JP2001246293A - Nozzle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nozzle device for manufacturing a sausage of a double helical structure, the contents of which can be visually determined as two different kinds of raw materials even from its outlook. SOLUTION: This nozzle device is equipped with a cylindrical outer cylinder member 1 and a cylindrical inner cylinder member 2 coming into contact with the internal periphery of the outer cylinder member 1. A first material discharge aperture 4 is formed at the tip face 3b of a gap space 3 formed with the internal peripheral face 1d of the outer cylindrical member 1 and the outer peripheral face 2e of the inner cylindrical member 2 and a second material discharge aperture 5 is formed at the protrusion part 2c of the inner cylindrical member 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nozzle device for producing a so-called marble-shaped sausage in which a pair of sausage raw materials having different raw material configurations are co-filled in a spiral layer in a casing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, processed meat foods such as sausages have become widespread on general consumers 'dining tables, and have become consumers' favorite foods. And, for the purpose of adapting to the taste and taste of consumers, processed meat products such as high-quality sausages are being developed.

[0003] As described above, in the development of a new sausage, a combination of sausage raw materials is devised to improve the structure of the sausage and the sausage to obtain a more novel taste and texture. Is being pursued.

For example, sausage with a core as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-25464 has been manufactured.

[0005]

However, a sausage manufactured by a nozzle mounted on such a conventional sausage filling apparatus is completely one-color in appearance even if it is made of two kinds of materials. However, consumers cannot be attracted from the appearance.

[0006] Recently, with the diversification of consumers' tastes, it has been desired to have an appetizing sausage that is not only the contents of the sausage but also the appearance is colorful.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to produce sausages having a double spiral layer structure (marble shape) which can be understood to be composed of two kinds of raw materials having different appearances. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a nozzle device.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nozzle apparatus having a first closed end.
A first material supply passage in the first tube, a second material supply passage in the second tube, and a first and a second material. Accept the first port
Forming a first material discharge port at the distal end of the first tube material, forming a first material discharge port at a distal end portion of the first tube material, the first material material being formed on the base end side of the first tube material and the second tube material, respectively, and communicating with the first and second material supply paths; A second material discharge port is formed at the tip of the second tube.

With this configuration, when the nozzle device is mounted on a sausage manufacturing machine, the first and second material receiving ports are connected to a staffer, and the nozzle device is operated at an appropriate rotation speed.
The first material is supplied from the first material receiving port, and the first material is supplied to the first material receiving port.
Is spirally injected into the casing from the first discharge port through the material supply path. On the other hand, the second material is supplied from the second material receiving port, and passes through the second material supply passage.
Is spirally injected into the casing from the discharge port. The first material and the second material spirally injected into the casing are hardly mixed with each other,
Together, they form a double spiral layer (marble-like) structure.

[0010] Alternatively, an outer cylinder member whose base end is closed, and an inner cylinder member eccentrically in contact with the inner periphery of the outer cylinder member are provided in the outer cylinder member, and the closed distal end of the inner cylinder member is provided. Projecting from the distal end of the outer cylinder member, while forming a space between the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member as a first material supply path, and inside the inner cylinder member as a second material supply path, First and second material receiving ports which are respectively independently communicated with the first and second material supply passages are formed at the base end sides of the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member, and are formed at the distal ends of the outer cylinder member. The first material discharge port may be formed, and the second material discharge port may be formed at a protruding portion of the inner cylindrical member.

According to this structure, a marble-shaped sausage can be obtained, and the nozzle device mounted on the sausage manufacturing machine has the first cylindrical member adhered to the inner periphery of the outer cylindrical member. And the second material receiving port can be arranged in the same direction, and can continuously receive two types of materials simultaneously from the stuffer.

[0012] Further, a cylindrical outer cylinder member having a closed base end, and inside the outer cylinder member, a tip which is in contact with the inner periphery of the outer cylinder member and whose tip projects from the tip of the outer cylinder member and whose base end is formed by A cylindrical inner cylinder member that is inserted and retracted from the base end of the outer cylinder member, the tip of which is closed and the base end is open, and an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder member and an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder member. The tip surface of the gap space of
One end is closed and the other is opened with respect to a plane including the axis of both the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member, and the front end surface of the clearance space on the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion of the inner cylinder member is closed. An opening is formed in a portion located on the side where the opening is formed over a predetermined angle range centered on a direction perpendicular to the plane as viewed from the axial direction, a base end surface of the gap space is closed, and the outer cylinder is closed. A first material receiving port communicating with the gap space is formed in an outer peripheral surface of a base end portion of the member, and an open portion of a distal end surface of the gap space forms a first material discharge port, and the outer cylinder A second material receiving port is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the member located closer to the base end than the base end of the inner cylinder member, and an opening of a protruding portion of the inner cylinder member serves as a second material discharge port. It may be configured.

With this configuration, the material filled in the first material supply path is discharged in the axial direction of the tip, while the material filled from the second material supply path is closed at the tip of the inner cylindrical member. Therefore, since the liquid is discharged in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction from the opening of the protruding portion (second material discharge port), the boundary of the spiral layer also clearly emerges in this case, that is, different material colors are formed. Sausages clearly emerged in a marble shape.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a nozzle device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a three-view diagram showing a tip portion of the nozzle device shown in FIG. 4 is FIG.
It is sectional drawing of the locking valve position shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the nozzle device N
Consists mainly of a cylindrical outer tube member 1 (second tube member) and a cylindrical inner tube member 2 (second tube member) eccentrically fitted therein. The proximal end 1a of the outer cylinder member 1 is closed by being connected to the insertion member 11, but the distal end 1b of the outer cylinder member 1 is an open end to form a discharge port for a material described later. I have. The proximal end 2 a of the inner cylindrical member 2 is open facing the inside of the proximal end of the outer cylindrical member 1. The inner cylinder member 2 has a portion 2c protruding from the position of the tip 1b of the outer cylinder member 1, and the tip 2b is closed. That is, the base end 2a side of the inner cylinder member 2 is inserted from the distal end 1b of the outer cylinder member 1, and is provided in an eccentric state in contact with the inner circumference 1c of the outer cylinder member 1. At this time, the proximal end 2a of the inner cylindrical member 2 is
, And is fixed by being inserted into a through hole 9c of a locking valve 9 fixed to the outer cylinder member 1.

The space formed between the inner peripheral surface 1d of the outer cylinder member 1 and the outer peripheral surface 2e of the inner cylinder member 2 forms a first material supply path 3, and the inside of the inner cylinder member 2 is formed. A second material supply path 10 is provided. At the base end 3a of the first material supply path 3,
The locking valve 9 is arranged at a predetermined position from the base end 1 a of the outer cylinder member 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, one end of a front end face 3b of the first material supply passage 3 is closed with a plane 6 including the axes of both the outer cylinder member 1 and the inner cylinder member 2 as a boundary. , The other is opened. The opened portion forms the first material discharge port 4.

On the other hand, the second material discharge port 5 is
The outer cylindrical surface 2e of the outer peripheral surface 2e of the protruding portion 2c is opened over a predetermined angle range centered on a direction perpendicular to the flat surface 6 on the side closed with the flat surface 6 as a boundary. Is formed so as to be in contact with the distal end surface 3b of the outer cylinder member 1 when viewed from the radial direction of

The second material discharge port 5 is formed by cutting the peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical member 2 on the opposite side (far side) of the first material discharge port 4 to a certain extent. The first material supplied from the material supply path 3 is discharged in the axial direction from the tip of the outer cylinder member 1, while being supplied from inside the inner cylinder member 2 (that is, from the second material supply path 10). Second
Is discharged in the radial direction from the second discharge port 5 on the far side. Thus, the different materials do not immediately mix immediately after ejection, but rather the two materials form a marbled or double helical structure.

Here, the nozzle device N used in this embodiment is
The outer cylindrical member 1 has an outer diameter of 10 mm and a length of 550 mm, and the inner cylindrical member 2 has an outer diameter of 6 mm and a length of 560 mm. The cross-sectional area of the first material discharge port 4 of the present embodiment is approximately 17.7 mm ² , and the cross-sectional area of the second material discharge port 5 is 1
2.2 mm ² . The reason why the half of the open end of the outer cylinder member 1 is closed as shown in FIG. 3 is to prevent a large difference in the cross-sectional areas of the first and second material discharge ports. By doing so, the spiral layer becomes substantially uniform without a large difference, and the appearance of the sausage is improved.

The base end face 3a of the first material supply passage 3 is closed by a locking valve 9. The first material receiving port 7 is
The outer cylindrical member 1 is provided on the outer peripheral surface 1 e of the base end portion and communicates with the first material supply passage 3. Second material receiving port 8
Is provided on the outer peripheral surface 1e of the outer cylinder member 1 on the base end side of the proximal end 2a of the inner cylinder member 2 and communicates with the second material supply passage 10 of the inner cylinder member 2. In other words, the first and second material supply paths 3 and 10 are independent of each other, and the independent first and second material receiving ports 7 and 8 communicate with each other. Do not mix.

As shown in FIG. 4, the outer surface 9a of the locking valve 9
Is fixed to the inner peripheral surface 1d of the outer cylindrical member 1 and has a circular through hole 9
c and the inner peripheral surface 9b is
Is fixed to the outer peripheral surface 2e.

Next, the operation of the nozzle device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a sausage manufacturing machine to which the nozzle device according to the present invention is mounted, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the operation of filling the casing with the tip of the nozzle device according to the present invention.

It should be noted that the sausage manufacturing machine itself is a prior art, and here, only the one according to the present invention will be briefly described.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the insertion member 11 of the nozzle device N of the present invention is inserted into and fixed to a rotation shaft 12 having a rotation drive mechanism A. The nozzle device N is inserted into the stuffer mechanism B as the sausage manufacturing machine proceeds to the stuffer mechanism B side. Next, the first material is supplied to the first material receiving port 7 and the second material is supplied to the second material receiving port 8 from the stuffer mechanism B. The first material passes through the first material supply path 3, and the second material passes through the second material supply path, and is supplied to the first and second material discharge ports 4 and 5, respectively.

Simultaneously with the advance of the nozzle device N, the rotary casing supporting mechanism C connected to the stuffer mechanism B sends the compressed casing 1 from the casing supply mechanism D.
3 (not shown) is rotatably loosely inserted into the tip of the nozzle device N. At this time, the other end of the casing 13 is previously closed by the rotary casing support mechanism C. Then, while rotation is given in the nozzle device N, the first material is ejected from the first material ejection port 4 and the second material is ejected simultaneously from the second material ejection port 5 into the casing in a spiral manner. Next, the casing filled with the double spiral structure is passed through a stamping mechanism E disposed in front of the rotary casing support mechanism C, and when the casing reaches a predetermined length, the instant of the stamping mechanism E is restored. By the closing operation, the seal is performed from around the casing, the material in the casing is cut off, and the casing is twisted.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are external views of sausages filled using the nozzle device N according to the present invention, FIG. 7A is an external perspective view of sausages, and FIG. 7B is a view taken on line II-II of FIG. It is sectional drawing.

As shown in FIG. 7, the sausage manufactured from the nozzle device N according to the present invention has a double spiral structure. Here, in this specification, the double helical structure refers to a helical structure in which the first material and the second material are integrated and twisted without a gap.

[0031]

The nozzle device according to the present invention is embodied in the above-described embodiment, and has the following effects. (1) The first material is discharged from the first material discharge port of the nozzle device.
Even if the second material is continuously and simultaneously injected from the second material discharge port of the nozzle device into the casing, the first material and the second material are discharged.
Can be combined to form a double helical structure without mixing with each other. (2) Since the inner cylinder member is bonded to the inner periphery of the outer cylinder member,
Since the material receiving port and the second material receiving port can be arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical member in the same direction, two types of materials can be continuously and simultaneously received from the stuffer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a nozzle device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a three-view drawing showing a tip portion of the nozzle device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the locking valve shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a sausage manufacturing machine equipped with the nozzle device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of filling a casing with a tip portion of the nozzle device according to the present invention.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are external views of sausages filled using the nozzle device N according to the present invention, FIG. 7A is an external perspective view of sausages, and FIG. 7B is a view taken along the line II-II of FIG. It is a figure sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 outer cylinder member 1a base end 1b tip 1c inner circumference 1d inner circumference 1e outer circumference 2 inner cylinder member 2a base 2b tip 2c projecting portion 2e outer circumference 3 first material passage 3a base end face 3b tip face 4 first 5 Material discharge port 5 2nd material discharge port 6 Plane including axes of both outer and inner cylinder members 7 1st material receiving port 8 2nd material receiving port 9 Lock valve 10 2nd material passing Road 11 Insertion member 12 Rotary shaft 13 Casing A Rotary drive mechanism B Stuffer mechanism C Rotary casing support mechanism D Casing supply mechanism E Crest mechanism

Claims (3)

[Claims] A first pipe member having a base end closed and a second pipe member, a first material supply passage in the first tube material, and a second material supply passage in the second tube material. The first and second material receiving ports are formed at the base end sides of the first and second pipes, and communicate with the first and second material supply paths, respectively; A nozzle device comprising: a first material discharge port formed at a front end of a first pipe material; and a second material discharge port formed at a front end of the second pipe material. 2. An outer cylinder member having a closed base end, and an inner cylinder member eccentrically contacting an inner periphery of the outer cylinder member in the outer cylinder member, wherein a closed distal end of the inner cylinder member is provided. Projecting from the tip of the outer cylinder member, while forming a space between the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member as a first material supply path, and inside the inner cylinder member as a second material supply path; First and second material receiving ports, each of which communicates independently with the first and second material supply passages, are formed at the base end sides of the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member, and are formed at the distal ends of the outer cylinder member. A nozzle device having a first material discharge port and a second material discharge port formed at a protruding portion of the inner cylindrical member. 3. A cylindrical outer cylinder member having a closed base end, wherein the outer cylinder member has an inner periphery in contact with an inner periphery of the outer cylinder member, and a distal end protruding from a distal end of the outer cylinder member, and a base end disposed in the outer cylinder member. A cylindrical inner cylinder member which is inserted and retracted from the base end of the outer cylinder member, the tip of which is closed and the base end of which is opened, and an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder member and an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder member; One end of the distal end surface of the first material supply path formed of the gap space is closed and the other is opened on a plane including the axis of both the outer cylinder member and the inner cylinder member, and the other is opened. A portion of the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion, which is located on the side where the tip end surface of the first material supply path is closed, extends over a predetermined angle range around a direction perpendicular to the plane when viewed from the axial direction. An opening is formed, and a proximal end surface of the first material supply passage is closed, and the outer peripheral surface of a proximal end portion of the outer cylindrical member is closed. A first material receiving port communicating with the material supply path is formed, and an open portion of the distal end surface of the first material supply path constitutes a first material discharge port. A second material receiving port is provided on an outer peripheral surface of a portion located closer to the proximal end than the proximal end of the inner cylindrical member,
A nozzle device communicated with a second material supply passage formed in the inner cylinder member, wherein an opening of a protruding portion of the inner cylinder member constitutes a second material discharge port.