KR20220075017A - Automatic supply and fullfilling system for Kimchi - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically filling various pickled vegetables including kimchi in a desired amount.
The present invention is a filling preparation hopper that prepares filling by loading the kimchi supplied from the kimchi supply unit,
A quantitative supply hopper separated from the filling preparation hopper,
A fixed quantity supply screw which rotates by an operation signal inside the quantity supply hopper,
A quantitative filling mold for loading kimchi supplied by falling from the lower opening of the quantitative supply hopper,
A filling cylinder that push-pulls in response to the filling completion signal of kimchi in the quantitative filling mold;
A quantitative filling apparatus for flavored kimchi including a filling and discharge cylinder for pushing the filled kimchi downward by an operation signal from the upper side of the mold part that moved forward while loading the kimchi filled by the filling cylinder was developed.
Due to the device of the present invention, the supply device, which required a large number of manpower in the prior art, is unmanned and automated. In addition, the operation speed of the fixed-quantity supply screw can be set arbitrarily according to the kimchi packaging capacity, so that it is possible to automatically fill kimchi with various capacities of large, medium, and small.

Description

Taste kimchi quantitative filling device {Automatic supply and fullfilling system for Kimchi}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically filling various types of pickled vegetables including kimchi in a desired amount.

In general, cabbage kimchi can be divided into two types: porridge kimchi and flavor kimchi. Among them, taste kimchi is kimchi eaten by cutting cabbage evenly (usually 3 to 5 cm), mixing it with various seasonings, and then fermenting it. Therefore, it is necessary to cut it to an appropriate size, and for mass production, supply whole cabbage, cut whole cabbage, remove core (root), cut flavored kimchi, sort, wash, inspect, pickle, wash, dehydrate, mix seasoning, package, etc. of work process is required.

In particular, in packaging the final seasoned kimchi, various devices for continuously supplying a certain amount have been developed and used.

For example, if the measurement is made depending on the sense of the operator when packaging the unit for final shipment, it is difficult to ship a regular and standardized product, and the work process is slow, so the productivity is also low. In consideration of this, the configuration was applied in which the kimchi supplied along the conveyor and the meter were moved to the table where the meter was installed, weighed, and discharged to the conveyor for transport to the next process. Considering this productivity, it is not only necessary very much, but also has complicated problems.

As shown in Figure 1 in the case of the inventor's prior registration No. 10-1118617 patent,

A skeleton frame (1a) with enhanced durability, a round table frame (1b) having a predetermined diameter as an upper end of the skeleton frame;

a base frame composed of a height adjustment bolt (4) screwed to the bottom surface of the skeleton frame; Power through operation of a motor 6 for generating power, a reduction gear 7 for reducing the rotation speed of the motor, a rotary shaft 8 configured to rotate through the reduction gear, and an operation panel 9 for driving the motor a power means for generating; It is composed of a table frame 11 having a circular shape having a predetermined diameter, and a plurality of bag holders 13 on which the packaging bag A is set so that the material R can be contained on the upper portion of the table frame. In the automatic weighing and packaging device comprising a; work table rotating through the

The base frame (1) is further provided with a guide rail (1c) laid out to form a circle on the upper portion of the round table frame (1b),

The table frame 11 is provided with a groove to be fitted into the guide rail 1c while being dug to have a circular diameter on the bottom surface,

A partition wall 12 is installed on the upper surface of the table frame 11 to contain the material (R) by dividing a plurality of zones radially from the center to the outside,

On one side of the work table 10, a load cell type weighing scale 20 is installed at a position where the bag holder 13 passes so as to detect the weight of the article contained in the bag holder 13. development was registered.

In the case of the registered patent, the present inventor uses a load cell type weighing scale to review the weight of the material, that is, kimchi while using it for many years after the initial development by the present inventor, and is successfully used for automated weighing. However, the load cell was exposed to the disadvantage that the measurement equipment required a delay in measuring and calculating the amount of loaded kimchi. In addition, while a load cell uses a very sensitive sensor, an unexpected change such as an impact at the installation site or a change in external temperature causes a malfunction in which the measurement amount is out of the error range. In this case, it was essential for field workers to repeatedly measure, correct, measure and correct whether the amount of kimchi measured while supplying kimchi reached the desired amount. Also, during operation, if direct physical impact or temperature change acted as a variable, it was exposed to the disadvantage of requiring setting work again.

In particular, the problem is that the production speed of the continuous supply line for mass production is set by the worker, and the kimchi is injected by hand one by one. Therefore, unlike at the time of the development of the above invention, as the daily supply amount ranges from several tons to several tens of tons, mass-supply consumption is made, and in order to mass-produce, it is necessary to reduce the labor intensity of these workers and fill the exact quantity at high speed this has been raised

The present invention is a work in which the worker stood in front of the charging device by hand and pushed by hand We want to develop a device that can automatically fill the

The present invention goes further, to provide a filling device that can be set immediately even if the filling amount is changed to large, medium, small, etc. depending on the type of flavored kimchi packaging.

The present invention is particularly intended to provide a high-volume, high-speed filling apparatus adapted to a mass production system compared to the conventional manual operation.

The present invention provides a kimchi supply unit for continuously supplying seasoned kimchi to solve the above problems,

a guide hopper unit for switching and supplying the kimchi supplied to the kimchi supply unit in a vertical downward direction;

A quantitative mold unit for press-fitting the kimchi supplied by the guide hopper unit by a set amount;

A kimchi quantitative filling device including a discharge unit for discharging the quantitatively pressed-in kimchi to the packaging unit was developed.

The present invention enables accurate quantitative supply without receiving error fluctuations due to ambient temperature, humidity, and impact compared to a conventional quantitative filling device using a load cell. In particular, the quantitative supply device with a mechanical structure can be used permanently as long as there is no physical damage, and high-speed quantitative filling is possible without being affected by changes in the surrounding environment.

In addition, as the speed of the fixed-quantity supply screw is set on the control panel, the supply is automated for each large, medium, and small capacity, greatly increasing productivity, and solving the problem of errors in the filling amount that occur during the charging operation by workers. .

In addition, the present invention has an exchangeable structure for the filling mold, and when this is exchanged, the amount of kimchi supplied can be varied and adaptable to meet the needs of various markets.

1 is a plan view showing the configuration of a conventional automatic weighing and packaging device;
2 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of a representative embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a side view showing the overall configuration of a representative embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a plan view showing only the transfer supply unit of the present invention;
5 is a side view showing only the transfer supply unit of the present invention;
6 is a side view showing only the quantitative supply unit of the present invention;
7 is a perspective view for displaying the inside of the quantitative supply unit of the present invention;
8 is a diagram of the present invention.

Hereinafter, representative embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The embodiments presented in the present invention are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in detail in the specific content for carrying out the invention. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each figure, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

When various components are referred to as “install,” “connected,” or “fastened” to another component, they may be directly installed, fixed, connected, or connected to the other component, but may be intervening. It should be understood that other components may exist in the

The terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “consisting of” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, and is intended to indicate that one or more other It should be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of addition or presence of features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In the present invention, kimchi is particularly suitable for a system applied to kimchi, which includes kimchi and kimchi, which includes kimchi. It includes all kinds of scallops of suitable size. The configuration used for filling the kimchi suitable for the quantitative filling apparatus of the present invention in the size of 3 to 5 cm (lengthwise direction) is shown in the drawing and described as a representative embodiment.

Furthermore, it is applicable to the packaging of processed products of various vegetables and fruits that are not in bulk form, such as processed garlic, radish, vegetables, salads, etc., and a person with ordinary skill in the art can easily Anything that can be modified falls within the technical scope of the present invention.

After producing flavored kimchi, in order to ship it to the market, a certain amount of kimchi must be continuously supplied to the packaging container and the packaging operation must be carried out quickly.

Therefore, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3,

A kimchi supply unit 10 that continuously supplies seasoned kimchi,

A quantitative supply unit 20 for supplying the kimchi supplied to the kimchi supply unit to the packaging device,

and a discharge unit 30 that transports the quantitatively supplied kimchi to a packaging unit and discharges the kimchi into a packaging container.

The kimchi supply unit,

The above-mentioned kimchi supply unit goes through the processes of supplying whole cabbage, cutting whole cabbage, removing the core, cutting, sorting, washing, inspection, pickling, washing, dehydration, and seasoning, which are not shown, and finally shipped as a product. In order to do this, the packaging step of packaging is shown in a plan view in FIG. 2 .

The kimchi supply unit,

It supplies a certain amount of kimchi seasoned by the process of supplying whole cabbage, cutting whole cabbage, removing the core (root), cutting flavored kimchi, sorting, washing, inspection, pickling, washing, dehydration, and mixing seasoning by means of a conveyor belt system. The primary supply unit (2) that supplies the fixed quantity supply unit

and a secondary supply unit 5 for quantitatively supplying the kimchi supplied through the primary supply unit at a speed set by a screw conveyor.

The primary supply unit is a supply device by an inclined upward conveyor belt that operates according to the operation signal set by the control unit (not shown) for seasoned kimchi that has been completed through procedures such as washing, pickling, and seasoning of whole cabbage not shown. includes

The conveying conveyor 2 of the primary supply unit is operated in the form of an endless track by the conveyor driving unit 2a, and the kimchi loaded in the loading unit stacked at the bottom is conveyed in an inclined manner. The operation of the conveyor driving unit is operated according to the operation signal processed to adjust the supply amount according to the discharge speed of the kimchi discharged from the quantitative supply unit.

The secondary supply unit (2),

It is placed in contact with the start part at the lower end of the upper end of the transport conveyor of the primary supply part. The secondary supply part has a structure arranged on the hemispherical guide path 4 so that the conveyor screw 3 rotates. In particular, the conveyor screw horizontally transports the kimchi that has fallen from the starting end by the operation of the screw. Push the kimchi through the supply port (5) connected to the device to allow it to fall freely.

On the upper side of the discharge hole, the supply speed of the kimchi is controlled by the control motor 8 for the filling machine to fall due to its own weight. More specifically, the supply speed can be arbitrarily adjusted by adjusting the rotation speed of the control plate 9 fastened to the output shaft of the control motor.

And the kimchi supplied in this way is injected into the packaging container in a desired amount by the quantitative filling device of the present invention, and then packaged and discharged from the discharge unit.

A detailed description of the above-described kimchi supply unit, packaging unit, and discharge unit will be omitted, and a quantitative filling device that automates the operation of manually pushing the supplied kimchi into the packaging container while a worker stands in the packaging unit will be described. .

The quantitative filling apparatus of the present invention is shown in a side view in FIG. 6 , and FIG. 7 is shown in a perspective view to more easily understand the internal configuration.

The quantitative filling apparatus of the present invention comprises:

Filling preparation hopper 21, which loads the supplied kimchi and prepares it for filling;

The quantitative supply hopper 22 in a form separated from the filling preparation hopper,

The fixed quantity supply screw 23 which rotates by an operation signal inside the quantity supply hopper,

A quantitative filling mold 24 for loading the kimchi supplied by falling from the lower opening of the quantitative supply hopper,

The filling cylinder 25 for push-pull operation in response to the filling completion signal of kimchi in the quantitative filling mold;

and a charging/discharging cylinder 26 for pushing the filled kimchi downward by an operation signal from the upper side of the charging mold 24 for loading the kimchi filled by the filling cylinder.

The filling preparation hopper 21 is a place to load kimchi that is constantly supplied while operating in conjunction with the operation signal as the second supply part of the kimchi supply part described above. There is a relatively large amount of space in the kimchi, and a certain amount of kimchi is always loaded during the packaging operation. As the gap disappears, the structure is sharpened toward the bottom to reduce the internal gap.

The quantitative supply hopper 23 is arranged concentrically with the lower opening of the filling preparation hopper 21 . And inside the fixed quantity supply hopper, the quantity supply screw 23 was configured to operate by setting an operation signal according to the type of kimchi and the size and shape of the lower mold. In particular, the width is narrower toward the bottom, but the opening at the bottom is set to coincide with the opening at the top of the filling mold installed in the quantitative supply mold.

The fixed quantity supply screw 23 rotates according to an operation signal set according to variables such as the type of kimchi to be supplied and the size of the mold by the control unit (not shown), and the width decreases from the top to the bottom.俠) structure, as the kimchi advances downward by the operation of the screw, the kimchi materials are closely adhered to each other, and the space inside disappears, and the air inside is discharged to the outside. The air inside the kimchi is discharged during compression downward while forcibly passing through the narrow opening 22a between the quantitative supply hopper and the filling preparation hopper.

Another feature of the present invention is that, in addition to controlling the operation speed of the supply screw for the fixed-quantity supply screw by the operation line speed signal, a pressure sensing device is installed at the lower end of the fixed-quantity supply screw, and when the pressure is higher than the set pressure, the screw It is configured to stop the supply operation.

More specifically, when the kimchi is press-fitted downward by the rotational operation of the fixed-quantity supply screw 23, the pressure is reversely increased as the kimchi is filled in the fixed-quantity filling mold 24. At this time, as the increased pressure increases, a pressure opposite to the downward supply operation of the fixed-quantity supply screw is received. The generation of such pressure causes the motor to stop operating when an abnormal signal is generated by comparing the current supplied by the rotation operation of the fixed-quantity supply screw in the control device (not shown) with the set value, so that further supply of kimchi is stopped. By this operation, it was always possible to supply a certain amount of kimchi.

Another method is to set the rotation speed of the above-described fixed-quantity supply screw. It is an operation timing control method that sets the rotation speed of the fixed supply screw on the control panel (not shown) by measuring the correlation between the rotation time (T) and the amount (m) while supplying the kimchi to be supplied in a fixed quantity. In such a setting, flavored kimchi is a mixture of wild cabbage and various seasonings, and it does not always have a constant weight and volume, so every time it is operated. This is because it is necessary to measure the amount of supply in a certain amount of time while supplying the sample.

In another way, as shown in Fig.

When kimchi is supplied to the quantitative filling mold 24, a pressure supply passage not shown is connected between the port 101 and the quantitative filling mold, and as the amount of kimchi supplied to the quantitative filling mold increases, the pressure increases, Pressure is supplied to the port 101 , which presses the piston 102 . When this pressing pressure becomes strong enough to overcome the pressure of the spring supporting the piston, it moves like an arrow, and eventually blocks the connection between the terminals 103 (+) (-) connected thereto. This cut-off operation cuts off the power of the motor that supplies the rotational force to the fixed-quantity supply screw supplied through this place, and further kimchi supply is stopped. Conversely, when the kimchi from the quantitative filling mold is discharged, the pressure is lowered and returned to the reverse side, so the terminal is connected again and the motor operates and the kimchi is supplied again.

The spring supporting the piston can be arbitrarily set by adjusting the height of the piston by an adjustment bolt (not shown). In another method, it is also possible to adjust the elevation adjustment for the spring support part supporting the spring.

As the pressure sensing means, in addition to the power contact terminal connected to the spring, the same operation is possible using an electronic sensing means such as a pressure sensor, all of which fall within the technical scope of the present invention.

The operation according to the above configuration of the present invention will be described.

As described above, through the primary supply unit 2 and the secondary supply unit 5, the kimchi is supplied by its own weight to the fixed quantity supply unit 20 and the filling preparation hopper 21 by its own weight.

This filling preparation hopper loads kimchi without a separate transfer mechanism, and when it is transferred to the fixed quantity supply hopper 22 through the opening at the bottom of the preparation preparation hopper, the operation signal is transmitted according to the speed set by the separate control unit. In response, the fixed-quantity supply screw 23 rotates.

The amount of supply is adjusted in proportion to the rotation speed of this fixed-quantity supply screw downward while rotating.

When the kimchi is discharged to the lower opening of the quantitative supply hopper by the operation of the quantitative supply screw, the loading is made in the quantitative filling mold 24 for loading the kimchi that is supplied by dropping.

At this time, the amount of kimchi to be loaded can be controlled by adjusting the rotation speed of the fixed-quantity supply screw as described above, and as another method, as shown in FIG. Since the pressure inside the mold is transmitted, when this pressure pushes out the piston 102 and becomes more than the supporting force of the spring supporting the piston, the piston descends and the rotational operating force of the fixed quantity supply screw by the terminal 103 connected thereto. Turn off the power supply to the motor to prevent further rotation.

When the quantitative supply is made in this way, the kimchi is transferred to the quantitative filling mold by the push-pull operation of the filling cylinder 25 in the push-pull operation. When the filling mold is transferred, an operation signal is given to the filling and discharging cylinder 26 on the upper side of the filling mold to discharge the kimchi in the filling mold to the lower part, and the lower part is put into the kimchi packaging container and transported to the discharge part for packaging and discharging. this is done

Reference numeral 26b denotes a discharge block that pushes out the kimchi loaded in the filling mold by the push-pull operation of the filling and discharge cylinder, 26a denotes a push-pull rod, and 24a denotes a kimchi discharge passage through the push-pull rod.

20: quantitative supply unit, 21: filling preparation hopper, 22: quantitative supply hopper, 23: quantitative supply screw, 24: quantitative filling mold, 25: filling cylinder, 24: filling mold, 26: filling discharge cylinder

Claims (7)

Filling preparation hopper that loads and prepares the kimchi supplied from the kimchi supply unit,
A quantitative supply hopper separated from the filling preparation hopper,
A fixed quantity supply screw which rotates by an operation signal inside the quantity supply hopper,
A quantitative filling mold for loading kimchi supplied by falling from the lower opening of the quantitative supply hopper,
A filling cylinder that push-pulls in response to the filling completion signal of kimchi in the quantitative filling mold;
A quantitative filling apparatus for flavored kimchi comprising a charging/discharging cylinder that pushes the filled kimchi downward by an operation signal from the upper side of the mold unit that has moved forward while loading the kimchi filled by the filling cylinder.
The method of claim 1,
Filling preparation hopper,
It operates in conjunction with the operation signal of the kimchi supply unit,
A quantitative filling apparatus for flavored kimchi, characterized in that it has a funnel shape that narrows downward.
The method of claim 1,
Quantitative supply hopper,
It is arranged concentrically with the lower opening of the filling preparation hopper,
On the inside, the fixed supply screw is formed in the shape of an upper, lower, narrower, and narrower as it goes down.
A quantitative filling apparatus for flavored kimchi, characterized in that the lowermost opening part is set to match the upper opening part of the filling mold installed in the quantitative supply mold.
The method of claim 1,
To control the operation speed of the fixed-quantity supply screw, a pressure sensing device is installed at the bottom of the fixed-quantity supply screw to block the operation of the screw when the pressure is higher than the set pressure, and to operate when the pressure is released. .
5. The method of claim 4,
The kimchi is press-fitted downward by the rotational operation of the quantitative supply screw, and as the filling pressure of the quantitative filling mold increases, the pressure opposite to the downward supply operation of the quantitative supply screw causes the rotational operation of the quantitative supply screw to receive resistance. A quantitative filling apparatus for flavored kimchi, characterized in that the current is compared with the set value to stop the motor operation when an abnormal signal occurs.
The method of claim 1,
Quantitative filling of flavored kimchi, characterized in that while supplying kimchi to be supplied quantitatively, the rotation speed of the quantitative supply screw is adjusted by measuring the correlation between rotation time (T) and supply amount (m) to set the rotation speed of the quantitative supply screw Device.
The method of claim 1,
It is connected to the port by the quantitative filling mold and the pressure transmission path,
If the pressure generated by the amount of kimchi supplied to the quantitative filling mold delivered through the flow path overcomes the support force of the spring supporting the piston,
A quantitative filling device for flavored kimchi, characterized in that the power is turned on and off by descending the coaxially connected terminal by moving the piston down.

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