JPH1087026A - Steam basket extraction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract a steam basket automatically from a steam basket storing shelf by installing a control mechanism for controlling a push out mechanism, a lock mechanism, a steam basket receiving mechanism and a line up guide mechanism. SOLUTION: In order to detect a steam basket storing shelf b for carrying in and out of a steam basket push-out room 2 and a truck for carrying in and out of a steam basket extraction room 3, a sensor 8a is installed on the upper part of the right/left doorway side of the inside of the steam basket push-out room 2 and the doorway and inner side of the steam basket extraction room 3 respectively. A control mechanism controls the drive motor 4k of the push-out mechanism, the air cylinder of a lock mechanism and lower air cylinder, the drive motor 6n for elevating of the steam basket receiving mechanism 6 and the motor 6x for sliding and line up guide driving and the motor 6x for sliding and line up guide driving of a line up guide mechanism and operates the steam basket extraction device automatically based on the information from the sensor 8a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam basket taking out in which steam baskets stored in steam basket storage shelves are automatically taken out of the storage shelves and dried on a cart to dry boiled fish in steam baskets. It concerns the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when drying a boiled fish in a steam basket, if the steam basket is arranged in a plane and the fish in the steam basket is to be dried, a large space is required. As such, steam basket storage shelves for storing steamed baskets with a gap in the height direction are used, steamed baskets containing boiled fish are stored in steamed basket storage shelves, and the fish in the steamed baskets are dried, After the drying is completed, each steam basket is taken out from the steam basket storage shelf.

[0003] The size of a steam basket is, for example, about 1800 mm x 750 mm x 50 mm, which is about the same as that of a tatami mat.
An operator grabs both sides of the steam basket in the longitudinal direction and removes it from the steam basket storage shelf.

[0004]

However, as described above, when the steamed basket containing the dried fish is taken out of the steamed basket storage shelf, the operation is performed by two workers, and is therefore higher than the worker. It is difficult to remove the storage basket from the storage section at the position, and the steam storage rack cannot be made too high. As a result, steam baskets could not be efficiently piled up and dried efficiently in a narrow space. Also,
The operation of removing the steam basket from the steam basket storage shelf requires two workers, which is labor-intensive and takes time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has been made in order to solve the problems. The purpose of the present invention is to automatically remove a steam basket from a steam basket storage shelf. It is an object of the present invention to provide a steam basket removing device capable of saving labor and reducing working time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a steam basket in which steam basket storage shelves enter and exit and each steam basket is pushed forward from a steam basket storage shelf in which a plurality of steam baskets are stored in a height direction. An extrusion chamber is provided, and a steam basket extraction chamber is provided in front of the steam basket extrusion chamber for stacking each of the steamed baskets that the cart enters and exits and is extruded on the cart, and each steam basket stored in the steam basket storage shelf is extruded forward. A plurality of pieces are provided in the steam basket extrusion chamber in the height direction, an extrusion mechanism is provided, a lock mechanism for fixing a steam basket storage shelf carried into the steam basket extrusion chamber is provided, and a plurality of pieces supporting both end sides of each extruded steam basket are provided. A steam basket receiver is provided on both the left and right sides of the steam take-out chamber so as to be able to move up and down in the height direction and to be retractable toward both outer sides, with both ends of each steam basket in the height direction facing inward. Press both ends up and down An alignment guide mechanism provided with alignment guides to be aligned in the height direction on the left and right sides of the steam extraction chamber is provided, and a control mechanism for controlling the extrusion mechanism, the lock mechanism, the steam basket receiving mechanism, the alignment guide mechanism, and the like is provided. It becomes.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically based on embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the steaming basket removing device, FIG. 2 is a schematic bottom view of the steaming basket removing device, FIG. 3 is a partially omitted front view of an upper side of the steaming basket extrusion chamber, and FIG. 5 is a partially omitted front view of the lower part of the steaming basket extrusion chamber, and FIG.
Is a partially omitted plan view of the lower side of the steaming basket extrusion chamber, FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part of the extrusion mechanism, FIG. 8 is a plan view of a main part of the extrusion mechanism, FIG. 9 is a front view of a main part of the extrusion mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a partially omitted plan view of the upper part of the steaming basket extraction chamber, FIG. 12 is a partially omitted front view of the upper part of the steaming basket extraction chamber, and FIG. 13 is a steaming basket extraction chamber. 1 is a partially enlarged front view of the upper side of FIG. 1, and FIG.
5 is a partially enlarged front view of the lower part of the steam basket removal chamber, and FIG. 16 is a block diagram of the control mechanism.

In the drawing, a steam basket removing device 1 is a device for automatically taking out steam baskets a from steam basket storage shelves b in which steam baskets a containing dried fish are stored in a height direction and stacking them on a cart c. A steam basket extruding chamber 2 in which steam basket storage shelves b enter and exit and each steam basket a is pushed forward from a steam basket storage shelf b storing a plurality of steam baskets a in a height direction; The steam basket removal chamber 3 is provided for stacking the steam baskets a into and out of and pushed out on the carriage a.

The steam basket extrusion chamber 2 is a place where the steam basket storage shelves b enter and exit and each steam basket a is pushed forward from the steam basket storage shelves b in which a plurality of steam baskets a are stored in the height direction. Steam basket extrusion room 2
The left and right sides are the entrance of steam basket storage shelf b,
With the longitudinal direction of the steam basket storage shelf b as the front-rear direction, the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 enters or exits the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 from any of the left and right entrances.

[0010] The steaming basket extrusion chamber 2 includes an end frame which is vertically arranged with a space between the left and right sides, a horizontal frame which is horizontally provided between the ends of the left and right upper and lower end frames, and a front and rear horizontal frame. The machine frame is composed of an intermediate frame attached so as to connect them therebetween, and a vertical frame provided vertically between the upper and lower end frames and the horizontal frame.

A pair of left and right guide paths 2a, 2a for guiding a steam basket storage shelf b carried into and out of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are formed on the bottom surface of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 in the left-right direction of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. ing. The guide path 2a is a place where the wheels of the steam basket storage shelf b are mounted. The wheels of the steam basket storage shelf b move on the guide path 2a and are carried in and out of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. On both outer sides of the pair of left and right guide paths 2a, guide guides 2b, 2 for guiding both sides in the moving direction of the steam basket storage shelf b into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2.
b is attached.

The steaming basket extrusion chamber 2 is provided with an extrusion mechanism 4 for pushing out each steaming basket a stored in the height direction of the steaming basket storage shelf b toward the front. A safety cover rod 2c is attached to the rear of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 so as to surround the outside of the horizontal rod 4b of the extrusion mechanism 4 projecting rearward of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. A lock mechanism 5 for fixing the steam basket storage shelf b in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 in order to prevent the steam storage rack b in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 from rattling back and forth when moving the steam basket a out by the extrusion mechanism 4. Is provided.

The pushing mechanism 4 includes a pushing piece 4a for directly pressing the rear surface of the steam basket a, and a horizontal rod 4 having the pushing piece 4a connected to the tip.
b, a penetrating support box 4c through which the horizontal rod 4b is penetrated and supported, and a gear 4 provided inside the penetrating supporting box 4c
d, a vertical rotation drive shaft 4e on which a gear 4d is provided, a bevel gear 4f mounted on the upper end of a horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g, a bevel gear 4g mounted on both ends of a horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g, and a horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g. , A transmission gear 4i mounted in the middle of the horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g, an endless roller chain 4j stretched over the transmission gear 4i, a pushing drive motor 4k, and the like.

The extruded piece 4a directly hits the rear face of each steam basket a stored in the steam basket storage shelf b in the height direction and pushes it forward, and extends vertically on both left and right sides of the rear face of the steam basket a. It is formed from rectangular prisms. Each of the pushing pieces 4a on both sides extending in the vertical direction is divided into a plurality of pieces so as not to hit a plurality of horizontal connecting rods horizontally arranged at intervals in the height direction of the steam basket storage shelf b. The extruded pieces 4a on the right and left sides of the uppermost portion are connected to each other by a horizontal connecting rod 4m.

The distal ends of horizontal rods 4b extending horizontally in the front-rear direction are connected to the rear surfaces of the upper and lower parts of the pushing pieces 4a on both sides which are divided into a plurality of parts in the vertical direction. . Since the uppermost extruded piece 4a is short in the vertical direction, only one horizontal rod 4b is connected.
One side surface of each horizontal rod 4b is formed in a rack shape having a large number of teeth formed at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction.

Each horizontal rod 4b penetrates through a plurality of through-support boxes 4c vertically attached to a column 2a provided at the rear of the steaming basket extrusion chamber 2, and is supported movably in the front-rear direction. A gear 4d that rotates forward and backward about a vertical axis is provided inside each through support box 4c. Each gear 4d rotates around a vertical axis and meshes with rack-shaped teeth on both side surfaces of each horizontal rod 4b to perform a function of moving each horizontal rod 4b in the front-rear direction.

A vertical rotation drive shaft 4e extending vertically extends through the center of rotation of the gear 4d of each of the plurality of through support boxes 4c vertically mounted. The vertical rotation drive shaft 4e is provided on both left and right sides in the vertical direction, and bevel gears 4f are respectively attached to the upper ends thereof, and the lower end side is pivotally supported.

A plurality of bearings are downwardly mounted on the upper horizontal frame which forms the upper rear portion of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and a plurality of bearings rotatably support a horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g in a forward / reverse rotation. The horizontal rotation drive shaft 4g is provided horizontally in the left-right direction of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and bevel gears 4h that are engaged at right angles with the bevel gears 4f of the left and right vertical rotation drive shafts 4e are attached to both ends.

A transmission gear 4 is provided between the horizontal rotary drive shaft 4g.
i, an endless roller chain 4j is stretched over the transmission gear 4i, and the transmission gear 4i is disposed on the ceiling side of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 via the endless roller chain 4j. It is operatively connected to the drive motor 4k. The pushing drive motor 4k is freely rotatable in the forward and reverse directions, and by changing its rotation direction, the direction in which the pushing piece 4a moves back and forth can be changed.

The driving force from the pushing drive motor 4k is transmitted to the transmission gear 4 via the endless roller chain 4j.
i, rotates the horizontal rotary drive shaft 4g around the horizontal axis, transmits the vertical rotary drive shaft 4e via the bevel gears 4h and 4f at both ends of the horizontal rotary drive shaft 4g, and vertically rotates the vertical rotary drive shaft 4e. Rotate around the axis. The rotating vertical rotation drive shaft 4e rotates the gears 4d around the vertical axis, moves the gears 4d and the horizontal rod 4b meshing with one side thereof in the front-rear direction, and moves the gears 4d at the tip end by the extruded pieces 4a. Is pushed out forward.

The lock mechanism 5 includes upper lock pieces 5a provided at the upper left and right ends, which serve as entrances and exits of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2,
An upper air cylinder 5b that operates an upper lock piece 5a,
It comprises a lower lock piece 5d provided below the left and right ends serving as entrances and exits of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, a lower air cylinder 5e for operating the lower lock piece 5d, and the like.

The upper lock pieces 5a are provided at the upper left and right ends of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, respectively.
When the upper lock pieces 5a on both sides are operated, the steam basket storage shelf b is prevented from moving in the longitudinal direction. Each of the upper lock pieces 5a has an intermediate portion rotatably supported by a mounting plate which is mounted downward on the upper horizontal frame of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 so as to be vertically rotatable.

The upper air cylinder 5b operates the upper lock piece 5a, and is suspended laterally below both sides of the upper horizontal frame of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, respectively.
The top end of each upper lock piece 5a is connected to the top end of the piston of the upper air cylinder 5b so as to be rotatable up and down. The upper lock piece 5a is turned up and down by the expansion and contraction of the piston of the upper air cylinder 5b. It has a structure that rotates in reverse.

That is, when the piston of the upper air cylinder 5b is extended, the upper lock piece 5a rotates downward and the inner side surface 5c is in a vertical state, and the vertical inner side surface 5c is in the longitudinal direction of the steam basket storage shelf b. It locks by moving to the position where it contacts the upper side of the direction end, and prevents the steam basket storage shelf b from moving in the longitudinal direction.

The lower lock pieces 5d are provided at the lower left and right ends of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 as entrances and exits, respectively.
When the lower lock pieces 5d on both sides are operated, the steam basket storage shelf b is prevented from moving in the longitudinal direction and tilting toward the steam basket extraction chamber 3 side. Each lower lock piece 5d has an intermediate portion rotatably supported on a mounting plate horizontally mounted on the inner side surface of the lower horizontal frame of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 so as to be rotatable forward and backward in the horizontal direction.

The lower air cylinder 5e is a lower lock piece 5
d, which are mounted laterally on the inner side surfaces on both sides of the lower horizontal frame of the steaming basket extrusion chamber 2, respectively. The rear end side of each lower lock piece 5d is connected to the tip of the piston of the lower air cylinder 5e so as to be rotatable around the horizontal. The lower lock piece 5d is rotated horizontally by the expansion and contraction of the piston of the lower air cylinder 5e. It has a structure that rotates forward and backward.

That is, when the piston of the lower air cylinder 5e extends, the L-shaped tip side of the lower lock piece 5d rotates toward the inside of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and the L-shaped bent lower surface. 5f moves to the upper surface side of the lower horizontal rod of the steam basket storage shelf b, thereby preventing the steam basket storage shelf b from inclining toward the steam basket extraction chamber 3 in front of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. At the same time, the lower lock piece 5d slightly closer to the middle than the tip end
The inner side surface 5g of the steam basket storage shelf b moves to a position where it contacts the vertical rod at the rear end of the steam basket storage shelf b.
Is locked at the lower end of the longitudinal end of the steam storage container b to prevent the steam basket storage shelf b from moving in the longitudinal direction.

The steam basket take-out chamber 3 is a place where the cart c enters and exits and the steam baskets a pushed out from the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are stacked on the cart c. The steam basket removal chamber 3 is configured such that the front side is an entrance of the truck c, and an empty truck c enters the steam basket removal chamber 3 from the front side entrance and the truck c on which the steam basket a is stacked is discharged therefrom. Has become.

The steam extraction chamber 3 is provided with an end frame which is vertically separated from each other, a horizontal frame which is provided between the ends of an upper end frame on the left and right sides, and an upper and lower end portion. The machine frame is composed of a vertical frame and the like provided vertically between the frame and the horizontal frame. The front center of the lower part of the steaming take-out chamber 3 is empty, and the horizontal frame is attached to both sides of the center in a divided state.

The portion where the steaming basket extraction chamber 3 and the steaming basket extrusion chamber 2 are in contact is constituted by the same common horizontal frame and vertical frame, and the left and right sides through which the steaming basket a extruded from the steaming basket extrusion chamber 2 to the steaming basket extraction chamber 3 passes. Each of the vertical frames is provided with steam basket guide pieces 3a in the height direction.

Each steamed basket a which has been pushed out
A steam receiving mechanism 6 is provided to support both ends of the steam basket.
Further, an alignment guide mechanism 7 for aligning both ends of each steam basket a in the height direction is provided.

The steam receiving mechanism 6 includes a steam receiving piece 6a for directly supporting both ends of each steam a, an ascending and descending rope 6c for vertically connecting and supporting each steam receiving piece 6a and elevating the same. A lifting / lowering mechanism such as a lifting / lowering driven shaft 6f and a lifting / lowering drive shaft 6j as a power transmission mechanism for raising / lowering the lifting / lowering drive motor 6n for raising / lowering the steam basket receiving piece 6a;
Elevating guide holes 6p provided on the rear side of both sides of the steam receiving piece 6a in the longitudinal direction, vertical guide rods 6q vertically penetrating the elevating guide holes 6p, and slides provided with the vertical guide rods 6q fixedly provided. A rack 6t provided on the board 6r, the slide board 6r, a pinion 6u meshing with the rack 6t,
A slide driven shaft 6v having a pinion 6u fixed to a lower end thereof,
It comprises a slide drive shaft 6w and a slide mechanism such as a slide and alignment guide drive motor 6x.

The steam basket receiving pieces 6a directly support both ends of each extruded steam basket a. The lower surfaces of both end sides of each steam basket a are mounted on and supported by the upper surface of the steam basket receiving piece 6a.
Are provided on both left and right sides so as to be able to move up and down. The steaming basket receiving piece 6a is formed of a horizontal surface on which both ends of the steaming basket a are placed, and a vertical surface perpendicular to the horizontal surface, and this vertical surface functions as a stopper when the left and right ends of the steaming basket a are moved laterally. The left and right end surfaces of the moving steam basket a hit the vertical surface to prevent the movement.

Each steam basket receiving piece 6a is mounted so that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the front-rear direction of the steam basket take-out chamber 3, and a rope insertion hole 6b is formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction.
Are connected to each other in a vertically skewer-like manner, and each of the steam-carrying receiving pieces 6a is connected to and supported by the vertical-moving ropes 6c. ing. For example, a wire rope is used for the lifting rope 6c.

A cylindrical supporting piece 6d having a diameter larger than that of the cable insertion hole 6b is attached to the lifting cable 6c, which is inserted through the cable insertion hole 6b of each steam basket receiving piece 6a, at a predetermined interval. The plurality of steam basket receiving pieces 6a provided in the vertical direction by the respective supporting pieces 6d attached at regular intervals.
Are connected and supported at regular intervals in the vertical direction with the lifting rope 6c descending most.

One end of a lifting roller chain 6e is connected to the upper end of each lifting rope 6c. Each of the elevating roller chains 6e is mounted such that an intermediate portion thereof meshes with each of the sprockets 6g fixed to the elevating driven shaft 6f. A balance weight is attached to the other end of the lifting roller chain 6e.

The up-and-down driven shaft 6f is rotatably supported in the upper part on both left and right sides of the steam basket take-out chamber 3 so that the shafts can be rotated forward and backward with the shaft cores directed in the front and rear directions. A bevel gear 6h is fixed to one end of each of the ascending and descending driven shafts 6f provided at the left and right ends of the steaming basket removal chamber 3.

Bevel gears 6i, which mesh at right angles with bevel gears 6h of left and right driven shafts 6f, are fixed to both ends of the drive shaft 6j. The lifting drive shaft 6j is rotatably supported in the upper part of the steam basket removal chamber 3 in the left-right direction, and is mounted so as to be perpendicular to the left and right lifting driven shafts 6f.

A transmission gear 6k is provided in the middle of the lifting drive shaft 6j.
An endless roller chain 6m is stretched around the transmission gear 6k, and the transmission gear 6k is mounted on the ceiling side of the steam extraction chamber 3 via the endless roller chain 6m. It is operatively connected to the motor 6n. The lifting drive motor 6n is rotatable in the normal and reverse directions, and can change each rotation direction to raise and lower each steam basket receiving piece 6a.

The driving force from the lifting drive motor 6n is transmitted to the transmission gear 6 via the endless roller chain 6m.
k, the drive shaft 6j is rotated, and the drive shaft 6j is transmitted to the lift driven shaft 6f via bevel gears 6i and 6h at both ends of the drive shaft 6j to rotate the lift driven shaft 6f. The rotating lift shaft 6f is connected to the sprockets 6 on both sides.
g, the lifting rope 6c is raised and lowered via the lifting roller chain 6e meshing with each sprocket 6g, and the steam receiving piece 6a vertically connected and supported by the lifting rope 6c is raised and lowered. It has become.

A circular elevating guide hole 6p is provided on the rear side of each longitudinal side of each of the evaporating basket receiving pieces 6a provided on both left and right ends of the evaporating chamber 3, and each elevating guide hole 6p is vertically moved. A cylindrical vertical guide rod 6q penetrating in a skewered manner in the direction is provided on both left and right sides of the steam basket removal chamber 3.

Each of the left and right vertical guide rods 6q is connected to the steam basket removal chamber 3.
The upper and lower ends are fixed to slide discs 6r provided on both right and left ends of the slide guide 6r, respectively. When the slide disc 6r moves, the respective vertical guide rods 6q also move integrally, and the vertical guide rods 6q are moved up and down guide holes 6p. Similarly, the steam basket receiving piece 6a connected via the joint moves together.

The slide discs 6r provided at the left and right ends of the steaming take-out chamber 3 respectively move the steam receiving pieces 6a, which support the left and right ends of the steaming basket a, toward the outside, and support the steaming basket a. And is provided so as to be slid toward the outside of the left and right ends of the steam extraction chamber 3.

Slide rollers 6s for slidably supporting the upper and lower ends of the slide board 6r are provided on the inner side surfaces of the upper and lower horizontal frames on both left and right sides of the steam take-out chamber 3, respectively. A rack 6t is provided outwardly at the center of the upper and lower portions of the slide plate 6r. The rack 6t is mounted so that the rack surface faces the side, and pinions 6u that rotate around a vertical axis and mesh with the rack 6t are provided vertically.

The pinion 6u is provided on the lower and upper ends of a slide driven shaft 6v extending vertically. A bevel gear is provided at the upper end of the slide driven shaft 6v, and another bevel gear meshing with the bevel gear at right angles is provided at both ends. It is pivoted.

A transmission gear is provided in the middle of the slide drive shaft 6w, and an endless roller chain is stretched over the transmission gear. The transmission gear is provided on the ceiling side of the steam collecting chamber 3 via the endless roller chain. It is operatively connected to the installed slide and alignment guide drive motor 6x. The slide / alignment guide drive motor 6x also serves as a drive mechanism for the steam basket receiving mechanism 6 and the alignment guide mechanism 7. The slide / alignment guide drive motor 6x is rotatable in the forward and reverse directions.
Can be moved outward or inward from both left and right ends of the steam basket removal chamber 3.

The alignment guide mechanism 7 presses both ends of each steam basket in the height direction inward to align the both ends in the vertical direction, and the steam basket receiving piece 6a supporting both ends of the steam basket a. Slides to both outer sides to release the support of both ends of the steamed basket a, and the end of the steamed basket a is moved to one side of the steamed basket receiving piece 6a by the supporting friction with the steamed basket receiving piece 6a. This is to prevent the steam basket a from moving left or right in the hooked state as it is resting, and to prevent the steam basket a from dropping down smoothly, and completely separate both ends of the steam basket a from the left and right steam basket receiving pieces 6a. Thus, it functions to guide that all the steam baskets a smoothly fall downward.

The alignment guide 7a is a flexible member which directly hits both ends of each steam basket a in the height direction and presses them inward, and is made of a flexible member. It is made in a stretched state,
For example, roller chains have been used.

The alignment guides 7a are mounted on the left and right steam basket receiving pieces 6a in the vertical direction on the outer sides near both ends in the longitudinal direction. An alignment guide mounting plate 7b is attached inward from the inner side surface of the lower horizontal frame of the steam extraction chamber 3, which is located outside the vicinity of both ends of the left and right steam basket receiving pieces 6a in the longitudinal direction. Alignment guide 7a attached to the outside of the piece 6a in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction
Is attached to the alignment guide mounting plate 7b at a position substantially directly below both end surfaces of the steam basket a when normally supported by the steam basket receiving piece 6a.

At the lower part of each alignment guide 7a, a lower draw member 7c which constantly pulls the steam basket discharge chamber 3 toward the left and right outside direction is provided inside the steam basket discharge chamber 3 on both left and right sides toward the outside. Each is installed horizontally. When the alignment guide 7a is not used, that is, when the lower guide members 7c do not press the both end surfaces of the steam basket receiving pieces 6a, the lower guide members 7c are arranged on the alignment guide 7a.
a functions to draw the steam basket backward 6a so as not to hit both end faces of the steam basket receiving piece 6a. A tension coil spring is attached to each lower member 7c, and each lower member 7c is attached so that it can be finely adjusted and moved toward the left and right outer sides of the steam basket removal chamber 3.

The upper side of each of the alignment guides 7a is positioned just above the lower end of the alignment guide 7a, from above.
The gears 7d for horizontally rotating the upper side of the alignment guide 7a are mounted on the ceiling side of the steam basket removal chamber 3 respectively.

Each of the alignment guides 7 provided at left and right symmetrical portions which are turned in the horizontal direction toward the center of the inside of the steam collecting chamber 3.
The upper end of “a” is connected to both ends of a rotating rod 7 f of a pulling body 7 e provided on the ceiling side in the center of the inside of the steam collecting chamber 3. A rotating rod 7f having upper ends of the alignment guides 7a connected to both ends thereof is rotatably supported by a pulling body 7e so as to be rotatable vertically forward and backward around a horizontal axis about a center thereof. The pulling bodies 7e are respectively provided on the front and rear sides of the central portion on the ceiling side of the steam collecting chamber 3, and the driving shafts 7g, 7g which are interlockingly connected to the rotating rods 7f of the pulling bodies 7e provided before and after.
Are axially supported in the front-rear direction of the central portion on the ceiling side of the steam extraction chamber 3.

The drive shafts 7g, 7g are connected to the front and rear pulling bodies 7e, 7
e and is linked to a gear box 7h provided at an intermediate position of e. An endless roller chain 7j is stretched on a gear 7i of the gear box 7h, and the gear box 7h is linked to the slide and alignment guide driving motor 6x via the endless roller chain 7j.

The driving force from the slide / alignment guide driving motor 6x is applied to the gear box 7h, the driving shaft 7
g, 7g, and is transmitted to the attracting body 7e, and the rotating rod 7f of the attracting body 7e is turned up and down to draw the alignment guide 7a, thereby stretching the loosened alignment guide 7a. In this state, the left and right end surfaces of the steam basket a are pressed inward.

The control mechanism 8 is based on information from a plurality of sensors 8a provided in the steaming basket pushing-out chamber 2 and the steaming basket taking-out chamber 3, and controls the pushing drive motor 4k of the pushing mechanism 4 and the upper air cylinder of the lock mechanism 5. 5b, the lower air cylinder 5e, the lifting / lowering drive motor 6n of the steam basket receiving mechanism 6, the slide / alignment guide drive motor 6x, the slide / alignment guide drive motor 6x of the alignment guide mechanism 7, and the like are controlled. This is to make automatic operation. The control mechanism 8 is controlled by various control switches 8b attached to the steam basket removal device 1 at various locations.

The sensor 8a is, for example,
Is provided at the upper part on the left and right side of the entrance of the steam basket storage shelf b to be carried in and out of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and is provided at the entrance and the back of the steam basket discharge chamber 3, and the steam basket is taken out. The trolley c carried into and out of the chamber 3 is detected. As the sensor 8a, for example, a photoelectric sensor, a limit switch, or the like is used.

Next, the operation based on the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In the case of fully automatic operation, the following operation is performed. The operation preparation switch 8b is turned on, and the fully automatic, semi-automatic, and manual changeover switch 8b is set to fully automatic, and the steam basket storage shelf b in which the steam basket a is stored is put into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 of the steam basket unloading device 1.

In the course of putting the steam basket storage shelf b into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, the steam basket storage shelf b hits the sensor 8a composed of a limit switch, the sensor 8a operates, and the steam basket storage shelf b is on the opposite side to the direction in which the steam basket storage shelf b has entered. Upper air cylinder 5
b and the lower air cylinder 5e are operated.

Thus, the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d on the opposite side to the direction in which the steam basket storage shelf b has entered.
Is operated, and the front end side, that is, the left end side or the right end side of the steam basket storage shelf b in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 in the left-right forward direction abuts on the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d, and the steam storage shelf b b stops in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and the steam basket storage shelf b is positioned inside the steam basket extrusion chamber 2.

Next, when the automatic operation switch 8b is turned on,
Upper air cylinder 5 on the side where steam basket storage shelf b has entered
b and the lower air cylinder 5e are operated to operate the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d on the side where the steam storage shelf b has entered, so that the rear end of the steam storage shelf b in the left-right direction, that is, the right end side. Alternatively, the left end side is locked by the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d.

As described above, the steam basket storage shelves b in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are locked at the front and rear ends in the forward direction by the upper lock pieces 5a and the lower lock pieces 5d, respectively. Is prevented. Further, when each steam basket a is pushed out by the pushing piece 4a of the pushing mechanism 4 by the lower lock piece 5d, the steam basket storage shelf b rises at the rear of the steam basket a in the pushing direction of the steam basket a of the steam basket storage shelf b, and moves toward the steam basket unloading chamber 3 side. Tilt is prevented.

After the steam basket storage shelf b is locked in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 by the lock mechanism 5, the extrusion drive motor 4k is driven, and the driving force is transmitted by the transmission gear 4i and the horizontal rotary drive shaft 4.
g, the gear 4d is transmitted via the vertical rotation drive shaft 4e to rotate the gear 4d, and each horizontal rod 4b having a rack formed on one side by the rotating gear 4d is moved horizontally toward the steam basket take-out chamber 3 by meshing therewith. Moving.

At the tip of each of the horizontal rods 4b moving toward the steam take-out chamber 3, push pieces 4a are provided in the vertical direction, and the push pieces 4a hit the rear surface of each steam basket a of the steam basket storage shelf b. Each steam basket a in the storage shelf b is pushed out toward the steam basket unloading chamber 3 side at a time.

Each steam basket a extruded from the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 is guided by the left and right steam basket guide pieces 3a and enters the front steam basket extraction chamber 3, and the steam baskets provided vertically at the left and right ends of the steam basket extraction chamber 3. Both ends of each steam basket a extruded by the receiving piece 6a are supported, and each steam basket a is vertically supported inside the steam basket unloading chamber 3.

When the extruded piece 4a, which pushed out each steam basket a of the steam basket storage shelf b, is slightly retracted, the sensor 8a consisting of a limit switch confirms this. After the confirmation, the elevation drive motor 6n is driven to move the elevation cable. The strip 6c is slightly lifted, the left and right steam basket receiving pieces 6a are raised by about 15 cm to 20 cm, confirmed by the sensor 8a composed of a limit switch, the lifting drive motor 6n is stopped, and each steam basket a is placed in the steam take-out chamber 3. It is held in a state of being raised by about 15 cm to 20 cm.

After that, the empty cart c is put into the steam basket removal chamber 3. When the cart c is put into the steaming chamber 3, it is detected by a sensor 8 a composed of limit switches on the entrance and the rear end, and after several seconds, the drive motor 6 n for lifting and lowering rotates reversely and rises by about 15 cm to 20 cm. Each of the left and right steaming basket receiving pieces 6a descends, and the lowermost stage of the steaming basket a supported in the vertical direction, that is, the height direction, is placed on the cart c. Thereafter, each steaming basket a descending is placed on the cart c. Layered sequentially.

In this case, each of the steam baskets a except for the lowermost stage is provided with a steam basket receiving piece 6 between the upper and lower sides of the left and right ends of each steam basket a.
It is stacked on the carriage c with the interposition a. The fact that the steam baskets a are stacked on the cart c is detected by a sensor 8a comprising a limit switch.

When all the steam baskets a are stacked on the carriage c, the slide and alignment guide drive motor 6x is driven, and the driving force of the slide and alignment guide drive motor 6x is changed to the slide drive shaft 6w and the slide drive shaft 6w. The power is transmitted through the driven shaft 6v to rotate the pinion 6u.

When the pinion 6u rotates, each of the left and right slide discs 6r of the steam basket take-out chamber 3 moves away from the left and right ends of the steam basket a by the rack 6t meshing with the pinion 6u. Each of the steam basket receiving pieces 6a in the vertical direction connected via the elevating guide hole 6p also moves in a direction away from the left and right ends of the steam basket a.

Then, while the steam basket receiving pieces 6a are moving away from each other, the rotating rod 7f of the pulling body 7e is driven by the driving force of the slide and alignment guide driving motor 6x.
Pivots in a direction to draw the alignment guides 7a, the ends of which are connected to the upper and lower ends thereof, and each alignment guide 7a is pulled upward.

Each of the alignment guides 7a pulled upward is changed from a slack state to a tense state, and the stretched alignment guides 7a press the left and right end faces of each steam basket a inward. . As a result, the left and right ends of each steam basket a are aligned vertically without being eccentric to either the left or right.

When the steam baskets a are aligned in the vertical direction in this way, each steam basket receiving piece 6a that has moved in a direction away from the left and right ends of each steam basket a is completely removed from both ends of the steam basket a. Separates and becomes unsupported.

When both ends of the steam basket a are not supported by the steam basket receiving pieces 6a, the steam basket a is removed except for the lowermost steam basket a.
Other steam baskets a fall due to their weight. The distance of the fall is equivalent to the thickness of each steam basket receiving piece 6a and is slight.

At the time of falling, each steam basket a falls in a state in which the left and right ends thereof are pressed by the left and right alignment guides 7a and is vertically aligned along the left and right alignment guides 7a to drop the cart c. It is instantaneously stacked in a tidy state on the top.

Thereafter, the drive motor 4k for extrusion is operated to slightly push the extruded piece 4a forward,
a, the rear surface of each steamed basket a stacked in a tidy state on the cart c is pressed to slightly move the cart c on which the steam basket a is stacked, so that the wheels of the eccentric cart c are moved back and forth. The trolley c on which the steam basket a is stacked is easily taken out from the steam basket removal chamber 3.

The extruded piece 4a obtained by slightly moving the truck c on which the steam basket a is laminated is moved backward and abuts on a sensor 8a comprising a limit switch. The piece 4a also stops at the original position.

Thereafter, the upper air cylinder 5b and the lower air cylinder 5e of the lock mechanism 5 are operated to release the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d which have locked the steam storage tray b. After unlocking, empty steam basket storage shelf b
Is carried out from the steam basket extrusion chamber 2.

The cart c on which the steam basket a is laminated is carried out of the steam basket unloading chamber 3. In addition, the cart c on which the steamed basket a is laminated is
At the point when the extruded piece 4a is slightly pushed forward and moves, it can be carried out.

When it is confirmed by the sensors 8a provided on the entrance side and the back side of the steam basket taking-out chamber 3 that the cart c on which the steam basket a is laminated is taken out from the steam taking-out chamber 3, the slide and alignment guide driving motor 6x is provided. Is rotated in the reverse direction, the slide plate 6r that has moved left and right returns to the original position, and the steam basket receiving piece 6a that has moved left and right that is connected to the slide plate 6r by the return of the slide plate 6r also returns to the original position. Return to In addition, the stretched alignment guide 7a also returns to the loosened state because the pulled state on the upper side of the alignment guide 7a becomes the original state.

Thereafter, the lifting drive motor 6n is driven to lift the lifting rope 6c, thereby raising each of the steam basket receiving pieces 6a being lowered to return to the original height. Each of these is detected by a sensor 8a comprising a limit switch, and is activated by the sensor 8a.

Through the above operations, one cycle of removing the steam basket a from the steam basket storage shelf b is completed. In the case of performing the take-out operation continuously, the steam basket storage shelf b storing the steam basket a is put into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and the automatic operation switch 8b is pressed, whereby the above-described operation is performed. In this case, there is no need to press the operation preparation switch 8b. When the operation is to be ended, the operation stop switch 8b is pressed.

In the case of semi-automatic operation, the following operation is performed. The operation preparation switch 8b is turned on, and the fully automatic, semi-automatic, and manual switch 8b is set to semi-automatic, and the steam basket storage shelf b storing the steam basket a is carried into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2.

When the steam basket storage shelf b is put into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 and hits the sensor 8a, the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d on the back side opposite to the entrance side in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are operated, and the steam basket storage shelf b is operated. The front end of the storage shelf b in the forward direction abuts on the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d, and the steam basket storage shelf b
Is carried out in the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, and the operation of carrying the steam basket storage shelf b into the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 is completed.

Thereafter, the lamp of the switch box on the entrance side of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 is turned on, and the lock operation switch 8b is pressed, whereby the upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d on the entrance side of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are operated. And steam basket extrusion room 2
Is locked inside the storage basket b.

After the steam basket storage shelf b is locked inside the steam basket extrusion chamber 2, the pushing piece 4 a operates to push each steam basket a of the steam basket storage shelf b to the steam basket extraction chamber 3 side. After each steam basket a is extruded to the steam take-out chamber 3 side, the extruded piece 4a retreats a little, and each steam basket a whose both ends are supported by the steam basket receiving piece 6a of the steam take-out chamber 3 slightly rises to a stopped state. .

In this stopped state, the empty cart c is carried into the steam basket removal chamber 3. When the cart c is carried into the steaming chamber 3, this state is detected by sensors 8 a at the entrance and the rear end of the steaming chamber 3, and the lamp of the switch box provided at the doorway side of the steaming chamber 3 is turned on. Light.

When the steam basket placing operation switch 8b is pressed after the lamp is turned on, the steam basket receiving pieces 6a on the left and right sides of the steam basket unloading chamber 3 are lowered, and the slide plate 6r moves in a direction away from the steam basket a and is loosened. The left and right alignment guides 7a are in a stretched state, and the steam baskets a are stacked on the cart c in an organized state.

Thereafter, the carriage c on which the steam basket a is laminated is pushed slightly forward by the pushing piece 4a to move the wheel of the eccentric carriage c in the front-rear direction.
Retreats and returns to the original position.

When the extruded piece 4a retreats and returns to the original position,
When the lamps of the switch boxes on the left and right sides of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are turned on and the lock release switch 8b is pressed,
The upper lock piece 5a and the lower lock piece 5d that have locked the steam basket storage shelf b inside the steam basket extrusion chamber 2 are opened and the locked state is released, and the empty steam basket storage shelf b can be carried out of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. .

On the other hand, when the cart c on which the steam basket a is laminated is carried out from the steam basket discharge chamber 3, the detection is detected by the sensors 8a on the entrance side and the back side of the steam basket discharge chamber 3, and the steam basket discharge chamber 3 is detected.
When the lamp on the entrance side of is turned on and the steam basket placing / returning switch 8b is pressed, the slide plate 6r and the steam basket receiving piece 6a return to their original positions, and the aligned alignment guide 7 is stretched.
a also returns to the original state where it became loose.

In the case of manual operation, the following operation is performed. The operation preparation switch 8b is turned on, and the fully automatic, semi-automatic, and manual switch 8b is set to manual. Thereafter, the following switches 8b are sequentially pressed in accordance with the order of the work, and the work described above is performed. A lock operation switch 8b provided on the right entrance side of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. A lock operation switch 8b provided on the left entrance side of the steam basket extrusion chamber 2. Extrusion mechanism operation switch 8b. The elevating switch 8b of the steam receiving piece. Steam basket mounting switch 8b. Lock release switch 8b. Steam basket placement return switch 8b.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment of the present invention, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0093]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the steaming basket removing device according to the present invention, the steaming basket containing the dried fish can be automatically converted without requiring the labor of two workers. Can be taken out of the steam basket storage shelf, labor saving and shortening of work time can be achieved, and work efficiency can be improved.

Further, since the steam basket stored in the high position of the steam basket storage shelf can be taken out, the steam basket storage shelf having a high height can be used, and the steam basket can be efficiently moved in the height direction in a narrow space. It is possible to dry the fish in the steamed basket by stacking and storing them, and to achieve an extremely novel and beneficial effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a basket removing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic bottom view of the steam basket removing device showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted front view of the upper side of the steaming basket extrusion chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially omitted plan view of an upper side of the steaming basket extrusion chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially omitted front view of the lower side of the steaming basket extrusion chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially omitted plan view of a lower side of a steam basket extrusion chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part of an extrusion mechanism showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a main part of an extrusion mechanism showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a main part of an extrusion mechanism showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a partially omitted side sectional view of a steam basket removal chamber showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a partially omitted plan view of the upper side of the steam basket removal chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a partially omitted partial front view of the upper part of the steam basket removal chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged front view of the upper part of the steam basket removal chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a partially omitted partial plan view of the lower part of the steam basket removal chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged front view of the lower part of the steam basket removal chamber showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a control mechanism showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steam extraction device 2 Steam extraction room 2a Guideway 2b Guide 2c Safety cover rod 3 Steam extraction room 3a Steam guide piece 4 Extrusion mechanism 4a Extrusion piece 4b Horizontal rod 4c Penetration support box 4d Gear 4e Vertical rotation drive shaft 4f Bevel gear 4g Horizontal rotation drive shaft 4h Bevel gear 4i Transmission gear 4j Endless roller chain 4k Extrusion drive motor 4m Connecting rod 5 Lock mechanism 5a Upper lock piece 5b Upper air cylinder 5c Inner side face 5d Lower lock piece 5e Lower air cylinder 5f Lower tip lower face 5g Inside Side surface 6 Steam receiving mechanism 6a Steam receiving piece 6b Cable insertion hole 6c Elevating rope 6d Supporting piece 6e Elevating roller chain 6f Elevating driven shaft 6g Sprocket 6h Bevel gear 6i Bevel gear 6j Elevating drive shaft 6k No transmission end gear 6m Roller chain 6n elevator Motor 6p Elevating guide hole 6q Vertical guide rod 6r Slide plate 6s Slide roller 6t Rack 6u Pinion 6v Slide driven shaft 6w Slide drive shaft 6x Motor for slide and alignment guide drive 7 Alignment guide mechanism 7a Alignment guide 7b Alignment guide mounting plate 7c Lower draw member 7d Gear 7e Puller 7f Rotating rod 7g Drive shaft 7h Gear box 7i Gear 7j Endless roller chain 8 Control mechanism 8a Sensor 8b Switch a Steam basket b Steam basket storage rack c

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A steam basket extruding chamber for pushing steam baskets forward and out of a steam basket storage shelf in which steam basket storage shelves enter and leave and a plurality of steam baskets are housed in a height direction. An extrusion mechanism in which a plurality of extruded pieces that push forward each steam basket stored in the steam basket storage shelf in the steam basket extrusion chamber is provided in the steam basket extrusion chamber is provided with a steam basket extraction chamber to be stacked on the front of the steam basket extrusion chamber. A lock mechanism for fixing the steam basket storage shelves carried into the steam basket extrusion chamber is provided, and a plurality of steam basket receivers supporting both ends of each pushed steam basket are raised and lowered in the height direction on the left and right sides of the steam basket removal chamber. A steaming basket receiving mechanism is provided that can freely and retreat toward both outer sides, and the alignment guide that presses both ends of each steaming basket in the height direction inward and aligns both ends in the vertical direction is provided above. Height direction on both left and right sides of steaming chamber Alignment guide mechanism provided for
A steam basket removing device comprising a control mechanism for controlling the pushing mechanism, the lock mechanism, the steam basket receiving mechanism, the alignment guide mechanism, and the like.