JPH0624408A - Packing device for food in container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to feed a flat food such as a thin fried tofu, etc., in a container while being aligned in an erect posture. CONSTITUTION:A container 1 is intermittently fed by a cylinder mechanism 19 of a container carrying unit E by a uniform pitch, under a tilted condition. A thin fried tofu W which is fed from a frier is dropped from a carrying conveyor M to a fixed shoot plate 61. At this time, the thin fried tofu W is temporarily held by a timing holder 63 under (i) position, and when the timing holder 63 is put under (iii) position, the thin fried tofu W is dropped. The dropped thin fried tofu W is held by a holding container 73 under (iv) condition. When the holding container 73 moves to (v) condition, a lid body 81 is opened by an opening member 83, and the thin fried tofu W is accumulated orderly in the container 1 in a tilted posture.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food container container filling apparatus which can successively stack flat food products such as deep-fried food in a container in an upright posture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Fried food is a food that is heat-treated and has a flat shape. A fryer is used to mass produce this deep-fried food. Conventionally, the fried food carried out from the fryer by the carry-out conveyor is dropped along the inclined chute, and the fried food collected at the lower end of this chute is manually packed in the container. However, since this working method is performed near the flyer, the working place becomes high temperature and high humidity, and oil is scattered from the flyer, resulting in a very bad working environment. Further, since the frying carried out from the fryer is itself hot, even if rubber gloves are used, it is not easy to lift it by hand and put it in a container.

Therefore, as described in, for example, JP-A-62-126022 and JP-A-2-42949, there has been devised a device for aligning and delivering the deep-frying carried out from the flyer in an upright posture. ing. Further, these conventional examples describe a process of inserting a nozzle or the like into fried food conveyed in an upright position in order and injecting air into the fried food to produce a fried food suitable for Inari sushi.

[0004]

However, in the conventional example described in the above publication, the fryer lifted from the fryer is simply aligned in the standing posture and sent out, and the jamming in the container is automated. It does not exist. In particular, flat foods such as deep-fried food will be packed in the container in the standing posture, so even if the frying is aligned in the standing posture as described above,
It is very difficult to automatically put the frying in this standing posture into the container in that posture. Therefore, even if the aligning device is used, it is necessary to rely on manual work at the final stage of container packing.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and to provide a food container container packing apparatus capable of automatically packing food products such as deep-fried food in a container in an upright posture. Has an aim.

[0006]

A food container packing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a food conveying conveyor for feeding food heated by a heating section at a predetermined pitch, and an inclined posture of the container at a position below the food conveying conveyor. A container transporting section that sends the food in the food transporting conveyor, and a detaching section that detaches the food from the food transporting conveyor; It is characterized in that it is provided with a food delivery section for sequentially stacking.

In the food delivery section, a holding container that moves from a position for receiving the food separated from the food conveying conveyor to a food delivery position for the container, a lid for closing the lower portion of the holding container, and the holding container. Is provided with a lid opening member that opens the lid when it moves to the food delivery position to the container,

Further, in the detaching section, there is a chute for dropping the food detached from the food conveying conveyor in the direction of the holding container, and when the food dropping along the chute is temporarily stopped and the holding container becomes empty. A timing setting stopper for dropping food is provided.

Further, in the above, it is possible to make the air injection mechanism for injecting air into the food product face the food product stopped by the timing setting stopper.

Further, as means for supplying the containers, a destacking section for unstacking the stacked containers, a container feeding section for feeding the unstacked containers one by one to the container transport section, and a passage through the container transport section Then, it is preferable to provide a collecting conveyor for collecting a container in which a predetermined number of food items are stored, and a stacking unit for stacking the conveyors collected by the collecting conveyor.

[0011]

In the above means, first, the food delivered from the heating section such as the fryer is discharged by the food conveying conveyor at a predetermined pitch. The foods that have been separated from the food conveying conveyor at the separation section are stacked in the container that moves in an inclined posture in the standing posture from the lower side of the inclination.
Since the container is in an inclined posture, the food items that are sequentially stacked from the lower side of the inclination are packed while maintaining the standing posture without falling.

Further, in the food delivery section for feeding the food into the container, the food is held in the holding container with the lid closed in an upright posture, and the lid is opened at the delivery position to the container, so that the food is removed. It is reliably fed into the container in the standing posture. Further, by providing a timing setting stopper in the detaching section, it becomes possible to supply the food detached from the food conveying conveyor in accordance with the operation timing of the holding container. Further, by providing the timing stopper with an air injection mechanism, it is possible to inject air into the food by utilizing the timing setting time by the timing setting stopper.

Further, by incorporating the container transporting unit in a series of steps from unstacking to stacking of containers, not only the food can be supplied in the standing posture, but also all the processes from the feeding of the containers to the collection can be automated.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of an apparatus for packing deep-fried food as a container as an example of food, FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 as seen from the direction of arrow II, and FIG. 7 is the entire apparatus. FIG. 6 is a process drawing showing the working process of FIG. First, the overall configuration and process of this apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 7. The treatment process by this device is a series of processes from the container supply to the cold storage chamber shown in FIG.
It can be divided into the steps from the dough feeding of frying shown in FIG. 7B to the alignment in the standing posture in the container. First, the processing steps of the container shown in FIG. 7A and the structure for the processing will be described. In the following explanation,
1 and 2, the process steps are indicated by A, B, ... In FIG. 7, the work steps in the process steps are indicated by A1, B1, ... Corresponding to A, B.

In FIG. 1, A indicates a container supply section.
The containers 1 in a stacked state are supplied to the container supply unit A (step A1). In the unstacking section B, the stacked containers 1 are sequentially unstacked from the lowest container, and are supplied to the horizontal transport section D one by one (step B
1). Although omitted in FIG. 1 and the like, the disassembled container 1 is washed in a washing process as needed. The horizontal conveyor D is provided with roller conveyors 2 arranged in the vertical direction in FIG. 1, and the container 1 which has been stepped out is sequentially moved upward by the roller conveyor 2 of the horizontal conveyor D in FIG. Sent, Container 1 is (a) (b)
(C) Expands and moves to each position shown in (D) (Process D
1).

The four containers 1 developed at the positions (a) to (c) are respectively sent out from the lateral transfer section D to the container transfer section E. The container carrying section E is provided in two rows as shown in FIG. 1, and the two containers 1 located in (a) and (b) are sent to the container carrying section E in the upper part of FIG. The two containers 1 located at (d) are sent to the container carrying section E downward in the figure. In the container carrying section E, four containers 1 are intermittently sent out to the right in the figure at a predetermined pitch by the belt conveyor 3 shown in FIG. 2 (step E1). While the container 1 is intermittently fed at a predetermined pitch in the container transport section E, the deep-frying is packed in the container 1 in an upright state.

In the container carrying section E, the four containers 1 filled with the deep-frying are respectively sent to the central carrying section F. The position of the container 1 sent to the central transport section F is indicated by (e), (e), (e), and (h).
As shown in FIG. 2, the central conveyor F is provided with a roller conveyor 4. This roller conveyor 4 is (e) (e)
Send the container 1 in the position of
The container 1 at the positions (g) and (h) is sent upward in the drawing. By the roller conveyor 4 of the central transport unit F, the container 1 filled with the deep-frying is sequentially moved to the position indicated by (i), for example, in the order of (f), (t), (e), and (h) (step). F1).

The containers 1 that have moved to the above-mentioned position (i) are pushed out one by one onto the recovery conveyor G. This recovery conveyor G moves to the left in FIG.
The containers pushed out onto the recovery conveyor G from the position (i) are recovered one by one in the left direction in the figure by the movement of the recovery conveyor G (step G1). The containers 1 collected by the collecting conveyor G are sent to the stacking section H, and the containers 1 are stacked in this stacking section H (process H
1). When a predetermined number of containers 1 are stacked, they are sent to the discharge part I and are carried into the cold storage chamber in the stacked state (step I1).

Next, the frying process shown in FIG. 7B will be described. Two flyers K are shown on the right side of Fig. 1.
Is provided. The dough is supplied to the fryer (step J1) and fried in the fryer K to produce deep-fried food (step K1). The deep-frying fried by each fryer K is taken out by the fryer conveyor L (process L1) and sent to the frying conveyor M. The deep frying is sent at a predetermined pitch by the carrying conveyor M (step M1). The deep-frying sent by the transport conveyor M is packed by the alignment supply unit N in the container 1 that is pitch-fed by the container transport unit E in the standing posture (step N1).

The detailed structure of each of the processing steps will be described below. FIG. 4 shows the structures of the lateral conveyance section D, the container conveyance section E, and the central conveyance section F of the container 1, which is a partially enlarged view of FIG. FIG. 4 shows the container 1 that has been expanded and moved to the position indicated by (d) in the lateral transport section D. Each roller 2a that constitutes the roller conveyor 2 of the lateral conveyance section D is supported by the supporting sections 11 and 11, and the container 1 is moved to each position shown in (a), (b), (c), and (d) by the rotation of this roller 2a. It can be expanded and moved. The empty container 1 moved to these positions is pushed by the pusher 1 driven by the cylinder mechanism 12.
3 is pushed onto the belt conveyer 3 of the container conveying section E. The cylinder mechanism 12 that pushes out the container 1 by the pusher 13 has, for example, a detection unit 23 shown in FIG.
Is activated when the rear end of the container 1 is detected. The detection unit 23 is provided at a position where the rear end of the container 1 can be detected at a time just before the frying W is completely packed in the container 1. Thus, immediately before the frying W is completely supplied into the container 1, the next container 1 is moved to the container transport section E.
By pushing it up, the conveyor length of the container carrying section E can be minimized. In the container transport section E, the conveyor belt 3 a of the belt conveyor 3 is hung on the drive pulley 14 and the driven pulley 15. Partition protrusions 16, 16 ... Are provided on the conveyor belt 3a at a predetermined pitch, the tip of the container 1 fed into the belt conveyor 3 is regulated by the partition protrusion 16, and the right side of the container 1 in the drawing is downward. It is sent to the right in the figure in a tilted posture.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a drive arm 17 is connected to the drive pulley 14. A transmission mechanism 18 having a one-way clutch and a torque limiter is interposed between the drive arm 17 and the shaft of the drive pulley 14. A cylinder mechanism 19 is provided between the drive arm 17 and the fixed portion. The cylinder mechanism 19 has two working cylinders 19a and 19b. By the operation of the cylinder mechanism 19, the drive arm 17 is oscillated and the conveyor belt 3a is intermittently fed clockwise by the drive pulley 14.

In FIG. 3, the fried food to be packed in the container 1 is indicated by the symbol W. If the filling pitch of this frying W is P1 and the moving pitch to the position where the frying W is first supplied to the succeeding container 1 after all the frying W is packed in the preceding container 1 is P2 The movement amount of the conveyor belt 3a when only the cylinder 19a operates is P1, and the other operating cylinder 1
The movement amount of the conveyor belt 3a when only 9b operates is (P2-P1). Therefore, normally working cylinder 1
Only 9a operates and the conveyor belt 3a is driven intermittently at the pitch P1. When the trailing end of the preceding container 1 is detected by the limit switch 21 shown in FIG. 3, the two operating cylinders 19a and 19b operate simultaneously, and the conveyor belt 3a is intermittently fed at the pitch P2. The two working cylinders 19a and 19
The timing at which b operates at the same time may be set when the number of frying oil supplied into the container 1 is counted and the counted number reaches a predetermined value. Alternatively, the operation timings of the working cylinders 19a and 19b may be set by both counting the number of supplied frying oil and detecting the limit switch 21.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG.
In the above, the roller 4 a forming the roller conveyor 4 is supported by the support members 22 and 22. It is pitch-fed at the container transfer section E, and a predetermined number of oil frying W is placed inside it.
The container 1 packed with is pushed by the partitioning projection 16 provided on the conveyor belt 3a and is sent onto the roller conveyor 4.

FIG. 5 shows a flyer K and a flyer conveyor L.
FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2 showing the details of the fried-carrying conveyor M. The flyer conveyor L is
Continuously rotating drive sprocket 31 and drive chain 32
The flyer buckets 33, 33, 33, ... Are provided on the outer periphery of the drive chain 32 at a predetermined pitch. On the lower surface of the drive chain 32, the flyer K
A fixed guide plate 34 extending from the fixed guide plate 34 is provided, and the deep-fried food W fried in the oil tank of the flyer K is sandwiched between the flyer bucket 33 and the fixed guide plate 34 and lifted one after another.

The flyer buckets 33 are arranged at a constant pitch along the traveling direction of the drive chain 32 as shown in FIG. 5, and in the vertical direction shown in FIG. 6 (the axial direction of the drive sprocket 31). It is provided along with a plurality of rows. As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, one container 1 has five deep frying W in the vertical direction of FIG.
It is designed to be packed in rows. Since one flyer conveyor L picks up the oil frying W packed in the two containers 1 and 1 from the flyer K, the flyer buckets 33 are arranged on the drive chain 32 in the vertical direction of FIG. Has been.

The fried food W sandwiched between the fryer bucket 33 and the fixed guide plate 34 and lifted is shown in FIG.
Fixed guide plate 3 when it moves to the position of
4 and falls on the frying conveyor M.
The frying W that has moved to the position shown in (v) falls by its own weight at the position where it is disengaged from the fixed guide plate 34. At this time, in order to facilitate the dropping of the frying W, a vibration imparting device (not shown) Vibration is always given. Further, in order to forcibly drop the oil frying W that does not fall due to this vibration, a forced-off member 35 is provided in front of the fixed guide plate 34. The removing member 35 is supported by a shaft 35a so as to be freely rotatable, and a claw 35b is formed on the upper side, and a balancer 35c that hangs by its own weight is formed on the lower side. The weight of the balancer 35c causes the claw 35b to face the front of the oil fryer W that has moved to the position (n). The frying W that could not be dropped due to the vibration is forcibly removed by the claws 35b.

A plurality of vertical partition plates 36 are supported and fixed to a support plate 37 at a position above the transport conveyor M located below the flyer conveyor L. As shown in FIG. 6, the vertical partition plate 36 is 1 in the width direction of the conveyor M.
Two sheets are provided, and the partition plate 36 forms the vertical passages (1) to (10). The fryer buckets 33 are arranged in 10 rows in the drive chain 32. The frying W lifted by each of the 10 rows of the fryer buckets 33 is located in each of the 10 rows of the vertical passages (1) to (10). To fall.

In the transfer conveyor M, the drive pulley 38
The conveyor belt 40 is hung on the driven pulley 39.
Transfer protrusions 41 extending in the belt width direction are provided on the surface of the conveyor belt 40 at a constant pitch. As shown in FIG. 6, it is formed by the vertical partition plate 36 (1).
The oil frying W that has fallen in the vertical passages from (1) to (10) is pushed by the transfer protrusions 41 and conveyed in the left direction in the drawing as the conveying belt 40 goes around. As shown in FIG. 6, the deep-frying oil W that has fallen in (1) to (5) of the vertical passages partitioned by the vertical partition plate 36 is sent obliquely downward in FIG.
Container 1 conveyed from position (d) shown in FIG.
Sent to the stuffing position for. Further, the frying W dropped into the vertical passages of (6) to (10) is sent obliquely upward in the drawing of FIG. 6, and is sent to the packing position for the container 1 sent from the position of (c).

FIG. 3 shows the details of the structure of the left end portion of the conveyor M and the alignment supply portion N, and is a partially enlarged view of FIG. The shaft 4 of the drive pulley 38 of the conveyor M
A driven rotary body 46 is fixed to the motor 5, and a drive band 49 is provided between the output portion 48 of the motor 47 and the driven rotary body 46. The motor 47 is a stepping motor or a servomotor capable of controlling the rotation speed and the phase, and the drive band 49 is a toothed belt or a chain.

As shown in FIG. 3, the alignment supply unit N is
Separation section Na for separating the frying W from the conveyor M
And a delivery section Nb for supplying the separated deep-frying W into the container 1. A cam shaft 51 is rotatably supported by the housing on the right rear side of the alignment supply unit N in the drawing. A transmission rotary body 52 is fixed to the cam shaft 51, and the transmission rotary body 52 and the driven rotary body 46 are fixed.
A drive band 53 is hung on the and. The drive belt 53 is a toothed belt, a chain or the like, and the shaft 45 and the cam shaft 51 are rotationally driven in synchronization by the rotation output of the motor 47. Two cam plates 54 and 55 are fixed to the cam shaft 51.

As shown in FIG. 3, an upper guide plate 60 is provided at the left end in the figure of each of the vertical passages (1) to (10) constituted by the vertical partition plate 36. In addition, the separation part N
A fixed chute plate 61 is provided at a. A partition plate 62 is provided on the surface of the fixed chute plate 61. Twelve partition plates 62 are provided in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 3, and ten rows of drop passages are formed on the surface of the fixed chute plate 62. In the transfer conveyor M, the vertical partition plate 36 forms 10 rows of vertical passages (1) to (10). The frying W conveyed along each of these vertical passages has a fixed chute plate 61. Surface 1
Fall along each of the 0 rows of fall paths.

A timing holder 63 is provided in the middle of the fixed chute plate 61, and a stopper 63a is formed below the timing holder 63. The timing holder 63 is provided in 10 rows in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 3, and each is provided in correspondence with the 10 rows of the drop passages partitioned by the partition plate 62 of the fixed chute plate 61. 10 rows of each timing holder 6
3 is supported by a common support base 64. The support base 64 is fixed to a shaft 65, and the shaft 65 is rotatably supported by a bearing provided in a housing or the like. On the other hand, a support shaft 69 is provided diagonally above the cam shaft 51, and a drive arm 68 is supported by the support shaft 69. A drive rod 67 connects the drive arm 68 and the arm 66 fixed to the shaft 65. Further, the drive arm 68 is provided with a cam follower 70. The drive arm 68 is biased counterclockwise by a spring 71, and the cam follower 70 is pressed against the outer periphery of the cam plate 54 by this biasing force.

By the rotation of the cam plate 54, the timing holder 63 is in the posture shown in (i), that is, the stopper 63a.
The posture in which the projecting portion projects toward the front of the fixed chute plate 61, and (i
As shown in i), the frying W is pushed forward of the fixed chute plate 61, and as shown in (iii), the stopper 6 is pushed.
3a is rotated so as to retract from the fixed chute plate 61.

A holding container 73 is provided in the delivery section Nb.
Is provided. The holding container 73 has a chute plate 73a facing the lower part of the fixed chute plate 61, and a partition plate 73b that divides the surface of the chute plate 73a. The chute plate 73a has a width dimension that extends in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 3, that is, the vertical direction in FIG. 6, and the surface of the chute plate 73a is divided into 10 rows by the partition plate 73b. The 10 rows of sections are formed at positions corresponding to the vertical passages (1) to (10) shown in FIG. 6 and the timing holder 63 of 10 rows.

Support arm 7 for supporting the holding container 63
4 is rotatably supported by a shaft 75 provided on the housing. The cam follower 7 is provided at the rear end of the support arm 74.
6 is provided. Support arm 74 is spring 77
The cam follower 76 is pressed against the outer periphery of the cam plate 55 by this biasing force.

A supporting piece 78 is integrally provided on the holding container 73, and a shaft 8 provided on the supporting piece 78 is used to cover the lid 8.
1 is rotatably supported. The lid 81 is for commonly closing all the regions of the holding container 73 partitioned by the partition plate 73b. By the rotation of the cam plate 55, the holding container 73 moves between a posture (iv) shown by a solid line (a position for receiving frying) and a posture (v) shown by a chain line (passing position for frying). In the posture (iv), the lid 81 closes the surface and the lower end of the holding container 73 by its own weight.

A drive projection 82 is provided on the lid 81 by bolt mounting. On the other hand, an opening member 83 is fixedly provided at a position where the holding container 73 rotates to the posture shown in (v). When the holding container 73 is rotated to the posture shown in (v), the drive projection 82 hits the opening member 83,
The lid 81 is separated from the holding container 73, and the holding container 73 is opened. The lower end 7 of the chute plate 73a of the holding container 73 in the state where the holding container 73 is rotated to the posture shown in (v).
3c enters the inside of the container 1, and the rear part of the frying oil W supplied into the container 1 before that is pressed by this lower end portion 73c, and the fed frying oil W is prevented from falling backward.

Further, the detaching portion Na is provided with a support plate 86 for receiving the oil frying W when the timing holder 63 is rotated to the posture (ii). The air injection mechanism 85 is supported by the support plate 86. The air injection mechanism 85 is provided with an injection needle 87 protruding downward,
Injecting needle 87 for deep-frying W pressed against support plate 86
Is inserted and air is injected inside. This air injection makes it easy to peel the fried chicken and makes it suitable for Inari sushi. The air injection mechanism 85 can be removed when it is not deep-fried for Inari sushi.

As shown in FIG. 3, a support base 89 is provided on the left side of the drawing, and a slide chute plate 91 is provided on the support base 89. This slide chute plate 91
Can be extended from the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 to the position shown by the chain line. For example, when a plurality of deep-frying oil W is put into the holding container 73 or when the frying oil W in the container 1 is disturbed, the slide chute plate 91 is extended in a chain line state and the transport conveyors M successively. The deep-fried food W that is sent is shown in Fig. 1 (a).
It can be released into the container 1 at the positions (b), (c) and (d).

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and (a) of FIG. 7, the container 1 is stepped out and sent to the container transport section E, and as shown in FIGS. It is supported by the partition protrusion 16 of the conveyor belt 3a in the posture. Then, the operating cylinder 19a of the cylinder mechanism 19 operates, the drive pulley 14 is intermittently driven in the clockwise direction, and the container 1 is intermittently sent to the right in the drawing in accordance with the arrangement pitch P1 of the frying W while keeping the tilted posture. To be

On the other hand, the dough is fried in the oil tank of the flyer K, and the fried oil fried is held in the flyer bucket 33 of the flyer conveyor L and continuously sent out along the fixed guide plate 34. Then, the frying W is blown off by the vibration or the claw 35b of the forced-off member 35 applied to the drive chain 32, and is sequentially dropped onto the transport conveyor M. The dropped deep-frying oil W is pushed along the vertical passages (1) to (10) partitioned by the vertical partition plate 36 shown in FIG. Are sequentially transported.

The drive pulley 38 of the conveyer M is rotationally driven by a motor 47, and the rotation of the motor 47 causes the cam plate 54 shown in FIG. 3 to synchronize with the drive pulley 38.
And 55 are driven to rotate. The frying W transported by the transport conveyor M is fixed from the end of the conveyor to the fixed chute plate 6
Sliding down along 1. At this time, the timing holder 63 is moved to (i) by the cam plate 54 synchronized with the drive pulley 38.
The oil frying W that has slipped off is stopped by the stopper 63a of the timing holder 63 in the standing posture. Immediately after that, the timing holder 63 rotates to the posture (ii) by the rotation phase of the cam plate 54, and the oil frying W
Is pressed against the support plate 86, the injection needle 87 is inserted from above, and air is injected into the fried food W. Further, due to the shape of the cam plate 54 that continuously rotates, the timing holder 63 is retracted to the posture shown in (iii), and the stopper 63a
Is discharged to the rear of the fixed chute plate 61, and the oil frying W is dropped along the fixed chute 61. Immediately thereafter, the timing holder 63 returns to the posture shown in (i), and the frying W sent next from the transport conveyor M is received.

When the timing holder 63 is in the position (iii) and the oil frying W drops, the holding container 73 located below the position is in the position (iv) due to the rotation phase of the cam plate 55. There is. In this posture, the holding container 73 is closed by the lid 81, and the fried food W is held between the chute plate 73 a and the lid 81. Immediately after the fried food W is held in the holding container 73, the holding container 73 is rotated to the posture shown in (v) by the rotation phase of the cam plate 55. At this time, the lower end portion 73c of the chute plate 73a of the holding container 73 enters the container 1, and the rear portion of the oil frying W supplied before that is supported by the lower end portion 73c. At the same time, the drive projection 82 provided on the lid 81 is connected to the opening member 83.
At this time, the lower end 81a of the lid 81 separates from the chute plate 73a of the holding container 73. This distance is deep fried W
The width is slightly wider than the width. Therefore, the deep-frying W slides down into the container 1 in the upright posture, and is stacked on the rear part of the deep-frying placed in front of it. Immediately after that, the holding container 73 indicated by the solid line (i
Return to the posture shown in v).

In the cylinder mechanism 19 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
During this time, only the operating cylinder 19a operates, and immediately after one frying W is supplied to the container 1, the container 1 advances to the right in the figure by the pitch P1 corresponding to the thickness dimension of the frying W. Since the container 1 is fed while being inclined so that the front side is lowered, the deep-frying W is stacked in order in the container 1 without falling. In addition, as shown in FIG.
It is sent to one container 1 in 5 rows at the same time. When the rear end of the container 1 is detected by the limit switch 21 shown in FIG. 3, the operating cylinders 19a and 19b of the cylinder mechanism 19 operate simultaneously, the container 1 moves by the pitch P2, and the succeeding container 1 moves. It moves to the delivery position by the holding container 73.

Further, in this embodiment, the frying W, which is successively dropped from the conveyer M, is temporarily held by the timing holder 63, and the frying is carried out from the timing holder 63 in accordance with the operation of returning the holding container 73 to the (iv) posture. W falls into the holding container 73. Therefore, even if there is a difference in the fall timing of the oil frying W falling on the fixed chute plate 61 due to the elongation of the conveyor belt 40 of the conveyor M, (i
The frying W can be reliably supplied into the holding container 73 in the posture v).

In the above embodiment, the container 1 is sent in the container conveying section E so as to intermittently advance at every pitch P1, but the container 1 receives the frying W in accordance with the delivery operation of the holding container 73. You may make it move continuously at a slow speed that can be achieved. In the above embodiment, fried food was shown as an example of food, but with this apparatus, foods other than fried food, such as tempura and kneaded products, can be packed in containers in an upright state.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the containers are fed in an oblique posture and the food items are sequentially stacked from the lower inclined side of the container, the food items are erected in the container. They are stacked one after another without failing in the posture.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the food is received by the holding container, and the food can be supplied to the container by opening the lid of the holding container. Will be able to supply.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the timing setting stopper sets the timing for supplying the food to the holding container, so that the food delivery operation can be ensured.

In the invention according to claim 4, since the air is injected by utilizing the time when the food is stopped in the timing stopper, it is not necessary to separately set the time for the air injection, and the entire time is eliminated. The processing operation of can be accelerated.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the steps of disassembling the container, supplying the food, and stacking the food can be automated as a series of steps.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of a food container filling device,

FIG. 2 is a side view taken along the arrow II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view mainly showing a detaching part, a delivering part, and a container carrying part,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view mainly showing a container carrying section,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view mainly showing the structure of the food conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a plan view taken along line VI of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a process chart showing the operation of the entire apparatus,

[Explanation of symbols]

 B Container unstacking section D Container horizontal transport section E Container transport section F Container central transport section G Collection conveyor H Container stacking section K Flyer L Flyer conveyor M Food transport section N Alignment supply section Na release section Nb Delivery section W As food Oil frying 1 Container 3 Container transport conveyor 16 Partition protrusion 19 Cylinder mechanism 32 Drive chain 33 Flyer bucket 35 Forced-off member 36 Vertical partition plate 38 Drive pulley 40 Conveyor belt 41 Transfer protrusion 47 Motor 54, 55 Cam plate 63 Timing holder 63a Stopper 85 Air injection mechanism 73 Holding container 81 Lid body 83 Opening member

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A food transporting conveyor that feeds food heated by a heating unit at a predetermined pitch, a container transporting unit that transports a container in an inclined position below the food transporting conveyor, and a food from the food transporting conveyor. And a food delivery unit for holding the foods detached from the food transport conveyor in an upright posture and sequentially stacking the foods in this upright posture in the container from the lower side of the inclination. A container packing device for food products. 2. The food delivery section includes a holding container that moves from a position where the food separated from the food conveyor is received to a food delivery position to the container, a lid that closes the lower portion of the holding container, and the holding container. The container packing device for food according to claim 1, further comprising a lid opening member that opens the lid when the container is moved to a food delivery position. 3. A chute that drops food that has left the food conveyor toward the holding container, and the food that drops along the chute when the holding container is empty. The container packing apparatus for food according to claim 2, further comprising a timing setting stopper for dropping the food. 4. The container packing apparatus for food according to claim 3, wherein an air injection mechanism for injecting air into the food is opposed to the food stopped by the timing setting stopper. 5. A destacking unit for unstacking stacked containers, a container feeding unit for feeding each unstacked container to the container transport unit one by one, and a predetermined number of inside containers passing through the container transport unit. The container packing apparatus for food according to claim 1, further comprising: a recovery conveyor for recovering the container in which the food is stored, and a stacking unit for stacking the conveyors recovered by the recovery conveyor.