JP4896602B2

JP4896602B2 - Egg alignment supply device

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Publication number: JP4896602B2
Application number: JP2006173954A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 剛山下
Original assignee: Kyowa Machinery Co Ltd
Current assignee: Kyowa Machinery Co Ltd
Priority date: 2006-06-23
Filing date: 2006-06-23
Publication date: 2012-03-14
Anticipated expiration: 2026-06-23
Also published as: JP2008001492A

Description

本発明は、大量の鶏卵の洗浄、検査、選別、包装の処理を自動的に行う自動鶏卵処理システムに対して、無秩序に受け渡される鶏卵を複数列に区分けし、自動鶏卵処理システムに過不足が生じないように供給する装置に関する。 The present invention divides the eggs to be delivered randomly into a plurality of rows for the automatic egg processing system that automatically cleans, inspects, sorts, and packs a large number of eggs. The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying the liquid so as not to occur.

従来の自動鶏卵処理システムでは、鶏卵を６列で搬送し毎時約３万個を処理する構成が主流となっている。更に大量の鶏卵処理が必要な場合には、搬送列の構成を２倍にするのが通例である。図５は６列で搬送する例を示し、Ｅは鶏卵が移動する方向、Ｆは原卵コンベヤ、Ｇは鶏卵整列供給装置、Ｈは自動鶏卵処理システムで、Ｊは自動鶏卵処理システムの卵座群である。自動鶏卵処理システムの搬送列がいずれの構成でも、鶏卵の供給方法は送卵密度が一様でなく、無秩序に受け渡される鶏卵を自動鶏卵処理システムの卵座に鶏卵ガイドで区分けし、自動鶏卵処理システムへ過不足無く供給するために自動鶏卵処理システムよりも速い速度で鶏卵を搬送し、鶏卵整列供給装置の鶏卵ガイド部に整列させ、加圧された状態で蓄積し供給する方法が多用されている。 In a conventional automatic egg processing system, a configuration in which eggs are transported in six rows and about 30,000 pieces per hour are processed is the mainstream. When a larger amount of egg processing is required, it is customary to double the configuration of the transport row. FIG. 5 shows an example of carrying in 6 rows, where E is the direction in which the eggs move, F is the raw egg conveyor, G is the egg arrangement and supply device, H is the automatic egg processing system, and J is the egg seat of the automatic egg processing system. A group. Regardless of the configuration of the automated egg processing system, the egg supply method is not uniform, and the eggs that are delivered randomly are divided into the egg seats of the automatic egg processing system by the egg guide, In order to supply the processing system without excess or deficiency, a method in which eggs are transported at a faster speed than the automatic egg processing system, aligned with the egg guide portion of the egg alignment supply device, and accumulated and supplied in a pressurized state is often used. ing.

自動鶏卵処理システムの処理量よりも原卵コンベヤから受け渡される鶏卵が多い場合には鶏卵の積み重なった状態を検出する光センサーの出力に基づいて原卵コンベヤを一時停止させるか、鶏卵の進行方向と直交する横方向の広がりをリミットスイッチで検出し、原卵コンベヤを一時停止させるなどの受け渡し量抑制方法が普及している。 If there are more eggs delivered from the raw egg conveyor than the processing volume of the automatic egg processing system, the raw egg conveyor is temporarily stopped based on the output of the optical sensor that detects the stacked state of the eggs, or the direction of movement of the eggs The delivery amount control method is widely used, such as detecting the spread in the lateral direction orthogonal to the limit switch and temporarily stopping the raw egg conveyor.

原卵コンベヤから受け取った鶏卵の破壊を防ぎながら、過不足無く自動鶏卵処理システムに供給する手段として、例えば特許第２５７２２９０号のように鶏卵の搬送手段である搬送バーを強制的に回転させ、鶏卵ガイド入り口部で鶏卵の積み重なった状態を緩和させる技術がある。しかし、この技術は積み重なった状態を緩和させるには有効であるが、高速で供給する効果はない。また特許第２９８５０３５号のように、一端の区画板から他端の区画板へ順次揺動する区画板を有し、区画板の間隔を広くしたり、元に戻したりして円滑に次工程のコンベヤに移動させる技術が知られているが、高速供給には不向きである。また特許第０９３０３１３号のように水平に固定された板と、板に近接し、板に沿って推進する搬送具で板の一端に鶏卵を連続的に搬送し蓄積させる方法がある。しかし該技術は無端コンベヤで連続的に搬送して蓄積させる状態下で高速且つ大量に蓄積しつつ鶏卵処理システムに供給する用途には馴染まない。
特開平０３−２９７７１６特開平０６−２６３２３９特開昭５０−１４１０７８ As a means to supply the automatic egg processing system without excess or deficiency while preventing destruction of the egg received from the raw egg conveyor, for example, as in Japanese Patent No. 2572290, the egg is forcibly rotated to rotate the conveying bar. There is a technology to alleviate the state where eggs are stacked at the entrance of the guide. However, this technique is effective in relieving the accumulated state, but has no effect of supplying at high speed. Also, as in Japanese Patent No. 2985035, it has a partition plate that sequentially swings from one partition plate to the other partition plate, and the interval between the partition plates is widened or returned to the original to smoothly perform the next process. Although the technique of moving to a conveyor is known, it is not suitable for high-speed feeding. Moreover, there exists the method of conveying and accumulating an egg continuously to one end of a board with the board fixed to the board horizontally like patent 0930313, and the conveyance tool which adjoins a board and pushes along a board. However, this technique is unsuitable for the application to supply to an egg processing system while accumulating a large amount at a high speed under the condition of being continuously conveyed and accumulated by an endless conveyor.
JP 03-297716 A JP 06-263239 A JP-A-50-1441078

原卵コンベヤから無秩序に受け渡される鶏卵を自動鶏卵処理システムに過不足無く供給する技法として、鶏卵を自動鶏卵処理システムよりも高速で搬送し、鶏卵整列供給装置の鶏卵ガイド部に蓄積した上、自動鶏卵処理システムへ供給する方法が普及しているが、この方法では鶏卵相互に圧力が加わりやすい。自動鶏卵処理システムでは高速運転による処理能力の増大が望まれているが、従来の鶏卵整列供給装置は鶏卵の搬送速度を高めると蓄積時に鶏卵が受ける圧力が高くなり過ぎる結果、鶏卵が破壊される。そこで、鶏卵整列供給装置の鶏卵受け取り量に過不足があっても自動鶏卵処理システムへの鶏卵供給量の変動を極力抑えることによって高速で送卵しても鶏卵に加わる圧力が過大にならない鶏卵整列供給装置を提供する。 As a technique for supplying eggs delivered randomly from the raw egg conveyor to the automatic egg processing system, the eggs are transported at a higher speed than the automatic egg processing system and accumulated in the egg guide part of the egg alignment and supply device. A method of supplying to an automatic egg processing system is widespread, but this method tends to apply pressure to eggs. In the automatic egg processing system, it is desired to increase the processing capacity by high-speed operation. However, if the conventional egg alignment and supply device increases the egg transportation speed, the pressure that the egg receives during accumulation becomes too high, resulting in the destruction of the egg. . Therefore, even if there is an excess or deficiency in the amount of eggs received by the egg arrangement and supply device, even if eggs are fed at high speed by suppressing fluctuations in the amount of eggs supplied to the automatic egg processing system as much as possible, the pressure applied to the eggs will not be excessive A supply device is provided.

鶏卵を搬送する無端コンベヤと速度が制御できる狭い薄平板を一定の間隔で取り付け、無端コンベヤの表面を連続的に移動させる駆動方法によって、鶏卵が受ける蓄積圧力を調整可能にした。 The endless conveyor that transports the eggs and a thin thin plate that can control the speed are attached at regular intervals, and the accumulated pressure received by the eggs can be adjusted by a driving method that continuously moves the surface of the endless conveyor.

送卵促進板を無端コンベヤよりも高速で無端コンベヤの表面上を移動させると、不足した鶏卵を鶏卵の一群から一部だけを速く搬送し、不足を補い自動鶏卵処理システムに鶏卵を過不足なく供給出来る。送卵促進板を無端コンベヤよりも低速で移動させると、過剰に受け渡された鶏卵群の一部だけが遅く搬送され、蓄積した鶏卵間の圧力上昇が抑制される。また送卵促進板の谷の移動軌跡が異なることで、鶏卵ガイド部で鶏卵が蓄積される時に鶏卵が交互に組み合わさる現象を緩和させ、搬送を円滑にする効果がある。さらに蓄積した鶏卵の下を送卵促進板が移動しても、鶏卵は点接触し、接触面積が極端に少ないので、無端コンベヤだけの場合より圧力が上昇し難い。 If the egg-feeding promotion plate is moved on the surface of the endless conveyor at a higher speed than the endless conveyor, only a part of the egg is transported from the group of eggs at a high speed, and the automatic egg processing system compensates for the shortage without excess or deficiency. Can be supplied. When the egg feeding promotion plate is moved at a lower speed than the endless conveyor, only a part of the excessively delivered egg group is conveyed slowly, and the pressure increase between the accumulated eggs is suppressed. In addition, the movement trajectory of the valley of the egg feeding promotion plate is different, which has the effect of alleviating the phenomenon that eggs are alternately combined when the eggs are accumulated in the egg guide part and smoothing the transportation. Furthermore, even if the egg feeding promotion plate moves under the accumulated chicken eggs, the eggs are in point contact and the contact area is extremely small, so the pressure is less likely to rise than in the case of the endless conveyor alone.

比較的薄くて、狭い平板を、鶏卵を搬送するベルト状無端コンベヤの表面近傍で該コンベヤと同じ方向に移動する速度を増減すると、鶏卵の積み重なりが容易に緩和される。 By increasing or decreasing the speed of moving a relatively thin and narrow flat plate in the same direction as the conveyor in the vicinity of the surface of the belt-like endless conveyor that conveys the eggs, the stacking of the eggs is easily mitigated.

図１は、本装置の概略平面図で、１は無端コンベヤである。送卵促進板２ａと２ｂは厚さ１ｍｍから２ｍｍで、幅１０ｍｍから２０ｍｍの狭い薄平板状で、送卵促進板チエン３に、連続した前後の送卵促進板の谷の位置が一致しないように２ａと２ｂを一定の間隔で交互に取りつけてある。８は自動鶏卵処理システムの卵座間隔に適合した鶏卵ガイドである。 FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of the apparatus, and 1 is an endless conveyor. The egg-feeding promotion plates 2a and 2b are 1 to 2 mm thick and 10 mm to 20 mm narrow thin plate-shaped, so that the positions of the valleys of the successive egg-feeding promotion plates do not coincide with the egg-feeding promotion plate chain 3. 2a and 2b are alternately mounted at regular intervals. 8 is an egg guide adapted to the interval between the ovaries of the automatic egg processing system.

送卵促進板２ａと２ｂは無端コンベヤ１の平面上を移動し、無端コンベヤとは独立に運転または停止できるように無端コンベヤの駆動シャフト９の両側を回転自在なスプロケットにする。送卵促進板の駆動は張力用スプロケット７を前後に取り付けたスプロケット６で駆動する。 The egg-feeding promotion plates 2a and 2b move on the plane of the endless conveyor 1, and both ends of the drive shaft 9 of the endless conveyor are rotatable sprockets so that they can be operated or stopped independently of the endless conveyor. The egg-feeding promotion plate is driven by a sprocket 6 to which tension sprockets 7 are attached front and rear.

送卵促進板２ａと２ｂは鶏卵１個分以上の間隔で送卵促進板チエンに取り付け、例えば自動鶏卵処理システムより高速で無端コンベヤ１上を移動する。送卵促進板２ａと２ｂの平面形状は図３のように進行方向に２ｃと２ｅの山と２ｄと２ｆの谷があり、送卵促進板２ａと２ｂは共に山の間隔は鶏卵ガイド８の間隔と同じで、山の移動軌跡は鶏卵ガイド８の位置に重なるが、送卵促進板２ａと２ｂの谷２ｄと２ｆの移動軌跡は重ならない。 The egg-feeding promotion plates 2a and 2b are attached to the egg-feeding promotion plate chain at intervals equal to or greater than one chicken egg, and move on the endless conveyor 1 at a higher speed than, for example, an automatic egg processing system. As shown in FIG. 3, the planar shape of the egg-feeding promotion plates 2a and 2b has a crest of 2c and 2e and a valley of 2d and 2f in the advancing direction. The movement trajectory of the mountain overlaps with the position of the egg guide 8 in the same manner as the interval, but the movement trajectories of the valleys 2d and 2f of the egg feeding promotion plates 2a and 2b do not overlap.

無端コンベヤ１は、コンベヤガイドレールベース１５と取付けステー１６で支えられたコンベヤガイドレール１４の上を無端コンベヤ駆動シャフト９で無端コンベヤ駆動スプロケット４を介して駆動され、移動する。 The endless conveyor 1 is driven on the conveyor guide rail 14 supported by the conveyor guide rail base 15 and the mounting stay 16 by the endless conveyor drive shaft 9 via the endless conveyor drive sprocket 4 and moves.

鶏卵ガイド８の入り口部の鶏卵１個分より高い位置に取り付けた光センサー１１は、自動鶏卵処理システムの処理能力より多い鶏卵が鶏卵整列供給装置に受け渡されたとき、鶏卵ガイド８の入り口部分で積み重なった状態を検知する。送卵促進板２ａと２ｂの速度は光センサー１１の出力に基づいて調整できる。 The optical sensor 11 attached at a position higher than one egg at the entrance of the egg guide 8 is an entrance portion of the egg guide 8 when more eggs than the processing capacity of the automatic egg processing system are delivered to the egg arrangement supply device. Detects the stacked state at. The speed of the egg feeding promotion plates 2 a and 2 b can be adjusted based on the output of the optical sensor 11.

自動鶏卵処理システムの処理能力より多い鶏卵が鶏卵整列供給装置に受け渡されたとき、鶏卵が無端コンベヤの横幅一杯に拡がり、光センサー１１より上流側に取り付けられた鶏卵感知板１３が押された状態をリミットスイッチ１２で感知すると、原卵コンベヤを一時的に停止させて受け渡しを抑制する。 When more eggs than the processing capacity of the automatic egg processing system were delivered to the egg arrangement and supply device, the eggs spread to the full width of the endless conveyor, and the egg detection plate 13 attached upstream from the optical sensor 11 was pushed. When the state is detected by the limit switch 12, the raw egg conveyor is temporarily stopped to suppress delivery.

本発明の鶏卵整列供給装置を用いると、原卵コンベヤから鶏卵を受け取って、高速、安全且つ過不足無く自動鶏卵処理システムに供給出来る。 By using the egg alignment and supply device of the present invention, eggs can be received from the raw egg conveyor and supplied to an automatic egg processing system at high speed, safety and without excess or deficiency.

本願装置の平面図Plan view of the device of this application 無端コンベヤと送卵促進板コンベヤの側面図Side view of endless conveyor and egg feeding promotion plate conveyor 送卵促進板の平面図Top view of the egg transfer promotion plate 無端コンベヤと送卵促進板コンベヤの正面断面図Front sectional view of endless conveyor and egg feeding promotion plate conveyor 本願装置設置例の平面図Plan view of installation example

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

Ｅ鶏卵が移動する方向
Ｆ原卵コンベヤ
Ｇ鶏卵整列供給装置
Ｈ自動鶏卵処理システム
Ｊ卵座列
１無端コンベヤ
２ａ送卵促進板
２ｂ送卵促進板
２ｃ送卵促進板２ａの山
２ｄ送卵促進板２ａの谷
２ｅ送卵促進板２ｂの山
２ｆ送卵促進板２ｂの谷
３送卵促進板チエン
４無端コンベヤ駆動スプロケット
５送卵促進板チエン従動スプロケット
６送卵促進板チエン駆動スプロケット
７送卵促進板チエン張力スプロケット
８鶏卵ガイド
９無端コンベヤ駆動シャフト
１０鶏卵
１１光センサー
１２リミットスイッチ
１３鶏卵感知板
１４コンベヤガイドレール
１５コンベヤガイドレールベース
１６取付けステー E Egg moving direction F Raw egg conveyor G Egg alignment and supply device H Automatic egg processing system J Constellation 1 Endless conveyor 2a Egg transfer promotion plate 2b Egg transfer promotion plate 2c Egg transfer promotion plate 2a pile 2d Egg transfer promotion plate 2a Valley 2e Pile of Egg Transfer Promotion Plate 2b 2f Valley of Egg Transfer Promotion Plate 2b 3 Egg Transfer Promotion Plate Chain 4 Endless Conveyor Driven Sprocket 5 Egg Transfer Promotion Plate Chain Followed Sprocket 6 Egg Transfer Promotion Plate Chain Driven Sprocket 7 Egg Transfer Promotion Plate chain tension sprocket 8 Egg guide 9 Endless conveyor drive shaft 10 Egg 11 Optical sensor 12 Limit switch 13 Egg detection plate 14 Conveyor guide rail 15 Conveyor guide rail base 16 Mounting stay

Claims

原卵コンベヤから鶏卵を受け取って自動鶏卵処理システムへ供給する鶏卵整列供給装置において、平面を有し当該平面上に載置された鶏卵を搬送するベルト状の無端コンベヤと、前記平面に略平行な薄平板状をなし前記無端コンベアの表面近傍且つ前記鶏卵の下を、該無端コンベヤと同じ方向に移動する送卵促進板と、前記無端コンベア及び前記送卵促進板の上方に配置され、前記原卵コンベアから無秩序に受け渡される鶏卵を複数列に区分けする複数の鶏卵ガイド部とを備え、前記送卵促進板は、移動方向に沿って複数配列されていると共に、前記無端コンベアとは独立して当該無端コンベアとは異なる速度で移動可能に構成されていることを特徴とする鶏卵整列供給装置。 In an egg alignment and supply apparatus that receives eggs from a raw egg conveyor and supplies them to an automatic egg processing system, a belt-like endless conveyor that has a plane and conveys eggs placed on the plane is substantially parallel to the plane. An egg- feeding promotion plate that has a thin plate shape and moves in the same direction as the endless conveyor near the surface of the endless conveyor and under the eggs, and is disposed above the endless conveyor and the egg-feeding promotion plate, A plurality of egg guide portions that divide the eggs delivered randomly from the egg conveyor into a plurality of rows, and a plurality of the egg feeding promotion plates are arranged along the moving direction, and are independent of the endless conveyor. The egg arrangement and supply device is configured to be movable at a speed different from that of the endless conveyor .

前記送卵促進板の平面形状が山の部分と谷の部分から成り、平面視において前記送卵促進板の山の移動軌跡と前記鶏卵ガイドの位置が重なると共に、前記送卵促進板の山の間隔が前記鶏卵ガイドの間隔に一致し、移動方向に隣接している送卵促進板の谷の移動軌跡が異なることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の鶏卵整列供給装置。
The planar shape of Okutamago promoting plate Ri consists portion of the mountain part and the valley, along with positions overlapping the moving track and the egg guide mountain of the Okutamago promoting plate in a plan view, mountains of the Okutamago promoting plate egg aligning and supplying apparatus according to claim 1 in which spacing of the match egg guide spacing, the movement locus of the valley of Okutamago promoting plate adjacent to the moving direction, wherein the different this.