JP4294753B2 - Equipment for preparing and shipping goods such as leek - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an article shipment preparation apparatus such as leek.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, there is no publicly known publication, but an article shipment preparation apparatus such as a litter provided with a bucket in which the tip side of the article is high and the root side is lowered in a fixed state and a binding gripping part is provided at the lower part of the bucket is commercially available. .
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The known example has a problem that the production cost is high with a complicated configuration.
Further, when bundling with a tape, the end of the tape after being cut open, and there is a problem in the processing.
[0004]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
Cost reduction, reliable bundling, and mechanization of tape edge processing.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides the endless chain 6 having a predetermined length in the transport direction of an object such as a leek with a plurality of buckets 11 that intersect with the endless chain 6 at predetermined intervals in the transport direction. A conveying device 15 for intermittently transferring an article such as a litter placed thereon by repeating advancement and stopping in the conveying direction is configured, and a conveying belt 35 that moves to one side in the left-right direction is provided on the front side of the conveying device 15. A bundling device 39 is provided so that the bundling and bundling of articles at a position above the conveying belt 35 falls on the conveying belt 35. Between the conveying device 15 and the bundling device 39, a bucket 11 is provided. Rutotomoni provided delivery device 17 for bundling the articles while grasping portion 22 is moved upward bundling position of the conveyor belt 35 grip the article above was gripped by the bundling device 39, the grip portion of the receiving pass 17 2 is provided with a circular rotary blade 46 that is gripped and cuts the root side of an article being delivered, and the binding device 39 is an article in a state of being gripped by the gripping portion 22 when the root side is cut by the circular rotary blade 46 This is a product shipping preparation device such as a leek configured to bind together .
In the present invention, the bucket 11 is formed by a receiver 12 divided into a plurality of parts in the left-right direction, and a groove 13 through which the gripping portion 22 of the delivery device 17 passes vertically is provided between adjacent receivers 12. It is an article shipping preparation device such as leek.
In the present invention, at the end of the transport belt 35, a transport roller 65 transported in the same direction following the transport belt 35 is arranged in parallel in the transport direction, and articles on the transport roller 65 are arranged in a direction crossing the transport direction. This is an article shipping preparation device such as a leek provided with a throwing arm 66 for discharge.
[0006]
【Example】
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main frame of an automatic bundling apparatus for articles having a thin bundle with respect to the length of a thin onion, green onion, leek, trefoil, and the like. The rear horizontal axis 2 and the front horizontal axis 3 in the left-right direction are provided at a predetermined interval at a position above the unit, and a plurality of gears are provided on the rear horizontal axis 2 and the front horizontal axis 3 at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. 4 and 5 are provided, and endless chains 6 are wound around the gears 4 and 5, respectively. 7 is a bearing, and 10 is a conveying motor for rotating the endless chain 6.
A plurality of left and right buckets 11 on which the article is placed are attached to the endless chain 6 at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction. Each bucket 11 is divided into a plurality of parts on the left and right sides and is constituted by a receiver 12, and the receiver 12 is provided with a groove 13 between adjacent receivers 12.
[0007]
The bucket 11 is arranged side by side on the endless chain 6 to form a transport device 15. A binding unit 16 is provided on the front side of the transport device 15, and the end of the transport device 15 is provided between the transport device 15 and the binding unit 16. A delivery device 17 for delivering the article to the binding unit 16 is provided.
The delivery device 17 has a left and right rotating shaft 19 mounted on the upper portion of a front U-shaped mounting main frame 18 provided on the main frame 1, and the upper end of the mounting arm 20 is fixed to the approximate center of the rotating shaft 19. A mounting plate 21 in the left-right direction is fixed to the lower end of the mounting arm 20, and the gripping part is positioned above the groove 13 between the receivers 12 of the buckets 11 arranged side by side on the mounting plate 21. 22 are provided. Each gripping portion 22 includes an arm portion 23 that opens and closes by an arbitrary link mechanism, and an opening and closing actuator 24 such as a cylinder and a motor that opens and closes the arm portion 23. The grip portion 22 is attached to the mounting plate 21 so as to freely move up and down, and is moved up and down by a vertical actuator 25 such as a cylinder or a motor. That is, as viewed from the side, the arm portion 23 of the gripping portion 22 moves up and down between a gripping position where it overlaps with the bucket 11 and an upper retracted position.
[0008]
Further, the tip of the rotary arm 30 is fixed to one end of the rotary shaft 19, and the base of the rotary arm 30 is attached to a rotary actuator 31 such as a cylinder or a motor. The grip part 22 in the retracted position is rotated to the binding part 16 side.
Thus, the bundling portion 16 has a bundling arm 36 that protrudes from the front side to the rear side in the crossing direction with respect to the conveyance belt 35 and is positioned above the endless conveyance belt 35 that rotates in the left-right direction. It is constituted by a bundling device 39 provided with a sticking table 38 which is attached to the end of the sticking tape 37 carried by the binding arm 36 and cut off relative to it. The bundling device 39 is a well-known device, and a drive unit 40 and a tape storage unit 41 for the bundling arm 36 are provided at the base of the bundling arm 36.
Therefore, the binding unit 16 is positioned by sticking the adhesive tape 37 between the binding arm 36 and the adhesive base 38 positioned above, and the grip 22 is projected toward the adhesive tape 37, The bundling arm 36 is rotated so that the end of the sticking tape 37 is stuck and cut, and when the arm part 23 of the gripping part 22 is opened, the article falls on the transport belt 35.
[0009]
Accordingly, the moving path of the gripping portion 22 between the transport device 15 and the bundling portion 16 is provided with a cutting portion 45 that cuts the base side of the article so as to overlap with the side view movement locus. The cutting part 45 has a circular rotary blade 46 mounted on a fixed part, a pulley 48 is fixed to a rotary shaft 47 of the circular rotary blade 46, and a belt 51 wound around a pulley 50 of a cutting motor 49 is hung on the pulley 48. Rotate and cut and align the base side of the article held and fixed by the holding part 22.
Accordingly, at the conveyance end of the conveyance belt 35, an article collection bag 52 (box) 52 for bundling the root side is provided. Further, a conveyor belt may be provided in place of the collection basket 52.
[0010]
FIG. 5 and subsequent figures show a second embodiment, in which the bucket 11 has a groove 13 formed immediately after the receiving body 12 on the circular rotary blade 46 side is made narrow, and the root of the article held and fixed by the holding portion 22. The side is cut off, but the side away from the circular rotary blade 46 is provided with two receivers 12 and the number of gripping portions 22 is reduced to reduce the cost.
Thus, the bundling portion 16 is provided with a bundling arm 36 and an affixing table 38 that affixes and cuts the end of the affixing tape 37 carried by the bundling arm 36 on the bundling portion frame 26. The front lower surface of the frame 26 is pivotally attached to the main frame 1 side by a support shaft 27, and the rear side (sticking table 38) of the binding unit frame 26 is moved up and down. Below the bundling portion frame 26 is provided a bundling portion up / down actuator 28 constituted by a cylinder, a motor and the like for up and down of the bundling portion 16, and a link mechanism 29 between the bundling portion up / down actuator 28 and the bundling portion frame 26. Is provided.
[0011]
Therefore, the conveying belt 35 in the portion of the binding unit frame 26 is formed with a narrow vertical interval between the reciprocating belts suspended vertically so as not to interfere with the vertical movement of the binding unit frame 26.
Thus, the binding unit 16 is provided with a tape end processing device 53 that processes the end of the adhesive tape 37 after being attached and cut. The tape end processing device 53 is configured to move the tape end 54 in the circumferential direction of the article and then press the tape end 54 against the outer periphery of the article. That is, a protruding piece 55 protruding in an arc shape from the bottom in the circumferential direction of the article is provided on the sticking table 38 side, and the protruding piece 55 moves the tape end portion 54 while having some elasticity such as a thin metal plate. At this time, it is formed of a material having a predetermined rigidity that reciprocates constantly on the movement trajectory, and the base side of the protruding piece 55 is attached to the entrance / exit actuator 56. Although not a requirement, the protruding piece 55 is accommodated in the sticking table 38, an opening for entering and exiting a predetermined position of the sticking table 38 is provided, and the protruding piece 55 is sandwiched vertically in the opening. Providing the guide body 57 for guiding is preferable to secure the installation space and ensure the operation.
[0012]
Therefore, a presser 60 that presses the tape end 54 against the outer periphery of the article is provided above the article at the binding position. The presser body 60 is formed at the tip of the arm 61, the base portion of the arm 61 is rotatably attached to the drive unit 40 side by a shaft 62, and a presser actuator 63 is connected to the arm 61.
The tape end processing device 53 is constituted by the protruding piece 55 and the pressing body 60, and works more reliably by moving the binding portion frame 26 up and down by the binding portion up / down actuator 28. That is, when the article reaches the binding position and is bound and the adhesive tape 37 is cut, the binding part frame 26 is moved upward, and the protruding piece 55 protrudes so that the tape end 54 is positioned on the upper surface side of the article. As a result, the tape end 54 is bent in the circumferential direction of the article so that the tape end 54 is easily adhered, and when the tape end 54 in this state is pressed by the presser 60, the glue surface protruding to the tape end 54 is obtained. Adheres to the outer periphery of the adhesive tape 37 that has already been wound.
[0013]
Accordingly, at the conveyance end of the conveyance belt 35, a conveyance roller 65 is arranged in parallel in the conveyance direction of the conveyance belt 35. The transport roller 65 is rotated by the rotation of the transport belt 35. The conveying roller 65 is inclined so that the central portion has a small diameter so that the article is placed on the central portion.
Between the transport rollers 65, there is provided a throw arm 66 that pivots rearward from a standby position lower than the upper surface of the transport roller 65, and the rear end of each throw arm 66 is fixed to the mounting rotary shaft 67, The attachment rotation shaft 67 is rotated by a forward / reverse rotation motor 68.
An article collection box (box) 52 is provided on the rear side of each conveying roller 65.
[0015]
[Action]
Next, the operation will be described.
The present invention is configured as described above. When an article is prepared in the vicinity of the conveying device 15 and the conveying motor 10 is energized, the endless chain 6 moves a distance corresponding to one bucket 11 and stops for a predetermined time. The bucket 11 is moved by one distance, stopped for a predetermined time, and this is repeated to move the bucket 11 intermittently.
Therefore, when an article such as a trefoil is put into the upper surface of the bucket 11 while being weighed, the bucket 11 reaches the end of the conveying device 15.
Since the delivery device 17 is provided at the end of the conveying device 15, the gripping unit 22 stands by at a position directly above the bucket 11, and when the bucket 11 on which an article is placed reaches below the gripping unit 22. When the vertical actuator 25 is actuated and the arm portion 23 is opened, the gripping portion 22 is lowered to the side of the article in the bucket 11 in the front-rear direction from the groove 13 between the left and right receivers 12 of the bucket 11. Then, when the opening / closing actuator 24 is operated to close the arm portion 23 and then the vertical actuator 25 is operated, the gripping portion 22 is retracted above the bucket 11.
[0016]
Next, when the rotary actuator 31 is operated and the rotary shaft 19 is rotated via the rotary arm 30, the grip portion 22 is rotated by the forward rotation of the rotary arm 30, and stops at a predetermined position. .
At this time, the adhesive tape 37 is stretched between the binding arm 36 of the binding device 39 and the adhesive base 38 with the adhesive surface facing the rear side. The part 22 advances toward the adhesive tape 37 and reaches the upper position of the conveyor belt 35 while pressing against and further pressing the adhesive tape 37.
Next, the bundling device 39 rotates the bundling arm 36 by a known means so that the tip of the bundling arm 36 abuts on the sticking table 38. At this time, the sticking tape 37 is wound around the outer periphery of the article. The end portion is cut and the base side is bound by the adhesive tape 37.
[0017]
Then, the actuator 24 for opening and closing is operated to open the arm portion 23 of the gripping portion 22, whereby the article gripped by the gripping portion 22 falls on the transport belt 35 and is transported by the transport belt 35 and is transported outside the machine. To be discharged.
Therefore, since the circular rotary blade 46 is provided in the movement path of the gripping part 22 between the transport device 15 and the bundling part 16 so as to overlap with the movement locus of the gripping part 22 in side view, The articles held and fixed are aligned by cutting the base side before being bundled, thereby improving the commercial value.
When the article at the end of the conveying device 15 is bundled by the bundling portion 16, the gripping portion 22 of the delivery device 17 returns to the standby position, and the bucket 11 on which the article is placed is positioned below the gripping portion 22, Repeat the work.
[0018]
As described above, the transport device 15 in which the bucket 11 intermittently moves forward is provided, the bundling portion 16 is provided on the front side of the transport device 15, and the conveyed article is grasped and passed to the bundling portion 16 at the end of the transport device 15. Since the delivery device 17 is provided, it becomes easy to supply the article to the bundling unit 16 and to fix the article at the time of supply, and a reliable work can be expected.
Since the delivery by the delivery device 17 is constituted by the rotation of the attachment arm 20 and the extension / contraction of the attachment arm 20 in the length direction of the gripping portion 22, it can be rationally constructed by effectively using the space.
Since the base of the article is cut and aligned during the delivery, not only the configuration is simple, the work is not wasted, the work efficiency is improved, and the cutting is performed in the gripping state by the gripping part 22, so that Can be cut.
Thus, in the second embodiment, the bundling portion 16 is provided on the bundling portion frame 26, the front lower surface of the bundling portion frame 26 is pivotally attached to the main frame 1 side by the support shaft 27, and the bundling portion frame is provided. Since the bundling unit up-and-down actuator 28 is provided on the rear side (attachment table 38) of the bunch 26 via the link mechanism 29, when the article reaches the bundling position, the rear side of the bundling unit frame 26 is moved up.
[0019]
When the rear side of the binding unit frame 26 moves upward, the outlet of the adhesive tape 37 of the binding arm 36 and the adhesive base 38 are separated from the article, so that the adhesive tape 37 extends relatively obliquely behind the article. Thus, the sticking tape 37 is cut by the sticking table 38 by the rotation of the binding arm 36. Therefore, the sticking tape 37 surely wraps around the outer periphery of the article more than once, so that the binding is ensured.
When the bundling is completed, the protruding piece 55 of the tape end processing device 53 protrudes in the circumferential direction of the article by the loading / unloading actuator 56, so that the protruding piece 55 bends the tape end 54 forward in the circumferential direction of the article.
Then, the projecting piece 55 is retracted and the presser body 60 is lowered, and the presser body 60 rotates around the shaft 62 and presses the bent tape end 54 against the article from above. 54 is in close contact with the outer periphery of the article.
In this case, as described above, the rear side of the binding unit frame 26 moves upward, the binding arm 36 and the sticking table 38 are relatively separated from the article at the binding position, and the tape end 54 after binding is long. Therefore, the projecting piece 55 and the presser body 60 act reliably, coupled with the action of the binding part frame 26.
[0020]
Next, the protruding piece 55 and the presser body 60 return to the standby position, and the binding unit frame 26 also returns to the horizontal state before binding and receives the next article.
Thus, the bound articles fall on the transport belt 35, are transported by the transport belt 35, are transported onto the transport roller 65, and the transport roller 65 stops at a predetermined position.
When the conveyance roller 65 stops, the forward / reverse rotation motor 68 is driven to rotate the attachment rotation shaft 67, and the rotation of the attachment rotation shaft 67 causes each throwing arm 66 to rotate backward about the attachment rotation shaft 67, thereby conveying roller 65. The upper article is discharged rearward, and the article falls into a collection basket (box) 52. Accordingly, the articles enter the collection basket (box) 52 in a lying posture, and since there is little damage, the merchandise value is neatly put into the collection basket (box) 52 without deteriorating the merchandise value, so that the accommodation efficiency is also improved.
[0021]
【effect】
The present invention provides the endless chain 6 having a predetermined length in the transport direction of an object such as a leek with a plurality of buckets 11 that intersect with the endless chain 6 at predetermined intervals in the transport direction. A conveying device 15 for intermittently transferring an article such as a litter placed thereon by repeating advancement and stopping in the conveying direction is configured, and a conveying belt 35 that moves to one side in the left-right direction is provided on the front side of the conveying device 15. A bundling device 39 is provided so that the bundling and bundling of articles at a position above the conveying belt 35 falls on the conveying belt 35. Between the conveying device 15 and the bundling device 39, a bucket 11 is provided. Rutotomoni provided delivery device 17 for bundling the articles while grasping portion 22 is moved upward bundling position of the conveyor belt 35 grip the article above was gripped by the bundling device 39, the grip portion of the receiving pass 17 2 is provided with a circular rotary blade 46 that is gripped and cuts the root side of an article being delivered, and the binding device 39 is an article in a state of being gripped by the gripping portion 22 when the root side is cut by the circular rotary blade 46 Therefore, the space between the transport device 15 and the bundling device 39 can be effectively utilized to reduce the size of the whole and reduce the cost. In addition, since the gripping portion 22 of the delivery device 17 grips and cuts the root side of the article being delivered, the cutting is smooth and reliable and the product value is improved.
In the present invention, the bucket 11 is formed by a receiver 12 divided into a plurality of parts in the left-right direction, and a groove 13 through which the gripping portion 22 of the delivery device 17 passes vertically is provided between adjacent receivers 12. Since the product shipping preparation apparatus such as leek is used, the gripping of the product by the gripping unit 22 can be ensured.
In the present invention, at the end of the transport belt 35, a transport roller 65 transported in the same direction following the transport belt 35 is arranged in parallel in the transport direction, and articles on the transport roller 65 are arranged in a direction crossing the transport direction. Since the delivery device for preparing goods such as a leek is provided with a throwing arm 66 to be released, each throwing arm 66 is rotated, and the article on the transport roller 65 is discharged in a lying posture to be recovered. Since it is put in the (box) 52, since there is little damage, the merchandise value is not dropped, and it is neatly put into the collection basket (box) 52, so that the housing efficiency is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic overall side view.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.
FIG. 4 is an operational state diagram of delivery.
FIG. 5 is a schematic overall plan view of a second embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a side view of a binding unit.
FIG. 7 is an operational state diagram showing movement to a binding position.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a bound action state.
FIG. 9 is a state diagram before the protruding piece acts.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the action of a protruding piece.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the presser body action state.
FIG. 12 is an end state diagram.
FIG. 13 is a plan view of a transport unit.
FIG. 14 is a front view of the same.
FIG. 15 is a side view of the same.
FIG. 16 is a view showing an example of a protruding piece.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frame, 2 ... Rear side horizontal axis, 3 ... Front side horizontal axis, 4 ... Gear, 5 ... Gear, 6 ... Endless chain, 10 ... Transfer motor, 11 ... Bucket, 13 ... Groove, 15 ... Transfer device, 16 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS Bundling part, 17 ... Delivery apparatus, 18 ... Mounting frame, 19 ... Rotating shaft, 20 ... Mounting arm, 21 ... Mounting plate, 22 ... Holding part, 23 ... Arm part, 24 ... Opening / closing actuator, 25 ... Vertical actuator , 26 ... Bundling part frame, 27 ... Support shaft, 28 ... Bending part vertical actuator, 29 ... Link mechanism, 30 ... Rotating arm, 31 ... Rotating actuator, 35 ... Conveying belt, 36 ... Bundling arm, 37 ... Paste Adhesive tape, 38 ... sticking table, 39 ... binding device, 40 ... drive unit, 41 ... tape storage unit, 45 ... cutting unit, 46 ... circular rotary blade, 47 ... rotary shaft, 48 ... pulley, 49 ... motor for cutting , 50 ... pulley, 51 Belt, 52 ... Recovery rod, 53 ... Tape end processing device, 54 ... Tape end, 55 ... Projection piece, 56 ... Acting actuator, 57 ... Guide body, 60 ... Presser body, 61 ... Arm, 62 ... Shaft, 63: Presser actuator, 65: Conveying roller, 66: Throw arm, 67: Mounting shaft, 68: Forward / reverse motor

Claims (3)

The endless chain 6 having a predetermined length in the conveying direction of an object such as a leek is provided with a plurality of buckets 11 in the conveying direction at predetermined intervals in the crossing direction of the endless chain 6 and placed on the bucket 11. And the like, and a conveying device 15 that intermittently conveys the article in the conveying direction by repeatedly moving and stopping in the conveying direction is provided, and a conveying belt 35 that moves to either one of the left and right directions is provided on the front side of the conveying device 15, A binding device 39 is provided so that the articles are bound at a position above the belt 35 and the bound articles fall onto the transport belt 35, and the article on the bucket 11 is placed between the transport device 15 and the binding device 39. gripped by moving the delivery device 17 grip portion 22 to bind the article while holding by the bundling device 39 is provided Rutotomoni grip portion 22 of the receiving pass device 17 is gripped above bundling position of the conveyor belt 35 A circular rotary blade 46 for cutting the root side of the article being delivered is provided, and the bundling device 39 binds the article held by the grip portion 22 when the root side is cut by the circular rotary blade 46 as it is. An article shipment preparation apparatus such as a leek configured as described above . In Claim 1, the said bucket 11 is formed with the receiving body 12 divided | segmented into multiple in the left-right direction, and the groove | channel 13 through which the holding part 22 of the said delivery apparatus 17 passes up and down is provided between the adjacent receiving bodies 12. Goods shipping preparation equipment such as tanara. In Claim 1 or Claim 2, the conveyance roller 65 conveyed in the same direction following this conveyance belt 35 is arranged in the conveyance direction in the terminal of the said conveyance belt 35, and the article | item on this conveyance roller 65 is conveyed. An article shipping preparation device such as a leek provided with a throwing arm 66 for discharging in a direction crossing the direction.

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