JPS63277123A - Rod transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply rods automatically with defective ones removed, by furnishing No.2 transport means near the end of a No.1 transport means, and equipping the No.2 transport means with an endless chain with pawls running parallelly at the same speed. CONSTITUTION:An endless caterpillar chain 11 sinks from a position a little above another endless chain 21 with pawls by and by, and at the point P where the two intersect, each piece of rod-shaped snack 40 carried on a caterpillar 15 is pinched at its two ends between pawls 21a and supported by the chain 21. After passing the point P, the caterpillar chain 11 sinks further, and the caterpillar 15 separates from the rods 40, which are transported to a chocolate coating machine in the condition that the two ends are borne by the chain 21. At this transfer, any piece 40' unacceptably shorter than the specified length is not borne by the chain 21 to fall off, and thus is removed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a rod-shaped object conveying device.

[Prior Art] Generally, there are elongated bar-shaped sweets coated with chocolate, and in this manufacturing process, the bar-shaped sweets are arranged at regular intervals and conveyed to a chocolate coating machine, where they are coated with chocolate. In order to arrange bar-shaped sweets at regular intervals as described above, a worker had to place each bar-shaped confectionery one by one on a conveying chain with claws.

Moreover, when the above-mentioned bar-shaped confectionery is placed on a chain with claws for transportation, if the bar-shaped confectionery is bent or bent and is shorter than the specified length, the worker must remove it as a defective product.

Such manual work is undesirable because it not only places a heavy burden on the operator, but also causes a decrease in efficiency.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention was made to technically solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it automatically attaches bar-shaped confectionery to a chain with claws for conveying to the chocolate coating machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a conveying device for rod-like objects that can feed the rod-shaped objects to the same size and automatically remove short-sized defective items.

[Means for solving the problem] As a means for solving the problem, this invention has the following features:
a first conveying means equipped with a pair of endless caterpillar chains for conveying rod-shaped objects one by one in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; a second conveying means comprising a pair of chains with endless claws running in parallel along the same speed at the same speed and capable of supporting and conveying the rod-like objects one by one, the endless caterpillar chain comprising: The gist is that the chain is provided so as to gradually descend downward from slightly above the endless claw chain in a portion running parallel to the endless claw chain.

That is, the rod-shaped object transported by the first transport means is transferred to this first transport means.
In the part where the conveying means runs parallel to the second conveying means,
By gradually descending from slightly above the second conveying means to below, the object is automatically transferred to the second conveying means by utilizing the drop. During this changeover, defective products with short dimensions are dropped and removed.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the illustrated example.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a first conveying means equipped with a pair of endless caterpillar chains 11, and a sprocket 12.
．． 13 and 14, so that it moves at a constant speed in the six directions indicated by the arrows. Said endless kisetavilladiene 11
As shown in FIG. 3, cross-section-shaped caterpillars 15 are fixed via chain attachments 11a so that they are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval, and one bar-shaped confectionery 40 is placed between these caterpillars. It is designed so that it can be loaded and transported.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a second conveying means equipped with a pair of chains 21 with endless claws, and as shown in FIG. sprocket 22
endless caterpillar chain 11 in the direction of arrow B.
It is designed to move at the same speed as. As shown in FIG. 4, the endless claw chain 21 is provided so that the claws 21a protrude at approximately the same pitch as the caterpillar 15.
The bar-shaped confectionery 40 can be supported one by one between these claws.

Furthermore, the endless chain with claws 21 is meshed with a sprocket 23 that is attached coaxially with the sprocket 14 around which the endless caterpillar chain 11 is wound, and between the sprockets 22 and 23, a rod-like material is removed from the endless caterpillar chain 11. 40 is set to transfer. That is, in this transfer section, the endless caterpillar chain 11 gradually descends from slightly above the endless claw chain 21 as described above, and reaches the caterpillar chain 15 at the point P where the two intersect, as shown in FIG. Both ends of the bar-shaped confectionery 40 loaded and carried are fitted between the molds 21a and supported by the chain with claws, and after passing point P, the endless caterpillar chain 11 further descends to the caterpillar 15.
is completely separated from the bar-shaped confectionery 40, and the bar-shaped confectionery 40 is conveyed to the chocolate coating 11 (not shown) with both ends supported by the chain 21 with claws.

In this transfer, stick-shaped sweets 4 shorter than the specified length
0' is not supported at both ends or one end by the endless chain 21 as shown in FIG. 2, so it falls and is removed. Therefore, automatic sorting of defective products is possible.

The first conveyance means 10 is provided with a supply means 30 for the bar-shaped confectionery 40, and this supply means includes a pair of side plates 31 disposed on both sides of the endless caterpillar chain 11 in order to align both ends of the bar-shaped confectionery 40. and a guide plate 32 rotatably supported by the side plate 31. The tip of this guide plate 32 is in contact with the caterpillar 15, and as the endless caterpillar chain 11 advances, it is pushed by the caterpillar 15 and rotates slightly counterclockwise around the support shaft 32a, and the caterpillar When it comes off, it momentarily rotates clockwise due to its own weight and returns. This reciprocating movement prevents the so-called bridging of the multi-layered bar-shaped confectionery, and also measures the circulation of the bar-shaped confectionery by scraping up the bar-shaped confectionery from the bottom. This is to ensure that sweets are fed smoothly.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the bar-shaped confectionery supplied from the supply means is conveyed by the first conveyance means equipped with an endless caterpillar chain, and the ends of the first conveyance means are conveyed. The system is configured to automatically transfer to a second conveying means equipped with an endless chain with an endless claw that runs parallel to the section at the same speed using the head difference, and to continue conveying. Work efficiency has improved significantly, and the second
This method is extremely effective, as defective products with short dimensions fall and are automatically sorted when transferred to another conveyance means.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
A schematic plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the caterpillar chain, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the chain with claws, and FIG. 5 is a state where the bar-shaped confectionery is transferred from the first conveyance means to the second conveyance means. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... First conveyance means, 11... Endless caterpillar chain, 12.13.14... Sprocket, 15... Caterpillar, 20... Second conveyance means, 21... Endless claw 21a... claw 22, 23... sprocket, 30... supply means, 31... side plate, 32... guide plate, 40... bar-shaped confectionery.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a first conveyance means comprising a pair of endless caterpillar chains for conveying rod-like objects one by one in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction; and a second conveying means comprising a pair of chains with endless claws running in parallel at the same speed along the rod-like objects and supporting and conveying the rod-like objects one by one, the endless caterpillar chain . A rod-like object conveying device, characterized in that the rod-like object conveying device is provided in a portion running parallel to the endless claw chain so as to gradually descend from slightly above the endless claw chain.