JPH0761808B2 - Transfer device for rod-shaped products - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The disclosed technology is to convey a bar-shaped product such as dry noodles by a predetermined amount with a paper tape or the like, and then, in a process of transferring the product to a box or the like by a conveyor, determine the transfer height and posture. It belongs to the technical field of construction of a device that can be adjusted as desired.

<Summary of summary> Therefore, the invention of this application is such that a conveyor such as a chain conveyor facing the binding device has holders for supporting rod-shaped products at a predetermined pitch interval, and a string of the next stage such as box packaging. It is an invention relating to a device for transferring a bar-shaped product to a baton touch state on a conveyor such as a conveyor, and particularly to an intermediate chain conveyor that is provided between a preceding conveyor and a succeeding conveyor and stands up and down. Holders for supporting rod-shaped products are provided at a predetermined pitch, and the holders of the middle chain conveyors overlap each other in side view and are surely baton-touched without interfering with the preceding conveyor and the next conveyor. Therefore, the inclination angle of the next stage conveyor and the position and orientation of the start end and the end thereof can be freely selected depending on the desired position on the unloading side of the intermediate chain conveyor. In addition, a swingable holder with a baton touch is interposed between the middle chain conveyor and the preceding conveyor between the intermediate chain conveyor and the preceding conveyor via a link or the like of the swinging device. The present invention relates to a rod-shaped product transfer device.

<Prior Art> As is well known, with the diversification of life, products in the secondary market have come to be handled in a wide variety, and these products are generally traded in a predetermined pack state. However, most of them are packaged after weighing to a set weight.

As a result of the applicant's research, bar-shaped products such as dried noodles are bundled by measuring the set weight one by one with a special combination weighing device that is practically developed and shown in many inventions of prior inventions. It is designed to be supplied to the device.

That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 16, a mode is adopted in which the central portion of the dried noodles 1 weighed to a set weight is bound by a paper tape 2 or the like, boxed and supplied to the market.

In general, when binding rod-shaped products such as the seed dry noodles 1 and the like, they are bound by a paper tape 2 and the like in a circular cross section, but the dry noodles 1 are arranged in a packed state in a mutually aligned state in the binding process, If it is not loosened in the process after bundling, not only is it difficult to handle and display, but also broken noodles may be formed in the middle to reduce the commercial value.

Therefore, in the bundling process, various device technologies have been developed and provided to the market for surely bundling without damaging broken noodles and the like.

For example, in the Japanese Patent Application No. 61-68193, which is a prior application of the applicant, a binding device 3 as shown in FIG. 17 was developed.
In the preceding stage, a special combination weighing device 4 developed in another earlier invention of the applicant and a string conveyor 6 for the next corrugated cardboard box 5 are connected via a chain conveyor 7. In this embodiment, dried noodles 1 as a stick-shaped product
It is used for bundling.

.. are arranged integrally with the chains 7, 7 of the chain conveyor in a side view U at a predetermined pitch, and are arranged between the drive sprocket 9 and the driven sprocket 10. It is provided so as to circulate intermittently at a predetermined speed, and the dry noodles 1 weighed to a set weight by the combination weighing device 4 are supplied to the binding device body 11.

Then, in the bundling device main body 11, the paper tape 2 from the paper tape roll 12 placed on one side of the device frame is bound by rotating the dry noodles 1 by the clamp device 13 which will be described in detail next to the bundling device main body 11. It is supposed to do.

Then, the bundled dried noodles 1 are again lowered to the holder 8 and transferred to the string conveyor 6 at the end thereof by the chain conveyor 7 which intermittently rotates, and further, is put into the box 5 by an operator (not shown) or a swinging clamp device. It is supposed to be thrown in and sent to a warehouse.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, as shown in FIG. 17, in the binding device 3, the chain conveyor 7 of the front stage conveyor provided from the front weighing device 4 to the binding device body 11 is Due to the transfer relation with respect to the string conveyor 6 of the next stage conveyor with respect to the latter stage box 5, it is located at the upper and lower positions, so that the plant is designed so that the conveyors are installed in a stepwise manner as shown in the figure.

However, since the binding device 3 has a large weight and a large volume, it is not desirable to install it at a high place from the viewpoint of stability.
If it is installed at a low position close to the base, the installation and installation of the string conveyor 6 of the next stage will be difficult, and in the actual design, when the final treatment site such as the box 5 is far or at another position, the conveyor of the next stage is located. However, there is a drawback that it is generally unfavorable because it has to be provided in plural or in a bent manner, and in that case, if the connection mode of the upper and lower overlaps is adopted, it must be a conveyor having an ascending slope. .

When the conveyor is installed at the next stage of such a rising slope, if the slope is steep, the posture of the packed noodles collapsed at the packed dry noodles position that is transported by friction, and the broken noodles are broken in an unexpected case. Therefore, there is a drawback in that the final adjustment requires a positive adjustment in the final adjustment, and the work is extremely troublesome.

Further, if the conveyor at the next stage is installed at a low position, there is a problem that an unreasonable posture is forced during intermediate work and the work is difficult.

<Object of the Invention> The object of the invention of the present application is the problem of the attitude of connecting and conveying the conveyor to the next stage from the previous stage conveyor of the bar-shaped products such as dried noodles processed in the previous stage based on the above-mentioned prior art to the next stage processing. As a technical problem to be solved, by interposing an intermediate conveyor between the previous conveyor and the next conveyor, the position and orientation of the next conveyor with respect to the processing can be selected without difficulty and the desired inclination angle can be selected. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent rod-shaped product transfer device which is beneficial to the field of use of transportation technology in the distribution industry.

<Means and Actions for Solving the Problem> In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the configuration of the invention of the present application, which is based on the above-mentioned object, is measured by a predetermined amount by a measuring device or the like in the preceding stage. When the rod-shaped products such as dried noodles are supplied to the holder provided on the chain conveyor of the preceding stage conveyor and are subjected to the bundling process and the like as described above, and are subjected to the packaging work of the next stage, the end of the conveyor of the preceding stage To transfer the bar-shaped products in a baton-touch manner synchronously to a holder arranged at a predetermined pitch of an intermediate chain conveyor standing close to the same, or in synchronization with the intermediate chain conveyor in the preceding stage. It is transferred to a holder that swings through a parallel link of an oscillating device such as an operating crank mechanism in a baton-touch manner, and transferred to the holder of an intermediate chain conveyor. The bar-shaped products that are baton-touched in a position and posture that do not interfere with the holder, the holder of the middle chain conveyor, and the holder swinging between them are inherited by the respective holders of the middle chain conveyor, and successively rise and circulate. The bar-shaped product in the holder that turns around the dead point and descends is transferred to the next-stage cord conveyor or the like in a position and posture that does not interfere with the holder of the intermediate chain conveyor on the carry-out side of the intermediate chain conveyor by baton touch. Thus, the upper and lower positions of the next-stage conveyor are set as desired on the carry-out side of the intermediate chain conveyor, and
The inclination angle is set as desired for the next-stage processing, and regardless of the previous-stage processing step and the next-stage processing step, the optimum next-stage conveyor transfers the next-stage processing in the optimum posture. The technical means of doing so.

<Embodiment> Next, one embodiment of the invention of this application will be described below with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17 based on FIGS. 1 to 15.
It should be noted that parts that are the same as those in FIGS. 16 and 17 will be described using the same symbols.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, 14 is a dry noodles 1 as a bar-shaped product which forms the center of the gist of the invention of this application. Packaging of the dry noodles 1 into a box 5 after binding the paper tape 2 by the binding device 3 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, it is provided between the end of the chain conveyor 7 of the front-stage binding device 3 of the front-stage binding device 3 and the cardboard box 5 installed at a predetermined height. It is a mode in which it is freely set, and is moved by rollers 16, 16 ...
It can be set and stored freely.

A pair of drive sprockets 20 are provided on a frame 17 standing upright near the center of the base frame 15 via a motor 18 provided on the base frame 15 as shown in FIG. 20 is pivotally supported, and driven sprockets 21, 21 are pivotally supported at the upper part to provide drive sprockets 20, 20.
Intermediate chain conveyors 22, 22 are respectively stretched between and, and each chain conveyor 22 has a set length parallel to the drive sprockets 20, 20 and the driven sprockets 21, 21 at a predetermined pitch. , 23 ... Are integrally provided and extended, and the front end of the chain conveyor 7 is provided at the tip of each arm 23.
The holder 8 ″ having the same size as the holder 8 is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable relative to each other, and the balance weights 24 are fixedly provided on the lower side of the holder 8 ″ so that the arms 23 are rotated as the chain conveyor 22 orbits. The holder 8 ″ can always maintain the upright posture even when the holder 8 ″ is rotated.

Further, a bracket 25 is fixedly provided near the base of the base frame 15, and a pair of parallel links 26, 26 are swingably supported by pins on both sides of the bracket 25.
A plate 27 on which holders 8 ′ and 8 ′ having the same size as the holder 8 of FIG.

Then, the link 28 pivotally supported in the middle of the parallel links 26, 26 and one of the drive sprockets at the lower ends of the frames 17, 17.
A link 30 is pivotally connected to a disk 29 integrally provided on the side surface of the holder 20, and a holder 8 ′ that circulates the drive sprocket 9 of the chain conveyor 7 of the preceding stage by a holder 8 ′. Is intermittently swingable between the lower and middle ascending holder 8 ″ positions of the chain conveyor 22, and the predesign of the motor 18 allows the holder 8 at the end of the chain conveyor 7 of the preceding stage to move. The baton touch to the holder 8'and the baton touch of the holder 8'to the holder 8 "of the chain conveyor 22 are designed to be performed synchronously.

The holders 8 and 8 of the chain conveyor 7 in the preceding stage, the holders 8'and 8'which swing, and the intermediate chain conveyors 22 and 22.
As shown in FIG. 2, the relationship between the holders 8 ″ and 8 ″ in plan view is designed so that the vertical movements are freely permitted without any interference with each other.

Further, on the unloading side of the middle chain conveyors 22 and 22, that is, on the side descending from the top dead center, vertical frames 17 'and 17' are provided opposite to each other along the frame 17, and the base frame 15 is provided. Upper and lower frames 17 ″, 17 ″ are also provided opposite to each other on both sides of the rear end, and as shown in FIG. 8, long grooves 31 communicating from the lowermost end to the uppermost end are formed as much as possible. Ratchets 32, 32 are engraved on opposite sides of the ratchet.

The sliders 33 shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 are set in the long grooves 31 of the frames 17 'and 17 ", respectively.

Thus, each slider 33 has a pair of poles 3 inside it.
4, 34 are pin-pivotally supported, and elastic springs 35 are interposed inwardly so as to oppose each other and are biased so as to project from both notches of the slider to engage with the ratchets 32, 32 of the long groove 31 which oppose each other. It can be separated and separated.

A key pin 36 having a long diameter and a short diameter is inserted into the upper portions of the respective poles 34, 34 which face each other so that the respective poles 34 can be switched between a state in which they can be engaged with the ratchet 32 and a state in which they are not engaged. The key pin 36, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15,
It has a knob 37 at its outer end, and pivotally supports a frame 39 extending between the frames 17 ', 17 "on both sides through an insertion hole 38 of a similar shape to the slider 33 as shown in FIG. .

Further, a long groove 40 in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIGS. 1 and 15 is formed on the box 5 side of the frame 39 to form a frame 17 'of the frame 39,
The 17 ″ long grooves 31, 31 are allowed to move up and down.

Therefore, by operating 37, 37, the long-diameter engagement and the short-diameter engagement of the key pin 36 with respect to the pawls 34, 34 can be freely selected, and moreover, their postures are maintained. The frame 39 can be freely moved up and down via the slider 33.

It should be noted that when the slider 33 is raised, the knob 37 is switched so that the normal pawl and ratchet engagement allow free raising and lowering at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 2, a motor 41 is fixedly installed on the box 5 side at the tip of the frame 39 to connect the drive pulley 42, and the drive pulley 42 and the rear end of the frame 39 are connected. Frame 17
String conveyors 6 ′ and 6 ′ are stretched between the driven pulley 43 and the driven pulley 43.

And, the engagement between the rear ends of the cord conveyors 6 ', 6'and the holders 8 ", 8" of the intermediate chain conveyor 22 does not interfere with each other as shown in the plan view of FIG. 6 ', 6'is descended from the upper side of the middle conveyor 22 where the chain conveyer 22 is descended from the top, and the bundled dried noodles 1 supported between the holders 8 ", 8" are baton-touched for smooth transfer. It is supposed to be.

For convenience of illustration, the bound dry noodles 1 are not shown in FIG. 2, but the holder 8 on the lower side of FIG.
The correlation between 8'and 8 "and the transfer of the string conveyor 6'is as shown in FIG.

The frame 39 on which the string conveyors 6'and 6'are stretched is usually desired to have a downwardly inclined posture shown in FIG. 1 or an allowable steep inclination angle shown at 39 '. ″, 39
Of course, it is also possible to set the rising gradient shown in (1).

In the above-mentioned configuration, as shown in FIG. 17 described above, the dried noodles 1 weighed by a predetermined weight by the pre-stage weighing device 4 are put into the holders 8, 8 ... of the chain conveyor 7 as the circulating pre-stage conveyor. The bundle of dried noodles 1 is lifted from the holder 8 which is intermittently stopped from being fed forward in the binding device body 11 and clamped by the clamp device 13, is bundled in a predetermined manner by the paper tape 2 and is again supported by the holder 8 so as to be lowered. It is advanced by the chain conveyor 7, circulates at the position of the drive sprocket 9, and is inserted into the holder 8 ', which is in the lower part of the drive sprocket 9 and operates intermittently, and is touched with a baton.
As shown in FIG. 4, the dried noodles 1 are transferred from the holder 8 of the front chain conveyor 7 to the swinging holder 8 '.

Then, the parallel link 26 is swung through the link 30 by the crank motion of the disk 29 which is rotated by the motor 18, and circulates on the side of the chain conveyor 22 in the middle, and the dried noodles 1 are placed in the holder 8 ″ which rises from the lower side. The baton is touched and transferred, and the baton touch from these holders 8 to 8'from 8'to 8 "is performed synchronously under the control of the motor 18 as described above, and the bundled dried noodles 1 transferred to the holder 8" are transferred. Moves up by the chain conveyor 22, goes around the driven sprocket 21 at the top dead center, and moves down to the unloading side, where the poles 34, 34 engage the ratchets 32, 32 of the long groove 31 with the frames 17 ', 17 ". The holder 8 ″ which has been emptied by baton-touching the string conveyors 6 ′, 6 ′ of the frame 39 which is at a predetermined inclination angle in the stopped posture descends and circulates from the drive sprockets 19, 19 side. The transfer operation of the baton touch to the bundled dried noodles 1 of the holder 8'which swings again and stands by is continued, and thus the holder 8'of the swinging holder 8'to the holder 8 of the middle chain conveyor 22 as shown in FIG. The dry noodles 1 are transferred to "".

Then, the dried noodles 1 transferred onto the string conveyor 6 ′ are sequentially transferred from the terminal end thereof into the box 5 in a stable manner in an optimal take-out posture by a boxing operation.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the intermediate chain conveyor 22 is smoothly transferred from the holder 8'to the string conveyor 6 '.

During this period, the holders 8 ″ that circulate around the intermediate chain conveyors 22 and 22 circulate while maintaining a stable vertical posture by the balance weight 24 regardless of the presence or absence of the dried noodles 1.

As described above, the holders 8, 8 ', 8 "and the string conveyor 6'are engaged with each other without any interference.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 7, the bundled dried noodles 1 from the string conveyor 6'to the box 5 are carried in accurately without disturbing the posture.

During this time, in the initial operation, the optimum inclination angle of the string conveyor 6'with respect to the string 5'needs to be the posture that facilitates the boxing work. Therefore, the slider 37 is rotated by operating the key pin 36 by operating the knob 37. As shown in FIG. 9, the pole 34 protrudes from the notch of the case and is lifted in a posture in which it can be engaged with the ratchet 32 in a raising motion in the same manner as a normal pole and ratchet engagement, while the rising is smoothly permitted. , The fall is prevented, the slider 33 is stopped at the optimum position, and if it is lowered by the adjustment, the knob 37
14 through the action shown in FIG. 14 to retract the pawl 34 from the notch to bring the ratchet 32 into the disengaged state, lower it to the desired position, and return the knob 37 to the posture shown in FIGS. In this way, the front end and the rear end of the frame 39 are installed at the predetermined heights of the frames 17 ″ and 17 ′ so as to have a desired tilted posture, and the base end side of the frame 39 is the frame 17 ′. The long groove 40 of the frame 39 travels in the long groove 31 of the frame 17 without any movement in the front-rear direction, but the long groove 40 of the frame 39 acts to allow relative movement by the key pin 36 with respect to the long groove 31 of the frame 17 ', so that the inclination angle of the frame 39 is smoothly Can be set freely.

Therefore, the transfer device 14 of the invention of this application is attached to the binding device 3
Even if there is a considerable difference between the level of the chain conveyor 7 at the front end of the bundling device 3 and the level of the box 5, the cord conveyor 6'of the next stage conveyor is installed between the frame and the box 5. By setting the level of 39 and the inclination angle as desired in a predetermined manner, the packed dry noodles 1 can be easily boxed with a smooth operation.

The embodiment of the invention of this application is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, a holder is provided in a stationary state in which a clutch is provided between the drive sprocket and the disk below the intermediate chain conveyor to swing. In addition, it is possible to adopt various modes such as directly connecting the holder of the intermediate chain conveyor close to the holder of the preceding chain conveyor, or omitting the swing device of the swing mechanism altogether. Is.

Further, as the same mode, various modes such as a mode in which the bundling of the bundling device body of the bundling device is omitted and the dried noodles weighed in a loose state are sequentially transferred and transferred to the baton touch method can be adopted.

Needless to say, the bar-shaped product to which the present invention is applied is not limited to dry noodles, but can be applied to incense sticks, wires, and the like.

Further, as a design change, it goes without saying that twins, singles, twins, etc. can be alternately used instead of the twin type holders of the above-described embodiment.

Further, the swinging device of the swinging holder may be a solenoid type instead of the mechanical type of the above-described embodiment.

Further, depending on the design, the chain conveyor of the next stage may be of a center folding type or may be extendedly connected. Such a design is merely a design change for those skilled in the art.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the invention of this application, when the bar-shaped products such as dry noodles bound by the binding device are processed in the next stage such as boxing,
When performing baton touch transfer from the pre-stage conveyor to the next-stage conveyor from the bundling device to the box, even if the level of the pre-stage conveyor and the level of the next-stage processing are different, the rod-shaped product transfer device of the invention of this application By interposing between the two, so-called punching conveyance can be performed in the middle chain conveyor, and therefore, the conveyance to the next stage processing allows the work in the optimum posture for the next stage work, etc. The working efficiency is improved, the posture of the bar-shaped product is not collapsed or broken due to an unexpected situation, the product yield is good, and the reliability of the product is enhanced.

Further, since the next-stage work posture is good, not only the work efficiency is improved, but also an excellent effect that a defective product in the middle can be inspected or removed can be obtained.

Further, even if there is interference with other equipment in the subsequent stage of the intermediate chain conveyor, it is possible to avoid this and take the next stage conveyor that overhangs.

As described above, not only the workability is improved, but also there is an advantage in the plant design in which the installation mode of the plant is replaced with the cleverness of the transfer path and the compatibility with other equipment is improved. Since it is possible to selectively take the position and inclination posture for the conveyor of the next stage with respect to, there is an excellent effect that there is a freedom to select the optimum posture depending on the type of work and the type of products handled.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 15 are explanatory views of an embodiment of the invention of this application, FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the whole, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same mechanical section, and FIG. 3 is a transfer route of dry noodles. Schematic diagram, FIG. 4 is a front view of the transfer of dried noodles from the holder of the preceding conveyor to the swinging holder, FIG. 5 is a front view of the transfer of the swinging holder to the holder of the intermediate chain conveyor, and FIG. 6 is an intermediate view. FIG. 7 is a front view of the transfer from the holder of the chain conveyor to the string conveyor, FIG. 7 is a front view of loading the dry noodles into the box from the string conveyor, and FIG. , Fig. 9 is a side view of the structure of the slider,
FIG. 10 is a side view of a portion where the slider and the frame are joined together,
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the slider, FIG. 12 is a front view of an engaging cross section of the slider in the long groove of the frame, FIG. Side view of the part where the slider is lowered, FIG. 15 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of the frame, slider and key pin
FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the dried noodles that have been bound, and FIG. 17 is a schematic side view of the binding device. 7 ... Front stage conveyor, 8 ... Holder, 1 ... Rod-shaped product, 6 '... Next stage conveyor, 14 ... Transfer device, 22 ... Intermediate chain conveyor, 17 ... Frame, 19 ... Sprocket , 30 …… Link

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transfer device for transferring a rod-shaped product to a next-stage conveyor, which is carried by holders provided at predetermined pitch intervals on a plurality of pre-stage conveyors, and is provided between the front-stage conveyor and the next-stage conveyor. Holders arranged at a predetermined pitch on an intermediate chain conveyor that is erected upright are provided at a relative position where they do not interfere with the holder of the preceding conveyor and the conveyor of the next stage, and thus the inclination of the conveyor of the next stage is equal to that of the intermediate conveyor. A swingable holder is linked to the swinging device between the holders of the intermediate chain conveyor and the holders at the end positions of the front and rear conveyors, which can be freely moved up and down at desired positions on the unloading side of the chain conveyor. A transfer device for bar-shaped products. 2. The transfer device for a bar-shaped article according to claim 1, wherein the swinging device is formed by a link connected to a sprocket of the intermediate chain conveyor. 3. The transfer device for a rod-shaped product according to claim 1, wherein the swinging device is formed by parallel links of four-point hinges.