JP2537450Y2 - Vibration feeder for food - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to a vibration feeder.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a food vibrating feeder for supplying flexible solid foods one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the food processing industry, for example, in the production process of curry, stew, oden, etc., chikuwa,
Gunmodoki, egg, konjac, kelp, radish, potato, sausage, burdock heaven, Satsuma-age, uzura egg, meat dango, or carrot, potato shredded,
It is necessary to count the number of flexible solid foods (hereinafter simply referred to as foods) one by one and put them into the product. In the past, these tasks could not be handled automatically by machines and had to rely on manual work requiring a large number of people. Accordingly, there has been a demand for an apparatus capable of supplying flexible solid foods one by one.

[0003] In order to satisfy such demands, devices for supplying components one by one have been conventionally known in the field of handling electrical components. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 55-111310 discloses a component feeder in which a trough is attached to a vibrating section of a straight-ahead feeder, and a work accumulation wall in which vibration from the vibrating section is cut off on both sides of the trough. . However, in such an apparatus, since both the trough and the work storage wall are attached to the vibrating portion of the straight feeder, it is necessary to vibrate both the trough and the work storage wall and the entire product stored on the work storage wall. was there. Therefore, in order to apply such an apparatus to the above-mentioned food, since such food is relatively flexible and has a property of absorbing vibration, a large vibration, for example, about 3 mm, must be given to the linear feeder. Was. Therefore, there is a problem that the work accumulation wall cannot absorb such a large vibration and cannot substantially block the vibration.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an apparatus capable of supplying flexible solid foods one by one.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided, according to the present invention, a flat plate having two upwardly open plates, the lower end of which has a gap slightly larger than the lateral dimension of the food. A food vibration comprising: a parallel spaced stationary plate; and a vibration trough below the stationary plate, along the lower end, having a lateral dimension greater than at least the gap created by the lower end, and having a vibration source. A feeder is provided.

[0006] It is preferable that the vibrating trough further includes, at an exit end thereof, an openable and closable gate for preventing movement of food, and a sensor for detecting food on the trough. Further, it is preferable that a sensor for detecting food supplied from the vibration trough is provided below the outlet end of the vibration trough. Further, it is preferable that another vibration feeder for controlling the supply amount of food is further provided on the upper portion of the fixing plate.

[0007]

According to the above construction, since the fixed plate and the vibration trough are separately provided, even if a large vibration sufficient to move the food is given to the vibration trough, the vibration of the food held on the fixed plate is reduced. Can be suppressed. Thereby, only the food that is in contact with the lowest vibration trough among the foods stored in the fixing plate can be moved. Further, since only the vibration trough is vibrated, a large amplitude can be generated, and the present invention can be applied to a soft solid food which is easily sticked. This provides a device that can supply flexible solid foods that are easily sticky one by one from the fixed plate.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view generally showing a food vibrating feeder according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 1 in section, and FIG. 3 is a section taken along line AA in FIG. FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the vibration feeder according to the present invention includes a fixed plate 10 for accommodating a plurality of flexible solid foods 1 such as chikuwa. The fixing plate 10 is composed of two flat plates 12 a and 12 b which are opened upward in a V-shape, and these flat plates 12 a and 12 b are fixed to an upper part of a support rod 14 which is fixed vertically to the base 2. I have. The lower ends of the flat plates 12a and 12b are separated from each other by a distance slightly larger than the lateral dimension of the food 1 (the dimension in a direction perpendicular to the direction of feeding the food), and constitute a gap 13 for taking out the food. The inclination angle of the two flat plates 12a and 12b and the gap size of the gap 13 are determined by known means, depending on the target food 1,
For example, it can be appropriately adjusted by a long hole and a bolt.

With the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG.
The food 1 stored in the upper part of the fixed plate 10 rolls down by its own weight, and falls downward from the gap 13 in a state where the vertical direction of the food is oriented in the vertical direction of the gap 13 (the feeder supply direction). . As shown in the figure, if the food 1 at the position of the gap 13 at the lower end of the fixing plate 10 remains at that position without being carried out, the food 1 is placed at the position of the gap 13.
Subsequently, another food item is arranged linearly in the vertical direction along the gap 13, and another food is further stacked thereon with the vertical direction of the food item oriented in the vertical direction of the gap 13.

An elongated V-shaped vibration trough 20 is provided below the fixed plate 10 along the lower end of the fixed plate 10. The vibrating trough 20 has a lateral dimension at least larger than the gap 13 at the lower end of the fixed plate 10 and is substantially horizontal along the longitudinal direction of the trough (feeding direction of the feeder) or slightly downward in the feeding direction. It is inclined. The vibrating trough 20 comes into contact with food located at the lower end of the fixed plate 10 by a vibrator 30 attached below, and moves the food in the vertical direction of the trough 20 by vibration.

As is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2, the vibrator 30 comprises a lower horizontal plate 32, an upper horizontal plate 34, and a plurality of leaf springs 36 connecting these to each other. The lower horizontal plate 32 is fixed to the base 2 via an elastic member 33 such as a spring, and does not transmit vibration to the base 2.
A support member 35 attached below the vibration trough 20 is fixed to the upper surface of the upper horizontal plate 34. The leaf spring 36 is inclined in a direction opposite to the supply direction of the food 1, and upper and lower ends are fixed to the upper horizontal plate 34 and the lower horizontal plate 32, respectively. Further, an electromagnet 38 is fixed to the lower horizontal plate 32 via a mounting bracket (not shown), the upper surface of which is positioned with a slight gap from the lower surface of the upper horizontal plate 34, and the upper horizontal plate 34 is pulled downward. Have been.

With the above configuration, when a current subjected to half-wave rectification is applied to the electromagnet 38, vibration occurs in which the upper horizontal plate 34 is attracted downward and separated. Since the vibration of the upper horizontal plate 34 is obliquely attached to the plate spring 36 in FIG. This is a vibration that moves upward and to the right due to force.
The food 1 above 0 moves in the supply direction of the trough 20 (to the right in the figure). The length of the leaf spring 36 of the vibrator 30 is set to be long enough to increase the amplitude, that is, long enough to make the deflection of the leaf spring sufficiently large. Thus, a large vibration, for example, a vibration of about 3 mm can be given to the trough even with a food having a strong adhesiveness, so that the food on the trough can be moved forward.

Further, by giving the vibration by the electromagnet as described above, the start and stop of the vibration can be performed immediately. That is, a predetermined amplitude can be given to the vibration trough at the same time as the start of the vibration, and aftershocks generated when the vibration is stopped can be suppressed, so that the food can be stably supplied one by one. At the exit end of the vibrating trough 20, food 1
An openable gate 22 for preventing the movement of the food, a sensor 24 for detecting the food 1 on the trough, and a sensor 25 for detecting that the food 1 is supplied are provided. Gate 2
2 is fixed to the output shaft of the turning drive source 23,
By turning the turning drive source 23 counterclockwise in FIG.
2 is opened.

With this configuration, the gate 22 is normally closed, and the sensor 24 controls the vibration trough 20 so that the food 1 is constantly supplied to the outlet end of the vibration trough 20. The gate 22 is opened upward by a sensor 26 that detects that the supply container has come to the receiving port of the vibrating trough 20,
5 detects the passage of the required number of foods 1 and gates 22
By closing, the supply amount of the food 1 can be controlled.

A second vibrating feeder 40 for controlling the supply amount of food is further provided above the fixed plate 10. Further, a sensor 42 for detecting the food 1 on the fixed plate is provided above the fixed plate 10. The second vibration feeder 40 has the same configuration as the above-described vibration feeder. The second vibration feeder 40 is started by detecting that the food 1 on the fixed plate 10 is small by the sensor 42, and supplies the food 1 to the fixed plate 10. I do.

In use, as shown in FIG. 3, the food 1 accommodated in the upper portion of the fixing plate 10 falls downward by its own weight, and the food 1 13 falls downward. Further, as shown in the figure, when the food 1 at the position of the gap 13 at the lower end of the fixed plate 10 remains at that position without being carried out, the food 1 is moved along the gap 13 one by one at the position of the gap 13. It is arranged in a straight line, and another food is placed on top of it with a gap 1
3 are stacked in a vertically oriented state.

In this state, when the vibrating trough 20 is vibrated by the vibrator 30 attached below, the vibrating trough 20 comes into contact with the food 1 located at the lower end of the fixed plate 10 and vibrates. Is moved almost horizontally. Food 1
Is moved along the vibration trough 20 to the exit end, the sensor 24 stops the vibrator 30. When the sensor 26 detects that the supply container has reached the supply position, the gate 2
2 is opened, the shaker 30 starts, and the food 1 is discharged from the vibration trough 20. The gate 25 is closed and the vibrator 30 is stopped by detecting the passage of the required number of foods 1 by the sensor 25, and the supply amount of the food 1 is controlled. When the food 1 located at the lower end of the fixed plate 10 is exhausted, one of the other foods 1 riding thereon falls downward and is again positioned at the lower end of the fixed plate 10.

According to the above configuration, the fixed plate 10 and the vibration trough 20 are separately provided, and the food 1 accommodated in the fixed plate 10 is provided.
Since only the lowermost layer among them is in contact with the vibration trough, only the vibration trough can be vibrated. Thereby, since a large vibration can be given to the vibration trough, it can be applied to a soft solid food which is easily sticked.

[0020]

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is an effect that an apparatus capable of supplying flexible solid foods one by one can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire food vibrating feeder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 1 in cross section.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food 2 Base 10 Fixing plate 14 Support rod 20 Vibration trough 30 Vibrator 36 Leaf spring 38 Electromagnet 40 Second vibration feeder

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Katsuaki Namba 1-5-7, Mikitei Sakaecho, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka House Foods Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshitaka 5 No. 22 Inside Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yamamoto 5-22 Chasonba-cho, Akashi-shi, Hyogo Prefecture Inside Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-60-45239 Hei 5-85721 (JP, U)

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A fixed plate constituted by two flat plates opened upward, the lower end of which is separated substantially in parallel with a gap slightly larger than the lateral dimension of the food, and the lower end of the fixed plate below the fixed plate. A vibration trough provided with a vibration source, the vibration trough being in contact with the food located at the lower end of the fixing plate, and Move the food almost horizontally,
A vibratory feeder for food, wherein the food is supplied one by one from a fixed plate. 2. An oscillatory trough has an openable gate at an exit end thereof for preventing movement of food, and a sensor for detecting food on the trough. The food vibrating feeder according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor that detects food supplied from the trough. 3. The vibratory feeder for food according to claim 1, further comprising another vibratory feeder for controlling a food supply amount above the fixing plate.