JPH0337433Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] A. Industrial application field The present invention relates to a seaweed wrapping device that automatically wraps seaweed pieces around the surface of formed sushi rice balls and rice balls. This relates to a seaweed rolling device that automatically and continuously performs partial and obi-wrapping of gunkanmaki or rice balls made of sushi, and in the rolled state, rotates the rotary body in half to transfer the product to the next process.

B. Conventional technology Conventionally, both ends of a rolling sheet were fixed with play in which the seaweed sushi roll could be rolled in, a winding roll was placed inside the rolling sheet, and nori was spread on the flat part below the rolling sheet. A seaweed rolling machine for producing tekka-maki, katsupa-maki, hipiyo-maki, etc. by placing shari, tuna, cucumber, and dried fish from the starting end of the rolling sheet and rolling up the rolled sheets was developed by the present applicant, for example, in 61 Jikkosho.
−Already proposed in No. 15746, etc.

C. Problems that the invention aims to solve However, a device for automatically manufacturing so-called gunkanmaki, which involves wrapping seaweed around a siyari containing high-grade sushi species such as salmon roe, sea urchin, and crab, has not yet been developed. I wasn't there.

Furthermore, no device has been developed for wrapping the rice balls in a neat manner.

D. Means for Solving the Problems In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a seaweed wrapping device that can automatically and hygienically perform military wrapping, partial wrapping, obi wrapping, etc.

The means for achieving the above object is to install a receiving plate 4 and a receiving plate 4 near the outer periphery of the rotating body 1 which rotates intermittently in half.
Holding pieces 15, 15 are provided at the rear on both sides so as to be freely openable and closable, and a seaweed holding frame 18 for holding the seaweed pieces 19 in a vertical state is installed in front of the receiving plate 4, and a seaweed case 20 is provided above it. , seaweed case 20
Take out the seaweed pieces 19 one by one from the seaweed holding frame 18
A suction plate 22 for dropping and supplying the seaweed to the seaweed is movably arranged between the front surface of the seaweed case 20 and above the seaweed holding frame 18.

E. Effect: Seaweed roll product 31 molded with the molding device in the previous process
A sheet 29 for use is carried by a conveyor 30 in the direction of the arrows in FIGS. 1 and 2, passes through the passage hole 28 at the lower end of the nori holding frame 18, and at the same time is held upright by the U-shaped holding portions 28a on both sides thereof. Seaweed pieces 19
When the rods further advance and come into contact with the receiving plate 4, compressed air is supplied to the air cylinders 3, 3 in front, and both rods 10, 10 move forward at the same time.

When both rods 10, 10 move forward, the eccentric gear 1
1 and 11 rotate in their respective inward directions, causing gears 5 and 5 to rotate outward. When the gears 5,5 rotate outward, the rotating block 16, which is integral with the gears 5,5,
Holding plates 15, 15 fixed to 16 also rotate inwardly, and are held by the receiving plate 4 so that the seaweed piece 19 wraps the filet 29.

A seaweed-wrapped product 31 in which seaweed pieces 19 are wound on the surface of the shirring 29 formed in this way is formed by holding pieces 15,
While being held by the rotary lead plate 15 and the receiving plate 4, the rotary lead plate 2 makes a half turn along with the rotating body 1.

Next, the compressed air in the air cylinders 3, 3 is released and the rods 10, 10 are retracted. Rod 1
When the gears 0 and 10 move backward, the eccentric gears 11 and 11 and the gears 5 and 5 are reversed, the holding pieces 15 and 15 are rotated outward and opened, and the seaweed-wrapped product 31 is transferred to the transfer conveyor 32 and transferred to the next process. sent to.

At this time, the suction plate 22 is located in front of the outlet 23 at the front of the nori case 20 as shown by the solid line in FIG. As shown in the line, the support shaft 26 is lowered by lowering the piston rod 27.
Rotate and release from the front of the nori case 20.

Here, since the suction surface of the suction plate 22 is located above the nori holding frame 18, the nori pieces 19 are dropped and supplied to the nori holding frame 18 when the vacuum pump is stopped.

The pieces of seaweed 19 that have been dropped in this manner are transported to the conical holding portions 28a and 28 on both sides of the lower end of the seaweed holding frame 18.
A is held in a standing position, waiting for the next shari 29 to arrive.

F. Example Hereinafter, one example of implementing the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a rotating body placed on a rotating lead plate 2, on which two pairs of four air cylinders 3 are supported in a V-shape on the top surface so as to be able to rotate by a slight angle with the base as a fulcrum. A receiving plate 4 having a slightly arcuate cross section is supported by an arm 4a near the outer periphery at equal intervals from the tip of each receiving plate 4, and a pair of gears 5, 5 are supported by a supporting plate 6 on both sides of the rear surface of each receiving plate 4. It is rotatably supported.

The rotary body 1 has four legs 7 planted on the lower center surface, and the lower portions of the legs 7 are inserted into the receiving pipe 8 erected on the rotary lead plate 2 via a buffer coil spring 9, and the rotary lead The plate 2 rotates by 180 degrees with intermittent half-rotation or reversal of the plate 2.

At the tip of the rod 10 of the air cylinder 3 that is pivotally supported on each rotating body 1, an eccentric gear 11 that meshes with the pivotally supported gear 5 is rotatably supported on the support plate 6. When the gear 10 is advanced, the gear 5 is driven to rotate as the eccentric gear 11 rotates. These air cylinders 3
A tube 13 communicating with an air compressor built in the base box 12 is connected through a hollow pipe 14.

A rotary lead plate 2 supporting the rotating body 1 is rotatably mounted and supported on a base box 12, and is operated by a drive mechanism built into the base box 12.

A rotating block 16 provided with an L-shaped holding plate 15 is integrally fixed to the lower part of each gear 5 that meshes with the eccentric gear 11 and rotates as a result.

This holding plate 15 opens and closes together with the holding plate 15 on the side of the gear 5 disposed oppositely as the pair of front and rear gears 5, 5 rotate, and performs seaweed rolling work and seaweed rolling transfer work with the receiving plate 4.

A mold support 17 is mounted on the base box 12 on the receiving side of the rotating body 1 so as to straddle the rotating body 1.

At the center of the support base 17, a seaweed case 20 is mounted with a gentle forward slope for storing rectangular seaweed pieces 19 to be supplied to the front seaweed holding frame 18 in an overlapping manner.

A holding plate 21 for pushing vertically stacked seaweed pieces 19 forward along an inclination is housed in a seaweed case 20 placed on a support stand 17 , and a suction plate 22 holds the seaweed pieces 19 on the front side. A large outlet 23 for adsorption is opened.

The suction plate 22 that adsorbs the seaweed pieces 19 from the outlet 23 of the seaweed case 20 is arranged in front of the outlet 23 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, and communicates with the vacuum pump built in the base box 12. The seaweed pieces 19 are connected to a flexible hose 24 , through which the seaweed pieces 19 are sucked by suction air from a vacuum pump.

The suction plate 22 is attached to a support shaft 26 which is rotatably supported by a bracket 25, and swings back and forth according to the movement of a piston rod 27 connected to the support shaft 26, and the suction plate 22 moves the pieces of seaweed 19 onto the nori holding frame. Carry it above 18 and drop it.

The bracket 25 is supported on the support stand 17.

The nori holding frame 18 is supported in front of the support stand 17, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper part is widened to a shape that makes it easy to guide the nori pieces 19, and the lower part has a passage hole 28 for a sharpen 29. The nori piece 19 is held in an upright state by U-shaped holding portions 28a on both sides thereof.

Further, before and after the rotating body 1, there are provided a conveyor 30 for transporting the sheets 29 formed by the molding device, and a transfer conveyor 32 for sending the seaweed-wrapped product 31 wrapped with the seaweed pieces 19 to the next process. There is.

The seaweed rolling operation using the seaweed rolling device having such a configuration is performed in the following steps.

〇 Preparation process Open the outlet 2 of the nori case 20 using the suction plate 22
A piece of seaweed 19 is sucked and taken out from the sheet 3, and as shown in FIG. 6a, it is dropped and fed into the seaweed holding frame 18, and the lower end of the frame is vertically erected on the U-shaped holding parts 28a, 28a on both sides. At this time, the holding pieces 15, 15 are in an open state.

〇 Winding process As the transport conveyor 30 advances, the formed shar 29 passes through the passage hole at the lower end of the nori holding frame 18 and at the same time hits a piece of seaweed 19, and when this touches the receiving plate 4, the holding pieces 15, 15 As shown in FIGS. 6b to 6c, it is closed and the seaweed piece 19 is wrapped around the shari 29.

〇 Transfer process When the holding pieces 15, 15 are closed and the seaweed pieces 19 are wrapped around the sheet 29, the rotating body 1 rotates 180 degrees as shown in FIG. The holding pieces 15, 15 are opened and the seaweed-wrapped product 31 wrapped with the seaweed piece 19 is transferred to a transfer conveyor 32.

Through this process, gunkanmaki sushi 31a and partially rolled rice balls 31 as shown in FIG. 7 a, b, and c are made.
b, Obi-wrapped rice balls 31c, etc. are made.

G. Effects of the invention As described above, the seaweed wrapping device according to the invention automatically wraps the seaweed pieces 19 around the shari 29 formed in the previous process and transfers them to the next process while still holding them. It is hygienic because it does not involve human touch, and since the seaweed rolling process is mechanized, it can be mass-produced automatically and continuously, and it is possible to make uniform products with a good appearance. In particular, military armor, which has traditionally been difficult to mechanize, can be easily produced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a seaweed rolling device showing an example of the implementation of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the seaweed winding section, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of the feeding mechanism for the seaweed pieces 19. 5 is a front view of the seaweed holding frame 18,
Figure 6 a, b, c, and d are process diagrams of seaweed wrapping work;
FIGS. 7a, b, and c are perspective views of seaweed-wrapped products 31 of military kamaki, partial wraps, and obi-wraps. Main symbols in the figure: 1... Rotating body, 4... Receiver plate, 1
5... Holding piece, 18... Nori holding frame, 19... Nori piece, 20... Nori case, 22... Adsorption plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A receiving plate 4 is installed near the outer periphery of the rotating body 1 that rotates intermittently in half.
Holding pieces 15 and 15 are provided at the rear on both sides of the receiving plate 4 so as to be openable and closable, and a seaweed holding frame 18 for holding the seaweed pieces 19 in a vertical state is installed in front of the receiving plate 4, and a seaweed case 20 is placed above the holding frame 18. Further, a suction plate 22 takes out the seaweed pieces 19 one by one from the seaweed case 20 and supplies them to the seaweed holding frame 18 by dropping them.
, the front surface of the seaweed case 20 and the seaweed holding frame 18
A seaweed rolling device characterized in that it is movably disposed between the top and the top of the seaweed.