JPH0448424B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to the production of shumai, gyoza, etc., in which ingredients are wrapped inside the outer skin of noodles, etc., by measuring and filling the ingredients into the outer skin. This invention relates to a measuring and filling device for filling ingredients.

[Conventional technology] In recent years, processed foods such as siu mai and gyoza, which have a noodle-based outer skin, so-called noodle skin, encasing ingredients such as minced meat or a mixture of minced meat and finely chopped vegetables, have become popular. Attempts have been made to mold and manufacture it mechanically. For example, in the production of shumai, the outer skin is extruded into a band shape, cut into a predetermined length while being transported, and ingredients are supplied and filled into the center of the cut outer skin as it is transported. A food manufacturing machine has been proposed that encompasses this and is capable of performing these operations in series.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the production of the above-mentioned shumai, etc., it is necessary to manually measure and supply a predetermined amount of ingredients to the outer skin that is cut into a predetermined size and transported. In addition to hindering the automation of this type of food production,
This is extremely inefficient. Therefore, it has been considered to mechanically feed a predetermined amount of ingredients from an ingredient supply section to an extrusion filling section using a rotary pump, etc., but in this case, the above-mentioned ingredient feeding may be Since it is necessary to always feed a fixed amount in correspondence with the transport means, an extremely complicated mechanism is required. Particularly in the production of this type of food, it is necessary to be able to constantly feed and supply appropriate amounts of ingredients depending on the size and type of the product to be produced, and to be able to fill the outer shell with the ingredients.

In view of the above, the present invention has been developed to supply and fill the ingredients into the outer shell in the production of food products such as shumai in which the ingredients are wrapped in the outer shell. It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring and filling device for ingredients that can be measured, fed, and filled, and can be linked to a means for transporting the outer skin.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the ingredient measuring and filling device of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems, a peripheral wall is provided in the feeding path portion from the ingredient supply section to the extrusion filling section for extruding ingredients into the outer shell. A pump means comprising a pipe having a horizontal hole in the section and arranged in a cross direction so that the horizontal hole corresponds to the feeding path, and a piston member that can reciprocate in the axial direction within the pipe, The pipe of the pump means is rotatable around its axis, and the rotation of the pipe is controlled to align the horizontal hole alternately with the ingredient supply side opening and the delivery side opening. The apparatus is characterized by comprising a rotation control means and a metering control means for controlling the movement stroke of the piston member in accordance with the rotation of the pipe to determine the amount of ingredients to be sucked and delivered by the pump means.

[Function] According to the apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the pump means provided in the feeding route from the ingredient supply section to the ingredient extrusion filling section is configured to pump the side hole in accordance with the supply of the outer skin, for example. is rotated to a position via a rotation control means such that the horizontal hole faces and matches the suction side passage, and in this state, a piston member inside the pipe is moved in and out by a metering control means corresponding to the rotation. Then, the ingredients are sucked into the pipe from the opening on the ingredient supply side through the horizontal hole, and then the pipe is rotated via the rotation control means to a position where the horizontal hole faces and matches the delivery side opening, and this state is maintained. The piston member enters and moves, thereby pushing out the ingredients in the pipe from the side hole and the delivery side opening to the delivery side member, and by repeating this movement,
A constant amount of ingredients is fed to the ingredient extrusion filling section by performing a fixed amount delivery corresponding to the stroke of the forward and backward movement of the piston member.

By making the actions of the pipe rotation control means of the pump means, the metering control means for controlling the movement of the piston member, and the extrusion filling section correspond to the transfer of the outer skin, a constant amount of the outer skin is continuously transferred. It is possible to reliably supply and fill the following ingredients.

[Example] Next, a preferred example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show the entire structure when the ingredient suction filling device of the present invention is applied to a shumai manufacturing machine. A skin manufacturing device that compresses, shapes, and delivers the skin; 2 is a skin transporting device that intermittently transports the skin a in the horizontal direction, which is suspended from the skin manufacturing device 1 and sent in by the feeding means 3;
A is a cutting means for cutting the strip-shaped outer skin a into a predetermined size while the outer skin a is being transported, and A is a filling device for measuring and filling ingredients provided at the upper part of the rear side of the cutting means 4 in the feeding direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the weighing and filling apparatus A of the present invention has the following configuration.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an ingredient hopper constituting an ingredient supply section, which is provided with a screw-shaped feeding member 12 that is rotated by an appropriate power transmission means and transports the ingredients downward. The lower table 13, which also serves as the bottom of the ingredient hopper 11, has two feeding ports 14, 14. Reference numerals 15, 15 denote switching pipes 17, 17 which are arranged in a direction intersecting with the feeding ports 14, 14 and have horizontal holes 16, 16 corresponding to the feeding ports in a part of the peripheral wall, and inside thereof, in the axial direction. This is a pump means consisting of piston members 18, 18 that can move forward and backward. The feed ports 14, 14 are connected to transfer pipes 19, 19 extending parallel to the transfer means 2 in opposite directions through the pump means 15, 15.
The transfer pipes 19, 19 are connected to the filling cylinders 22, 22, which are located above the transfer means 2 and move up and down in response to the intermittent transfer of the outer skin a by the transfer means 2.
and a piston shaft 20 that moves up and down within it.
It is connected to the filling cylinder 22 in the extrusion filling means 21, 21 as an extrusion filling section provided with the extrusion filling section 20, thereby forming a feeding path for the ingredients.

The pipe 17 of the pump means 15 is rotatably provided around its axis, and the rotation of the pipe 17 is controlled to correspond to the travel of the transfer means 2, so that the horizontal hole 16 is connected to the ingredient supply section. A rotation control means is provided to alternately match the supply port 14, which is the side opening, and the transfer pipe 19, which is the delivery side opening.

As a means for this purpose, in the case of the illustrated embodiment, a gear 23 is provided at the end of the pipe 17 that protrudes from the lower base 13, and this gear 23 is moved up and down by a cam mechanism in correspondence with the outer skin transfer means 2. It is provided so that it meshes with the moving rack 24 and rotates back and forth through a required angle. That is, the rack 2
The lower end of 4 is pin-coupled 28 to the other end of a cam lever 27 whose one end abuts a cam plate 26 that rotates in conjunction with the main shaft of the manufacturing machine via a ball joint 25. cam lever 2
7 rotates, the rack 24 moves up and down, and the pipe 17 reciprocates through a required angle.

Further, a metering control means is provided which controls the movement stroke of the piston member 18 to correspond to the rotational action of the pipe 17 and determines the amount of ingredients sucked and delivered by the pump means 15.

As a means for this, in the illustrated embodiment, one end 18a of the piston member 18 is made to protrude from the pipe 17, and one end of an L-shaped member 30 loosely fitted to the support shaft 29 is attached to the protruding end 18a. The other end of the L-shaped member 30 is connected by a pin passing through the end 18a, and includes an adjustment screw 31 that can be screwed into the adjustment screw 31, a ball-to-ball joint 32,
33 and connecting link 34 to the cam lever 3
In the case of the figure, a pin shaft 37 at the end of the connecting link 34 is engaged with a long hole 36 in the operating piece 35a. The other end of the cam lever 35 is brought into contact with the outer periphery of a cam plate 39 that rotates in conjunction with the main shaft via a roller 38, and the cam lever 35 rotates in accordance with the rotation of the cam plate 39. Along with this, the L-shaped member 30 is rotated by a required angle via the connecting link 34, etc., and the piston member 18 is moved forward and backward by a required dimension. By screwing in the adjustment screw 31, the rotation angle of the L-shaped member 30, that is, the movement stroke of the piston member 18 can be adjusted. Further, the cam lever 35 is urged by a spring 40 so that it always comes into contact with the cam plate 39.

Furthermore, the cam plate 26 that controls the rotation of the pipe 17 and the cam plate 39 that controls the movement of the piston member 18 are provided on the same axis and are set to move in correspondence with each other.

That is, in a state in which the horizontal hole 16 of the pipe 17 is rotated to a position where it matches the feed port 14 by the action of the cam plate 26 and the cam lever 27, the piston member 18 is withdrawn by the action of the cam plate 39 and the cam lever 35. The ingredients are sucked into the pipe 17 through the feed port 14, and then the horizontal hole 16 is brought into alignment with the open end of the transfer pipe 19 by the action of the cam plate 26 and the cam lever 27, and in this state the piston is The member 18 is set to move in under the action of the cam plate 39 and the cam lever 35 and send the ingredients to the transfer pipe 19, so that the ingredients are sequentially fed from the transfer pipe 19 into the filling cylinder 22 of the extrusion filling means 21. It's getting old. The amount of suction and delivery of this ingredient is always maintained at a constant amount in accordance with the stroke of the forward and backward movement of the piston member 18.

The ingredients sequentially fed into the filling cylinder 22 of the extrusion filling means 21 as described above are supplied and filled into the outer skin a when the intermittent transporting means 2 is stopped, and are wrapped and molded by the lower forming means 60. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the filling cylinder 22 and piston shaft 20 of the extrusion filling means 21 move downward, and this downward movement releases the outer skin a held by the transfer means 2, and the lower Turntable 6
At the same time, by the downward movement of the piston shaft 20, the filling material g in the filling cylinder 22 is pushed downward, and is filled and wrapped in the outer skin a. . When the extrusion filling means 21 are provided in double rows as shown in the figure,
One filling means 21 is set to fill every other outer shell with ingredients, and the other filling means 21 is set to fill every other outer shell with ingredients.

In addition, in the above-mentioned measuring and filling device for ingredients, if the outer skin a, which is continuously transferred at regular intervals by the transfer means 2, is not at a predetermined position for some reason, the extrusion filling means 21 by the pump means 15 A control means is provided to prevent feeding of ingredients into, that is, extrusion of ingredients.

As a means for this, a sensor 41 such as a phototube is provided above the transfer means 2 immediately before the extrusion filling means 21 and detects the presence or absence of the outer skin a on the transfer means 2 which should be located below the extrusion filling means 21. Additionally, apart from this, the piston member 18 of the pump means 15
A regulating lever 42 pivotably engaged with the end portion 35b of the cam lever 35 is provided in the cam mechanism portion for moving forward and backward, and a cylinder mechanism 43 that operates depending on whether or not the sensor 41 detects the regulating lever 42 is provided. The piston shaft 43a of the cam plate 39 is connected with a pin, and when the regulating lever 42 is normally detached from the end 35b of the cam lever 35, the working end roller 38 is maintained in contact with the outer periphery of the cam plate 39. , when the sensor 41 detects the absence of the skin a on the transfer means 2, this sensor 4
1 through electrical communication with the cylinder mechanism 43.
is activated, the regulation lever 42 is rotated and becomes locked to the end 35b of the cam lever 35, thereby regulating the movement of the cam lever 35, and then the sensor 4
1 detects the presence of the outer skin a, it returns to its original state.

Further, other configurations of the shumai making machine are as follows, for example.

The skin manufacturing device 1 has a pair of left and right extrusion members 46, 46 disposed between the front and rear walls in a casing 45 connected to the lower part of a hopper 44 for supplying skin materials such as noodles.
are provided opposite each other in a tapered shape that approaches each other toward the bottom, and the upper interval is usually wider than the opening width of the supply port, and the lower interval is set according to a predetermined extrusion thickness. Both extruded members 4
6 and 46 are respectively supported by eccentric shafts 47 and 47 passing through them at the upper part, and eccentric shaft 4 having a smaller eccentricity than the eccentric shafts 47 and 47 at the lower part.
The eccentric shafts 47 and 48 are set to rotate downward on opposing sides of the extrusion members 46 and 46. Due to the rotation of the eccentric shafts 47 and 48, the extrusion member 4
6 and 46 perform a turning motion that combines swinging in a direction toward each other and vertical movement, so that the outer skin can be delivered in the form of a band. Further, a pair of press rolls 50, 50 are disposed within the lower body of the casing 45 to further press and shape the outer skin a of noodles or the like that is delivered in a belt shape of a predetermined thickness.

A feeding means 3 for receiving the outer skin a delivered in a belt shape in the lower part of the outer skin manufacturing apparatus 1 and feeding it to the transport means 2 is arranged such that a feeding belt 52 endlessly rotated by a rotary drum 51 is located at approximately the same height as the transport means 2. It is set in.

As shown in the figure, the outer skin transfer means 2 includes two endless rotating chains 53 arranged in parallel at an interval slightly larger than the maximum width of the outer skin a to be transferred.
53, and horizontal locking bars 54 are fixed at required intervals in the traveling direction of both chains 53, and the outer skin a fed by the feeding means 3 is locked to the upper end of this locking bar 54. It is now possible to transport it in the same state. Each 55 is a sprocket that rotates the chain 53.

A feeding auxiliary means is provided on the upper part of the front end of the transfer means 2, in which a presser bar 57 that abuts the upper end of the locking bar 54 is hung between two chains 56 that rotate endlessly in synchronization with the chain 53. 58 is provided so as to press the outer skin a that is locked onto the locking bar 54 and to be able to transfer it in a locked state without shifting the position.

Further, as the outer skin cutting means 4, in the case shown in the figure, a pressing member 59 that can be elastically pressed against the upper edge of the locking bar 54 by a spring means or the like when the transport means 2 that runs intermittently is in a stopped state. is supported so as to be movable in the width direction, and the outer skin a, which is locked to the locking bar 54, is pressed and cut by this pressing and moving action. The cut outer skin remains locked to the locking bar 54 due to the viscosity of the material.

The weighing and filling device A of the present invention described above is provided at a position subsequent to the cutting means, and in response to the transfer of the outer cover a by the transfer means 2, the outer cover a is released from the locking bar 42 when the transfer is stopped. At the same time, filling of ingredients is performed.

Furthermore, as the turntable 61 in the molding means 60 rotates, a piston 63 which also serves as the bottom of the molding cup 62 is formed.
, and is appropriately collected by the collecting means 70 .

In the above embodiment, an example was shown in which the weighing and filling device A of the present invention was particularly installed in a shumai manufacturing machine. A food processing machine,
For example, it can be installed in a gyoza manufacturing machine or other food processing machine in which various ingredients are wrapped inside a skin made of noodles or similar dough, and used in the same way as above. I can do it.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the ingredient measuring and filling device of the present invention, it is possible to measure, feed, and fill an amount of ingredients according to the product size with a very simple mechanism, and moreover, It can be made to correspond in conjunction with the transfer means, so that filling of ingredients can be carried out in a good and mechanical manner, especially in a machine for producing processed foods such as shumai.

In addition, this type of food manufacturing machine requires hygiene precautions for equipment and parts that come into contact with products and food materials.
Although it requires complete washing with water, the structure of the present invention consists of relatively simple components.
It has a structure that is integrated into parts that can be easily assembled and disassembled, which reduces the number of parts that need to be cleaned, reduces weight, and has the advantage that sanitary control can be easily and completely performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows one embodiment of the present invention, and shows the first embodiment.
The figure is a front view of a shumai making machine equipped with the weighing and filling device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. A partial sectional view showing a state in which the horizontal hole of the pipe of the pump means is aligned with the opening on the ingredient supply side and a state in which it is opposed to the opening on the delivery side. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the piston member of the pump means for measuring the present invention. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the measuring and filling device of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view showing the ingredient filling control mechanism; FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view of the filling device. The figure is a front view of the same, and FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of the outer skin feeding portion. A... Measuring and filling device for ingredients, 1... Outer skin manufacturing device, 2... Outer skin transfer means, 4... Cutting means, 1
1... Ingredient hopper, 14... Feeding port, 15...
Pump means, 16... horizontal hole, 17... pipe, 1
8...Piston member, 19...Transfer pipe, 21...
Extrusion filling means, 23... Gear, 24... Rack, 26... Cam plate, 27... Cam lever, 30
...L-shaped member, 35...Cam lever, 39...
Cam plate, 40...spring, 41...sensor,
42...Regulation lever.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An ingredient measuring and filling device for measuring and filling ingredients into the outer shell of shumai, etc., which includes: , a pump means comprising a pipe having a horizontal hole in a part of the peripheral wall and arranged in a cross direction so that the horizontal hole corresponds to the feeding path, and a piston member that is movable back and forth in the axial direction within the pipe. The pipe of the pump means is rotatable around its axis, and the rotation of the pipe is controlled to alternately align the horizontal hole with an opening on the ingredient supply side and an opening on the delivery side. and a metering control means that controls the movement stroke of the piston member in accordance with the rotation of the pipe to determine the amount of ingredients sucked and delivered by the pump means. Measuring and filling equipment such as Shuumai.