JPH0272Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] 〔Technical field〕 This invention relates to a kamaboko molding machine.

[Background Art] A kamaboko molding machine is equipped with a raw material supply hopper and a raw material delivery pump, and the raw material for kamaboko is sent out by a raw material delivery means (for example, a screw) provided in the raw material supply hopper. It is fed into a molding die by a pump and extruded from the exit of the molding die to obtain a molded fish cake.

Conventionally, in kamaboko molding machines, a gear pump has been used as a raw material delivery pump. This gear pump has two gears meshed together inside the pump body. One gear is connected to the drive part, and the other gear rotates according to this gear, so that when the gear rotates, the raw material is caught between the teeth and sent from the suction side to the discharge side. It's getting old.

However, using a gear pump had the following drawbacks.

When the kamaboko raw material was passed through a part where two gears were engaged, the muscle fibers in the raw material were worn out, making it impossible to obtain a sticky and strong kamaboko molded product. Therefore, the kamaboko obtained by processing this molded kamaboko had no elasticity and was inferior in taste. Depending on the type of kamaboko, solid matter may be mixed into the raw material, but this has the disadvantage that this solid matter is ground up.

Furthermore, in the conventional kamaboko molding machine described above, the raw material delivery means and the raw material delivery pump provided in the raw material supply hopper are driven by the same drive unit, and the raw material delivery means and the raw material delivery pump are started and stopped. were being held at the same time. This caused air bubbles to form in the kamaboko molded product. Furthermore, depending on the type of kamaboko,
It was necessary to change the ratio between the amount of raw material sent to the raw material delivery pump and the amount sent to the molding die, but since the raw material delivery means and the raw material delivery pump are driven by the same drive unit, it was not possible to do so. I couldn't do it. Therefore, it is necessary to install several molding machines suitable for each type of kamaboko, which increases equipment investment costs and requires floor space to install the machines.

[Purpose of invention]

In view of the above points, the object of this invention is to provide a kamaboko molding machine that can produce delicious kamaboko and can mold many types of kamaboko with one machine.

[Disclosure of invention]

In order to achieve the above object, this invention includes a raw material supply hopper provided with a means for feeding the raw material;
In a kamaboko molding machine equipped with a raw material delivery pump that feeds the raw material sent out from the hopper to a molding die, the raw material delivery pump has a rotating body having radially formed blades, and the tips of the blades are connected to the rotating body. It rotates along the inner circumferential surface of the housed body, and the volume of the space formed by adjacent blades and the inner surface of the body changes with the rotation of the rotating body, and the raw material is sent out. The gist thereof is a kamaboko molding machine characterized in that it is driven by a driving section separate from the means. This will be explained in detail below based on the drawings showing one embodiment thereof.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the kamaboko molding machine according to the invention, and FIG. 2 is a simplified view of the main parts thereof. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this kamaboko molding machine has two raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3 on a base 1, a molding die 4, raw material delivery pumps 5 and 6, and a bottom plate supply. mechanism 7. Of the two raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3, one is the bottom body supply hopper 2 and the other is the coating body supply hopper 3. Each raw material supply hopper 2, 3 has two truncated conical containers.
They are stacked one on top of the other, and the inner container contains the raw material 8a for kamaboko and the raw material for coating 8b, and the surrounding container contains ice to cool the raw material for kamaboko. Each raw material supply hopper is provided with screws 11 and 12 facing into the raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3 as means for feeding the raw material, respectively. Each screw 1
One end of the shafts 1 and 12 is supported by the intermediate plates 2a and 3a of each raw material supply hopper, and the other end is supported by the bearing portions 13 and 14.
It is connected to screw motors 15 and 16 via. The bearing parts 13 and 14 are supported and fixed to arms 17 and 18 extending from the base 1. The screw motors 15 and 16 rotate the screws 11 and 12, and the raw materials 8a and 8b are sent out from the bottoms 2b and 3b of the raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3, respectively. The amount of raw material delivered can be easily adjusted by changing the rotation speed of the screw motor. The molding die 4 is provided with a raw material supply port (lower body raw material supply port 19, coating raw material supply port 20) and a raw material discharge port 21. Inside the molding die 4,
It is divided into two paths on the side of the raw material supply ports 19 and 20, becomes one path in the middle, and tapers toward the raw material discharge port 21 from the vicinity of the single path. The raw material delivery pumps (the lower body delivery pump 5 and the coating body delivery pump 6) have suction ports 22 and 23 connected to the bottoms 2b and 3b of the raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3, respectively, and a raw material supply port 19 of the molding die 4. , 20 are provided with discharge ports 26, 27 connected to them via hoses 24, 25. Each of the raw material delivery pumps 5 and 6 is driven by the power of pump motors 28 and 29 fixed to the lower part of the base 1 being transmitted through a chain (not shown), and is driven from the raw material supply hoppers 2 and 3. The supplied kamaboko raw materials 8a and 8b are fed into a molding die 4. The amount of raw material fed can be easily adjusted by changing the rotation speed of the pump motor. The bottom plate supply mechanism 7 includes a bottom plate fixing case 30 and a bottom plate feeding roller 31.
and a guide plate 32. Bottom plate feed roller 3
1 is a roller motor 33 fixed to the lower part of the base 1
As a result, the bottom plate 34 is sequentially sent out from the bottom plate holding case 30 along the guide plate 32 and supplied to the front of the raw material discharge port 21 of the forming die 4. ing.

The lower body raw material 8a in the lower body supply hopper 2 is transferred to the bottom part 2b of the lower body supply hopper by the screw 11.
The raw material is continuously delivered from the raw material feed pump 5 to the raw material supply port 19 of the molding die 4. Also, the coating raw material 8b in the coating supply hopper 3
Similarly, the screw 12 continuously feeds out the coating material from the bottom part 3b of the coating material supply hopper, and the coating material delivery pump 6 supplies the coating material raw material supply port 20 of the molding die 4.
sent to. The lower body raw material 8a and the coating raw material 8b sent into each raw material supply port 19, 20 are overlapped in the molding die 4, and are gradually squeezed as they head toward the raw material discharge port 21, and are passed from the raw material discharge port 21 to the bottom plate. 34 to form a kamaboko molded product.

The screw is normally started several seconds before the raw material delivery pump, and is stopped several seconds later than the raw material delivery pump. By doing so, it is possible to reliably prevent the formation of bubbles in the molded kamaboko product.

In the above configuration, the raw material delivery pumps 5 and 6 are configured as shown below. The lower body delivery pump 5 will be described in detail below as an example.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower body delivery pump 5 includes a pump body 35 and a rotating body 36. The pump main body 35 is formed into a generally cylindrical shape. The pump body 35 is provided with a suction port 22 and a discharge port 26. Pump body 35
One end 37 of the pump body is open for insertion of the rotating body 36 therein. This one end 37 is covered with a cover 38. The cover 38 is fixed to the pump body 35 with bolts 39 (there is a plurality of bolts). A packing 40 is inserted between the pump body 35 and the cover 38 to make the space watertight. Although not shown, a hole is made at the other end, and a shaft 45, which will be described later, is passed through the hole.
In order to make the space between the shaft 45 and the pump body 35 watertight, an oil seal is attached to the other end of the pump body. A part of the inner circumferential surface of the pump body has
A crescent-shaped cam 41 is fixed by a round machine screw 42. Both ends 41a and 41b of the cam 41 are cut out to prevent the suction port 22 and the discharge port 26 from being blocked by the cam. The rotating body 36 is the pump body 3 to which the cam 41 is attached.
5 and a cover 38 are combined into a body. Flexible blades 43 are formed radially on the rotating body 36.
A hole 44 is bored in the center of the rotating body, and one end of a shaft 45 is passed through the hole 44. This shaft 45 is connected to the rotating body 36 by a key 46. The other end of the shaft 45 is connected to the drive unit, and the rotating body 36 is connected to the tip portion 43 of the blade 43 .
a... rotates around the shaft 45 along the inner circumferential surface (inner circumferential surface of the body in which the rotating body is housed) formed by the inner circumferential surface of the pump body 35 and the cam 41. There is. The distance between this inner circumferential surface 44 and the center of rotation of the rotating body 36 is shortened at the portion where the cam 41 is attached. Therefore, the blades 43 are bent at the part where the cam 41 is attached, and the volume of the space formed by the adjacent blades and the body housing the rotating body changes as the rotating body 36 rotates. ing. The rotating body 3 near the suction port 22
The volume of the space increases with the rotation of 6 (space A
The volume is smaller than the volume of the space B, and the raw material is sucked in, and it becomes smaller near the discharge port 26 (the volume of the space C is larger than the volume of the space D), and the raw material is discharged. In other words, this lower body delivery pump sucks in and discharges raw materials by changing the volume of the space formed by adjacent blades of the rotating body and the body in which the rotating body is housed as the rotating body rotates. It is. The raw material sucked in from the suction port is conveyed between blades and is discharged from the discharge port.

Here, we have explained the lower body delivery pump as an example, but the coating body delivery pump is also different from the lower body delivery pump in the positional relationship between the suction port and the discharge port, so although there is a slight difference in shape, The discharge mechanism is exactly the same as the lower body delivery pump.

Since the lower body supply pump and coating body supply pump used in the kamaboko molding machine according to this invention are constructed as described above, according to this invention, unlike the gear pumps conventionally used for these machines, the muscle fibers in the raw material can be There is no risk of the material being worn out or the solids in the raw material being ground up. Therefore, kamaboko molded products are made using the kamaboko molding machine of this invention, and the kamaboko obtained by processing this product has a much better taste than the kamaboko obtained using the conventional kamaboko molding machine. Become something. The pump of the above embodiment also has the features of a large discharge volume, a small size, and low power consumption compared to a gear pump. In addition, in the kamaboko molding machine according to this invention, drive units for the raw material delivery means (screw in the above embodiment) provided in the raw material supply hopper and the raw material delivery pump are provided separately. Therefore, the ratio between the amount of raw material delivered to the raw material delivery pump and the amount sent to the molding die can be changed depending on the type of kamaboko. Therefore, it becomes possible to mold many types of kamaboko with one machine. In addition, in the kamaboko molding machine according to this invention, it is possible to set a time lag between the starting and stopping of the raw material delivery means and the raw material delivery pump, so by doing so, it is possible to ensure that air bubbles are not formed in the kamaboko molded product. can be prevented.

The kamaboko molding machine according to this invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The number of raw material supply hoppers and raw material delivery pumps may be one, two, or more. The raw material delivery pump may include a rotating body having a radial groove and a vane plate that is protruded by centrifugal force, and rotates eccentrically with respect to the center of the body within a cylindrical body.

[Effect of idea]

As we have seen in detail above, in the kamaboko molding machine according to this invention, the raw material delivery pump has a rotary body having radially formed blades, and the tips of the blades are connected to the inner peripheral surface of the body in which the rotary body is housed. The volume of the space formed by the adjacent blades and the inner surface of the body in which the rotating body is housed changes as the rotating body rotates. It is adapted to be driven by a drive section. Therefore, by using this kamaboko molding machine, the muscle fibers in the raw materials will not be worn out or the solid content in the raw materials will be crushed, making it possible to make kamaboko with even better taste. Further, depending on the type of kamaboko, the ratio between the amount of raw material delivered to the raw material delivery pump and the amount sent to the molding die can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to mold many types of kamaboko with one machine, and the equipment investment cost can be suppressed, and the floor space for installing the machine can be small.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the kamaboko molding machine according to this invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory view showing the main parts in a simplified manner, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the same lower body delivery pump. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the same lower body delivery pump as above. 2, 3... Raw material supply hopper, 4... Molding die, 5, 6... Raw material delivery pump, 8a, 8b...
Raw materials, 11, 12... Screw, 15, 16...
... Screw motor, 28, 29 ... Pump motor, 35 ... Pump body, 36 ... Rotating body,
41...cam, 43...blade, 43a...tip of the blade, 44...inner peripheral surface of the body in which the rotating body is housed, A, B, C, D...adjacent blades of the rotating body and rotation The space formed by the inner surface of the torso that houses the body.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A kamaboko molding machine equipped with a raw material supply hopper provided with a means for delivering raw materials, and a raw material delivery pump that feeds the raw materials sent from the hopper to a molding die, In the raw material delivery pump, a rotary body having radially formed vanes rotates with the tips of the vanes along the inner circumferential surface of a body in which the rotary body is housed, and is formed by adjacent vanes and the inner surface of the body. A kamaboko molding machine, characterized in that the volume of the space in which the kamaboko molding machine is formed changes with the rotation of a rotating body, and is driven by a drive section separate from the means for feeding out the raw material. (2) The kamaboko molding machine according to claim 1, wherein the means for feeding the raw material is a screw facing into the raw material supply hopper. (3) The blades are flexible, and the distance between the center of rotation of the rotating body and the inner peripheral surface of the body is partially different, and due to changes in this distance, the blades become flexible as the rotating body rotates. A kamaboko molding machine according to claim 1 or 2, which is adapted to be bent.