JPH02166017A - Tray stacking-packing method and tray stacking-packing device for crab leg flesh-like paste - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve throughput capacity while enhancing commodity value by distributing products to a plurality of conveyor lines corresponding to the number of the stage of packing to trays respectively, successively supplying the insides of the trays with the products from lower stages, turning over the product at an uppermost stage and upward directing colored surfaces. CONSTITUTION:Products TG are fed into a separator 2 one by one, the number of the passage of the products is counted by count sensors 3, and the products G are distributed alternately to each conveyor 10a, 10b of a first-stage conveyor line 1a and a second-stage conveyor line 1b at every required number on the basis of the count signal. The products G1 for a first stage are forwarded onto a conveyor 11a, aligned, extruded onto a feed-in conveyor 52, and fed to the lower stage of a tray T. The products G2 for a second stage are sent onto a conveyor 70 for turning-over constituting a turning-over device 7, turned over, transferred by a conveyor 11b, and stacked onto the upper stage of the tray T, the products G1 at the lower stage, and red colored surfaces are brought to an upward state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is a method of automatically feeding a crab leg meat-like paste product wrapped in a film into a stick and cut into regular sizes into a packaging tray. The present invention relates to a tray stacking method and a tray stacking device for packing trays into multiple tiers.

(Prior art) Conventionally, a crab leg-like paste product is packaged in a stick shape with a film and cut into a certain size using a cutter, and a certain number of crab leg-like paste products are lined up and fed into a packaging tray. An automatic feeding device is known.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the conventional devices have the following problems.

In other words, with conventional equipment, products that are cut to a certain size by a sizing cutting machine and continuously fed by a belt conveyor must first be lined up in a certain number of pieces and then fed to a tray. Since there is a limit to speeding up the work and the feeding work to the trays, this has also been a factor that has hindered the ability to increase the throughput of the entire production line.

In addition, conventional devices are designed for the purpose of so-called single-level packing, in which products are fed into a tray in only one level, and are not compatible with stacking operations in which products are fed into two or more levels. There was a problem in that it had to be done manually as before.

In addition, one side of the product is colored red with a coloring agent applied to the packaging film in advance, and the colored side is fed into the tray with the colored side facing upward, so when viewed from the back side of the transparent tray, the white side of the product is colored red. There was a problem in that only the parts were visible, and therefore the appearance was poor and the product value was lowered.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to efficiently stack products onto trays and increase the throughput of the entire manufacturing line. At the same time, the red-colored side of the crab leg meat-like paste product is turned downward at the lowest stage.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a tray packing method and a tray packing device for crab leg meat-like paste products, which can be fed in an upward direction on the uppermost stage.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, in the tray stacking method for crab leg meat-like paste products of the present invention, crab legs that are wrapped in a stick shape with a film and cut into regular sizes are provided. After twisting the meat-like paste products into multiple conveyor lines according to the number of stages packed into trays, each stage is divided into products according to the number of products packed in each stage, and then the products from each stage are fed into the trays in order from the bottom stage. At the same time, the colored side of the product is turned upwards on the top shelf and downward on the bottom shelf by inverting the product on the top shelf before feeding it into the tray. .

In addition, in the tray stacking device for crab leg-like paste products of the present invention, there are a plurality of conveyance lines according to the number of stages of stuffing into the trays, a separator for conveying the product to each conveyance line, and a separator for transferring the product to each conveyance line. a count sensor provided on the front side for counting the number of passing products; a control means for switching the channel of the separator every predetermined number of products packed in each stage based on the count signal of the count sensor; A tray filling device is provided at each end of the line and supplies the required number of products intermittently conveyed into the trays sequentially from one stage to the next. a tray supply device that sequentially transfers and supplies trays to the tray filling device from the bottom tray, and a reversing device that is provided in front of the tray filling device for the top tray and inverts the product so that the first colored side faces upward;
The configuration is equipped with the following.

(Function) The tray packing method and tray packing apparatus for crab leg meat-like paste products of the present invention are as described above.

Crab leg meat paste products wrapped in a stick shape with film and cut to a fixed size are loaded into trays according to the number of products packed in each tier, and transferred to multiple conveyor lines depending on the number of tiers. After twisting and sorting, the products in each tier are fed into the tray in order from the bottom, which makes it possible to automate the work of stacking trays, and by twisting and sorting the products to #i number of conveyor lines. This makes it possible to speed up the work of supplying products to the factory, thereby significantly increasing the throughput of the entire production line.

In addition, by twisting the products into multiple conveyor lines and reversing the twisted products on the top stage.

By arranging the colored side of the product to face upward at the top level and downward at the bottom level, the appearance will improve and the value of the product can be increased.

(Example) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

First, the configuration of the embodiment device will be explained.

Tray stacking device for crab leg-like paste products of this embodiment!
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, A is a first-stage conveyance line 1a, a second-stage conveyance line lb, a separator 2, a count sensor 3, a control means 4, and a first-stage conveyance line 1a. The main components include a tray packing device 5a, a second tray packing device sb, a tray supply device 6, and a reversing device 7.

The first-stage and second-stage transport lines la and 1b are transport means that are provided separately according to the number of stages (in this embodiment, two stages, upper and lower) to be packed into the tray T, and in this embodiment, the product It is composed of vertical conveyors 10a and 10b that convey along the longitudinal direction of G, and lateral conveyors lla and llb that convey while changing direction in the +m direction.

The separator 2 is connected to the front conveyance line la.

The torsion portion of the product G to lb is a device for conveying it, and in this embodiment, a caterpillar type separator is used.

That is, this caterpillar type separator includes an endless belt 20 composed of a large number of sliding guide bars, a divided conveyance table 21 slidably provided between each sliding guide bar, and a divided conveyance table 21 of each divided conveyance table. The device is equipped with channel switching means that engages with a pin protruding from the back surface and twists the divided conveyance platform left and right.

The count sensor 3 is a sensor for counting the number of passing products G conveyed to the separator 2,
In this embodiment, a photoelectric switch is used, and the separator 2
It is located near the beginning of the

The control means 4 is a means for switching the channel of the separator 2 every predetermined count of the number of products packed in each stage based on the count signal from the count sensor 3.

This embodiment is configured so that the number of sheets packed into each stage can be set arbitrarily.

The first-stage tray packing device 5a is provided at the terminal end of the traverse conveyor 11a in the first-stage transport line, line la, and stores the required number of products G1, which are intermittently transported, into the lower stage of the trays T. In this embodiment, it is comprised of a product aligning means 50, a busher 51, and a conveyor 52 for feeding the tray T.

The product alignment means 50 serves to reduce the distance between the products G sent by the transverse conveyor lla, and as shown in FIG. Stroke 50a and horizontal feed conveyor ll
Product G is on the top side of a.

A product rotation prevention conveyor 50b is provided facing each other at an interval that lightly touches the upper surface, and whose lower surface side moves in the same direction as the upper surface feeding side of the traverse conveyor lla. Although the feed speed of the product rotation prevention conveyor 50b is arbitrary, in this embodiment it is made to match the feed speed of the lateral feed conveyor lla.

The pusher 51 is a device for pushing the required number of products G1 aligned by the alignment means 50 from above the transverse conveyor 11a to the feed conveyor 52. In this embodiment, the products G1 are aligned from the side of the transverse conveyor 11a. A wide bar 51a that can extrude the required number of products at the same time.
and an air cylinder 5th as an actuator for moving this forward and backward.

The feed conveyor 52 is a conveyor for feeding the required number of products G pushed out by the pusher 51 into the tray T. In this embodiment, the feed conveyor 52 has a downward slope shape in a direction orthogonal to the side surface of the lateral feed conveyor lla. It is prepared for.

The tray filling device 5b for the second stage of Moeki is provided at the end of the transverse conveyor llb in the two-stage daily transport line 1b, and is used to intermittently transport the required number of products G2 to the upper stage of the tray T. This is a device for supplying trays, and a device having the same structure as the first tray filling device 5a is used.

The tray feeding device 6 includes a feeding conveyor 52 in the first-stage and second-stage tray filling devices 5a and 5b.
．． 52, each tray filling device 5a
, 5b intermittently from the lower stage. In this embodiment, the trays T to be supplied into the sliding guide frame 60 are mounted on an endless chain at regular intervals. The engagement pin 61 is used to intermittently transfer the material.

The reversing device 7 is provided in front of the second tray filling device 5b, which is the uppermost stage, and is a device for reversing the product G2 so that the red colored surface g faces upward. It is provided at the starting end of the traverse conveyor 11b.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the reversing device 7 of this embodiment is provided above the starting end of the horizontal conveyor llb, and reverses the product G2 fed from the vertical conveyor 10b in the opposite direction to the horizontal conveyor llb. Transferring reversing conveyor 70
And, along the outer periphery of the reversing arcuate surface 70a formed at the starting end of the cross-feeding conveyor 11b and extending from the upper surface feeding side to the lower surface return side of the first reversing conveyor 70, an interval is maintained to the extent that the upper surface of the product G2 is lightly pressed. Arc-shaped guide portion 70b that is guided in an opposing manner and moves at the same angular velocity as the reversed arc surface 70a.
It is formed by.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained.

Tray stacking device A for crab leg-like paste products of this embodiment
Since the structure is as described above, first, when the products T are fed into the separator 2 one by one, the count sensor 3 counts the number of products passing through, and the cutting control means 4 performs a predetermined number based on this count signal. The channel switching means is switched every time the number of products packed in each stage is counted, and as a result of this switching, the product G is transferred to each vertical feed conveyor log of the first stage transport line la and the second stage transport line lb for each required number of products. , lOb alternately.

Then, the vertical conveyor 10 of the first stage conveyance line la
The first-stage product G, which has been twisted and divided on the side a, is sent to the side conveyor 10a, and transferred laterally in a state where the direction is changed horizontally. First, the transfer of the products GI is restricted by the stopper 50a, so that the products G1 to be sent are arranged so that the distance between them is narrowed, and then the pusher 5
At 1, it is pushed onto the feed conveyor 52, and then, by the same feed conveyor 52, it is supplied to the lower stage of the tray T waiting therebelow.

Incidentally, the product zero plate whose transfer is regulated by the stopper 50a is subjected to a rotational force due to the movement of the transverse conveyor ttb, or is canceled by the rotational force in the opposite direction from the product rotation prevention conveyor 50b that is in contact with the upper surface thereof. Therefore, there is no rotation of the product G, and therefore, it is fed into the tray T in a bad condition when fed into the separator 2, buried, and with the red colored side G facing downward. .

Furthermore, when the supply of the products G to the lower tier is completed as described above, the tray supply device W6 is activated to transport the products to the regular position of the next 2nd tier tray filling device 5b. A new tray T is transferred and supplied to the regular position of the tray filling device 5a, and in this state it is in a standby state.

Next, the vertical conveyor 10b of the second stage conveyor line lb
The product G2 for the second stage which has been twisted to the side is first sent onto the reversing conveyor 70 that constitutes the first reversing device 7,
It is conveyed while being held between the reversing arcuate surface 70a of the reversing conveyor 70 and the arcuate guide portion 70b of the traverse conveyor llb, and is then reversed by the traverse conveyor llb.
Transferred sideways in lb. Then, in the second stage tray packing device 5b, the products G2 are arranged in the upper stage of the trays T, as in the case of the first stage tray packing device 5a.
In other words, it is supplied in a state where it is stacked on top of product G in the lower stage.

Note that this upper product G2 is turned upside down by the reversing device 7, so that the red colored surface g faces upward.

As explained above, according to the tray stacking mA of crab leg-like paste products of this embodiment and the tray stacking method of crab leg-like paste products using this stacking device A,
As mentioned above, the crab leg-like paste product G, which is wrapped in a stick shape with a film and cut to a fixed size, is packed into the tray T in two stages, with the number of products corresponding to the number of products packed in each stage. 1st stage transport line la and 2nd stage transport line l
In addition to twisting the product G1 in the lower tier to the product G2 in the upper tier, it is possible to automate the two-stage filling work into the tray T, and also to feed the product G1 in the lower tier into the tray T in the order of the product G2 in the upper tier. Tray T by twisting lb.
This makes it possible to speed up the process of supplying products to
It is possible to significantly increase (approximately double) the processing capacity of the entire production line.

In addition, as described above, by twisting the conveyor lines la and lb and by inverting the product G2 in the upper stage beforehand to the tray T to be fed into the tray T, the red colored surface g of the product G2 faces upward in the upper stage and Therefore, the appearance becomes better and the product value can be increased.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail based on the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and design changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the present invention.

For example, in the embodiment, a case is shown in which the products are stacked on the tray one row at each stage, but the invention is not limited to this, and the products may be stacked, for example, in two rows in the front and back.

Further, in the embodiment, a case where products are packed in two stages is shown, but the number of stages is arbitrary. When the number of stages is two or more, the orientation of the intermediate product is also arbitrary, and can be freely set depending on whether or not a reversing device is provided.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, in the tray packing method and tray packing apparatus of crab leg meat-like paste products of the present invention, crabs are packaged in a stick shape with a film and cut into regular sizes. After twisting the foot meat-like paste products into multiple conveyor lines corresponding to the number of trays packed into trays, the products in each tier are divided into products according to the number of products packed in each tier, and then the products in each tier are placed into the trays in order from the bottom tier. By supplying products to trays, it is possible to automate the work of stacking products onto trays, and by dividing the work into multiple conveyance lines, it is possible to speed up the work of supplying products to trays. It is possible to significantly increase processing capacity.

In addition, by twisting the products into multiple conveyance lines and reversing the twisted products on the top shelf, the colored side of the product faces upwards on the top shelf and downwards on the bottom shelf. , the appearance becomes better and the value of the product can be increased.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] Fig. 1 is an overall plan view showing a tray stacking device for crab leg-like paste products according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a tray for the second stage. Rear view showing details of the stuffing device part,
FIG. 4 is a side view showing details of the product alignment means, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing details of the reversing device. la: 1st stage transport line 1b: 2nd stage transport line 2: Separator 3: Count sensor 4: Control means 5a: 1st stage tray filling device 5b: 2nd stage tray filling device 6: Tray supply device 7: Reversing device G: Product T: Tray

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Crab leg meat-like paste products wrapped in a film in a stick shape and cut to a fixed size are packed into trays in a number of stages according to the number of products packed in each stage. After twisting and dividing the products into multiple conveyor lines according to the requirements, the products in each stage are fed into the trays from the bottom one by one, and the products in the top row are turned over before being fed into the trays. A method for stacking crab leg-like paste products in trays, characterized in that the colored side faces upward at least on the top shelf and downward on the bottom shelf. 2) A plurality of conveyance lines according to the number of stages of packing into trays, a separator that twists and conveys the products to each conveyance line, and a count sensor provided in front of the separator to count the number of passing products; a control means for switching the channel of the separator every predetermined number of separators packed in each stage based on the count signal of the count sensor; a tray filling device that sequentially supplies each number of products into the tray from the lower tier; a tray feeding device that is provided along the lower part of each tray packing device and that transfers and supplies trays to each tray packing device in order from the lower tier; A tray packing device for crab leg-like paste products, comprising: an inverting device provided in front of the tray packing device for the uppermost tray and inverting the product so that the colored side faces upward;