TWM649967U - Automated food labeling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic food labeling machine is mainly composed of a conveying mechanism, a pressing mechanism, a cutting mechanism and a pushing mechanism. The pressing mechanism uses a vertical drive unit to drive a pressing seat that can press the food on the conveyor belt. On the top, the cutting mechanism has a knife holder group and a first horizontal drive unit. The first horizontal drive unit can be used to drive the knife holder group to move horizontally and linearly to cut the food. The label pushing mechanism is located next to the conveyor belt. The label mechanism has a pushing member and a second horizontal driving unit. The second horizontal driving unit can drive the pushing member to move horizontally and linearly to relatively push a label body to pierce the food on the conveyor belt, thereby achieving a full range of functions. Automated and consistent continuous cutting and labeling of ingredients.

Description

Automated food labeling machine

This creation is related to automated machinery, especially an automated food labeling machine.

According to the general preparatory work of skewering, the ingredients must first be skewered on bamboo skewers, wooden skewers, or iron skewers to facilitate subsequent barbecue work. However, it usually requires a smooth insertion of the skewers into the ingredients. It uses a lot of force, and if the direction of the force is slightly shifted, it will easily cause the signature body to break. This has also caused the current problems of low efficiency and high labor costs in the current string signature operation.

In view of this, how to solve the above problems is the primary issue that this creation aims to solve.

The main purpose of this invention is to provide an automated food labeling machine that is hygienic and can quickly perform food labeling operations to effectively reduce labor costs.

In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, the present invention provides an automatic food labeling machine, which includes: a conveyor mechanism with a conveyor belt arranged along a conveying direction, which can be used to convey food materials; a pressing mechanism set up on the conveyor belt Relatively above, the pressing mechanism includes a pressing seat and a vertical driving unit connected to the pressing seat. The vertical driving unit is used to drive the pressing seat downward to press against the food; a cutting mechanism, Located on the pressing seat, the cutting mechanism includes a knife base group and a first horizontal driving unit connected to the knife base group, and after the pressing base presses down against the food material, the first horizontal driving unit The driving unit is used to drive the knife block group to perform horizontal linear movement intersecting with the conveying direction to cut the food; and A pusher mechanism is provided on the side of the conveyor belt. The pusher mechanism includes a pusher and a second horizontal drive unit connected to the pusher. The second horizontal drive unit is used to drive the pusher. A horizontal linear movement intersecting with the conveying direction is used to relatively push a stick body to penetrate the food on the conveyor belt. It has a block body made of a plurality of strips wound into an annular shape. The block body is formed with a perforation penetrating the block body in the center, and the block body is recessed with several holes surrounding the perforation and not penetrating the block. The card slot of the main body.

Preferably, the conveyor belt is wound around a machine platform along the conveying direction, and the pressing mechanism is installed in a receiving seat on the machine platform and is located relatively above the conveyor belt, and the vertical driving unit is fixed Located in the socket. Furthermore, the pressing seat is protrudingly formed with a plurality of spaced-apart tooth portions on the end face facing the conveyor belt, and a plurality of downwardly extending spikes are provided between each adjacent tooth portion. .

Preferably, the front and rear sides of the receiving seat along the conveying direction are respectively connected with a pressing plate extending downward to the conveyor belt. The pressing plate has a rod, and the supporting rod is provided with at least one longitudinally extending A long hole is inserted through the long hole and coupled to the receiving base with a fastener. By adjusting the locking position of the long hole and the fastener, the distance between the pressure plate and the conveyor belt can be adjusted.

Preferably, the pressing seat is in the shape of a long square frame and extends in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, so that an assembly space extending in the horizontal direction is formed inside the pressing seat, and the first horizontal driving unit It is assembled in the assembly space along the horizontal extension direction of the press seat, and the tool seat group can be driven and connected to the bottom of the first horizontal driving unit, so that the tool seat group and the tool seat group A blade protruding downwardly out of the bottom surface of the pressing seat can be driven by the first horizontal driving unit to reciprocate along the horizontal extension direction of the first horizontal driving unit.

Preferably, the lot pushing mechanism is located on the side of the conveyor belt and adjacent to the position where the pressing seat is pressed down. The lot pushing mechanism further includes a roller, which can be driven to rotate, and the roller can be driven to rotate. There are a plurality of grooves facing the conveyor belt on the circumferential surface, and there is a drum adjacent to the drum. The runner is connected so that when the runner rotates, it can be used to drive the sign bodies in a feed chute to be placed in each groove of the drum in sequence.

Preferably, the pushing member is connected to a sliding seat, and the pushing member is slidably mounted on a horizontal guide rod perpendicular to the conveying direction through the sliding seat. The pushing member is in the shape of a sheet and is formed with an extension extending to The roller is located at the pushing portion of the uppermost groove, and the actuating end of the second horizontal driving unit is fixedly connected to the pushing member through a connecting seat. Furthermore, the pushing member is inclined downward toward the conveyor belt, and the receiving seat is further provided with a pressing member toward the outer side of the pusher mechanism, and is provided on the outside of the pressing member and the receiving seat. An elastic member is sandwiched between them, so that the pressing member can be elastically resisted by the elastic member in a normal state and relatively pressed against the front end of the uppermost groove of the roller.

The above-mentioned purposes and advantages of this invention can be easily understood from the following detailed descriptions and drawings of selected embodiments.

10:Machine

11: Conveying mechanism

12: Conveyor belt

13: Feeding chute

21: Pressing mechanism

22: receiving seat

23: Press fit seat

231:Tooth part

232:Spikes

233:Assembly space

24:Vertical drive unit

25: Pressure plate

251:Strut

252: long hole

253:Lock firmware

26: Pressure parts

27: Elastic parts

31:Cutting mechanism

32:Tool holder group

321:Blade

33: First horizontal drive unit

41:Recommendation agency

42:Roller

421: Motor

422:Trench

423:Runner

424:Slotting

425:Bearing plate

426:Perceptron

43: Pushing parts

431:Sliding seat

432: Horizontal guide rod

433:Pushing Department

44: Second horizontal drive unit

441: Connector

51:Control unit

X: Conveying direction

W:Ingredients

D: signature

Picture 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance of this creation.

Figure 2 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of this creation.

Figure 3 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of this creation from another perspective.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of this creation from the side.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the action of the pressing mechanism of this invention, showing the state of the pressing seat when it is pressed down.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the action of the cutting mechanism of this invention, showing the state of the knife holder group during cutting operations.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the lot pushing mechanism of this invention, which is used to show the state of the pushing member when it is performing the lot pushing operation.

As shown in Figures 1 to 7, this creation provides an automatic food labeling machine, which is mainly composed of a conveying mechanism 11, a pressing mechanism 21, a cutting mechanism 31 and a label pushing mechanism 41, wherein :

The conveying mechanism 11 has a conveyor belt 12 arranged along a conveying direction It can include various types of meat, sweet and spicy, soy products, meatballs, fish, shrimp or fruits and vegetables that can be used for skewering.

The pressing mechanism 21 is installed in a receiving seat 22 on the machine 10 and is located relatively above the conveyor belt 12. The pressing mechanism 21 includes a pressing seat 23 and a pressure seat 23 connected to the pressing seat 23. The vertical driving unit 24 is fixed in the receiving seat 22. The vertical driving unit 24 is composed of a vertical pneumatic cylinder, and the pressing seat 23 is combined with the actuating end of the vertical driving unit 24. The vertical driving unit 24 can be used to drive the pressing seat 23 to perform an up-and-down longitudinal reciprocating movement, so that the pressing seat 23 can be pressed downward relative to the food on the conveyor belt 12; and preferably, the pressing seat 23 can be pressed downwards against the food on the conveyor belt 12; The joint seat 23 has a plurality of spaced tooth portions 231 protruding from the end face facing the conveyor belt 12, and a plurality of downwardly extending spikes 232 are provided between each adjacent tooth portion 231. When the pressing seat 23 is pressed down against the food, it can provide the function of stably positioning the food, and the front and rear sides of the receiving seat 22 along the conveying direction The pressure plate 25 on the belt 12 has a rod 251. The rod 251 is provided with at least one long hole 252 extending longitudinally, and a fastener 253 passes through the long hole 252 and is combined with the socket. 22, by adjusting the locking position of the long hole 252 and the locking member 253, the distance between the pressure plate 25 and the conveyor belt 12 can be adjusted, and thus the food can be processed before entering the pressing mechanism 21 and through the The pressing mechanism 21 provides a function of pressing against the food material.

The cutting mechanism 31 is assembled on the pressing seat 23. In this embodiment, the pressing seat 23 is in the shape of a long square frame and extends in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction X, so that An assembly space 233 extending in the horizontal direction is formed inside the pressing seat 23, and the cutting mechanism 31 includes a knife base group 32 and a first horizontal driving unit 33 connected to the knife base group 32. The first horizontal driving unit 33 is composed of a horizontal pneumatic cylinder. The first horizontal driving unit 33 is arranged along the horizontal extension direction of the pressing seat 23 . In the assembly space 233, the tool holder group 32 can be driven and connected to the bottom of the first horizontal driving unit 33, so that the tool holder group 32 can be driven by the first horizontal driving unit 33 along the The first horizontal driving unit 33 reciprocates in the horizontal extension direction, and can synchronously drive the knife seat group 32 to protrude downward from the bottom surface of the pressing seat 23 and align the food on the conveyor belt 12 with the blade 321 . A cutting operation is performed, and by integrating the cutting mechanism 31 into the pressing seat 23, the overall volume of the invention can be effectively reduced.

The lot push mechanism 41 is located on the side of the conveyor belt 12 and adjacent to the pressing seat 23 in the pressed position. The lot push mechanism 41 includes a roller 42, a pusher 43 and a pusher 43. 43 is connected to the second horizontal driving unit 44, the roller 42 can be driven to rotate by a motor 421, and a plurality of grooves 422 extending linearly toward the conveyor belt 12 are provided on the circumferential surface of the roller 42, and There is a runner 423 adjacent to the drum 42 next to the drum 42, so that when the runner 423 rotates, it can drive the sign body in the feed chute 13 to be placed in each groove of the drum 42 in sequence. 422, the function of automatically loading the sign body is achieved, wherein the sign body can be composed of a bamboo skewer, a wooden skewer, an iron skewer, a round skewer, or a flat skewer. The present invention does not limit the type of the sign body; and further, the The upper ring of the drum 42 is provided with a sectional groove 424 perpendicularly intersecting with each of the grooves 422, and a bearing plate 425 is erected in the sectional groove 424, and a sensing plate facing upward is provided on the top surface of the bearing plate 425. The detector 426 can be used to sense whether the signature body is smoothly placed in the groove 422 when the drum 42 rotates.

The pushing member 43 is connected to a sliding seat 431, and the pushing member 43 is slidably mounted on at least one horizontal guide rod 432 perpendicularly intersecting with the conveying direction X through the sliding seat 431. The pushing member 43 is in the shape of a sheet and is One end is formed with a pushing portion 433 extending to the uppermost groove 422 of the roller 42, and the second horizontal driving unit 44 is composed of another pneumatic cylinder, and the second horizontal driving unit 44 and the horizontal guide The rod 432 is horizontally passed through the lower part of the conveyor belt 12 in parallel, and the actuating end of the second horizontal driving unit 44 is fixedly connected to the pushing member 43 through a connecting seat 441, so that the second horizontal driving unit 44 can The pushing member 43 is driven to perform a horizontal linear movement along the horizontal guide rod 432 that is perpendicular to the conveying direction among the food on the conveyor belt 12; in addition, a pressing member 26 is pivotally provided on the outside of the receiving seat 22 toward the label pushing mechanism 41, An elastic member 27 is sandwiched between the pressing member 26 and the outer side of the receiving seat 22 so that the pressing member 26 can be elastically resisted by the elastic member 27 and relatively pressed against the roller 42 in a normal state. At the front end of the uppermost groove 422 (that is, one end facing the conveyor belt 12), it is ensured that when the pushing member 43 pushes the sign body, the front end of the sign body can be pressed downward by the pressing member 26. The pusher 43 is tilted downward toward the conveyor belt 12 so that the pusher 43 is When the second horizontal driving unit 44 is driven and touches the pressing member 26, it can lift the pressing member 26 and compress the elastic member 27 without affecting the push stroke of the pushing member 43.

The invention composed of the above structure is electrically connected to the conveying mechanism 11, the pressing mechanism 21, the cutting mechanism 31 and the pusher mechanism 41 through a control unit 51, and thereby can be electronically controlled. Control the actuation timing of the conveying mechanism 11, the pressing mechanism 21, the cutting mechanism 31 and the lot pushing mechanism 41. In actual use of this invention, when the conveyor belt 12 transports the food W to the bottom of the pressing mechanism 21, and the user places an appropriate amount of the signature D into the feed chute 13, as shown in Figure 5, The control unit 51 controls the vertical driving unit 24 to drive the pressing seat 23 to move downward, so that the pressing seat 23 can press its teeth 231 and spikes 232 downwards against the food W, and then as shown in Figure 6 As shown in , by driving the first horizontal driving unit 33 to drive the knife holder group 32 and its blade 321 to move in the horizontal direction, the food W positioned on the conveyor belt 12 can be cut first, and then the food W positioned on the conveyor belt 12 can be cut. As shown in Figure 7, under the interaction between the drum 42 and the runner 423, the runner 423 can drive the sign body D to be sequentially placed in each groove 422 of the drum 42 when the runner 423 rotates, and then the The control unit 51 controls the second horizontal driving unit 44 to drive the pushing member 43 to move in the horizontal direction, so that when the pressing seat 23 is still pressed against the food W, the stick body D can be pushed to pierce the food W, thereby completing the process. When the pressing seat 23 is pressed against the food W, the control unit 51 controls the conveyor belt 12 to be in a stationary state without moving to ensure the aforementioned cutting. The labeling operation can be carried out smoothly; finally, the control unit 51 controls the pressing seat 23, the knife seat group 32 and the pushing member 43 to return to their original positions, and controls the conveyor belt 12 again to start transmitting the next batch of ingredients. After that, the next batch of signing can be carried out. For other food applications that do not require cutting, users can of course use this control to The manufacturing unit 51 is used to cancel the cutting action of the cutting mechanism 31, so that the automatic food labeling machine provided by this invention can be applied to all food labeling operations, and is highly practical.

And from the above description, it can be seen that the automated food skewering machine provided by this creation can achieve fully automated and consistent continuous cutting and skewering of ingredients, so it can speed up the production time and effectively save labor costs, and in this creation provided The fully automatic processing line operation mode can effectively control and ensure food hygiene.

However, the disclosure of the above embodiments is only for illustrating the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Therefore, any changes in numerical values or replacement of equivalent components should still fall within the scope of the present invention.

To sum up, it should be possible for those who are familiar with this art to understand that this creation can indeed achieve the aforementioned purposes and has indeed complied with the provisions of the patent law, so the application is filed in accordance with the law.

10:Machine

11: Conveying mechanism

12: Conveyor belt

13: Feeding chute

21: Pressing mechanism

22: receiving seat

23: Press fit seat

24:Vertical drive unit

25: Pressure plate

31:Cutting mechanism

33: First horizontal drive unit

41:Recommendation agency

42:Roller

43: Pushing parts

44: Second horizontal drive unit

51:Control unit

X: Conveying direction

Claims (10)

An automated food labeling machine, including: A conveying mechanism has a conveyor belt arranged along a conveying direction and can be used to convey food; A pressing mechanism is installed relatively above the conveyor belt. The pressing mechanism includes a pressing seat and a vertical driving unit connected with the pressing seat. The vertical driving unit is used to drive the pressing seat downward. press against the food; A cutting mechanism is provided on the pressing seat. The cutting mechanism includes a knife base group and a first horizontal driving unit connected to the knife base group. After the pressing base presses down against the food, , the first horizontal driving unit is used to drive the knife block group to perform a horizontal linear movement intersecting with the conveying direction to cut the food; and A pusher mechanism is provided on the side of the conveyor belt. The pusher mechanism includes a pusher and a second horizontal drive unit connected to the pusher. The second horizontal drive unit is used to drive the pusher. A horizontal linear movement intersecting with the conveying direction is used to relatively push a stick body to pierce the food on the conveyor belt. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 1, wherein the conveyor belt is wound around a machine platform along the conveying direction, and the pressing mechanism is set up in a receiving seat on the machine platform and is located on the machine platform. Relatively above the conveyor belt, the vertical driving unit is fixed in the receiving seat. The automatic food labeling machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pressing seat protrudes from the end face facing the conveyor belt to form a plurality of spaced-apart tooth portions, and between each adjacent tooth portion It has multiple spikes extending downward. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 2, wherein the front and rear sides of the receiving seat along the conveying direction are respectively connected with a pressing plate extending downward to the conveyor belt, and the pressing plate has a rod, and the The support rod is provided with at least one elongated hole extending longitudinally, and a locking member is passed through the elongated hole and coupled to the receiving seat. By adjusting the locking position of the elongated hole and the locking member, the pressure plate and the locking member can be adjusted. The distance between the conveyor belts. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 2, wherein the pressing seat is in the shape of a long square frame and extends in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, so that the inside of the pressing seat is formed with a horizontal direction extending in the horizontal direction. The first horizontal driving unit is assembled in the assembly space along the horizontal extension direction of the press seat, and the tool holder group can be driven and connected to the bottom of the first horizontal driving unit. , so that the knife seat group and the blade of the knife seat group protruding downwardly out of the bottom surface of the pressing seat can be driven by the first horizontal driving unit to reciprocate along the horizontal extension direction of the first horizontal driving unit. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 2, wherein the label pushing mechanism is located on the side of the conveyor belt and adjacent to the pressing seat in a pressed position, and the label pushing mechanism further includes a roller, The drum can be driven to rotate, and is provided with a plurality of grooves extending linearly toward the conveyor belt on the circumferential surface of the drum, and is provided with a wheel adjacent to the drum so that the drum can rotate. When the wheel rotates, it can be used to drive the sign bodies in a feed chute to be placed in each groove of the drum in sequence. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 6, wherein the upper ring of the drum is provided with a slit perpendicular to each of the grooves, and a supporting plate is provided in the slit, and on the supporting plate The top surface is provided with a sensor positioned upward to sense whether the tag body is successfully placed in the groove. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 6, wherein the pushing member is connected to a sliding seat, and the pushing member is slidably mounted on a horizontal guide bar perpendicular to the conveying direction through the sliding seat, and the pushing member is in the shape of It is shaped like a sheet and has a pushing portion extending to the uppermost groove of the roller formed on one end thereof, and the actuating end of the second horizontal driving unit is fixedly connected to the pushing member through a connecting seat. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 8, wherein the pushing member is inclined downward toward the conveyor belt, and the receiving seat is further provided with a pressing member on an outer side toward the label pushing mechanism, and An elastic member is sandwiched between the pressing member and the outside of the receiving seat, so that the pressing member can be elastically resisted by the elastic member in a normal state and relatively pressed against the front end of the uppermost groove of the roller. position. The automatic food labeling machine as described in claim 1, further comprising a control unit electrically connected to the conveying mechanism, the pressing mechanism, the cutting mechanism and the label pushing mechanism, so that the control unit It can be used to control the actuation timing of the conveying mechanism, the pressing mechanism, the cutting mechanism and the lot pushing mechanism.

Images