JPS6141592Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a rice serving device for serving a fixed amount of cooked rice in a container such as a lunch box.

As a serving device for rice in a container such as a bento box, it is placed at the bottom of a cylindrical body for storing cooked rice and delivering it to the bento box, etc. below, at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction, and in the horizontal direction. A rice serving device that has a pair of shutters that slide alternately to open and close the lower part of a cylinder to feed cooked rice in fixed quantities is known, for example, as developed by Jikosho.
It is disclosed in Publication No. 58-4457.

This device requires that a lunch box container be placed below the cylindrical body that accommodates the cooked rice. Therefore, when transporting a lunch box or the like using a conveyor that moves intermittently, the lunch box or the like is placed on the conveyor by being locked onto a locking body protruding from the surface of the conveyor. In order to determine the position of lunch boxes etc. also in the width direction,
A guide rail is provided to support it.
Therefore, there is a problem in that lunch boxes of different sizes cannot be arranged because they do not fit between the guide rails.

The purpose of this project is to transport bento boxes of different sizes using a conveyor, and to match each bento box of different sizes to a cylindrical body that accommodates cooked rice, so that the bento boxes can be stopped under the cylindrical body. .

The plating device of the present invention has an upper shutter and a lower shutter spaced apart in the vertical direction at the bottom of a storage cylinder corresponding to the size and shape of a lunch box, etc., and a conveyor provided below the lower shutter. By providing stepped guide rails on both sides in the width direction, rice serving containers such as bento boxes of different sizes can be placed between the guide rails.

To explain the plating device of the present invention with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, 1 is a hopper for storing cooked rice, and a storage cylinder 2 for receiving the cooked rice from the hopper 1 is placed below the hopper. It is made to correspond to a container such as a bento box or the like, and it is possible to put the cooked rice that falls from the storage tube 2 in a substantially plate shape into the bento box or the like as it is. In this example, since the lunch boxes are arranged in two rows, the inside of the storage tube 2 is partitioned by a partition wall 3. Reference numeral 4 denotes an upper shutter provided at the lower end of the container 2 so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction, and a lower shutter 5 which is slidable and parallel to the upper shutter is arranged at a distance below the upper shutter. The shutters 4 and 5 are configured to open and close the inside of the housing tube 2 by sliding a pair of shutters at opposite positions and bringing their tips abutting or close to each other inside the housing tube 2. It is also possible to form each of the shutters 4 and 5 into one plate. 6
and 7 are air cylinders that drive the upper shutter 4 and the lower shutter 5, respectively.

The storage cylinder 2 or the shutters 4 and 5 are removable for cleaning, and the storage cylinder 2
can be replaced depending on the size of the bento box.

Reference numeral 8 designates two endless rows of conveyors that move intermittently and are provided below the lower shutter 4, which transports containers such as lunch boxes and stops them under the storage tube 2. Reference numeral 9 denotes locking bodies protruding from the conveyor 8, which are provided at intervals along the entire length of the conveyor 8. Reference numeral 10 denotes guide rails on both sides of the width direction of the outbound path of the conveyor 8, on which the ends of lunch boxes and the like are placed, which are provided along the length of the conveyor 8, and are formed into multiple steps with a stepped cross section. , the upper stage is far from the conveyor 8. That is, lunch boxes with a small width are placed on the lower guide rail 10, and lunch boxes with a large width are placed on the upper rail 10.
The lowermost guide rail 10 is at approximately the same height as the conveyor 8.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a support rail on which one end of the bento box is placed, which is provided on the outgoing path between the two conveyors 8, 8, and approximately parallel to them. It is preferably formed of a material having a relatively low coefficient of friction such as synthetic resin. Reference numeral 13 denotes engagement grooves formed in the lower part of the support body 12 in its width direction, and a plurality of sets of grooves having different depths are provided at small intervals. Reference numeral 14 denotes a mounting body that is inserted into the engagement groove 13 and supports the support body 12. This is made up of a plate that can be inserted into the engagement groove 13, and the attachment body has the same depth in the width direction of the conveyor 8. The grooves 13 are provided at intervals. That is, when the mounting body 14 is inserted into each deep engagement groove 13, the height of the support rail 11 becomes almost the same as that of the lower guide rail 10, and when the mounting body 14 is inserted into the shallow engagement groove 13, the height of the support rail 11 becomes almost the same as that of the lower guide rail 10. The height is approximately the same as that of the higher guide rail 10. 15 is a lunch box.

When serving cooked rice using this device, cooked rice is placed in a hopper 1 and then fed into a storage cylinder 2. At this time, since the inside of the storage tube 2 is closed by either one of the shutters 4 and 5, the cooked rice will be placed on top of it. On the other hand, line up the bento boxes in two rows and
However, if the lunch box is small, lower the support rail 11 and place it on the lower part of the guide rail 10 so that the lunch box can be placed in the width direction of the conveyor 8. While not moving, the conveyor 8 transports it via the locking body 9 and stops it under the storage cylinder 2.

For example, if the upper shutter 4 closes the inside of the housing tube 2, then the lower shutter 5 will enter the housing tube 2 because cooked rice is placed on top of it. After that, the upper shutter 4 is moved back, and the entire amount of cooked rice is lowered and placed on the lower shutter 5. When the rice is placed on the lower shutter 5, the upper shutter 4
enters the storage tube 2 and cuts the cooked rice thereto, dividing a fixed amount of cooked rice between the shutters 4 and 5. Next, the lower shutter 5 retreats, and the cooked rice divided by the shutters 4 and 5 falls into the lunch box stopped below. When the cooked rice falls, the lower shutter 5 enters the storage cylinder 2, then the upper shutter 4 retreats, repeating the process of lowering the cooked rice within the storage cylinder 2, and the conveyor 8 moves to the next empty lunch box. Repeat the process of stopping under the storage cylinder 2.

When the lunch box becomes larger, a storage cylinder 2 corresponding to the size is used, the support rail 11 is raised higher, and the lunch box is placed on the upper stage of the support rail 11 and the guide rail 10. Therefore, even a large lunch box can be transported while maintaining a constant position in the width direction of the conveyor 8, and can be stopped under and in line with the storage tube 2. With respect to the stopped lunch box, the shutters 4 and 5 are slid and rice is placed on the plate repeatedly as described above.

In the embodiment, since lunch boxes and the like are transferred in two rows, the conveyors 8 are arranged in two rows, and the support rails 11 are arranged between them.
When conveying in a row, as shown in FIG. 4, the conveyor 8 may be set as one row, and guide rails 10 may be arranged on both sides of the conveyor 8, and the support rails 11 are not necessary.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show other examples of vertically moving the support rail 11, in which the support rail 11 is pivoted to the upper end of a link 16 whose lower end is pivoted to a fixed part such as the aircraft body. The lower end of one side in the width direction of the link 16 is formed into an arc, and the other side is formed at a substantially right angle. Therefore, the height of the support rail 11 is changed by allowing the link 16 to fall down in the arcuate direction but not to the other side and maintain an upright state.

As mentioned above, this device has a step-like guide rail 10 for lunch boxes, etc., so that each of the lunch boxes, etc. of different sizes can be transferred while keeping the position constant. Lunch boxes and the like can be aligned with the storage cylinder 2 and stopped below it. Therefore, rice can be served in lunch boxes of different sizes simply by changing the storage cylinder 2 to one suitable for the size of the lunch box.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 1 is a front view;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional front view of a part, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side view of the main part, Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side view of the main part of another example, Fig. 5 is a front view of the support rail, Figures 6 and 7
The figure is a front view of another example of the support rail. 1: hopper, 2: housing cylinder, 4: upper shutter,
5: Lower shutter, 6, 7: Air cylinder, 8:
Conveyor, 10: Guide rail, 11: Support rail.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The lower part of the removable cooked rice storage cylinder has an upper shutter and a lower shutter spaced apart in the vertical direction, and guides for bento boxes, etc. are placed on both sides of the conveyor provided below the lower shutter in the width direction. 1. A rice serving device in which rails are arranged and a storage cylinder is made to correspond to the shape and size of a lunch box or the like, wherein opposing sides of the guide rail are formed into a plurality of steps.