A device for extracting and counting hanging noodles

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of weighing and packaging of dried noodles, in particular to a device for extracting and counting dried noodle strips, which comprises a feed bin, a feed wheel, a feed motor, a controller, a noodle extraction box, a lateral movement motor, a noodle receiving box, a noodle extraction motor, a sliding plate, a noodle extraction wheel, a lead screw, an optoelectronic switch, a light bar, a bracket, an inclined plate and a soft material. It can automatically extract the dried noodle strips placed in the feed bin according to the set number of extraction. During the automated weighing and packaging production process of dried noodles, "precision addition" can be realized by adding according to the number of dried noodle strips, achieving fully automated production of dried noodle weighing and packaging.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of weighing and packaging of dried noodles, and in particular to a device for extracting and counting dried noodle strands. Background Art

[0002] Dried noodles are easy to store and carry, and are often purchased and consumed by people. Weighing and packaging of dried noodles is one of the necessary production processes for dried noodles. Due to the large production volume of dried noodles, only an automated weighing and packaging production process can meet the market demand for dried noodles. Most of the currently developed automated dried noodle weighing and packaging systems adopt the method of "coarse weighing + precise addition", that is, first place about 80% of the rated value of dried noodle strands in the weighing container, and then manually and precisely add the remaining 20% of the dried noodle strands, which has the problems of high labor cost and low efficiency. Summary of the Invention

[0003] A device for extracting and counting dried noodle strands of the present invention can automatically extract the dried noodle strands placed in the feed bin according to the set number of extracted strands. During the automated weighing and packaging production process of dried noodles, during "precise addition", it can be added according to the number of dried noodle strands, realizing the fully automated production of dried noodle weighing and packaging.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problems is as follows: It includes a feed bin, a feeding wheel, a feeding motor, a controller, a noodle extraction box, a lateral movement motor, a noodle collection box, a noodle extraction motor, a sliding plate, a noodle extraction wheel, a lead screw, a photoelectric switch, a light bar, a bracket, an inclined plate and a soft material. The feed bin is used to hold the raw material of dried noodle strands to be extracted. The feed bin and the noodle extraction box are fixed together. The feeding wheel and the inclined plate are located inside the feed bin. The controller is located above the noodle extraction box and is used to control the operation of the entire device. The noodle extraction box is provided with a noodle extraction motor, a noodle extraction wheel and a sliding plate, which are used to complete the extraction and counting of the dried noodle strands extending out of the feed bin.

[0005] During operation, the dried noodle strands to be extracted are neatly stacked on the inclined plate at the bottom of the feed bin. The surface of the inclined plate is smooth. When the feeding motor drives the feeding wheel to rotate one week, the feeding wheel pushes a row of dried noodle strands close to the surface of the inclined plate along the inclined direction of the inclined plate, so that a part of their length extends out of the feed bin. At this time, the lateral movement motor drives the lead screw to rotate, and the lead screw drives the sliding plate to slowly move horizontally along the light bar from the zero position of the sliding plate. When the photoelectric switch on the sliding plate detects that there are dried noodle strands extending out of the feed bin, the lateral movement motor pauses rotating, the sliding plate pauses moving, and the noodle extraction wheel on the sliding plate rotates to extract the detected dried noodle strands from the feed bin and send them to the noodle extraction box. The sliding plate continues to slowly move horizontally, and sequentially detects and extracts the remaining dried noodle strands extending out of the feed bin. The entire working process is controlled by the controller. The controller controls the action sequence of each motor and records the number of extracted dried noodle strands.

[0006] The advantages of the present invention are as follows: the structure is simple and the operation is reliable. It can extract the hanging noodles stored in the bin according to the set number of extraction roots. During the automatic weighing and packaging production process of the hanging noodles, when "precision adding", it can add according to the number of "roots" of the hanging noodles, realizing the completely automatic production of the weighing and packaging of the hanging noodles. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention;

[0008] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram inside the strip extraction box of the present invention;

[0009] Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram inside the feeding box of the present invention;

[0010] Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the composition of the controller of the present invention;

[0011] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the hanging noodles extending out of the bin when the present invention is working. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0012] The following further describes the present invention in conjunction with Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 and

[0013] Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 In

[0014] Refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3, the present invention is composed of a silo 1, a feeding wheel 2, a feeding motor 3, a controller 4, a strip-drawing box 5, a lateral movement motor 6, a strip-receiving box 7, a strip-drawing motor 8, a slide plate 9, a strip-drawing wheel 10, a lead screw 11, an optoelectronic switch 12, an optical bar 13, a bracket 14, an inclined plate 15, and a soft material 16. At the bottom of the silo 1, there are installed an inclined plate 15 and a feeding wheel 2. The inclined plate 15 is a stainless steel plate with a smooth surface, and the hanging noodles to be drawn are placed on the inclined plate 15. The surface of the feeding wheel 2 is wrapped with a soft material 16, and the soft material 16 is a flannelette material. The feeding motor 3 is fixed on the outer side wall of the silo 1 to control the rotation of the feeding wheel 2. The silo 1 is fixed together with the strip-drawing box 5. The controller 4 is located above the strip-drawing box 5. The lateral movement motor 6 is fixed on the outer side wall of the strip-drawing box 5 to control the lateral movement of the slide plate 9 along the optical bar 13. The strip-receiving box 7 is located in front of the strip-drawing box 5 for collecting the hanging noodles drawn from the silo 1; see the appendix Figure 2 , the lateral movement motor 6 drives the lead screw 11 to rotate, and the lead screw 11 drives the slide plate 9 to move laterally along the optical bar 13. On the slide plate 9, there are installed a strip-drawing motor 8, a strip-drawing wheel 10, and an optoelectronic switch 12. The strip-drawing wheel 10 is a pair of conical wheels rotating towards each other. During operation, the strip-drawing motor 8 drives the strip-drawing wheel 10 to rotate to draw the hanging noodles out of the silo 1 and send them into the strip-receiving box 7. The lead screw 11 and the optical bar 13 are supported by the bracket 14, and the bracket 14 is fixed on the side wall of the strip-drawing box 5.

[0015] Furthermore, see the appendix Figure 1 , the appendix Figure 2 , the appendix Figure 3 and the appendix Figure 5 , when the present invention is in operation, the hanging noodles are neatly stacked on the inclined plate 15 at the bottom of the silo 1. The surface of the inclined plate 15 is smooth. The feeding motor 3 drives the feeding wheel 2 and the soft material 16 on its surface to rotate one week, and the soft material 16 pushes a row of hanging noodles closely attached to its surface along the inclined direction of the inclined plate 15 out of the silo 1 by a certain length. At this time, the lateral movement motor 6 drives the lead screw 11 to rotate, and the lead screw 11 drives the slide plate 9 to slowly move laterally along the optical bar 13 from the zero position of the slide plate 9. When the optoelectronic switch 12 on the slide plate 9 detects that there are hanging noodles extending from the silo 1, the lateral movement motor 6 pauses rotating, and the slide plate 9 pauses moving. The strip-drawing motor 8 drives the strip-drawing wheel 10 to rotate to completely draw out the hanging noodles detected by the optoelectronic switch 12 from the silo 1 and send them into the strip-receiving box 7. The lateral movement motor 6 starts, and the slide plate 9 continues to slowly move laterally to detect and draw out one by one the remaining hanging noodles extending from the silo 1. When the slide plate 9 moves to the end along the optical bar 13 laterally, the lateral movement motor 6 rotates in the reverse direction, so that the lead screw 11 drives the slide plate 9 to return to the zero position of the slide plate 9.

[0016] See the appendix Figure 4, the entire working process of the present invention is controlled and completed by the controller 4 located above the noodle drawing box 5. The controller 4 controls the action sequence of each motor and records the number of drawn hanging noodles. The controller 4 is composed of an MCU module, a display, a keyboard, a memory, a communication interface, a feeding motor driver, a noodle drawing motor driver, a lateral movement motor driver, and a photoelectric switch. The processor chip model of the MCU module is STM32F103RBT6. The display module is an RT256128A-1 graphic dot matrix liquid crystal module, which is connected to the MCU module and used to display various human-computer interaction information of the operation process. The memory is a FLASH memory, which is connected to the MCU module and used to store system setting information. The keyboard is a special keyboard, which is connected to the MCU module and used to implement the input operation of the system. The feeding motor driver is a stepping motor driver, which is connected to the MCU module and used to control the rotation of the feeding motor 3. The noodle drawing motor driver is a micro brushless motor driver, which is connected to the MCU module and used to control the rotation of the noodle drawing motor 8. The lateral movement motor driver is a stepping motor driver, which is connected to the MCU module and used to control the rotation of the lateral movement motor 6. The photoelectric detection switch is connected to the MCU module and used to detect the position of the hanging noodles. The communication interface is an RS485 communication interface, which is connected to the MCU module and used to realize the communication between the present invention and the upper computer.

[0017] The above is the preferred embodiment of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the teachings of the present invention, without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations made to the embodiments still fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A hanging noodle extraction and counting device, characterized in that: It is composed of a silo (1), a feeding wheel (2), a feeding motor (3), a controller (4), a strip-drawing box (5), a lateral movement motor (6), a strip-receiving box (7), a strip-drawing motor (8), a slide plate (9), a strip-drawing wheel (10), a lead screw (11), a photoelectric switch (12), an optical bar (13), a bracket (14), an inclined plate (15) and a soft material (16). An inclined plate (15) and a feeding wheel (2) are installed at the bottom of the silo (1). The surface of the feeding wheel (2) is covered with a soft material (16). The feeding motor (3) is fixed on the outer side wall of the silo (1). The silo (1) is fixed together with the strip-drawing box (5). The controller (4) is located above the strip-drawing box (5). The lateral movement motor (6) is fixed on the outer side wall of the strip-drawing box (5). The strip-receiving box (7) is located in front of the strip-drawing box (5). A strip-drawing motor (8), a strip-drawing wheel (10) and a photoelectric switch (12) are installed on the slide plate (9). The lead screw (11) and the optical bar (13) are supported by the bracket (14), and the bracket (14) is fixed on the side wall of the strip-drawing box (5). The feeding motor (3) drives the feeding wheel (2) and the soft material (16) on its surface to rotate one week, and the soft material (16) pushes a row of hanging noodles close to its surface out of the silo (1) by a certain length along the inclined direction of the inclined plate (15). At this time, the lateral movement motor (6) drives the lead screw (11) to rotate, and the lead screw (11) drives the slide plate (9) to slowly move laterally along the optical bar (13) starting from the zero position of the slide plate (9). When the photoelectric switch (12) on the slide plate (9) detects that there is a hanging noodle extending out of the silo (1), the lateral movement motor (6) pauses rotating, the slide plate (9) pauses moving, and the strip-drawing motor (8) drives the strip-drawing wheel (10) to rotate, and completely draws out the hanging noodle detected by the photoelectric switch (12) from the silo (1) and sends it into the strip-receiving box (7).

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