JPH0899712A - Arranging conveying device for fried bean curd or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an arranging and conveying device for fried bean curd or the like, having simple constitution and capable of surely arranging and conveying various kinds of products, particularly even relatively breakable processed food such as fried bean curd, without damaging them. CONSTITUTION: This device is horizontally provided with a belt conveyor 2 traveling in the fixed direction, a product arranging guide 3, having a plurality of guide rods 6 juxtaposed at a specified interval along the traveling direction of the belt conveyor 2, in close proximity of an upper surface of the belt conveyor 2, and further a vibrating device 4 for vibrating the product arranging guide 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for aligning and transporting fried foods, etc., which can regularly align foods transported irregularly in the same direction in the process of manufacturing various products, particularly processed foods such as fried foods. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for aligning food, there is an aligning apparatus as disclosed in JP-A-48-248989, JP-A-58-139919 or JP-A-63-143112. Further, conventionally, as a device for regularly aligning a large number of processed foods that are irregularly supplied from the previous process, for example, deep-frying, a belt conveyor having a protrusion corresponding to the thickness of deep-frying or the like formed on the surface is provided with a guide plate. Thus, there has been used an aligning device that is installed in an inclined shape by an arbitrary number.

[0003]

However, although the aligning device used for aligning the above-mentioned frying or the like can obtain satisfactory results for the alignment of the frying, etc. Since the frying and the like are repeatedly dropped on the belt conveyor, there is a problem that some of the products such as the frying and the like are relatively fragile and may be damaged.

Further, the protrusions formed on the surface of the belt conveyor are prone to the accumulation of debris such as deep-fried food, and the debris adheres to other deep-fried foods to be aligned, thereby deteriorating the commercial value of the product. there were. Further, even when the adhered dust is removed by washing after the use of the aligning device, if the protrusions are formed on the belt, there is a problem that workability in washing is poor.

The present invention was developed in order to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to:
While simplifying the configuration to solve the above problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide an aligning / conveying device for deep-fried food or the like, which is capable of surely aligning and carrying various products, particularly processed foods such as deep-fried food which are relatively fragile, without being damaged.

[0006]

Therefore, the present invention has the following structure in order to effectively achieve the above object. That is, a belt conveyor that advances in a certain direction is provided horizontally, and a product alignment guide having a plurality of guide rods arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval along the traveling direction of the belt conveyor is provided close to the upper surface of the belt conveyor. And a vibrating device for vibrating the product alignment guide.

[0007]

In the aligning and conveying apparatus of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the belt conveyer is moved in a fixed direction and the product aligning guide is horizontally vibrated by the vibrating device. In this state, a plurality of products such as deep-fried food conveyed from the previous process are supplied onto the product alignment guide and the belt conveyor.

At this time, the product is irregularly fed onto the belt conveyor through the product alignment guide, but the product placed on the guide rod is shaken off due to the horizontal vibration of the product alignment guide. The product is aligned and dropped between the guide rods, and the vibrating guide rods align the product between the guide rods, and the product is conveyed to the next process by the belt conveyor.

In this way, a large number of products which are irregularly supplied from the previous process are regularly aligned between the guide rods by the vibration of the product alignment guide.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view of an aligning and conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state in which products randomly fed to the aligning and conveying apparatus of one embodiment are aligned, and FIG. A front view and FIG. 4 are plan views. The aligning and conveying device 1 is composed of a belt conveyor 2, a product aligning guide 3, a vibrating device 4, and the like.

The above-described aligning and conveying apparatus 1 will be described more specifically. The belt conveyor 2 is provided on the pedestal 5 and is driven in a certain direction (rightward in the drawing of FIG. 3) by a driving device (not shown). It is designed to move (rotate). A product alignment guide 3 is provided on the upper surface of the belt conveyor 2 so as to be close to it.

The product alignment guide 3 is approximately the same size as the upper surface of the belt conveyor 2 (see FIG. 4), and a plurality of guide rods are arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction of the belt conveyor 2. 6 and supporting rods 7 and 8 for supporting the front and rear of these guide rods 6 and supporting members 9 and 10 for supporting both of these supporting rods 7 and 8.

The supporting members 9 and 10 are provided on the upper surfaces of the front and rear ends of the gantry 5 so as to face each other in the vicinity of both side ends of the belt conveyor 2, and the guide rod 6 supports the supporting members 9 and 10. It is supported so as to be horizontally movable on the mount 5.

The rear end portion 6a of each guide rod 6 (see FIG. 2,
3) is bent and formed so as to be horizontal after rising obliquely upward, and the supporting rod 8 on the rear end side of the belt conveyor 2 is connected to the horizontal portion 6b of the rising guide rod 6. In this way, the support rod 8 is the belt conveyor 2
Since the product S aligned by the guide rods 6 and conveyed by the belt conveyor 2 is provided at a position rising from the upper surface of the support rod 8 without being blocked by the support rods 8, It is transported smoothly to the side.

Further, as described above, the interval 1 between the plurality of guide rods 6 arranged in parallel in the traveling direction of the belt conveyor 2
2 is set according to the size of the products S to be aligned, and is the interval at which the products S are conveyed without contacting the guide rod 6.

A vibrating device 4 (see FIGS. 1 and 3) for vibrating the product alignment guide 3 in the horizontal direction is provided below the front end of the gantry 5. That is, the vibrating device 4 supports the drive motor 13, the rotary plate 15 provided at the tip of the motor drive shaft 14, the reciprocating rod 16, the swing rod 17, and the swing rod 17 so as to be swingable. Support tool 1
8, a swinging rod 17, a connecting rod 19 for connecting the product alignment guide 3 and a supporting member 20 for supporting the connecting rod 19 so as to be horizontally movable.

The drive motor 13 is fixed to a horizontal rod 21 provided laterally at the front end of the gantry 5 so that the tip of the motor drive shaft 14 faces the front process side. A rotary plate 15 that rotates together with the motor drive shaft 14 is fixed to the tip of the motor drive shaft 14. One end of a reciprocating rod 16 is connected to one end of the rotary plate 15 near the outer periphery thereof. The other end of the reciprocating rod 16 is connected to the lower end of the swing rod 17. The swing rod 17 is pivotally supported by a support 18 provided at its central portion so as to horizontally project from the side portion of the gantry 5. Further, the upper end of the swing rod 17 is connected to one end of a connecting rod 19 which is supported by a supporting member 20 provided on the upper surface of the pedestal 5 so as to be horizontally movable. The other end of the connecting rod 19 is connected to a part of the product alignment guide 3.

Next, the operation of the aligning and conveying apparatus 1 having the above-mentioned structure will be described. The belt conveyor 2 is advanced in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 2 by a drive device (not shown), and the drive motor 1 of the vibration device 4 (see FIG. 1) is also used.
3 is driven. As a result, the rotary plate 15 rotates together with the motor drive shaft 14, and the reciprocating rod 16 connected to the rotary plate 15 reciprocates in the horizontal direction. As a result, the swing rod 17 swings in the left-right direction, and the connecting rod 19 connected to the swing rod 17 reciprocates in the horizontal direction. As a result, the product alignment guide 3 connected to the connecting rod 19 vibrates horizontally as indicated by arrow B in FIG.

Aligning and conveying device 1 having the above-mentioned operation
When a large number of deep-fried foods (product S) are supplied from the previous step, the deep-fried foods are supplied on the product alignment guide 3 and the belt conveyor 2 in an irregular state as shown in FIG. At this time, since the product alignment guide 3 is vibrating in the horizontal direction as described above, the frying which is placed on the guide rod 6 is shaken off and falls between the guide rod 6 and the guide rod 6, The frying is moved by the vibrating guide rod 6 until it no longer comes into contact with the guide rod 6, and is conveyed by the belt conveyor 2 to the next step while being aligned between the guide rods 6.

Although fried food has been exemplified as the product to be aligned, various processed foods including other processed foods may be used. It can also be used to align products other than food. Also,
The product alignment guide 3 and the vibrating device 4 described above are merely examples, and any design change can be freely made as long as the structure effectively achieves the object of the present invention.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, the apparatus for aligning and conveying frying and the like according to the present invention causes the product alignment guide 3 to vibrate horizontally on a belt conveyor which advances in a certain horizontal direction, and the improper movement is not possible. Since the products supplied to the regulation can be arranged in a regular manner, it is possible to ensure a regular arrangement without damaging various products such as processed foods, especially products such as deep-fried food which are relatively fragile. it can. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly reliable aligning device with a simple structure without causing defective products due to breakage in the product aligning process as in the conventional case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 aligning and conveying device 2 belt conveyor 3 product aligning guide 4 vibrating device 6 guide rod

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product alignment guide having a plurality of guide rods arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval along a traveling direction of the belt conveyor, while a belt conveyor traveling in a constant direction is provided horizontally. An aligning / conveying device for frying and the like, which is provided in the vicinity of the upper surface and further provided with a vibration device for vibrating the product alignment guide.