JPH06278853A - Sliced bread dividing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a sliced bread dividing device which can exhaust upon dividing in place a loaf of bread sliced and fed and which can easily select the diving amount. CONSTITUTION:A loaf of bread sliced and fed is received upon a plurality of receptacle plates 1 which are laid parallel. When the right end plate 1 is displaced to the right, receptacle plates 1 are separated at approx. equal spacing through the action of a coil spring 2 interposed between adjoining plates 1. Therewith the slices of bread B placed on the plates 1 are divided into groups of pieces corresponding to the thickness of the receptacle plate 1. A partition board 10 is inserted from below to the gap between each pair of adjoining plates 1. During this dividing notion, the upper parts of the slices B placed on the plates 1 are held by a bread holder. Thus the slices B are sent to a conveyor where compartment plates are installed upright at the same spacing as the partition boards 10, and those laid in the specified compartment (s) are discharged from the conveyor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliced bread dividing device for dividing sliced bread into required amounts such as half loaf, one loaf, and one and a half loafs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is necessary to slice long baked bread and then divide it into one loaf, one loaf and so on. Conventionally, in the passage that conveys sliced bread,
A thin partition plate following the slicing blade was provided at intervals corresponding to the thickness to be divided, and the sliced bread was sent to the packaging device in a divided state (Japanese Patent Application No. 2-109817). If the partition plate is used to partition the conveying passage, there is a problem that the bread is distorted or comes out due to the resistance between the partition plate and the bread. Also, it is necessary to change the position of the partition plate every time the division amount is changed, and at that time, the operation of the device is stopped and the work is performed, but the work is troublesome and a considerable device operation stop time is required. There was a drawback.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliced bread dividing device which can convey the sliced bread as a whole without providing a partition plate in the passage for conveying the sliced bread. . Another object of the present invention is to provide a sliced bread dividing device capable of changing the division amount of sliced bread quickly and easily by, for example, operating a button. Another object of the present invention is to provide a sliced bread dividing device that does not distort or fall off during the dividing operation even for very soft bread.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a bread dividing device according to the present invention, a plurality of receiving plates are arranged in parallel so that they can be moved toward and away from each other with a spring interposed between adjacent ones. Space regulation means is provided to regulate the distance between both ends of the plurality of receiving plates. Furthermore, a partition plate is erected, and a conveyor that receives bread from the receiving plate,
Ejection means for ejecting the bread between the predetermined partition plates from the conveyor is provided.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned another problem, the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned constitution, interposes a spring between adjacent ones and supports them in parallel so that they can approach and separate from each other.
The apparatus is provided with a bread top retainer that is held in contact with the top of the bread placed on the receiving plate. The distance between the both ends of the plurality of bread top pressing members is regulated by the above-mentioned distance regulating means.

[0006]

Since the device according to the present invention has the above-mentioned construction, the receiving plates are brought close to each other by the distance regulating means, the sliced bread to be divided is placed on the receiving plates, and then a plurality of distance regulating plates are used. When the distance between both ends of the receiving plate is widened, the receiving plate is separated at substantially equal intervals by the action of the spring interposed between the adjacent members. Therefore, the sliced bread placed on the backing plate is divided by the number of plates corresponding to the width of the backing plate. In this state, the divided sliced bread on the receiving plate is sent out between the partition plates of the conveyor. By discharging one or a plurality of breads between the partition plates from this conveyor, a predetermined amount of sliced breads can be divided and taken out.

In addition, in the device provided with the bread top retainer according to the present invention, in addition to the above-described action of the bottom receiving plate, the dividing operation is performed while holding the sliced bread on the receiving plate by the bread top retaining member. Therefore, even soft bread can be reliably divided without falling during the dividing operation.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the main configuration of the apparatus according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4 for explaining the operation. As shown in FIG. 4A, the apparatus according to the present embodiment has six support plates 1 supported in parallel so that they can move toward and away from each other. This backing plate 1
As will be described later, a coil spring is interposed between the adjacent members, and the receiving plate 1 is always kept substantially evenly spaced between the adjacent members by the action of the coil spring.

Side guides 3, 3 are provided outside the left and right ends of the six receiving plates 1, and the side guides 3, 3 are provided.
Is laterally displaced by the first air cylinder A1.
The air cylinder A1 is fixed to the slide plate S. The second air cylinder A2 is provided on both outer sides of the slide plate S.
Is attached to the frame F of the apparatus, and this air cylinder A2 is connected so as to displace the outermost one of the six receiving plates 1 by moving the slide plate S.

The apparatus according to the present embodiment is roughly structured as described above, and the sliced bread is divided by this apparatus as follows. First, when the receiving plates 1 at both the left and right ends are fully moved inward by the air cylinder A2, as shown in FIG. 4A, the receiving plates 1 come close to each other due to the compression of the coil springs interposed between adjacent ones. . In this state, for example, a loaf of bread B having a length of 3 loaves sliced into 4 pieces per loaf is supplied as shown by an arrow in FIG. 4 (a), and 6 receiving plates 1 arranged in close proximity to each other. Place it on top. When the bread is supplied onto the receiving plate 1, the air cylinder A1 is contracted to open the side guide 3 to receive the bread B, and the receiving plate 1
When the bread B is placed on the top, the air cylinder A1 is extended to laterally support the bread.

When the air cylinder A2 is contracted and the side guide 3 and the outermost receiving plate 1 are moved inward through the slide plate S, the receiving plates are acted by the coil springs interposed between the receiving plates 1. There are almost equally spaced gaps between adjacent ones. Therefore, three loaves of sliced bread cut into four pieces per loaf placed on the backing plate 1 have two loafs, that is, half loafs of sliced bread, as shown in FIG. 4C. It will be placed and divided. The above is the main configuration and basic operation of the present embodiment.

With the above construction in mind, an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
As described above, the apparatus according to the present embodiment has the six receiving plates 1. However, FIG. 1 shows a state in which the three receiving plates 1 on the left half are close to each other, and FIG. Right half 3
The receiving plates 1 are shown separated from each other. Backing plate 1
Since the left and right outer configurations are substantially the same, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only one of them will be described. 1 to 3, although the description of the portions already described with reference to FIG. 4 is omitted, 2 shown in FIG. 2 is a coil spring interposed between the adjacent receiving plates 1.

1 to 3, reference numerals 4 and 5 are guide bars connected to the left and right frames F, and slide plates S are slidably fitted to the guide bars 4 and 5. A connecting pipe 6 is slidably fitted to the guide bar 4, and a connecting pipe 7 is slidably fitted to the guide bar 5. On the other hand, a sliding member 8 attached to the receiving plate 1 is fitted to the guide bar 5 (FIG. 2). As described above, when the slide plate S is moved by the air cylinder A2, the movement is transmitted to the sliding member 8 of the outermost receiving plate 1 through the connecting pipe 7 to displace it.
Change the spacing between adjacent backing plates. Air cylinder A2
The slide plate S, the connecting pipe 7 and the like constitute a space regulating means for regulating the space between the receiving plates 1 at the end.

Below the receiving plate 1, a partition plate 10 provided upright on the connecting member 9 is arranged. As described above, five partition plates 10 are attached at intervals so that when the receiving plates 1 are adjacent to each other, an interval is inserted between them, and the air cylinder A3 (FIG. 3) is extended. Then, as shown by phantom lines in FIG.
Make sure to split the sliced bread above.

On the other hand, a sliding member 11 similar to the sliding member 8 is slidably fitted in the guide bar 4 in the same number as the receiving plate 1. A bread holder 13 is attached to the sliding member 11 via a mounting plate 12. This bread top retainer 13 is rotated around the guide bar 4 as shown by an arrow in FIG. 3, contacts the upper portion of the sliced bread B placed on the receiving plate 1 and holds the bread B, and is made of a spring plate. Is. Similar to the coil spring 2, a coil spring 14 for keeping the intervals between the mounting plates 12 substantially equal is interposed between the adjacent mounting plates 12.

Reference numeral 15 provided below the sliding member 8 is a stopper plate having a slit 16 for limiting the outward displacement of the sliding member 8. Similarly, a stopper plate 17 having a slit 18 is arranged above the mounting plate 12 to limit outward displacement of the mounting plate 12. It should be noted that, in the drawings, only a part of the loaf bread upper presser 13, the sliding member 8, and the loaf bread B on the receiving plate 1 are shown for simplicity. FIG. 2 shows a state in which a loaf of loaf bread B cut into four pieces is placed on the receiving plate 1.

Next, the operation of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The operation described above will be omitted and the states shown in FIGS. As shown in (c), the air cylinder A3 is extended and the partition plate 10 is inserted between the receiving plates 1 on which the two breads B are placed and separated from each other, and the state shown in (d) is obtained. In front of the receiving plate 1, as shown in FIG. 5, an endless conveyor 20 in which partition plates 19 are erected at the same intervals as the partition plate 10 is arranged. The conveyor 20 is intermittently run for a length corresponding to 3 loaves of bread,
The sliced bread B divided by the receiving plate 1 and divided by the partition plate 10 is delivered by the bread delivery means 21 and is received in the partitioned state and conveyed as shown by the white arrow in FIG.

The three loaves of sliced bread that are conveyed to the right from the receiving plate 1 by the conveyor 20 discharge one or more half loafs of bread divided by the partition plate 19 as shown by the black arrows in the figure. By selectively operating the means 22 or 23 or the like, the required quantity can be divided and discharged from the conveyor 20. The selection of the discharging means 22, 23 and the like can be easily performed by operating buttons on the control panel.

[0019]

As described above, according to the dividing apparatus of the present invention, the sliced bread can be conveyed through the passage without partition and surely divided on the spot. The sliced bread will not be distorted or dropped during transportation. Further, in the dividing apparatus according to the present invention, the sliced bread can be sent out by dividing it into the required number by simply selecting the discharging means for discharging the bread from the conveyer on which the partition plate is erected, so that the switching can be easily performed. Further, according to the present invention, if the sliced bread is configured so as to be held vertically and divided, soft bread can be surely divided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a left half of a dividing device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a partial cross section,

2 is a side view showing the right half of the dividing device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a partial cross-section in an operating state different from that in FIG. 1;

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

4 (a) to 4 (c) are plan views and FIG. 4 (d) is a side view showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a discharge situation of divided breads on a conveyor which constitutes a dividing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 receiving plate 2 coil spring 3 side guide 4, 5 guide bar 6, 7 connecting pipe 8, 11 sliding member 9 connecting member 10 partition plate 12 mounting plate 13 pan top pressing 14 coil spring 15, 17 stopper plate 16 , 18 Slit 19 Partition plate 20 Conveyor 21 Bread feeding means 22, 23 Discharging means A1 First air cylinder A2 Second air cylinder S Sliding plate A3 Air cylinder

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of receiving plates supported in parallel so as to be able to approach and separate from each other, a spring interposed between adjacent receiving plates for holding the receiving plates at substantially equal intervals, and the plurality of receiving plates. Interval regulating means for regulating the distance between both ends of the plate, bread loaf feeding means for pushing out the divided loaf bread on the receiving plate, a conveyer for receiving and transporting the loaf bread that has been erected by the bread loaf feeding means and is provided with a partition plate A sliced bread dividing device comprising discharge means for discharging bread between predetermined partition plates from the conveyor. 2. The same bread which is supported above the plurality of receiving plates in parallel so as to be able to approach and separate from each other so as to correspond to the receiving plates, and is brought into contact with the upper portion of the bread placed on the receiving plates to make the same bread. A plurality of bread top retainers for holding, and a spring interposed between the adjacent bread top retainers for holding the top retainers at substantially equal intervals, at both ends of the plurality of bread top retainers. 2. The sliced bread dividing device according to claim 1, wherein the interval is configured to be restricted by the interval restricting means.