JPH0333569B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an Enoki mushroom bagging device capable of bagging Enoki mushrooms or their analogues in fixed quantities reliably and efficiently. The detailed configuration is as follows.

A bag support part 2 supports a flexible bag 1 in an open state with the bag mouth facing upward; An Enoki mushroom insertion board 3 that holds Enoki mushrooms a with the length facing up and down and inserts and stuffs Enoki mushrooms a into the bag 1 through the bag opening.
and an Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 located on the bag opening side of the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3, which moves toward the bag opening side and holds the bag opening open when Enoki mushrooms are inserted into the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3; It is located between the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 and the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5, and when the Enoki mushroom a is inserted, the Enoki mushroom a can be placed in a regulated position, and the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is arranged so that the Enoki mushroom a can be placed in a regulated position. It is characterized by comprising an Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 which opens and retreats toward the bag opening side while moving toward the bag opening side together with the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5.

It will be explained in more detail.

The bag support section 2 will be explained.

The bag opening is secured by the end surface of the opening/closing arm 7 that protrudes from the machine base 6 and swings horizontally to open and close, and the clamping claw 9 that is attached to the tip of the opening/closing arm 7 and swings around the fulcrum pin 8. Two suction aperture plates which suspend and support the bag by clamping both corners of the bag with the spring pressure of clamping springs 10, and which suction both sides of the bag mouth by vacuum suction on both sides of the bag mouth. 11 and 12 are provided, and the suction opening plates 11 and 12 are moved forward and backward by the suction opening cylinders 13 and 14, and as shown in FIG. The bag 1 is opened and supported by suction.

Reference numerals 15 and 16 are guide shafts, and 17 and 18 are cylinder brackets.

The Enoki mushroom insertion board 3 will be explained.

A support 19 is set up on the machine stand 6, an insertion stand 20 is provided on the top of this support 19, a guide post 21 is set up on this insertion stand 20, and the guide post 21 is moved vertically by a cylinder 22 for inserting Enoki mushrooms. A vertically sliding plate 23 is provided, and a substantially semi-cylindrical mounting plate 24 is vertically mounted on the vertically sliding plate 23, and a flexible material such as polyurethane rubber is attached along the inner arc surface of the mounting plate 24. The mushroom insertion plate 3 is fixed.

In this figure, a bracket 25 is attached to the insertion table 20 in order to hold the inserted Enoki mushroom a on the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3.
This bracket 25 is provided with a mounting bracket 28 which can be moved forward and backward by a guide shaft 27 using a cylinder 26 for holding Enoki mushrooms, and this mounting bracket 28 has a semi-cylindrical Enoki mushroom holding plate with a diameter larger than the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3. 2
9 is provided, and the Enoki mushroom holding plate 29 is moved forward to narrow the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 in the radial direction, so that the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 holds the Enoki mushroom a.

The Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 will be explained.

An elevating plate 31 that is raised and lowered by a position regulating cylinder 30 is provided on the insertion table 20 so as to be able to be raised and lowered by a guide shaft 32. A support bracket 33 is erected on this elevating plate 31. An Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 that swings open and close is provided, and a roller support plate 35 is provided on the guide post 21.
is fixed and protruded in a horizontal state, and this roller support plate 3
5, the part 2 that comes into contact with the pressing piece 36 of the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4
opening/closing rollers 37 are provided, and when the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is at the upper limit position, a position regulating cylinder 30 is provided.
to position the lifting plate 31 at the upper limit position,
The pressing piece 36 and the opening/closing roller 37 are brought into contact with each other, the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 is swung closed to a horizontal state, and the elevating plate 31 is moved by the position regulating cylinder 30 just before the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is inserted and lowered. Lower the pressing piece 3.
6 is moved away from the opening/closing roller 37, and the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 is retracted to a position where it does not interfere with the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 due to its own weight.

The Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 will be explained.

An Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 is provided on the support bracket 33 below the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 and swings open and close by a fulcrum shaft 38, and this Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 is formed in the shape of a gutter with a U-shaped cross section. , and the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plates 5 are normally closed to each other by the torsion spring 39, and when the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is lowered, the torsion spring 39 is closed.
It is designed so that it can be pushed open against the pressure.

In addition, in this figure, an Enoki mushroom holding plate 41 that swings around a fulcrum pin 40 is provided on both sides of the lower part of the bag, and this Enoki mushroom holding plate 41 is held and swung by a holding cylinder 42, and the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 Hold the Enoki mushroom a inserted into the bag 1 with the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 from both sides of the bag.
The Enoki mushroom a is surely left in the bag 1 by being pulled out from the Enoki mushroom inserting plate 3 when the Enoki mushroom a is lifted up. Reference numeral 43 is a roller for opening and closing the clamping claw 9; 44
is a suction hole, and 45 is a stopper.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

A fixed amount of Enoki mushroom a is put into the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 which is curved into a substantially semi-cylindrical shape.

The inserted Enoki mushroom a is placed on the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 and its position is regulated.

Then, the Enoki mushroom holding plate 29 is advanced by the Enoki mushroom holding cylinder 26, the semi-cylindrical Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is narrowed in the radial direction, and the Enoki mushroom a is held in the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3. Below the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is the bag support part 2 of the bag 1.
It is supported hanging down in the open state.

Then, the support bracket 33 is lowered by the position regulating cylinder 30, and on the one hand, the pressing piece 36 is separated from the opening/closing roller 37, and the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 is swung open and retracted by its own weight, and on the other hand, the Enoki mushroom is The lower part of the insertion guide plate 5 is inserted into the bag opening to maintain the bag opening well.

Then, while the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 holds the Enoki mushroom a,
At this time, the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 slides on the Enoki mushroom holding plate 29 and is inserted as shown in FIG. 4.

At the lower limit position of the Enoki mushroom inserting plate 3, the Enoki mushroom holding plate 41 is pivoted by the clamping cylinder 42 to pinch the Enoki mushroom a inside the bag from both outside sides of the bag.

Then, the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is pulled out and raised, and at this time, the Enoki mushroom a is pulled out by the Enoki mushroom holding plate 41 and remains in the bag.

When the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is at the upper limit, the Enoki mushroom holding plate 29, the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4, the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5, and the Enoki mushroom holding plate 41 are returned to their original positions using their respective cylinders. , supply the next new bag.

Therefore, by repeating this operation, the Enoki mushrooms can be sequentially packed into bags.

In addition, this series of operations is performed by the connected electricity and
This will be done automatically using a pneumatic sequence control device or the like.

Conventionally, this type of Enoki mushroom bagging equipment was manufactured by the Special Publication Corporation in 1973.
Publication No. 38667 is known.

In this conventional structure, a semicircular arc-shaped container is arranged horizontally, and a lid provided on the top side of the container can be opened and closed using a hinge and an operation handle.
By operating this operating handle, the lid is opened, and the wrapping material is placed into the container with its length facing sideways.Then, by operating the handle, the lid is closed, and in this state, inside the opened bag. The container and wrapping material are fed horizontally into the container.

However, the wrapping material is simply placed between the container and the lid in a wrapped state.
When a series of packaging devices are operated, the soft wrapping material loses its shape as the container moves in the horizontal direction, resulting in a disadvantage that the packaging condition of the wrapping material tends to vary.

In order to solve these inconveniences, the present invention, as described above, includes a bag supporting part 2 that supports a flexible bag 1 in an open state with the bag opening facing upward, and an Enoki mushroom inserting plate 3 which holds a fixed amount of the Enoki mushrooms a placed therein with the length direction thereof facing up and down, and inserts and stuffs the Enoki mushrooms a into the bag 1 through the bag opening; an Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 located on the bag opening side of the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3, which moves toward the bag opening side and holds the bag opening open when Enoki mushrooms are inserted into the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3; Located between the mushroom insertion plate 3 and the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5,
When inserting the Enoki mushroom a, the lower end portion thereof can be placed in a regulated position, and when the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 is inserted, the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 moves toward the bag opening side together with the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5. Since the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 is configured to open and retreat toward the side, the Enoki mushroom a can be inserted manually or automatically into the bag opening of the Enoki mushroom inserting plate 3 with its length direction facing up and down. Then, the Enoki mushroom position regulation plate 4 places the amount of Enoki mushrooms a, and the lower end of the Enoki mushrooms a is positioned, so that the Enoki mushrooms a are held in the flexible bag 1. When inserting and stuffing the Enoki mushroom a with the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3, the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4
This makes it possible to hold the peripheral part of the Enoki mushroom a on the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 at almost the same position as the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3, and insert the Enoki mushroom a into the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 in an appropriate posture. Since the Enoki mushrooms are inserted into the bag 1, the Enoki mushrooms can be packed and packaged in a good manner with a good packaging form. When the Enoki mushroom insertion board 3 is moved, the Enoki mushroom a is moved to a position where it does not interfere with the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3. Since the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 for holding the bag mouth part open is provided between the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 and the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5, the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 can further hold the bag 1 in an open state by the bag support part 2, and the bag 1 can be held open by the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5. The opening can be reliably made, and Enoki mushrooms a can be packed in bags without damaging the bag 1.

In addition, the packaging device of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 56-113534 has
When inserting a flexible plate holding a packaged article centripetally compressed into the bag from the bag opening, the guide funnel is moved to the bag opening side in the previous step, and the packaged article is placed until now. A configuration is disclosed in which the stopper plate, which was used to adjust the position of the lower end portion, is horizontally turned about 90 degrees laterally and retracted.

However, in this conventional structure, the stopper plate on which the packaged article was placed and its lower end position regulated was rotated horizontally in the previous stage to be retracted laterally from the lower surface of the shaping plate, etc., so when the retracting operation was performed, The lower end of the packaged article, for example, the Enoki mushroom, comes into sliding contact with the stopper plate, and this sliding action may damage the lower end of the Enoki mushroom.

Furthermore, since the guide funnel and the stopper plate each operate independently, a plurality of driving means and mutual linking means are also required, which tends to make the structure complicated, and the operation process requires mutual interaction. This tends to cause a time lag for coordination, and as a result, it is difficult to shorten the bagging process time.

In this regard, in the case of the present invention, when inserting the Enoki mushroom insertion plate 3 holding the Enoki mushroom a into the bag 1 from the bag opening, the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 is moved to the bag opening side in advance. It performs a preparatory operation to maintain the bag opening in an open state, and together with this Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5, the Enoki mushroom a
The Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4, which was placed thereon and regulating the position of the lower end of the Enoki mushroom a, was moved toward the bag opening side, and the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 was opened and retracted. Therefore, the Enoki mushroom position regulating plate 4 can maintain the Enoki mushroom a in a stable state and allow it to open and retreat without pressing or sliding on the lower end of the Enoki mushroom a. There is no fear of damaging the lower end part, and the position of the Enoki mushroom can be adjusted along with the operation process of moving the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate 5 toward the bag opening, which is the preliminary operation for keeping the bag opening open. The packaging operation step is to insert the Enoki mushroom insertion board 3 into the bag 1 from the bag opening, which is the next step, by moving the plate 4 toward the bag opening and opening and retracting it toward the bag opening. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency of packaging operations, and also to provide an inexpensive bagging device with a simplified structure.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an Enoki mushroom bagging device that can produce excellent effects such as being able to bag Enoki mushrooms or their analogues in fixed quantities reliably and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is an overall side view, Fig. 2 is a view taken along the line A-A, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts, and Fig. 4 shows the operating state. The overall side view shown in FIG. 5 is a partial plan view. a... Enoki mushroom, 1... Bag, 2... Bag support part, 3...
... Enoki mushroom insertion board, 4... Enoki mushroom position regulation plate, 5... Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bag support part that supports a flexible bag in an open state with the bag mouth facing upward; An Enoki mushroom insertion plate that is held in the vertical direction and inserts and stuffs Enoki mushrooms into the bag through the bag opening, and an Enoki mushroom insertion plate that is located on the bag opening side of the Enoki mushroom insertion plate. an Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate that moves toward the bag mouth side to keep the bag mouth open when the mushrooms are inserted; and an Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate that is located between the Enoki mushroom insertion plate and the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate, The lower end portion of the Enoki mushroom can be placed in a regulated position, and when the Enoki mushroom is inserted into the Enoki mushroom insertion plate, the Enoki mushroom moves toward the bag opening side together with the Enoki mushroom insertion guide plate and is opened and retracted toward the bag opening side. An Enoki mushroom bagging device characterized by comprising a mushroom position regulating plate.