JPS59138526A - Automatic circulating and transferring device for catch pan - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable pattern boxes to be used in circulation by automatically transferring to an original working position a catch pan after its draining is completed and said pattern boxes are removed in bean curd manufacture. CONSTITUTION:Catch pans 7 are held by a holding device, transferred, and repetitively transferred and placed on catch pan metal fittings 11 mounted on the right and left of a guide column 2 until their number reaches a prescribed one. Then, after placing a prescribed number of the catch pans, pattern boxes 7' piled with a pressing-up device 14 are lifted, the catch pan metal fitting 11 is opened, the pressing-up device 14 is lowered keeping said situation, and said pressing-up device is allowed to make contact with the upper surface of a catch pan reception metal fitting 11 where the lower surfaces of the right and left catch pans 7 on the second stage from the lowest part have been closed, and said contact part is supported. Next, after only the lowest catch pan 7 already drained is lowered and placed on a chain 21 of a chain conveyor frame 1, said pressing-up device 14 is further slightly lowered and returned to the original position. Successively, after the chain 21 is moved to the left, the catch pan 7 is allowed to make contact with a stopping metal fitting 24, and there the pattern box 7' is taken out, the chain 21 is moved to the right, and a new pattern box 7' is placed on the catch pan 7' and again placed on a uppermost pattern box.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] In the process of manufacturing tofu, the mold box is transferred through a saucer, loaded, and drained, the drained product is taken out, and the mold box is removed. The present invention relates to a device that circulates and transfers subsequent trays for reuse using an automatic device.

In a device for fully automatic draining of tofu, the mold box for draining was placed on top of the tray.

However, once the mold boxes have been drained, they are taken away, and the remaining trays are reused, so transporting them by hand would be very time-consuming, so a machine that does all of this automatically is used. This is the device you are trying to operate.

To explain this with reference to the drawings, guy supports (2) (2) are installed facing each other on the outer sides of the front and back of the middle frame of the chain conveyor frame (1), and guard rails r are installed on the inner sides of each of them. ＜;) is installed on each of the right and left sides of the front and rear intermediate parts of the guide column (2), with the base of the bracket operating equipment αO) movably facing diagonally downward, and the tips of the brackets is a saucer bracket (1) in the front and back direction.
1) Connected and installed at the front and rear of (11) 0 In addition, the front and rear of this saucer holder (11) (11) are supported horizontally opposite each other on the inner surface of the guide column (2). It is mounted on the metal fittings (12) (12).

When each of the receiving fitting operating devices (10) is reduced in size,
When the left and right spacing of the saucer holder (11) attached to the tip is narrowed in the middle of the left and right sides of the saucer (A), it is transferred to the upper surface of this part, and the lower surface of the saucer (7) is held and extended. The saucer (7) should be widened in the middle of the left and right sides of the saucer, and the saucer (7) should be attached to this metal fitting α1) (11).
) so that it can be moved up and down freely.

Guide portions (1B) (13) are formed at the upper end of guard tray/I/(2) (2) and curved toward the front and back outwards to guide insertion of the guide roller (e) of the saucer (7). It's easy.

(15) is a positioning device, which is connected horizontally to the left of the upper end of the front and rear guide columns with an inverted U-shaped frame, whose central part protrudes to the right, and whose tip is bent upward at a right angle. Attach the front and rear positioning brackets, and install the traverse drive device (8
), the outer edge of the saucer (7) brought into contact with this part is brought into contact with this part, and the guide roller α of the saucer is moved.
The mark is always positioned directly above the guide tray/I/(2), making guided insertion easy.

(The hoist is a push-up device that has an internal elevating mechanism, and by raising and lowering it, it pushes up the bottom surface of the lowest tray and pushes up the entire stack of items above it. When draining of the mold box is completed, push it up to remove the support and support of the saucer holder 01), and then lower it to support the second stage from the bottom of the saucer holder (11), This device allows the tray (A) and mold box (A) to be removed.

Guide column (2) Right frame (1) Lift column (
4) is attached, a lift operation device (9) is attached to the upper end, and a lift guide device (4) attached below the lift operation device (9) is connected so as to be freely raised and lowered.

The guide device (4) has a horizontal transverse guide tray /I/(3
), installed the traversal guide device (8) with the traverse drive device (8) attached to the guide tray Az (31), and installed the guide device (8) with the guide tray /L/(81 that can be freely moved horizontally), and the 〇 that can be freely captured The gripping device (6) is attached to the gripping device support arm (5) attached to the tip. The saucer (7) has edges slightly raised from the center on the front and back, and the center on the left and right. A water collecting groove 06) is provided lower than the water collecting groove 06), and a dripping tube (17) is attached to the central part of the water collecting groove 06).

Furthermore, vertical guide rollers (18) are attached to the front and rear edges.

(19) if-j: In the water collection box, the moisture received in the water collection groove 06) is dripped downward from each drip tube 0γ) sequentially, and is received by the water collection box starting from the lowest one.

A chain conveyor mount (1) has a front-rear shaft (22) at both left and right ends, attaches sprockets [281] to the front and rear thereof, and stretches a chain (21) between each sprocket on the left and right front and rear sides. The lower surfaces of the front and rear chains are installed so as to contact the upper surfaces of the front and rear frames (1), and the shaft portion (22) on one side is connected to a chain drive device G20), so that the chains can be freely fed in forward and reverse directions. It was designed to let you do so. In addition, stop metal fittings for the tray are installed on the left and right sides of the pedestal (1).
1) The mold box (7') on the saucer (7) placed on top is operated by a lift operation device (9) using a relay device for each part, a traverse drive device (
8) etc., the tray (7) is gripped by the gripping device (6) and the tray receivers (11) (11) attached to the left and right of the guide column (2) (Z) (n) are fixed to a preset constant on the soil. It is transferred and placed repeatedly until it becomes .

The number of layers and the elapsed time of 5 hours are set so that the tofu in the bottom mold box has finished draining by the time it is placed on the constant plate, so when the number of layers reaches the specified number, the next layer is placed. In the process, the bottom mold box will be taken out.

First, the push-up device (1→ rises and lifts up all the stacked mold boxes.Next, the receiver operating device 00) extends, and the left and right saucer receivers (11) (11> are the support brackets). (2) (When the top of the part opens outward and becomes slightly wider than the left and right edges of the saucer (γ), the push-up device 0→ stops rising and gradually lowers the whole part.

The left and right edges of the saucer (7) are connected to the left and right saucer holders (11) (1
1) When passing through the section, the above-mentioned bracket operating device (10
) (1, (il) respectively contract, and as the mold box descends, the bottom surface of the left and right saucers (7) on the second stage from the bottom are replaced by the saucer holders (
11) (11) Support this part by still contacting the top surface.

The lowest tray (7) continues to descend further and is placed on the chain (21) on the chain conveyor frame (1), and the push-up device (14-) descends a little further and returns to the initial state. and stop.

Next, the chain drive device (20) is activated and the chain (
21) to the left, and the saucer (7) is the left stop fitting (goods).
Since it comes into contact with and stops, the mold box (A) can be taken out at this point. Next, this drive device (sha) reverses, moves the chain (21) to the right, and the saucer (a) stops when it comes into contact with the stop fitting (sha), and a new mold box (7) is placed on it. For example, each device will automatically operate to place the draining load on the top level.

In this way, this device automatically transports the tray after draining and removing the mold box to the initial working position, making it possible to reuse it without any human intervention. c1, which is an effective device that

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of this mechanical device. 0 1 Chain conveyor frame 10 Bracket operating device 2
Guide post 11 saucer holder 2 guide tray/I/12 support 3 transverse guide rail
13 Guide part 3 Traverse guide device 14
Push-up device 4 Lift column 15 Positioning device 4 Lifting guide device 16 Water collection groove 5
Gripping device support arm 17 Dripping cylinder 6 Gripping device
18 Guide roller 6 Grip fitting
19 Water collection box 6 gripping part
20 Chain drive device? saucer
21 Chain type 7 box 22 Shaft part

Claims (1)

[Claims] Chain conveyor mount (1) Attach front and rear shafts on the left and right, sprockets (281) are attached to both ends, and chain (21) is stretched between these front and rear sprockets, and the upper side of these front and rear chains are mounted on the front and rear conveyor frames (1), respectively, and
Connected to a chain drive device (Co., Ltd.) to drive forward and reverse freely.
In addition, an automatic circulation transfer device for the saucer is provided with stop metal fittings for the saucer attached to both left and right ends of the pedestal (1) so that the saucer can be moved from side to side.