Dough cake conveying and sorting device

Abstract

The utility model relates to pancake conveying and sorting, in particular to a pancake conveying and sorting device. The packaging capacity of the packaging machine can be effectively exerted, and flour cakes which are continuously conveyed and produced are conveyed and sorted according to the set number and sequence, so that subsequent packaging work is achieved. Comprising two conveying and sorting lines with the same structure, each conveying and sorting line comprises a swing conveying unit connected with a noodle storage device, and the transverse double-layer line unit comprises an upper-layer belt line and a lower-layer belt line. The tail end of the upper-layer material receiving line is connected with the initial end of an upper-layer material storage line; the tail end of the upper-layer material storage line is connected with the initial end of a first differential belt; the lower-layer belt line is connected with the lower-layer material receiving line inlet; the tail end of the lower-layer material receiving line is connected with the initial end of a lower-layer material storage line; the tail end of the lower-layer storage line is sequentially in butt joint with the tail end of the second differential belt. The tail end of the first differential belt and the tail end of the second differential belt are both in butt joint with an inlet of the same packaging machine.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to noodle conveying and sorting, in particular to a noodle conveying and sorting device. Background Art

[0002] Instant noodles, a popular convenience food in the modern food industry, have seen their production process become highly industrialized and automated. The production of instant noodle cakes typically involves cutting noodles into strips, steaming, and frying to secure the noodles' shape and ultimately form the edible cake.

[0003] Throughout the instant noodle production line, the noodle conveying and packaging process plays a crucial role in connecting the upper and lower levels. The conveying and sorting units between the noodle storage and the packaging machine are responsible for accurately and efficiently transporting the finished noodles to the packaging machine, where they are then packaged and released for market distribution.

[0004] However, the current process for conveying and packaging instant noodle cakes presents significant technical challenges. Since the packaging machine's capacity is relatively fixed over a certain period of time, the conveyor unit must be able to precisely deliver the number of cakes required. In actual production, if the number of cakes delivered exceeds the packaging machine's capacity, the cakes will accumulate on the conveyor line. This can not only damage the cakes but also disrupt the normal operation of the entire production line, increasing manual cleaning and maintenance costs, and even potentially causing production halts, seriously impacting production efficiency and product quality.

[0005] Conversely, if the number of noodles delivered falls short of the packaging machine's capacity, the packaging machine's production capacity is underutilized, resulting in idle equipment and wasted resources. This leads to low packaging efficiency and prevents the production line from achieving maximum economic benefits. Therefore, to ensure efficient and stable operation of the instant noodle production line and achieve continuous production at maximum packaging efficiency, an innovative conveying and sorting unit is urgently needed. This unit can dynamically and quantitatively deliver noodles to the packaging machine, precisely matching the packaging machine's capacity. This overcomes the many drawbacks of existing technologies caused by the mismatch between noodle delivery and packaging capacity, and reduces production costs. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The present invention addresses the defects of the prior art and provides a noodle conveying and sorting device, which can effectively utilize the packaging capacity of the packaging machine and realize the conveying and sorting of continuously produced noodle cakes according to the set quantity and sequence, so as to realize the subsequent packaging work.

[0007] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical solution: a noodle conveying and sorting device, including two conveying and sorting lines with the same structure, each conveying and sorting line includes a swinging conveying unit connected to a noodle storage device, the swinging conveying unit includes a swinging belt line, one end of the swinging belt line is hinged to a bracket, and the other end of the swinging belt line is a free end and is pushed up and down by a swinging arm unit; the free end of the swinging belt line is vertically connected to a horizontal double-layer line unit, and the horizontal double-layer line unit includes an upper belt line and a lower belt line.

[0008] The upper belt line of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the upper material splicing line, the end of the upper material splicing line is connected to the starting end of the upper material storage line, the end of the upper material storage line is connected to the starting end of the first differential belt, the lower belt line of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the lower material splicing line, the end of the lower material splicing line is connected to the starting end of the lower material storage line, and the end of the lower material storage line is connected to the end of the second differential belt in sequence.

[0009] The ends of the first differential belt and the second differential belt are both connected to the same packaging machine inlet to ensure that the dough cakes are transported to the packaging machine at a fixed distance.

[0010] Furthermore, a discharge outlet is provided below the lower belt line to discharge excess dough.

[0011] Furthermore, there are two swing belt lines, swing belt line one and swing belt line two, which are parallel to each other and have the same structure; each swing belt line is equipped with a counting sensor to monitor the number of cakes on the corresponding swing belt line.

[0012] Furthermore, the upper material storage line and the lower material storage line are each equipped with a line full detection sensor to detect whether the noodles are full.

[0013] Furthermore, the upper belt line and the upper material connection line are vertically connected, and the lower belt line and the lower material connection line are vertically connected.

[0014] Furthermore, the swing arm unit includes a mounting base plate, on which a swing arm motor is arranged, and the swing arm motor is equipped with a dual-output shaft reducer, and the two output shafts of the dual-output shaft reducer are each connected to a corresponding rotating swing arm, and each output shaft is connected to the first end of the corresponding rotating swing arm to drive the rotating swing arm to swing, and the second end of each rotating swing arm is hinged to a rod; the ends of the two support rods are connected to the bottom of the same bracket through a hinged seat, which is used to support the bracket, and the bracket is used to support the bottom of the free end of the corresponding swing belt line; the dual-output shaft reducer transmits the power of the motor to the rotating swing arm to realize the up and down movement of the swing belt line.

[0015] Furthermore, there are two mirror-image conveying and sorting lines: conveying and sorting line 1 and conveying and sorting line 2. Conveying and sorting line 1 has the same structure as conveying and sorting line 2. One end of each conveying and sorting line is connected to a noodle storage device, and the other end of each conveying and sorting line is connected to a packaging machine.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has beneficial effects.

[0017] 1. The conveying and sorting device of the utility model is provided with a swing conveying unit, which realizes that the dough cakes conveyed from the dough storage device are dynamically sorted and conveyed to the corresponding horizontal double-layer line unit by controlling the number of conveyed dough cakes through a counting sensor, so that the number of dough cakes conveyed on each layer of the horizontal double-layer conveying unit is equal.

[0018] 2. The utility model is provided with a discharge port at the bottom of the horizontal double-layer conveying unit, which is used to temporarily discharge the noodles when the storage line is blocked by noodles. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the following description.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional view of a device for conveying and sorting instant noodles.

[0021] Figure 2 It is a 3D vision system for the No. 1 conveying and sorting line of instant noodles and cakes. Figure 1 .

[0022] Figure 3 It is a 3D vision system for the No. 1 conveying and sorting line of instant noodles and cakes. Figure 2 .

[0023] Figure 4 This is a front view of the swing conveying unit of a conveying and sorting device for instant noodles.

[0024] Figure 5 It is a three-dimensional view of the swing arm unit of the instant noodle conveying and sorting device.

[0025] In the figure, 1, conveying and sorting line No. 1; 2, conveying and sorting line No. 2; 3, line housing; 4, noodle storage; 5, packaging machine No. 1; 6, packaging machine No. 2; 7, noodle cake;

[0026] 101. Swinging conveyor unit; 102. Horizontal double-layer line unit; 103. Lower layer material receiving line; 104. Upper layer conveyor line; 105. Upper layer material storage line; 106. Lower layer material storage line; 107. One-stage differential belt; 108. Two-stage differential belt; 109. Three-stage differential belt; 110. Line fullness detection sensor;

[0027] 1011, swing belt line 2; 1012, swing belt line 1; 1013, swing arm unit; 1014, counting sensor 1; 1015, counting sensor 2;

[0028] 1021, lower belt line; 1022, discharge outlet; 1023, upper belt line;

[0029] 10131. Mounting base plate; 10132. Dual-output shaft reducer; 10133. Swing arm motor; 10134. Rotating swing arm; 10135. Rotating shaft; 10136. Support rod; 10137. Bracket. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments.

[0031] like Figure 1-5 As shown, the noodle conveying and sorting device includes two conveying and sorting lines arranged in mirror images: conveying and sorting line 1 and conveying and sorting line 2. Conveying and sorting line 1 and conveying and sorting line 2 have the same structure. One end of each conveying and sorting line is connected to a noodle storage device 4, and the other end of each conveying and sorting line is connected to a packaging machine.

[0032] Each conveying and sorting line includes a swinging conveying unit 101 connected to a noodle storage 4. The noodle storage 4 is used to provide noodle cakes 7. The outlet of the noodle storage 4 is connected to the inlet of the swinging conveying unit 101, so that the noodle cakes can be fed to the swinging belt line in sequence. The noodle storage is the original equipment of the instant noodle manufacturer. It can adopt the cutting sorting machine or cutting sorting machine produced by Fujian Hongfa Machinery. It is not the invention point of the present utility model and will not be described here. The swinging conveying unit 101 includes a swinging belt line, one end of the swinging belt line is hinged to the bracket, and the other end of the swinging belt line is a free end and is pushed up and down by the swing arm unit 1013; the free end of the swinging belt line is vertically connected to the horizontal double-layer line unit 102, and the horizontal double-layer line unit 102 includes an upper belt line 1023 and a lower belt line 1021. The upper belt line 1023 of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the upper splicing line 104, the end of the upper splicing line 104 is connected to the beginning of the upper storage line 105, and the end of the upper storage line 105 is connected to the beginning of the first differential belt. The lower belt line 1021 of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the lower splicing line 103, the end of the lower splicing line 103 is connected to the beginning of the lower storage line 106, and the end of the lower storage line 106 is connected to the end of the second differential belt 108. The ends of the first and second differential belts are both connected to the same packaging machine inlet to ensure that the dough cakes are delivered to the packaging machine at a fixed distance.

[0033] Specifically, the swing belt line is connected to the bracket via a rotating shaft on one side of the surface storage interface, and the other end is freely set. A swing arm unit is set at the bottom near the free end of the swing belt line. The bracket of the swing arm unit is fixedly connected to the bottom of the swing belt line. The swing arm unit is fixedly installed on the mounting base. When the swing arm motor is working, it drives the dual-output shaft reducer to operate. The output shaft of the reducer is fixedly connected to the rotating swing arm. Driven by the output shaft of the reducer, the rotating swing arm rotates clockwise (or counterclockwise), driving the rotating shaft to rotate. The rotating shaft drives the branches to reciprocate, realizing the up and down swing of the free end of the swing belt line.

[0034] An outlet 1022 is provided below the lower belt line 1021 to discharge excess dough.

[0035] Preferably, to meet the requirements of efficient packaging, two swing belt lines are provided: swing belt line 1 1012 and swing belt line 2 1011, which are arranged in parallel and have the same structure; each swing belt line is equipped with a counting sensor to monitor the number of cakes on the corresponding swing belt line.

[0036] The storage line is used to temporarily store the dough cakes delivered from the belt line, and each of the upper storage line 105 and the lower storage line 106 is equipped with a line full detection sensor 110 to detect whether the line is full of dough cakes.

[0037] The upper belt line 1023 and the upper material connection line 104 are vertically connected, and the lower belt line 1021 and the lower material connection line 103 are vertically connected.

[0038] Embodiment 1 also includes a control system that is communicatively connected to the swing conveyor unit, the transverse double-layer line unit, the line-full detection sensor 110, and the differential belt line to coordinate the actions of each component. Specifically, the control system controls the swing arm unit 1013 based on feedback from the counting sensor, causing the free end of the swing belt line to move up and down to connect with the upper belt line 1023, the lower belt line 1021, or the discharge port 1022. The control system is adjusted based on the two processing solutions.

[0039] Solution 1: When there are a large number of dough cakes on a swinging belt line, the control system adjusts the position of the swinging belt line through the swing arm unit so that it docks with the discharge outlet and discharges the excess dough cakes.

[0040] Option 2: When there are more dough cakes on one swinging belt line and fewer on the other belt line, the control system adjusts the position of the swinging belt line with more dough cakes through the swing arm unit so that it connects with the belt line with fewer dough cakes in the horizontal double-layer line unit, and transports the excess dough cakes to the belt line with fewer dough cakes, thereby achieving dynamic quantity matching.

[0041] Example 2, the swing arm unit 1013 includes a mounting base 10131, on which a swing arm motor 10133 is provided, and the swing arm motor 10133 is equipped with a dual-output shaft reducer 10132, and the two output shafts of the dual-output shaft reducer 10132 are each connected to a corresponding rotating swing arm 10134, and each output shaft is connected to the first end of the corresponding rotating swing arm 10134 to drive the rotating swing arm to swing, and the second end of each rotating swing arm 10134 is hinged to a support rod 10136; the ends of the two support rods 10136 are connected to the bottom of the same bracket 10137 through a hinged seat, which is used to support the bracket 10137, and the bracket 10137 is used to support the bottom of the free end of the corresponding swing belt line; the dual-output shaft reducer 10132 transmits the power of the motor to the rotating swing arm 10134 to realize the up and down movement of the swing belt line.

[0042] Driven by the swing arm unit, the free end of the swing belt line can move up and down (or called swinging) to accurately connect with the upper belt line 1023, the lower belt line 1021 or the discharge outlet 1022, thereby achieving dynamic quantity matching of the noodles and realizing the purpose of conveying the noodles.

[0043] In Example 3, the first differential belt and the second differential belt have the same structure, both consisting of three sections of differential belt lines: a first differential belt 107, a second differential belt 108, and a third differential belt 109. The end of the first section butts against the beginning of the second section, and the end of the second section butts against the beginning of the third section, forming a differential belt.

[0044] The following describes the use of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and technical solutions:

[0045] 1. Instant noodles are transported from the noodle storage device to the swing conveyor unit. The swing conveyor unit consists of parallel swing belt line 1 and swing belt line 2. The noodle storage device sequentially delivers noodles to the two swing conveyor lines.

[0046] 2. Counting sensors are provided on both swing belt line 1 and swing belt line 2, which can count the dough cakes transported on the corresponding swing conveyor line.

[0047] 3. Counting sensors on the two swinging belt lines transmit the number of dough cakes conveyed on each belt to the control system in real time. The control system then compares and confirms the number of dough cakes conveyed by the swinging belt line to the upper and lower receiving belt lines of the corresponding horizontal double-layer line unit. If the counts fed back by the counting sensors on the two swinging belt lines differ significantly, the control system can control the corresponding swinging belt line to swing. The movement of the swinging arm unit changes the height of the swinging belt line tail to correspond to the different horizontal double-layer line units. Two solutions are available: the swinging belt line with a large number of dough cakes can be connected to the discharge outlet to allow the dough cakes to be discharged through the discharge outlet, or the swinging belt line with a large number of dough cakes can be connected to the belt line with a small number of dough cakes in the horizontal double-layer line unit to transfer the excess dough cakes to the belt line with a small number of dough cakes. This achieves dynamic quantity matching.

[0048] 4. A line full detection sensor is set at the storage line unit to detect whether the noodles in the storage line are full. If the corresponding storage line is full, the control system will notify the corresponding swing belt line to switch the noodles or discharge the noodles.

[0049] 5. The differential belt line can quickly transport the dough cakes on the storage line, increase the distance between the dough cakes, and transport the dough cakes to the packaging machine at a fixed distance to realize the packaging process.

[0050] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions described in the above embodiments can still be modified, or some or all of the technical features therein can be replaced by equivalents. Therefore, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope defined by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A noodle conveying and sorting device, comprising two conveying and sorting lines of identical structure, each conveying and sorting line comprising a swing conveying unit (101) connected to a noodle storage device (4), characterized in that: The swing conveying unit (101) comprises a swing belt line, one end of which is hinged to a bracket, and the other end of which is a free end and is pushed by a swing arm unit (1013) to achieve up and down movement; the free end of the swing belt line is vertically connected to a horizontal double-layer line unit (102), and the horizontal double-layer line unit (102) comprises an upper belt line (1023) and a lower belt line (1021); The upper belt line (1023) of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the upper material splicing line (104), the end of the upper material splicing line (104) is connected to the starting end of the upper material storage line (105), the end of the upper material storage line (105) is connected to the starting end of the first differential belt, the lower belt line (1021) of the horizontal double-layer line unit is connected to the entrance of the lower material splicing line (103), the end of the lower material splicing line (103) is connected to the starting end of the lower material storage line (106), and the end of the lower material storage line (106) is connected to the starting end of the second differential belt in sequence; The ends of the first differential belt and the second differential belt are both connected to an inlet of a packaging machine to ensure that the dough cakes are transported to the packaging machine at a fixed distance.

2. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: An outlet (1022) is provided below the lower belt line (1021) to discharge excess dough.

3. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: There are two swing belt lines, swing belt line one (1012) and swing belt line two (1011), which are parallel to each other and have the same structure; each swing belt line is equipped with a counting sensor to monitor the number of cakes on the corresponding swing belt line.

4. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper material storage line (105) and the lower material storage line (106) are each equipped with a line full detection sensor (110) for detecting whether the noodles are full.

5. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper belt line (1023) is vertically connected to the upper material connection line (104), and the lower belt line (1021) is vertically connected to the lower material connection line (103).

6. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two conveying and sorting lines are arranged in a mirror image, one end of the two conveying and sorting lines is connected to the noodle storage device (4), and the other end of the two conveying and sorting lines is connected to a packaging machine.

7. The noodle conveying and sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The swing arm unit (1013) includes a mounting base (10131), a swing arm motor (10133) is provided on the mounting base (10131), and the swing arm motor (10133) is equipped with a dual-output shaft reducer (10132). The two output shafts of the dual-output shaft reducer (10132) are each connected to a corresponding rotating swing arm (10134), and each output shaft is connected to the first end of the corresponding rotating swing arm (10134), driving the rotating swing arm to swing. The second end of each rotating swing arm (10134) is hinged with a rod (10136); the ends of the two rods (10136) are connected to the bottom of the same bracket (10137) through a hinge seat, which is used to support the bracket (10137), and the bracket (10137) is used to support the bottom of the free end of the corresponding swing belt line; the dual-output shaft reducer (10132) transmits the power of the motor to the rotating swing arm (10134), thereby realizing the up and down movement of the swing belt line.

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