DEVICE FOR WEIGHING A WIDE VARIETY OF INGREDIENTS AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OF DEVICE FOR WEIGHING A WIDE VARIETY OF INGREDIENTS

Abstract

Provided is a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients and a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, the device weighing and feeding several types of ingredients when cup noodles such as instant noodles are packed with the ingredients in a cup. A space-saving and easily maintainable device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, wherein powdery and granular starting materials (A, B) are individually stored in a first starting material hopper (2) and a second starting material hopper (3), gradually sent out to the downstream side, weighed, discharged to a first chute (10) and a second chute (11), and supplied to a cup-filling unit (23), and one series from the first starting material hopper (2) to the first chute (10) and one series from the second starting material hopper (3) to the second chute (11) are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side. The device can mix a wide variety of ingredients, improves workability by the size and weight reduction of the starting material hoppers, and achieves space saving resulting from the reduction of floor space to half, and easier cleaning.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, and a system configuration of the devices for weighing a wide variety of ingredients which is composed of some devices, and more particularly, to the device for feeding and weighing the ingredients as starting material in filling the cups with cup-typed instant noodles together with some variety ingredients, and in filling the small packages with Furikake as topping for rice in powdered and granular shape

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The background technology is explained as follows.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view to explain the embodiment of conventional device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients.

In filling small packages with ingredients of powder soup for instant noodles and so on, dried food, Furikake as topping for rice, food sweets, and Ochazuke as green tea rice soup, the device 101 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is weighing and is mixing the several kinds of starting material.

And the device 101 stores the several kinds of starting material of dried and powdered and granular shape in each type.

And the device 101 slowly feeds the starting material by using each kind of feed mechanism.

And the device 101 weighs for each type of the starting material, and discharges the predetermined amount of the starting material to the chute for each type.

And the device 101 mixes the several kind of starting material on the one chute to receive the starting material discharged, and feeds to the packaging machine them. And the device 101 is a continuous weighing and feeding device.

As shown in FIG. 6, the conventional device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients comprises, the hopper 103 for storing the starting material of powdered and granular shape, having the plural sections of the discharging section 102, set up in a plurality of stages on the bottom side for a kind of starting material, with the lower section that becomes gradually small, the elongated plurality of rotary cylinders 105, which are connected via the bearing to the discharging section 102 of the hopper 103, which make the starting material of powdered and granular shape flowing out from the hopper 103 to move gradually to the lower side, and which are set up in a plurality of stages inclined, a plurality of containers 107, which are set up in a plurality of stages, are storing temporarily the starting material in powdered and granular shape being fed out from the rotating cylinder 105, and are having a discharging damper 109 in obliquely downward, a weighing device 108 which weighs together with the cover the starting material in powdered and granular shape being input in to the container 107, and which have a plurality of load cell set up in plural stages.

The plurality of motor mechanisms 106 which are set up in a plural stages, and shift the rotary speed of the rotary cylinder 105 to lower-speed rotation when the measurement signal of a weighing device 108 has approached the target value after having made the rotary cylinder 105 to rotate in high-speed, a plurality of the damper opening and closing mechanisms 110 which are set up in the plural stages, and open the discharging damper 109 of the container 107 based on the measurement signal of the weighing machine 108 and a chute 111 which flows down the predetermined amount of the starting material of powdered and granular shape discharged from the container 107, and the chute 111 which supplies one what mixed a plurality of the starting material discharged to the packaging machine.

Accordingly, this device can accurately weigh, mix, feed a plurality of the starting material of powdered and granular shape, and be applied to the conventional packaging line (see Patent Document 1).

• [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-124619

However, this continuous weighing and feeding device comprise the hopper, the rotary cylinder, the container, the weighing device, the motor mechanism, the damper opening and closing mechanism for opening the discharging damper of the container, and the chute.

And by mixing the four kinds of the starting material after assembling the four sets of the continuous weighing and feeding device, it must stack the portion of the multi-feeder, and it has a structure for having the load cell on the upper side, and suspending the container,

Hereby it is possible to weigh with high accuracy, mix several kind of the starting material, and package those, but there were a point of having difficult issue in weighing precision, and a point of having difficult issue in the maintenance for cleaning of the parts which constitute the passage of the starting material of powdered and granular shape.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients for being able to mix a wide variety of ingredients, for improving the workability in reducing size and doing weight saving of the feed hopper, for reducing ½ of floor space, and for achieving the ease of cleaning.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients according to a first aspect of the present invention is what is a space-saving and easily maintainable device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, wherein at least one kind or several kind of powdery and granular starting material A, B are individually stored to a first starting material hopper 2 and a second starting material hopper 3, gradually sent out to the downstream side from the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3 which set up on the upstream side, weighed, and discharged the predetermined amount to a first chute 10 on the downstream side of the first starting material hopper 2 and a second chute 11 on the downstream side of the second material hopper 3, and supplied the starting material to a cup-filling unit 23, and one series from the first starting material hopper 2 to the first chute 10 and one series from the second starting material hopper 3 to the second chute 11 are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side comprising a plurality of the first outlet and a plurality of the second outlet which is provided below the starting hopper and the second starting hopper, the plurality of the first pipe feeder and the plurality of the second pipe feeder in the shape of the rotary cylinder slanted downward to the downstream side, wherein connected corresponding to the plurality of the first outlet and the plurality of the second outlet, and provided continuously corresponding so as to flow the starting material to the downstream side, the plurality of the first measuring hopper with the lid and the plurality of the second measuring hopper with the lid, wherein provided the first pipe feeder and the second pipe feeder at each end of the downstream side, the plurality of the first measuring sensor and the plurality of the second measuring sensor, wherein support respectively the plurality of the first measuring hopper and the plurality of the second measuring hopper from below, and weigh the weight of the first measuring hopper and the second measuring hopper with the weight of the starting material, the first chute and the second chute, wherein provided respectively on the downstream side of the first measuring hopper and the second measuring hopper.

A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients according to a second aspect of the present invention is what is a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1, comprises, wherein the first starting hopper and the second starting hopper is provided respectly the first upper starting hopper, the second upper starting hopper, the first middle starting hopper, the second middle starting hopper, the first lower starting hopper, and the second lower starting hopper, wherein the lower hopper and the second lower hopper is provided respectly the plurality of the first outlet and the plurality of the second outlet, wherein the pipe feeder is provided continuously to each of the plurality of the first outlet and the second outlet, and the second pipe feeder is provided being away from and being overlap above the first pipe feeder.

A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients according to a third aspect of the present invention is what is a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1 comprises the one first chute which is integrated with respect to two adjacent hoppers in the plurality of the first measuring hopper; and the one second chute which is integrated with respect to two adjacent hoppers in the plurality of the second measuring hopper.

A system configuration of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients according to a fourth aspect of the present invention comprising, wherein a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is setup face to face with the cleaning door of the two device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1; and supplies the starting material to the cup-filling units, wherein the pair of device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients are disposed face to face with narrow interval of 20˜50 cm; and the hopper, the pipe feeder, and the measuring hopper is removal easily for cleaning them.

A system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 4, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention comprises, wherein the first cleaning door and the second cleaning door is provided on the housing of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients on the back and the forth for the flowing direction of the starting material; and in the each first cleaning door and the each second cleaning door of a pair of the devices for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, any pair of the first cleaning door and the first cleaning door, or the second cleaning door and the second cleaning door is set up serially for the flowing direction, and furthermore, is set up parallel for the flowing direction.

According to the present invention, the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients can achieves floor-space saving resulting because one series from the first starting material hopper 2 to the first chute 10 and one series from the second starting material hopper 3 to the second chute 11 are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side.

In addition, as compared to the measuring hopper which is hung by the hanger of long arm-shaped from the load cell as shown in the convention embodiment, because the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is placed the measuring sensor using a load cell beneath the each series hopper and places the measuring hopper above the measuring sensor, the measuring sensor can be fixed firmly without wobbling and can weigh precisely.

In addition, since the size of the starting material hopper is limited in terms of weight in case of being the women operators, the pipe feeders could not be configured only to eight lines, but it was able to do multi-lines of 16 lines equivalent, since it was devised to be arranged in parallel the widget.

Further, according to arrange in parallel and vertically for face to with the cleaning door of the two device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, it was configured in the four widget and achieved space saving resulting from the reduction of floor space to half, and easier cleaning.

Furthermore, the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients and a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of the present invention is a space-saving and easily maintainable device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, and improves workability by the size and weight reduction of the starting material hoppers.

According to the present invention, since one chute is provided for two pipe feeders, it is possible to reduce the diameter of the pipe, and manufacture with high speed and high dimensional accuracy in comparison with the case of which is provided one chute for one pipe feeder.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an elevation view showing a schematic view of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of A-arrow figure shown in FIG. 1, showing a schematic view of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3-a is a elevation view, FIG. 3-b is a side elevational view of B-arrow figure shown in FIG. 3-a;

FIG. 4 is a plane view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4-a is a plane view showing the conventional production line, FIG. 4-b is a plane view showing a production line of the present invention, and FIG. 4-c is the equation (1) (2) for describing the space-saving;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain the production line of single starting material, FIG. 5-a is a elevation view, FIG. 5-b is a side elevational view of C-arrow figure shown in FIG. 5-a;

FIG. 6 is a elevation view showing a schematic view of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain a conventional embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT

A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below reference to the attached drawings.

FIG. 1 is an elevation view showing a schematic view of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of A-arrow figure shown in FIG. 1, showing a schematic view of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the device 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is a weighing device of a wide variety of ingredients capable, a space-saving, and maintenance of easy type.

And there is the case of storing the starting material A of the same type in powdered and granular shape to the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3, or the case of storing the starting material A to the first starting material hopper 2 and storing the starting material B of the different types with the starting material A in powdered and granular shape to the starting material hopper 3, but they have the same configuration. In FIG. 1, it is described that in the case for storing the different kind of the first and second starting material A, B to the respective first and second starting material hopper 2 and 3.

At first, individually storing the starting materials A, B to the two starting material hoppers of the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3, gradually sending the starting material A, B out to the downstream side in beneath the FIG. 1 from the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3 which set up on the upstream side in above the FIG. 1, weighed, discharged the predetermined amount to the first chute 10 on the downstream side of the first starting material hopper 2 and the second chute 11 on the downstream side of the second material hopper 3, and supplied the starting material to a cup-filling unit 23 (see FIG. 3).

And the device 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of a wide variety of ingredients capable type, a space-saving type, and maintenance of easy type comprise one series from the first starting material hopper 2 to the first chute 10 and one series from the second starting material hopper 3 to the second chute 11 are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side.

And the first starting material hopper 2 have the first upper starting material hopper 2a, the first middle starting material hopper 2b, and the first lower starting material hopper 2c.

And the second starting material hopper 3 have the second upper starting material hopper 3a, the second middle starting material hopper 3b, and the second lower starting material hopper 3c.

Incidentally, In the figure, the one series containing the second starting material hopper 3 is disposed above the one series containing the first starting material hopper 2.

The first lower starting material hopper 2c and the second lower starting material hopper 3c on the lower part have the plurality, for example, eight of the first outlet 2ca (2ca1, 2ca2 . . . ) and the second outlet 3ca (3ca1, 3ca2 . . . ).

The eight of the first pipe feeder 4, 4 . . . and the eight of second pipe feeder 5, 5 . . . in the shape of the rotary cylinder slanted downward to the downstream side, corresponding respectively to the eight of the first outlet 2ca (2ca1, 2ca2 . . . ) and the eight of the second outlet 3ca (3ca1, 3ca2 . . . ) is provided continuously the starting material A, B so as to flow to the downstream side.

And it is provided the second pipe feeder 5, 5 being away from and being overlap above the first pipe feeder 4, 4.

And since the pipe feeder is in the shape of the rotary cylinder, is rotated by the driving means such as the motor, the pipe feeder can deliver gradually the starting material to the downstream side direction.

In addition, in the present embodiment, but it is not especially specified, for example, it is specified the pipe feeder as the diameter of 25˜65 mm for each series provided in parallel and vertically, further, it may be a different diameter, but not limited thereto.

The eight of the first pipe feeders 4, 4 . . . and the eight of the second pipe feeders 5, 5 . . . are provided the first inner cylinder 4a (4a1, 4a2 . . . ), the first outer cylinder 5a (5a1, 5a2 . . . ), the second inner cylinder 5a (5a1, 5a2 . . . ), and the second outer cylinder 5b (5b1, 5b2 . . . ).

And the inner cylinder 4a, 4b and the outer cylinder 5a, 5b rotate synchronized, and the inner cylinder 4a, 5a are fitted and rotate synchronized removably the outer cylinder 4b, 5b.

And a eight of the first measuring hopper 6 and a eight of the second measuring hopper 7 respectively with the first and second opening/closing lid 6b, 7b are provided on the end 4ab (4ab1, 4ab2 . . . ) of the first inner cylinder 4a of the first pipe feeder 4, and on the end 5ab (5ab1, 5ab2 . . . ) of the second inner cylinder 5a of the pipe feeder 5.

Then the first measuring container 6a (6a1, 6a2 . . . ) and the second measuring container 7a (7a1, 7a2 . . . ), the first opening/closing lid 6ab (6ab1, 6ab2 . . . ), and the second opening/closing lid 7ab (7ab1, 7ab2 . . . ) is provided respectively on the first measuring hopper 6, 6 and the second measuring hopper 7, 7.

And the load cell 8a (8a1,8a2),9a (9a1, 9a2) is provided so as to hold beneath the first measuring hopper 6 and the second measuring hopper 7.

And an eight of the first measuring sensor 8a (8a1, 8a2) and an eight of second measuring sensor 9a (9a1, 9a2) which weigh the first measuring hopper 6 and the second measuring hopper 7 with the weight of the starting material A, B, is provided so as to hold beneath an eight of the first measuring hopper 6, 6 and a eight of the second measuring hopper 7, 7.

The first load cell 8a (8a1, 8a2) and the second load cell 9a (9a1, 9a2) weighs individually the weight of the measuring hopper 6, 6, 7, 7 with the weight of the starting material A, B.

And the first chute 10, 10 and the second chute 11, 11 are provided respectively on the downstream side of a plurality of the measuring hopper 6, 7.

And the first chute outlet 10b (10b1, 10b2, 10b3, 10b4) and the second chute outlet 11b (11b1, 11b2, 11b3, 11b4) are provided on the end of the first chute 10, and the second chute 11, 11.

A two of the pipe feeders adjacent are configured to be aggregated into a single chute, here.

That is to say, in this case the device for weighing the wide variety of ingredients has four of the chutes and eight of the pipe feeders.

Thus, two types of the starting materials A, B in powdered and granular shape are individually stored to the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3, and are gradually sent out to the downstream side from the starting material hopper 2, 3, are weighed, are respectively discharged in the predetermined amount to a first chute 10 and a second chute 11, and are supplied to the cups 22 (see FIG. 3).

In addition, the first cleaning door 20a and the second cleaning door 20b are provided on the housing 20 of the device 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients on the back and the forth for the flowing direction of the starting material; and in the each first cleaning door and the each second cleaning door of a pair of the devices 1, 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, any pair of the first cleaning door 20a and the first cleaning door 20b, or the second cleaning door 20b and the second cleaning door 20b is set up face to face with for the flowing direction, and furthermore, and is set up parallel for the flowing direction.

Then, the first height adjusting screw 16 (16a1, 16a2) and the second height adjusting screw 19 (19a1,19a2) is what adjusts an angle of gradient of the first pipe feeder 4 and the second pipe feeder 5, and can adjust the angle of gradient from 0° to 7° to the downstream side.

The angle of gradient is not limited thereto, that can be changed accordingly to the design.

Further, the first rotating cylinder gear 14 (14a1, 14a2) and the second rotating cylinder gear 17 (17a1, 17a2) is fixed on the periphery of the rotating cylinder 4b. 5b as the outer cylinder of the first pipe feeder 4 and the second pipe feeder 5, and rotates at a predetermined speed by the first rotating cylinder motor 15 (15a1,15a2) and the second rotating cylinder motor 18 (18a1, 18a2).

In addition, the gear (not shown reference numeral) so as to engage the gear fixed on the periphery of the first pipe feeder 4 and the second pipe feeder 5, is provided with the respective rotor shafts (not shown the figure).

Hereby, as shown in a conventional art, in comparison with the measuring hopper which is hung by the hanger of long arm-shaped from the load cell, because the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is placed the measuring sensor using a load cell beneath the each series hopper and places the measuring hopper above the measuring sensor, the measuring sensor can be fixed firmly without wobbling and can weigh precisely.

In addition, since the size of the starting material hopper is limited in terms of weight in case of being the women operators, the pipe feeders could not be configured only to eight lines, but it was able to do multi-lines of 16 lines equivalent, since it was devised to be arranged in parallel the widget.

In addition, in the first cleaning door and the second cleaning door, since any pair of the first cleaning door 20a and the first cleaning door 20a, or the second cleaning door 20b and the second cleaning door 20b is set up face to face with for the flowing direction, and furthermore, is set up parallel for the flowing direction, it can be arranged a four of the widgets and achieve space saving resulting from the reduction of floor space to half, and easier cleaning.

In addition, since the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients can achieves floor-space saving resulting because one series from the first starting material hopper to the first chute and one series from the second starting material hopper to the second chute are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side, the device can be in space saving typed in the planar view.

Then, the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of the present invention will be described below about the operation.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the starting material A, B which stored in the first starting material hopper 2 and the second starting material hopper 3, flows to the first upper starting material hopper 2a and the second upper starting material hopper 3a, the first middle starting material hopper 2b, the second starting material hopper 3b, the first lower starting material hopper 2c, and the second lower starting material hopper 3c.

And the first stirrer 2aa and the second stirrer 3aa is provided between the first/second upper starting material hopper 2a, 3a and the first/second starting material hopper 2b, 3b, hereby, the starting material A, B are forcibly send out.

In addition, hereby, it is possible that the starting materials A, B prevents to stop on the way, and the starting materials A, B is advanced to move fluently.

The parts which the starting material flows on the route of the first upper starting material hopper 2a, the second starting material hopper 3a, the first middle starting material hopper 2b, the second middle starting material hopper 3b, the first lower starting material hopper 2c, the second lower starting material hopper 3c, the first pipe feeder 4, the second pipe feeder 5, the first measuring hopper 6, the second measuring hopper 7, and so on, are able to removal for cleaning and easily removal by opening the first cleaning door 20a and the second cleaning door 20b.

Then, the device 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of the present invention will be described below about the production line.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a elevation view, (b) is a side elevational view of B-arrow figure shown in (a).

As shown in FIG. 3-a and FIG. 3-b, the system configuration 50 of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of a wide variety of ingredients capable, a space-saving, and maintenance of easy type, is configured by providing the space Q between the two devices 1, 1 to the arrow figure direction in the figure, and is configured by providing the two second cleaning doors 20b opposed at a distance of approximately 30 cm.

However, it is possible to configure by providing the two first cleaning doors 20a opposed respectively.

As just described, by placing the two device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients1, 1 face to face with a narrow space Q of 20˜50 cm which an operator can enter, it is possible to remove easily for cleaning the hopper 2, 3, the pipe feeder 4, 5, the measuring hopper 6, 7, and the chute 10, 11.

In addition, the conventional-typed cup-filling unit 23 is provided beneath the device 1 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients.

In the figure, are gradually send out from the starting material hopper store respectively the starting material A, B, C, and D to the downstream side, are weighed, are respectively discharged in the predetermined to a plurality of the chutes 10 (10a1, 10a2 . . . ), 11 (11a1, 11a2 . . . ), are supplied to the cup 22 of the cup-filling unit 23 and are mixed.

FIG. 4 is a plane view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4-a is a plane view showing the conventional production line, FIG. 4-b is a plane view showing a production line of the present invention, and FIG. 4-c is the equation (1) (2) for describing the space-saving.

As shown in FIG. 4-a, for example, the conventional device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients 101 are provided the four devices 101 in the production line.

And as the method of arranging the four devices for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, the space Q for the flowing direction is provided ahead of the device 101 for weighing a wide variety of ingredients.

And further, the space Q is provided. And furthermore, the space Q is provided in sequence ahead of the device 101.

Hereby, the production line are formed the 32 places of the chute outlets consisted of 4 sets of 8 lanes.

In this case, the installation length of the production line is the length S.

Then, the configuration for production line as described above will be described using the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4-b, the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is provided the two of the devices in left and right for the flow direction of work.

And the two of the device are configured in parallel by providing the space Q ahead of the devices for weighing a wide variety of ingredients.

Hereby, the production line are formed the 32 places of the chute outlets consisted of 4 sets of 8 lanes.

In this case, the installation length of the production line is the length T.

As shown in FIG. 4-c, the relationship as shown below is given, the equation (1) T≦S, the equation (2) T≈S×½.

That is, the width R of the width direction for the flow direction of the product in the present production line is substantially similar with the conventional line also.

The length Direction is respectively the length T and the length S, and the installation area of the present invention is smaller than the installation area of the convention art.

Hereby, the space efficiency is very good in the present configuration.

Next, the configuration of the device does not change, the configuration will be described in case of one type of the starting material.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients to explain the production line of single starting material, FIG. 5-a is an elevation view, FIG. 5-b is a side elevational view of C-arrow figure shown in FIG. 5-a.

The different point between the system configuration 50 of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients shown in FIG. 3 and the system configuration 50 of a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients shown in FIG. 5 is a point using one type starting material although using the same configuration of the devices.

Consequently, in the same numerals as the system configuration 50 shown in FIG. 3, the description thereof is omitted in the numerals shown in FIG. 5.

Hereby, the space per a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is same, but the producing capability has been doubled.

That is, it is possible to produce by space-saving of ½ of floor space, further, the producing capability has been doubled if there were the production line of the same installation area with the convention area.

In addition, since it is possible to be half the width of the starting material hopper in the top, it can be lifted up easily by the women operators. And the device can mix a wide variety of ingredients, improves workability by the size and weight reduction of the starting material hoppers, and achieves space saving resulting from the reduction of floor space to half, and easier cleaning.

Although the preferable embodiments are described above, the present invention is not limited to be above embodiments but various changes can make without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, although in the above embodiment it has been explained as that a plurality of the pipe feeder are a eight of the pipe feeders, and along with it, a plurality of the chute are a four of the chutes, it can be set appropriately, and not limited thereto.

In addition, although it has been explained as that they are set two series above and beneath from the first and second starting material hopper, it may be more series.

In addition, although it has been explained as the starting material in filling the cups with cup-typed instant noodles together with some variety ingredients, it may be the starting material in filling the small packages with Furikake as topping for rice in powdered and granular shape.

As the availability in the industry, the present invention is applied to a device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, and a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, for the device weighing and feeding several types of ingredients when cup noodles such as instant noodles are packed with the ingredients in a cup.

Claims

1. A space-saving and easily maintainable device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, wherein at least one kind or several kind of powdery and granular starting material are individually stored in a first starting material hopper and a second starting material hopper, gradually sent out to the downstream side from the said first starting material hopper and the said second starting material hopper which set up on the upstream side, weighed, discharged the predetermined amount to a first chute on the downstream side of the said first starting material hopper and a second chute on the downstream side of the said second material hopper, and supplied the said starting material to a cup-filling unit, and one series from the said first starting material hopper to the said first chute and one series from the said second starting material hopper to the said second chute are formed vertically parallel in the shape of a staircase from the upstream side to the downstream side comprising: a plurality of the first outlet and a plurality of the second outlet which is provided below the said starting hopper and the said second starting hopper,the plurality of the first pipe feeder and the plurality of the second pipe feeder in the shape of the rotary cylinder slanted downward to the downstream side, wherein connected corresponding to the said plurality of the first outlet and the said plurality of the second outlet, and provided continuously corresponding so as to flow to the downstream side the said starting material,the plurality of the first measuring hopper with the lid and the plurality of the second measuring hopper with the lid, wherein provided the said first pipe feeder and the said second pipe feeder at each end of the downstream side,the plurality of the first measuring sensor and the plurality of the second measuring sensor, wherein support respectively the plurality of the said first measuring hopper and the plurality of the second measuring hopper from below, and weigh the weight of the said first measuring hopper and the said second measuring hopper with the weight of the said starting material,the said first chute and the said second chute, wherein provided respectively on the downstream side of the said first measuring hopper and the said second measuring hopper.

2. A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1, comprises: wherein the said first starting hopper and the said second starting hopper is provided respectly the first upper starting hopper, the second upper starting hopper, the first middle starting hopper, the second middle starting hopper, the first lower starting hopper, and the second lower starting hopper,wherein the said lower hopper and the said second lower hopper is provided respectly the plurality of the said first outlet and the plurality of the said second outlet,wherein the said pipe feeder is provided continuously to each of the plurality of the said first outlet and the said second outlet, and the said second pipe feeder is provided being away from and being overlap above the said first pipe feeder.

3. A device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1 comprises: the said one first chute which is integrated with respect to two adjacent hoppers in the said plurality of the first measuring hopper, andthe said one second chute which is integrated with respect to two adjacent hoppers in the said plurality of the second measuring hopper.

4. A system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients comprising: wherein a system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients is setup face to face with the cleaning door of the said two device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 1; andsupplies the said starting material to the cup-filling units;wherein the pair of device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients are disposed face to face with narrow interval of 20˜50 cm; andthe said hopper, the said pipe feeder, and the said measuring hopper is removal easily for cleaning them.

5. A system configuration of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients as defined in claim 4, comprises: Wherein the first cleaning door and the second cleaning door is provided on the housing of the device for weighing a wide variety of ingredients on the back and the forth for the flowing direction of the starting material; andin the said each first cleaning door and the said each second cleaning door of a pair of the said devices for weighing a wide variety of ingredients, any pair of the said first cleaning door and the said first cleaning door, or the said second cleaning door and the said second cleaning door is set up serially for the flowing direction, and furthermore, is set up parallel for the flowing direction.