Bread Conveying Rail Length Adjustment for Slicing Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bread conveying apparatuses require complex control mechanisms and sensors to manage bread timing and size variability, leading to a complicated arrangement in bread slicing apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A bread conveying apparatus with a flight conveyor and rail size setting unit that adjusts the rail length to accommodate bread size variations, maintaining constant conveying speed without the need for complex control mechanisms or sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If control means, sensors, and acceleration/deceleration mechanisms are added to manage bread timing and size variability, then the timing of bread conveyance can be controlled, but the arrangement becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the complex control means, sensors, and acceleration/deceleration mechanisms from the system. Instead of using active control elements, the invention uses a passive mechanical structure where the rail length is fixed and the flight conveyor naturally adapts to different bread sizes through its design, eliminating the need for complicated control systems while maintaining timing control capability
Solution Approach 2:
The flight conveyor is designed with dynamic characteristics where flights can rotate and adjust their position based on bread size. The flights are mounted on a rotating member and can pivot to accommodate different bread lengths, allowing the system to adapt to size variability through mechanical dynamics rather than electronic control
2Productivity
If the conveying speed is varied according to slicing capacity and discharge conveyer capacity, then the bread can be supplied at appropriate timing, but the control becomes difficult and the arrangement complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The rail length is pre-set to an appropriate length before operation begins. This preliminary configuration allows the flight conveyor to naturally synchronize with the slicing apparatus and discharge conveyer without requiring real-time speed variation or complex control. The fixed rail length pre-determines the conveying timing based on the maximum bread size capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to be self-regulating where the flight conveyor automatically adjusts its operation based on the fixed rail length and mechanical configuration. The conveyor naturally synchronizes with downstream equipment through its mechanical design rather than requiring external control signals, achieving self-service timing control
Data Source
AI summary
A bread conveying apparatus includes a flight conveyer including a first flight for urging a bread, an endless revolving member on which the first flight is mounted, and a driving member and a driven member, the endless revolving member being wound around the driving member and driven member, a rail extending along a conveying path of the bread and supporting the first flight, and a rail size setting unit for setting a length of the rail with respect to an extending direction of the conveying path. The length of the rail with respect to the conveying direction is set by the rail size setting unit based on a size of the bread.