JPH0418829B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Field of Industrial Application The present invention is mainly concerned with a feeding device for food products, specifically, for feeding shellfish such as shumai, gyoza, etc., cream, jam, or bean paste fed into a hopper above a filling machine. This invention relates to a feeding device suitable for smoothly feeding a so-called paste product to a filling machine below.

B. Prior Art Conventionally, in this type of hopper, the means for sending the input material to the filling machine connected below the hopper is as follows:
A method has been adopted in which a screw is suspended from the center of the hopper, and the screw is rotated by a rotational drive mechanism connected above to forcibly feed the material in the hopper downward.

C. Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, such a screw system has various drawbacks as described below.

That is, since the rotational force of the screw is used, the input materials tend to overflow, and there is a risk that the materials will be kneaded in more than necessary.

As a result, for example, if the input ingredients are ingredients such as shumai or gyoza, the moisture (juice) contained in the ingredients
The problem was that it dripped and the taste deteriorated.

In addition, only the input material located at the center of the hopper is fed to the filling machine below, and the outer portion tends to remain in the hopper.

Furthermore, there is a drawback that the materials contained in the input materials, such as the vegetables contained in the ingredients, the chopped pieces of fruit contained in the cream, jam, etc., or the green peas contained in the green peas, etc., are crushed or crushed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and is a feeding device that can push out the material as it is with the palm of the hand without kneading the material fed into the hopper and send it to the supply port below. It provides:

D. Means for solving the above-mentioned problems The means of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is as follows: A shaft connected to an elevating mechanism is suspended so as to be able to rise and fall above the outlet in the lower part of the hopper having an inclined bottom surface. , a hinge-type pushing piece for sending the material in the hopper to a lower delivery port is attached to the shaft so as to be openable and closable, and a slide plate connected to a reciprocating mechanism is also arranged on the inclined bottom surface of the hopper,
A hinge-type pushing piece is attached to the upper surface of the slide plate so that it can be turned upside down and sends out the objects in the hopper along the inclined bottom surface to the outlet below.

E. Effect: Inject the object 2 into the hopper 1, for example,
When the tool of the gear is put in and the rod 8a of the air cylinder 8 as a lifting mechanism is lowered, the shaft 4
At the lower end, the rectangular plates 3a, 3a of the upper and lower two pairs of pushing pieces 3, 3, which are in the closed state shown by the solid line in FIG. Descending while opening and sending object 2
is sent out toward the delivery port 1a.

At this time, each of the rectangular plates 3a, 3a is held and fixed to the lower edge 4a of the shaft 4 and the protruding edge 4b above the lower edge 4a with the rectangular plates 3a opened approximately 90 degrees, so that there is no waste in feeding force to the object 2. Does not occur.

On the other hand, when the air cylinder 17 as a reciprocating mechanism on the inclined bottom surface 1a side of the hopper 1 is operated in synchronization with the air cylinder 8 and the moving body 17a is lowered, the integrated slide plate 5 is moved through the liner 18 to the inclined bottom surface 1a. The rectangular plates 13a of the plurality of pushing pieces 13 (three in the embodiment) in the fallen state shown in FIG. It rises and descends to send out the object 2 toward the delivery port 1a.

At this time, since each rectangular plate 13a is fixed perpendicularly to the slide plate 5 by being engaged with the stoppers 13c, 13c, there is no waste in the feeding force for the object 2, similarly to the rectangular plates 3a, 3a.

Next, when the rod 8a of the air cylinder 8 is raised, the pushing pieces 3, which are in the open state as described above,
Both rectangular plates 3a, 3a of No. 3 are smoothly raised to a predetermined position while closing with the pin 12 as a fulcrum due to the resistance of the transported object 2.

On the other hand, at the same time, the moving body 17a of the air cylinder 17
When the slide plate 5 is raised, the rectangular plate 13a of the pushing piece 13, which is standing vertically, falls backward using the pin 22 as a fulcrum due to the resistance of the conveyed object 2, and smoothly moves to a predetermined position. rise to position.

Further, the pushing pieces 3 and 13 descend again, and the same operation is repeated.

F. Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In Figures 1 and 2, the hopper 1 is an inverted polygonal cone with an inclined bottom surface 1a made of a material that does not have a chemical effect on the objects 2, such as ingredients for shumai and gyoza, for example, a stainless steel plate with a Teflon-treated inner surface. A shaft 4 on which a hinge-type pushing piece 3 is attached so as to be openable and closable is vertically suspended in the upper center of the outlet port 1b which is formed into a shape and opens at the lower center. A slide plate 5 on which a hinge-type pushing piece 13 is attached so that it can be turned upside down is slidably disposed.

6 is a filling machine connected to the lower part of the hopper 1, and its internal mechanism (not shown) is connected to the delivery port 1.
It is connected to b.

The shaft 4 suspended above the outlet 1b of the hopper 1 is connected to the support arm 7 above.
It is connected by a coupling 9 to the lower end of a rod 8a of an air cylinder 8, which serves as an elevating mechanism and is supported perpendicularly to the air cylinder 8.

Further, a connecting pipe 10 for attaching the pushing piece 3 to the notch of the lower end of the shaft 4 is integrally held and fixed in a horizontal state, and is also connected to the approximately middle stage of the shaft 4 above the connecting pipe 10. A tube 11 is fixed through the tube 11, and pushing pieces 3 and 13 are attached to both connecting tubes 10 and 11 in two stages.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pushing piece 3 has two rectangular plates 3a, 3a with connecting pipes 3b in the center thereof, and connecting pipes 10 or 1 of the shaft 4.
1 are integrally formed at predetermined intervals so that the connecting pipes 3b, 3b and the connecting pipes 10 or 11 are arranged in a straight line. By inserting the pin 12, it is hinged to the lower end of the shaft 4 and above it so that it can be opened and closed.

Therefore, the rod 8a of the air cylinder 8
When the hopper 1 is lowered, due to the resistance of the material 2 thrown into the hopper 1, both rectangular plates 3a, 3a of the pushing piece 3, which is attached to the lower end of the shaft 4 and above it in two stages, are moved as shown in FIG. Open as shown.

At this time, the opening angle of the pushing piece 3 is
a, 3a are engaged with the lower end line 4a of the shaft 4 and the protruding edge 4b above it, and stop at exactly 90 degrees as shown.

Next, when the rod 8a of the air cylinder 8 rises, both rectangular plates 3a, 3a of the pushing piece 3 return to the state shown in FIG. 2 and close due to the resistance of the object 2 in the opposite direction.

In addition, in the figure, 14 is a notch for penetrating the shaft 4 provided at the center of the inside of the rectangular plates 3a, 3a attached to the middle side of the shaft 4, 15 is a notch into which the tip enters, and 16 is a notch where the rectangular plates 3a, 3a are open. Although the plurality of notches are used to reduce the resistance of the object 2 when it descends, a plurality of holes (not shown) may also be provided near the outer edge.

On the other hand, the slide plate 5, which is slidably disposed on the inclined bottom surface 1a of the hopper 1, is connected to the movable body 17a of a rodless air cylinder 17 as a reciprocating mechanism fixed to the outside of the hopper 1, and the liner 18. connected.

More specifically, a slide groove 19 is formed in the inclined bottom surface 1a of the hopper 1, and this slide groove 1
A frame-shaped slide guide 20 is fitted and fixed to the slide 9 from the outside, and brackets 2 are attached to both ends of the slide 20.
1 and 21, the air cylinder 17 is fixed, and the liner 18, which integrally connects the movable body 17a and the slide plate 5, is slidably fitted into the slide guide 20, and thus the slide plate 5 is the moving body 1 of the air cylinder 17
Following the movement of 7a, the inclined bottom surface 1a of the hopper 1
slide up and down along the inside of the

On the upper surface of the slide plate 5, horizontal connecting pipes 21 for attaching a plurality of pushing pieces 13 (three pieces in this embodiment) are fixed at predetermined intervals.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pushing piece 13 has connecting pipes 13b and 13b at the base end of a single rectangular plate 13a.
are integrally formed at a predetermined interval so that the connecting pipe 21 of the slide plate 5 is located in the center thereof, and when the pushing piece 13 stands up on the rear surface of each connecting pipe 13b, 13b, it slides. The stoppers 13c, 1 are arranged at approximately right angles to the plate 5.
3c protrudes from each connecting pipe 13b, 13.
By inserting a long pin 22 into each tube with the pipes b and 21 arranged in a straight line, the pipe is held on the upper surface of the slide plate 5 so that it can be turned upside down.

Therefore, when the movable body 17a of the air cylinder 17 as the reciprocating mechanism moves downward, the liner 18 slides inside the slide guide 20, and the slide plate 5 descends along the inclined bottom surface 1a of the hopper 1.

At the same time, the rectangular plates 13a of the respective pushing pieces 13 mounted on the upper surface of the slide plate 5 rise simultaneously due to the resistance of the object 2 thrown into the hopper 1.

At this time, each sending piece 13 has a stopper 13 at its base end.
c and 13c hit the slide plate 5, so it stands vertically as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7.

Next, when the movable body 17a of the air cylinder 17 rises, the rectangular plate 13a of each pushing piece 13 returns to the state shown in FIG. 2 due to the resistance of the object 2 in the opposite direction and falls down.

23 is a notch provided on the outer edge like the pushing piece 3, and a hole (not shown) can also be used instead.

Note that the number, shape, etc. of the above-mentioned pushing pieces 3, 13 are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and the hopper 1
It can be determined as appropriate depending on the size and shape of.

Further, a spring (not shown) may be used to smoothly open/close and invert the respective pushing pieces 3, 13.

Further, both air cylinders 8 and 17 are set so that the shaft 4 and the moving body 17a move up and down in synchronization, and the speeds of both can be automatically controlled according to the viscosity and amount of the object 2.

G. Effects of the Invention As described above, in the feeding device according to the present invention, the shaft 4 connected to the lifting mechanism 8 is suspended above the delivery port 1b below the hopper 1 having the inclined bottom surface 1a, and the shaft 4 is vertically movably suspended. 4 is equipped with hinge-type pushing pieces 3, 3 that can be freely opened and closed to send out the object 2 in the hopper 1 toward the lower delivery port 1b, and when the shaft 4 descends, each pushing piece 3, Thing 2
When the shaft 4 rises, each pushing piece 3, 3 automatically closes due to the resistance of the object 2. A slide plate 5 connected to the mechanism 17 is provided, and the slide plate 5
A hinge-type pushing piece 13 that sends out the object 2 in the hopper 1 to the lower delivery port 1b is installed on the top surface so that it can be turned upside down, and when the slide plate 5 descends, the pushing piece 13 meets the resistance of the object 2. Therefore, when the slide plate 5 rises, the pushing piece 13 automatically opens due to the resistance of the object 2, and when the slide plate 5 rises, the pushing piece 13 opens automatically due to the resistance of the object 2. Therefore, since it is designed to close automatically, the movement of raising the shaft 4 and slide plate 5 is extremely smooth, and the structure is simple, which reduces not only the product cost but also the power cost. .

Moreover, each pushing piece 3, 13 does not rotate,
Since the object 2 is sent out linearly as if it were pressed with the palm of a hand, there are problems caused by kneading the object 2 more than necessary, for example, the moisture (juice) contained in the object 2 drips and deteriorates the taste. falls or
This completely eliminates drawbacks such as crushing or grinding of granular solids.

Furthermore, not only the objects 2 located at the center of the hopper 1 but also the objects 2 located at the sides can be equally delivered to the outlet 1b, thereby greatly improving work efficiency.

In addition, the shaft 4 and slide plate 5
The number of pushing pieces 3, 13, the inclined bottom surface 1 of the hopper 1
This has the advantage that the number of feeding devices disposed in a can be adjusted efficiently depending on the size of the hopper 1.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the feeding device according to the present invention when the pushing piece 3 is open and the pushing piece 13 is standing up, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view when the pushing piece 3 is closed and the pushing piece 13 is falling down. 3 is a partially enlarged side view of the shaft 4, FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged exploded plan views of the pushing piece 3, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the pushing piece 13 on the slide plate 5. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Main symbols in the figure: 1...hopper, 1a...slanted bottom surface, 1b...outlet, 2...object, 3...pull piece, 3a...rectangular plate, 4...shaft, 8...
...Lifting mechanism, 13... Pushing piece, 13a... Rectangular plate, 13c... Stopper, 17... Reciprocating mechanism, 5
……slide plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A shaft connected to an elevating mechanism is vertically and vertically suspended above the delivery port at the bottom of the hopper with an inclined bottom surface, and the material in the hopper is transferred to the shaft from the delivery port at the bottom of the hopper. A hinge-type pushing piece is attached to the hopper so that it can be opened and closed, and a slide plate connected to a reciprocating mechanism is also provided on the inclined bottom surface of the hopper. A feeding device characterized in that a hinge-type feeding piece that feeds along the side of the body to a downward feeding port is attached so as to be able to be turned upside down. 2. The feeding device according to claim 1, wherein each pushing piece is constructed of a rectangular plate. 3. The feeding device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of each pushing piece is attached to a shaft or a slide plate. 4. The feeding device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of slide plates are arranged on the inclined bottom surface of the hopper, and a pushing piece is attached to each slide plate. 5 A slide guide is fitted and fixed to the inclined bottom surface of the hopper, and the slide plate is slid along the inclined bottom surface of the hopper connected to the reciprocating mechanism via a liner that is slidably fitted into the slide guide. 5. The feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism is constructed as follows.