JPH0242450B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention utilizes so-called vibration to align the fish bodies supplied in different directions, and align them in the transport direction with the heads at the top. Relating to an alignment device.

PRIOR ART In order to process fish bodies, it is sometimes necessary to line up a large number of fish bodies in front of each other so that, for example, all of their heads are aligned forward.

A conventional sorting device for sorting fish bodies is equipped with a sorting trough that is open at both ends in the upper and longitudinal direction and is inclined along the sorting direction. A conveyor plate having a plurality of linear grooves or protrusions arranged in parallel on its surface that intersects with the distribution direction is attached to the bottom plate of the distribution trough.
When fish are fed from the upper opening of the sorting trough, the sorting trough is reciprocated by the drive mechanism, whereby the scales of the fish engage with the grooves or protrusions, and the head is turned in one direction. The fish body is transported.
Note that since the sorting trough is inclined in advance, after sorting, fish whose heads are facing backwards will not engage with the projections and will fall.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above-mentioned prior art, the supplied fish bodies are simply sorted in the front-back direction, and fish bodies facing the opposite direction to the predetermined conveyance direction cannot be conveyed and are dropped from the device, resulting in a reduction in work efficiency. is very bad. Furthermore, it is necessary to provide a means for returning the dropped fish to the sorting trough, which complicates the apparatus.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, to be able to arrange and transport all the supplied fish bodies in the same direction with their heads at the top, and to be able to arrange and transport them reliably with a simple structure. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for aligning the head of a fish body.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a device for transporting fish bodies supplied in different orientations with their heads aligned in one predetermined direction, which has openings at both ends in the longitudinal direction and at the top, and a bottom plate. is formed with a rough surface, and a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path are formed by the partition plate extending in the longitudinal direction; a reciprocating means provided near an opening of the trough in a direction opposite to the one direction, for moving toward the opening among the fish dropped into the first conveyance path and sorted with the head at the top; a reversing means having a rotary plate rotatably driven in a horizontal plane for guiding the fish body from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path by reversing the traveling direction; and means for driving the rotary plate. This is a distinctive feature of the fish head alignment device.

Function According to the present invention, the trough that is reciprocated in the longitudinal direction forms the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path by the partition plate extending in the longitudinal direction. Among the fish that are dropped into the first transport route and sorted with their heads at the top, those that move in the opposite direction to the predetermined direction are moved to a horizontal plane in order to reverse their direction from the first transport route. The traveling direction is reversed by a rotary plate that is rotationally driven by a rotary plate and guided to the second conveyance path. All of the fish guided to the second transport route face in one predetermined direction, and are transported with their heads at the front. As a result, all the fishes dropped onto the first transport path are transported in one predetermined direction with the head at the front.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a simplified front view of a fish head alignment device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fish body head alignment device 1 of this embodiment
is roughly composed of a sorting conveyance means 2 for sorting and conveying fish bodies, and a reversing means 3 for reversing the direction of the fish bodies, and the reversing means 3 is provided near an opening on one side of the sorting conveyance means 2. .

The sorting and conveying means 2 is configured such that the upper ends of four mutually parallel support rods 7 extending vertically and the trough 4 are pivotally supported by pins, and the lower ends of the support rods 7 are pivotally supported by a base 8. The support rod 7 is connected to a crank device 9 via an arm 15. Of the pair of support rods 7 in the direction perpendicular to the sorting conveyance direction A, either the front or rear support rods 7 are
Along the axis, the middle part of the vertical direction is connected to arm 1.
It is gripped by a gripping member 16 attached to 5. The gripping member 16 has a displacement-adjustable structure, and the gripping position of the gripping member 16 can be arbitrarily selected in the vertical direction along the axis of the support rod 7. The crank device 9 is connected to the motor 17 via a belt 18.
The motor 17 is connected to the base 8.

The trough 4 includes a sorting trough 5a that constitutes a first conveyance path 5 for sorting fish bodies along the conveyance direction A with the head at the top, and a reversing means 3 to be described later to predetermine the fish bodies sent there. and a conveyance trough 6a constituting a second conveyance path for conveying in the conveyance direction B. The sorting trough 5a and the transport trough 6a include a bottom plate 10, a pair of side plates 11 and a partition plate 12 that are erected on the bottom plate 10 and extend along the fish transport direction B. As shown in FIG. 3, a conveyor plate 13 having a coarse particle surface 14 is attached.

The reversing means 3 has a structure in which a rotating disk 22 fixed by a boss 21 and a guide wall 27 surrounding the rotating disk 22 are provided at the upper end of a rotating shaft 20 extending vertically. A belt pulley 23 is fixed to the lower end of the rotating shaft 20, and the rotating shaft 20 is rotatably supported by bearings 26 at two locations, an upper end and a lower end. The motor 2 is attached to the belt wheel 23.
A belt 25 is wrapped around the belt 25 for transmitting the rotational drive of the motor 24.
0 rotates, and therefore the rotating disk 22 rotates. The surface of the rotating disk 22 is approximately horizontal, and the rotational speed of the rotating disk 22 is such that the fish on the rotating disk 22 can obtain sufficient acceleration to transfer onto the transport trough 6a. It's summery. Guide wall 2
As shown in FIG. 4, numeral 7 is provided surrounding the rotary disk 22, has an opening facing the trough 4, and is fixed by a fixing member (not shown). One end of the trough 4 is inserted into the opening of the guide wall 27, and the trough 4 is reciprocally driven so that the bottom surface of the trough 4 approaches the rotating disk 22 at the position closest to the reversing means 3 side. It is installed in

The operation of the fish head alignment device 1 configured as above will be explained. The rotational drive of a motor 17 installed on the base 8 is transmitted to the crank device 9 by a belt 18. The crank device 9 has a structure having an eccentric shaft, converts rotational drive from the motor 17 into reciprocating drive, and reciprocates the support rod 7 using a pivot point with the base 8 as a fulcrum. By reciprocating the support rod 7, the trough 4 is reciprocated along the distribution direction A. Therefore, when the fish bodies are dropped into the sorting trough 5a in pieces, the bottom plate 1 of the sorting trough 5a is
Coarse particle surface 14 of conveyance plate 13 stuck to the top surface of 0
The fish's scales engage with the fish's scales, and the fish are sorted with the head at the beginning. The fish body with its head directed in the transport direction B is transported downstream in the transport direction B as it is. Here, the fish whose head is directed in the direction opposite to the transport direction B is transported in the direction of the reversing means 3, and is transported to the rotating disk 22.
They are dropped one after the other. The fish conveyed from the sorting trough 5a to the reversing means 3 is dropped onto the rotating disk 22 rotating in the C direction, and the direction of the fish is reversed along the inner surface of the guide wall 27 and transferred to the conveying trough 6.
You will be guided to a. Since the rotating disk 22 is rotating at high speed, the fish on the rotating disk 22 are accelerated and transferred onto the transport trough 6a. Similar to the sorting trough 5a, the conveyance trough 6a has a conveyance plate 13 having a coarse particle surface 14 attached to the top surface of the bottom plate 10, and in the conveyance trough 6a, all fish bodies have their heads oriented in the conveyance direction B.
suitable for Therefore, by reciprocating the trough 4, the fish scales and the coarse particle surface 14 engage with each other.
All fish bodies are transported along the transport direction B. As described above, all of the fishes dropped into the trough 4 can be transported along the transport direction B with their heads at the front.

In the embodiment described above, the transport plate 13 has a coarse grain surface 14
However, the structure may be such that a large number of linear grooves or protrusions intersecting the conveying direction B are arranged in parallel on the surface.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, all the supplied fish can be arranged and transported in one predetermined direction with the head at the top, and the structure is simple and the arrangement can be ensured. Can be done. Therefore, it becomes possible to accurately process the subsequent fish.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a simplified front view of a fish head alignment device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the conveyance plate 13 attached to the bottom plate 10, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the rotating disk 22. 1...Fish body head alignment device, 3...Reversing means,
4...Trough, 5...First conveyance route, 6...Second
Conveyance route, 9... Crank device, 17, 24...
Motor, 22... Rotating disk, 27... Guide wall.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A device for transporting fish bodies supplied in different orientations with their heads aligned in one predetermined direction, which has openings at both ends in the longitudinal direction and at the top, and has a bottom plate formed with a rough surface. a trough in which a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path are formed by the partition plate extending in the longitudinal direction; and means for reciprocating the trough in the longitudinal direction; , is provided near the opening of the trough in the opposite direction to the one direction, and among the fish dropped into the first conveyance path and sorted with the head at the beginning, the fish moving toward the opening are A reversing means having a rotary plate rotatably driven in a horizontal plane for reversing the direction of movement and guiding the fish body from a first conveyance path to a second conveyance path; and means for driving the rotary plate. Head alignment device.