JPS5935105Y2 - alignment reversal machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an aligning and inverting machine that inverts and shapes pouches containing foods or the like.

Conventionally, when retort food is sterilized by retort after being sealed in a pouch, the pouch must be flattened to ensure uniform heating, and for this reason, the pouches had to be flattened one by one by hand.

In addition, in the case of cooked rice retort food, after putting the processed rice and an appropriate amount of water in a pouch and sealing it, if the added water is not evenly impregnated into the processed rice, when retort sterilization is performed,
The rice will not be cooked well throughout.

Therefore, it has been proposed to invert the pouch and slam it against a table to evenly impregnate the treated rice with water and to adjust the shape of the pouch, but it requires a lot of manpower to slam a large number of pouches. And so.

Also, when paste-like materials such as miso are put into pouches using a feeding machine, the shape of the pouches will not be uniform and packaging will be extremely difficult. However, the disadvantage is that it requires a large amount of manpower.

In order to eliminate the drawbacks of the above conventional example, the present invention rotates the reversing section and inverts the pouch placed on the reversing section, thereby adjusting the shape of the pouch and making the contents uniform in quality. The present invention provides an alignment and inversion machine as described above.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which a large number of shafts 2 are arranged horizontally on a frame 1, and a reversing section 3 is fixed to these shafts 2.

Further, one end of a rotary lever 4 is fixed to the shaft 2, and the other end is rotatably connected to a connecting rod 5.

The connecting rod 5 is connected to a plurality of vertical levers 4 (three stages in FIG. 1).

Further, a reversing lever 6 is connected to one of the vertical shafts 2 to which the levers 4 are respectively fixed, and this reversing lever 6
When the handle 6 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the reversing part 3 stands vertically, and the pouch 7 on this reversing part 3 is placed at the bottom of the tank so that it can be reversed and dropped into the next reversing part 3.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, when a large number of pouches 7 are lined up on the first reversing section 3a, by rotating the handle 5'a of the reversing lever 6a in the direction of the arrow, the pouches 7 are dropped onto the next reversing section 3b. .

When the pouch is dropped onto the reversing section 3b, the pouch 7 is dropped onto the next reversing section 3c by rotating the next reversing lever 6b in the direction of the arrow.

In this way, by sequentially moving the reversing lever, the pouch dropped from the last reversing section 3n to the storage section 8 becomes almost flat, and water is evenly distributed over the treated rice while it is being inverted. Impregnated.

In this way, by sequentially rotating the reversing lever 6, a large number of pouches 7 are reversed at once, which greatly increases work efficiency and reduces the time it takes to insert the pouches into the reversing device and take them out. It can be set depending on the number of inversion parts.

Next, FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention,
Items with the same numbers as in Figure 1 indicate the same parts.
In this embodiment, instead of manually rotating the reversing lever 6,
The difference is that the air drive device 9 is used.

Further, the drive shaft of this air drive device 9 is connected to the connecting rod 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, when the air drive device 9a near the storage section 8 is operated, the reversing section 3a is rotated and the pouch 7 is sent to the storage section 8.

When the reversing section 3a stands upright, a first limit switch (not shown) is operated, cutting off the supply of air to the air drive device 9a, and returning the reversing section 3a to the horizontal position.

At this time, the second limit switch (not shown) is operated, the next air drive device 9b is operated, the reversing section 3b is rotated, and the pouch 7 on the reversing section 3b is dropped onto the reversing section 3a. .

When the reversing section 3b stands upright, a limit switch (not shown) for the air drive device 9b is operated, the supply of air to the air drive device 9b is cut off, and the reversing section 3b is returned to the horizontal position.

At this time, a second limit switch (not shown) is operated to operate the next air drive.

Note that the moving direction of the pouch 7 is opposite to that in FIG.

As described above, the air drive devices 9 are operated one after another, the pouch 7 is reversed, and the pouch 7 is sent while hitting the next inversion section, and when the operation of the last air drive device 9n is completed, the pouch 7 is transferred to the first air drive device 9a again. works, and you can repeat this.

In the above embodiments, one air drive device is always operated, but it is also possible to operate them in parallel at every other or more intervals.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a large number of pouches can be sequentially inverted at once, so it can be used for the bottom shape of pouches for cooked rice retort foods and pouches for paste-like products such as miso. There is an advantage.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are side views of an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Frame, 2... Axis, 3...
Reversing part, 4... Rotating lever, 5... Connecting rod, 6... Reversing lever, 7... Pouch, 8... Storage part, 9... Air drive device.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] (1) A plurality of reversing parts each having one end fixed to a plurality of rotating shafts and held approximately horizontally; An alignment/inversion machine consisting of a rotating means. (2) Utility model registration claim 1, characterized in that the reversing section is provided in a plurality of stages, and a rotating means is provided for rotating the reversing sections provided in the plurality of stages in the vertical direction at once. The alignment and inversion machine described. (3) The aligning and reversing machine according to claim 1, wherein the rotating means is sequentially operated by a timer.