JPH0434697Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is designed to align baked goods, especially biscuits, with the same front and back orientation, and either to wrap them as is or to coat them with chocolate or cream in the next process. The present invention relates to an aligning device for pottery to facilitate coating operations such as the following.

(Prior Art) Conventional alignment devices are disclosed in Japanese Patent Publications No. 34-1546 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 34-2847.

The former is a bar tyokolate manufacturing machine in which the yokolate centers sent from a bar are arranged in a line by a distribution and alignment device and transferred onto a conveyor belt. A guide in which a reversing belt that moves laterally and whose surface coincides with the conveyor belt surface is interposed in the part, and that the guide approaches the upper surface of the reversing belt and supports the side surface of the horizontal center from front to back and guides it straight. This is a reversing transport device for a center that is placed in a stationary state.

In addition, in the latter case, a reversing rail with a large number of guide rails arranged in parallel vertically is arranged in contact with the top surface of a base plate that is designed to vibrate in the front-rear direction, and the rail is moved in the vibration direction using a cam mechanism, etc. The ball is characterized in that the ball is made to move slowly and rapidly back and forth in the lateral direction, so that the rails apply a striking action from the side to the center that is advancing between the rails, causing it to reverse. This is a Chiyocolate center reversal transport device in a Chiyocolate manufacturing machine.

In both of these, only hemispherical pottery is subject to reversal.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) All of the conventional reversing and transporting devices described above can invert hemispherical pottery, but have the disadvantage that they cannot invert flat plate-shaped pottery.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional apparatus, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a pottery arranging device capable of arranging not only hemispherical pottery but also flat plate-shaped pottery.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the gist of the present invention is to provide a belt for conveying roasted products to be sorted that is inclined downward in the direction of travel, and a belt that runs diagonally across the belt. A sorting bar is used to sort out the face-up pottery from among the sorted pottery, remove it from the belt, and sort it, and the face-down pottery passes over the sorting bar, and descends along the sloping bottom surface to receive the face-down pottery conveyed by the belt after getting over the sorting bar. The apparatus is characterized by comprising a descending guide section for guiding the ceramics, and a reversing guide plate for receiving the face-down ceramics on the descending guide section and inverting the ceramics face up.

(Function) According to the sorting device for ceramics according to the present invention, the ceramics are conveyed on the belt for transporting the ceramics to be sorted which is inclined downward in the direction of travel, and the surface side of the ceramics to be sorted is transferred to the sorting rod diagonally crossing the belt. When the pottery comes into contact with the pottery, the pottery facing up moves diagonally to the belt along the sorting rod, is sorted and removed from the belt and is sorted, and the pottery facing down climbs over the sorting bar and is further conveyed by the belt. The pottery is turned over face up by a reversing guide plate disposed on a descending guide section that guides it down along the inclined bottom surface, and all the pottery is sent out facing up.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, taking as an example a kutsuki as a pottery to be arranged.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an aligning device for pottery according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 2.

The aligning device for pottery consists of a parts feeder 1 into which the cutlets C as pottery are placed with their front and back facing in an arbitrary direction, and the cutlets C which are carried out from the cutie outlet 1a of the parts feeder 1. A belt 2 for conveying sorted pottery products inclined downward in the direction of movement for conveying the materials, and a cut key C diagonally crossing the belt 2 and facing upward. are sorted, removed from the belt 2, sorted, and put the shoes face down.
The sorting rods 7, 7 that C _R overcomes, and this sorting rod 7,
a lowering guide section 9 that receives the reverse footwear C _R conveyed by the belt 2 over the lower part 7 and guides it downward along the inclined bottom surface _9a ; The shoes are equipped with a reversing guide plate 10 that turns them upside down, so that the shoes, all facing up, are placed on a conveyor belt 11 and sent to the next process.

The belt 2 for conveying the ceramics to be sorted is wound around pulleys 3 and 4 arranged parallel to each other in the vicinity of the parts feeder 1 and diagonally below it, and is wrapped around a tension pulley 5.6 arranged in the middle. It is bent at an intermediate position and has a horizontal part 2a closer to the parts feeder and an inclined part 2b inclined downward in the direction of travel at an angle of, for example, several degrees with respect to the horizontal, and is carried out from the parts feeder 1. The shoe key C to be used is placed on the upper surface and conveyed downward.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sorting rod 7 is
It has a flat plate shape with a rectangular cross section, and at least the surface that contacts the shoe key C is finished smooth, the lower surface is close to or in close contact with the upper surface of the belt 2, and the belt 2 is crossed diagonally in the case of this embodiment. , are arranged at two locations, upper and lower, with different crossing directions.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, Kutsky C is ostensibly Kutsky C. The entire periphery of both the top side and the bottom side of the face-down shoe key C _R forms a curved surface _C1 , and the face-up shoe key C. The entire periphery of the lower surface side and the upper surface side of the face-down shoe key _CR is formed as a sharp intersection line _C2 with an acute angle.

And the sorting rod 7 is the cut key C before sorting, and in FIG. 4, the cut key C is facing up. When it comes into contact with the side, the face-up Kutsky C. are guided obliquely downward, removed from the belt 2, sorted, and guided onto a chute 8 arranged parallel to the belt 2 and inclined flush with it.

On the other hand, in the case of _the face-down shoe key C _R shown in FIG. transported to.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view with a part of the descending guide section omitted.

The descending guide part 9 is a type of chute that has a sloped bottom surface 9a that slopes downward in the direction of movement of the shoe, and both side surfaces 9b and 9c (see FIGS. 2 and 3) that are perpendicular to the sloped bottom surface 9a. be. The inclined bottom surface 9a is inclined at an angle of several degrees in the width direction with respect to the horizontal, with the side surface 9b in contact with the reversing guide plate 10 being slightly lower and the opposite side surface 9c being higher. 2, and the side surface 9c is arranged so that the width is narrowed in the downward direction of the shoe key to a predetermined width adapted to the width of the shoe key up to the vicinity of the upper end of the reversing guide plate 10. The descending guide section 9 receives the face-down shoe key _CR conveyed downward by the belt 2 and reliably guides it to the reversing guide plate 10.

The reversing guide plate 10 is made of a thin plate with a smooth surface.
In the middle of the inclined bottom surface 9a of the descending guide part 9,
The upper end 10a is in contact with the inclined bottom surface 9a, and the middle part 10
b is twisted half a turn, the lower end 10c is directed diagonally downward and is spaced apart from the inclined bottom surface 9a, and one side end is placed in contact with the side surface 9b of the descending guide portion 9,
The board surface receives and guides the face-down shoe key C _R descending on the inclined bottom surface 9a of the descending guide part 9, and while it is sliding down, it is turned over and turned face-up.

Next, the operation of the roasted food aligning device according to the above embodiment will be explained.

Parts feeder 1 with uneven front and back orientation
The shoe key C was carried out from the shoe key outlet 1a of
is placed on the horizontal portion 2a of the conveyor belt 2 and conveyed, and from there is further conveyed to the inclined portion 2b. While being transported by belt 2, Kutsky C faces up. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower edge intersection line _C2 hits the sorting rod 7, is guided in sliding contact with the belt 2 obliquely to the traveling direction, is removed from the belt 2, moves onto the chute 8, and is transferred to the chute 8. It slides down the inclined surface of the chute 8, is placed on the conveyor belt 11, and is sent to the next process. In the unlikely event that the upper sorting rod 7 fails to sort out the ostensibly Kutsky C. are sorted by the lower sorting rod 7, transferred onto a not-shown chute provided on the opposite side from the chute 8, and similarly placed on the conveyor belt 11 and sent to the next process.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the face-down shoe key _CR conveyed by the belt 2 has its curved surface C ₁ hitting the upper corner 7a of the sorting rod 7, so it rides over the sorting rod 7 and returns to the top of the belt 2. After that, it is received by the descending guide section 9 and descends. Further, the face-down KUTSUKI C _R is guided by the inclined bottom surface 9a which is also inclined in the width direction and the side surface 9c arranged by narrowing the width of the inclined bottom surface 9a in the direction of downward movement, and falls, and is reversed from the middle of the descending guide section 9. Information board 1
While sliding down along the plate surface of 0, it is reversed and turned face up, and the inclined bottom surface 9a of the descending guide portion 9 is again
It slides down on the lower part of the conveyor belt 11, and is sent to the next process where it is subjected to rolling, etc.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the cross-sectional shape of the sorting rod 7 may be arbitrarily selected from among square, circular, oval, and other shapes, and the sorting rod 7 may be selected at one location. They can be arranged in one place or in three or more places, and the inclination angle in the width direction of the inclined bottom surface 9a can be changed as appropriate without being limited to a few degrees. A pottery B ₁ which is chamfered into an arc shape and the entire circumference of the back side is formed as a line of intersection that is not an acute angle but a right angle as shown in Figure 8, or a hemispherical pottery B ₂ as shown in Figure 9. It is also possible to make various other modifications.

(Effects of the invention) The present invention is constructed as described above, and uses a sorting rod that runs diagonally across the belt for conveying the ceramics to be sorted, which is tilted downward in the direction of travel, to sort the ceramics that face up from among the ceramics to be sorted, remove them from the belt, and sort them. At the same time, the face-down pottery is further conveyed by the belt over the sorting bar, and this face-down pottery is received by a descending guide section and guided downward along the inclined bottom surface, and then by a reversing guide plate provided on the descending guide section. Since the face-down pottery is received and turned over to face up, it is possible to reliably align not only hemispherical pottery but also flat plate-shaped pottery.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an aligning device for pottery according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 2, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view with a part of the descending guide part omitted, and FIGS. 7 and 8 show a different shape of pottery. 9 is a plan view and a side view, respectively, and FIG. 9 is a side view showing a hemispherical pottery. C...Kutsky, C _O ...Obviously Kutsky, C _R
...face down Kutsky, C ₁ ... curved surface, C ₂ ... line of intersection,
1...Parts feeder, 2...Transportation belt,
7... Sorting rod, 7a... Corner, 8... Shoot,
9...Descent guide part, 9a...Slanted bottom surface, 9b, 9
c... Side surface, 10... Reversing guide plate, 10a... Upper end, 10b... Middle part, 10c... Lower end.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A belt for conveying ceramics to be sorted that is tilted downward in the direction of movement, a sorting rod that crosses the belt diagonally to sort the ceramics facing up among the ceramics to be sorted, removes them from the belt and sorts them, and allows the ceramics facing downwards to cross over, and the sorting rod. a descending guide section that receives the face-down pottery conveyed by the belt over the belt and guides it down along the inclined bottom surface; and a reversing guide plate that receives the face-down pottery on the descending guide part and turns it over. An aligning device for pottery, characterized by comprising: