JP4864484B2 - Solid food supply equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a solid food supply apparatus used for supplying solid foods such as fried chicken one by one.

As a conventional solid food supply device, for example, an oil frying device 40 shown in FIG. 9 is known (see Patent Document 1).
The frying and discharging apparatus 40 shown in FIG. 9 includes a frying supply apparatus 42 that conveys in the parallel direction a frying bundle in which a large number of frying 41 is arranged in a state where the planes face each other, and the fried supply apparatus 42 There is provided a deep-fried adsorbing and conveying device 43 for adsorbing and conveying 41 pieces one by one, and a deep-fried sending and receiving device 44 that inherits and conveys the deep-fried food 41 from the fried adsorbing and conveying device 43. The fried adsorbing and conveying device 43 is provided with a conveying member 46 that has a large number of small holes 45 formed from the back surface to the front surface. The conveying member 46 is adsorbed facing the tip of the fried food supply device 42. A suction device 49 is provided so as to be rotatable from a position 47 toward a delivery position 48 facing the starting end portion of the frying delivery device 44, and between the suction position 47 and the delivery position 48 so as to face the back surface of the conveying member 46. Is provided.

According to the frying and discharging device 40, the suction force by the suction device 49 acts on the frying 41 through the small holes 45 of the conveying member 46, so that the frying 41 can be conveyed one by one.
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However, the frying and discharging apparatus 40 has the following problems due to the configuration in which the frying 41 is held only by the suction force through the small holes 45 of the conveying member 46.
That is, in general, when an article is sucked and held, the sucked and held object is characterized by being weak in force in a direction orthogonal to the sucking direction.
Therefore, in the frying and discharging apparatus 40, the frying 41 is shifted in the conveying member 46 due to the frictional force between the frying 41 arranged in parallel with the frying supply apparatus 42, so that the frying 41 is smoothly conveyed at regular intervals. There is a problem that can not be.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a solid food supply apparatus that can smoothly supply solid food at regular intervals.

The solid food supply apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a hopper that holds a plurality of solid foods in a stacked state,
A transporting means that is reciprocally movable between the lower portion of the hopper and the dispensing position of the solid food, sucking and holding the solid food, and conveying the solid food to the dispensing position;
The upper part of the conveying means is provided so as to be able to reciprocate substantially in parallel with the conveying direction of the conveying means, is in contact with the side surface of the solid food on the conveying means at the rear side in the conveying direction, and the solid food by the conveying means The apparatus further comprises an extruding unit that assists the solid food during conveyance and extrudes the solid food from the conveying unit at the payout position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the solid food supply apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the conveying direction of the conveying means is inclined downward toward the payout position. The predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line is set.
The solid food supply device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the solid food supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the solid food is fried.

  According to the solid food supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the solid food supply device is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating between a lower portion of the hopper and the dispensing position of the solid food, and sucks and holds the solid food. And a transporting means for transporting to the payout position, and a reciprocating movement of the upper part of the transporting means substantially parallel to the transporting direction of the transporting means, and a rearward direction of the solid food on the transporting means. The solid food is fixed by a configuration comprising: an abutment means that abuts on the side surface, and assists the solid food when the solid food is conveyed by the conveying means, and an extrusion means that extrudes the solid food from the conveying means at the payout position. It becomes possible to supply smoothly at intervals.

  Hereinafter, a solid food supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The solid food supply device according to the present invention is applied to supply of a sponge-like tissue food having a sponge-like tissue therein, such as deep-fried food, deep-fried food, cancer throbbing, and tempura. Therefore, in this embodiment, a case where the solid food supply apparatus according to the present invention is configured as the fried food supply apparatus 1 will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a fried food supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the frying supply device. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the fried food supply device. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the fried food supply device is installed.
The fried food supply device 1 supplies the fried food A into the instant noodle cup C (see FIG. 5). As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a pedestal 2 and a holding unit 3 for holding the fried food A , A transport unit 4 for transporting fried A, an extruding unit 5 for extruding fried A from the transport unit 4, and a shooter 6 for feeding the fried A to the instant noodle cup C.

  The pedestal 2 has two bars 8 extending in parallel in the conveying direction of the frying A (left and right direction in FIGS. 1 and 2) and the width direction (vertical direction in FIG. 2), and the conveying direction of both bars 8 And a connecting member 9 that connects the front (left side in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) front ends. An LM rail 10 extending in the transport direction is provided on the upper surface of each bar 8. 1 to 3, only the configuration on one side in the width direction is shown.

The holding unit 3 includes a plurality of hoppers 12 and a fixing member 13 that fixes each hopper 12 and the base 2.
Each hopper 12 includes a holding member 14 that holds a plurality of deep frying A in a stacked state, and a front stopper 15 and a rear stopper 16 that are provided at the lower end of the holding member 14.
The fixing member 13 is formed by combining rods with an H shape.

The holding member 14 has a substantially U-shaped cross section when viewed from the vertical direction, and can be held in the vertical direction (in FIG. 1) so that a plurality of deep-fried frying A formed in a substantially rectangular flat shape can be held. It is long in the vertical direction. And the holding member 14 is installed in the conveyance direction rear side (right side in FIG.1 and FIG.2) of the frying A toward the opening side.
The front stopper 15 is a substantially rectangular plate-like body, and is provided so as to protrude downward from the lower end portion of the holding member 14 in front of the lower end portion conveying direction of the holding member 14. The rear stopper 16 is a substantially rectangular plate-like body, and is provided so as to protrude downward from the lower end portion of the holding member 14 at the rear of the holding member 14 in the lower end portion conveying direction. The front stopper 15 and the rear stopper 16 are provided so that the vertical position of the holding member 14 can be adjusted.

And the holding | maintenance part 3 is formed by fixing in series with the fixing member 13 in the state which arranged each of the hoppers 12 side by side in the width direction. The holding unit 3 is installed on the base 2 by fixing the lower end of each foot of the fixing member 13 combined in an H shape to each bar 8 of the base 2.
The conveyance unit 4 includes a plurality of conveyance plates (conveying means) 20, a conveyance plate fixing member 21 that fixes the conveyance plates 20 in series, and two sets of first air cylinders 22 that reciprocate the conveyance plates 20. ing.

Each transport plate 20 is formed of a substantially rectangular plate material having a surface area larger than the surface area of the frying A, and a plurality of suction holes 23 (four in the present embodiment) are provided on the upper surface thereof. It has been. Each suction hole 23 communicates with an air suction device (not shown) via an air suction tube 24.
The conveyance plate fixing member 21 is a substantially rectangular plate-like body extending in the width direction, and an LM guide 25 is provided at each end in the width direction.

Each first air cylinder 22 is a known air cylinder, includes a cylinder tube 26 and a piston rod 27, and is configured to be stretchable by introducing or discharging high-pressure air.
The transport unit 4 includes a position in the width direction of each hopper 12 and a width of each transport plate 20 so that each transport plate 20 is positioned below each hopper 12 arranged in a row in the width direction. It is formed by aligning the direction position and fixing it on the conveying plate fixing member 21 in a state where a plurality of the positions are arranged in the width direction.

The transport unit 4 is disposed so that the LM guide 25 of the transport plate fixing member 21 can travel on the LM rail 10 of the base 2, and the first air cylinders 22 are provided at the respective widthwise ends of the transport plate fixing member 21. The front end portion of the piston rod 27 is fixed, and the cylinder tube 26 of each first air cylinder 22 is fixed to each bar 8 of the pedestal 2 so as to be installed on the pedestal 2.
With this configuration, when the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22 is contracted (see FIG. 5), the transport plate 20 is positioned below the hopper 12 and the piston rod 27 is fully extended (see FIG. 6). , The conveying plate 20 is positioned at the discharging position H of the frying A, and the conveying plate 20 can reciprocate between the lower portion of the hopper 12 and the discharging position H.

The extruding unit 5 includes a plurality of extruding plates 30, an extruding plate fixing member 31 that fixes the extruding plates 30 in series, and two sets of second air cylinders 32 that reciprocate the extruding plates 30.
Each extruded plate 30 is formed of a substantially square plate material, and the width direction dimension is substantially the same as the width direction dimension of the transport plate 20, and the transport direction dimension is equal to or greater than the transport direction dimension of the transport plate 20 (in this embodiment, The vertical dimension is about equal to or less than the vertical dimension of the deep frying A.

The extrusion plate fixing member 31 is a substantially rectangular plate-like body extending in the width direction, and an LM guide 33 is provided at each end in the width direction.
Each second air cylinder 32 is a known air cylinder that is the same as the first air cylinder 22, and includes a cylinder tube 28 and a piston rod 29, and is configured to expand and contract by introducing or discharging high-pressure air. .

The extruding unit 5 has a position in the width direction of each conveying plate 20 and each extruding plate 30 such that each extruding plate 30 is positioned above each conveying plate 20 arranged in a row in the width direction. Are aligned with each other in the width direction and fixed in a state of being arranged in the width direction on the extrusion plate fixing member 31.
The pushing portion 5 is disposed so that the LM guide 33 of the pushing plate fixing member 31 can run on the LM rail 10 of the base 2, and the second air cylinder 32 is provided at each end in the width direction of the pushing plate fixing member 31. The cylinder tube 28 is fixed, and the piston rod 29 of each second air cylinder 32 is fixed to each end portion in the width direction of the transport plate fixing member 21 so as to be installed on the base 2. In this case, on the LM rail 10 of the pedestal 2, the LM guide 33 of the push plate fixing member 31 is disposed rearward in the transport direction with respect to the LM guide 25 of the transport plate fixing member 21.

With this configuration, the push plate 30 is provided so that it can reciprocate above the transport plate 20 substantially in parallel with the transport direction of the transport means 20 by expansion and contraction of the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32.
The shuter 6 is formed of a plate-like body having rising surfaces at both ends in the width direction. The shooter 6 has a shooter fixing member 34 fixed to the connecting member 9 of the pedestal 2 so as to protrude forward in the conveyance direction, and a plurality of shooters 6 below the respective conveyance plates 20 arranged in the width direction. 6, the position in the width direction of each conveying plate 20 and the position in the width direction of each shooter 6 are matched so that a plurality of them are aligned in the width direction.

  The deep-fried supply apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration is provided for an insertion process of deep-fried deep frying A in a production line for instant noodles. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the frying supply device 1 is provided with an angle adjustment frame 35 having a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the width direction on the lower surface of each bar 8 of the base 2. The conveying direction line of the conveying plate 20 and the horizontal line of the installation surface of the frying supply device 1 are at a predetermined angle (20 ° in this embodiment) so that the conveying direction is inclined downward toward the discharge position of the frying A. Is set.

Next, the effect | action of the fried food supply apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated.
FIG. 5 is a side view showing a standby state of the fried food supply device. FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state immediately before the fried food supply device discharges the fried food. FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state when the fried food supply device discharges the fried food. FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state after the frying of the frying supply device is dispensed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the frying supply device 1 first contracts the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22, extends the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32, and moves the transport plate 20 and the push plate 30 backward in the transport direction. In this standby state, a plurality of deep frying A are installed in the hopper 12.
In the standby state, the conveying plate 20 is disposed below the hopper 12, and the lowest frying A1 among the plurality of frying A installed in the hopper 12 is disposed on the conveying plate 20. Further, the extrusion plate 30 is located rearward in the conveyance direction with respect to the conveyance plate 20 so that the front end surface in the conveyance direction of the extrusion plate 30 is in contact with the rear side surface in the conveyance direction of the frying A1 on the conveyance plate 20. They are shifted.

Then, in the standby state, the instant noodle cup C into which the dried noodles 37 are inserted upstream of the instant noodle production line is conveyed by a belt conveyor (not shown) and disposed below the shooter 6.
When the instant noodle cup C is disposed below the shooter 6, air suction by the air suction device is started, and the fried A1 on the transport plate 20 is attracted to the suction hole 23 and is in close contact with the transport plate 20.

Next, the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22 is extended, and the transport plate 20 is moved forward in the transport direction as shown in FIG. In this case, since the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is fixed to the transport plate fixing member 21 in a fully extended state, the push plate 30 is also moved forward in the transport direction in synchronization with the movement of the transport plate 20. Will be moved to.
Then, when the conveying plate 20 moves forward in the conveying direction, the frying A1 on the conveying plate 20 is extracted from the hopper 12. Further, when the deep frying A1 is extracted from the hopper 12, the second deep frying A2 that is stacked on the upper side of the deep frying A1 in the hopper 12 is arranged on the extrusion plate 30.

Here, when the deep-fried A1 is extracted from the hopper 12, a frictional force in the forward direction in the conveying direction acts on the deep-fried A2 with the deep-fried A1. Therefore, the frying A2 is prevented from being pulled out of the hopper 12 by adjusting the front stopper 15 of the hopper 12 to a position in contact with the front side surface in the conveying direction of the frying A2.
Similarly, when the deep frying A1 is extracted from the hopper 12, a frictional force in the rearward direction in the conveying direction acts on the deep frying A1 with the deep frying A2. Here, in general, when an article is sucked and held, the sucked and held object is characterized by being weak in force in a direction orthogonal to the sucking direction. Therefore, in the frying supply device 1, the transport plate 20 and the push plate 30 move in synchronization with the front in the transport direction, and the front end surface in the transport direction of the push plate 30 while adsorbing and holding the deep-fried A1 on the transport plate 20. Thus, the deep-fried A1 can be smoothly held and conveyed by assisting the rear side surface in the conveying direction of the deep-fried A1.

When the transport plate 20 continues to move forward in the transport direction and the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22 is fully extended, the transport plate 20 reaches the discharge position H of the frying A1 and stops the suction of air by the air suction device.
Then, in conjunction with the stop of air suction, the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 starts to be contracted as shown in FIG. In this case, since the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is fixed to the transport plate fixing member 21, the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is contracted to the transport plate 20 stopped at the payout position H. On the other hand, the extrusion plate 30 moves forward in the conveying direction. Thereby, the front end portion in the transport direction of the extrusion plate 30 moves above the transport plate 20 and protrudes to the front side in the transport direction of the transport plate 20. In this case, since the front end surface in the conveyance direction of the extrusion plate 30 is in contact with the rear side surface in the conveyance direction of the frying A1 on the conveyance plate 20, the frying A1 is moved from above the conveyance plate 20 with the movement of the extrusion plate 30. It will be extruded.

The fried A1 extruded from above the conveying plate 20 falls onto the shooter 6 provided below the conveying plate 20 at the payout position H, slides down on the shooter 6, and is disposed below the shooter 6. It is inserted on the dried noodle 37 in the instant noodle cup C.
After the fried A1 is inserted into the instant noodle cup C, as shown in FIG. 8, the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22 starts to be reduced and moves backward in the conveying direction. In this case, since the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is fixed to the transport plate fixing member 21 in a contracted state, the push plate 30 is also moved backward in the transport direction in synchronization with the movement of the transport plate 20. It will move. In this case, the frying A2 is arranged on the extrusion plate 30. In order to prevent the frying A2 from being extracted from the hopper 12 as the extrusion plate 30 moves backward in the conveying direction, the rear side of the hopper 12 The stopper 16 is adjusted to a position in contact with the rear side surface in the conveying direction of the deep frying A2.

  Then, after the reduction of the piston rod 27 of the first air cylinder 22 is completed and the conveying plate 20 is disposed below the hopper 12, the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is extended. Then, the piston rod 29 of the second air cylinder 32 is fully extended, and the front end portion in the transport direction of the extrusion plate 30 passes below the hopper 12, so that the frying A2 on the extrusion plate 30 is removed from the extrusion plate 30. While falling onto the transport plate 20, the front end surface in the transport direction of the extrusion plate 30 comes into contact with the rear side surface in the transport direction of the deep frying A2, so that the standby state is resumed.

The instant noodle cup C in which the fried chicken A is inserted on the dry noodle 37 is conveyed to the next process by the belt conveyor, and the instant noodle cup C in which the dry noodle 37 is inserted in the previous process is the shooter 6. It will be conveyed below.
Thus, according to the deep-fried food supply apparatus 1, it becomes possible to supply a solid food smoothly by a fixed space | interval.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications can be made in the embodiments of the present invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, the case where the solid food supply device according to the present invention is configured as the fried food supply device 1 is shown. However, the solid food supply device is a deep-fried, chewy, tempura, etc., sponge-like You may apply to supply of the sponge-like structure | tissue food which has the structure | tissue inside.

It is a side view of the frying supply apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of a frying supply apparatus. It is a rear view of a frying supply apparatus. It is a side view which shows the state which installed the frying supply apparatus. It is a side view which shows the stand-by state of the frying supply apparatus. It is a side view which shows the state immediately before paying off the fried food of a fried food supply apparatus. It is a side view which shows the state at the time of discharging the fried food of a fried food supply apparatus. It is a side view which shows the state after discharging the frying of the frying supply apparatus. It is a schematic block diagram of the frying discharge apparatus which concerns on patent document 1.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Oil frying supply apparatus A Oil frying C Cup for instant noodles 2 Base 3 Holding part 4 Conveying part 5 Extruding part 6 Shutter 8 Bar material 9 Connecting material 10 LM rail 12 Hopper 13 Fixing member 14 Holding member 15 Front side stopper 16 Rear side stopper 20 Conveyance Plate 21 Transport plate fixing member 22 First air cylinder 23 Suction hole 24 Air suction tube 25 LM guide 26 Cylinder tube 27 Piston rod 28 Cylinder tube 29 Piston rod 30 Extrusion plate 31 Plate fixing member 32 Second air cylinder 33 LM guide 35 Angle Adjustment frame H Discharge position 40 Dried and discharged apparatus 41 Dried and discharged 42 Dried and supplied supply apparatus 43 Dried and fried adsorbing and conveying apparatus 44 Dried and fried conveying apparatus 45 Small hole 46 Conveying member 47 Adsorbing position 48 Delivery position 49 Suction apparatus

Claims (3)

A hopper for holding a plurality of stacked solid foods,
A transporting means that is reciprocally movable between the lower portion of the hopper and the dispensing position of the solid food, sucking and holding the solid food, and conveying the solid food to the dispensing position;
The upper part of the conveying means is provided so as to be able to reciprocate substantially in parallel with the conveying direction of the conveying means, is in contact with the side surface of the solid food on the conveying means at the rear side in the conveying direction, and the solid food by the conveying means An apparatus for supplying solid food, comprising: an extruding unit that assists the solid food during conveyance and extrudes the solid food from the conveying unit at the dispensing position.   2. The solid food supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transport direction of the transport means is set at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal line so as to incline downward toward the payout position.   The solid food supply device according to claim 1, wherein the solid food is fried.

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