JPH026683B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a molding and packaging device for filling raw materials for confectionery such as hard candy into a pre-molded container and sealingly packaging the container.

Conventionally, in order to produce confectionery [candy (especially transparent candy)], sugar, starch syrup, water, etc. are added and kneaded, but air bubbles may be introduced during this kneading, or there may be problems after kneading. During molding, the surface is damaged and becomes opaque due to pressure molding into a mold, which impairs the appearance, and the only way to prevent this is through careful manual work, which requires time and effort.

The present invention was completed as a result of intensive research in order to solve these problems and automatically reach the final stage of packaging. To provide a new molding and packaging device that automatically performs packaging in a series of steps to improve work efficiency and manufacture confectionery products that are hygienic, resistant to spoilage, have excellent design effects, and have high commercial value. It is in.

One of the objects of the present invention is to produce fruit pulps, etc. [mandarin oranges, apricots, chestnuts, peanuts, walnuts, and other kinds of candy materials, such as those whose coloring is different from the main candy part, or those with flavoring added, etc.] To provide a molding and packaging device that can enhance the commercial value by wrapping in a good appearance.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a forming film made of a belt-shaped sheet of transparent polycarbonate, polystyrene, etc., which has low moisture absorption and permeability and is heat resistant. It is becoming more and more common. Reference numeral 3 denotes resin belts as conveyor belts, which are placed on both sides of the molding section 4, at the front and rear thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of grooves 3a are cut into the surface of the resin belt 3 in its longitudinal direction, and a spring wire 5 as a wire belt is housed in the grooves. Spring wire 5 is
It is wrapped around the front and rear resin belts 3 mentioned above. Therefore, in the portion of the molding section 4 between the front and rear resin belts 3, the molding film 1 is supported only by the spring wire 5. A heating section 6 is installed on the front resin belt 3 to heat the molding film 1.

The molding section 4 is composed of a press mold 4a and a receiving mold 4b which sandwich the spring wire 5, that is, the molding film 1 from above and below, and as shown in FIG. It is now being molded. A guide hole 4b' is formed in the receiving mold 4b, and a vacuum pump (not shown) connected to the guiding hole 4b' draws the molding film 1 onto the inner surface of the receiving mold 4b. It should be noted that the accuracy will be improved if the molding section 4 molds the molding film 1 once into a square shape as a whole.

A cooling section 7 is installed on the resin belt 3 on the rear side, and is designed to cool the formed film 1. Since the molding section 4 is designed to operate intermittently, the resin belt 3 also operates intermittently.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a pedestal conveyor, which includes a bottomed pedestal 8a having a shape, size, and spacing sufficient to receive the molding recess 1a formed in the molding film 1.
are connected by a chain.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a filling section, in which the first and second candy filling devices 9a, 9b and the pulp of oranges, mandarin oranges, peaches, apricots, etc., jams, raisins, peanuts, chocolate, sweet bean paste, etc., and other candy filling devices are placed between them. It is composed of a pulp filling device 9c for filling materials, ie, materials of different colors or flavored candy materials.

10 is a cooling section. Reference numeral 11 denotes an adhesive film made of, for example, aluminum foil, which is unwound from a roll 11' and sent to the thermal bonding section 12 in a state where it is superimposed on the molding film 1.

The thermal bonding part 12 is attached to an upper mold 12a that is heated to about 80 to 110°C by electric heat, as shown in FIG.
The molding film 1 and the adhesive film 11 are sandwiched and fused from above and below between the upper surface of the receiving part 8a' of the receiving mold 8a. 13 is a cooling tunnel section.

14 is a punching part, and as shown in FIG. 6A, a punch is made between a punching blade 14a' formed at the lower end of the cutting die 14a and the outer peripheral edge of the receiving part 8a' of the pedestal 8a'. It's becoming like that. The punching shape may be an ellipse along the shape of the molded recess 1a as shown by the solid line a in FIG. 6B, or a rectangle as shown by the imaginary line b. The remaining punched waste film 1'' thus punched out is wound up or cut with a scrap cutter as required.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a take-out conveyor, which is located below the rear end of the pedestal conveyor 8, and is adapted to receive the molded recess 1a in which the punched product, ie, the hard candy C, is sealed. Reference numeral 16 denotes a mold release part which forcibly releases the molded recess 1a which has not completely fallen naturally from the pedestal 8a from the back side by means of a press rod 16a.

Note that a sag is formed between the cooling section 7 and the filling section 9, so that the resin belt 3 and the pedestal conveyor 8
A so-called play is provided to adjust the pitch deviation between the two.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, the molding film 1 fed out by the feeding roller 2 is heated to about 140° C. by the heating section 6 to soften it, and is then reliably fed by the resin belt 3 together with the feeding roller 2. When the part of the softened molding film 1 to be molded is fed onto the receiving mold 4b of the molding section 4, the resin belt 3 is stopped and the pressing mold 4a and the receiving mold 4b are moved as shown in FIG. Molded by. When the molding is finished and the upper and lower molds 4a, 4b are separated, the resin belt 3 is activated again to send the resin to the cooling section 7, where it is cooled to about 30°C.
While repeating the intermittent action of the resin belt 3 and the molding action of the molding section 4 in this way, the molding film 1 is
A large number of concave shell portions 1a are continuously formed on the surface.

Molding film 1 separated from the resin belt 3
is once suspended to provide play, and then transferred to the pedestal conveyor 8. The pedestal conveyor 8 intermittently conveys the forming recess 1a of the forming film 1 firmly seated on the receiving part 8a' of the pedestal 8a.

The first candy raw material filling device 9 is mounted by the pedestal 8a.
As shown in FIG.
is poured in. The Hard Candy C is produced by, for example, adding 10 liters of water to 65 kg of sugar and 35 kg of starch syrup, dissolving and boiling in a double boiler, etc., melting and concentrating until the temperature reaches about 110 to 140°C, and then boiling at 0 to 50 mmHg. Concentrate by continuously reducing the pressure to obtain a concentrated liquid with a solid content of 98%, water content of about 2%, and a viscosity of about 1000 to 1500 cp. The hopper of the first candy filler 9a is kept at about 150°C by electric heating, and a piston built in the hopper quantitatively pours half the amount into the molding recess 1a from the filling nozzle 9a'. It's starting to become easier.

Molded recess 1a filled with half of Candy C
The fruit is then sent to the lower part of the pulp filling device 9c, where it is filled with fruit pulp of oranges, mandarin oranges, peaches, etc., as well as fruit pulp of other materials (different colors, flavored ones, etc.). It is filled with jams F, thiokolate, bean paste, etc. When filling the fruit pulp, etc.,
The filling nozzle 9c' of the pulp filling device 9c is double-layered, and compressed air at about 80°C is ejected from the inner nozzle 9c'' at a pressure of about 4 to 7 kg/cm ² . The surface of the hard candy C filled with the compressed air is dented, and at the same time, the pulp, etc. heated to about 60° C. is quickly filled.In this way, the molded recess 1 filled with the pulp, etc.
Then, the hard candy raw material C is sent to the lower part of the second candy filling device 9b, and the remaining hard candy raw material C is filled into the upper half space. Incidentally, the raw materials for candi may be seasoned by appropriately mixing pigments, fragrances, acids, citric acid, tartaric acid, etc. The hard candy C filled with the fruit pulp F in the form of a sandwich sandwich is cooled to about 60° C. by the cooling section 10.

Subsequently, the adhesive film 11 is supplied from the upper side and sent to the thermal bonding section 12 in a state where it is superimposed on the above-mentioned molding film 1. In the thermal bonding section 12, as shown in FIG. film 1
and the adhesive film 11 are fused together. Incidentally, the hot plate 12a is maintained at a temperature of about 80 to 110° C. by electric heating, and the bonding time may be about 1 second.

When the thermal bonding is completed, the sheet is cooled down to about 40° C. while passing through the cooling tunnel section 13 and sent to the punching section 14. In the punching section 14, as shown in FIG. 6, the punching blade 14a' descends and shears the films 1 and 11 between it and the outer peripheral edge of the receiving section 8a', thereby cutting off the hard candies C, etc. Punch out the molded recess 1a,
It is discharged onto the take-out conveyor 15.

Next, the effects of the present invention will be listed.

(1) Conveyor belts are placed before and after the molding section, and a wire belt is wrapped around both conveyor belts to support the molding film located in the molding section, thereby preventing the molding film from sagging. It has become possible to effectively prevent this and to perform molding smoothly and reliably.

In particular, it is more effective if the molding film is heated in advance to soften it so that it can be easily molded.

(2) Since a large number of pedestals are arranged on the pedestal conveyor to receive the molding recesses formed in the molding film, it is not only possible to reliably transport the molding film, but also to place the molding recesses in the correct filling position. - Positioning at the sealing position, punching position, etc. improves work accuracy and allows high-quality molded and sealed confectionery foods to be obtained.

Furthermore, by using the pedestal as part of the bonding and punching equipment, the equipment can be simplified and less likely to malfunction.

(3) A pulp filling device consisting of double filling nozzles is placed in the filling section, and compressed air is blown out from the inner nozzle of the double filling nozzles to dent the surface of the candy filled in advance while filling the fruit pulp. The fruit pulp can be filled accurately in the center of the candies, and especially when the candies are made transparent, the fruit pulp can be wrapped in the center to create a jewel-like design effect. and can increase its high quality value.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a principle diagram showing an embodiment of the molding and packaging apparatus of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the molding process of a molded film, Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the forming part, and Fig. 4 is a conveyor. , FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the heat bonding part, FIG. 6a is a sectional view of the punching part, FIG. 6b is a plan view explaining the punching state, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the mold release part. 8 are explanatory sectional views showing the state of filling with hard candies and the like. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Molding film, 1'... Roll, 1''... Punching waste film, 1a... Molding recess, 2... Feeding roller, 3... Resin belt, 3a... Groove, 4... Molding part, 4
a...Press mold, 4b...Receiving mold, 4b'...Guiding hole, 5...Spring wire, 6...Heating part, 7...Cooling part, 8...Base conveyor, 8a...Base, 8a'...Best part, 9...Filling Part, 9a...first candy raw material filling device, 9a'...filling nozzle, 9b...pulp etc. filling device, 9b'...filling nozzle, 9c...second candy material filling device, 9c'...filling nozzle, 9c''...inner nozzle , 10... cooling section, 1
1...Adhesive film, 11'...Feeding roll, 1
2...Thermal bonding part, 12a...Hot plate, 12a'...Fusion part,
13... Cooling tunnel part, 14... Punching part, 14a...
Cutting die, 14a'... punching blade, 15... take-out conveyor,
16... Mold release part, 16a... Push rod, C... Candy,
F... Fruit pulp.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A molding section that forms a large number of molding recesses in a strip-shaped molding film, a filling section that fills raw materials for confectionery such as hard candies into the molding recesses, and a filling section that seals the filled confectionery. a bonding part for bonding the above-mentioned molding film and an adhesive film stacked thereon; a punching part for punching out the periphery of the bonding part; and a pedestal for transporting from the filling part to the punching part via the bonding part. In a device composed of a conveyor,
A first and a second candy filling section are arranged in the filling section, a filling device for filling pulp, etc. consisting of a double filling nozzle is arranged between them, and compressed air is blown out from an inner nozzle of the double filling nozzle. , and a confectionery product characterized in that fruit pulp, raisins, peanuts, chiyocolate, and other candy ingredients are filled from a nozzle provided on the outside while recessing the surface of the candy which has been filled in advance. molding packaging equipment.