JP2001238606A - Drying device for rice confectionary dough - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drying device for rice confectionary dough aiming at the reduction of the labor of a worker and the reduction of the inferior products of the rice confectionary. SOLUTION: This drying device for the rice confectionary for drying the rapped rice confectionary dough and provided installing a plurality of metal conveyers by overlapping a plurality of stages in a hot air drying chamber having a long box shape and conveying the rice confectionaries loaded on the above metal net conveyer successively to the upper stage metal net conveyer for drying while circulating hot air to the inside of the above hot air drying chamber, is provided by installing compensating bars having elasticity and flexibility as crossing with cross bars between the cross bars and the metal net for preventing the hanging down of the net by taking a suitable interval, an automatic applying means of a releasing agent for automatically applying the releasing agent on the metal net conveyer for conveying the rapped rice confectionary dough into the hot air drying chamber, a next stage-moving means for moving the rice confectionary dough from the upper stage metal net conveyer to the lower stage metal net conveyer toward a driving drum of the upper metal net conveyer so as to constitute the next stage-moving means as freely detachable by a detaching device automatically, and a taking out conveyer in the lower direction of the above driving drum.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for drying rice confectionery dough represented by rice crackers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for drying rice confectionery dough of this kind, a plurality of rice confectionery doughs cut by a rolling die cutting device for drying rice confectionery dough are dried in a hot air drying chamber having a long box shape. A wire mesh conveyor is provided in multiple stages vertically stacked,
It is known that the cut confectionery dough is placed on the wire mesh conveyor while circulating hot air inside the hot air drying chamber, and is dried while being sequentially transferred from the wire mesh conveyor below the upper wire mesh conveyor.

[0003]

In recent years, rice confections typified by rice crackers have become more than just rice crackers due to the improvement of eating habits.
Products with various shapes, thicknesses and sizes have been developed and are on the market. In such a case, depending on the type of rice confectionery, if it is thin, or if it is thin and small, without using all of the wire mesh conveyors installed in multiple stages in the hot air drying room, Since the required drying may be completed in some cases, it is possible to increase the operating rate of the drying device and increase the economical effect by configuring the rice confectionery dough to be able to be taken out to the outside in the middle of the multi-stage wire mesh conveyor if necessary. It is desired in the sense of enhancing.

[0004] Further, since the rice confectionery dough that has just been cut out has viscosity, it may stick to the wire mesh conveyor and become a defective product. The release agent was manually applied to the wire mesh conveyor using a brush, but it was cumbersome, and the release agent that scattered around was not only unsanitary, but also slippery and dangerous. There was a problem.

[0005] Furthermore, if the wire mesh conveyor which moves the rice confectionery on top is slack, the rice confectionery dough sticks to each other and defective products are generated. Therefore, the conventional wire mesh conveyor supports the wire mesh to the chain. Although the pitch of the attached crossbar was narrowed to prevent the wire mesh from sagging from between the crossbars, if the number of crossbars is large, for example, if the wire mesh conveyor length is 200 mm, 300 mm The weight increases and places a burden on the chain and drive roller, and furthermore, pulsation (knocking) occurs,
There is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the entire wire mesh conveyor is increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice confectionery dough drying device which can reduce the weight and cost of a wire mesh conveyor, and can prevent sagging of the wire mesh. To be.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a rice confectionery dough drying device which is designed so that an appropriate amount of a release agent can be automatically applied to a wire mesh conveyor without requiring any manual operation. It is in.

[0008] A further object of the present invention is to automatically remove rice confectionery dough placed on a wire mesh conveyor and moved in a hot air drying room of a drying apparatus to the outside in the middle of a plurality of wire mesh conveyors. The present invention is to provide a rice cracker dough drying device.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is for drying a die-cut rice confectionery dough, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a hot air drying chamber having a long box shape. In a rice confectionery dough drying apparatus, a rice confectionery dough that is provided by being stacked in a plurality of stages and sequentially transfers the rice confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyer to the upper wire mesh conveyer while circulating the hot air inside the hot air drying chamber and dries is used. In order to prevent sagging, a compensation bar having elasticity and flexibility is provided at an appropriate interval between the crossbar and the wire net so as to cross the crossbar.

[0010] The present invention also relates to a method of drying a die-cut rice confectionery dough, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a stacked manner in a long box-shaped hot air drying chamber. In a rice confectionery dough drying device for drying while sequentially transferring the confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyor from the upper wire mesh conveyor to the next wire mesh conveyor while circulating hot air, the cut confectionery dough is heated with hot air. The present invention is characterized in that an automatic release agent applying means for automatically applying the release agent to the wire mesh conveyor conveyed into the drying chamber is provided.

[0011] The present invention is further intended to dry the die-cut rice confectionery dough, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a plurality of stages in a hot air drying chamber having a long box shape.
A rice confectionery dough drying device for drying while sequentially transferring the rice confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyor to the lower wire mesh conveyor while circulating hot air inside the hot air drying chamber, wherein the lower portion of the upper wire mesh conveyor is lower than the upper wire mesh conveyor. A next-stage transfer means for transferring the rice confectionery dough to the wire mesh conveyor is provided for the drive roller of the upper wire mesh conveyor, and the next-stage transfer means is configured to be automatically detached by a detachment device, and A take-out conveyor is provided below the drive roller.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a rice confectionery dough drying apparatus according to the present invention, and reference numeral 1 denotes a long box-shaped hot air drying chamber. The hot-air drying chamber 1 is covered with a heat insulating material and has a length of 80 m to 200 m.
In the drawings, the length is largely omitted. Inside the hot air drying chamber 1, a number of heating heaters 2 and a number of hot air stirring fans 3 are installed over substantially the entire length. Similarly, the wire mesh conveyors 4, 4,. Are suspended over several stages. Each stage of the wire mesh conveyor 4 has a drive roller 5 and an end roller 6 at both ends thereof, and only the uppermost wire mesh conveyor 4 is led out through an inlet formed at one end of the hot air drying chamber 1. It is suspended on an end roller 6 installed below the transfer conveyor 7 of the die cutting device.

On the outer periphery of the drive rollers 5 (although they are alternately arranged on the left and right sides) of each wire mesh conveyor 4, next-stage transfer means 8 for transferring rice confectionery from the upper wire mesh conveyor 4 to the next wire mesh conveyor 4. The rice cake on the upper wire mesh conveyor 4 is transferred to the lower wire mesh conveyor 4,
For example, the transfer endless belt 9 made of a campus cloth is lightly pressed into contact with the wire mesh conveyor 4 and the transfer endless belt 9 so that the rice confection is transferred. On the other end side of the hot air drying chamber 1, that is, on the side of the next stage transfer means 8 on the rear side, a desorption device 10 of the next stage transfer device 8 is provided.
Is attached. However, a desorption device is not provided on one end side of the hot air drying chamber 1, that is, on the side of the next-stage transfer device 8 on the side of the entrance 1 a. Further, a rice confection take-out conveyor 11 for taking out rice confectionery from the hot air drying chamber 1 is provided below the drive roller 5 to which the next-stage transfer device 8 on the side where the desorption device 10 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the wire mesh conveyor 4 includes a pair of left and right chains 12,
12 are connected by a plurality of crossbars 13 arranged at equal intervals, and a stainless steel or zinc wire net 14 is tied to the crossbar 13 with a wire (not shown) of the same material and attached thereto. In order to prevent the deviation, the stoppers 13a are attached to the respective crossbars 13 at appropriate positions. As shown in FIG. 4, if the wire mesh conveyor 4 sags between the crossbars 13 during use, the rice confections may stick together or overlap, causing defective products. As shown in FIG. 4, the mounting pitch of each crossbar 131 was about 150 mm to 155 mm, and could not be wider than this. However, if the mounting pitch of the crossbar 131 is reduced, if the wire mesh conveyor 401 is 100 m or 200 m,
As the number of crossbars 131 increases, the weight increases,
There is a problem that a load is applied to the chains 121, 121 and the drive roller 501, which causes a cutting accident and the like.
Note that the designation symbol 141 is a wire net.

According to the present invention, the mounting pitch of the crossbar can be made wider than that of the conventional one and the sagging of the wire mesh can be prevented by the following construction.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5,
The crossbar 13 is provided between each crossbar 13 and the wire mesh 14.
A plurality of rows of elongate leaf springs 15 are stretched perpendicular to. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a long leaf spring 15 having a convex section and a length of about 10 m to about 20 m is arranged with the convex side facing upward, and flat ends attached to both ends thereof. Specially shaped tension spring 16
In the embodiment, three rows are provided on both sides and the center, but the present invention is not limited to this. Other shapes may be used. At a suitable place, the wire bar 14 is stranded to the crossbar 13 using a wire mesh 17, as shown in FIG. The instruction symbol 18 is a rail on which the chains 12, 12 are mounted.

With this configuration, even if the pitch at which the crossbar 13 is attached to the chain 12 is wider than that of the prior art by one frame as shown in FIG. 4, the wire mesh 14 can be prevented from sagging. Can be done. Even with this implementation, one out of four crossbars 13 can be omitted, and if the wire mesh conveyor 4 is as long as 100 m to 200 m, the number of omitted crossbars becomes large.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show means for automatically applying a release agent to the wire mesh conveyor 4. FIG. In particular, as shown in FIG. 9, the automatic applying means 20 of the release agent is provided with a machine frame 2 attached to a rocking member 22 having one end hinged onto a base 21.
3, a pair of release agent transfer rollers 24, 25, which are provided opposite to each other with respect to the machine casing 23, and the upper part of the machine casing in contact with one of the release agent transfer rollers 24, 25 in contact with one of them. 23, a release agent discharge pipe 27 disposed above the other release agent transfer roller 25, and a pair of release agent transfer rollers 2
Excess release agent receiving container 28 installed below 4, 25
And a driving means 29 such as an air cylinder for swinging the swinging member 22 in the vertical direction together with the machine frame 23. The release agent discharge pipe 27 is provided with, as shown in FIG.
The release agent is sent from the release agent tank 31 with the pump 30 via the sending pipe 32, and the excess release agent is collected in the receiving container 28 and returned to the release agent tank 31 via the return pipe 35. .
The brush roll 26 is formed by winding a soft cloth such as a flannel 26b around the outside of the brush 26a, as shown in FIG. 8, so that the release agent is applied only to the surface of the wire mesh conveyor 4, and As described above, the release agent is prevented from adhering to the wire mesh conveyor 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic release means 20 for applying the release agent transfers the rice confectionery dough which is led out of the hot-air drying chamber 1 and transferred from the die-cutting device into the hot-air drying chamber 1. It is provided below the wire mesh conveyor 4 to be conveyed, and operates by turning on and off a limit switch 34 by a dog 33 attached to the cross bar 13 of the long wire mesh conveyor 4, as shown in FIG. It is devised as follows. That is, when the dog 33 attached to the cross bar 13 of the moving wire mesh conveyor 4 pushes the operating rod 34a of the limit switch 34 to turn it on, the driving means 29 operates and the swing member 2
The surface of the brush roll 26 is adhered to the wire mesh conveyor 4 by swinging the machine frame 23 via the wire 2. At that time, the pump 30 has already been operated to send the release agent from the release agent tank 31 to the release agent discharge pipe 27 via the sending pipe 32, and the release agent passes through the release agent transfer rollers 24 and 25. The release agent is transferred to the brush roll 26 thinly, and the release agent is applied only to the surface of the wire mesh conveyor 4. When the dog 33 returns after making a round with the wire mesh conveyor 4, the operating rod 34a of the limit switch 34 is pushed again, and
F, the machine frame 23
Is lowered to release the brush roll 26 from the wire mesh conveyor 4, and at the same time, the pump 30 is turned off to stop sending the release agent. While the automatic applying means 20 is operating, excess release agent that has flowed down from the release agent transfer rollers 24 and 25 is collected in the receiving container 28, and is returned to the release agent tank 3 via the return pipe 35.
Returned to 1. Note that whether to apply the release agent every one cycle of the wire mesh conveyor 4, every two cycles, or every three cycles can be arbitrarily selected as necessary. Waxeal (registered trademark) as a release oil for rice crackers as a release agent
Was diluted with water and used.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show a next-stage transfer device 9 with a detachable device at the other end of the hot-air drying chamber 1, that is, at the rear. In particular, as shown in FIG. 11, a machine frame 40, a bed roller 42 rotated by a driving force transmission gear 41 mounted on the upper portion of the machine frame 40, and a movably mounted inside the rear side of the machine frame 40. A sub-head roller 43 and a guide roller 44 attached to a lower portion of a substantially central portion outside the machine frame 40
And a frame 40 attached to the distal end side of the adjusting means 46 which is separately installed below the frame 44 via a pair of mounting members 45.
Roller 47, guide roller 4 located at the lower front side of
8, an end roller 50 for transporting a campus sheet suspended between the edge roller 49 and the head roller 42, the sub head roller 43, the reversing roller 47, the guide roller 48, and the edge roller 49, and a transport for the campus sheet. Plate 51 provided between the endless belt 50 for use and the adjusting means 46, and the liner plate 5
1 and a pressing endless belt 52 provided above the transfer endless belt 50, and a supporting member 53 supporting the pressing endless belt 52 has one end portion of the mounting member 54. Through machine frame 40
The free end side is suspended by an adjusting spring 56 with an adjusting screw rod 55 which can be moved vertically from the tip of the machine frame 40. Further, the machine frame 40 has wheels 40 for moving up and down on both sides thereof.
a, and the auxiliary head roller 43 is rotatably supported by a holding member 58 movably mounted in the front-rear direction between upper and lower rails 57 provided in the machine frame 40. Machine frame 4 connected to member 58
By rotating the adjusting screw rod 59 screwed to 0, it moves in the front-back direction. A drive motor 60 represented by a block is attached to a portion where the adjustment screw rod 59 protrudes from the machine frame 40, and the holding member 5
8 is moved in the front-rear direction together with the sub head roller 43 to correct the meandering of the transfer endless belt 50. This correction is performed by detecting the meandering of the transfer endless belt 50 using a photo sensor (not shown), and driving the drive motor 60 to move the holding member 58 to the sub head roller 43.
To adjust the meandering. still,
The instruction symbol 41a is a transmission gear for the sub head roller 43, and a driving force is transmitted from the transmission gear 41 via the chain 41b, and the driving force is further transmitted to the transmission gear 43a of the sub head roller 43 via the chain 43b. introduce.

Next, a drive motor 61 for movement is attached in cooperation with one of the wheels 40a for movement of the machine frame 40. By rotating the drive motor 61 for movement, especially in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 12, the machine frame 40 is moved in the fixed frame 70 on the side of the hot-air drying chamber 1 in a left-right direction in a self-propelled manner. Further, the indication symbol 62 is a stopper pin, and the indication symbol 63 is a limit switch of the moving drive motor.

The fixed frame 70 of the wire mesh conveyor 4 to which the next-stage transfer device 8 is mounted is located at the rear of the hot-air drying chamber 1 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, a next-stage transfer means 8 is set on the fixed frame 70 so as to face each drive roller 5 of each wire mesh conveyor 4, and the transfer endless belt 50 is provided with each drive roller. 5 is in contact with a wire mesh conveyor 4 wound around the outer periphery of the wire mesh conveyor 5. Since the structure of the next-stage transfer means 8 and the structure of setting the same to the fixed frame 70 are the same, only the uppermost one will be described. The next-stage transfer means 8 is set by suspending wheels 40a attached to the machine frame 40 on the rail 71. In order to maintain this set position, as shown in FIG. 11 in particular, a locking member 62 is attached to the machine frame 40 and engaged with a locking hole (not shown) provided in the fixed frame 70. The next-stage transfer means 8 keeps the set position. In this state, the transmission gear 41 of the next-stage transfer means 8
Is engaged with the drive gear 73, and the endless belt 50 for transfer.
To transmit the driving force. The transfer endless belt 50 presses the wire mesh 14 suspended from the driving roller 5 of the wire mesh conveyor 4 from the outside as described above, so that the rice confections placed thereon do not fall. The transfer speed is the same as the moving speed of the wire mesh conveyor 4. The pressing force of the transfer endless belt 50 against the wire net 4 varies depending on the thickness and the degree of drying of the rice confectionery. That is, as shown in FIG. 11 in particular, by rotating the handle 74 of the adjusting means 46 in either direction, the tension of the transfer endless belt 50 is adjusted, whereby the pressing force can be adjusted. .
The tension of the transfer endless belt 50 can also be adjusted by rotating the adjusting screw rod 59 as described above. The liner plate 51 is for preventing transfer above the liner plate, and is aligned on the transfer endless belt 50 in cooperation with a pressing endless belt 52 provided so as to be spaced apart from the endless belt 50. The endless belt 5 is pressed by a driving motor or other driving means (not shown) to prevent the rice confection from being disturbed.
The second moving speed is configured to be the same as the moving speed of the transfer conveyor 50.

On the side of the fixed frame 70, the demounting device 10 for the next-stage transfer means 8 is provided as described above. The detaching device 10 is erected so as to accumulate a moving frame 76 for internally receiving the next-stage transfer means 8 and a nut portion 77 attached to the moving frame 76 to move the moving frame 76 in the vertical direction. A threaded spindle 78, a column 79 for supporting the moving frame 76, wheels 76a mounted on the moving frame 76 meshing with guide rails 80 provided on the column 79,
An elevating device (with a motor) 81 with a positioning controller attached to the lower part of the spindle 78.

Therefore, the next stage transfer means 8 at a necessary place
When the rice confectionery is taken out and the endless belt 50 for transfer or the endless belt 52 for pressing is replaced, turning on the elevating device 81 rotates the spindle 78 and moves the moving frame 76 in the vertical direction. Then, it stops at the position of the next-stage transfer means 8 to be removed. Next, in this embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 11, the locking state of the locking member 62 is changed to a cylinder or other driving means 72.
And then the drive motor 61 is turned on and the wheels 40
12, the machine frame 40 is automatically moved from the fixed frame 70 into the moving frame 76 by the wheels 40a as shown in FIG.
The next-stage transfer means 8 is removed from the fixed frame 70 and is accommodated in the movable frame 76 by being moved from the inner rail 47 to the guide rail 82 of the movable frame 76. Then, it is stopped by the limit switch 63.

Then, the rice confectionery automatically falls onto the conveyor 11 for taking out the rice confectionery from the portion of the wire mesh conveyor 4 suspended from the driving roller 5 of the removed wire mesh conveyor 4 and the hot air drying chamber It will be taken out from 1 and transported to the next step. In the above embodiment, the next-stage transfer means 8 is of a self-propelled type, but it may be transferred using a linear motion device such as a cylinder device.

Therefore, the operation of each of the above-mentioned devices and means will be described comprehensively. As shown in FIG. 1, rice confectionery cut out by the die cutting device is moved out of the hot air drying chamber 1 by the transfer conveyor 7. It is conveyed to the wire mesh conveyor 4 that has been led out, and is carried into the hot air drying chamber 1 through the wire mesh conveyor 4 from the entrance 1a. Then, while moving to the rear side (left side in the drawing) on the uppermost wire mesh conveyor 4, it is transferred to the next wire mesh conveyor 4 through the first next-stage transfer means 8 while being dried by hot air. While being placed on the wire mesh conveyor 4, it is transferred to the inlet 1 a side (right side in the drawing) of the hot air drying chamber 1 while being dried by hot air, and is transferred to the next wire mesh conveyor 4 by the next-stage transfer means 8. As a result, it is usually sufficiently dried and falls from the end roll 6 of the wire mesh conveyor 4 at the lowermost stage, is taken out of the hot air drying chamber 1 via the rice confection taking-out conveyor 11, and is transferred to the next step. Will be.

In this case, the method of taking out the rice cracker on the way has been described above. Further, the automatic coating means 20 for automatically applying the release agent to the wire mesh conveyor 4 has also been described above. Further, as described above, the wire net 14 is designed so that the wire net 14 does not slack even if the pitch of the crossbar 13 is widened.

[0028]

The present invention is configured as described above.
The following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of crossbars can be reduced, so that the weight of the wire mesh conveyor can be reduced, the load applied to the chain can be reduced, and the chain can be prevented from being broken or broken. Furthermore, since the drip of the wire netting itself can be prevented by the leaf spring, it is possible to prevent sticking and overlapping of the rice crackers and to eliminate defective products.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the required amount of the release agent can be automatically applied to the surface of the wire mesh of the wire mesh conveyor. It can be omitted, it is hygienic without polluting the surroundings, and it can be applied only to the surface of the wire mesh, so the mesh of the wire mesh will not be clogged by the release agent, and the effect that it will be sanitary also in this aspect I can play.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the next-stage transfer means at an arbitrary position can be automatically removed, and the removed next-stage transfer means can be automatically dropped on the floor.
Compared to a conventional operation in which this operation is performed manually using a ladder or the like, the present invention has the effects of improving safety and facilitating replacement of the transfer endless belt.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the release agent discharged from the release agent discharge pipe is thinly stretched through the release agent transfer roller and adheres to the brush roll. The necessary amount of release agent can be applied to the wire mesh of the wire mesh conveyor by swinging the machine frame via the driving means and bringing the brush roll into contact with the wire mesh conveyor.

Further, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the disturbance of the rice confection transferred to the next wire mesh conveyor by the transfer endless belt can be effectively prevented by the liner plate and the pressing endless belt. Can be played.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the rice confection can be taken out by pulling away from the drive roller of the wire mesh conveyor at an arbitrary position without manual operation of the next-stage transfer means, and the transfer conveyor and the pressing conveyor can be removed. Conveyor replacement work can be automatically lowered onto the floor without the worker using a ladder to lower it on the floor, so there is no danger and the transfer and transfer conveyors can be easily replaced. Can be played.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a rice confectionery dough drying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the rice confectionery dough drying apparatus shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a conventional wire mesh conveyor.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a wire mesh conveyor according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of the wire mesh conveyor according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front sectional view of a part of the wire mesh conveyor according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part of the automatic release agent applying means according to the present invention.

8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a release agent automatic application unit illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of the release agent automatic application unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the next stage transfer means according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged side view of the next-stage transfer means shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a side view for explaining the operation of the next-stage transfer means shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hot-air drying room 2 Heater 3 Fan 4 Wire mesh conveyor 8 Next stage transfer means 9 Endless belt for transfer 10 Detachment device 11 Conveyor for taking out rice cake 12 Chain 13 Cross bar 14 Wire mesh 15 Leaf spring 16 Tension spring 20 Automatic coating means 21 Base 22 Swinging member 23 Machine frame 24 Release agent transfer roller 25 Release agent transfer roller 26 Brush roll 27 Discharge pipe 28 Receiving container 33 Dog 34 Limit switch 40 Machine frame 40a Wheel 42 Head roller 43 Sub head roller 44 Guide roller 50 Endless belt for transfer 51 Liner plate 52 Endless belt for pressing 75 Detachment device 76 Cage 77 Nut part 78 Spindle 79 Support post 80 Guide rail 81 Lifting device 82 Guide rail

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A hot-air drying chamber having a long box shape, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a stacked manner, and hot air is circulated inside the hot-air drying chamber. In the rice confectionery dough drying apparatus for sequentially transferring and drying the rice confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyor to the upper wire mesh conveyor while drying, to prevent sagging of the wire mesh, the rice candy dough is placed between the crossbar and the wire mesh. An apparatus for drying rice confectionery dough, characterized in that compensation bars having elasticity and flexibility are provided at appropriate intervals by being crossed with a cross bar. 2. A hot-air drying chamber having a long box shape, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a stacked manner, and hot air is circulated inside the hot-air drying chamber. In a rice confectionery dough drying apparatus for drying while transferring the rice confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyor from the upper wire mesh conveyor to the next stage wire mesh conveyor while drying, the cut confectionery dough is put into a hot air drying chamber. An apparatus for drying rice confectionery dough, characterized by comprising automatic release means for applying a release agent for automatically applying the release agent to a wire mesh conveyor to be conveyed. 3. A dried rice confectionery dough is dried, wherein a plurality of wire mesh conveyors are provided in a stacked manner in a long box-shaped hot air drying chamber, and hot air is circulated inside the hot air drying chamber. In a rice confectionery dough drying apparatus for drying while sequentially transferring the rice confectionery dough placed on the wire mesh conveyor to the upper wire mesh conveyor, the rice confectionery dough is transferred to a wire mesh conveyor below the upper wire mesh conveyor. The next-stage transfer means is provided for the drive roller of the upper wire mesh conveyor, and the next-stage transfer means is configured to be able to be automatically attached and detached by a detachment device, and a take-out conveyor is provided below the drive roller. A rice confectionery dough drying apparatus. 4. A pair of release agent transfer rollers horizontally opposed to a machine frame provided so as to be able to swing up and down, and one of the release agent transfer rollers. A brush roll, the surface of which is also attached to the machine frame in contact with a brush roll, covered with a soft water-absorbent sheet, and a release agent discharge pipe provided above the other of the release agent transfer rollers The rice confectionery dough drying apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a driving means for automatically swinging the machine frame. 5. A transfer endless belt, wherein a liner plate is attached below the transfer endless belt toward the edge roller, and a pressing endless belt is provided above the liner plate via the transfer endless belt. The rice confectionery dough drying apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: 6. A detachable device for the next-stage transfer means, comprising: a moving frame that moves vertically along a fixed frame on which the next-stage transfer means is set; and a moving frame between the movable frame and the fixed frame. The rice confectionery dough drying apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a driving means for moving the step transfer means.