JPS6371142A - Casing binding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a ligating device for ligating the open end of a casing filled with a product such as paste meat.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

Generally, when sausages are formed, a filling machine is used to stuff dough into a casing, and then the open end of the casing is closed.

A ligation machine using aluminum wire is used to close the casing. Conventionally, the feeding and discharging of the casing to and from the ligating machine and the ligating operation of the ligating machine were performed manually, which was inefficient and very time-consuming.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a ligating device that can eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages and automatically perform the ligating operation of the casing.

[Structure of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a clamping device for clamping the open end of the casing around a support for supporting a tubular casing filled with a filler and having one end open, and a pair of open/closed shafts, which are provided with a drive device that moves the device in the length direction of the casing, and which are clamped by the clamp device and close the open end of the casing to the movement path of the casing that moves by the operation of the drive device; The ligating machine is arranged at the open end of the casing closed by the shutter.

[Effect]

When the casing is fed onto the support base, the clamping device operates to clamp the open end of the casing, and after clamping,
A drive device is actuated to move the clamp device. When the clamping portion of the casing that moves together with the clamp moves to the position of the pair of shutters, the shutters close to flatten and close the ends of the casing.

After the shaft is closed, the drive device moves the casing further in the same direction. Therefore, only the casing moves relative to the filling that is prevented from moving by the shutter, and when the casing moves to a predetermined position and stops, the ligating device is activated to ligate the occluded part of the casing with a wire. do.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

〔Example〕

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the filling is packed,
The casing A, which is open at one end, is transported to the left in FIG. 1 by a transport device 1 such as a belt conveyor. In this case, the casing A is transported in one direction with the open end at the rear. A stopper plate 2 is arranged at the end of the transport bag R1 on the unloading side, and the casings A, which come into contact with the stopper plate 2 and stop, are arranged on both sides of the transport device 1 by the operation of the device 10. They are alternately transferred onto a pair of support stands 20,20.

The above-mentioned distribution device 10 is movably supported along a rail 11 placed on the outer side of each support stand 20, and is rotated by a threaded rod 12 placed above the unloading side end of the conveying device 1. A pair of guide rods 14 that are long in the transport direction of the transport device 1 are provided on a slide table 13 whose position is adjusted in the transport direction of the transport device 1 by operation, and a slide block 15 that is movable along the guide loft 14 is provided. It connects the piston rod 17 of the block moving cylinder 16.

Furthermore, a pair of clamp lifting cylinders 18 and 18 are mounted on the slide block 15 with an interval between the center lines of the conveying device 1 and the support stand 20, and the lower end of the piston rod of each cylinder 18 is used for holding the casing. clamp 1
S is attached.

The distribution device 10 having the above configuration moves the slide block 15 by operating the block moving cylinder 16, moves the clamp 1S up and down by operating the clamp lifting cylinder 18, and the clamp 1S clamps the casing A. The casings A, which are brought into contact with the stopper plate 2 and stopped on the conveying device 1 by the operation of releasing the clamping, are alternately supplied onto the pair of support stands 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, a chute 21 that slopes downwardly toward the side is provided on the outside of the support base 20, and a discharge device 22 for pushing out the casing A toward the chute 21 is installed on the support base 20. It is located on the inside of the top. Here, the discharge device 22 includes a cylinder 23, and a busher 25 is attached to a piston rod 24 of the cylinder 23.

In the embodiment, a table is shown as the support base 20, but a belt conveyor may also be used. In this case, by operating the belt conveyor, the upper casing A is moved from the end of the belt conveyor. Since it can be discharged, the above-mentioned discharge device 22 can be made unnecessary.

Furthermore, a clamp device N30 is arranged around the support stand 20 to clamp the open end of the casing A supplied onto the support stand 20. As shown in FIG.
The rear ends of a pair of L-shaped clamp arms 33 are positioned between them and are rotatably supported by pins 34. In addition, the cylinder 35 is attached to the cylinder support frame 31, and the cylinder 35 is attached to the cylinder support frame 31.
A connecting arm 37 is fixed to the piston rod 36 of No. 5, and the end of the connecting arm 37 and the center portion of the clamp arm 33 are connected by a link 38, and the pair of clamp arms 33 are connected by the operation of the cylinder 35. I'm trying to open and close it.

The cylinder 35 of the clamp device 30 is supported on a sliding table 39, and the sliding table 39 is movable along a long guide rod 40 in the conveying direction of the conveying device 1, as shown in FIG. It is supported and moved by the operation of the slide table moving cylinder 41.

As shown in FIG. 2, a shutter frame 42 is disposed on the moving path of the clamp device 30, and the shutter frame 42 has a cylinder support frame for the clamp device 30, as shown in FIGS. Opening 4 through which 31 can pass
3 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the shutter frame 42 includes a shutter storage space 44, and an arm 46 is attached to the upper part of a pair of shutters 45 and 45 arranged inside the shutter storage space 44. One end of the cylinder head 46 is rotatably supported on the side of a cylinder head 47 supported on the upper part of the shutter frame 42 . Further, a piston rod 49 of a cylinder 48 is connected to the other end of the arm 46, and the shutter 45 is opened and closed by the operation of the cylinder 48.

The abutting surfaces of the pair of shutters 45 are provided with a notch 50 that is long in the vertical direction and that flatly closes the open end of the casing A, and a guide groove 51 that is also long in the vertical direction. Further, the cylinder head 47 has a pair of shafts 4.
A guide path 54 communicating with the upper part of the guide groove 51 of No. 5 is formed.

The closed portion of the casing A whose open end is closed by the pair of shafts 45 is ligated by the operation of the ligating machine X. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ligature 81X includes a plate-shaped anvil 52 and a push-out plate 55. The anvil 52 is disposed below the shutter 45, and the cylinder 53
It is raised and lowered by the operation of the When it rises, it ascends along the guide groove 51 of the shutter 45 in the closed state. Further, the extrusion plate 55 is supported so as to be movable up and down along the four guideways 54, and is moved up and down by a cylinder 56 supported by the cylinder head 47.

As shown in FIG. 7, a ligature wire supply path 57 is connected in the middle of the guide path 54, and the U-shaped ligature wire B supplied from the supply path 57 to the guide path 54 is It is moved downward by the downward movement of the plate 55.

A cutter guide groove 58 is provided on one side of the shutter storage space 44 of the shutter frame 42, and the cutter 59 inserted into the cutter guide groove 58 is inserted into the pair of shutters 4.
In the closed state of 5, the shutter 45 is movable toward the center of the abutment surface. This cutter 59 is moved by the operation of a cutter moving cylinder 60.

The ligation device shown in the embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be explained next.

When the casing A on the conveying device 1 is fed onto the support stand 20 by the operation of the device 10, the clamping device 3
The arm opening/closing cylinder 35 of No. 0 operates, and the pair of clamp arms 33 close to clamp the open end of the casing A, as shown in FIG.

After the casing A is clamped, the slide table moving cylinder 41 shown in FIG. 1 operates to move the slide table 3s to the guide rod 40.
retreat along. When the clamp portion of the casing A that moves together with the clamp device 30 passes through the opening 43 of the shutter frame 42, a shutter opening/closing cylinder 48 shown in FIG. 4 operates to close the pair of shutters 45. Therefore, the opening of the casing A is flattened and closed by the notches 50 of the pair of shutters 45. Since the casing A is further moved backward by the operation of the sliding table moving cylinder 41, the casing A is pulled against the filling that is stopped by the shutter 45, and the filling is brought to one side of the casing A.

When the clamp device 30 of the casing A retreats to a predetermined position π and stops, the anvil 52 is raised by the operation of the anvil lifting cylinder 53 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and is housed in the pair of notches 50. Push up the closed part of casing A.

When the anvil 52 rises to the center in the length direction of the notch 50 and stops, the push-out plate 55 shown in FIG. The ligated wire B is lowered along the guide groove 51.

Therefore, the casing A, which has been half-shrinked by the anvil 52, is further shrunk by the wire B, and the wire B is further pushed down from the position supported by the anvil 52, as shown in FIG. It is deformed into a ring shape as shown, and the open part of casing A is ligated.

After the casing A is ligated, the cutter 58 is moved along the cutter guide groove 58 by the actuation of the canter moving cylinder 60 to cut off the excess portion of the end of the casing A from the ligated position. After cutting, the cutter 59 retreats, the pair of shutters 45 opens, and the clamping device 30 clamps onto the casing.

Release.

The ligated casing A remaining on the support stand 20 is pushed out toward the chute 21 of the support stand 20 by the operation of the ejection device 22 shown in FIG. 3, and after the casing A is ejected, the clamp device 30 moves forward.

Thereafter, the above-mentioned operation is repeatedly performed continuously.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is configured as described above, the opening of the casing can be automatically ligated, which is effective in saving labor. Furthermore, since only the casing is pulled while the pair of shutters flatly closes the opening of the casing, it is possible to obtain a uniform product in which the casing is filled with filler.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the ligation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the same, FIG. 3 is a vertical side view of the same, and FIG. 4 is a shutter mounting portion of the same. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a partially cut-away side view showing the operating state of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional front view of FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 and 9 are sectional views showing the ligated state of the casing, and FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional front view of FIG. 9. A...Casing, B...Ligation wire, 20...Support stand, 30...Clamp device, 41...Sliding table movement cylinder, 45・
...Shutter, 50...Notch, 51.
... Guide groove, 52 ... Anvil, 55.
...Extrusion plate, X... Ligation machine. Patent applicant: Nippon Ham Co., Ltd. Agent: Kama 1) Text 2 Go to Figure 4 Figure 5; Figure 6 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] A clamping device for clamping the open end of the casing is provided around a support for supporting a tubular casing packed with filler and having one end open, and a drive device for moving the clamping device in the length direction of the casing. a pair of openable and closable shutters that close the open end of the casing in the movement path of the casing that is clamped by the clamp device and moves by the operation of the agitation device; and the open end of the casing that is closed by the shutter is ligated. A casing ligation device equipped with a ligation machine and a ligation machine.