JPS6036207A - Conveyance device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize smooth conveyance by forming the plural number of differences in level in the direction of conveyance at predetermined intervals on the face of conveyance of a device which conveys an object of conveyance through sliding it on the face of conveyance of a flume-like conveyance shoot provided on a downward slope. CONSTITUTION:A large number of constituent pieces 1 for a shoot, with a letter V-like section, are arranged in such a manner as both their front and rear end parts are overlapped with each other and form a flume-shaped conveyance shoot 2 with a letter V-like section as a whole. Thus, an overlapping part of each constituent piece 1 of a shoot is formed in a level difference 4. Accordingly, when an icy stuff 3, stuck with a stick, such as an ice candy or the like slided on the conveyance face of the shoot 2, the underside part of said stuff 3 comes to a condition of being supported by only an angular part of the level difference 4, and an area of contact of the stuff 3 with the conveyance face of the shoot becomes small. Thus, the icy stuff 3 stuck with the stick can be smoothly conveyed to the forefront end of the shoot 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects such as frozen candy sticks.

Generally, frozen lollipops, such as popsicles, are manufactured in low-temperature manufacturing equipment and transported to a bagging process by a general transporter. This conveying device consists of a pair of spring scissors that hold the popsicle stick between them, and a moving mechanism that moves the stick. It is designed to be moved to the bagging process. however,
This +a feeding device is used to transfer popsicles with spring scissors.
Y3. Because the popsicles are transported by hanging, the slightest vibration causes the popsicles to vibrate. Therefore, during the bag filling process, when the popsicles are removed from the spring pins and filled into the packaging bag (filling by gravity), the popsicles may shake and come off from the opening L of the packaging bag. Ta. In addition, this conveying device had the drawback that the packaging bag would break due to the weight of the candy since it dropped the popsicles and filled them into the packaging bag. In order to solve this problem, a conveying device has been proposed in which a trough-shaped II conveying chute is used and the chute is tilted so that the candy slides inside the chute and is conveyed to the bagging process. In this device, since the candy comes into flat contact with the conveyance surface of the gutter-like conveyance chute, a large amount of frictional heat is generated due to the candy's course, which melts the frictional part of the candy and brings it into close contact with the chute fill feeding surface. The problem was that the condition became erratic, and Candy's gliding condition deteriorated from the middle. Even if the inclination angle of the trough-like conveying chute was increased to make the candy slide more vigorously in order to solve this problem, the sliding condition of the candy deteriorated along the way.

This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and includes a gutter-like conveyance chute which is disposed downwardly inclining from one end to the other and conveys the general conveyance body by sliding it on its inner conveyance surface. The gist of the present invention is a conveying device characterized in that a plurality of steps are formed at predetermined intervals in the conveying direction on the conveying surface of a gutter-like conveying shaft.

In other words, in this conveying device, a plurality of steps are formed at predetermined intervals on the crotch conveying surface, so when conveying, the bottom of the conveying body touches the conveying surface by 1 ll (as if publicly contacted) due to the steps. As a result, the contact friction at the bottom of the conveyor is reduced, allowing the conveyor to slide smoothly.As a result, conveyors such as frozen desserts can be transported smoothly up to the bagging process.
(You will be able to carry it between legs.

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail based on examples.

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

That is, the conveyance device of the present invention arranges a plurality of chute components 1 having a V-shaped cross section by overlapping the front end of a certain chute component l with the rear end of the chute component 1 in the previous stage. The trough-like conveyance chute 1-
Place a frozen candy stick such as a popsicle 3 on the 1st feeding surface of 2.
I try not to do this. In this case, the trough-like conveyance chute 2 is constructed by arranging a plurality of chute component pieces 1 in a row with their ends interlocked, so that the overlapped portion forms the step 4. Therefore, the frozen candy bar 3 goes over the steps 4 one by one, and when it crosses the steps 4, the bottom of the frozen candy bar 3 is supported only by the corners of the steps 4. Therefore, the contact area of the frozen confectionery stick 3 with the feeding surface of the shoe H9 becomes significantly smaller. Therefore, the contact friction is significantly reduced, and the chute 2 can smoothly slide to the front end. In particular, when the gutter-like conveyance chute 2 is configured to have a V-shaped cross-section, the both sides of the cylindrical frozen dessert 3 are shaped like the gutter-like conveyor chute 2, as shown in FIG. It comes into contact (line contact) with V-shaped opposing surfaces and is in a state of being supported by the opposing surfaces. As a result, the central axis of the cylindrical frozen dessert 3 becomes parallel to the formation direction of the 7-shaped valley 2a of the chute 2, and the frozen dessert 3 becomes 1 (1 Therefore, by aligning the formation direction of the V-shaped valley 2a of the chute 2 with the target direction, the frozen dessert 3 can be accurately guided to the opening of the packaging bag 5. Then, air is blown into the packaging bag 5 and the bag opening is opened.

・This is the air outlet section. In this case, it is preferable for the inclination of the gutter-like conveying chute 2 to be set to 30 to 60 degrees for IM feeding of the frozen dessert 3. In addition, the distance I between the step 4 formed by the overlapping portion of the chute component 1 and the other step 4 is equal to the total length of the frozen dessert 3 (excluding the stick portion) L.
Then, it is preferable to set (1/2)t<1. By setting the interval ■ of step 4 in this way,
When the frozen dessert 3 slides down the gutter-like conveyance chute 2, it swings up and down. That is, each time the center of the frozen dessert 3 passes the tip corner of the step 4, the center of gravity of the frozen dessert 3 moves, causing the frozen dessert 3 to tilt downward using the tip corner of the step 4 as a fulcrum. Therefore, the frozen dessert 3 comes to boil while swinging up and down, and the swinging motion gives momentum to the sliding and promotes the sliding. However, if the interval I of the steps 40 becomes too long, the effect of promoting slippage due to the oscillating motion becomes smaller, so the maximum interval of the steps 4 to obtain the effect of promoting luri should be set to 5/6 of the total length. is preferred.

In this way, with this conveyance device, it is possible to smoothly convey the frozen dessert on a stick to the opening of the packaging bag. In particular, if the step interval (2) is set as described above, the frozen dessert will slide while making an oscillating motion, so that it can be transported even more smoothly.

In the above embodiment, the trough-shaped conveyance chute 2 with a 7-shaped cross section is used as the trough-shaped conveyance chute, but the trough-shaped general conveyance chute 2 is not limited to a V-shaped cross section. do not have. For example, one having a semicircular cross-sectional shape may be used. Furthermore, the step 4 of the trough-like conveyance chute 2 is not formed by overlapping the ends of the chute component pieces 1 as described above, but is formed by scraping off the one-pattern feeding surface so as to form the step 4. You may. Further, the conveyance body is not limited to frozen desserts as described above, and can also convey other objects, and can also convey not only cylindrical objects but also objects of other shapes.

Since the conveyance device of the present invention is configured as described above, the conveyance body can be conveyed smoothly. Therefore, for example, an IM conveyance object such as a frozen dessert can be quickly conveyed to the packaging process without slowing down the conveyance speed on the way. Also,
There is no risk of the packaging bag being damaged by the weight of the frozen desserts, unlike in conventional drop-type transportation. In particular, gutter-like +
! (ii) Setting the cross-sectional shape of the feed chute to a V-shape further improves the accuracy of transfer to the target position. Furthermore, if the interval I between the steps of the trough-like conveyance chute is set to be larger than 1/2 of the length of the Ill transport body and smaller than 5/6, the center of gravity The movement causes an oscillating motion, which gives momentum to the sliding of the carrier - ζ more circular? ? 1 transportation becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA' in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of FIG. 1. 2...Gutter-shaped) General delivery chute 3...Frozen dessert with stick 4
...Step patent applicant Kanebo Foods Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Yukihiko Nishifuji

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A conveyance device equipped with a trough-like conveyance chute which is arranged downwardly from one end to the other end and conveys a general conveyance body by sliding it on its inner surface conveyance surface, the trough-like conveyance chute comprising: A conveyance device characterized in that a plurality of steps are formed on a conveyance surface at predetermined intervals in a conveyance direction. (2) The trough-shaped conveyance chute is a trough-shaped conveyance chute with a V-shaped cross section, and is adapted to slide with both sides of the conveyor in line contact with opposing surfaces of the V-shape. A conveying device according to claim 1. (If the length of the transport body is L, then the distance ■ between the steps formed on the 31II feeding surface is (1/2) L<I< (5/
6) The conveyance device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conveyance device is set to L.