JPH0898643A - Sausage conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a sausage conveyor capable of engaging the sausages with a conveying rod and conveying the sausages. CONSTITUTION: This sausage conveyor is obtained by forming a conveying space (12) between a pair of endless conveying belts or endless conveying chains (11) and (11) arranged with a parallel interval, installing both ends of plural sausage conveying rods (3) at a prescribed interval in the conveying direction of the endless conveying belts or the endless conveying chains (11) and (11), hanging the central part of the sausages (2) having the prescribed length on each conveying rod (3), enabling the conveyance while hanging down the sausages (2) in a twice-folded state, further arranging a conveying rod takeout device (5) for nipping one end each of the conveying rod (3) and taking out the conveying rod (3) and enabling the separation of the sausages (2) and the sausage conveying rod (3).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sausage conveying device for engaging a sausage with a conveying rod and conveying it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the manufacturing process of sausage, for example, intestine-stuffed sausage, is generally as follows.

That is, first, the raw meat is intestine-stuffed,
Put the sausages after the intestine stuffing at regular intervals,
Install both ends of the sausage conveyor rod between a pair of endless conveyor belts or endless conveyor chains that are arranged at parallel intervals.
A sausage having a predetermined length is hooked on the carrying rod, and the sausage is conveyed while hanging in a folded state, and boiled in a boil chamber.

After cooling, the carrying rod is pulled out to separate the carrying rod from the sausage, and only the intestine-stuffed sausage is put into a cylindrical cutter for commercialization.

In such a process, intestine filling work and work of wrapping sausage in a fixed length are often automated.

[0006]

However, as described above, the operation of separating the carrying rod and the sausage after boiling and cooling the bowel-stuffed sausage is a manual operation.

[0007] Therefore, there is a limit in work efficiency and there is also a problem of labor cost, which has been a factor that hinders the reduction of the production cost of the bowel-stuffed sausage.

[0008] Further, since it is related to food, it is carried out in a sterile room or the like, but sanitary problems still remain.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sausage conveying device which can solve the above problems.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a sausage transport space is formed between a pair of endless transport belts or endless transport chains arranged at parallel intervals, and the endless transport belt is formed in the sausage transport space. Alternatively, both ends of a plurality of sausage carrying rods are erected at regular intervals in the carrying direction of the endless carrying chain, the sausage carrying rods are hooked at the center of a sausage of a specified length, and the sausage is folded in two. The sausage conveyor rod can be conveyed while being hung down, and further, a conveyor rod extracting device for sandwiching one end of the sausage conveyor rod to extract the conveyor rod is provided, and the sausage and the sausage conveyor rod can be separated. The present invention relates to a sausage conveying device.

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned carrier rod extracting device is
The upper and lower belt conveyors for pinching the rods, which are vertically opposed to each other with a certain interval, are arranged in the direction in which they are gradually separated from the sausage transfer space with respect to the sausage transfer direction, and Another feature is that the conveying speed of the belt conveyor is relatively changed so that the sausage conveying rod can be pulled out while applying a rotational force.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing a part of a sausage conveying device according to the present invention, FIG. [Fig. 3] is an explanatory view in the same plan view.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the sausage transfer device 1 includes a left and right endless transfer chains 11, 1 with a parallel interval.
1 is rotatably arranged, and a pair of such endless transport chains 1
A sausage transport space 12 is formed between the 1 and 11.

Then, both ends of a plurality of sausage transfer rods 3 for hanging the sausages 2 are erected on the endless transfer chains 11 and 11 with a certain interval in the transfer direction of the chains 11 and 11. By rotating the endless transfer chains 11, 11, the sausage transfer rod 3 is transferred forward.

Further, the endless transfer chains 11, 11 are provided with attachments 13 as shown in FIG. 1 at regular intervals so that both ends of the sausage transfer rod 3 can be supported so that the transfer posture of the sausage transfer rod 3 is properly maintained. Is desirable.

By the way, the sausage 2 mentioned above refers to a meat product containing intestine-stuffed sausage, ham, etc. In this embodiment, the intestine-stuffed sausage will be described as an example.

The endless transfer chains 11 and 11 are not limited to this, and endless transfer belts may be used, for example.

The sausage 2 is the sausage conveying device 1
The sausage 2 transported by the sausage transport device 1 has been already subjected to the intestine filling process, the sausage skin bundling process, the boil process, and the cooling process before being transported by the cylindrical cutter (not shown). It is what is put into and commercialized.

In FIG. 1, 14 is a sausage conveying device 1.
This is a sprocket, and a drive motor (not shown) is interlockingly connected to the sprocket 14 to rotate the endless transport chains 11, 11.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a carry-out device for carrying only the sausage 2 after the sausage carrying rod 3 is pulled out, and is composed of a belt conveyor. In addition, 61 and 62 are sprockets of the carry-out device 6, and these are also interlockingly connected with a drive motor (not shown).

The sausage transfer device 1 comprises the above-mentioned transfer device 6.
In order to deliver only the sausage 2, the carrier rod extracting device 5 which is the gist of the present invention is provided.

This is because the sausage carrying rod 3 which is carried while the sausage 2 is hung down is automatically pulled out during the carrying so that the sausage 2 and the sausage carrying rod 3 can be separated from each other. The sausage carrying rod 3 is dropped and inherited to the carry-out device 6, and the extracted sausage carrying rod 3 is collected at a predetermined place.

The transport rod extracting device 5 will be described in detail below.

The conveyor rod extracting device 5 comprises upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 for sandwiching the rods, which are opposed to each other with a certain interval vertically, and gradually convey the sausage 2 to the sausage 2 in the conveying direction of the sausage 2. It is arranged so as to be separated from the space 12, and the conveying speed of the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 is relatively changed so that the sausage conveying rod 3 can be pulled out while applying a rotational force. It is characterized by this.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 for sandwiching the sausage transport rod 3 are provided with a gap enough to sandwich the sausage transport rod 3 in a vertically opposed state. As shown in FIG. 3, the sausage transfer space is gradually increased in the transfer direction of the sausage 2.
It is installed in the direction away from 12, and the upper and lower belt conveyors 7, 8
The front end of is facing the endless transport chain 11 side.

When the sausage conveyor rod 3 is conveyed to the tip positions of the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8, the upper and lower belt conveyors
One end of the sausage carrier rod 3 can be clamped by 7,8.

Moreover, the sausage conveying rod 3 whose one end is sandwiched by the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 is moved in parallel by the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 diagonally forward, that is, in a direction away from the sausage conveying space 12. Therefore, the sausage carrying rod 3 can be pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the carrying direction of the sausage 2, and furthermore, the sausage carrying bar 3 can be pulled out smoothly in accordance with the carrying speed of the sausage 2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 have upper and lower sprockets 71 and 81, respectively.
And the drive sprocket M1 of the conveyor drive motor M are interlockingly connected via a drive chain 55. Moreover, the number of teeth of the upper and lower sprockets 71, 81 is changed so that the conveyor speeds of the belt conveyors 7, 8 are relative to each other. Are changing.

Therefore, the sandwiched sausage carrying rod 3
A rotational force can be applied to the feeding rod 3, and the feeding rod 3 can be pulled out while rotating.

As a result, when the sausage carrying rod 3 is pulled out, even if the sausage 2 is stuck to the carrying rod 3, the sausage carrying rod 3 is easily detached, and only the sausage carrying rod 3 can be pulled out smoothly.

1 to 3, reference numeral 9 denotes a carrying rod recovery tray, which is arranged below the carrying rod extracting device 5.

This is because when the sausage conveying rod 3 is pulled out by the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8, the conveying rod 3 is eventually unpinched by the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 and falls. The carrier rod 3 is collected.

Further, 10 is a chute provided between the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 and the transport rod recovery tray 9 and serves to reliably guide the sausage transport rod 3 which has fallen to the transport rod recovery tray 9. is there.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a stopper provided in the sausage transfer space 12 on the side where the transfer rod extractor 5 is arranged. When the transfer rod extractor 5 removes the sausage transfer rod 3, the sausage 2 is the same as the transfer rod. It is pressed from the side together with 3 so that it does not protrude from the sausage transfer space 12.

Therefore, even if the sausage 2 tries to move together with the sausage carrying rod 3 due to friction or the like, the sausage carrying bar 3 is prevented from moving and only the sausage carrying rod 3 is pulled out. .

Reference numeral 51 denotes an outer frame for supporting the lower belt conveyor 8 and the conveyor drive motor M of the transport rod extracting device 5, which is formed in a substantially U-shape in cross section.

An inner frame 52 for supporting the upper belt conveyor 7 is arranged in the outer frame 51 so as to be vertically movable.

Further, the upper surface of the inner frame 52 and the lower surface of the outer frame 51 are connected via a spring 53,
The upper belt conveyor 7 and the lower belt conveyor 8 are held at a predetermined interval while urging the inner frame 52 downward.

With this structure, it is possible to handle sausage conveying rods 3 having different diameters. Moreover, the spring 53 keeps the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8 at an appropriate interval at all times to smoothly sandwich the sausage conveying rods 3. In addition, it can be conveyed diagonally forward.

In this embodiment, the conveyor rod extracting device 5 is composed of the upper and lower belt conveyors 7 and 8. For example, a movable body having an opening and closing conveyor rod holding portion at the tip is sausage conveyed along a rail or the like. It is also possible to replace it with one configured to be moved in a direction in which it is gradually separated from the space 12.

[0041]

The present invention has the following effects.

A sausage conveying space is formed between a pair of endless conveying belts or chain which are arranged at parallel intervals, and in the sausage conveying space, the sausage conveying space is fixed in the conveying direction of the endless conveying belt or the endless conveying chain. At the same time, both ends of a plurality of sausage carrying rods are installed at intervals, and the sausage carrying rods are hooked at the center of a sausage of a predetermined length to allow the sausages to be folded while being folded in two. By arranging a conveyor rod extractor that holds one end of the sausage conveyor rod and extracts the conveyor rod, the sausage and the sausage conveyor rod can be detached, so that the work of extracting the sausage conveyor rod can be mechanized. , Can improve work efficiency,
The production cost of sausage can be reduced.

Moreover, the operator does not have to touch the sausage by hand, which is hygienic.

Further, in the above-mentioned conveyor rod extracting device, the upper and lower belt conveyors for sandwiching the rods, which are vertically opposed to each other with a certain space therebetween, are gradually separated from the sausage conveying space in the sausage conveying direction. By arranging the sausage-conveying rods in such a direction, it is possible to smoothly and surely pull out only the sausage-conveying rod according to the conveyance of the sausage.

Further, by relatively changing the conveying speed of the upper and lower belt conveyors so that the sausage conveying rod can be pulled out while applying a rotational force to the sausage conveying rod, the sausage can be easily attached to the sausage conveying rod. The sausage carrier rod can be smoothly removed without fail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a sausage conveying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view from the same front view.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram according to the same plan view.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a rod extracting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sausage transfer device 2 Sausage 3 Sausage transfer rod 3 Sausage transfer rod 5 Transfer rod extractor 7 Upper belt conveyor 8 Lower belt conveyor 11 Endless transfer chain 12 Sausage transfer space

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sausage transfer space (12) is formed between a pair of endless transfer belts or endless transfer chains (11) arranged at parallel intervals, and in the sausage transfer space (12). , The endless conveyor belt or the endless conveyor chain (1
Both ends of a plurality of sausage transfer rods (3) are erected at regular intervals in the transfer direction of (1) and (11), and the sausage transfer rods (3) are centered on the sausage (2) of a predetermined length. The sausage (2) is folded in two and can be conveyed while being hooked together, and the conveyor rod extractor for extracting the conveyor rod (3) by holding one end of the sausage conveyor rod (3). A sausage conveying device characterized in that (5) is arranged so that the sausage (2) and the sausage conveying rod (3) can be separated from each other. 2. The conveyor rod extracting device (5) conveys sausages (2) from upper and lower belt conveyors (7) and (8) for pinching the rods, which are arranged facing each other with a certain interval vertically. The sausage conveying device is characterized in that the sausage conveying space is arranged so as to be gradually separated from the sausage conveying space (12). 3. The upper and lower belt conveyors (7), (8) are relatively changed in speed so that the sausage transfer rod (3) can be pulled out while applying a rotational force to the same. The sausage carrier device according to claim 2.