JP7072190B2 - Sliced food transport equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a transport device used when storing sliced food in a packaging package.

For example, when sliced ham is put into a recess formed in a packaging package to produce a sliced ham product, 1 to 2 m of ham log is sliced to a certain thickness, and a predetermined number of ham logs are stacked. , Send to the conveyor. A lump of sliced ham sent to the conveyor is conveyed to the packaging machine, then put into the recess of the package, and further sealed with a cover film to form a product.

When a sliced ham product is produced by the above-mentioned process, a plurality of (for example, three) ham logs are cut with one cutting blade in order to increase the productivity. At that time, the pitch between the sliced hams and the pitch of the recesses formed in the package are different, and the position where the ham falls is slightly different depending on the state of the slice, so the sliced ham placed on the conveyor is left as it is. When transported to a packaging machine, there is a problem that sliced ham cannot be properly put into the recess of the package.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the conventional transport device, after the ham log is cut, the position of the sliced ham is shifted in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction so that the ham log is accurately loaded into the recess of the package. (See Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-217354

In the transport device described in Patent Document 1, a conveyor in which five round belts are wound around a pair of belt pulleys is used as a means for adjusting the deviation in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and the pulley on the downstream side is set in the width direction. I was moving it.

However, when such a configuration is adopted, it is necessary to hang the belt diagonally with respect to the groove formed in the pulley, and the belt and the pulley slide at the slanted portion to generate powder. Foreign matter (powder) contamination in food handling equipment adversely affects the quality of products and must be avoided.

Further, due to the nature of the device for handling food, it is necessary to disassemble the conveyor and wash it frequently, but when a round belt is used, it takes time to disassemble and wash, which is not preferable in terms of maintenance.

Further, the sliced food may fall between the belts during transportation and be caught in the pulley.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a transport device for sliced foods which can prevent foreign substances from being mixed into foods, can be easily disassembled and washed, and can be prevented from being caught in a pulley. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, the sliced food transport device according to the present invention accommodates a slicer for producing sliced food by slicing food logs and the sliced food in the recesses of a package having a plurality of recesses. , A sliced food transport device installed between a packaging machine that seals the recess and transports sliced food produced by the slicer to the packaging machine.
A first transport means for loading and transporting sliced food that has fallen from the slicer, and
A second transporting means for transporting the sliced food transferred from the first transporting means and adjusting the position in the width direction orthogonal to the transporting direction according to the position of the concave portion of the package is provided.
The second transport means is composed of a first conveyor that can wind a flat belt around a pair of pulleys arranged at predetermined intervals and can swivel in a horizontal plane around the vicinity of the end on the carry-in side .
The flat belt of the first conveyor is divided into two in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction.
The pulley on the carry-in side is divided into two according to the flat belt, and a gear that transmits the rotational force of the first motor to each of the two divided pulleys is arranged between the two divided pulleys. It is characterized by being done .

In the sliced food transporting apparatus according to the present invention, when a plurality of food logs are simultaneously sliced by the slicer to produce a plurality of sliced foods, the second transporting means is a plurality of transporting each sliced food. It is preferably composed of the first conveyor of the above.

The third transport device for sliced foods according to the present invention is installed on the downstream side in the transport direction of the second transport means, and adjusts the position of the sliced food transferred from the second transport means in the transport direction. Further equipped with transportation means,
The third transport means is composed of a second conveyor in which a flat belt is wound around a pair of pulleys arranged at predetermined intervals, and the second conveyor is attached to each of the first conveyors. It is preferable that a plurality of them are installed correspondingly.

Further, a camera installed above the plurality of second conveyors and taking an image of sliced food transferred from the plurality of first conveyors.
A first motor that swivels the first conveyor in a horizontal plane, and
The image of the sliced food is taken out from the image taken by the camera, the position data in the width direction of the sliced food is calculated, and the first motor is driven based on the calculated position data to drive the sliced food. It is preferable to include a controller for adjusting the position in the width direction of the above.

Alternatively, in the sliced food transport device according to the present invention, the third transport means is omitted, and the fourth transport means installed close to the downstream side in the transport direction of the second transport means is described. The sliced food is received from the second transport means, and the camera is installed above the fourth transport means.
Further, a sensor installed above the plurality of first conveyors and detecting the passage of each sliced food conveyed by the first conveyor is provided.
Based on the detection signals of the plurality of sensors, the controller uses the first conveyor so that the sliced foods conveyed by the plurality of first conveyors reach the carry-out side end at approximately the same time. It is preferable to drive.

Further, the first motor and the second motor are housed in a housing in which the pair of pulleys are attached to the upper portion, and the housing is attached to a base via a support column, and the first motor is attached. It is preferable that the support is configured so that it can be swiveled around the support column.

Further, the pair of pulleys of the first conveyor are rotatably supported by a pair of long frames arranged on the left and right, and the pair of frames are configured to be bendable in the vertical direction. Is preferable.

The sliced food transporting device according to the present invention can prevent fatal foreign matter from being mixed in as a food transporting device, is easy to disassemble and wash, and is excellent in maintainability. Further, the sliced food can be caught in a pulley. Can be prevented.

It is a top view of the sliced food transporting apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the conveyor which constitutes the 2nd transport means. It is a partial cross-sectional side view of the conveyor of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the sliced food transporting apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a top view of the sliced food transporting apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the sliced food transporting apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a schematic plan view explaining the function of a sliced food transporting apparatus.

Hereinafter, the sliced food transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
<Function of sliced food transport device>
Before explaining the specific configuration of the sliced food transporting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the function of the sliced food transporting apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a sliced food transport device. As shown in FIG. 7, the sliced food transport device 10 is arranged between the slicer 5 installed at the right end facing the paper surface and the packaging machine installed at the left end of the paper surface (not shown in the figure). , The sliced food S produced by the slicer 5 is transported to the packaging machine. In the figure, the arrows indicate the transport direction of the sliced food.

The sliced food transport device 10 is composed of a first transport means 1 installed below the slicer 5 and second, third and fourth transport means 2, 3 and 4 arranged downstream thereof. ..

The second transport means 2 is used to adjust the position of the sliced food in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and the third transport means 3 is used to adjust the position of the sliced food in the transport direction. .. Further, the fourth transport means 4 is used to transport the sliced food whose position has been adjusted to the packaging machine while maintaining the state.

With reference to FIG. 7, the flow from the preparation of the sliced food to the insertion into the recess of the package arranged in the packaging machine will be briefly described. Hereinafter, a case of producing sliced ham will be described as an example.

The slicer 5 includes a disk-shaped cutting blade 51. When three 1 to 2 m columnar ham logs R are prepared and the ham logs R are conveyed at a constant speed to the cutting blade 51 rotating at a constant speed around the shaft 52, the ham logs R are sequentially determined from the tip. Sliced to a thickness to produce a circular sliced ham S.

The ham log R is fed to the left by individual feeding means (not shown). Further, the ham log R is inclined so that the right side is up and the left side is down toward the paper surface, and the ham S sliced by the cutting blade 51 falls on the first transport means 1. By repeating slicing with the cutting blade 51 while the first transport means 1 is stopped, a lump of slice ham S in which a plurality of slice hams are overlapped is produced.

The slice ham S that has fallen onto the first transport means 1 is transferred to the second transport means 2 by driving the first transport means 1. Since the transport speeds of the first transport means 1 and the second transport means 2 are equal and are installed adjacent to each other and the heights of the transport surfaces are substantially the same, the slice ham S can be smoothly transferred.

The second transport means 2 and the third transport means 3 are used to adjust the positions of the sliced ham S thus produced in the transport direction and in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction. Although not shown, the packaging machine installed on the downstream side in the transport direction is equipped with a package in which recesses for storing sliced ham are formed at a constant pitch in the transport direction and the width direction, and is manufactured by the slicer 5. Then, a mass of sliced ham S conveyed by the conveying device 10 is put into each recess, and then sealed with a cover film.

The slice ham S whose positions in the transport direction and the width direction have been adjusted by the second transport means 2 and the third transport means 3 is transferred to the fourth transport means 4 and packaged while maintaining the adjusted positions. It is transported to the machine and put into the recess of the package.

The second transport means 2 is composed of three conveyors 20, and each conveyor 20 is configured so that the position in the width direction can be adjusted independently.

The third transport means 3 receives the slice ham S whose position in the width direction is adjusted by the second transport means 2, and adjusts the position of the slice ham S in the transport direction. The third transfer means 3 is composed of three conveyors 30, and each conveyor 30 is configured so that the position in the transfer direction can be adjusted independently.

Here, the position of the slice ham S is represented by coordinates on the XY plane with the transport direction as the X axis and the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction as the Y axis. The Y coordinates of the centers O ₁ , O ₂ , and O ₃ of the slice ham S when delivered from the first transport means 1 to the second transport means 2 shown in FIG. 7 are Y ₂₁ , Y ₂₂ , and Y ₂₃ . The Y coordinates of the centers O ₁ , O ₂ , and O ₃ of the slice ham S when delivered from the second transport means 2 to the third transport means 3 are set to Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , and Y ₃₃ .

The position adjustment in the width direction (Y-axis direction) orthogonal to the transport direction using the second transport means 2 will be described. The Y coordinates Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , and Y ₃₃ of the slice ham S placed on the third transport means 3 coincide with the center coordinates of the concave portion of the package mounted on the packaging machine installed on the downstream side. The coordinates are arranged apart by the pitch P2.

On the other hand, in the pitch P1 between the Y coordinates Y ₂₁ , Y ₂₂ and Y ₂₃ of the slice ham S mounted on the second transport means 2, the slice ham S is transferred from the slicer 5 to the first transport means 1. It holds the pitch when it falls.

The pitch P1 is smaller than the pitch P2 due to the restriction that the slicer 5 uses a single cutting blade 51 to cut three ham logs R. Therefore, while the slice ham S is being conveyed by the second conveying means 2, the pitch between the slice hams is expanded from P1 to P2, and each Y coordinate is set to Y ₃₁ which is the Y coordinate of the concave portion of the package. , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ need to match.

As described above, in the conventional transport device, as the second transport means 2, a conveyor in which five round belts are wound around a pair of pulleys is used, and the pulleys on the downstream side are moved in the width direction to slice. The Y coordinate of the ham S was matched with the Y coordinates of the concave portion of the package, Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , and Y ₃₃ . However, the conventional transport device has a problem that foreign matter (powder) is mixed in the food, and there is a problem that the disassembling and cleaning of the conveyor become complicated.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as will be described later, a conveyor in which a flat belt is wound around a pair of pulleys is used, and the conveyor can be swiveled in a horizontal plane around the vicinity of the carry-in side end. By adopting it, the above-mentioned conventional problems are solved.

Next, the position adjustment in the transport direction (X-axis) using the third transport means 3 will be described. As described above, since the cutting blade 51 of the slicer 5 is tilted forward, as shown in FIG. 7, the positions where the three cut slice hams S fall onto the first transport means 1 are different. Come on. Therefore, it is necessary to align the positions of the sliced ham S in the transport direction before transferring to the fourth transport means 4.

In the present embodiment, as a means for that purpose, a third transport means 3 for adjusting the position in the transport direction is installed between the second transport means 2 and the fourth transport means 4.

Specifically, the slice ham S is displaced in the X-axis direction due to the drop point from the slicer 5, and this displacement is carried over to the third transport means 3. In the third transport means 3, a position detection means (not shown) is used to detect the positional deviation of the slice ham S in the transport direction (X-axis), and the tip of the slice ham S mounted on each conveyor 30 is transported. When the predetermined position in the direction is reached, the third transport means 3 is stopped.

After that, if each conveyor 30 is driven at the same transport speed, the slice ham S is transferred to the fourth transport means 4 in a state where the positions in the transport direction (X-axis) are aligned, and is transported to the packaging machine.

The method of adjusting the positional deviation of the sliced food in the transport direction by using the above-mentioned third transport means 3 is also described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, and is a conventionally adopted method.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the sliced food transport device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

<Configuration and operation of sliced food transport equipment>
FIG. 1 is a view of the second and third transport means 2 and 3 constituting the sliced food transport device 10 from above, and FIG. 2 is a view of the conveyor 20 constituting the second transport means 2 from the front. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the conveyor 20, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the control system of the sliced food transport device 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, a mode is adopted in which three sliced hams S are simultaneously produced and conveyed, and the conveyor 20 for conveying each sliced ham S is the first conveying means 1. It is installed in parallel on the downstream side. The three conveyors 20 arranged side by side with a slight gap apart have the same configuration.

Three conveyors 30 constituting the third conveyor 20 are juxtaposed on the downstream side of the conveyor 20, and each conveyor 30 receives the sliced ham S conveyed by the conveyor 20 and then moves in the conveyor direction. Adjust the position.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the conveyor 20 arranged on the upper side facing the paper surface. In the conveyor 20, the flat belt 23 is wound around a pair of pulleys 21 and 22 arranged at predetermined intervals. It is composed of.

The pair of pulleys 21 and 22 are arranged on the carry-in side and the carry-out side of the slice ham S, and are rotatably supported by a pair of long main frames 24 to which subframes 241 and 242 are attached to the front and rear. There is. Further, the pair of mainframes 24 are attached to the housing 25 via two sets of mounting plates 261 and 262.

The rectangular parallelepiped housing 25 is attached to the base 200 via a columnar column 27, and as shown in FIG. 2, is configured to be able to rotate in a horizontal plane about the axis O of the column 27. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the internal space of the housing 25, a motor for rotating the main frame 24 and the housing 25 around the axis of the support column 27, a rotation transmission mechanism, and a pulley 21 are rotated to drive the flat belt 23. It houses a motor and a rotation transmission mechanism. In the figure, fastening members such as bolts and nuts and bearings are shown, but since the functions of each are well known, the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 3, a gearbox 28 composed of a plurality of gears is attached to the upper end of the support column 27, and a motor housed in the lower back of the housing 25 (not shown, turning in FIG. 4). The rotation of the motor 82) is transmitted to the housing 25, and the housing 25 is swiveled around the axis of the support column 27. The control of the motor 82 will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, the rotation of the motor (not shown, the drive motor 81 for driving in FIG. 4) housed in the upper back of the housing 25 is performed via the timing belt 291, the pulleys 292, 293, and the timing belt 294, and the mounting plate. It is transmitted to the pulley 295 supported by 264, and further transmitted to the drive pulley 21 via the gears 296 and 297. The control of the drive motor 81 will be described later with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the flat belt 23 is divided into two left and right, the flat belt 23a on the left side is rotationally driven by the drive pulley 21a, and the flat belt 23b on the right side is rotationally driven by the drive pulley 21b. .. Since the gear 297 is coaxial with the drive pulleys 21a and 21b, when the gear 297 rotates, the drive pulleys 21a and 21b rotate at the same speed, and the slice ham S mounted on the flat belts 23a and 23b is the first. It is transported from the transport means 1 side to the third transport means 3 side.

When the flat belt 23 is divided into two and the rotary drive gear 297 is arranged between the drive pulleys 21a and 21b, the shape of the transport portion becomes symmetrical, so that the slice ham S is laterally displaced during the transport. There is no deviation. Therefore, as shown by the arrow C in FIG. 1, the width of the flat belt 23 can be set to the minimum value in consideration of the case where the slice ham S is slightly deviated from the center.

When a round belt is used, the end of the ham may hang down from the gap of the belt and get caught in the belt. However, if the flat belt 23 is divided into two and a flat belt of an appropriate width is used, the end of the ham may be used. The part does not hang down from the belt.

Next, the control system of the conveyor 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The control system of the conveyor 20 is composed of a controller 6, a camera 7, and motors 81 to 86, and each member is connected by a cable for signal transmission and power supply.

A motor for driving rotation and a motor for turning are housed in the housing 25 of the three conveyors 20 shown in FIG. 2, and the driving of these motors is controlled by the controller 6. The motors 81 and 82 are housed in the housing of the conveyor on the right side in the transport direction, the motors 83 and 84 are housed in the housing of the central conveyor, and the motors 85 and 86 are housed in the housing of the conveyor on the left side.

A camera 7 for taking an image of the slice ham S transferred from the conveyor 20 to the conveyor 30 is installed above the vicinity of the carry-in side end of the third transport means 3. The area 7R surrounded by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 indicates the shooting area of the camera 7. The image data of the slice ham S taken by the camera 7 is input to the controller 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the controller 6 is composed of an image recognition unit 61, a control unit 62, a storage unit 63, an input unit 64, and a display unit 65, and is realized by a general personal computer.

The functions of the image recognition unit 61 and the control unit 62 are realized by software stored in the storage unit 63. The image recognition unit 61 takes out an image of slice ham S from the image taken by the camera 7 and calculates position data in the width direction of the center of the circle. Further, the calculated position data is compared with the position data stored in the storage unit 63 in advance, specifically, the position data at the center of the above-mentioned three slice hams S (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ). , Calculate the difference.

The control unit 62 controls the turning motors 82, 84, 86 of each conveyor 20 based on the difference position data calculated by the image recognition unit 61, is conveyed by the conveyor 20, and is delivered to the third conveyor means 3. Each conveyor 20 is swiveled so that the position of the slice ham S in the width direction is (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ).

The input unit 64 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse, and is used for inputting reference position data and the like. Further, the display unit 65 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and is used to display an image of slice ham taken by the camera 7 and calculated position data.

Next, the operation of the sliced food transport device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the above-mentioned drawings.

In FIG. 1, the position A indicated by the arrow indicates the position where the slice ham S is delivered from the conveyor 20 to the conveyor 30, and the position B indicates the position where the slice ham S is stopped on the conveyor 30. For reference, the sliced ham S being transported is shown at position C.

The slice operation by the slicer 5 is repeated, and the slice ham S placed on the first transport means 1 in a state where a predetermined number of sheets are overlapped is driven by driving the first transport means 1 and the conveyor 20 at the same speed. It is transferred to the conveyor 20 (see FIG. 7).

The three conveyors 20 convey the sliced ham S to the downstream side and transfer it to the conveyor 30. For the first transfer, the position cannot be adjusted using the image of the camera 7, so that the operator needs to adjust the position of the slice ham S delivered from the conveyor 20 to the conveyor 30.

Specifically, the operator inputs data from the input unit 64 of the controller 6 to rotate the turning motors 82, 84, 86, and the width direction of the slice ham S at the delivery position A from the conveyor 20 to the conveyor 30 ( The position of the Y-axis) is adjusted to be the position (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ) stored in the storage unit 63.

In this state, the drive motors 81, 83, and 85 are started according to the instruction of the operator to drive the conveyor 20, and the slice ham S is conveyed and delivered to the conveyor 30. The sliced ham S delivered to the conveyor 30 is conveyed to the position shown in FIG. At this time, the positions of the slice ham S in the width direction (Y axis) are the above-mentioned positions (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ).

The slice ham S conveyed to the position shown in FIG. 1 by the conveyor 30 is photographed by the camera 7, and image data is transmitted to the controller 6. The image recognition unit 61 of the controller 6 extracts the image of the slice ham S from the received image data, and calculates the position data (X coordinate and Y coordinate) of the center of the slice ham S. Further, the Y coordinate of the calculated position data is compared with the position data (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ) stored in the storage unit 55, and the difference data is calculated.

Regarding the position adjustment in the width direction (Y-axis), the control unit 62 of the controller 6 drives the turning motors 82, 84, 86 of each conveyor 20 based on the position data calculated by the image recognition unit 61, and the conveyor. The position of the slice ham S delivered from 20 to the conveyor 30 in the width direction is adjusted to be (Y ₃₁ , Y ₃₂ , Y ₃₃ ).

As described above, the position where the ham S sliced by the slicer 5 falls on the first transport means 1 is slightly deviated depending on the state of being cut by the cutting blade, but the width is adjusted according to the degree of deviation each time the slicer 5 is transported. The position in the direction (Y axis) is corrected. ,

On the other hand, regarding the position adjustment in the transport direction (X axis), the control unit 62 reads the data of the stop position of the slice ham S (X coordinate of the position B) from the storage unit 63, and also calculates the position data in the transport direction (X coordinate). The difference from the X coordinate) is calculated, and when the slice ham S is conveyed to the position B indicated by the arrow, the drive motors 81, 83, and 85 are stopped.

By this process, the slice hams S placed on the three conveyors 30 stop at the same position B with respect to the transport direction. After that, by driving the three conveyors 30 and the fourth transfer device 4 at the same transfer speed, the transfer to the fourth transfer means 4 is performed.

When the slice ham S is put into the recess of the package in the packaging machine by the above-mentioned process, the positions in the transport direction (X-axis) and the width direction (Y-axis) coincide with the positions of the recess, so that the slices are sliced. The ham can be reliably put into the recess.

Next, a case where the conveyor 20 is washed will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the pair of mainframes 24 are attached to the housing 25 via the mounting plates 261 and 262. Further, the central portion of the main frame 24 is supported by engaging a pin 243 provided on the side surface of the main frame 24 with a groove formed in the upper portion of the pair of engaging plates 263 fixed to the upper portion of the mounting plate 262. Has been done.

As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, the subframe 241 attached to the carry-out side end of the main frame 24 can rotate about the shaft 244 and be bent in the vertical direction, and further, the subplate 241 can be bent. Two grooves are formed in the engagement plate 245 integrated with the engagement plate 245. With the subplate 241 held horizontally, the lower groove is engaged with the pin 265 formed on the side surface of the mounting plate 261, and the pin 246 is engaged with the upper groove to engage the subframe 241 and the main frame. 24 is firmly supported by the housing 25.

As described above, the flat belt 23 and the pulleys 21 and 22 need to be cleaned each time the slice ham S is conveyed. At that time, the subframe 241 is rotated counterclockwise to disengage the pins 246 and 265, and then the main frame 24 is lifted to disengage the engagement plate 263 and the pin 243.

Since the gear 297 coaxial with the pulley 21 only meshes with the gear 296 supported by the mounting plate 264, when the main frame 24 is lifted, the meshing of the gears is released, and the main frame 24 has a flat belt 23. It can be removed from the housing 25 together with.

In this state, since the flat belt 23 is in a loose state, it can be easily removed from the main frame 24, and the main frame 24 and the belt 23 can be cleaned separately. The cleaned main frame 24 and belt 23 are attached to the housing 25 in the reverse procedure of the above.

As described above, by using the sliced food transport device according to the present embodiment, the sliced food can be surely put into the concave portion of the package mounted on the packaging machine, and the powder of the belt is discharged during the transport of the sliced food. It does not adhere to. In addition, there is almost no possibility that sliced food will hang down from the gap between the divided flat belts.

Further, since the flat belt, pulley and frame in contact with the sliced food can be easily removed from the housing and cleaned, the maintenance work of the transport device becomes easy.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the position of the sliced ham S in the transport direction is adjusted by using the third transport means 3. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the third transport means 3 is made by utilizing the characteristics of the motor that drives the conveyor 20 to adjust the position in the transport direction in addition to the position adjustment in the width direction of the slice ham. Is omitted.

5 and 6 show the configuration of the second transport means 2 and the configuration of the control system in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the photoelectric sensors 71 to 73 are installed above the position D at a predetermined distance from the carry-in side end of the conveyor 20. The photoelectric sensors 71, 72, and 73 detect the passage of the slice ham S by reflected light when the slice ham S mounted on the conveyor 20 passes under the photoelectric sensors 71 to 73, and the detection signal is a detection signal. It is input to the controller 6.

Further, in the present embodiment, the fourth transport means 4 is installed on the downstream side of the conveyor 20, and the camera 7 is installed above the fourth transport means 4. Since the position adjustment of the slice ham S in the width direction using the captured image of the camera 7 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the positions (X coordinates) of the slice ham S in the transport direction on each conveyor 20 are slightly different. First, the central photoelectric sensor 72 detects the passage of the slice ham S, then the left photoelectric sensor 73 detects the passage of the slice ham S, and finally, the right photoelectric sensor 71 detects the passage of the slice ham S.

The distance between the carry-out side end A of the conveyor 20 and the position D where the photoelectric sensors 71 to 73 are installed is known. Therefore, by adjusting the rotation speeds of the drive motors 81, 83, and 85 of each conveyor 20, the time when the tip of the slice ham S reaches the carry-out side end of the conveyor 20 can be substantially matched.

The control unit 62 of the controller 6 calculates the rotation speeds of the drive motors 81, 83, and 85 having the same arrival time at the carry-out side end based on the time when the detection signals of the photoelectric sensors 71 to 73 are received. , Transmits control signals to motors 81, 83 and 85.

After the slice ham S transported by the three conveyors 20 reaches the delivery position A to the fourth transport means 4, if the transport speeds of the three conveyors 20 and the fourth transport means 4 are the same, With the tips of the three slice hams aligned (that is, the X coordinates match), the transfer from the conveyor 20 to the fourth transport means 4 is performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, since the adjustment of the position of the slice ham S in the transport direction (X axis) and the width direction (Y axis) is realized only by the conveyor 20, the third transport means is used. It becomes unnecessary. Further, the transfer speed of the conveyor 20 can be easily calculated based on the detection signals of the photoelectric sensors 71 to 73, which contributes to cost reduction of the transfer device 10.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the second transport means is configured by three conveyors corresponding to the slicer that slices three ham logs at the same time, but the number of conveyors is not limited to three. When slicing a larger number of ham logs at the same time, the second transport means may be configured with a number of conveyors corresponding to the number of logs.

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

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case of transporting circular sliced ham has been described, but the transport device according to the present invention is not limited to circular sliced ham, but can also transport oval or square sliced food. Needless to say, it can be applied.

R ham log S slice ham 1 first transport means 2 second transport means 3 third transport means 4 fourth transport means 5 slicer 6 controller 7 camera 10 sliced food transport device 20, 30 conveyor 21, 22, 292 , 293,295 Pulley 23, 23a, 23b24 Flat belt 24 Main frame 25 Housing 26 Strut 28 Gearbox 51 Rotating blade 52 Axis 61 Image recognition unit 62 Control unit 63 Storage unit 64 Input unit 65 Display unit 71, 72, 73 Photoelectric Sensors 81, 83, 85 Drive motors 82, 84, 86 Swivel motors 241 and 242 Subframes 243, 265 Pins 244 Shafts 245, 263 Engagement plates 261 and 262 Mounting plates 291, 294 Timing belts 296, 297 Gears

Claims (8)

A slicer for slicing a food log to produce a sliced food and a packaging machine for storing the sliced food in the recess of a package having a plurality of recesses and then sealing the recess are installed between the slicer and the packaging machine. A sliced food transport device that transports sliced food produced by a slicer to the packaging machine.
A first transport means for loading and transporting sliced food that has fallen from the slicer, and
A second transporting means for transporting the sliced food transferred from the first transporting means and adjusting the position in the width direction orthogonal to the transporting direction according to the position of the concave portion of the package is provided.
The second transport means is composed of a first conveyor that can wind a flat belt around a pair of pulleys arranged at predetermined intervals and can swivel in a horizontal plane around the vicinity of the end on the carry-in side .
The flat belt of the first conveyor is divided into two in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction.
The pulley on the carry-in side is divided into two according to the flat belt, and a gear that transmits the rotational force of the first motor to each of the two divided pulleys is arranged between the two divided pulleys. A sliced food transport device characterized by being made . When a plurality of food logs are simultaneously sliced by the slicer to produce a plurality of sliced foods, the second transport means comprises a plurality of first conveyors for transporting each sliced food. Item 1. The sliced food transport device according to Item 1. The third transport means is further provided with a third transport means installed on the downstream side of the second transport means in the transport direction and adjusting the position of the sliced food transferred from the second transport means in the transport direction. Is composed of a second conveyor in which a flat belt is wound around a pair of pulleys arranged at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of the second conveyors are installed corresponding to each of the first conveyors. The sliced food transport device according to claim 2. A camera installed above the plurality of second conveyors and taking an image of sliced food transferred from the plurality of first conveyors.
A second motor that swivels the first conveyor in a horizontal plane, and
The image of the sliced food is taken out from the image taken by the camera, the position data in the width direction of the sliced food is calculated, and the second motor is driven based on the calculated position data to drive the sliced food. The sliced food transport device according to claim 3, further comprising a controller for adjusting the position of the sliced food in the width direction. The third transport means is omitted, a fourth transport means is installed close to the downstream side of the second transport means in the transport direction, and the fourth transport means is sliced from the second transport means. The camera is installed above the fourth transport means to receive food.
Further, a sensor installed above the plurality of first conveyors and detecting the passage of each sliced food conveyed by the first conveyor is provided.
Based on the detection signals of the plurality of sensors, the controller uses the first conveyor so that the sliced foods conveyed by the plurality of first conveyors reach the carry-out side end at approximately the same time. The sliced food transport device according to claim 4 , which is driven. The first motor and the second motor are housed in a housing to which the pair of pulleys are attached to the upper part.
The sliced food transport device according to claim 4 , wherein the housing is attached to a base via a support column and is configured to be swiveled around the support column by the second motor. The pair of pulleys of the first conveyor are rotatably supported by a pair of long frames arranged on the left and right.
The sliced food transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the pair of frames is configured to be bendable in the vertical direction. The sliced food transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the sliced food is sliced ham obtained by slicing a ham log.

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