JPH06327Y2 - Stick-shaped confectionery supply device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a stick-shaped confectioner supply device for automatically and individually supplying stick-shaped confectionery to an automatic packaging machine.

(Prior Art) A conventional device for conveying and supplying a large amount of confectionery to an automatic packaging machine for individually packaging confectionery such as stick-shaped biscuits or rice crackers one by one will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, two belt conveyors 1 and a reverse belt conveyor (not shown) that are conveyed in opposite directions are arranged side by side,
One of the belt conveyors 1 conveys the bar-shaped confectionery baked in a furnace (not shown), and a batch wrapping machine (not shown) is provided at one end of the other retrograde belt conveyor to package the above-mentioned furnace and batch. Between the installation side with the machine and the end on the opposite side,
A conveyor device 4 is provided between the belt conveyor 1 and the retrograde belt conveyor so as to be stretched over both of these belt conveyors, and a loop type turning device 5a is provided at the end of the conveyor device 4 on the belt conveyor 1 side. Arrangement device 5 is arranged,
An individual wrapping machine 6 for individually wrapping the bar-shaped confectionery is arranged at the end of the conveyor device 4 on the side of the retrograde belt conveyor.
In such an apparatus, a plurality of confectioneries 7 are arranged in the width direction of the belt conveyor 1 with the length direction of the individual confectioneries 7 baked in a furnace (not shown) oriented toward the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 1, The baked confectionery 7 is conveyed to the installation position of the arrangement changing device 5 by being placed on the conveyor 1 and transferred to the arrangement changing device 5, and then the arrangement changing device 5 conveys the conveyor 7 of the conveyor device 4. In the state where the length direction of the individual confectionery 7 is arranged in a line in the 4a toward the conveying direction of the conveyor 4a, the confectionery 7 is supplied to the individual packaging machine 6 by the conveyor 4a and packaged, and then the individual confectionery 7 is packaged. The confectionery 7a is individually packaged by the conveyor 4a of the conveyor device 4 to a reverse belt conveyor (not shown), and the lengthwise direction of the confectionery 7a is lined up in the width direction of the retrograde belt conveyor and transferred to the collective packaging machine side. one Packaging to.

(Question to be Solved by the Invention) In the above conventional device, the confectionery 7 is slid down from the belt conveyor 1 side to the arrangement changing device 5 side by line, and the confectionery 5a provided in the arrangement changing device 5 is confectionery. The confectionery 7 must be inserted into each insertion area one by one, but since the shape of the confectionery is not always uniform, when transferring from the belt conveyor 1 to the arrangement changing device 5, each one is inserted into each insertion area. If not inserted, there may be an uninserted part, or two or more parts may be inserted.

For this reason, defective packaging may occur in the individual packaging machine 6, defective products may occur due to insufficient quantity in the batch packaging machine in the subsequent process, or the machine may break down or stop due to biting of excess confectionery. In the factory where the device is installed to prevent these, a monitoring staff and a shortage replenishment staff are arranged for each device, and the confectionery is replenished to the non-inserted place one by one, and all the confectionery of the changing device 5a enters the place where the confectionery should enter. However, in this manual replenishment, the insertion area for one confectionery of the changing device 5a operating at high speed is identified, and if there is no confectionery, the confectionery must be placed in the place where it is not contained. It is difficult to keep the work done for a long time because the eyestrain of the worker is fast, and the oversight is not allowed, and the mental fatigue is fast. Due to such circumstances, there are problems that a large number of substitute personnel are required at present and the labor cost is increased and the cost is increased.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to downsize the entire device by automatically supplying the shortages to the shortages supplementing portion of the arrangement changing device by collectively supplying the supplementary confectionery. An object is to provide a stick-shaped confectionery supply device.

(Means for Solving the Problem) As a means for solving the problem, the present invention conveys a bar-shaped confectionery baked in a furnace by a belt conveyor and has an annular shape having a sending side and a returning side. Conveyor device for transferring the confectionery to the arrangement changing device, and the confectionery conveyed by the sending side of the arrangement changing device is provided at an intermediate position from the sending side to the returning side and connected to the individual packaging machine. In the feeding device for a stick-shaped confectionery, the arrangement of the stick-shaped confectionery is changed to one line so that the longitudinal direction of the stick-shaped confectionery is transferred to the individual wrapping machine by being transferred to A belt conveying / feeding device, which is located on the upper side of the return side of the arrangement and has a deflection chute formed in parallel at the tip end thereof, is arranged. Located on top An individual replenishing device having a plurality of gates is disposed, and one end is connected to the plurality of gates of the individual replenishing device and the other end is located above the arrangement changing device from the sending side to the returning side and the other end is the belt transport supply. An array supply device is provided below the deflecting chute of the device to transfer the confectionery supplied from the deflecting chute to the plurality of gates, and the array supplying device corresponds to the gate of the individual replenishing device. The bar-shaped confectionery is partitioned by a partition plate so that the confectionery can be fitted one by one, and the bottom part of the partition plate is formed by a belt conveyor for transferring the confectionery that is fitted in the partition defined by the partition plate. It is a feature.

(Operation) Since the present invention is configured in this way, it has the following operations. That is, a bar-shaped confectionery baked in a furnace is conveyed by a belt conveyor, the confectionery is transferred to an annular arrangement changing device having a feeding side and a returning side, and the confectionery is conveyed by the feeding side of the arrangement changing device. By transferring the confectionery to a conveyor device that is provided at an intermediate position from the feeding side to the return side and is connected to an individual wrapping machine, the arrangement of the rod-shaped confectionery is arranged so that the longitudinal direction of the bar-shaped confections coincides with the conveying direction. Located in the upper part of the return side of the arrangement changing device of the stick-shaped confectionery supplying device which is changed to one line and conveyed to the individual packaging machine, and the belt conveying and supplying device is arranged in parallel, An individual replenishing device having a plurality of gates located right above is provided, one end of which is connected to the plurality of gates of the individual replenishing device and the other end of which is located above the arrangement changing device from the sending side to the returning side. Belt transport Since the array supply device is provided below the turning chute of the feeding device and transfers the confectionery supplied from the turning chute to the plurality of gates, the entire device can be downsized. .

A deflecting chute is formed at the tip of the belt feeding device, and a plurality of gates provided in the individual replenishing device are located near the feed end portion on the feed side of the arrangement changing device and directly above the feed side. The array supply device is partitioned by the partition plate so that the stick-shaped confectionery can be fitted one by one corresponding to the gate of the individual replenishing device, and is fitted in the partition defined by the partition plate under the partition plate. Since it is formed by the belt conveyor for transferring the confectionery, the stick-shaped confectionery fed into the belt conveying / supplying device is transferred by the deflecting chute into the section of the array supply device partitioned by the partition plate and is transferred in a predetermined manner. It is possible to convey and hold it in the gate of the individual replenishing device by the belt conveyor in the state of being aligned in the posture described above, and since the partition partitioned by the partition plate corresponds to the gate, The rod-like confectionery selectively by selective switching of the gate it is possible to transfer the feed side of the annular array changing device.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the belt conveyor 1 is located below the belt conveyor 1 that conveys the confectionery baked in a furnace (not shown).
An annular arrangement changing device 5 having a return side 5b and a sending side 5c is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of, and a belt conveying / supplying device 11 is provided above the belt conveyor 1, and The carrier supply device 11 is arranged in parallel along the return side 5b of the arrangement changing device 5. A diverting chute portion 12 is provided at an end portion on the unloading side of the belt transport / supply device 11.

An array supply device 13 for arranging the confectioneries supplied from the belt transport supply device 11 and sending them to the array diverting device 5 side is provided,
The array supply device 13 has one end positioned directly below the deflection chute portion 12, is orthogonal to the top of the return side 5b of the array changing device 5, and has the other end on the feeding side (confectionery conveying side) 5c of the arrangement changing device 5.
It is installed facing the upper part of. Outside the feeding side 5c of the arrangement changing device 5, an individual replenishing device 14 is arranged so that the confectionery conveyed by the arrangement supplying device 13 can be delivered along the conveying direction of the feeding side 5c, Next, the confectionery presence / absence detection device 15 for detecting whether or not each one of the confectionery insertion areas of the diverting device 5a provided in the arrangement changing device 5 is inserted into the confectionery insertion area of the diverting device 5a. , Or the power supply control device 17 and the defective insertion product removing device 16 that removes the one placed on the partition member to the outside of the diversion device 5a, and supplements the shortage for the confectionery insertion area of the diversion device 5a. Forming a supply device for insert confectionery which is capable of. The belt conveyor / feeding device 11 is provided with a belt conveyor 21 formed on an inclined surface that descends to the deflection chute portion 12 side, and crosses over the belt conveyor 21, so that the confectionery stacked on the belt conveyor 21 is provided. There is provided a rotary dissipating device 24 in which plate members 22 for arranging and spreading the above on the entire surface of a belt conveyor 21 are erected radially on a rotary shaft 23.

An acrylic resin baffle 25 rotatably supported around a horizontal axis is disposed on the carry-out side of the turning chute portion 12,
A gap for one piece of confectionery is provided between the lower edge of the baffle plate 25 and the plate surface of the deflection chute portion 12 so that the overlapping confectionery does not enter the array supply device 13 side in a state of overlapping. .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, in the array supply device 13, in this embodiment, nine rows of partition members 26 are arranged in parallel in the transport direction.
The intervals between the partition members are defined so that eight rows of confectionery can be inserted between the partition members 26 with the longitudinal direction of the confectionery oriented in the transport direction of the array supply device 13, and the bottom bottom surface of the partition member 26 is the belt transport supply device. It is formed by a belt conveyor that moves from the 11 side to the individual replenishing device 14 side.

A sensor mounting member 27 is provided above the center of the array supply device 13 in a direction intersecting the partition member 26 at a right angle,
The sensor mounting member 27 has the same number of optical sensors 28 for detecting the presence of sweets as the eight sweets rows, and
It is arranged directly above the confectionery passage area formed between the partition members 26. At the upper part of the partition member 26, which is located between the bridging position of the sensor mounting member 27 and the deflection chute portion 12, a rotating shaft is provided in a direction that diagonally intersects the partition member 26.
A payment device 30 provided with 29 is arranged.

The rotation shaft 29 of the dispensing device 30 is rotated by a reduction gear-equipped electric motor 32 supported by a bracket 31 arranged on the side of the array supply device 13. A plurality of thick columnar bodies 33 made of a foamed plastic material as a pay-in member are erected radially on the rotating shaft 29. The length of the columnar bodies 33 is such that the rotating shaft 29 rotates and the columnar bodies 33 are confectionery. When swirling in a direction against the flow, the tip of the columnar body 33 has a length close to the upper surface of the partition member 26.
The columnar body 33 contacts the side surface of the confectionery on 26,
The confectionery can be dropped between the partition members 26.

The individual replenishing device 14 is shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5, and 6.
As shown in the figure, a gate member 35 for connecting to the array supply device 13 is provided, and the gate 35 is located directly above the feed side 5c of the array changing device 5 for each confectionery row, and is a door member that opens and closes independently. An optical sensor 35a (not shown) is provided directly above the door member to detect the presence or absence of confectionery in each gate 35, and the door member is operated at a position opposite to the array supply device 13 of the gate 35. Arrange the same number of air cylinder type driving devices 36 as the confectionery row,
Each drive device 36 is arranged so that the door member rotates about a horizontal axis through a transmission device formed by a combination of a rack 37 and a pinion 38.
Is connected to the door member. Below the drive devices 36, the same number of solenoid valves 39 as the drive devices 36 are arranged so that one solenoid valve 39 is connected to each drive device 36. The solenoid valve 39 receives a signal from the confectionery presence / absence detection device 15 and supplies necessary power, and is controlled by the power supply control device 17. 40 is a power supply control device 17 and a solenoid valve
It is a cable that connects with 39.

A movable partition (not shown) above the end of the individual replenishing device 14 on the side of the array feeding device 13 for preventing a plurality of confectioneries from entering from the array feeding device 13 to the gate 35 of the individual replenishing device 14 at the same time.
A partitioning device 14a having an air cylinder for activating the above is provided (FIG. 1).

The confectionery presence / absence detecting device 15 is provided with the same number of optical sensors (not shown) as the confectionery rows of the array supply device 13 just above the sending side 5c of the array changing device 5, and the deflection on the sending side 5c is changed. Device 5a
When there is no confectionery in the confectionery insertion area, the optical sensor detects the corresponding portion of the confectionery row of the array supply device 13 with respect to the confectionery insertion area of the deflecting device 5a that does not contain confectionery.

Then, the confectionery insertion area of the turning device 5a on the feeding side 5c detected by the optical sensor is the gate of the individual replenishing device 14.
The gate 35 corresponding to the confectionery insertion area of the turning device 5a containing no confectionery from the optical sensor when it moves directly under 35
A signal for opening the door member is transmitted to the power supply control device 17 to open the door member.

As shown in FIG. 7, the defective insertion product elimination device 16 has no confectionery in the confectionery insertion area 5e for one confectionery divided by the partition member 5d provided in the deflecting device 5a of the arrangement changing device 5. An optical sensor 41 for detecting whether or not and an optical sensor 42 for detecting whether or not there is any confectionery left on the partition member 5d are arranged on the side of the turning device 5a. At a position closer to the confectionery presence detection device 15, a confectionery excluding device 43 having two openings below and above the partition member 5d and having openings parallel to the partition member 5d is arranged. The defective article removal device 16 is provided with a manual switch 44 so that the confectionery removal device 43 can be manually operated. Optical sensors 41 and 42, a solenoid valve (not shown) of the confectionery excluding device 43, a manual excluding switch 44, and a power supply control device.
17 is connected by a cable so that unnecessary confectionery of the turning device 5a can be accurately eliminated.

The power supply control device 17 has a built-in control device that controls the power supplied to each device, the supply source of compressed air supplied to the confectionery excluding device 43, and the timing between the devices, and controls between these devices. Each component for performing is stored together.

The operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described below. First, in the process of transferring the confectionery from the side of the belt conveyor 1 which conveys the confectionery baked in a furnace (not shown) to the arrangement changing device 5 and is conveyed by the sending side 5c toward the individual replenishing device 14, the arrangement changing device 5 The optical sensors 41 and 42 of the defective product removing device 16 monitor whether or not the confectionery is inserted in the confectionery insertion area 5e of the diversion device 5a.

Therefore, the confectionery is in a state of being placed on the partition member 5d of the turning device 5a, or a plurality of the confectionery is in the confectionery insertion area 5e.
If it is inside, the compressed air is ejected from the opening of the confectionery excluding device 43 and the confectionary is blown out to the outside of the diversion device 5a to be eliminated. Next, the confectionery is removed by the confectionery excluding device 43, or the confectionery insertion area 5e in which the confectionery was not contained from the beginning is detected by the optical sensor provided in the confectionery presence / absence detection device 15 as not containing the confectionery. , The signal is output to the power supply control device 17.

On the other hand, in parallel with this, on the upstream side in the transport direction of the belt conveyor 21 attached to the vibrating table with respect to the rotary diffusion device 24,
For example, the confectionery stored separately is collectively put as a confectionery for supplement, by operating the belt conveyor 21 and the rotary diffusion device 24, by the plate material 22 provided in the rotary diffusion device 24, it is collectively put The confectionery is spread evenly over the entire width of the belt conveyor 21, and the deflection chute portion is generated by the vibration of the inclined belt conveyor 21.
Transported to 12. Since the gap between the deflection chute portion 12 and the baffle plate 25 is a gap through which one confectionery can pass, the vertically overlapping confectionery is fed by the array supply device 13
It is prevented that the confectionery moves to the side, and only the confectionery that does not overlap vertically is sent to the array supply device 13 side.

Since the confectionery sent in this way is provided with the partitioning member 26 in the array supply device 13, only the confectionery in which the longitudinal direction of the confectionery and the conveying direction of the array supply device 13 match each partition member 26. It will enter the confectionery passage area formed between them. The confectionery whose longitudinal direction does not coincide with the conveying direction of the array supply device 13 is placed on the partition member 26, and is transferred to the individual replenishing device 14 side while remaining on the partition member 26.

In this way, when the confectionery transferred while being placed on the partition member 26 reaches the arrangement position of the payment device 30, the payment device
The columnar body 33 erected on the rotary shaft 29 of 30 presses the side surface of the confectionery placed on the partition member 26, and the confectionery is dropped from above the partition member 26 into the confectionery passage area side. In this way, the longitudinal direction of the confectionery coincides with the conveying direction of the array supply device 13, and the array supply device 13 in a state where the confectionery is contained in all the confectionery passage regions formed between the partition members 26. To the gate 35 of the individual replenishing device 14 from the end of the.
The door member of the gate 35 is opened by the power supply control device 17 corresponding to a place in the confectionery insertion region 5e of the arrangement changing device 5 detected by the confectionery presence / absence detection device 15 that does not contain confectionery,
The confectionery is dropped into the confectionery insertion area 5e containing no confectionery to be replenished, and the confectionery is inserted into all of the confectionery insertion area 5e. In this way, the confectionery is inserted into the confectionery insertion area 5e of the turning device 5a one by one, and the turning device 5a conveys the confectionery to the transfer position where the end of the conveyor device 4 is located.
From the confectionery insertion area 5e of 5a, they are transferred one by one to the conveyor device 4, and continuously conveyed to the individual wrapping machine 6 in a state of being deflected as shown in FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the confectionery for replenishment is placed in the belt conveying / feeding device 11, the confectionery in the confectionery insertion area 5e formed by the diverting device 5a of the arrangement changing device 5 automatically enters. Compared to the conventional equipment that required shortage replenishment personnel, it is possible to replenish areas that do not exist, and in this embodiment not only shortage replenishment personnel are not needed, which reduces labor costs, but also the working environment. Is improved and insurance problems are eliminated. Further, it becomes possible to maintain a uniform flow of confectionery, reduce the number of defective packaging products in the batch packaging machine in the subsequent process, and prevent machine failure, stoppage, etc. due to biting of excess confectionery, thus improving operating efficiency. Therefore, the operating efficiency of each device is improved, so that the productivity is improved and the cost can be reduced.

As another aspect of the present embodiment, the confectionery presence / absence detecting device 15 has, as shown in FIG. 5, a single optical sensor 45 disposed directly above the individual replenishing device 14 just above the turning device 5a, and the power source is provided. Controller 17
The individual replenishment device 14 is opened in order from the door member of the gate 35 located on the side of the confectionery detection device 15 through the replenishment so that the confectionery for replenishment is dropped into the confectionery insertion area 5e of the diverting device 5a containing no confectionery. It may be an apparatus using the method. In this confectionery presence / absence detection device 15, the number of optical sensors can be reduced, and it can be applied as long as the conveying speed of the diversion device 5a does not exceed the replenishment speed of the individual replenishment device 14, the device can be made inexpensive, and the diversion device can be used.
It is possible to maintain a constant transport speed without intermittently transporting by 5a.

(Effect of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is located above the return side of the arrangement changing device, and the belt conveying and supplying device is arranged in parallel, and is located directly above the feeding side. An individual replenishing device having a plurality of gates is provided, and the one end is connected to the plurality of gates of the individual replenishing device and the other end is located above the arrangement changing device from the sending side to the returning side. Since an array supply device for transferring the confectionery supplied from the deflection chute to the plurality of gates is provided below the deflection chute, the whole device can be three-dimensionally constructed and downsized. be able to.

Then, the entire apparatus is constructed in this way, and the deflection chute is formed at the tip of the belt conveying and feeding device, and the plurality of gates provided in the individual replenishing device are the feeding end portion on the feeding side of the array diverting device. Located in the vicinity and directly above the feed side,
The array supply device is partitioned by a partition plate so that the stick-shaped confectionery is fitted one by one corresponding to the gate of the individual replenishment device,
Since the belt conveyor for transferring the confectionery that fits in the compartment divided by the partition plate at the bottom of the partition plate is formed, the stick-shaped confectionery fed into the belt transport supply device is separated by the deflection chute. It can be transferred to the gate part of the individual replenishing device by a belt conveyor in a state where it is transferred into the partition of the array supply device divided by the plate and aligned in a predetermined posture, and is partitioned by the partition plate. Since the divided sections correspond to the gates, the stick-shaped confectionery can be selectively transferred to the feeding side of the annular arrangement changing device by selectively opening and closing a plurality of gates.

As a result, the work of replenishing the shortage of the stick-shaped confectionery is automated, the working environment is improved, the number of workers can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced together with the downsizing of the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a stick-shaped confectionery feeding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover of each component of the stick-shaped confectionery feeding device according to the present invention is removed, and FIG. 3 is according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the arrangement changing device of the stick-shaped confectionery feeding device as seen from the confectionery conveying side, FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the periphery of the dispensing device of the arrangement feeding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an individual replenishing device according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the vicinity of the gate side, FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the driving device side of the individual replenishing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing the defective insertion rejecting device according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional stick-shaped confectionery supply device. 1 ... Belt conveyor 4 ... Conveyor device 5 ... Arrangement changing device 5a ... Deflection device 5b ... Return side of arrangement changing device 5c ... Feeding side (confectionery conveying side) of arrangement changing device 5d ... Partitioning member 5e ‥ Sweets insertion area 6 ・ ・ ・ Individual wrapping machine 11 ‥ ‥ Belt conveyor feeder 13 ・ ・ ・ Array feeder 14 ‥ Individual changer 15 ‥ Sweets presence detection device 16 ‥ Insertion defective product elimination device 17 ‥ Power supply Control device

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bar-shaped confectionery baked in a furnace is conveyed by a belt conveyor, the confectionery is transferred to an annular arrangement changing device having a sending side and a returning side, and is conveyed by the sending side of the arrangement changing device. The confectionery that has been made is transferred to a conveyor device that is provided at an intermediate position from the feeding side to the return side and is connected to an individual wrapping machine so that the longitudinal direction of the bar-shaped confectionery matches the conveying direction. In the device for supplying stick-shaped confectionery, which is arranged to be changed to a single line and conveyed to the individual wrapping machine, the deflection chute is formed at the upper end on the return side of the sequence changing device and in parallel with the tip part. And a separate replenishing device having a plurality of gates located directly above the feed side in the vicinity of the feed end portion on the feed side of the arrangement changing device. Delivery to the return side Located at the upper part of the changing device, one end of which is connected to the plurality of gates of the individual replenishing device and the other end of which is located below the diverting chute of the belt conveying and feeding device, and the confectionery supplied from the diverting chute An array supply device to be transferred to the plurality of gates is provided, and the array supply device is partitioned by a partition plate so that one stick-shaped confectionery can be fitted one by one corresponding to the gate of the individual replenishing device, and the partition plate is provided below the partition plate. A stick-shaped confectionery supply device, characterized in that it is formed by a belt conveyor for transferring the confectionery that is fitted in the compartments partitioned by the partition plate.