JPH065721Y2 - Fresh tea leaf feeding device in conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a fresh tea leaf feeding device capable of throwing fresh tea leaves into an appropriate place in a fresh tea leaf storage chamber in a conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device.

[Prior Art] There is an invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-160842 or Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 160-160843 as a device for putting fresh green tea leaves into a conventional green tea leaf management device. According to these inventions, a distribution transport belt having a length substantially half that of a storage surface conveyor to which fresh tea leaves are supplied from a leaf supply transportation belt is reciprocally movable along the length of the storage surface conveyor, and the distribution transportation is performed. Below the front and rear delivery ends of the belt, a spreading transportation belt that swings to the left and right is provided, and the spreading transportation belt is reciprocally moved integrally with the distribution transportation belt and supplied from the leaf feeding transportation belt. The fresh tea leaves are conveyed to the front or rear spraying transport belt through the sorting transport belt, and the fresh tea leaves are spread in the width direction of the storage surface conveyor, which is a management device, in the longitudinal direction. It is a uniform charge.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional device, since the spraying transport belt capable of swinging is provided below both the front and rear delivery ends of the sorting transport belt which is the input conveyor, the above-mentioned problem is naturally caused. Since two transportation belts for spraying are required, the facility cost is inevitably high, which is economically problematic, and particularly in a small management device, there is a problem that its configuration is complicated.

In addition, it is very difficult to know how much fresh tea leaves have been put in since the conventional management device is not equipped with a weighing device, and a small conveyor type fresh tea leaves management device is used in small factories. Although it is used a lot, it is not cost-effective to install the above-mentioned input device in these small management devices, so it is the current situation that fresh tea leaves are input by the hands of workers. .

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional device as described above and to provide a fresh tea leaf feeding device in a conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device capable of uniformly feeding fresh tea leaves to the management device with a simple configuration. It is what

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the tea fresh-leaf feeding device in the conveyor type tea fresh-leaf management device according to the present invention has one end as a delivery end and the other end on a breathable endless transportation belt. Conveyor-type fresh tea leaf management device for forming a fresh tea leaf storage chamber with the endless transportation zone as a lower surface by the starting end wall and both side walls of the endless transportation zone, and venting the fresh tea leaves accommodation chamber from the air blowing chamber provided at the bottom of the endless transportation zone In the fresh tea leaf introducing device, the upper ends of both side walls forming the fresh tea chamber are used as running rails in the longitudinal direction, and the bottom surface laid across the rails to allow free running can be opened and closed. The box-shaped fresh leaf pool and the fresh tea leaf supply means arranged above the fresh leaf pool for supplying fresh tea leaves to the fresh leaf pool at a predetermined position. On the containment room The feature is that it is moved to a predetermined position, and the fresh tea leaves in the fresh leaf pool are introduced into the fresh tea leaf storage chamber.
A measuring pool having a bottom that can be opened and closed is provided between the fresh leaf pool and the fresh tea supply means, and the fresh tea is supplied to the measuring pool from the supply means and weighed to the fresh leaf pool. It is characterized by supplying fresh tea leaves.

[Operation] The fresh tea leaf introducing device in the conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device according to the present invention has traveling rails at the upper ends in the longitudinal direction of both side walls forming the fresh tea leaf storage chamber for storing fresh tea leaves.
A box-shaped fresh leaf pool in which the lower part can be opened and closed by straddling between both rails is made freely movable in the front-rear direction on the rails, and for supplying fresh tea leaves to the fresh leaf pool at a predetermined position. Since the fresh tea leaf supply means is disposed above the fresh leaf pool, the fresh leaf pool supplied with the fresh tea leaf from the fresh tea leaf supply means travels in the longitudinal direction on the fresh tea leaf storage chamber and stops at a predetermined position. Since the bottom surface of the tea leaves can be released and the fresh tea leaves can be thrown into the fresh tea leaf storage chambers in order, it is possible to throw them into the fresh tea leaf storage chambers on average, and the ventilation from the lower part of the fresh tea leaf storage chambers makes it even. Cooling is possible, and since the running rails of the fresh leaf pool use the upper ends of both side walls that form the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber, there is no need to make a separate rail.

Further, between the fresh leaf pool and the fresh tea leaf supply means,
By arranging a weighing pool equipped with a weighing device, the bottom of which can be opened and closed, the fresh tea leaves to be supplied to the fresh leaf pool can be weighed and placed in the fresh tea leaf storage chamber, so that it is possible to know the total amount of fresh tea leaves and store them. It is possible to grasp the quantity at the position.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a breathable endless transportation zone, one end of which is a delivery end on the endless transportation zone 1 and a starting end wall 4 and left and right side walls of the other end.
By 2 and 3, a fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5 whose bottom is the endless transportation zone 1 is formed.

At the delivery end of the above-mentioned endless transportation zone 1, a scraping device 7 is disposed which scrapes off fresh tea leaves conveyed by the endless transportation zone 1 and drops them on the take-out conveyor 6. Is disposed below the scraping device 7 and is for conveying the fresh tea leaves scraped and dropped by the scraping device 7 to the next step.

A blower chamber 8 is provided in the lower part of the endless transportation zone 1 described above, and the fresh tea leaves stored in the fresh tea leaf storage chamber 5 are ventilated and cooled by the operation of the blower fan 9 through the blower chamber 8.

Reference numeral 10 is a box-shaped fresh leaf pool, and the fresh leaf pool 10 is formed to have substantially the same width as the width of the tea fresh leaf accommodating chamber 5 described above, and the lower door 14 forming the bottom surface while the upper surface is opened is a side surface portion. It can be opened and closed by an air cylinder 13 attached to, and traveling wheels 12, 12, ...
Is attached.

The traveling rails 1 having substantially the same length in the longitudinal direction of the upper end portions of the left and right side walls 2 and 3 forming the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5 described above.
Left and right running wheels 12, 12, ... Formed on the running rails 11, 11 and provided on the bottom of the box-shaped fresh leaf pool 10 on the running rails 11, 11.
... and the fresh leaf pool 10 is placed so as to straddle the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5.

The fresh leaf pool 10 is driven by a pulling means (not shown) such as a drive motor or a chain and is movable on travel rails via travel wheels 12, 12, .... Further, the traveling wheel 12 may be provided with a proximity switch for detecting its rotation speed so that the moving position of the fresh leaf pool 10 can be confirmed, or the traveling rail
If a limit switch for stopping is arranged at a predetermined interval on 11 so as to come into contact with the fresh leaf pool 10 that stores the moving fresh tea leaves, it will automatically be placed on the fresh tea leaf storage chamber 5 according to a preset program. By moving and stopping the fresh leaf pool 10, fresh tea leaves can be sequentially loaded from the fresh leaf pool 10 into the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5, and at this time, a control means is provided to perform the above work. is necessary.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a measuring pool arranged above the fresh leaf pool 10 described above, and the measuring pool 20 has an upper surface opened and a lower door 23 forming a bottom surface attached to a side portion of the air cylinder.
It can be opened and closed by 24. Further, 21 and 21 are load cells of the weighing pool 20. Reference numeral 30 denotes a loading conveyor arranged above the weighing pool 20.
30 is a feeding conveyor from the place where fresh tea leaves are received at the tea factory.
Fresh tea leaves are supplied by a supply conveyor 31 that reaches the top of 30.

Since the embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above, in order to put a predetermined amount of fresh tea leaves at a predetermined position in the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5, the feed conveyor is provided at the fresh tea leaf receiving place of the tea factory.
The fresh tea leaves supplied to 31 and conveyed by the supply conveyor 31 are loaded into the weighing pool 20 through the loading conveyor 30 arranged at the lower end of the delivery end thereof and the weight thereof is changed by the load cells 21 and 21. When the measured weight reaches the set weight, the air cylinder 22 is actuated to release the lower door 23 of the weighing pool, and is stopped in a predetermined position below the weighing pool 20 in advance. Throw in.

Fresh leaf pool 10 supplied with fresh tea leaves of the set weight,
The tea leaves storage chamber 5 is caused to travel to a predetermined position by the travel means and then stopped, and the air cylinder 13 of the fresh leaf pool 10 is stopped.
Is operated to open the lower door of the fresh leaf pool 10 and drop the fresh tea leaves into the fresh tea leaf storage chamber 5, and after the dropping, returns to the original position, that is, the position where the fresh tea leaves are supplied, and the next predetermined amount of tea is supplied. Wait for the supply of fresh leaves.

When the above-described fresh tea leaves are put into the fresh tea chamber 5, a traveling wheel 12 of the fresh leaf pool 10 is provided with a switch for detecting the number of rotations thereof so that the moving position of the fresh leaf pool 10 can be confirmed, or a predetermined position is set. If a limit switch, which is a stop position, is provided on the traveling rails 11 at intervals to contact the fresh leaf pool 10, the fresh leaf pool 10 is automatically stopped at the upper part of the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber 5 according to a preset program. Then, by pouring fresh tea leaves in order as described above, a predetermined amount of fresh tea leaves can be stored in a predetermined position on average in the fresh tea leaf storage chamber 5.

In this embodiment, green tea leaves can be introduced into the storage chamber 5 in order while advancing / retreating a relatively small green tea leaf accommodating chamber 5 and a raw leaf pool 10 that is movably moved forward and backward. Traveling rails for moving pool 10
11 does not need to be so rigid and can utilize the upper ends of both side walls that form the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber, and does not require a frame or the like for assembling the traveling rails, which simplifies the configuration.

And this embodiment is particularly suitable for use in a relatively small tea fresh leaf management device in a small-scale factory, and when there is no need for weighing, the fresh tea leaves are fed directly from the conveyor 30 to the fresh leaf pool 10. Can also be supplied.

[Advantages of the Invention] The fresh tea leaf feeding device in the conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device according to the present invention forms the above-mentioned fresh tea leaf accommodation device for throwing fresh tea leaves into the fresh tea leaf accommodation device of the conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device. The upper ends of the left and right side walls in the longitudinal direction are used as running rails, and a box-shaped fresh leaf pool movably placed on both rails so as to straddle the fresh tea leaf storage chamber, from a feeding conveyor arranged above the fresh leaf pool. The fresh tea leaves are supplied, and the fresh tea leaf pool to which the fresh tea leaves have been supplied is moved forward and backward on the fresh tea leaves storage chamber, and the fresh tea leaves are sequentially and evenly put into the fresh tea leaves storage chamber. Further, the traveling rails for moving the fresh leaf pool use the upper ends of the left and right side walls forming the fresh tea leaf accommodating chamber as they are, so that the configuration is simple and extremely economical.

In addition, by inserting a weighing pool between the fresh leaf pool and the feeding conveyor, the fresh leaves to be fed to the fresh leaf pool can be weighed and the total weight put into the fresh tea storage chamber can be accurately known. Moreover, it is possible to grasp the amount of each area in the fresh tea leaf storage chamber, which is extremely effective for the work.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the fresh tea leaves can be stored on average in the fresh tea leaf storage chamber, the fresh tea leaves stored when the cool air is blown from the lower surface of the management device are uniformly cooled, It can contribute to the improvement of the quality of product tea.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view and FIG.
The figure is a partially longitudinal side view of the main part. 1: Endless transportation zone, 2, 3: Left and right side walls 5: Fresh tea leaf storage room, 10: Fresh leaf pool 11: Traveling rail, 20: Weighing pool 30: Input conveyor

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A green tea leaf storage chamber having one end serving as a delivery end and the other end having a starting end wall and the both end walls forming a lower surface of the endless transportation zone on the breathable endless transportation zone, and a lower portion of the endless transportation zone. In the fresh tea leaf feeding device in the conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device for ventilating the fresh tea leaf storage chamber from the blower chamber provided in, the upper ends in the longitudinal direction of both side walls forming the fresh tea leaf storage chamber are respectively traveling rails, both of which are provided. A box-shaped fresh leaf pool that can be opened and closed by being slidable between rails and can be moved forward and backward, and arranged above the fresh leaf pool to supply fresh tea leaves to the fresh leaf pool at a predetermined position. The fresh tea leaf supply means is configured to move the fresh tea leaf pool to which the fresh tea leaves have been supplied to a predetermined position on the fresh tea leaf storage chamber, and to introduce the fresh tea leaves in the fresh tea leaf pool into the fresh tea leaf storage chamber. Characterized by Tea leaves input device in the conveyor-type tea leaves management device. 2. A fresh-leaf pool in which a measuring pool having a bottom surface capable of opening and closing is provided between the fresh-leaf pool and the fresh tea-feeding means, and the fresh tea is supplied and measured from the feeding means to the measuring pool. The fresh tea leaf feeding device in the conveyor type fresh tea leaf management device according to claim 1, wherein the measured fresh tea leaves are supplied to the device.