JPH02178105A - Aligning and feeding device for article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To align articles hard to be aligned by taking out articles as performing primary alignment by means of a take out conveyer, throwing the articles into an aligning conveyer composed of a pair of conveyers running in mutually reverse directions in parallel with each other to align the articles and farther removing and recovering nonaligned articles, in an aligning and feeding device for such as paste made from konjak flour. CONSTITUTION:Articles in a water tank 1 are taken out by a take out conveyer 2 and carried with their one-side edges moving along a first aligning means 13 to be aligned primarily. Next, articles are shifted to a transfer conveyer 3 and a throw-in conveyer 4 for arranging two layers loading to a single layer loading, and transferred to the reverse rotation conveyer 5B of an aligning conveyer 5. As this aligning conveyer 5 is inclined lower in its front, the articles slip down to a normal rotation conveyer 5A side, rotated by carrying forces in mutually reverse directions of the normal and reverse rotation conveyers 5A, 5B, and aligned by getting cooperation of a guide belt 24. Nonaligned articles are removed and recovered by a recovering means 6. According to this constitution, even an article hard to be aligned such as paste made from konjak flour can be aligned.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an apparatus for arranging foods such as konjac (konjac) and other articles of a certain size and supplying them to a packaging machine or the like. .

(Prior art) For example, konjac (konjac) is manufactured to a certain size and placed in a water tank, and then sent to a packaging process.
Feeding konnyaku into packaging machines has traditionally relied on humans.

In order to send items such as konjac (konjac), which are supplied individually or piled up, to a packaging process, it is necessary to align the items in a certain direction, and such equipment is known ( Special Publication No. 48-31125, No. 56-4
No. 9807).

(Technical issue) However, for items such as konjac (konjac) that are submerged in water or floating on the water surface, they must first be removed from the water.Also, they contain water and are heavy for their size. , and which are flexible and tend to overlap, unlike the articles described in the above-mentioned publication which tend to roll or bounce due to vibration, the orientation of the articles must be forcibly aligned.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to transport goods such as konjac, which have unique properties and which hinder the work of arranging the goods, by using a plurality of conveyors. The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for aligning and feeding articles that can align them in a certain direction and send them to the next process during the process.

(Technical Means) The object is to provide a take-out conveyor provided with a first alignment means forming a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyance direction, and a take-out conveyor connected to the other end of the conveyor, in order to take out an appropriate number of articles one by one; It has an input conveyor for inputting articles into the alignment conveyor, and a second alignment means that combines conveyors whose transfer directions are different from each other in order to align the input articles in a fixed direction, and these conveyors A means for collecting rejected articles that are stacked in two levels or otherwise in a non-aligned state, provided between the alignment conveyor that is installed at an angle so as to be lower in the forward direction of movement and the alignment conveyor before reaching the terminal end of the alignment conveyor. This is achieved by an article aligning and feeding device comprising:

(Example) This will be explained with reference to the drawings.

The illustrated device is for supplying konjac (konjac) in an aligned manner, and as can be easily understood from the plan view, there is a water tank 1 in which a large number of konjac (konjac) are stored, and one end of which is connected to the water tank 1. a take-out conveyor 2 located inside and tilted upward to the right, a transfer conveyor 3 and an input conveyor 4 arranged orthogonally to the conveyor 2 and passed from the other end toward the alignment conveyor, and a take-out conveyor 2. It consists of an alignment conveyor 5 arranged parallel to and perpendicular to the transfer conveyor 3, and a collecting means 6 and an alignment conveyor 7 provided near the end of the alignment conveyor 5, so that the articles taken out from the water tank 1 are aligned. After each conveyor passes near the water tank again 2.3.4
．． 5 are arranged in a substantially U-shape.

The water tank 1 is shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 or 7, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open top, and the inside of the tank of the take-out conveyor 2 is installed along the longitudinal direction of the tank. It is installed on a wheeled base 9 together with a support rack 8 of the take-out conveyor 2.

The take-out conveyor 2 includes a pair of driving chenos 10 stretched from an end inside the tank to an upper end outside the tank, and a pair of chenos 10 and 10 arranged at regular intervals between the chenos 10 and 10 in the direction of movement of the chenos 10. The connecting rod 11 and the locking plate 1 of the article M are passed in the perpendicular direction.
2, and a pair of chenos 10.
．． It consists of two types of slides 14 and 15 arranged along the moving direction between the slides 10 and 10.

The first slide 14 may be installed at the bottom of the aquarium 1, and may be made of a flat plate having a horizontal portion 14a and a gently sloped portion 14b (FIG. 8). The second slide 15 has a steep slope that connects to the gently sloped part 14b, and has a structure in which water is drained between the legs 16, and has a barrier structure consisting of a plurality of legs 16 parallel to the direction of movement. (Figure 9).

Reference numeral 16a is a protrusion on the crosspiece and is provided to reduce slip resistance. Reference numeral 17 indicates a chain drive source, and reference numeral 18 indicates a guide cover that also serves as a chain cover and prevents articles from falling off.

As is clear from FIG. 7, the illustrated water tank 1 and take-out conveyor 2 can be moved together with the base 9, and the positional relationship with other parts described later can be changed.

Can be adapted to the shape of the work booth.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a conveyor rack, which is a part on which the next stage transfer conveyor 3 is mounted. The transfer conveyor 3 is mounted perpendicular to the take-off conveyor 2 and extends in the direction of the alignment conveyor 5 which is parallel to the take-off conveyor 2 in the arrangement shown in FIGS. 1-4.

The input conveyor 4 is arranged between the transfer conveyor 3 and the alignment conveyor 5, parallel to the transfer conveyor 3, and perpendicular to the alignment conveyor 5, but does not transfer articles directly from the transfer conveyor 3 to the alignment conveyor 5. It can be omitted when transferring M. Further, the input conveyor 4 and the following are mounted on a frame 20 with wheels, so that the positional relationship with respect to the base 9 can be changed. Reference numeral 21 indicates a stacking prevention mechanism provided so as to traverse the top of the input conveyor 4 and includes rotating blades for scraping off mutually overlapping articles. Reference numeral 22 indicates an inclination adjustment device for the conveyor 4.

The alignment conveyor 5 is disposed perpendicular to the input conveyor 4 and inclined in the same direction as the inclination of the input conveyor 4.
It consists of two conveyors 5A and 5B that run in forward and reverse directions (Figs. 10 and 11), and since the reversing conveyor 5B is arranged close to the input conveyor 4, when the article M leaves the input conveyor 4, it is transferred to the reversing conveyor. 5B and is transferred to the normal rotation conveyor 5A.

The forward and reverse conveyors 5A and 5B constitute a second alignment means 23. 24 is a guide belt installed along the normal rotation conveyor 5A side of the conveyor 5, 25 is an article pushing mechanism provided at the end of the reverse rotation conveyor 5B, and the article is pushed out without being transferred from the input conveyor 4 to the normal rotation conveyor 5A. It works to push the article M at 5B to the forward rotating conveyor 5A. 26 is each conveyor 5A, 5B.

24 is attached to the pedestal 20, and 27 is the same conveyor 5.
A, 5B, 24 driving sources, 28 the guide belt 24
indicates the edge material that slides into contact. In addition, forward and reverse conveyors 5A and 5B
has a width greater than the width of article M but less than its length.

The collecting means 6 is located at the end of the alignment conveyor 5, and includes a dropping frame 29 consisting of a large number of roll sets, its tilting shaft 30, a detecting means 31 such as a photoelectric switch, and a collecting device 32 arranged under the dropping frame 29. and a recovery duct or gutter 33, and the gutter etc. 33 is connected to the water tank 1 or the take-out conveyor 2.
It leads to

The sending conveyor 7 is arranged below the dropping frame 29,
It consists of a conveyor belt 34 and guide plates 35 and 36 facing each other with a width slightly wider than the width of the aligned articles M, and is fixed to the pedestal 20 by a stay 38 that supports a frame 37. 39 is a belt shaft, 40 is a drive machine housing, 4
1 indicates a packaging machine.

(Function) In the above configuration, the articles M are sequentially taken out by the take-out conveyor 2 from the state stored in the water tank 1.

At this time, the sides of the article M come into contact with the locking plate 12 of the first alignment means 13, so that the article M is subjected to the first-stage alignment action here. However, they may be stacked in two layers. Also, before leaving the water tank 1, the item M moves upstream on the slide 15 made up of the rails 16, so it does not dance in the water current.
Transported smoothly.

Next, the articles proceed from the take-out conveyor 2 to the transfer conveyor 3 and to the input conveyor 4, where the items stacked in two tiers are dropped and all become one tier, and then they slide onto the reversing conveyor 5B of the alignment conveyor 5, and are perpendicular to the sliding direction. When the leading edge of the article M reaches the forward rotating conveyor 5A, it is further subjected to a force in a direction 180 degrees different, so that the article is subjected to a clockwise rotational force in FIG. The individual objects are aligned in approximately the same direction. At this time, the articles M are also aligned by the guide belt 24.

Most of the articles M then reach the end of the alignment conveyor 5, pass through the drop frame 29, and are orderly fed to the packaging machine 41 by the delivery conveyor 7.

However, in the unlikely event that some of the objects are so out of position that they hit the reversing conveyor 5B, or that they are piled up, they will hit the detection means 31 and the conveyor will stop, and at the same time the drop frame 29 will Open to remove the misaligned articles M and start again. Note that the excluded item M is returned to water tank 1.
Alternatively, they are returned to the take-out conveyor 2 and subjected to alignment action again.

(Effects) Therefore, according to the present invention, even articles submerged in water such as Koniya (Koniya) can be taken out of the tank by a take-out conveyor that has a certain degree of alignment effect, and can be taken out of the tank at a later stage. Since the direction of the conveyor can be adjusted during the conveyance process and the items can be sent to the next process in an aligned state, it is possible to automatically perform the alignment work that conventionally relied on humans, and it is also possible to Since alignment can be performed without the need for push-pull operations, there is no risk of damage, and furthermore, sanitary processing can be performed because no human intervention is required.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall front view of the device in a specific arrangement, FIG. 2 is the same (left side view, FIG. 3 is a right side view, and FIG. 4 is the same). 5 is a plan view of the portion consisting of the water tank and the take-out conveyor; FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line Vl-Vl in FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 5; An enlarged perspective view of two parts of the take-out conveyor, FIG. 10 is a plan view of the part including the alignment conveyor and the delivery conveyor, FIG. Fig. 13 is the same (front view, Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Fig. 12. 1... Water tank, 2... Take-out conveyor, 3... Transfer conveyor, 4...・Input conveyor, 5A...forward rotation conveyor, 5B...reverse rotation conveyor, 6...recovery means,
7... Sending conveyor, 13... First alignment means, 21... Stacking prevention shaft 523... Second alignment means. 2nd WA Figure 6 Figure 5 jl! Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 8 Figure η

Claims (1)

[Claims] A take-out conveyor is provided with a first alignment means that forms a predetermined angle with respect to the conveyance direction in order to take out an appropriate number of articles, and an input conveyor that communicates with the other end of the conveyor and throws the articles into the alignment conveyor. In order to align the loaded articles in a fixed direction, the second aligning means is a combination of conveyors whose transport directions are different from each other, and these conveyors are installed at an angle so that they are lower in the forward direction of the article movement. An apparatus for arranging and supplying articles, comprising: the arranging conveyor; and means for collecting rejected articles that are stacked in two stages or otherwise in a non-aligned state, provided between the arranging conveyor and the terminal end of the arranging conveyor.