JPS63138912A - Fruit automatic packaging method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to a collection, a shipping place, or a place where fruits are boxed, packaged, and shipped.
This invention relates to a tray pack packing device used in a fruit sorting plant.

[Conventional technology and problems]

Conventionally, a method and apparatus for automatically packing and packaging fruits in trays is known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-28930.

The above-mentioned known device has diversion slopes provided diagonally on both feeding paths of the endless belt 55, and is designed to push the fruit onto a runway (chute) provided on the side of the conveyor so that the fruit spreads to its full extent. Then, a tray pack is sent out from below to the tip of the chute, and the fruit is sent out from the tip of the shoot so as to fit into the pack 6 and packed.

However, in the above-mentioned known method, the fruits are arranged at uneven intervals across the width of the chute and are pushed by subsequent fruits.
Since the side with fewer subsequent fruits is not pressed, and the side with many subsequent fruits is pressed more, there is a drawback that it is not possible to uniformly pack trays into a tray μ-tsuku having multiple rows of holes.

That is, the fruit is unrelated to the arrangement of the tray packs 6, and since the side that is pushed by the succeeding fruit is supplied in an amount of 3yJ, the fruit is also pushed out and rides between the holes of the tray pack, and on the other hand, On the side with fewer fruits, there is a problem that the fruit is not packed in tray packs because the fruit is not fed, which creates so-called empty holes, and it is not easy to manually correct and feed the fruit.
It is desired to develop a device that automatically packs boxes.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks and provides a device that can arrange fruits randomly supplied from a previous process into a predetermined array and automatically pack them in accordance with the arrangement of holes in a tray pack. It is.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention combines an alignment feeding means for arranging fruits, a constant feeding means for feeding fruits into tray packs one row at a time, and a tray pack feeding means for automatically conveying tray packs. The method and device for automatically packing fruits were constructed as follows.

The alignment feeding means uses a pie plate feeder, and the inlet side is a diffusion conveying section that conveys the fruits randomly supplied from the previous process in a predetermined direction, and the tip has a predetermined width corresponding to the size of one fruit. An alignment supply device is constructed by forming an alignment conveyance path partitioned into multiple rows.

The constant feeding means is rotatably provided at the end of the alignment conveyance path of the alignment feeding device to receive the fruits one by one from each row corresponding to the alignment conveyance path, and the receiving plate is rotatably provided at the end of the alignment conveyance path of the alignment feeding device to receive the fruits one by one from each row of the alignment conveyance path. A device for constantly feeding fruits into tray packs is constituted, which rotates each receiving plate when the fruits are supplied and delivered to each row is completed, and the fruits are thrown into the tray pack holes below.

The constant number feeding means is configured to be able to alternately feed an odd number and an even number by cutting off one end of a predetermined number of receiving plates and stopping the feeding operation each time.

Further, in the case where the tray pack holes are arranged in a staggered manner in which each row is shifted from side to side, the constant feeding means may be configured to feed while moving laterally to the left or right depending on the hole arrangement when rotating. You can also do it.

The lateral movement in this staggered arrangement may be configured such that the tray packs are moved laterally on a tray pack transport conveyor, which will be described later.

The tray pack supply means is provided with a tray pack transport conveyor that conveys the tray packs set in advance in the empty box below the constant input device, and the conveyor is provided with a hole in the tray pack in the empty box to the constant input device. A device is installed to temporarily stop the fruit being thrown in from the receiving plate, and at the same time as the fruit is being thrown in, the empty box is moved in increments by the hole pitch of the tray pack, and the empty box is placed in the hole pitch of the tray pack in the next row. The fruit is placed facing the tip of the tray pack, and the fruits are repeatedly placed in all the holes in the tray pack and sent out.

The tray pack conveyor is a roller conveyor.

Various conveyors such as chain conveyor and belt conveyor can be used.

The device that temporarily stops empty boxes containing tray packs is a continuously rotating conveyor (roller conveyor, chain conveyor).
Empty box stoppers that appear and retract in accordance with the hole pitch are installed in multiple stages on the cage conveyance path, and are operated in sequence to cause the empty box stoppers to move in increments. There are cases where it is set up and configured.

Furthermore, when the conveyor is used as a conveyor, the conveyor itself may be driven in increments so that the conveyor is fed in increments by the hole pitch.

When the tray pack holes are arranged in a staggered manner, the tray pack conveyor is provided with a slide device for the tray pack on the side of the conveyance path, and the tray pack is fed in an inch every time a row of fruits are input from the constant input means. When doing so, the tray pack may be laterally moved (slided) to the left or right, so that the hole in the tray pack corresponds to the input port.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 to 8 show the first embodiment, 1 is a feeding container as a pre-process, 2 is an alignment pipe plate feeder constituting an alignment and feeding device, 3 is a constant feeding device to tray μ・7ri, 4 is a tray pack transport container, 5 is a fruit, 6 is a tray pack, 7 is a box, and 8 is a product box.

Aligned pie plate feeder 2 during conveyance on supply conveyor 1
It is preferable to use a conveyor having a 4i capacity to feed fruits 5 to the aligned pie plate feeder 2 substantially uniformly in the width direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the aligned pie plate feeder 2 has a structure in which a vibration plate 23 is vibrated via a temporary spring 28 by vibration generators 22 provided on both left and right sides of a base 21. A conveyor compare 4 is provided to penetrate between the base 21 and the diaphragm 23.

A frame 25 supports the base 21 via a vibration isolating member 24 that absorbs vibrations.

Moreover, this aligned pipe plate feeder 2 is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1O, the diaphragm 23 may be suspended from the lower part of the base 21 via a temporary screw 28 and vibrated by a vibration generator 22. In other words, the aligned pie plate feeder shown in FIG. It is also possible to configure the second diaphragm 23 and the base 21 to be exchanged upside down.

The diaphragm 23 forms a conveyance surface that can send out the fruits 5 randomly supplied from the supply container 1 in a predetermined plurality of rows. Form as wide as possible.

On the upper surface of the diaphragm 23, an accelerating member 233 formed of numerous elastic protrusions inclined at a certain angle with respect to the vertical line is provided.
A known method (Japanese Patent Publication No. 54-8
954) is used.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the diaphragm 23 has a diffusion conveyance section 26 of a certain length from the inlet side, and an alignment conveyance path 271 provided in multiple rows with partitions 27 at the tip thereof. Therefore, the diffusion conveyance section 26 is connected to the acceleration member 233 on the top surface of the diaphragm 23.
As the fruit 5 supplied from the supply conveyor 1 is conveyed, the fruit 5 is conveyed by changing its course in the direction of the arrow, so that the fruit 5 is conveyed almost evenly over the entire width of the diaphragm 23. It is formed so as to expand Di.

The alignment conveyance path 271 has a conveyance surface with a step lower than the upper surface of the diffusion conveyance section 2G as shown in FIG. 27 are slightly projected onto the conveying surface and provided in a plurality of rows at intervals of one fruit, so that the fruits 5 are arranged next to each other.

The partition 27 has a shape that fits in the gap between the rows of adjacent fruits 5, and the top surface of the partition 27 is preferably formed at the same level (height) as the top surface of the diffusion conveyance section 26 or at a lower level. preferable.

The alignment conveyance path 271 is formed in a groove shape such as a V-shape or a U-shape different from the planar shape shown in FIG. 5 (not shown).
7 may be omitted.

The constant input device 3 to the tray pack 6 includes a rotating shaft 32 supported by a bearing 33 and a receiving plate 3 attached to the rotating shaft 32.
1 and a rotating mechanism that rotates the receiving plate 31 about the rotating shaft 32 about the φ center, and the receiving plate 31 is provided with partitions 311 corresponding to each alignment conveyance path 271 to form a receiving plate.

It is preferable that the shape of the receiving plate 31 is formed so as to match the shape of the fruit 5, so that saucers for accommodating each fruit 5 are lined up.

The rotating shaft 32 is covered with bearings 33 on both sides, and a rotating arm 35 is attached near the bearings 33 so as to be rotatable by a rotating mechanism connected to a cylinder 34.

The mechanism for rotating the receiving plate 31 is constructed using a rotating arm 35 and a cylinder 34 in the embodiment, but a driving device such as a motor or a solenoid may also be used.

Each row of the receiving plate 31 is provided with a fruit detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the fruit 5, and detects the delivery of the fruit 5 from each alignment conveyance path 271.

When the fruit 5 is completely supplied to each row of the receiving plate 31, the cylinder 34 is actuated through a control circuit 11 (not shown) in response to signals from each sensor, and the receiving plate 31 is rotated forward.

The tray pack conveyor 4 has a conveyor frame 41
This is a known drive type roller conveyor that rotates and conveys a large number of rollers 42 mounted on a shaft, and the rollers 42 are attached at the same pitch as the tray pack hole pitch in the traveling direction of the tray pack 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tray pack conveyor 4 composed of a large number of rollers 42 is installed below the aligned pie plate feeder 2 with a gap through which the boxes 7 containing tray packs can pass. do.

As the tray pack conveyor 4, in addition to a roller conveyor, a conveyor such as a top plate chain conveyor in which a top plate 411 is attached to a rotating chain 7 as shown in FIG. 11 may be used.

43 is a stop device for the tray pack 6, and the roller 4
2 and the rollers 42, and position the holes in each row based on the holes in the first row of the tray pack 6 at the position where the fruit 5 is fed from the constant feeding device 3 and stop. , are provided in multiple stages corresponding to the six rows of each tray pack 6.

The stop device W43 can be a known device that uses an air cylinder, a solenoid, etc. to appear on and retract from the conveying surface of the tray pack, but it is possible to use a stop device W43 as long as it can be installed within the distance between the rows of holes in the tray pack 6. Other mechanisms may also be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the tray pack transport conveyor 4 is provided at the end of the constant loading device 3 with a length having a transport surface equivalent to at least two tray packs 6.

The tray pack conveyor 4 has a final stage stop device 43f for feeding the tray packs 6 into the holes in the final row.
It is preferable to increase the number of revolutions of the roller 42 from the position beyond the point to the terminal end 44 to form a high-speed delivery section 45, so that the tray-packed product box 8 is sent to the next step 81 at high speed.

This is a motor for driving the 46-hatley pack conveyor 4, and the high-speed feed section 45 rotates the roller 42 at high speed via an intermediate shaft 47.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a sight rail constructed of a pipe or the like on the tray pack transport conveyor 4, and guides the box 7 containing the tray pack during transport so as not to shift laterally.

Further, the stop device 43 can be provided in a retractable manner on the upper surface of the roller 42 from the side of the conveyor frame 41, as shown in FIG.

401 is a side brake device, which uses an air cylinder, solenoid, etc. to create a gap between the rear end of the tray pack 6 into which fruit 5 is being loaded and the front end of the following tray pack. The box 7 containing the tray pack is pinched from the side and stopped temporarily.

To explain the operation of the automatic fruit puffing device configured as described above, the box 7 containing empty tray puffing bags transported by the tray pack transporting conveyor 4 is moved through the hole in the seventh row of the tray pack 6 by the stop device 43a. It is positioned at a position where the fruit 5 falls from the constant feeding device 3, stops temporarily, and waits until the fruit 5 is fed.

A sensor 71 detects the presence or absence of a tray pack at the bottom of the constant input device.

On the other hand, the fruits 5 randomly conveyed from the supply conveyor 1 are spread almost evenly and progress on the aligned pie plate feeder 2, and as they progress, they are arranged in rows on each alignment conveyance path 271, and are arranged in rows on the constant feeding device 3. One piece is supplied to each row of receiving plates 31.

A fruit detection sensor (not shown) detects the fruit 5 supplied to each receiving plate 31, and outputs an output signal when the fruit 5 is supplied to each preset row of receiving plates 31 and the constant is equal, and the sensor 71 detects the fruit 5. The cylinder 34 is actuated by the signal detected by the tray pack 6, the receiving plate 31 is rotated forward, and the fruit 5 is thrown into each hole in the first row of the tray pack 6.

If the tray pack 6 is not detected by the sensor 71 even if a constant number of fruits 5 are placed on each receiving plate 31, the tray pack 6 is placed on standby without being loaded until the tray pack 6 is transported to that position. It is turned on when detected by the sensor 71.

The receiving plate 31 that has finished feeding returns immediately to receive the next fruit 5 fed from the aligned pie plate feeder 2 in the same manner as described above.

At the same time, the stop device W143a is lowered, and the tray pack 6 whose stop is released moves forward, and when the holes in the second row reach the loading position, it is stopped by the next stop device 43b, and the predetermined number of fruits 5 are arranged in the same manner as described above. When this happens, the receiving plate 31 is rotated forward and the fruit 5 is thrown into the second row of holes.

Thereafter, this operation is repeated, and as shown in FIG. 7, when the last row of holes in the tray pack 6 reaches the position where the fruit 5 is placed, the stop device 43f stops the tray pack 6, and at the same time, a sensor installed just before the stop device 43f stops the tray pack 6. 72 output signals;
The handbrake device 40 is activated by the output signal of the sensor 74.
1 and pauses to cut and release the following tray pack 6.

The sensor 74 detects the presence or absence of the following box 7 when the box 7 containing the tray pack 6 is stopped by the stop device 43f, and does not detect the following box 7 and does not activate the handbrake device 401. Pause.

The preceding tray pack 6 becomes a product box 8 after fruits 5 are put into the holes in the last row and is transferred to a high-speed delivery section 45.

As shown in FIG.
3, and when it is detected that the rear end of the packed product box 8 has passed over the stop device 43a.

The output signal causes the stop device 7143a to rise, and at the same time the handbrake device ru401 is released, and the following tray pack 6 advances to the stop device 43a and stops, waiting to be inserted into the first row of holes.

At this time, if a predetermined number of fruits 5 are fed onto the receiving plate 31 of the feeding device 3, the feeding operation is repeated in the same manner as described above.

On the other hand, the stop device 43 b + c + d + e
+r returns sequentially as the rear end of the packed product box 8 passes, and the next tray pack 6 is sent (initial state of waiting for filtering), and the next tray pack 6 is sent. The operation is repeated in the same manner as above.

In this way, the tray packs 6 that are sent continuously
Fruits 5 are successively put into the box and sent out as a product box 8.

The above embodiment has been described in the case where the tray pack 6 has the same number of holes in each row as shown in FIG. 24, but the hole arrangement in the tray pack 6 is shown in FIG.

When putting fruits 5 into the tray packs 6 arranged in a 1,000-A shape by shifting left and right row by row as shown in FIG. When the tray packs 6 on the pack conveying container 4 are moved forward by an inch every time one row is loaded, a means for moving them left and right is used.

[Second Embodiment] Figures 13 to 15 show that the tray pack 6 has a second hole arrangement.
In the case of island-shaped arrangement as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
It is a drawing showing an example.

The slide mechanism for laterally moving the constant feeding device 3 to the left or right consists of a slide bearing 303 attached to the lower part of the tray pack conveyor 4, a slide shaft 302 fitted through the slide bearing 303, and the slide! Ij
Mounting stand 301 installed upwards on both ends of 302
A cylinder 304 is provided between a part of the mount 301 and a part of the conveyor 4, so that the mount 301 can be moved laterally.

A bearing 33 is provided on the upper part of the mounting base 301 configured as described above, and a hollow rotation shaft 36 to which a receiving plate 31 is attached is rotatably supported between the cough bearings 33 using a support shaft 37.

The hollow rotary wheel 36 to which the receiving plate 31 is attached is connected to the divided portion 36.
) is divided into two hollow rotation shafts 36a and 36b,
- The hollow rotation wheel 36a of the example is provided with a number of receiving plates 31a that is one subtracted from the predetermined number with the divided portion 36) as a reference, and the hollow rotating shaft 36b on the other side is provided with receiving plates 31b with the divided portion 36) as a reference. Hollow pivot shafts 36a are provided.

Rotating arms 35a and 35b are installed on the mounting base 301 side of 36b.
The rotating arms 35a, 36b are operated by cylinders 34a, 34b attached to a part of the mounting base 301, thereby forming a rotating mechanism for the receiving plates 31a, 31b.

The constant feeding device 3 configured as described above uses the cylinders 34a and 34 as shown in FIG.
b is operated at the same time to rotate the receiving +ff 131a and 31b at the same time, and when inserting the fruit 5 into the second row (5 people), the cylinder 304 is operated and the constant feeding device 3 is moved horizontally as shown in Fig. 15. At the same time, the cylinder 348 is operated to rotate the receiving plate 31a, and the fruit 5 is thrown in.

At this time, the cylinder 34b is not operated and the receiving plate 31b is
will remain suspended.

Below, repeat the above actions in the same way.・Fruit 5
Pack 5 fruits into the tray packs 6 in a staggered arrangement with odd and even numbers alternately in each row.
Insert.

Next, a description will be given of the operation of the constant loading device 3 for loading fruits 5 into the staggered tray packs 6 with the same number of holes in each row as shown in FIG. 26.

When putting fruit 5 into the first row (six people), cylinders 34a and 34b are operated simultaneously in the same way as above, and the receiving plate 3
4a and 31b are rotated to input the fruits 5, and in order to input the fruits 5 into the holes (six people) of the staggered tray pack 6 in the second row, actuate the cylinder 304 and set the constant While moving the charging device 3 laterally, the cylinder 34a,
34b is operated simultaneously to rotate the receiving plates 31a and 31b together, and the fruit 5 is thrown into the hole (large hole) of the tray pack 6 in the second row.

Thereafter, the above-mentioned operation is repeated alternately in the same manner, and the same number of fruits 5 are thrown into the staggered tray packs 6 in each row.

[Third Embodiment] In order to load fruits 5 into tray bags arranged in a staggered manner, the constant loading device 3 is not moved horizontally, but the boxes 7 containing tray packs on the tray pack transport conveyor 4 are moved to the left or right. FIGS. 16 to 23 constructed as above will be explained in detail.

The aligned pie plate feeder 2 of this embodiment is the same as that described above in the first embodiment, and the constant feeding device 3 includes a hollow rotating shaft 35a to which receiving plates 31a and 31b are attached, as in the second embodiment. A support shaft 37 is fitted into the support shaft 36b, and the support shaft 37 is rotatably supported by bearings 33a and 33b that stand upright from both sides of the frame 41 of the tray pack conveyor 4.

A rotating arm 35a is located near the core bearings 33a, 33b.

35b is attached, and one end is connected to the cylinders 34a and 34b attached to the frame 41, so that they can rotate freely.

Reference numeral 4 designates a tray pack conveyor, which uses a top plate chain conveyor, but may also use the driven roller conveyor used in the first embodiment.

Stop devices 43a to 43f and hand brake device 4
01 has the same structure as the first embodiment, and the handbrake device 401 is in a position to stop the following box 7 containing the tray pack 6 when the preceding box 7 containing the tray pack 6 is stopped at the stop device E43a. establish.

The stop device 43g is provided at a position where the rear end of the original document 7 passes through the stop device 43g when the tray pack 6-hole box 7 arrives at the stop device 43e.

402, 403, and 404 are sensors that detect the presence or absence of the box 7, and stop devices 43g, 438, and 43e, respectively.
Set immediately before.

As shown in FIG. 18, the sensor 405 is provided at a position to detect the subsequent box 7 that is connected when the box 7 containing the tray pack 6 is stopped at the stop ff143g.

The sensor 40G detects that the rear end of the packed crystal box 8 is over the stop device 43a as shown in FIG. 21. It is installed at a position that detects when one period has passed.

A slide device 200 for laterally moving the box 7 containing the tray pack 6 from side to side on the tray pack conveyor 4. c. Brackets 201a erected upward on both sides of the frame 41 of the tray pack conveyor 4.

Attach cylinders 202a and 202b to 201b, adjust their protruding and retracting strokes to the misalignment of the staggered array holes in the tray pack, and then connect cylinders 202a and 202b.
It is configured so that they appear and appear alternately.

The automatic fruit packing device configured as above allows the second
5 Fruits are placed in a 6-hole staggered tray pack with each row shifted to the left or right with odd and even numbers repeated in each row as shown in Figure 5.
I will explain the v1 work that introduces.

The boxes 7 containing empty tray packs 6 that are continuously conveyed on the tray pack conveying container 4 are temporarily stopped by the stop device 43g as shown in FIG. After the device 401 is activated and stopped, the stop device 4 is activated as shown in FIG.
3g descends, the box 7 containing the tray bar 6 moves forward, and when the holes in the first row reach the insertion position, the stop device 43a is activated.
It pauses and waits until the fruit 5 is immersed.

On the other hand, when the fruit 5 is completely fed to the receiving plate 31 of each row of the constant supplying device 3 and the constant number is equal, each fruit detection sensor (not shown) detects the output signal and the sensor 403 in front of the stop device 43a. The cylinders 34a and 34b are actuated simultaneously by the output signal for confirming the presence of the box, and the receiving plate 31a is
, 31b forward, and the fruit 5 is thrown into each hole in the first row (six people) as shown in FIG.

The receiving plate 31 that has completed feeding returns immediately and waits for the fruit 5 to be fed from the aligned pie plate feeder 2 in the same manner as described above.

After the insertion into the first row is completed, the stop device 43a is lowered,
As the tray pack 6 with fruits 5 placed in the holes in the first row moves forward, as shown in FIG. 17, the slide device 200b
is actuated and the tray pack 6 moves horizontally through the staggered array holes, and after completing the horizontal movement, the tray pack 6 is stopped by the stop device 43b, and when the fruit 5 is supplied onto the receiving plate 31a, the tray pack 6
42 to rotate the receiving plate 31a, and the second row (five people) fruits 5 are thrown in as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, the above operation is repeated alternately, and as shown in FIG. 20, the sensor 404 detects when the box 7 containing the tray pack 6 arrives at the stop device 436 at the position where it is inserted into the hole of the tray pack 6 in the fifth row. In response to the output signal, the stop device 743g is raised to wait for the subsequent box 7 containing the tray pack, and at the same time, the brake device 401 is released.

The brake device 401 is released, and the box 7 containing the following tray pack 6 moves forward to the stop device 43g and stops, and the box 7 containing the F&HL tray pack is detected by the sensor 405, and the brake is applied based on the output signal. Device 4
01 operates and pauses.

As shown in FIG. 21, the sensor 406 is installed at a position where it detects the tip of Ogf when it passes over the stop device 43a after the product box 8 has been loaded with fruit 5, and when the product box 8 is detected by the sensor 40G. As it moves further forward, the stop devices 43a+b, c+d+e+f sequentially return to the initial state where the next tray pack 6 is sent.
When the next tray pack 6 is sent, the operation is repeated in the same manner as described above.

Next, the hole arrangement of the tray pack is as shown in Figure 26, with each row having the same number of holes arranged in a staggered pattern.
To input, the receiving plates 31a, 31b of the constant input device 3
The operation of activating each row of tray pack holes simultaneously for loading, and the operation of horizontally moving the staggered arrangement hole pitch for each row of six tray pack holes, are performed when the tray pack hole arrangement is in the second position.
Similar to the loading operation shown in FIG. 5, the slide device 200a or 200b is operated for each row to move the tray pack 6 laterally.

As described above, this operation is repeatedly performed by a preset control circuit (not shown), and the fruits are automatically packed into tray packs.

It is possible to change some of the contents of this application without departing from the technical scope of the present invention as described above, and all matters contained in the above description and attached drawings are examples, and do not deviate from the invention. It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the present invention, and that the contents described in the claims can also be applied to devices whose design has been partially changed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

In the present invention, the fruits supplied to the rung 11 from the previous process are spread in a predetermined direction and transported, and as they progress, they are arranged in rows in a predetermined direction on an alignment conveyance path partitioned into a plurality of predetermined rows, and then transferred to a constant feeding device. When the fruit is fed from each alignment conveyance path onto the receiving plate of the constant feeding device, the fruit is fed downward by rotating the receiving plate. The tray pack is placed in an empty box, placed under the constant feeding device 1 facing the falling position of the fruit from the receiving plate, and temporarily stopped. Each time the tray pack is inserted, the tray pack is automatically inserted into the tray pack by inching the tray pack by the hole pitch.

The fruits are fed onto the receiving plate in a fixed orientation on the alignment conveyance path, and the same number of fruits as the number of holes in the tray pack are simultaneously thrown into the lower feeding position, so the fruits are securely placed between the holes in the tray pack. It fits perfectly and does not create so-called voids. Furthermore, since the materials are fed in the same direction, the labor that conventionally required manual labor can be saved.

Furthermore, the fruits that are randomly supplied from the previous process are arranged in rows on multiple alignment conveyance paths and fed to the constant loading device, and when the delivery from each alignment conveyance path is completed, the fruits are simultaneously input, so that trays with good movement can be created. Can be packed.

In addition, when the receiving plate of the constant feeding device is fed from each row of the alignment conveyance path, the fruit is not placed on the receiving plate and rotates approximately 90 degrees forward, so the fruit is placed on the receiving plate and downwards. It can be placed close to the tray pack without damaging the fruit.

Furthermore, in order to correspond to the arrangement pattern of the tray pack holes, one end of the receiving plate of the constant loading device was cut off and mounted on the shaft, and the loading operation was stopped after each loading operation, and the loading position was changed for each loading operation. Move laterally to either the left or right in the direction of travel.

That is, since the control circuit is operated according to a preset tray pack hole arrangement pattern to perform tray pack filling, the tray bag filling process can be automated.

In addition, by automating the tray bag filling process, workers can save time from other tasks. ! They can concentrate on inspection, etc., and provide high-quality fruits to the market or general consumers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the main part of the first embodiment, Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a front view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is Fig. 3 A-A.
5 is a sectional view along the line B-B in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the state in which fruit is added, FIGS. 7 and 8 are explanatory diagrams of operation, and FIG. 9 is a pipe FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line C-C in FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the tray pack conveyor, and FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the rate feeder. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the stop device. FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the main parts of the second embodiment, FIG.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line D-D in FIG. 13. FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the main parts of the third embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the 16th embodiment.
The plan view of the figure, Figures 18 to 21 are operation explanatory diagrams, Figure 22
Figure 23 is a sectional view taken along the line E-H in Figure 16;
Figures 4, 25, and 26 are explanatory diagrams of the hole arrangement of the tray pack. 1... Supply conveyor 2... Aligning pie plate feeder 3... Constant feeding device 4... Tray pack conveyor 5... Fruit 6... Tray pack 7
... Box 8 ... Product box 2I ... Base 22 ... Vibration generator 23 ... Vibration plate 24 ... Vibration isolating member 25 ... Frame
26... Diffusion conveyance section 27... Partition
2nd...temporary spring 31...receiving plate
32... Rotating shaft 33... Bearing 3
4... Cylinder 35... Rotating arm 36
...Hollow rotating shaft 37...Support shaft 41...Conhair frame 42...Roller 43...Stop device 44...Terminal part 45...High speed sending part 46...Motor 47 ...Intermediate shaft 48...Sight rail 71...Sensor 72...Sensor 73...Sensor 74
...Sensor 81...Next process 200...
・Slide device 201...Bracket 202...
・Cylinder 233...Acceleration member 271...
Alignment conveyance path 301...Mounting stand 302...Slide shaft 303 Slide bearing 304...Cylinder 311...Partition 36)...Divided portion 401...Handbrake device 402...Sensor 403. ...Sensor 404...Sensor 405...Sensor 406...Sensor 411...Top plate rod 4 0 Figure 1.5

Claims (11)

[Claims] (1) An arranging process in which fruits supplied from the previous process are transported and arranged in a predetermined plurality of rows at an exit, and fruits are received one by one from each outlet into a receiving part in correspondence with each row in the arranging process. , when the transfer of each row is completed, a constant loading step of repeatedly rotating each receiving part at the same time and loading the fruit downward; supplying a tray pack directly below the constant loading step;
An automatic fruit packing method comprising a tray pack feeding step in which the holes in the tray pack are made to face the input opening of the receiver, and the tray pack is moved forward in increments by the hole pitch each time a constant number of fruits are input. . (2) The automatic fruit packing method according to claim 1, wherein in the constant inputting step, an odd number and an even number are alternately inputted as a constant for each input. (3) A patent claim characterized in that, when the holes in the tray pack are arranged in a staggered manner, the constant amount of input is carried out by each receiver rotating and moving to the left or right each time the tray pack is loaded. The automatic fruit packing method according to item 1 or 2. (4) The tray pack feeding step is characterized in that, when the tray pack holes are arranged in a staggered manner, the tray pack is moved forward by the hole pitch and is moved forward in increments by alternately shifting laterally to the left or right. An automatic fruit packing method according to claim 1 or 2. (5) Equipped with a flat part that allows randomly supplied fruits to advance in a predetermined direction, and an aligned conveyance part partitioned into a plurality of predetermined rows at the tip with a width corresponding to the size of one fruit. and a receiving part formed to receive one fruit from each row, corresponding to each outlet of the above-mentioned aligning and feeding means, is mounted on a shaft, and fruits are fed from each predetermined row into the receiving part. A constant input means configured to rotate a receiving part to input a predetermined number of fruits downward when the tray is loaded, and a tray pack conveyor for supplying tray packs below the constant input means, and a tray pack transport conveyor for supplying tray packs to the conveyor. A device is provided to temporarily stop the hole facing the falling position of the fruit thrown in from the receiving part, and is combined with a tray pack supplying means that feeds the tray pack in increments by the hole pitch each time the fruit is thrown in. An automatic fruit packing device characterized in that it is configured to automatically put fruits into holes in a tray pack. (6) The alignment and feeding means is a vibrating feeding mechanism using a diaphragm, and the alignment and feeding portion at the tip is configured with a low level difference from the flat portion in front. Automatic fruit packing equipment according to scope item 5. (7) The receiving portion of the constant feeding means corresponding to each outlet of the alignment supplying means is separated from one end and mounted on a shaft, and one receiving plate at the separated one end is used for each feeding operation. 6. The automatic fruit packing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the automatic fruit packing apparatus is configured so that the fruits are paused during the period of time, and an odd number and an even number are alternately put in each time the fruit is put in. (8) The fruit automatic machine according to claim 5, wherein the constant inputting means is configured to horizontally move the inputting position to either the left or right side every time the inputting operation is performed. packing equipment. (9) The conveyor of the tray pack supplying means is configured to use a roller conveyor to supply the tray packs passing below the alignment and supplying means and toward the bottom of the constant supplying means. Automatic fruit packing equipment according to scope item 5. (10) The conveyor of the tray pack supply means includes:
The automatic fruit packing apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the tray pack is supplied using a top plate chain conveyor to pass below the alignment supply means and toward the bottom of the constant supply means. . (11) The tray pack supplying means is provided with a device that horizontally moves the tray pack alternately to the left or right depending on the arrangement of the holes each time the tray pack is inched, so that the fruit thrown in from the constant feeding means is The automatic fruit packing device according to claim 5, characterized in that the fruit is placed into holes arranged in a staggered pattern.