JPH05161423A - Automatic wound paper-removing machine for mushroom cultivation container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perfectly automatically perform by a mechanical operation method a work for removing paper wound on a mushroom culturing bottle, the work having been carried out by man power. CONSTITUTION:The machine is constituted of a feeding conveyor 2, an intermittently rotated star wheel 3, a bottle-rotating guide 4 and a bottle-discharging conveyer 5. A bottle-rotating mechanism is disposed in the star wheel 3, and a picker unit is further disposed as a means for removing wound paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper wrapping machine for a mushroom cultivation container, in which the operation of continuously removing the wrapping paper is carried out fully automatically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For wrapping paper for mushroom cultivation used for cultivating mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms, a method of fixing the wrapping paper with a C-shaped clip for the purpose of facilitating its attachment / detachment (Shokai Sho 60-89846). ), And a wrapping paper with a detachable arm added (Jitsuko 57-26607). However, the above-mentioned wrapping paper has problems such as a high cost of the wrapping paper and poor handleability. Therefore, at present, a wrapping paper to which a pasting fastener is attached (Shokai Sho 61-104054) is widely used. Regarding the wrapping paper, many devices for automatically attaching the wrapping paper to the mushroom cultivation container have been devised, but the present situation is that the work of removing the wrapping paper requires a lot of manpower and a large labor cost.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, as in the prior art described above, a paper wrapper with a laminated fastener for mushroom cultivation, which requires a large number of labor and a large labor cost, is automatically operated by machine operation. This is what you do.

[0004]

The automatic paper winding machine of the present invention comprises a feeding conveyor 2, an intermittently rotating star wheel 3, a bottle rotation guide 4 and a discharging conveyor 5, and the star wheel 3 is provided with a bottle rotating mechanism. In addition, a picker unit is provided as a means for removing the wrapping paper.

[0005]

When the bottle 1 enters the star wheel 3 that rotates intermittently and revolves around its own axis, the joint of the wrapping paper 7 enters between the claw 8a and the grip plate 8b, and this is detected by the sensor, and the cylinder 8C is detected. The wrapping paper is grasped by and the wrapping paper is removed by sliding the entire picker unit 8 in the drive axis direction.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic paper winding machine according to the present invention. The bottle 1 with the wrapping paper is supplied to the intermittently rotating star wheel 3 by the feeding conveyor 2,
While the star wheel rotates 180 degrees, the wrapping paper is removed from the bottle, the bottle 1 is discharged from the star wheel 3 by the discharge conveyor 5, and the wrapping paper falls at the chute 6.

Next, the mechanism for removing the wrapping paper will be described in detail. The position of the seam of the bottle wrapping paper supplied from the feeding conveyor 2 to the star wheel 3 is random.
A picker unit 8 for gripping and removing the wrapping paper is installed above the concave portion of the star wheel 3 into which the bottle enters, and is attached to the same drive shaft 9 as the star wheel 3.
The picker unit 8 includes a claw 8a, a grip plate 8b, and an air cylinder 8c. A sensor detects that the end of the paper wrapper has entered between the claw 8a and the grip plate 8b, and the air cylinder 8c grips the paper roll. Then, the entire picker unit slides toward the center of the drive shaft 9 to remove the paper wrapper from the bottle. Therefore, it is necessary to rotate the bottle so that the seam of the wrapping paper enters between the claw 8a and the grip plate 8b.

The rotation mechanism of the bottle is shown in FIG. A roller 1 for holding a bottle in a roller bracket 12 attached to a star wheel 3 via a linear guide 13.
0 is fixed. One end of the spring 11 is attached to the roller bracket 13, and the other end of the spring 11 is attached to a pin 14 fixed to the star wheel 3. Therefore, the roller 10 is the bottle 1
Has a function of pressing the bottle in the direction of the bottle rotation guide 4, and at the same time, since the roller is arranged to hold the bottle, the rotational force of the star wheel 3 is also transmitted. If a spring 11 that generates a pressing force that prevents the bottle 1 from sliding on the bottle rotation guide 4 is used, the star wheel 3
The rotation and rotation of the bottle 1 enable the bottle 1 to revolve and rotate.
By the rotation operation of the bottle 1, it is possible to introduce a wrapping paper joining portion between the claw 8a of the picker unit 8 and the grip plate 8b. Note that the bottles that are normally used for mushroom cultivation are made of plastic, and will deform if pressed with an excessively large force. It is desirable to attach a slip stopper such as urethane rubber to the side of the guide 4 that contacts the bottle.

As shown in FIG. 2, the star wheel 3 and the bottle rotation guide 4 are provided in two sets up and down with respect to the height direction of the bottle to prevent the bottle 1 from tipping over and to prevent the bottle 1 from falling. By restraining the wrapping paper, the wrapping paper can be removed even if the movement amount of the picker unit 8 in the drive axis direction is small.

The wrapping paper removed from the bottle is discharged from the star wheel 3 by the discharge conveyor 5 and then, while passing over the upper part of the chute 3, the gripping plate 8b retracts to release the wrapping paper and drop it. At the same time, the picker unit 8 that has slid in the drive shaft direction in order to remove the wrapping paper slides in the opposite direction and returns to the initial state.

The wrapping paper 7 is the claw 8 of the picker unit 8.
Although it is necessary to rotate while contacting a, the winding diameter of the wrapping paper 7 changes depending on the growing state of the mushroom. Therefore, in the device of the present invention, a mechanism for adjusting the initial position of the picker unit 8 and An elastic guide is provided.

[0012]

With the above-mentioned device,
It has become possible to efficiently handle the paper-wrapping work of a mushroom cultivation container, which has conventionally required a lot of labor and labor costs, by an unmanned operation by a machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic paper winding machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a bottle rotation mechanism and a picker unit.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a bottle rotation mechanism and a picker unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bottle 2 Feeding Conveyor 3 Star Wheel 4 Bottle Rotating Guide 5 Ejecting Conveyor 6 Chute 7 Wrapping Paper 7a Laminating Fastener 8 Picker Unit 8a Claw 8b Grip Plate 8c Air Cylinder 9 Drive Shaft 10 Roller 11 Spring 12 Roller Blacket 13 Linear Guide 14 Pin

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A means for detaching from a bottle, which has a mechanism for rotating a mushroom cultivation container (bottle) 1 on a star wheel 3 to detect a seam of the wrapper and at the same time grasp the wrapper while the bottle 1 revolves. An automatic wrapping machine for mushroom cultivating containers, which is provided. 2. The star wheel 3 according to claim 1 rotates intermittently, and both the feeding conveyor 2 and the discharging conveyor 5 continuously operate, thereby simplifying the supply and discharge of bottles to and from the apparatus. An automatic wrapping machine for mushroom cultivation containers.