JPH0611098Y2 - Flake manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a flake producing apparatus obtained by solidifying scale-like or strip-like small sides (hereinafter referred to as flakes) from a viscous state.

[Prior Art] In the process of supplying glue, synthetic resin, dry food, etc. in the form of flakes, a flake manufacturing apparatus for solidifying them from a viscous state is used. A conventional flake manufacturing apparatus includes a flaker drum that cools and solidifies a viscous body, a feed roller that is rollingly contacted with the drum, and a strip-shaped scraper that scrapes a thin layer of a workpiece adhered to the flaker drum by solidification. Composed. In this device, the work piece is poured in a viscous state onto the contact area between the flaker drum and the feed roller, the work piece is cooled and solidified by the flaker drum, and then a thin layer of the work piece attached to the flaker drum is scraped by a scraper. Manufacturing is performed by scraping.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In a conventional apparatus, flakes may not be formed into flakes and may be scraped off in the form of a continuous sheet when the workpiece has a high viscosity or a high mechanical strength. In this case, it is necessary to take this sheet out of the machine and cut it with a cutter, or to make it into flakes by post-processing such as winding and crushing and cutting with a cutter. That is, there is a problem that the conventional device alone cannot directly form flakes and requires post-treatment.

Therefore, the present invention provides a flake manufacturing apparatus that can obtain flakes with the apparatus alone and does not require post-treatment.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention provides means for forming a predetermined cutting line in a thin layer on a flaker drum. The predetermined cutting line may be a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of the flaker drum with respect to the thin layer, or may be the same direction as the circumferential direction of the flaker drum. In the former case, the cutting line is intermittently formed in the thin layer. In this case, it is a means for forming a ridge in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of the feed roller. In the latter case, the cutting line can be formed continuously or intermittently in the thin layer. In this case, a cutting blade is provided along the flaker drum. In the present invention, both of these means may be used together.

[Operation] With the configuration as described above, the thin layer is separated at the cutting line when it is scraped by the scraper, and is cracked inside to be collected as individually separated flakes.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an overall side view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view thereof. Flaker drum 1 driven to rotate
And the feed roller 2 rollingly contacted with the flaker drum 1.
The cutting means 3 and the scraper 4 are provided in the cover 5. The breaker drum 1 has a cooling water nozzle 6 inside.
Is provided, and the surface is cooled by the cooling water ejected from the nozzle 6. By this cooling, the viscous work piece is solidified. The feed roller 2 is in rolling contact with the flaker drum 1 and is rotated by the rotation of the flaker drum 1. The pressure adjusting member 7 is connected to the rotating shaft of the feed roller 2. Pressure adjusting member 7
Has an urging means such as a spring and a cylinder, and adjusts the pressure for pressing the feed roller 2 against the flaker drum 1, thereby adjusting the thickness t of the thin layer A obtained by cooling and solidification. It is possible to supply a heat medium into the feed roller 2 to melt the work piece and prevent the work piece from adhering to the surface. Protrusions 8 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the feed roller 2 at predetermined intervals. The ridge 8 is formed in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the feed roller 2, and by protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the feed roller 2, the thin layer A on the flaker drum 1 is cut in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the drum 1. It acts to adhere in the state. That is, the ridges 8 intermittently form a cutting line A ₁ which is orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the drum 1 on the thin layer A on the flaker drum 1. In this case, the rib 8 may be made of plastic or metal. The cutting means 3 has a support frame 9 and a plurality of parallel cutting blades 10 extending from the support frame 9 in the direction of the flaker drum 1. The cutting means 3 is provided on the downstream side of the feed roller 2, and the cutting blade 10 is provided along the drum surface of the flaker drum 1, so that the thin layer A formed on the flaker drum 1 has a circumferential direction of the drum. A cutting line A ₂ is formed in the same direction as. Therefore, the thin layer A on the flaker drum 1 is formed by the ridge 8 and the cutting blade 10.
Since cutting lines A ₁ and A ₂ are formed in the vertical and horizontal directions, the flakes are formed on the flaker drum 1. A pressure adjusting member 11 such as a spring or a cylinder is attached to the cutting means 3 to adjust the pressing force of the cutting blade 10 against the flaker drum 1. The scraper 4 is provided on the opposite side of the feed roller 2 and the cutting means 3, and its blade portion is in contact with the flaker drum 1 along its drum surface. As a result, the scraper 4 becomes the flaker drum 1.
It acts to scrape and collect the upper thin layer A. A chute port 12 for discharging the scraped flakes is formed below the scraper 4, and a feed port 13 for dropping the work piece in a viscous state is formed above the feed roller 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The viscous work piece dropped from the feed port 13 is generally stored above the rolling contact portion between the flaker drum 1 and the feed roller 2. This work piece is cooled and solidified by the flaker drum 1, becomes a thin layer A, adheres to the drum surface of the flaker drum 1, and escapes from the gap between the feed roller 2. In this case, since the feed roller 2 is provided with the ridges 8, the feed roller 2 adheres in a state of being divided by a cutting line A _{1 which} is orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the flaker drum 1. When the thin layer A reaches the cutting means 3, the cutting blade 10 forms a cutting line A _{2 in the} same direction as the circumferential direction. As a result, the thin layer A on the flaker drum 1 is individually divided by the cutting lines A ₁ and A ₂ , and the flakes B can be recovered by scraping with the scraper 4.

Although the ridge 8 and the cutting blade 10 are provided in the above embodiment, only one of them may be provided in the present invention. In general, a viscous material is less likely to be broken when it is in the form of a continuous sheet, but when it is partially cut off, when scraping the scraper 4, cracks are generated inside the viscous material, resulting in further stripping. Be converted. Therefore, the flakes can be obtained only with the ridges 8 and with only the cutting blade 10. Similarly, the cutting blade A ₁ formed by the protrusion 8 is not limited to the orthogonal direction as long as it is a direction intersecting the circumferential direction. In this case, it is possible to form the protrusion 8 on the feed roller 2 in a spiral shape.

[Effect of the Invention] Since the present invention is provided with a means for forming a predetermined cutting line in the thin layer of the flaker drum to subdivide the thin layer, flakes can be obtained with a single device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view thereof. 1 ... Furekadoramu, 2 ... feed roller, 4 ... scraper, 8 ... projection, 10 ... cutting blade, A ... thin layer, A _1, A ₂ ... cutting line.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A flake producing apparatus having a flaker drum and a feed roller rollingly contacted with the drum, and scraping a thin layer formed on the flaker drum with a scraper, and a cutting line intersecting the circumferential direction of the flaker drum. A flake manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that the feed roller is provided with a ridge that intermittently forms the thin layer in the thin layer. 2. A flake manufacturing apparatus comprising a flaker drum and a feed roller rollingly contacted with the drum, and scraping a thin layer formed on the flaker drum with a scraper, wherein a cutting line in the circumferential direction of the flaker drum is A flake manufacturing apparatus, wherein a cutting blade continuously formed in a thin layer is provided along the outer peripheral surface of the drum. 3. A flake producing apparatus comprising a flaker drum and a feed roller rollingly contacted with the drum, and scraping a thin layer formed on the flaker drum with a scraper, and a cutting line intersecting the circumferential direction of the flaker drum. The feed roller is provided with a ridge that intermittently forms in the thin layer, and a cutting blade that continuously forms a cutting line in the same direction as the circumferential direction of the flaker drum in the thin layer is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drum. A flake manufacturing apparatus, which is provided along the line.