JPH08282627A - Bar-shaped food arranging/feeding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To continuously feed bar-shaped foods by a specified number to a container or other device by providing an arranging device which arranges the bar-shaped foods being continuously fed at intervals into a block form by a specified quantity and delivers them, a block intermittent carrying conveyor device, and a parallel feeding device. CONSTITUTION: A specified dimension forming device 1 for a bar-shaped food such as crab leg meat, etc., continuously cuts the crab leg meat at a specified dimension by a cutter 2, and feeds the crab leg meat 3a of the specified dimension one by one facing the same direction. In this case, a separator 5 alternately feeds six crab leg meats while sorting them into those for a lower stage and those for an upper stage. Then, the crab leg meats reach longitudinal feeding conveyor devices 9, 10 for the lower stage and upper stage through a block-form arranging device 8, and are fed to respective lateral feeding conveyor devices 11, 12 after being energized. Then, a block 3 for which the six crab leg meats are gathered as a unit is pushed out by pushers 13, 14 for the lower stage and upper stage, and fed to block intermittent carrying conveyor devices 19, 21 through respective relay carrying conveyor devices 15, 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention arranges rod-shaped foods such as crab rods and burdock heavens into blocks by a predetermined number and continuously supplies the blocks to the receiving position of a container or other device. Regarding the feeder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of stick-shaped foods such as crab sticks and burdock heavens, a predetermined number of pieces have been manually collected and packed into containers or supplied to other devices.

[0003]

However, the efficiency of such manual packing of containers is very poor, and a large number of workers are required for mass production by such a work, resulting in an increase in cost. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to:
An object of the present invention is to provide a rod-shaped food aligning and feeding machine capable of continuously feeding a predetermined number of rod-shaped foods such as crab sticks and burdock heavens to a container or another device without requiring human labor.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for achieving the above object, in a bar-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine according to a first aspect of the present invention, a predetermined number of bar-shaped food products which are continuously fed at intervals are arranged in blocks. Aligning device to deliver after doing;
A block intermittent transfer conveyor device which receives the blocks of the rod-shaped food product at predetermined intervals and intermittently conveys them toward the delivery position; and a pusher which simultaneously pushes out a plurality of blocks of the bar-shaped food product in parallel at the delivery position of the block intermittent delivery conveyor device, and A parallel supply device having a conveyor device for receiving the plurality of extruded blocks and simultaneously supplying the blocks to the delivery side.

Further, in the rod-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine according to the second aspect, the conveyor device of the parallel feeding device is arranged in front of the conveyor device side by side and a plurality of containers are simultaneously arranged in multiple rows. Each is equipped with an advancing / retreating device for advancing / retreating and transferring the block to operate.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bar-shaped food product aligning and feeding apparatus, the block intermittent conveying conveyor devices are arranged in a plurality of rows in parallel, and the parallel feeding device provided in one block intermittent conveying conveyor device is The parallel feeding device provided on the other block intermittent transfer conveyor device is arranged in the same direction on the same line as the front side so that it can be stacked in two stages.

[0008]

In the rod-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine according to the first aspect, first, the bar-shaped food product is divided into blocks by a predetermined number by the aligning device and then delivered to the block intermittent transfer conveyor device. In the block intermittent transfer conveyor device, the blocks received from the aligning device at the time of the stop are transferred to the delivery position while intermittently moving at regular intervals. Then, the pusher of the parallel feeding device pushes out a plurality of the blocks of the rod-shaped food product in a horizontal row at the delivery position. Then, the simultaneous supply conveyor device in the parallel supply device can receive the plurality of extruded blocks and supply them simultaneously, for example, into containers arranged side by side in front of the blocks. By repeating this, a predetermined number of rod-shaped foods can be continuously supplied to a container or the like without manpower and without waste of time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bar-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine, which is arranged in front of the parallel feeding device, for example, in a container which is formed by simultaneously forming a plurality of rows side by side by a deep drawing packaging machine. The supply conveyor device can reciprocate for each row of containers by the advancing / retreating device to simultaneously supply the blocks for one row.

Further, in the rod-shaped food product aligning and feeding device according to the third aspect, one parallel feeding device is arranged on the same line and in the same direction as the other parallel feeding device, so that the other parallel feeding device is fed. By supplying a new block on the above block by one parallel supply device at the same pitch, it is possible to supply the bar-shaped food product blocks in a two-stage stacked state.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The case where the bar-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine of the present invention is used in combination with a deep-drawing packaging machine will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an alignment packaging line, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing the periphery of the alignment device shown in FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing the deep drawing part and the vicinity of the parallel supply device shown in FIG. 1. First, the configuration of the embodiment will be described.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a crab bar constant-size forming device, which is a continuous crab bar constant-size cutting machine 2 and an aligning machine for feeding a constant-size crab bar 3a formed in a fixed direction. Four
It has and.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a separator, and a detection sensor 6 of the crab rod 3a to be received, and a conveyance destination in two directions by the detection of the detection sensor 6 (in the case of the present embodiment, one of the two directions is divided into one direction. Since it is used for filling the inner and lower stages and is used for filling the other direction of the container in the upper stage, it is referred to as the lower stage and the upper stage).

Reference numeral 8 is a block-shaped aligning device for crab sticks, which is a stick-shaped food product. First, it is connected to the lower-stage side of the transfer destinations on the transfer surface 7 of the separator 5 and at the transfer speed of the separator 5. It is provided with a lower-stage vertical feed conveyor device 9 that is fast-forwarded, and an upper-stage vertical feed conveyor device 10 that is also connected to the upper-stage side, and is arranged orthogonally at the end position of the lower-stage vertical feed conveyor device 9. It is provided with a lower stage horizontal feed conveyor device 11 and an upper stage horizontal feed conveyor device 12 which is also arranged in a perpendicular state at the end position of the upper stage vertical feed conveyor device 10. And
Next, at the end of the horizontal feed conveyor device 11 for the lower stage,
It has a stopper 13a for temporarily aligning the transferred crab rods 3a in blocks of six, and after the crab rods are arranged in a predetermined number of blocks, the cylinder 13b moves forward (vertical direction).
It also includes a lower pusher 13 that pushes out to the upper side, and an upper pusher 14 that includes a stopper 14a and a cylinder 14b that are also provided at the end of the upper transverse feed conveyor device 12.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a lower-stage intermediate transfer conveyor device, the starting end of which is connected to the lower-stage pusher 13, and the block 3 received from the lower-stage transverse feed conveyor device 11 via the lower-stage pusher 13. Is intermittently transported. Further, the lower stage fast-forward conveyor device 16 is provided at the end. Reference numeral 17 is an intermediate transfer conveyor device for the upper stage which similarly carries out intermittent transfer, and is provided with a fast-forward conveyor device 18 for the upper stage at the end thereof. The intermediary transfer conveyor devices 15 and 17 can be continuously transferred by matching the delivery timing with block intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19 and 21, which will be described later. Further, the fast-forwarding conveyor devices 16 and 18 are not limited to this, and a shutter provided at the tip of the chute may be used.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a lower block intermittent transfer conveyor device disposed orthogonally to the fast-forwarding conveyor device 16 at the end of the lower relay transfer conveyor device, and the crab rod block 3 is brought close to the transfer surface. Partition plates 20 for separating one by one in a state are erected, and intermittently conveyed at intervals between the partition plates 20. 21 is a fast-forward conveyor device 1 at the end of the intermediate transfer conveyor device for the upper stage.
The upper block intermittent transfer conveyer device, which is arranged orthogonal to 8, is a partition plate which is erected on the transfer surface.
Then, the lower-stage and upper-stage transport conveyor devices 1
The terminal sides of 9 and 21 are set as transfer positions 23 and 24, respectively, for three intervals of the partition plates 20 and 22.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a deep-drawing packaging machine, which draws three horizontal pockets 30 by two rows at the same time by sucking the continuous resin film 29 which is intermittently conveyed and stopped when the continuous resin film 29 is stopped. 26 and the pocket 3
Receiving part 27 for arranging a large number of 0s with the top open
And a sealing portion 28 disposed on the delivery end side and heat-sealing two rows of pockets 30 at the same time with the upper surface opening 31 of the pocket 30 by another film (not shown). Further, the receiving section 27 is provided with a lower stage transfer position 23 of the lower block intermittent transfer conveyor device and an upper stage transfer position 24 of the upper block intermittent transfer conveyor device in order. The lower and upper block intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19, 2
The transport interval of 1 is the same as the pocket interval.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a lower-stage parallel feeding device, which is a lower-stage pusher 33 for simultaneously pushing forward three (3) blocks 3 of crab rods at the lower-stage delivery position and a receiving portion for a conveying surface tip 35. 27, the lower stage insertion conveyor device 34 arranged at substantially the same level as the upper surface opening 31 of the pocket 30, and the transport surface front end 35 is close to each trailing edge of the pocket 30 and the transport surface rear end. 36
A drive device 37 for moving the lower stage insertion conveyer device 34 forward and backward until it comes close to the block pushing position in the lower stage block intermittent transfer conveyor device 19. 38 is an upper stage parallel supply device, which includes an upper stage pusher 39 and an upper stage insertion conveyor device 40.
And a drive device 41.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. First, in the crab rod constant-size forming device 1, the continuous crab rod is cut into a constant size by the cutting machine 2 and the fixed-size crab rods 3a are supplied one by one in the same direction.

In the separator 5, the crab rod 3a is detected by the detection sensor 6, and six on the conveying surface 7 are supplied alternately for the lower stage and the upper stage.

In the block-shaped aligning device 8, the lower-stage and upper-stage vertical feed conveyor devices 9 and 10 apply momentum to the received crab rods and supply them to the next lower-stage and upper-stage horizontal feed conveyor devices 11 and 12, respectively. To do.

Lower-stage and upper-stage transverse feed conveyor device 1
At the ends of 1 and 12, stoppers 13a and 14a, respectively
When the crab rods 3a are stopped one after another on the transport surface and the six rods are stopped together, the cylinders 13
By the operation of b and 14b, the pushers 13 and 14 for the lower stage and the upper stage push out the block 3 in which six crab rods are grouped together.

In the lower-stage and upper-stage intermediate transfer conveyer devices 15 and 17, the block 3 of crab rods is intermittently conveyed, and the lower-stage and upper-stage fast-forward conveyer devices 16 and 18 are used to generate momentum, respectively. The blocks are supplied to the intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19 and 21.

In the lower and upper block intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19 and 21, the block 3 of the crab rod is placed between the partition plates 20 and 20, and the partition plates 22 and 22.
The blocks are continuously arranged while being received, and are intermittently conveyed one block at a time to the lower transfer position 23 and the upper transfer position 24 on the terminal side.

In parallel with the above process, in the deep-drawing packaging machine 25, the block 3 on the continuous intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19 and 21 is formed on the continuous resin film 29 in the deep-drawing portion 26.
At the same intervals as each other, the horizontal three pockets 30 are molded in two rows of one shot, and the receiving portions 27 are formed by that amount.
Is intermittently transported to. In the receiving part 27, three horizontal pockets 30 are parallel to each other in the transport direction of the block 3 of crab rods and are intermittently sent with two rows as one interval, and a large number of rows open on the upper surface. It has been deployed.

During the molding of the pocket 30, the feeding of the continuous resin film 29 is stopped, and at this time, at the respective transfer positions 23 and 24, the lower-stage and upper-stage parallel feeding devices 32 and 38 are first shown in FIG. As shown, the pushers 33 and 39 push out the blocks 3 of the crab rods laterally by threes. Next, on the side of the lower stage parallel supply device 32, the three extruded blocks 3 are connected to the lower stage insertion conveyor device 34.
Received and conveyed to the tip side. At the time of this conveyance, the driving device 37 advances the lower stage insertion conveyor device 34 until the tip approaches the trailing edge of the pocket No. 2 shown in the figure, and the block 3 of the crab rod is moved from the tip 35 to the pocket 3.
It is supplied to 0 as the first stage.

After being inserted into the No. 2 pocket, the lower stage insertion conveyor device 34 retracts and receives the next three blocks 3, and this time, as described above, one stage is inserted into the No. 1 pocket. Supply as eyes.

On the side of the upper parallel feeding device 38, the pocket 30 in which the block 3 is inserted by one stage by the lower parallel feeding device 32 is sent first, and here also, similarly to the above, the upper pusher 39. The upper block insertion conveyor device 40 receives the three blocks 3 extruded by
Insert as a second step into the pocket of o.2a, then No.1
Also supplied to the pocket of a.

After the blocks 3 are packed in two stages for each pocket row, the pocket rows are sent to the sealing section 28 by two rows, and the upper opening 31 is covered with a film (not shown) provided separately for heat sealing. By doing so, the crab stick can be packaged.

As described above, in the bar-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine of this embodiment, the direction of the crab bar, which is a bar-shaped food product, is aligned in a predetermined number in a pocket formed by deep-drawing a continuous resin film without manpower. It can be packaged after being supplied.

Since the crab rod is supplied while the pocket is being deep-drawn, the pocket can be efficiently packaged without wasting time. Further, it is possible to reduce the cost by arranging and storing the containers, manpower therefor, and an aligning device are unnecessary. Lower stage and upper stage insertion conveyor device 34,
Since the drive units 37 and 41 are used to move the 40 forward and backward, respectively, to change the insertion destination, even if pockets are formed in multiple rows by the deep drawing section 26 and the formed portions are sent at the same time, the 40 moves forward and backward. It can be inserted into all pockets. By dividing the flow of the crab sticks into two directions and supplying them to the same pocket by the parallel supply devices provided at two locations, it is possible to carry out the packaging packed in two stages. Since partition plates 20 and 22 are provided on the transfer surfaces of the block intermittent transfer conveyor devices 19 and 21, respectively, the intervals between pockets are narrowed, and even if the blocks are placed close to each other according to the intervals, other blocks are placed. An accurate number can always be supplied without mixing with each other. Therefore, the film is not wasted.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention includes modifications such as design changes within the scope of the invention.

For example, although crab sticks have been described as stick-shaped foods in the embodiments, burdock heaven, chikuwa, cheese-rolled clams, sausages, etc. can also be applied.

Although it has been stated that the block intermittent transfer conveyor device is arranged in two rows and packed in two stages, it is set as one row, three rows or more.
It is also possible to arrange only the steps or three steps or more.

When one block of rod-shaped food is packed, the insertion conveyor device can be of a fixed type.

[0036]

As described above, the present invention claims 1.
In the rod-shaped food aligning and feeding machine described, since it has the above configuration,
An effect is obtained in which a predetermined number of rod-shaped foods are arranged in the same direction and can be supplied to a packaging container or the like without requiring manpower.

In the rod-shaped food line-up / feeding machine according to claim 2,
Because of the above-mentioned configuration, in the front of the parallel supply device, for example, in a container that is simultaneously formed in multiple rows side by side by a deep-drawing packaging machine, a simultaneous supply conveyor device is provided for each container row. Thus, it is possible to obtain an effect that the blocks can be reciprocated and the blocks can be simultaneously supplied for one row.

According to the rod-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine of claim 3,
Because of the above-mentioned configuration, one parallel feeder is arranged in the same direction as the other parallel feeder on the same line in the front direction, so that one parallel feeder newly installs on the block supplied by the other parallel feeder. By supplying different blocks at the same pitch, it is possible to obtain the effect that the blocks of rod-shaped food can be supplied in a two-tiered state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an alignment packaging line.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing the vicinity of the alignment device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing the deep drawing unit shown in FIG. 1 and a periphery of a parallel supply device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a step of stacking two stick-shaped food products in two stages in a deep-drawing container.

[Explanation of symbols] 3a crab bar 3 block of crab bar 8 block-shaped aligning device for bar-shaped food products 13 lower pusher 14 upper pusher 19 lower block intermittent transfer conveyor device 21 upper block intermittent transfer conveyor device 23 lower transfer position 24 upper-stage transfer position 32 lower-stage parallel supply device 38 upper-stage parallel supply device 34 lower-stage insertion conveyor device 40 upper-stage insertion conveyor device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An aligning device for aligning a predetermined number of rod-shaped foodstuffs, which are continuously supplied at intervals, into a block shape and then delivering the block-shaped foodstuffs; A block intermittent transfer conveyor device; a pusher that simultaneously pushes out a plurality of blocks of the bar-shaped food product in parallel at the delivery position of the block intermittent transport conveyor device, and a conveyor that receives the plurality of pushed out blocks and simultaneously supplies them to the delivery side And a parallel feeding device having a device; 2. The conveyor device of the parallel supply device is provided with an advancing / retreating device for advancing / retreating to a container row in which a plurality of containers are simultaneously arranged side by side in a row in front of the conveyor device to transfer and operate the blocks. The rod-shaped food product aligning and feeding machine according to claim 1. 3. The block intermittent transfer conveyor devices are arranged in a plurality of rows in parallel, and the parallel supply device provided in one block intermittent transfer conveyor device is the same as the parallel supply device provided in the other block intermittent transfer conveyor device. The rod-shaped foodstuff aligning and feeding machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the foodstuffs are arranged on the same line in the front and in the same direction so as to be stackable in two stages.