JPH0135193Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to the production of thin products such as tokoroten.

[Conventional technology]

For example, tokoroten has conventionally been automatically produced using a tokoroten manufacturing device.

By the way, this type of tokoroten manufacturing apparatus is arranged with a slope so that the front end side is lower than the rear end side, and has a substantially gutter-shaped transfer path that transfers the lumpy food raw material of the tokoroten to the front end side by its own weight, a conduit which is connected approximately perpendicularly to the channel and whose tip side is a branched conduit that faces the respective filler containers from above;
It is configured to include an air cylinder that presses and transfers the bulk food material in the transfer path into the pipe line, and a net-shaped blade section provided in the pipe line.

In the conventional tokoroten manufacturing apparatus configured as described above, when the tokoroten block food material is placed on the transfer path, the block food material is transferred by its own weight to the tip side of the transfer path.
Thereafter, the air cylinder is actuated to press the bulk food material into the conduit. Then, this lumpy food material is cut into thin strips by the blades in the conduit, and then distributed through the branched conduit and filled into each container.

[The problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, in the conventional tokoroten manufacturing apparatus configured in this way, the blade is attached to the transfer path side rather than the branch path, so after the blade is shredded into thin pieces by the blade, Therefore, it will be distributed to each container. This not only causes problems such as fine particles adhering to the vicinity of the branch point of the branching path and obstructing the flow, but also causes the particles to become entangled with each other, resulting in poor quality in each container. Problems also arose when they were told that they could not be allocated to the

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing fine products that can satisfactorily fill each container with fine products such as tokoroten.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a transfer path for transferring bulk food raw materials;
a plurality of branch passages that communicate with the transfer passage and whose distal ends face each container from above; a pressing means that presses the bulk food raw material toward the branch passage; It consists of a blade part that shreds into pieces.

[Operation] In the present invention, a fine material such as tokoroten is transferred as a lump raw material to each branch passage, and is shredded into fine pieces in each branch passage.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a thin product manufacturing apparatus will be described based on the drawings.

First, in the figure, 1, 1, 2, 2, . It is becoming more and more like this. That is,
Each of the containers 1 and 2 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A while repeatedly stopping and operating.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a transfer path for transferring bulk food raw materials, and the transfer path 4 includes a long bottom plate 5 with a smooth surface, and side plates 6 and 7 erected on both sides of the bottom plate 5. , is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with its upper surface open from end plates 8 and 9 erected at both ends of the bottom plate 5, and on one side (tip side) of the side plates 6 and 7 are opposite to each other and connected to the end plate 8. A pair of adjacent openings 10 and 11
is formed. Here, the transfer path 4 is arranged with a slope so that the front end side is lower and the rear end side is upper. Therefore, when a lumpy raw material is placed on the transfer path 4, its own weight causes the tip to It will be transferred to the side.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a conduit connected to the transfer path 4. The rear end of the conduit 12 communicates with the opening 11 of the transfer path 4, and the distal end has a bifurcated branch as shown in FIG. Channels 13 and 14 face each of the containers 1 and 2 from above. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, vinegar water supply ports 15 and 16 are formed on the wall surface of the pipe line 12, and at the branch point B of the branch lines 13 and 14, the cutting edge is located on the upstream side ( A cutter 17 facing in the direction of arrow C) is attached.

Further, 18 and 19 are branch lines 1 of the pipe line 12.
3 and 14, respectively.

Further, 20 is a pressing means provided on the tip side of the transfer path 4, and the pressing means 20 is connected to the air cylinder 2.
1, and a pressing portion 22 attached to the tip of the rod 21A of the air cylinder 21 and facing the opening 10.

The rod 21A is adapted to extend and contract on a line connecting the openings 10 and 11, and therefore presses the bulk raw material transferred by the transfer path 4 into the pipe line 12. Here, the air cylinder 21 is connected to the conveyor 3.
The air cylinder 21 is operated in conjunction with the operation of the transport conveyor 3, and the air cylinder 21 is operated while the conveyor 3 is stopped.

Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 23 denotes a partition means provided at the tip side of the transfer path 4;
consists of an air cylinder 24 having a rod 24A that extends and contracts in the vertical direction, and a partition plate 25 attached to the lower end of the rod 24A. It is located at the location indicated by the dashed line in the figure. Here, the air cylinder 24 is activated slightly before the air cylinder 21 of the pressing means 20 is activated. Therefore, when the pressing means 20 is activated, a predetermined amount of the lumpy raw material to be pressed by the pressing means 20 is transferred to the partition plate 25.
It will be partitioned into

Next, its effect will be explained. First, the transfer path 4 is placed on standby with, for example, a full load of bulk food materials.

Next, when a start switch (not shown) is operated, the conveyor 3 starts to operate, and as a result, the containers 1, 2, . . . begin to be transferred in the direction of arrow A while repeating stopping and operation.

Then, when the containers 1, 2, . . . stop, the air cylinder 24 of the partitioning means 23 is activated, and the partition plate 25 is lowered to partition a predetermined amount of the bulk raw material. Next, the air cylinder 21 of the pressing means 20 is operated to press the bulk raw material into the pipe line 12. Then, the raw material block is divided into two by the cutter 17 in the pipe 12, and then pushed into the branch pipes 13 and 14. After the above-mentioned lumpy raw material is shredded into fine pieces by the blade parts 18 and 19 in the branch passages 13 and 14, the raw material is cut into small pieces by the vinegar water supply ports 15 and 16
It flows smoothly due to the vinegar water supplied from the container, falls downstream, and is filled into each container 1, 2.

In this case, the vinegar water supplied from one vinegar water supply port 15 flows as shown by the arrow and flows into the branch path 14, and the vinegar water supplied from the other vinegar water supply port 16 flows as shown by the arrow. It flows into the branch path 13 as follows.

In this way, in the present invention, each container 1, Filled to 2.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to tokoroten, but can also be widely applied to thin materials such as agar and konnyaku.

〔effect〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, each branch path branching from the transfer path for transporting the bulk food material is configured with a blade portion for shredding the bulk food material into fine pieces. Adhesion of raw materials such as
It prevents tangling and allows for good distribution to each container.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus for producing a fine article according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken in the direction of the - line arrow in FIG. 1, 2... Container, 4... Transfer path, 13, 14...
... Branching path, 18, 19... Blade portion, 20... Pressing means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A transfer path for transferring bulk food materials, a plurality of branch paths that communicate with the transfer path and whose open end sides face above each of a plurality of containers that accommodate thin objects, and a plurality of branch paths that are inserted into the transfer path. , comprising a pressing means for pressing and transferring the bulk food raw material to the branching path, and a blade section provided for each branching path and cutting the bulk food raw material along the pressing direction into thin pieces. Characteristics of the thin product manufacturing equipment.