JP2000342213A - Dehydration molding apparatus for soybean curd - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology using the subject apparatus and comprising dehydration molding of soybean curd by making use of the pressure owing to the self-weight of stock soybean to enable the dehydration molding to be performed continuously without necessarily using a press machine and the quality of the product soybean curd to be uniformly stabilized. SOLUTION: This apparatus has such a scheme that, a space 13 for molding a continuous soybean curd 91 with a stock soybean curd 90 fed thereinto is furnished thereinside and a dehydration molding cylinder 11 working so as to subject the continuous soybean curd itself packed inside the space 13 to dehydration molding by making use of the pressure owing to the self-weight thereof is set up in a vertically extended manner; the top end of the cylinder 11 is provided with a feed port 12 for the stock soybean curd, while the bottom end with a discharge port 14 for the continuous soybean curd, and the discharge port 14, in turn, is equipped with a cutter 2 for transversely cutting a soybean curd 92 discharged with a unit dimension of the product soybean curd 93 from the lower end of the continuous soybean curd.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tofu dehydration molding apparatus capable of continuously producing cotton tofu, soft tofu, tofu fried tofu and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of producing cotton tofu and the like, a coagulant is mixed with soymilk, and the semi-solidified raw material tofu is subjected to dehydration molding. In this case, conventionally, cotton cloth or synthetic fiber cloth is laid in a flat mold that is flattened in the horizontal direction, and after filling the raw material tofu therein, dehydration molding is performed while applying pressure using a press machine. Had become. After the dehydration molding, the tofu to be taken out is taken out of the mold, the cotton cloth or the like is peeled off, cut into a size of one product tofu, and packed in a pack.

[0003]

However, since the conventional method is premised on dehydration molding using a press machine, a flat mold is used so that a large pressure area can be obtained. When a flat mold is used in this way, even if a press machine is used, there is a difference in the degree of dehydration between the central part and the peripheral part of the mold, and the product tofu cut from the form has a variation in quality. There was a problem. In addition, since dehydration molding is performed each time using a mold, continuous dehydration molding cannot be performed, and it takes time and effort to set up such as laying a cotton cloth or the like each time.
There was a problem that work efficiency could not be improved.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is intended to perform dehydration molding without necessarily using a press machine by performing dehydration molding using the pressure due to the weight of the raw material tofu. It is an object of the present invention to provide a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu which can stabilize the quality of a product tofu uniformly and can perform continuous dehydration molding.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu of the present invention (claim 1) has a molding space in which a long tofu is molded from the supplied raw material tofu. Then, a dehydration molding cylinder for dehydrating and molding the filled tofu itself by the pressure of its own weight of the long tofu filled in the molding space is provided so as to extend in the vertical direction.

In this dehydration molding apparatus for tofu, a supply port for raw material tofu is formed at the upper end of the dehydration molding cylinder, and a take-out port for long tofu is formed at the lower end of the dehydration molding cylinder. There is a mode (claim 2) in which a transverse cutter for cutting out tofu taken out from the lower end with a size of one product tofu is provided. In this case, there is a mode in which the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is formed to be the same as the planar shape of one product tofu to be manufactured (claim 3). A mode in which a plurality of product tofus to be formed are formed in a plane shape, and a longitudinal cutter is provided which divides the extracted tofu cut and taken out of the long tofu by the crossing cutter into a plane shape of one product tofu (claim) There is item 4).

[0007] Further, a supply device for the raw material tofu is provided at the supply port, and the supply device forms the raw material tofu in an amount corresponding to the amount of the extracted tofu cut and taken out by the transverse cutter from the supply port after cutting the extracted tofu. There is a mode (claim 5) that is formed so as to be supplied into the space.

Accordingly, in this tofu dehydration molding apparatus, since the dehydration molding cylinder is provided to extend in the vertical direction, when the raw material tofu is supplied to the internal molding space, the raw material tofu enters the molding space. Is filled, and the long tofu is dewatered and formed by the pressure of its own weight. As described above, in order to form the long tofu extending in the vertical direction in the molding space, dehydration molding using pressure due to its own weight can be performed, and since a dehydration molding cylinder is used, as in the related art, The labor of laying a cotton cloth or the like can be omitted.

In this case, the raw material tofu is supplied from a supply port formed at the upper end of the dehydration molding cylinder, and the long tofu dehydrated and formed in the molding space is self-weighted from a removal port formed at the lower end of the dehydration molding cylinder. Extruded. Then, when the tofu is pushed out from the take-out port, the take-out tofu is cut out from the lower end of the long tofu by the crossing cutter in the size of one product tofu and taken out. In this manner, since the raw tofu is supplied from the supply port at the upper end and the dehydrated long tofu is extruded from the takeout port, continuous dehydration molding can be performed.
In this case, if a supply device for the raw material tofu is provided at the supply port, the supply device supplies the raw material tofu in an amount corresponding to the amount of the extracted tofu cut and taken out by the transverse cutter into the molding space from the supply port after cutting the extracted tofu. Since the supply amount and the take-out amount are balanced and the pressure due to the own weight of the long tofu becomes constant, the quality can be uniformly stabilized.

If the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is formed to be the same as the plane shape of one tofu product to be manufactured,
Take-out tofu cut by crossing cutter as it is 1
It becomes exactly the product tofu. Also, the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is
When the product tofu to be manufactured is formed into a plurality of plane shapes, the extracted tofu cut by the transverse cutter is cut into a plane shape of one product tofu by the longitudinal cutter and divided into a plurality of product tofu. Is done.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of the present invention and is an explanatory view of an operation process of a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a tofu molding tower which is vertically erected, and in which a dewatering molding cylinder 11 is provided extending in a vertical direction while holding a drainage space 10. The dehydration molding cylinder 11 is formed in a rectangular cylinder shape by a mesh plate 11a of a cylinder wall, and a supply port 1 of the raw material tofu 90
2 is formed, the inside is formed in a molding space 13 for molding a long tofu 91 with the raw material tofu 90, and an outlet 14 for the long tofu 91 is formed at the lower end. The molding space 13 has the same cross-sectional shape as the plane shape of one tofu 93 to be manufactured.

A transverse cutter 2 is provided at a take-out port 14 of the dewatering molding cylinder 11. The crossing cutter 2 is moved by the cylinder 20 between a standby position (FIG. 1A) separated from the take-out port 14 and a cutting position (FIG. 1-B, C, D) crossing the take-out port 14. ,
At the time of the advance, the lower end portion of the long tofu 91 extruded from the take-out port 14 is cut, and the extracted tofu 92 is cut from the long tofu 91 to the size of one product tofu 93,
Further, the take-out port 14 is closed at the cutting position, and the long tofu 91 in the dewatering molding cylinder 11 is supported.

A tofu holding frame 3 is provided below the transverse cutter 2. The inside of the tofu holding frame 3 is formed in the same plane shape as the cross-sectional shape of the dehydration molding cylinder 11, and the cylinder 30 is used to set a position just below the take-out port 14 (FIGS. The slide plate 7 moves between the unloading position (FIG. 1-C) where the pack 8 is set.
Move forward and backward while sliding on the top.

The outlet 14 of the dewatering molding cylinder 11
, A receiving member 6 is provided. The receiving member 6 is moved upward by the cylinder 60 through the inside of the tofu holding frame 3 located at the immediately lower position to close the take-out port 14 (FIG. 1-A), and at a lower position (FIG. 1A) where the upper surface matches the slide plate 7. 1-b, c, d). When the receiving member 6 is lowered from the elevating position to the lowering position, the long tofu 91 is supported by the receiving member 6 and the take-out port 14 has the size of one product tofu 93.
Extruded by its own weight.

A supply device for the raw material tofu 90 is provided above the supply port 12. This supply device 5
The raw material tofu 90 in an amount corresponding to the amount of the extracted tofu 92 cut by the crossing cutter 2 is formed so as to be supplied from the supply port 12 into the molding space 13 after cutting the extracted tofu 92.

Next, the operation of the tofu dehydration molding apparatus will be described. In this tofu dehydration molding apparatus, the dehydration molding cylinder 11
Are provided to extend in the vertical direction. When the raw material tofu 90 is supplied from the supply device 5 to the internal molding space 13, the long tofu 91 filled with the raw material tofu 90 is formed in the molding space 13. Molded. And this long tofu 91
While being drained by the mesh plate 11a of the dehydration molding cylinder 11 and being dehydration molded by the pressure of its own weight, in this case, the long tofu 91 undergoes a pressure change such that the pressure gradually increases toward the lower end side. The length (height) of the long tofu 91 is set so that the dehydration molding gradually proceeds and the dehydration molding is completed at the lower end of the long tofu 91. In addition, the water accompanying the dehydration molding is discharged from the drainage space 10 through the mesh plate 11a of the dehydration molding cylinder 11. As described above, in order to form the long tofu 91 extending vertically in the forming space 13,
It is possible to perform dehydration molding using pressure due to its own weight, and since the dehydration molding cylinder 11 is formed by the mesh plate 11a, it is possible to save labor for laying a cotton cloth or the like.

Next, the long tofu 91 dehydrated and formed in the forming space 13 receives the receiving member 6 (FIG.
With the downward movement of b), the tofu is pushed out of the take-out opening 14 into the tofu holding frame 3 by its own weight. Then, after the receiving member 6 is lowered to the lowering position, the transverse cutter 2 advances, and the taken-out tofu 92 is cut from the lower end of the long tofu 91 to the size of one product tofu 93, which is directly used as the product tofu 93. It is stored in the tofu holding frame 3 (FIG. 1-B). In addition, transverse cutter 2
After cutting, the long tofu 91 in the molding space 13 is supported until the receiving member 6 is raised to the raised position. Thus, the tofu holding frame 3
The tofu holding frame 3 is slid to the take-out position (FIG. 1-C), and the product tofu 93 is packed from the tofu holding frame 3 into the packing pack at this position. 8 and is stored. Then, the tofu holding frame 3 from which the product tofu 93 has been discharged returns to the position immediately below (FIG. 1-D). After that, after the receiving member 6 has risen to the rising position, the crossing cutter 2 returns to the standby position (FIG. 1-A). ), The long tofu 91 in the molding space 13 is supported by the receiving member 6. Thereafter, the product tofu 93 is sequentially stored in the packaging pack 8 by the same operation as described above. The raw tofu 9 from the supply device 5
The supply of 0 is performed while the transverse cutter 2 is at the cutting position after the cutting of the taken-out tofu 92 by the transverse cutter 2.

As described above, in this dehydration molding apparatus for tofu, since the raw material tofu 90 is supplied from the supply port 12 and the dehydrated long tofu 91 is extruded from the extraction port 14, continuous dehydration molding is performed. Can be. or,
The supply device 5 provided in the supply port 12 supplies the raw material tofu 90 in an amount corresponding to the amount of the extracted tofu 92 cut by the transverse cutter 2, so that the supply amount and the take-out amount are balanced, and the long tofu 91 Since the pressure due to its own weight becomes constant, the quality can be stabilized uniformly. Further, since the tofu holding frame 3 is provided, the product tofu 93 can be securely dropped and stored in the packaging pack 8 while preventing the product tofu 93 from being deformed.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory view of a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu. In this tofu dehydration molding apparatus, two opposing surfaces of the cylinder wall of the dehydration molding cylinder 11 are
It is formed by a mesh belt 11c looped between upper and lower rollers 11b, 11b. Accordingly, the long tofu 91 is dewatered and formed by the pressure of its own weight while being drained by the mesh belt 11c,
Also, when the long tofu 91 is pushed downward, the mesh belt 11c rotates with the movement of the long tofu 91, so that the movement of the long tofu 91 becomes smooth, and cracks are formed in the long tofu 91. Inconvenience such as occurrence can be prevented.

Further, the cross-sectional shape of the molding space 13 formed inside the dewatering molding cylinder 11 is formed into a plane shape corresponding to two (a plurality of) tofu products 93 to be manufactured. A longitudinal cutter 31 is provided in the tofu holding frame 3 to divide the extracted tofu 92 cut from the long tofu 91 by the crossing cutter 2 into a plane shape corresponding to one product tofu 93.
The receiving member 6 is formed with a slit-shaped relief groove 61 in order to avoid interference with the longitudinal cutter 31. Therefore, when the long tofu 91 dehydrated and formed in the forming space 13 is extruded into the tofu holding frame 3 by its own weight from the take-out port 14, it is cut by the longitudinal cutter 31 into a flat shape of one product tofu, The product is divided into two tofu 93, 93. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory view of the operation steps of the dehydration molding apparatus for tofu. In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, when the product tofu 93 is dropped and stored in the packaging pack 8, the product tofu 93
Cut surface is the upper surface. As in the third embodiment, the reversing mechanism 15 is connected to the slide plate 7 continuously.
Is provided, when the product tofu 93 is dropped and stored in the packaging pack 8, the surface formed by the mesh plate 11a can be made the upper surface. As described above, when the product tofu 93 is stored in the packaging pack 8, by changing the reversing direction by the reversing mechanism 15, the product tofu 93 can be stored in the packaging pack 8 with an arbitrary surface as the upper surface. It can be packaged with the good side facing up. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the dewatering molding cylinder extends in the vertical direction such that the length (height) of the long tofu formed in the internal molding space becomes the length (height) of two or more product tofus. The extending direction is not necessarily required to be vertical, but may be inclined. Further, the wall of the dewatering molding cylinder may have a draining function capable of dehydration molding, and in addition to the mesh plate and the mesh belt,
A cotton cloth, a wire mesh, a punched metal, a perforated plate, a synthetic fiber belt, a plastic mesh belt, or the like can be used. The draining member is preferably provided on all four surfaces of the dewatering molding cylinder, but is preferably provided on at least one surface. I just need. Also, the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is not limited to a square, but a circle, an ellipse,
It may be a triangle, a polygon, or the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of product tofu 93 is obtained from the long tofu 91 (extracted tofu 92).
The vertical direction in the case of dividing into pieces is a method according to the product tofu, such as a method of dividing in one direction in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. A method is conceivable, and division at right angles is not necessarily required, and division at an angle may be performed. In addition, a press for pressing the upper end surface of the long tofu formed in the molding space may be provided, and dehydration molding may be performed by using both the pressure of the press and the pressure due to the weight of the long tofu.

[0024]

As described above, in the dehydration molding apparatus for tofu of the present invention (claim 1), unlike the conventional method which presupposes the use of a press machine, the pressure due to its own weight is used. Therefore, it is possible to provide a dehydration molding cylinder extending vertically. Therefore, the plane space is smaller than that of the conventional flat form frame, and the installation space for the device is small. Further, since the dewatering molding cylinder is used, setting work such as laying a cotton cloth or the like is not required, and workability can be improved.

If a supply port is provided at the upper end, a take-out port is provided at the lower end, and a transverse cutter is provided at the take-out port (claim 2), the tofu to be taken out is cut and taken out successively while being continuously dewatered. When the supply device for the raw material tofu is provided at the supply port (claim 5), the supply amount and the take-out amount are balanced, and the pressure due to the weight of the long tofu becomes constant, so that the quality is uniformly stabilized. be able to.

When the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is formed to be the same as the plane shape of one product tofu to be manufactured (claim 3), the extracted tofu cut by the transverse cutter is used as the product tofu as it is. Can be.

When the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is formed into a plane shape corresponding to a plurality of product tofus to be manufactured (claim 4), the extracted tofu cut by the crossing cutter is cut into one product tofu by the longitudinal cutter. To divide the plane into
A plurality of product tofu can be produced at the same time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an operation process of a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a second embodiment and is an explanatory view of a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an operation process of a dehydration molding apparatus for tofu according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a longitudinal direction when dividing a plurality of product tofu from long tofu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 dehydration molding cylinder 12 supply port 13 molding space 14 take-out port 15 reversing mechanism 2 transverse cutter 3 tofu holding frame 31 longitudinal cutter 5 supply device 6 receiving member 90 raw material tofu 91 long tofu 92 take-out tofu 93 product tofu

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A molding space for molding a long tofu with the supplied raw material tofu is formed therein, and the filled tofu itself is dehydrated and formed by the pressure of its own weight of the long tofu filled in the molding space. A dehydration molding apparatus for tofu, characterized in that a dehydration molding cylinder to be extended is provided extending in a vertical direction. 2. A dehydration molding apparatus for tofu according to claim 1, wherein a supply port for the raw material tofu is formed at an upper end of the dehydration molding cylinder, and a take-out port for a long tofu is formed at a lower end of the dehydration molding cylinder. A dehydration molding device for tofu, which has a crossing cutter at the mouth that cuts out tofu from the lower end of long tofu in the size of one product tofu. 3. The tofu dehydration molding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is such that the product tofu 1 to be produced.
A dehydration molding device for tofu that is formed in the same shape as the flat shape of the tofu. 4. The tofu dehydration molding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the molding space is formed into a plane shape corresponding to a plurality of product tofus to be produced, and is cut from long tofu by a transverse cutter. A dehydration molding apparatus for tofu provided with a longitudinal cutter for dividing the extracted tofu into a plane shape corresponding to one product tofu. 5. The tofu dehydrating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a supply port is provided with a supply apparatus for raw tofu, the supply apparatus corresponding to an amount of tofu to be cut out and taken out by a transverse cutter. A dehydration molding apparatus for tofu, which is formed so as to supply a reduced amount of raw material tofu to a molding space from a supply port after cutting out the extracted tofu.