JP2001211811A - Method of producing sweet or food squeezed in tea napkin and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device capable of producing squeezed sweets called Chakin Shibori (sweets squeezed in tea napkin) not by hand but by means of a mechanical device. SOLUTION: Sweet-squeezing and forming cloth bags 3 are hung down so that they may move on their orbit intermittently or continuously, and sections 4, 5, 6 are individually arranged along the orbit for charging the ingredient materials for the sweet in each bag, for squeezing and forming the charged materials and for taking out the resultantly formed sweets. Further, the steam injector for injecting the steam upward into the forming bag and the surrounding cover that surrounds the opening of the forming bag and sucks the steam injected from the steam injector together with sticking substances from the inside of the forming bag are provided on the downstream side of the taking-out section 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing squeezed confectionery or food and an apparatus for producing the confectionery or food, and in particular, can produce squeezed confectionery or food made by so-called tea squeezing without depending on manual work. The present invention relates to a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus thereof.

[0002] In the following, a description will be given mainly of squeezed confectionery, but the present invention can also be applied to squeezed foods to which squeezing such as so-called tea squeezing is applied, which is a food containing flour or husk powder as a main component.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, squeezed foods are generally or commercially available. These foods exhibit a special handmade flavor with a squeezed surface, and the handmade flavor is widely and generally popular.

For example, among these squeezed foods, there are tea sushi and the like. The tea sushi is a food in which a sushi meal or the like is wrapped in a thinly baked egg and the surface of which is so-called tea squeezed. Have been.

[0005] On the other hand, recently, in addition to the field of foods, in the field of Japanese confectionery and Western confectionery, such a type of confectionery has been popularized.
At present, confectioneries whose surface is so-called tea squeezed are popular among confectionery and are widely supplied to the market.

An example of a squeezed confectionery is a squeezed confectionery made by kneading sugar and the like into a material and finishing the confectionery material by so-called tea squeezing into a form similar to a kuri. The flavor of the squeezed confectionery is kept as it is, and the squeezed confectionery is made by squeezing it with a cloth such as a towel. The texture and flavor of the towel is transferred to the surface of the squeezed confectionery, and it is very popular because it has a simple flavor.

[0007] In addition, instead of expensive sushi, sweet potatoes and the like are used as a material, which are squeezed by a so-called tea squeezer to give a simple taste and a mellow taste. is there.

[0008] The molding by the so-called tea squeezing which gives such a flavor or the like is entirely performed manually. This manual work is complicated, and craftsmen wrap each piece of confectionery material, such as crisps and potatoes, in a cloth, such as a towel, and squeeze it. However, such manual production is extremely expensive, because confectionery and food cannot be mass-produced.

Furthermore, when squeezing by hand using a cloth such as a cloth, it is desired that the cloth such as a cloth is soaked in water and appropriately moistened.

That is, if the degree of wetness of water exceeds the limit, the confectionery material is excessively wet when squeezed. For this reason, the flavor is lost. On the other hand, if the degree of wetness of the wetting water is insufficient, the shape of the squeezed product will be damaged. A problem arises in that the confectionery adheres or penetrates into the cloth, and a part of the form of the squeezing is applied to impair the shape of the molded confection. Further, there is also a problem that a desired squeezing cannot be achieved for a confectionery material that has entered the texture of a cloth such as a cloth when squeezed, unless it is frequently washed and removed.

More specifically, even if the cloth such as a towel is appropriately moistened with water, the moisture is increased each time the squeezing is performed, and the degree of wetness is out of the proper range. When squeezing, it is difficult to keep the degree of wetness of a cloth such as a towel constant.

In view of the above, it is difficult to form all confectionery squeezed squeezed confectionery materials into a certain form by hand-working so-called tea squeezing, unless a skilled craftsman has considerable skill. Furthermore, if mass production is to be carried out while maintaining the form constant, it is necessary to process the operation of removing the confectionery material clogged in the cloth of the cloth, such as a cloth, prior to drawing. However, this process is difficult, and there are no examples proposed at present, so it is said that tea squeezing is a technique that can only be done manually by skilled craftsmen.

In this respect, from the viewpoint of mass production, it is considered that a method such as die cutting, which has been used for a long time, is appropriate for giving a shape created by drawing to a Japanese confectionery or a Western confectionery or the like. Can be With this die cutting, a confection having a shape somewhat similar to a squeezed confection can be made only by using a cutting die of a form created by so-called tea squeezing without using cloth such as a cloth.

However, according to such die cutting,
Since the surface of the molded confectionery is molded without intervening a towel or the like, the surface of the molded confectionery is different from the so-called tea squeeze shape, and the simple and soft flavor is impaired. For this reason, it is not possible to add added value to the confection itself, but rather the flavor is greatly lost and the commercial value is reduced.

[0015] From the above, the so-called tea squeezed confectionery is made by hand by a craftsman, and it is said that the method and apparatus for making the confectionery automation is difficult and has not yet been proposed.

[0016] For this reason, squeezed confectionery is extremely expensive because it is squeezed manually by using a cloth such as a towel one by one.

From this point of view, one factor that has led to the automation and rationalization of molding by the so-called tea squeezing is that the cloth must be interposed in the squeezing. On the other hand, it is also a fact that unless a cloth such as a cloth is interposed, the characteristics as a so-called tea cloth drawer cannot be exhibited.

In short, in order to develop a method and an apparatus for producing a squeezed food at least almost without manual work, it is indispensable to interpose a cloth such as a towel. In the case of intervening, it is absolutely necessary to process or mechanize the removal processing of the confectionery material clogged in the cloth, but mass production processes and mass production machines that achieve this purpose will be developed. No such process or mass production machine has yet been proposed or developed.

[0019]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above. More specifically, the present invention relates to mass-producing food and confectionery in the same manner as a so-called tea squeezing by hand. The present invention proposes a method and an apparatus for producing a squeezed confectionery or food having a handmade flavor similar to that squeezed by hand using a cloth such as a cloth with hand squeezing.

[0020]

That is, the present invention moves the inside of a molding bag intermittently or continuously, and puts the confectionery material into the molding bag for each of the moving sections, draws the confectionery material, and In the method of taking out the confectionery after molding in order and squeezing the confectionery material, steam is blown upward to the molding bag that passed through this removal section, while the steam inside the molding bag is forced together with the adhering matter of the molding bag. After removing the extraneous matter by suction, transfer the molded bag to the charging section again, and repeat the charging of the confectionery material, the squeezing of the confectionery material, and the removal of the confectionery after molding in each section. It is characterized by.

Further, in an apparatus suitable for carrying out the present invention, a molding bag is suspended so as to move intermittently or continuously, and the confectionery material is fed along the moving path of the molding bag.
Each section for squeezing the confectionery material and taking out the molded confectionery is provided, and a steam injection device that injects steam upward into the molding bag on the downstream side of this extraction section, and encloses the opening of the molding bag. An enclosing lid is provided for sucking the steam injected from the steam injection device together with the attached matter from the inside of the molding bag.

Hereinafter, the structure and operation of these means will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an apparatus suitable for carrying out the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the section for removing extraneous matter in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a layout diagram of an example of a drawing forming apparatus provided in the forming section shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of one operation mode of the opening / closing plate and the mold in the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of another operation mode shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of a molded bag suspended in the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a squeezed confectionery made by the apparatus shown in FIG.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates an apparatus for producing a squeezed confection suitable for carrying out the present invention. This manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a turntable 2. A molding bag 3 which will be described in detail later is attached to the rotating disk 2 at intervals, and a series of molded bags 3 is suspended from the rotating disk 2.

The turntable 2 rotates intermittently in one direction,
Sections 4, 5, and 6 for processing the confectionery material put into the molding bag 3 are formed at respective positions where the rotation is stopped for a certain period. While the turntable 2 rotates and the respective molding bags 3 move, various processes such as charging, molding, and taking out of the confectionery material are performed.

That is, the section 4 is a section for charging the confectionery material. Section 5 is a section for molding confectionery material. Section 6 is a section for taking out the confectionery after molding.

When the confectionery material moves in each of the sections 4, 5, and 6 with the rotation of the turntable 2, a predetermined process is performed in each section. Such a type is conventionally known as a turntable. It is called a bull type and is known and used as a means of automating and consolidating confectionery and food production processes. The present invention is also configured as a turntable type by hanging the molded bag 3 on the turntable 2, and when the turntable 2 rotates intermittently after a certain period of time, the feeding section 41 feeds from the input conveyor 41. Thrown in,
Moving to the next molding section 5, the confectionery material is subjected to a predetermined draw molding, and the molded confectionery is discharged via the take-out conveyor 61 in the take-out section 6.

It should be noted that an intermittent movable table type can be used if desired without using the turntable type as described above, and the molded bag 3 can be hung by hanging it. It can be configured as a system that moves sequentially, and any system is included in the present invention.

In short, the manufacturing apparatus 1 includes the sections 4,
The confectionery material is charged and processed while the molded bag 3 passes through the bags 5 and 6, and the confectionery is removed from the molded bag 3. After that, the above steps are continuously repeated.

In the manufacturing apparatus 1 having this configuration, a removing section 8 is provided between the take-out section 6 and the charging section 4 in order to remove the confectionery material adhering to the molding bag 3. That is, the removal section 8 is a section for sucking and removing the adhering matter that has adhered to the molding bag 3 and penetrated into the gap such as the cloth when the drawing molding is performed in the molding section 5. Because of the considerable removal, the squeezing of the confectionery in the molding section 5 can be performed effectively, specifically, without impairing the shape and flavor.

That is, in the molding section 5, as will be described in detail later, after the confectionery material is squeezed through the molding bag 3, the molding bag 3 moves to the take-out section 6. Then, the molded confection is taken out of the molded bag 3 and taken out, and the confection formed by the conveyor 61 is discharged. Subsequently, the empty molded bag 3 after the confectionery is discharged moves to the removal section 8, where steam is blown upward to the molded bag 3 by the steam injection device 81 described later. The upper opening is closed with a surrounding lid 82 described later, and the vapor is sucked. When a forced steam flow is formed between the steam injection device 81 and the surrounding lid 82 in this manner, the attached matter or intruding matter of the molded bag 3 can be suctioned and removed by being put on the steam flow. The molding 3 that has passed through the removal section is almost free of deposits, and in this state, again,
It is moved to the first charging section 4 and the next confectionery material is charged.

More specifically, in the removal section 8 provided downstream of the removal section 6,
As described later, while the steam is blown upward and the steam is sucked from above, an upward steam flow is forcibly generated in the molding bag 3. The adhering matter or intruding matter that has penetrated deeply into the net or the like of the molded bag by the upward steam flow is lifted up, discharged by a forced flow, and removed. When the deposits are removed, the rotating disk 2
The molding bag 3 returns to the molding section 5 again by the rotation of the mold bag, and is reused. At this time, the fibrous material and the texture of the molding bag 3 are almost free from adhering matter and infiltration. And handmade tea squeezer.

Generally, in a tea squeeze drawing using a cloth such as a cloth, if the number of times the cloth such as a cloth is used repeatedly, the cloth is immediately clogged, that is, a unique shape or the like due to the drawing cannot be obtained. Similarly, since the molded bag 3 used for the drawing molding is made of synthetic fiber and has a grain or a grain like cloth such as a towel, the grain or the grain of the molded bag 3 is squeezed at the time of drawing in the molding section 5. That is, if the molded bag 3 is used as it is, a squeezed food having a soft and good texture cannot be obtained. In particular, in the squeeze molding with the molding bag 3, the molding bag 3 is pressed from the side by a pair of molding dies, and an upward pressing force is applied by a pressing plate. If the squeezed confectionery of No. 3 is considerable, that is, if the squeeze molding is performed with the molding bag 3 while keeping the clogging, a soft and squeezed confectionery as a whole cannot be obtained.

The draw forming in the forming section 5 is usually performed using a forming apparatus 50 shown in FIG.
In FIG. 3, the molded bag 3 indicated by a dotted line is a state where the molded bag 3 is suspended from the turntable 2, and the molded bag 3 indicated by a solid line is deformed by being squeezed by a pair of opening and closing plates 511 and 512. Both are the same molded bag 3.

The molded bag 3 is used to give the confectionery 9 an effect equivalent to a so-called tea squeezer. Therefore, in order to achieve this object, it can be made of cotton or the like used for cloth such as a cloth, but in the present invention, it is made of synthetic fiber, and the flavor of the tea squeezer inside the synthetic fiber molded bag 3 is reduced. Applied to confectionery.

That is, in order to exhibit a simple flavor by so-called tea squeezing and to make full use of the characteristics of the material, it is necessary to interpose a cloth such as a towel. This has already been described. Therefore, excluding the problem of durability, the molded bag 3 can be made of a cloth such as cotton to give a simple flavor such as tea squeezing. However, fibers such as cotton do not have rigidity, and cannot form the folds 32 (see FIG. 6) on the side surfaces.

The present inventors have examined this point. As a result, when the molded bag 3 is made of mesh-like or fibrous synthetic fibers among synthetic resins, the synthetic bag has a fibrous cloth structure similar to cotton cloth. The flavor is given, and the unevenness such as the folds 32 (see FIG. 6) formed on the surface is transferred to the folds 91 of the confectionery 9 without being restored.

As shown in FIG. 6, the upper end of the molding bag 3 is opened so that the confectionery material is introduced from the upper end opening, and the lower end is closed to form a bag. If it can be configured in a bag shape in this way, it can be configured in any form other than the shape shown in FIG.

The molded bag 3 shown in FIG. 6 is formed in a truncated cone shape. When the confectionery material is charged, the internal portion of the confectionery material is divided, and the confectionery is divided in the divided molding section 33 (see FIG. 3). 9 is molded. At the upper end of the frusto-conical shaped bag 3,
As described above, the upper edge 31 (see FIG. 3) is formed by edging, and is set on the turntable 2 through the portion.

Squeezed confectionery 9 squeezed by a so-called tea squeezer
In the figure, a throttle portion is formed in the upper part, and a fold 91 is formed in the throttle portion. (See FIG. 7) In order to form the folds 91 at the squeezed portion, vertically long folds 32 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the molding bag 3. As shown in FIG. 7, as shown in FIG. 7, when the confection is squeezed, uneven folds 91 are transferred to the surface of the confection 9 to form a confection.

For this reason, it is necessary that the molded bag 3 on which the folds 32 are formed in advance be configured so that the folds 32 on the surface do not disappear even if the compressive force applied at the time of drawing is applied repeatedly.

From this point, the molded bag 3 is made of a material having a certain degree of rigidity and capable of forming the folds 32 on the outer periphery by heating. Such a synthetic fiber is made of a sheet material in which a fiber such as a thermoplastic resin is used as a core material. The sheet material is plasticized by heating, and the folds 32 can be easily formed. In addition to forming the molded bag 3 with a sheet material composed of such synthetic fibers, the molded bag 3 may be composed of a material containing synthetic fibers as a part of the sheet material. As such fibers, synthetic fibers such as polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyurea, and polyurethane are preferable.

In the case of the molded bag 3 made of such a material, since the material itself is thermoplastic, when a mold having a fold on the surface is fitted to the molded bag 3 and heat is applied, the folds of the mold are obtained. As a result, the pleats 32 are formed on the side surfaces of the molding bag 3. (See FIG. 6.) Since the material sheet itself is a synthetic fiber, the fold 32 does not disappear even when an external force is applied to the fold 32 or the squeeze is performed during molding.

At the time of drawing by the suspended molded bag 3, a part of the molded bag 3 is closed to form the molded portion 33. This closing is performed by the closing device 51. In this way, a part of the molding bag 3 is closed by the closing device 51,
When the internal portion of the confectionery material is divided, the molded portion 33 can be formed. The closing device 51 includes a pair of opening / closing plates 51.
The opening / closing plates 511 and 512 are configured so as to approach or separate from each other with the molded bag 3 interposed therebetween. When a part of the molded bag 3 is closed, a molded portion 33 is formed. In the forming section 33, a pressing force is applied to the confectionery material between the pair of forming dies 52, 53 and the pressing plate 54, so that the squeezed confectionery 9 can be formed.

A pair of molding dies 52 and 53 are
The confectionery material in the molding portion 33 of the molding bag 3 is disposed orthogonal to the lower portions of the molding bags 3 and presses the pair of molding dies 52 and 53 from the outer periphery of the molding bag 3 while being pressed. An upward force is applied by 531 to form the integrated mold 5
The confectionery material is pressed against the molds 2 and 53 to be molded. Therefore, the confectionery material in the molding part 33 is a pair of molding dies 52, 5
A confection according to the shape of 3 is molded.

At this time, since the pair of molding dies 52 and 53 are made of a material or a structure that gives a certain degree of elasticity like a hand, the confectionery material is squeezed manually through the molding bag 3 in the same manner. Squeezed.

The pressing plate 531 for pressing the confectionery material against the pair of molds 52 and 53 is configured to press upward with some elasticity.

As described above, in the molding section 5, the confectionery material in the molding section 33 is pressed vertically and horizontally via the molding bag 3 and molded to achieve the same effect as the tea squeezer. However, in order to achieve this effect, it is necessary to move the molded bag 3 to the removal section 8 as follows, where almost all of the deposits on the molded bag 3 are removed.

That is, the removing section 8 is provided with a steam injection device 81 for spraying steam upward into the molded bag 3, and an surrounding lid 82 is provided corresponding to the steam injection device 81, and the steam injection device 81 is provided. , An upward steam flow is forcibly generated between the surrounding lid 82 and the surrounding lid 82 to remove deposits. The surrounding lid 82 is configured to be able to move up and down on the turntable 2. When the molded bag 3 reaches the removing section 8, the surrounding lid 82 is covered so as to surround the opening of the molded bag 3.

A suction duct 821 is connected to the surrounding lid 82, and a lifting rod 822 is attached to the suction duct 821.
The lifting rod 822 is configured to be able to move up and down by a crank or the like.

A steam pipe 811, a steam pipe 811,
A steam injection valve 812 and a valve operating rod 813 are provided, and steam from the steam pipe 811 is upwardly injected by the injection valve 812, and steam enters through the cloth of the molding bag 3 to soften deposits on the confectionery material. Most of the material is detached from the cloth of the molded bag 3, and the attached matter is easily detached, and separates from the molded bag 3 and floats. In this state, the molded bag 3
The vapor is drawn at high speed by the suction force based on the surrounding lid 82 which covers the opening, and the attached matter of the molded bag 3 can be suctioned and removed with a high yield.

[0058]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the confectionery material is formed by suspending the molding bag into which the confectionery material is charged, and sequentially passing the sections through the loading, drawing and unloading sections. And molded through a molding bag. While upward steam is sprayed on the molding bag used for molding the confectionery material, the vapor is sucked from above the molding bag to form a forced steam flow penetrating the molding bag. The material adhering to the molded bag is softened and removed.

For this reason, when the confectionery material is molded according to the present invention, since the molding is carried out with a fibrous molded bag interposed therebetween, the same squeezing as the manual squeezing using a cloth such as a cloth can be achieved. Can be achieved. In addition, since the molded bag used for this molding is removed by floating the attached matter by a steam flow penetrating therethrough, most of the attached matter can be removed, and since this steam flow is made of heated steam such as steam, Even the adhering matter that has invaded into the cloth of the molded bag softens and floats, and the adhering matter can be removed very effectively.
For this reason, according to the present invention, since the molding of the confectionery material is always performed by a molding bag having almost no clogging and having no attached matter, the outer shape of the squeezed confectionery is the same as that of the tea squeezed by hand. It will be indistinguishably close.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a device suitable for carrying out the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an adhering matter removing section in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a layout view of an example of a drawing forming apparatus provided in a forming section shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of one operation mode of an opening / closing plate and a mold in the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from a plane.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram viewed from the plane of another operation mode shown in the same manner as FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of a molded bag suspended in the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a squeezed confectionery made by the apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 squeezed confectionery manufacturing device 2 turntable 3 molding bag 4 input section 5 molding section 6 extraction section 8 removal section 9 confectionery 32 folds 41 input conveyor 50 molding device 511, 512 open / close plate 61 extraction conveyor 81 steam injection device 82 surrounding lid 91 Confectionery folds

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An intermittent or continuous movement in a molding bag, and the feeding of a confectionery material into the molding bag, the squeezing of the confectionery material, and the removal of the confectionery after molding are sequentially performed for each moving section. In the method of squeezing and squeezing the confectionery material, steam is blown upward into the molding bag passing through the take-out section, while the steam in the molding bag is forcibly sucked together with the adhesion to the molding bag to remove the adhesion. After the removal, the molded bag is transferred to the charging section again, and the confectionery material is sequentially charged in each section, the confectionery material is formed by drawing, and the formed confectionery is taken out repeatedly. . 2. A molded bag is suspended so as to move intermittently or continuously, and a confectionery material is charged, a confectionery material is squeezed, and a molded confectionery is taken out along the movement path of the molded bag. A section is provided, a steam injection device for injecting steam upward toward the inside of the molding bag on the downstream side of the take-out section, and a steam injected from the steam injection device by covering the opening of the molding bag from the inside of the molding bag. An apparatus for producing a squeezed confectionery, comprising: a surrounding lid for sucking together with the attached matter.