Food packing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019256301-A1
Application number	US-201716307563-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 1, 2017
Priority date	Jun 6, 2016
Publication date	Aug 22, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A packing device of food includes a feeding part configured to supply the food, a gripping part configured to grip a plurality of foods at both sides of a plurality of foods in a direction in which the plurality of foods are placed in order by the feeding part, and a conveying part configured to convey onto a tray the plurality of foods gripped by the gripping part.

First claim

1 . A food packing device, comprising:
a feeding part configured to supply food; a gripping part configured to grip a plurality of foods at both sides of a plurality of foods in a direction in which the plurality of foods are placed in order by the feeding part; and a conveying part configured to convey onto a tray the plurality of foods gripped by the gripping part.

2 . The food packing device of claim 1 , wherein the gripping part has a pair of support members, and an adjustment member configured to adjust a mutual spacing of the pair of support members, and
wherein the pair of support members grip the plurality of foods by reducing the mutual spacing.

3 . The food packing device of claim 1 , wherein the gripping part has support members and suction openings formed in contact surfaces configured to contact the food in the support members, and
wherein the support members grip the plurality of foods by sucking the foods to the contact surfaces through the suction openings.

4 . The food packing device of claim 1 , further comprising an attaching part to which a plurality of gripping parts are replaceably attached.

5 . The food packing device of claim 1 , wherein the gripping part further has a placement member extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of foods are placed in order, the foods placed on the placement member.

6 . The food packing device of claim 1 , wherein the feeding part has one or more suction heads configured to suck the food.

7 . The food packing device of claim 6 , wherein the feeding part further has a rotary body, connected to a plurality of suction heads, and configured to rotate centering on an axis parallel to the direction in which the plurality of foods are placed in order.

8 . The food packing device of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the food has a pair of parallel surfaces, and the gripping part grips the plurality of foods placed in order in a state where the parallel surfaces contact each other.

9 . The food packing device of claim 1 , comprised of a robot including:
a first arm having the feeding part at a tip end thereof; and a second arm having the gripping part at a tip end thereof.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hashimoto Yasuhiko
• Hasegawa Shogo
• Bando Kenji
• Tanaka Keiichi
• Katafuchi Hiroshi
• Hirata Kazunori

Classifications

• B25J15/0408

  Connections means · CPC title

• B65G2201/0202

  Agricultural and processed food products · CPC title

• B25J15/0616 Primary

  with vacuum · CPC title

• B65B35/18

  by suction-operated grippers · CPC title

• B65G47/91 Primary

  incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers · CPC title