JPH0456580B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a dough forming machine for viscous fluids such as confectionery or fish paste products.

[Background of the invention]

2. Description of the Related Art Dough forming machines used for automatic manufacturing equipment for mass-producing confectionery such as donuts have been well known. This dough forming machine has a dough tank that stores dough for confectionery such as donuts and sends the dough downward through a bottom opening by applying pressure from above, and a dough tank that stores dough for confectionery such as donuts and sends the dough downward from a bottom opening. The device is equipped with a cutter device that guides the dough to the dough forming/cutting section and forms and cuts the dough in a specified manner using a sleeve cutter that moves up and down. There is a general method in which a ring-shaped piece is cut off by leading out the fabric from between the disk and the entire circumference, or as proposed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-47490, between the lower end of the guide cylinder and the disk. There is a method of inserting a molded cylinder in between and cutting off a piece of the shape that fits the molding opening of the cylinder wall.

By the way, in the current situation where the tastes of consumers are diversifying and food trends are becoming more popular, even donuts are changing their shape and creating visual characteristics as described above. There is a growing desire to provide products that not only provide the desired taste, but also have a different taste.

However, with conventional molding machines, although it is possible to adjust the taste of the dough, it is not possible to create changes such as partially dividing and imparting multiple flavors to one donut, for example. There are limits to the ability to impart changes in taste.

In addition, this problem is not limited to confectionery such as donuts, but also applies to seafood paste products that are manufactured using the same method, that is, products in which viscous dough is formed into a predetermined shape and then deep-fried, steamed, or baked. There are also things that exist.

[Purpose of the invention]

From the above-mentioned viewpoints, the present invention provides a dough forming machine that can create sections of two or more different flavor parts in a striped form or the like in a viscous fluid such as a confectionery such as a donut or a fish paste product. The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dough forming machine that can produce a decorative effect by using different colors of different flavor parts.

Still another object of the present invention is to realize efficient mass production by storing dough exhibiting different flavors in separate dough tanks and guiding the dough to a plurality of cutter devices.

Another object of the present invention is to disassemble the dough forming machine.
The structure is simple to assemble and easy to clean.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve these various objects, the gist of the present invention is a dough forming machine for viscous fluids such as confectionery or fish paste products, in which a dough cutter is placed at the lower end of a vertical guide cylinder. A cutter device has a drop portion and the inside of the guide cylinder is divided into a plurality of vertical passages by a partition plate, and the cutter device is arranged on the top of the cutter device, and a predetermined fabric is cut from above into each of the vertical passages. A dough forming machine is provided with a dough distributing device for feeding dough, and at least two dough tanks for different kinds of dough disposed above the dough distributing device, wherein the dough distributing device is configured to feed dough in each dough tank. an upper horizontal plate having a plurality of upper openings facing each of the lead-out portions, a lower horizontal plate having a plurality of lower openings facing each of the upper fabric introduction portions of each of the longitudinal passages, and a layer stacked between the upper horizontal plate and the lower horizontal plate. It has been concluded,
The above-mentioned upper opening and lower opening are divided into a plurality of sets and are provided in a laminated structure of a communication passage forming body that connects them relationally.

The dough dispensing device of the present invention is generally formed by laminating and fastening a plurality of thin plates having appropriate openings and thick plates having elongated holes extending horizontally and penetrating vertically. This has the function of connecting each of the dough tanks and the longitudinal passage inside the guide cylinder of the cutter device in several groups in a relational manner, and
It has the advantage of being easy to disassemble and assemble, and easy to clean. This provides extremely large practical advantages over the use of pipes or the like for the relational connection of the dough tank and the longitudinal passage as described above.

[Embodiments of the invention]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a donut dough forming machine will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a dough forming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention as an exploded view of its parts. The right side of the figure is a dough tank, the center of the figure is a dough dispensing device,
The left side of the figure shows the cutter devices.

The structure of the dough tank 1 is known, and the main body 2 has a bottomed round body shape, has a dough outlet hole 4 in the center of the bottom plate 3, and has a pressure lid 5 on the top with a lid fastener 6. It is said that it can be tightly sealed. 7 is a lid, and 8 is a pressure air introduction pipe.

The feature of the dough tank 1 in this example is that two dough tanks are used to store different kinds of dough in relation to the dough distribution device described later.
The two dough tanks shall be designated separately as 1 _A and 1 _B.

Next, the cutter device 10 will be explained.
This cutter device 10 is also a known device except that it incorporates a partition plate indicated by a reference numeral, and has a cutter nozzle 11 which is a guide cylinder with an open top and bottom.
is fastened and fixed to the fabric dispensing device (to be described later) by a cutter mounting flange 12 and bolts 13 on the upper side. The cutter nozzle 11 also has a horizontal rod 14 that is horizontally fixed at an intermediate position between the upper and lower sides inside the cylinder, and a horizontal rod 14 that is horizontally fixed at a vertical intermediate position inside the cylinder.
A disk support bolt 15 is suspended downward from the center of the cylinder 4 along the cylinder axis, and a disk support bolt 15 is fixedly supported at the lower end of the disk support bolt 15 and is provided to maintain a predetermined distance from the lower edge of the cutter nozzle 11. It is integrally equipped with a disk 16.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a cutter sleeve that is externally mounted on the lower end side cylindrical portion of the cutter nozzle 11, and the cam mechanism 19
When the disk 16 is moved up and down, the lower edge tightly fits into the outer circumferential edge of the disk 16, thereby acting to cut off the fabric deflected in a circular manner radially outward from the upper surface of the disk. The cut fabric becomes ring-shaped. 18 is a groove in the upper part of the cutter sleeve with which the cam mechanism 19 is operatively engaged.
20 is a partition plate (separator) fitted into the upper half of the cutter nozzle 11 which is a guide cylinder of the cutter device 10;
It is fixed by placing it on top of 4, and the inside of the cylinder is divided into a total of 4 vertical passages of 1/4 circle. The cutter device 10 may further include an auxiliary partition plate on the upper surface of the disk 16.

This auxiliary partition plate consists of, for example, a short cylindrical body that is fitted and fixed to the lower end of the disk support bolt, and four blade plates that extend radially outward from this cylindrical body. Posture (position in the circumferential direction)
By matching the posture of the upper partition plate 20, it is possible to clearly distinguish between continuous portions of different types of fabrics.

Next, the dough dispensing device will be explained. The dough dispensing device of this example has an upper horizontal plate 21 and a lower horizontal plate 25.
3 between the upper horizontal plate and the lower horizontal plate 25.
It consists of an upper fabric separator 22, a shield plate 23, and a lower separator 24 which are laminated in layers, and the shield plate 23 and the upper and lower separators 22, 24 form a communication path forming body.

The upper horizontal plate 21 has a tank mounting flange 2.
The two dough tanks 1 _A and 1 _B described above are attached and fixed via the dough tanks 8 and upper openings 26 _A and 26 _B are provided so as to face the dough outlet holes 4 of the dough tanks. Reference numerals 27, 27, . . . indicate upwardly open peripheral screw holes into which the fastening bolts 29 of the tank mounting flange 28 are screwed. Note that 30 is a washia.

Two sets of cutter devices are attached and fixed to the lower horizontal plate 25 via the cutter attachment flange 12, and are opposed to the upper open portions of the four vertical passages partitioned by the partition plates 20 in the cutter nozzle 11. Thus, four lower openings 31 _A , 31 _A , 31 _B , and 31 _B are provided for one cutter device. 32 is a screw hole around the lower opening into which the fastening bolt 13 of the cutter mounting flange 12 is screwed. In addition, 33, 33... are upright bolts that are installed in the vicinity of the periphery on the lower horizontal plate 25, six in total, and one in the center, so that these bolts 33 are opposed to each other.
Bolt holes 34 are formed in each of the parts from the upper horizontal plate 22 to the lower fabric separator 24, and the upper plates are stacked on each other by fitting the bolt holes 34 to the bolts 33 of the lower horizontal plate 25.
These plates are fixed and integrated by fastening them with.

The communication path for relationally connecting the upper openings 26 _A , 26 _B of the upper horizontal plate 21 and the lower openings 31 _A , 31 _A , 31 _B , 31 _B of the lower horizontal plate 25 is provided by the upper dough separator 22 and the shield plate. 23, the lower dough separator 24 is formed as follows.

First, the upper opening _26A connected to the dough tank _1A faces the leg end of the flat Y-shaped elongated hole _36A formed in the upper dough separator 22, and also faces the ends of both arms of this Y-shaped elongated hole _36A . Two through holes 37 _A and 37 _A formed in the shield plate 23 face each of the portions. The through holes 37 _A and 37 _A are aligned with the through holes 38 in the same position of the lower fabric separator 24.
_A , _38A through the lower opening _31A of the lower horizontal plate 25,
31 It is connected to _A. Therefore, the shape opening 2
6 Dough _A from fabric tank 1 _A is introduced into A.
The elongated hole _36A reaches the through holes _37A , _37A , and the lower opening _31A is reached through the through holes _37A and _38A .

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the flow state of this fabric A.

On the other hand, the upper opening _26B connected to the _dough tank _1B is connected to the upper opening _26B and the lower openings _31B , _31B , . are communicating. 37 _B ,
38 _B are through holes formed in the upper fabric separator 22 and the shield plate 23, respectively, and the upper opening 26
_A is communicated with the leg end of the Y-shaped elongated hole _36B . Therefore _, the dough B from the dough tank _1B introduced into the upper opening _26B passes through the through holes _37B , _38B and into the lower openings _31B , _31B ... of the dough tank _1A within the elongated hole 36B. It will lead to a completely different path.

In the dough distributing device, the dough A is distributed by the upper dough separator 22 and the dough B is distributed by the lower dough separator 24 in this example. When guiding the dough to multiple dough outlet ports (lower openings) such as in the case of viscous dough, in order to ensure smooth flow, it is not preferable to use passages with too complicated shapes; This is because it is preferable to make the holes linear and elongated, so that the overlapping (crossing) of the communicating paths for fabric A and fabric B is preferably staggered at the upper and lower positions.

According to the dough forming machine including the dough distribution device as described above, for example, butter-flavored dough is stored in _the dough tank _1B , and chocolate-flavored dough is stored in the dough tank 1B. If the donut ring is cut off using the device, a formed dough having a shape in which two types of dough are alternately arranged as shown by the reference numeral 39 can be obtained continuously and with high productivity. Thereafter, the formed dough may be fried in a conventional manner.

According to this configuration, it is only necessary to fill one dough tank with a single dough, and replenishment of dough can be easily performed. It is also possible to use it as is, which is preferable in terms of equipment cost.

Furthermore, since the dough dispensing device is made up of multiple plates stacked together and fastened together, it is easy to disassemble and assemble, and when disassembled, the holes in each plate can be easily cleaned. The device is easy to handle.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the dough dispensing device, which dispenses four dough from two dough tanks (not shown).
Fabric A, for one cutter device (not shown)
B is obtained and the same molded dough as in the above example is molded, and there are elongated holes, through holes,
Members having substantially the same structure except that the number of lower openings etc. is increased are indicated by adding 100 to the reference numeral of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

This example is characterized by one upper opening _126A (or one upper opening 126A).
_26B ), a combination of a first separator 140 and a first shield plate 141 is used between the upper horizontal plate 121 and the upper dough separator 122, and the upper opening 126 of the upper horizontal plate 121 _A faces the center of the elongated hole _142A of the first stage separator 140, and both ends of this elongated hole _142A are connected to the through hole 143A of the first stage shield plate _141.
The leg ends of the Y-shaped elongated holes _136A of the upper fabric separator 122 are exposed through the holes.
Similarly, for the other upper opening _126B , both ends of the elongated hole _142B of the first stage separator 140 are connected to the Y-shaped upper elongated hole 136B of the lower fabric separator ₁₂₄ through the through holes _143B , _137B , _138B . It is designed to face the end of the leg.

According to the configuration of this example, four pieces of molded dough indicated by reference numeral 139 can be molded at once using two dough tanks, making it possible to efficiently perform mass production.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the grooves formed in each separator may have other shapes, or three or more types of fabrics may be formed into one ring-shaped fabric. The number of longitudinal passages of the cutter device is not limited to four, but may be two to four or more. Furthermore, each separator etc. may be plate-shaped as is, or may be made by punching out unnecessary parts in order to reduce weight. The fabric tank may not have a structure that directly pressurizes it, but may have an open top, and a rotary valve or the like provided at the outlet to introduce pressurizing air below.

The target dough may also be dough for confectionery such as donuts, or dough for fish paste products.

The shape of the formed dough cut off by the cutter device may also be ring-shaped or
A molded cylinder described in Japanese Patent No. 47490 may be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the dough forming material according to the present invention, it is possible to give donuts, etc. two or more different flavor parts, and furthermore, different color parts, resulting in diversification of taste and decorative effects. Its practical effect is extremely large in terms of increasing the added value of donuts and the like.

Further, by using a dough dispensing device, it is suitable for mass production, and furthermore, it has the advantage that it can be easily disassembled and assembled, so that cleaning work can be easily performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an exploded view of parts of a dough forming machine showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the flow of dough in a dough distribution device, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the dough distribution device. FIG. 1: Dough tank, 4: Dough outlet, 5: Pressure lid, 7: Drop lid, 11: Cutter nozzle, 1
2: cutter mounting flange, 16: cutter disk, 17: cutter sleeve, 19: cam mechanism, 20: partition plate, 21: upper horizontal plate, 22: upper fabric separator, 23: shield plate, 24: lower fabric separator , 25: Lower horizontal plate, 26: Upper opening, 28: Tank mounting flange, 31: Lower opening,
33: Fastening bolt, 35: Nut, 36: Y-shaped elongated hole, 37, 38: Through hole, 140: First stage separator, 141: First stage shield plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cutter device having a cut-off portion of the fabric at the lower end of a vertical guide cylinder, and in which the inside of the guide cylinder is divided into a plurality of vertical passages by a partition plate, and the cutter device A dough distributing device disposed at an upper portion for feeding a predetermined dough from the upper portion to the husband of the vertical passage, and at least two dough tanks for different kinds of dough disposed above the dough distributing device. In the dough forming machine, the dough distribution device includes an upper horizontal plate having a plurality of upper openings facing the dough outlet portion of each dough tank, and a plurality of upper horizontal plates each having a plurality of upper openings facing the upper dough introduction portions of each of the vertical passages. a lower horizontal plate with a lower opening;
and a confectionery, characterized in that it is provided in a laminated structure of a communication passage forming body which is laminated and fastened between the upper horizontal plate and the lower horizontal plate, and connects the upper opening and the lower opening in a plurality of groups in a relational manner. Dough forming machine for viscous fluids such as fish paste products. 2. Claims characterized in that the communication passage forming body includes a communication passage which is a horizontal elongated hole opened vertically, and one end of the communication passage faces the upper opening and the other end faces the lower opening. A viscous fluid dough forming machine for confectionery or seafood paste products, etc. described in paragraph 1.