JPH0265763A - Apparatus for aligning rod-shaped meat-paste product - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject apparatus provided with a transfer belt, a baffle plate, a raking plate, a pushing plate, etc., and capable of automatically collecting a prescribed number of successively delivered rod-shaped meat-paste products, aligning the collected products and delivering to the next step. CONSTITUTION:Successively delivered rod-shaped meat-paste products 9 are transferred by a transfer belt 5. The products are accumulated by a baffle plate 8 positioned at the transfer end part of the transfer belt 5. When a prescribed number of the products are supplied, a raking plate 12 is lowered on the upper surface of the belt 5 and shifted toward the baffle plate 8 to collect the prescribed number of the products. After lifting the raking plate 12, a pushing plate 41 is transferred from a side to the other side of the belt 5 to push out the collected products.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to foods that require hygiene, such as stick-shaped dough products, and which are continuously conveyed one by one on a belt conveyor. The present invention relates to an aligning device for arranging and sending out a predetermined number of products in close rows with their edges aligned.

[Prior art] When processing bar-shaped dough products such as stick-shaped kamaboko by steaming, etc., the processing section of the processing equipment has a certain width, and the products that are continuously conveyed one by one on a belt conveyor are processed as they are. Since it is wasteful and quick to apply, it was necessary to arrange multiple products in close rows with their edges aligned.

Furthermore, since the target food is a refined product, preservation +'
In order to improve t, secondary heat sterilization must be performed after packaging, which poses problems such as loss of product quality and flavor.

Furthermore, it is obvious that products that are lined up are easier to package, and when the products are lined up after heat processing such as steaming, the hygiene level 11 is lowered due to the amount of labor involved in alignment.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] Therefore, the products are aligned before heating processing.
The amount of personnel and labor costs involved in this alignment work is enormous, the work is monotonous, the work is forced to work under high temperatures as it is directly in front of the 4% equipment, and the location requires only 2 to 3 people. In many cases, the space is only large enough for only a few people to work, so there is a limit to the number of pieces that can be lined up.Furthermore, as mentioned above, since the target is food, manual processes can be reduced in order to improve hygiene. It is a good place to go.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an aligning device that automatically arranges a plurality of rod-shaped kneaded products that are continuously carried in in rows with their ends aligned in close contact with each other.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the apparatus for aligning rod-shaped dough products according to the first aspect of the present invention,
In an aligning device that continuously conveys rod-shaped dough products by a conveyor belt in a conveyance direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof, and sends out a plurality of rod-shaped dough products by aligning them in two horizontal rows with their ends aligned closely, the device is located downstream of the conveyor belt. , a baffle plate that prevents the products from moving in the conveyance direction; and a baffle plate that pushes out a predetermined number of products grouped closely together in horizontal rows from the tail end side to the side of the conveyor belt by the baffle. an extrusion plate; an alignment contact surface attached along the side edge of the crime belt at a position near the belt at the extrusion end of the extrusion plate; moving in and out in the extrusion direction in conjunction with the extrusion plate; It is equipped with an extrusion receiving plate that receives the products +71 pushed out of the belt from below and aligns the tail end of the product group with the abutment surface when retreating.

In the apparatus for aligning bar-shaped edged products according to the second invention, in the apparatus for aligning bar-shaped dough products according to the first invention, when the predetermined number of bar-shaped dough products pass at a predetermined location upstream of the conveyor belt, The apparatus further includes a scraping plate that scrapes the passing products toward the baffle plate at a speed exceeding the conveyance speed.

[Function] In the first invention of the present application, the products being conveyed are brought together in a row in close contact with a baffle plate, and then a predetermined number of products are extruded by an extrusion plate with their tail ends aligned, and then an extrusion operation that interlocks with the extrusion plate is performed. The products are received from below by the receiving plate and pushed out to the side of the belt, and then, when the extrusion receiving plate is moved back, the tail ends of the products are again aligned with the abutment surface, and the products are transported to the next process as a reliably aligned product row.

In addition, in the second invention of the present application, after the manufactured W, which is continuously conveyed in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the product, is delayed by the number of pieces by the hindering piece, the number of pieces is further increased by the scraping piece, Leave a large gap between subsequent products. This spacing buys the time required for the reciprocating stroke of the extrusion plate and allows products to be continuously conveyed at relatively short conveyance intervals to achieve a highly efficient and smooth alignment operation.

[Example] Fig. 1 is a top view of the alignment device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view,
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. The same reference numerals in the figures below indicate the same.

In the figure, a baffle plate 8 is attached to the end of the 12th feed of the belt conveyor 5 (j16 side) in the longitudinal direction of the product to prevent the product from moving in the conveying direction. are sequentially slowed down by the baffle plate 8;

Above the health conveyor 5, there is a top plate 6 on which the air cylinders 2 and 3 are mounted. The top plate 6 has a health control.
There are rails 62 along the conveying direction of the roller 5 and rails 63 along the extrusion direction perpendicular to the conveying force direction, and two rails 64 along the rails 62 and a rail 63 along the extrusion direction perpendicular to the conveying force direction. There are two rails 65 along 63.

The air cylinder 2 is attached to the top plate 6 so as to be able to reciprocate in the conveyance direction, and a scraping member 11 is attached to the tip of the air cylinder 2 so as to be able to slide on two rails 64 via a holder 62.
There is. Attach an air cylinder l to the scraping member 1,
Beyond that G: 1 fleas + that I installed! The temporary 12 is designed to be able to reciprocate up and down.

The air cylinder 3 is attached to the top plate 6 so that it can reciprocate in the extrusion direction, and a groove 63 is formed at the tip of the air cylinder 3.
There is an extrusion member 31 that is attached to each rail 65 so as to be able to move by 1 g. As shown in FIG. 3, the extrusion member 31 has a U-shaped longitudinal section, and the air cylinder 4 is attached to the upper surface of the upper plate portion 32, and the extrusion plate 41 is hinged to the lower surface of the upper plate portion 32 by a U-shaped member 42. The extruded receiving plate 33 of the lower plate portion is inserted into a groove 51 opened in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the heel conveyor 5.

The air cylinder 4 is mounted so as to be able to reciprocate in the extrusion direction, and its tip is attached to the extrusion plate 41 via a hole 34 formed in the upper plate portion 32. Air cylinder 4
With this reciprocating movement, the extrusion plate 41 moves to the third
It rotates as shown by the broken line in the figure.

The extrusion member 31 moves in the extrusion direction as the air cylinder 3 reciprocates, and the extrusion receiving plate 33 and the extrusion plate 41 also move in the extrusion direction in conjunction with each other. The extrusion plate 41 extrudes a group of products arranged in horizontal rows with their tail ends aligned, and the extrusion receiving plate 33 once receives the extruded products and then returns to the standby position as described above! The product is conveyed to the conveyor (not shown) of the next processing equipment J by the abutting surface 52 on the upper side of the groove 51 on the side of the second conveying belt.

A sensor 97 is placed near the standby position of the scraper plate 12 of the conveyor 5 to count the number of products.

Next, one cycle of this device will be specifically explained below.

Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the time course of this device, and Fig. 5 [2] shows the timing of the movement of the four air cylinders of this device.
It is ~.

In addition, in Fig. 5, the drawing axis indicates time-glaze, which is continuous,
In most of the products supplied at the same time, the products are conveyed at equal intervals and at a constant speed, and in order to be easily understood, in this embodiment, the products conveyed at equal intervals and at a constant speed or the sensor 7 is When doing so, the number of φ was displayed as a scale. Also, C1, C2
, C3, C4 are air cylinders 1, 2.3.4, respectively,
S indicates the state in which the screw pin of each air cylinder is in the most contracted state, and l indicates the state in which the screw pin is in the most extended state.

In this device, the number of products to be lined up was 11, which was defined as one product.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the bar-shaped dough products 9 placed on the conveyor 5 are conveyed one after another in the conveying direction at regular intervals, are sequentially delayed by the baffle plate 8, and are collected in horizontal rows in the horizontal direction. It is being At this time, air cylinder 1 is in the standby position of contraction, air cylinder 2 is in extension, air cylinder 3 is in contraction, and air cylinder 4 is in extension.

As shown in FIG. 4B, there are a predetermined number of sensors 7 11
When the pieces are removed, the air cylinder 1 extends and lowers the plate 12 onto the conveyor, and at the same time the air cylinder 2
A product 9a that has shrunk and is being conveyed on the conveyor 5,
99, "Scrape IO+ 9++ in the conveying direction at a speed greater than m l a degree. This scraping stroke creates a wide gap between the following products. This gap allows the reciprocating stroke of the extrusion plate to To gain the necessary time and achieve high efficiency and smooth alignment of products that are continuously conveyed at relatively short conveyance intervals.

In addition, in this device, for example, if the product delayed by the baffle plate 8 does not turn over and the scraping speed is equal to the conveying speed (Q),
Theoretically, up to twice the number of products that are delayed without being reversed can be brought together and aligned without being reversed. Therefore, it is possible to align rod-shaped pasted products having upper and lower surfaces, such as crab meat-like pasted rods, without inverting them.

As shown in Fig. 4C) ffl As soon as F' is finished moving, the air cylinder is activated! contracts, the scraping plate 12 is retracted, and the air cylinder 2 is extended, returning to the original standby state. On the other hand, as soon as the air cylinder 2 starts to expand, the air cylinder 3 expands and moves the extrusion plate 41 and the extrusion receiving plate 33 in the extrusion direction.

In FIG. 4D, a group of products extruded in the extrusion direction with their tail ends aligned by the extrusion plate 41 due to the extension of the air cylinder 3 is received by the extrusion receiving plate 33 from below. At the same time as the expansion of the air cylinder 3 is completed, the air cylinder 4 is contracted and the extrusion plate 43 is retracted. Thereby, when the extrusion plate 43 returns to the standby state, it does not touch the subsequent products that are continuously conveyed, allowing smooth operation.

In FIG. 4E, the air cylinder 4 is contracted and the air cylinder 3 is contracted while the extrusion plate 43 is retracted, and the tail end of the product 1:1 is in contact with the contact part 52 on the side of the belt conveyor 5. Even if the extrusion receiving plate 33 returns, the product group does not return, and as shown in Fig. 4F, the tail ends cannot be aligned at the abutting portion 52, so the receiving plate is passed to the next process and carried out while being aligned. . At the same time as the air cylinder 3 contracts and returns to the standby state, the air cylinder 4 extends and lowers the push-out plate 43 to return to the standby state.

In this way, after the products are received from below by the extrusion receiving plate 33 which is interlocked with the extrusion plate 43, the tail ends are brought into contact with the rough abutment portion 52, and the products are carried out in a uniform manner, so that the products are reliably aligned. can be carried out.

One cycle is completed in the above manner.

In this example, one cycle was started using a signal from a sensor, but if products are force-fed at equal intervals and at a constant speed, the time required for one cycle can be measured in advance using a timer, for example. X. It goes without saying that even if you sell it and perform the operation, the operation of the above-mentioned Kiwansofu will not change at all.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention allows a predetermined number of rod-shaped dough products to be automatically arranged in rows with their edges aligned in close contact with each other and then transported out.
This has the effect of improving productivity, reducing personnel, and reducing costs.

Ward 3

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a top view of the alignment device M of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view,
FIG. 3 is a sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the device over time, and FIG. 5 is a time chart of the movements of the four air cylinders of the device. In the figure, I, 2, 3, and 4 are air cylinders, 5 is a belt conveyor, 8 is a baffle plate, I2 is a mulch plate, 33 is an extrusion receiving plate, 41 is an extrusion plate, and 52 is a contact surface. . J Co1 Agent Patent Attorney Masaru Sato

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an alignment device that continuously conveys rod-shaped dough products in a conveyance direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof using a conveyor belt and arranges and sends out a plurality of rod-shaped dough products in a horizontal row with their ends aligned in close proximity, downstream of said conveyor belt. a baffle plate positioned to prevent the products from moving in the conveyance direction; and a baffle plate for pushing a predetermined number of products grouped closely together in rows from the tail end side to the side of the conveyor belt by the baffle plate. an extrusion plate; an aligning contact surface attached along the side edge of the conveyor belt at a position near the belt at the extrusion end of the extrusion plate; moving in and out in the extrusion direction in conjunction with the extrusion plate; A device for aligning bar-shaped dough products, comprising an extrusion receiving plate that receives the group of products extruded out of the belt from below and aligns the tail end of the group of products with the contact surface when retreating. (2) In the apparatus for aligning rod-shaped dough products according to claim 1, when the predetermined number of rod-shaped dough products pass at a predetermined location upstream of the conveyor belt, the conveyance speed of the passed products is increased toward the baffle plate. A device for arranging rod-shaped kneaded products, further comprising a scraping board for scraping over and over.