into the slat 1c from the bar-shaped dough product input port 3 is conveyed in the conveying direction, and at this time, the slider 5d on the slat lc pushes the rod-shaped dough product 4 to the left in the conveyance direction along the guide groove. The bar-shaped kneaded product 4 is moved to the left side section at the time of being carried out.

By repeating these mechanisms in the first, second, and third slats in sequence, the rod-shaped kneaded products 4 are continuously distributed into three rows.

The protruding length d of the slider 5 from the guide 6 is determined by the distance #h between the slider guides 6a and 6b at the time of unloading, the length l of the rod-shaped dough product 4, and the product receiving position and distribution at the time of transport. It is determined variously depending on the number of.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the rod-shaped dough products 4 are distributed into three rows, but the length of the slat 1 and the protrusion length d of the slider 5 are
It is possible to change the position and number of columns to be sorted by changing the type of slider 5 to be mounted.

Furthermore, in the embodiment device, two slider guides 6 are arranged in a ring shape to surround the outer periphery of the conveyor on the front surface (IQ) of the slat 1, but the same effect can be achieved even with one slider guide, for example, when the distribution is made into two positions. It can be achieved.

In addition, the slider guide 6 can be installed not only on the front side of the slat row (external surface of the conveyor), but also on the back side of the slat row (inner surface of the conveyor), and a slit groove can be made at the bottom of the slat 1 for attaching the roller rough. It is possible to achieve various effects, but the choice should be made as appropriate, taking into account cleaning, the relationship with the surface properties of the product, and the maintenance of each part.

Furthermore, when the rod-shaped dough products 4 distributed by this device are cooled in the next step and then collected in a line again for packaging,
In a device similar to this device, the sliders 5 are all shorter sliders 5a and 5b on both sides, and the products that are spread out in multiple rows are brought together from both sides to the center, and the speed of the conveyor in the cooling process is adjusted. It is also possible to use it as a linked collection device.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention allows the slider inserted into the partition to be immersed in the partition by moving within the partition along the guide groove of the slider guide as the conveyor rotates. During transportation, the rod-shaped dough products are pushed by the slide and moved to predetermined positions and distributed, so that the rod-shaped dough products brought in in rows can be reliably distributed into a plurality of rows at the same time as they are transported. Furthermore, since the type of slider length can be easily changed, there are advantages such as the ability to change the allocation column.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a top view of an embodiment of the sorting device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts.
FIG. 4 is also a layout diagram of the main part of the slider'. In the figure, l is a slat, 2 is a conveyor, 3 is a bar-shaped dough product inlet, 4 is a bar-shaped dough product, 5 is a slider, 6 is a slider guide, and 7 is a roller. Agent Patent Attorney Tadashi Sato Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A conveyor configured in an endless manner by arranging a plurality of partitions longer than the length of the product to receive and traversely transport the bar-shaped dough product, and a guide groove having a predetermined direction with respect to the transport direction along the row of partitions of the conveyor. 1. A transporting and sorting device for rod-shaped dough products, comprising: a slider guide having a slider guide; and a plurality of sliders that are guided by the guide groove and move within the partition according to the movement of the conveyor.