JPH024003Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The invention of this application relates to a packaging device for mushrooms and other similar products.

[Conventional technology]

In general, this type of packaging device for mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms, etc., is available, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51210/1983, which was previously proposed by the applicant of the present application;
Publication No. 5523, Publication No. 5524, Publication No. 56-
Publication No. 10643, Publication No. 10645, Publication No. 10645, Publication No. 10645, Publication No. 10643, Publication No. 10643
Japanese Patent Publication No. 10648 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 149869/1983, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 38667/1988 is known as a continuous packaging machine for other mushrooms.

In the above-mentioned packaging device, a bag supplied in advance is set and held in a predetermined position, and a semicircular-arc-shaped mounting member is arranged on the opening side of the bag to place the enoki mushrooms and store them inside the bag. At the same time, a pushing guide member for filling and supplying enoki mushrooms etc. into the bag is arranged on the rear side of the placing member,
The placement member and the push-in guide member are each provided so as to be movable forward and backward via drive means.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

By the way, in the conventional packaging device described above, the placing member and the pushing guide member move forward synchronously, and the front side of the placing member enters the bag together with the enoki mushrooms, and then the rear side on the placing member enters the bag together with the enoki mushrooms. The pushing guide member disposed at the side position enters the bag and stops. After the push-in guide member stops, the placement member moves backward, and the push-in guide member pushes out the mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms into the bag.After filling the bag with the mushrooms, the push-in guide member When the member moves backward, the pushing guide member returns to its initial state together with the placement member, and by repeating this operation, enoki mushrooms and the like are automatically and continuously packed into bags.

Therefore, the placement member does not move backward until the forward movement of the push-in guide member is completed and stopped, resulting in a time loss in the series of operations.
It may not be possible to increase the packaging capacity of automatic packaging equipment.

This invention was made for the purpose of solving the above problem.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a mounting member for mushrooms or similar materials to one piston of a set of cylinders so that they can move forward and backward, and connects a push guide member to the other piston. On the mounting member, the mounting member and the pushing guide member can be moved forward and backward together in the longitudinal direction from the rear side position, and the set position of the pushing guide member is detected during the advancing process. A control means for retracting the placing member which has moved forward is provided, and another control means is provided for detecting the set position of the placing member in the process of retracting the placing member and causing the pushing guide member which has moved forward to move backward. However, the packaging capacity is improved by configuring the bag to be stuffed with mushrooms or similar materials using a pushing guide member into a bag that has been set in advance on the front side of the placement member.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the invention of this application will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

The frame 1 has opposing members 1a and 1b, and a pair of air cylinders 2 and 2a are cantilevered upward and downward along a perpendicular line to the member 1a, and the piston 3 of the cylinder 2 is connected to a bracket 4. be.

A substantially semicircular enoki mushroom mounting member 5 is cantilevered to the bracket 4 along the longitudinal axis of the piston 3.

A pair of rails 6, 6a which are parallel on a plane are installed on the opposing members 1a, 1b of the frame 1, and a bracket 4 is inserted through these rails 6, 6a to support the piston 3 of the cylinder 2 together with the mounting member 5. It moves forward and backward as it moves.

The bracket 4 is provided with a cam 7, and a switch 8 is fixed to a part of the frame 1 and forms a control means, which corresponds to the cam 7 and operates in contact with the cam 7 when the bracket 4 moves backward. There is.

A pushing guide member 9 is attached to the piston 3a of the cylinder 2a and extends above the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 and along its longitudinal axis.

A guide rod 10 is attached to the push-in guide member 9, which extends above the piston 3a along its longitudinal axis and is pivotally supported by the opposing member 1a. stick 1
0 along the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 along its longitudinal axis.

A cam 7a is attached to the guide rod 10 so as to be movable and adjustable along its longitudinal axis.
switch 8 which is actuated in contact with this by the forward movement of
a is fixed to the opposing member 1a of the frame 1 to form another control means.

The switches 8, 8a are designed to control the backward movement of the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 and the pushing guide rod 10, as will be described later.

A pair of left and right substantially arc-shaped lid members 11 are attached to the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 on both longitudinal edges thereof.
In this case, it is hinged and can be moved to the closing side or to the opening side with respect to the space above the mounting member 5.

A pair of blocking guide members 12, 12a each having a substantially U-shape are fixed to the opposing member 1b at one side thereof, and the other sides thereof are opposed to each other in a substantially V-shape. diagonally toward the upper edge in the longitudinal direction and inwardly from each other to form the bending guide portion 1.
3 and 13a, and the enoki mushroom mounting member 5
Due to the forward movement of the lid member 11, the front end of the lid member 11 is bent together with the closing guide members 12, 12a and the bending guide member 13,
The space above the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 is closed while contacting with the enoki mushroom mounting member 13a.

Bolts 14 and 14a are screwed through each of the opposing members 1b, and depending on the degree of screwing of these bolts 14 and 14a, the opposing sides of the closing guide members 12 and 12a can be pressed to adjust the opposing gap. This allows the degree of closure of the enoki mushroom placement member 5 by the lid member 11 to be adjusted.

The front side positions of the closing guide members 12, 12a are pivoted to the opposing member 1b, and springs 15, 1 are normally attached to the closing side.
A set of expansion guide members 16, 16a biased by 5a
are arranged, and the front ends of these guide members 16, 16a are
In this case, when it comes into contact with the front end of the lid member 11, it opens outward, and the opening of the polyethylene transparent bag 17, which is set and opened in advance on the front side, is further expanded.

The bags 17 are stacked, for example, in a container (not shown), and are transferred and supported one by one to a set position by suction means connected to a compressor, as is well known.

An opening guide member 18 is fixed to the facing member 1a of the frame 1 and has its top on the longitudinal axis of the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 and tilts rearward. As a result, the rear end of the lid member 11 follows both inclined surfaces of the guide member 18, thereby opening the lid member 11 on both the left and right sides.
The initial state is maintained.

Of course, it is also possible to connect the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 and the lid member 11 with a spring (not shown), and use the elasticity of this spring to bias the lid member 11 against the mounting member 5 in the open state at all times. It is.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained.

Enoki mushrooms are introduced from a hopper (not shown), and are supported by a substantially semicircular mounting member 5.

At this time, the pushing guide member 9 is located at the rear side of the enoki mushroom as an initial state.

From this state, for example, the motor is rotated, and the device is driven in a well-known manner by a series of sequences based on electrical signals by a control means consisting of a group of cams that respond to the motor, and a group of switches that contact and operate the motor. .

That is, in this case, first the cylinders 2, 2a
The pintons 3 and 3a move forward at the same time, and along with this, the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 starts moving forward along the rails 6 and 6a together with the bracket 4 connected thereto, and the pushing guide member 9 also moves forward along the guide rod 10. It moves forward with.

Here, the speeds of the pistons 3 and 3a are set to be the same, and therefore the guide member 9 relative to the mounting member 5
The positional relationship remains unchanged.

As the enoki mushroom placement member 5 moves forward, the lid member 11 connected thereto comes into contact with the V-shaped closing guide members 12, 12a fixed to the opposing member 1b of the frame 1 at its front end, and the closing guide member 12,12
The lid member 11 is biased toward the closing side along the bending guide portions 13, 13a on the front upper edge of the lid member 11a.
When the front end of the lid member 11 passes between the closing guide members 12 and 12a, the entire lid member 11 closes the space above the enoki mushroom mounting member 5.

In this state, it is useful to prevent the enoki mushroom from coming off the mounting member 5, to prepare for the next operation, and to shape the posture of the enoki mushroom.

When the placement member 5 moves further forward, its front end, together with the front end of the lid member 11 which is closed in this case, comes into contact with the expansion guide members 16, 16a located in front of the closure guide members 12, 12a, and presses them.

Therefore, the expansion guide members 16, 16a
5, 15a and opens outward against the elasticity of the bag 17, thereby penetrating into the mouth of the bag 17 set in advance as described above, expanding outward from the inside, and passing through the mouth of this bag 17. The placing member 5 enters into the bag 17 within a certain range together with the closing lid member 11.

In this state, the forward motion of the mounting member 5 is stopped.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned state is set when the bracket 4 comes into contact with the opposing member 1b of the frame 1.

Of course, it is also possible to control by the operating stroke of the piston 3.

The forward movement of the piston 3a continues, and as a result, the pushing guide member 9 continues to press the enoki mushroom on the mounting member 5 toward the inside of the bag 17 from the rear side. It goes without saying that the piston 3a also stops within a certain range.

At this time, the guide rod 10 connected to the push-in guide member 9
When the cam 7a contacts the switch 8a, the piston 3 of the cylinder 2 starts to move backward, and the enoki mushroom mounting member 5 moves backward together with the lid member 11.

During the backward movement of the mounting member 5, the lid member 11 runs along both inclined surfaces from the top of the opening guide member 18, thereby forcibly opening the lid member 11 and returning to the initial state.

At this time, the piston 3a of the cylinder 2a is in a stationary state, so that the enoki mushrooms are in the bag 17.
It is packed inside and sent to the next packaging stage.

During the backward movement of the enoki mushroom mounting member 5, when the bracket 4 connected thereto comes into contact with the switch 8, an electric signal causes the piston 3 of the cylinder 2a to be activated.
a starts a backward movement, and thereby the push-in guide member 9 moves backward and returns to the initial state.

In this embodiment, when the push-in guide member 9 is released from contact with the expansion guide members 16, 16a during the backward movement, the guide members 16, 16a are activated by the springs 15, 15a.
It closes due to its elasticity and returns to its initial state.

Therefore, according to the device of this invention, by placing the enoki mushrooms on the mounting member 5, it is possible to stuff the enoki mushrooms into the bag reliably and neatly without creating a complicated device structure, and the product can be packed. It has the advantage of increasing value.

Although an air cylinder is used in the embodiment of this invention, a hydraulic cylinder or the like may also be used.Although the case deals with bags of enoki mushrooms, other items to be packaged may also be used.

[Effect of idea]

The present invention connects a mounting member for mushrooms or similar materials to one piston of a set of cylinders so that they can move forward and backward, and connects a push-in guide member to the other piston so that the mounting member can be placed on the mounting member. The placement member and the pushing guide member can move forward together by moving forward and backward in the longitudinal direction from the rear side position, and the setting position of the pushing guide member is detected during the advancement process and the mounting member moves forward. A control means for retracting the member is provided, and another control means is provided for detecting the setting position of the placing member during the retraction process and retracting the pushing guide member that has moved forward, The structure is such that mushrooms and other similar materials are stuffed into a bag that has been set in advance using a pushing guide member, and during the forward movement of the pushing guide member, the control means is actuated to move the placement member backward, thereby pushing the enoki mushrooms and the like into the bag. The time for feeding and packing can be shortened,
This makes it possible to increase the packaging capacity of a series of packaging devices.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a side view of the proposed device, Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a side view of the main parts showing the operating state of Figures 1 and 2, and Figure 4 is the main part of Figure 3. Sectional plan, 5th
The figure is an enlarged front view of the main part of FIG. 4. Frame...1, Cylinder...2, 2a, Piston...3, 3a, Placement member...5, Pushing guide member...9, Lid member...11, Closing guide member...1
2, 12a, bending guide member... 13, 13a, expansion guide member... 16, 16a, bag... 17.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A mounting member for mushrooms or similar materials is connected to one piston of a set of cylinders so that they can move forward and backward, and a pushing guide member is connected to the other piston so that the mounting member can be placed on the mounting member from the rear side. The placement member and the pushing guide member can move forward and backward together in the longitudinal direction, and the set position of the pushing guide member is detected during the forward movement process, and the placing member that has moved forward is moved backward. A control means is provided to detect the set position of the placing member during the retraction process, and another control means is provided to move the push-in guide member that has moved forward to a backward position. 1. A packaging device for mushrooms and other similar products, characterized in that the mushrooms and other similar products are packed inside using a push-in guide member.