Patent ID: 9352866
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. A tofu packing apparatus for packing plural tofu blocks in individual packs, comprising: a pair of grasp plates driven in a direction to approach each other, for grasping the tofu blocks; a horizontal drive device connected to the pair of grasp plates, and driving the pair of grasp plates in a horizontal direction for conveying the tofu blocks above packaging packs; a vertical drive device connected to the pair of grasp plates, and driving the pair of grasp plates in a vertical direction of the pair of grasp plates; and a vice-horizontal motion cylinder arranged between the vertical drive device and the pair of grasp plates, to open and close the pair of grasp plates; wherein the pair of grasp plates is arranged to grasp the tofu blocks cut to a predetermined size to move the tofu blocks to predetermined positions above the packaging packs, and to release the tofu blocks and pack the tofu blocks in the packaging packs, or, to maintain grasping of the tofu blocks so that weights of the tofu blocks cause the tofu blocks to drop from the pair of grasp plates due to gravity and pack the tofu blocks in the packaging packs, the horizontal drive device includes a horizontal motion cylinder moving the pair of grasp plates in the horizontal direction for conveying the tofu blocks above the packaging packs, and the vertical drive device includes a vertical motion cylinder moving the pair of grasp plates in the vertical direction.