JPH0873331A - Incense stick automatic slicing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Purpose] To provide a device capable of automatically binding a predetermined number of incense sticks. [Arrangement] Alignment transfer comprising a transfer belt conveyor 3 for transferring incense sticks 2 transferred from a drying shelf board 1, and an alignment transfer section 5 for aligning and transferring the incense stick groups 4 transferred by the transfer incense sticks 4 in a horizontal row. A device 6 is provided, and a dispersal device 7 for separating and loosening the adhered and transferred incense sticks 2 is provided in series, and further, the loosened incense stick group 4 is sequentially transferred every predetermined number of minutes. An incense stick automatic sizing and bundling device in which the sizing device 8 is provided, and the incense sticks 2 sliced into a predetermined number are bundled, and a bundling device 10 for bundling the both ends of the bunch is continuously provided. . [Effect] With the possibility of automatic bundling by machines,
It can be mass-produced without requiring highly skilled workers, resulting in a reduction in manufacturing cost.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for automatically binding incense sticks for binding a fixed number of dried incense sticks in a manufacturing process of Buddhist altar incense sticks with a tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
A worker picked up the dried incense sticks 2 arranged side by side in a row in his hand, loosened them with both hands, bundled them apart, and then bound the both ends with tape.

[0003]

However, the manual work as described above has a low productivity and the incense stick may be broken during bundling, so this work requires a highly skilled person.

Further, since the material for the incense stick contains a hard component, it is rough when the hand is rubbed and it is difficult to work for a long time.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of automatically binding a fixed number of incense sticks without manual labor.

[0006]

An automatic incense slicing and binding device of the present invention is a transfer belt conveyor for transferring incense transferred from a drying shelf board, and a group of incense transferred by the transfer belt conveyor is arranged in a horizontal row. Then, an alignment transfer device comprising an alignment transfer part for transporting is provided, and a dispersal device for loosening and separating the adhered and transferred incense sticks is provided in series.
Squeeze out loosened incense groups every predetermined number of minutes,
A slicing device for transferring is provided, and a sizing device for bundling the sliced incense into a predetermined number and bundling both ends of the incense with tape is continuously provided.

[0007]

The operation will be described. The incense sticks on the drying shelf board taken out from the drying chamber are transferred to the belt conveyor. The group of incense sticks is sent to the alignment transfer unit by the rotation of the belt, and is aligned in a horizontal line there. Upon receiving the incense sticks, the sticks are separated and sent to a disintegration device for loosening. The incense that has been disentangled and loosened by this is divided into a predetermined number of pieces by a constant slicing device and transferred. continue,
The incense is sent to a bundling device and is divided into a predetermined number of pieces, and the incense sticks are bound with tape around both ends.

[0008]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, a transfer for receiving and transferring incense sticks 2 on a drying shelf board 1 taken out from a drying chamber. An alignment transfer device 6 including a belt conveyor 3 and an alignment transfer unit 5 for transferring the incense sticks 4 transferred by the belt conveyor 3 in a horizontal row is provided. 4 is provided with a disintegrating device 7 for separating and disassembling each other, and a slicing device 8 for sequentially transferring the disintegrated and disentangled incense groups 4 is provided at a predetermined interval. 2 incense sticks cut into pieces
And a bundling device 10 for bundling the paper tape 9 around both ends thereof.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transfer belt conveyor 3 of the aligning and transferring device 6 is composed of a rotary flat belt having a width on which the incense stick group 4 on the drying shelf plate 1 can be placed. The alignment transfer unit 5 has a plurality of rotary shafts 11,
The rotating shaft 11 is at substantially the same level as the transfer surface of the transfer belt conveyor 3, and is parallel to each other in the direction orthogonal to the transfer direction, and its length is equal to or larger than the belt width of the transfer belt conveyor 3, and the timing belt Is configured so as to be integrally interlocked with each other, and is configured to rotate in the same direction as the transfer belt conveyor 3, and the plurality of flat belts are provided over the entire length in the gap between the rotating shafts 11. Are integrally arranged to form a transfer belt conveyor 12 that rotates and moves in a direction orthogonal to the rotation direction of the rotating shaft 11, and the transfer belt conveyor 12 lifts and lowers the whole thereof up and down. And the upper surface of the belt is positioned higher than the upper surface of the rotating shaft 11 when rising, and conversely lower when lowering.

Reference numeral 14 denotes an alignment guide plate, which is a contact plate for aligning the end portions of the incense stick group 4 transferred from the transfer belt conveyor 3 onto the rotary shaft 11 in a horizontal row, and the incense stick group 4 is When collided with the alignment guide plate 14, the transfer belt conveyor 12 rises, and the incense stick groups 4 can be placed and transferred.

In the above embodiment, the rotary shaft 11 is mounted at a constant height position and the transfer belt conveyor 3 is moved up and down. On the contrary, the transfer belt conveyor 3 is moved at a constant height. Installed in the position
1 may be configured to move up and down.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the incense stick disintegrating device 7 holds the belt conveyor 16 which moves by stacking the flat belts 15 on the upper and lower sides, and presses the belt 15 from both upper and lower sides so that the transfer surface of the belt 15 moves up and down. The mounting position is alternately shifted so that it undulates.

That is, the incense stick group 4 horizontally transferred from the alignment transfer device 6 can be vertically undulated along the outer peripheral surface of the roller 17 positioned vertically while sandwiching the incense stick group 4 between the belts 15 from above and below. It is configured.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the belt 15 of the separating device 7 is horizontally extended rearward, and a constant-size cutting device 8 composed of a stopper 18 and a grip 19 is formed near the rear part thereof. To do. The stopper 18 can move up and down,
It is composed of a comb-shaped frame, and when it rises, its comb tip projects above the belt 15 so that the head of the incense stick group 4 being transferred is hooked and temporarily stopped, and when it is lowered, the hook is released. ing.

On the other hand, the gripping portion 19 is for gripping the incense stick group 4 located at a required number of distances from the head thereof in a sandwich shape from the upper and lower sides thereof when the incense stick group 4 is temporarily stopped by the stopper 18. , A pair of plate bodies arranged on both upper and lower sides of the belt 15 and ascending / descending in mutually opposite directions, and a rubber plate 20 is attached to each tip end thereof, and the width thereof is approximately 1 to 2 of the incense stick 2. It is preferable to make it as thick as a line.

Further, the mounting positions of the grip portion 19 and the stopper 18 are configured to be movable forward and backward in the transfer direction, and can be moved forward and backward for positioning in accordance with the number of bundles of the incense sticks 2 to be bound.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the bundling device 10 forms a bundle of the delivery part 21 which is a belt conveyor for delivering the incense stick group 4 supplied from the slicing device 8 and the incense stick group 4. It is composed of a bundling part 22 for forming, a paper tape supply part 23 for supplying a paper tape 9 for bundling the incense stick group 4, and a receiving member 24 for taking out the bunched incense sticks 2 out of the system. More specifically,
The bundling portion 22 includes a pair of left and right main rotating rollers 25 and a pair of subsidiary rotating rollers (upper subsidiary rotating roller 26 and lower subsidiary rotating roller 27) that are close to the front and lower positions of the respective rollers.
And a pair of left and right rotary belts 28 that are stretched endlessly around the rollers 25 and 26 and the roller 27 to form a receiving portion space 29 for the incense stick bundle.

The pair of left and right main rotation rollers 25 and the pair of left and right rotation rollers 26, 27 are located apart from each other on the left and right sides slightly longer than the length of the incense stick 2, while the left and right spacings of the rotary belt 28 are incense sticks that rotate. Leave it so that the bundle of group 4 does not fall. Further, the lower sub-roller roller 27 is positioned at substantially the same level as the belt transfer surface of the delivery unit 21, while the upper sub-roller roller 26 approaches the lower roll roller 27 and is slightly larger than the thickness of the incense stick 2. After the incense stick group 4 is bound in the receiving part space 29 in parallel with each other, the incense stick group 4 is moved upward to release the receiving part space 29 so that the bundle of incense sticks 2 can be lifted and lowered. It is configured.

The operation will be described based on the above configuration. As shown in FIG. 8, the incense sticks 2 on the drying shelf plate 1 taken out from the drying chamber are transferred to the transfer belt conveyor 3 of the alignment transfer device 6. The group of incense sticks 4 is transferred onto the rotary shaft 11 of the alignment transfer unit 5 by the rotation of the belt, collides with the front alignment guide plate 14, and is aligned in a horizontal row. At the same time, the transfer belt conveyor 12 rises to receive the incense stick groups 4 and transfer them in a horizontal line in the orthogonal direction.

Next, these are transferred to the separating device 7,
While being sandwiched by the belt 15 from above and below, it is further conveyed while being vertically undulated along the outer peripheral surfaces of the rollers 17 positioned above and below, and the incense sticks 2 attached to each other are individually disassembled and unraveled as they are. It is conveyed in a horizontal row in a state of being sandwiched by and is temporarily stopped by the stopper 18 of the slicing device 8, and at the same time, the relative upward and downward movement of the gripper 19 moves the incense stick group 4 at a position spaced apart from the beginning up and down. Grasp from. This gripping position is moved back and forth for positioning in accordance with the number of two incense sticks to be bound in advance. When grasped, the stopper 18 descends and releases its suspension. When the incense stick group 4 from the released head to the grip portion 19 has finished passing through the stopper 18, the stopper 18 rises again, and at the same time, the grip portion 19 moves up and down relatively to release the grip.

While repeating this operation alternately, the required number of incense sticks 4 are sequentially supplied to the binding device 10.

When the incense stick group 4 sent to the bundling device 10 is put into the receiving part space 29, the incense stick group 4 is prompted by the rotation of the rotary belt 28 to roll in the receiving part space 29 to form a bundle. Then, the paper tape 9 is inserted from the tape supply unit 23 near both ends of the incense bundle. When the paper tape 9 is wound around the outer circumference of the incense stick group 4 according to the rotation of the incense stick bundle, the paper tape 9 is cut and, at the same time, glue is applied and then wrapped and fixed in a bundle.

Next, when the upper driven rotary roller 26 moves upward to release the receiving portion space 29, the receiving member 24 is pushed from below.
Is drawn, receives the incense bundle 4, and is taken out of the system.

[0024]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

Conventionally, a person can manually bind things that were manually bound by a machine, so that work efficiency is improved, mass production is possible, and manufacturing cost can be reduced. It was

Moreover, it can be said that the device is industrially useful because it can be bound without touching human hands, no expert is required, and there is no problem of rough hands.

[0027]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the alignment transfer device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part of the separating device.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of the constant-size cutting device.

6 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part of the binding device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state where incense sticks are placed on the drying shelf board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Drying Shelf Board 2 Incense Sticks 3 Transfer Belt Conveyor 4 Incense Stick Group 5 Alignment Transfer Section 6 Alignment Transfer Device 7 Balancing Device 8 Sizing Device 10 Bundling Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transfer belt conveyor 3 for transferring incense sticks 2 transferred from a drying shelf board 1, and an incense stick group 4 transferred by the transfer belt conveyor 3.
An alignment transfer device 6 including an alignment transfer unit 5 for horizontally aligning and transferring the incense sticks 2 is provided.
A disintegrating device 7 for separating and loosening the adhered substances is provided in series, and further, a slicing device 8 for sequentially transferring the loosened incense groups 4 every predetermined number of pieces is provided,
An incense stick automatic sizing and bundling device, characterized in that a predetermined number of incense sticks 2 are bundled, and a bundling device 10 for bundling both ends of the incense stick 2 is provided in series.