JPH09103251A - Decorator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extremely remarkably facilitate the handling and enable the decoration with a colorful pattern without performing complicated motional operations of a distribution head by simplifying operations to provide a change in feeding and distribution of a decorative material. SOLUTION: This decorator comprises shaking plates 4 and 5 hung with rods 6 and 7 so as to enable the free shaking in the front, rear, left and right directions (in the longitudinal and width directions) in the moving direction of a conveyor 1 for conveying articles, a distribution head 2 hung and arranged in the shaking plates 4 and 5, gear transmission members 9, 10, 11 and 12, driven with a motor 8, mutually engaged and installed in a changeover gear 13, a dial 14 for regulating the front and rear amplitude provided in the shaking plate 4 movable in the front and rear directions and a dial 15 for regulating the left and right amplitude installed in the shaking plate 5 movable in the left and right directions and further a changeover gear 13 so as to transfer and engage the changeover gear 13 with a speed change gear 131 . The shaking amplitude of the shaking plates is controlled with a controlling mechanism by selecting the amplitude angle with a changeover lever in addition to the dial for regulating the front and rear amplitude and the dial for regulating the left and right amplitude to apply various operations to the distribution head and enable the colorful decoration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decoration molding device for decorating sugar, chocolate, cream or the like on the surface of chocolate, confectionery, bread or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a decorator which supplies a decoration material such as chocolate kneaded in mass production of decorated confectionery to a confectionery in a thread shape or a strip shape and can automatically distribute the decoration in various patterns. Are known.
(JP-A-49-6182)

[0003]

This kind of decoration is basically to change the phase relation depending on the reciprocating speed of the distribution head with respect to the conveying speed, and many patterns can be deformed. , Even if the distribution head is moved using an eccentric crank in various patterns, there is a limit to the decorative effect actually produced, and the handling operation for changing it is extremely complicated and time-consuming. There was a problem that smooth operation could not be expected and it was structurally complicated and expensive. The present invention intends to easily eliminate these conventional drawbacks, simplifies the operation of giving a change in the supply and distribution of the decorating material, and is extremely easy to handle, and has a variety of patterns without complicated operation of the distribution head. It is intended to provide a decorator that can be decorated with.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a decorator having a swing head for a decoration molding distribution head used in combination with a conveyor for transferring articles to be decorated, in a frame extending over the conveyor. A rod is provided with a rocking plate for rocking back and forth and left and right in the direction of movement of the conveyor, and a distribution head is suspended from the rocking plate, and a gear transmission member driven by a motor is mounted on the rocking plate. Equipped with switching gears that mesh with each other, a front and rear swing plate is provided with a front and rear swing adjustment dial, and a left and right swing plate is provided with a left and right swing adjustment dial. Then, the switching gear is configured to be meshed with the speed change gear by transfer.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the decorator of the present invention, a decorating material such as chocolate kneaded on a sheet-shaped chocolate, confectionery, other confectionery, bread or the like conveyed by a conveyor is decorated in a predetermined pattern. However, this decorating material is supplied from a melted chocolate tank to a dispensing head by a pump, and the dispensing head is actuated via a gear transmission member driven by a motor and a swing plate across a conveyor. The swing amplitude of this swing plate is controlled by the control mechanism by selecting the swing angle by the switching lever in addition to the front and rear swing adjustment dial and the left and right swing adjustment dial to give various operations to the distribution head. In addition, the flow rate of the decorating material led out from the dispensing head can be changed by the movement of the needles provided in each nozzle of the dispensing head, and the decorating material can be placed on the article in various patterns. In order to make the distribution head reciprocate back and forth and left and right, the rotational motion of the motor is transmitted to the swing plate suspended by the rod through the gear transmission member and the transmission member such as the lever, and the The needles in each nozzle of the dispensing head are adapted to move in various patterns, and the movement of the cylinder controls the advancing / retreating of the nozzle through the rod, bar and supporting member to change the supply amount of the decorating material. You can

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to an example of decorating a sheet chocolate of FIGS. 1 to 11. A decoration molding distribution head 2 used in combination with a conveyor 1 for transferring an article M such as a confectionery to be decorated. In a swingable decorator, swing plates 4, 5 are swingable in a frame 3 extending over the conveyor 1 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction (longitudinal direction and width direction) in the moving direction of the conveyor 1.
Rods 6 and 7, the distribution head 2 is suspended from the swing plates 4 and 5, and gear transmission members 9, 10, 11 and 12 driven by a motor 8 are provided on the swing plates. 13 are meshed with each other, a front-back swing plate 4 is provided with a front-back swing width adjusting dial 14, and a left-right swing plate 5 is provided with a left-right swing width adjusting dial 1.
5, the switching gear 13 is equipped with a switching lever, and the switching gear 13 is meshed with one of the speed change gears 13 ₁ by transfer meshing.

In this embodiment, the front / rear / left / right swing adjustment dials 14 and 15 are eccentric by arranging movable collars 16 and 17 connected to the swing plates 4 and 5 movably by adjusting screws 18 and 19. The degree of change can be changed, and the swing of the swing plates 4 and 5 can be changed by the rotation of the gears 11 and 12. The swing plates 4 and 5 are slidably mounted on rods 6 and 7 and swing in the front-rear and left-right directions (X-axis and Y-axis directions). The gear 1 which is connected to the width adjustment dials 14 and 15 and is provided on both the amplitude adjustment dials 14 and 15
1 and 12, a switching gear 13 interposed between both gears 11 and 12 for transmitting rotation, and drive gears 9 and 10 rotated by a motor 8 on a winding transmission member 8 ₁ to oscillate by a gear transmission member. The movable plates 4 and 5 can be controlled to swing the distribution head 2 in the X and Y axis directions.

The front / rear / left / right swing width adjusting dial 1
4 and 15 are provided with pointers 20 and 21 for displaying the positions of the moving collars 16 and 17, and scales 22 and 23 for measuring and displaying the pointers 20 and 21, and adjustment display of the eccentricity is provided by adjusting screws 18 and 19. You can do it. Further, the switching gear 13 is provided on a lever 24 and is provided with a handle 25.
Switching between the gear 10 and the transmission gear 13 ₁ that mesh with each other by
The gears 11 and 12 can be set at a position where the rotation of the gears 11 and 12 is stopped. That is, by setting the handle 25 at the positions 0, 1 and 2, the switching lever 24
The pattern of the decoration material can be variously changed by changing the transmission state of the switching gear 13 by.

For example, as an example for adjusting the pattern, the front and rear swing width adjusting dial 14 and the left and right swing width adjusting dial 15 are aligned to 0 (both dials are in maximum alignment), and the handle 25 is displayed. When set to 1, a circle can be drawn when the conveyor is stopped, and a vertically or horizontally long ellipse can be drawn by adjusting the dial. In addition, a spiral pattern is drawn in the conveyor operating state, and the size of the spiral can be changed vertically or horizontally by dial adjustment. Further, when the handle 25 is set to the display 0 in this state, the distribution head 2 moves only the left and right swings, so a zigzag pattern can be drawn under the conveyor operating state, and further, when the left and right swing adjustment dial 15 is adjusted, the zigzag width is reduced. Can be adjusted.

When the handle 25 is switched to the display 2, the switching gear 13 is meshed with the speed change gear 13 ₁ so that only the front and rear swing becomes double speed and a figure 8 pattern is drawn. When the conveyor is in operation, it can be drawn in the shape of a figure in the state of overlapping in the vertical direction when the conveyor is in operation. Adjusting the front and rear swing adjustment dial 14 changes the vertical dimension, and adjusting the left and right swing adjustment dial 15 The pattern may have a changed lateral dimension.

Furthermore, the handle 25 is set to display 2 and the swing range adjusting dial 14 is displayed 90 (swing range angle 9
0mm), the front and rear swing width 15mm, the left and right swing width 15mm
When set to the position, you can draw a substantially U shape,
The handle 25 is switched to the display 1 and the front and rear swing width adjusting handle 14 is set to display 45 (swing angle 45 °) and the front and rear swing width is 15 m.
When set to the position of m, right and left swing width of 5 mm, an approximate character can be drawn. In any case, the line type that can be drawn can be variously changed depending on the conveying speed of the conveyor 1, and the patterning of the decorative material can be easily performed by setting the adjusting dials 14 and 15 and the switching handle 25 and further adjusting the swing position. It can be changed in many ways.

The distribution head 2 is a cylindrical body whose both ends are closed by caps, and a plurality of nozzles 2 ₁ are arranged in the lower portion along the axial direction at intervals, and the nozzles 2 are arranged in the width direction of the conveyor 1.
₁ is hung by the rocking plates 4 and 5 in a line, and needles 26 are provided at the outlets of the nozzles 2 ₁ so that they can be projected. Each needle 26 is connected to a cylinder 28 by a connecting rod 27. The amount of decoration material flowing out of each nozzle 2 can be adjusted by one operation.

In the figure, 29 and 30 are chocolate melting equipment, 31 and 32 are chocolate pumps, 33 and 34 are automatic tempers, 35 is a sheet chocolate molding machine, and 36.
Is a decorator, 37 is a cooling tunnel, 38 is a cooling facility,
Reference numeral 39 is a cooling fan, 40 is a vertical cutting machine, 41 is a horizontal cutting machine, and 42 is a product carry-out end.

In the examples of FIGS. 7 to 11, the confectionery product on which the decorating material is placed is used as an example of sheet chocolate, and in this case, the sheet chocolate molding machine 35 is shown in FIG.
And, as shown in FIG. 8, it is mounted and set on the conveyer 1 by the support shaft 35 ₁ , the chocolate stirring blade 35 ₂ is reciprocally provided inside the machine, and the shutter 35 ₃ is slidably provided at the outlet so that the lock screw 35 ₄ of certain by each other by the article M of the plate-like chocolate with chocolate thickness adjusting handle 35 ₅ to be derived molded derives a plate-like chocolate 1~6mm thickness in the sheet chocolate molding machine 35 (Fig. 9a) After being placed on the conveyor 1 and the decoration is patterned by the decorator 36 (see FIG. 9).
b), cooled in a cooling tunnel 37 (Fig. 9c), cut at a product discharge end to a desired size by a fixed blade of a vertical cutting machine 40 (Fig. 9d), and further cut by a shearing blade of a horizontal cutting machine 41 (Fig. 9e). ) To obtain the final product A (FIG. 9f).

In the examples of FIGS. 12 and 13, after the sheet chocolate derived from the sheet chocolate molding machine 35 is cooled by the temporary cooling equipment 38 ₁ , after being patterned by the decorator 36, the sheet chocolate is passed through the cooling tunnel 37. Similarly, it is cut vertically and horizontally by a cutting mechanism to obtain a sheet chocolate product.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a swing plate is provided on a frame extending over a conveyor so as to swing back and forth and left and right in the moving direction of the conveyor, and a distribution head is suspended from the swing plate. In addition, a gear transmission member driven by a motor is meshedly provided on the oscillating plate for the switching gears, a longitudinal swing adjusting dial is provided on the oscillating plate for longitudinal movement, and a oscillating plate for lateral movement is provided. The left and right swing width adjustment dials are provided, and the changeover gear is equipped with a changeover lever so that the changeover gear can be meshed with the speed change gear. Easy to decorate in a variety of patterns without complicated operation of the dispensing head, and to change the pattern of confectionery decoration, easy adjustment of dials and handles This makes it possible to make a great change in the decoration applied to articles such as confectionery, improves the flowability of the decoration material, and freely changes the flow rate of the material, greatly enhancing the decoration effect. In addition to being able to improve the quality, it is possible to constantly supply and distribute decorative materials, which can significantly improve quality and product value.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the example of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the example of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

5 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a dispensing nozzle of the present invention, (a) is a side view,
(B) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of the chocolate molding machine used in the present invention.

8 is a plan view of the example of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory plan view showing a product manufacturing process of the present invention,
3e is each process, f is a perspective view of a final product.

10 is a systematic plan view of the manufacturing line in one use state of FIG. 9. FIG.

11 is a side view of the example of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a systematic plan view of the manufacturing line in another usage state of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

M Article 1 Conveyor 2 Distributing head 2 ₁ Nozzle 3 Frame 4,5 Swing plate 6,7 Rod 8 Motor 9, 10, 11, 12 Gear 13 Switch gear 13 ₁ Speed change gear 14 Front / back swing width adjustment dial 15 Left / right swing width adjustment Dial 16,17 Moving collar 18,19 Adjusting screw 20,21 Pointer 22,23 Scale 24 Lever 25 Handle 26 Needle 27 Connecting rod 28 Cylinder 35 Sheet chocolate molding machine 36 Decorator

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A decorator provided with a decorating and forming distribution head, which is used in combination with a conveyor for transferring an article to be decorated, in a swingable manner, in a frame extending over the conveyor, in the front-back direction in the moving direction of the conveyor. A swing plate is swingably provided to the left and right, and a distribution head is suspended from the swing plate, and a gear transmission member driven by a motor is meshed with the switch gear on the swing plate. The swing plate that moves in the front-rear direction has a front-back swing width adjustment dial, and the vibration plate that moves in the left-right direction has a left-right swing width adjustment dial. A decorator characterized by being configured to be meshed by transfer. 2. The decorator according to claim 1, wherein a moving collar connected to a swing plate is movably arranged on the front / rear / left / right swing width adjusting dial by an adjusting screw to change the eccentricity. 3. The swing plate, which is slidably mounted on a rod, swings in the front-rear and left-right directions, and is connected to the front-rear, left-right swing width adjusting dial. The decorator according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The gear transmission comprises: a gear coupled to the front / rear / left / right swing range adjusting dial; a switching gear interposingly arranged between both gears to transmit rotation; and a drive gear wound around by a motor. The decorator according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The decorator according to claim 2, 3 or 4, further comprising: a pointer for displaying the position of the moving collar on the front / rear / left / right swing width adjusting dial and a scale for measuring and displaying the pointer.