JPH07106113B2 - Continuous bivalve feeding device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a continuous feeding device for bivalve molluscs, and more particularly to a device for straightly feeding bivalve molluscs to correct them into a predetermined posture and punching them out by a punching machine and discharging them.

Cultivation of bivalves, for example, scallops, is carried out by attaching the scallops to a silkworm silk thread and suspending them in the sea while fixing them to a culture rope. To attach and fix the scallop shell to the silkworm silk thread, make a hole in the ear of the scallop shell and tie it through the silkworm thread. At that time, it is necessary to work to make a hole in the ear of the scallop,
Conventionally, all this kind of work has been done manually by workers.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional structure has the following problems. That is, the worker must grasp the scallops one by one, correct them into a predetermined posture, and supply them to the punching machine in that state, which complicates the work and reduces the work efficiency. was there.

The present invention has been made on the basis of such a point, and its object is to correct all the operations of straightening a bivalve shell into a predetermined posture and punching the bivalve shell by a punching machine, thereby making it difficult to perform the conventional complicated operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bivalve continuous supply device that makes it possible to improve work efficiency without requiring work.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a continuous bivalve feeding device according to the present invention rotates a rotating body having a plurality of shell accommodating portions at a predetermined pitch on its outer peripheral portion, and a large number of the rotating bodies are provided on the rotating body. Bivalve shells are put in through the hopper, and the bivalve shells are stored in the shell storage portion one by one in a planar state and discharged / aligned to discharge one by one from a predetermined place, and discharged from the discharge / alignment means. The bivalve molluscs are transferred through the gutter member, at which time the front and back of the bivalve molluscs are discriminated by the lightness sensor, and the reversal plate is appropriately retracted in the gutter member to correct all bivalve molluscs with the front or back facing upward. Front and back discriminating / correcting means.

At this time, it is possible to construct the discharging / aligning means by installing an aligning structure composed of a hopper and a rotating body in two stages. It is also conceivable that the discharging / aligning means is installed by arranging the hopper and the rotating body at a predetermined angle. Further, it is conceivable that the front / back discriminating / correcting means may be configured such that the triangular reversing plate is projected and retracted from below the gutter member in the gutter member in a state inclined at a predetermined angle.

[0007]

First, a large number of bivalve molluscs are randomly placed through the hopper of the discharging / aligning means. A large number of the inserted bivalves are aligned by a rotating rotating body, and are housed one by one in each shell storage unit while being discharged from a predetermined place. The bivalves discharged from the discharging / aligning means are transferred via the gutter member of the front / back discriminating / correcting means. At that time, the front and back are discriminated by the brightness sensor, and the reversal plate is appropriately retracted into and out of the gutter member to correct all the bivalves so that the front surface or the back surface is directed upward. And
In a subsequent step, a predetermined place is punched by a punching machine and discharged.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a continuous bivalve feeding device according to this embodiment. First, there is a discharging / aligning means 3 for aligning the scallops (bivalves) 1 that have been thrown in disorderly one by one in a planar posture and sending them to the next step. The scallops 1 arranged one by one in a planar posture by the discharging / arranging means 3 are sent to the front / back discriminating / correcting means 5, where the front and back are discriminated and the front and back are corrected. To be done. The scallop 1 whose front and back are arranged by the front and back discrimination / correction means 5 is transferred to the perforation means 7. In this punching means 7, the ears of the scallop 1 are punched and discharged.

The details will be sequentially described below. First, the discharging / aligning means 3 has a structure as shown in FIGS. A main hopper (hopper) 11 is attached to the base 9. A large number of scallops 1 are thrown in disorderly through the main hopper 11. Main hopper 11 above
An upper conveying disk (rotating body) 13 is installed on the exit side of the. The upper transfer disk 13 is rotated by a variable motor 25 provided coaxially with the lower transfer disk (rotating body) 23 and installed below the lower transfer disk 23. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper transport disk 13 is provided with shell-accommodating holes (shell-accommodating sections) 15 having a diameter slightly larger than that of the scallop 1 at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction in the outer periphery thereof. A large number of scallops 1 are stored in the plurality of shell storage holes 15 one by one in a planar posture. In addition, the upper transport disk 1
3 and the lower transport disk 23 may be rotated by different variable motors (not shown).

An upper bottom plate 17 is arranged on the lower surface side of the upper transport disk 13. The upper bottom plate 17 has a shape in which a part is cut away, and the discharge part 19 is provided there. That is, the scallops 1 stored in the shell-accommodating holes 15 of the upper transport disc 13 are sequentially transported by the rotation of the upper transport disc 13, and are dropped and discharged downward through the discharging unit 19. Become.

Scallops 1 discharged from the discharge section 19
Through the sub hopper (hopper) 21 to the lower transfer disk 2
3 discharged on top. The lower transfer disk 23 also has the same structure as the upper transfer disk 13. That is, the variable motor 25 is rotated through the gears 27 and 29,
A plurality of shell storage holes (shell storage portions) 31 are provided on the outer peripheral portion. A lower bottom plate 33 is arranged on the lower surface side of the lower transport disk 23, and a part of the lower bottom plate 33 is cut out to serve as a discharge portion 35. And this discharge part 35
The scallops 1 that have been discharged one by one via the are transferred to the next front / back discriminating / correcting means 5.

In the discharging / aligning means 3, the same operation is repeated twice in order to make the deposition density of the scallop 1 uniform and to quantify the discharging amount. That is, even if the number of shellfish shells on the upper transport disk 13 is constant, the discharge amount varies depending on the amount of scallops accumulated in the main hopper 11.

The front / back surface discriminating / correcting means 5 discriminates between the front and rear surfaces of the scallop 1 which is conveyed in a non-uniform front surface and corrects it in a fixed direction. As shown in FIG. 4, first, the gutter member 37 is installed, and the scallop 1 discharged by the discharging / aligning means 3 is discharged onto the gutter member 37 and conveyed along it. When discharged to the gutter member 37, that is, the discharge portion 35 of the lower transport disk 23.
When discharged further, the brightness sensor 39 discriminates between the front and back. That is, in the case of the scallop 1, the back surface has a color closer to white than the front surface. This is determined by the brightness sensor 39.

When the scallop 1 needs to be inverted, a drive signal is output to the cylinder mechanism 41.
The rod 43 of the cylinder mechanism 41 has a triangular inverted plate 4
5 is attached and the cylinder rod of the cylinder mechanism 41 is driven so that the reversal plate 45 causes the gutter member 3 to move.
It projects through the opening 46 of No. 7 in the gutter member 37 in the state inclined at a predetermined angle. This is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Due to the protrusion of the reversing plate 45, the scallop 1 sliding down on the gutter member 37 is reversed. Due to such an action, all the scallops 1 are conveyed to the next perforation means 7 in a state in which the front surface or the back surface is all directed upward.

The perforating means 7 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. First, the storage disk (rotating body) 47,
There is an alignment disk (another rotating body) 49, of which the storage disk 47 is fixed to the storage disk shaft 51. The storage disk shaft 51 is connected to a brake / clutch unit 53. On the other hand, a drive motor 55 is installed, and a sprocket 57 is fixed to the rotary shaft of the drive motor 55. In addition, the brake / clutch unit 53
A sprocket 59 is fixedly attached to the input shaft of, and a chain 61 is wound around these sprockets 57 and 59. Therefore, when the drive motor 55 rotates, the storage disk 47 also rotates.

Shell storage boxes 63 are attached to the outer periphery of the storage disk 47 at a predetermined pitch. The shell storage box 63 has a structure as shown in FIGS. First, there is a side wall 65, and this side wall 65 is fixed to the storage disk 47 by screws 69, 69 via a mounting plate 67 bent at the upper end thereof. Scallop 1 is
It is stored in a state of being held by the side wall 65 and the alignment disk 49. Further, the pad plate 71 is provided on one of the side walls 65.
Is bent. The function of this pad 71 will be described later.

Now, regarding the above-mentioned aligning disc 49,
This is configured to be rotated by a drive motor 73 via gears 75 and 77. The rotation direction of the alignment disk 49 is opposite to the rotation direction of the storage disk 47, and the alignment disk 49 is installed eccentrically with respect to the storage disk 47. A portion where the alignment disk 49 is not located below the storage disk 47 is a discharging section 79. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the guide plate 8 is provided on the outer peripheral portions of the storage disk 47 and the alignment disk 49 at predetermined angles.
1 is installed and configured to guide the scallop 1.

A stamp disk 83 is fixed to the storage disk shaft 51. The stamp disk 83 is engraved with the same number of marks as the number of the shell storage boxes 63 attached to the storage disk 47. Note that the stamp disk 83 may be one in which a portion corresponding to the above-mentioned mark is cut out, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. The mark is adapted to be detected by the mark detection sensor 85. That is, the mark detection sensor 85
When any mark is detected by the
The clutch of the brake unit 53 is turned off and the brake is turned on, the transmission of rotation from the drive motor 55 is cut off, and the storage disk 47 is stopped at that position. In that state, one scallop 1 is placed in the shell storage box 63.

When the scallop 1 is put into the shell storage box 63, it is detected by the instantaneous sensor 87, and the clutch of the clutch / brake unit 53 is turned on and the brake is turned off based on the detection signal, and the drive is performed. Motor 55
Is transmitted to the storage disk 47. Then, when the mark detection sensor 85 detects the next mark, the clutch of the clutch / brake unit 53 is turned off and the brake is turned on, and the transmission of the rotation from the drive motor 55 is cut off, so that the storage disk is stored. 47 is stopped in that position. In that state, the next one scallop 1 is placed in the shell storage box 63. Hereinafter, it is similarly repeated.

By the way, the scallop 1 put in the shell storage box 63 has various postures, and it is necessary to correct it to a certain posture. The correction of this posture is performed by the relative rotational movement of the storage disk 47 and the alignment disk 49. That is, the scallop 1 inserted in the posture as shown in FIG. 10 is corrected as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 by the relative rotational movement of the storage disc 47 and the alignment disc 49, and its ears. The portion 89 is directed downward. Then, when the ear portion 89 comes into contact with the pad plate 71 described above, the further rotation of the scallop 1 is regulated by the pad plate 71 and held in a predetermined posture.

In order to make the above-mentioned action more reliable, in order to increase the frictional resistance of the alignment disk 49, a plurality of small holes are formed in the alignment disk 49, or rubber is coated,
Surface treatment such as thermal spraying is applied.

The scallop 1 which has been placed in the shell storage box 63 and whose posture has been corrected is perforated by the perforation machine 91 while being conveyed to the position of the discharge portion 79. The punching machine 91 is configured as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. First, the air cylinder 93 is installed, and the slider 95 is guided by the air cylinder 93.
It is designed to reciprocate along 7. A high-speed motor 99 is fixed to the slider 95, and a drill 103 is attached to the slider 95 via a chuck portion 101. That is, the air cylinder 93 moves the high-speed motor 99 and the drill 103 through the slider 95 in the direction of the scallop 1 and, as a result, the rotating drill 1
A hole is drilled at a predetermined position on the ear portion 89 of the scallop 1 by 03.

The operation will be described based on the above configuration. First, a large number of scallops 1 are randomly placed in the main hopper 11 of the discharging / aligning means 3. The many scallops 1 that have been thrown in are aligned by the rotating upper transport disk 13, and the scallops 1 are stored one by one in the shell storage holes 15 in a planar state. The scallop 1 stored in the shell storage hole 15 is transported by the rotation of the upper transport disk 13,
It is dropped and discharged through the discharge unit 19.

The scallop 1 that has been dropped and discharged falls onto the lower transport disk 23 via the sub hopper 21. The scallops 1 that have fallen are aligned by the rotating lower transport disc 23 and are housed one by one in the shell storage holes 31.
The scallop 1 stored in the shell storage hole 31 is transported by the rotation of the lower transport disk 23, and is discharged into the gutter member 37 of the front / back discriminating / correcting means 5 via the discharging portion 35. When the scallop 1 is discharged into the gutter member 37, the brightness sensor 39 discriminates the front side and the back side of the scallop 1. Thereby,
A large number of scallops 1 will be straightened so that their front or back faces up.

The scallops 1 whose front and back are discriminated and corrected by the front and back discrimination / correction means 5 are put into the shell storage boxes 63 of the perforation means 7 one by one. The scallop 1 placed in the shell storage box 63 is conveyed to the piercing position by the rotation of the storage disk 47, and at that time, the relative rotation of the storage disk 47 and the alignment disk 49 causes the ear 89 thereof to move downward. It is corrected to a predetermined posture that is pointed at. Then, when conveyed to the punching position, the punch 103 of the punching machine 91 performs a predetermined punching. The scallop 1 that has been pierced is further transported and discharged through the discharging unit 79.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. First, a large number of scallops 1 are randomly placed, then they are aligned and corrected to a predetermined posture, and the ear 89 is perforated in a predetermined manner. Therefore, it is possible to greatly improve the work efficiency without being forced to perform the complicated work as in the conventional case.

Further, in the discharging / aligning means 3, the upper transporting disk 13 and the lower transporting disk 23 perform the aligning action twice to discharge, so that the amount of the scallops 1 discharged can be quantified. be able to. Further, in the front / back discriminating / correcting means 5, the scallop 1 can be reliably inverted by the appropriate protrusion of the reversing plate 45 having an extremely simple structure. Further, in the perforating means 7, it is possible to correct the ear portion 89 of the scallop 1 so that it is directed in a predetermined direction by the relative rotation action of the storage disc 47 and the alignment disc 49 and the stopper action of the contact plate 71. it can.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. First, in the discharging / aligning means 3, the aligning action by the rotating body may be performed in only one step, or 3
It may be performed in more than one stage. Further, the inclination angle of the rotating body or the like may be set arbitrarily. The structure of the reversing plate of the front / back discriminating / discharging / aligning means is not limited to that shown in the drawing, and the point is that it is only necessary to be able to invert the bivalves. The relative rotation action between the rotating body and another rotating body may be realized by, for example, a configuration in which the rotating body is rotated in the same direction to change its rotation speed, and various other configurations are envisioned. .

[0029]

As described in detail above, according to the continuous feeding device for bivalves according to the present invention, it is possible to automate the steps of loading, aligning, correcting the posture, and piercing the bivalves, which is a complicated work as in the past. It is possible to improve work efficiency without being forced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a continuous bivalve feeding device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the discharging / aligning means in a view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an upper conveying disk of the ejecting / aligning means, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the front / back discriminating / correcting means showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the front / back discriminating / correcting means showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the front / back discriminating / correcting means showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention and is a front view of front / back discriminating / correcting means.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the perforating means in a view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a punching means, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing an operation of front / back discriminating / correcting means.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing an operation of front / back discriminating / correcting means.

FIG. 12 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing an operation of front / back discriminating / correcting means.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a shell accommodating box of a piercing means showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a stamp disk showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention and is a partial perspective view of a stamp disc.

FIG. 16 is a side view of the punching machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a rear view of the punching machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Scallop (bivalve) 3 Ejection / alignment means 5 Front / back discrimination / correction means 7 Perforation means 11 Main hopper (hopper) 13 Upper transfer disc (rotating body) 15 Shell storage hole (shell storage) 23 Bottom Transport disk (rotating body) 31 Shell storage hole (shell storage section) 37 Gutter member 39 Brightness sensor 45 Inversion plate 47 Storage disk (rotating body) 49 Aligning disk (rotating body) 63 Shell storage box 91 Punching machine

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotating body provided with a plurality of shell accommodating portions at a predetermined pitch on its outer periphery is rotated, and a large number of bivalve molasses are put on the rotating body through a hopper to form one bivalve shell in the shell accommodating portion. Each of them is stored in a flat state and is discharged one by one from a predetermined place, and the bivalves discharged from the above discharging and aligning means are transferred through a gutter member, in which case the front and back of the bivalve are detected by a brightness sensor. Continuous feeding of bivalve molluscs, characterized by: front and back discriminating and correcting means for discriminating and reversing the reversing plate into and out of the gutter member to correct all bivalves so that the front or back faces upward. apparatus. 2. The continuous bivalve feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the discharging / aligning means is one in which an aligning structure including a hopper and a rotating body is installed in two stages. 3. The continuous bivalve mollusc according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the discharging / aligning means is installed with the hopper and the rotating body inclined by a predetermined angle. Supply device. 4. The continuous bivalve feeding device according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the front / back discriminating / correcting means is
A bivalve continuous feeding device, characterized in that a triangular reversal plate is retracted from below the gutter member into the gutter member in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle.