JP2002142743A - Machine for holding ground meat food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine for molding a ground meat food, which can automatically mold the ground meat food consisting mainly of fish meat such as cod meat or chicken in an approximately spherical shape having a dent on its lower side to produce a 'dumplings'-like ground meat food. SOLUTION: This machine for molding the ground meat food, characterized by comprising a hopper 1 in which an extrusion mechanism 2 for extruding the ground meat food into constant volume portions is built, a cylindrical mold 3 to be charged with the extruded ground meat food, a cutter 5 which is disposed in the mold and used for cutting off the ground meat food charged in the mold 3, and a press mold 6 which is disposed in a state capable of being pressed from the lower side of the mold 3 and is used for forming the dent on the lower side of the ground meat food charged in the mold 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine for forming ground meat food, and more particularly to a so-called "tsumire" in which a ground meat mainly composed of fish or chicken meat such as sardine is formed into a substantially spherical shape having a concave portion on the lower surface. The present invention relates to a crushed food forming machine for automatically producing a mashed food having the shape of "".

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, tempura made of fried meat such as fish meat and the like is fried with edible oil, extruded from a nozzle formed into a predetermined shape, cut with a cutter or the like, and further cut as necessary. Accordingly, after being shaped into a required shape, it is poured into heated edible oil and is fried. This tempura made by fried fish meat or the like mainly with edible oil is usually formed into a shape that can be easily manufactured by a molding machine, for example, a disk shape, a square plate shape, a spherical shape, or the like.

[0003]

As described above, since the conventional grinder food forming machine automatically forms the grind into a shape that can be easily manufactured, the grind has a concave portion on the lower surface. It has been difficult to automatically produce a scallop-shaped ground food that is formed into a sphere. For this reason, there has been a problem that "tsumire" cannot be mass-produced in a factory unless it is made by grasping one by one manually at a home or a restaurant.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional grind food forming machine, and has been described as forming a grind mainly composed of fish or chicken such as sardine into a substantially spherical shape having a concave portion on the lower surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide a crushed food forming machine capable of automatically producing crushed crushed food.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a machine for forming a ground food product comprising a hopper having a lower part equipped with an extruding mechanism for extruding the ground meat by a fixed amount, and connected to the hopper and extruded. A cylindrical mold that is filled with the ground grind, a cutter that is disposed on the mold and that cuts and separates the grind filled in the mold, and that is arranged to be able to be pressed from below the mold. And a pressing die for forming a concave portion on the lower surface of the ground meat filled in the molding die.

[0006] This crushed food molding machine automatically forms a crushed crushed food by forming the crushed meat into a substantially spherical shape having a concave portion on the lower surface so that the broth can easily permeate into the crushed meat. Can be manufactured.

In this case, the cutter is formed on both ends of a cutter body formed in an arc shape, and the cutter is swung or rotated about the shaft as an axis, so that the crushed material filled in the molding die can be obtained. The half can be cut into a substantially hemispherical shape.

[0008] Thus, by swinging or rotating the cutter about the shaft portion, the upper half of the grind can be formed into a substantially hemispherical shape, and the shaving food can be easily shaped.

In addition, a release mechanism for supplying liquid or air to the surface of the pressing die in contact with the crushed material and releasing the crushed material from the pressing die can be provided.

[0010] This makes it possible to easily and surely remove the mash from the pressing die, and reduce the appearance rate of defective products.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of a machine for forming a ground food of the present invention.

The crushed food forming machine A is provided with a hopper 1 having a required content. The hopper 1 is mainly made of fish meat such as sardine, chicken meat and the like, and starch, salt, seasoning and the like are added thereto. In addition, the kneaded mash is added. In the lower part of the hopper 1, an extruding mechanism 2 for sequentially extruding the ground meat fed into the hopper 1 by a fixed amount is incorporated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the extrusion mechanism 2 includes a rotatable extrusion rotor 21 in a horizontal cylindrical cylinder 20 formed in the hopper 1 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the grind is extruded. A plurality of grooves are formed at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the extrusion rotor 21 in the radial direction, and the extrusion blade 22 is inserted into each of the grooves under the urging force of the spring. Is horizontal cylindrical cylinder 2
The extruding rotor 21 rotates inside the horizontal cylindrical cylinder 20 while sliding on the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 0. In this case, the horizontal cylindrical cylinder 20 and the extrusion rotor 21 are disposed such that their centers are eccentric. As a result, when the extrusion rotor 21 eccentric to the rotation is rotated in the horizontal cylindrical cylinder 20, the volume between the adjacent extrusion blades 22, 22 is reduced, and the crushed material injected into the hopper 1 is compressed. Meanwhile, the resin is extruded through the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 of the hopper 1 and into the molding die 3 connected to the hopper 1. In addition, the extrusion amount of the crushed meat is determined by the volume between the adjacent extrusion blades 22 and 22 and the rotation speed of the extrusion rotor 21.

One molding die 3 connected to the hopper 1 may be provided for one extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 of the hopper 1. 11 can be provided in plurality. When a plurality of molding dies 3 are provided, a plurality of sets of the extruding mechanism 2 and the extruding nozzle cylinder 11 can be provided correspondingly. However, for simplification of the mechanism, as described above, a plurality of the extruding mechanisms 2 and the extruding nozzle cylinders 11 are provided. Extrusion mechanism 2 and extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 common to three molding dies 3
Is desirably arranged so as to distribute and supply the grind from the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 into each of the molds 3.

The molding die 3 is, as shown in FIGS.
An inner peripheral surface 3a that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is expanded in a trumpet shape.
The center of the hopper 1 is connected to the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 below the adjustment rod 4 which is disposed in the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 of the hopper 1 so that the amount of protrusion can be adjusted. As a result, the ground meat extruded from the extrusion mechanism 2 is uniformly introduced into the molding die 3 so as to be filled. In this case, by adjusting the amount of protrusion of the adjusting rod 4, the flow of the crushed meat extruded from the pushing mechanism 2 into the molding die 3 can be adjusted.

At the lower end of the mold 3, a cutter 5 having a cutter body 51 formed in an arc shape (semicircle) that moves along the inner peripheral surface 3a of the mold 3 that is opened like a trumpet is provided. Shaft grooves 3b, 3b for swinging or rotatable arrangement
To form

As shown in FIG. 6, the cutter body 5 is formed in a circular arc shape (semicircle) so as to be able to move along the inner peripheral surface 3a of the forming die 3 which is expanded like a trumpet. At both ends of the shaft 51, shafts 52, 52 are formed in a straight line, and the shafts 52, 52 are supported by bearings 53, 53 disposed below the hopper 1.
The cutter body 51 is configured to be repeatedly rocked or rotated by 180 degrees around the centers 2 and 52. This drive is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the driving is performed by a driving device 7 including a shaft 71 and bevel gears 72 and 73 driven by an arbitrary driving source (not shown).

It should be noted that the cutter may be any cutter capable of cutting and separating the crushed meat filled in the mold 3.
In particular, the present invention is not limited to the structure described in the present embodiment. For example, it is possible to employ a method that moves in the horizontal direction and cuts the upper end of the grind filled in the mold 3. Can be. In this case, a liquid (for example, water, edible oil) is applied to the inner peripheral surface 3a of the forming die 36 which is in contact with the crushed material so as to be easily and surely detached from the forming die 3. Etc.) or to supply air.

The pressing die 6 is, as shown in FIG.
To move toward and away from each other. In the present embodiment, a pressing mold piece 62 for forming a concave portion on the lower surface of the grind that has been introduced and filled into the molding die 3 is provided at the tip of an arm 61 that is swingably attached to a main body frame (not shown). Alternatively, the pressing die 63 is attached by screws or the like. here,
The pressing mold piece 62 shown in FIG. 8 (B) has a hemispherical tip, and presses the grind introduced and filled into the molding die 3 so that the substantially central position of the lower surface of the grind is reduced. It is depressed to form a recess. FIG.
The pressing die piece 63 shown in (C) forms a flange 63a on the outer peripheral portion of the pressing die piece 62, whereby the entire lower surface of the grind introduced and filled into the molding die 3 is pressed while being restrained. Thus, a substantially central position of the lower surface of the ground meat is depressed to form a concave portion. The shape of the pressing mold piece can be selected in accordance with the properties of the ground meat to be formed.

A release mechanism for supplying a liquid (for example, water, edible oil, etc.) or air to the surfaces of the pressing dies 62 and 63 where the pressing dies 6 come into contact with the grind, and releasing the crush from the pressing dies 6. Can be easily and reliably separated from the pressing die 6, and the appearance rate of defective products can be reduced. In the present embodiment, as the detachment mechanism, a water flow hole 6h for supplying a liquid, specifically, water, is opened on the surfaces of the pressing mold pieces 62, 63. Then, through the inside of the arm 61 or through a water supply hose (not shown), the pressing type piece 62,
Water is supplied to the surface of 63. In this case, the amount of water supplied may be such that the grind does not adhere to the pressing mold pieces 62 and 63 of the pressing mold 6 and can be easily and reliably separated, and usually a small amount.

The pushing rotor 21 of the pushing mechanism 2
, The swing or rotation of the cutter 5, and the approaching and separating operations of the pressing die 6 toward the forming die 3 are synchronized. Although this is not particularly limited, it can be performed by a combination of driving by a chain, driving by a gear, driving by a cam, and the like.

Next, the operation of the crushed food forming machine will be described. The ground meat put into the hopper 1 is extruded by the extrusion mechanism 2 into the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 by a fixed amount. Since the molding die 3 is connected to the tip of the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11, the extruded mash is introduced into the molding die 3 through the extrusion nozzle cylinder 11 and filled therein. In conjunction with this, by swinging the arm 61 of the pressing die 6,
The pressing die pieces 62 and 63 of the pressing die 6 waiting at the standby position
By pressing the mash that has been introduced and filled into the mold 3, the center of the lower surface of the mash is recessed to form a recess. The timing of the swinging of the pressing die 6 may be any time after the mash is introduced and filled in the molding die 3 or before the mash is introduced and filled in the molding die 3. It can be selected according to the physical properties and the like. And the pressing die piece 6 of the pressing die 6
By driving the driving device 7 of the cutter 5 as shown in FIG. 3 in a state in which the grind introduced and filled into the molding die 3 is pressed and supported by the molds 2 and 63, the cutting device stands by at the waiting position. The upper half portion of the crushed meat filled in the mold 3 is cut and separated into a substantially hemispherical shape by the cutter 5. next,
By swinging the arm 61 of the pressing die 6, the pressing die 6 is lowered to the standby position together with the formed ground meat, and the formed ground meat is released from the pressing die 6. At this time, by supplying water to the surfaces of the pressing die pieces 62 and 63 of the pressing die 6 through the water passage holes 6h, the ground meat formed on the pressing die pieces 62 and 63 does not easily adhere. , And can be reliably separated. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, the crushed meat is formed into a shape in which the upper half is substantially hemispherical and has a concave portion on the lower surface.

Then, the formed mash is naturally dropped by its own weight into a hot-water pot B disposed adjacent to the forming machine A, and boiled with hot water to be "finished".

As mentioned above, the crushed food forming machine of the present invention has been described on the basis of the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiment, and does not deviate from the gist thereof. The configuration can be changed as appropriate. In addition, as described in the above example, the crushed meat formed by the crushed food forming machine can be boiled in boiling water to make “tsumire”, or can be fried in cooking oil and made into tempura. The application is not limited to "Tsumire" production.

[0026]

According to the crushed food molding machine of the present invention,
In order for the broth to easily penetrate into the mash, the mash can be formed into a substantially spherical shape having a concave portion on the lower surface, so that a "smashed" mashed food can be automatically produced. As a result, it is possible to mass-produce the mashed food in the form of “smile” without manual intervention at the factory, and to make the shaping uniform, thereby increasing the value of the product.

Further, the cutter is formed by forming shaft portions at both ends of a cutter body formed in an arc shape and swinging or rotating about the shaft portions so that the upper half portion of the grind filled in the molding die. Is cut into a substantially hemispherical shape, so that the upper half portion of the ground meat can be formed into a substantially hemispherical shape, and the shaved food can be easily shaped.

Also, by providing a release mechanism for supplying the liquid or air to the surface where the pressing mold comes into contact with the crushed material and releasing the crushed material from the pressing dies, the crushed material can be easily removed from the pressing dies.
In addition, it can be reliably separated, and the appearance rate of defective products can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a machine for forming a ground food of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the main part.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the whole.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same.

6A and 6B show a cutter, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a side view.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a molding die.

FIG. 8 shows a pressing die, (A) is a cross-sectional view of an arm portion,
(B) is a cross-sectional view of a pressing die, and (C) is a cross-sectional view of a pressing die having a different shape.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a ground food prepared by the machine for forming a ground food of the present invention, wherein (A) is a plan view and (B) is a sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Molding machine 1 Hopper 11 Extrusion nozzle cylinder 2 Extrusion mechanism 3 Mold 3a Inner peripheral surface 4 Adjusting rod 5 Cutter 51 Cutter body 52 Shaft 6 Pressing mold 61 Arm 62 Pressing mold piece 63 Pressing mold piece 6h Water hole (release mechanism) )

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A hopper in which an extruding mechanism for extruding crushed meat by a fixed amount is incorporated at a lower portion, a cylindrical molding die connected to the hopper and filled with the extruded crushed meat, and provided in the molding die. , A cutter that cuts and separates the grits filled in the mold, and a pressing mold that is disposed so as to be able to be pressed from below the mold and forms a recess on the lower surface of the grits filled in the mold. A machine for forming ground food. 2. An upper half portion of a grind filled in a molding die by forming a shaft portion at both ends of a cutter body formed in an arc shape and swinging or rotating the shaft around the shaft portion. 2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the food is cut into a substantially hemispherical shape. 3. The crushed meat according to claim 1, further comprising a release mechanism for supplying liquid or air to the surface of the crushed die in contact with the crushed meat and releasing the crushed meat from the pressed dies. Food molding machine.