JPH0448422B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a food manufacturing machine that molds and manufactures foods such as shumai and gyoza in which ingredients are wrapped inside an outer skin such as a noodle skin. This invention relates to an automatic skin feeding device.

[Prior art] In recent years, processed foods such as siu mai and gyoza, which enclose ingredients such as minced meat or a mixture of minced meat and finely chopped vegetables, using a so-called noodle skin, which is made from noodles, have been produced using machines. Attempts have been made to mold and manufacture it. For example, in the production of shumai, the outer skin is extruded into a belt shape of a predetermined thickness and width, cut into a predetermined length while being transported, and the filling is placed in the center of the cut outer skin as it is transported. A food manufacturing machine has been proposed that is capable of performing these operations in series by supplying and wrapping the food.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the case of conventional food manufacturing machines, manual work is required to feed the outer skin sent out from the outer skin manufacturing device to the transfer means to the ingredient filling device section.
It has become extremely inefficient.

In other words, the tip of the outer skin of the belt-shaped noodles, etc. sent out from the outer skin manufacturing device at the start of the exercise is rounded or hard and cannot be used as an outer skin, so this tip is cut off to a required length and allowed to hang. It is necessary to feed the end onto the transport means. In addition, even when operation is restarted if operation is temporarily stopped for some reason, some parts of the outer skin manufacturing equipment may be left hanging, harden, shrink, or have mold from the extrusion rollers. Since it cannot be used as it is, it is necessary to cut off and remove the required length of this tip and send the hanging end to the outer shell transfer means to the ingredient suction and filling section.

Conventionally, at the start of operation or when restarting operation after a temporary stop, the tip of the outer skin sent out from the outer skin manufacturing device is cut and removed with a knife or the like, and then the hanging end is cut into a fork-like shape, for example. This process was extremely cumbersome and inefficient.

Therefore, in the present invention, in the food manufacturing machine as described above, the operation of cutting and removing the tip of the hanging band-shaped outer skin sent out from the outer skin manufacturing device and the operation of feeding the end to the outer skin transfer means can be easily and automatically performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic skin feeding device that can be carried out efficiently.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a skin manufacturing device that forms a skin material of noodles or the like into a belt of a predetermined thickness and sends it out and hangs it down, and a device that transports the belt-shaped skin delivered from the skin manufacturing device in a horizontal direction. A food product such as shumai, which is equipped with an outer skin transfer means and a cutting means for cutting the strip-shaped outer skin into a predetermined size during the transfer, and in which ingredients are fed onto the cut outer skin and wrapped in the outer skin. In particular, we adopted the following configuration to solve the above problems.

A skin manufacturing device is disposed above a slightly forward position of the skin transporting means so as to be able to send out and hang a belt-shaped skin slightly forward of the transporting means, and between this skin sending and hanging position and the skin transporting means, A feeding belt for the outer skin that rotates endlessly is provided, and at a slightly forward position of the feeding belt, the belt-shaped outer skin hanging down from the outer skin manufacturing device is cut by moving in a direction to bring a blade into contact with the feeding belt. A cutter member and a pushing member capable of pushing the belt-shaped outer skin end onto the feeding belt are respectively provided movably in the feeding direction, and means for moving and returning the cutter member and the pushing member are provided. It is provided so that it can be controlled by the operation section.
As a result, in a state where the tip of the belt-shaped outer skin sent out from the outer skin manufacturing device hangs down below the feed belt position, the cutter member and the pushing member are operated to cut off the tip of the outer skin and leave the remaining outer skin end. The invention is characterized in that the parts are pushed onto a feed belt and are fed to the skin transfer means by the feed belt.

[Function] According to the device of the present invention having the above configuration, at the start of operation, in a state where the tip of the hanging outer skin sent out by the outer skin manufacturing device extends downward from the upper surface position of the feed belt, the operation part is pressed. By operating a button or the like, a means for moving the cutter member and the pushing member is actuated. As a result, the cutter member and the pushing member move simultaneously in the feeding direction, so that the blade portion of the cutter member pinches the outer skin against the feeding belt, thereby causing the belt-shaped outer skin hanging between them to The tip of the is cut off. At the same time, the pushing member further moves to the feeding side, pushes the hanging end of the outer skin cut by the cutter member onto the feeding belt, and brings it into a resting position, and then together with the cutter member. Immediately return to original position. The feeding belt rotates endlessly in response to the transporting means for the outer skin, so that the end of the outer skin placed on top of it as described above is immediately fed into the transporting means.

In this way, the tip of the band-shaped outer skin that has become hard or rounded and cannot be used as an outer skin can be cut off and sent to the transport means.

Also, when restarting the machine after temporarily stopping the machine, the cutter member and the pushing member are operated in the same way as above, with the belt-shaped outer skin hanging down to the required length in accordance with the machine's operation. Therefore, cutting and removing the tip portion to a required length and feeding can be performed mechanically and easily at the same time.

"Embodiments" Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the overall structure of a food manufacturing machine such as shumai, which includes a skin manufacturing device 1 that compresses and delivers a skin material such as noodle dough into a strip of a predetermined thickness, and the skin manufacturing device 1. an outer skin transfer means 3 that horizontally intermittently transports the outer skin b that is suspended from the outer skin b fed by the feeding means 2; and a cutting means 4 that cuts the strip-shaped outer skin b into a predetermined size during this transfer. Furthermore, an ingredient supply/filling section 5 is provided at the rear upper part of the cutting means 4 in the feeding direction, and each of the cutting means 4 has the following configuration.

The skin manufacturing device 1 includes a pair of left and right extrusion members 15, 15 disposed between the front and rear walls in a casing 14 connected to the lower part of a supply hopper 11 for supplying skin materials such as noodles.
are provided facing each other in a tapered shape that approaches each other toward the bottom, and the upper interval is usually the same as that of the supply port 1.
A gap wider than the opening width of No. 2 is maintained, and the lower gap is set according to a predetermined extrusion thickness. Both extrusion members 15, 15 are supported at their upper parts by eccentric shafts 16, 16 passing through them, and at their lower parts, are eccentric shafts arranged parallel to the eccentric shafts 16, 16 and having a smaller eccentricity than the above. It is supported by support arms 18, 18 which are pivotally supported by 17, 17.

These upper and lower eccentric shafts 16 and 17 are connected to a drive motor via an appropriate power transmission mechanism and rotate synchronously. In particular, the rotation direction of the left and right eccentric shafts 16 and 17 is determined by the direction of rotation of both extrusion members 15 and 15. It is set to rotate downward on opposite sides, and by rotation of the eccentric shafts 16 and 17,
The extrusion members 15, 15 perform a deformed rotation movement that combines swinging in the direction of approaching each other and vertical movement, and are displaced upward in a diffused state according to the amount of eccentricity of the upper and lower eccentric shafts 16, 17. They approach each other and press down in a narrowed state, thereby delivering the outer skin b in the form of a band.

A pair of forming rolls 19, 19 are disposed in the main body 10 in the lower part of the casing 14, which further presses and forms the outer skin b of noodles or the like to be delivered to a predetermined thickness. Note that the skin manufacturing apparatus can be implemented with various structures other than those described above.

The means 2 for feeding the outer skin b delivered in a band form at the lower part of the outer skin manufacturing apparatus 1 to the transfer means 3 is configured to connect the front end of the transport means 3 and the hanging position at which the outer skin b is sent out by the outer skin manufacturing apparatus 1. In between, there is provided a feed belt 22 which is endlessly rotated by a rotating drum 21. This feeding belt 2
2 is installed on a guide plate 23 disposed between the upper surface of the rotating drum 21 and the transfer means 3 so as to form substantially the same horizontal plane as the upper surface of the rotating drum 21, and the feeding belt 22 is moved substantially horizontally behind the rotating drum 21. Then, the outer skin b can be fed into the transfer means 3.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a presser roller which is movable up and down by guide members 25 erected on both sides so as to be in contact with the feed belt 22, and is provided so that the outer skin b can be transferred without slipping.

In front of the feed belt 22, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. A cutter member 26 is equipped with a cutter member 26 that is pivotally supported and can cut the outer skin b between the belt 22 and is parallel to the cutter member 26 and is rotatably supported on the same axis to feed the band-shaped outer skin b onto the belt 22. It is equipped with a pushing member 27 that can be pushed.

As a means for swinging the cutter member 26 and the pushing member 27 toward the feeding side and returning them, a spring means 28 connected to the support arm portion 26b of the cutter member 26 causes the blade portion 26a to move toward the front side of the rotating drum 21. The pushing member 27 is provided so as to bias the cutter member 26 in the direction in which it comes into contact with the belt 22, and to restrict the swinging of the cutter member 26 in the direction at the pushing plate 27a as shown in the figure. A piston shaft 29a of a cylinder mechanism 29 is connected with a pin to a support arm 27b portion of the cylinder mechanism 27, and the cylinder mechanism 29 is provided so that its operation can be controlled by electrical means or the like by operating a button on an operating section.

That is, according to the apparatus having the above structure, at the start of operation, in a state in which the tip of the outer skin b delivered from the outer skin manufacturing apparatus 1 extends a required length downward from the upper surface position of the feed belt 22, the button operation etc. on the operation part is performed. By operating the cylinder mechanism 29, the pushing member 27 is swung toward the feeding side, and at the same time, the cutter member 2
6 is swung by the spring means 28, and its blade portion 26a is brought into contact with and pressed against the feed belt 22 of the rotating drum 21, and the required length of the tip of the belt-shaped outer skin b hanging between the two is made. and the pressing member 27 is further swung toward the feeding side to push the hanging end of the outer skin b cut by the cutter member 26 onto the feeding belt 22 to a resting position; Thereafter, the cutter member 26 is immediately returned to its original position. The end of the outer skin b pushed in in this manner is transferred to a conveying means 3 by a feeding belt 22 which is a feeding means 2.
sent to and transported. Further, when restarting the operation after a temporary stop, the operation may be performed in the same manner as described above.

Further, as shown in the figure, the skin transfer means 3 has chains 31, 31, which are two endless rotating members disposed in parallel with an interval slightly larger than the maximum width of the skin b to be transferred. both chains 3
Lateral locking levers 32 are fixed at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction of 1 and 31, and the locking levers 3
The outer cover b fed by the feed belt 22 is locked to the upper end of the outer cover 2 so that the transfer can be carried out. Each 33 is a sprocket on which the chain is suspended.

Two chains 34, 34, which rotate endlessly in synchronization with the chains 31, 31, and a presser bar 45, which abuts the upper end of the locking lever 32, are hung on the upper part of the front end of the transfer means 3. Auxiliary means 36
is provided to press the outer skin b that is locked onto the locking lever 32 so that it can be transferred without shifting.

Further, the transfer means 3 and the feed belt 22
means the axis of the rotating drum 21 and the sprocket 3.
3 are connected to each other via a power transmission mechanism 37 such as a V-belt to rotate in conjunction with each other, and a part of the power transmission mechanism 37 is provided with a speed adjustment means 38 that can continuously change speed. The feeding speed by the feeding belt 22, that is, the length of the outer skin b that is locked by the locking bar 32 can be adjusted.

The cutting means 4 supports movably in the width direction a pressing member 41 which can be elastically pressed against the upper edge of the locking bar 32 by means of a spring means or the like when the transport means 3 which runs intermittently is stopped. By this pressing and moving action, the outer skin b that is locked to the locking bar 32 is cut at the locking bar 32.
The cut outer skin remains locked to the locking bar 32 due to the viscosity of the material.

Further, the ingredient supply/filling section 5 provided after the cutting means 4 has the following configuration.

Reference numeral 51 denotes an ingredient hopper that includes a screw-shaped feeding member 52, and has two feeding ports 53, 53 at its lower part. 54, 54 are piston members 57 which are movable into and out of cylinders 56, 56, which are perpendicular to the feeding ports 53, 53 and have openings 55, 55 corresponding to the feeding ports in part of their periphery;
57. The feed ports 53, 53 are connected via the pump means 54, 54 to transfer pipes 58, 58 extending parallel to the transfer means 3 and in mutually opposite directions.
58 has filling cylinders 61, 61 which are located above the transfer means 3 and move up and down in response to the intermittent transfer of the outer skin b by the transfer means 3, and extrusion piston shafts 59, 59 which move up and down within the filling cylinders 61, 61. It is connected to extrusion filling means 60,60.

The cylinder 56 of the pump means 54 is moved to a position where the opening 55 coincides with the feeding port 53 and a position where the opening end of the transfer pipe 58 coincides with the movement of the transfer means 3 by a suitable means such as a cam mechanism. The piston member 57 is provided so as to be rotated alternately between the two positions, and the piston member 57 is provided so as to move forward and backward in response to the rotational action by means such as a cam mechanism. That is, the pump means 54
5 is aligned with the feeding port 53, the piston member 57 is withdrawn and the ingredients are sucked into the cylinder 56 from the feeding port 53, and then, when the opening 55 is aligned with the open end of the transfer pipe 58, the piston member 57 is withdrawn. Member 57
enters and sends out the ingredients to the transfer pipe 58, and by repeating this movement, suction and delivery of a certain amount of ingredients corresponding to the stroke of forward and backward movement of the piston member 57 is performed. conduct,
In this way, the ingredients sent out in fixed amounts into the transfer pipe 58 are fed into the extrusion filling means 60.

The ingredients g fed into the extrusion filling means 60 are
When the transfer means 3, which runs intermittently, is stopped, the outer skin b is supplied and filled, and is wrapped and molded by the lower molding means 70. For example, as shown in FIG. The shaft 59 moves downward, and by this downward movement, the outer skin b, which is locked to the locking bar 32 of the transfer means 3, is released from the locking bar 32, and the lower turntable 7
At the same time, by the downward movement of the piston shaft 59, the filling material g in the filling cylinder 61 is pushed downward, and is filled and wrapped in the outer skin b. When the extrusion filling means 60 are provided in double rows as shown in the figure,
One charging means 60 is set to fill every other outer shell with ingredients, and the other filling means 60 is set to fill every other outer shell with ingredients.

Further, the product whose outer skin b is filled with ingredients is pushed up by the piston 73 which also serves as the bottom of the molding cup 72 as the turntable 71 in the molding means 70 rotates, and is collected by a suitable collection means 80.

In the above example, an example of a shumai manufacturing machine was particularly shown, but it can also be applied to a food processing machine that requires delivery molding of the outer skin of noodle skin etc. to a substantially constant thickness, such as the manufacturing of gyoza. The same method can be applied to other food processing machines in which various ingredients are wrapped inside a skin made of noodles or similar dough.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the automatic rind feeding device in the food manufacturing machine of the present invention, at the start of operation or when restarting operation after a temporary stop, the edge of the rind that is fed out in a band shape from the rind manufacturing device and hanging down. In other words, the required length of the tip, which has become rounded or hard and cannot be used as an outer skin, is automatically cut off by pressing a button on the operating unit, and the hanging end of the cut outer skin is used for food production. It can be automatically fed into the transfer means of the machine, and therefore the cutting and removal work of the outer skin end and the feeding work at the start of operation and restart can be performed automatically and efficiently without requiring any manual work. Therefore, processed foods such as this type of shumai can be efficiently produced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a food manufacturing machine, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the feeding device, and FIG. A side view of the same, FIG. 5 is a side view in the direction of the arrow A in the previous figure, and FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway plan view of the feeding part.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of a portion of the ingredient filling device, and FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view of the same. b... Outer skin, 1... Outer skin manufacturing device, 2... Feeding means, 3... Outer skin transfer means, 4... Cutting means, 5... Ingredients feeding and filling section, 21... Rotating drum, 22 ...Feeding belt, 26...Cutter member, 26a...Blade portion, 27...Pushing member, 28
... Spring means, 29 ... Cylinder mechanism, 31 ...
Chain, 32...locking bar, 51...material hopper, 54...pump means, 60 extrusion filling means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A skin manufacturing device for forming a skin material such as noodles into a belt having a predetermined width and a predetermined thickness and sending it out and hanging it; and a transfer means for horizontally transporting the belt-shaped skin delivered from the skin manufacturing device. , comprising a cutting means for cutting the belt-shaped outer skin into a predetermined size during the transfer,
In a food manufacturing machine such as Shuumai, which feeds ingredients onto the cut outer skin and wraps the ingredients with the outer skin, the outer skin manufacturing device is disposed slightly forward and above the outer skin transfer means, and the outer skin is transferred. A belt-shaped outer skin can be fed out and suspended slightly in front of the means, and an endlessly rotating outer skin feeding belt is placed at a position approximately at the same height as the outer skin transfer means between this outer skin delivery hanging position and the outer skin transfer means. A cutter member is provided at a slightly forward position of the feed belt, and a cutter member capable of cutting a band-shaped outer skin hanging down from the outer skin manufacturing device by moving in a direction to bring a blade into contact with the feed belt, and an end of the band-shaped outer skin. A pushing member capable of pushing the cutter member onto the feeding belt is provided so as to be movable in the feeding direction, and a means for moving and returning the cutter member and the pushing member is provided so as to be controllable by the operating portion. An automatic outer skin feeding device for a food manufacturing machine such as Shumai, which is characterized by: