JP2005130789A - Apparatus for extruding food material and method for producing food by utilizing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for extruding a food material by which a food submaterial is attached to the outer periphery of a main food material to provide variation in appearance of a product, and a cleaning operation can easily be carried out in a short time; and to provide a method for producing a food by utilizing the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus 10 for extruding the food material has a main nozzle 17 for extruding the main food material from the tip thereof, a food submaterial-introducing part 20 arranged so as to surround the main nozzle, and some sub-nozzles 29, 30, 31, 32 having the tips arranged on the circumference of the extrusion opening of the main nozzle. The food submaterial-introducing part is constituted of a body part 21 having some arc-shaped grooves 26, 27 communicating with food submaterial-introducing pipes 41, 42 and arranged concentrically, and a lid body 23 detachably attached to the front face of the body part directly or through a seal member. The base end of the sub-nozzle is attached to the front face of the lid body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a food material extrusion apparatus suitable for producing a food product in which a sub-food material adheres to the outer periphery of a main food material, and a food production method using the same.

  In the production of foods made from fluid food materials such as ice cream, jelly, candy, kamaboko, etc., a method of extruding and forming the food material from a nozzle is employed. As such foods, there are known foods obtained by extruding the main food material and the auxiliary food material almost simultaneously to give different color patterns or to change the flavor. For example, a product is known in which a nozzle for extruding a sauce is provided in a nozzle for extruding ice cream, and the sauce is attached to the inside or the outer periphery of the ice cream.

  As an extrusion apparatus for obtaining such a product, in Patent Document 1 below, an outer pipe is attached to the lower end of the funnel body, and one hole for ice cream supply is formed in the center and one side. Attach a supply base to the upper end opening of the funnel body, and insert an inverted bowl-shaped hollow distribution pipe body having several nozzles on the bottom surface that can be inserted into the outer pipe at a predetermined interval. In addition, an ice cream filling nozzle is disclosed in which the top of the piping body is connected to the central hole of the supply base.

Further, in Patent Document 2 below, a source supply rod is radially provided on the lower inner side of the inner cylinder, the tip thereof is obliquely cut downward, and a source supply port is formed in the inner wall at the lower portion of the source supply rod. The outer cylinder is fitted on the outer side of the inner cylinder, and the source inlet provided on the upper side wall of the inner cylinder and the source inlet path formed between the inner and outer cylinders are connected to the source supply rod and the source supply port, respectively. An ice cream filling nozzle is disclosed.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-128445 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 49-70194

  The ice cream filling nozzle described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is formed by, for example, extruding vanilla ice cream from an outer pipe and extruding jam or the like from several nozzles arranged in the outer pipe. It is possible to obtain a product in which a source such as is embedded in a linear shape.

  However, in the above ice cream filling nozzle, the jam and other sauces are extruded in the state of being embedded in the ice cream, so the pattern of the sauce such as jams is not expressed on the appearance of the ice cream and emphasizes the visual taste. There was a problem that I could not.

  On the other hand, in the ice cream filling nozzle described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, the source is extruded from the source supply port provided on the inner wall of the inner cylinder through the source feeding path, so that the sauce is also provided on the outer periphery of the ice cream. Can be attached.

  However, in the ice cream filling nozzle described in Patent Document 2, since the source supply port and the like are open on the inner wall of the inner cylinder, the cleaning operation of the ice cream filling nozzle becomes complicated, and the productivity is reduced. There is a possibility. In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 in which several nozzles are arranged in the outer pipe, there is a similar problem regarding the cleaning operation.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to allow a supplementary food material such as sauce to adhere to the outer periphery of the main food material such as ice cream, thereby changing the appearance of the product, and also to facilitate the cleaning operation in a short time. An object of the present invention is to provide a food material extruding apparatus that can be used in the above and a food manufacturing method using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, a food material extrusion apparatus according to the present invention has a main nozzle that extends in a cylindrical shape from the extrusion apparatus main body and extrudes the main food material from the tip, and a sub-position disposed so as to surround the main nozzle. A food material introduction part, and a plurality of sub nozzles that are extended from the subsidiary food material introduction part in a pipe shape and whose tip is disposed on the outer periphery of the discharge outlet of the main nozzle,
The subsidiary food material introduction section has a plurality of introduction ports to which subsidiary food material introduction pipes are respectively connected, and communicates with corresponding ones of the introduction ports on the front surface, and is concentric with the main nozzle as a center. A main body portion formed with a plurality of arc-shaped grooves arranged in a shape, and a lid body detachably attached to the front surface of the main body portion directly or via a seal member,
The base end of the sub nozzle is attached to the front surface of the lid so as to communicate with a corresponding one of the arc-shaped grooves of the main body.

  According to the food material extrusion apparatus, when the secondary food material is introduced into the secondary food material introduction part through the secondary food material introduction pipe, it flows into the sub nozzle connected to the lid through the arc-shaped groove of the main body part, It is extruded from the tip and adheres to the outer periphery of the main food material extruded from the main nozzle. And since the sub nozzle should just be attached so that the base end may be connected with the circular-arc-shaped groove | channel of a main-body part, the attachment position can be selected comparatively freely and the length of a sub nozzle is made into the substantially same length. It becomes possible to align. As a result, the amount of the sub-food material flowing out from each sub-nozzle can be made uniform, and the sub-food material can be uniformly attached to the outer periphery of the main food material in a plurality of lines. Further, when the lid is removed during the cleaning operation, the sub nozzles connected to the lid can be removed together, and the arc-shaped groove of the main body is exposed to the front surface. Therefore, work becomes easy and can be performed in a short time.

  In the food material extrusion apparatus according to the present invention, the main body portion of the food material introduction portion is formed with two inlets to which the subsidiary food material introduction pipe is connected, and two circles respectively connected to the introduction ports. The arc-shaped grooves are concentrically formed so that both ends thereof are shifted by approximately 90 degrees, and the sub-nozzles are respectively attached to both ends of the two arc-shaped grooves, and a total of four are attached. The tips of the four sub nozzles are preferably arranged at intervals of 90 degrees on the outer periphery of the discharge outlet of the main nozzle. According to this, two kinds of secondary food materials extruded from the sub nozzle can be adhered to the outer periphery of the main food material extruded from the main nozzle in the form of four lines arranged at intervals of 90 degrees. it can.

  The main nozzle is preferably composed of multiple nozzles. According to this, the main food material extruded from the main nozzle can be made into a multiple structure composed of a plurality of food materials, and the texture and flavor can be diversified.

  The food production method of the present invention uses the food material extrusion apparatus described above, and extrudes the main food material from the main nozzle while extruding the sub food material from the sub nozzle so that the sub food material adheres to the outer periphery of the main food material. An article is formed, and this molded article is filled in a transparent cup-shaped container and sealed.

  According to the method for producing food, the outer food material extruded from the sub-nozzle adheres linearly to the outer periphery of the main food material extruded from the main nozzle, and the obtained molded product becomes a transparent cup-shaped container. Filled. Then, the main food material and the auxiliary food material adhere to the inner periphery of the cup-shaped container, and the pattern of the molded product can be visually recognized through the wall of the transparent cup-shaped container, so that an appetizing product can be obtained.

  In the food production method of the present invention, it is preferable that the main food material is ice cream, lacto ice or ice milk, and the sub-food material is a sauce. According to this, it is possible to obtain a cool ice cream product in which the sauce adheres to the surface of ice cream or the like in vertical stripes.

  According to the food material extrusion apparatus of the present invention, the secondary food material flowing out from each sub nozzle can be adhered to the outer periphery of the main food material extruded from the main nozzle with a uniform outflow amount. Also, when cleaning work, by removing the lid, the sub nozzle connected to the lid can be removed together, and the arc-shaped groove of the main body is exposed on the front, making the work easier, It can be done in a short time.

  In addition, according to the food production method of the present invention, the secondary food material extruded from the sub-nozzle adheres linearly to the outer periphery of the main food material extruded from the main nozzle, and the resulting molded product has a transparent cup shape. Since the container is filled, the pattern of the molded product can be visually recognized through the transparent cup-shaped container wall, and an appetizing product can be obtained.

1 to 9 show an embodiment of a food extrusion apparatus according to the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 1-3, this food extrusion apparatus 10 has the disk-shaped base 11 attached to the extrusion apparatus main body which is not shown in figure. Referring also to FIG. 4, the pedestal 11 has a mounting hole 12 for the extrusion apparatus body, a filling hole 13 for the first main food material, and a filling hole 14 for the second main food material. The filling hole 14 of the second main food material is formed in the substantially central part of the base 11 and has a thread groove formed on the inner periphery thereof, on the front side of the base 11 (on the actual arrangement, the lower surface, the same applies hereinafter) side. The base end screw portion 15a of the center nozzle 15 shown in FIG. 6A is screwed into the screw groove. Therefore, the second main food material is extruded from the tip 15b of the center nozzle 15 through the filling hole 14 and the center nozzle 15.

  Further, a screw portion 11a is formed on the outer periphery of the pedestal 11, and a screw groove 16a formed on the inner periphery of the base end portion of the tapered case 16 shown in FIG. 5 is screwed onto the screw portion 11a. A hole 16b through which the central nozzle 15 is inserted is formed in the center of the front surface (lower surface) of the taper case 16. A screw groove (not shown) is formed in the inner periphery of the hole 16b, and a base end screw portion 17a of the main nozzle 17 shown in FIG. 6B is screwed and attached to the screw groove. A plurality of V-shaped cuts are formed in the distal end portion 17b of the main nozzle 17 along the circumferential direction. Therefore, the first main food material passes through the filling hole 13, passes through the gap between the inner periphery of the taper case 16 and the center nozzle 15, and is extruded from the tip portion 17 b of the main nozzle 17.

  Further, the food extrusion apparatus 10 has an annular secondary food material introduction part 20 mounted on the outer periphery of the base part of the main nozzle 17. The auxiliary food material introduction unit 20 includes a main body 21 that forms an annular body having a predetermined thickness, an annular packing 22 that is disposed on the front surface of the main body 21, and the front surface of the main body 21 via the packing 22. And an annular lid body 23 which is detachably attached by a bolt 24.

  As shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C, the main body 21 has a hole 25 through which the main nozzle 17 is inserted at the center, and the front surface (lower surface) has the hole 25 as a center. Thus, two arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27 arranged concentrically are formed. The arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27 are arranged at an angle of 90 degrees, and both end portions 26a, 26b, 27a and 27b of the grooves 26 and 27 are arranged at intervals of about 90 degrees with the hole 25 as the center. Has been. A plurality of screw holes 28 for fixing the lid body 23 are formed at positions avoiding these arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27. Furthermore, introduction ports 33 and 34 to which sub-food material introduction pipes 41 and 42 to be described later are connected are formed at two opposing positions on the peripheral surface of the main body 21. On the inner periphery of the introduction ports 33 and 34, screw grooves (not shown) into which the secondary food material introduction pipes 41 and 42 are screwed are formed. The introduction port 33 communicates with the arc-shaped groove 26, and the introduction port 34 communicates with the arc-shaped groove 27.

  As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the packing 22 is formed of a relatively thin elastic resin sheet, and is provided to ensure airtightness between the main body 21 and the lid 23. In the packing 22, holes 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d corresponding to both end portions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b of the grooves 26 and 27 of the main body portion 21 are formed. Further, holes 22e, 22f, and 22g corresponding to the screw holes 28 of the main body 21 are formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the lid 23 has holes 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d corresponding to the ends 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b of the grooves 26 and 27 of the main body 21. Is formed. Further, holes 23e, 23f, and 23g corresponding to the screw holes 28 of the main body 21 are formed. A plurality of sub-nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 are attached to the front surface (lower surface) of the lid body 23 so as to be connected to the holes 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 (D), the pair of subsidiary food material introduction pipes 41 and 42 have the same structure. The pipes 41 and 42 include a distal end portion 43 screwed into the introduction ports 33 and 34, a cap-shaped cylindrical portion 44 provided continuously to the distal end portion 43, a spring 45, a ball valve 46, and a nut type case 47. And. Then, the spring 45 and the ball valve 46 are accommodated in an internal space formed by the cap-shaped tube portion 44 and the nut-type case 47, and a screw portion (not shown) formed at the inner end of the cap-shaped tube portion 44. Are screwed into the thread groove 47b of the nut type case 47, whereby the auxiliary food material introduction pipes 41 and 42 are configured. The ball valve 46 is in pressure contact with an inflow port (not shown) in the nut type case 47, and opens the inflow port against the urging force of the spring 45 only when the auxiliary food material is introduced. Yes. The ball valve 46 is provided to prevent the auxiliary food material from dripping from the sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, 32 when the extrusion molding operation is interrupted. Further, the rear end of the nut type case 47 forms a nipple portion 47a, to which a supplementary food material supply tube (not shown) is connected.

  Next, an embodiment of a food production method according to the present invention using the food extrusion apparatus 10 will be described.

  The food extrusion apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes, for example, ice cream, lacto ice, ice milk, frozen confectionery such as ice confectionery, oily confectionery such as chocolate, confectionery such as candy, candy such as candy, kamaboko, sausage and other paste products. It can be applied to the production of various foods made from fluid food materials such as dairy products and cheese and other dairy products.

  In this embodiment, vanilla ice cream is used as the first main food material extruded through the filling hole 13 and the main nozzle 17, and chocolate ice cream is used as the second main food material extruded through the filling hole 14 and the central nozzle 15. Used. Further, chocolate sauce is used as the first auxiliary food material extruded through the introduction pipe 41, the introduction port 33, the arc-shaped groove 26, and the pair of sub-nozzles 29, 30, and the introduction pipe 42, the introduction port 34, the arc-shaped groove. 27, caramel sauce is used as the second auxiliary food material extruded through the pair of sub nozzles 31 and 32.

  FIG. 10 shows an ice cream product 50 obtained by extruding the food material and filling a cup 51. That is, when each food material is introduced through the respective passages, the chocolate ice cream C1 extruded from the central nozzle 15 is extruded in a column shape while being wrapped in the ice cream I extruded from the main nozzle 17. . At this time, since the end edge 17b of the main nozzle 17 is formed with an edge cut in a V shape along the circumferential direction, the outer periphery of the ice cream I is a groove having a V-shaped cross section along the extrusion direction. It becomes the uneven | corrugated shape which has two or more by predetermined spacing in the circumferential direction.

  In addition, sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 are arranged at intervals of 90 degrees on the outer periphery of the tip portion 17b of the main nozzle 17, and the chocolate sauce C2 is extruded from a pair of opposed sub nozzles 29 and 30. The caramel sauce V is pushed out from the remaining pair of sub-nozzles 31 and 32 facing each other and adheres to the outer periphery of the ice cream I. The ice cream molded product thus formed is filled in a transparent cup 51 made of synthetic resin, and a seal 52 is heat sealed and sealed in the opening.

  The ice cream product 50 thus obtained can visually recognize the ice cream I, the chocolate sauce C2, and the caramel sauce V through the transparent cup 51, and can give a colorful and cool appearance.

  Further, when the operation is finished and the nozzle cleaning is performed, the bolts 24 are loosened and the cover body 23 is removed, so that the sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 can be removed together with the cover body 23. , 30, 31, 32 can be easily cleaned. Further, when the lid body 23 is removed, the arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27 are exposed on the front surface (lower surface) of the main body 21, so that the arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27 can be easily cleaned. Thus, the cleaning operation is facilitated and the operation time can be shortened.

  Further, the sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 are attached so as to communicate with both end portions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b of the arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27, and are attached at equal intervals of 90 degrees. Therefore, when the respective tip portions are arranged on the outer periphery of the tip portion of the main nozzle 17, the lengths of the sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 can be made substantially the same. For this reason, the outflow amount of the chocolate sauce C2 and the caramel sauce V extruded from the sub nozzles 29, 30, 31, and 32 can be made substantially uniform.

  In the present invention, the number of the arc-shaped grooves 26 and 27 can be three or more, for example, and the number of the sub-food ingredients extruded from the sub-nozzle can be three or more.

  The present invention can be used as a food extrusion apparatus using a fluid food material such as ice cream, jelly, candy, and kamaboko, and a method for producing food.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the food extrusion apparatus by this invention. It is a perspective view of the food extrusion apparatus. It is sectional drawing along the III-III arrow line of FIG. 7 (B) of the food extrusion apparatus. The base used as the attachment part of the main nozzle in the same food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view which makes a right half a cross section. The taper case used as the attachment part of the main nozzle in the food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view which makes a right half a cross section. The nozzle in the said food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a front view of a center nozzle, (B) is a front view of a main nozzle. The auxiliary food material introducing | transducing part in the same food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a top view of a main-body part, (B) is the bottom view, (C) is the perspective view, (D) is an auxiliary food material introducing part and an auxiliary It is front sectional drawing which shows a foodstuff material introduction pipe. The packing of the auxiliary food material introducing | transducing part in the food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view. The cover body of the subsidiary food material introduction part in the food extrusion apparatus is shown, (A) is a plan view, and (B) is a front view. It is a perspective view of the ice cream product manufactured using the food extrusion device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Food extrusion apparatus 11a Screw part 11 Base 12 Hole 13 Filling hole 14 Filling hole 15 Center nozzle 15b Tip part 15a Base end screw part 16 Tapered case 16a Screw groove 16b Hole 17 Main nozzle 17b End part 17a Base end screw part 20 Secondary food Material introduction part 21 Body part 22 Packing 22a-22g Hole 23 Lid 23a-23g Hole 24 Bolt 25 Hole 26, 27 Groove 26a, 26b, 27a, 27b End part 28 Screw hole 29, 30, 31, 32 Sub nozzles 33, 34 Inlet 41, 42 Secondary food material introduction tube 43 Tip 44 Cap-shaped tube 45 Spring 45a Screw groove 46 Ball valve 47 Nut-type case 47a Nipple 50 Ice cream product 51 Cup 52 Seal C1 Chocolate ice cream C2 Chocolate sauce I Ice Cream V caramel saw The

Claims (5)

A main nozzle that extends in a cylindrical shape from the main body of the extrusion device and extrudes the main food material from the tip, a sub-food material introduction portion arranged so as to surround the main nozzle, and a pipe shape from the sub-food material introduction portion A plurality of sub nozzles that are extended and arranged at the outer periphery of the discharge outlet of the main nozzle,
The subsidiary food material introduction section has a plurality of introduction ports to which subsidiary food material introduction pipes are respectively connected, and communicates with corresponding ones of the introduction ports on the front surface, and is concentric with the main nozzle as a center. A main body portion formed with a plurality of arc-shaped grooves arranged in a shape, and a lid body detachably attached to the front surface of the main body portion directly or via a seal member,
The food material extruding apparatus, wherein a base end of the sub-nozzle is attached to a front surface of the lid so as to communicate with a corresponding one of the arc-shaped grooves of the main body. Two inlets to which the subsidiary food material introduction pipe is connected are formed in the main body portion of the food material introduction part, and two arc-shaped grooves respectively connected to the introduction ports are concentrically and they are Are formed so that both ends of the
A total of four sub-nozzles are attached to both ends of the two arc-shaped grooves, and the tips of the four sub-nozzles are arranged at 90 ° intervals on the outer periphery of the discharge port of the main nozzle. The food material extrusion apparatus according to claim 1.   The food material extrusion apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the main nozzle is composed of multiple nozzles.   Using the food material extruding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, while extruding the main food material from the main nozzle, extruding the sub food material from the sub nozzle, and forming the sub food material on the outer periphery of the main food material A method for producing a food product comprising forming a product, filling the molded product into a transparent cup-shaped container, and sealing the product. The method for producing food according to claim 4, wherein the main food material is ice cream, lacto ice or ice milk, and the sub-food material is a sauce.

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