KR101865847B1

KR101865847B1 - Appratus for Seperating And Aligning Chopsticks

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Publication number: KR101865847B1
Application number: KR1020170009734A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 윤진영; 이지원; 이원규; 신동훈
Original assignee: 국민대학교산학협력단
Priority date: 2017-01-20
Filing date: 2017-01-20
Publication date: 2018-06-08

Abstract

The present invention relates to a chopstick automatic sorting device in which a chopstick is separated in both directions along the center of gravity of a chopstick when the chopsticks are inserted in a state in which the directions of the plurality of chopsticks are irregularly mixed so that the chopsticks can be automatically arranged in one direction The chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a hopper member having a slot-shaped slot through which a chopstick passes, the hopper member being inserted in an irregularly mixed state of chopsticks; A separating member disposed at a lower portion of a slot of the hopper member and having a shape of '∧' so that the chopsticks falling through the slot can be separated from each other along the center of gravity; And two receiving baskets which are in the form of a barrel whose upper surface is opened and which are disposed at both side ends of the separating member and accommodate the chopsticks falling through the separating member.

Description

{Appratus for Seperating And Aligning Chopsticks}

More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for automatically separating and aligning chopsticks, and more particularly, when chopsticks are inserted in a state in which a plurality of chopsticks are randomly interwoven, the chopsticks are separated in both directions according to the position of the center of gravity of the chopsticks, So that the chopsticks can be automatically arranged in one direction.

Generally, chopsticks are not only an essential item for eating food as a meal tool in Korea but also in other countries including Asia, and their use is becoming increasingly globalized. The tip of the food is thin and thin, The part is thick and thick compared with the tip, so that the ends are generally different in weight from each other.

Such a chopstick is made of a material such as metal or synthetic resin when it is not disposable, and is used after being washed, dried and reused.

In this case, when the chopsticks are washed to be reused, the lines / rear ends of the chopsticks are arranged irregularly intermingled. Therefore, when storing the chopsticks in a storage container for reuse, There is an inconvenience that it is necessary to arrange it in the container.

Recently, a chopstick aligner has been developed to solve this inconvenience.

For example, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0414384 discloses a sorting member provided with a sorting hole for sorting the top and bottom of a chopstick, which is in the form of a top-down bottom with respect to the cross-sectional area, A chopstick separator comprising a guide member connected to the sorting member so as to be able to move downwardly and a support member coupled to a lower portion of the guide member and having an opening formed therein.

However, in the conventional chopstick sorting machine, when the chopsticks are inserted into the body, the sorting member inserted in the cylinder is lifted up and then the protruding chopsticks are caught and collected. Even if the tip of the chopstick is arranged at the bottom, And the movement of the chopsticks protruding upward is limited due to the interference of the chopsticks inserted into the hole, so that it is necessary to arrange the chopsticks protruding from the upper part one by one by hand, , Which is not hygienically problematic.

Registration Utility Model No. 20-0414384 Patent No. 10-0585295 Patent No. 10-1237914

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a chopstick, which, when chopsticks are inserted in a state in which the directions of chopsticks are irregularly mixed, So that the chopsticks can be automatically arranged in one direction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick which can accurately align the chopsticks because the chopsticks are not splashed during the process of sorting the chopsticks and the length of the slot into which the chopsticks are inserted can be varied according to the length of the chopsticks, The present invention also provides a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus which can be applied to a chopstick.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus including a slot having a slot shape through which a chopstick passes, the hopper being inserted into a state in which the chopsticks are irregularly mixed, Wow; A separating member disposed at a lower portion of a slot of the hopper member and having a shape of '∧' so that the chopsticks falling through the slot can be separated from each other along the center of gravity; And two receiving baskets which are in the form of a barrel whose upper surface is opened and which are disposed at both side ends of the separating member and accommodate the chopsticks falling through the separating member.

According to the present invention, the chopsticks are separated according to the arranging direction by the separating member, which is a plate shaped in the form of a plate inclined downward toward both sides from the center, .

Particularly, in the present invention, the slot adjusting member is slidably inserted into the slot of the hopper member, and the length of the slot is adjusted according to the length of the chopstick. Therefore, the length of the slot can be easily adjusted according to the length of the chopsticks.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the chopstick automatic sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1, viewed from the front.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the chopstick automatic sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the chopstick automatic sorting apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 5 is a side view of the chopstick automatic sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
6 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a front view of a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5, a chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hopper member 10 into which the direction of chopsticks is irregularly mixed, a hopper member 10 which is dropped through the hopper member 10 A separating member 20 for automatically separating the chopsticks to both sides in the arranging direction, two receiving tubes 30 for accommodating the chopsticks separated from both sides of the separating member 20, And a shelf frame 1 on which a separating member 20 and a receiving tube 30 are installed.

The shelf frame 1 includes a plurality of wire rods made of a metal or a hard synthetic resin material having excellent corrosion resistance such as stainless steel horizontally and vertically coupled to the hopper member 10 and the separating member 20, 30), it is also possible to perform a function of a shelf capable of placing dishes or containers.

The hopper member 10 is installed on one side of the shelf frame 1, and a plurality of chopsticks to be separated are put in a state in which the directions are not aligned. The hopper member 10 has a shape in which the cross-sectional area gradually decreases toward the lower end so that the loaded chopsticks can naturally fall downward. For example, the hopper member 10 has an inverted triangular profile in which both sides converge downward.

A slot 11, through which the chopsticks C pass, is formed at a lower end of the hopper member 10 so as to pass through the hopper member 10 in the vertical direction. The slot 11 has a length slightly longer than the length of the chopsticks. When the chopsticks fall vertically when the chopsticks C fall through the slots 11, the chopsticks C are struck strongly against the lower separating member 20 and are repelled and not correctly separated to the outside, The guide plate 12 can be inclined so that the chopsticks C can fall downward in the oblique direction on the lower side of the slot 11 as shown in Fig. The guide plate 12 is inclined downward at a predetermined angle on one side of the slot 11 so that the chopsticks C falling through the slots 11 are inclined with respect to an axis perpendicular to the ground surface So as to guide the chopsticks C so as to fall down.

The guide plate 12 may be made of a hard plastic or stainless steel material such as the hopper member 10 but may be made of a flexible resin material such as silicon so as to be bent by the load of the chopstick C . If the guide plate 12 is made of a flexible resin material and warpable, the chopsticks can fall down in a generally vertical direction while reducing the falling speed of the chopsticks, thereby further improving the accuracy of chopstick separation. As described above, when the guide plate 12 is made of a flexible resin material, it may be formed only on one side edge portion of the slot 11 of the guide plate 12, but it may be installed symmetrically on both sides of the slot 11 It might be.

The separating member 20 is disposed directly below the slot 11 of the hopper member 10 so that the chopsticks C falling through the slot 11 can be separated on both sides according to the position of the center of gravity It has the form of '∧'. The top end of the separating member 20 is disposed at the center of the length of the slot 11 so that a half of the length of the chopsticks C when the chopsticks C are dropped through the slots 11, (20).

A rectangular anti-departure prevention plate 25 is provided at the rim of the separating member 20 so as to surround the upper portion of the separating member 20 to prevent the dropped chopstick from being released to the outside. The chopsticks sliding on both sides of the separating member 20 are separated from the sloping both side surfaces of the separating member 20 and the chopping- And passes through between the lower ends of both side surfaces of the prevention plate 25 and is introduced into the receiving cylinder 30. [

The receiving tube 30 is disposed at both side ends of the separating member 20 to house the separated chopsticks through the separating member 20. The upper end of the receiving tube 30 is in the shape of a barrel with an open top, and one end of the upper end is connected to the end of the separating member 20.

Meanwhile, as described above, the slot 11 of the hopper member 10 preferably has a length corresponding to the length of the chopsticks C to be separated. 4 and 5, in order to make the slot 11 have a length corresponding to the chopsticks C of various lengths, slots 11 are formed at both ends of the slots 11 to adjust the length of the slots 11 A member (40) is slidably installed horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the slot (11). To this end, slide grooves 13 are formed horizontally along the length of the slots 11 on both sides of the slots 11, through which both end portions of the slot adjusting member 40 are inserted and guided.

In order to prevent the width of the slot adjusting member 40 from being arbitrarily changed by the chopstick C after the slot adjusting member 40 moves along the slot 11 and the length of the slot 11 is adjusted, An elastic projection 42 in the form of a leaf spring is provided at one end or both ends of the slot regulating member 40. The slide groove 13 is provided with a plurality of positioning recesses 42 in which the elastic protrusions 42 are elastically engaged, (14) may be formed continuously along the longitudinal direction of the slide groove (13).

An operation example of the automatic chopstick sorting apparatus constructed as above will be described in detail as follows.

The chopsticks C are guided downward to pass through the slots 11 when a plurality of chopsticks mixed in an irregular state without matching the directions of the chopsticks are inserted through the open upper end of the hopper member 10. [

The chopsticks C that pass through the slots 11 fall down while being slid in an inclined direction at an angle with respect to an axis perpendicular to the ground by being guided by the guide plates 12 of the slots 11. [

The chopsticks C falling by the guidance of the guide plate 12 come into contact with the top end of the separating member 20 at approximately half of the length thereof. Since the center of gravity of the chopstick C is biased by a predetermined length from the center of the length of the chopsticks to the handle portion due to the difference in weight between the handle portion and the distal end portion, the inclined upper surface of the separating member 20 And falls to the receiving cylinder 30 (see Fig. 2).

Therefore, the chopsticks C are separated and fall down on both sides of the separating member 20 in accordance with the direction of the chopsticks C.

The chopsticks C separated on both sides by the separating member 20 and dropped into the receiving tube 30 are housed and stored in the receiving tube 30.

As described above, the automatic chopstick sorting apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the chopsticks C are separated in the arrangement direction by the separating member 20 having a plate shape, And can be automatically aligned and accommodated only in one direction in the rear housing tube 30. [

When the chopsticks C are slid along the separating member 20 and are housed and stored, the chopsticks C are stored in the receiving box 30, In order to prevent the chopsticks that slid down along the separating member 20 from falling down into the receiving barrel 30, the bottom surface of the receiving barrel 30, as shown in another embodiment of FIG. 7, It may be formed downwardly inclined outward.

The length of the slot 11 can be varied by the slot adjusting member 40 so that when the chopsticks are inserted into the hopper member 10, The upper surface 41 of the slot adjusting member 40 is formed to be inclined downward toward the inside of the slot 11. [ The chopsticks C are held between the slot adjusting member 40 and the inner surface of the hopper member 10 while the upper surface 41 of the slot adjusting member 40 is kept in close contact with the inner surface of the hopper member 10. [ A guide sheet 43 made of a flexible resin material such as silicone may be installed so as to prevent the chopsticks C from falling into the space between the chopsticks C and the slot 11. [

8, when the chopsticks C fall through the slots 11 of the hopper member 10 and strike the apex of the upper end of the separating member 20, an impact is applied to the chopsticks C. As a result, A cushion pad 50 made of a flexible resin material such as silicone that is in contact with the chopsticks C to absorb the impact may be provided at the apex of the upper end of the separating member 20 in order to prevent the chute C from splashing.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1: shelf frame 10: hopper member
11: Slot 12: Guide plate
13: slide groove 14: positioning groove
20: separating member 25:
30: Receiving cylinder 40: Slot adjusting member
42: elastic protrusion 43: guide sheet
50: Cushion Pad

Claims

A hopper member 10 having a slot 11 through which a chopstick C passes is vertically penetrated, and the chopsticks are inserted in an irregularly mixed state;
Shaped chopsticks (C) disposed at the bottom of the slots (11) of the hopper member (10) and falling down through the slots (11) (20);
Two receiving tubes (30) arranged at both side ends of the separating member (20) so as to receive the chopsticks falling through the separating member (20); And
A slot adjusting member 40 slidably installed horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the slot 11 at one end or both ends of the slot 11 to adjust the length of the slot 11;
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Slide grooves 13 are formed horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the slots 11 on both sides of the lower portion of the hopper member 10 so that both end portions of the slot adjusting member 40 are inserted and guided, Spring-shaped elastic protrusions 42 are provided at one end or both end portions of the elastic member 40. The slide groove 13 is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves 14 ) Is continuously formed along the longitudinal direction of the slide groove (13).

The chopstick automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hopper member (10) has a shape in which a traverse area is gradually narrowed toward the lower end.

The hood according to claim 2, wherein a guide plate (12) for guiding the chopsticks falling through the slot (11) to fall on one side edge of the slot (11) while sliding in a sloping direction with respect to an axis perpendicular to the ground surface Is formed to be inclined downward.

The automatic chopstick discriminating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the guide plate (12) is made of a flexible resin material and is bent by chopsticks to guide the chopsticks downward.

The automatic chopstick discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the receiving tube (30) is inclined in one direction.

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2. The automatic chopstick discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface (41) of the slot adjusting member (40) is inclined downward toward the inside of the slot (11).

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a guide sheet (43) made of a flexible resin material is provided at an end of an upper surface (41) of the slot adjusting member (40) so as to maintain a state of being in tight contact with the inner surface of the hopper member Automatic chopstick sorting device.

2. The automatic chopstick discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cushion pad (50) made of a flexible resin material is provided at an apex of an upper end of the separating member (20) to absorb the impact by contacting the chopsticks.

The automatic chopstick discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a quadrangular separation prevention plate (25) installed to surround an upper portion of a rim of the separating member (20).

The hopper according to claim 1, wherein the hopper member (10), the separating member (20), and the receiving tube (30) are connected to a shelf frame (1) having a plurality of wire rods Wherein the automatic chopstick discriminating device comprises: