JP2019127385A - Sliced meat transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transport device for sliced meat, which can obtain a good-looking tray-filled product with a simple configuration even if the size of sliced meat and the number of served pieces are changed. SOLUTION: This is a conveyor for transporting intermittently supplied sliced meat to a predetermined transfer position, and a plurality of sliced meats stacked with a predetermined length shifted from the previous sliced meat are arranged for each pack. In a sliced meat transfer device that is partitioned at predetermined intervals and the end of the conveyor retracts at the transfer position and is transferred into the tray, the desired number N of sliced meat m for one pack and sliced meat It is possible to give the length H of m and the length L of the sliced meat group to the control means so that the shifted length p of the sliced meat m and the preset reference point of the sliced meat m match the transfer position. The interval C is calculated, and one pack of sliced meat group is conveyed by the interval C, and the end portion of the conveyor 8 is retracted and transferred into the tray 9 at the timing when the reference point matches the transfer position. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a sliced meat transport apparatus obtained by thinly slicing edible partial meat with a slicer, and more particularly to a conveyor for receiving sliced meat and transporting it to a transfer position on a tray.

In the prior art of the conveying apparatus of the sliced meat relevant to this invention, there exist some which were disclosed by patent document 1, for example.
In Patent Document 1, in a conveyor belt that conveys sliced meat sliced with a round blade of a meat slicer to a plate loading position, if the sliced meat arrives at the plate loading position, a terminal portion of the conveyance belt is detected by a detector. A configuration is described in which the sliced meat is provided in a saucer which retreats and stands by directly below.
However, this configuration requires a detector for detecting the arrival of the sliced meat at the dish mounting position, so the configuration is complicated, and there are problems such as detection accuracy and false detection.
In addition, the sliced meat provided in the saucer is not uniform in terms of the product configuration, and the size of the sliced meat and the number of stored sheets also change. Therefore, even if the size of the sliced meat and the number of contained sheets changed, it was necessary to take measures to make it appear well on the saucer without being biased.

JP-A-4-69196

The present invention has been made to solve the problems associated with the conventional sliced meat transport apparatus as described above, and can be seen with a simple configuration even if the size of the sliced meat and the number of servings are changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a conveying apparatus of sliced meat from which a good trayed product can be obtained.

The present invention is a conveyor that receives sliced meat intermittently supplied from a slicer at a starting end and conveys the sliced meat to a predetermined transfer position, and is stacked with a predetermined length shifted from the previous sliced meat on the conveyor. A plurality of sliced meat is partitioned at predetermined intervals for each pack, and when the sliced meat group for one pack reaches the transfer position, the end of the conveyor moves backward and waits at a position below the transfer position. In the apparatus for transporting sliced meat to be transferred to the inside, the desired number N of slices of sliced meat, the length H of the sliced meat in the conveyance direction, and the length L of the sliced meat group in one pack in the conveyance direction Is given to the control means to calculate the shifted length p of the sliced meat and the interval C which can match the preset reference position of the sliced meat with the transfer position, and the sliced meat group for one pack is Conveyed by an interval C And a conveying device of a slice meat quasi portion is equal to or causing transfer the slice meat group one pack at the timing that matches the transfer position to retract the end portion of the conveyor in the tray.
In addition, the reference position is a tip end portion in the conveyance direction of the sliced meat group of one pack, and the transfer position is a corner portion formed by the tray bottom surface and the peripheral wall in the conveyance direction of the sliced meat group There is.

According to the present invention, it is possible to transport a sliced meat group partitioned for every pack to a transfer position to a predetermined tray with a simple configuration. Even if the number of sliced meats changes, it is possible to obtain a trayed product of sliced meats with a good appearance.

It is a side view which shows typically the conveyance apparatus of the slice meat which concerns on this invention. In the present invention, it is a side view schematically showing the transport state when the number N of sliced meat for one pack is changed, and the case where (a) has a large number of sheets N is considered to be a case where there is a small number of (b). Represents each. The enlarged view of the slice meat group for 1 pack on a conveyor. FIG.

An embodiment of a transport apparatus for sliced meat according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Although the slicer according to the present invention is not limited, in the present embodiment, the delivery conveyor 1 at the bottom and the meat press 2 at the top are shown as outlined in FIG. 1. A meat box 3 having a sword, a tip plate of the meat box 3 with a patch plate 4 whose position is adjusted in the feeding direction to regulate the slice thickness, and a band knife 5 provided at the upper end portion of the patch plate 4 with a cut-out opening. When the meat box 3 reciprocating in the vertical direction moves up, the tip of the partial meat placed on the meat box 3 is cut by the band knife 5 and cut out from the cut-out opening as sliced meat m. There is.

A rotating body 6 for receiving the sliced meat m is provided in contact with the outer periphery before approaching and being cut off near the cutout.
Needle-like projections are formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body 6 so that the received sliced meat m does not stick to the band knife 5 and is not pulled. By rotating a motor connected to the rotating body 6 (not shown) in relation to the upper moving speed of the meat box 3, the rotating body 6 is taken out so that the sliced meat m always comes to a fixed position while being cut out. .

A comb-like transfer piece 7 is provided on the opposite side of the rotator 6 so as to be swingable with its open end inserted between the needle-like projections of the rotator 6, and is related to the cutting of the sliced meat m from the slicer. Then, it swings and strips the sliced meat m to the start end of the conveyor 8.
The conveyor 8 is a belt conveyor extended from the receiving position of the sliced meat m supplied from the transfer piece 7 to the transfer position where the tray 9 for serving is on standby, as shown in FIG. A conveyor belt wound around 10 is driven to travel from the start to the transfer position by a servomotor connected to any one roller.
Although the detailed illustration of the end portion of the conveyor 8 is omitted, it is configured as a shuttle conveyor that is also found in Patent Document 1, and a position where the slice meat group for one pack has advanced until reaching a predetermined transfer position (see FIG. The solid meat display position in FIG. 1) and a pack of sliced meat that has reached the transfer position fall into the lower tray and can be moved back and forth to the retreat position (virtual line display position in FIG. 1). Ru.

The sliced meat m reversely transferred by the transfer piece 7 is received at the start end of the conveyor 8, but by moving the conveyor 8 intermittently, the sliced meat m is stacked by being shifted by a predetermined length p from the previous sliced meat. It is divided by the number of minutes and sequentially conveyed to the end of the conveyor 8.
The sliced meat group for one pack, to which the tray 9 is supplied from a tray supply means (not shown) to the transfer position below the end portion of the conveyor 8 and is conveyed to the end portion by the conveyor 8, is used as the shuttle conveyor of the conveyor 8. In this configuration, the end portion is quickly retracted, and the sliced meat group for one pack is transferred into the tray 9 while maintaining the transported posture.

The operation and action in such a configuration will be described. The control means in the present embodiment advances and retracts the setting means 11 capable of inputting the working conditions including the display of the operating condition, the servomotor for driving the conveyor 8 and the shuttle conveyor, as conceptually shown in FIG. A control means 12 is provided which controls the servomotor by generating a rotation signal.
These control means, as work conditions input via the setting means 11, have a length L in the transport direction of the slice meat group that is substantially equal to the length L of the bottom surface of the tray on which the slice meat group shown in FIG. And based on the length H of the transport direction of the sliced meat and the number N of sliced meats, the shifted length p of the sliced meat is calculated as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the length L of the slice meat group for one pack is L = H + (N-1) × p when the number N of slice meat for one pack is given, and the shift of the slice meat is It can be easily derived as the calculated length p = (L−H) / (N−1).
By operating on the basis of the numerical values obtained in this way, it is possible to finish the sliced meat group for one pack that is stored in a predetermined tray with good appearance.

Next, a configuration for transporting the sliced meat group of one pack to a predetermined transfer position where the tray stands by will be described.
First, a transfer position for transferring a slice of meat in one pack to the tray near the end of the conveyor 8 is set.
In this example, this transfer position is on the line A-A shown in FIG. 3 passing the roller center at the end of the conveyor 8 and the tray 9 is formed by the tray bottom and peripheral wall in the transport direction of sliced meat groups A tray supply means (not shown) is controlled so that the corner portion (hereinafter simply referred to as the corner portion) is always supplied in line with the line A-A at the transfer position.

On the other hand, the slice meat group of one pack is determined to have the tip of the slice meat group as a reference point, and as shown in FIG. 3, the timing when the tip of the slice meat group reaches the line A-A at the transfer position. At the same time, by operating the shuttle conveyor configured at the end of the conveyor 8, the roller at the end is retracted to be dropped and transferred into the tray.

The conveyor 8 is extended to a position where the sliced meat m cut out from the slicer can be received from the transfer piece 7 at the starting end, and the length S of the conveyor 8 is the maximum sliced meat group for one pack as expected. With a suitable interval C obtained by fast-forwarding the conveyor 8 on the basis of the length L, and at least the slice meat group and the interval C for one subsequent pack, as shown in FIG. Then, the slice meat group for the next one pack is set to be positioned.
This is desirable for securing the space constituting each functional member.

Next, the case where the number N of sliced meat in the sliced meat group for one pack is changed will be described based on FIG.
Even if the number N of sliced meats in one packed meat group is changed, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the sliced meat group at the transfer position and the corner of the bottom of the tray always keep the fixed position If possible, it is convenient to feed the next tray based on the corner of the bottom of the tray even if the size of the tray is changed.
In the state where the number N of sliced meats m has decreased (b) from the state (b) in FIG. As described above, if the fast feed amount C of the conveyor 8 is adjusted, the slice meat group arrives at the transfer position at the same timing even if the number N changes, so the timing at which the end of the conveyor 8 retreats is also the same. .

In order to obtain a tray storage item of a desired number N of slice meat m, the length L of the bottom portion which determines the tray size to be used and the length L of a slice meat group for one pack substantially equal to the length L If the number N of sliced meats to be determined and the length H of the sliced meats are input, the control means calculates the shifted length p of the sliced meats m and the interval C, and the traveling of the conveyor 8 is controlled.
Then, in accordance with the timing when the leading end of the sliced meat group reaches the transfer position, the shuttle conveyor operates to retract the end of the conveyor 8 and drop the sliced meat group into the tray for transfer.
These series of operations are repeatedly performed by time control by pulse signals based on the slicing cycle of the slice meat of the slicer.
Note that the length H of the sliced meat m is substantially determined by the portion of the partial meat and is manually input each time. However, in order to increase the accuracy, the partial meat of the raw material is always measured using appropriate detection means. The detection result may be fed back.

Although the sliced meat in this example is in the form of a flat plate in which the partial meat is thinly cut, the sliced meat is folded in two from the substantially central portion orthogonal to the transport direction during transport. The length of the sliced meat H in the folded state (about 1/2) even if the sliced meat is stacked with the predetermined length offset from the previous sliced meat with the head at the top. The same applies except that

6 Rotating body 7 Transfer piece 8 Conveyor 9 Tray

Claims (2)

A conveyor which receives slice meat intermittently supplied from a slicer at a start end and conveys it to a predetermined transfer position, and a plurality of slices stacked on the conveyor with a predetermined length offset from the previous slice meat In the apparatus for transporting sliced meat, the meat is partitioned at predetermined intervals for each pack, and when the sliced meat group for one pack reaches the transfer position, the end of the conveyor is retracted and transferred to the tray, The control means is given the desired number N of sliced meat for one pack, the length H in the transport direction of sliced meat, and the length L in the transport direction of the sliced meat group for one pack that is substantially equal to the bottom length of the tray. The calculated length p of the sliced meat and the interval C which can match the preset reference position of the sliced meat to the transfer position are calculated, and the sliced meat group for one pack is conveyed by the distance C and the standard The place is moved Conveying apparatus slice meat in accordance with the timing that matches the positions, characterized in that cause transfer slices meat group one pack to retract the end portion of the conveyor in the tray. The reference point is the tip in the transport direction of the sliced meat group for one pack, and the transfer position is formed by the tray bottom surface and the peripheral wall in the transport direction of the sliced meat group waiting in the lower position near the terminal end of the conveyor. The apparatus for transporting sliced meat according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a corner portion to be cut.

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