JPH0726264Y2 - Transfer device for processed food - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a device for aligning and transferring processed foods mounted in an aligned state on a conveyor on a tray for transporting in a cooling chamber. is there.

[Conventional technology]

Processed foods (for example, bamboo rings, kamaboko, etc.) that are produced by baking ground meat must be packaged after baking and cooling to room temperature. This is because if it is packaged in a high temperature shade, it is likely to deteriorate.

The processed food produced by the automatic food baking machine is generally delivered to a certain place in a certain posture at a certain time interval. That is, they are carried out in an aligned state.

Thus, an automatic packaging machine is known that has a function of fully automatically packaging processed foods brought in in an aligned state.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the cooling process until the processed food delivered from the automatic baking machine in an aligned state is sent to the automatic packaging machine, the actual arrangement of the processed food is disturbed.

Processed foods whose alignment is disturbed in the cooling process cannot be sent to the automatic packaging machine in the state of the side view.

Vibration-type aligners and centrifugal-type aligners have been developed as automatic devices for aligning articles that have been transported in a disordered state to a substantially aligned state. I can't get it to line up perfectly.
Therefore, in the prior art, workers are arranged and the processed foods are manually prepared and arranged.

Next, the reason why it is difficult to maintain the aligned state in the conventional cooling process will be described by taking the case of bamboo rings as an example.

Fig. 3 shows a bamboo ring baked with skewer 1 pierced.
It is explanatory drawing which drew the skewer removal process of 2a, 2a 'typically.

When the skewer 1 is sandwiched between two pairs of gripping plates 3 and the skewer 1 is pulled out in the direction of arrow A by an automatic skewer removing means (not shown), the bamboo rings 2a and 2a 'are respectively indicated by arrows A and A'. Free fall, bamboo ring
It becomes a disordered state like 2b, 2b '.

As shown in FIG. 4, the conveyor 4 provided with the positioning member 4a
Take skewers on the top of the skewers to remove the skewers 2c, 2c ′
Aligning the conveyors on the conveyor 4 can be performed by a known technique.

Thus, it is easy to conceive, but it is not suitable for practical use that the conveyor 4 is elongated in the direction of the arrow B and passed through a so-called tunnel type cooling chamber (not shown).

Generally, the efficiency of an automatic baking machine for bamboo rings is such that the number of units manufactured per hour is 10,000 units (for example, 12000 pieces / hour), and the required cooling time after baking is about 20 minutes (1/3 hour). Therefore, if the conveyor 4 is extended to pass through the tunnel-type cooling chamber, the number of bamboo rings accommodated in the cooling chamber becomes several thousand (for example, 12000 pieces / hour × 1/3 hour = 4000).
Individual). Therefore, the tunnel-type cooling chamber and the conveyor are huge facilities with a length of 100 m, and the installation area is enormous, which is a problem that cannot be put to practical use.

Therefore, in reality, as shown in FIG. 5, the bamboo rings 2 removed from the skewer 1
Is put into the upper part of the cooling chamber 6 by the bucket conveyer 5, and is reciprocally conveyed on the conveyors 7a to 7f provided in multiple stages and sequentially dropped, and the cooling air is blown to cool it. The bamboo ring 2 loses its alignment, descends in the cooling chamber 6 as indicated by arrows C to G, and is taken out as indicated by arrow H.

In order to reduce the required installation area of the cooling chamber, the bamboo rings are sequentially moved in a three-dimensional path in the tall cooling chamber, and in order to keep the aligned state, as shown in FIG. The trays may be lined up on top of each other and transported in the cooling chamber 6'as indicated by arrows I to M.

However, as shown in FIG. 4, it is not easy to arrange and transfer the bamboo rings arranged on the conveyor 4 on the tray 8.

An attempt to transfer a large number of bamboo wheels 2 arranged on the conveyor 4 onto the tray 8 with the transfer machine 9 configured as shown in FIG. 7 can be easily conceived (hereinafter, this configuration will be described). Call it a draft).

It is assumed that the conveying direction of the conveyor 4 is the Y-axis and three orthogonal axes including the vertical axis Z are as shown.

9a is a guideway provided in the Y-axis direction, and the traveling body 9b is reciprocally driven in the Y-axis direction.

Reference numeral 9c is a gripping portion, which is provided with two pairs of gripping claws 9d which are opened and closed in the directions of arrows xx '.

The present FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram, and the detailed mechanism is omitted, but the gripping portion 9c has a structure which is vertically driven in the Z-axis direction with respect to the traveling body 9b.

Now, assuming that the tray 8 and the conveyor 4 are stationary, the transfer placement (transfer) and the restoration placement (reload) between the tray 8 and the conveyor 4 are performed by the transfer machine 9 of the tentative plan. Can be accomplished with. However, it is not easy to collectively hold or collectively mount a large number of bamboo rings 2 on the conveyor 4 while operating the conveyor 4. That is, the gripping portion 9c grips and lifts the bamboo ring, or releases the bamboo ring for a few seconds, and then the gripping portion is held.
9c must be accurately positioned with respect to the conveyor 4 and moved in the Y-axis direction at the same speed as the conveyor 4 (that is, kept relatively stationary).

FIG. 8 shows a concrete structure of the transfer device (FIG. 7) of the above-mentioned trial.

Guideways 9a with the same drawing reference numbers as in FIG. 7,
The traveling body 9b, the grip portion 9c, and the grip claw 9d are members corresponding to the constituent members shown in FIG. 7, respectively.

However, the grip claw 9d is not a single claw-shaped member, but a broken portion 9d.
- As shown in _1, provided with a supporting portion capable of gripping aligning multiple chikuwa 2, a member of a long rod-shaped in the Y-axis direction.

The traveling base 9e fixed to the traveling body 9b is a lifting cylinder 9f.
The gripping portion 9c is suspended via the. By the expansion and contraction of the cylinder 9f, the gripping portion 9d moves up and down as shown by the reciprocating arrow p.

A conveyor 4 is driven in the Y'direction. 4a is a positioning member for the bamboo ring.

9g is a cylinder for driving the grip claw 9d in the X-axis direction (perpendicular to the paper surface in Fig. 8).

When a large number of bamboo rings 2 arranged on the conveyor 4 are collectively lifted or mounted on the conveyor 4 by the device of this tentative plan (FIG. 8), the gripping claws 9d
The gripping portion 9c must be accurately positioned with respect to the conveyor 4 and moved at a constant speed in the Y-axis direction during the period in which the X-axis is moving in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. That is, with respect to the Y-axis direction, the gripping portion 9c must move at a constant speed so as to be relatively stationary with respect to the conveyor 4.

If the latest control technology is used, the above-mentioned positioning and constant-speed traveling are possible, but the structure is complicated, the manufacturing cost is high, and maintenance is not easy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and the processed foods that are lined up and mounted on the conveyor being operated are transferred onto the tray or re-mounted on the conveyor being operated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transfer device having a simple structure, which can be moved and can be transferred by a wind which maintains an aligned state.

[Means for solving problems]

The transfer device of the present invention, which was created to achieve the above object, assumes horizontal two orthogonal axes X, Y and a vertical axis Z, and (a) a horizontal conveyor (4) in the Y-axis direction, and A large number of food positioning members (4a) arranged on the conveyor at regular intervals in the Y-axis direction, and (b) a large number of processed foods on the XY plane on the extension line of the horizontal conveyor in the Y-axis direction. A means for positioning the trays to be aligned in the Y-axis direction, and (c) a Y-axis guideway (9a) provided above the Y-axis horizontal conveyor, and a guideway along the guideway. A reciprocating drive base (9e), (d) a slide base (9h) slidably supported in the Y-axis direction with respect to the drive base, and (e) Z with respect to the slide base. It is supported so that it can be driven in the axial direction, and it can hold many processed foods in an array. To,
Chuck means reciprocating in the X-axis direction, and (f) a cylinder (9k) that can drive the slide base in the Y-axis direction with respect to the traveling base, and can be slid in a free state. (G) The engaging rod (9l) attached to the slide base is reciprocally driven in the Z-axis direction to engage the engaging rod with the food positioning member (4a). -It is characterized in that it comprises means for detaching.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, even if the traveling base is not stationary relative to the conveyor, the slide base is engaged with the conveyor while supporting the processed food chuck means, and is driven at a constant speed with the conveyor. . In this state, the slide base is stationary relative to the conveyor as far as the Y-axis direction is concerned. Therefore, the processed food checking means supported by the slide base can easily deliver the processed foods to the conveyer while maintaining the aligned state.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a transfer device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to the device of the above-mentioned trial (FIG. 8) and improved.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing the present embodiment (FIG. 1).

For convenience of explanation, the Y axis and the Z axis are assumed as shown in the figure, and the X axis orthogonal to the paper surface is assumed. This orthogonal 3
The axes X, Y and Z correspond to the three orthogonal axes X, Y and Z in FIG.

Next, the points of difference in the configuration of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as compared with the proposed device (FIG. 8) will be described.

Comparing FIG. 2 with FIG. 8, both of them are provided with a gripping portion 9c having gripping claws 9d as chucking means for chucking a large number of processed food bamboo rings. The lifting cylinder 9f that suspends the gripping portion 9c (see FIG. 2) does not fixedly support the traveling base 9e, but the slide base 9e.
It is fixedly supported for 9h.

The slide base 9h is slidably supported in the Y-axis direction with respect to the traveling base 9e via a bearing 9j and a shaft 9h. 9k is a cylinder that drives the sliding in the Y-axis direction.

The engaging rod 9l is supported by a slide base 9h via an arm 9m and has a structure capable of being vertically driven as indicated by a reciprocating arrow q.
When the engaging rod 9l descends, the positioning member 4a of the conveyor 4
Engage with.

When the engaging rod 9l is lowered to engage the positioning member 4a and the cylinder 9k is freed, the slide base 9h is in the same direction as the conveyor 4 (the arrow Y'direction in the drawing).
, Move at the same speed. That is, the slide base 9h stands still relative to the conveyor 4 in the Y-axis direction.
Therefore, the grip claw 9d can easily and reliably deliver the bamboo ring 2 to the conveyor 4.

Further, when the engagement rod 9l is raised to release the engagement with the positioning member 4a and the cylinder 9k is operated, the slide base can be positioned with respect to the traveling body 9b in the Y-axis direction. Positioning the slide base 9h with respect to the traveling body 9b is effective for delivering the bamboo wheels to a tray (not shown) positioned on the Y axis.

[Effect of device]

As described in detail above, when the present invention is applied, the processed foods that are lined up and mounted on the conveyor in operation are transferred onto the tray or are remounted on the conveyor during operation. In addition, it has an excellent practical effect that it can be transferred by a wind that maintains the aligned state, and it contributes to the food processing and the automation of the packaging device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a transfer device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the above embodiment. FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 are explanatory views related to the technology for conveying processed foods. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the transfer machine of the trial, and FIG. 8 is a front view of the same. 2 ... Takenawa, 4 ... Conveyor, 4a ... Positioning member, 9a
...... Guideway, 9b …… Running body, 9c …… Grip, 9d…
… Gripping claws, 9e… Travel base, 9f… Lifting cylinder, 9h
…… Slide base, 9i …… Shaft, 9j …… Bearing.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-50-90071 (JP, A) JP-A-55-93729 (JP, A) JP-B-48-27827 (JP, B1) JP-B-50- 3029 (JP, Y1) Actual public Sho 55-48542 (JP, Y2) Actual public Sho 56-38036 (JP, Y2)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An apparatus for transferring a large number of processed foods mounted on a conveyor in an aligned state onto a tray for transporting in a cooling chamber or reloading the processed foods on a conveyor. Assuming the axes X and Y and the vertical axis Z, (a) a horizontal conveyor (4) in the Y-axis direction, and a large number of food positioning members (4a) arranged on the conveyor in the Y-axis direction at regular intervals. (B) a means for positioning a tray on which a large number of processed foods are aligned and mounted in the Y-axis direction on the XY plane on an extension line of the horizontal conveyor in the Y-axis direction, and (c) the Y-axis. Direction guideway (9a) provided above the horizontal conveyor in the direction, and a traveling base (9e) reciprocally driven along the guideway, and (d) with respect to the traveling base, A slide base (9h) that is slidably supported in the Y-axis direction, e) is drivingly supported in the Z axis direction with respect to the slide base, to grip the number of processed foods in alignment state,
Chuck means reciprocating in the X-axis direction, and (f) a cylinder (9k) that can drive the slide base in the Y-axis direction with respect to the traveling base, and can be slid in a free state. (G) The engaging rod (9l) attached to the slide base is reciprocally driven in the Z-axis direction to engage the engaging rod with the food positioning member (4a). A device for transferring processed foods, which is provided with a means for releasing the processed food.