JP5459711B2 - Food transport device - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food conveying device, and in particular, a plurality of foods that are lined up from a manufacturing process and sent to a delivery position are once clamped and lifted by a clamping member, and are delivered in a state of being aligned with a delivery position in the next process. The present invention relates to a food conveyance device.

Conventionally, foods such as shumai and dumplings are manufactured by a manufacturing apparatus (for example, see Patent Document 1), and from this manufacturing process, for example, a plurality of foods are placed side by side and sent to a delivery position side by side.
By the way, foods that are sent out to a delivery position side by side from the manufacturing process are usually accommodated in a packaging container such as a tray and shipped, but foods that are placed on a conveyor and delivered to the delivery position are arranged. As shown in FIG. 6, the food W sent from the manufacturing process is temporarily pinched and lifted by the pinching member 80, so that the payout position B of the next process is reached. The food transport device 8 for dispensing in a state of being aligned with the packaging container T such as a tray is used.

No. 5-30638

By the way, the conventional food transport device 8 is configured to open / close the clamping member 80 by the clamping member operating means 81. The opening when the clamping member 80 is opened is arranged at the delivery position A. When the opening of the food W at the dispensing position B hits the food W that has been dispensed first when the opening is set so that the food W delivered in a turbulent state can be reliably pinched, the tray W It is necessary to set the accommodation interval of the food W in the packaging container T such as larger than necessary, and if the opening operation is larger than necessary to dispense the food W at the dispensing position B, the food W at the dispensing position B There was a problem that the payout state of the was easily disturbed.
Conversely, the opening when the holding member 80 is opened is set so that the holding member 80 that has been opened to dispense the food W at the dispensing position B does not hit the previously dispensed food W. If the setting is made as small as possible so as not to disturb the delivery state of the food W at the delivery position B, the food W delivered in a state where the arrangement is disturbed at the delivery position A cannot be reliably pinched. There was a problem.

  In addition, the conventional food transport device 8 performs the opening / closing operation of the number of the clamping members 80 corresponding to the food W to be delivered to the delivery position side by side by one clamping member operating means 81. Therefore, when there is variation in the size of the food W, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to cope with it.

  In view of the problems of the conventional food transport device, the present invention pays the food at the dispensing position with respect to the opening when the sandwiching member is opened, relative to the opening when the food is sandwiched at the delivery position. It is a first object of the present invention to provide a food conveying apparatus that can be set so that the opening degree when serving is reduced.

  The second aspect of the present invention is to provide a food conveying apparatus that can easily cope with the case where there is a variation in the size of foods that are delivered to the delivery position side by side from the manufacturing process. The purpose.

In order to achieve the first object, the food transport apparatus of the present invention temporarily lifts and lifts the foods that are lined up one by one from the manufacturing process and sent to the delivery position by the plurality of clamping members, respectively. In the food conveying apparatus for dispensing in a state aligned with the dispensing position, the clamping member operating means for opening and closing the clamping member, and the opening degree of the clamping member when the clamping member is opened by the clamping member operating means, A clamping member opening setting means for setting the opening when the food is dispensed at the dispensing position to be smaller than the opening when the food is clamped at the delivery position; and the clamping member is open direction in contact with the該挟support member when moving to the possible regulating the opening direction moving range of the holding member, and a regulating member configured as being common to all of said plurality of clamping members, the clamping portion The opening degree setting means, by changing the contact position of the regulating member in the moving range of the clamping member, characterized by being configured to set the opening.
The food conveying apparatus is configured such that the opening when the holding member is opened by the holding member operating means is set by the holding member opening setting means, and the food at the dispensing position is compared with the opening when the food is held at the delivery position. It is possible to set so that the opening when paying out is small.

And this food conveyance device comprises the holding member opening setting means as a holding member operating means by configuring the holding member opening setting means with a restricting member capable of restricting the movement range of the holding member in the opening direction. together constituting as separate, by a common regulating member all the clamping member, it is possible to set the opening of the clamping member.

In order to achieve the second object, the sandwiching member operating means is configured to independently drive the sandwiching member corresponding to each of the foods that are sent out side by side from the manufacturing process. The holding member opening degree setting means can be configured such that the opening degree of each of the holding members that are driven independently can be set independently.
This food conveying apparatus can set the opening degree of the clamping member for each food that is sent out side by side from the manufacturing process.

  According to the food conveyance device of the present invention, the holding member operating means for opening and closing the holding member, and the opening degree of the holding member when the holding member is opened by the holding member operating means, the food at the delivery position When sandwiching food at the delivery position by providing clamping member opening setting means for setting the opening when the food is dispensed at the dispensing position to be smaller than the opening when grasping The opening of the holding member can be set to a large opening that can securely hold the food, and the holding member that has been opened to dispense the food at the dispensing position does not hit the previously dispensed food. In addition, it is possible to set the opening degree to be small so that the state of the food dispensed at the dispensing position is not disturbed.

And a regulating member capable of regulating the movement range of the clamping member in the opening direction by contacting the clamping member when the clamping member moves in the opening direction. By changing the contact position of the restricting member in the movement range and setting the opening, the holding member opening setting means can be configured as independent of the holding member operating means. The sandwiching member opening setting means can be configured by a simple mechanism, and the sandwiching member operation means can be configured by a simple single-function actuator or the like.

  Further, by configuring the restricting member to be common to all of the sandwiching members, the opening degree of the sandwiching member can be set by the restricting member common to all the sandwiching members, and the opening of the sandwiching member can be set. The degree can be easily set.

  In addition, the sandwiching member operating means is configured to independently drive the sandwiching member corresponding to each of the foods that are sent out side by side from the manufacturing process, and the sandwiching member opening setting means, By configuring each opening degree of the sandwiching member that is independently driven so that it can be set independently, the opening degree of the sandwiching member is set for each of the foods that are sent out side by side from the manufacturing process. Even when there is a variation in the size of foods that are sent out to the delivery position side by side from the production process due to the characteristics of the production apparatus, etc., it can be easily handled.

It is the schematic which shows one Example of the conveying apparatus of the foodstuff of this invention. It is a top view which shows the conveying apparatus of the foodstuff. It is a partially cutaway front view which shows the opening degree at the time of opening operation in the delivery position of the clamping member of the conveyance apparatus of the foodstuff. It is a partially cutaway front view which shows the opening degree at the time of closing operation of the clamping member of the conveying apparatus of the foodstuff. It is a partially cutaway front view which shows the opening degree at the time of opening operation in the discharge position of the clamping member of the conveyance apparatus of the foodstuff. It is the schematic which shows the conventional food conveyance apparatus.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a food conveying apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 to 5 show an embodiment of a food conveying apparatus of the present invention.
The food conveying apparatus 1 holds a plurality of foods W that are lined up from the manufacturing process and are delivered to the delivery position A once by the clamping member 2 and lifts the food W in an aligned state at the delivery position B in the next process. The holding member operating means 3 that opens and closes the holding member 2 and the opening degree of the holding member 2 when the holding member 2 is opened by the holding member operating means 3 are set as follows. The holding member opening setting means 4 is provided so as to set the opening when the food W is dispensed at the dispensing position B to be smaller than the opening when the sandwiching is performed.

In this case, the food conveying apparatus 1 is configured to connect a base 5 provided with a clamping member 2, a clamping member operating means 3, and a clamping member opening setting means 4 to a known moving mechanism (such as a link mechanism or a joint mechanism). 1 is attached to the base body 5 so that the base body 5 can be moved in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction in FIG. 1, and the inclination angle of the base body 5 can be changed (for example, from the right-down state shown in FIG. 1 to the horizontal state). Can be changed).
Thereby, the food conveying apparatus 1 is configured to be able to periodically move between the delivery position A and the dispensing position B of the food W.

As long as the sandwiching member 2 is capable of sandwiching and lifting the food W to be delivered to the delivery position A side by side from the manufacturing process and being delivered in a state aligned with the dispensing position B of the next process, Although the structure is not particularly limited, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the pivot shafts 22 </ b> A and 22 </ b> B and the swing member supported swingably by the pivot shafts 22 </ b> A and 22 </ b> B. 21A, 21B, and exchangeable sandwiching pieces 20A, 20B and a swinging member operating means extending from the swinging member 21A according to the shape of the food W to be sandwiched disposed at the tip of the swinging members 21A, 21B. 3 is composed of an operating piece 24 for swinging the swinging member 21A. The connecting portion between the operating piece 24 and the holding member operating means 3 is a force point, the pivot 22A is a fulcrum, and the holding piece 20A is an action point. Move Thus the clamping member 2 has to be opened and closed.
At this time, the swing member 21B is configured to swing in conjunction with the gear 23A fitted to the pivot 22A by engaging the gear 23B fitted to the pivot 22B.
The swinging member 21B can be fixed to the base 5 without swinging as long as the sandwiching piece 20B is disposed at the tip so as to correspond to the sandwiching piece 20A.

The configuration of the clamping member operating means 3 is not particularly limited as long as it can open and close the clamping member 2. In this embodiment, the clamping member operating means 3 is connected to the operation piece 24 described above. An actuator, for example, an air cylinder 30 is configured.
The air cylinder 30 is attached to the base 5 so that the base end 31 is swingable, and the tip of the rod 32 is swingably attached to the operation piece 24, and the operation piece 24 is moved by the advance and retreat of the rod 32 of the air cylinder 30. The sandwiching piece 20A is configured to swing.

The sandwiching member opening setting means 4 sets the opening of the sandwiching member 2 by the sandwiching member operating means 3. In this embodiment, the sandwiching member opening setting means 4 comes into contact with the sandwiching member 2 when moving in the opening direction. Thus, the regulating member 40 capable of regulating the movement range of the clamping member 2 in the opening direction is connected to the rod 32 of the air cylinder 30 serving as the clamping member operating means 3 and the operation piece 24, and the length of the connecting portion is adjusted. The adjustment member 45 is configured.
And here, the opening of the clamping member 2 when the food W is clamped at the delivery position A, and the opening of the clamping member 2 when the food W is paid out at the dispensing position B by the adjustment member 45 40, each is set.
It is to be noted that the holding member operation means 3 itself has the function of the holding member opening setting means 4, specifically, for example, a control mechanism for controlling the operation amount of the actuator constituting the holding member operation means 3 is provided. You can also.

The restricting member 40 is composed of an air cylinder 40A.
An abutting member 42 is disposed at the tip of the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A. The abutting member 42 is made of, for example, a screw member that can adjust the length disposed on the operation piece 24 of the clamping member 2. A regulating piece 42a that abuts on the abutting piece 24a, and an extension position that abuts on the extension position regulating member 51 disposed on the base 5 so as to be adjustable in length and regulates the maximum extension position of the rod 41 at the food W dispensing position. The regulation piece 42b is provided.
At this time, the regulating piece 42a arranged on the abutting member 42 is arranged so as to be adjustable in length, so that the abutting piece 24a arranged on the operation piece 24 can be fixedly arranged or the regulating piece 42a can be arranged. The contact piece 24 a can be omitted by directly contacting the operation piece 24.

In order to change the contact position of the restricting member 40 in the movement range of the holding member 2, first, the length of the extension position restricting member 51 is adjusted, and the maximum extension position of the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A at the food W payout position is set. decide.
Then, when the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A is extended, the holding member 2 (operation piece 24) of the restriction member 40 is finely adjusted by adjusting the length of the contact piece 24a that comes into contact with the restriction piece 42a. Change the contact position.
When the maximum extension position is the maximum extension position of the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A, the extension position restricting member 51 and the extension position restricting piece 42b can be omitted.

Thereby, when located in the delivery position A, the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A as the restricting member 40 is reduced.
In this state, the extension position restricting member 42b does not contact the extension position restricting member 51, and the restricting piece 42a also contacts the contact piece 24a disposed on the operation piece 24 that swings and moves. Located in a place where there is nothing.
When the operation piece 24 is swung by operating the holding member operating means 3, as shown in FIG. 3, the rod 32 of the air cylinder 30 is extended to the maximum, and the food W of the holding member 2 is removed. It becomes the maximum opening as the opening in the state where it is not clamped.

On the other hand, when located at the payout position B, the rod 41 of the air cylinder 40A as the restricting member 40 is extended.
In this state, the extension position restricting piece 42b comes into contact with the extension position restricting member 51, and the restricting piece 42a of the restricting member 40 comes into contact with the contact piece 24a disposed on the operating piece 24 that swings and moves. Located in place.
Then, when the operation piece 24 swings by operating the holding member operating means 3, as shown in FIG. 5, the rod 32 of the air cylinder 30 is regulated without being extended to the maximum, and the holding member 2 is moved. The minimum opening is obtained when the food W is not sandwiched.
At this time, by adjusting the protruding length of the contact piece 24a from the operation piece 24, the opening degree in a state where the food W is not sandwiched can be set for each sandwiching member 2.

The opening when the clamping member 2 is closed can be set by the stopper piece 44.
The stopper piece 44 is disposed at a position where the distance from the contact piece 24b disposed on the operation piece 24 of the sandwiching member 2 gradually decreases when the sandwiching member 2 is closed. As shown in FIG. The food W is adjusted and fixed at a position where the food W is not crushed when the W is sandwiched between the sandwiching pieces 20A and 20B.
At this time, the operation piece 24 can be brought into direct contact with the stopper piece 44, and in this case, the contact piece 24b can be omitted.

The adjustment member 45 is not particularly limited in its configuration as long as the length of the rod 32 of the air cylinder 30 that is swingably connected to the operation piece 24 can be adjusted. , A male screw portion 45a formed at the tip of the rod 32, a female screw portion 45b formed at one end of the operating piece 24 so as to be swingable, and a lock nut 45c meshed with the male screw portion 45a. It is composed of
The length of the rod 32 can be adjusted by the adjustment member 45, and the opening degree of the clamping member 2 can be further adjusted.

Further, the restricting member 40 can be configured as a common member for all of the holding members 2.
This is because the number of restriction pieces 42 a provided on the contact member 42 provided on the air cylinder 40 </ b> A as the restriction member 40 corresponds to the number of contact pieces 24 a provided on the operation piece 24. Thus, the opening degree of the sandwiching member 2 at the food W dispensing position can be set separately even with the common regulating member 40, and the entire apparatus can be made compact and the cost can be reduced.

Further, the sandwiching member operating means 3 is configured to independently drive the sandwiching member 2 corresponding to each of the foods W sent out side by side from the manufacturing process, and the sandwiching member opening setting means 4 The opening degree of each of the clamping members 2 that are driven independently can be configured to be set independently.
Thereby, each opening degree of the clamping member 2 can be set independently by adjusting the stopper piece 44 and the adjustment member 45 for each food W that is sent out in a line from the manufacturing process. Even when there is variation in the size of the food W that is sent out to the delivery position side by side from the production process due to the characteristics of the production apparatus, etc., it can be easily handled.

  In this case, the length of the abutting piece 24a that abuts on the regulating piece 42a of the regulating member 40 is adjusted for each of the clamping members 2 that are driven independently, even as the common regulating member 40. Thus, the opening degree can be set more finely, for example, by further reducing the minimum opening degree of the holding member 2 that does not hold the food W at the delivery position B of the food W.

  As mentioned above, although the conveying apparatus of the foodstuff of this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to the structure described in the said Example, The structure is suitably comprised in the range which does not deviate from the meaning. It can be changed.

  In the food conveying apparatus of the present invention, the opening when the holding member is opened is set so that the opening when the food is dispensed at the dispensing position is smaller than the opening when the food is held at the delivery position. Therefore, the foods sent to the delivery position side by side from the manufacturing process are once clamped and lifted by the clamping member, and aligned to the delivery position of the next process. It can use suitably for the use of the conveyance apparatus of the foodstuff paid out in a state.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food conveying apparatus 2 Clamping member 3 Clamping member operation means 4 Clamping member opening setting means 40 Restriction member 45 Adjustment member 5 Base A Delivery position B Delivery position W Food

Claims (2)

In the food conveying apparatus, a plurality of food items that are lined up from the manufacturing process and delivered to the delivery position are once sandwiched and lifted by a plurality of sandwiching members, and are delivered in a state of being aligned in the delivery position of the next process. A holding member operating means for opening and closing the opening member, and an opening degree of the holding member when the holding member is opened by the holding member operating means, the dispensing position relative to the opening degree when the food is held at the delivery position A holding member opening setting means for setting the opening when the food is dispensed to be small , and movement of the holding member in contact with the holding member when the holding member moves in the opening direction. range limiting capable of, and a regulating member configured as being common to all of said plurality of clamping members, the clamping member opening setting means, the restriction in the movement range of the clamping member By changing the contact position of the timber, the conveying device of the food which is characterized by being configured to set the opening.   The sandwiching member operating means is configured to independently drive the sandwiching member corresponding to each of the foods that are sent out side by side from the manufacturing process, and the sandwiching member opening setting means is configured to be the independent The food conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the opening degree of each of the sandwiching members that are driven can be set independently.

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