JPH0681265A - Cheese-setting and picking up machine in dyeing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automate the operations of setting and removing dyeing cheeses to and from the spindles. CONSTITUTION:This cheese-setting and removing machine in dyeing is constituted with the unit 15 for turning the carrier 11 sideways to make the spindle 12 horizontal, the tray 16 which is supported toward the direction of the shaft of the spindle 12, the cheese transfer 17 for transferring the cheese 13 on the spindle 12 and the tray holder 18 for holding the tray 16 toward the spindle 12 so that the cheese 13 can mutually transfer between the spindle 12 and the tray 16. Since cheeses 13 are turned sideways, then set to or taken out of the spindles 12, there occurs no cheese falling, thus these operations can readily be automated. Further, the feeding of cheeses to the setting and removing machine and conveying the cheeses from the setting and removing machine to the packaging machine can be done by rolling the cheeses, the preparation process for cheese dyeing can greatly be rationalized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cheese dyeing method in which a plurality of cheeses are inserted into and stacked on a plurality of spindles vertically supported on a carrier, and the cheeses are put into a dyeing pot together with the carrier to dye the cheeses. The present invention relates to a dyed cheese loading and unloading device used for loading and unloading into and from a spindle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cheese is manually inserted one by one into a spindle supported by a carrier taken out from a dyeing pot, and after dyeing, it is taken out one by one from the spindle. As one attempt to automate such manual work, a plate having a plurality of through holes fitted to a plurality of spindles supported by a carrier is provided.
Fit those cheeses into the carrier by fitting the through holes into the corresponding spindles, then load the cheese, lift the plate when removing the cheese and pull out the spindles from the through holes, and then put all the cheese on the plate. A method has been proposed in which they are taken out collectively.

For example, in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 2-264062, a plate having a through hole is called a bottom plate, which is driven up and down by one cheese, and each time one cheese is moved up and down by one stage, one spindle is provided. The cheese is to be inserted or removed. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-
In 241060, a plate having a through hole is called a sampling plate, and a large number of cheeses that are collectively taken out and stacked on the plate are laid down side by side and rolled into a container or the like. In addition, remove the spindles from the carrier by removing each spindle from the carrier one by one with the cheese still inserted, and at the time of loading, insert the spindles into the cheeses laid sideways and insert the spindles with the cheeses. A method has been proposed in which each carrier is set up vertically on a carrier (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-249262).

[0004]

A plate with a through hole used as a means for improving the cheese loading and unloading work (a bottom plate referred to in JP-A-2-264062 and a plate including JP-A-3-264062).
-241060) is made of expensive stainless steel that has corrosion resistance similar to the carrier and dyeing pot. Since it carries a large number of cheeses and moves up and down, it is made thick and can be carried heavy. It is not possible, and it is extremely expensive because it is so heavy. A large hoist is required to raise and lower such a heavy plate and a large number of stacked cheeses at once, and the entire apparatus becomes expensive. In addition, the method of lifting and lowering a plate of cheese one by one and loading and unloading one cheese on each spindle each time (JP-A-2-264062) is inefficient, and the method of rolling down the stacked cheese (special In Kaihei 3-241060), many problems are pointed out, such as the difficulty in organizing and packing cheese thereafter. Therefore, the present invention intends to solve these problems and rationalize the cheese loading / unloading operation.

[0005]

That is, a dyed cheese loading and unloading device 14 according to the present invention is a carrier overturning device 15 for overturning a carrier 11 and orienting a spindle 12 in a horizontal direction.
And a gutter-shaped member 16 supported in the axial direction of the spindle 12 in which the carrier overturning device 15 is oriented in the horizontal direction,
A cheese moving device 17 that pushes one end of the cheese 13 on the spindle 12 that is oriented in the horizontal direction to move the cheese 13 on the spindle 12, and the cheese 13 that moves on the spindle 12 interacts with the spindle 12 and the gutter-shaped member 16. A gutter support device 18 for supporting the gutter-shaped member 16 close to the spindle 12 so as to be transferred between them is provided.

The carrier rollover device itself 1 constituting the present invention
5, the gutter-shaped member itself 16, the cheese moving device itself 17, and the gutter supporting device itself 18 are appropriately configured by conventional means.

A detailed description will be given below with reference to the illustrated embodiment. The carrier overturning device 15 is configured by connecting a cylinder 20 and a carrier support base 21 to a frame 19 so as to be swingable, and a push rod 22 pushed out from the cylinder 20 and a carrier support base 21 being connected by a pin. 19, the cylinder 20, the push rod 22, and the support base 21 constitute a slider crank mechanism, and when the push rod 22 moves in and out of the cylinder 20, the carrier support base 21 swings to be vertical or horizontal.

The carrier 11 is rotatably mounted on a support 21 and is mounted on the support 21 by a motor (not shown).
Is driven to rotate on the support base 21 about the shaft center 23.

The gutter-shaped member 16 is the cheese 1 in the width direction.
In order to prevent the rolling of No. 3, the left and right side edges 24, 25 are configured to have a shallow V-shaped or U-shaped cross section in which the central portion becomes a shallow groove 26, and the cheese 13 is arranged in the length direction of the gutter-shaped member 16. It can be slid on.

The cheese moving device 17 has a claw 2 protruding from the tip of a rod 27 whose axis moves horizontally to a direction perpendicular to the axis.
8 or an arm 29 that moves horizontally, and a slider 30.4 that carries the rod 27 or the arm 29 and moves horizontally.
0, the moving rails 31 and 41 for guiding the sliders 30 and 40 in the horizontal direction, and the sliders 30 and 40 to the rails 31 and 41.
It is configured by a drive device (31, 41) that drives along 41. The rod 27 is rotatably supported on the slider 30 about the axis.

The gutter support device 18 includes movable rails 31 and 41.
A fixed rail 51 supported by the frame 50 in a direction perpendicular to the frame 50, a carriage 52 that carries the gutter-shaped member 16 and the movable rails 31 and 41, and moves on the fixed rail 51;
Drive device 49 for driving the vehicle along the fixed rail 51
And a carrier rotating device that rotates and drives the carrier 11 by a carrier overturning device 15 and a motor (not shown) attached to the support base 21.

The carrier rotating device for rotating the carrier 11 rotates the carrier 11 when the carrier 11 rotates and the required axis of the spindle 12 reaches the level of the axis of the cheese 13 installed in the groove 26. The rotation of 11 is stopped.

The carriage drive device 49 is composed of a screw bolt (49) that is driven to rotate and a nut member having a screw groove that engages with the screw thread of the screw bolt (49). ) Is attached to the carriage 52. The dolly 52 moves on the fixed rail 51 by the dolly driving device 49, and the axis of the cheese 13 and the spindle 1
It is driven so as to stop when the two axes coincide.

The screw bolt 49 is a fixed rail 51.
Alternatively, the truck 52 can be driven by a chain belt or the like instead of the screw bolt 49.

The pawl 28 is used to pull the cheese 13 out of the spindle 12, the rod 27 is advanced and stopped until the pawl 28 reaches the root 48 of the spindle 12,
When the claw 28 reaches the base 48 of the spindle 12, a lever (not shown) attached to the rear end of the rod 27 hits a cam attached to an arm 32 that holds the tip of the moving rail 31, and the rod 27 is moved. Rotate 90 degrees, claw 28
Is projected toward the back surface of the cheese 13, and when the rod 27 is retracted, the cheese 13 is pushed out from the spindle 12 into the groove 26 of the gutter-shaped member 18 by the claw 28.

When the rod 27 retracts and the pawl 28 exceeds the tip of the spindle 12, the lever abuts the cam attached to the arm 33 which holds the rear end of the moving rail 31, and the rod 27 moves 90 degrees. After rotating once, the pawl 28 returns to its original state and is ready to be ejected by the rod 27 until it reaches the base 47 of the spindle 12 again. In order to rotate the rod 27 in this way, the lever can be rotated by a solenoid instead of the cam.

The moving rails 31 and 41 are composed of screw bolts, and the screw bolts 31 and 41 are
, A rotating device for rotating the screw bolt, and a nut member having a screw groove that engages with the screw thread of the screw bolt.
It is attached to 40. The arm 29 is used for inserting the cheese 13 into the spindle 12, and pushes the front surfaces of the plurality of cheeses 13 supplied on the groove 26 to push the cheese 13 from the gutter-shaped member 16 into the spindle 12.

The rod 27 is attached at the rear end of the rod 27 so as to be orthogonal to the claw 28 at the tip of the rod 27 or project in the opposite direction of the claw 28, and the cheese at the rear end is clawed with cheese 13.
Can also be pushed into the spindle 12. That is, in the illustrated embodiment, the dyed cheese 13 is taken out from the spindle 12 by the claw 28 and at the same time the arm 29
According to the simultaneous loading / unloading method, the undyed cheese 13 is loaded on another spindle 12.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the carrier 11 is rotated on the support base 21, but when the carrier 11 is not rotated, the frame 50 supporting the cheese moving device 17 is driven up and down. Or, the frame 19 supporting the carrier overturning device 15 is driven up and down, and at the same time, the carriage 52 is driven to align the axis of the cheese 13 and the axis of the spindle 12 in a straight line, and from the spindle 12 to the gutter-shaped member 16. Alternatively, the gutter member 16 to the spindle 12
The cheese 13 can also be transferred between them.

The support base 21 is projected by the push rod 22 and oscillates to roll sideways. When the push rod 22 is pushed back to the cylinder 20, the support base 21 oscillates to be horizontal. The carrier 11 and the support base 21 are detachable from each other, and the carrier 11 is lifted by the hook 34 and conveyed from the support base 21 to the dyeing pot.

[0021]

According to the present invention, the cheese 13 is laid down sideways while being loaded on the spindle 12, and the gutter-shaped member 16 is loaded on the spindle 12 and is aligned in a line.
Of the groove 26. The cheese 13 pulled out side by side along the groove 26 in this way
Since the cheese that was once laid down does not naturally fall over and become vertical again, it can be transported to the boxing process etc. along the groove 26 while it is laid sideways and in a line. Since they are laid sideways and arranged in a line, they can be easily grasped by a robot or the like, and the boxing process can be easily automated.

On the other hand, at the time of loading, the cheeses 13 are laid sideways on the groove 26 of the gutter-shaped member 16 and pushed out along the groove 26, and the cheeses 13 are lined up along the groove 26 as they are. As described above, since the cheeses 13 are laid side by side and arranged in a line, the plurality of cheeses 13 arranged in line can be pushed out to the spindle 12 and automatically loaded.

Since the cheese 13 lying down can be rolled and moved, the cheese 13 can be easily supplied to the gutter-shaped member 16 and transferred from the gutter-shaped member 16 to the packing box.

As described above, according to the present invention, the dyeing preparation work from the packing to the loading and unloading of the carrier can be fully automated, and the cheese dyeing process is greatly rationalized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts of a dyed cheese loading / unloading device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 carrier 12 spindle 13 cheese 14 dyed cheese loading / unloading device 15 carrier rollover device 16 gutter-like member 17 cheese moving device 18 gutter support device 19 frame 20 cylinder 21 carrier support 22 push rod 23 shaft core 24 side edge 25 side edge 26 groove 27 Rods 28 Claws 29 Arms 30 Sliders 31 Moving Rails 32 Arms 33 Arms 34 Hooks 40 Sliders 41 Moving Rails 48 Roots 49 Truck Drives 50 Frames 51 Fixed Rails 52 Trucks

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dyed cheese loading and unloading device 14 for cheese dyeing, comprising: (a) inserting a plurality of cheeses 13 into a plurality of spindles 12 vertically supported by a carrier 11 and stacking and dyeing them; A carrier rollover device 15 which rolls over to orient the spindle 12 in the horizontal direction; and (c) a gutter-shaped member 16 supported in the axial direction of the spindle 12 in which the carrier rollover device 15 faces in the horizontal direction. A cheese moving device 17 for moving the cheese 13 on the spindle 12 by pushing one end of the cheese 13 on the spindle 12 oriented in the direction, (e)
A gutter support device 18 for supporting the gutter-shaped member 16 in close proximity to the spindle 12 so that the cheese 13 moving on the spindle 12 can be transferred between the spindle 12 and the gutter-shaped member 16 is provided. A dyed cheese loading / unloading device.