JPS6111326A - Transporter for parting plate - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a partition transfer device, and more specifically to a canned goods sterilization system, in which sterilized canned goods are piled up in multiple layers through a plurality of partition plates. The present invention relates to a device that automatically transfers partition plates from a can unloader that sends out the canned goods to a can loader that stacks canned goods for sterilization in multiple layers in an empty basket via a plurality of partition plates.

(Conventional technology) Conventionally, baskets had a small capacity and the partition plates were often small, and in order to use the partition plates repeatedly, the transfer of the partition plates from the can unloader to the can row finisher was mainly done manually. It was carried out by

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Recently, as in the case of canned coffee drinks, small variety products are produced in large quantities.
In addition, a type of canned goods that required retort sterilization appeared. In this case, for example, a large patch retort with a capacity of 10 to 15 tons is used, and several large gaskets, each weighing about 2 tons when filled with canned goods, are housed in the tort and sterilized. The partition plates used in this process also become large, for example, when made of 70 plastics such as polyzolopyrene, the weight of one piece is approximately 5 k17, and the size is approximately 1.200 a++X] 250L:tnX 6
n+m (thickness), making manual transfer difficult and dangerous, and the emergence of a fully automatic large-scale retort sterilization system including an automatic partition plate transfer device was important.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to provide a device that automatically transfers a partition υ plate from a can unloader to a can loader without interfering with the operations of both.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a can unloader for delivering sterilized canned goods from a basket stacked in multiple layers through a plurality of partition plates, and a can unloader for transporting sterilized canned goods through a plurality of partition plates. an empty basket transfer device that transfers from the can unloader in a direction perpendicular to the delivery direction of the canned food; and a multilayer stack of canned goods for sterilization through a plurality of partition plates in the empty baskets sent by the empty basket transfer device. A device for transferring the partition plate from the can unloader to the can loader in a can sterilization processing system including a can loader installed in parallel with the can unloader, the device comprising: the can unloader and the can loader; A belt conveyor device disposed adjacent to and parallel to the empty basket transfer device, and a partition plate feeding device in which the partition plate is moved from the can unloader in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the canned goods and placed on the belt conveyor device. a partition plate storage device disposed adjacent to the can loader and downstream of the belt conveyor device; a partition plate extrusion device for pushing out the partition plate on the belt conveyor device into the partition temporary storage device; and a partition plate loading device for loading the partition plates in the partition temporary storage device into the can loader.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to drawings which are examples.

1 in FIG. 1 shows an example of a fully automatic large-scale retort sterilization system, and 2A and 2B are large-capacity (for example, 10 to 15 tons) horizontal patch-type retorts. A can loader 3 and a can unloader 4 are arranged in parallel on the back surfaces of the retorts 2A and 2B.

In the can loader 3, canned goods 5 (
A basket 7 (see FIG. 2) in which canned coffee (for example, canned coffee) is stacked in multiple layers via a plurality of partition plates 6 includes a roller conveyor 8a, a turntable 8b, and a roller conveyor 8e.
, 8d, 8e and onto the lifter 8f, arrows A, B
, C direction, and a plurality of baskets 7 (five in FIG. 2) are loaded into the retort 2A from the lifter 8f and subjected to heat sterilization treatment.

The basket 7 containing the sterilized canned goods 5 is transferred from the lifter 8f to the roller conveyor 8g,') with the lid 8h10.
-La conveyor si +8j +8ks Automatically sent in the directions of arrows C, D, and A through a turntable 8t and a roller conveyor 8m, and arranged in two rows of can unloader 4 in the direction of arrow A, with several pieces in each row. It is placed on the rollers 9 provided (see FIG. 3). When sterilization is performed in the retort 2B, the basket 7 is transferred in the same manner as described above, except that the lifter 8h and the basket 7 are inserted into the retort 2B.

In the can unloader 4, the sterilized canned goods 5 are
The empty basket 7 is sent out in the direction of the arrow E, which is perpendicular to the direction of the arrow, and is automatically sent in the direction of the arrow E by a roller conveyor 8n, and is transferred to the roller 10 of the can loader 3 (having the same structure as the roller 9). ) (see Fig. 2), and the canned goods 5 to be sterilized again are stacked in multiple layers.

On the other hand, the partition plate is for can unloader 4 and can loader 3.
It is automatically transferred from the can unloader 4 to the can loader 3 by a partition temporary transfer device 11 arranged adjacent to and in parallel with the can unloader 4 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the can unloader 4 includes a roller 9. which supports and guides the bottom surface of both sides of the basket 70 and is driven by a motor (not shown) via a chain. A lifter 12 intermittently pushes up the bottom plate 7a of the basket 7 by a height equal to the sum of the height of the canned food 5 and the thickness of the partition plate 6 at a predetermined timing, and a belt conveyor moves the canned food 5 in the top row in the direction of arrow E. Push plate 14 to push out on 13, and arrow E
A belt conveyor 13 is provided which continuously moves in the direction and carries out the canned goods 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the can loader 5 includes a roller 10 having a structure similar to that of the roller 9, which supports and guides the empty basket 7 transferred by the can unloader 4, and a bottom plate 7 of the basket.
a lifter 15 that intermittently lowers canned food 5 by a height equal to the sum of the height of canned food 5 and the thickness of partition plate 3 at predetermined timing; and a continuously moving belt conveyor 16 that carries in canned food 5 in the direction of arrow F. , and a pushing plate 17 that pushes the canned food 5 stopped at the downstream end of the belt conveyor 16 in the direction of arrow F and places it on the uppermost partition plate 6 (or bottom plate 7a).

The partition temporary name feeding device 11 includes a belt conveyor device 2'0, which includes two mutually parallel narrow bells 20a, which are arranged in parallel adjacent to the can unloader 4 and the roller conveyor 8n, and a belt conveyor device 2'0, in which the canned goods 5 are placed on a push plate. 14, the finger 20a grips the end 6a of the uppermost partition plate 6 opposite to the extrusion direction (arrow E direction).
After the extrusion is completed, the partition plate 6 is pulled out in the direction of arrow G with the partition plate 6 kept in a state of lag, and placed on the upstream side of the belt conveyor device 20.
5), a partition plate storage device 22 disposed adjacent to the can loader 3 and downstream of the belt conveyor device 20.
, a partition plate extrusion device 23 that pushes out the partition plate 6 on the belt conveyor device 20 into the partition plate storage device 22, and a partition plate that loads the partition plate 6 in the partition plate storage device 22 into the can loader 3. A charging device 24 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the partition plate delivery device 21 includes a main body 25 on which two fingers 21a are attached,
Two guide rails 26 are provided that are parallel to each other. The main body 25 includes an air cylinder 27, a piston rod 28 having a rack 28a formed on its upper surface, and a pinion 29 that meshes with the rack 28a. It includes a gear 30 coaxial with the pinion 29 and a wheel 31 that rolls along the upper surface of the guide rail 26. A rack 26a is provided on the underside of the guide rail 26.
is formed and meshes with the gear 30. When the air cylinder/dar 27 operates and the piston rod 28 moves forward, the ignition 29 and gear 30 rotate, and the wheel 3
0 rotates along the guide rail 26, and the partition plate delivery device 21 is configured to move in the direction of arrow G.

The belt conveyor 20a of the four-rut conveyor device 20 includes a motor 32, a belt 33, a zori 34, and a drive roller 3.
5, its upper span 20al is constantly moving in the direction of arrow H.

The partition plate extrusion device 23 includes an air cylinder 36 located slightly below the upper slot 20a of the belt conveyor on the upstream side of the belt conveyor device 20 and extending in the direction of arrow H;
A pushing tool 38 is pivotally attached to the tip of the piston rod 37 by a pin 41 (FIG. 6).

(FIG. 7), and two guide rails 40 for guiding the rollers 39 attached to the extruder 38.

The end of the guide rail 40 on the air cylinder 36 side is a downwardly curved curved part 40a, and the other part is a horizontal part 40b. And the piston rod 37 is the fifth
In the leftmost state in the figure (hereinafter referred to as the state at the bottom dead center), the pushing tool 38 rotates around the pin 41 and pushes out the extrusion part 42.
When the upper end 42a is located below the upper span 20a, and when the piston rod 37 is extended and the rollers 39 are on the horizontal portion 40b of the guide rail, the extrusion is performed as shown by the solid line in FIG. The upper end 42a of the upper part 2
It is configured to be located slightly above 0a1.

The piston rod 37 is at the bottom dead center until the partition plate 6 is transferred in the direction of arrow H by the belt conveyor 20a and the rear end 6b (FIG. 6) reaches the horizontal part 40b of the guide rail 40. Meanwhile, the upper end of the extruded part 4
Transfer of the five partition plates 6 is not obstructed by 2a. When the rear end 6b of the partition plate 6 passes the pusher 38 and reaches the horizontal part 40b, the air cylinder 36 operates, the piston rod 37 extends, and the rear end 6b of the partition plate 6'
The extrusion portion 42 engages with the push-out portion 42 . Since the piston rod 37 extends until the extrusion portion 38 reaches the downstream end 20b of the belt conveyor device 20, the partition plate 6 is extruded in the direction of arrow H along the belt conveyor 20a by the extrusion tool 38, and the partition plate storage device , 22.

The partition plate storage device 22 includes a partition plate mounting board 45, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. The mounting plate 45 is configured to be movable up and down by a motor-driven lifting mechanism (not shown). Based on the signals from the sensor 46 (usually a photoelectric sensor) and the low level (L) sensor 47, the motor for the lifting mechanism operates, and the partition plate 6 on the top layer is moved to the low level (low level width). and no i level (
During step 6), the mounting plate 45 is moved up and down so that it is normally located at the wax dyeing ring (L). Normally, the low level (L) is set approximately equal to the level of the upper surface 16a of the belt conveyor 16 of the can loader 3. The no. level (6) is slightly higher than the low level width (low level width), for example, about 5 cm higher, and is set approximately equal to the level of the upper surface of the upper span 20a1 of the belt conveyor 20a of the belt conveyor device.

The thickness of the partition plate 6 is usually about 5 to 10 layers.

The partition plate loading device 24 includes a main body 48 and a guide rail 49.
It is equipped with The main body 48 is equipped with an air cylinder 50, and a piston rod with a rack, a pinion, and a gear mechanism (not shown) similar to the main body 25 of the partition plate delivery device 21. The lower surface of the kite rail 49 meshes with the above-mentioned gear. The roller 53 attached to the main body 48 rolls along the guide rail 49 by the operation of the air cylinder 50, and the main body 48 is placed above the partition plate storage device 22 (see FIG. 2). and above the basket 79 inside the can loader 3 at a predetermined timing.

The main body 48 further includes four vacuum suction cups 51 capable of suctioning the four corners of the partition plate 6. When the main body 48 is located above the partition plate storage device 22 as shown in FIGS. After that, the main body 48 rises to the original position, and then, by the operation of the air cylinder 50, the main body 48 moves to above the basket 7 and waits as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.

Then, at the same time as the loading of the canned goods 5 onto the uppermost partition plate 6x in the basket 7 is completed, the vacuum is cut off and the partition plate 6 falls onto the group of canned goods 5. There is. Immediately after falling, the main body 48 moves above the partition plate storage device 22, picks up a new partition plate 6, and then returns above the gasket 7 to wait.

(Function) The partition plate 6 is moved in the following manner using the device 11 described above.

The canned food 5 on the uppermost partition plate 6 in the gasket 7 in the can unloader 4 is moved by the push plate 14 to the arrow E.
While the partition plate 6 is being pushed out in the direction, the fingers 21a of the partition plate delivery device 21 are closed by the operation of an air cylinder (not shown), and the partition plate 6 is pushed out by the delivery device 21.
The side end portion 6a is cut off to prevent the partition plate 6 from moving in the direction of arrow E together with the canned food 5.

Immediately after the extrusion of the canned food 5 is completed, the air cylinder 27 is operated, and the main body 25 of the delivery device 21 moves in the direction of arrow G together with the partition plate 6, so that the partition plate 6 is moved upstream of the belt conveyor device 20. The partition plate 6 stops when it is located above the side. Immediately, the fingers 21a open and the partition plate 6 falls onto the belt conveyor 20a, and is moved by the belt conveyor 20a in the direction of arrow H. At this point, the partition plate extrusion device 23 Since the piston rod 37 is at the bottom dead center, when the partition plate 6 passes the position of the pushing tool 38, the movement of the partition plate 6 is not hindered by the pushing part 42.

As soon as the partition plate 6 passes the position of the pusher 38,
When the air cylinder 36 operates and the piston rod 37 begins to extend, the extrusion portion 42 and the rear end 6b of the partition plate 6 engage with each other almost at the same time, and the partition plate 6 is pushed out in the direction of arrow H, and the partition plate 6 is pushed out. It is placed on the partition plate 6 already stored in the board storage device 22. Since the uppermost partition plate 6 in the storage device 22 is controlled to be positioned at a lower level than the level 0), the partition plate 6 pushed out 5 is the partition plate 6 in the storage device 22. There is no risk of collision.

The top layer partition plate 6 in the storage device 22 is sucked by the vacuum suction cup 7'51 of the partition plate loading device 24, moves to above the basket 7 in the can loader 3, and the top layer in the basket 7 is moved to the upper part of the basket 7 in the can loader 3. Wait until the cans 5 are completely loaded onto the partition plate 6X. At the same time as the above-mentioned charging is completed, the vacuum of the vacuum suction cup 7'51 is cut off and the partition plate 6 falls onto the group of cans 5.

(Effects) According to the present invention, the transition of the partition plate from the can unloader to the la can loader is performed fully automatically without interfering with the work on the can unloader and the can loader.
This has the effect of realizing labor savings.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an example of a can sterilization system to which the device of the present invention is applied, and Fig. 2 is a front view taken from line n-■ in Fig. 1, showing a partition plate storage device and a can loader. drawing,
Figure 3 is a front view taken from the line I-I [1] in Figure 1, showing the belt conveyor device and the can unloader, and Figure 4 is a side view taken from the line IV-IV in Figure 1, showing the partition plate. Drawings showing a delivery device, a belt conveyor device, and a partition plate extrusion device, FIG. 5 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 4, and FIGS. 6 and 7 respectively show main parts of the partition plate extrusion device in FIG. FIGS. 8 and 9 are a plan view and a side view of essential parts, respectively, of the partition plate storage device and partition plate loading device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 1. Fully automatic large retort sterilization system, 3.
Can loader, 4...Can unloader, 5...Canned food, 6.Partition plate, 7...Pasquera), 8n...Roller conveyor (empty basket transfer device), 11...Partition provisional name feeding device, 20.・・Belt conveyor device, 21・・
- Partition plate sending device, 22... Partition plate storage device, 23
... Partition plate extrusion device, 24... Partition plate charging device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Sterilized canned goods are passed through multiple partition plates.
A can unloader that sends out the canned goods from multi-layered baskets, an empty basket transfer device that transfers empty baskets from the can unloader in a direction perpendicular to the canned food delivery direction, and an empty basket transfer device that transfers the empty baskets from the empty basket transfer device. In a canned goods sterilization processing system comprising a can loader installed in parallel with the can unloader for stacking canned goods to be sterilized in multiple layers in a basket via a plurality of partition plates, the partition plate is removed from the can unloader. A device for transferring the canned goods to the can loader, the device includes a belt conveyor device disposed in parallel adjacent to the can unloader and the empty basket transfer device, and a belt conveyor device arranged in parallel to the can unloader and the empty basket transfer device, and a belt conveyor device arranged in parallel to the can unloader and the empty basket transfer device; A partition plate delivery device that moves in the opposite direction to the belt conveyor device and places it on the belt conveyor device, a partition plate storage device that is disposed adjacent to the can loader and downstream of the belt conveyor device, and the belt conveyor device. The present invention is characterized by comprising a partition plate extrusion device for pushing out the upper partition plate into the partition plate storage device, and a partition plate loading device for loading the partition plate in the partition plate storage device into the can loader. Partition plate transfer device.