JP6702740B2 - Sushi news item supply device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sushi material supply device that takes out sushi material from a storage tray and places it on a rice ball.

Generally, in a sushi restaurant, an employee takes out sushi material from a material storage location and pastes the sushi material on a shari ball to make sushi rice, but the above-mentioned preparation method requires manpower.
Therefore, as a device to automatically transfer sushi material to a charcoal ball, a storage box for stacking and storing sushi material vertically and a sushi material stored in the storage box is sucked and placed on the charity ball. There has been proposed a sushi news item supply device including a sushi news item carry-out device. (See Patent Document 1)
In the above sushi news item supply device, a plurality of sushi news items are stacked vertically in a storage box and stored, and when making nigiri sushi, the sushi news items stacked on top by the suction tool of the sushi news item unloader After sucking and adhering the sushi material to this suction tool, the suction tool is moved to take out the sushi material from the storage box, and the sushi material is placed on the rice ball.

However, in the device described in the above-mentioned patent document, since the sushi ingredients are stacked vertically in the storage box and stored, in the storage box, the drip exudes from the stacked sushi ingredients, and the drip is located below the storage box. There may be a problem with the sushi material.
In addition, during suction work of sushi ingredients, for example, two sushi ingredients may be sucked into the suction tool at one time.

JP-A-11-285437

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to be able to eliminate the trouble caused by the drip generated from the sushi material during the storage of the sushi material, and moreover, to take out the sushi material surely when taking out the sushi material. Another object of the present invention is to provide a sushi material supply device that can be accurately taken out from the storage section and placed on a rice ball.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a sushi material storage unit and a material mounting device for taking out the sushi material from the storage unit and mounting it on a rice ball. The section is formed of a corrugated plate, and is provided with a plurality of mounting surfaces for mounting sushi material and a plurality of grooves recessed downward with respect to the mounting surface, and the material mounting device is A material take-out body having a plurality of loading rods that can be inserted into the groove of the storage unit, a pressing body for holding the sushi material placed on the loading rod, a drive device for the material taking-out body, and the pressing body A driving device is provided, and the mounting rod is in the shape of a thin rod having a substantially circular cross section.

According to the present invention, even if a drip occurs from the sushi material placed on the placing surface, the drip flows down into the groove, so that the problem that the sushi material is immersed in the drip is eliminated.

On the other hand, after moving the material picking body to a position corresponding to the mounting surface on which the sushi material corresponding to the type of sushi to be created is placed, the loading rod of the material picking body is moved to the position of the mounting surface by driving the driving device. After inserting into the groove, raise the material to remove the sushi material, place the sushi material on the loading rod, and move this sushi material onto the shari ball placed on the plate, and then press the sushi material with the pressing body. On the other hand, if the loading rod is pulled out from the sushi material and then the pressing of the sushi material is released by the pressing piece, the sushi material can be reliably placed on the rice ball and the desired sushi is completed.

Explanatory drawing showing an arrangement example of a sushi material supply device The schematic perspective view of a sushi news item supply device. The perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of the operation process of a sushi news item supply apparatus. The perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of a sushi news item supply apparatus. The side view which expands and shows the principal part of the operating process of a sushi news item supply apparatus. The side view which expands and shows the principal part of the operating process of a sushi news item supply apparatus. Explanatory drawing of each drive device. The schematic explanatory drawing of the internal structure of each drive device.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a production line of sushi nigiri, in which 1 is a conveying device for a plate P, 2 is a plate supplying device for supplying a plate on the conveying device, and 3 is a rice ball manufacturing device. The devices 4 are charcoal ball supply devices for placing the charcoal balls R created by the charcoal ball manufacturing apparatus 2 on the plate P placed on the transport device 1.
The conveying device 1 is composed of a conveyor belt having a known structure in which an endless belt 13 is stretched between a drive roller 11 driven by a motor and an idle roller 12, and the endless belt 13 is a motor (not shown). ) Drive control is performed to move a predetermined stroke.
The plate supply device 2 automatically supplies the plate P stored in the storage unit 21 onto the endless belt 13 of the transfer device.
The charcoal ball manufacturing measure 3 has a known structure in which a charcoal ball R is automatically created and placed on the tray 31.
The rice ball supplying device 4 is for replacing the rice balls R created by the rice ball manufacturing device 3 with the plate P placed on the conveying device 1.
Further, 5 is a storage section for the sushi material F, 6 is a material mounting device for taking out the sushi material F from the storage section 5 and mounting it on the rice ball R, and the sushi material supply device 7 of the present invention is provided with these storage sections. 5 and a material loading device 6.

Next, the storage section 5 and the material placing device 6 which constitute the sushi material supplying device 7 will be described.
The storage unit 5 includes a storage box 51 assembled in a box shape from a top plate 51a, a bottom plate 51b, and left and right side plates 51c and 51d, and a plurality of mounting plates 52 whose upper surface is a mounting surface 52a on which the sushi material F is mounted. The plurality of mounting plates 52 are installed in the storage box 51 at predetermined intervals.
The mounting plate 52 is composed of a corrugated plate, and a plurality of grooves 53 recessed downward with respect to the mounting surface 52 are provided in parallel. The mounting plate 52 is removable from the storage box 51.

The storage unit 5 is arranged along the endless belt 13 of the transport device 1, and the groove 53 extends in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the endless belt 13.
Note that cold air is introduced into the storage box 51 so that a temperature suitable for storing the sushi material 21 is maintained.
The material placing device 6 includes a material removing body 61 for extracting the sushi material F stored in the storage box 51,
A pressing body 62 for pressing the sushi material F on the material extracting body 61;
A first driving device 63a for reciprocating the material take-out body 61 in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the endless belt 13 (direction of arrow XX in FIG. 2);
A second drive device 63b for reciprocating the material take-out body 61 and the pressing body 62 in the up-down direction (arrow Y-Y direction in FIG. 2);
A third drive device 63c for reciprocating the material take-out body 61 and the pressing body 62 with respect to the moving direction of the endless belt 13 (direction ZZ in FIG. 2);
A fourth drive device 64 for swinging the pressing body 62 is provided.
The driving of these first to fourth driving devices 63a, 63b, 63c, 64 is controlled by a controller composed of a microcomputer.

The material placing device 6 is arranged at a position facing the storage unit 5 with the endless belt 13 of the conveying device 1 interposed therebetween.
The news item take-out body 61 is formed in a fork shape, and is provided with three placing rods 61 a that can be inserted into the grooves 53 of the storage unit 5.
The above-mentioned first, second, and third drive devices 63a, 63b, and 63c have basically the same configuration, and are arranged on the housing 630 and on the side surface side of this housing 630, as shown in FIG. The moving body 631 is reciprocated (moves linearly) with respect to the housing 630.
As shown in FIG. 8, a ball screw 632 is arranged in a housing 630, one end of this ball screw 632 is connected to a servomotor 633, and the other end side is a bearing member 634. It is rotatably supported.
A ball nut 635 is screwed on the ball screw 632, and a moving body 631 is provided on the ball nut 635. When the servo motor 633 rotates in an appropriate direction, the ball nut 635 whose rotation is restricted moves in an appropriate direction, and the moving body 631 moves in the same direction accordingly.

The material take-out body 61 is assembled to the moving body 631 that constitutes the first driving device 63a, and the first driving device 63a is assembled to the moving body 631 of the second driving device 63b.
The second drive device 63b is assembled to the moving body 631 of the third drive device 63c.
The pressing body 62 is for pressing the sushi material F placed on the loading rod 61a from above, and a pressing piece 620 made of a flexible rubber plate and a pair of pressing pieces 620 attached to the left and right sides of the pressing piece 620. It comprises a support piece 621.
A fourth drive device 64 for swinging the pressing body 62 is composed of a servomotor equipped with a reduction gear mechanism, and the fourth drive device 64 is a housing forming the first drive device 63. It is attached to one end in the length direction of 630 via a support arm 640.
Then, the support piece 621 of the pressing body 62 is fixed to the output shaft 641 of the fourth drive device 64, and the forward rotation of the fourth drive device 64 causes the pressing piece 620 to rotate about 45 degrees clockwise from the position shown in FIG. When the fourth driving device 64 is rotated in the reverse direction, the pressing piece 620 is swung about 45 degrees counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the above sushi news item supply device will be described.
First, various sushi ingredients set in advance are placed and stored on the respective mounting plates 52 of the storage unit 5.
By the way, since the drip generated from the sushi material F placed on the mounting surface 52a of the mounting plate 52 flows down into the groove 53, the problem that the sushi material F is dipped in the drip is eliminated. In addition, it is preferable to properly collect the drip that has flowed down into the groove 53.

On the other hand, in order to operate the nigiri sushi production line to make sushi, first, the plate P is supplied from the plate feeder 2 onto the endless belt 13 of the carrier 1, and the plate P is driven by driving the carrier 1. While moving to the rice ball feeder 4, the rice ball manufacturing device 3 creates an rice ball R, and the rice ball feeder 4 transfers the rice ball R to the plate P on the endless belt 13.
Subsequently, the second drive device 63b to the third drive device 63c are driven by the control of the controller to extract the material to a position corresponding to the placing plate 52 on which the sushi material F corresponding to the type of sushi to be created is placed. After moving 61, the first drive device 63a is driven to move the news item take-out body 61 forward, and the loading rod 61a is inserted into the groove 53 of the loading plate 52 as shown in FIG.
Then, by driving the second drive device 63b, the material take-out body 61 is raised, the sushi material F is placed on the loading rod 61a, and then the second drive device 63b to the third drive device 63c are driven to drive the sushi. The tip end of the loading rod 61a on which the material F is placed is moved onto the rice ball R placed on the plate P on the endless belt.

Next, by driving the fourth drive device 64 in the forward direction, as shown in FIG. 5, the sushi material F on the loading rod 61a is pressed by the pressing piece 620, and then the first drive device 63a is driven. As shown in FIG. 6, by returning the material take-out body 61 and pulling out the loading rod 61a from the sharp ball R, the fourth driving device 64 is driven in the reverse direction to show the pressing piece 620 in FIG. It is rocked counterclockwise from the position to release the pressing of the sushi material F by the pressing piece 620.
As a result, the sushi material F is set on the rice ball R, and the desired sushi is completed.

As described above, after inserting the placing rod 61a of the material picking-up body 61 into the groove 53 of the placing surface 52a and raising the material taking-out body 61, the sushi material F is re-placed on the loading rod 61a, This sushi material F is moved onto the rice ball R placed on the plate P, and subsequently, while the sushi material F is held by the holding piece 620 of the pressing body 62, the loading rod 61a is pulled out from the sushi material F, and then the holding piece 620. By releasing the pressing of the sushi material F by, the sushi material F can be surely placed on the rice ball R, and the sushi is completed.

5 Storage section 51 Storage box 52 Mounting plate 52a Mounting surface 53 Groove 6 Netting device 61 Netting-out body 61a Mounting rod 62 Pressing body 620 Pressing piece 63a First driving device 63b Second driving device 63c Third driving device 64th 4 Drive device 7 Sushi news item supply device F Sushi news item R Shari ball

Claims (1)

A storage unit for sushi material and a material mounting device for taking out the sushi material from this storage unit and mounting it on a rice ball are provided, and the storage unit is formed of a corrugated plate, and has a plurality of materials for mounting the sushi material. a plurality of grooves recessed downward with respect to the mounting surface and the mounting surface is provided substantially in parallel, neta neta mounted device, which includes a loaded rod insertable plurality in a groove of said storage portion A thin rod having a take-out body, a pressing body for pressing the sushi material placed on the loading rod, a drive device for the net-feeding body, and a drive device for the pressing body, and the loading rod is a substantially circular cross section. A sushi material supply device characterized by being shaped like a sushi.

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