JPH0518958Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an automatic skewer for skewering materials such as meat, ham, sausage, processed seafood, prepared foods, confectionery, meat, green onions, etc.

(Conventional technology and its problems) Conventional automatic skewering machines are specialized machines that can be used for certain types of skewering materials.
In contrast, the present invention seeks to provide an automatic skewering machine that can handle all types of skewering materials.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a conveyor chain that moves intermittently one stroke at a time, and a magnet is glued within a frame formed in a U-shape in longitudinal section. A magnetic base having positioning fitting convex portions protruding near both ends of the bottom surface is successively attached, and a tray base having positioning fitting holes drilled in the magnetic base into which the positioning fitting convex portions are fitted can be freely attached and detached. A chain conveyor mechanism section on which a material supply/reception tray for placing skewered material is placed on the tray stand, and a skewer guide member which is provided above the right side of the chain conveyor mechanism section and whose both sides are curved at the center of the bottom part are installed vertically. , a skewer supply drum is provided on both sides of the skewer guide member, which rotates intermittently at the same time as the chain conveyor moves intermittently, has a skewer picking groove carved on its outer peripheral surface, and supplies skewers to the skewer driving mechanism; A plurality of vertical partition grooves are provided on the partition plate provided above the drum, and similar partition grooves are provided on the inner surface of the frame wall at a position opposite to the partition plate. A skewer hopper mechanism section consisting of a skewer hopper into which a side plate is inserted; a material pressing mechanism section provided on the top of the chain conveyor mechanism section to hold down the skewered material conveyed from the chain conveyor mechanism section; and a skewer hopper mechanism section. and a skewering mechanism section that pierces the skewered material that is held down by the material pressing mechanism section with a skewer supplied from the skewer hopper mechanism section.

(Example) Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained based on an example shown in FIGS. 1 to 9.

The present invention consists of a chain conveyor mechanism section A disposed on a pedestal T to which a movable small turning wheel 81 is attached.
, skewer hopper mechanism part B, and material presser mechanism part C
and a skewering mechanism section D.

The chain conveyor mechanism section A is for transporting the skewered material, and as shown in FIGS. , a magnet stand 3, a tray stand 7, and a material supply/reception tray 9.

In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 9,
The conveyor chains 2, 2 are driven by the intermittent drive of the conveyor drive motor.
Conveyor drive sprocket 92, 92 provided in 1
It is designed to move sequentially and intermittently one stroke at a time through the .

That is, the conveyor chain 2 has the rotating shaft 9
The sensor cam 97 for stopping the conveyor provided in 1 operates the sensor part 98, and normally one stroke
It moves intermittently by 38.1mm.

In addition, depending on the specifications of the material to be skewered, by electrically switching the conveyor stop sensor cam 95 to the sensor section 96, it is possible to switch in two steps from 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm per stroke, and with the same machine, the width of the material to be skewered is 15 mm. It is also possible to skewer up to 75mm.

In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4,
The magnet stand 3 is made of a stainless steel material and is formed in a longitudinal shape, and is continuously arranged in parallel on the left and right conveyor chains 2, 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the magnet stand 3 has a U-shaped vertical cross section, and has positioning fitting protrusions 5, 5 protruding near both ends of the bottom surface, and a ferrite-based magnet inside the U-shaped frame. An anisotropic magnet 6 is attached to the bottom of the U-shaped frame. In the illustration, one magnet 6 is provided, but a plurality of magnets 6 may be provided. In this case, the side walls 4, 4 of the magnet holder 3 are formed approximately 0.5 mm higher than the height of the anisotropic magnet 6, and the magnetic force of the S pole surface as well as the magnetic force of the N pole of the magnet 6 is applied to the magnet holder. It is also transmitted to the side wall surface, and the adsorption force of the following tray stand 7 attached to the magnetic stand is made strong, so that it can be surely attached with one touch.

The tray stand 7 is a longitudinal flat plate made of stainless steel, and is detachably attached to the magnet stand 3. The tray stand 7 has positioning fittings that are fitted into the positioning fitting protrusions 5, 5 provided on the magnet stand. Holes 8, 8 are bored.

The material supply receiving tray 9 is placed on the tray stand 7, and has a skewer insertion guide groove 10 formed at the center of both ends of the upper surface into which a skewer is inserted.
A wavy material holding groove 11 is continuously carved horizontally on the upper surface of the material supply/receiving tray between the skewer insertion guide grooves 10. Furthermore, the skewer insertion guide groove 10 is located at the center of the protrusion 12 formed between the material holding grooves 11.
A concave groove 13 through which a skewer inserted is provided, and material pressing protrusions 14 are formed on both sides of the concave groove 13.

In Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6,
The skewer hopper mechanism part B supplies the skewers stored in the skewer hopper to the skewer driving mechanism part D, which will be described later.As seen in FIG. 21 and skewer supply drum 2
3, 23 and scraper rollers 25, 25
and a skewer scraper 26, 26.

The skewer hopper 21 has a skewer guide member 22 with curved surfaces on both sides vertically disposed at the center of the bottom thereof, and skewer picking grooves 23a, 23a, . There are two skewer supply drums 23, 23 carved with ..., partition plates 24, 24 are provided above the skewer supply drums, and a plurality of cuts 24a, 24a, . . . are provided on the lower edge of the partition plate. and scraper rollers 25, 25, . . . are provided in the notches.
are provided so that their outer peripheral surfaces are in contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the skewer supply drums 23, 23, and the skewer supply drums 23, 23
Skewer scrapers 26, 26 are provided below.

The skewer supply drums 23, 23 are arranged to rotate intermittently by a quarter in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 6 at the same time as the conveyor chains 2, 2 are moved intermittently.

Furthermore, skewers E of different lengths are provided in the skewer hopper 21.
A plurality of vertical partition grooves 27, 2 are provided in the partition plates 24, 24 provided on the skewer hopper 21 so that the skewer hopper 21 can accommodate
7, . . . are provided, and similar partition grooves 27, 27, . Side plates 28, 28 are adapted to be inserted.

Since the skewer hopper mechanism section B is configured as described above, the skewer feeding drums 23, 23 are rotated by a quarter of a rotation when the conveyor drive motor is driven, and the skewers loaded into the hopper are fed into the hopper. Skewer picking groove 23 carved on the outer periphery of the skewer supply drum
A, 23a scoops out one piece and raises it to the top. At this time, when two or three skewers are scraped up while interfering with the skewer picking groove 23a due to bending, warping, etc. of the skewer, the scraper rollers 25, 25 rotating in the same direction as the skewer supply drums 23, 23 As a result, skewers other than those scooped into the predetermined skewer picking grooves 23a, 23a are forcibly thrown away and removed into the skewer hopper 21.

Due to the intermittent operation, the skewer supply drums 23, 23 rotate while being in contact with the skewer guide member 22, and the skewers that are dislodged by the skewer guide member when the skewer picking groove 23a is lowered are sent to the skewer chute 61 of the skewer mechanism section D, which will be described later.
is supplied to In this case, the skewers that are stuck in the grooves 23a of the skewer supply drums 23, 23 and do not fall down even after being removed from the skewer guide member 22 due to bending or warping of the skewers are forcibly removed by the skewer scrapers 26, 26. It will be done.

There are two types of skewers: bamboo skewers and wooden skewers with different skewer diameters, but the skewer hopper mechanism B itself can be attached and detached from the machine with a single touch, and the two types can be exchanged. It's summery.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 7, the material holding mechanism section C holds down the skewered material conveyed from the chain conveyor mechanism section, and is arranged above the chain conveyor mechanism section A. , a presser base 31 formed of a flat plate, a drive motor 32 attached to the center of the presser base, and an eccentric cam 33 fixed to the tip of the rotating shaft of the drive motor.
A connecting rod 33a having an upper end pivoted at a position eccentric to the eccentric cam, a guide plate 34 having a central protrusion 35 pivoted to the lower end of the connecting rod, and an upright structure on the guide plate. and the bearing tube 3 provided on the presser base 31
6, 36 and the guide plate 3
The rod body 3 that fits into the insertion holes 38, 38 provided in 4.
9, 39 are installed vertically, and countless protrusions 4 are provided on the lower surface.
2, a material presser holder 40 with a presser member 41 attached thereto, a fitting hole 43 provided near the right end of the presser base 31, and an upper plate 45 and a lower plate 46 of a support portion 44 attached to the right end of the guide plate 34. The skewer holding member 49 is attached to the lower end of a push rod 48 that fits into a fitting hole 47 provided in the holder.

The drive motor 32 is connected to the skewer hopper mechanism section B.
When the skewer is fed to the skewering mechanism section, its rotating shaft rotates by half a rotation to hold down the material to be skewered, and then when the skewer is inserted into the material to be skewered by the skewering mechanism section D, which will be described later. , it is designed to release the hold by making a further 1/2 turn.

Note that the presser member 41 attached to the lower part of the material presser holder 40 is configured to be located directly above the material supply tray 9 in the chain conveyor mechanism section A.

A rod 39 provided on the material presser holder 40,
39 is the coil spring 50, 50 and the support part 4
A coil spring 48a is wound around each push rod 48 between the upper plate 45 and the lower plate 46 of 4.

Furthermore, a skewer guide 50 attached to the conveyor frame 1 is placed directly below the skewer holding member 49 to form a skewer guide groove regardless of the shape of the material to be skewered.

The skewer guide 50 has a groove 51 carved therein for the skewer to pass through, and the skewer guide is arranged so as to be parallel to the material supply tray 9 placed on the tray stand 7 in the chain conveyor mechanism section A. is,
The skewer E passing through the groove 51 of the skewer guide 50 can pass through the grooves 10 and 13 provided in the material supply tray 9.

Since the material holding mechanism section C is configured as described above, when a skewer is supplied from the skewer hopper mechanism section B to the skewer driving mechanism section D, the drive motor 32 is driven and the eccentric cam 33 is moved in half. The shaft rod 3 rotates once and the bearing tubes 36, 36 attached to the presser base 31
7, 37 are guided, the connecting rod 33a is lowered, and the material presser holder 40 is also lowered, and by the action of the coil springs 50, 50, . . . and the presser member 40, the material supply tray 9 of the chain conveyor mechanism section A is The skewered material that has been carried on the machine is softly held down.

Further, at the same time as the connecting rod 33a is lowered, the support portion 44 or the skewer holding member 49 are also lowered, and the skewer holding member and the skewer guide 50 come into close contact to form a stable skewer insertion opening. In this way, since the skewer insertion opening is constantly stable, it is possible to reliably insert the skewer into the material while minimizing bending and warping of the skewer.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 8, the skewer driving mechanism D is a skewer supplied from the skewer hopper mechanism that pierces the skewered material that is being held down by the material pressing mechanism. It is arranged at the lower part of the hopper mechanism part B, and is composed of a skewering chute 61, a slider 64, an arm 66, and a skewering drive motor 75 that advances the arm 66 via a connecting rod 70.

The skewering drive motor 75 rotates by half a rotation when the material to be skewered is pressed down in the material holding mechanism section C in response to a pressing confirmation signal, and when the skewer is inserted into the material to be skewered, a signal confirming the completion of skewering is received. Then, it rotates an additional 1/2 turn.

The skewering chute 61 is provided with a groove 62 having a V-shaped cross section from the tip to the rear end at the center of the upper surface of the plate formed in a longitudinal shape, and is mounted on the conveyor frame 1 with mounting stands 63 provided at the bottom of both ends. The skewer guide 50 is attached horizontally to the skewer guide 50, and the skewer E supplied to the V-shaped groove 62 can pass through the groove 51 provided in the skewer guide 50.

The slider 64 is provided at the lower part of the skewering chute 61, and is guided by two slider guide rods 65 provided between the mounting bases 63, 63, so that it can move forward. The lower part of the slider 64 is fixed to the upper end of the arm 66.

Furthermore, the V formed in the skewer chute 61
A skewer pusher 67 with a V-shaped cross section is attached to the groove 62 and slid back and forth within the groove, and is fixed by an angle 68 attached to the slider 64.

Since the skewering mechanism section D is configured as described above, the connecting rod 70 is driven by the skewering motor 75.
As the arm 66 moves forward, the slider 64 and the skewer pusher 67 move forward, and the skewer supplied to the groove 62 of the skewer chute 61 is driven by the skewer pusher 67 and the skewer presser member 49 and the skewer guide 50 The material to be skewered is passed through the skewer insertion opening formed in the material supply tray 9 and inserted into the material to be skewered.

In addition, since the connecting rod 70 and rod end 72 are screwed in from side to side, the skewering stroke etc.
Stroke position can be changed. Furthermore, since the skewer pusher 67 is provided with a mounting hole that allows the position of the insertion dimension to be changed, the insertion size can be changed as desired.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the entire present invention having the above configuration will be explained.

When the drive motor 32 of the chain conveyor mechanism section A is driven, the conveyor chain 2 moves forward by one stroke, and the sensor F of the sensor section 98 is turned on by the sensor cam 97 shown in FIG. 9 to stop the conveyor rotating shaft 91. At the same time as the conveyor chain 2 advances one stroke, the skewer supply drums 23, 23 of the skewer hopper 21 of the skewer hopper mechanism section B
When the skewer is supplied to the skewer chute 61 of the skewer mechanism section D by one-quarter rotation, the sensor G detects the skewer supply.
turns on and the skewer supply drum stops.

Material holding mechanism part C is activated by signals from sensor F for stopping the conveyor and sensor G for stopping the skewer supply drum.
The drive motor is driven, the eccentric cam 33 rotates by half, and the connecting rod 33a descends.
Press down on the skewered material. The sensor H of the material holding mechanism C to confirm that the material is held is turned ON. Further, as the connecting rod 33a descends, the supporting portion 44 or the skewer holding member 49 also follow and descend, bringing the skewer holding member 49 and the skewer guide 50 into close contact, and on the other hand, the connecting rod 33a further The material to be skewered is lowered and is gently held down by the holding member 41 and the material supply/receiving tray 9, which has been transported by the tray.

As described above, when the material to be skewered is held down, the signal from the sensor H drives the skewering drive motor 75 of the skewering mechanism section D to drive the slider 64 and skewer via the connecting rod 70 and the arm 66. While advancing the pusher 67, the skewer chute 6
The skewer supplied to the groove 62 of 1 is the skewer presser member 4
9 and the skewer guide 50, the skewer moves forward and is pierced into the skewer material.

As described above, when the skewer is inserted into the material to be skewered, the skewer confirmation signal I is turned ON at the forward end of the skewering mechanism section D, and the eccentric cam 33 further rotates by 1/2. By this, the skewer pressing member 49
As J rises, the signal J to release the skewered material is released.
is turned on, the slider 64 and the skewer pusher 67 are moved back, and the skewering cycle for one skewering material is completed.

As described above, when one skewering cycle is completed, skewering is completed and the slider 6
4. Pushya 67 retreats. A signal K confirming the retreat of the skewering mechanism D is input, and the same operation is repeated again.

(Effects of the invention) Since the invention is configured as described above,
It has the following effects.

(1) Depending on the material supply capacity, the time difference between intermittent operations can be continuously variable.

(2) In the conveyor operation, in addition to the predetermined pitch feed, the sensor cam 9 of the chain conveyor mechanism section A
By switching between 5 and 96 and sensors 96 and 98, the pitch feed amount can be changed, providing a wide range of uses for the shape of the skewered material.

(3) In the material presser mechanism C, the material presser holder 40 or presser member 41 and the skewer presser member 49 are separate, so irregularities in the skewer guide due to irregular shapes or differences in size of the material to be skewered may occur. Stability is resolved and reliable skewering is possible.

(4) The skewer holding member 49 allows the skewer to be inserted into the material to be skewered while correcting bending, warping, etc. of the skewer.

(5) The material holding projections 14 and the material holding grooves of the material supply receiving tray 9 are lightly pressed in a vertical wave pattern, and the material to be skewered can be skewered linearly by the skewer holding device 44, so that the material is skewered. can be processed into shapes that can be sewn together in the same way as by hand.

(6) Since the skewer supply hopper 21 can be easily attached and detached, it is possible to replace the skewer supply hopper with completely different skewer specifications.

(7) Changing the length of skewers with the same diameter using the same skewer supply hopper is possible because the skewer hopper 21 has a plurality of partition grooves 27 that can change the side plate 28 for changing the skewer length. A wide variety of skewers can be stored in the hopper 21.

(8) Anisotropic magnet 6 installed on magnet stand 3
The material supply receiving tray stand 7 is attracted by the
Since the tray stand 7 can be easily attached and detached, cleaning and sterilization together with the material supply tray 9 is easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view of the present invention, Figure 2 is a partially cutaway left side view of the present invention, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the magnet stand and tray stand of the present invention, and Figure 4 is the material supply receiver of the present invention. A perspective view of the tray, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the skewer hopper mechanism of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
Figure 7 is a front view showing the vicinity of the material holding mechanism of the present invention, Figure 8 is a perspective view of the skewering mechanism of the present invention, and Figure 9 is the rotation shaft of the conveyor drive motor of the chain conveyor mechanism of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the vicinity. A...Chain conveyor mechanism section, B...Skewer hopper mechanism section, C...Material pressing mechanism section, D...Skewer driving mechanism section, E...Skewer, 2...Conveyor chain, 3...
...Magnetic stand, 5...Positioning fitting convex portion, 6...
...Magnet, 7...Tray stand, 8...Positioning fitting hole, 9...Material supply tray, 21...Skewer hopper, 22...Skewer guide member, 23...Skewer supply drum, 23a...Skewer pick-up groove, 24...partition plate,
27...Partition groove, 28...Skewer length changing side plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A magnet stand is continuously attached to a conveyor chain that moves intermittently one stroke at a time, with magnets glued inside a frame formed in a U-shape in vertical section, and with positioning fitting protrusions protruding near both ends of the bottom surface. ,
A chain conveyor mechanism unit in which a tray stand having a positioning fitting hole into which the positioning fitting convex portion is fitted is removably attached to the magnetic stand, and a material supply/receiving tray on which skewered material is placed is placed on the tray stand. A skewer guide member is provided on the upper right side of the chain conveyor mechanism section, and a skewer guide member with curved surfaces on both sides is installed vertically at the center of the bottom, and on both sides of the skewer guide member, the skewer guide member is intermittently rotated simultaneously with the intermittent movement of the chain conveyor, and A skewer supply drum is provided with skewer picking grooves carved on its surface and supplies skewers to the skewer driving mechanism, and a plurality of vertical partition grooves are provided on a partition plate provided above the skewer supply drum. A similar partitioning groove is provided on the inner surface of the frame wall at the opposing position, and a skewer hopper mechanism section consisting of a skewer hopper with a removably inserted skewer length changing side plate between the partitioning grooves, and the upper part of the chain conveyor mechanism section. A material pressing mechanism is provided at the bottom of the skewer hopper mechanism to hold down the skewered material conveyed from the chain conveyor mechanism. An automatic skewering machine characterized by comprising a skewering mechanism section that pierces the pressed skewering material.