JP2006055012A - Method for tying and forming bread dough, method for producing tied bread, apparatus for tying and forming bread dough and apparatus for producing tied bread dough - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically tie rod-like bread dough and to form tied bread dough. <P>SOLUTION: A method for tying and forming the bread dough comprises a preparatory step of the rod-like bread dough and a tying step of the rod-like bread dough. The tying step has an engaging step of engaging the nearly central part of the rod-like bread dough, a step of holding one end side of the rod-like bread dough, a step of gripping the other end side of the rod-like bread dough in the state, turning the other end side of the rod-like bread dough at the engaging point as a fulcrum, crossing the other end side of the rod-like bread dough with the one end side of the rod-like bread dough and forming a ring-shaped part, a step of lifting the one end side of the rod-like bread dough and placing the one end side on the ring-shaped part, a step of pushing the one end side of the rod-like bread dough placed on the ring-shaped part into the ring-shaped part and a step of passing the one end side of the rod-like bread dough through the ring-shaped part. A method for producing tied bread, an apparatus for tying and forming the bread dough and an apparatus for producing the bread dough are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a dough knot forming method, a knot bread manufacturing method, a bread dough knot forming device, and a knot bread dough manufacturing device, in which rod-shaped bread dough is automatically tied by a machine to form and manufacture knot bread dough.

Traditionally, the work of making a dough with a tied shape is to hold both ends of the rod-like dough with hands, tie one end and turn the other end to make a ring, and place one end on the ring. A knot is made manually by pushing one end into the ring with a fingertip.
Conventionally, the bread dough is automatically wound by a machine. As a result, the roll dough, which has a tapered shape with a thick tip and narrows toward the rear end, is spread flat with a pressure device and then rolled from the tip by a winding device. A roll dough wrapping method and apparatus for forming a substantially oval shape by winding have been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
Further, in the manufacturing method of mechanically manufacturing the pretzel from one piece of bread dough, the tip of the rod-like bread dough is grasped by a pair of knobs, and the pair of knobs and Tie it into a pretzel shape by making a relative movement of 360 ° between the tables or about an axis standing mainly perpendicular to the table, pressing the knob against the tip of the bar-shaped dough against the center part of the pretzel, Then, a method and an apparatus for mechanically manufacturing a pretzel in which a pretzel that has been tied is delivered from a table to a conveyor has been proposed (see Patent Document 2).

JP-A-9-140. Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 7-500018.

Conventionally, a roll dough winding method, a method and an apparatus for mechanically producing a pretzel have been proposed, but there is no machine that automatically sticks one end into the center of a rod-like bread dough as a ring. In addition, the above-mentioned manual work requires time to make the dough into a shape, and the resulting products are uneven, requiring many personnel to tie a large number of stick-shaped dough, increasing labor costs. Was a problem.
The present invention has been made so as to solve the above-mentioned problems. A dough knot-forming method, a knot-bread manufacturing method, a knot-bread knot-making method, in which one end is placed in the center of a bar-shaped dough as a ring and automatically knot-molded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a forming apparatus and a knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the dough knot forming method of claim 1 is a dough knot forming method including a step of preparing a rod-shaped bread dough and a step of connecting the rod-shaped bread dough,
The knotting step includes a locking step of locking at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough, a step of holding one end side of the bread dough locked in the locking step, and a state of holding the one end side A ring-shaped portion forming step of gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, turning around the locking point in the locking step as a fulcrum, and intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, A placing step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion, and pushing one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion by the placing step into the ring-shaped portion, And passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side of the bread dough.

  By using the invention configured as described above, the prepared rod-shaped bread dough is locked at a locking point at a substantially central portion in the locking process, and one end side of the bread dough locked in the holding process is held. And holding the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough while holding the one end side in the ring-shaped portion forming step, turning the locking point as a fulcrum and intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough In the placing step, one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is lifted and placed on the ring-shaped portion, and the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion is ringed in the step of pushing and passing. The dough can be automatically tied by passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough.

The bread dough knot forming method according to claim 2 includes a step of preparing a rod-shaped bread dough, and a step of conveying the rod-shaped bread dough in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction and tying the rod-shaped bread dough in the middle of conveyance. Knot forming method,
The knotting step includes a receiving step for receiving at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed in a substantially orthogonal state, a step for holding one end side of the bread dough received in the receiving step, and the one end side A ring-shaped portion forming step of gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough in a state of holding, turning around the receiving point in the receiving step as a fulcrum, and forming a ring-shaped portion intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough; A placing step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion, and placing the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough into the ring-shaped portion placed on the ring-shaped portion by the placing step, Having the step of passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, and the step of releasing the catching together with the passing step of the ring-shaped portion And butterflies.

  By making the invention configured as described above, the prepared rod-shaped bread dough is conveyed in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed in the receiving step is received at the substantially central portion, and in the holding step. Holding the one end side of the bread dough in the received state, holding the one end side in the ring-shaped portion forming step, gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, turning the receiving portion as a fulcrum, A ring-shaped portion is formed so as to intersect with one end side of the bread dough, and the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is lifted and placed on the ring-shaped portion in the placing step, and placed on the ring-shaped portion in the step of pushing and passing. The one end side of the stick-shaped bread dough is pushed into the ring-shaped part, the one end side of the stick-shaped bread dough is allowed to pass through the ring-shaped part, and the ring-shaped part is allowed to pass through the ring-shaped part. In the unlocking process, receiving the release automatically entered into a dough and can carry the can was signed dough.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a knot bread manufacturing method comprising: a fermentation step of fermenting the knot bread dough after performing the knot bread dough forming method of claim 1 or 2; and a knot bread dough fermented by the fermentation step. And a firing step of firing.
By setting it as the invention comprised as mentioned above, the knot bread can be manufactured by fermenting the bread dough shape | molded by the knot forming method of the above-mentioned dough in a fermentation process, and baking at a baking process.

  The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 4 is provided with a dough placing portion capable of placing a rod-like bread dough on an upper surface thereof, and capable of projecting and retracting with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing portion, A cylindrical member that can be locked, can wind the rod-shaped bread dough around the peripheral surface, and can insert one end of the rod-shaped bread dough inside, and the tubular member can protrude and retract with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing portion A cylindrical member lifting and lowering means for moving up and down; one end gripping means for gripping one end of the rod-shaped bread dough locked by the cylindrical member; and the rod-shaped bread dough locked by the cylindrical member The other end gripping means for gripping the other end, the rod-shaped bread dough is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member, and the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects with the one end of the rod-shaped bread dough Move the other end gripping means The other end gripping portion moving means, and one end for moving the one end gripping portion to place the one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end portion gripping means on the upper opening of the tubular member. It has a part holding part moving means, and a pushing means for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member.

  With the invention configured as described above, one end side of the bread dough is held by one end gripping means while the rod-like bread dough is locked at the substantially central portion by the cylindrical member, and the one end side is held. In the state, the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is gripped by the other end portion gripping means, the other end portion gripping portion moving means is turned around the cylindrical member as a fulcrum, and intersects with the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough to make a ring-shaped portion The one end side of the rod-like bread dough is lifted by one end gripping portion moving means and placed on the ring-like portion, and the one end side of the rod-like bread dough placed on the ring-like portion is pushed by the pushing means. The dough is pushed into the ring-shaped portion, and the dough is automatically tied by passing the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough through the ring-shaped portion.

  The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 5 has a conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, an opening for raising and lowering the cylindrical member at substantially the center of the conveying means, and a bar shape A dough placing plate for placing bread dough on the upper surface, and provided so as to be able to project and retract with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing plate, capable of receiving the substantially central portion of the rod-like bread dough and capable of winding the rod-like dough on the peripheral surface A cylindrical member lifting and lowering means for lifting and lowering the cylindrical member with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing plate through the opening; One end gripping means for gripping one end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member, other end gripping means for gripping the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member, The other end portion gripping portion moving means for causing the other end portion gripping means to move so that the other end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects the one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough while the rod-shaped bread dough is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the rod-shaped member And one end gripping portion moving means for moving the one end gripping portion to place one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end gripping means on the upper opening of the cylindrical member, And a pushing means for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member.

  With the invention configured as described above, one end side of the bread dough is held by the one end gripping means while the rod-shaped bread dough being conveyed is received at the substantially central portion by the cylindrical member, and the one end side is held by the one end holding means. While holding, the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is gripped by the other end portion gripping means, and the other end portion gripping portion moving means is turned around the cylindrical member as a fulcrum, intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and ring One end of the rod-shaped bread dough is formed on the ring-shaped portion by pushing up means to lift one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough with one end gripping portion moving means The side is pushed into the ring-shaped portion and the cylindrical member is lowered and extracted, and the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is passed through the ring-shaped portion to automatically tie the bread dough.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the cylindrical member is a rectangular, circular, or oval cylindrical body in which a rod-shaped bread dough can be wound around a peripheral surface and an end of the bread dough can be inserted therein.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the cylindrical member has a concave shape on the side where the fabric of the upper opening is placed.
By adopting such a configuration, if the cylindrical member is a rectangular, circular, or oval cylindrical body, a bread dough ring can be formed, the dough end can be pushed into the interior, and the dough with the upper opening can be inserted. If the side is concave, the end of the fabric is easy to put inside.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the one end gripping means includes a dough lifting member that holds one end portion of the bar-shaped bread dough received by the cylindrical member from the lower surface side, and can be moved close to and away from the dough lifting member. And a pressing member for pressing the upper surface side of the bread dough.
The invention of claim 9 is characterized in that the dough pushing-up member has a non-slip member provided on all or part of the portion in contact with the rod-shaped bread dough. It is preferable that a pair of fabric pressing protrusions having a gap slightly wider than the width of the cylindrical member is provided.
By setting it as this structure, it can hold | grip reliably with a fabric | sheet pushing-up member and a pressing member. In addition, a non-slip member is provided on all or part of the portion of the dough lifting member that comes into contact with the rod-shaped bread dough, so that the dough does not slip when the dough is reversed, and can be reliably placed on the upper surface of the tubular member. Furthermore, by providing a pair of fabric pressing protrusions on the fabric receiving portion, the fabric end is accurately placed on the upper surface of the tubular member while being pressed when the fabric end portion is reversed.

The invention of claim 11 is characterized in that the one end gripping portion moving means includes a cloth lifting member raising means for raising and lowering the cloth raising member, and a cloth lifting member for inverting the cloth lifting member on the upper opening of the tubular member. And rotating means.
With this configuration, the dough can be lifted to the reversal position by the one end gripping portion moving means, reversed to the tubular member side, and the fabric end can be accurately placed on the upper surface of the tubular member.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the other end gripping means includes a chuck member for gripping and releasing the other end of the bread dough.
According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the chuck member of the other end portion gripping means preferably has a non-slip member provided on the opposing surface.
According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the other end portion gripping portion moving means includes a gripping portion lifting means for lifting and lowering the other end portion gripping means, and a gripping portion rotating means for rotating the other end portion gripping means. It has.
By adopting such a configuration, the chuck member of the other end gripping means can be closed to hold the fabric, and when released, the fabric can be released by releasing it, and the chuck member is provided with a non-slip so that the fabric can slide. Can be prevented.
The other end portion gripping portion moving means raises the chuck member while rotating it around the cylindrical member, winds the fabric, and pulls to form a ring-shaped portion.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the push-in means includes a push-in portion that pushes bread dough that can enter the cylindrical member.
According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the pushing means includes the pushing portion, a moving means for moving the pushing portion between the adhesion preventing powder container and the cylindrical member, and the arrangement of the container and the cylindrical member. And elevating means for elevating and lowering the pushing portion at the position.
By adopting such a structure, the pushing portion of the pushing means is powdered with a powder container for preventing adhesion, and this pushing portion is pushed through the ring-shaped portion from the bread dough placed on the tubular member, and the bread dough is passed. Can be securely tied. By attaching the powder, it can be prevented from adhering to the bread dough.

  According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the dough placing plate is provided with a dough placing plate raising / lowering means for supporting one end of the dough placing plate on the support shaft of the downstream base of the conveying means and raising the other end. Shall be. By adopting such a configuration, the dough placing plate is pushed up and tilted, and the dough formed by the dough knot forming apparatus can be discharged.

18. A knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the knot bread dough knot forming method according to any one of claims 5 to 17, and first conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough with the length direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. And a second conveying means for conveying the knot bread dough formed by the dough knot forming apparatus.
According to the invention configured as described above, the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed by the conveying means is knotted by the dough knot forming apparatus, and the formed dough is pushed up by the dough placing plate, conveyed and automatically tied. Bread dough can be produced.
In a knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the conveying means is a conveyor in which a plurality of linear belts are arranged at arbitrary intervals. By using a plurality of linear belts as the conveying means, the rod-shaped bread dough can be smoothly conveyed without adhering to the belt.

The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to claim 20 controls the operation of the bread dough knot forming apparatus based on a detection means for detecting the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed to the bread dough knot forming apparatus by the conveying means, and a detection signal from the detection means. And a control unit.
With this configuration, when the rod-like bread dough is detected by the detection means, the operation of the bread dough knot forming device is controlled by the control unit based on the detection signal from the detection means, and the conveying means, the bread dough knot forming device, and the dough placing plate are automatically operated. The knot bread dough can be formed and fed out by the conveying means by linking the bread dough in sequence.

The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the stick bread dough arrangement means on the conveying means for conveying the stick bread dough in a predetermined range position with respect to the dough knot forming apparatus. It is to be prepared. By adopting such a configuration, the bar-shaped bread dough arranging means adjusts the position of the bar-shaped bread dough to a position within a predetermined range with respect to the bread dough knot forming apparatus, and accurately conveys the bread dough knot forming apparatus to form the knot accurately. Can do.
The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the stick bread dough arranging means detects stick bread dough storage means for releasably storing stick bread dough, and a position of the stick bread dough stored in the stick bread dough storage section. A position detecting unit; and a storage unit moving unit for moving the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit to an appropriate position on the transport unit based on a detection signal from the position detection unit, the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit including the storage unit It has a function of discharging the bar-shaped bread dough stored after being moved by the moving means.
With this configuration, when the bar-shaped bread dough to be conveyed is stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage means and detected by the position detection means, the bar-shaped bread dough storage section is moved based on the detection signal from the position detection means, and the bar-shaped bread dough after the movement is moved. Since it is discharged, the position of the bread dough is automatically adjusted and placed on the conveying means, so that it can be accurately sent to the dough knot forming apparatus.

  According to the bread dough knot forming method of the present invention, the prepared rod-shaped bread dough is locked at the locking point in the locking step, and the locked bread dough is automatically locked in the knotting step even though it is soft bread dough. Can be tied and molded, can be mass-produced, can stabilize quality, improve productivity, and save labor.

According to the knot forming method of bread dough of the present invention, the prepared bar-shaped bread dough is fed by the conveying means, and the conveyed bar-shaped bread dough is received at the receiving point in the receiving step, and is in a state of being received despite being a soft bread dough. Bread dough can be automatically knotted in the knotting process, and the resulting knot bread dough can be transported, enabling mass production, stable quality, improved productivity, and labor saving.
In addition, according to the knot bread manufacturing method of the present invention, knot bread can be automatically manufactured by forming knot bread dough, fermenting and baking it in a baking step.

  According to the bread dough knot forming device of the present invention, one end side of the bread dough locked by the cylindrical member is held by the one end gripping means, the other end side is gripped by the other end gripping means, and the other end side gripped The other end gripping part moving means can be turned around the cylindrical member as a fulcrum to intersect the one end side of the bar-shaped bread dough to form a ring-shaped part, and the one end part gripping part moving means can lift one end side of the bar-shaped bread dough The bread dough is placed on the ring-shaped part, and one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is pushed and passed through the ring-shaped part by the pushing means, so that the bread dough can be automatically tied and formed. Mass production is possible, and quality can be stabilized and productivity can be improved.

  According to the bread dough knot forming apparatus of the present invention, the rod-shaped bread dough to be conveyed is received by the cylindrical member, one end side of the bread dough is held by the one end gripping means, and the other end side is gripped by the other end gripping means. The other end side can be rotated with the other end gripping part moving means as a fulcrum to intersect with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough to form a ring-shaped part, and the one end gripping part moving means can be connected to one end of the rod-shaped bread dough. The side is lifted and placed on the ring-shaped part, and one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough is pushed through the ring-shaped part by pushing means, and the tubular member is lowered and extracted, and the bread dough can be automatically tied and formed, Mass production is possible and quality can be stabilized and productivity can be improved.

  According to the knot bread dough producing apparatus of the present invention, the stick bread dough is conveyed by the conveying means, the rod dough knot forming apparatus is knot formed by the bread dough knot forming apparatus described above, and the formed dough is transferred to the conveying means and conveyed. Bread dough can be produced. The dough knotting operation of the dough can be accurately performed by feeding the dough into the bread dough knot forming apparatus with the rod dough dough arranging means provided in the conveying means at a position within a predetermined range with respect to the dough knot forming apparatus.

  The bread dough knot forming method, knot bread manufacturing method, bread dough knot forming apparatus and knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the best embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is an overall schematic front view showing an apparatus for producing knot bread dough according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is a front view showing a dough knot forming apparatus, FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a side view of the rod-shaped bread dough arrangement means, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the state where the rod-shaped bread dough is received by the tubular member, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a state in which the fabric is wound around the cylindrical member by the gripping means, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the fabric lifting member and the holding member lifted while being held, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a state in which the fabric push-up member is inverted, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a state in which the end portion of the fabric is pushed into the cylindrical member by the pushing member, and FIG. 12 is a step of lowering the cylindrical member, returning the pushing member, and molding Perspective view of a state of forming a knot bread dough Figure 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which feeding the knot dough molded pushes up the work material mounting plate, 14 is a perspective view showing a knot dough.

1 and 2, a knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
P1 is a rod-shaped bread dough, which is manually formed into a rod having a predetermined length and thickness in advance, or machined to make knot bread dough in the preparation process. P2 is bread dough formed into a ring shape by a dough knot forming apparatus. P3 is a knot bread dough knotted by a dough knot forming apparatus.
1 is a conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough P1 and knot-formed bread dough P3, a first conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough by placing the length direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, and a bread dough knot-forming device And a second transport means for transporting the knot bread dough formed in step (b).
In the embodiment, as the conveying means, the base 2 is provided with a belt conveyor, and the conveyor V1 for supplying the rod-shaped bread dough P1 formed in the preparation process and the rod-shaped bread dough P1 fed by the conveyor are arranged with their positions adjusted. A knot formed on the dough placing section 6 or the dough placing plate 8 at the center of the downstream side of the dough knot forming apparatus 15 of the conveyor V2 and the conveyor V2 of the first conveying means carried into the dough knot forming apparatus 15. A conveyor V2 'serving as a second conveying means for feeding the bread dough P3 is provided. The conveyor V2 is also driven in the same direction as the conveyor V2 ′, and a part of the conveyor V2 may be placed when the formed knot bread dough P3 is sent out. Reference numeral 14 denotes a driving roller for driving the conveyors V2 and V2 '. The conveyors V2 and V2 'are stopped during the knot forming operation in the bread dough knot forming device 15, and are driven after the forming is completed.
In the conveyor, a plurality of linear belts 3 are arranged at arbitrary intervals so as to prevent soft fermented bread dough from adhering to the belt at the time of conveyance, and the length direction thereof is perpendicular to the conveyance direction. It is placed like so. By using a plurality of linear belts as the conveyance means, the contact area between the fabric and the belt can be reduced and the conveyance can be smoothly performed without adhesion. In the embodiment, ten or more linear belts 3 are arranged on both sides of the cylindrical member. The belt conveyor is a plurality of linear belts, but is not limited thereto, and may be a plurality of narrow belts having a narrow width, for example.

The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is provided in the conveyor V2 of the transport means 1 for carrying the rod-shaped bread dough P1 so that the length direction is orthogonal to the transport direction, and the dough placing section in the middle of the transport means 1. A bread dough knot forming device 15 and a conveyor V2 ′ of the conveying means 1 for carrying out the knot bread dough P3 formed by the bread dough knot forming device 15 are provided.
The bread dough knot forming device 15 forms the rod-shaped bread dough in a ring shape on the plane on which the rod-shaped bread dough is conveyed and processed, and lifts one end of the bread dough to the center of the bread dough P2, and then ends the one end in a ring shape. The knot is formed by pushing the bread dough into the center and passing it through.

The substrate 2 of the conveying means 1 is provided with a dough placing portion 6 having an opening 4 through which the cylindrical member 16 can be moved up and down and a plate surface 5 on which the dough is placed. Reference numeral 7 denotes an opening provided on the substrate 2 for accommodating the dough placing plate 8, and 7 ′ an opening for positioning a bread dough receiving portion 19 b of a dough lifting member 19 described later on the side of the opening 7. It is.
As the dough placing portion 6, the opening 7 of the substrate 2 is substantially in the same plane as the transport means 1, and the support shaft 10 provided on the substrate 2 on the downstream side of the transport means is used as a fulcrum, and the other end side is raised on the dough placing plate. A dough placing plate 8 that can be moved up and down by the inverting means 11 is provided. The dough placing plate 8 is a plate made of synthetic resin or metal, and has a substantially square opening 4 for raising and lowering the tubular member 16 at the substantially center, and a rod-shaped bread dough wound around the tubular member 16 around. It has the board surface 5 to mount. As a structure for tilting the dough placing plate 8, the dough placing plate 8 is pivotally supported by the shaft 10 on the support portion 9 fixed to the substrate 2 on the downstream side of the dough placing plate 8 and is tilted on the lower surface on the upstream side. A plate raising / lowering means 11 is provided. As the dough placing plate raising / lowering means 11, a cylinder is installed below the conveying means 1, and the dough placing plate 8 is provided so that it can be raised and lowered at an arbitrary angle with the support shaft 10 as a fulcrum by advancing and retreating operation by the cylinder. The upstream side of the mounting plate can be moved upward and downward from the conveying means 1. The inclination angle of the dough placing plate 8 is an angle at which, when the dough placing plate 8 is pushed up, the formed knot bread dough is flipped up and slid down and transferred to the belt conveyor.
Since the belt 3 is passed through the upper surface of the dough placing plate 8, a concave groove 12 into which the belt can enter is provided on both sides of the upstream side so that the belt passing on the plate does not get in the way when the plate is raised. The dough placing plate 8 is raised to a predetermined angle regardless of whether the belt passes over, so that the knot bread dough P3 on the plate can be discharged. When the fabric placing plate 8 is raised, the belt is slightly lifted using the belt margin. In addition, if it provides so that a belt may not be applied to the fabric mounting board 8, it can also be provided so that a fabric mounting board can be tilted between belts.
In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the dough placing plate can be moved up and down with one end as a fulcrum. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the knot bread dough P3 formed by the dough placing portion or the dough placing plate It can also be sent out on a conveyor belt by means.

13 is a detecting means for detecting the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed to the dough knot forming apparatus 15 by the conveying means, and the detecting means controls the operation of the dough knot forming apparatus based on a detection signal from the detecting means. Connected with. The detection means 13 is provided in the machine frame above the upstream position of the cylindrical member 16 of the conveying means 1, and detects the passage of the rod-shaped bread dough P1 conveyed on the belt with infrared rays.
When the detecting means detects the stick-shaped bread dough, the control unit controls the operation of the bread dough knot forming apparatus based on the detection signal from the detecting means, and the bread dough knot forming apparatus is automatically operated in order to tie the stick-shaped bread dough. Is molded.
In the embodiment, in accordance with a preset time control program at the time of detection by the detection means, the conveyance means is stopped or actuated, the fabric lifting member, the pressing member, the chuck member, the pushing member, the raising and lowering of the cylindrical member, etc. are sequentially operated to form a rod shape. The knot dough is fed and the formed knot dough is sent out.

  The bread dough knot forming device 15 of the present invention is provided with a dough placing portion 6 capable of placing the rod-like bread dough P1 on the upper surface, and capable of protruding and retracting with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing portion. A tubular member 16 capable of locking the portion, capable of winding the rod-shaped bread dough around the peripheral surface, and having one end of the rod-shaped bread dough inserted therein, and the tubular member with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing portion And a cylindrical member raising / lowering means 17 for raising and lowering so as to be able to appear and retract. And in order to tie the said rod-shaped bread dough latched by the said cylindrical member 16, the one end part holding means 18 which grips the one end part, and the said rod-shaped bread dough P1 latched by the said cylindrical member The other end portion gripping means 40 for gripping the end portion, and the one end portion gripping portion for placing one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end portion gripping means on the upper opening of the cylindrical member. One end gripping portion moving means 20 to be moved, and the other end so that the rod-like bread dough is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member and the other end of the rod-like bread dough intersects the one end of the rod-like bread dough A second end gripping part moving means 44 for moving the part gripping means, and a pushing means 50 for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member; Have .

1 to 5, the bread dough knot forming apparatus of the present invention will be described.
The bread dough knot forming device 15 of the present invention has a conveying means 1 for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough P1 in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, and an opening for raising and lowering the cylindrical member at the substantially center of the conveying means, The dough placing plate 8 for placing the dough on the upper surface of the dough and the upper surface of the dough placing plate are provided so as to be able to project and retract, and can receive the substantially central portion of the dough in the form of the dough and wrap the dough on the peripheral surface. The tubular member 16 capable of inserting and inserting one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough inside, and a tubular member for raising and lowering the tubular member with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing plate through the opening Lifting means 17, one end gripping means 18 for gripping one end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member, and the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member One end gripping means for moving the one end gripping part to place the other end gripping means 40 and one end of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end gripping means on the upper opening of the cylindrical member. And moving the other end gripping means so that the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects with the one end of the rod-shaped bread dough. The other end gripping part moving means 44 and the pushing means 50 for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member.

  The cylindrical member 16 provided in the bread dough knot forming apparatus 15 is made of synthetic resin, metal, or the like, and is rectangular, circular, or oval capable of winding the rod-shaped bread dough P1 on the peripheral surface and inserting the end of the bread dough inside. A cylindrical body having an appropriate shape, such as a shape, is provided so as to be movable up and down by a cylindrical member elevating means 17 with respect to the dough placing portion 6. Thus, the rod-shaped bread dough P1 carried in by the conveying means 1 is received by the peripheral surface, one end of the received dough is pressed by one end gripping means, and the other side is lifted by the other end gripping means while the peripheral surface The one end is lifted by one end gripping means and inserted into the cylindrical member. The cylindrical member 16 has rounded corners. The shape of the cylindrical member is not limited to the above shape, and may be, for example, a polygon. The cylindrical member 16 has a height that is at least higher than the outer diameter of the rod-shaped bread dough P1, the inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the dough, and the depth is a depth that allows the end of the dough to be inserted and passed through the ring. Say it. It is preferable that a concave entrance 16a is formed on the side of the cylindrical member 16 at the upper opening side where the dough is put, so that the end of the dough can be easily put. In the structure for moving up and down the cylindrical member 16, a cylinder is provided as a cylindrical member lifting and lowering means 17 on the bottom surface portion thereof. In the embodiment, when the dough placing plate 8 is substantially in the same plane as the conveyor belt, and when knot forming is performed, the tubular member 16 is moved to a position where it receives the rod-shaped bread dough P1 on the upper surface of the conveyor belt 3. When the knot forming is finished and the cylindrical member is pulled out from the knot dough P3, the upper surface of the cylindrical member is lowered to a position below the belt 3.

The one end gripping means 18 grips one end of the rod-like bread dough that is locked by the tubular member 16. In the embodiment, the one end gripping means 18 is provided with a dough lifting member 19 that holds one end portion of the bar-shaped bread dough received by the cylindrical member 16 from the lower surface side, and can be moved close to and away from the dough lifting member. And a pressing member 30 for pressing the upper surface side of the dough, and the upper surface of the bread dough placed on the dough lifting member 19 is pressed and held by the pressing member 30.
The dough lifting member 19 has an appropriately shaped bread dough receiving portion 19b such as a scoop shape, a circle, or an ellipse for placing an end of the dough on the tip of an L-shaped arm 19a. The dough receiving portion 19b at the tip has a width for placing the end portions of the rod-shaped bread dough in a cross shape. The dough push-up member 19 is disposed on the side of the cylindrical member 16 in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the conveying means 1, and the bread dough receiving portion 19 b at the tip is a substrate on the lower surface of the belt 3 so as not to obstruct the belt 3. The end portion of the bar-shaped bread dough fed by the transport means 1 is held from the lower surface side. The dough push-up member 19 has a non-slip member 19e provided on all or a part of the portion in contact with the rod-shaped bread dough. This anti-slip member is preferably made of a material and a structure that do not damage the dough when gripping the dough and that do not slip.
The bread dough receiving portion 19b of the dough push-up member 19 is provided with a pair of dough pressing protrusions 19c, 19d having an interval slightly wider than the width of the tubular member 16 on the outer side opposite to the tubular member, The end of the rod-shaped bread dough P1 is placed between the protruding pieces. The projecting piece 19c is wide, and the projecting piece 19d is narrow. When the fabric push-up member 19 is reversed to the cylindrical member side, the projecting pieces 19c and 19d are moved to the upper surface of the tubular member 16 while pressing the fabric end, and the fabric is put inside from the entrance side of the tubular member. The projecting pieces 19c and 19d are preferably fitted to the outside of the cylindrical member 16.
The one-end gripping means is described as a combination of a fabric push-up member and a presser member. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the fabric push-up member and the presser member may be a gripping member that can be opened and closed. it can.

  The one end gripping part moving means 20 moves the one end gripping means in order to place one end of the bread dough gripped by the one end gripping means 18 on the upper opening of the cylindrical member. . The one end gripping part moving means 20 is installed at a position downstream of the cylindrical member 16, and the fabric push-up member 19 operated by the one end gripping part moving means 20 is disposed on the side of the cylindrical member 16. It is arrange | positioned with respect to the advancing direction. The one end gripping part moving means 20 includes a cloth pushing member raising means 24 for raising and lowering the cloth pushing member 19, and a cloth pushing member rotating means 21 for inverting the cloth pushing member on the upper opening of the cylindrical member. Consists of. The raising / lowering means 24 and the raising / lowering means 32 of the pressing member 30 can be moved together, and the cloth pushing member 19 and the holding member 30 can be raised together to the position where the cloth pushing-up member 19 starts the reversing operation. The release of the pressing member 30 is released, and the fabric lifting member 19 is reversed.

As the fabric push-up member rotating means 21 of the fabric push-up member 19, there is provided a rotation drive device, for example, a rotary actuator that is operated by air suction / discharge, and an L-shaped arm 19 a of the fabric push-up member 19 is fixed to the rotating shaft 22. The The L-shaped arm 19a fixed to the shaft 22 of the rotation drive device 21 is provided with a rotation radius L offset from the shaft center, and the L-shaped arm 19a is rotated about 180 degrees by the rotation drive device, whereby the bread dough at the tip of the arm is provided. The receiving part 19b is lifted by an arm from the position where the rod-shaped bread dough P1 is placed and rotated by about 180 degrees to move to the upper surface of the opening of the tubular member 16 so that the end of the dough can be placed on the upper surface of the opening of the tubular member. To do.
Further, as the fabric push-up member raising / lowering means 24 for raising and lowering the fabric push-up member 19, the rotary drive device 21 provided with the fabric push-up member can be turned up and down at a certain angle with the support shaft 26 as a fulcrum. The cloth is lifted from the position where it is placed to the position where the dough is reversed. That is, the rotary drive device 21 is fixed to one end of a shaft 26 that is rotatably supported by a bearing member 25 fixed to the machine frame, and an operating arm 27 is fixed to the base end of the shaft 26, A driving means 28 for moving the arm 27 forward and backward is provided. The driving means 28 moves one end of the operating arm 27 forward and backward, and the operating arm 27 rotates the shaft 26 and rotates the rotary driving device 21 fixed thereto within a predetermined angle range. Then, the L-shaped arm 19a of the dough lifting member 19 can be moved up and down by a predetermined stroke H, and moved from the position where the rod-shaped bread dough P1 in the opening 7 ′ below the belt 3 is placed to the position where the belt 3 is reversed.
Although the one-end gripping portion moving means has been described with respect to the operation of lifting and reversing the dough, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the end portion of the gripped bread dough is placed on the upper surface of the tubular member only by the rotating means. It can also be lifted.

The holding member 30 has a dough holding portion 30a formed as a substantially rectangular plate body that holds the end of the rod-shaped bread dough at the tip, and is located at the side of the tubular member and at the tip of the dough lifting member 19 It is arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the fabric receiving portion 19b of the paper, and the base end can be tilted from a position where it is almost raised by a pressing member raising means 32 provided on a machine frame on the side of the conveying means 1 to a position where it is pressed. Provided as such. This pressing member presses and grips the upper surface of one end of the fabric held by the fabric receiving portion of the fabric lifting member so that it can be lifted while being pressed so that the end of the fabric does not shift or fall. The pressing member 30 adjusts the pressure so that the soft dough is lightly pressed without crushing. It is preferable that the pressing portion 30a presses the rod-shaped bread dough P1 positioned between the protruding pieces 19c and 19d in the longitudinal direction.
As the pressing portion raising / lowering means 32 for raising and lowering the holding member 30, a rotary drive device, for example, a rotary actuator that is operated by air intake / exhaust, is used, and a base end is fixed to the rotary shaft 33. It is provided so as to be rotatable, and is provided so as to be close to and away from the bread dough receiving portion 19b of the dough push-up member 19. In the embodiment, the pressing member 30 stands up about 90 degrees in order to release the pressing of the pressing portion from the position where the bread dough receiving portion 19b of the dough lifting member 19 receives the lower side of the dough (substantially horizontal position) at the position of the opening 7 ′. It is possible. Then, as described above, the pressing member 30 can be raised by the rotation drive device 32 to the position where it is rotated together with the dough lifting member 19 and reversed, and is raised when the pressing of the pressing member is released to push up the dough. Do not disturb the reversing operation of the member 19.

  Since the one-end gripping portion moving means 20 has the above-described structure, the rod-shaped bread dough P1 is gripped as it is until it is formed into a ring. After lifting up to the reverse position above the belt, the pressing of the pressing member is released, and the L-shaped arm 19a is rotated 180 degrees around the rotating shaft 22 of the rotation driving device 21 toward the cylindrical member to receive the bread dough at the tip. The part 19b is inverted and the dough end is placed on the upper surface of the opening of the tubular member 16 at the center of the ring-shaped bread dough P2.

  The other end portion gripping means 40 grips the other end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough that is locked by the tubular member. The other end gripping means 40 sucks and discharges air to and from the dough chuck device 41 to grip and release the chuck member 42 provided therefor. The gripping means grips the dough and releases the dough. . When the dough is gripped by the dough chuck member 42, the pressure is adjusted so that the dough is lightly grasped so as not to be crushed. The chuck member 42 is preferably provided with a non-slip member 43 on the opposite surface so that the nipped fabric does not slip and fall when the fabric is lifted and wound. It is preferable to use a non-slip member made of a material that does not damage when gripping bread dough.

The other end gripper moving means 44 wraps the rod-shaped bread dough around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, and the other end portion so that the other end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects the one end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough. The gripping means is moved. The other end gripper moving means 44 includes a gripper rotating means 45 for rotating the other end gripping means 40 and a gripper lifting means 46 for lifting and lowering the other end gripping means 40. The other end gripping portion moving means 44 is disposed above the tubular member 16 so as to be rotatable about the tubular member. The gripper rotating means 45 is a rotary drive device, for example, a rotary actuator that is operated by air suction and exhaust, and the lifting means 46 is an air cylinder.
The dough chuck device 41 is provided at a free end of a rotating arm 48 fixed to the shaft 47 of the rotating means 45, and the rotating means 45 is provided so as to be lifted and lowered by a dough chuck device lifting means 46. The dough chuck device 41 can be moved up and down by the air cylinder 46 for a stroke substantially equal to the thickness of the dough. The dough chuck member 42 is initially located on the other side of the cylindrical member 16 shown in FIG. 5, and is held at a position raised to an upper position so that the bar-shaped bread dough fed by the belt 3 does not hit. When the rod-shaped bread dough is received by the tubular member 16, the dough pushing member 19 and the holding member 30 are gripped on one side, and the dough chuck member 42 descends to the dough on the belt 3 almost simultaneously. Then, the arm 48 is rotated within a rotation angle θ around the shaft 47, for example, in the range of about 230 ° to 270 °, and the fabric is gripped by the fabric chuck member 42, and the tube is used as the center of the tubular member 16. It can be wound while being lifted by a circular orbit corresponding to the outer periphery of the member 16.
The dough chuck member 42 is held until the dough push-up member places the dough on the tubular member. After the dough is placed on the tubular member, the dough chuck member 42 is held. After the gripping is released, the fabric is released immediately, and after the pressing by the pressing member described later is completed, the fabric chuck device 41 is returned to the original position.

The pushing means 50 includes a rod-shaped bread dough pushing portion 51 capable of entering the tubular member 16, a moving means 53 for moving the pushing portion between the adhesion preventing powder container 58 and the tubular member, Elevating means 55 for elevating and lowering the push-in portion at the arrangement position of the container 58 and the cylindrical member 16 is provided. The push-in portion 51 is a tapered rod-like body that is slightly smaller in diameter than the inner diameter of the tubular member, and the push-up portion lifting means 55 pushes the end of the fabric placed on the upper opening of the tubular member to It can penetrate inside.
As a moving means 53 for moving the pushing portion 51, a rotating means 54 is fixed below the pushing portion raising / lowering means 55 provided on the machine frame, and a shaft 56 of the rotating means 54. A pushing portion 51 is provided at the lower portion of the free end. The pushing portion 51 moves up and down a predetermined stroke at a position where the dough placed on the tubular member is pushed by the lifting means 55 and a position where the powder is applied. The pushing portion moving means 53 is disposed on the other side of the cylindrical member 16 at a position that does not interfere with the rotational movement of the other end gripping portion moving means 44, and the other end gripping portion moving means 44 is rotated. While the dough is held at the ring-shaped position, the pushing portion moving means 53 is moved to move from the position of the powder container to the position of the cylindrical member. Return to the position of the powder container from the position of the shaped member.
The rotation means 54 of the embodiment is a rotary drive device, for example, a rotary actuator that is operated by air suction and discharge, and the lifting means 55 is an air cylinder. That is, the push-in means 50 is provided such that a rotary arm 57 fixed to the shaft 56 of the rotary drive device can rotate around a base end within a range of a rotation angle θ1, for example, about 90 degrees. Since the rotary arm 57 is rotated while the fabric chuck device 41 is in a position rotated while holding the fabric end portion, the pushing means 50 rotated by the arm does not hit the fabric chuck device 41.
58 is an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the push-in portion 51, and is an adhesion preventing powder container in which a predetermined amount of powder 59 is put in advance. Installed.
The air cylinder 55 is located in the center of the container 58 and the cylindrical member 16 and is installed in the machine frame. The rotary drive device 54 is rotated around the air cylinder 55 by sucking and discharging air, and the rotary arm 57 is rotated. Is rotated from the position of the container 58 to the position of the cylindrical member 16, and the air in the air cylinder 55 is sucked and discharged at that position, and the pushing means 50 is moved up and down. Thus, the pushing portion 51 is put in a container and powdered, and the pushing portion 51 with the powder is raised and rotated to the upper surface position of the cylindrical member, and the pushing portion 51 is lowered at that position to form a cylindrical shape. The bread dough placed on the upper surface of the member 16 is pushed into the cylindrical member 16. The pushing portion 51 is normally kept in a state where powder is applied in the powder container 58, and is rotated and lowered to the cylindrical member as described above to push the dough. Wait until activated. Since the powder 59 is applied to the pushing portion 51 of the pushing means 50, the dough does not adhere when the dough is pushed in, and can be easily separated from the bread dough when the pushing portion is returned.
According to the present invention, the operation of tying the bar-shaped bread dough can be performed almost planarly on the dough placing plate of the conveying means by the bread dough knot forming device, so that the soft dough can be tied by a machine. Could be achieved. This bread dough knot forming apparatus can automatically form knot bread and can be mass-produced, and can stabilize quality and improve productivity.

1, 2 and 6, reference numeral 60 denotes bar-shaped bread dough arrangement means for conveying the bar-shaped bread dough in a state where it is in a predetermined range with respect to the bread dough knot forming apparatus. The bar-shaped bread dough arranging means 60 includes a bar-shaped bread dough storage means 61 for removably storing the bar-shaped bread dough, a position detecting means 67 for detecting the position of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage section 61, and the position And a storage unit moving unit 63 for moving the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit to an appropriate position on the transport unit based on a detection signal from the detection unit 67. The bar-shaped bread dough storage unit is moved by the storage unit moving unit 63. It has the function of discharging the rod-shaped bread dough to be stored later. The predetermined range position with respect to the bread dough knot forming device means that both ends of the rod-shaped bread dough are in positions where the one end gripping means and the other end gripping means of the bread dough knot forming device 15 can grip.
In the embodiment, the rod-shaped bread dough storage portion 61 is a semicircular cross-sectional shape that can accommodate the rod-shaped bread dough P1, and is made of metal, resin, or the like, and has a shaft at an upper position on the carry-in side of the conveyor V2 of the conveying means 1. The rod-shaped bread dough P1 fed from the conveyor V1 is installed in the rod-shaped bread dough storage portion 61 so as to be able to advance and retreat in the direction and to rotate by a predetermined angle in the rotation direction. The rod-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 is fixed at one end to the storage unit rotating means 62, for example, the rotary shaft of the rotary actuator, and as the storage unit moving unit 63, a driving device 64, for example, a cylinder is installed below the rod-shaped bread dough storage unit 61. The cylinder 64 is provided with a slide member 64 a for moving the rod-shaped bread dough storage portion 61 in the axial direction, and the slide member 64 a and the rotation driving means 62 are connected by a connecting member 65. Thus, the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 is normally held in a horizontal position for storing the bar-shaped bread dough P1 sent from the conveyor V1, and the position of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 at that position is the bread dough knot forming apparatus. If there is a deviation from the predetermined range position, the rod-shaped bread dough storage portion 61 is moved in the axial direction by the cylinder 64 to adjust the position, and then the rod-shaped bread dough storage portion 61 is rotated at a predetermined angle by the rotating means. It is rotated 90 degrees and discharged onto the conveyor V2.
Reference numeral 66 denotes detection means for detecting that the dough has entered the stick-shaped bread dough storage means 61, and is connected to a control unit for controlling the operation of the stick-shaped bread dough arranging means based on a detection signal from the detection means. Reference numeral 67 denotes position detection means for detecting the position of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61. In the embodiment, a position detection camera (for example, a CCD) is used, and 68 is illumination means. The end of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage 61 is illuminated through a window hole provided in the storage.
The detection means 66 detects that the bar-shaped bread dough P1 has entered the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61, detects the end of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 with the camera of the position detection unit 67, and ties the bread dough When there is a deviation from the predetermined range position with respect to the forming apparatus, the storage unit 61 is configured to slide the rod-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 in the axial direction by the cylinder 64 based on the detection signal from the position detection unit 67 so as to be within the predetermined range position. The rotation unit 62 rotates the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit 61 by 90 degrees to discharge the dough to the transport unit 1. Since the position of the rod-shaped bread dough discharged to the conveying means is within a predetermined range position, it can be combined with the one end gripping means and the other end gripping means of the bread dough knot forming device 15 and can be aligned with the core of the tubular member 16. Can be performed accurately. The rod-shaped bread dough arranging means is configured such that the rod-shaped bread dough storage means 61 is a mechanism for releasing the dough by rotating 90 degrees in order to discharge the rod-shaped bread dough. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to use a mechanism that opens and closes the bottom of the fabric to release the dough.

Next, the bread dough knot forming method of the present invention will be described. The bread dough knot forming method of the present invention is a bread dough knot forming method including a step of preparing the rod-shaped bread dough P1, and a step of connecting the rod-shaped bread dough,
The knotting step includes a locking step of locking at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough, a step of holding one end side of the bread dough locked in the locking step, and a state of holding the one end side A ring-shaped portion forming step of gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, turning around the locking point in the locking step as a fulcrum, and intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, A step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion; and one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion is pushed into the ring-shaped portion, and the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough Passing through the ring-shaped part. In the embodiment, the locking point is, for example, the tubular member, and the step of holding one end side of the bread dough is gripped by the one end gripping means 18 and the step of gripping the other end side of the rod-like bread dough is The step of forming the ring-shaped portion by being gripped by the other-end gripping means 40 is performed by the one-end gripping portion moving means 20, and the step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion; The step of pushing the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion into the ring-shaped portion and passing the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough through the ring-shaped portion is the other end gripping portion moving means 44. Done in
According to this manufacturing method, the rod-shaped bread dough is rolled into a ring shape in a plane, the end of the dough is pushed into the center of the ring shape, and the bread dough can be mechanically tied automatically. It can be mass-produced and can stabilize quality, improve productivity, and save labor.

The bread dough knot forming method of the present invention comprises a step of preparing a rod-shaped bread dough P1, and a step of conveying the rod-shaped bread dough in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction and tying the rod-shaped bread dough in the middle of conveyance. Knot forming method,
The knotting step includes a receiving step for receiving at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed in a substantially orthogonal state, a step for holding one end side of the bread dough received in the receiving step, and the one end side Holding the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough in a state where the rod-shaped bread dough is held, turning the receiving point in the receiving step as a fulcrum, and intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, and forming the ring-shaped bread dough, And placing one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion by the placing step into the ring-shaped portion, A step of passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side, and a step of releasing the catch after the passing step of the ring-shaped portion. In the embodiment, the receiving point is, for example, the cylindrical member, and the step of releasing the receiving is a step of lowering the receiving point and removing it from the fabric. Other steps are the same as described above.
According to this manufacturing method, the rod-shaped dough to be conveyed by the conveying means is tied in the knotting process, and the tied bread dough is bounced out and sent out by the conveying means. Therefore, the rod-shaped dough is wound in a ring shape on a plane, and the center of the ring shape The end of the dough can be pushed into the machine and the dough can be automatically knotted, and the automatically formed knot dough can be sent automatically, enabling mass production, stable quality, improved productivity, and labor saving. Can do.

The bread dough knot forming method of the present invention will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIGS.
The rod-shaped bread dough P1 previously formed in the preparation step is transported on the belt of the transport means 1 with its length direction orthogonal to the transport direction. When the detection means 13 detects the passage of the rod-shaped bread dough P1, the control device automatically performs the dough pressing member, the dough chuck device, the dough lifting member, the pushing means, the cylindrical member, the dough placing plate, etc., according to the timed control program. Actuated. The knotting operation time in the dough knot forming apparatus was about 2 to 3 seconds in the measurement of the experiment.
In the knotting step, first, as shown in FIG. 7, the pushing means 50 is in a state where the powder in the powder container 58 is attached. In this state, the rod-shaped bread dough P1 is fed by the conveyor belt as indicated by an arrow and is received by being hit by the tubular member 16, and the belt 3 is stopped at a position where the bread dough is bent into a "<" shape. At this time, both ends of the rod-shaped bread dough P1 are located on both sides of the central cylindrical member 16, and one end is placed between the projections 19c and 19d on the dough receiving portion 19b of the arm of the dough lifting member 19, The other end is stopped at a position where the dough chuck member 42 of the dough chuck device 41 grips.
In FIG. 8, when the dough stops at the above position, one end of the dough on the dough receiving portion 19b of the dough lifting member 19 is pressed by the pressing portion of the pressing member 30 (step of holding one end side of the bread dough), the dough chuck device 41, the other end of the dough is gripped by the dough chuck member 42, the dough chuck device 41 is rotated about 230 degrees around the axis of the tubular member, wound around the tubular member 16 while being wound and crossed to form a ring shape. Bread dough P2 is formed (step of forming a ring-shaped portion).
Next, as shown in FIG. 9, one end portion of the fabric placed on the fabric push-up member 19 is lifted to the reverse position while being pressed by the pressing member 30, and then the pressing member 30 is rotated as shown in FIG. The fabric push-up member 19 is rotated about 180 degrees by the rotation drive device 21, and the end portion of the fabric is placed on the upper surface of the cylindrical member 16 which is the center portion of the ring fabric. Place (the process of placing the fabric end on the ring-shaped part). Here, the dough chuck member 42 releases the grip and releases the dough.
Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the end of the fabric placed on the tubular member 16 is pushed into the interior by the fabric pushing means 50 (step of passing one end side through the ring-shaped portion). When the dough pushing-in means 50 is pushed in, the tubular member 16 is also lowered and removed from the bread dough, and the dough pushing-in means 50 is returned and removed (step of releasing the catch). The dough pushing-in means 50 rotates and returns to the original state and puts it in the powder container 58 to apply the powder 59 (process for applying powder). After returning the pushing means 50 to the original position, the dough chuck device 41 is returned to the original position.
12 and 14, the tied fabric P3 is left on the fabric placing plate 8.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 13, the dough placing plate 8 is pushed up by the dough placing plate raising / lowering means 11 to rise up with the support shaft on the downstream side as a fulcrum, and the knot bread dough P3 jumps out, and the belt of the conveying means 1 Move up and send out (process to send out knot bread dough). The driving of the belt 3 that has been stopped is started and the dough is conveyed. The knot bread dough is spun off by the dough placing plate and placed on the belt with the knot end at the bottom.
According to the present invention, the operation of tying the bar-shaped bread dough can be performed almost flatly on the dough placing plate of the conveying means by the above-described manufacturing method, thereby achieving the soft tying of the dough by the machine. I was able to.

By the rod-like bread dough arrangement means, the rod-like bread dough P1 can be carried in a predetermined range position of the bread dough knot forming device 15 and received by the tubular member of the bread dough knot forming device 15; the gripping position of one end of the bread dough; The end chuck position can be adjusted, and the dough knotting operation can be performed accurately and efficiently.
According to the present invention, work efficiency is improved in each of a series of steps of feeding the knot bread dough in the bread knot device and feeding the formed knot bread dough from the feed to the knot device in which the position of the stick bread dough placed on the belt is a predetermined range position. Improvements can be made, mass production is possible, quality can be stabilized, productivity can be improved, and labor can be saved.

  The method for producing knot bread according to the present invention includes performing a fermentation process for fermenting the knot bread dough and a baking process for baking the knot bread dough fermented by the fermentation process after performing the knot forming method for bread dough described above. Thus, knot bread can be manufactured automatically.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various form can be implemented in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. In the embodiment, the case where the cylinder and the actuator are air is shown, but it may be hydraulic.

It is the whole schematic front view which shows the manufacturing apparatus of the knot bread dough of this invention. It is the same top view. It is a front view which shows a bread dough knot forming apparatus. It is the same top view. It is the same side view. It is a side view of a rod-shaped bread dough arrangement | positioning means. It is a perspective view of the state which receives rod-shaped bread dough with a cylindrical member. It is a perspective view of a state in which one side of a bar-shaped bread dough is gripped by a dough lifting member and a pressing member, and the dough is wound around a cylindrical member by the other end gripping means. It is a perspective view of the state where the cloth pushing-up member and the pressing member were lifted while being held. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a state in which the pressing of the pressing member is released and the fabric lifting member is reversed. It is a perspective view in the state where the cloth end was pushed into the cylindrical member by the pushing means. It is a perspective view in the state where a cylindrical member was lowered, a pushing-in part was returned, and a molded knot bread dough was formed. It is a perspective view of the state which sends out the knot bread dough formed by pushing up the dough placing plate. It is a perspective view which shows knot bread dough.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyance means 3 Linear belt 4 Opening part 6 Dough placement part 7 Opening part 8 Dough placement board 11 Dough placement board raising means 13 Detection means 15 Bread dough knot forming device 16 Cylindrical member 17 Cylindrical member raising / lowering means 18 One end gripping means 19 Fabric push-up member 19a L-shaped arm 19b Fabric receiving portion 19c, 19d Projection piece 20 One-end gripping portion moving means 21 Fabric push-up member rotating means 24 Fabric push-up member tilting means 28 Driving means 30 Pressing member 30a Holding section 32 Holding member raising and lowering means 40 Other end gripping means 41 Dough chuck device 42 Dough chuck member 43 Rotating arm 44 Other end gripping moving means 45 Grip part rotating means 46 Grip part lifting means 50 Pushing means 51 Pushing part 53 Pushing part moving means 54 Pushing part rotating means 55 Pushing part lifting means 58 Prevention of adhesion Powder container 59 Powder 60 bar-like bread dough disposed means 61 rod-like bread dough accommodating portion 62 accommodating section rotating means 63 receiving portion moving means 66 detection unit 67 the position detecting means

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A dough knot forming method having a step of preparing a rod-shaped bread dough and a knotting step of tying the rod-shaped bread dough,
The knotting step includes a locking step of locking at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough, a step of holding one end side of the bread dough locked in the locking step, and a state of holding the one end side A ring-shaped portion forming step of gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, turning around the locking point in the locking step as a fulcrum, and intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, A placing step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion, and pushing one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the ring-shaped portion by the placing step into the ring-shaped portion, And a step of passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side of the bread dough. A dough knot-forming method comprising: preparing a rod-shaped bread dough; and a knotting step of conveying the rod-shaped bread dough in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction and tying the rod-shaped bread dough in the middle of conveyance,
The knotting step includes a receiving step for receiving at a substantially central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough conveyed in a substantially orthogonal state, a step for holding one end side of the bread dough received in the receiving step, and the one end side A ring-shaped portion forming step of gripping the other end side of the rod-shaped bread dough in a state of holding, turning around the receiving point in the receiving step as a fulcrum, and forming a ring-shaped portion intersecting with one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough; A placing step of lifting one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough and placing it on the ring-shaped portion, and placing the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough into the ring-shaped portion placed on the ring-shaped portion by the placing step, Having the step of passing the ring-shaped portion through the one end side of the rod-shaped bread dough, and the step of releasing the catching together with the passing step of the ring-shaped portion Conclusion molding method of dough to a butterfly.   A knot characterized by performing a fermentation step of fermenting the knot bread dough after performing the knot forming method of bread dough according to claim 1 or 2, and a baking step of baking the knot bread dough fermented by the fermentation step. Bread manufacturing method. A dough placing portion capable of placing a stick-shaped bread dough on the upper surface;
It is provided so as to be able to project and retreat with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing portion, can lock the substantially central portion of the stick-shaped bread dough, can wind the stick-shaped bread dough around the peripheral surface, and can insert one end of the stick-shaped bread dough inside A cylindrical member,
A cylindrical member elevating means for elevating and lowering the cylindrical member with respect to the upper surface of the fabric placing portion;
One end gripping means for gripping one end of the rod-shaped bread dough locked by the tubular member;
The other end gripping means for gripping the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough locked by the tubular member;
The other end gripping portion that causes the rod-shaped bread dough to wrap around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and moves the other end gripping means so that the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects the one end of the rod-shaped bread dough. Transportation means;
One end gripping portion moving means for moving the one end gripping portion to place one end of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end gripping means on the upper opening of the tubular member;
A bread dough knot-forming apparatus, comprising: pushing means for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member. Conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough in a state substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction;
A dough placing plate having an opening for raising and lowering the cylindrical member at substantially the center of the conveying means, and placing the rod-shaped bread dough on the upper surface;
The dough placing plate is provided so as to be able to project and retract, can receive the substantially central portion of the bar-shaped bread dough, can wind the bar-shaped bread dough on the peripheral surface, and can insert one end of the bar-shaped bread dough inside A certain tubular member;
A cylindrical member elevating means for elevating and lowering the cylindrical member with respect to the upper surface of the dough placing plate through the opening;
One end gripping means for gripping one end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member;
The other end portion gripping means for gripping the other end portion of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the tubular member;
The other end gripping portion that causes the rod-shaped bread dough to wrap around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and moves the other end gripping means so that the other end of the rod-shaped bread dough intersects the one end of the rod-shaped bread dough. Transportation means;
One end gripping portion moving means for moving the one end gripping portion to place one end of the rod-shaped bread dough gripped by the one end gripping means on the upper opening of the tubular member;
A bread dough knot-forming apparatus, comprising: pushing means for pushing one end of the rod-shaped bread dough placed on the upper opening of the tubular member into the tubular member.   The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the cylindrical member is a rectangular, circular, or oval cylindrical body in which a rod-shaped bread dough can be wound around a peripheral surface and an end of the bread dough can be inserted therein.   The bread dough knot-forming device according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the cylindrical member has a concave shape on the side into which the dough of the upper opening is placed.   The one end gripping means is provided with a dough lifting member that holds one end of the rod-shaped bread dough received by the cylindrical member from the lower surface side, and is capable of approaching and separating from the dough lifting member, The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, comprising a pressing member for pressing.   The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the dough lifting member has a non-slip member provided on all or a part of the portion in contact with the rod-shaped bread dough.   10. The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the dough pushing-up member is provided with a pair of dough pressing protrusions having a gap slightly wider than the width of the tubular member.   The one end gripping portion moving means includes a cloth push-up member raising means for raising and lowering the cloth push-up member, and a cloth push-up member rotating means for reversing the cloth push-up member on the upper opening of the tubular member. The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to any one of claims 4, 5 and 8 to 10.   The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the other end gripping means includes a chuck member for gripping and releasing the other end of the bread dough.   The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the chuck member of the other end gripping means has a non-slip member provided on the opposing surface.   The said other end part holding part movement means is equipped with the holding part raising / lowering means for raising / lowering this other end part holding means, and the holding part rotation means for rotating this other end part holding means. The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to any one of 5 and 11 to 13.   The bread dough knot-forming apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the pushing means includes a push-in part that pushes bread dough that can enter the cylindrical member.   The pushing means includes the pushing portion, a moving means for moving the pushing portion between the adhesion preventing powder container and the tubular member, and the pushing portion at an arrangement position of the container and the tubular member. The bread dough knot-forming apparatus according to claim 4, 5 or 15, further comprising elevating means for elevating and lowering.   The dough placing plate is provided with a dough placing plate raising / lowering means for supporting one end of the dough placing plate on a supporting shaft of a downstream base of the conveying means and raising the other end. The bread dough knot forming apparatus according to any one of 5 to 16. First conveying means for conveying the rod-shaped bread dough with the length direction orthogonal to the conveying direction;
A bread dough knot forming device according to any one of claims 5 to 17,
Second conveying means for conveying the knot bread dough formed by the dough knot forming apparatus;
An apparatus for producing knot bread dough, comprising:   The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the conveying means is a conveyor in which a plurality of linear belts are arranged at an arbitrary interval.   The knot-bread dough manufacturing apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects the rod-shaped dough conveyed to the dough knot forming apparatus by the conveying unit; and a control unit that controls the operation of the dough knot forming apparatus based on a detection signal from the detection unit. An apparatus for producing knot bread dough according to claim 18 or 19.   The knot bread dough manufacturing apparatus comprises bar-like bread dough arranging means on the conveying means for conveying the rod-like bread dough in a predetermined range position with respect to the bread dough knot forming apparatus. 21. The apparatus for producing knot bread dough according to any one of claims 18 to 20. The bar-shaped bread dough arranging means includes a bar-shaped bread dough storage means for removably storing the bar-shaped bread dough, a position detection means for detecting the position of the bar-shaped bread dough stored in the bar-shaped bread dough storage section, and a detection by the position detection means. A storage unit moving means for moving the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit to an appropriate position on the conveying means based on a signal, and the bar-shaped bread dough storage unit releases the bar-shaped bread dough stored after being moved by the storage unit moving unit. The apparatus for producing knot bread dough according to claim 21, which has a function of:

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