JPH0634676B2 - American dog manufacturing device and American dog dressing method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an American dog manufacturing apparatus for mass-producing American dogs with uniform clothes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-6164, a conventional American dog making apparatus performs a process from coating a skewered sausage to inserting it into a chuck of a frying device in a robot. I am making it.

Then, the skewer portion of the skewered sausage material is grasped with a robot hand, the sausage material is allowed to enter and be dipped in the liquid clothing material, and further the sausage material is horizontally moved forward, backward, leftward and rightward to adhere the clothing material to the surface of the sausage material. Raise the sausage material that has been garnished and raised vertically from the clothing material to a predetermined height, then shake the sausage material to shake off the excess adhering material and set the adhering amount of the clothing material to a predetermined amount. Adjust the hanging condition of the clothing material by stopping the tip for a few seconds with the tip pointing upward with a predetermined angle.
The battered sausage material is vertically inserted and dipped in the oil of the frying device containing oil heated to a predetermined temperature, and the skewer portion of the battered sausage material is inserted into the chuck of the fry device.

[0004]

In the conventional American dog-making device, the American dog-material is transferred from the supply conveyor to the frying device by one robot hand, and the skewer portion of the American dog-material is removed. The gripping robot hand is attached to a cantilever type general-purpose robot.

Therefore, the number of robot dogs that can be attached is significantly limited by the capability of the robots, and when the throughput of the American dogs material is increased, a plurality of American dogs manufacturing devices are installed side by side or the number of robot hands is increased. Or increase the number of robot hand clamps.

[0006] However, in the American dog manufacturing apparatus using the robot, in addition to the manufacturing line of the American dog material, it is necessary to provide a restricted area around the robot for safety, so that the floor area of the entire apparatus is reduced. There is a problem that the floor area must be increased if the American dog-making machines are installed side by side.

Further, when the number of robot hands is increased, the number of robot hands that can be attached is limited due to the capability of the robot hands, and the control thereof becomes complicated.

When increasing the clamp part of the robot hand,
Since the robot hand has a cantilever structure, for example, if 14 clamps are attached to the robot hand, the reliability of operation and position accuracy will differ at both ends and in the center due to the deflection and accuracy of the robot hand. Approximately 5% of the material was no longer reliably gripped by the robot hand and was dropped or dropped, and was manually supplemented so that it could be gripped by the clamp part. Therefore, one worker is required and it becomes impossible to achieve unmanned operation.

Moreover, the movement of the general-purpose robot is not a movement that can sufficiently control the flow of the clothing material attached to the American dog material, and is particularly remarkable when the rotating operation of the rotating shaft is performed by the air cylinder. is there. That is, the speed control on the way is not performed, and the motion is stopped at an end point of the operation. Therefore, it is not possible to attach a thick clothing material to the American dog meat material, and the clothing material is shaken off, the thickness is reduced to sacrifice some taste, and the thickness is made as uniform as possible. I was assured the quality.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an American dog production apparatus capable of improving the processing ability of American dog and producing a delicious American dog with a thick coat of American dog material.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The means for solving the problems according to claim 1 of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an American dog meat material D in which a skewer K is stabbed into a sausage S, in the direction in which the skewer K advances. And a butter tank 2 for storing clothes to be attached to the American dog material D, which is arranged on one side in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the supply conveyor 1 and which is conveyed in a horizontal state. , An oil tank 3 for frying the American dog meat material D, which is juxtaposed and provided in a position farther from the supply conveyor 1 than the butter tank 2, and a skewer K of the American dog material D on the supply conveyor 1. A plurality of juxtaposed first clamps 4 for gripping, a handling device 5 for moving the first clamps 4 from the supply conveyor 1 to the butter tank 2, and an American dotsu carried by the first clamps 4. A plurality of side-by-side second clamps 6 that receive the material D and grip the skewers K, a buttering device 7 that moves the second clamps 6 from the butter tank 2 to the oil tank 3, and the second clamps 6 convey the material. Further, the transporting device 8 receives the American dog material D and transports it in the oil tank 3, and the recovery device 9 for taking out the fried American dog material D.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first clamp 4 has rails 27 formed on both left and right sides of the frame body 20.
Both sides are supported by a front bridge 28 which is movable above, and the second clamp 6 is both supported by a rear bridge 73 which is movable above the rail 27, and the front bridge 28 is a frame body. 20 are arranged on the side of the supply conveyor 1 and the rear bridge 73 is
It is arranged on the oil tank 3 side of the frame body 20.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a skewer K is provided so that the sausage S with clothes on the second clamp 6 is on the lower side.
With respect to the American dog meat material D gripped by, the sausage S is conveyed upward from the butter tank 2 to the oil tank 3 while being continuously rotated so that the sausage S becomes lower again.

[0014]

In the above means for solving the problem, the American dog material D conveyed by the supply conveyor 1 is grasped by the first clamp 4 and conveyed to the butter tank 2 while being rotated 90 degrees by the handling device 5.

Second clamp 6 for American dog material D
And then put the clothes in the butter tank 2 and convey them to the oil tank 3 by the buttering device 7 while rotating the American dog material D by about 180 degrees and returning it to the original state, and the adhered clothes are evenly dropped. Try to be.

American Dogg Material D with clothes
Is transported while being deep-fried by the transport device 8 in the oil tank 3 and taken out by the recovery device 9.

In this way, when the second clamp 6 starts operation by inheriting the American dog material D from the first clamp 4, the first clamp 4 starts to transport the next American dog material D.

Therefore, since the two types of clamps can be operated simultaneously, American dogs can be efficiently manufactured in large quantities. Further, since the clamp has a stable two-sided support structure, the gripping position accuracy can be improved.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views of an American dog manufacturing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of main parts of the American dog manufacturing apparatus, and FIGS. 3A and 3B are control blocks. Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is a side view of the handling device, Fig. 5 is a plan view of a clamp portion of the handling device, Fig. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of a holding device of the first clamp, and Fig. 7 is a front view of a rotating device of the first clamp. FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a side view of the rotating device of the first clamp, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the butter tub, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the delivery chuck of the butter tub, FIG. 11 is a side view of the buttering device, and FIG. FIG. 13 is a partially cutaway side view of the second clamp rotating device, FIG. 14 is a front view of the second clamp rotating device, and FIG.
16 is a front view of the frying device, FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the conveying device of the frying device, FIG. 17 is a flow diagram from the butter tank to the oil tank of American dog meat material, and FIGS. 18-A, B, C, D are American dough This is a flow chart made by Tsugu.

The American dog-making apparatus of this embodiment is
As shown in the drawing, a supply conveyor 1 for transporting the American dog ingredients D in which the skewers K are inserted into the sausage S in a horizontal state in which the skewers K are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction.
And a butter tank 2 arranged on one side in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the supply conveyor 1 for accommodating clothing to be attached to the American dog material D, and at a position farther from the supply conveyor 1 than the butter tank 2. An oil tank 3 for frying the American dog material D provided with clothes, a plurality of first clamps 4 arranged in parallel for holding the skewers K of the American dog material D on the supply conveyor 1, and A handling device 5 for moving one clamp 4 from the supply conveyor 1 to the butter tank 2.
A plurality of juxtaposed second clamps 6 for receiving the American dog material D conveyed by the first clamp 4 and gripping the skewers K, and the second clamp 6 for the butter tank 2
Buttering device 7 for moving from the oil tank to the oil tank 3, and the American dog material D carried by the second clamp 6.
And a collecting device 9 for taking out the deep-fried American dog ingredients D.

The supply conveyor 1 is composed of a belt conveyor having a concave portion 1a for placing sausage on the surface thereof, and is intermittently movable at a predetermined speed. A sausage supply machine 10 for supplying the sausage S to the concave portion 1a of the supply conveyor 1 is provided, and the sausage S is provided on one side of the supply conveyor 1.
An automatic skewering machine 11 for inserting a skewer K is provided.

The American dogging material D placed on the supply conveyor 1 has skewers K arranged in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the supplying conveyor 1, and the American dogging material D
The butter tank 2 is arranged on the skewer K side, and the oil tank 3 is arranged on the downstream side of the butter tank 2 in the carrying direction. Then, a frame body 20 is provided from the supply conveyor 1 to above the butter tank 2, the frame body 20 is supported by four legs 21, and the handling device 5 is provided on the frame body 20 from the supply conveyor 1 side. The buttering devices 7 are sequentially arranged side by side so as to be movable.

The butter tank 2 holds a liquid clothing material in which wheat flour or the like is dissolved in water at a predetermined temperature, and is equipped with a liquid level sensor for detecting the liquid level of the clothing material. And the butter tank 2 is equipped with the clothing material supply device which supplies a clothing material automatically.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, in the butter tank 2, a horizontal bar 22 is horizontally installed on the upper surface of the supply conveyor 1 side, and the same number as the first clamp 4 is provided on the side surface of the horizontal bar 22. Delivery chucks 23 for sandwiching the skewers K are attached in a horizontal row.

The handling device 5 includes a first moving device 24 for moving the first clamp 4 forward and backward in the carrying direction,
A first lifting device 25 for moving the first clamp 4 up and down, and a first rotation device 26 for rotating the first clamp 4 by 90 degrees.
The first clamp 4 is supported on both sides by a horizontal plate 29 which is vertically movable by a front bridge 28 which is movable on rails 27 formed on both left and right sides of the frame 20. There is.

As shown in FIG. 4, the horizontal plate 29 has an elevating cylinder 30 attached to the front bridge 28 at the center thereof.
Rod 30a is attached, and hollow shafts 31 are attached to both left and right sides of the cylinder 30.
Is supported on the front bridge 28 through a bush 32 so as to be movable up and down, and the cylinder 30 and the hollow shaft 31 constitute the first elevating device 25.

The first clamp 4 is, as shown in FIGS.
It is composed of a plurality of sets of right claws 40 and left claws 41 facing each other, and a first gripping device 42 for moving the right claw 40 and the left claw 41 close to and away from each other.

The right claw 40 is formed of a long plate having a recess formed in the center for sandwiching the skewer K.
They are attached to the lower shafts 43 via a. Similarly to the right claw 40, the left claw 41 is formed from a U-shaped long plate having a recess formed in the center, and is attached to the upper shaft 44 via the attachment pieces 41a.

As shown in FIG. 6, a center shaft 46 is supported by side plates 45 at both ends of the horizontal plate 29, and a holding plate 47 having one end of the upper shaft 44 fixed to the right end side of the center shaft 46 is slidable and rotatable. It is fitted freely. Similarly, the center shaft 46
The holding plate 47 of the lower shaft 43 is slidably and rotatably fitted on the left end side of the. In addition, each holding plate 47 has
Recesses 47a are formed so that when the first clamp 4 sandwiches the skewer K, the ends of the upper shaft 44 and the lower shaft 43 opposite to the holding plate 47 come into contact with each other.

The first gripping device 42 includes a right chucking cylinder 5 for moving the upper shaft 44 left and right along the center shaft 46.
0, a left chucking cylinder 51 that similarly moves the lower shaft 43 left and right, and a connecting body 52 for connecting each cylinder 50, 51 to the upper shaft 44 or the lower shaft 43.

The cylinders 50 and 51 are fixed to the outer surface of the side plate 45, respectively. The connecting body 52 is attached to the rods of the cylinders 50 and 51 and is guided in the axial direction by a pair of upper and lower guide pins 53 fixed to the side plate 45. The holding plate 47 is rotatably fitted in the lower portion of the connecting body 52 via a bearing 54.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first rotating device 26 is mounted at a position slightly inside the left and right ends of the horizontal plate 29, and as shown in FIGS. 60 and a rotating body 62 rotatably attached to the tip of the rod 60a of the cylinder 60 via a pin 61.
Consists of. The upper shaft 44, the center shaft 46, and the lower shaft 43 are inserted into the rotating body 62, and are rotated about the center shaft 46.

Further, a pair of shock absorbers 63 for restricting the rotation of the rotating body 62 so that the American dog material D is in a horizontal state or a hanging state and for absorbing a shock at the time of stopping the rotation of the horizontal plate 29. A restricting plate 64 attached to the lower side and abutting against the shock absorber 63 and rotatably supported by the pin 61 of the rod 60a is attached to the horizontal plate 29 rotatably around the shaft 65.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first moving device 24 is composed of a traveling cylinder 66 for moving the front bridge 28 forward and backward on the rail 27 of the frame 20. The cylinder 66 is provided on both left and right sides of the frame 20. It is arranged on the upper surface and moves the handling device 5 from the supply conveyor 1 to above the delivery chuck 23 of the butter tank 2. Further, a sub-cylinder 67 for fine movement traveling is provided between the traveling cylinder 66 and the front bridge 28.

The buttering device 7, as shown in FIG.
A second moving device 70 for moving the second clamp 6 forward and backward in the carrying direction, a second elevating device 71 for vertically moving the second clamp 6, and a second rotating device 72 for continuously rotating the second clamp 6. Consists of. Like the first clamp 4, it is supported on both sides by a horizontal plate 74 which is vertically movable on a rear bridge 73 which is movable on the rail 27 of the frame 20.

The second lifting / lowering device 71 includes a lifting / lowering drive unit 80 for supporting the center of the horizontal plate 74, and a hollow shaft 81 attached to the left and right sides of the horizontal plate 74 and vertically movably supported by the rear bridge 73. The lifting drive unit 80 is provided with a lifting servomotor 83 mounted above the rear bridge 73 via a tubular body 82, and a rotational force is transmitted from the servomotor 83 via a belt 84. The horizontal screw 74 is moved up and down when the ball screw moves up and down with respect to the rear bridge 73.

Like the first clamp 4, the second clamp 6 has a right claw 90, a left claw 91 and a second gripping device 92.
The right claw 90 and the left claw 91 have the same shape as that of the first clamp 4, the right claw 90 is attached to the front shaft 93 via the front connecting piece 94, and the left claw 91 is the rear shaft. 95
Is attached via a rear connecting piece 96.

An intermediate shaft 97 is disposed between the front shaft 93 and the rear shaft 95, and both ends thereof are supported by the side plates 98 of the horizontal plate 74. A support piece 99 for supporting the front shaft 93 and the rear shaft 95 is swingably attached to the right side portion of the center shaft 97 via a center pin 100.
A front shaft 93 is rotatably attached to the front end of the shaft via a front pin 101, and a rear shaft 95 is similarly attached to the rear end by a rear pin 102.

The left side end of the rear shaft 95 has the side plate 98.
The front shaft 93 is fixed to the fixed piece 103 at the left end thereof.

The fixing piece 103 is attached to the rod of a checking cylinder 104 fixed to the side plate 98, and the second gripping device 92 is provided with the cylinder 104 for moving the front shaft 93 in the axial direction and the front part. The gripping means 105 is configured to move the shaft 93 and the rear shaft 95 via the support piece 99 in the opposite direction to bring the right claw 90 and the left claw 91 into close contact with each other.

As shown in FIG. 12, the grip means 105 includes a pair of left collars 107 externally fitted and fixed to the front shaft 93 by screws 106 at positions on both sides of the front connecting piece 94 externally fitted to the front shaft 93. It consists of a right collar 108 and a compression spring 109 that biases the front connecting piece 94 to the left side to press the right claw 90 toward the left claw 91, and a similar mechanism moves in the opposite direction with respect to the left claw 91. It is provided in. The spring 1
09 is externally fitted to the front shaft 93, one end of which abuts on the right collar 108 and the other end of which abuts on the recess 94a of the front connecting piece 94.

The front connecting piece 94 is slidably fitted on the front shaft 93 and the center shaft 97, has a hole 94b for inserting the rear shaft 95, and has a right pawl 90 formed below the center shaft 97. ing. Further, the rear connecting piece 96 is similarly configured with respect to the rear shaft 95.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the second rotating device 72 includes a first gear 120 fitted and fixed to a center shaft 97, a second gear 121 meshed with the first gear 120, and a second gear 121. The gear 121 includes a rotating shaft 124 that is rotatably supported by a hanging piece 122 that is fitted and fixed to the outside and hangs down from the horizontal plate 74 via a bearing 123, and a rotation driving means 125 that rotates the rotating shaft 124. .

The first gear 120 and the second gear 121
Are arranged one by one on the left and right, and the hanging piece 122 is arranged on the outer side thereof. The right end of the rotary shaft 124 is connected to the pulley shaft 126 via a bolt 127.

The pulley shaft 126 is rotatably inserted in the side plate 98, and the timing pulley 128 is fixed to the outer end portion thereof. In addition, the side plate 98 and the timing pulley 1
28, a mounting cylinder 129 in which the pulley shaft 126 is internally mounted
Are attached to the side plate 98.

The rotation driving means 125 has a drive pulley 131 connected to the timing pulley 128 via a timing belt 130 having teeth, and the drive pulley 131.
A rotary drive unit 132 for rotationally driving and a rotary servomotor 133 as a drive source for the rotary drive unit 132, each of which is disposed above the horizontal plate 74.

The rotary drive unit 132 comprises a harmonic drive that connects the motor shaft of the servomotor 133 and a driven shaft that is internally fixed to the drive pulley 131, and a torque limiter is attached to the drive pulley 131. . Further, a tension pulley 134 is circumscribed around the timing belt 130, and the tension pulley 134 is
Is attached to the attachment tube 129 by a support member 135.

The second moving device 70 includes the rear bridge 73.
And a pair of left and right ball screws 140a, 140b screwed to the inner side of the frame body 20, and the ball screws 140a,
140b for rotating a servomotor 141 for running, and the servomotor 141 and the ball screw 140 on the left side.
It is connected to a through a belt. A bevel gear is attached to the motor side of the ball screw 140a, and bevel gears are provided at both ends between the left and right ball screws 140a and 140b, and a relay shaft 142 in a direction orthogonal to the ball screws 140a and 140b is mounted on the frame body 20. The relay shaft 142 is meshed with the bevel gear of the left ball screw 140a and the bevel gear of the right ball screw 140b, and the rotary driving force of the motor 141 also connects the relay shaft 142 to the right ball screw 140b. Transmitted through.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the oil tank 3 contains oil heated to a predetermined temperature, and the oil tank 3 is provided with the transfer device 8.

As shown in FIG. 16, the carrying device 8 includes a receiving chuck 152 for receiving the skewer K of the American dog material D from the second clamp 6 of the buttering device 7, and a plurality of receiving chucks 152 arranged in a horizontal line. A horizontal bar 153 horizontally mounted on the upper surface of the mounting oil tank 3, and a chain conveyor 1 for transporting the horizontal bar 153 at fixed intervals while holding both ends thereof.
And 54.

Further, the collecting device 9 is arranged on the downstream side of the oil tank 3 in the conveying direction, and the collecting device 9 is attached to an upper portion of the collecting device 9 and is sandwiched between the receiving dogs 152. Scratch piece 1 to remove by hooking K
55, and a shutter 156 for sliding the American dog material D removed from the receiving chuck 152 into a recovery container (not shown).

The chain conveyor 154 includes a driven pulley 160 mounted in the oil tank 3, a drive pulley 161 mounted on the upper portion of the collecting device 9, and a drive pulley 161 mounted on the oil tank 3 from the oil tank 3 through an opening 162. In the first pulley 163 leading to the upper part of the recovery device 9, the second and third pulleys 164 and 165 attached to the lower part of the recovery device 9 and guided upward through the lower part of the recovery device 9, and the opening 162 of the recovery device 9. A fourth pulley 166 that is attached and leads from the recovery device 9 to the oil tank 3.
And a fifth pulley 167 mounted in the oil tank 3, and a chain conveyor 154 by a drive device (not shown).
Are intermittently moved and circulated from the oil tank 3 through the recovery device 9.

The first clamp 4 is attached to the front bridge 28.
Is provided with a first rear limit sensor 170b that detects that the rear end position of the supply conveyor 1 is retracted, and a first front limit sensor 170a that detects that the rear end position of the butter tank 2 has advanced to above the delivery chuck 23, In the rear bridge 73, a second rear limit sensor 171b that detects that the second clamp 6 has retracted to the delivery chuck 23 of the butter tank 2, and a second that detects that the second clamp 6 has advanced to above the reception chuck 152 of the oil tank 3 The second front limit sensor 171a is provided.

In the first elevating device 25, up to the position where the first clamp 4 holds the American dog material D on the supply conveyor 1 and the position where the American dog material D is delivered to the delivery chuck 23 of the butter tank 2. The first lower limit sensor 172b that detects that it has descended, and the first clamp 4
Is provided with a first upper limit sensor 172a for detecting that the item has been moved up to a position where the American dog material D is transported.

The first rotating device 26 of the handling device 5 includes a first starting point sensor 173a for detecting that the first clamp 4 is in a horizontal state, and a first starting point sensor 173a for detecting a position rotated downward by 90 degrees. An end point sensor 173b is provided, and the first gripping device 42 detects the close / separated state between the right claw 40 and the left claw 41 of the first clamp 4 by the first opening / closing sensor 1
74 are provided.

Further, in the second lifting device 71, the second clamp 6 holds the American dog material D in the delivery chuck 23 of the butter tank 2 and the receiving chuck 152 of the oil tank 3 at the position where the second dog 6 holds the American dog material D. A second lower limit sensor 175b that detects that the position has dropped to the delivery position;
A second upper limit sensor 175a for detecting that the second clamp 6 has been raised to a position where the American dog material D is conveyed.
And the second middle limit sensor 1 for detecting the lower limit position when the American dog material D is lowered while being rotated.
75c are provided.

The second rotating device 72 of the second clamp 6 includes:
A second starting point sensor 176a that detects a position where the second clamp 6 places the American dog material D in a hanging state, and a second end point sensor 176b that detects that the American dog material D has rotated 185 degrees counterclockwise. The second gripping device 92 is provided with a right claw 90 and a left claw 91 of the second clamp 6.
A second opening / closing sensor 177 is provided to detect the closeness / separation state to and from.

These sensors are composed of limit switches, and their on / off signals are output to the controller 178.

As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 178 controls the supply conveyor 1, the first clamp 4, the handling device 5,
The second clamp 6, the buttering device 7, and the transfer device 8 are operated in a predetermined order.
When 0 is turned on, the sausage feeder 10 and the automatic skewering machine 11 are operated to make American dog material D, and the American dog preparation means 181 that drives the supply conveyor 1 intermittently, and the American dog preparation on the supply conveyor 1. A transport means 182 that transports the material D to the butter tank 2 while holding the material D by the first clamp 4 and rotating it 90 degrees downward.
And a delivery means 183 for delivering the American dog material D inserted in the butter tank 2 to the delivery chuck 23, and the second clamp 6 receives the American dog material D from the delivery chuck 23 and moves it up and down in the butter tank 2 Battering means 184 for attaching clothes to the dog material D, and lifting the American dog material D with the clothes and rotating the American dog material D to the oil tank 3 so that the clothes have a uniform thickness. Means 185, transfer means 186 for inserting the American dog material D into the oil tank 3 and transferring it to the receiving chuck 152 of the conveying device 8, and the chain conveyor 154 for a while when the American dog material D moves to the receiving chuck 152. It is moved intermittently so as to stop, and the American dog meat material D is fried, and the recovery device 9 uses the American The suspender material D and a fly-collecting unit 187 removed from the receiving chuck 152.

The control device 178 has a function of operating the clothing material supply device to supply a certain level when the liquid level sensor detects that the amount of the clothing material in the butter tank 2 is small. Further, each device is also stopped by turning on the stop switch.

Then, the control device 178 controls the sequencer to perform the next operation while making a judgment in accordance with a predetermined order based on the ON / OFF state of the limit switch.

The operation of such sequence control is shown in FIG.
It will be described based on.

First, the handling device 5 is in the rear limit position, the first clamp 4 is in the upper limit position, and the initial state is the open state in the horizontal state.
Is also in the rear end position, the second clamp 6 is in the upper limit position, and is in the initial state in which the second clamp 6 is opened in the horizontal state.

Then, when the clothing material is in a predetermined level in the butter tank 2 and the abnormal lamp is not lit,
The operation ready lamp is turned on. At this time, when the operation switch 170 is turned on, the operation is started.

The supply conveyor 1 is driven by the American dog preparation means 181 and the sausage supply machine 10 is operated so that the sausage S is thrown into the concave portion 1a of the supply conveyor 1 one by one. Then, several seconds after the sausage S reaches the automatic skewer 11, the automatic skewer 11 is activated and the sausage S is stabbed with the skewer K.

The oil tank 3 is heated by a burner or the like to raise the oil temperature.

When the American dog meat material D in which the skewer K is stabbed in the sausage S is produced by the number of the first clamps 4 and is conveyed to the handling device 5 by the supply conveyor 1, the supply conveyor 1 is temporarily stopped. Be stopped. At the same time, the operation of the automatic skewering machine 11 is stopped.

Then, the elevating cylinder 30 is extended by the carrying means 182 to lower the first clamp 4 to the height of the supply conveyor 1. Next, the chucking cylinders 50 and 51 of the first gripping device 42 extend to bring the right claw 40 and the left claw 41 close to each other to grip the skewer K of the American dog material D on the supply conveyor 1. At this time, if the position of the first clamp 4 and the position of the American dog material D on the supply conveyor 1 are deviated, the first clamp 4 is once lifted and then the supply conveyor 1 is slightly driven to move the position. After adjusting, the first clamp 4 is lowered again.

The first clamp 4 is made of American dog material D
When held in a horizontal state, the lifting cylinder 30 is shortened and the first clamp 4 is raised to a predetermined height. Then, when the rotation cylinder 60 is shortened, the rotating body 62 rotates counterclockwise around the center shaft 46 by 90 degrees. Along with this, the first clamp 4 also rotates, and the American dog meat material D is held in a hanging state with the skewer K on top.

In this state, the traveling cylinder 66 of the first moving device 24 is extended, and the front bridge 28 supporting the first clamp 4 advances on the rail 27 of the frame 20 to transfer the butter tub 2. Positioning is performed by moving to a position above the chuck 23 and finely moving by the sub-cylinder 67.

Next, the lifting cylinder 30 is extended to
The first clamp 4 is lowered and the American dog material D is inserted into the batter of the butter tank 2. And the delivery means 18
3 operates the sub-cylinder 67 to move the first clamp 4
Slightly retreat, skewer K of American dog meat material D
Is pushed into the delivery chuck 23 of the butter tank 2. When the first clamp 4 is opened and lifted, the skewer K of the American dog material D is sandwiched by the delivery chuck 23 and held in the butter tank 2.

After that, the first clamp 4 is retracted to a position above the supply conveyor 1, rotated 90 degrees, returned to the initial state, and waits until the next American dog material D arrives. In addition, the chain conveyor 15 of the transfer device 8
4 is stopped and the operation of the buttering device 7 is started.

First, the raising and lowering servomotor 83 and the traveling servomotor 141 are driven by the dressing means 184, the second clamp 6 moves backward while descending, and the American dog material D held in the delivery chuck 23. Skewer K
Approach. When the chucking cylinder 104 is shortened, the fixed piece 103 moves to the left and the front shaft 93 also moves, and the support piece 99 swings clockwise around the center shaft 97. Then, the right claw 90 and the left claw 91 approach each other and grip the skewer K of the American dog material D.

Then, as shown in FIG. 17, the second clamp 6 holds the American dog material D (W ₀ ).
Then, the second clamp 6 is horizontally moved to the front side (W ₁ ).

The second clamp 6 is slightly lowered (W ₂ ), and the clothing material is attached to the American dog material D. Next, the second clamp 6 is lifted up to a predetermined height by the buttering means 185 (W ₄ ).

At this time, when the American dog meat material D comes out of the butter tank 2, the second clamp 6 is moved up and down once to shake off excess clothes.

Here, the traveling servo motor 141 is driven to move the second clamp 6 forward to the oil tank 3, while the rotation servo motor 133 and the lifting servo motor 83 are being moved.
Is driven to rotate the second clamp 6 while moving it up and down.

That is, the American dog meat material D is rotated counterclockwise (W _{5 to} W ₆ ) in the traveling direction from the hanging state where the sausage S is on the lower side, and the horizontal state (W
₇ ) As it is, while rotating, gradually lowers the second clamp 6 (W ₈ ~W _10). When the American dog material D has rotated 180 degrees and the sausage S has come to the upper side (W ₁₁ ), the lowering of the second clamp 6 is stopped, and further rotation is continued until it reaches 185 degrees (W ₁₂ ).

Then, while the second clamp 6 is moved forward in the horizontal direction, it is started to rotate in the reverse direction (W ₁₃ ). While rotating, the second clamp 6 is slightly lifted (W ₁₅ ) to be horizontal (W _{16 to} W ₁₈ ). Further, the second clamp 6 is rotated while being raised so that the sausage S reaches a position above the oil tank 3 in a hanging state in which the sausage S is on the lower side (W ₂₀ ).

In this way, by rotating the American dog meat material D by half rotation and returning it to the original position, the garment attached to the tip of the sausage S flows toward the skewer K toward the skewer side of the sausage S. However, as it rotates in the reverse direction again, it flows toward the tip of the sausage S, and the attachment thickness of the clothes becomes uniform above and below the sausage S. At this time, the batter tries to hang down from the sausage S, but since the inclination of the sausage S changes before falling off from the sausage S, it flows out faster than it falls, so that the amount of batter deposited can be increased without dropping.

When the second clamp 6 reaches above the receiving chuck 152, the forward movement of the second clamp 6 is stopped and the second clamp 6 is lowered until the sausage S is inserted into the oil tank 3 (W ₂₁ ). . And the transfer means 18
The second clamp 6 is slightly advanced by 6 to push the skewer K into the receiving chuck 152, open the second clamp 6, and receive the American dog material D in the receiving chuck 15
2 (W ₂₂ ). After that, the supply conveyor 1 is raised and returned to the initial state. At this time, the tact interval of the chain conveyor 154 is determined, and if appropriate, the chain conveyor 154 is driven and the American dog material D is moved in oil. If it is short, the chain conveyor 154 is driven after being stopped for a while.

The American dog meat material D is fried for a predetermined time while being intermittently transferred in the oil tank 3 by the fry collecting means 187. Then, the deep-fried American dog meat material D is transferred to the oil tank 3 by the chain conveyor 154.
And is sent to the recovery device 9.

The American dog material D having the skewer K held in the receiving chuck 152 is moved by the scraping piece 155 of the collecting device 9 to catch the skewer K, and the receiving chuck 15 receives the skewer K.
It comes off from No. 2 and slides down the Shutter 156, and is stored in the collection container as American dog.

As described above, the handling device 5 and the buttering device 7 return to the initial state after one cycle, and the same operation is repeated. Therefore, when the second clamp 6 is operating, the first clamp 4 starts the next operation, and when the second clamp 6 inherits the American dog material D from the first clamp 4 and starts the operation,
The first clamp 4 has started to carry the next American dog material D. When the operation switch is pressed once, the above operation is performed only once.

Therefore, since the two types of clamps can be simultaneously operated, the American dog can be efficiently mass-produced without increasing the floor area of the manufacturing apparatus as in the conventional case. . Further, since the clamp has a stable gate-shaped structure, it is only necessary to increase the number of the clamps and spread them laterally even when making equipment having a large processing capacity, and the manufacturing apparatus can be easily modified. In addition, since the control of the entire apparatus is performed by the sequencer without using a microcomputer, the cost can be reduced.

Further, since the clamp has a stable support structure, the positional accuracy can be improved and the skewer K of the American dog material D can be reliably gripped. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually supplement the fall of the American dog material D as in the prior art, and complete unmanned operation can be achieved.

Moreover, when the American dog material D is moved from the butter tank 2 to the oil tank 3, since the second clamp 6 is controlled by the motor in a continuous movement, the American dog material D is not impacted at the time of stop. The batter attached to the American dog material D does not fall off without being transmitted, and the batter can be uniformly and thickly attached, and a delicious American dog with a thick bough can be manufactured.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that many modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiments within the scope of the present invention.

[0090]

As is apparent from the above description, according to claim 1 of the present invention, when the second clamp takes over the American dog material from the first clamp and starts operation, the first clamp moves to the next American dog. Since the transportation of the material is started, it is possible to efficiently produce a large amount of American dogs using two types of clamps without increasing the floor area of the production apparatus as in the conventional case.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the clamp has a stable two-sided support structure, it is sufficient to increase the number of the clamps and spread them laterally even when making equipment having a large processing capacity. Can be modified.

Further, the accuracy of the gripping position of the clamp can be improved, and the skewer of American dog material can be reliably gripped. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to manually supplement the dropping of the American dog meat material, and complete unmanned operation can be achieved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the American dog material is moved from the butter tank to the oil tank, the second clamp is controlled by the motor in a continuous motion, so that the shock at the time of stop is transmitted to the American dog material. In addition, the clothes attached to the American dog material do not fall off, the clothes can be evenly and thickly attached, and a delicious American dog with thick clothes can be manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1-A is a perspective view of an American dog manufacturing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1-B is a perspective view of an American dog manufacturing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of an American dog manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 3-A is a control block diagram.

FIG. 3-B is a control block diagram.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the handling device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a clamp portion of the handling device.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the gripping device of the first clamp.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the rotation device of the first clamp.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the rotation device of the first clamp.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a butter tank.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the delivery chuck of the butter tub.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the buttering device.

FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway plan view of the gripping device of the second clamp.

FIG. 13 is a partially cutaway side view of the rotating device of the second clamp.

FIG. 14 is a front view of the rotating device of the second clamp.

FIG. 15 is a front view of a frying device.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a transfer device of the frying device.

FIG. 17 is a flow diagram from the butter tank to the oil tank of American dog meat material.

FIG. 18-A is an American dog production flow chart.

FIG. 18-B is an American dog production flow chart.

FIG. 18-C is an American dog production flow chart.

FIG. 18-D is an American dog production flow chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Supply Conveyor 2 Butter Tank 3 Oil Tank 4 First Clamp 5 Handling Device 6 Second Clamp 7 Buttering Device 8 Conveying Device 9 Recovery Device 20 Frame 27 Rail 28 Maebashi 73 Rear Bridge D American Dogg Material S Sausage K Skewer

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Osamu Osakaji 1-4-6 Sakurajima, Konohana-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Hitachi Shipbuilding Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koichi Nishimura 1 Sakurajima, Konohana-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture No. 4-6 Hitachi Zosen Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A supply conveyor that conveys American dog meat material in which a skewer is inserted into a sausage in a horizontal state in which the skewer is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction, and a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the supply conveyor. A butter tank arranged on one side in the direction for accommodating the clothes to be attached to the American dog ingredients, and an oil tank for frying the American dog ingredients to which the clothes are attached and arranged side by side at a position farther from the supply conveyor than the butter tank. A plurality of juxtaposed first clamps for grasping skewers of American dog meat on the supply conveyor, a handling device for moving the first clamps from the supply conveyor to the butter tank, and a first clamp for carrying. A plurality of second clamps arranged in parallel for receiving the American dog ingredients and gripping the skewers, and moving the second clamps from the butter tank to the oil tank An American dog machine comprising a buttering device, a carrying device for receiving the American dog meat material carried by the second clamp and carrying it in an oil tank, and a collecting device for taking out the fried American dog meat material. Tsugu manufacturing equipment. 2. The first clamp according to claim 1 is supported on both sides by a front bridge body which is movable on rails formed on both left and right sides of the frame body, and the second clamp according to claim 1.
It is supported on both sides by a rear bridge body that is movable on the rail, the front bridge body is arranged on the supply conveyor side of the frame body, and the rear bridge body is arranged on the oil tank side of the frame body. Characteristic American dog manufacturing equipment. 3. The sausage is on the upper side and the sausage is on the lower side again with respect to the American dog meat material in which the skewer is gripped so that the sausage with clothes is on the lower side of the second clamp according to claim 1. The American dog dog dressing method is characterized in that it is transported from the butter tank to the oil tank while continuously rotating.