JPH082233B2 - Somen noodle stretching chopstick sorting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention particularly relates to a noodle-noodle stretching chopstick separating device configured to automatically perform a noodle-drawing operation and chopstick separating operation.

[Prior art and its problems]

The conventional noodle-drawing device moves the noodles hanging in the shape of a figure 8 to the front by a transporting device such as an endless chain arranged vertically so as to spread the noodles forward. It was constructed so that it spreads out and stretches the noodles hanging on the hanging rod, and the chopsticks separating work necessary during the stretching operation of the noodles was done by the operator.

By the way, in order to manually perform the chopstick separating work in this manner, an operator must go around the transfer of the hanging rod by the transfer device during the stretching operation to perform the chopstick separating work, and One worker is required for each of all the hanging rods hung on the table, and the worker who hangs some noodles on the hanging rod in the shape of 8 before the transfer and the chopstick dividing work. Since it requires a plurality of workers and a worker to remove the noodles from the hanging rod after the noodles have been drawn and chopsticks have been separated, a large number of workers are required, which is an inconvenient problem in labor saving. there were.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems, and it is possible to automatically and intermittently perform the stretching operation and the chopstick separating operation of the noodles, and to provide a noodle sowing noodle separating device that can contribute to labor saving. The main purpose is to do.

[Means for achieving the purpose]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention locks the upper and lower hanging rods on which the noodles after the small pulling are hung in the shape of 8 and transfers them in a predetermined direction, and the noodles are moved along with the transfer. A stretching transfer device for vertically stretching, chopsticks for dividing the noodles suspended between the hanging rods into chopsticks, and the chopsticks can be inserted into and removed from the space below or above the figure 8 noodles. A horizontal moving device for moving the chopsticks inserted into the space below or above the figure 8 by the horizontal moving device to move the chopsticks upward or downward. After stopping the transfer of the hanging rod by the transfer device at a predetermined position, after driving the horizontal moving device to insert the chopsticks into the space below or above the figure 8 noodles and stop,
The vertical moving device is driven to move the chopsticks upward or downward to separate the chopsticks, the chopsticks are stopped at a predetermined position when the chopstick splitting is completed, and the horizontal moving device is started to drive the chopsticks. Is drawn and moved, and a control device for driving the drawing and transferring device when the drawing movement is completed is provided.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, the present invention has a configuration in which upper and lower hanging rods, each of which is formed by hanging the noodles after the small drawing in the shape of a figure 8, are respectively stretched and locked to the transfer device, and moved in a predetermined direction by the transfer device to stretch the noodles. When the hanging rod reaches a predetermined position, the control device stops the transfer device, and then the control device drives the horizontal movement device to move the chopsticks under the figure-8 noodles or After inserting into the upper space, the control device stops the horizontal movement device, and then the control device drives the vertical movement device to move the chopsticks upward or downward to separate chopsticks. At the predetermined position when the chopsticks have been separated, the vertical movement device is stopped by the control device, and the horizontal movement device is further driven by the control device to pull out and move the minute chopsticks. The control device described above And then to drive the transfer apparatus again, we perform stretching and chopsticks divided automatically noodles sequentially repeating the above operation.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, an apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in the drawings, the apparatus for stretching somen noodles according to the present invention transfers the noodles A after the small pulling in a predetermined direction by locking the upper and lower hanging rods 1, 1 which are hung in the shape of 8 respectively. At the same time, the pulling / conveying device 2 for pulling the noodles up and down along with the transportation, the chopsticks 3 for chopping the noodles A hung on the hanging rods 1, 1 into chopsticks, and the chopsticks in the above-mentioned figure 8 shape. The horizontal moving device 4 for moving the noodle so that it can be inserted into and removed from the space a below or above the noodles, and the horizontal moving device 4 forms a figure 8 noodle noodle A.
And a vertical moving device 5 for moving the chopsticks 3 inserted in the lower or upper space portion a upward or downward, and stopping the transfer of the hanging rods 1, 1 by the stretching transfer device 2 at a predetermined position. After that, the horizontal moving device 4 is driven to move the chopsticks 3
Is inserted into the space a under or above the figure 8 noodles A and stopped, and then the vertical moving device 5 is driven to move the chopsticks 3 upward or downward to separate chopsticks. After stopping at a predetermined position when chopsticks have been separated, the horizontal moving device 4 is further driven to pull out the chopsticks 3 and a control device 6 that drives the stretching and transferring device 2 when the pulling out movement is completed. It is provided.

Further, each part will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The enlargement transfer device 2 is arranged at a vertical position of one side part of the machine body 7 composed of a frame so that the front thereof spreads up and down, and at the left and right positions. Arms 21 and 21 composed of arm members 21b and 21b connected by a connecting rod member 21a at a predetermined interval, and disposed on inner surfaces of the arm members 21b and 21b so as to be movable via pulleys 22a and 22b. Endless chain 23 and the pulleys 2 of the left and right arm members 21b, 21b
A rotary shaft 28 connecting the 2a and 22a, a motor 29 for rotationally driving a gear 24 provided at a predetermined position of the rotary shaft 23 via a small gear 25, and attached to the endless chain 23 at predetermined intervals. A plurality of hanging rod holding portions 26 (shown in FIG. 2) are provided, and the holding portion 26 of the endless chain 23 is provided.
The first detecting means 6a, which is one of the control devices 6 and is composed of a limit switch, is arranged at a predetermined position during the transfer. The first detecting means 6a detects the transfer of the holding portion 26 at a predetermined position and stops the driving of the motor 29, and then the horizontal moving device 5 is moved by the chopsticks 3 to the transfer device 2 side. It is driven accordingly.

In addition, the holding portions 26, 26 contain 8 pieces of the noodle noodles A after the small drawing.
The upper and lower hanging rods 1, 1 that are hung in a square shape are locked, and the holding portions 26, 26 and the hanging rods 1, 1, as the endless chain 23 is transferred in the expanding direction by the drive of the motor 25. 1 is gradually opened up and down and the noodles are stretched.

The arms 21 and 21 can be adjusted in their opening degree by expansion adjusting means 27a and 27b provided at the front and rear of the expansion direction.

The horizontal moving device 4 includes a guide rail 41 attached to endless chains 51 and 52 of the vertical moving device 5 which will be described later, and a pulley 4 at an upper and lower position inside the machine body 7.
It is composed of endless chains 43 and 44 arranged movably in the horizontal direction via 2, 42 and a motor (not shown) that drives the endless chains 43 and 44.

A support part 31 for supporting the chopsticks 3 is horizontally movably installed on the guide rail 41.
Locking portion 32 protruding from the endless chain 43, 44 side from 31
Is configured to be horizontally moved together with the chopsticks 3 on the guide rail 41 by engaging with an engaging portion 43a attached to a predetermined position of the endless chain 43, 44. .

Further, the second detecting means 6b composed of a micro switch, which is one of the control devices 6, is arranged on the movement of the supporting portion 31 of the endless chains 43, 44 of the horizontal moving device 4, and the supporting portion The endless chain 43 moves the guide rail 41 on the guide rail 41 toward the transfer device 2 side, and the chopsticks 3 supported by the support portion 31 are hooked between the hooking rods 1 and 1 in an 8-shape. When it is inserted into the space a above or below the noodles A, the second detecting means 6b detects this and drives the vertical moving device 5 described later.

Further, the horizontal moving device 4 and a vertical moving device 5 described later.
As shown in the figure, two units are installed on one side of the machine body 7, and the vertical movement device 5 vertically moves the chopsticks 3, 3 from one side to the upper side and the other to the lower side. There is.

The vertical moving device 5 includes endless chains 51 and 52 arranged at front and rear positions of the machine body 7, respectively.
The endless chains 51, 52 are driven to move, and upper and lower pulleys 54, 55 connected by longitudinal shafts 53, 53 in the front-rear direction so as to rotate integrally with each other, and a motor (not shown) for rotationally driving the pulleys 54. The guide rail 41 attached to the endless chains 51, 52 is moved upward or downward by the upward or downward movement of the endless chains 51, 52, and the supporting portion on the guide rails 41 is moved. 31 and the chopsticks 3 move upward or downward to divide the noodles A into chopsticks.

Further, a third detecting means 6c consisting of a micro switch, which is one of the control devices 6, is installed at a predetermined position when the chopstick splitting is completed on the movement of the support portion 31 of the endless chain 51, and chopstick chopping is completed. At this time, this is detected by the third detecting means 6c, the driving of the vertical moving device 5 is stopped, the endless chain 44 on the other side of the horizontal moving device 4 is driven, and the supporting portion 31 and the guide The rail 41 is pulled out and moved into the machine body 7.

In addition, the endless chain 44 on the other side of the horizontal moving device 4
On the movement of the support portion 31 at the end position in the pull-out movement direction, a fourth detection means 6d consisting of a micro switch, which is one of the control devices 6, is installed.
The endless chain is detected by detecting the completion of movement of the
The driving of 44 is stopped, and then the vertical moving device 5 is driven, and the stretching and transferring device 2 is driven to move the support portion 31 downward or upward, and at the same time, the stretching and transferring device 2 causes the noodles A Stretch again.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the support portion 31 has a body portion 31a having a U-shaped cross section which is movably installed on the guide rail 41, and is horizontally disposed on a vertical side wall portion of the body portion 31a. Support rods 31b and 31c arranged side by side are rotatably supported, and gears 31d and 31e meshing with each other are attached to the shaft portions of the support rods 31b and 31c protruding rearward from the vertical side wall portions, and further inside The tension spring 31g is stretched between the eccentric portion of the gear 31b and the pin material 31f attached to the rear outer end position of the vertical side wall portion, and the chopsticks 3 and 3 of the chopsticks 3 and 3 attached to the support rods 31b and 31c. The tension spring 31g urges the front portions 3b, 3b of the bent portions 3a, 3a so that the front portions 3b, 3b are always close to each other in a horizontal state. On the other hand, the machine body 7 supporting the endless chain 51 at the front side position of the vertical moving device 5 via pulleys 54 and 55.
On the side surface of the frame member 7a on the side of the support portion 31, a slide contact plate 8 which is in sliding contact with a support rod 31b at an inner position of the support portion 31 is attached, and the support portion 31 is moved upward by the vertical moving device 5 or When it is moved downward, the support rod 31 is rotated by the sliding contact, and the support rod 31c on the outer side is counter-rotated via the gears 31d and 31e, and the chopstick 3 has its bent portion 3a, The noodles A are chopped into pieces by rotating while the front portions 3b, 3b open and close with respect to 3a.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration and functions, it is possible to automatically and intermittently perform the work of stretching the noodles and the chopstick separating work, thereby contributing to labor saving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a stretching and transferring apparatus when the apparatus is viewed from the front, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a vertical moving device, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a horizontal moving device when the present device is viewed from the side, and FIG. 5 is a front side of a machine body showing a mounting relationship of the chopsticks to the vertical moving device and the horizontal moving device. FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part on the rear side of the machine body, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part showing the attachment and rotation operation of the chopsticks. In the figure, A ... Somen noodles, 1 ... Hanging rod, 2 ... Enlargement transfer device, 3
…… Minute chopsticks, 4 …… Horizontal movement device, 5 …… Vertical movement device,
6 ... Control device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pulling and transferring device for pulling some thin noodles in a predetermined direction by locking the upper and lower hanging rods hung in a figure 8 shape, and stretching the noodles vertically in accordance with the movement. And a chopstick for dividing the noodles suspended between the hanging rods into chopsticks, and a horizontal movement for moving the chopsticks so that the chopsticks can be inserted into and removed from the space below or above the figure 8 noodles. A vertical moving device for moving the chopsticks inserted in the space below or above the figure 8 by the horizontal moving device upward or downward, and the vertical moving device for moving the hanging rod by the stretching transfer device. After stopping the transfer at a predetermined position, the horizontal moving device is driven to insert the chopsticks into the space below or above the figure 8 noodles to stop, and then the vertical moving device is driven. Move the chopsticks upward or downward to separate the chopsticks, and when the chopsticks are separated, Stopping at a position, further driving the horizontal movement device to move the chopsticks withdrawal, and at the completion of the withdrawal movement, a control device for driving the stretching and transferring device is provided. Chopstick separating device.