JPS63272714A - Automatic feed device for rodform article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve efficiency, by a method wherein, in on automatic feed device for a rodform candy to a conveyance device, articles are continuously fed from a containing box through vibration of a trough having a corrugated bottom, and the articles are aligned one by one by means of a suspension plate rotatably situated to a delivery part. CONSTITUTION:With a feeder part 2 vibrated, a trough part 4 is vibrated in a longitudinal direction, a box part 7 is also vibrated, and rodform candies 8 in the box part 7 are fed to the trough part 4. The rodform candies on the trough part 4 are fed forward in a state to be aligned by means of a corrugated bottom 4a, and are dropped on a receiving plate 9a of a delivery part 9. Thereafter, the rodform candies 8 are raked up by means of a caterpillar 10b of an endless chain 10a moved obliquely upward, and are conveyed in the direction of an arrow mark A. In this case, the surplus rodform candies 8 are raked down by means of a suspension plate 9c and are aligned one by one. This constitution prevents breakage of the rodform candy and enables improvement of efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a method for supplying bar-shaped confectionery [
1.

[Prior Art] There is a long and narrow bar-shaped confectionery with chocolate on the surface.In the manufacturing process of this kind of bar-shaped confectionery, the bar-shaped confectionery is lined up one by one on a chain conveyor and conveyed to a chocolate coating machine. (For example, the
-2393 Publication).

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, manual labor was required to feed bar-shaped confectionery to a chain conveyor, but the bar-shaped confectionery easily broke, placing a great burden on the worker and reducing work efficiency. It was declining.

The present invention was made in order to solve these conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can fully automatically feed bar-shaped confectionery to a conveying device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides a trough portion having a corrugated bottom surface, and a trough portion connected to the trough portion via a spring material. An electromagnetic feeder part that vibrates in the front and back direction, a box part that works in conjunction with the front two trough parts to continuously supply rod-shaped objects to the bottom of the trough part, and a hanging plate whose one end is rotatably supported. and a delivery part that receives the rod-like objects from the trough part and arranges the stick-like objects one by one on a chain conveyor, and further includes a means for detecting the height of the stick-like objects. death,
This detection means and the electromagnetic feeder section are electrically connected.

[Examples] The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to illustrated examples.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a base formed of a frame, and an electromagnetic feeder section 2 is fixed to the -L portion thereof, and a box support member 3 is attached thereto. 4 is the trough part of the feeder;
The bottom surface 4a is formed with a low waveform that continues in the front and back direction, and leaf springs 5.6 are attached to the center and rear portions of the bottom surface, and the lower ends of these leaf springs are fixed to the feeder 2 part, Furthermore, the leaf spring 6 is engaged with the actuating piece 2a of the feeder section. Therefore, when the feeder section 2 is driven by energization, the central portion of the leaf spring 6 is caused to reciprocate in the front-rear direction via the operating piece 2a, and in conjunction with this, the leaf spring 5 is also reciprocated in the back-and-forth direction. As a result, the trough portion 4 vibrates in the backward direction by 0η.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a box portion in which a bar-shaped confectionery 8 is stored, and when placed on the base 1, the front end surface is supported by the box support member 3 and tilts downward, so that it comes into contact with the bottom surface 4a of the trough portion 4. It's Nishide. The inner surface of the box part 7 is lined with aluminum to prevent moisture, and the inner width in the width direction is set to approximately the length of the bar-shaped confectionery 8, so that the bar-shaped confectionery can be stored side by side in the width direction. Yes, and as shown in Figure 3, there is an insert plate (
When the front plate (not shown) is removed, an opening 7a is formed at the bottom of the front plate.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a delivery section, which is disposed between the trough section 4 and the conveying device 10, and includes a receiving plate 9a for receiving the bar-shaped confectionery from the trough section 4, and a side for aligning both ends of the bar-shaped confectionery. It is equipped with a face plate 9b and a rubber curved hanging plate 9C rotatably supported by a part of the side plate, and a bar-shaped confectionery is placed between the main 11 tabira 10b attached to the endless chain 10a of the conveying device 10. It is designed so that you can place one book at a time.

Further, means 11 (a phototube in the illustrated example) for detecting the height of the pile of bar-shaped sweets accumulated in the feeding section 9 is provided at key points of the feeding section 9, and the feeder section 2 is electrically connected to the feeder section 2. It is connected so that the drive of this feeder section can be controlled. In addition, in the figure, 12 is a feeder control box.

The rod-shaped object feeding device according to the present invention is constructed as described above, and when the box section 7 is set and the feeder section 2 is driven, the trough section 4 vibrates in the lyI backward direction, and along with this vibration, the box section 7 is driven. The portion 7 vibrates and supplies the bar-shaped confectionery 8 to the trough portion 4 from the opening 7a.

The bar-shaped confectionery 8 supplied to the trough portion 4 has a corrugated bottom surface 4a.
are aligned and gradually sent forward, and the delivery section 9
It falls onto the receiving plate 9a. Thereafter, the bar-shaped confectionery 8 is scooped up by the caterpillars 10b of the endless chain 10a that moves diagonally upward, and one by one is accommodated between these caterpillars and conveyed in the direction of the arrow, leading to the next chocolate coating process. At this time, the hanging plate 9C functions to scrape off excess bar-shaped confectionery.

When the bar-shaped confectionery 8 accumulates at a certain level in the delivery section 9, the detection means 11 detects its height and sends a signal to the feeder section 2, which stops driving the feeder section and returns the bar-shaped sweets 8 to the delivery section 9.
On the other hand, when the bar-shaped confectionery reaches a certain level or less, the feeder section 2 is driven again by a signal from the detection means 11, and the bar-shaped confectionery is supplied to the delivery section 9. This prevents an excess or deficiency of bar-shaped confectionery 8 relative to 9 in the delivery section.

When the bar-shaped confectionery 8 in the box part 7 is used up, continuous operation is possible without stopping the apparatus by setting a new box part, and the setting of the box part is easy, which is convenient for work.

[Effect of the invention 1] As explained above, according to the present invention, bar-shaped confectionery can be automatically fed to the conveying device of the chain conveyor, so breakage of bar-shaped confectionery can be prevented compared to the conventional manual operation. The effects are extremely significant, such as significantly improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the trough portion, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the box portion. 1... Base, 2... Feeder part, 3
...Box support member, 4...Trough part, 5.6...
・Plate spring, 7...Box part, 8...Bar-shaped sweets,
9... Sending part, 9C... Hanging plate 10...
- Conveyance device, 11... detection means, 12... feeder control box. Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A trough portion with a corrugated bottom surface; an electromagnetic feeder portion connected to this trough portion via a spring material and vibrating the trough portion in the front-rear direction; It has a box part on the bottom that continuously supplies rod-like objects, and a hanging plate rotatably supported at one end, which receives the rod-like objects from the trough part and arranges the rod-like objects one by one on a chain conveyor. An automatic feeding device for rod-like objects, characterized in that it is equipped with a feeding section. (2) the sending unit has a height detecting means for the rod-shaped object;
The automatic feeding device for rod-shaped objects according to claim 1, wherein the detection means and the electromagnetic feeder section are electrically connected.