JPH08208023A - Flake article feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically separate one by one rice-cake small piece materials conveyed stacking with each other and supply them to a predetermined apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A vibrating conveyer is disposed in the upstream of a net conveyer to convey and supply rice-cake small piece materials 1 to a baking machine. A trough 60 of a vibrating conveyer is formed from the start end to the terminal end of conveyance with conveying grooves 61 having inclined side walls for conveying the rice-cake small piece materials 1 under the inclined condition. The conveying grooves 61 are formed in the terminal end of conveyance with opening parts 66 to open the lower part of the rice-cake small piece material 1 of the second layer overlaid on the first layer conveyed facing the inclined side wall so that the rice-cake small piece materials 1 of the second layer is dropped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying a large number of flaky articles to a predetermined device, and more particularly to a device for feeding flaky foods such as hail material before baking to a device such as a baking machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional device of this type, for example,
It is known that food products such as hail materials before baking are scattered by a net conveyor or the like and transported, and the hail materials or the like are supplied to a baking machine arranged at the transport end of the net conveyor.

[0003]

By the way, from the viewpoint of commercial value, it is preferable that the hail baked by the baking machine is separated one by one and baked. Therefore, in order to prevent the hail materials scattered on the net conveyor from being supplied to the baking machine in an overlapping state, the hail materials conveyed in the overlapping state are manually separated one by one.

[0004] However, when the hail material is manually separated in this manner, the hail material is conveyed on the net conveyor for a limited period of time, so that the hail material overlaps before being supplied to the baking machine. In order to separate all the parts, it is necessary to arrange many workers on the transfer line, and there is the inconvenience that the materials are supplied to the baking machine even if they are overlapped due to the carelessness of the workers. is there.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such inconvenience, and provides a piece-shaped article which can be automatically separated into pieces and conveyed to each other in a predetermined manner. An object is to provide a supply device.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, a piece-shaped article supply apparatus according to claim 1 is a piece-shaped article supply apparatus for supplying a large number of piece-shaped articles to a predetermined device. A first conveyor unit that is connected to the upstream side of the device and comprises a vibrating conveyor that conveys a large number of piece-shaped articles to the apparatus and supplies the piece-shaped articles to the apparatus;
Conveyance grooves having inclined side walls for conveying the piece-shaped article in an inclined state from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end of the first conveyance means are formed on the conveyance surface of the conveyance means at predetermined intervals in the width direction of the first conveyance means. And a plurality of opening portions are formed in a part of the conveying groove to open the lower portion of the second-layer piece-shaped article conveyed overlapping the first-layer piece-shaped article conveyed facing the inclined side wall. It is characterized by being formed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a supply device for a piece of article, wherein the opening portion is formed at a conveyance end of the first conveying means. The piece-shaped article supply apparatus according to claim 3 includes a second conveying unit that is a vibrating conveyor that is continuously provided on the upstream side of the first conveying unit, and the second conveying unit has the second conveying unit on the conveying surface. A plurality of transport grooves for transporting the piece-shaped article from the transport start end to the transport end of the transport means are formed in the width direction of the second transport means in correspondence with the transport grooves of the first transport means,
It is characterized in that the piece-shaped article is transferred from the carrying groove of the second carrying means to the carrying groove of the first carrying means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a piece-shaped article supply device, which comprises a third conveying means consisting of a vibrating conveyor connected to the upstream side of the second conveying means, the conveying surface of the third conveying means comprising:
A transport groove for transporting the piece-shaped article from the transport start end to the transport end of the third transport means, and a ridge between the transport grooves adjacent to each other of the second transport means in the widthwise center portion of the transport groove. A plurality of them are formed in the width direction of the third conveying means so as to be arranged in the third conveying means, and are introduced into the convex stripe from the conveying groove of the third conveying means at the portion of the convex stripe facing the conveying groove of the second conveying means. A guide surface for guiding the flaky article to the transport groove of the second transport means is formed, and the flaky article is transferred from the transport groove of the third transport means to the transport groove of the second transport means. It is characterized by doing so.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a piece-shaped article supplying device which is provided upstream of the third conveying means and which is connected to the third conveying means and which inserts the piece-shaped articles into the third conveying means. It is characterized in that a protrusion protruding upward is provided on the ridge between the conveying grooves adjacent to each other in the width direction of the third conveying means. The piece-shaped article supply device according to claim 6 has an opening smaller than the size of the piece-shaped article at the bottom of at least one of the conveyance grooves of the second conveyance means and the conveyance groove of the third conveyance means. Is formed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for feeding a strip-shaped article, wherein the bottom of the conveying groove on the downstream side of the opening is lower than the bottom of the conveying groove on the upstream side of the opening.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the piece-shaped article is conveyed while being inclined in the conveying groove, and is conveyed while being overlapped with the first-piece piece-shaped article which is conveyed facing the inclined side wall of the conveying groove. The second-layer piece-shaped article is dropped from the opening formed in a part of the conveyance groove, and only the first-layer piece-shaped article is supplied from the conveyance groove to a predetermined device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, the opening portion is formed at the conveyance end of the first conveying means so that the second-layer piece-like article is dropped immediately before the device. Only the first-layer piece-like article is reliably supplied to the equipment from the conveying groove. According to a third aspect of the invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the invention, a second conveying means including a vibrating conveyor is provided in series on the upstream side of the first conveying means so that the first conveying groove extends from the conveying groove of the second conveying means.
By transferring the piece-shaped article to the transfer groove of the transfer means, the piece-shaped article whose separation is promoted by the vibration of the second transfer means is transferred from the transfer groove of the second transfer means to the first transfer groove of the first transfer means. Reprint.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the third aspect of the present invention, a third conveying means, which is a vibrating conveyor, is continuously provided on the upstream side of the second conveying means so that the third conveying means is provided with a third conveying groove. Two
By separating the piece-shaped articles introduced into the convex strips of the conveying means into the conveying groove of the second conveying means through the guide surface of the convex strips and transferring the pieces, the piece-shaped articles are separated by the vibration of the third conveying means. And the separation of the flaky articles by the distribution of the flaky articles on the guide surface of the second transport means, and the flaky articles whose separation is further promoted are transported to the transport groove of the second transport means. To the transfer groove of the first transfer means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a projection protruding upward is provided on the convex line of the third conveying means, so that the piece-shaped article is inserted into the third conveying means. Among the strip-shaped articles, the strip-shaped articles thrown into the position of the convex strip are brought into contact with the projections during the transportation, and the reaction thereof guides them to one of the transport grooves located on both sides. In the invention of claim 6,
In addition to the invention of claim 4 or 5, by forming an opening smaller than the size of the piece-shaped article in the bottom of at least one of the transport groove of the second transport means and the transport groove of the third transport means. Then, the piece-shaped article which has become defective due to chipping or the like is dropped from the opening.

According to the invention of claim 7, in addition to the invention of claim 6, the bottom of the conveying groove on the downstream side of the opening is made lower than the bottom of the conveying groove on the upstream side so that the piece-like article is not chipped. Is curved so as to bulge upward and is conveyed in the conveying groove, the tip of the piece-shaped article is hung over the bottom of the conveying groove on the downstream side before the tip in the conveying direction projects into the opening. Do not fall from the department.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a schematic side view of a supply device for a piece-shaped article that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view in which a part of FIG. 1 is cut away, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line − in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line − in FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line − in FIG. 2, and FIG. In the present embodiment, the hail material before baking is taken as an example of the flaky article. As shown in FIG. 7, the hail material 1 has a rectangular plate shape.

The overall structure will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. Such a supply device includes a conveying means 3 for conveying a large number of hail material 1 introduced from the hail material introducing means 2. A net conveyor 4 on which the hail material 1 is transferred from the carrier means 2 is connected to the end of the carrier means 2. The hail material 1 transferred to the net conveyor 4 is transferred to a baking machine (not shown). It is guided and baked.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hail material charging means 2 is provided with a storage box 6 arranged on the left end side upper part of a frame 5 which is long in the left-right direction. The storage box 6 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a net conveyor 7 having an endless transfer path is arranged inside the storage box 6 so as to be inclined forward (upward to the right). The net conveyor 7 is 8 in this embodiment.
It is designed to be driven by a chain of strips 8.

Sprockets 9 and 10 on which the chain 8 is bridged are provided at a lower portion on the rear end side (left end side) and a substantially central upper portion in the storage box 6 at equal intervals in the width direction according to the number of threads of the chain 8. Has been. Both ends of the shafts 11 and 12 of the sprockets 9 and 10 are rotatably supported on both side walls in the width direction of the storage box 6 via bearings 13. In the space on the rear end side of the net conveyor 7 of the storage box 6,
A storage chamber 14 for the hail material 1 is formed.

The storage chamber 14 includes a top plate 6 of the storage box 6.
The hail material 1 is supplied from a supply port 15 formed on the rear end side of a. The supply port 15 is covered by a lid 16 that can be opened and closed. The gap between the rear end of the net conveyor 7 and the rear end wall of the storage box 6 is covered with a closing plate 17 so that the hail material 1 supplied to the storage chamber 14 does not spill out from the gap. ing. 2, the top plate 6a of the storage box 6 and the net surface (conveying surface) of the net conveyor 7 are not shown for convenience of description.

On the conveying surface of the net conveyor 7, crosspieces 18 extending in the width direction of the conveying surface are fixed at equal intervals along the conveying direction. A storage recess 19 for storing a predetermined amount of the hail material 1 supplied to the storage chamber 14 is formed between the adjacent crosspieces 18. Then, by driving the net conveyor 7, the hail material 1 accommodated in each accommodation recess 19 is conveyed forward and upward. A rotating body 20 having a rotation axis oriented in the width direction of the net conveyor 7 is arranged above the front end of the transport end of the net conveyor 7. Both end shafts of the rotating body 20 are rotatably supported by bearings 21 on both side walls of the storage box 6, respectively.

On the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 20, blades 22 extending along the axial direction of the rotating body 20 are arranged at equal intervals in the rotating direction.
One sheet is formed. The length of the blade 22 in the axial direction of the rotating body 20 is substantially the same as the length of the net conveyor 7 in the width direction. The rotating body 20 is rotationally driven in the same direction (clockwise direction) as the conveying direction (rightward direction) of the net conveyor 7. By this rotation drive, the tip end of each blade 22 is housed in each housing recess 19 and the upper portion of the hail material 1 conveyed from the upstream side is sequentially scraped off to the upstream side (storage chamber 14 side) to be leveled. As a result, the amount of the hail material 1 housed in each housing recess 19 is made uniform. Then, the arranging material 1 whose amount has been made uniform is transported to the end of the transport, then drops, and is transferred to the transport surface of the net conveyor 23 disposed below the end of the transport.

The net conveyor 23 is the net conveyor 7
The hail material 1 transferred from is conveyed horizontally toward the front. The net surface (conveying surface) of the net conveyor 23 is
For convenience of explanation, illustration is omitted. Net conveyor 2
The transport surface of 3 has the same transport width as the net conveyor 7, and like the net conveyor 7, the chain 2 of eight threads
Driven by four.

The chain 24 is a sprocket 2 arranged below the sprocket 9 according to the number of threads of the chain 24.
5 and the chain 24 in front of the sprocket 25
And the sprocket 26 arranged according to the number of the threads. The shaft 27 of each sprocket 25, 26,
Both ends of 28 are rotatably supported by both side walls of the storage box 6 in the width direction via bearings 29. The drive motor 3 is provided at a position below the sprocket 25 in the storage box 6.
0 is arranged.

The drive motor 30 has a drive shaft 31 (see FIG. 1).
(Refer to FIG. 4) is attached to the storage box 6 in a state in which the storage box 6 projects outward from one side wall in the width direction (side wall on the right side facing the transport direction). A sprocket 32 is fixed to the protruding end of the drive shaft 31. Further, each one end portion (the end portion on the right side when facing the conveying direction) of the shaft 12 of the sprocket 10 and the shaft 28 of the sprocket 26 described above is also projected outward from one side wall of the storage box 6 and the sprocket 33 is provided at each protruding end. , 34 are fixed. Then, a chain 35 is stretched over the sprockets 32, 33, 34. Therefore, the power of the drive motor 30 is transmitted from the sprocket 32 to the sprockets 33 and 34 via the chain 35, whereby the net conveyor 7 and the net conveyor 23 are driven.

Next, the conveying means 3 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the conveying means 3 includes an upstream vibration conveyor (third conveying means) 36 and a central vibration conveyor (second conveying means) 3 which are sequentially arranged from the upstream side to the downstream side.
7 and a downstream side vibration conveyor (first transfer means) 38.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upstream vibrating conveyor 36 includes a vibrating section 39 attached to the pedestal 5. On the upper part of the vibrating section 39, the trough 4 for conveying the hail material 1 is provided.
0 is attached. The trough 40 is slightly wider than the carrying width of the net conveyor 23, and the starting end of the carrying is inserted into the storage box 6 and arranged at a position where the hail material 1 drops from the net conveyor 23. Note that, in FIG. 2, for convenience of explanation, the conveyance start end of the upstream vibration conveyor 36 is notched and is not shown.

The transfer start end of the trough 40 is a flat surface, and a plate-shaped partition wall 41 is formed on the flat surface, as shown in FIG.
Are formed at equal intervals in the width direction. Each partition 4
In between 1, the hail material 1 dropped from the net conveyor 23 is accommodated. A rotary body 42 having a rotation axis that faces the width direction of the trough 40 is disposed above the partition wall 41 on the downstream side. Both end shafts of the rotating body 42 are rotatably supported on both side walls of the storage box 6 via bearings 42a.

On the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 42, as shown in FIG. 2, two blades 43 arranged 180 ° apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotating body 42 are arranged between the partition walls 41. As described above, a plurality of locations (15 locations in this embodiment) are formed at equal intervals in the axial direction of the rotating body 42. The rotating body 42 is rotationally driven in the same direction (clockwise direction) as the conveying direction (rightward direction) of the upstream vibration conveyor 36.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the other end shafts of the rotary body 42 and the rotary body 20 (the shafts on the left end side facing the carrying direction) are the other side walls of the storage box 6 (facing the carrying direction). And a sprocket 44, 45 is fixed to the projecting ends, respectively. Further, a drive motor 46 is provided below the sprocket 25 of the net conveyor 23, and its drive shaft is installed in the storage box 6.
The sprocket 48 is attached in a state of being projected to the outside from the other side wall in the width direction, and the sprocket 48 is fixed to the protruding end of the drive shaft. And the sprockets 44, 45, 4
A chain 49 is bridged over 8. Therefore, the drive motor 46 drives the sprocket 4 to drive its power.
8 is transmitted to the sprockets 44 and 45 through the chain 49, and thereby the rotating body 20 and the rotating body 42 are rotationally driven.

On the conveying surface of the trough 40 in front of the partition wall 41, conveying grooves 50 extending along the conveying direction are formed at a plurality of positions (15 positions in this embodiment) at equal intervals in the width direction of the trough 40. The hail material 1 housed between the partition walls 41 is put into each of the transport grooves 50, and the interval of each of the transport grooves 50 matches the interval of each of the blades 43 of the rotating body 42. ing. As a result, the hail material 1 that is carried in the carrying groove 40 in two or more layers is pushed back to the upstream side (partition wall 41 side) by the tip end of the blade 43, and an appropriate amount of the hail material 1 moves through the carrying groove 50 to the downstream side. It is transported toward. After passing through the rotating body 42, the hail material 1 is conveyed while being separated from each other by the vibration of the trough 40. In order to convey the hail material 1 horizontally, the conveying groove 50 has a rectangular cross-section as shown in FIG. 3 and has a flat bottom surface 51 with a horizontal surface. Bottom 51
Is at least twice the width of the hail material 1, in other words, the width of the hail material 1 is conveyed in at least two rows with the longitudinal direction thereof in the conveying direction.

A ridge 52 having a rectangular cross-section is formed between the conveying grooves 50, and a pin 53 protruding upward is fixed to the upper surface of the ridge 52. Of the hail material 1 that has been put into the trough 40, the hail material 1 that has not been put into the conveyance groove 50 but has been put into the position of the ridge 52 hits the pin 53 during the conveyance, so that the reaction material is Are guided to one of the transport grooves 50 on both sides. As a result, the hail material 1 is efficiently put into the conveying groove 50.
Then, the hail material 1 that has been transported to the end of the transport in the transport groove 50 is transferred to the central vibration conveyor 37.

As shown in FIG. 1, the central vibration conveyor 37 includes a vibration section 54 attached to the pedestal 5, as with the upstream vibration conveyor 36. A trough 55 that conveys the hail material 1 is attached to the upper portion of the vibrating portion 54. The trough 55 has a conveyance width that is substantially the same as the conveyance width of the trough 40 of the upstream vibration conveyor 36, is arranged slightly below the trough 40, and the conveyance start end is formed below the tip (conveyance end) of the trough 40. It abuts the inclined surface 40a. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface of the trough 55 is flush with the bottom surface 51 of the transport groove 50 of the trough 40.

On the transport surface of the trough 55, a plurality of transport grooves 56 extending in the transport direction are formed at equal intervals (30 locations in this embodiment) in the width direction of the trough 55. The conveying groove 56, like the conveying groove 50 of the upstream side vibration conveyor 36, conveys the hail material 1 transferred in the conveying groove 56 toward the downstream side while separating them from each other by the vibration of the trough 55 by the vibrating section 54. To do. Further, in order to convey the hail material 1 horizontally, the conveying groove 56 has a flat bottom surface 57 as shown in FIG. The width of the bottom surface 57 is such that the hail material 1 is conveyed in at least one row with its longitudinal direction oriented in the conveyance direction.

A ridge 56a is formed between each of the carrying grooves 56, and every other ridge 56a has a central portion in the width direction on the extension line of the central portion in the width direction of the carrying groove 50. (See FIGS. 1 and 4). Then, as shown in FIG. 4, on both sides of the convex strip 52 arranged on the extension line, inclined surfaces 58a inclined toward the conveyance groove 56,
58b are formed respectively. Inclined surfaces 58a, 58
b shows the hail material 1 which has been conveyed in two rows in the conveying groove 50 of the upstream side vibration conveyor 36 toward the conveying grooves 56 and 56 which are adjacent to each other along the inclined surfaces 58a and 58b. The transfer grooves 56, 56 are sorted and transferred. Also during this distribution, the separation of the hull material 1 is promoted. The hail material 1 that has been transported to the transport end of the transport groove 56 is transferred to the downstream vibration conveyor 38.

As shown in FIG. 1, the downstream vibrating conveyor 38 includes a vibrating section 59 attached to the pedestal 5, like the central vibrating conveyor 35. A trough 60 that conveys the hail material 1 is attached to the upper portion of the vibrating portion 59. The trough 60 has a conveyance width that is substantially the same as the conveyance width of the trough 55 of the central vibration conveyor 37, is arranged slightly below the trough 55, and the conveyance start end is formed below the tip (conveyance end) of the trough 55. It hits against the inclined surface 55a. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface of the trough 60 is flush with the bottom surface 57 of the transport groove 56 of the trough 55.

On the transport surface of the trough 60, transport grooves 61 extending along the transport direction are formed at equal intervals in the width direction of the trough 60 corresponding to the number of the transport grooves 56 of the central vibration conveyor 37. Similar to the transport groove 56, the transport groove 61 transports the hail material 1 transferred to the transport groove 61 toward the downstream side while separating the same by the vibration of the trough 60 by the vibrating section 59. As shown in FIG. 5, the transport groove 61 has a V shape. Both inclined side walls 62a, 6 of the transport groove 61
The width of 2b is longer than the width of the carrying groove 56, and the shoulder 63 on the left side facing the carrying direction of the carrying groove 61 is
It faces the conveyance direction of the conveyance groove 56 and coincides with the bottom corner portion 64 on the left side. Then, the hail material 1 transferred from the conveying groove 56 is inclined and conveyed while facing the conveying direction of the conveying groove 61 and facing the inclined side wall 62a on the left side.

At the transport end of the transport groove 61, as shown in FIG. 6, the inclined side wall 6 on the left side facing the transport direction of the transport groove 61.
In order to prevent the hail material 1 conveyed facing the 2a from slipping off, the right side inclined side wall 62b is cut out leaving a supporting portion 65 for supporting the lower part of the hail material 1 and an opening portion 66.
Are formed. The width of the support portion 65 is equal to or slightly smaller than the thickness of the hail material 1. As a result, the other hail material 1 (hereinafter, referred to as “second layer hail”) that is carried while being overlapped with the hail material 1 (hereinafter, referred to as “first layer hail material 1”) that is conveyed facing the inclined side wall 62a. Material 1 ”) slides along the first-layer hail material 1 and falls from the opening 66, and only the first-layer hail material 1 is transferred to the net conveyor 4. The hail material 1 dropped from the opening 66 is collected by the collecting shooter 67 arranged below the opening 66 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

Next, the operation of such a device will be described. FIG.
Further, the net conveyor 7 of the hail material feeding means 3 shown in FIG. 2 is driven to be carried, so that the hail material 1 housed in a predetermined amount in the housing recess 19 is carried forward. The hail material 1 that has been conveyed to just before the end of conveyance of the net conveyor 7 is scraped and leveled by the tips of the blades 22 of the rotating body 20 toward the storage chamber 14 side, and the amount is homogenized. It Then, the arranging material 1 whose amount has been made uniform is conveyed to the conveying end of the net conveyor 7, and then dropped and transferred onto the conveying surface of the net conveyor 23.

The hail material 1 transferred to the net conveyor 23 is horizontally conveyed forward, and the net conveyor 2
3 is dropped from the end of conveyance and is housed between the partition walls 41 of the upstream vibration conveyor 36. In this way, by storing the hail material 1 between the partition walls 41, the scattered hail material 1 is prevented from being scattered, and the hail material 1 is aligned to some extent so that its longitudinal direction is oriented in the transport direction. To be

Hail material 1 housed between each partition wall 41
Are loaded into the respective transport grooves 50 of the trough 40 and transported,
During the transportation, the overlapping portion of two or more layers is pushed back to the upstream side by the tip end portion of the blade 43 of the rotating body 42, and an appropriate amount of the hail material 1 is transported toward the downstream side. At this time, the hail material 1 that has not been put into the carrying groove 50 but has been put into the position of the ridge 52 between the carrying grooves 50 hits the pin 53 during the carrying, and as a reaction thereof, the hull material 1 on both sides is moved. It is introduced by being guided by one of them. The hail material 1 put into the conveying groove 50 is horizontally conveyed in two rows in the conveying groove 50 with its longitudinal direction oriented in the conveying direction while being separated from each other by the vibration of the trough 40 (see FIG. 3).

The hail material 1, which has been conveyed in two rows through the conveying groove 50 to the conveying end, has the inclined surface 5 of the ridge 56a of the trough 55.
8a and 58b are introduced one by one, and then the inclined surface 58
a and 58b are distributed and guided one by one toward the conveying grooves 56, 56 adjacent to each other.
6, 56 (see FIG. 4). The hail material 1 transferred to the conveying groove 56 is vibrated and slanted on the trough 55.
While the separation is promoted by the distribution by 8a and 58b, they are conveyed in a line with their longitudinal direction oriented in the conveying direction.

The hail material 1 which has been conveyed to the end of the conveyance in the conveyance groove 56 is transferred so as to face the inclined side wall 62a of the conveyance groove 61 of the trough 60, as shown in FIG.
Although the upstream vibrating conveyor 36 and the central vibrating conveyor 37 described above promote the separation of the hail material 1, some materials may be conveyed without being separated into two layers or two or more layers. Therefore, the hail material 1 that has been conveyed in such an overlapping manner is inclined side walls 62 of the conveyance groove 61.
It is transferred in the state of overlapping with a. In this state, trough 6
The vibration of 0 promotes the separation of the hail material 1, and the hail material 1 is conveyed in a line with its longitudinal direction oriented in the conveying direction.

When the hail material 1 is obliquely conveyed to the end of the conveying groove 61, the lower part of the first hail material 1 facing the inclined side wall 62a is supported by the supporting portion 65 as shown in FIG. Since it is supported, it is conveyed as it is, transferred from the end of conveyance to the net conveyor 4, and then guided to a baking machine (not shown) for baking. The second or more hail material 1 that has been conveyed in an overlapping manner on the first hail material 1 slides along the first hail material 1 and falls from the opening 66, and is collected by the recovery shooter 67.

As described above, in the above embodiment, since only the first blank material 1 can be automatically transferred to the net conveyor 4 from the conveying end of the downstream side vibration conveyor 38, it is transferred to the net conveyor 4. The crushed hail material 1 is conveyed and supplied to the baking machine in a state of being separated one by one without overlapping. Therefore, when the hail material 1 is supplied to the baking machine, it is not necessary to arrange a large number of workers for separating the hail material 1 on the transfer line as in the conventional case. There is no concern that the hail material 1 will be supplied to the baking machine in the overlapping state.

Further, the hail material 1 introduced from the hail material introducing means 2 is promoted to be separated by the upstream side vibration conveyor 36, the central part vibration conveyor 37 and the downstream side vibration conveyor 38. It is possible to reduce the number of hail materials 1 that are overlapped and conveyed at the conveyance end. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of the hail material 1 dropped from the opening portion 66, and efficiently transfer the hail material 1 introduced from the hail material introducing means 2 to the upstream vibration conveyor 36 onto the net conveyor 4. You can

In the above embodiment, the conveying means 3 is composed of three conveyors, that is, the upstream vibration conveyor 36, the central vibration conveyor 37, and the downstream vibration conveyor 38. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be configured with three or more conveyors, or may be configured with only the downstream side vibration conveyor 38 and the central vibration conveyor 37, or the downstream side vibration conveyor 38.

Further, in the above embodiment, the opening portion 66 is formed at the end of conveyance of the conveying groove 61, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the opening portion 66 is at the middle portion or the beginning of the conveying direction of the conveying groove 61. You may form. However, when the open portion 66 is formed at the end of the conveyance, the second-layer hail material 1 can be dropped immediately before the net conveyor 4, so that only the first-layer hail material 1 is reliably supplied to the net conveyor 4. can do. When the open portion 66 is formed at the intermediate portion in the transport direction of the transport groove 61 or at the transport start end, when the first-layer hail material 1 is transported to the transport end, the trough 60 vibrates again and is supplied to the net conveyor 4 again. Sometimes.

Further, in the above embodiment, the hail material 1 is supplied from the downstream side vibration conveyor 38 to the baking machine via the net conveyor 4, but the hail material 1 is directly baked from the conveying end of the downstream side vibration conveyor 38. It can also be supplied to the machine. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, an opening 68 smaller than the blank 1 can be formed on the bottom surface of the conveying groove 56 of the central vibration conveyor 37. Here, the opening 6
The opening length of 8 is about 1/3 of the total length of the hail material 1. If such an opening 68 is formed, the hail material 1 that is defective and becomes a defective product falls from the opening 68 during the transportation, so that only a good hail material 1 can be supplied to the baking machine.

Further, the conveying groove 56 on the downstream side of the opening 68.
By making the bottom surface 69a of the hail lower than the bottom surface 69b of the upstream transport groove 56, when the hail material 1 is curved so as to bulge upward and is transported in the transport groove 56, the tip of the hail material 1 in the transport direction is conveyed. Since the tip portion can be hung over the bottom surface of the transport groove 56 on the downstream side before the portion plunges into the opening portion 68, it is possible to favorably prevent the non-defective hail material 1 from falling from the opening portion 68. . The opening 6
8 may be formed on the bottom surface of the conveying groove 50 of the upstream vibration conveyor 36, or may be formed on the bottom surface of the conveying grooves 50, 56 of both the upstream vibration conveyor 36 and the central vibration conveyor 37.

[0051]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically supply only the piece-shaped article of the first layer to the predetermined equipment from the conveyance end of the first conveying means. Piece-shaped articles are supplied to the device in a state of being separated one by one without overlapping. Therefore, when supplying the piece-shaped article to the device, it is not necessary to arrange a large number of workers for separating the piece-shaped article on the transfer line as in the conventional case. There is no need to worry that the products will be supplied to the equipment in a stacked state.

In this case, by forming the opening portion at the end of conveyance of the first conveying means, the second-layer piece-like article is dropped immediately before the equipment and only the first-layer piece-like article is transferred from the conveyance groove to the equipment. It can be reliably supplied. Further, the piece-shaped articles whose separation has been promoted by the vibration of the second conveying means are transferred from the conveying groove of the second conveying means to the conveying groove of the first conveying means, and are conveyed by being overlapped by the first conveying means. Since it is possible to reduce the number of piece-shaped articles and the number of piece-shaped articles falling from the open portion, it is possible to efficiently supply the piece-shaped articles to be conveyed to the device.

Further, by distributing the piece-like articles from the conveying groove of the third conveying means to the conveying groove of the second conveying means and transferring them, the number of piece-like articles falling from the opening can be further reduced. Therefore, the piece-shaped article to be conveyed can be more efficiently supplied to the device. Furthermore, by providing the protrusion of the third conveying means with a protrusion projecting upward, the piece-shaped article inserted from the piece-shaped article inserting means to the third conveying means at the position of the protruding piece. Since the article can be guided to one of the transport grooves located on both sides, the loaded piece-shaped article can be efficiently transported.

Furthermore, an opening smaller than the size of the piece-shaped article is formed at the bottom of at least one of the transport groove of the second transport means and the transport groove of the third transport means, so that a defective product or the like is chipped. Since the strip-shaped article thus obtained can be dropped from the opening portion during the transportation, only a non-defective piece-shaped article can be supplied to the device. Further, by making the bottom of the conveying groove on the downstream side of the opening lower than the bottom of the conveying groove on the upstream side, when the piece-like article is curved so as to bulge upward and conveyed in the conveying groove, Before the tip of the article in the conveying direction is projected into the opening, the tip can be hung on the bottom surface of the conveying groove on the downstream side, so that a piece-shaped article that is not a defective article can be well prevented from falling from the opening. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a supply device for flaky articles that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view in which a part of FIG. 1 is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line − in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line − in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line − in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line − in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of a hail material.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory sectional view for explaining another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hail material 2 ... Hail material charging means 4 ... Net conveyor 36 ... Upstream vibration conveyor (3rd conveyance means) 37 ... Central vibration conveyor (2nd conveyance means) 38 ... Downstream vibration conveyor (1st conveyance means) 40, 55, 60 ... Troughs 50, 56, 61 ... Conveying grooves 52, 56a ... Convex ridges 53 ... Pins 58a, 58b ... Inclined surfaces (guide surfaces) 62a ... Inclined side walls 66 ... Openings 68 ... Openings 69a, 69b ... Bottom

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A piece-shaped article supply device for supplying a large number of piece-shaped articles to a predetermined device, the apparatus being connected to the upstream side of the apparatus and conveying the large number of piece-shaped articles to the apparatus. First comprising a vibrating conveyor for supplying the piece-shaped article to the device
The first conveying means includes a conveying means, and the conveying surface of the first conveying means has a conveying groove having an inclined side wall for conveying the piece-shaped article in an inclined state from a conveying start end to a conveying end of the first conveying means. A plurality of second-layer piece-like articles formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction of the means and overlapped with a first-layer piece-like article that is conveyed to face the inclined side wall in a part of the conveying groove. An apparatus for supplying a piece-shaped article, characterized in that an opening is formed to open the lower part of the. 2. The piece-shaped article supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening portion is formed at a conveyance end of the first conveying means. 3. A second transfer means comprising a vibrating conveyor continuously provided on the upstream side of the first transfer means, wherein the transfer surface of the second transfer means has a transfer start end to a transfer end of the second transfer means. A plurality of conveyance grooves for conveying the strip-shaped article up to the conveyance groove of the first conveyance means are formed in the width direction of the second conveyance means, and the first conveyance is performed from the conveyance groove of the second conveyance means. The piece-shaped article supply apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the piece-shaped article is transferred to the conveying groove of the means. 4. A third transfer means comprising a vibrating conveyor continuously provided on the upstream side of the second transfer means, wherein the transfer surface of the third transfer means has a transfer start end to a transfer end of the third transfer means. A conveying groove for conveying the strip-shaped article up to the first, so that the widthwise central portion of the conveying groove is arranged on an extension line of the ridge between adjacent conveying grooves of the second conveying means. A plurality of the strip-shaped articles are formed in the width direction of the third conveying means, and the piece-shaped article introduced into the convex stripe from the conveying groove of the third conveying means is provided in the portion of the convex stripe facing the conveying groove of the second conveying means. A guide surface that guides the conveying groove of the second conveying means is formed so that the piece-shaped articles are distributed and transferred from the conveying groove of the third conveying means to the conveying groove of the second conveying means. The supply device for flaky articles according to claim 3. 5. A piece-shaped article feeding means that is connected to the upstream side of the third feeding means and that feeds the piece-shaped article into the third feeding means, is adjacent to each other in the width direction of the third feeding means. 5. The piece-shaped article supply apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a protrusion protruding upward is provided on the convex line between the conveying grooves. 6. The carrying groove of the second carrying means and the third groove.
At the bottom of at least one of the transport grooves of the transport means,
The device for supplying a piece of article according to claim 4, wherein an opening smaller than the size of the piece of article is formed. 7. The piece-shaped article supply apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the bottom of the transport groove downstream of the opening is lower than the bottom of the transport groove upstream of the opening.