PUSHING/FEEDING APPARATUS THAT PUSH AND FEED ROWS OF CONTAINERS FILLED WITH SUCH FEED AS NOODLE TO PACKER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus that pushes and feeds rows of containers filled with such a food as an instant noodle to a packer in a line with low equipment cost, and facilitate control of the apparatus.;SOLUTION: According to the apparatus that pushes and feeds rows of containers filled with such a foodstuff as the instant noodle to the packer, containing angular containers filled with such a food as precooked noodle lidded, sealed, and sent to an end of a retainer conveyor, where the containers are pushed up onto a stationary aligning stage row by row with a push-up bar moving up from below. A pushed up row of containers are pushed one by one with push bars, which are arranged separately in shifted positions in the back-and-forth direction between concentrically rotating chains, so that the containers are shifted to each other in the back-and-forth direction on the aligning stage. Then, each container is pushed forward between guide rails with a forward-tapering gap by laterally elongated bars to form a line, which is then pushed out from a tapered exit at the front of the guide rails toward the packer.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT