JP2001008606A - Crepe-manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable food paste to thinly, uniformly and quickly be spread in a crepe-manufacturing process. SOLUTION: This equipment has a turntable 4 installed through a cover member 3 having a built-in intermittently driving mechanism 6 on a benchboard 2 in such a way that the turntable intermittently is driven to unidirectionally rotate. Plural pallets 5 are installed on the turntable 4 in such a way that they rotatably are placed along the circumference around the center of the turntable 4 at equal spaces and the following set of processes is repeated plural times: mounting a sheet S roasted together with a tray T on the pallet 5; extruding cream on the sheet S; and spreading the cream so as to become thin and uniform. In both the cream-extruding process and the cream-spreading process, only pallets 5 are driven to rotate at high speed by an intermittently driving mechanism 7 independently of the rotational motion of the turntable 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a crepe confectionery manufacturing process in which a thin stretched and baked product is coated with a kneaded food material and a plurality of crepe products are stacked and manufactured.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing crepe confectionery, which can apply the kneaded food material thinly, uniformly and quickly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of food production, automation is progressing, and it is possible to produce a large quantity of food of constant quality. However, there are cases where it is technically difficult to fully automate the equipment, and the equipment becomes large and the equipment cost increases.
In practice, this has an effect on the product cost, so that in practice, work and processes that must rely on manual labor remain. For example, a means that is relatively easy to automate is a means for transporting and transferring to a processing location such as raw material stirring, raw material filling, and heating. On the other hand, processes that must be manually performed include fine finishing of food, visual inspection of food, packaging, and the like.

[0003] Here, as an example of a Western confectionery which is one of the processed foods, for example, in a crepe confectionery,
(1) Mix chicken eggs, flour, sugar, oils and fats, flavors, etc.
(2) Thin sheets are roasted and molded into a predetermined shape, (3) once stocked, and (4) a number of these thin sheets are stacked while applying a thin cream between them, Then (5) cut it into a predetermined shape, put it in a box,
It is manufactured through the process of packaging and shipping. Of these steps, the step (4) is performed by a plurality of workers using a device called a cream spatula. That is, the cream spatula has a configuration in which a plurality of pallets are attached to the turntable so as to be able to rotate around the rotation axis in a radial manner.
The thin sheets obtained through (1) to (3) are placed one by one on the pallet via a tray, and the cream is squeezed onto the sheet by a squeezing machine. The work is repeated by thinning and smoothing the sheet, laying a sheet on the cream, squeezing out the cream again, and stretching it thinly.
Then, by repeating the predetermined number of times, that is, the predetermined number of times, a product having a constant thickness is obtained, and the cake is taken out and provided to the step (5).

[0004]

As described above, it can be seen that in such a cream spatula, a number of manual operations are required to perform a plurality of steps. Of these, skill is required to rotate the turntable in a stepwise manner at each angle at which each pallet is provided, and to spread and apply the cream squeezed onto the sheet thinly in a short time. The present invention has been proposed in order to improve such a point, a crepe confectionery manufacturing process in which a thin stretched and baked product is coated with a mashed food material and a plurality of crepe products are stacked and manufactured. An object of the present invention is to provide a crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus which can apply the kneaded food material thinly, uniformly and quickly.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a turntable is provided on a workbench so as to rotate around one direction and intermittently stop at a predetermined position. A step of providing a pallet rotatably at a position where the turntable is intermittently stopped, and placing a tray on which roasted thin-film food is placed at each stop position of the pallet; The process of discharging the mashed food material, the process of flattening the mashed food material thinly and uniformly is repeated a plurality of times, and the process of discharging the mashed food material is performed thinly and uniformly. At the time of the flattening step, a driving means for driving only the pallet at high speed rotation independently of the rotation of the turntable is provided. In the configuration described above, the pallets are driven to rotate at high speed so that the pallets are rotated in opposite directions to each other in the process of discharging the mashed food material and the process of thinning the mashed food material uniformly.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1
(Hereinafter, cream spatula 1) is shown. The cream spatula 1 is a turntable 4 mounted on a worktable 2 via a cover member 3 having a built-in intermittent drive mechanism (described later) so as to rotate in one direction and intermittently. A plurality of pallets 5 are rotatably mounted on the turntable 4 on the same circumference and at equal intervals around the turntable 4. In such a cream spatula machine 1, a step of placing a roasted sheet (described later) together with a tray (described later) on the pallet 5 and a step of discharging a kneaded food material (cream) onto these sheets. The process of making the cream thin and uniform is repeated several times.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, an intermittent drive mechanism 6 for intermittently driving the turntable 4 is mounted in the cover member 3 on the work table 2, although not described in detail. In addition, during the step of discharging cream and the step of flattening this cream into the cover member 3 on the work table 2, only the pallet 5 is moved at high speed independently of the rotation of the turntable 4. An intermittent drive mechanism 7 for rotating and driving is mounted.

The turntable 4 may have any suitable shape. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, six support arms 4a projecting six pallets 5 from the center of the turntable 4 at equal angles (60 °) from the center of the turntable 4 are provided. Can be formed. The six pallets 5 are configured to perform a series of work processes at respective positions by rotating and driving the turntable 4 by an intermittent drive mechanism 6 described later. For example, in the position (1) in FIG.
Discharging cream onto the thin film sheet placed on the pallet 5 via the tray by the cream ejector 8;
In the positions (2) and (3), the step of making the cream thin and uniform with a spatula or the like; in the position (4), the work of placing the tray on which the thin film sheet is placed on the pallet 5; In (2), it is possible to make settings such as a step of stacking thin film sheets (topping) and a transfer procedure at the position of (6). It is needless to say that these procedures can be appropriately changed depending on how to install the apparatus and the working environment.

Next, the pallet 5 has a shape in which four sides of a disk-shaped plate are cut out in an arc shape to form a substantially cross shape and a curved peripheral portion is curved. 9. It is rotatably mounted via a bearing 10 (see FIG. 2). Also, on the end side of the shaft 9,
A clutch plate 11 for intermittently receiving power from the intermittent drive mechanism 7 is attached.

Although not described in detail, the intermittent drive mechanism 6 may have a well-known structure. For example, a procedure is performed by the controller so that the intermittent drive mechanism 6 intermittently and sequentially rotates at each position where the pallet 5 is provided. Is set. As an example of the procedure, the pallet 5 can be configured to rotate to the next position and stop for a predetermined time S, and to rotate to the next position after stopping the predetermined time S. In this case, the stop time S is configured so as to be appropriately adjusted in consideration of the time required to achieve each process operation.

The intermittent drive mechanism 7 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a clutch plate 14 provided to be able to move up and down through a shaft 13 by a raising and lowering means 12 is provided.
And a motor 16 for applying a rotational force to a pulley 15 mounted on a shaft 13 for supporting the motor. That is, this motor 1
6, a belt 19 is stretched between a pulley 18 attached to an output shaft 17 and a pulley 15 attached to a shaft 13 for supporting the clutch plate 14, and the power of a motor 16 is
4 is transmitted to a shaft 13 supporting the same (see FIG. 6). The elevating means 12 is provided with a cylinder 21 for vertically moving the shaft 13 via a connecting shaft 20 at the lower end of the shaft 13 having the clutch plate 14 mounted on the upper end. The cylinder 21 has a built-in piston (not shown) that moves up and down in the cylinder by, for example, pneumatic pressure, and moves the shaft 13 up and down via a bolt 22 connected to the piston.
The clutch plate 14 is configured to be pressed against and separated from the clutch plate 11 attached to the end of the shaft 9 supporting the pallet 5. The clutch plate 14 is a disk having substantially the same size as the clutch plate 11 on the pallet 5 side, and a friction plate 23 for contacting the clutch plate 11 with a predetermined pressure is provided on the upper surface of the clutch plate 14. . The above-described intermittent drive mechanism 7 is configured to operate the pallet 5 in the position 1 in FIG. 2 (the step of discharging cream onto the thin film sheet placed on the pallet 5 via the tray by the cream ejector 8), 2 3 is provided at a position corresponding to position 3 (a step of making the cream thin and uniform with a spatula or the like).
When the clutch plate 11 is brought into contact with the clutch plate 14 so as to transmit the power of the intermittent drive mechanism 7, the clutch plate 1
4 may be rotated in different directions.
In this case, the number of rotations of the tray on the pallet 5 is 12 to 60 r.
pm.

The cream spatula 1 according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the operation will be described next.
The cream prepared in advance is put into the hopper of the cream ejector 8, the cream spatula 1 is started, and the turntable 4 is intermittently driven by the intermittent drive mechanism 6.
Then, the six pallets 5 supported by the support arms 4a of the turntable 4 stop at the six positions for a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 5 sec.).
It moves intermittently in one direction. The operator places the tray (4) on the pallet 5 (position (4)) around the turntable (4), (5)
(The step of stacking the thin film sheets S (topping)) and the positions of (2) and (3) (the step of making the cream thin and uniform with a spatula etc.) to start the operation (see FIG. 7). .

First, in the positions of (4) and (5), the ingredients mixed with chicken eggs, flour, sugar, oils and fats, flavors and the like are roasted into a thin sheet and roasted into a predetermined shape (substantially circular). The loaded tray T is intermittently placed on the pallet 5 which goes to the positions (4) and (5). When the pallet 5 supporting the tray T on which the thin film sheet S is placed reaches the position (1), the corresponding intermittent drive mechanism 7
Is actuated, the shaft 13 is moved through a bolt 22 connected to the piston by pneumatic pressure in the cylinder 21 of the elevating means 12.
, The clutch plate 14 is pressed against the clutch plate 11 attached to the end of the shaft 9 supporting the pallet 5, and the power of the motor 16 is applied to the shaft 13 supporting the clutch plate 14.
And the pallet 5 can rotate at a predetermined rotation speed. Simultaneously with the rotation of the pallet 5, cream is ejected from the cream ejector 8 onto the thin film sheet S. After a stop time required for this step, the clutch plate 11 of the intermittent drive mechanism 7 is disengaged from the clutch plate 11 on the pallet 5 side. The turntable 4 is rotated, and the following (2),
When the position (3) is reached, the corresponding intermittent drive mechanism 7 is further actuated to press the clutch plate 14 of the intermittent drive mechanism 7 against the clutch plate 11, whereby the clutch plate 11 rotates and the pallet 5 rotates. . In this case, the pallet 5 rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation in the position (1). Here, the cream discharged on the thin film sheet S is spread thinly with a spatula by a worker on standby, and a smooth cream layer is formed. At this time, since the pallet 5 is rotating at a predetermined number of revolutions, the worker only needs to apply a spatula on the cream, and can perform the applying operation efficiently and effectively. Then, the pallet 5 is again intermittently rotated by the next turntable 4 (4),
It is brought to the position of (5), and the above operation is repeated. By performing the above-described operation cycle as appropriate times, the thin film sheet S is formed as a product confection having a predetermined thickness with cream interposed. Then, the finished product confectionery is taken out and brought to a step of cutting into a predetermined shape, and then is packed in a box to be completed as a product.

[0014]

According to the present invention, in the manufacturing process of applying a refined food material to a roasted sheet-like food material and laminating a plurality of these sheet-like food materials, the refining process is performed. It has become possible to apply a thin food material more easily, uniformly, and quickly.

[0015]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.
It is an external appearance perspective explanatory view which shows one Embodiment of a cream spatula.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the cream spatula shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view showing working steps in the cream spatula shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of an intermittent drive mechanism provided in the cream spatula shown in FIG.

5 is another side view of the intermittent drive mechanism shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the intermittent drive mechanism shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a work situation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cream spatula 2 Work table 3 Cover member 4 Turntable 4a Support arm 5 Pallet 6 Intermittent drive mechanism 7 Intermittent drive mechanism 8 Cream ejector 9, 13 axis 10 Bearing 11, 14 Clutch plate 12 Elevating means 15, 18 Pulley 16 Motor 17 Output shaft 19 Belt 20 Connecting shaft 21 Cylinder 22 Bolt 23 Friction plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A turntable is provided on a worktable in one direction so as to rotate intermittently at a predetermined position so as to stop at a predetermined position, and the pallets are respectively rotated at positions where the turntable intermittently stops. A step of placing a tray on which the roasted thin-film ingredients are placed, and a step of discharging the dough-like ingredients onto these thin-film doughs, at each stop position of these pallets; In order to repeat the process of thinning and uniforming a plurality of times, the step of discharging the kneaded food material, in the process of thinning this kneaded food material uniformly, independently of the rotation operation of the turntable A crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus, wherein a driving means for driving only the pallet to rotate at high speed is provided. 2. In the step of discharging the kneaded food material and the step of making the kneaded food material thin and uniform, the pallets are driven to rotate at high speed so that they rotate in opposite directions to each other. The crepe confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein