JPH0741893B2 - Interval adjustment 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 space adjusting device for adjusting the space between four vertically arranged vertical rods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When filling a predetermined container with food, especially when filling a large amount of liquid or semi-liquid products such as butter, margarine, jam, mayonnaise and chocolate into the container, the contents leak or stain. A plastic bag is put in the container to prevent the food from being taken out, and the foodstuffs and the like are filled in the plastic bag.

At this time, if the vinyl bag is not tightly housed in the container, a gap is created between the inner surface of the container and the vinyl bag when the food is filled, and the vinyl bag may be damaged. It was If the operator manually stores the vinyl bag, the above-mentioned gap will not occur, but this is not desirable from the viewpoint of food hygiene.

Therefore, as a pre-stage in the step of filling the inside of the container whose upper surface is open with food, as a mechanical means for housing the vinyl bag 2 in the container 1, the one shown in FIG. 9 is adopted. Has been. That is, the vinyl bag 2 is temporarily stored in the container 1 whose upper side is open, and the container 1 transported in this state stops at a predetermined position. Then, the vinyl bag 2 is spread by the four vertical rods 3 descending from above, and the four corners are arranged at the four corners as shown in FIG.
The container 1 is sent to the next food filling step while being in close contact with the inner surface of the container.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned container 1 has various sizes depending on the kind of foodstuff to be filled, the filling amount, the internal volume, etc., and therefore the vinyl bag 2 is used.
The distance between the four vertical rods 3 that spreads the
Must be changed according to the size of. However, in order to adjust the mutual spacing of the four vertical rods 3, extremely great labor and accuracy are required, and there is a similar problem in replacing the entire device.

Therefore, in this type of apparatus, it is desired to be able to easily and accurately adjust the mutual spacing of the above four vertical rods.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is an interval adjusting device for adjusting the mutual intervals of four vertical rods suspended from a plate, A square plate having one end as a reference end, the other end as an adjustment end, and both sides as side ends, and arranged on the lower surfaces of both sides of the plate so as to be slidable laterally along the side edge of the plate. A pair of guide members, a piece body that is slidably attached to the guide member along the length direction of the guide material, a connecting rod that penetrates and connects the pair of piece bodies, and the guide described above. Reference vertical rods that are respectively suspended and fixed to the reference ends of the material, adjustment vertical rods that are respectively suspended and fixed to the pieces, and are axially supported between both side ends of the plate and screwed to the pair of guide materials. The first screw rod to be connected and the plate It is supported between substantially the center of seitan and plate, and a second screw rod to be screwed connected to the connecting rod and is formed from.

[0008]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the first screw rod which is axially supported between the both ends of the plate and screw-connected to the pair of guide members is screwed, the guide member is moved to the plate. The lower surface of the plate slides toward and away from each other in the lateral direction of the plate, and accordingly, the reference vertical rods and the adjustment vertical rods that are respectively suspended and fixed to the guide member,
Move close to and away from each other.

On the other hand, a second screw rod which is axially supported between the adjusting end of the plate and substantially the center of the plate and which is screwed and connected to a connecting rod which penetrates and connects the pair of left and right pieces is screwed. When the moving operation is performed, the pair of pieces slide along the length direction of the guide member, and the adjustment vertical rods that are respectively suspended and fixed from the pieces are moved toward and away from the reference vertical rods facing each other. In this case, the reference vertical rod is immovable, and the reference vertical rod is moved only along the reference edge of the plate by the screwing operation of the first screw rod.

As a result, the mutual spacing between the four vertical rods is adjusted by adjusting the mutual spacing between the two guide members and moving the two pieces.

[0011]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments. FIG. 8 shows a case in which the gap adjusting device of the present invention is used in a device used for exactly storing a vinyl bag in a container before filling a liquid or semi-liquid product into the container. The four vertical rods 12 are vertically provided on the lower surface of the plate 11, and the plate 11 is moved up and down via the cylinder 13 to move the four vertical rods 12 up and down. The plastic bag that is temporarily stored in the container is exactly stored.

The plate 11 has a square plate shape, one end of which is a reference end 11a, the other end is an adjusting end 11b, and both sides are side ends 11c.
A pair of front and rear first guide rails 14 extending in the direction of the side end 11c are provided on the a portion and the adjusting end 11b portion so as to project from the left and right sides, respectively. An elongated hole 15 is opened in parallel with one guide rail 14.

The above-mentioned pair of front and rear first guide rails 1
The guide member 16 extending between the four is a long plate shape,
Both ends of each of the pair of guide members 16 are attached to the first guide rail 14 of the plate 11 described above, and the plate 1
Each slide of 1 is free.

On the lower surfaces of the left and right guide members 16, a second guide rail 17 is provided so as to project from the center to the adjusting end 11b of the plate 11 and along the lengthwise direction thereof, and the reference end 11a of the plate 11 is provided. Reference vertical rods 12a are suspended and fixed to the left and right in the vicinity of.

The second guide rail 17 of each guide member 16
The first clamp 19 is attached to a part of the bridge body 18 which is attached to the guide member 16 and can freely slide along the length direction of the guide member 16. When the piece 19 is tightened, the piece 18 is fixed to the guide material 16, and when the first clamp 19 is loosened, the piece 18 can move along the guide material 16. A bracket 20 is provided on the piece body 18, and the adjustment vertical rod 1
2b is fixed by hanging.

The pieces 18 assembled to the pair of left and right guide members 16 are connected to each other via a connecting rod 21. That is, the connecting rod 21 slidably penetrates the bracket 20 of the piece 18 and is connected thereto.

A first screw rod 22 is erected axially between both side ends 11c in the central portion of the plate 11 and has a pair of left and right guide members 16 screwed together.
Has the opposite spiral directions of the male screw portions engraved at both ends thereof, and therefore, when the first screw rod 22 is rotated in one direction, the pair of guide members 16 will move to the respective first guides. It slides to the side of the plate 11 along the rails 14 in the state of approaching or separating from each other.

On the other hand, it is axially supported between the center of the adjusting end 11b of the plate 11 and substantially the center of the plate 11, and is screwed and connected to a part of the center of a connecting rod 21 connecting the pair of left and right pieces 18 together. The rotating second screw rod 23 is
The connecting rod 21, and by extension, the pair of left and right pieces 18 are simultaneously slid along the respective second guide rails 17 in the longitudinal direction of the guide member 16 to bring the reference vertical rod 12a and the adjusting vertical rod 12b, which face each other, toward and away from each other. Is something that
At the time of this rotation operation, the first clamp 19 is unfastened in advance so that the bridge 18 can move along the guide member 16.

A pin penetrating the elongated hole 15 of the plate 11 is provided at a portion of the upper surface of the guide member 16 facing the elongated hole 15, and the second clamp 24 is provided on the upper surface of the plate 11. The guide member 16 is restricted from moving. Therefore, when the guide member 16 is slid, the second clamp 24 is loosened.

In the structure described above, the first clamp 1
9 and the second clamp 24 are unfastened and the first screw rod 22 is rotated in a predetermined direction, the pair of guide members 16
The reference vertical rod 1 by moving the
2a and the adjusting vertical rods 12b can be moved closer to and away from each other, and when the second screw rod 23 is rotated, the pair of pieces 18 are simultaneously slid along the length direction of the guide member 16 and are mutually reciprocated. Therefore, the reference vertical rod 12a and the adjustment vertical rod 12b facing each other can be moved toward and away from each other.

In addition, the reference vertical rods 12a do not move in the direction of the adjusting vertical rods 12b although they move close to and away from each other during this movement, so that the reference end of the plate 11 is adjusted in adjusting the distance. The position in the direction 11a is always constant. Therefore, as described above with reference to FIG. 8, for example, as described above with reference to FIG. When used in a device used for the work of tightly storing the interior bag, the alignment becomes extremely easy.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments of the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and may be modified in any manner as long as the configuration described in the claims is not changed. It can be carried out.

[0023]

In summary, according to the present invention, the mutual distance between the plates is adjusted and the position of the bridge body is adjusted to adjust the mutual distance between the four vertical rods very easily and accurately. Since the two vertical rods can be displaced only in one direction, it is easy to align them during use, and it is not necessary to replace the entire device when adjusting the mutual spacing of the vertical rods. It is possible to provide something with a high intellectual value.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view seen from below showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view showing an operating state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a first screw rod portion.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an assembled state of a plate and a guide member.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a second screw rod portion.

FIG. 7 is a side view.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a device equipped with the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of an apparatus for mechanically accommodating a vinyl bag in a container at a previous stage in a food filling process.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an interior bag is housed in a container in a substantially dense manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 plate 12 vertical rod 12a standard vertical rod 12b adjustment vertical rod 14 first guide rail 16 guide material 17 second guide rail 18 bridge body 21 connecting rod 22 first screw rod 23 second screw rod

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A space adjusting device for adjusting the mutual space between four vertical rods suspended from a plate, the plate having one end as a reference end, the other end as an adjusting end, and both sides as side ends. A pair of guide members disposed on the lower surfaces of both sides of the plate so as to be slidable laterally of the plate and along the lengthwise direction of the guide member. A piece body to be assembled, a connecting rod that penetrates and connects the pair of piece bodies, a reference vertical rod that is respectively hung and fixed near the reference end of the guide member, and is hung and fixed to each of the piece bodies. An adjusting vertical rod, a first screw rod pivotally supported between both side ends of the plate and screw-connected to the pair of guide members, and an axis between the adjusting end of the plate and substantially the center of the plate. A second screw supported and screwed and connected to the connecting rod. Interval adjustment device consisting of child rod.