JPS6117938Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] In ice making factories, ice cubes that come out of the ice remover are usually transferred onto a slat conveyor via a slide, but we have developed a device that can automatically and reliably change direction on this conveyor. development is awaited. Incidentally, by changing the direction of the ice cubes, it is possible to smoothly connect the ice cubes to the next process (for example, a palletizing device).

Conventionally, when changing the direction of ice cubes in an ice factory, as shown in FIG. A guide roller type direction changing device that gradually changes the direction of the upper ice cube c along a guide roller b and finally changes the direction by 90 degrees and conveys it, or as shown in Fig. 1B, two slat conveyors d,
A relative speed difference type direction changing device is used that changes the direction of ice cube c by setting the conveyor speed of e to a different speed (for example, making the conveyor speed of conveyor d faster than the conveyor speed of conveyor e), but the former In the latter case, the ice cubes, which can reliably change direction, cause a blocking phenomenon, making it impossible to reliably change direction.In addition, in the latter case, the equipment cost increases and the position after changing direction is not constant.

The above-described inconveniences in the operation of changing the direction of ice cubes also occur when changing the direction of other packages having a cylindrical shape similar to ice cubes.

The present invention was developed to eliminate the inconveniences mentioned above when changing the direction of cylindrical cargo such as ice cubes. In the slat conveyor that changes the moving direction of each cylindrical baggage to a right angle direction, an inclined plate is installed along one side edge of the side where each cylindrical baggage is carried in and tilts downward at a required angle toward the other side edge. A guide roller is provided in the required range in the longitudinal direction of the rat conveyor, and a guide roller is installed to change the direction of the baggage from the side edge of the slat conveyor on the side where the inclined plate is provided to the conveyor exit. The reason is that it is provided on the downstream side by several times the length.

The present invention will be described below when it is implemented as an ice cube direction changing device used in an ice factory.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ice cube direction changing device, Fig. 3 is a -arrow view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a -arrow view of Fig. 2.
It is an arrow view.

In front of the slide 1 installed from an ice remover (not shown), one or more ice cubes (in the figure, three ice cubes 2a,
A slat conveyor 4 is provided that conveys the slats in a direction in which the slats 2b and 2c) are changed by 90 degrees, that is, in the direction of arrow 9, and the slat conveyor 4 is conveyed along the inlet side edge of the slat conveyor 4 downward toward the other side edge at the required angle. A tilting plate 5 is disposed downstream of the ice cube inlet of the slat conveyor 4 by a plurality of ice cube lengths, and as shown in FIG. A step 6 is provided between the slider 1 and the conveyor conveyance surface, and an ice cube stopper 7 for stopping the ice cubes 2a, 2b, 2c from the slide 1 on the slat conveyor 4 is placed at a required position on the side edge of the slat conveyor 4. establish.

The slat conveyor 4 conveys ice cubes 2a, 2b, and 2c in the direction of arrow 9 by driving a motor 8, but an inclined plate 5 is provided downstream of the inclined plate 5 in the conveying section of the slat conveyor 4. A plurality of guide rollers 11 are arranged toward the conveyor exit from the side edge of the conveyor provided, and the slat conveyor 4
The ice cubes conveyed by the conveyor can be guided onto a slide 10 connected to the outlet of the conveyor.

Next, the operation will be explained.

Ice cubes 2a, 2 led from the dehydrator onto the slide 1
b and 2c slide down on the slide 1, pass through the inclined plate 5, and then move onto the slat conveyor 4.
At this time, the ice cubes 2a, 2b, and 2c hit the ice cube stopper 7, bounce back, and stop with their rear parts resting on the inclined plate 5.
a', 2b', 2c').

Ice cubes 2a′ transferred onto the slat conveyor 4,
Ice cubes 2b', 2c' start moving in the direction of arrow 9, which is the conveyance direction, by starting the motor 8, but the ice cubes 2a', 2b',
Since the front part of ice cube 2c' is on the slat conveyor 4 and the rear part on the inclined plate 5, when the slat conveyor 4 starts moving, the front part of the ice cube 2a', for example, gradually changes direction in the conveying direction. Then, in parallel with this change of direction of the front part of the ice cube, the rear part of the ice cube slides down the inclined plate 5, and the rear part of the ice cube transfers onto the slat conveyor 4 (the state shown by A in Figure 2). (state shown in box).

An ice cube (for example, 2a') that is transported while gradually tilting the front part of the ice cube toward the transport direction as described above.
Finally, the position is corrected by the guide roller 11. In other words, the ice cube 2 in the state shown in Figure 2
The rear part of the ice cube 2a' hits the guide roller 11 (the state shown by c in Fig. 2), and after that, the ice cube 2a' is gradually changed direction by the plurality of guide rollers 11, and finally the ice cube 2a' is placed on a slide provided at the exit of the conveyor. 10 It is guided upward and its direction is changed by 90 degrees.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, since the device was used to change the direction of ice cubes, a slide was provided on the loading side of the slat conveyor, but other suitable loading means could also be used. can do.

The device for changing the direction of cylindrical cargo of the present invention has an inclined plate on one side edge of the slat conveyor, and the cylindrical cargo is conveyed while being supported by both the slat conveyor and the inclined plate, and the direction is changed on the slat conveyor. After this, the position is finally corrected using guide rollers, so it is possible to reliably change the direction of the cargo by 90 degrees without causing any blocking phenomenon. Since it has a simple configuration, it can produce excellent effects such as no increase in equipment costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1A and B are explanatory diagrams of a conventional ice cube direction changing device, Figure 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the cylindrical baggage direction changing device of the present invention, and Figure 3 is the same as that shown in Figure 2. −
The arrow view, Figure 4 is the − arrow view of Figure 2, Figure 5.
The figure is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 4. 1...Slide, 2a, 2b, 2c...Ice cube, 4
... Slat conveyor, 5 ... Inclined plate, 11 ...
guide roller.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a slat conveyor that receives a plurality of cylindrical loads sent from a slide or the like and changes the moving direction of each cylindrical baggage to a right angle direction, along one side edge of the side where each cylindrical baggage is carried in, and the other side edge. An inclined plate that is inclined downward at a required angle toward the slat conveyor is provided in a required range in the longitudinal direction of the slat conveyor, and a guide roller that changes the direction of the cargo from the side edge of the slat conveyor on the side where the inclined plate is provided toward the conveyor exit. A device for changing the direction of cylindrical cargo, characterized in that the conveyor is provided downstream of a cylindrical cargo input port several times the length of the cylindrical cargo.