JPS606177B2 - Layered sponge cake separation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a finishing device for a sponge cake, and more specifically, to a device for separating a sponge cake cut into multiple layers. A layered sponge cake that can be easily separated and sent to the finishing material application process without destroying the original shape of each layer of the sponge cake, which is cut into multiple layers in order to apply coating materials such as syrup, cream, etc. This relates to a separation device.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained according to the drawings.
1 in the figure is a finishing device for a sponge cake W (hereinafter simply referred to as a workpiece), in which a conveyance path 3 for conveying the workpiece W is disposed in the center of a machine stand 2, and a front part of the machine stand 1 (not shown) is provided. From the left side) daily separation device 4, finishing material application calendar 7
3 and a children's bond layer 75 are provided, respectively.

In the previous process, the workpiece W carried into this finishing device is
The material is cut into multiple layers, for example, three or five layers in the height direction, and then transported.

Next, the separation device 4 for separating each layer of the layered work W will be described in detail.The device 4 is composed of a moving device 5, a lifting device 33 for a separation head 53, and a separation head 53.

Reference numeral 5 denotes the above-mentioned moving device, which is provided below the transport path 3 for the workpiece W.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a machine frame of the moving device 5, which is disposed in parallel along the transport path 3, and a cable is laid over a predetermined range on both machine frames 6.

In addition, a crossbeam 8 is installed on the front side of the rail 7 on which the machine frame 6 is laid.
is constructed, and a clutch brake 10 and an IJ turn motor 1 are arranged on the crossbeam 8 with a bottom plate 9 interposed therebetween. Further, a movable board 12 having a predetermined space between the rails 7 is restructured so as to be slidable along the rails 7 via a slider 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a drive shaft of the moving device 5, which is connected to a drive source (not shown) for the transport path 3 and drives the moving device 5 in synchronization with the movement of the transport path 3. An electromagnetic clutch 15 is interposed to connect and disconnect power transmission to 5.

A bevel gear 18 is attached to the end of the drive shaft 14 and meshes with a bevel gear 17 attached to a shaft 16 rotatably supported between the machine frames 6. Further, a chain wheel 21 is attached to the shaft 16 in correspondence with a chain wheel 20 attached to the output shaft 19 of the clutch brake 10, and an endless chain 22 is hung between both chain wheels 20 and 21. Further, a drive chain wheel 23 is attached to the output shaft 19 of the clutch brake 10. Further, a cross beam 24 is constructed between the machine frames 6 on the rear side of the rail 7, and a shaft 25 is rotatably supported on the same beam 24. A chain wheel 26 is attached. A chain 27 is mounted between the chain wheels 23 and 26 arranged oppositely in this way, and one end of the chain 27 is attached to the front part of the moving board 12 via a mounting bracket 28, and the other end is attached to the front part of the moving board 12. It is attached to the rear part of the moving board 12 via a mounting bracket 28.
Note that the chain 2 is attached to either one of the mounting fittings 28.
A tension adjustment member (not shown) for adjusting the tension of 7 is attached. Further, pulleys 30 and 31 are attached to the input shaft 29 of the clutch brake 10 and the rotating shaft of the return motor turtle 1, respectively, and an endless V-belt 32, for example, is hung between the pulleys 30 and 31. The moving device 5 configured in this manner is configured such that the rotation from the drive shaft 14 is transmitted to the drive chain wheel 23 so that the moving substrate 12 moves in synchronization with the conveyance path 3. In this case, the input shaft 29 and output shaft 99 of the clutch brake 10 are in a "disconnected" state. This moving board 12 moves along a predetermined moving distance L.
is applied and reaches the terminal end, the electromagnetic clutch turtle 5 of the drive shaft 14 is "disconnected" and at the same time the clutch brake 10 is activated to connect the input shaft 29 and the output shaft 19, and the return motor controller 1 is activated, the drive chain wheel 23 is reversed, and the movable base plate 12 is configured to quickly return to its original position. Reference numeral 33 denotes an elevating device for the separation head 53, which is composed of an elevating portion 34 attached to approximately the center of the moving substrate 12 and a support portion 47 for supporting the separation head 53.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a lifting motor, which is attached to the lower surface of the movable base plate 12, and its rotating shaft 36 protrudes toward the upper face of the movable base plate 12, and a drive gear 37 is attached to the same portion.

Reference numeral 38 denotes an elevating shaft, which is vertically rotatably supported via a bearing 39 attached to the lower surface of the moving board 12. A lifting screw 41 is screwed into the upper part of 40, and
A gear 42 that meshes with the drive gear 37 is attached to the lower surface of the receiving step 40.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a rotary encoder attached to the lower surface of the moving board 12, and a gear 45 that meshes with the gear 42 is attached to the rotary shaft 44 of the rotary encoder, and detects the height of elevation based on the number of rotations of the gear 42. The electric power is relayed to the lifting motor 35.

Reference numeral 46 denotes an elevating base, which extends to the left and right sides of the conveyance path 3 and has a support portion 47 at its side end rising upward from the upper surface of the conveyance path 3, so that the separation head 53 can be mounted and supported. A hole 48 through which the lifting shaft 38 can be inserted and taken out is provided in approximately the center of the lifting base 46, and a screw receiver screwed into the lifting screw 41 of the lifting shaft 48 is provided on the lower surface side of the hole 48. A member 49 is attached.

Further, on the upper surface side of the movable board 12, a rotation stopper 50 with a slide pad 51 attached thereto is provided in an upright manner with the elevating portion 34 in between. A rotation preventing member 52 to which a slide pad 51 is slidably attached is vertically disposed to prevent the elevating base 46 from rotating as the elevating shaft 38 rotates. A separation head 53 is installed horizontally between the support parts 47 of the lifting device 33 formed in this way. Reference numeral 53 denotes a separation head of the entrusted separation device 4, and a support portion 4 of the lifting device 33.
7 and is disposed above the conveyance path 3, and 54 is a substrate of the separation head 53;
4, there are three sets of two rotating shafts 55, that is, 6.
A book rotation shaft 55 is rotatably arranged via bearings 56 at equal intervals perpendicular to the transport direction F of the transport path 3 .

Furthermore, each of the two rough rotating shafts 55 has a plurality of approximately triangular inclined tables 57 having inclined surfaces 58 (in this example, five tables are arranged for one rotating shaft 55). The inclined surfaces 58 are arranged alternately at equal intervals so as to form a substantially X-shape.
A recess 59 for attaching a pinion 6 is provided on the rotary shaft 55 side at a position corresponding to each inclined table 56.
0 is fixed. 61 is the complicated slope 58 of each slope 57
The rack guide is installed along the guide hole 62, and is formed in a substantially U-shape with a downward opening.
A spatula needle 64 is attached to the tip and a pinion 6 is attached to the bottom surface.
A rack 62 having rack teeth that mesh with the rack 62 is installed inside, and insertion holes 65 are provided on the board 54 side in a staggered manner as shown in the figure so that spatula needles 64 attached to each rack 62 can protrude to the lower surface side. There is.

Furthermore, gears 66 having the same number of teeth are attached to one end of each rotating shaft 55 and are interlocked with each other. 67
is a motor for operating the rack, which is disposed on the board 54, and has a gear 68 that meshes with one gear 66 on its rotating shaft.
is attached, and as the motor 67 rotates forward and backward, the rotary shaft 55 is rotated via each gear 66, and the spatula needle 64 attached to the tip of the rack 62 is attached to the substrate 5 via the pinion 60.
It is connected so that it can appear and appear below 4.

Reference numeral 69 denotes a rotary encoder, which is disposed on the substrate 54, and a gear 70 that meshes with one gear 66 is attached to its rotating shaft.
It detects the amount of input and output of rack operation motor 6.
It is fully exposed in Z7.

Note that FIG. 7 shows a state in which the rack 62 is activated, and before activation, the tip of the spatula needle 64 is recessed into the upper surface of the substrate 54. 71 is a lid of the separation head 53.

Further, 72 is a manual handle for adjusting the height of the separation head 53 with respect to the surface of the conveyance path 3, and is used to preset the height of the lower surface of the separation head 53 according to the height of the workpiece W. The configuration has been omitted. Reference numeral 73 denotes a finishing material application device, which is disposed to straddle the conveyance path 3, and has a storage tank 74 for storing finishing materials such as syrup, cream, etc., sectioned above, and is used to coat workpieces passing below. It is constructed so that the finishing material can be applied to the entire surface of the W by gravity flowing or by means of pressure feeding (not shown).

375 is a stacking device in which the layered workpiece W is separated into sheets W, , by the separating device 4.
W2...The separated workpiece is re-formed into a layered workpiece W.
The heavy mirror device 75 is composed of a moving device 76, an elevating device 77, and a workpiece stabbing device 79.
Note that the moving device 76 and the lifting device 77 have substantially the same configuration as the moving device 5 and the lifting section 34 of the separation device 4, so the explanation thereof will be omitted. Reference numeral 79 denotes a work piece stabbing device provided on the lifting base 78 of the lifting device 77, and is mainly composed of a plurality of pairs of air cylinders 84 arranged oppositely on the left and right sides of the conveyance path 3.

It is a support stand for the 80G air cylinder 84, and is located on both the left and right sides of the lifting base 78 and is placed oppositely across the conveyance path 3, and both support stands 78 have adjustment screws having a right-hand threaded portion and a left-hand threaded portion. The interrogation corner thereof is screwed and connected via 81 so that it can be expanded vertically. Note that 82 and 83 are slide butts attached to the upper surface of the elevating base 78 and the lower surface of the support base 80. Reference numeral 84 denotes a plurality of pairs (three pairs are illustrated in this example) of air cylinders which are arranged side by side opposite to each other via a support frame 85 attached to the upper end of the support stand 80. A sliding tube 86 is slidably attached, and spatula needles 87 are each attached in a cantilevered manner to the lower end of the sliding tube 86.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

Now, in this example, a case will be described in which the workpiece W is cut into sheets W, to W4 in layers.

First, the separation head 53 of the separation device 4 is adjusted to a height close to the height of the work W by the manual bundle 72. When the workpiece W conveyed by the conveyance path 3 reaches directly below the separation head 53 shown in FIG. is moved in synchronization with the transport path 3, and the separation head 53, which is integrally provided on the moving substrate 12, is moved relative to the workpiece W. In the process of this movement, a motor 67 for operating the rack provided in the separation head 53 is activated to rotate each rotary shaft 55, and the rotary encoder 69 controls the rotation of the rotary shaft 55 to move the rack through the pinion 60. As shown in the figure, the upper three sheets W2, W3 are attached to each spatula needle 64 attached to the tip of the spatula needle 62.
, the amount of movement to pierce W4 like a needle is given (Figure 9)
. When the movable board 12 reaches the vicinity of the terminal end, the electromagnetic clutch 15 is turned off by the detection means, and the movable device 5 is stopped. At the same time, the elevating motor 35 of the elevating device 33
is activated, and the separation head 53 is raised by approximately one sheet W. Therefore, as the head 53 rises, the three sheets W2, W3, and W4, which have been pierced by the spatula needle 64 in the diagonal and diagonal shape shown in the figure, are lifted up integrally with the separation head 53. The bottom sheet W is separated and conveyed to the next process by the conveyance path 3 (FIG. 9C). In addition,
The rise of this head 53 is caused by the rotation of the rotary encoders 4 and 3.
controlled by Simultaneously with the rise of the head 53, the clutch brake 10 is turned on, the return motor 11 is started, the movable board 12 is quickly returned to its original position, and the separation head 53 also moves the sheets W2, W3,
It returns to its original position together with W4, and the clutch brake 10 and return motor 11 are turned off (FIG. 9D).
When the state returns to the second state, the electromagnetic clutch 15 is turned on again, the moving device 5 is activated, and the separation head 53 is moved relative to the conveyance path 3. At the same time, the lifting motor 35 is started and the head 53 is moved to the sheet. The lowermost sheet W2 is lowered by approximately two sheets, and is positioned on the conveyance path 3 in a layered manner and relatively moved (FIG. 9(e)). In the process of this relative movement, the rack actuating motor 67 is reversed, and the rack 62 is moved backward in the direction in which the spatula needle 64 comes out.The amount of backward movement is controlled by the rotary encoder 69, and the amount of movement is controlled by the rotary encoder 69. It is retreated (to Figure 9). Then, when the movable board 12 reaches the terminal end, the electromagnetic clutch 15 is turned off in the same way as in the state D, and at the same time the separation head 53 is raised together with the pierced sheets W3 and W4, and the sheet W2 is separated and the next It is transported to the process (FIG. 9). Thereafter, in the same way as above, the sheet W3 and the sheet W4 are sequentially separated and transported to the next process, and the layered sheet transported by the conveyance path 3 again. The work W is separated by repeating the above operations. Each sheet W, ~W4 separated in this way is sequentially
The separated sheets W, ~W4 are conveyed to the next process, that is, to the finishing material coating layer 73, where the finishing material is applied, and further, in the next process, the stacking device 75, the separated sheets W, ~W4 are flattened on the workpiece of the stacking device 57. The sliding cylinder 86 is moved by the operation of the air cylinder 84 of the pricking device 79, and the sheets W, are moved in synchronism with the movement of the separated sheets W, which are moving on the conveyance path 3 via the moving device 76. The sheet W is stabbed from the left and right sides by spatula needles 87, and the sheet W is raised and moved by the lifting operation of the lifting device 77, and when it reaches the stacking conveyor 88 that continues with the conveyance path 33, it is lowered and moved to the stacking conveyor 88. 8
At the same time as the sheet W is placed on the sheet 8, the sliding tube 86 retreats. Thereafter, the stacking device 75 returns to its original position and repeats the above operation to stack the sheets W2 to W4, which have been transported to the top of the mountain, in the original layered form to form a layered workpiece W, which is then transported to the next process. Ru. In the above embodiment, the rack 62 is connected to the transport path 3.
Although the spatula needle 64 is pierced through the workpiece W by operating in the front and rear directions in the direction of
The structure may be such that it is pierced in an expanded manner in the left-right direction. As described above, the present invention is an apparatus for separating a layered sponge cake into sheets, which is obtained by cutting a sponge cake into multiple sheets, and that moves relative to a conveyance path for conveying the layered sponge cake. It consists of a moving device and a separation head located above the conveyance path via a lifting device that is attached to a moving board of the moving device and can be raised and lowered, and a pair of rotating shafts are mounted on the board of the separating head. A plurality of sets of racks are arranged to intersect alternately in a substantially x shape through the racks and have spatula needles at their tips, and the spatula needles are configured to be able to extend and retract downward from the substrate. Since the layered sponge cake can be automatically separated from the lower sheet without breaking it, it is extremely useful as a layered sponge cake separating device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic front view, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the moving device, FIG. 4 is a side view, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the separation head, FIG. 7 is a side view of the separating head, FIG. 8 is a side view of the dosing device, and FIGS. 3... Conveyance path, 4... Separation device, 5...
- Moving device, 12... Moving substrate, 33... Elevating device, 53... Separation head, 54... Substrate, 55... Rotating shaft, 60... Pinion, 62...
... Rack, 64... Spatula needle, W... Layered sponge cake, W,, W2, W3・"... Sheet. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A device for separating a layered sponge cake into sheets, which is obtained by cutting a sponge cake into multiple sheets, comprising a moving device that moves relative to a conveyance path for conveying the layered sponge cake, and the moving device. and a separation head located above the conveyance path via an elevating device that is attached to a movable substrate and can be moved up and down, and the separation head is mounted on the substrate of the separation head in an approximately X-shape via a pair of rotating shafts. Separation of a layered sponge cake, characterized in that a plurality of racks are disposed that alternately intersect and have spatula needles at their tips, and the spatula needles are configured to be able to extend and retract downward from the substrate. Device.