JPS6247769B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention is directed to dividing fish bodies placed in parallel on a conveyor into slices of the same length each during transportation. An automatic packaging device for split fish bodies, in which each split piece is gathered together within the width between the cut end faces, and each of the collected fish body pieces is placed into a can by a push-type automatic filling machine. It is related to.

(Prior art and its problems) In general, there is a device that sequentially and continuously performs the operations of decapitating, degutting, and dividing a large number of fish bodies placed in parallel on a conveyor into multiple rings during transportation. Are known.

This device cuts the fish body into circular slices to the size required for canning, and the divided pieces are arranged on the conveyor in the width direction of the conveyor.
On the other hand, in the canning manufacturing department, several pieces of fish body segments of different thicknesses must be stored in a concentrated state in a can with approximately the same height as the fish body segments, so they are not arranged in the above-mentioned arrangement. Even if it is supplied to the canning production department, it cannot be continuously and automatically pushed into cans.

For this reason, conventionally, the fish body segments transported by the conveyor are once dropped into a fish box at the transport end of the conveyor, and then placed manually into a container with approximately the same width as the length dimension of the fish body segments. Since the particles are deposited in a concentrated state, a great deal of labor and effort is required, resulting in a significant drop in work efficiency, which is a major problem in canning production.

The present invention provides an automatic packaging apparatus for split fish bodies that solves these problems.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the automatic packaging device for split fish bodies according to the present invention is capable of handling fish bodies placed in parallel on a conveyor in the same way during transportation. This is an automatic filling machine that divides the fish body pieces into rings according to their length, collects each piece of different thickness together within the width between the cut end faces, and pushes the gathered fish body pieces one by one into one can. In an automatic canning device for split fish bodies, which is accommodated in a can by
A fish body segment transport conveyor whose traveling direction is perpendicular to the length direction of the fish body and is formed by paralleling compartment conveyor sections on which each segment of the fish body is placed; A narrow width conveyor having approximately the same width as each section conveyor section of the conveyor, and a narrow width conveyor having an upper end close to the conveyance end of each section conveyor section of the fish body division conveyor, and a lower end thereof facing above the narrow width conveyor. The fish body segments arranged in parallel on the fish body segment transport conveyor are automatically placed in a converged state on the narrow cloth conveyor via the respective inclined chute, and The present invention is characterized in that the fish body segments are conveyed from a conveyor to a canning production department equipped with a push-type automatic filling machine.

(Function) The fish body segments conveyed by the fish body segment conveyor fall while sliding down the inclined chute having the same width as the compartment conveyor, the upper ends of which are facing the compartment conveyor section of the conveyor, and the respective fish body segments are transported by the fish body segment transport conveyor. From the lower end of the inclined chute, the divided fish body pieces are collected and placed on a narrow width conveyor with the cut ends of both ends aligned.

At the end of the conveyance of this narrow strip, the cut end surfaces of the divided fish body pieces are pushed into a plurality by the pressing section of the automatic filling machine, and the pieces are sequentially stored in the can.

(Example) To explain an example of the present invention with reference to the drawings, 1
1 is a conveyor for conveying divided pieces of fish, and a link chain 6, 6 is endlessly stretched between sprocket wheels 4, 5 fixed to a driving shaft 2 and a driven shaft 3, and a cross-sectional gutter-shaped conveyor is installed between the link chains 6, 6. A large number of trays 7 are connected in an erected state, and a large number of trays 7 are arranged in parallel in the direction of movement of the conveyor.

Note that a large number of saucers 7 may be arranged in parallel, each having a length that can accommodate a single fish body divided into a plurality of _round slices. , a ₂ , a ₃ , a ₄ , and the fish body segments a ₁ to a ₄ are preferably placed on each of the divided saucers 7 a to 7 d, respectively. In this case, a plurality of sprocket wheels 4 and 5 are respectively fixed to the drive shaft 2 and the driven shaft 3 at predetermined intervals, and a chain 6 is stretched between the corresponding sprocket wheels 4 and 5 to connect the opposing chain 6, Divided saucer 7a between 6
7d can of course be installed in series in the width direction of the conveyor.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a guide wall plate which is interposed between the trays adjacent to each other in the width direction of the conveyor to prevent the fish body segment from moving inadvertently, but this wall plate 8 is not necessarily provided.

9 is a motor for driving the conveyor 1 around.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a narrow width conveyor disposed below the conveyance terminal end of the conveyor 1, and its conveyance start end is positioned below the conveyance terminal end of the conveyor 1, facing in the same direction as the length direction of the conveyor 1. This narrow cloth conveyor 1
0, a belt 13 is endlessly stretched between a driving pulley 11 and a driven pulley 12, and side walls 14, 14 are disposed on both sides of the belt 13 along the entire length of the belt. The fish body segment is housed in a space surrounded by the opposing surface of the belt 13 and the upper surface of the belt 13. Also, the side wall 14,1
The interval between the two guide wall plates 8, 8 is made approximately equal to the interval between the guide wall plates 8, 8, so that the fish body division pieces _a1 to _a4 can be stored in piles on the belt 13 in its length direction.

Reference numerals 15a to 15d are chute members for respectively receiving the fish body division pieces _a1 to _a4 of each row lined up in the traveling direction of the conveyor 1, and the width between the side plates 16 and 16 is equal to the width between the guide wall plates 8 and 8 of the conveyor 1. It is formed into a slide shape with approximately the same width.

The upper ends of these chute members 15a to 15d are disposed close to the conveyance end positions of the divided trays 7a to 7d of the conveyor 1, respectively, and the upper ends of the chute members 15a to 15d are arranged close to the conveyance end positions of the divided trays 7a to 7d of the conveyor 1, and the fish body divided pieces _a1 to
Of a ₄ , divided saucers 7a to 7d that transport the tail part a
A corresponding chute member 15d is gently curved outward as it goes downward, and its downwardly inclined end faces the open end of the tail storage box 26.

Further, among the chute members 15a to 15c that receive the fish body body parts _a1 to _a3 , respectively, the central chute member 15b is inclined downward so that its lower end is close to the upper part of the conveyance start end of the narrow width conveyor 10. The outer chute member 15a is inclined downward slightly more gently than the central chute member 15b, and is gradually curved inward toward the lower end. The front of the lower end of the chute member 15b faces the upper part of the narrow cloth conveyor 10. Similarly, the inner chute member 15c is also gradually curved slightly outward as it slopes downward, so that its lower end faces the upper part of the narrow cloth conveyor 10 in front of the lower end of the outer chute member 10a.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a canning production unit disposed at the end of conveyance of the narrow cloth conveyor 10, in which a short cylindrical portion 19 having the same shape as the opening shape of the can b is integrally connected to the lower part of the fish body segment storage container 18. A conveyor 20 for sequentially supplying the cans b is disposed at one open end, and a press member 21 is disposed at the other open end.

The container 18 is formed with the same spacing between the vertical side wall plates 18a, 18a as the spacing between the side walls 14, 14 of the narrow cloth conveyor 10, and the vertical side wall plates 18a, 18a
The rear part of the upper end is connected to the side walls 14, 14, respectively, and the lower part of the peripheral wall 18b, which is fixed between the peripheral end surfaces of the vertical side wall plates 18a, 18a, extends downward in an arc shape and hangs down. This forms the cylindrical portion 19. Therefore, the short cylindrical portion 19 and the container 18 are in communication with each other, and the upper end opening of the container 18 faces the conveyance end of the narrow width conveyor 10.

To describe the operation of the embodiment configured as described above, the fish body, which has been degutted after its head is cut off and then divided into a plurality of slices using a plurality of cutting cutters (not shown), is transported on the conveyor 1. It is transported forward while being placed horizontally on the saucer 7.

The process of cutting off the head of the fish body and dividing it into multiple slices may be performed while the fish body is being transported on the conveyor 1.
Alternatively, after being carried out in the pre-process of the conveyor 1, it may be continuously supplied to the conveyor 1.

The fish placed on the tray 7 of the conveyor 1 is transported with its tail _a4 facing toward the divided tray 7d, and at the end of the conveyance of the conveyor 1, the fish body is placed on the tray 7.
When the tail part A4 is turned downward along the sprocket wheel 4, the tail part _A4 is sequentially transferred to the chute member 15d and stored in the storage box 26, while the divided pieces of the body part
A ₁ to _{a 3} are transferred to the chute members 15a to 15c, respectively, and transferred onto the narrow width conveyor 10 while sliding on these chute members. At this time, since the lower ends of each of the chute members 15a to 15c are arranged in a line in the length direction of the narrow cloth conveyor 10,
The fish body body segment segments _a1 to _a3 are rearranged in the length direction from the state in which they were lined up in the width direction of the conveyor 1, and are transferred onto the narrow width conveyor 10 in such a way that they are gathered together to form each segment a. The paper towels are conveyed forward with both cut end surfaces of paper towels ₁ to _a3 facing the side walls 14, 14 of the paper towel conveyor 10.

Next, the fish body segments a ₁ to _{a 3} fall and accumulate in the container 18 from the conveyance end of the narrow width conveyor 10 , but at this time, the side walls 14 , 14 of the narrow width conveyor 10
Both cut sides of the container 18 are regulated by the vertical side wall plates 18a, 18a of the container 18, and the materials are accommodated in the container 18 in a precisely focused state without changing direction.

A large number of divided pieces a ₁ to a ₃ housed in the container 18
moves downward as the canning is produced.

That is, the plurality of fish body segments converged in the short cylinder part 19 connected to the bottom of the container 18 are pressed by the press member 21.
When the press member 21 is pushed out and stored in the can b, and the press member 21 comes out of the short cylindrical part 19, the short cylindrical part 1
A plurality of fish body segments are inserted into the container 9 by their own weight from the bottom of the container 18, and as described above, the cut end surfaces thereof are pressed by the press member 21 and stored in the can b.

The intermittent supply of the can b to the open end of the short cylindrical portion 19 and the pushing out of the fish body segment by the press member 21 are performed in synchronization.

In the above embodiment, the tail part _a4 is separated via the chute member 15d at the end of the conveyance of the fish body segment conveyor 1, but the tail part is cut off during the conveyance or in advance. You can leave it there.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention provides fish body segments arranged in each row in the traveling direction of each conveyor at the conveyor end of a conveyor that conveys a large number of fish bodies divided into a plurality of slices in parallel. A chute member for each transfer is arranged, and the lower ends of these chute members face above a narrow conveyor provided below the conveyor, and the fish body segments are placed in a stacked state on the narrow conveyor. Therefore, the fish body segments, which are divided into a plurality of round slices and transported in parallel, are not stored in a fish box or the like, but are transported from the transport end of the transport conveyor to the thin cloth through the chute member. It can be continuously fed onto a conveyor, and a large number of fish body segments can be piled up in a row on a narrow conveyor, automatically arranging it in a state suitable for canning production. Since the process from supplying fish bodies to canning can be carried out continuously and automatically, which was previously difficult, it is possible to improve production efficiency and enable efficient canning in deep-sea fishing even in narrow fishing boats. It has many features such as:

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a simplified side view, Fig. 2 is a simplified plan view, Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the saucer portion. It is. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Fish body division piece conveyor, 10...Wrap conveyor, 15a-15d...Chute member, 1
7...Potting production department, a~a...Fish body segment, b...
...Can.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Fish bodies placed in parallel on a conveyor,
During transportation, each piece is divided into rounds of the same length, each of the divided pieces of different thickness is focused together within the width between the cut end faces, and the focused fish body pieces are divided into one container. In an automatic canning device for storing fish pieces into cans using a push-type automatic filling machine, there is provided a compartment conveyor whose traveling direction is perpendicular to the length direction of the fish body and on which each divided piece of the fish body is placed. a conveyor for transporting fish body segments arranged in parallel; a narrow conveyor disposed below the transport end of the conveyor and having approximately the same width as each section conveyor section of the conveyor; and each of the fish body segment transport conveyors. It consists of a plurality of inclined chutes whose upper ends are close to the conveyance end of the compartment conveyor section and whose lower ends face the narrow conveyor, and the fish body divided pieces are arranged in parallel on the fish body divided piece transport conveyor. The fish body segments are automatically placed in a concentrated state on the narrow width conveyor via each of the inclined chutes, and are transported from the narrow width conveyor to a canning production department equipped with a push-type automatic filling machine. An automatic packaging device for split fish bodies, which is characterized by: