JPH11208890A - Feeding and storage method and device for dry net - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the efficiency of a line without disturbing the developed and mounted states of foods on a dry net by intermittently sending a plurality of nets, which are stacked and stored, one by one, by laterally moving the dry nets to be loaded with prescribed articles, and by storing the dry nets stacked at prescribed intervals. SOLUTION: Whenever a dry net 1a is carried by a storage conveyer 27, a chain conveyer is moved to raise the dry net 1a, and the dry net 1a is intermittently raised in order and stored in a stacked state. When a prescribed number of dry nets 1a are thus stored, pressure fluid is fed to a fluid pressure cylinder 32 of a shift means 8, the rod 33 is thrust in the direction shown by an arrow 34, and then the whole dry nets 1a in the storage device 7 can be simultaneously moved to a shelf carriage 2' by a presser plate 35 fixed to the rod 33. The shelf carriage 2' is raised to the prescribed height by a lift 9' beforehand so that, after the lift 9' is lowered as the arrow 36 and the shelf carriage 2' is unloaded therefrom on a floor 37, the shelf carriage 2' is sent to the next process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of supplying a dry net or the like on which a processed product such as food is placed to a food processing machine one by one from a stacked housing state, placing the food or the like on the dry net or the like, and then placing The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for feeding and storing a dry net or the like for the purpose of storing nets and the like one by one to form a stacked storage state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to supply a dry net or the like to a single piece of dry net or the like, or to supply a dry net or the like on which food or the like is unfolded and placed on the upper surface thereof, it has mainly depended on human power. .

In general, in order to supply a laminated board or the like to one sheet, one sheet is sequentially projected from the bottom plate and conveyed,
Means have been known in which the uppermost plate is lifted one by one and moved onto a transfer device.

[0004]

In the feeding and storing method which depends on human power, not only the work becomes simple, but also the storing of food and the like on a dry net without disturbing the state of deployment and placement. There were problems such as heavy labor and inefficiency of workers.

In the method of projecting one sheet, there is a restriction on the shape of the dry net or the like (for example, a shape that allows smooth sliding). Other means (for example, to form a concave net)
And other problems.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems by interposing a feeding means or a housing means between a shelf truck housing a dry net or the like and a transport means such as a dry net. Was solved. That is, the invention of the method is to intermittently send out a dry net or the like accommodated in a stack of a plurality of sheets, transfer the dry net or the like in the horizontal direction, place a predetermined article thereon, and then put the dry net or the like into place. This is a method of feeding and storing a dry net or the like, which is stacked and stored at predetermined intervals. Further, another invention is to intermittently transfer a dry net or the like stored and stacked on a plurality of sheets in a feeding apparatus such as a dry net from a shelf cart in which a dry net or the like is stacked and accommodated. After the dry nets and the like are transported in the horizontal direction and a predetermined article is placed thereon, the dry nets and the like are stacked and housed at predetermined vertical intervals, and the dry nets and the like stacked and housed are stacked. Is transported and stored on a shelf cart while maintaining a predetermined interval, and the transport of the dry net or the like in the horizontal direction uses a conveyor.

[0007] Next, the invention of the apparatus includes a means for accommodating and moving stacked dry nets and the like, a means for transferring to the accommodating means for feeding the dry nets and the like, and a method for intermittently stacking the dry nets and the like. Lowering means addressed to a predetermined interval, and a feeding device such as a dry net, characterized in that the unloading means for sending out the lowered dry net and the like one sheet,
The means for feeding is constructed such that a pair of portal chain conveyors having a support means such as a dry net can be intermittently moved downward at predetermined intervals. Further, the invention of another device is a stacking means for accommodating dry nets and the like sent to one sheet at predetermined vertical intervals, and a transfer means for transferring the dry nets and the like accommodated by the laminate accommodating means to a shelf as it is. A storage device, such as a dry net, characterized in that it is combined with a lifting device of the shelf cart, wherein the stacked storage device that stores dry nets, etc., to be sent to one sheet at predetermined vertical intervals is a dry net, etc. A pair of pillar-shaped chain conveyors having support means are installed so as to be able to intermittently move upward at predetermined intervals.

[0008] Still another aspect of the present invention is a storage and moving means for a dry net or the like for feeding dry nets or the like to one side of a processing machine for foods or the like, and a feeding means for feeding the dry nets or the like. A feeding device that combines transfer means to the storage means, lowering means for intermittently lowering the stacked dry nets and the like at predetermined intervals, and carrying-out means for sending the lowered dry nets and the like one by one; On the other side of the processing machine,
Stacking means for storing, at predetermined vertical intervals, dry nets or the like to which foods and the like are deployed and sent to one sheet, and transfer means for transferring the dry nets and the like accommodated by the stacking means to a shelf cart as they are And a storage / unloading device, such as a dry net, provided with a storage device in which the storage unit is combined with a lifting / lowering means of the shelf cart.

In the present invention, the term "dry net" refers to a drying net, a punched metal, a square plate, a food container, or the like. In short, it refers to a flat article in which foods and the like are deployed and stored on a dry net.

The transfer device (means) according to the present invention includes:
It refers to known transport means such as a belt conveyor, a chain conveyor, and a steel belt conveyor.

The food processing machine in the present invention is not limited to rice cake (for rice cracker) processing, but is any food processing machine that requires a dry net or a flat plate. Alternatively, the present invention can be applied to a device having a similar purpose.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention automatically supplies dry nets and the like stored in a stack to one sheet, and then expands and loads foods and the like and sends the dry nets and the like to a single layer in a plurality of stages. The present invention relates to a feeding and storage device for a dry net or the like, which is characterized by being stacked and accommodated.

For the supply of the dry net or the like, the dry net is stacked on the shelf and accommodated in the feeding means, and is sent to the transport means via the feeding means.

Further, after the food and the like are spread and placed on a dry net or the like sent to one sheet, the dry net or the like is stacked and stored in a plurality of stages, and the stacked dry net or the like is transferred to a shelf cart. A feeding and storage device such as a dry net as described above.

In the above-mentioned invention, there is a case where only the feeding or storing of a dry net or the like may be performed. In such a case, the storing or feeding is performed by a known means or a means other than that described in the present invention.

[0016]

Embodiment 1 An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. After transferring the entire dry net of the shelf truck 2 in which the plurality of dry nets 1 are stacked at predetermined intervals to the feeding device 3, the dry net 1 is transferred onto the conveyor 4 laid under the single-address feeding device 3. It is lowered and then transferred by the conveyor 4 to the lower part of one side of the food processing machine 5. The food processed by the food processing machine 5 is developed and placed on the dry net 1 by an appropriate means (conveyor or gravity drop).

The dry net 1a on which the food or the like is placed is a conveyor 6
Are transferred to the outside of the other side of the processing machine 5 for foods and the like, and are stacked one above the other by the storage device 7 and stored. When a predetermined number of dry nets 1a are stacked and accommodated, they are transferred to the shelf cart 2 'by the transfer means 8', and the shelf cart 2 'is lowered on the floor by the lift 9; It is carried to the next process 10.

In the above, the combination of the shelf truck 2, the transfer means 8, the feeding device 3 and the storage device 7, the transfer means 8 ', and the shelf truck 2' is a new technique adopted by the present invention.

[0019]

Embodiment 2 An embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
Description will be made based on 5 and 6. A shelf cart 2 containing a predetermined number of dry nets 1 and 1 at predetermined intervals above and below is moved directly above a lift 9, and the lift 9 is operated to raise the shelf cart 2 to a predetermined height (corresponding to the feeding device 3). After that, the transfer means 8 including the pressing plate 11, the fluid pressure cylinder 12, and the guide rod 13 is started. The rod 14 of the fluid pressure cylinder 12 is
When the pressing plate 11 is protruded in the direction of the middle arrow 15, the fully dry nets 1, 1 on the shelf cart 2 are simultaneously inserted and transferred to the feeding device 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the feeding device 3 is configured by attaching receiving pieces 17 and 17a to column-shaped chain conveyors 16 and 16a installed at predetermined intervals. Therefore, when the full dry nets 1, 1 are pressed by the pressing plate 11, the dry nets 1, 1 supported on the support pieces 18 of the shelf cart 2 become the receiving pieces 17, which are support means of each dry net of the feeding device 3. , 17a.
Since one end 4a of the conveyor 4 is inserted into the lower part of the feeding device 3, the chain conveyors 16, 16a
Is lowered in the direction of arrow 19, and the chain conveyor 16, the lowermost dry net 1 is placed on the conveyor 4a.
When the stop 16a is stopped, the dry net 1 becomes the chain conveyor 16,
It is transferred onto the conveyor 4a from the receiving pieces 17, 17a of 16a.

When the conveyor 4 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow 20 in FIG. 2, the dry net 1 also moves in the same direction, so that the dry net 1 on the conveyor 4a in the feeding device 3 From the lower part, the food is fed to the lower part of one side of the processing machine 5 by the intermediate conveyor 21 and the delivery conveyor 22.

The dough conveyer 24 is laid under the dough feeder 23 in the food processing machine 5.
Is mounted on the dry net 1 through the transfer end 24a on the tip side of the dough conveyor 24, and the dough other than the cut pieces is discharged onto the discharge conveyor 26. Is returned to the dough supply device 23.

Dry net 1a on which the dough is placed as described above
From the other side of the food processing machine 5 via the conveyor 6
The process proceeds to the storage conveyor 27. Here, dough conveyor 2
4, the respective linear velocities of the conveyor 6 and the storage conveyor 27 are linked. One end 27a of the storage conveyor 27
Is inserted into the lower part of the housing device 7. Storage device 7
Has a pair of pillar-shaped chain conveyors 28, 28a opposed to each other at a predetermined interval.
The receiving pieces 29, 29a of the dry net 1a are fixed to 8a, respectively. Therefore, when the chain conveyors 28, 28a in FIG. 6 are moved in the direction of the arrow 30, the opposing receiving pieces 29, 29
By a, the dry net 1a is lifted. For example, when the dry net 1a enters the lower part of the storage device 7 by one end 27a of the storage conveyor 27, the sensor 31 (for example, a photoelectric element) senses the output, and outputs the sensor 31 to the driving force of the chain conveyors 28 and 28a. (Motor, not shown), the chain conveyors 28, 28
a moves in the direction of arrow 30. Then, the receiving pieces 29, 29a of the chain conveyors 28, 28a are hooked on the dry net 1a, and the dry net 1a is lifted from the accommodation conveyor 27a.

As described above, each time the dry net 1a is carried by the storage conveyor 27, the chain conveyor 2
When the dry net 1a is raised by moving the drying nets 8 and 28a, the dry net 1 is sequentially and intermittently raised, and is stacked and accommodated. When a predetermined number of the dry nets 1 are stored in this way, a pressurized fluid is supplied to the fluid pressure cylinder 32 of the transfer means 8 and the rod 33 is pushed out in the direction of arrow 34 to With the fixed pressing plate 35, the entire dry net 1a in the storage device 7 is
At the same time, it can be moved into the shelf cart 2 '. Since the shelf cart 2 'has been previously raised to a predetermined height by the lift 9', the lift 9 'is lowered as indicated by the arrow 36, and the shelf cart 2' is lowered on the floor 37. The shelf cart 2 'is sent to the next step 10 (for example, a drying apparatus).

As described above, according to the present invention, a feeder such as a dry net and a shelf cart are connected via a storage device before and after a processing machine for food or the like. By using it, automatic feeding such as dry net and automatic storage are enabled,
A fully automatic line was completed.

Although the above-described embodiment is an apparatus provided with both a feeding device and a storage device, the present invention is also used when either the feeding device or the storage device is omitted (partially using the conventional technology). Then, partial automation can be performed. For example, there is a case where one of the feeding device and the storage device of the present invention is used in a conventional device.

[0026]

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically feed the stacked dry nets or the like to one sheet, or to automatically stack the dry nets or the like on which foods or the like are placed. As a fully automatic processing line, the labor of the worker is remarkably reduced, and the efficiency of the line can be improved, and the production line can be rationally managed, especially without disturbing the deployment and placement of foods on the dry net. There are various effects such as.

[0027] Even when only the feeding device or the accommodating device of the present invention is used, there is an effect that the production line can be rationalized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part of a processing line using the apparatus of the present invention is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a plan view partially omitted.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged front view of the embodiment of the transferring means to the feeding device.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged explanatory view of the feeding device.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged explanatory view of the accommodation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dry net 2, 2 'shelf cart 3 Feeding device 4, 6 Conveyor 5 Food processing machine 7 Storage device 8, 8' Transfer means 9, 9 'Lift 10 Next process 11 Press plate 12 Fluid pressure cylinder 13 Guide Rod 14 Rod 16, 16a Portal chain conveyor 17, 17a Receiving piece 18 Support piece 21 Intermediate conveyor 22 Outgoing conveyor 23 Fabric feeding device 24 Fabric conveyor 25 Die-cutting device 26 Discharge conveyor 27 Housing conveyor 28, 28a Chain conveyor 29, 29a Receiving Piece 31 sensor 32 fluid pressure cylinder 33 rod 35 pressing plate 37 floor

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An intermittent sending out of a dry net or the like accommodated in a stack of a plurality of sheets, transferring the dry net or the like in a horizontal direction and placing a predetermined article thereon, and then placing the dry net or the like in a predetermined position. A method for feeding and storing dry nets and the like, characterized in that they are stacked and stored at intervals of. 2. A shelving truck containing dry nets and the like stacked and housed,
Transferred to a feeding device such as a dry net, intermittently sends one dry net etc. stacked and accommodated in the feeding device and accommodated, and transfers the dry net etc. in the horizontal direction to a predetermined position. After the articles are placed, the dry nets and the like are stacked and stored at predetermined intervals, and the dry nets and the like stored and stacked are transferred to a shelf with a predetermined interval. How to feed and store nets. 3. The method for feeding and storing a dry net or the like according to claim 1, wherein the transport of the dry net or the like in the horizontal direction is performed by using a conveyor. 4. A means for storing and moving a laminated dry net or the like,
Transferring means to a storage means for feeding the dry net, etc., descending means intermittently addressing the stacked dry nets and the like at a predetermined interval, and carrying-out means for sending the lowered dry nets and the like one by one. A feeding device, such as a dry net, which is combined. 5. The storage means for feeding is constructed such that a pair of portal chain conveyors having a support means such as a dry net are intermittently moved downward at predetermined intervals. Item 5. A feeding device such as a dry net according to Item 4. 6. A stacking means for accommodating dry nets and the like sent to one sheet at predetermined vertical intervals, a transfer means for transferring the dry nets and the like accommodated by said stacking and accommodating means to a shelf as it is, A storage device, such as a dry net, which is combined with a truck lifting means. 7. A lamination accommodating means for accommodating a dry net or the like sent to one sheet at predetermined vertical intervals is provided so that a pair of portal chain conveyors can be intermittently moved upward at predetermined intervals. An accommodation device such as a dry net according to claim 6. 8. A storage and moving means for laminating dry nets and the like for feeding dry nets and the like to one side of a processing machine for foods and the like, and a storage means for feeding said dry nets and the like to a housing means. A feeding device in which transfer means, lowering means for intermittently lowering the stacked dry nets and the like at predetermined intervals and unloading means for taking out the lowered dry nets and the like one by one are installed, On the side, lamination accommodating means for accommodating a dry net or the like to be sent to one sheet by placing foods or the like at predetermined vertical intervals, a dry net or the like accommodated by the laminated accommodating means,
A feeding and storage device such as a dry net, wherein a storage device in which a transfer means for directly transferring to a shelf truck and a lifting / lowering means for the shelf truck are connected is installed.