JPH0537742U - Supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Quantitatively quantify solids such as food in predetermined containers.
Moreover, it can be supplied without polluting the periphery of the device.
Solid material feeder. In a supply device for supplying solid matter from a trough 2 having a bottom portion and both side surfaces to a container located at the lower end of the trough, the solid matter is moved in parallel at a constant angle so as to face the solid matter supply direction of the trough, Stopper 8 having a closed position for closing the tip of the trough and an open position for opening the tip of the trough
Is provided, and the lower end portion of the stopper is located below the extension of the bottom of the trough when the stopper is in the open position.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a solid material supply device, and more particularly, to a solid material supply device for quantitatively supplying a solid material such as food to a predetermined container.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In order to quantitatively supply an object while separating it, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, a stopper plate 51 is pivotally provided on the upper end of a trough 50, and the stopper plate 51 is used as an air cylinder. By swinging at 52 or the like, the front end of the trough 50 was opened and closed to supply a predetermined amount of raw material to the container below the trough. However, in such an apparatus, especially in an apparatus in which the drop between the trough and the container below the trough is large, for example, when processing a material that easily splashes, part of the material jumps from the trough to the container below due to inertia. Or, it often hits the stopper in the middle of opening and scatters in various directions, often failing to enter the prescribed container. In addition, when processing raw materials that tend to adhere and tend to get entangled, a large vibration is applied to the trough in order to facilitate transportation, and raw material that jumps a lot at the tip of the trough may not enter the specified container. There were many. Further, the raw material attached to the stopper plate was often shaken off by the swing of the stopper plate and scattered downward. Therefore, there is a problem that a predetermined amount cannot be supplied to the container, and the raw material that is not contained in the container stains the periphery of the apparatus.

[0003] Furthermore, in the case where the accommodating units for weighing the weight of foods, that is, the weighing hoppers are arranged side by side, foods that are easily entangled enter another hopper that is arranged side by side and the weighing accuracy deteriorates. was there.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides a solid substance supply device capable of supplying solid substances such as foods into a predetermined container quantitatively and without polluting the periphery of the device. It is intended.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a solid-state supply device for supplying solid matter from a trough having a bottom portion and both side surfaces to a container located at a lower end of the trough. Is provided with a stopper having a closed position for closing the tip of the trough and an open position for opening the tip of the trough, the stopper being open at the lower end portion of the trough. When it is in the position, it is located below the extension of the bottom of the trough.

It is preferable that the stopper is a flat surface, and a surface of the flat surface facing the trough is inclined downward from a vertical surface. Further, it is preferable that both side surfaces of the trough extend to the front of the stopper open position.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the solid material feeder described above, the solid material supplied to the trough is conveyed to the trough tip, but when the stopper is in the closed position and the trough tip is closed, the solid material is not fed downward from the trough. .. When the stopper moves in parallel and the tip of the trough is released, the solid matter sent by the trough falls from the tip of the trough and enters the container located below the tip of the trough. The lower end of the stopper is located below the extension of the bottom of the trough when the stopper is in the open position, so solids that have jumped over the container will always hit the stopper and be stored in the container, and will not jump out. .. In addition, since the surface of the solid material that hits the stopper is inclined downward from the vertical surface of the solid material that faces the trough of the stopper, the direction in which the solid material rebounds even if the stopper is being opened or closed It is constant and does not come off from the container. Furthermore, since both sides of the trough extend beyond the open position of the stopper, they will not enter other containers arranged in parallel.

[0008]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. A solid material supply vibrating trough 2 (hereinafter referred to as vibrating trough 2) is provided below the tip of the solid material supplying chute 1 located in the upstream portion, and a straight vibration (arrow 4) is given by the vibration source 3. At the tip of the vibration trough 2, there is a stopper 8 which is operated by an air cylinder 12, and this stopper 8 is opposed by a piston rod 9 and a guide rod 10 at a constant angle in the supply direction of the vibration trough 2 as shown in the figure. It is supported for translation. By the operation of the air cylinder 12, the stopper 8 can move in parallel between a closed position where the tip of the vibration trough 2 is closed and an open position where the tip of the vibration trough 2 is opened. The inclination angle of the stopper 8 can be arbitrarily adjusted according to the property of the target solid material 5. The piston rod 9 and the guide rod 10 penetrate the guide plate 11, and the air cylinder 12 is fixed to the guide plate 11. The guide plate 11 is supported by another fixing portion (not shown).

In the closed position, the stopper 8 abuts the tip of the vibrating trough 2, that is, the bottom surface 6 of the trough, and closes the trough outlet so that the solid matter 5 in the vibrating trough 2 does not come out of the stopper 8. It is in a state. Further, the stopper 8 is moved to the open position where the tip of the vibration trough 2 is opened by retreating the piston rod 9 of the air cylinder, and the trough bottom portion 6 of the vibration trough 2 is opened so that the solid matter 5 can be discharged to the lower part. That is, the stopper 8 constitutes a kind of gate. When the stopper 8 is in the open position, the lower end portion 8a of the stopper is located below the extension of the bottom of the trough. At both ends of the vibrating trough 2, both side surfaces 7 of the trough extend longer than the open position of the stopper 8, and the extended portion is located at the adjacent boundary portion of the measuring container 13 located at the lower portion. Below the tip of the vibration trough 2, there is a weighing container 13 having a gate 14 that can be opened and closed. The weighing container 13 is supported by a weight measuring unit 15, and the weight measuring unit 15 is fixed to a main body base 16. A chute 17 is provided at the lower part of the weighing container to transfer the solid matter 5 to a subsequent stage (not shown) so as not to be scattered. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, the above-described series of devices are adjacent to each other in a plurality of rows to form the entire solid material supply device.

The above-mentioned solid material supply device operates as follows. The solid matter 5 supplied by the solid matter supply chute 1 is conveyed onto the vibrating trough 2. The vibration trough 2 receives the vibration of the vibration source 3 and conveys the solid matter 5 to the tip of the trough. However, when the stopper 8 is closed, that is, when it is in contact with the trough bottom portion 6, the vibration trough 2 does not vibrate and the solid matter is solid. Do not carry 5. At the start of weighing, the weighing container 13 is empty, and a solid substance is put into the weighing container in response to a signal from a controller (not shown). At this point, the stopper 8 moves in parallel according to the operation of the air cylinder 12 to open the tip of the trough. In parallel with this operation, the vibration trough 2 starts to be conveyed by the start of vibration of the vibration source 3, and the solid matter sent by the vibration trough 2 falls from the tip of the trough and enters the weighing container. In addition, part of the solid material that has jumped over the container hits the stopper and repels into the weighing container. Since the stopper always inclines slightly downward with respect to the trough supply direction, the direction in which the solid material bounces is constant even during the opening and closing of the stopper, and it does not come off from the weighing container. Further, since the side surface of the trough, that is, the leading end of the rising portion is longer than the moving range of the stopper and is wide downward, it does not enter the other containers arranged in parallel.

Although the present invention has been described in the case where the weighing hoppers for weighing the weight of food are juxtaposed below the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this.

[0012]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, even when solid matter such as food supplied from the trough jumps over the container below the trough, it bounces off the stopper and accurately stores the solid matter in a predetermined container. can do. Therefore, it is possible to quantitatively supply solid substances such as foods to a predetermined container. Further, since the solid matter is less scattered around the device, it is always cleaner than the conventional one, and the cleaning / cleaning work can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a solid material feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a conventional supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Solid Material Supply Chute 2 Solid Material Supply Vibration Trough 3 Vibration Source 8 Stopper 12 Air Cylinder 13 Weighing Container 15 Weight Measuring Section

Front page continued (72) Inventor Hitoshi Iwata 1-5-7 Mikitei Sakae, Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka House Food Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yamamoto 5-22 Tea Garden, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture Heng Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor, Kinsuke Yoshida 5-22, Chaenbacho, Akashi-shi, Hyogo Yamato Seiko Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A supply device for supplying a solid material from a trough having a bottom portion and both side surfaces to a container located at a lower end of the trough, wherein the solid material is opposed to the trough in the solid material supply direction and is parallel at a constant angle. A stopper is provided having a closed position for moving and closing the tip of the trough and an open position for opening the tip of the trough, the lower end portion of the stopper being located at the bottom of the trough when the stopper is in the open position. A supply device characterized in that it is located below the extension line. 2. The supply device according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is a flat surface, and a surface of the flat surface facing the trough is inclined downward from a vertical surface. 3. The supply device according to claim 2, wherein both side surfaces of the trough extend to the front of the open position of the stopper.