JP3239594U - confectionery equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material. A vacuum permeation device (3) having a decompression chamber (6) inside, receiving permeable foodstuffs in the decompression chambers, and performing impregnation processing in which the permeable foodstuffs are impregnated into the bubble-containing foodstuffs in the decompression chambers, and the decompression chambers. a centrifugal separation means 5 for separating excess permeable food material adhering to the air-containing food material by applying a rotational force to the air-containing food material after the impregnation treatment; and control means for controlling and controlling the centrifugation means. The control means controls the pressure in the decompression chamber to a gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa after the air-containing food material is transported into the decompression chamber, and then the permeable food material is supplied and contained in the decompression chamber. The centrifugal separation means is controlled so as to apply rotational force to the foam-containing food material after the foam-containing food material is immersed in the permeable food material supplied into the decompression chamber and impregnated. [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various proposals have been made regarding confectionery manufacturing apparatuses for manufacturing confectionery in which a permeable food material is impregnated into an air-permeable food material.

For example, in Patent Document 1, the pressure inside the impregnation tank is reduced to a predetermined pressure or less, an impregnation agent is introduced into the impregnation tank set under this reduced pressure condition, and this impregnation agent is used as a food material that has already been dried under reduced pressure. A food impregnating apparatus has been proposed in which an impregnating agent is impregnated into a food material by raising the pressure after contacting or immersing the food material.

Japanese Patent No. 3955976

The object of this invention is to propose a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which a permeable food material is impregnated into an air-containing food material.

The invention of the present application that achieves the above object can be exemplified as follows.
[1]
A confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material,
a permeable food storage tank that stores the permeable food;
It has a decompression chamber inside, and a vacuum pump used for decompression of the decompression chamber and a compressor used for pressurization of the decompression chamber are connected, and the penetration from the permeable foodstuff storage tank into the decompression chamber. a vacuum infiltration device that receives a permeable food material and performs an impregnation process for impregnating the permeable food material into the air-containing food material in the decompression chamber;
A basket-shaped container containing the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material is conveyed into the decompression chamber, and the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material after the impregnation treatment is carried. a conveying means for conveying the foodstuff container from the decompression chamber to the outside;
By applying a rotational force to the aerated foodstuff storage container that is provided in the vacuum permeation device and that houses the aerated foodstuff after the impregnation treatment in the decompression chamber. a centrifugal separation means for separating excess permeable food material adhering to the air-containing food material;
A control means for controlling the pressure state of the decompression chamber and controlling the centrifugal separation means,
The control means is
a first pressure that sets the pressure in the decompression chamber to a gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa after the container containing the foam-containing food material is transported into the decompression chamber; perform state control,
After the first pressure state control, the permeable food material is supplied into the decompressed chamber, and the bubble-containing food material is immersed in the permeable food material supplied into the decompressed chamber to perform the impregnation treatment. a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for controlling the centrifugal separation means to apply a rotational force to the aerated food material storage container after the confectionery product has been cooked.

[2]
A confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material,
a permeable food storage tank that stores the permeable food;
It has a decompression chamber inside, and a vacuum pump used for decompression of the decompression chamber and a compressor used for pressurization of the decompression chamber are connected, and the penetration from the permeable foodstuff storage tank into the decompression chamber. a vacuum infiltration device that receives a permeable food material and performs an impregnation process for impregnating the permeable food material into the air-containing food material in the decompression chamber;
A basket-shaped container containing the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material is conveyed into the decompression chamber, and the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material after the impregnation treatment is carried. a conveying means for conveying the foodstuff container from the decompression chamber to the outside;
By applying a rotational force to the aerated foodstuff storage container that is provided in the vacuum permeation device and that houses the aerated foodstuff after the impregnation treatment in the decompression chamber. a centrifugal separation means for separating excess permeable food material adhering to the air-containing food material;
A control means for controlling the pressure state of the decompression chamber and controlling the centrifugal separation means,
The control means is
A second pressure that sets the pressure in the decompression chamber to a gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa after the container containing the foam-containing food material is transported into the decompression chamber. state control;
After the second pressure state control, the permeable food material is supplied into the reduced pressure chamber, and the air-containing food material is immersed in the supplied permeable food material to perform the impregnation treatment. Perform a third pressure state control to make the gauge pressure 0.01 MPa to 0.6 MPa,
After the impregnation treatment, the confectionery manufacturing apparatus controls the centrifugal separation means so as to apply a rotational force to the container containing the aerated foodstuff.

According to this invention, it is possible to provide a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which a permeable food material is impregnated with an air-containing food material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure showing the outline|summary of the apparatus structure which concerns on one Embodiment of the confectionery manufacturing apparatus which concerns on this invention.

A confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which a permeable food material is impregnated with an air-containing food material.

There is no particular limitation as long as the foam-containing food material is provided with voids inside, or the like, so that the permeable food material described later can be impregnated into the foam-containing food material. None. For example, baked sweets such as rusks, croutons, biscuits and cookies, rice crackers such as rice crackers, okaki and rice crackers, and freeze-dried fruits can be exemplified as foam-containing food materials.

The permeable food material is not particularly limited as long as it can be soaked into, that is, impregnated with the above-mentioned air-containing food material. Seasoning liquids such as sugar water can be exemplified as the permeable foodstuff.

<Embodiment 1>
A confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, comprises a permeable food storage tank 2, a vacuum permeation device 3, a conveying means 4, a centrifugal separation means 5, and a control means (not shown). ing.

The permeable food storage tank 2 stores permeable food. The permeable food storage tank 2 is connected to a vacuum permeation device 3 via a feed pump 11 and a batch tank 12 in the illustrated embodiment.

The vacuum permeation device 3 is provided with a decompression chamber 6 inside, and the feed pump 11 is controlled by a control means (not shown) to supply the permeable food material from the permeable food storage tank 2 into the decompression chamber 6. is done.

The permeable food storage tank 2 may be provided with a heating device (not shown) using hot water, steam, or the like. While the permeable food material such as tempered chocolate is stored in the permeable food storage tank 2, it is heated to, for example, about 40° C. by a heating device and stored in the permeable food storage tank 2 in a molten state. A permeable food material is supplied into the decompression chamber 6 of the vacuum permeation device 3 via the feed pump 11 and the batch tank 12 as described above.

In addition, when the permeable food is tempered chocolate, a tempering device is provided between the permeable food storage tank 2 and the vacuum infiltration device 3, and the tempering chocolate supplied to the vacuum infiltration device 3 is Make sure to do the tempering process.

In addition, a foreign matter removing means (not shown) is provided in the supply path from the permeable food storage tank 2 to the decompression chamber 6 of the vacuum permeation device 3 via the feed pump 11 and the batch tank 12, so that the melted state is removed. It can also be configured to remove foreign matter mixed in with the permeable food material.

In the illustrated embodiment, a vacuum pump 7 and a compressor 8 are connected to the vacuum infiltration device 3 .

The vacuum pump 7 is used to reduce the pressure in the decompression chamber 6 under the control of control means (not shown). For example, when the vacuum pump 7 is controlled by a control means (not shown), the gas existing in the decompression chamber 6 is extracted to the outside of the decompression chamber 6 and the interior of the decompression chamber 6 is decompressed.

The compressor 8 is used to pressurize the interior of the decompression chamber 6 under the control of control means (not shown). For example, air, N ₂ , CO ₂ , or a mixed gas consisting of a plurality of types thereof is supplied from the compressor 8 into the decompression chamber 6 under the control of a control means (not shown), and the interior of the decompression chamber 6 is Pressurization is applied.

As will be described later, the vacuum impregnation device 3 is a device that performs an impregnation process in which the permeable food material is impregnated into the bubble-containing food material 20 in the decompression chamber 6 .

The conveying means 4 conveys the bubble-containing food container 13 containing the bubble-containing food material 20 into the decompression chamber 6, and also contains the bubble-containing food material 20 after being impregnated. The container 13 for storing the foamy food material is carried out from the decompression chamber 6 to the outside.

As will be described later, the bubble-containing food material 20 accommodated in the bubble-containing food container 13 carried into the decompression chamber 6 is subjected to deaeration treatment, and the bubble-containing food material subjected to the deaeration treatment is The food material 20 is immersed in the permeable food material in the decompression chamber 6, and the impregnating process is performed to impregnate the permeable food material into the air-containing food material 20 after the degassing process. As the container 13, as shown in FIG. 1, a basket-like container made of wire mesh or the like is used.

The centrifugal separation means 5 are arranged in the vacuum infiltration device 3 as shown. The centrifugal separation means 5 applies a rotational force to the bubble-containing food container 13 containing the bubble-containing food material 20 after being impregnated in the decompression chamber 6, thereby removing the bubble-containing food material 20. It is a centrifuge that separates excess permeable ingredients adhering to the

The control means (not shown) comprises, for example, a computer and is connected to the vacuum pump 7, the compressor 8, and the centrifugal separation means 5 via a network (not shown) to control the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 and perform centrifugal separation. The above-described control of the means 5 is performed. A control means (not shown) comprising a computer is further connected to the vacuum infiltration device 3, the conveying means 4, the centrifugal separation means 5, the feed pump 11 and the like via a network (not shown). 3, the operation of opening and closing the lid of the decompression chamber 6, the transportation of the aerated foodstuff container 13 containing the aerated foodstuff 20 into the decompression chamber 6 by the conveying means 4, and the impregnation after the impregnation treatment. Carrying out the gas-containing food container 13 containing the gas-containing food 21 from the decompression chamber 6 to the outside, the above-mentioned centrifugal separation operation by the centrifugal separation means 5, and the permeable food storage tank 2 via the feed pump 11. It is also possible to control the execution of each processing operation by these, such as supplying the permeable foodstuff to the decompression chamber 6 of the vacuum permeation device 3 .

In this embodiment, after the air-containing food container 13 containing the air-containing food 20 is transported into the decompression chamber 6, the control means sets the decompression chamber 6 to a negative gauge pressure of − A first pressure state control is performed from 0.001 MPa to gauge pressure -0.096 MPa.

By this first pressure state control, a degassing process is performed in which the gas (for example, air) present in the internal voids of the bubble-containing food material 20 is sucked out under reduced pressure.

After the gas-containing food material 20 is degassed by the first pressure state control, the permeable food material is supplied into the decompression chamber 6, and the gas-containing food material 20 after the degassing process is supplied. An impregnation process is performed in the decompression chamber 6 in which the permeable food material is impregnated into the air-containing food material 20 after being immersed in the permeable food material and subjected to the degassing process.

When the bubble-containing food material 20 after the degassing process is immersed in the permeable food material in the decompression chamber 6 and the above-described impregnation process is performed, the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 is controlled by the above-described control means. By control, the inside of the decompression chamber 6 can be kept in a normal pressure state.

After that, the control means controls the centrifugal separation means 5 so as to apply the above-mentioned rotational force to the aerated food container 13 . As a result, excess permeable food material adhering to the bubble-containing food material 20 after the impregnation treatment is separated.

The excess permeable food material that has been separated can be returned to the permeable food storage tank 2 from the bottom of the vacuum permeation device 3 via a recovery pump (not shown) or the like.

A bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material 20 after the extra permeable food material adhering to the bubble-containing food material 20 after the impregnation treatment is separated as described above by the centrifugal separation means 5. The container 13 is carried out of the decompression chamber 6 by the transport means 4 .

In the illustrated embodiment, the impregnated foam-containing food material 20 from which excess permeable food material adhering to the impregnated foam-containing food material 20 has been separated is moved onto the conveying belt conveyor 14 . , is conveyed through the cooling tunnel 16 of the cooling device 15 by the conveying belt conveyor 14 .

While being conveyed through the cooling tunnel 16 of the cooling device 15, the permeable food material permeating and adhering to the air-containing food material 20 is cooled and solidified.

<Embodiment 2>
In the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment, the control of the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 performed by the control means (not shown) is the same as that of the decompression chamber 6 performed by the control means (not illustrated) of the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. The configuration is the same as that of the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 described above, except for the control of the pressure state.

Therefore, here, only the control of the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 performed by the control means (not shown), which is different from the first embodiment described above, will be described.

The control of the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 by the control means in the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 is performed after the aerated foodstuff container 13 containing the aerated foodstuff 20 is conveyed into the decompression chamber 6. , the first pressure state control to set the decompression chamber 6 to a negative gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa.

On the other hand, the control of the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6 performed by the control means in the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 2 is such that the air-containing food material container 13 containing the air-containing food material 20 is kept in the decompression chamber 6 . After being transported into the decompression chamber 6, a second pressure state control to set the decompression chamber 6 to a negative gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa, and after the second pressure state control, decompression While the permeable food material is supplied into the chamber 6 and the bubble-containing food material 20 is immersed in the permeable food material supplied and the impregnation process is performed, the decompression chamber 6 is maintained at a positive gauge pressure of 0.01 MPa to 0.01 MPa. This is the third pressure state control to set the gauge pressure to 0.6 MPa.

By the second pressure state control, as in the case of the first pressure state control executed in the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1, the gas present in the internal voids of the bubble-containing food material 20 (for example, air) is sucked out under reduced pressure.

In the confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1, when the air-containing food material 20 after the degassing process is immersed in the permeable food material in the decompression chamber 6 and the impregnation process is performed, the control means By controlling the pressure state of the decompression chamber 6, the interior of the decompression chamber 6 can be maintained at normal pressure.

In Embodiment 2, the control means performs the third pressure state control described above, so that air, N ₂ , CO ₂ , or a mixed gas consisting of a plurality of these types is discharged from the compressor 8 to the decompression chamber 6. The inside of the decompression chamber 6 is pressurized, and the gauge pressure of the decompression chamber 6 becomes a positive gauge pressure of 0.01 MPa to 0.6 MPa. As a result, the permeable food material in a molten state can be more rapidly penetrated into the internal voids of the air-containing food material 20 under pressure, and the permeable food material can more evenly and effectively permeate into the air-containing food material 20. become.

Since other points are the same as those described in the first embodiment, the description is omitted.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and is within the technical scope understood from the description of the claims of the utility model registration. Various changes are possible.

1 confectionery manufacturing device 2 permeable food storage tank 3 vacuum permeation device 4 transport means 5 centrifugal separation means 6 decompression chamber 7 vacuum pump 8 compressor 11 feed pump 12 batch tank 13 air-containing food storage container 14 transport belt conveyor 15 cooling Apparatus 16 Cooling Tunnel 20 Aerated food material

Claims (2)

A confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material,
a permeable food storage tank that stores the permeable food;
It has a decompression chamber inside, and a vacuum pump used for decompression of the decompression chamber and a compressor used for pressurization of the decompression chamber are connected, and the penetration from the permeable foodstuff storage tank into the decompression chamber. a vacuum infiltration device that receives a permeable food material and performs an impregnation process for impregnating the permeable food material into the air-containing food material in the decompression chamber;
A basket-shaped container containing the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material is conveyed into the decompression chamber, and the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material after the impregnation treatment is carried. a conveying means for conveying the foodstuff container from the decompression chamber to the outside;
By applying a rotational force to the aerated foodstuff storage container that is provided in the vacuum permeation device and that houses the aerated foodstuff after the impregnation treatment in the decompression chamber. a centrifugal separation means for separating excess permeable food material adhering to the air-containing food material;
A control means for controlling the pressure state of the decompression chamber and controlling the centrifugal separation means,
The control means is
a first pressure that sets the pressure in the decompression chamber to a gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa after the container containing the foam-containing food material is transported into the decompression chamber; perform state control,
After the first pressure state control, the permeable food material is supplied into the decompressed chamber, and the bubble-containing food material is immersed in the permeable food material supplied into the decompressed chamber to perform the impregnation treatment. a confectionery manufacturing apparatus for controlling the centrifugal separation means to apply a rotational force to the aerated food material storage container after the confectionery product has been cooked. A confectionery manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing confectionery in which an air-containing food material is impregnated with a permeable food material,
a permeable food storage tank that stores the permeable food;
It has a decompression chamber inside, and a vacuum pump used for decompression of the decompression chamber and a compressor used for pressurization of the decompression chamber are connected, and the penetration from the permeable foodstuff storage tank into the decompression chamber. a vacuum infiltration device that receives a permeable food material and performs an impregnation process for impregnating the permeable food material into the air-containing food material in the decompression chamber;
A basket-shaped container containing the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material is conveyed into the decompression chamber, and the bubble-containing food material containing the bubble-containing food material after the impregnation treatment is carried. a conveying means for conveying the foodstuff container from the decompression chamber to the outside;
By applying a rotational force to the aerated foodstuff storage container that is provided in the vacuum permeation device and that houses the aerated foodstuff after the impregnation treatment in the decompression chamber. a centrifugal separation means for separating excess permeable food material adhering to the air-containing food material;
A control means for controlling the pressure state of the decompression chamber and controlling the centrifugal separation means,
The control means is
A second pressure that sets the pressure in the decompression chamber to a gauge pressure of −0.001 MPa to −0.096 MPa after the container containing the foam-containing food material is transported into the decompression chamber. state control;
After the second pressure state control, the permeable food material is supplied into the reduced pressure chamber, and the air-containing food material is immersed in the supplied permeable food material to perform the impregnation treatment. Perform a third pressure state control to make the gauge pressure 0.01 MPa to 0.6 MPa,
After the impregnation treatment, the confectionery manufacturing apparatus controls the centrifugal separation means so as to apply a rotational force to the container containing the aerated foodstuff.

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