JPH057254B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically and continuously storing short and small stick-shaped foods such as sausages in various food containers, such as trays, in an aligned manner.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, there has been known a method in which bar-shaped foods that are transported in parallel by a transport device are discharged and housed in a tray at the end of the transport.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the case of the above method, there is not much problem when bar-shaped foods are stored in only one row parallel to the tray as shown in FIG. When accommodating several rows of foods in series, a problem arose in that the bar-shaped foods in the rear were obstructed by the bar-shaped foods in the front and could not be accommodated properly. Therefore, at present, the alignment and storage shown in FIG. 5 is left entirely to manual labor.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention adds a device to the terminal end of the conveying device which is the discharge section of the stick-shaped food. The object is to automatically accommodate bar-shaped foods in the arrangement shown in FIG.

[Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object, the present invention transports short and small stick-shaped foods in an upside-down state in alignment in the longitudinal direction, and at the end of the transport, transfers them to a tray that is fed to the end of the transport. ,
A conveyance device for discharging and storing the stick-shaped food, wherein at least the conveyance end portion of the device has a gutter-like groove for a discharge guide that slidingly guides the lower surface and left and right side surfaces of the stick-shaped food in a restrained state. and a large number of freely rotatable axial rollers that contact the upper surface of the bar-shaped food in this gutter-like groove in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bar-shaped food; and an endless transfer band facing the upper part of the trough-like groove, which has pushing pieces at predetermined intervals that come into contact with the trough-like groove.

[Embodiment] In FIG. 1, numeral 1 denotes a conveyor for supplying short and small stick-shaped foods made of sausages, and this conveyor 1 is connected to the terminal end of a conveying device A according to the present invention. This conveyor A consists of a lower conveyor 2 that descends obliquely from the start end to the end, and an endless transfer belt 3 that faces parallel to the upper part of the lower conveyor 2. A large number of axial rollers 5 arranged at equal intervals are mounted parallel to the machine frame 6 and freely rotatable, and the final axial roller of the group of axial rollers 5 has a conveyance terminal end B, which is a discharge section for bar-shaped foods. You will be contacted. This conveyance terminal end portion B consists of a plurality of gutter-like grooves 7 whose starting ends are connected to the annular grooves 4 of the final shaft roller, and the terminal ends of the gutter-like grooves 7 are not shown in the figure. The gutter-like groove 7 is formed by opening a tray 8 that is continuously fed by a conveyor, and the gutter-like groove 7 is formed between the lower surface and left and right side surfaces of the bar-shaped food with the bar-shaped food interposed in the groove in a prone state. is slidably guided, and the upper surface of the food product is formed to such a depth that it protrudes from the upper edge of the opening of the groove 7 in this guided state. Furthermore, the terminal end of each of the gutter-like grooves 7 is set to be narrow so that the bar-shaped food product discharged from the terminal end can be properly accommodated in the inner part of the tray, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the endless transfer belt 3 has a chain 10 suspended on a chain wheel 9 that is axially mounted on the machine frame as shown in FIG. A large number of shaft rollers 11 that come into contact with the upper surface of are rotatably supported on a bridge, and
The chain 10 supports the support shafts 12 at required intervals, and each support shaft 12 has a pushing piece 13 inserted in the gutter-like groove 7 so as to press against the rear end of the bar-shaped food on the lower conveyor 2. The pushing piece 13 is slidably inserted therethrough, and the pushing piece 13 is engaged with and guided by a rail 14 which is arranged as a bridge on the center axis of the trough-like groove 7 and the annular groove 4, respectively. The end of the support shaft 12 of the pushing piece 13 is engaged with and guided by a guide groove 15 provided in the machine frame 6.

[Operation of the invention] The bar foods that are fed to a plurality of pieces (two pieces in this example) in series by the supply conveyor 1 are transferred to the conveyor A.
is transferred to the lower conveyor 2 constituting the lower conveyor 2, is fitted and guided in the annular groove 4 of the shaft roller 5, and is sandwiched between the shaft roller 11 of the moving endless transfer belt 3, and the pushing piece 13 It is pushed and conveyed in a push-back manner and introduced into the terminal end of the conveyance device, that is, into the trough-like groove 7. In this introduced state, the lower part and left and right side surfaces of the bar-shaped food are restrained by the grooves, and the upper surface is brought into contact with the shaft roller 11 of the endless transfer belt 3, so floating of the bar-shaped food is not substantially allowed. In this state, the bar-shaped food products are discharged from the end of the gutter-shaped groove 7 by the continued pressing of the pusher piece 13, and are naturally arranged and accommodated in the tray 8 that has been moved at the appropriate time as shown in FIG.

[Effects of the Invention] In short, according to the present invention, there is provided a discharge guide for guiding the terminal end of the conveying device, which is the discharge portion of the bar-shaped food, in sliding contact with the lower surface and left and right side surfaces of the bar-shaped food in a restrained state. Since it is composed of an endless transfer belt having a gutter-like groove, a roller that comes into contact with the upper surface of the stick-like food in this groove, and a pushing piece that comes into contact with the rear end of the stick-like food in the groove in a pushing manner, As a result, especially when a plurality of stick-shaped foods are stored in a tray in series as shown in Fig. 6, the problem of the stick-shaped foods at the rear being obstructed by the stick-shaped foods at the front is eliminated. In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to automatically accommodate a plurality of bar-shaped food items in a tray in series in the conveyance direction, which is a great feature.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the conveying device, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower conveyor portion constituting the transfer device, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the same, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the endless transfer band portion, and Fig. 5 FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which bar-shaped foods are arranged and housed in a tray. A...Conveyance device, B...Conveyance end portion, 7...Gutter-shaped groove, 11...Roller, 13...Press piece, 3...
Endless transport belt.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conveyance device which conveys short and small stick-shaped foods in an upside-down state in alignment in the longitudinal direction, and discharges and stores the rod-shaped foods at the end of the conveyance into a tray that is run and supplied to the end of the conveyance, the device comprising at least the above-mentioned At the end of the conveyance, there is a gutter-like groove for a discharge guide that slidingly guides the lower surface and left and right side surfaces of the stick-shaped food in a restrained state, and a gutter-like groove for guiding the stick-like food in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the stick-shaped food in this gutter-like groove. The gutter-like groove has a large number of freely rotatable axial rollers that abut orthogonally to each other, and push pieces that abut the rear end of the bar-shaped food in a pushing manner at predetermined intervals when the axial rollers and the bar-shaped food are in contact with each other. 1. An apparatus for storing and conveying short and small rod-shaped foods onto a tray, characterized by comprising an endless transfer belt facing the top of the tray.