JPH0448425B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applied to the production of shumai, gyoza, etc., in which ingredients are wrapped inside the outer skin of noodles, etc. The present invention relates to a filling control device that detects the presence or absence of an ingredient and stops filling the ingredients when there is no outer skin.

[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., the outer skin cut into a predetermined size is continuously transferred by a transfer means, and in response to the traveling action of the transfer means, the outer skin is transferred by an extrusion filling means. In order to extrude and fill the ingredients into the outer skin, it is desirable to use a pump means that can deliver a fixed amount of ingredients to the extrusion filling means in order to efficiently perform this mechanically and quantify the ingredients, but in this case, If the extrusion filling operation of the ingredients is carried out when the outer skin is not present at a predetermined position of the transfer means, there will be a problem that the ingredients will be extruded into the portion of the transfer means where the outer cover is not present.

In view of the above, the present invention utilizes a piston-type pump means to feed the ingredients to the extrusion filling means of the device for filling the ingredients into the outer skin in the production of food products such as shumai in which the ingredients are wrapped in the outer skin. In addition, the filling of ingredients is capable of detecting the presence or absence of an outer shell on the transfer means, and stopping the piston movement of the pump means when there is no outer cover on the transfer means, thereby stopping extrusion of the ingredients by the extrusion filling means. The purpose is to provide a control device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the ingredient filling control device of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems, the ingredients are delivered from the ingredient supply section to the feeding path portion to the extrusion filling means for the ingredients to the outer skin. an ingredient filling device equipped with a piston-type pump means for the ingredient filling device; a detection device for detecting the presence or absence of an outer skin on the transfer device; and a cam lever connected to the piston of the ingredient filling device to control reciprocating motion of the piston. a cam mechanism provided to do so, and a locking means for a cam lever capable of stopping the operation of the cam lever of the cam mechanism when the outer skin is not detected by the detection means;
It is characterized by comprising the following.

[Function] According to the device of the present invention having the above configuration, the piston type pump means provided in the feeding path from the ingredient supply section to the ingredient extrusion filling section is connected to the cam mechanism corresponding to the transfer means. By performing a piston movement via a cam lever, the ingredients are fed in predetermined amounts to the extrusion filling means in accordance with the transfer of the outer shell by the transfer means, and the ingredients fed into the extrusion filling means are transferred to the outer shell of the transfer means. It is extruded and filled on top.

In the present invention, the presence or absence of the outer skin on the transfer means is detected by the detection means, and when the outer skin is detected, the piston movement is performed by the cam lever, and the outer skin is not present at a predetermined position on the transfer means. When the detection means detects the absence of the outer skin, the locking means for the cam lever of the cam mechanism that controls the reciprocating movement of the piston of the pumping means performs a locking action to stop the operation of the cam lever. state, that is, the piston movement of the pump means is stopped, and the feeding of ingredients to the extrusion filling means is stopped. This stops the extrusion-filling action of the ingredient if the shell is not in place on the transfer means.

Then, by detecting the outer skin, the locking action of the locking means on the cam lever is released, the cam lever is operated, and the ingredients are fed by the pump means.

[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 filling control device of the present invention is applied to a shumai making machine. A skin manufacturing device for compression molding and feeding; 2; a skin transporting means for horizontally intermittently transporting the skin a suspended from the skin manufacturing device 1 and sent in by the feeding means 3; 4;
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 an ingredient filling device provided at the upper rear side of the cutting means 4 in the feeding direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, the ingredient filling device A 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. It is a piston type pump means consisting of pistons 18, 18 that can move forward and backward. the feeding port 14,
Reference numeral 14 denotes a transfer pipe 1 extending parallel to the transfer means 2 in opposite directions through the pump means 15, 15.
9, 19, and these transfer pipes 19, 19,
A filling cylinder 2 that is located above the transfer means 2 and moves up and down in response to the intermittent transfer of the outer skin a by the transfer means 2.
2, 22, and extrusion filling means 21, 21 as an extrusion filling section having piston shafts 20, 20 that move up and down inside the extrusion filling means 21, 21, thereby forming a feeding path for 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. the cam lever 2
7 rotates, the rack 24 moves up and down, and the pipe 17 reciprocates through a required angle.

Further, a cam mechanism is provided which controls the reciprocating stroke of the piston 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.

For example, as shown in the figure, one end 18a of the piston member 18 is made to protrude from the pipe 17,
One end of an L-shaped member 30 loosely fitted onto the support shaft 29 is connected to this protruding end 18a by a pin passing through the end 18a, and the other end of this L-shaped member 30 is screwed into this. It is connected to one operating piece 35a of the cam lever 35 via an adjustable adjustment screw 31, ball joints 32, 33, and connecting link 34, and 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 action piece 35a. and the cam lever 3
The other end of 5 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 as the cam plate 39 rotates, the cam lever 35 rotates. Accompanied by connecting link 34
The L-shaped member 30 is rotated through a required angle, and the piston 18 is moved forward and backward by a required distance. The rotation angle of the L-shaped member 30, that is, the movement stroke of the piston member 18, can be adjusted by threading the adjustment screw 31. Further, the cam lever 35 is urged by a spring 40 so that it always comes into contact with the cam plate 39.

Further, the cam plate 26 for controlling the rotation of the pipe 17 and the cam plate 39 of the cam mechanism for controlling the movement of the piston 18 are provided on the same axis and are set to move in correspondence with each other.

That is, in a state where 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 18
is withdrawn by the action of the cam plate 39 and the cam lever 35, and the ingredients are sucked into the pipe 17 from the feeding port 14, and then the cam plate 26 and the cam lever 2
7, the horizontal hole 16 rotates to match the open end of the transfer pipe 19, and in this state, the piston member 18 enters under the action of the cam plate 39 and the cam lever 35 to transfer the ingredients into the transfer pipe 19. It is set to be delivered, and in this way it is successively fed from the transfer pipe 19 into the filling cylinder 22 of the extrusion filling means 21. 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 that are 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 transport means 2, which runs intermittently, is stopped, and are wrapped and molded by the lower molding 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 on the transfer means 2, It is pushed into the molded cup 62 provided on the lower turntable 61, and the material g in the filling cylinder 22 is pushed downward by the downward movement of the piston shaft 20 to form the outer skin a.
It is designed to fill the inside and enclose it. When the extrusion filling means 21 are provided in double rows as shown in the figure, one filling means 21 fills every other outer shell with ingredients, and the other filling means 21 fills every other outer shell with ingredients. It is set to fill with ingredients.

In the present invention, in the ingredient filling device A described above, when the outer skin a, which is continuously transferred at regular intervals by the transfer means 2, is not at a predetermined position on the transfer means 2, the pump means 15 A filling control means is provided to prevent the ingredients from being fed into the extrusion filling means 21, that is, from extruding the ingredients.

As a means for this purpose, a sensor 41 such as a phototube is used as a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the outer skin a on the transfer means 2 which should be located above the transfer means 2 immediately before the extrusion filling means 21 and then below the extrusion filling means 21. Separately, a regulating lever 42 is provided in the cam mechanism portion for moving the piston member 18 of the pump means 15 forward and backward, and is pivotably supported on the end portion 35b of the cam lever 35. 42 is a piston shaft 4 of a cylinder mechanism 43 that operates depending on whether or not the outer skin is detected by the sensor 41;
3a are connected by pins, and when the regulating lever 42, which normally serves as a locking means for the cam lever 35, is detached from the end 35b of the cam lever 35, the working end roller 38 comes into contact with the outer periphery of the cam plate 39. When the state is maintained and the sensor 41 detects that the outer skin a is not present on the transfer means 2, the cylinder mechanism 43 is actuated by electrical communication from the sensor 41, and the regulation lever 42 is rotated. Then, the cam lever 35 is locked to the end 35b of the cam lever 35, and the movement of the cam lever 35 is restricted, that is, the piston movement of the pump means 15 is stopped, and the feeding of the ingredients to the extrusion filling means 21 is stopped. It turns out.

As a result, if the outer shell is not present at a predetermined position on the transfer means 2, the extrusion filling operation of the ingredients is stopped. That is, even if the piston shaft 20 of the extrusion filling means 21 moves up and down, the ingredients will not be extruded.

Then, when the sensor 41 detects the presence of the outer skin a, the locking action of the restriction lever 42, which is the locking means, on the cam lever 35 is released, the cam lever 35 is activated, and the material feeding by the pump means 15 is stopped. It is done.

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

The skin manufacturing device 1 includes a casing 4 connected to a lower part of a hopper 44 for supplying skin materials such as noodle dough.
A pair of left and right extrusion members 46,
46 are provided facing 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 extrusion members 46, 46 have upper portions supported by eccentric shafts 47, 47 passing through them, and lower portions supported by eccentric shafts 48, 48 having a smaller eccentricity than the eccentric shafts 47, 47, respectively. The left and right eccentric shafts 47, 4 are supported by support arms 49, 49.
8 is set to rotate downward on opposing sides of both the extrusion members 46, 46, and the rotation of the eccentric shafts 47, 48 causes the extrusion members 46, 46 to swing in a direction toward each other. By performing a turning motion that combines vertical and vertical movements, the outer skin can be delivered in the form of a band. Further, inside the lower body of the casing 45, a pair of press rolls 50, 50 are disposed for further press-forming the outer skin b of the noodles or the like to be 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 so that it can be transferred in a locked state without shifting its 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 conveying means 2 that runs intermittently is stopped. 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 above-mentioned ingredient filling device 5 is provided at a position subsequent to this cutting means 4, and corresponds to the transfer of the outer skin a by the transfer means 2, and when the transfer is stopped, the outer skin a is
At the same time as the is released from the locking bar 54, the ingredient filling operation is performed.

The product in which the outer skin a is filled with ingredients is molded by the molding means 6
As the turntable 61 rotates at 0, the piston 63, which also serves as the bottom of the molded cup 62, pushes up and is appropriately collected by the collecting means 70.

In addition, in the above-mentioned example, an example was shown in which a shumai making machine was equipped with the device of the present invention, but
Similarly, in food processing machines that require the outer shell of noodle skins to be molded to a substantially constant thickness, such as gyoza manufacturing machines and other machines, the contents are placed inside the outer skin of noodles or similar dough. Even in food processing machines that contain various ingredients,
It can be used in the same way as above.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the ingredient filling control device of the present invention, the piston-type pump means is used to feed ingredients to the extrusion filling means of the ingredient filling device into the outer skin, and the product It can feed and fill the amount of ingredients according to the size, and it can also detect the presence or absence of the outer skin on the transport means.
The piston movement of the pumping means can be stopped to stop the feeding of ingredients to the extrusion filling means in the absence of a skin on the transfer means, and the extrusion filling action of the ingredients can be stopped and the skin is removed. This eliminates the inconvenience of extruding ingredients even though they are not present, and the filling action corresponding to the transfer of the outer skin can be performed. This makes it possible to perform filling of ingredients in a good and mechanical manner, especially in machines for manufacturing processed foods such as shumai. can be carried out efficiently, and the production efficiency of this type of food can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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 filling control device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the main parts of the ingredient filling device, and FIGS. 4 a and b are pumps. A partial sectional view showing a state in which the horizontal hole of the pipe of the means is aligned with the opening on the ingredient supply side and a state in which it is aligned with the opening on the delivery side, and FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the ingredient filling device; FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view showing essential parts of the filling control device of the present invention; FIG. The figure is a front view of the same, and FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of the outer skin feeding portion. A... Ingredients filling device, 1... Outer skin manufacturing device, 2
...Means for transporting the outer skin, 4...Means for cutting, 11...
Ingredients hopper, 14...Feeding port, 15...Pump means, 16...Horizontal hole, 17...Pipe, 18...
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, 43... cylinder mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A filling control device that detects the presence or absence of the outer skin of shumai or the like that is sent by a transfer means, and stops filling the ingredients if the outer skin is not present, comprising: an ingredient supply section; an ingredient filling device comprising a piston-type pump means for feeding ingredients in a feed path portion for extruding ingredients from the outer shell to the filling means; a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the outer shell on the transfer means; A cam mechanism in which a cam lever is connected to a piston of an ingredient filling device to control the reciprocating motion of the piston, and a cam lever capable of stopping the operation of the cam lever of the cam mechanism when the detection means does not detect an outer skin. A device for controlling the filling of ingredients into an outer shell of shumai, etc., comprising a locking means.