Automatic bamboo stick threading equipment for sausages

Abstract

The utility model discloses automatic bamboo stick stringing equipment for sausages, relates to the technical field of food processing, improves the sausage stick stringing efficiency, and comprises a conveyor, the conveyor comprises a rack and a conveying belt, stick placing grooves for placing bamboo sticks and object placing grooves for placing sausages are formed in the conveying belt at equal intervals, and the bamboo stick placing grooves are used for placing the sausages. The object placing grooves and the label placing grooves are in one-to-one correspondence and are communicated with each other; the conveyor is sequentially provided with a stick placing area and a stick penetrating area above the conveying belt according to the conveying direction, a supply mechanism for supplying bamboo sticks to stick placing grooves is arranged in the stick placing area, and the stick penetrating area is provided with a sausage positioning mechanism and a stick pushing mechanism for pushing the bamboo sticks to be inserted into the sausages. The sausage skewering device can improve the sausage skewering efficiency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of food processing, and in particular to an automatic sausage skewering device. Background Art

[0002] Amidst the rapid growth of today's food processing industry, automated production has become a core driver of efficiency and cost optimization. This trend is particularly significant, not only reshaping production processes but also significantly enhancing industry competitiveness. However, in the delicate field of meat processing, particularly sausage making, a crucial step—threading the bamboo skewers—remains firmly entrenched in traditional manual labor.

[0003] Threading the sausage through the bamboo skewers is a crucial step in ensuring a stable sausage shape and ensuring smooth subsequent processing. Unfortunately, this process remains highly manual, creating a bottleneck that hinders further improvement in production efficiency. While manual insertion is intuitive and easy, it also presents significant limitations, including low efficiency and high labor costs. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to improve the efficiency of sausage skewering, the present application provides an automatic sausage skewering device.

[0005] The present application provides an automatic sausage skewering device, which adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] A device for automatically threading sausages with bamboo skewers comprises a conveyor, which comprises a frame and a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is provided with bamboo skewer slots and sausage slots at equal intervals, and the sausage slots and the skewer slots correspond to each other and are interconnected. The conveyor is provided with a skewer placement area and a skewer threading area in sequence above the conveyor belt in the conveying direction. The skewer placement area is provided with a supply mechanism for supplying bamboo skewers to the skewer placement slots, and the skewer threading area is provided with a sausage positioning mechanism and a skewer pushing mechanism for pushing the bamboo skewers into the sausages.

[0007] By adopting the above technical solution, through the design of the skewer placement slot and the object placement slot on the conveyor, as well as the setting of the skewer placement area and the skewer threading area, automatic alignment and threading of sausages and bamboo skewers are achieved, which significantly improves production efficiency, reduces labor costs, and solves the problem of low efficiency of traditional manual bamboo skewer threading.

[0008] Optionally, the supply mechanism includes a stick storage bucket, a stick feeding roller and a driving member. The stick storage bucket is mounted on a frame and includes a feed port and a discharge port, and the discharge port is aligned with the stick placement slot; the stick feeding roller is rotatably connected to the stick storage bucket and blocks the bamboo sticks from moving toward the discharge port; a plurality of stick feeding slots for a single bamboo stick to enter are provided on the outer peripheral side of the stick feeding roller, and the driving member controls the rotation of the stick feeding roller to send the stick feeding slot to the discharge port.

[0009] By adopting the above technical solution, the design of the supply mechanism, especially the combination of the bamboo stick storage bucket, the bamboo stick feeding roller and the driving member, ensures that the bamboo sticks can be supplied to the bamboo stick placement slot in an orderly and accurate manner, avoids confusion or jamming of the bamboo sticks, and improves the accuracy and continuity of the bamboo stick threading.

[0010] Optionally, the positioning mechanism includes a positioning pressure plate and a lifting member for controlling the positioning pressure plate to rise and fall toward the conveyor belt.

[0011] By adopting the above technical solution, the positioning mechanism can stably fix the sausages during the skewering process through the cooperation of the positioning pressure plate and the lifting member, preventing the sausages from moving during the skewering process, thereby improving the skewering accuracy and the quality of the finished product.

[0012] Optionally, the positioning pressure plate is provided with an arc-shaped groove matching the material placement groove on the side facing the conveyor belt.

[0013] By adopting the above technical solution, the stability of the sausage during the skewering process is improved, and the accuracy of skewering is further guaranteed.

[0014] Optionally, the stick pushing mechanism includes a push rod and a pushing member, wherein a plurality of stick pushing blocks extending into the stick placement slot are fixed on the push rod, and the pushing member drives the push rod to carry the stick pushing blocks to reciprocate along the direction of the stick placement slot.

[0015] By adopting the above technical solution, the skewer pushing mechanism realizes the automatic pushing and insertion of bamboo skewers into sausages through the setting of the push rod and the skewer pushing block, as well as the driving of the pushing member, thereby improving the degree of automation of skewer insertion and reducing manual intervention.

[0016] Optionally, the conveyor is provided with a material taking mechanism at the discharge end of the conveyor belt for pushing the sausages out of the discharge trough.

[0017] By adopting the above technical solution and setting the material taking mechanism, the sausages after being skewered can be conveniently taken out from the material placing trough, thereby improving the continuity and efficiency of the production line.

[0018] Optionally, the material picking mechanism includes a tip rod mounted on the frame, the trajectory of the tip rod is a semicircular arc structure, and surrounds the rotating end surface of the conveyor belt; the conveyor belt surface is provided with a tip groove extending along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, the tip groove is located between the tip groove and the material groove, and the depth of the tip groove is greater than the depth of the tip groove, and the end of the tip rod is in contact with the bottom of the tip groove.

[0019] By adopting the above technical solution, the design of the stick-pushing rod, especially its semicircular arc structure and the cooperation with the stick-taking groove, can effectively push the bamboo sticks out from the conveyor belt.

[0020] Optionally, the material picking mechanism also includes a picking plate fixedly mounted on the frame, the picking plate is arranged close to the top stick rod, and a rotation gap is formed between the picking plate and the top stick rod for allowing the bamboo sticks to rotate outward; the distance between the picking plate and the conveyor belt is smaller than the distance between the middle section of the top stick rod and the conveyor belt.

[0021] By adopting the above technical solution, the combination of the skewer plate and the skewer ejector rod forms a rotation gap, which facilitates the outward rotation of the bamboo skewers during the ejection process and smoothly detaches from the conveyor belt, further improving the material retrieval efficiency.

[0022] In summary, this application has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0023] 1. By adopting automatic bamboo skewer threading equipment, the sausage and bamboo skewers are automatically aligned, threaded, and removed. The entire process requires no human intervention, significantly improving production efficiency. At the same time, automated production reduces manpower requirements and reduces labor costs.

[0024] 2. The positioning mechanism in the equipment stabilizes the sausages, preventing them from shifting or deforming during the skewering process, thereby improving skewering accuracy and finished product quality. Furthermore, the design of the retrieval mechanism allows for convenient and rapid removal of skewered sausages from the chute, ensuring the continuity and efficiency of the production line and further enhancing overall production benefits. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 3 This is a schematic structural diagram of the supply mechanism in an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 4 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the supply mechanism in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 5 This is a schematic structural diagram of the positioning mechanism and the pushing mechanism in the embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 6 yes Figure 1 Enlarged schematic diagram of point A in the middle.

[0031] Explanation of the accompanying symbols: 1. Conveyor; 2. Frame; 3. Conveyor belt; 4. Signature slot; 5. Item slot; 6. Signature placement area; 7. Signature threading area; 8. Signature storage bucket; 9. Signature delivery roller; 10. Driving member; 11. Signature delivery slot; 12. Positioning pressure plate; 13. Arc-shaped slot; 14. Lifting cylinder; 15. Support frame; 16. Push rod; 17. Signature pushing block; 18. Pushing cylinder; 19. Signature pushing rod; 20. Signature selecting plate; 21. Connecting rod; 22. Collection frame; 23. Signature retrieval slot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0033] The embodiment of the present application discloses an automatic sausage skewering device.

[0034] Reference Figure 1 、 2 The automatic bamboo skewer threading equipment includes a conveyor 1, which includes a frame 2 and a conveyor belt 3. The frame 2 is provided with a power element that drives the conveyor belt 3 in a linear transmission. The power element can be composed of two parallel conveyor rollers and a conveyor motor. The conveyor belt 3 is tensioned on the two conveyor rollers. In this embodiment, the conveyor 1 is a prior art, so it is not described in detail. The conveyor belt 3 is provided with bamboo skewer placement slots 4 and sausage placement slots 5 at equal intervals. The two correspond to each other and are interconnected. The conveyor 1 is provided with a skewer placement area 6 and a skewer threading area 7 in sequence above the conveyor belt 3 along the conveying direction. The conveyor 1 is also provided with a material taking mechanism at the end of the conveyor belt 3 for taking the sausages after skewering from the placement slot 5.

[0035] First, the sausages are transported to the storage trough 5 in an orderly manner and transported by the conveyor belt 3 of the conveyor 1; then, the feeding mechanism accurately feeds the bamboo sticks into the corresponding storage trough 4; then, in the stick threading area 7, the positioning mechanism stably fixes the sausages, and the stick pushing mechanism automatically pushes the bamboo sticks into the sausages to complete the stick threading action; finally, the sticked sausages are smoothly taken out of the storage trough 5 by the material taking mechanism, completing the entire automatic stick threading process.

[0036] Reference Figure 2 、 3 In the stick placement area 6, a feeding mechanism is provided for supplying bamboo sticks to the stick placement slot 4. The feeding mechanism includes a stick storage hopper 8, a stick feed roller 9, and a drive member 10. One end of the stick storage hopper 8 is welded to the frame 2 via a support plate. The stick storage hopper 8 has an inlet and a discharge port. The discharge port is aligned with the stick placement slot 4 and is retracted to a size that only allows one stick to be discharged.

[0037] Reference Figure 3 、 4The stick feeding roller 9 is connected to the stick storage hopper 8 and blocks the sticks from moving toward the discharge port. Several stick feeding slots 11 are evenly spaced on the outer periphery of the stick feeding roller 9, each slot 11 containing only a single stick. A driving member 10 controls the rotation of the stick feeding roller 9, causing the sticks in the slots 11 to be fed one by one toward the discharge port and fall into the stick storage slot 4 on the conveyor belt 3.

[0038] In this embodiment, the driving member 10 can be a servo motor fixed outside the signature bucket 8. The output shaft of the servo motor is coaxially fixedly connected to the signature delivery roller 9, and controls the signature delivery roller 9 to rotate continuously or intermittently according to actual conditions; the driving member 10 can also be controlled by other means such as a gear set combined with a motor.

[0039] Reference Figure 2 、 5 In the sausage threading area 7, a positioning mechanism and a sausage pushing mechanism are provided. The positioning mechanism includes a positioning pressure plate 12 and a lifting component. The lifting component controls the positioning pressure plate 12 to rise and fall in the direction of the conveyor belt 3 to fix the sausage. The positioning pressure plate 12 is provided with an arc groove 13 on the side facing the conveyor belt 3, which matches the material placement groove 5 to better fit the shape of the sausage. The lifting component includes a lifting cylinder 14. The frame 2 is fixed with a support frame 15. The support frame 15 is above the conveyor belt 3. The lifting cylinder 14 is fixed on the support frame 15. The piston rod of the lifting cylinder 14 extends vertically and is fixedly connected vertically to the positioning pressure plate 12 to control the lifting and lowering of the positioning pressure plate 12 in the direction of the conveyor belt 3.

[0040] Reference Figure 5 The stick pushing mechanism includes a push rod 16 and a pushing member. The push rod 16 is fixed with a number of stick pushing blocks 17 that extend into the stick placement groove 4. In the stick insertion area 7, the stick pushing blocks 17 are the same in number and correspond one to one with the stick placement groove 4 in the corresponding stick insertion area 7. The pushing member drives the push rod 16 to move back and forth along the direction of the stick placement groove 4 with the stick pushing blocks 17, thereby pushing the bamboo sticks into the sausage. The pushing member includes a pushing cylinder 18, which is fixed to the outside of the frame 2. The piston rod of the pushing cylinder 18 is vertically fixedly connected to the middle of the push rod 16. When the pushing cylinder 18 moves the push rod 16 toward the frame 2 to the outermost end, the push rod 16 and the pushing block are separated from the stick placement groove 4, waiting for the next round of stick pushing operation.

[0041] Reference Figure 6 The material removal mechanism includes a stick-lifting rod 19 mounted on the frame 2. The rod 19's trajectory forms a semicircular arc and wraps around the rotating end surface of the conveyor belt 3. A stick-lifting slot 23 is defined on the conveyor belt 3, extending along the conveyor belt's conveying direction. The slot 23 is located between the stick-receiving slot 4 and the product-receiving slot 5, and its depth is greater than that of the product-receiving slot 4. The end of the stick-lifting rod 19 contacts the bottom of the slot 23. When the conveyor belt 3 conveys sausages to the discharge end, the rod 19 pushes the bamboo sticks stuck in the sausages out of the product-receiving slot 5.

[0042] The retrieval mechanism also includes a skewer plate 20 fixedly mounted on the frame 2. This plate is positioned adjacent to the skewer ejector rod 19, creating a rotational gap between the skewer plate 20 and the skewer ejector rod 19 for the skewer to rotate outward. The distance between the skewer plate 20 and the conveyor belt 3 is smaller than the distance between the middle section of the skewer ejector rod 19 and the conveyor belt 3, ensuring that the skewer can smoothly rotate outward and disengage from the conveyor belt 3 during ejection.

[0043] After the bamboo stick is guided out of the stick placement slot 4 by the end of the stick-pushing rod 19, one end of the bamboo stick contacts the stick-selecting plate 20, and under the action of the distance difference between the stick-selecting plate 20 and the stick-pushing rod 19 and the conveyor belt 3, the bamboo stick begins to rotate outward at the rotation interval and falls into the collection frame 22 prepared in advance below along the rotation gap.

[0044] The ends of the top sign rod 19 and the sign plate 20 that are away from each other are fixedly connected to a connecting rod 21, and the other ends of the connecting rod 21 are fixedly connected to the frame 2, and the connecting rod 21 is located at the lower ends of the top sign rod 19 and the sign plate 20 to avoid affecting the sausages from leaving the conveyor belt 3.

[0045] The implementation principle of the automatic sausage skewering device in the embodiment of the present application is as follows:

[0046] First, the sausages are transported in an orderly manner to the storage trough 5 by the conveyor belt 3, and then to the stick storage area 6 by the conveyor belt 3. When the stick feeding roller 9 rotates under the drive of the driving member 10, the bamboo sticks are fed into the discharge port one by one through the stick feeding groove 11 opened on its outer peripheral side, and fall into the stick storage trough 4 of the conveyor belt 3. When the sausages and bamboo sticks are both transported to the stick insertion area 7, the positioning mechanism and the stick pushing mechanism begin to work together. The positioning mechanism controls the lifting and lowering of the positioning pressure plate 12 through the lifting member to stably fix the sausages in the storage trough 5. At the same time, the stick pushing mechanism, driven by the pushing member, pushes the bamboo sticks into the sausages through the push rod 16 and the stick pushing block 17, completing the stick insertion action. Finally, when the conveyor belt 3 drives the sausages to the discharge end, the stick pushing rod 19 pushes the bamboo sticks inserted in the sausage out of the storage trough 5. The stick picking plate 20 forms a rotation gap with the stick pushing rod 19, causing the bamboo sticks to rotate outward and detach from the conveyor belt 3 during the ejection process, and finally fall into the collection frame 22.

[0047] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, any equivalent changes made based on the structure, shape, and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic sausage skewering device, characterized by: The invention comprises a conveyor (1), wherein the conveyor (1) comprises a frame (2) and a conveyor belt (3), wherein bamboo skewers placement slots (4) and sausage placement slots (5) are provided on the conveyor belt (3) at equal intervals, wherein the sausage placement slots (5) and the skewers placement slots (4) correspond to each other and are interconnected; the conveyor (1) is provided with a skewers placement area (6) and a skewers insertion area (7) above the conveyor belt (3) in sequence according to the conveying direction, wherein a supply mechanism for supplying bamboo skewers to the skewers placement slots (4) is provided in the skewers placement area (6), and a skewers insertion area (7) is provided with a sausage positioning mechanism and a skewers pushing mechanism for pushing the bamboo skewers into the sausages.

2. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding mechanism comprises a stick storage bucket (8), a stick delivery roller (9) and a driving member (10), wherein the stick storage bucket (8) is mounted on a frame (2), and the stick storage bucket (8) comprises a feed port and a discharge port, wherein the discharge port is aligned with the stick placement slot (4); the stick delivery roller (9) is rotatably connected to the stick storage bucket (8) and blocks the bamboo sticks from moving toward the discharge port; a plurality of stick delivery slots (11) for a single bamboo stick to enter are provided on the outer peripheral side of the stick delivery roller (9), and the driving member (10) controls the stick delivery roller (9) to rotate so as to deliver the stick delivery slots (11) to the discharge port.

3. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The positioning mechanism comprises a positioning pressing plate (12) and a lifting member for controlling the positioning pressing plate (12) to rise and fall in the direction of the conveyor belt (3).

4. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The positioning pressing plate (12) is provided with an arc-shaped groove (13) on one side facing the conveyor belt (3) and matching the material placement groove (5).

5. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stick pushing mechanism comprises a push rod (16) and a pushing member, wherein a plurality of stick pushing blocks (17) extending into the stick placement groove (4) are fixed on the push rod (16), and the pushing member drives the push rod (16) to carry the stick pushing blocks (17) to reciprocate along the direction of the stick placement groove (4).

6. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conveyor (1) is provided with a material taking mechanism at the discharge end of the conveyor belt (3) for pushing the sausages out of the discharge trough (5).

7. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The material taking mechanism includes a top sign rod (19) mounted on the frame (2), the trajectory of the top sign rod (19) is a semicircular arc structure, and surrounds the rotating end surface of the conveyor belt (3); the surface of the conveyor belt (3) is provided with a sign taking groove (23) extending along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt (3), the sign taking groove (23) is located between the sign placing groove (4) and the material placing groove (5), and the groove depth of the sign taking groove (23) is greater than the groove depth of the sign placing groove (4), and the end of the top sign rod (19) contacts the groove bottom of the sign taking groove (23).

8. The automatic sausage skewering device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The picking mechanism further comprises a picking plate (20) fixedly mounted on the frame (2), the picking plate (20) being arranged close to the top stick rod (19), and a rotation gap for allowing the bamboo sticks to rotate outward is formed between the picking plate (20) and the top stick rod (19); and the distance between the picking plate (20) and the conveyor belt (3) is smaller than the distance between the middle section of the top stick rod (19) and the conveyor belt (3).

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