JPH0458938B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a noodle transfer and conveyance device, in which noodles produced in a noodle machine are hung on a noodle rod, and the noodle rod is For example, the present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring a drying chamber or the like by a conveyor in a drying process from an upstream conveyor arranged in parallel to a downstream conveyor.

(Prior art) In the conventional noodle drying process, a conveyor device such as a chain conveyor supports and transfers both ends of a noodle rod on which noodles are suspended, and the suspended noodle rod is In the drying chamber, the device for transferring the load from the upstream conveyor arranged in parallel to the downstream conveyor is, for example, as shown in FIG.
are arranged in parallel, and the delivery end of the upstream delivery conveyor and the delivery end of the downstream delivery conveyor of each delivery conveyor 2 are connected by a transfer conveyor 3 having a substantially semicircular diameter. The noodle rods conveyed to the discharge side by the conveyor 2 are transferred to the transfer conveyor 3, and the noodle rods are transferred from the transfer conveyor 3 to the downstream conveyor 2.
A structure is adopted in which the material is transferred and transported at the loading end of the container.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned conventional noodle transfer and conveyance device, since the noodle transfer conveyor 3 conveys the noodles in a semicircular shape, one end of the noodle rod is located on the inside, while the other end on the outside is Since the end side moves a lot, the moving distance between one end side and the other end side of the noodle rod is different, and the noodle rod is conveyed obliquely on the horizontal plane, so there is a difference between the transfer conveyor 2 and the transfer conveyor 3. During the transfer, the noodle rods may come off and fall, and the spacing between the noodle rods tends to become uneven.Furthermore, since the transfer conveyor 3 is arranged in a substantially semicircular shape on a plane, the noodle rods are arranged in parallel. The problem is that the installation area of the transfer conveyor 3 located at the carry-in end and the carry-out end of the conveyor 2 is large. Furthermore, in the conventional transfer conveyance device, for example, when the drying chamber 1 is partitioned into a preliminary drying chamber 4, a main drying chamber 5, and a finishing drying chamber 6 as shown in FIG.
There are partition walls 7 and 8 between each drying room 4 and 6.
In order to maintain a constant interval between the adjacent transport conveyors 2 between the partition walls 7 and 8, the transport conveyors 2 are too close to the partition walls 7 and 8, making the design difficult.

The present invention was developed in view of the above problems, and allows noodle rods to be transferred one by one from the upstream conveyor to the downstream conveyor in a predetermined size according to the conveyor speed, and the noodle rods fall. To provide a noodle transfer/conveyance device that can safely transfer noodles without fear of being damaged, can reduce the installation area of a transfer section, and can appropriately adjust the interval between adjacent conveyors.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The noodle transfer and conveyance device of the present invention is arranged so as to face the discharge end of the upstream conveyor and the input end of the downstream conveyor. It has an elevating conveyance section that transfers vertically located at the discharge end of the conveyor and an input end of the downstream conveyor, respectively, and a horizontal conveyance section that connects the upper and lower ends of both conveyance sections. An endless chain that moves along a perpendicular vertical plane is provided, and a sprocket wheel that suspends this chain is arranged at each connecting corner between the vertical conveyance section and the horizontal conveyance section, and the rotation axis of this sprocket A support shaft that moves above by the drive of the chain is rotatably supported by a connecting body attached to this chain, and a support shaft that is rotatably attached to this support shaft and is always held horizontally. The device is characterized in that a pair of support arms are attached to both ends so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and a guide surface is provided to restrict the vertical rotation of the pair of support arms.

(Function) In the noodle transfer and conveyance device of the present invention, the noodle rods transferred to the discharge end of the upstream conveyor are moved from the bottom to the top in the elevating conveyance section of the transfer conveyor, and are connected to a pair of support arms. The noodle rods are scooped up by a transfer conveyor and moved to the input end of a conveyor on the downstream side along a vertical plane in the vertical direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of this conveyor.
It is transferred from above to the carry-in end of the conveyor on the downstream side. The support shaft attached to the chain conveyor of this transfer conveyor and having a pair of support arms attached thereto is positioned on the rotating shaft of the sprocket arranged at each connecting corner of the vertical conveyance section and the horizontal conveyance section. Therefore, the noodle rod is in a suspended state when the conveyance direction is changed at the connecting corner between the vertical conveyance section and the horizontal conveyance section of the transfer conveyor, and the pair of support arms do not vibrate. It is stably supported on both ends and will not fall.

(Embodiment) The configuration of an embodiment of the noodle transfer and conveyance apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a drying chamber, which is divided into a preliminary drying chamber 11, a main drying chamber 12, and a final drying chamber 13 by partition walls 14 and 15, as shown in FIG.

Each of the drying chambers 11, 12, and 13 is provided with a conveyor conveyor, which is formed by a linear chain conveyor or the like, and supports and conveys both ends of a noodle rod 17 that suspends and supports noodles 16 produced by a noodle machine. 18 are arranged in multiple rows in parallel. Transfer conveyors 19 are arranged facing the discharge end of each adjacent upstream conveyor 18 and the input end of the downstream conveyor 18, respectively. This transfer conveyor 19, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4,
A cradle 20 is disposed facing the discharge end of the upstream conveyor 18 and the input end of the downstream conveyor 18. A pair of approximately rectangular guide frames 21, 21 are attached to the pedestal 20 at the front and rear, and each guide frame 21, 21 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and has guide grooves 22 on opposing inner surfaces. The guide frames 21, 21 are connected to vertically conveying vertical conveying sections 23, 23 located at the discharge end of the upstream conveyor 18 and at the input end of the downstream conveyor 18, respectively. The conveyor 18 has horizontal conveyor parts 24, 24 connecting the upper and lower ends of the parts 23, 23, respectively.
They are arranged along a vertical plane in an up-down direction that is orthogonal to the conveyance direction. A sprocket wheel 27, which is located at each corner of the guide frames 21, 21 and which suspends an endless chain 26 of the transfer conveyor 25, is rotatably supported between the guide frames 21, 21. There is. Further, a connecting body 28 attached to the chain 26 at symmetrical positions with a predetermined interval has guide rollers 29, 29 that engage with the guide grooves 22 of the guide frames 21, 21, respectively.
A support shaft 31 is provided at the tip of the sprocket 27 located on the axis of the rotation shaft 30, and the support shaft 3 is connected to a rotor 32 rotatably attached to the support shaft 31.
3 is rotatably attached, and a weight 34 is attached to this support shaft 33 to keep it in a horizontal state at all times. A pair of support arms 35 are attached to both ends of the support shaft 33.
A guide surface 36 is provided to restrict rotation in the vertical direction. Engagement portion 3 that comes into contact with this guide surface 36
7 is a support shaft 33 to which the pair of arms 35 are attached;
The guide surface 36 includes an upwardly inclined guide surface section 38 which sequentially raises the downwardly facing support arm 35 toward the horizontal direction by rotating the support shaft 33 by engaging with the engaging section 37; a vertical guide surface section 39 that is continuous with the guide surface section 38 and holds the pair of support arms 35 upward; a horizontal guide surface section 40 that is continuous with the vertical guide surface section 39 and holds the pair of support arms 35 upward; and this horizontal guide. It has a downwardly inclined guide surface section 41 that is continuous with the surface section 40 and sequentially tilts the pair of support arms 35 downward, and the upwardly inclined guide surface section 38 faces the discharge end of the upstream conveyor 18 and is also downwardly inclined. The guide surface portion 41 is connected to the downstream conveyor 1.
It is opposed to the carry-in end of No.8.

Incidentally, a recess 42 for positioning and locking the noodle rod 17 is formed at the upper edge of the tip of the pair of support arms 35, respectively.

Further, one of the rotating shafts 30 of the sprocket 27 is provided with a sprocket 43 for suspending a chain driven by an electric motor.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When the noodle rod 17, which suspends and supports the noodles, is supported at both ends by the transport conveyor 18 and transferred to the delivery side, the engaging portion 37 is engaged with the upwardly inclined guide surface portion 38 by the drive of the chain 26, and the noodle rod 17 is supported at both ends by the conveyor 18 and is moved to the output side by the drive of the chain 26. The shaft 33 is rotated, and the support arm 35 is raised horizontally and moved upward from below the discharge end of the conveyor 18. At this time, the support shaft 33 is always held in a horizontal state by a weight 34. Then, by driving the chain 36, the conveyor 18 is moved by the pair of support arms 35.
The noodle rod 17 conveyed is scooped up from the lower side to the upper side at both ends, and the engaging portion 37 of the support shaft 33 comes into contact with the vertical guide surface portion 39 from the upwardly inclined guide surface portion 38 due to the drive of the chain 26. The noodle rod 17 is then tilted upward, and the noodle rod 17 is positioned and held in the engagement recess 42 of the support arm 35 and transferred. Further, the chain 26 continues to be driven, and the noodle rod 17 is moved upwardly while being held in a horizontal state by the horizontal guide surface section 40, and further moved horizontally from the highest position, and further moved downward to be carried into the conveyor 18 on the downstream side. At this time, the engaging portion 37 of the support shaft 33 is engaged with the downwardly inclined guide surface portion 41 that is continuous with the horizontal guide surface portion 40 of the guide surface 36, and the pair of support arms 35 are sequentially inclined downward,
The noodle rods 17 are transferred onto the transport conveyor 18 at the carry-in end of the transport conveyor 18 on the downstream side. After the pair of support arms 35 transfer the noodle rod 17, the engaging portion 37 is disengaged from the guide surface 36, and the support shaft 33 is tilted downward by the weight of the support arms 35. Such operations are sequentially repeated by driving the chain 26,
The paper is transferred from the delivery end of the upstream transport conveyor 18 to the delivery end of the downstream transport conveyor 18. During transfer, the noodle rods 17 are vertically moved upward from the delivery end of the upstream transport conveyor 18 to the delivery end of the downstream transport conveyor 18. and support arm 3
Since the support shaft 31 that supports the noodle rod 17 is aligned with the center of rotation of the sprocket 27, even when the chain 26 is driven, the noodle rod 17 is not supported at the transfer direction conversion section between the vertical transfer section 23 and the horizontal transfer section 24. The shaft 31 is in a stopped state, the support arm 35 is also stopped, and is not moved when changing the transfer direction, so that the noodle rod 17 has little vibration and is not likely to fall.

Furthermore, a rotor 32 rotatably attached to the support shaft 31 pivotally supports a roller that rolls a guide rail provided along the upper horizontal conveyance section 24, so that the support arm 35 can move stably. It can also be done.

Further, in the configuration of each of the embodiments described above, by changing the size of the guide frame 21, the interval between the conveyors 18 can be arbitrarily adjusted, but the interval can also be adjusted to some extent by adjusting the guide surface.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the mechanism for transferring the noodle rods from the output end of the parallel conveyor to the input end of the adjacent conveyor transfers the noodle rods while moving them up and down along the vertical plane. The noodle rods can be transferred one after another at predetermined intervals that match the transport speed of the conveyor, and since the noodle rods are transferred one by one, there is no accident of the noodle rods falling, and the support arm of the noodle rods can be moved using a chain. By locating the support shaft on which the support arm is attached to the rotation center of this chain's sprocket on the same axis, the support arm temporarily stops at the direction change part, reducing vibration and reliably preventing the noodle rod from falling. Therefore, stable transfer is possible, the installation area of the transfer mechanism can be reduced, and the interval between adjacent conveyors can be adjusted relatively easily.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a noodle transfer and conveyance device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a portion of the same, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of a connecting body of the same support arm.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the support arm part of the above, Fig. 5 is an explanatory plan view of the drying room for drying items in which the above device is implemented, and Fig. 6 is
The figure is an explanatory plan view of a surface drying chamber in which a conventional device is implemented. 16... Noodles, 17... Noodle rod, 18... Conveyor, 23... Elevating conveyance section, 24... Horizontal conveyance section, 26... Chain, 27... Sprocket wheel, 28... Connecting body, 31 ...Spindle, 35...
Support arm, 36... guide surface.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Disposed facing the discharge end of the upstream conveyor and the input end of the downstream conveyor, and located in the vertical direction at the discharge end of the upstream conveyor and the input end of the downstream conveyor, respectively. An endless chain is provided, which has an elevating conveyance section for transferring and a horizontal conveyance section that connects the upper and lower ends of both conveyance sections, and moves along a vertical plane in the up and down direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conveyor, and this chain A suspended sprocket wheel is disposed at each connecting corner between the vertical conveyance section and the horizontal conveyance section, and a support shaft that moves on the rotation axis of this sprocket by the drive of the chain is attached to a connecting body attached to this chain. A pair of support arms are attached to both ends of the support shaft, which is rotatably attached to the support shaft and is always held horizontally, so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. A noodle transfer and conveyance device characterized by being provided with a guide surface that restricts vertical rotation of an arm.