JP4965797B2 - Dry seaweed bundle bending unit - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a dry seaweed bundle folding and binding apparatus that folds a dried seaweed bundle with a folding machine, and then conveys the folded folded dry seaweed bundle to a binding machine disposed on the folding machine by an elevator. About.

  In the laver production line, as shown in the conventional laver production line in Fig. 9, the dried laver dried by the laver drying device is carried out one by one, and after the dried laver is reversed by the reversing device, the quality of the dried laver is inspected A device, a dry seaweed concentrating device for converging a plurality of (typically 10) dry seaweed into a dry seaweed bundle, a folding device for folding the dry seaweed bundle (see Patent Documents 1 and 2), and binding a plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles It is conveyed to a bundling device (see Patent Document 3). The bending device, the bundling device, and the like are independent devices, and these devices are sequentially connected.

As shown in FIG. 9 (a), when the folding device is arranged in a row with the inspection device, the take-out direction of the folded dry seaweed bundle folded by the folding device is perpendicular to the row direction. Is arranged at right angles to the folding device. Moreover, as shown in FIG.9 (b), when a bending apparatus is arrange | positioned in the orthogonal | vertical direction with an inspection apparatus, a binding apparatus is arrange | positioned in a line with a bending apparatus. In any arrangement, a row of inspection devices, a bending device, and a bundling device are arranged in parallel in the width direction of the building.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-37026 Actual Kosho 63-45916 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-24802

  The size of the laver drying device is increasing to increase the production volume of dry seaweed, but the building of the production factory of the seaweed producer is narrow, and in such a small house, a large laver drying area with a large width is required to increase the production volume. Even when trying to install the device, the laver drying device occupies a large area of the building, so the folding device and the bundling device do not fit in parallel in the width direction of the building, and the arrangement of the laver drying device and the next process device is not possible. It may be possible. Moreover, the pre-process of a bending process may become large and it may become impossible to arrange | position an inspection apparatus and a bending apparatus in a line in the length direction of a building.

  From the above, there is a strong demand for downsizing of folding devices and bundling devices, but since folding devices and bundling devices have complicated structures and there are limits to downsizing of individual devices, currently folding devices and bundling devices are limited. The installation area occupied by the device cannot be reduced. As a result, in a small building, when trying to introduce a large laver drying device, it is not possible to arrange a folding device or a bundling device in the next process, which hinders improvement in production.

Accordingly, the present invention is, by reducing the footprint occupied in conjunction is a bending device and binding apparatus, there is provided a bending device for binding dried edible seaweed flux can be increased dried edible seaweed production of seaweed production line .

The dried seaweed folding and binding apparatus of the present invention is arranged in a row with a reversing apparatus that inverts dried dry seaweed, an inspection apparatus that inspects the dried dry seaweed, and a laver converging apparatus that converges dry laver. A folding and binding device for bending and binding, wherein the bending and binding device is configured to fold a dried seaweed bundle that has been conveyed, and to fold a plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles that are folded and carried out by the folding machine. An elevator that lifts and conveys from a bending machine to a bundling machine and a bundling machine that is arranged at the top of the folding machine and that binds the plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles with tape are integrated. The machine includes a push plate that pushes a plurality of preceding dried dry seaweed bundles that are waiting by a plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles folded by a folding machine and transfers them to an elevator carriage, the push plate being an elevator carriage Is at the origin position For example, it is a push plate that pushes out the folded dry seaweed bundle from the folding machine, and the binding machine lifts the plurality of previous folded dry seaweed bundles waiting in the folded dry seaweed bundle receiver of the binding machine in the vertical direction by the elevator. It is equipped with an extrusion plate that is pushed by the subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle that has been transported and sent to the binding section of the binding machine, and when the binding work is completed in the binding machine , the extruded dry seaweed bundle is transferred from the elevator carriage to the binding machine. An extruding plate that extrudes, an elevator sensor that detects a folded dry seaweed bundle entering from a cradle of the folding machine, a limit switch that operates when the carriage is lowered to the level of the origin position, and stops the elevator, A limit switch is provided to stop the elevator when the carriage reaches the level of the folded dry seaweed bundle holder of the binding machine 3, and when it is confirmed that the elevator carriage is at the origin position, Extrude to stand The preceding folded dry seaweed bundle is pushed by the subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle that is pushed out and enters the elevator carriage.If the elevator carriage is not at the home position, it is pushed out by a push plate or The folding process is temporarily stopped so that the subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle does not push out the preceding folded dry seaweed bundle to stop entering the elevator .

  The folded seaweed bundle folding of the present invention is a folding machine, a binding machine disposed above the folding machine and an elevator that transports the folded dried seaweed bundle from the folding machine to the binding machine. The folded dry seaweed bundle is fed to the elevator and the folded dry seaweed bundle conveyed vertically by the elevator is pushed into the binding machine with the folded dry seaweed bundle, so the folding machine, binding machine and elevator are It can be summarized in a compact. As a result, the installation area of the bending and binding apparatus can be reduced, and a large-sized apparatus can be introduced into the laver production line, thereby increasing dry laver production.

  FIG. 1 is a layout view of a laver production line incorporating the folding and binding apparatus of the present invention.

  The dried seaweed dried by the laver drying apparatus is reversed by the reversing apparatus and inspected by the inspection apparatus, and the dried laver bundle converged by the laver converging apparatus is conveyed to the folding and binding apparatus 1 of the present invention.

  The folding and binding apparatus 1 of the present invention can be arranged in a line with a previous process such as an inspection process. As is apparent when compared with the conventional arrangement of FIG. Even in the width of a building that could not be arranged with a bending device and a binding device, the folding and binding device 1 of the present invention occupies a small area in the width direction, so that a large laver drying device can be introduced. As a result, it is possible to cope with an increase in production due to an increase in the size of the laver production process.

  2 is a schematic view of the folding and binding apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 3 (a) is a side view of the bending and binding apparatus of the present invention, (b) is the front view, (c) is the plan view, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a folding machine, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a binding unit of the binding machine, FIG. 6A is a plan view of an elevator of the folding binding apparatus, and FIG. c) is a side view of the same.

  In FIG. 2, a folding and binding apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a folding machine 2 that folds a dried seaweed bundle A, a binding machine 3 that is disposed on the upper part of the folding machine 2, and a plurality of extrusions from the folding machine 2. The elevator 4 that lifts the folded dried seaweed bundle AA and transports it to the binding machine 3 is integrally configured.

  A known folding machine is used for the folding machine 2, for example, a folding machine BLM-2000 manufactured by Nishihatsu Sangyo Co., Ltd. or those known in Patent Documents 1 and 2 can be used.

  In FIG. 4, a stopper 6 for stopping the dry seaweed bundle A transported by the transport conveyor 5 is provided in the back of the carry-in entrance of the dry seaweed bundle A of the folding machine 2. Moreover, the limit switch 7 which operates by contact with the dry seaweed bundle A is provided, the transport conveyor 5 is stopped, and the raising of the lifting plate 10 is started.

  An endless conveyor 8 is disposed in the folding machine 2, and a plurality of blades 9 are provided in the endless conveyor 8 at intervals. The rotation of the endless conveyor 8 causes a plurality of slats 9 to be aligned downward below the endless conveyor 8, and the adjacent downward slats 9 are the number of bundles of folded dried laver bundles (typically 10). Hold the bundle.

  A lifting plate 10 that moves up and down between adjacent downward blades 9 is provided below the downward blades 9 due to the rotation of the endless conveyor 8. The lifting plate 10 lifts the center of the dry laver bundle stopped by the stopper 6 and pushes it between the downward blades 9 to fold it in half. Between the lifting plate 10 and the downward blade plate 9 positioned above, a guide roller 9A for guiding the dry seaweed bundle is disposed at an interval.

  On one side of the aligned downward slats 9, in order to simultaneously extrude 10 bundles of dried dry seaweed bundles sandwiched between the downward slats 9 to the other side, each downward slat Ten push plates 11 capable of simultaneously entering and exiting the space 9 are arranged.

  As the binding machine 3, a known binding machine can be used. For example, a binding machine type III manufactured by Nishihatsu Sangyo Co., Ltd. or a known one in Patent Document 3 can be used. In FIG. 5, the folded dry seaweed bundle AA that has entered the binding section of the binding machine 3 is brought into contact with the folded dry seaweed bundle receiving plate 12 (FIG. 5A), and the folded dry seaweed bundle AA and the U-shaped tape presser are pressed. 13 is wound around the tape 14 (FIG. 5B), the folding position of the tape end abutting piece 14a is determined by the upper ironing plate 15, the lower ironing folding seat 16 and the triangular plate 17 (FIG. 5C). The end abutting piece 14a is floated by air and folded upright by the horizontal iron plate 18, and then the tape end abutting piece 14a is inserted between the U-shaped tape presser 13 and the tape 14 by the lateral folding plate 19 and bound (see FIG. 5 (e), after pulling out the U-shaped tape presser 13 from the binding portion of the tape 14, the bundled folded dried seaweed bundle is moved and carried out.

  In FIG. 6, the elevator 4 includes a transport table 20, and both sides of the transport table 20 are locked by a chain 21 that moves up and down, and the transport table 20 moves up and down by forward and reverse rotation of the chain 21. As shown in FIG. 2, the elevator 4 operates when the entrance sensor 23 that senses the folded dry seaweed bundle AA entering from the cradle 22 of the folding machine 2 and the carriage 20 descends to the level of the origin position. 4, and a limit switch 26 that operates when the carrier 20 reaches the level of the bent dry laver bundle receiver 25 of the binding machine 3 to stop the elevator 4.

  When the elevator 4 is stopped, the push-out plate 27 is operated with a set stroke, and the bent dry seaweed bundle AA is pushed out from the transport table 20 to the dry seaweed tray 25.

  Next, a method for folding and binding dry seaweed bundles using the bending and binding apparatus of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the bending process of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the operation of the elevator.

(1) Ten horizontally long dried laver bundles A stacked and aligned by a focusing device are carried into the folding and binding device 1 by the transport conveyor 5 and abut against the stopper 6 of the folding machine 2 and stop. The switch 7 is activated to stop the conveyor 5 and the lifting plate 10 is driven (S1).

(2) The dried seaweed bundle A is inserted between the blades 9 by the raising of the lifting plate 10 and folded in two (S2).

(3) Similarly, the dried seaweed bundle A is sequentially bent by the number of bundles (10 bundles) (S3).

(4) When 10 bundles of folded dry seaweed bundles AA sandwiched between slats 9 are lined up, 10 folded dry seaweed bundles AA are simultaneously extruded by 10 push plates 11 and extruded. The bent seaweed bundle AA moves by the pushing stroke of the push plate 11 and stops on the cradle 22 in front of the carriage 20 of the elevator 7.

(5) It is confirmed that the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 is at the lowest position of the origin (S4).

(6) When it is confirmed that the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 is at the origin position, the preceding folded dry seaweed bundle AA pushed out to the pedestal 22 of the folding machine 2 is moved to the next folded It is pushed by the curved dry seaweed bundle AA and enters the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 (S5).

  When the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 is not at the origin position, the extrusion or folding process by the push plate 11 is temporarily stopped so that the subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle AA does not push out the preceding folded dry seaweed bundle AA. Stop entering (S6).

(7) When the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 is at the origin position and the ingress sensor detects the entering folded dry seaweed bundle AA (S7), a timer is activated to completely move the folded dry seaweed bundle AA to the carriage. Then, after the set time, the folded dry seaweed bundle AA is placed and the elevator rises vertically (S8, S9). In the conventional dry seaweed bundle processing step, the folded dry seaweed bundle AA pushed out from the folding device is fed to a separate binding device arranged in the horizontal direction, but in the present invention, it is arranged at the upper part of the folding machine. It is transported vertically by an elevator to the binding machine.

(8) When the elevator 4 rises and the transport table 20 reaches the level of the bent dry laver bundle receiver 25 of the binding machine 3, the limit switch 26 is activated and the elevator 4 stops (S10, S11).

(9) When the elevator 4 stops, it is confirmed whether or not the binding work of the binding machine 3 is completed and the folded dry seaweed bundle can be received (S12).

  When the completion of the bundling operation is confirmed, the push-out plate 27 is operated with a set stroke, and the folded dry seaweed bundle AA is pushed out from the conveying table 20 to the folded dry seaweed bundle receiver 25 (S13). After the extrusion, the extrusion plate 27 returns to the original position (S14), and the carriage 20 of the elevator 4 is moved after the set time has elapsed by a timer to completely move the folded dried seaweed bundle AA from the carriage 20 to the folded dried seaweed bundle receiver 25. It descends (S15, S16).

(10) When the elevator 4 is lowered and the transport table 20 reaches the level of the receiving tray 22 of the folding machine 1, the limit switch 24 is activated to stop the elevator (S17, S18).

(11) The subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle AA is raised by the steps of S1 to S12, and the folded dry seaweed bundle AA is extruded from the conveying table 20 to the folded dry seaweed bundle receiver 25 by the extrusion plate 27, and the folded dry seaweed bundle receiver 25 The preceding folded dry seaweed bundle AA waiting on the top is pushed (S13) and enters the binding portion of the binding machine 3 to be bound.

  By repeating the above steps, the dried seaweed bundle A carried into the folding and binding apparatus 1 is folded and bound.

The layout of the laver production line incorporating the bending and binding apparatus of the present invention. Schematic of the bending and binding apparatus of the present invention. (A) is a side view of the bending and binding apparatus of the present invention, (b) is the same front view, (c) is the same plan view. Schematic which shows an example of the bending machine of a bending unit. Schematic which shows an example of the binding part of the binding machine of a bending binding apparatus. (A) is a top view of the elevator of a bending unit, (b) is the front view, (c) is the side view. The flowchart which shows the bending process of this invention. The flowchart of the operation | movement of an elevator. The layout of the conventional seaweed production line.

Explanation of symbols

1: Bending and binding device 2: Bending machine 3: Bending machine 4: Elevator 5: Conveyor 6: Stopper 7: Limit switch 8: Endless conveyor 9: Blade plate 10: Lifting plate 11: Push plate 12: Bending Dry seaweed bundle receiving plate 13: U-shaped tape presser 14: Tape 14a: Tape end abutting piece 15: Upper ironing 16: Lower ironing seat 17: Triangular plate 18: Horizontal ironing plate 19: Horizontal folding plate 20: Conveying table 21 : Chain 22: Receiving base 23: Ingress sensor 24: Limit switch 25: Folded dry seaweed bundle receiver 26: Limit switch 27: Extrusion plate

Claims (1)

An inversion device that inverts the dried dry seaweed, an inspection device that inspects the inverted dry seaweed, and a laver concentrating device that converges the dried nori, and a folding and binding device that folds and binds the converged nori seaweed, The bending unit is
A folding machine that bends the dried seaweed bundle that has been transported,
An elevator that lifts and transports a plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles that are folded and carried out by a folding machine from the folding machine to the binding machine;
The bundling machine, which is arranged at the top of the folding machine and binds the plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles with tape, is integrated,
The folding machine is provided with a push plate that pushes a plurality of preceding dried dry seaweed bundles that are waiting by a plurality of folded dry seaweed bundles folded by the folding machine and transfers them to an elevator carriage, the push plate being an elevator It is a push plate that pushes out the folded dry seaweed bundle from the folding machine if the carriage is at the origin position,
The binding unit is pushed by the subsequent folded dry seaweed bundle that has been transported by vertically lifting the plurality of previous folded dry seaweed bundles waiting in the folded dry seaweed bundle receiver of the binding machine. The extrusion plate is an extrusion plate that extrudes the folded dried seaweed bundle from the elevator carrier to the binding machine if the binding work is completed in the binding machine,
An entrance sensor that senses a folded dry seaweed bundle that the elevator enters from a cradle of the folding machine, a limit switch that operates when the carriage is lowered to the level of the origin position, and stops the elevator; It is equipped with a limit switch that operates when it reaches the level of the folded dry seaweed bundle holder and stops the elevator, and when it is confirmed that the elevator carriage is at the origin position, it is pushed ahead to the folding machine holder. The folded dried seaweed bundle is pushed by the subsequent folded dried seaweed bundle to be pushed into the elevator carriage, and when the elevator carriage is not at the origin position, the pushing or folding process using the push plate is performed. folding device for binding dried edible seaweed bundle, characterized in that the subsequent bending dried edible seaweed bundle have suspended stops entry into an elevator so as not pushed the folding dried edible seaweed bundle prior

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