JPS6376Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a device that automatically covers homemade ice cream with a cap.More specifically, it takes out a large number of stacked caps stored in a cap hopper from the bottom and places them in a vacuum putt. This invention relates to an automatic cap covering device which adsorbs ice cream, then half-turns the cap and lowers the cap to cover the ice cream that is intermittently conveyed below the vacuum pump.

Conventionally, when putting a cap on ice cream, it was done manually, so it was not possible to do it quickly, and there was also a risk of the ice cream losing its shape when it was being put on. Furthermore, it also had the disadvantage of not being completely sanitary.

The present invention relates to a completely new technology that fundamentally improves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional technology.

To explain one embodiment of the present invention with reference to figures, the first embodiment is as follows.
Figures 1 and 2 are front and side views of the device of the present invention, in which 1 is an upper arm installed at an arbitrary height above vertical shafts 2 provided on the left and right sides, and an air cylinder A ₁ is attached to the upper end of the upper arm. It is being Reference numeral 3 denotes a lower arm which can be moved up and down on the vertical shaft 2 by the air cylinder A ₁ via the rod 4, and a pipe 6 is rotatably installed at the tip of the lower arm via the fixed shaft 5. As shown in FIG. 3, several cap receiving vacuum parts 7 that can adsorb the caps C are connected and fixed to this pipe 6, and one end of the pipe 6 is connected to a vacuum pump (not shown). , and a rotary cylinder 8 for rotating the pipe is attached to the other end.

In addition, cap storage hoppers 10 are attached to corresponding positions above the vacuum parts 7 via legs 9, and at the lower end of the hoppers 10, the lowest cap C among the many stacked caps stored in the hopper 10 is attached. A cap scraper 11 is attached to scrape off the cap. This scraping machine has a wedge 12 and a support plate 13 as shown in Fig. 4 a, b, c.
The structure is such that the stacked caps C are moved left and right by an air cylinder _A2 installed at the end.
By forcibly inserting the wedge 11 between the flange a, the lowermost cap C is successively scraped off and dropped into the vacuum part 7.

Next, the operation of the device according to the present invention will be described. First, the vacuum putt 7 is supported upward in an upper position, and when the cap scraper 11 is operated, the lowest cap C in the hopper 10 falls into the vacuum putt 7. This is vacuum-adsorbed into the part 7 by operating a vacuum pump. Next, as shown in Fig. 5, air cylinder A ₁
is activated to lower the vacuum part 7 to a predetermined position (state a), and then the rotary cylinder 8 is activated to rotate the pipe 6 by half a turn, thereby directing the vacuum part 7 downward (state b). At this time, the cap C is sucked into the vacuum pad 7 and therefore does not fall. After half-turning, the vacuum putt 7 further descends (state c) and stops at a position covering the ice cream 14 that is being intermittently conveyed below it (state d). At this time, the operation of the vacuum pump is also stopped and the vacuum suction of the cap C is released. When the ice cream 14 is covered with the cap C, the vacuum part 7 is raised by the operation of the air cylinder _A1 (state e), and when it rises to a predetermined position, it is rotated in half again by the rotary cylinder 8 and turned upward. (state f), it rises to its original position and completes one cycle of operation. By repeating the series of operations described above, it becomes possible to automatically cover the ice cream that is intermittently conveyed.

As mentioned above, the device according to the present invention stores the caps stacked in the hopper one by one in the vacuum part and adsorbs them, and furthermore, the vacuum part is configured to be able to be raised and lowered and semi-rotated, so that the caps of the ice cream can be covered easily. This can be done automatically by a machine, and since the cap is placed in an accurate position, the ice cream mold can be quickly done without breaking the ice cream mold.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 are front and side views of the device of the present invention, Figure 3 is a sectional view of the vacuum part, Figure 4 is an illustration of the operation of the cap peeling machine, and Figure 5 is an illustration of the operation of the cap cover. It is. 1 is the upper arm, 3 is the lower arm, 6 is the pipe, 7 is the cap receiving vacuum part, 8 is the rotary cylinder, 10 is the cap hopper, 11 is the cap scraper, 14 is the ice cream, A ₁ and A ₂ are the air It is a cylinder.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An upper arm 1 is constructed on the upper part of the vertical shaft 2, and an air cylinder A ₁ is attached to the upper arm 1,
Further, a lower arm 3 is attached to the lower part of the vertical shaft 2, which can be raised and lowered by the air cylinder _A1 , and a pipe 6 is rotatably attached to the lower arm 3, and the cap C is stored in communication with the pipe 6. One end of the pipe 6 is connected to a vacuum pump, and the other end is equipped with a rotary cylinder 8 that rotates the pipe 6 in half at a predetermined position. Scraping machine 13
This automatic cap covering device is constructed by attaching a cap insertion hopper 10 having the following features.