JPH09328109A - Method for delivering disposable wooden chopsticks in alignment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide equipment for aligning in parallel disposable wooden chopsticks which are out of alignment for supplying the same to a packaging machine in order to package many disposable wooden chopsticks in a parallel and straight condition. SOLUTION: A plurality of hoppers 17, 18 are provided over an endless link body 10 built of a chain, etc., rotated by the power of a motor 13. A pair of disposable wooden chopsticks 19 is discharged from each hopper 17, 18 one by one without fail between each partition member 11 synchronizing with the movement of the endless link body 10. At the end of the endless link body 10, each disposable wooden chopsticks 19 is transferred to a sliding panel 45, is lowered supported by a variable stopper 47 provided at the same intervals on a rotary conveyor 46, and then is delivered into a groove in the peripheral face of a ratchet 51 one after another. By this, the speed of each partition member 11 and the installation intervals of the plurality of hoppers 17, 18 can be adjusted and the efficiency for processing (packaging) the disposable wooden chopsticks is increased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for aligning a plurality of disposable chopsticks in a parallel state and feeding the disposable chopsticks to a packaging machine in a parallel and serial state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-48248 discloses a device for picking up ice cream spoons randomly stored in a hopper by hooking them with parallel claws on a belt surface like a bucket conveyor. On the other hand, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 49-34451 discloses an ice cream spoon 6 stacked on a guide 5 as shown in FIG.
There is disclosed a device for scraping off the claws with parallel claws 8 on the surface of the rotor 7.

[0003]

What is common to the above-mentioned devices is that an ice cream spoon in a stationary state is scraped out by a belt or a rotor rotating at a high speed. Therefore, a considerable amount of space is provided between the spoon and the belt or the rotor. Since there is a difference in speed, the number of rotations of the belt or rotor cannot be increased indefinitely, and the limit is to pick up about three spoons per second.

In particular, in FIG. 6, since the spoons are crushed together at the constricted portion 9 of the hopper 8 storing a large number of spoons, the interference of forces such as vibration from the outside causes the interference of forces such as vibrations to guide the spoons. Therefore, there is a limit to the packaging efficiency at a low level.

Further, unlike the spoon, the disposable chopsticks have a difference in thickness at both ends and the shape is thinner and longer than the spoon, so that the degree of entanglement is inevitably large.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to increase the packaging efficiency per second, and provides an endless linking body having partition members provided at equal intervals toward the outside, and the endless linking body. A prime mover that drives a supporting wheel to move each of the partition members along a horizontal track together with the endless link body, and a motor provided in series in the upper region of the horizontal track of the endless link body and in the traveling direction of the endless link body. The plurality of hoppers and a large number of disposable chopsticks stored in each hopper break the strain of each disposable chopstick and adjust the movement of each partitioning member so that one splitting chopstick is provided between each hopper and each partitioning member. A supply means for discharging each one without slipping off, a slide plate of disposable chopsticks provided downward from a U-turn portion of a partition member at the end of the endless linking body, and the slide plate. A variable stopper to support the chopsticks to be sliding plate at equal intervals constituting a and carousel for moving along the sliding plate.

The endless link body provided with a large number of partition members at equal intervals moves in one direction, and the movement of the endless link body is coordinated with the movement of the endless link bodies, and the plurality of hoppers drop out the chopsticks one by one between the partition members. Emit without.

The disposable chopsticks discharged and conveyed between the partition members are released onto the slide plate at the same time when the partition members make a U-turn at the end of the endless linking body and try to slide down the slide plate. It is received by the variable stoppers provided at equal intervals on the rotary conveyor facing the sliding plate,
It is transferred along the sliding plate together with the variable stopper.

The number of disposable chopsticks discharged from each hopper per hour has a limit that cannot be increased any more. However, a plurality of hoppers are connected in series in the direction of movement of the endless linking body, and these hoppers are Since the disposable chopsticks are placed between the partition members so that they can be released one by one without falling out, the packaging efficiency of the disposable chopsticks can be increased by the number of hoppers installed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An endless linking body 10 formed by a belt or chain in a belt shape is provided with a large number of partition members 11 on its outer surface at equal intervals, and only one wheel 12 is shown in the figure due to area restrictions. Although not shown, the endless linkage 10 is horizontally supported by two wheels.

Since the shaft 14 of the prime mover 13 formed by the electric motor and the shaft 15 of the wheel 12 are linked via the chain 16, when the wheel 12 is rotated counterclockwise by the driving force of the prime mover 13. The partition members 11 start moving integrally with the endless link body 10.

Of the plurality of hoppers provided on the upper portion of the endless linking body 10, the first hopper 17 discharges the disposable chopsticks 19 at the code interval of 1, and the second hopper 18 discharges the chopsticks 19 at the code interval of 2, respectively. Split chopsticks 1 between the members 11
9 can be supplied one by one without falling out. In addition, when using three hoppers, learn from FIG.
The timing of discharge from each hopper is adjusted to 0 speed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a V-shaped bottom surface is formed by the two chutes 21 and 22 in the disposable chopstick storage portion of each hopper 17, and the eccentric cam 23 rotates to move the chute 21 on one side. The chopsticks 19 which are piled up randomly are aligned by reciprocating along the inclination direction.

Further, an oscillating plate 25 rotatable about a butterfly plate 24 is provided so as to face the chute 21,
With the power applied to the piece 26, the ceiling guide plate at the lower end of the rocking plate 25 is reciprocated in the direction opposite to the movement of the chute 21, thereby improving the matching effect of the disposable chopsticks.

A part of the chute 21 is cut away, and the conveyor belt 27 is installed in the cutout part so as to be flush with the chute 21.
Rotates to support the lowering of the disposable chopsticks 19. A star wheel 28 provided above the conveyor belt 27 with a gap for the disposable chopsticks left is rotated counterclockwise by the power of a shaft 29 to unravel the crimped disposable chopsticks 19, and the conveyor belt 2
7 and an outlet passage 31 between the upper ceiling guide plate 30
Help pass disposable chopsticks.

A V-shaped first movable stopper 32 rotatably supported on the drive shaft 29 of the star wheel and a second V-shaped movable stopper 32 rotatably supported on the shaft 33 of the support wheel of the conveyor belt 27.
The movable stopper 34 controls the movement of the disposable chopsticks 19 in the outlet passage 31 by pushing and pulling the links 35 and 36, respectively.

A lever 38 having a shaft 39 as a fulcrum is pushed by a cam 38 that is rotated by the driving force of the shaft 37, and a spring 41 is used.
The reaction force of (3) repeats the action of pulling back the lever 40, but as shown in FIG. 3, when the first movable stopper 32 holds the succeeding disposable chopsticks on the plate 42, the second movable stopper 34 causes the leading disposable chopsticks 19 to move. Release the second as shown in Figure 4.
When the movable stopper 34 protrudes onto the belt 27, the first movable stopper 32 allows the leading disposable chopsticks to pass therethrough, so that the disposable chopsticks are delivered at regular time intervals.

Both movable stoppers 32 and 33 are shown in FIG.
Is driven by the power of the prime mover 13 to maintain a close relationship with the feed pitch of the partition member 11 of the endless link body. That is, when the two hoppers 17 and 18 are installed on the endless linking body 10 as shown in FIG. 1, the movable stopper 34 operates for every gap between the partition members 11 and temporarily moves to three groups. If the hopper is installed, it will operate every two jumps in the same gap.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a sliding plate 45 is provided downward from the end of the endless linkage 10 where each partition member 11 makes a U-turn so that the disposable chopsticks 19 can slide off. A large number of variable stoppers 47 are provided at equal intervals on the rotary conveyor 46 facing the sliding plate 45.

The gear 50 fixed to the wheel shaft 49 of the rotary conveyor 46 is meshed with the gear 48 fixed to the shaft 15 of the support wheel of the endless linkage, and the rotary conveyor 46 is slightly decelerated from the endless linkage 10. Since the pitch of each variable stopper 47 is made smaller than that of the partition member 11, the disposable chopsticks received by the variable stopper 47 and descending are successively fed into the grooves formed on the week surface of the ratchet wheel 51, and are separated from each other. After being conveyed along the concentric guide plates 52, they are accommodated in series and in parallel between the packaging films.

The pulse generator 56 provided along the peripheral edge of the disk 55 fixed to the shaft 14 of the prime mover 13 is a partition member 11.
The pulse signal is transmitted to the controller 58 under the influence of the notch portion 57 formed on the disk by the same pitch as the above-mentioned pitch.

A sensor 60, which receives a light signal from a light projector 59 on a horizontal orbit of the endless linkage 10, is a device 6 which is an image comparison means for comparing the image of the disposable chopsticks 19a being transferred.
1, but the pulse signal from the oscillator 56 is transmitted to the device 61.
Is compared with the image data stored in the storage device 62 for each time sent to, and, for example, when the disposable chopsticks 19a stand upside down or fall out as shown in the figure, there is a difference in the comparison images. As it occurs, the controller 58
The signal 63 from stops the prime mover 13 to prevent packaging defects.

The sliding plate 45 is defined as a sliding plate including a rotating member such as a belt. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, it is desirable to apply a weight such as a chain 65 to both ends of the disposable chopstick 19 so that the disposable chopstick 19 is not affected by the centrifugal force at the U-turn portion of the endless linkage 10.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Fig. 1] Side view

[Fig. 2] Cross-sectional view of the hopper

FIG. 3 is an operation diagram of equipment parts of the hopper.

[Fig. 4] Operation diagram of equipment parts of the hopper

FIG. 5 is a front view of the end portion of the endless linking body.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Endless linking body 11 ... Partitioning member 13
… Motor 17.18 Hopper 19… Chopsticks 21
... Chute 27 ... Conveyor belt 28 ... Star wheel 30 ... Ceiling guide plate 31 ... Exit passage 32 ... First movable stopper 34 ... Second movable stopper 45
… Sliding plate 46… Rotary conveyor 47… Variable stopper 56… Pulse generator 58… Controller 60
… Sensor 61… Comparison device 62… Memory device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An endless linking body having partition members provided at equal intervals toward the outside, and a foil supporting the endless linking body are driven to move each partitioning member along the horizontal track together with the endless linking body. A prime mover, a plurality of hoppers provided in series in the upper region of the horizontal track of the endless linkage and in the direction of travel of the endless linkage, and a shock applied to the large number of split chopsticks stored in each of the hoppers. And feeding means for releasing the disposable chopsticks from each of the hoppers into the partition members one by one in a manner consistent with the movement of each of the partition members, and from the U-turn portion of the partition member at the end of the endless link body. A slide plate of the disposable chopsticks provided in the direction and a variable stopper that supports the disposable chopsticks that slide down the slide plate at equal intervals are provided along the slide plate. Arrangement and transport device for disposable chopsticks that is composed of a rotary conveyor that is moved. 2. The disposable chopstick storage part of each hopper forms an oblique exit passage through which a disposable chopstick set can pass between an oblique chute forming the bottom surface thereof and a ceiling guide plate arranged on the chute. Together with 2 within the range of this exit passage
One movable stopper is provided, and when one movable stopper regulates the passage of disposable chopsticks, the other movable stopper releases the regulation of the disposable chopsticks. The transport device according to claim 1, further comprising: a means for ejecting disposable chopsticks; and a means for reciprocating the slanted chute in its inclination direction. 3. The disposable chopstick storage section of each hopper is provided with a conveyor belt flush with the surface of an oblique chute on the bottom surface of the hopper so that the conveyor belt surface rotates in a direction in which the disposable chopsticks slide down. A star wheel is installed on the upper part of the conveyor belt with a gap left for the disposable chopsticks, a means for rotating the star wheel in a direction against the rotation of the conveyor belt, and two movable stoppers diagonally rearward of the star wheel. The two movable stoppers are arranged one behind the other so that when one movable stopper regulates the passage of disposable chopsticks, the other movable stopper releases the regulation of the passage of disposable chopsticks. The transport device according to claim 1, further comprising: a means for ejecting the disposable chopsticks; and a means for reciprocating the slanted chute in its inclination direction. 4. An image comparison device for picking up an image of each disposable chopstick carried by an endless linking body by a sensor, inputting the image to a controller, and comparing it with stored data stored in the controller, and an image comparing device for the endless linking body. The collation time setting means for indexing the conveyance pitch of the disposable chopsticks by the pulse generator provided on the shaft of the motor and inputting to the controller, and the sensor for each intermittent collation time indexed by the pulse generator. 4. A means for transmitting a control signal from the controller to the prime mover when a difference occurs between the detected image and the stored image of the stored data.
3. The transfer device according to claim 1.