JPH0761464B2 - Dish shaped container sorting method and device therefor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Industrial field of use" The present invention relates to a method for discharging a dish-shaped molded container assortment and an apparatus therefor.

"Prior art" Conventionally, a dish-shaped molding container for agricultural products or agriculture could be applied to mass production of one kind by using a mold of one kind in one molding device, but eggs, apples and other fruits Or, it became necessary to manufacture a large variety of seedling pots for a relatively small amount. The shape is slightly different depending on the size only with chicken eggs or apples, and it is necessary to carry out the products mixed in the same transportation system for each variety according to the order in terms of equipment efficiency.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention is a multi-product small-quantity production in which a plurality of types of dish-shaped molding containers that are carried out in a mixed state in the same transportation system are sorted into a plurality of carry-out conveyors by sorting by type. It is intended to be applied to.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention molds a plurality of types of dish-shaped containers having different shapes by a plurality of sets of male and female molds, and the like on the same conveyor line. It is supplied at every interval, the dish-shaped container is dried on the same conveyor line, and is distributed from the line to a plurality of carry-out conveyors by the distribution device that operates according to the detection signal of the product type. Discharge method for dish-shaped molded container as described above Discharge method for dish-shaped molded container as described in the above invention, wherein the dish-shaped container is a pulp mold, Dish-shaped molded container as described above, wherein the dish-shaped container is a nursery pot Carrying out method In a dish-shaped container automatic molding apparatus in which a plurality of sets of male and female molding molds for pulp molding for forming a dish-shaped container and its operating device are supported on a machine frame, the shape of the mold is small. Both set connects the same conveyor line others and Ili, molding apparatus, after which the conveyor line has indicated drying chamber, a plurality of discharge conveyor through a sorting device to its rear end,
Further, the above-mentioned operating device is provided with a motion sensing device, and the dish-shaped molded container sorting device is formed so that the sorting device driving device is actuated by the sensing signal. Shaped container sorting / unloading device The sorting device is constituted by the dish-shaped molded container sorting / unloading device according to the fourth or fifth invention, wherein the sorting device is a sorting plate.

[Operation] Accordingly, a plurality of sets of male and female molding frames 1 and 2 for molding the dish-shaped container 3 provided on the machine frame 8 are moved closer to and away from each other by the operating device 9, and the material supplied between the molds 1 and 2 is It is molded into a dish-shaped container 3 by the molds 1 and 2 and is discharged to the same conveyor line 4 at equal intervals. The shape or size of the dish-shaped container 3 is different in at least one of the plurality of molds 1 and 2 depending on the plurality of molds 1 and 2. One of the plurality is detected by a sensing device 11 provided in the operating device 9, and the driving signal 12 of the sorting device 5 is operated by the sensing signal to be discharged from just the end of the conveyor line 4. Deformed dish-shaped container 3
Is distributed by the sorting device 5 to the plurality of carry-out conveyors 7, 7 '.
The other dish-shaped container 3 is distributed to one conveyor 7 in the inside and is supplied to another unloading conveyor 7 ′ by the opposite operation of the driving device 12 by stopping the signal.

The molds for pulp mold making are used as the male and female molding forms 1 and 2, and the dish-shaped container 3 is made of pulp mold, and the same conveyor line 4 is passed through the drying chamber 13 to dry the container 3. Let

The plurality of sets of formwork 1 and 2 may be of the same conveyor line 4 regardless of whether each set has a different shape or size.
A plurality of dish-shaped containers 3 having different shapes or sizes can be discharged on the upper side, and are distributed by a distribution device 5 to a plurality of carry-out conveyors 7 and 7'for each type or product type.

The container 3 may contain foods such as eggs and apples, or a seedling pot for storing seedling soil and paddy.

"Example" A pulp mold melting tank 15 is provided in a machine frame 8, and a large-diameter rotary frame 16 that rotates inside the tank 15 is provided with a male forming mold 1 for papermaking of nine dish-shaped containers 3 3 to fit the male mold 1 on top
A small-diameter rotary frame 17 provided with one female mold 2 is provided, and both rotary frames 1
An operating device 9 for rotating the rotary shafts 18 and 18 'of 6 and 17 by meshing gears in the opposite directions (arrows a and b) at the same peripheral speed is formed, and the male and female molds 1 and 2 are addressed to one set. Fit the mold 1,
2, the pulp mold dish-shaped containers 3 can be discharged on the same conveyor line 4 at equal intervals at the same pitch. The male mold 1 is sucked in the pulp mold liquid 19 in the tank 15 by a suction device to form the pulp mold.
After being made into paper, turned to the upper part and passed to the female form 2, the mesh plate is bypassing the starting sprocket 20 of the same conveyor line 4.
Supplied by blowing on 21. Above conveyor line 4
Is an endless rotary chain 22 and the mesh plate 21 is pivotally supported by the pins 21 'at equal intervals, and enters the drying chamber 13 from the upper transition part of the chain 22 to dry the dish-shaped container 3 on the mesh plate 21. At one end of the lower transition portion (below the above-mentioned starting end sprocket 20), the mesh plate 21 tilts along the guide and drops the dish-shaped container 3 on the mesh plate 21 onto the short conveyor 23, and further Through the chutes 24 and 25, and is supplied onto the carry-out conveyors 7 and 7'arranged at the lower ends of the chutes 24 and 25. Shoot 24 above,
In FIG. 25, a distribution device 5 pivotally supports a distribution valve or distribution plate 14 etc. by a pin 14 'and a drive device 12 by an air cylinder 12' swings from a solid line position in FIG. 1 to a virtual line position or vice versa. The dish-shaped container 3 falling from the short conveyor 23 can be distributed to either of the chutes 24 and 25. Moreover, a branch chute (not shown) of one chute 24 is provided,
The above-mentioned sorting device 5 is provided at the branching portion, and can be sorted into three carry-out conveyors 7, 7 ', 7 "(not shown).
The above chute 24, 25 is not always necessary and the sorting device 5
Can be directly distributed to the carry-out conveyors 7, 7 ', 7 ". The air cylinder 12' is operated by a solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve is a sensing signal from a motion sensing device 11 by a proximity switch provided in the machine frame 8. 1 of the three female molds 2 of the small-diameter rotary frame 17 by the sensing device 11.
The odd shaped mold 2 is detected by the iron piece 26 and the above-mentioned signal is emitted. Then, the dish-shaped container 3 falling from the short conveyor 23 is made to coincide with the one formed by the above-mentioned odd-shaped molds 1 and 2. The three female molds 2 are not shaped molds, and the dish-shaped containers 3 having three different shapes or sizes can be distributed to the three kinds of carry-out conveyors 7, 7 ', 7 ". In the direction parallel to the rotating shafts 18 and 18 ', the mold 1,
It is possible to arrange the two in a plurality of rows and to arrange the same conveyor line 4 in a plurality of rows so as to distribute the conveyors to a large number of carry-out conveyors 7, 7 ', 7 ". The container 3 can be molded into a container for food such as eggs and apples or a container for raising seedlings having a different shape or size by the molding device 10. The container 27 is shown in FIG. A guide plate for the dish-shaped container 3, 28 is a defective product removing device,
29 and 29 'are stackers for the dish-like container 3, and 30 and 30' are pushing devices in the stackers 29 and 29 '.

"Effects" Since the present invention is based on the method and apparatus described above, a plurality of dish-shaped containers 3 having different shapes or sizes are manufactured by the same molding apparatus 10, and are carried out to the same conveyor line 4 and then mixed into a plurality of types. The conveyors 7, 7 ', 7 "can be sorted and carried out to carry out small-lot production of a wide variety of products in the same production facility.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a side view showing a dish-shaped molded container sorting / unloading device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a side view taken along the line BB in FIG. . 1, 2 ... Male and female molding form, 3 ... Dish-shaped container, 4 ... Same conveyor line, 5 ... Sorting device, 7, 7 '... Delivery conveyor, 8 ... Machine frame, 9 ... Operation Device, 10 ... Automatic dish-shaped container forming device, 11 ... Motion sensing device, 12 ... Distributor driving device, 13 ... Drying chamber, 14 ... Distributor plate.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A dish-shaped container of a plurality of types having different shapes is formed by a plurality of sets of male and female molding frames, and the dish-shaped containers are supplied at equal intervals on the same conveyor line. And a sorting device that operates in response to a detection signal of the product type to sort each product type from the line to a plurality of carry-out conveyors. 2. The dish-shaped molded container sorting method according to claim 1, wherein the dish-shaped container is a pulp mold. 3. The dish-shaped container is a seedling raising pot (1).
Alternatively, the dish-shaped molded container sorting method as described in (2). 4. A dish-shaped container automatic molding apparatus in which a machine frame supports a plurality of sets of male and female molding frames for pulp molding for molding a dish-shaped container, and an operating device therefor. One set is different from the other one, in which the same conveyor line is connected to the molding apparatus, and after the conveyor line notifies the drying chamber, a plurality of unloading conveyors are provided at the end of the conveyor through a sorting device, and The motion sensing device is provided in the motion device,
A dish-shaped container sorting / unloading device formed so as to operate a sorting device driving device according to the detection signal. 5. The dish-shaped container sorting / unloading device according to claim 4, wherein the dimensions are different in place of the shape. 6. The dish-shaped molded container sorting / unloading device according to claim 4, wherein the sorting device is a sorting plate.