JP2002330695A - Preparation of looped sausages and apparatus for forming looped sausages used in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple method of preparation for looped sausages excellent in workability such as terminal treatment of the linked sausages or the like, scarcely causing troubles such as bursting and sticking of natural intestinal casings in suspending and capable of automatically adjusting the suspending number of loops and/or number of links based on a suspending material in a constant range by a simple operation. SOLUTION: This method of preparation for the looped sausages comprises the following procedures, a provisional suspending process provisionally suspending the linked sausages S obtained in packaging process of the sausages on hook bodies 15 in wave shape, a looping process forming the linked sausages in wave shape into the loop shaped linked sausages by slightly moving caused to swinging the swinging arms 16 pivoted on the hook bodies, a suspending member inserting process inserting a suspending member 20 into loops of the linked sausages and a suspending process suspending the looped linked sausages by moving the suspending member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage and an apparatus for forming a loop-shaped sausage used in the method, and more particularly, to a sausage filling step capable of improving productivity in sausage production. The present invention relates to a method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage suspended from a hanging member from a chain-shaped sausage to be formed and a loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus used for the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, sausage is manufactured by extruding sausage dough into a natural intestine casing, filling the same in a fixed amount, and forming a chain of sausages by twisting. A hanging process of hanging the hanging bar on a hanging bar, a placing process of hanging the hanging bar on a trolley for smoke treatment, a smoking process of smoking the loop-shaped sausage with the trolley, and a chain of sausages after smoking. Conventionally, as the above-mentioned suspension step, a method of temporarily suspending the suspension apparatus in a loop by a looper device or the like and then transferring the suspension to a suspension rod, or a method of directly suspending the suspension rod is often used. Are known. However, a method of temporarily suspending the suspension rod in a loop by a looper device or the like and then transferring the suspension to a suspension rod involves inserting the suspension rod into a loop group suspended by the suspension apparatus and then suspending the suspension rod. In particular, sausage using natural intestine is difficult to insert the hanging bar because the left and right sausages of the suspended hanging bar are easy to come into contact with each other. If you try to insert the hanging bar without leaving it, there is a risk of damaging the sausage at the end of the hanging bar.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-57158 discloses a method of improving a method of temporarily suspending a loop of a sausage in a loop by a looper device or the like and then transferring the suspended sausage to a suspension bar. The rod is suspended by a rod supporting means in front of the head loop of the sausage so that the rod is suspended in the form of a loop and the rear end of the rod is arranged at a position facing the head loop of the suspended sausage. The sausage is transferred from the leading loop of the sausage to the rear of the rod by the transfer means, and the loop suspended from the rear of the rod is moved toward the front end of the rod while sliding on the rod by the transfer means. A method of delivering sausage to a rod is described.

[0004] As a method of directly suspending on a suspension rod, there is known a technique described in Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 7-79606 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 9-74789 developed by the present applicant. Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-79606 discloses the first
And the second driving device, the control device of the first and second driving devices, and the guided sausage, which is dropped by its own weight while guiding the delivered sausage, and holds the sausage for each predetermined number, and A movable chute that is moved in a direction transverse to the drop direction by driving the first driving device; and a movable support that extends in a direction that intersects the transverse direction and engages with a joint of the wiener sausage when the wiener sausage is moved. When the rod and further the sent-out wiener sausage are guided by the movable chute and fall by a predetermined number, the dropped and hung wiener sausage is temporarily looped on the movable indicating rod, and the movable supporter is looped. The rod is retracted in the axial direction of the movable support rod by driving the second driving device, Substantially rod hooking device wiener sausage, characterized by comprising a heat treatment for rod arranged in the same direction is described as an arrangement direction of the movable support rod which is modified over the movable support bar.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 9-74789 discloses a feed roller for feeding a chain of sausages to a hanging rod, a photoelectric sensor for checking the presence or absence of sausage in the feed roller, and a two-axis feed roller. Two linear motion units for rotating in the directions, a mechanism for moving the feed roller back and forth so as not to hit the suspension rod, and a control mechanism for controlling each movement based on a signal from the photoelectric sensor. A characteristic sausage rod hanging device is described.

[0006] In order to solve the problems in the conventional method and apparatus for preparing a loop-shaped sausage, the present inventors have proposed an operation such as terminal treatment of a chain-shaped sausage suspended in a loop in a suspension step. Excellent in susceptibility, the rupture and adhesion of the natural intestine casing during suspension are small, and the number of loops and / or links suspended per suspension member can be automatically adjusted to a certain range. A method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage and an apparatus for preparing a loop-shaped sausage which can achieve high speed are disclosed in
No. 0-139331. This loop sausage preparation method and apparatus are suitable for mass production and can be said to be extremely high in perfection.

[0007]

The natural intestinal casing is
Standards are irregular, easy to tear, easy to twist back,
It has delicate properties unique to handling that are not found in artificial casings such as easy adhesion to each other. When a chain-shaped sausage using a natural intestine casing having such a delicate property is suspended in a loop on a suspension member (suspension member), the loop sausage is temporarily formed in a loop by a looper device or the like. In the method described in Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 7-57158, which is transferred to a hanging bar after being hung, the chain sausage discharged from the filling device is hung on a hook via a looper device that forms a loop while rotating the sausage. It is necessary to change to the rear end of the hanging bar and further hang the entire hanging bar by transport means.When this method is used for the production of sausage using a natural intestine casing, the intestinal stuffing bursts with the force of a looper. In addition to the problem that the unique properties of the natural intestine casing cannot be dealt with, such as the ease with which it is easy to handle, once the chain links are suspended in a loop on the suspension, To wear, there is a drawback that it can not successfully surrender to the suspension bar.

[0008] Further, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-7 developed by the present applicant.
The methods of hanging on a direct hanging bar described in JP 9606 and JP-A-9-74789 are all directed to the production of sausage using a natural intestine casing, and form a loop to hang on a suspension member. Although it is a device that focuses on that, the processing work resulting from the unique properties of the natural intestine casing becomes a bottleneck, and the processing in the suspension process can not catch up compared to the filling process that has been advanced in recent years, There was a problem that the speed of the total process of sausage production could not be increased.

In recent years, the performance of the filling machine has been improved, and the production capacity for forming chain-shaped sausages has been significantly increased. In order to speed up the total process of sausage production, it is necessary to greatly improve the sausage suspension process using natural intestinal casings in accordance with the performance of the filling machine whose production capacity has increased. Treatment of the chain-shaped sausage suspended in a loop after the hanging process using the natural intestine casing so that the twisting does not occur at the front end and the rear end of the chained sausage, and the treatment of the sausage whose natural intestine casing has ruptured after the suspension There is a demand for efficiency such as a process of adjusting the number of loops and / or links suspended from a suspension bar to a certain range.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide excellent workability such as terminal treatment of chain-shaped sausages suspended in a loop in the suspension step, to reduce the rupture and adhesion of the natural intestine casing during suspension, and to provide a suspension member. Number of loops suspended per hit and / or
Another object of the present invention is to provide a simple loop sausage preparation method capable of automatically adjusting the number of links to a predetermined range by a simple operation and a loop sausage forming apparatus used for the method.

[0011]

The natural intestine casing is originally inhomogeneous in length and thickness, is punctured or cut, and when hung in a loop, the sausages come into contact with each other and smoke. Although there was a problem that unevenness was liable to occur, the present inventors functionally divided the processing operation required in the conventional suspension process into two, and in the first half, the present inventors referred to a temporary hanging process. A unique process to integrate processing operations that were conventionally performed manually, etc., as well as a new line that can be speeded up, and the latter half is suspended on a suspension member that can already be automated and speeded up As a result, the speed of the total process of sausage production has already been increased (JP-A-2000-139331).
No.).

The present inventors have disclosed the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-13 / 2000.
Further study on the variation of the method for preparing loop-shaped sausage described in Japanese Patent No. 9331 is carried out, and the step of temporarily hooking the chain-shaped sausage in a wave shape before forming the loop-shaped sausage, that is, the step of temporarily hooking the chain-shaped sausage in the wave shape, starts with the loop shape In order to maximize the advantage that workability such as front and rear end processing of sausage in a chain-like unit can be significantly improved by temporarily waving in a wavy form without making That is, when a chained sausage supported by a hook or the like is looped and a hanging member is inserted through the looped chained sausage, a looped chained sausage suspended from the hanging member can be easily obtained. This led to the completion of the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to a sausage filling step of filling sausage dough into a casing, a temporary hanging step of waving a chain of sausages obtained in the sausage filling step, and a waving obtained by the temporary hanging step. A vertical step of a wave crest formed by the chained sausage that has become displaced slightly from the vertical plane in the traveling direction of the wave to form a loop-shaped chained sausage; and a loop-shaped step formed by the looping step. A hanging member inserting step of inserting the hanging member into a loop of the chained sausage, and a hanging step of hanging the looped chained sausage on the hanging member by moving the hanging member. Characteristic method for preparing loop-shaped sausage (Claim 1)
2. The loop sausage preparation method according to claim 1, wherein the provisional hooking step has a transfer step capable of transferring a chain-like sausage temporarily hooked in a wave shape. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the number of links constituting the terminal loop of the chain sausage is smaller than the number of links constituting the other loops. 4. The loop sausage preparation method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the number of loops and / or the number of links of the sausage suspended on one suspension member is adjusted within a certain range. A method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sausage is a natural intestine casing sausage.

Further, the present invention provides a sausage filling means, a temporary hooking means for temporarily hooking a chain-shaped sausage sent out from the sausage filling means, and a vertical plane of a wave peak formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage. A loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus, wherein the loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus is provided with a loop-forming means for forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage slightly deviated from the vertical direction of the wave traveling direction. , Sausage filling means, temporary hooking means, looping means, and control means for suspending a predetermined number of loops and / or links of sausage on one suspension member. Claim 6
8. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the temporary hooking means includes a transfer means capable of transferring a chain-shaped sausage temporarily hooked in a wave shape. Wherein the loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus (claim 8) and the transfer means are provided with a hook conveyor having a plurality of hooks for intermittently moving and supporting the chain-shaped sausage. 8. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the temporary hooking means is provided with one or two or more cutting apparatuses capable of thermally fusing the connecting portions of the chain-shaped sausages while moving. The loop-shaped sausage suspension device according to any one of claims 6 to 9 (claim 10), and the control by the control means determines the number of sausages sent out from the sausage filling means. Looped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 6-10, wherein the controller controls based on information from Preparative can counter mechanism (claim 1
1) The present invention relates to a loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 11, wherein the sausage is a sausage of a natural intestine casing.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION As a method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage according to the present invention, a sausage filling step of filling sausage dough into a casing, and a temporary hooking step of waving a chain-like sausage obtained by the sausage filling step are performed. A loop forming step of forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage by slightly shifting the vertical plane of the wave peak formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage obtained by the temporary hooking step from the vertical direction of the wave traveling direction. A hanging member inserting step of inserting the hanging member from a traveling direction of the wave (a direction of transferring the chained sausage) into a loop of the chain-shaped sausage formed by the looping step, and moving the hanging member. Therefore, if the method has a suspension step of suspending a chain-shaped sausage in a loop on the suspension member, it is not particularly limited. Further, the loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus of the present invention is formed by a sausage filling means, a temporary hooking means for temporarily hooking the chained sausage sent out from the sausage filling means in a wave shape, and a wave-shaped chained sausage. The apparatus is not particularly limited as long as the apparatus includes a looping means for forming a loop-shaped chain sausage by slightly shifting the vertical plane of the wave peak from the vertical plane in the traveling direction of the wave.

As the sausage filling means used in the sausage filling step, any filling device may be used as long as it fills a certain amount of sausage dough into a casing such as a natural intestine or the like and sequentially discharges chain sausages.
For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-79606 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
No. 79989 can be exemplified. Although a looper mechanism is not required at the discharge port of the filling device, it is preferable that the filling device is provided with a counter mechanism capable of counting the number of sausages. Examples of such a counter mechanism include a detection sensor attached to a piston of the filling device and a detection sensor such as a photoelectric sensor for detecting sausage discharged from the filling device. By providing this counter mechanism, information on the number of sausages sent out from the filling section is input to the control means, and based on the information from this counter mechanism, the temporary hooking means, especially the timing of the movement of the hook in the transfer means and the transfer means In this case, the timing of driving the transfer device can be controlled, so that the desired number of loops and / or links can be hung on the suspension member.

In the above-mentioned temporary hooking step, the above-mentioned temporary hooking means is used. The above-mentioned temporary hooking step can be manually performed using temporary hooking means such as hooks and support rods arranged at appropriate intervals.However, the temporary hooking step is performed by transferring a chain of sausages temporarily hooked in a wavy shape. It is preferable to use a temporary hooking step having a transfer step capable of transferring a chain-shaped sausage temporarily hooked in a wavy shape. Is preferred. As a temporary hooking means provided with such a transfer means, a hook, a support rod, etc., which can transfer a chain of sausages temporarily hooked in a wave shape, and a conveyor, etc., which can transfer these hooks, support rods, etc. Any type may be used, and a specific example is a hook conveyor in which a number of hooks capable of holding a chain of sausages in a wave shape are provided on an endless conveyor belt that can move intermittently. Such hook conveyors are preferably arranged side by side at the outlet of the chain-shaped sausage of the filling machine, and a program in the control means based on information from the counter mechanism is used. Predetermined number,
For example, it is preferable to set so that the intermittent movement can be performed while supporting the chain-shaped sausage sequentially so that the number of links is 3, 5, 6,..., 6, 6, 5, 3.
By performing such control, the number of links constituting the loop can be set to a predetermined number of links.

Further, the temporary hooking means includes information on the number of chain-shaped sausages from the counter mechanism so that sausages of a certain range of the number of loops and / or the number of links can be suspended on one suspension member. It is preferable to provide a cutting unit for automatically indicating a cutting site based on the cutting unit. The cutting unit may be, for example, a part of the natural intestine casing which is to be cut when the natural intestine casing is too long and reaches the number of loops and / or links to be suspended per suspension member. Automatically shifts above the hooks that support the sausage to be changed, and after the shift, moves in synchronism with the hook that moves intermittently, and joins the chain-shaped sausage supported by the cutting hook while moving. It is desirable to be capable of automatically fusing the heat. In the conventional method of suspending a natural intestine casing as a unit on a single suspension rod, the number of links and the number of loops cannot be adjusted within a certain range. It is possible to suspend a certain number of loops and / or links of sausages.

A cutting device for thermally cutting a connecting portion of a chain of sausages in such a cutting unit is provided with a hot air outlet capable of blowing hot air to a connecting portion between sausages supported by a cutting hook to cut the connecting portion. have. Since the thermal fusion of the connecting portion between the sausages by the hot air cannot be performed instantaneously, the cutting device is moved in synchronization with the movement of the hook for temporary hooking as described above, and the cutting is performed during the movement. The change from the temporary hook to the cutting hook can be performed automatically or manually, but when cut, the chain-shaped sausage falls under its own weight and returns to its original wave shape. In addition, for example, when cutting with hot air of 500 ° C., the cutting-side end of the sausage is also heated by hot air to reach about 300 ° C.,
The sausage dough at the cut side end of the sausage hardens somewhat due to the heat, so that there is no untwisting at the heat fusing site,
It is not necessary to perform terminal treatment at the cut site. The cutting unit can be provided with a plurality of cutting devices as needed.

Natural intestine casings are inherently non-uniform in length and thickness, and are punctured and cut.
In the temporary hooking step, manual processing operations such as terminal treatment of sausage at the beginning and end of the natural intestine casing and terminal treatment of punctured or cut sausage are indispensable. However, when processing is performed manually after forming a loop as in the related art, it is difficult to level the work, and a situation in which the suspension process line must be stopped frequently occurs. The provision of a tentative hooking process allows manual processing operations, which have been reduced compared to the conventional method, to be integrated into this process, leveling the work and stopping the loop sausage preparation line. Is eliminated, which can greatly contribute to improvement in overall productivity. Further, as described above, the present invention is characterized in that the chain-shaped sausage in the temporary hooking step is temporarily hooked in a wave shape without being looped. In this temporary hooking step, by maintaining the chain-shaped sausage in a wavy form from the beginning, workability such as end treatment of the start and end of a series of chain-shaped sausages can be significantly improved.

In the case of a sausage of a natural intestine casing, several links at the beginning and end are particularly likely to be twisted back. As a result of repeating trial and error to prevent the twisting back, the number of links constituting the terminal loop of the chain sausage can be improved by reducing the number of links constituting the other loops. For example, when the number of links constituting one loop is set to 6, it has been found that twisting back can be improved by setting the number of links constituting the loops at both ends of a chain-shaped sausage to be 4.
In this case, the number of links supported between the hooks on the hook conveyor is controlled to be 3, 5, 6, 6,... The control of the number of links supported between the hooks can be performed by automatically controlling the intermittent movement of the hook conveyor as described above. And
When the first of the three links at the beginning is hooked between the second and third of the next five links, the first loop is composed of the four links, and one link hangs down there. . Similarly, at the end, the last loop is formed by four links, and one link hangs down there. When this series of chain-shaped sausages is hung on a suspension member, a single loop composed of four links at the beginning and the end, and a spiral loop composed of six links each between them are formed. It will be suspended by the suspension member. By performing such processing, the freedom of the link is lost,
The link can be prevented from untwisting. Further, it is efficient to perform such a twist-back prevention operation in the transfer process.

The present invention is greatly characterized in that it comprises a looping step and looping means for looping the wavy chain-like sausage obtained by the above-mentioned provisional hanging step. The above-mentioned looping step of forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage by slightly shifting the vertical plane of the wave peak formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage obtained by the temporary hanging step from the vertical direction of the wave traveling direction. , The looping means is used. Such a looping means is not particularly limited as long as it is a means for forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage by slightly shifting the vertical plane of the wave peak formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage from the vertical plane in the wave traveling direction. Although not a thing, the swing arm comprises a swing body pivotally supported on the upper side of one side of the hook body and the hook body, and the swing arm is provided on one side of the chain-shaped sausage supported on the hook body at the peak of the waveform. While the lower part of the swing arm is in contact with the chain-shaped sausage by swinging to a predetermined loop forming position, the vertical plane of the wave peak formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage is slightly changed from the vertical plane in the traveling direction of the wave. Specific examples of the loop forming hook that can be lifted so as to shift and support the chain-shaped sausage with the hook body and the swing arm to form a loop can be provided. . Further, as a looping means, after the hanging member is inserted through these formed loops, the swing arm is further swung to a predetermined release position, thereby swinging the chain-shaped sausage supported by the swing arm. A loop-forming hook with a mechanism that can be released from the support by the moving arm can also be used.

As described above, a loop is formed on a wavy chain-shaped sausage, or a chain-shaped sausage supported by the rocking arm is rocked by using the loop forming hooks composed of the hook body and the rocking arm. To release from the support by the moving arm, the upper part of the oscillating arm is oscillated by moving the piston rod forward and backward, and the lower part of the oscillating arm is moved to the predetermined loop forming position, and after the suspension member is inserted, the predetermined release is performed. A drive device with a control mechanism having a piston cylinder mechanism that can swing to the respective positions can also be used, but it is arranged along a series of loop forming hooks, and with the transfer of the loop forming hooks, the swing arm is moved. It is possible to suitably use a cam mechanism that can be swung gradually so that the swing width of the swing arm can be kept constant at a predetermined width from a predetermined position. By using such a cam mechanism, the swing arm of the transferred loop forming hook is
The lower part is gradually rocked to a predetermined loop forming position while being in contact with the chain-shaped sausage, and one side of the chain-shaped sausage supported on the hook body at the peak of the waveform is formed by a wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage. Lift the vertical surface of the wave mountain so that it deviates slightly from the vertical direction
A chain of sausages is supported by the hook body and the swing arm, resulting in a loop. The suspension member is inserted through the formed loop. The position of the swing arm through which the suspension member is inserted may be set as the release position of the suspension member. To the release position.

In the hanging member insertion step following the looping step, the loop of the chain-shaped sausage formed by the looping step, for example, the lower part of the hook body or the bearing surface of the chain-shaped sausage of the hook body. A suspension member (suspension member) is inserted as a guide. Here, inserting the suspension member into the loop of the chain-shaped sausage means that the suspension member is relatively inserted into the loop of the chain-shaped sausage, and the wave of the suspension member is inserted into the loop of the chain-shaped sausage. In addition to insertion from the direction (transfer direction of the chain-shaped sausage) or the opposite direction, the loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage formed in the looping step on the fixed suspension member serves as the core of the suspension member. It is also included when introduced.

Further, as the above-mentioned suspension member, a suspension rod conventionally used, a sausage fishing support portion composed of two parallel bars having a circular cross section for supporting a sausage in a loop shape, and the fishing support portion are formed. An elongated suspension frame or the like composed of a connecting portion capable of maintaining two rods in a parallel state can be exemplified. However, in view of ease of insertion, the suspension rod can be advantageously used, and sausages can be used. In view of reducing the contact of the suspension frame, the suspension frame can be advantageously used. The end of the suspension member is preferably rounded so as not to damage the sausage.

The suspension step following the suspension member insertion step is a step of moving the suspension member inserted into the loop of the loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage in an opening direction that is not hindered by the hook body and the swing arm. The hanging step allows a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage to be hung on the hanging member. The suspension member on which the loop-shaped sausage is suspended is sequentially transported to a carriage on which the suspension member can be placed, for example, by a belt conveyor or the like, and thereafter, a plurality of suspension members on which the sausage is suspended are placed on the carriage. Place, smoke treatment with this dolly,
It is used to make sausages by cutting the chained sausage after smoking into individual sausages.

Although the method and apparatus for preparing loop-shaped sausage using sausages of natural intestine casing have been mainly described above, it should be understood that the method and apparatus for preparing loop-shaped sausage of the present invention are not limited to artificial casings. It can be applied to the case where is used.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a state in which a chain-shaped sausage temporarily hooked in a wavy form in a temporary hooking step is supported and transferred by a loop forming hook of a hook conveyor. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a cutting device for thermally fusing a connection between sausages of a chain of sausages.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation of the swing arm of the loop forming hook in the looping step, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the suspension member inserted through the loop of the chain-shaped sausage in the suspension step is moved.

In FIGS. 1 to 6, S is sausage,
SL is a connecting portion between sausages, M is an operator, 1 is sausage filling means, 2 is an outlet of a filling apparatus, 3 is a counter mechanism, 4 is a filling apparatus, 10 is a temporary hooking means, 11 is an endless conveyor belt, 12 Is a loop forming hook, 13 is a hook conveyor, 15 is a hook body, 16 is a swing arm, 20 is a suspension member, 30 is a cutting unit, 31 is a cutting device, 32
Denotes a hot-melt site indicating device, 33 denotes a fixed guide bar, 34 denotes a hook conveyor interlocking piece, 35 denotes a calculation unit, 36 denotes a cutting hook, 37 denotes a hot air outlet, and 38 denotes a guard unit.

FIG. 1 shows a method and an apparatus for preparing a loop sausage of the present invention using a natural intestine casing.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a sausage filling unit 1 and a temporary hooking unit 10. The sausage filling means 1 has a discharge port 2 for filling sausage dough into a casing such as a natural intestine or the like by a fixed amount and sequentially sending out a chain of sausages S, and a filling device 4 having a counter mechanism 3 for counting the number of sausages sent out. Is provided.

The temporary hooking means 10 is provided with a hook conveyor 13 in which an endless conveyor belt 11 which can move intermittently and a number of loop forming hooks 12 which can hold a chain of sausages in a wave shape are provided. ing. The provisional hooking process in FIG. 1 includes a transfer process that allows the worker M to work efficiently. The hook conveyor 13 is provided with a chained sausage of the filling device 4 so that a predetermined amount of the chained sausage S sent from the filling device 4 can be sequentially supported by the hook body 15 of the loop forming hook 12 that moves intermittently. It is juxtaposed with the outlet 2. Although FIG. 1 shows a triangular endless conveyor belt, the shape of the endless conveyor belt is not limited to this.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the chain-shaped sausage S sent from the filling device 4 is transported in a state where it is temporarily undulated. In this process, based on the information on the number of chain sausages S from the counter mechanism 3 provided in the filling device 4, a sausage having an appropriate number of links is temporarily hooked on the hook body 15 of the loop forming hook 12 to form a loop. Further, a cutting unit 30 for suspending the sausage S having a certain range of the number of loops and / or the number of links on one suspension member is disposed above the hook conveyor 13. The cutting unit 30 includes a counter mechanism 3
In order to control the drive of the cutting device 31 for thermally fusing the connecting portion SL of the chain-shaped sausage S based on the signal sent from the control means (not shown) based on the information from the cutting device 31, A heat-fusing portion indicating device 32 to which the cutting device is fixed; two fixed guide rods 33 for guiding the movement of the hot-fusing portion indicating device 32; It comprises an arithmetic unit 35 for controlling the movement of the hook conveyor interlocking piece 34. FIG. 2 shows a cutting unit 30 having two sets of cutting devices 31 and the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cutting device 31 includes a cutting hook 3 for supporting the connecting portion SL of the chain-shaped sausage to be cut.
6, a hot air outlet 37 for blowing hot air to the connecting portion SL between the sausages supported by the cutting hook 36 to cut the connecting portion SL, and a guard portion 38.

When the number of links to be suspended per suspension member 20 is reached in the middle other than both ends of the chain-shaped sausage S which is held and transferred in a wave shape, the chain is linked based on a command from the control means. The cutting device 31 is automatically moved above the hook positioned at the portion of the sausage S to be cut, guided by the hot fusing portion indicating device 32, and interlocked with a hook conveyor provided at the lower portion of the hot fusing portion indicating device 32. Piece 3
4 moves downward, is inserted between the hooks 12 of the hook conveyor 13, and the cutting device 31 also moves in synchronization with the hooks 12 that move intermittently thereafter. At this time, an instruction lamp (not shown) flashes and instructs the worker M to perform the cutting process. The loop hook 12 for provisional hooking by the worker M
The chain-shaped sausage S, which has been transferred from the to the cutting hook 36, is thermally melted at the connecting portion SL of the chain-shaped sausage supported by the cutting hook 36 while being transferred. And / or the number of links of sausages S can be suspended.

FIG. 5 shows the operating state of the swing arm 16 of the loop forming hook 12 in the loop forming step. The loop forming hook 12 is composed of a hook body 15 and a swing arm 16 pivotally supported on one upper side of the hook body 15. In the looping step, the chain-shaped sausage S which has been temporarily hooked and transferred in a wave shape is transferred. When the arm reaches a predetermined position, it is disposed along a series of loop forming hooks 12, and the swing arm 1
6 is gradually oscillated, and the swing arm 1 is moved from a predetermined position.
A cam mechanism (not shown) that can make the swing width of the roller 6 constant at a predetermined width is used. By this cam mechanism, the lower part of the swing arm 16 swings to the loop forming position while contacting the chain-shaped sausage, and one side of the chain-shaped sausage supported on the hook body 15 at the peak of the waveform (FIG. 5).
In this case, the vertical side of the wave mountain formed by the wavy chain-shaped sausage is lifted so as to be slightly deviated from the vertical plane in the traveling direction of the wave. The loop supported is formed. When the swing arm 16 swings to the loop forming position and the number of the loop forming hooks 12 reaches a predetermined number, the transfer by the hook conveyor 13 is temporarily stopped, and the suspension member 20 is inserted into the loop formed by the predetermined number. .

In the suspension member insertion step following the looping step, a suspension member (suspension rod) is inserted into the loop of the chain-shaped sausage S in a loop by using the bearing surface of the chain-shaped sausage S of the hook body 12 as a guide. , For example, by hand. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the suspension member 20 inserted through the loop-shaped sausage S moves in a substantially horizontal direction, which is an opening direction that is not hindered by the hook body and the swing arm. Suspension member 20 on which sausage S is suspended
Is transported by a suitable means to a carriage on which the suspension member 20 can be placed, and thereafter, a plurality of suspension members 20 on which sausages are suspended are placed on the carriage, and the carriage is smoked together with the carriage. Sausages can be produced by separating the chain sausages after processing into individual sausages.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the provisional hooking means is provided before the loop is formed, so that the workability such as terminal treatment of the chain-shaped sausage suspended in the loop is excellent, and The natural intestine casing is less likely to rupture or adhere, and the number of loops and / or links suspended per suspension member can be automatically adjusted to a certain range, making it possible to easily prepare a desired loop-shaped sausage. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a chain-shaped sausage temporarily hooked in a wavy form in a hooking step is transferred while being supported by a loop forming hook of a hook conveyor.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a cutting device for thermally fusing a connection between sausages in a chain of sausages.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation state of a swing arm of a loop forming hook in a loop forming step.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a moving state of a suspension member inserted into a loop of a chain-shaped sausage in a suspension step.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S Sausage SL Connection between sausages M Worker 1 Filling unit 2 Discharge port of filling device 3 Counter mechanism 4 Filling device 10 Temporary hooking means 11 Endless conveyor belt 12 Loop forming hook 13 Hook conveyor 15 Temporary hook main body 16 Swing Arm 20 Suspension member 30 Cutting unit 31 Cutting device 32 Thermal fusing site indicating device 33 Fixed guide rod 34 Hook conveyor interlocking piece 35 Operation unit 36 Cutting hook 37 Hot air outlet 38 Guard unit

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A sausage filling step of filling a sausage dough into a casing, a temporary hanging step of temporarily waving a chain of sausages obtained in the sausage filling step, and a wavy chain obtained by the temporary hanging step. Forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage by slightly shifting the vertical plane of the mountain of waves formed by the sausage from the vertical direction of the traveling direction of the wave, and forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage by the loop-forming step. It has a hanging member insertion step of inserting the hanging member into the loop of the sausage, and a hanging step of hanging the chain-shaped sausage looped on the hanging member by moving the hanging member. Loop sausage preparation method. 2. The loop sausage preparation method according to claim 1, wherein the temporary hooking step has a transfer step capable of transferring a chain of sausages temporarily hooked in a wave shape. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, in the transferring step, the number of links constituting the loop at the end of the chain of sausages is made smaller than the number of links constituting the other loops. 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein in the transferring step, the number of loops and / or the number of links of the sausage suspended on one suspension member is adjusted within a certain range. 5. The method for preparing a loop-shaped sausage according to claim 1, wherein the sausage is a sausage of a natural intestine casing. 6. A sausage filling means, a temporary hooking means for temporarily hooking a chain-shaped sausage sent out from the sausage filling means, and a vertical plane of a wave mountain formed by the wave-shaped chain-shaped sausage. A loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus, comprising: a loop-forming means for forming a loop-shaped chain-shaped sausage slightly shifted from a vertical plane in a traveling direction. 7. A loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus, wherein sausage filling means, temporary hooking means, looping means, and sausage of a predetermined number of loops and / or links can be suspended on one suspension member. 7. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising control means for controlling the sausage. 8. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the temporary hooking means includes a transfer means capable of transferring the chain-shaped sausage temporarily hooked in a wave shape. 9. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the transfer means includes a hook conveyor having a plurality of hooks for intermittently moving and supporting the chain-shaped sausage. . 10. The temporary hooking means comprises one or two or more cutting devices capable of thermally fusing the connecting portion of the chain-shaped sausage while moving.
10. The loop-shaped sausage suspension device according to any one of items 9. 11. The loop-shaped sausage according to claim 6, wherein the control by the control means is controlled based on information from a counter mechanism capable of counting the number of sausages sent out from the sausage filling means. Forming equipment. 12. The loop-shaped sausage forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sausage is a sausage of a natural intestine casing.