JP2023073599A - Conveyer and sliced food conveyance device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a conveyer that eliminates speed reduction of the conveyer and positional deviation of sliced food caused by contact of the sliced food with a frame.SOLUTION: A conveyer of the present invention comprises: a pair of pulleys arranged at a prescribed interval; a long frame rotatably supporting the pair of the pulleys; and a flat belt wound between the pair of the pulleys, and conveys unpacked sliced food formed by a slice device to a packaging machine. In the conveyer, the flat belt and the pulleys are split into two in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction, and a timing belt transmitting the rotary driving force of a motor to the pair of the pulleys is installed between the flat belts split into two.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a conveyor used for conveying sliced food, and a sliced food conveying apparatus incorporating the conveyor.

For example, when sliced ham is put into a pocket formed in a packaging film to produce a sliced food, a ham log of 1 to 2 m is sliced at a constant thickness, and after stacking a predetermined number of slices, Send to conveyor.

The unpackaged sliced food sent to the conveyor is conveyed to the packaging machine by a conveying device consisting of multiple conveyors, put into the packaging film pocket, and further sealed with the cover film to form the product. becomes.

When sliced food is produced by the above-described process, a plurality of (for example, four) ham logs are cut with one cutting blade in order to increase productivity. At that time, the pitch between the sliced hams differs from the pitch of the pockets formed in the packaging film, and the position at which the ham drops slightly shifts depending on the state of the slices. Therefore, when the sliced food placed on the conveyor is conveyed to the packaging machine as it is, the sliced food cannot be put into the pocket of the film.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the conventional conveying device, after the raw ham is cut, the position of the sliced food is shifted in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction so that it is accurately accommodated in the pocket of the packaging film. I have to.

On the other hand, in the conveying apparatus used for the above-mentioned applications, a plurality of conveyors (for example, four) for conveying sliced food are installed at intervals in the width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. Finding space becomes difficult.

Therefore, the inventor proposed a narrow conveyor suitable for adjusting the position of sliced food (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2020-11744 A

In the conveyor described in Patent Document 1, a flat belt for conveying sliced food is divided into two parts, and gears for driving the flat belt are arranged between them. The width of the conveyor can be kept to the minimum necessary for conveying the sliced food.

In addition, the conveyor device described in Patent Document 1 has the advantage that the flat belts, pulleys, and frames that come into contact with the sliced food can be easily removed from the housing and cleaned, so that maintenance work can be facilitated.

On the other hand, however, since the frame that supports the flat belts is exposed between the flat belts, a portion of the sliced food may sag and come into contact with the frame during transportation, acting as a brake. The timing of handing over to the conveyor may be delayed, and the planned position may shift.

Similarly, depending on the location of contact with the frame, the sliced food may rotate and become misaligned, making it impossible to achieve the original purpose of accurately depositing the sliced food into the pocket of the packaging film.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a conveyor that can prevent deceleration of the conveyor and misalignment of the sliced food due to contact between the sliced food and the frame.

In order to achieve the above object, the conveyor according to the present invention comprises a pair of pulleys arranged at a predetermined interval, a long frame that rotatably supports the pair of pulleys, and a winding between the pair of pulleys. A conveyor for conveying unpackaged sliced food prepared by a slicing device toward a packaging machine, comprising a rotated flat belt,
The flat belt and the pair of pulleys are divided into two in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the timing of transmitting the rotational driving force of the first motor to the pair of pulleys between the two divided flat belts. A belt is installed.

where the frame is
a main frame in which a pair of long plates having an L-shaped cross section are connected in a state of facing each other;
composed of first and second plate-like subframes attached to the loading-side end and the carrying-out side end of the main frame,
the pair of pulleys are respectively supported by the first and second subframes;
Moreover, it is preferable that the second sub-frame is rotatable in a vertical plane with respect to the main frame.

The first motor is housed in a housing having the frame attached to the top thereof, and the driving force of the first motor is transmitted through a rotation transmission mechanism mounted inside the housing and on the outer surface of the housing. is preferably transmitted to the timing belt through

It is preferable that the housing be configured so as to be able to turn in a horizontal plane around the vicinity of the end on the carry-in side by means of a second motor.

Preferably, the sliced food is a stack of sliced pieces of food raw wood.

In order to achieve the above object, a sliced food conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a slicing apparatus for slicing a plurality of food logs transported in parallel to prepare a plurality of unpackaged sliced foods, and After accommodating the sliced food in the pockets of the packaging film in which a large number of pockets are formed, it is installed between the packaging machine that seals the pockets, and a plurality of sliced foods produced by the slicing device A sliced food conveying device that conveys to the packaging machine,
a first conveyor for placing a plurality of sliced foods prepared by the slicing device;
a second conveyor for transferring the plurality of sliced foods placed on the first conveyor for subsequent slicing;
A third conveyor that conveys the plurality of sliced foods transferred from the second conveyor and adjusts the position in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to match the position of the pocket of the packaging film;
A fourth conveyor that conveys a plurality of sliced foods whose positions in the width direction have been adjusted by the third conveyor toward the packaging machine,
The third conveyor is characterized by comprising a plurality of conveyors arranged in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.

Further, the sliced food conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a camera installed above the plurality of conveyors for capturing an image of each sliced food transferred from the second conveyor,
An image of the sliced food is extracted from the image taken by the camera, position data of the sliced food in the width direction is calculated, and the second motor is driven based on the calculated position data to drive the plurality of conveyors. and a controller that rotates to adjust the position of the sliced food in the width direction.

With the conveyor according to the invention, it is possible to prevent the slowdown of the conveyor due to contact with the frame and the misalignment of the sliced food with respect to the conveyor, as a result of which the sliced food can be placed precisely in the pocket of the packaging film. It is possible to realize a conveying device that can be thrown into.

It is a top view of a conveyor concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a partial cross section front view of the same conveyor. It is a partial cross section side view of the same conveyor. It is a figure explaining the procedure of the assembly of the conveyor which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conveyor control system according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a schematic plan view explaining the function of a sliced food conveying apparatus.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A conveyor and a sliced food conveying apparatus incorporating the conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Structure and Function of Sliced Food Conveying Device>
Before describing the conveyor according to the present embodiment, a sliced food conveying apparatus having the conveyor according to the present embodiment as a component will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the sliced food conveying device. A sliced food conveying device 10 is composed of a first conveyor 1 installed below a slicing device 5 and second, third and fourth conveyors 2, 3 and 4 located downstream thereof.

With reference to FIG. 6, a brief description will be given of the procedure from slicing the raw wood W to putting it into the pocket of the packaging film placed in the packaging machine (not shown). In the figure, arrows indicate the conveying direction of the sliced food.

As described above, four pieces of 1 to 2 m cylindrical raw wood W are prepared, and in the slicing device 5, when the raw wood W is transferred at a constant speed and the disk-shaped cutting blade 51 is rotated while rotating, A raw wood W is sliced at a predetermined thickness sequentially from the tip to produce circular slices.

The log W is transferred to the left side by a log transfer mechanism (not shown). The raw wood W is slanted so that the right side is up and the left side is down as viewed in the paper, and the slices sliced by the cutting blade 51 fall onto the first conveyor 1 for alignment.

If the slicing is repeated while the first conveyor 1 is stationary, a plurality of slices are stacked on the conveyor. On the other hand, if the slicing is repeated while the first conveyor 1 is slightly moved, the sliced pieces are stacked on the conveyor in a shifted state. In which form the slices are to be arranged is determined according to the mounting state on the packaging film. In some sliced foods, a single thick slice is stored in a pocket of a packaging film.

The unpackaged sliced food S stacked on the first conveyor 1 is transferred to the second conveyor 2 to clear the conveyor for the next slice. Since the conveying speed of the first conveyor 1 and the second conveyor 2 are equal, they are installed adjacent to each other, and the heights of the conveying surfaces are almost equal, the sliced food S can be transferred smoothly.

The sliced food S is further transferred to the third conveyor 3 composed of four small conveyors 30 in order to adjust the position in the width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. In a packaging machine (not shown) installed downstream, the sliced foods S are packaged in a state of being arranged in four rows in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. For this reason, the packaging film is formed with four rows of pockets for storing the sliced food S in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction at even positions with a pitch P2.

When slicing four logs W with the slicing device 5, due to the restriction that the four logs W are cut using a single cutting blade 51, the four logs W are dropped onto the first conveyor 1 and aligned. The pitch P1 between sliced foods is narrower than the pitch P2 of pockets formed in the packaging film. Therefore, it is necessary to widen the pitch between the sliced foods S and match the positions of the film pockets with the third conveyor 3 for position adjustment.

In the sliced food conveying apparatus 10 of FIG. 6, the conveyor 3 for position adjustment is composed of four small conveyors 30 according to the present embodiment installed in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. In the meantime, each position of the sliced food S is shifted in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to match the position of the pocket of the packaging film.

The four sliced foods S, whose positions in the width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction have been adjusted in this way, are transferred to the fourth conveyor 4, conveyed toward a packaging machine (not shown), and then Each is put into four pockets of packaging film and then sealed with a cover film.

<Construction and operation of conveyor for position adjustment>
Next, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the conveyor according to the present embodiment, which constitutes the small conveyor 30 for position adjustment, will be described.

1 is a top view of a conveyor 30 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the conveyor 30 viewed from the front, and FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the conveyor 30 viewed from the side. It is a diagram.

As shown in FIG. 6 described above, in the present embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which four sliced foods S are produced and conveyed at the same time. It is juxtaposed downstream of the conveyor 2 . The four conveyors 30 juxtaposed with a slight gap have the same structure.

FIG. 1 is a top view of one of the conveyors 30. A flat belt 330 is wound between a pair of pulleys 310 and 320 arranged on the carry-in side and carry-out side of the sliced food S, respectively. and pulleys 310 and 320 are supported by frame 340 .

Hereinafter, in the drawings, the pulleys on the left side in the conveying direction are denoted by 310a and 320a, and the pulleys on the right side are denoted by 310b and 320b. Similarly, regarding the flat belts, the left flat belt is denoted as 330a, and the right flat belt is denoted as 330b. On the other hand, in the description, pulley 310, pulley 320, and flat belt 330 are used when there is no need to distinguish between them. Other members are treated in the same way.

As shown in FIG. 2, the frame 340 is composed of a main frame 341 and sub-frames 342 and 343 attached to the front and rear of the main frame 341 . Among them, the main frame 341 is formed by connecting a long metal plate having an L-shaped cross section with two pins 344 and 345 made of a metal rod with the side faces facing each other. It supports the flat belt 330 .

The main frame 341 is attached to the housing 370 by a pair of mounting plates 362 connected by support plates 361 , and the sub-frame 343 is mounted to the housing 370 by a pair of mounting plates 364 .

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of sub-frames 342 made of a metal plate are fixed to the carry-in side ends of the main flakes 341 with screws, and pulleys 310 are attached to the ends thereof via bearings.

On the other hand, a pair of sub-frames 343 made of a metal plate and attached to the carry-out side end are connected and integrated by a pin 346 made of a metal rod.

The sub-frame 343 is configured to be rotatable in a vertical plane around an axis 347, and a pin 346 protruding from the side surface is formed on the top of the mounting plate 364 when the sub-frame 343 hangs downward. When the main frame 341 is rotated counterclockwise around the pin 344 projecting from the side surface, the pin 346 moves along the engagement groove 365 to the position shown in FIG. do.

A stopper 348 is formed at the carry-out side end of the main frame 341, and when the stopper 348 abuts on the upper part of the sub-frame 343, the main frame 341 stops turning and is maintained in a horizontal state. A method of attaching the frame 340 to the housing 370 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, pulleys 310a and 310b on the carry-in side are rotatably supported on the side surfaces of subframes 342a and 342b via bearings, and share a rotating shaft as shown in FIG. .

On the other hand, sub-frames 320 a and 320 b are attached to the end side surface of the main frame 341 on the unloading side in a rotatable state by a shaft 347 . As described above, the pair of subframes 343a and 343b are connected by pins 346 and integrated.

The pulleys 320a and 320b on the carry-out side are supported via bearings at the tips of the sub-frames 343a and 343b, and share a rotating shaft like the pulleys 310a and 310b on the carry-in side.

As shown in FIG. 1, a timing belt 351 for driving the flat belts is arranged between the left and right flat belts 330a and 330b. The timing belt 351 includes a timing pulley 352 arranged between the pulleys 310a and 310b, a timing pulley 353 arranged between the pulleys 320a and 320b, and a timing pulley 354 attached to the housing 370 via the mounting plate 366. is wound on.

As will be described later, the rotational driving force of the motor installed inside the housing 370 is transmitted to the timing belt 351 via a rotation transmission mechanism mounted inside the housing and on the outer surface of the housing, and the left and right flat belts 330a, 330b.

A rotation transmission mechanism for the flat belt 330 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. The internal space of housing 370 accommodates a motor for rotating pulleys 310 and 320 to drive flat belt 330 and a rotation transmission mechanism. Although fastening members such as bolts and nuts and bearings are shown in the drawing, their functions are well-known, so descriptions thereof will be omitted.

A gear box 382 integrated with a motor 381 is attached to a wall surface via a mounting bracket 371 in a cavity of the housing 370 , and a pulley 385 is mounted to the wall surface via a mounting bracket 372 .

The rotational force of motor 381 is transmitted to timing pulley 389 attached to mounting plate 366 via gearbox 382, timing pulley 383, timing belt 384, timing pulley 385, rotating shaft 386, timing pulley 387 and timing belt 388. and is further transmitted to timing pulleys 352 and 353 via timing pulley 354 and timing belt 351 that rotate coaxially with timing pulley 389 .

As described above, the flat belt 330 is divided into left and right halves, the left flat belt 330a being rotationally driven by pulleys 310a and 320a, and the right flat belt 330b being rotationally driven by pulleys 310b and 320b.

The timing pulleys 352 and 353 driven to rotate by the timing belt 351 are coaxial with the pulleys 310 and 320. Therefore, when the timing pulleys 352 and 353 rotate, the pulleys 310 and 320 rotate at the same speed, and the flat belts 330a and 330b rotate. The sliced food S placed thereon is conveyed from the second conveyor 2 side to the fourth conveyor 4 side.

When the flat belt 330 is divided into two and the timing belt 351 for driving is arranged between them, the flat belts 330a and 330b and the timing belt 351 move at the same speed. Therefore, even if a part of the sliced food S hangs down and comes into contact with the timing belt 351 while the sliced food S is being conveyed, it acts as a brake and does not shift the transfer timing to the next conveyor. Similarly, the sliced food S does not rotate or shift laterally during transportation.

Furthermore, the width of the left and right ends of the flat belts 330a and 330b can be set to a minimum value in consideration of the case where the sliced food S is slightly deviated from the center, so that the space when a plurality of conveyors are arranged side by side can be reduced. can.

In addition to the rotation transmission mechanism described above, a rotation transmission mechanism for rotating the conveyor 30 in a horizontal plane is installed in the cavity of the housing 370 . As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the housing 370 is attached to a base (not shown) via a columnar post 390 so that it can rotate in a horizontal plane about the axis of the post 390. is configured to

Specifically, a gearbox 391 composed of a plurality of gears is attached to the upper end of the support 390, and the rotation of a motor 392 installed adjacent to the gearbox 391 is transmitted to the housing 370, The housing 370 is pivoted around the axis of the support 390 . Control of motor 392 will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, a procedure for attaching the conveyor 30 to the housing 370 will be described with reference to FIG. From a hygienic point of view, the conveyor 30 needs to be cleaned every time the sliced food is conveyed. For this reason, the conveyor 30 is constructed so that it can be easily disassembled and assembled.

As previously mentioned, conveyor frame 340 is attached to housing 370 via mounting plates 362 and 364 . Main frame 341 and sub-frame 343 are attached to engaging groove 363 formed in the upper portion of mounting plate 362 and engaging groove 365 formed in the upper portion of mounting plate 364 from the sides of main frame 340 and sub-frame 342 . It is supported by engaging protruding pins 344 and 343 .

When assembling the conveyor 30, first, a pair of flat belts 330 are put between a pair of pulleys 310 and 320. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4A, in this state, the tip of the sub-frame 343 hangs down due to its own weight, and the length of the flat belt 330 has some leeway. be able to. At the same time, a timing belt 351 is put between the two timing pulleys 352 and 353 .

After that, as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4A, the pin 344 projecting from the side surface of the main frame 341 is engaged with the engagement groove 363 formed in the upper portion of the mounting plate 362 .

Next, as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4B, the main frame 341 is rotated counterclockwise while inserting the pin 346 attached to the side surface of the sub-frame 343 into the engaging groove 365 of the mounting plate 364. Let The main frame 341 descends until it reaches a horizontal state, stops when the upper portion of the sub-frame 343 contacts a stopper 348 formed at the tip of the main frame 341, and then the main frame 341 and the sub-frame 343 form a straight line. and keep it horizontal.

In this state, the tension of the flat belt 330 wound between the pulleys 310 and 320 exerts a force to rotate the sub-frame 343 upward about the shaft 347 , but the stopper 348 causes the sub-frame 343 to rotate upward. rotation is blocked. As a result, the main frame 341 and sub-frame 343 are maintained in a straight alignment and held horizontally without the use of fasteners to secure them together.

On the other hand, when the main frame 341 is held horizontally as shown in FIG. ready to be transported. Thereafter, transportation of the sliced food S is started according to an instruction from the controller 6 .

When the flat belt 330 and the main frame 341 are removed from the housing 370 for cleaning after the transportation work is completed, each member can be easily removed by reversing the steps shown in FIGS. It can be removed from the housing 370 .

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the control system of the conveyor 30 will be described. The control of the conveyor 30 can be explained using the controller 6, one driving motor 381 and one turning motor 392, but as described above, the four conveyors work together to control the position of the sliced food S. In order to adjust, an arrangement for controlling four conveyors 30 is described here.

A control system of the conveyor 30 is composed of a controller 66, a camera 7 and motors 81 to 88, and these members are connected by cables (not shown) for signal transmission and power supply.

Specifically, motors 81 and 82 are installed in the housing of the conveyor arranged on the right side with respect to the conveying direction, motors 83 and 84 are installed in the housing of the next conveyor, and motors 83 and 84 are installed in the housing of the next conveyor. Motors 85 and 86 are housed in the housing of the leftmost conveyor with respect to the conveying direction, and motors 87 and 88 are housed in the housing.

2, the motor 381 corresponds to the motors 81, 83, 85 and 87, and the motor 392 corresponds to the motors 82, 84, 86 and 88.

A camera 7 for capturing an image of the sliced food S transferred from the second conveyor 2 to the conveyor 30 is installed above the plurality of conveyors 30 . A region 7R surrounded by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Image data of sliced food S photographed by camera 7 is input to controller 6 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the controller 6 includes an image recognition section 61, a control section 72, a storage section 63, an input section 64 and a display section 65, and is realized by a general personal computer.

Functions of the image recognition unit 61 and the control unit 62 are implemented by software stored in the storage unit 63 . The image recognition unit 61 extracts the image of the sliced food S from the images captured by the camera 7, and calculates position data of the center of the circle in the width direction. Further, the calculated position data is compared with the position data stored in advance in the storage unit 63, specifically, the center position data of the four sliced foods S described above, and the difference between them is calculated.

The control unit 62 controls the turning motors 82 , 84 , 86 and 88 of each conveyor 30 based on the differential position data calculated by the image recognition unit 61 . Each conveyor 30 is rotated so that the position of the sliced food S in the width direction at the time of being packed is at a predetermined position.

The input unit 64 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse, and is used to input reference position data and the like. The display unit 65 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and is used to display the image of the sliced food S photographed by the camera 7 and the calculated position data.

The operation of the conveyor 30 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG.

The slicing operation by the slicing device 5 is repeated, and the unpackaged sliced foods S placed on the first conveying means 1 in a predetermined number of piles are conveyed on the first conveyor 1 and the second conveyor 2 at the same speed. is transferred to the conveyor 30 by driving with .

The sliced food S conveyed to the position shown in FIG. The image recognition unit 61 of the controller 6 extracts the image of the sliced food S from the received image data, and calculates position data (Y coordinate) of the center of the sliced food S. Further, the calculated position data is compared with the position data stored in the storage unit 63 to calculate difference data.

The control unit 62 of the controller 6 drives the turning motors 82 , 84 , 86 , 88 of the conveyors 30 based on the position data calculated by the image recognition unit 61 , turns the conveyors 30 , and transfers them to the conveyor 4 . The position (Y coordinate) in the width direction of the sliced food S to be placed is adjusted to match the position stored in the storage unit 63 .

As described above, the position at which the food S sliced by the slicing device 5 drops onto the first conveyor 1 slightly shifts depending on the cutting state of the cutting blade, but each time the food S is conveyed by the conveyor 30, the position shifts to a certain extent. The position in the width direction (Y coordinate) is corrected accordingly.

On the other hand, with respect to the position in the conveying direction (X coordinate), four small conveyors (not shown) arranged downstream of the fourth conveyor 4 align the four sliced foods S in the conveying direction. In addition, it is adjusted so that the front and rear portions are equidistant, but since this function is one of the basic functions of the existing sliced food conveying apparatus, the explanation is omitted here.

Due to the above-described processing, when the sliced food S is put into the pocket of the packaging film in the packaging machine, the positions in the transport direction (X-axis) and the width direction (Y-axis) match the position of the pocket. , the sliced food can be reliably thrown into the pocket.

As described above, by using the conveyor according to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the flat belt from decelerating or the position of the sliced food from being shifted with respect to the flat belt due to the contact of the sliced food with the frame. can be prevented. As a result, the sliced food can be accurately put into the pocket of the packaging film.

In addition, since the flat belt, pulleys and frame that come into contact with the sliced food can be easily removed from the housing and washed, maintenance work of the conveying device is facilitated.

In the above-described embodiment, the third conveyor is composed of four small conveyors corresponding to the slicing device that slices four food logs at the same time, but the number of small conveyors is not limited to four. . When slicing more food logs at the same time, the number of small conveyors corresponding to the number of logs may be configured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a camera is used as means for acquiring position data of sliced food placed on the fourth conveyor, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, linearly arranged photoelectric sensors may be arranged between the small conveyor and the second conveyor, and the position data of the sliced food may be acquired from the position where the light is blocked by the sliced food.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case of conveying circular sliced food has been described, but the conveying apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to circular sliced food, and can also convey oval or square sliced food. It goes without saying that it is applicable.

S sliced food W food log 1 to 4, 30 conveyor 5 slicing device 6 controller 7 camera 10 sliced food conveying device 61 image recognition section 62 control section 63 storage section 64 input section 65 display section 81, 83, 85, 87 drive motor 82, 84, 86, 88 turning motors 310, 320 pulley 330 flat belt 340 frame 341 main frames 342, 343 sub-frame 343 shafts 344, 345 pin 345 stoppers 351, 384, 388 timing belts 352, 353, 354, 385, 389 Timing pulleys 362, 364 Mounting plate 370 Housings 381, 392 Motor 390 Post

Claims (7)

A pair of pulleys arranged at a predetermined interval, a long frame that rotatably supports the pair of pulleys, and a flat belt wound between the pair of pulleys, and manufactured by a slicing device A conveyor that conveys unpackaged sliced food to a packaging machine,
The flat belt and the pair of pulleys are divided into two in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the timing of transmitting the rotational driving force of the first motor to the pair of pulleys between the two divided flat belts. A conveyor, characterized in that a belt is installed. The frame is
a main frame in which a pair of long plates having an L-shaped cross section are connected in a state of facing each other;
composed of first and second plate-like subframes attached to the loading-side end and the carrying-out side end of the main frame,
the pair of pulleys are respectively supported by the first and second subframes;
2. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein and said second sub-frame is rotatable in a vertical plane with respect to said main frame. The first motor is housed in a housing with the frame attached to the top,
3. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the driving force of said first motor is transmitted to said timing belt via a rotation transmission mechanism mounted inside said housing and on the outer surface of said housing. 4. The conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said housing is configured so as to be able to turn in a horizontal plane centering on the vicinity of the end on the carry-in side by means of a second motor. 5. The conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliced food is a stack of sliced pieces of raw wood for food. A slicing device for slicing a plurality of food logs transported in parallel to produce a plurality of unpackaged sliced foods, and a packaging film in which a large number of pockets are formed and which slice the plurality of sliced foods. A sliced food conveying device for conveying a plurality of sliced foods prepared by the slicing device to the packaging machine, which is installed between a packaging machine that seals the pocket after being stored in the
a first conveyor for placing a plurality of sliced foods prepared by the slicing device;
a second conveyor for transferring the plurality of sliced foods placed on the first conveyor for subsequent slicing;
A third conveyor that conveys the plurality of sliced foods transferred from the second conveyor and adjusts the position in the width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to match the position of the pocket of the packaging film;
A fourth conveyor that conveys a plurality of sliced foods whose positions in the width direction have been adjusted by the third conveyor toward the packaging machine,
5. A sliced food conveying apparatus, wherein said third conveyor comprises a plurality of conveyors according to claim 4 arranged in a width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. a camera installed above the plurality of conveyors and capturing an image of each sliced food transferred from the second conveyor;
An image of the sliced food is extracted from the image taken by the camera, position data of the sliced food in the width direction is calculated, and the second motor is driven based on the calculated position data to drive the plurality of conveyors. 7. The sliced food conveying apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a controller that rotates to adjust the position of the sliced food in the width direction.

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