JPH0125573Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial field of application: This invention involves suspending raw noodle strings cut from the cutting blade roll of a noodle-making machine from a hanging rod in the form of two folds, and then suspending the raw noodle strings cut from the cutting blade roll of a noodle-making machine on a hanging rod. This invention relates to the improvement of a transfer device that converts books into dried noodles by placing them on an endless chain in the form of a bridge and transferring them a certain distance within a drying chamber, and is particularly used in the production of relatively short dried noodles commonly called Shimada udon. It concerns an effective device.

Conventional technology and problems to be solved: Conventionally, in this type of equipment, a chain conveyor that transfers a hanging rod (meaning a hanging rod on which noodle strings are folded in half and suspended; the same applies hereinafter) is used to move a hanging rod in a horizontal plane. The biggest problem is that the drying room requires a fairly large floor area because most of the drying machines use a running path. In order to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional device, the present invention provides a three-dimensional running path in which the conveyor has an approximately triangular shape having one apex corner, front and rear bottom corners, and a plurality of such conveyors. The group,
Adjacent items have different widths and lengths (i.e., the distance between two parallel endless chains of the conveyor), and the larger one is located inside, and the smaller one is located at the front. The rear bottom corner and the front bottom corner are parallel to each other along the width, and are arranged in series in front of each other so that they can run in the same direction.

In addition, if necessary, a hanging rod transfer device as described below, which is a new concept, may be installed on the series of conveyors arranged in series, and another series of conveyors arranged in parallel. Hanging rods are installed between conveyor groups (more specifically, between the last conveyor of the first group and the first conveyor of the next group), and the hanging rods that were transferred in the first group are further transferred in the reverse direction by a group of conveyors arranged in parallel. It is also planned that It is clear that for such a parallel conveyor group, further parallel groups can be arranged one after another in the same way, so that the desired transition distance of the hanging rods can be achieved depending on the spatial conditions in the drying chamber. This is how it was done.

Embodiment: In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a chain conveyor that takes a roughly triangular three-dimensional running path in a drying chamber, and is composed of two parallel endless chains 2, 2. These chains 2, 2 are operated by three pairs of opposing sprocket wheels 1'', 1'' that are rotatably mounted on separate rotating shafts 1', 1', which are distributed to the left and right, respectively. The use of such a separate axis of rotation is known in order to prevent the axis of rotation from interfering with the passage of the hanging rod. A pair of opposing sprocket wheels are provided with a drive mechanism using a motor, but these are not shown. two chains 2,2
There are latches 3, 3 at regular intervals on each side of the
is installed. Both latches 3 and 3 are attached to the side of the chain as shown in Figure 3.
In this case, one of the chain elements may be removed and a latch installed in its place. A hanging rod 4 is hung on the latches 3, 3 so that they can be moved one after another in the form of a bridge on two parallel chains as shown in FIG. A second conveyor 5 is provided in front of the conveyor 1 and has a triangular three-dimensional running path similar to the conveyor 1. The width and length of this conveyor is shorter than that of conveyor 1, and it is placed inside conveyor 1, so that the rear bottom corner of this conveyor and the front bottom corner of conveyor 1 are parallel to each other along the width and are oriented in the same direction. made runnable. This conveyor 5 is also conveyor 1
an endless chain 2' operated by sprocket wheels installed at each corner in a similar manner as
2'. The chains 2', 2' are provided with latches 3, 3, similar to those described above, at regular intervals, on which a hanging rod 4 can be hung. Reference numeral 6 denotes a guide rod of the machine frame device, which is used to guide the hanging rod from the latch of conveyor 1 to that of conveyor 5 when the hanging rod is transferred from conveyor 1 to conveyor 5 as described later. Reference numeral 7 denotes a third conveyor provided in front of the conveyor 5, and the width and length of this conveyor are set larger than that of the conveyor 5, and the conveyor 5 is placed inside this, and the bottom sides of each conveyor 7 are arranged in front of the conveyor 5. The corners are juxtaposed to the width. 8 is a guide rod when the hanging rod is transferred from the conveyor 5 to 7. 2'', 2'' is an endless chain 3, 3 is a latch on this. Reference numeral 9 denotes an infeed conveyor that horizontally moves a suspended hanging rod from a known hanging rod hanging machine (not shown). Reference numeral 10 denotes a delivery conveyor, in which the hanging rods descending diagonally from the frontmost conveyor are guided by guide rods 11, transferred, and sequentially moved horizontally. As shown in Fig. 3, the latches 3, 3 are designed so that the hanging part of the rod is located between the two long and short claws 3' and 3'' that protrude upward, and normally the rod is inserted from the long claw side. It is attached and allowed to come off from the short nail side.

In this device, a series of conveyors 1, 5, 7, etc. are arranged side by side at the front and rear bottom corners, respectively, as described above, and are arranged in series one after another in the front. If necessary, it is also contemplated to further extend the travel distance of the hanging rods by arranging them in parallel. An example of such an extension means is shown in FIG. In the figure, 12 is the conveyor at the front end of the series of the series of conveyors, and 13 is the last conveyor of another similar series system, which is provided in parallel with the series system and runs in the opposite direction. conveyor 1
The hanging rod that is placed on the conveyor 13 and descends diagonally is transferred onto the conveyor 13 via the transfer device 14 and moved in the reverse direction. Transfer device 14
The main element is a circular rotating frame 15, and the front bottom corner of the conveyor 12 and the rear bottom corner of the conveyor 13 run in the same frame in opposite directions, and the hanging rod touches the frame in the middle of running. It is possible to transfer from conveyor 12 to conveyor 13 according to the rotation of . That is, the hanging rod 4, which is hung on the latches 3, 3 of the conveyor 12 and descends diagonally, is connected to the circular rotating frame 15.
The conveyor 13 is transferred onto the upper surface along the radial direction of the frame, and at a position deviated by 180 degrees as the frame rotates, the latch of the conveyor 13, which is rising diagonally in the opposite direction, is placed on the upper surface of the frame. It is hung and moves in the opposite direction to the conveyor 12. For this purpose, it goes without saying that the running speed and rotational speed of the conveyor, the mounting pitch of the latches on the chain, etc. are determined as appropriate. The rotating frame 15 is a tub-shaped frame as shown in FIG. 5, and rotates around a central shaft 17. 18
19 is a transmission wheel that transmits rotation from a drive motor (not shown), and chain conveyor 13,1
The lower end portion is fixed to the base 20 by a support rod supporting the aforementioned induction sprocket wheel shaft 1' at the rear bottom corner (front bottom corner) of No. 2. This support rod 1
9 are arranged in parallel in the same way, one for each of the four short sprocket shafts of each conveyor. In this case, the return chain from the rotating frame of the conveyor 12 and the entry chain to the frame of the conveyor 13 are partially lifted via sprocket wheels so as not to contact the frame. The mechanism of the part is not shown.

As described above, the operation of the present device is as follows: the hanging rod, which has been transferred horizontally from the known hanging rod hanging machine on the feeding conveyor 9, is placed at the front end of the conveyor, and the latch 3 of the conveyor 1, which is rising diagonally, 3 in sequence, it rises diagonally, descends diagonally from the top corner of the triangular running path, and reaches above the front bottom corner. Next, at this position, it is skimmed by the guide rod 6 and slides down, and at this time, it moves to the latches 3, 3 of the conveyor 5, which rises diagonally, and rises diagonally as the conveyor runs, and reaches the apex corner. It goes down after passing. Thus, by placing similar conveyors in front one after the other, the hanging rods are moved through the drying chamber by following the three-dimensional corrugated track of the series of conveyors.

The operation when several sets of such a series of conveyors arranged in series are provided in parallel is as described above, and by this parallel means, in addition to the serial movement along the three-dimensional waveform traveling path, it is also possible to move forward and backward. A round-trip migration will take place.

Effect: According to this proposal, the hanging rod, which was conventionally moved only in the horizontal plane, can be moved along the three-dimensional corrugated running path, so the floor space in the drying room can be much reduced compared to the conventional method. Since the corrugated running paths are provided in parallel to enable turn-around movement, the above-mentioned reduction in floor space can be made even more remarkable. It is also clear that the drying time of raw noodle strings can be increased or decreased by simple composition means, and as a result, work efficiency can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is the same, a schematic plan view, Fig. 3 is the same, a partially enlarged view of the latch attachment part, Fig. 4 is the same, the transition distances are parallel. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view in the case of extension, and is a partial schematic view of the installation part of the circular rotating frame body. 1, 5, 7, 12, 13... Chain conveyor, 2, 2, 2', 2', 2'', 2''... Endless chain, 3, 3... Latch, 4... Hanging rod, 6 ，
8, 11...Guide rod, 14...Transfer device, 15
...Circular rotating frame.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of hanging rods for hanging raw noodle strings of a certain length in a folded manner; a plurality of latches on which the hanging rods can be hung; and one apex corner and front and rear bottom corners. It takes a three-dimensional running route roughly triangular in shape,
A chain conveyor consisting of two parallel endless chains to which the latches are respectively attached at regular intervals; multiple sets of the same conveyor are arranged so that those having different widths and lengths are adjacent to each other; ``Small items are placed on the inside,'' and ``things behind'' ``front bottom corners and ``things in front'' and rear bottom corners are placed parallel to each other across the width, so that they can run in the same direction one after another. and sometimes includes means for arranging the series-arranged conveyors in parallel via a hanging rod transfer device, the transfer device including a circular rotating frame. , the same frame is configured such that two adjacent conveyors run in opposite directions of descending and ascending from one rear bottom corner and the other front bottom corner, and the suspended conveyor above the descending conveyor. A device for transferring raw noodle strings into a drying room in the production of dried noodles, in which a hanging rod is transferred onto its upper surface and along a radial direction, and the transferring rod is moved onto an ascending conveyor after rotating 180 degrees.