JPH0718594U - A cage transfer mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When laver is dried, it is uniformly dried by a simple mechanism. [Constitution] Dry chain 4 with endless cage frame holding rod 11,
4A is arranged in upper and lower two stages, the transfer rails 13 and 13A are arranged along the lower transfer path of the drying chains 4 and 4A, and the end of the upper transfer rail 13 to the end of the lower dry chain 4A. And the chain side rod 7 of the cage frame 2 is engaged with the transport chain 1 with a locking projection capable of delivering the cage frame 2, and the sprocket SA for bypassing the transport chain 1 is arranged.
And a guide rail 16 for guiding the portion of the cage frame 2 transferred by the transfer chain 1 on the side opposite to the locking side. [Effect] The seaweed can be dried uniformly and efficiently, and the cage frame can be reliably delivered and the cage frame can be inverted by a simple mechanism.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present application relates to a cage frame transfer mechanism of an automatic seaweed production apparatus, and more particularly to a cage frame transfer mechanism between two upper and lower drying chains in the automatic seaweed production apparatus.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 49-6170 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 54-163196, in order to shorten the total length of the apparatus to reduce the installation area and to improve the drying efficiency and the quality of seaweed. In addition, there is already known an automatic laver producing device in which a drying chain is arranged in two stages in the drying chamber, and the cage frame is transferred between the paper making device and the drying chamber. In these automatic laver production equipment, when transferring the cage frame from the upper drying chain to the lower drying chain, it is moved to the lower drying chain without changing the posture of the upper and lower (top and bottom) of the cage frame. Are changing.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the automatic laver production equipment, if dry spots appear on the dried laver that has spread to the laver cage, the dried portion will be quickly peeled off from the laver cage and the laver will shrink, reducing the product value. It is important that the seaweed is dried uniformly so that there are no spots on it. However, in the conventional automatic laver production equipment, the cage frame is transferred to the lower drying chain below the upper drying chain without turning it upside down as described above. , There was a problem that reduced the commercial value of seaweed products.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present application intends to provide a cage frame transfer mechanism having a simple structure capable of solving the above-mentioned problems, and comprises a cage composed of an endless reciprocating path suspended from sprockets provided at the front and rear of the drying chamber. It is possible to arrange the drying chains with frame holding rods in two upper and lower stages, and lock the chain side frame rods of the cage frame between the cage frame holding rods along the lower transfer path of the two upper and lower drying chains. A transfer rail is installed, and the chain side frame rod of the cage frame is locked between the end of the upper transfer rail and the end of the lower dry chain to change the upper transfer rail to the lower dry chain. It is characterized by arranging a transfer chain with a locking projection capable of delivering a cage frame.

[0005]

[Action]

 The cage frame supplied between the cage frame holding rods of the dry chain is prevented from falling by the chain side frame rod being locked to the transport rail in the lower transport path of the dry chain. When the cage frame is transferred to the end of the upper transfer rail, the chain side frame rod of the cage frame is transferred to the lower stage by being locked by the locking projection of the transfer chain with the locking projection, and the cage frame is moved to the lower stage. It is supplied between the cage holding rods of the dry chain.

[0006]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating an embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a pair of transfer chains with locking projections (hereinafter referred to as a transfer chain), which are set in pairs at predetermined intervals (the length of the cage frame 2 shown in FIG. 2 plus α). A locking protrusion 3 is provided and is suspended by a large number of sprockets S and SA to form endless transfer paths E and C. Although illustration is omitted, as is well known, a papermaking apparatus M is configured by arranging a papermaking section, a dehydration section, and a stripping section at predetermined positions of the endless transfer paths E and C. Thus, the transfer chain 1 in this embodiment has an upper drying chain 4 and a lower drying chain 4A, which will be described later, on the sprocket S indicated by points A and C and the sprocket S indicated by points B and D, respectively. It is arranged so that the cage frame 2 can be delivered to and from, and between the points B and C, a part of the transfer chain 1 becomes the transfer path 5 of the cage frame 2 between the upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A. Has been done. The sprocket SA circulates the transfer chain 1 between the upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A to the front spare space to facilitate the delivery of the cage frame 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the cage frame 2 has a front frame rod 6 and a rear frame rod 7 connected in a ladder shape by a connecting rod 8, and a cage 9 is attached thereto by an appropriate means such as a clip. 6 is set to be longer than the rear frame bar 7.

The upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A have the same structure as the conventional one, and each of the pair of endless chains 10 and 10A suspended between the sprockets B1 has a cage frame 2 for holding and transferring the cage frame 2. A holding rod 11 is attached, and the holding frame 11 is placed so as to transfer the cage frame 2 to and from the transfer chain 1 at each of the above-mentioned points, and is attached in two stages, upper and lower, in the drying chamber. In the lower transfer paths 12A and 112A of both drying chains 4 and 4A, there are transfer rails 13 and 13A capable of locking the chain side frame rods (front side frame rods) 6 of the cage frames 2 between the cage frame holding rods 11, respectively. It is installed. It should be noted that the drying chamber is a conventionally well-known one including a box body for housing the above-mentioned drying chains 4 and 4A, a hot air supply device, and the like, and therefore the illustration thereof is omitted.

The reversing device 14 is provided in the middle of the transfer path 5 between the two drying chains 4 and 4A, and is configured as follows. Reference numeral 15 is a pair of guide rails for reversing. The guide rails 15 are provided with frame bars (rear frame bars) 7 on the side opposite to the locking portion side of the cage frame 2 transferred through the transfer path 5. It is placed so as to be received and placed, and the frame rod 7 is arranged so as to be separated from both the drying chains 4 and 4A as the cage frame 2 is transferred. Reference numeral 16 is another guide rail, which is attached below the guide rail 15 in the same phase as that of the guide rail 15. Both ends of the guide rail 15 are set to be longer than the guide rail 5, and the upper end portion is folded into a "he" shape. It is bent and the fold points towards the lower drying chain 4A. Reference numeral 17 denotes a pair of guide rails for receiving and guiding the rear frame rod 7 being transferred, and 18 is a guide roller provided coaxially with the sprocket SA, both of which smoothly guide the rear frame rod 7 to the guide rail 15. It acts as a guide.

Reference numeral 14A in the figure is a reversing device for reversing the cage frame 2 until the cage frame 2 taken from the lower drying chain 4A to the transfer chain 1 reaches the seaweed stripping device (not shown). The same as above except that the inclination directions of 15A and the guide rail 16A are opposite to those of the reversing device 14. The cage frame 2 is conveyed back and forth in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1 with the front side frame rod 6 locked to the locking projection 3 of the transfer chain 1, and papermaking and dewatering operations are performed by a papermaking unit and a dewatering unit (not shown) in the middle thereof. The removed cage frame 2 is transferred toward the drying chamber to the delivery position of the cage frame 2 indicated by the point A, and at this point, the cage frame 2 is held between the cage frame holding rods 11 of the upper drying chain 4 and delivered. The drying chain 4 which has taken up the cage frame 2 reciprocates and circulates the cage frame 2 in a drying chamber (not shown) and transfers the cage frame 2 to the transfer position to the transfer chain 1 shown by point B. As is clearer, when the cage frame 2 delivered so that the front frame rod 6 of the cage frame 2 is inserted between the cage frame holding rods 11 is transferred through the upper transfer path 12, the front frame rod 6 is It becomes the lower side of the cage frame 2, and then reaches the lower transfer path 12A and becomes the upper side. That is, the upper and lower sides (top and bottom) of the cage frame 2 are reversed in the inner part of the drying chamber during the transfer. When the cage frame 2 comes to the lower transfer path 12A, the chain side frame bar (front side frame bar) 6 is placed on the transfer rail 13 so that the cage frame 2 does not drop out from between the cage frame holding bars 11. To prevent.

The cage frame 2 transferred to the point B as described above is transferred at this point with the chain side frame bar (front side frame bar) 6 being locked between the locking projections 3 of the transfer chain 1 again. The transfer chain 1 which has taken up the cage frame 2 transfers the cage frame 2 from the upper drying chain 4 to the lower drying chain 4A by the transfer path 5 constituted by the transportation chain 1. During transfer, the cage frame 2 is reversed as follows. Immediately, the transfer chain 1 which has taken up the cage frame 2 at the point B locks the chain side frame rod (front side frame rod) 6 between the locking protrusions 3, and the cage frame 2 is hung in the extra space. Bypassed and transferred to the position indicated by point P on the transfer path 5 obliquely downward, the rear frame bar 7 is received by the guide rail 17 in the middle of the transfer path 5 so that the rear frame bar 7 can be attached to both drying chains. It is guided in the front direction (left side in the drawing) away from 4, 4A, and as the transfer of the cage frame 2 further progresses, the rear frame bar 7 is placed on the guide rail 15 for reversing via the guide roller 18. At the point P, as shown in the drawing, the rear side frame bar 7 is guided by the guide rail 15 in a direction obliquely downward in a direction away from both the drying devices 4 and 4A, is inclined, and is in a half-inverted state. . When the cage frame 2 is obliquely transferred to the point P on the transfer path 5, the transfer rail 13 prevents the front frame rod 6 from falling off the locking projection 3.

The cage frame 2 transferred to the point P as described above is then transferred to the position indicated by P1. When the cage frame 2 is transferred in this way, the rear frame bar 7 is guided by the guide rail. It is guided further obliquely downward by 15 and finally received by the guide rail 16 provided below the lower end of the guide rail 15 and guided by the guide rail 16, and the cage frame 2 is transferred to point P1. When this happens, the front frame rod 6 is turned upside down with respect to the traveling direction of the transfer chain 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide rail 15 and the guide rail 16 mount only the rear frame bar 7 of the cage frame 2, and the mounting position is as shown in FIG. Since it is provided so that the portion protruding outward from the rod 8 is placed, when the rear frame rod 7 falls from the guide rail 15 to the guide rail 16 and further when the cage frame 2 is transferred to the point P1. The cage frame 2 and the guide rail 15 do not interfere with each other, so that the cage frame can be inverted and transferred smoothly. When the cage frame 2 is transferred to the point P, the cage frame 2 preceding it reaches the point P1, but the rear frame bar 7 of the cage frame 2 at the point P is received by the guide rail 15. Since they do not interfere with each other, there is no need to make a design change to lengthen the attachment interval of the locking projections 3 for performing the reversing work, and work efficiency is not reduced.

The cage frame 2 which has been transferred to the point P1 and which has been inverted is then transferred to the delivery position of the lower drying chain 4A shown at the point C, and at the same time as the point A, the cage frame 2 is delivered. As is clear, the front frame bar 6 of the cage frame 2 that has been delivered becomes the lower side when being transferred through the upper transfer path 112 of the lower drying chain 4A, and naturally reaches the lower transfer path 112A. And the upper side. That is, in the present application, the cage frame 2 that is dried while being reciprocally conveyed and circulated through both the drying chains 4 and 4A has the upper side of the upper side drying chain 4 when viewed with the front frame bar 6 held between the cage frame holding bars 11 as a reference. "Down" in the transfer path 12, "upper" in the lower transfer path 12A, "lower" in the upper transfer path 112 of the lower drying chain 4A, and "upper" in the lower transfer path 112a. The upper and lower parts of the cage frame 2 are transferred while being alternately switched for each transfer path to be dried and transferred to the transfer chain 1 again at the point D.

The transfer chain 1 transfers the drawn cage frame 2 to the seaweed stripping portion (not shown) to perform seaweed stripping work. To be inverted again. The reversing operation by the reversing device 14A is the same as that of the reversing device 14 except that the reversing direction of the cage frame 2 is opposite to the reversing direction of the reversing device 14. Also, while the cage frame 2 is transferred from the lower transfer path 4A to the transfer chain 1 and transferred to the seaweed stripping device via the reversing device 14A, the transfer rail 13A holds the upper frame bar 6 to remove the cage frame 2. The prevention is the same as described above, and it is also the same as the conventional case that the cage frame 2 from which the seaweed has been stripped is transferred again to the papermaking section (not shown) by the transfer chain 1. In the above embodiment, the transfer of the cage frame 2 between the transfer chain 1 and the upper and lower drying chains 4 and 4A is performed at points A on the upper side and points C and D on the lower side, respectively. However, this does not limit the technical idea of the present application. As is widely practiced in the past, sprockets of the same diameter are placed on the left and right in the drawing, and the endless chain 10, 10A is suspended between them to dry the chain. 4 and 4A, and the delivery may be performed at two different places on the same sprocket, in which case the height of the drying chamber can be lowered.

[0014]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, the chain side frame rod of the cage frame detached from the upper transfer rail is locked by the locking projection of the transfer chain, and in this locked state, the cage frame is the cage frame holding bar of the lower drying chain. Since it is transferred in between, the delivery of the cage frame can be ensured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part of the automatic laver producing apparatus with a part thereof omitted.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of XX in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 transfer chain, 2 cage frame, 3 locking protrusions, 4,
4A drying chain, 5 transfer paths, 7, 8 frame bars, 1
1 cage frame holding rod, 13, 13A transfer rail, 15,
16 Guide rail, S1, SA sprocket

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A drying chain with a cage-frame holding rod, which is composed of endless reciprocating paths suspended on sprockets provided at the front and back of the drying chamber, is arranged in two upper and lower stages, and these two upper and lower stages are dried. A transfer rail that can lock the chain side frame rod of the cage frame between the cage frame holding rods is arranged along the lower transfer path of the chain, and from the end of the upper transfer rail to the end of the lower dry chain. A transfer mechanism for a cage frame, in which a transfer chain with a locking projection is provided, which is capable of receiving a chain side frame rod of the cage frame and delivering the cage frame from the upper transfer rail to the lower drying chain.