JPH06293307A - Chopstick carrier/in chopstick wrapping device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arrange numerous wooden disposable chopsticks in an intermingled state before being loaded into bags by one pair in a carrying process by setting an initial carrying part and a next carrying part having different gradient angles on a chute board equipped with a vibrator and providing a gate member at a peak between both carrying parts. CONSTITUTION:A chopstick carrier comprises a chute board 10 where numerous wooden disposable chopsticks 1 are sent in an intermingled state from a conveyer 22. The chute board 10 is vibrated by a vibrator 9, whereby the chopsticks 1 in a bulk are dispersed and gradually carried on an initial carrying part 10a. Vertically stacked chopsticks 1 are dropped by a control piece 15, and the chopsticks 1 are carried to a passage port 13 by one pair. The chopsticks 1 whose axial line is not perpendicular to a carrying direction but displaced come against a gate member 12 at its tip of the carrying direction and gradually corrected in posture by vibration of the chute board 10, and then they slide down on a steep next carrying part 10b through the passage port 13 to be sent to a waiting device 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disposable chopsticks transfer device in a disposable chopsticks packaging device, that is, prior to loading the disposable chopsticks into a sheath bag.
The present invention relates to a device for transferring a large number of disposable chopsticks so that they can be aligned to one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, disposable chopsticks have been made into a packaged disposable chopsticks by loading them into an elongated sheath bag made of paper or the like, and a predetermined number of the packaged disposable chopsticks are stored in a packaging bag made of a transparent film, etc. It is known to be offered.

[0003]

Conventionally, the work of loading disposable chopsticks in a sheath bag and the work of storing a predetermined number of packed disposable chopsticks in a packaging bag have both been performed manually by the operator. .

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention has begun the development in order to automate the above work and to automate it.

The disposable chopstick wrapping device of the present inventor is: 1) Prior to loading the disposable chopsticks in the sheath bag, a large number of mixed chopsticks in a mixed state can be aligned one by one so that the loading operation can be automated. Disposable chopsticks transfer device for moving the product 2)
A loading device for automatically loading the transferred disposable chopsticks into the sheath bag in sequence, 3) Prior to storing a predetermined number of the packaged chopsticks loaded in the sheath bag in the packaging bag, a large number of the packaged chopsticks are packed. An aligning device for transporting in a state of being overlapped with each other and arranged in parallel, and for arranging a predetermined number on a table in the parallel state, 4) Wrapping a predetermined number of aligned bodies arranged on the table It consisted of a packaging device for storing in a bag, which allowed it to fulfill its automation objectives.

An object of the present invention is to provide the disposable chopsticks transfer device of the above 1).

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a chute plate for receiving a large number of disposable chopsticks in a mixed state is connected to a vibrator, and the chute plate is initially connected in the transfer direction of the disposable chopsticks. The transfer unit and the next transfer unit are configured, and the initial transfer unit is gently tilted downward in the transfer direction, while the next transfer unit is tilted downward in the transfer direction and is steeper than the initial transfer unit. And a next transfer section, a mountain portion is formed, and a gate member facing the mountain section is provided from above the next transfer section, and a vertical dimension of a passage opening formed between the gate member and the next transfer section. Is formed to be slightly thicker than the wall thickness of the disposable chopsticks, and when the disposable chopsticks from the initial transfer section to the passage opening are offset from the axial line of the disposable chopsticks in the transfer direction, the disposable chopsticks strike the gate member. On the other hand, the axis of the disposable chopsticks The in point configured to allowed to pass through the passage port without impinging the 該割 chopsticks gate member when being brought perpendicular to the transport direction.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A concrete example of a disposable chopsticks packaging device including a disposable chopsticks transporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(Disposable chopsticks wrapping method) FIG. 1 shows an outline of the disposable chopsticks wrapping method, and the disposable chopsticks 1 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 (B), one piece of the disposable chopsticks 1 is addressed to each sheath bag 2
And the packed disposable chopsticks 3 are obtained. The sheath bag 2 usually has an opening 4 formed by obliquely cutting one of the front and back sheets.

As shown in FIG. 1C, the packaged disposable chopsticks 3 are
The parallel body 5 is configured by overlapping a predetermined number of pieces with each other in parallel. Usually, the parallel body 5 is composed of 10 wrapped disposable chopsticks 3. Further, in the case of the illustrated example, the parallel bodies 5a and 5b are vertically stacked, and the parallel bodies 5a and 5b are housed in the packaging bag 6 in this superposed state.

(Embodiment of disposable chopsticks transfer device) Split chopsticks 1 and sheath bag 2
Prior to loading the disposable chopsticks 1, one disposable chopstick 1 is transferred by the disposable chopsticks transfer device 7 as shown in FIG.

The disposable chopsticks transfer device 7 constitutes a chute plate 10 provided on a base frame 8 with a vibrator 9 interposed therebetween. That is, the chute plate 10 is connected to the vibrator 9 via the elastic means 11 such as a spring, and transfers the disposable chopsticks 1 by vibration.

The chute plate 10 constitutes an initial transfer section 10a and a next transfer section 10b with respect to the transfer direction of the disposable chopsticks 1, and the initial transfer section 10a is gently inclined downward in the transfer direction while the next transfer section 10b is provided. Is inclined downward from the initial transfer section 10a toward the transfer direction, and a mountain portion 10c is provided between the initial transfer section 10a and the next transfer section 10b.
Is formed.

Above the next transfer portion 10b, the mountain portion 1 is provided.
The gate member 12 facing 0c is provided, and the gate member 1
The vertical dimension of the passage opening 13 formed between the second transfer portion 10b and the second transfer portion 10b is formed to be slightly larger than the wall thickness of the disposable chopstick 1.

For this reason, in FIG. 2, the initial transfer section 1 is shown as shown by enclosing the operating state by a dot-dash line and extracting it with a symbol A.
If the disposable chopsticks 1 going from 0a to the passage opening 13 are deviated from the axial line of the disposable chopsticks 1 in the transfer direction, the disposable chopsticks 1 are vibrated on the initial transfer section 10a which is gently inclined. When transferred, the tip of the disposable chopsticks 1 in the transfer direction is made to strike against the gate member 12, and immediately the next transfer section 10b.
Not transferred to. That is, in this case, the disposable chopstick 1 has the chute plate 1 in a state where the tip end thereof is abutted against the gate member 12.
When the posture of the disposable chopsticks 1 is gradually changed by the vibration of 0 and the axis of the disposable chopstick 1 is made substantially orthogonal to the transfer direction, it passes through the passage opening 13 and the next-stage transfer portion 10b is slid down.

In the illustrated embodiment, side walls 14 are provided on both sides of the chute plate 10, and the gate member 12 is erected on the side walls 14 and 14 and is rotatable about the mounting shaft 14. The vertical dimension of the passage opening 13 can be adjusted through movement. Further, a control piece 15 is attached to the gate member 12, and the control piece 15 is attached to the initial transfer unit 1.
Disperse the disposable chopsticks 1, 1 which extend upward in the middle of 0a and are transferred in a vertically stacked state.

The disposable chopsticks 1 destined for one piece slipped off from the next-stage transfer portion 10b are put in parallel by a standby device 16. That is, the standby device 16 has a conveyor belt 17 which is inclined upward in the conveying direction, and a stopper table 18 is provided facing the end point of the conveyor belt 17.

In the vicinity of the starting end of the conveyor belt 17,
A horizontal bar 19 laid on the side walls 14 and 14 is exposed, and a passage 20 is formed between the horizontal bar 19 and the conveyor belt 17. Also, a protrusion prevention plate 21 is provided near the end of the conveyor belt 17 and above the stopper table 18.
Is provided.

(Operation of disposable chopsticks transfer device and standby device) A large number of disposable chopsticks 1 are sent in a mixed state from the conveyor device 22 provided toward the chute plate 10. That is, the conveyor device 22 is composed of a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, a simple disposable chopstick sliding table, or the like, and conveys a large number of disposable chopsticks 1 in a posture substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction and receives them on the chute plate 10.

Since the chute plate 10 is vibrated by the vibrator 9, the block-shaped chopsticks 1 are dispersed and gradually transferred onto the initial transfer section 10a. At this time, the disposable chopsticks 1 that are vertically overlapped with each other are removed by the control piece 15, and only the disposable chopsticks 1 addressed to one are transferred to the passage opening 13. When the disposable chopsticks 1 being transported have the axis of the disposable chopsticks substantially orthogonal to the transport direction, the disposable chopsticks 1 pass through the passage opening 13 and slide down the next-stage transport portion 10b to be sent to the standby device 10.

On the other hand, if the disposable chopsticks 1 extending from the initial transfer section 10a toward the passage opening 13 are offset from the axial line of the disposable chopsticks 1 in the transfer direction, as shown in FIG.
The tip of the disposable chopsticks 1 in the transfer direction is abutted against the gate member 12, and the posture of the disposable chopsticks 1 is gradually changed by the vibration of the chute plate 10 as described above without passing through the passage opening 13 as it is. When the axis is made substantially orthogonal to the transfer direction, it passes through the passage port 13 and the next transfer section 10b.
And is sent to the standby device 10.

Therefore, the disposable chopsticks 1 sent to the standby device 16
Are controlled in posture so that their axes are orthogonal to the traveling direction, and one conveyor is delivered by the conveyor belt 17 in this posture, and they are made to stand by in a parallel and adjacent state on the stopper table 18. In this standby state, the succeeding disposable chopsticks 1 are sequentially sent by the conveyor belt 17,
Since the disposable chopsticks 1 in the standby state are controlled by the pop-out prevention plate 21, the chopsticks 1 do not pop up upward. That is, the lower surface of the disposable chopsticks 1 in the standby state is attached to the conveyor belt 1
7 progresses while slipping.

(Embodiment of Loading Device) The disposable chopsticks 1 in the standby state are loaded into the sheath bag 2 by the loading device 23 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The loading device 23 includes a stack 24 of sheath bags 2.
A magazine 25 for accommodating the above, an opening device 26 for sending air into the sheath bag 2 located at the lowermost layer to open the opening 4 of the sheath bag 2, and an insertion for inserting the disposable chopsticks 1 into the sheath bag 2 which has been opened. It comprises a device 27 and a striker device 35 for separating the lowermost sheath bag 2 into which the disposable chopsticks 1 are inserted from the laminated body 24 and discharging it.

The magazine 25 includes a holding wall 28 for holding the sheath bag laminated body 24, a back wall 28a in the illustrated example, and L-shaped side walls 28b, 28 provided at both ends of the back wall 28a.
A bottom wall 29 having a holding wall 28 composed of c and supporting the bottom of the laminated body 24 in the vicinity of one side edge of the lowermost sheath bag 2.
And a discharge port 30 is provided facing the other side of the lowermost sheath bag 2. The side wall 28b facing the opening 4 of the sheath bag 2 has an insertion opening 31 for allowing the disposable chopsticks 1 to pass therethrough.

The opening device 26 is, in the illustrated example, an air nozzle 32 for ejecting air from an air compressor or the like.
The air is jetted out through the insertion opening 31 to the opening 4 of the sheath bag 2 located at the lowermost layer of the laminate 24.

The insertion device 27 constitutes an endless body 33 such as an endless chain or an endless belt provided along the disposable chopsticks 1 which are made to stand by on the stopper table 18 described above, and the endless body 33 is provided with the claw pieces 3.
4 is provided. That is, when the endless body 33 is rotated, the claw piece 34 is engaged with the end of the disposable chopstick 1 and the disposable chopstick 1 is rotated.
Are moved together and inserted into the sheath bag 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the striker device 35 has a back wall 28 below the bottom wall 29 of the magazine 25.
It has a striker 35a that penetrates a and is movable back and forth, and has a drive device 36 such as a cylinder for driving the striker 35a forward and backward.

A drop control member 37 is installed facing the discharge port 30 of the magazine 25.
Is an upper wall 37a facing the upper portion of the discharge port 30 and the upper wall 3a.
7a and a control wall 37b bent at an acute angle,
The control wall 37b is inclined not in the vertical direction but so that its front end faces downward of the magazine 25.

(Operation of loading device) The sheath bag 2 is attached to the magazine 25.
When the stacked body 24 of FIG.
Only the portion laterally displaced by 9 is supported from below, but since it is held by the holding wall 28, the laminated body 24
It does not collapse and is preferably housed in the magazine 25.

The lowermost sheath bag 2 has its opening 4 opened by air from the opening device 26. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, since the sheath bag 2 is released on the tip side of the bottom wall 29, this portion is inflated by receiving air.

Then, with the claw piece 34 of the insertion device 27,
As shown in FIG. 3, the disposable chopsticks 1 on standby shown in FIG.
The book is delivered from the stopper table 18, passes through the insertion opening 31 and is inserted into the sheath bag 2. Thus, the packaged disposable chopsticks 3 in which the disposable chopsticks 1 are inserted in the sheath bag 2 are obtained.

The packaged disposable chopsticks 3 formed on the bottom layer are the disposable chopsticks 1
Since the packaged chopsticks 3 are swollen downward by inserting the striker device 35, the striker device 35 is driven to strike the packaged chopsticks 3 with the striker 35a. Separate and discharge port 3
It is discharged from 0.

The discharge port 30 is hit by the striker 35a.
The packaged disposable chopsticks 3 that have popped out of the package are received by the fall control member 37 and fall along the control wall 37b in the inclined direction. A transport device 38 is provided below the control member 37, and the packaged chopsticks 3 dropped on the transport device 38 are held in an inclined posture.

(Embodiment of Aligning Device) As shown in FIG. 5, the aligning device 39 includes the above-mentioned transfer device 38, a table 40 installed near the end of the transfer device 38, and the transfer device 38. Transfer device 4 for transferring a predetermined number of packaged disposable chopsticks 3 conveyed by the table 40 to the table 40 in an aligned state.
1 and 1.

The transfer device 38 has an endless transfer means 41 such as an endless chain or an endless belt, and a comb-shaped partition wall 42 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the endless transfer means 41 at predetermined intervals in the transfer direction. They are lined up.
The partition wall 42 is provided so as to be inclined so as to match the extension line of the control wall 37b of the drop control member 37 described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the packing disposable chopsticks 3 falling along the control wall 37b. Is held on the partition wall 42 in the same posture and is transported. Therefore, a large number of the packaged disposable chopsticks 3 on the carrying device 38 are overlapped with each other and arranged in parallel, and are carried in that state.

The table 40 has a predetermined number of wrapped disposable chopsticks, in the illustrated example, 10 arranged in parallel with each other.
It has a pair of side walls 43 for receiving the book-wrapped disposable chopsticks 3.

The transfer device 41 includes a chucking device 45 having a pair of holding bodies 44 for releasably holding a predetermined number of, in the illustrated example, one set of the packed disposable chopsticks 3 from both axial ends. An elevating device 46 for elevating the chucking device 45 and a reciprocating device 47 for reciprocating the chucking device 45 between an upper position of the carrying device 38 and an upper position of the table 40.

In the chucking device 45, as shown in FIG. 6, a pair of holding bodies 44, 44 are slidably connected by a guide rod 48, and both holding bodies 44, 4 are provided.
A cylinder means 49 is interposed between the four members, and the pair of holding bodies 44 is moved in the expansion / contraction direction by the cylinder means 49.

A hanging member 50 is connected to the guide rod 48, and the hanging member 50 is connected to a carriage 51 so as to be able to move up and down. Further, a lifting cylinder 52 is provided between the carriage 51 and the chucking device 45. Lifting device 4
Connected by 6. In the case of the example shown in FIG.
The chucking device 45 is connected to a holding plate 53 that is vertically movable, and is indirectly connected to the chucking device 45 via the holding plate 53. That is, the pressing plate 53 is the guide body 54 provided on the guide rod 48.
The erecting rod 55 is slidably inserted in the holding rod 53. Therefore, when the holding plate 53 is raised by the elevating cylinder 52, the chucking device 45 rises following the holding plate 53.

On the other hand, when the elevating cylinder 52 is extended to lower the pressing plate 53, the chucking device 45 follows and descends, and the lower end of the chucking device 45 is brought into contact with the carrier device 38 or the table 40. After stopping, the holding plate 53 descends in this state to lightly press the parallel body 5 of the packaged chopsticks 3.

Chuck pawls 56 corresponding to the packaged disposable chopsticks 3 of the parallel body 5 are arranged in a swingable manner on the pair of holding bodies 44, 44 via a shaft 57, respectively. The compression spring 58 elastically springs inward. An elastic lining 59 made of rubber or the like is provided on the inner surface of the chuck claw 56.

The reciprocating device 47 has rail rods 60 and 61 extending over the upper position of the transport device 38 and the upper position of the table 40, and a carriage 51 traveling on the rod.
A reciprocating drive device is provided therein.

(Operation of Aligning Device) When the packaged chopsticks 3 are held in parallel on the transfer device 38, the transfer device 41 is lifted by the elevating device 46, and the transfer device 41 is moved by the reciprocating device 47. It is moved onto the transport device 38.

Then, the transfer device 41 is moved by the elevating device 46.
Is lowered toward the transport device 38. At this time, the chucking device 45 is expanded by the cylinder means 49. When the pressing plate 53 is lowered by extending the lifting cylinder 52, the chucking device 45
Follows and descends, the chuck claws 56 are brought into contact with the conveying device 38 and stopped, and then the holding plate 53 descends to lightly press the parallel body 5 of the packaged chopsticks 3. After that, the cylinder means 4
9, the pair of sandwiching members 44, 44 advance so as to face each other,
Each packing disposable chopstick 3 of the parallel body 5 is clamped by the chuck claws 56 from both ends in the axial direction.

Therefore, the elevating device 46 and the reciprocating device 47 are simultaneously driven with the parallel body 5 of the packaged disposable chopsticks 3 held therebetween,
The transfer device 41 is moved in the direction of arrow X in FIG. Therefore,
The sandwiched packaged disposable chopsticks 3 are lifted up along the inclination direction of the partition wall 42 of the transport device 38.

Thereafter, the transfer device 41 is moved by the reciprocating device 47.
After moving horizontally in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 5, the transfer device 41 is moved to the direction of arrow Z by the lifting device 46 above the table 40.
Lower in the direction. When the transfer device 41 is lowered between the side walls 43, 43 of the table 40 and the chuck claws 56 are brought into contact with the table 40, the chucking device 45 is released by the cylinder means 49, and the packing chopsticks 3 are arranged in parallel. 5 is placed on the table 40.

In the illustrated embodiment, the above work is repeated twice, and the two parallel bodies 5 are vertically stacked on the table 40.
Align a and 5b. When the transfer device 41 is lowered toward the table 40 for the second time, the chuck claw 56 is located above the table 40, and the upper parallel body 5a is stacked on the lower parallel body 5b. Then, the chucking device 45 is released by the cylinder means 49.

(Example of Packing Device) The upper and lower two parallel bodies 5a and 5b aligned on the table 40 are stored in a packing bag 6 by a packing device as shown in FIGS.

A guide dome 62 is provided on the table 40 in the vicinity of the axial ends of the parallel bodies 5a and 5b, and the guide dome 62 is provided with a pin 64 standing upright from the table 40.
Is loosely inserted into a tongue piece 63 provided on the outer side of the base end of the guide dome 62, and is freely movable upward. On the other hand, the guide dome 6
A gate-shaped member 65 standing upright from the table 40 is positioned above the tip end side of 2, and the tip of an adjusting screw 66 screwed to the gate-shaped member 65 so as to move back and forth is opposed to the upper surface of the guide dome 62. ing.

A slider 67 facing the axial ends of the parallel bodies 5a and 5b is provided on the table 40 located on the side opposite to the guide dome 62.
7 is reciprocated on the table 40 by a driving means 68 such as a cylinder.

The table 40 is provided with a forward / backward drive means 69 such as a cylinder, and the table 40 itself is also forward / backward moved in the same direction as the slider 67 slides.

A packaging work table 70 is arranged in the vicinity of the tip of the guide dome 62, and one packaging bag 6 is delivered to and held on the packaging work table 70.
The packaging bag 6 has a sealing piece 71 and an opening 7
2 is opened by an air nozzle or the like and stands by for packaging.

(Operation of the wrapping device) As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, with the parallel bodies 5a and 5b in parallel with the table 40, the table 40 is advanced by the advancing / retreating drive means 69, and the tip of the guide dome 62 is moved. The opening 72 of the packaging bag 6
Come to. Next, the slider 67 is moved forward by the driving means 68, and the parallel bodies 5 a and 5 b are inserted into the packaging bag 6. When the insertion work is completed, the slider 67 is moved back and the table 40 is retracted to return to the original state.

The packaging bag 6 containing the parallel bodies 5a and 5b is
After that, the sealing piece 71 is folded back by a known mechanism, and the sealing piece 71 is sealed by welding by heat sealing or adhesion with an adhesive tape, whereby the packaging as shown in FIG. 9 (B) and FIG. 1 (C). The body is obtained.

[0056]

According to the present invention, when automatically packing disposable chopsticks, a large number of disposable chopsticks can be dispersed from a mixed state to a single disposable chopstick, and the disposable chopsticks can be aligned in a predetermined posture. Since such an operation is automated, there is an effect that after that, the operation of loading the disposable chopsticks one by one into the sheath bag can be automated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a disposable chopstick wrapping method, (A) is a plan view showing disposable chopsticks, (B) is a plan view showing disposable chopsticks in which a disposable chopstick is inserted in a sheath bag, and (C) shows an array of the disposable chopsticks up and down. It is a top view which shows the package body which was made to wrap in the packaging bag in the state aligned in step.

FIG. 2 is a vertical side view showing an embodiment of a disposable chopsticks transfer device and a standby device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a specific example of a loading device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view showing a specific example of a loading device and a carrying device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a specific example of an alignment device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the aligning device and showing a state where the transfer device is raised.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the alignment device and showing a state in which the transfer device is lowered.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a packaging device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention, showing a state before the parallel body is inserted into a packaging bag.

FIG. 9 shows a packaging device in the disposable chopsticks packaging device of the present invention, (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the parallel body is inserted into the packaging bag, and (B) is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the packaging bag is closed. It is a figure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 disposable chopsticks 2 sheath bag 3 packaging disposable chopsticks 5a aligned body 5b aligned body 6 packaging bag 7 disposable chopsticks transfer device 9 vibrator 10 chute plate 12 gate member 13 passage port 15 control piece 16 standby device 17 conveyor belt 18 stopper table 21 pop-out prevention plate 23 loading Device 24 Laminated body 25 Magazine 26 Opening device 27 Insertion device 28 Holding wall 29 Bottom wall 30 Discharge port 32 Air nozzle 33 Endless body 34 Claw piece 35 Strike device 37 Drop control member 38 Conveying device 39 Aligning device 40 Table 41 Transfer device 42 Partition wall 44 Clamping body 45 Chucking device 46 Lifting device 47 Reciprocating device 49 Cylinder means 51 Cart 53 Presser plate 56 Chuck pawl 58 Compression spring 60 Rail rod 61 Rail rod 62 Guide dome 66 Adjustment screw 67 Slider 8 drive means 69 advancing drive means 70 packaging operation table 71 sealing piece 72 opening

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chute plate for receiving a large number of disposable chopsticks in a mixed state is connected to a vibrator, and the chute plate constitutes an initial transfer section and a next transfer section with respect to the transfer direction of the disposable chopsticks, and the initial transfer section is directed in the transfer direction. While gently inclining downwardly, the next-stage transfer section is inclined more downwardly toward the transfer direction than the initial transfer section to form a mountain portion between the initial transfer section and the next-stage transfer section. A gate member facing the mountain portion from above is provided, and the vertical dimension of the passage opening formed between the gate member and the next transfer portion is formed to be slightly larger than the wall thickness of the disposable chopsticks. When the disposable chopsticks toward the passage opening are offset from the axial direction of the disposable chopsticks in the transfer direction, the disposable chopsticks are abutted against the gate member, and when the axial line of the disposable chopsticks is orthogonal to the transfer direction, Hit the chopsticks against the gate member A disposable chopsticks transfer device in a disposable chopsticks packaging device, characterized in that the disposable chopsticks packaging device is configured to pass through the passage opening without any action.