JP2010098970A - Apparatus for forming rolled bread dough - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for forming rolled bread dough which can efficiently form spindle-like bread dough into a cylindrical shape. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus for forming the rolled bread dough which has a rolling portion 24 for cylindrically rolling bread dough put on the dough-mounting surface of a belt conveyer and rolled into a spindle shape, wherein the rolling portion 24 has an endless belt 26 used for rolling and having a rolling surface 60 set on the mounting surface in parallel with each other, and a pressing member 62 including a pressing surface 64 which is set on the back side of the rolling surface 60, presses the rolling surface to the side of the mounting surface, and especially presses the central portion of the bread dough. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus for forming bread dough, which is performed as a pretreatment for baking bread, into a roll shape.

  The bread making process is usually performed through the following processes.

After kneading the flour into bread dough, divide it into predetermined amounts, make it intermediate fermented,
The intermediate dough is passed through a plurality of pairs of rollers and degassed into an oval or circular sheet dough.
While the sheet-like bread dough is further transported on the belt conveyor, the sheet-like bread dough is passed under a comb-shaped wire mesh that is in contact with the bread dough placing surface of the belt conveyor, thereby forming a spindle shape (that is, in the axial direction). A roll with a large central part and a small diameter at both ends)
Furthermore, this spindle-shaped bread dough conveyed by the belt conveyor is held down from the top by the spreading surface and rolled on the belt conveyor to extend it into a substantially cylindrical shape.
The bread dough having a cylindrical shape is placed on the top plate as it is, or after being secondarily formed, placed on the top plate for final fermentation, and finally put in an oven for baking.

  The above-mentioned pressure spreading surface is known to be formed by setting a pressure spreading plate or a pressureless endless belt in parallel so as to face the fabric placement surface. In recent years, it has become common to use an endless belt. Yes.

For example, in the case of spreading hard bread dough, the plate for pressure spreading disclosed in Patent Document 1 is for strongly pressing the middle dough portion of the bread dough to perform strong pressure, and the dough is soft and medium thick. It is designed so that it can be replaced with one that is used for spreading pressure without pushing the part particularly strongly. However, in recent years, the bread to be produced has become a wide variety, and it is common to produce the bread of a variety of bread using the same production line. Therefore, it is necessary to quickly replace the pressure spreading member according to the bread to be produced. However, Patent Document 1 does not disclose means for that purpose. Further, in the pressure spreading section using an endless belt, no special means for adjusting according to the quality of the bread dough is provided.
Utility Model Publication No. Sho 42-20720

  An object of the present invention is to provide a bread dough forming apparatus that can appropriately adjust the degree of spreading pressure according to the quality of bread dough in a bread dough forming apparatus using an endless belt for pressure spreading in view of the above points. It is said.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a bread dough forming apparatus that enables such adjustment to be performed quickly.

That is, the present invention
A belt conveyor having a placement surface for placing and conveying sheet-shaped bread dough;
A winding part that is installed upstream of the placement surface and rolls the sheet-shaped bread dough that is being conveyed, into a spindle shape having an axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the bread dough;
An endless belt for pressure development set at an upper position on the downstream side of the placement surface, having a pressure development surface substantially parallel to the placement surface, and the pressure development surface in the driving direction of the placement surface An endless belt for pressure spreading for extending the bread dough, which can be driven and made into a spindle shape, while rolling between the dough and the mounting surface, and set on the back side of the pressure spreading surface And applying a pressing force toward the central portion in the axial direction of the bread dough from the back side to the pressure spreading surface, and bending the pressure spreading surface so that the central portion in the width direction is convex toward the bread dough. A pressure spreading section including a pressing member configured to press the bread dough;
There is provided a roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus characterized by comprising:

  In this apparatus, the pressing member is set on the back surface side of the pressure-applying surface, and the pressure-applying surface is applied to the pressure-applying surface from the back surface side by applying a pressing force toward the central portion in the axial direction of the bread dough. In order to press the bread dough so that the central portion in the width direction is curved so as to be convex toward the bread dough, an appropriate pressing force is applied to the bread dough with the center portion at the center. Is possible. In the case of directly pressing the above-described spreading plate against the bread dough, it is necessary to precisely design the contact surface with the dough so as not to damage the dough, but in the present invention, via the spreading surface of the endless belt for spreading. In order to press the bread dough, an appropriate curve is generated on the pressure spreading surface, and it is possible to perform an appropriate press without damaging the bread dough.

  Specifically, the pressing member may have a pressing surface that extends in the transport direction along the widthwise center portion of the bread dough transport path and presses the back surface side of the pressure spreading surface. When the bread dough is conveyed downstream, the pressing force is continuously received from the pressing member.

  More specifically, the width of the pressing surface can be changed toward the downstream side. When the bread dough is conveyed downstream, the pressing force to the bread dough is appropriately changed according to the quality of the bread dough.

  As an example, the pressing surface may have a portion that becomes wider toward the downstream side. In this portion, it is possible to gradually increase the pressure on the bread dough conveyed downstream.

  The pressure-applying portion is attached to a frame of a belt conveyor, and has a support frame for supporting the pressure-extended surface of the endless belt for pressure-opposing to the mounting surface, and the endless belt for pressure-applying is the support frame The position between the mounting surface and the mounting surface can be adjusted.

  And a support frame pivotally attached to a frame of the belt conveyor at one side of the mounting surface, the support frame including an operating position where the pressure-extended surface is parallel to the mounting surface, and It can be pivotable to a non-operating position lifted by

  In this case, the support frame supports the endless belt for pressure application so that the position of the endless belt can be adjusted, and the distance between the pressure-applying surface and the mounting surface can be adjusted.

  The pressure spreading member can be detachably attached to the support frame so as to engage with the back surface of the pressure spreading surface. A plurality of pressing members having different pressing surface shapes are prepared so that necessary pressing members can be attached to the support frame in accordance with the bread dough.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a bread dough forming apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in the figure, the roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a belt conveyor 10 that carries the bread dough a and conveys the bread dough a on the belt conveyor. A winding part 20 having a comb-like winding member 12 set so as to be in contact with 11 and making the dough a spindle-shaped roll, and a downstream side of the winding part of the mounting surface 11 The bread dough formed into a spindle-shaped roll with a pressure-expanding endless belt 26 (FIGS. 2 and 7) set in parallel with an interval upward is rolled into a cylindrical shape while being rolled between the mounting surface 11 And a pressure-extended portion 24 for extending.

  The portion related to the subject of the present invention described in the problem to be solved by the above-described invention is mainly in the pressure-extended portion 24. First, the winding portion 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The winding portion 20 is characterized by including a guide member 14 to be described later, but in FIG. 1, in order to compare the case where the guide member of that feature is provided with the case where it is not, Of the bread dough conveyance paths provided in three rows at intervals in the width direction of the apparatus (vertical direction as viewed in FIG. 1), the guide member 14 is provided in the lower conveyance path as viewed in the figure. In addition, the upper and middle transport paths show a state in which the guide member 14 is provided. Further, the upper transport path has not yet passed the bread dough a, and the intermediate transport path has passed the bread dough. The state is shown. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus, in which an intermediate conveyance path is composed of two rows of conveyance paths and has four rows of conveyance paths as a whole. It is substantially the same as one. In the following, the winding unit 20 will be described mainly by taking an intermediate conveyance path as an example.

  The winding part 20 was set on both sides of the conveyance path between the interdigital winding member 12 provided along each conveyance path and the interdigital winding member 12 and the mounting surface 11. And a pair of guide members 14.

  The interdigital winding member 12 includes a pair of brackets 30 attached to the frames 70 on both sides of the belt conveyor 10, and attachment shafts 32, 34, which are hung on the brackets and cross over the upper position of the belt conveyor mounting surface 11. 36, three interdigital members 38, 40, and 42 (FIG. 3) that are respectively attached to the belt conveyor and extend to the downstream side of the belt conveyor, specifically, a flexible wire mesh.

  The first interdigital member 38 from the upstream side is for starting to roll the bread dough into a roll shape from its tip by contacting the sheet-like bread dough a being conveyed, and the second interdigital member Reference numeral 40 is placed on the first interdigital member 38 and weights the first interdigital member 38 that comes into contact with the bread dough to ensure the start of the dough winding. The second interdigital member 40 extends downstream from the first interdigital member 38 and extends between the upstream ends of the pair of guide members 14. The third interdigital member 42 extends on the downstream side so as to be placed on the guide member 14, and extends below the endless belt 26 for pressure expansion as a pressure expansion member.

  The shafts 32, 34, and 36 are spaced from the placement surface 11 enough to receive the bread dough a conveyed from the upstream side. In the guide member 14, the third interdigital member 42 placed thereon comes into contact with the bread dough started to be wound by the first and second interdigital members 38, 40, and the dough is further wound. The height is such that it can be rolled.

  It is not always necessary to use three interdigital members. Even if one interdigital member is used, it is only necessary to ensure that the dough supplied from the upstream can be wound at the upstream end portion.

  The pair of guide members 14 are attached to frames 70 on both sides of the belt conveyor 10 and supported by support frames 44 set so as to cross the belt conveyor 10. The support frame 44 is attached in parallel to the cross bar 46 corresponding to a pair of cross bars 46 provided at intervals in the bread dough transport direction and the guide members 14 forming a pair of each transport path. A support bar 48, and a support adjusting member 50 which is set so as to be slidable between the support bar 48 and the crossing bar 46, supports the corresponding guide member 14, and adjusts the position of the guide member with respect to the conveyance path. Have.

  5 and 6 show details of the support frame 44. FIG. That is, the support frames 44 are supported by rectangular support frames 54 that are provided at both ends of the support frame 44 and are mounted and fixed on the frames 70 on both sides of the belt conveyor. That is, the support frame 54 supports the transverse bar 46 at the upstream end and the downstream end in the dough conveying direction at the upper end, and the lower frame member 56 forming the lower side of the rectangle is placed on the frame 70 of the belt conveyor. A concave portion 59 that fits into the positioning convex portion 58 provided in the frame 70 is provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the support frame 44 can be attached and removed by moving it up and down with respect to the frame 70 of the belt conveyor.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of guide members 14 are configured such that the distance between the guide members 14 gradually decreases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyance path. That is, the bread dough supplied from the upstream side has variations in the position in the width direction of the belt conveyor, so even if there is bread dough supplied out of the conveyance path, it is received at the upstream end that accepts it. As the bread dough is conveyed to the downstream side, the bread dough is brought closer to the conveyance path, and finally the bread dough is sent to the pressure-pressing section 24 on the downstream side in a state aligned with the conveyance path. To be able to. The adjustment of the misalignment of the bread dough by the guide member is performed by rotating the bread dough in a spindle shape, so that the bread dough is tilted by contact with the guide member (that is, the center axis of the bread dough wound in the spindle shape is conveyed). In the present invention, since the interdigital member suppresses the bread dough, it is confirmed that the position adjustment is performed without substantially such inclination. is doing.

  The guide member 14 is preferably made of a metal such as stainless steel, but a thin synthetic resin plate 52 is preferably attached to the upper surface of the guide member 14 with a screw 54 or the like, as shown in FIG. This is because the guide member 14 is set on the lower side of the interdigital member in which a wire mesh is actually used as described above, so that metal powder is generated due to friction with the wire mesh and is not mixed into the bread dough. It is. Accordingly, the screws are prevented from coming out above the upper surface of the synthetic resin plate 52.

  As described above, the pressure-expanding portion 24 has the pressure-endless endless belt 26 set at a position above the placement surface 11 of the belt conveyor downstream of the winding portion 20. Guide members 57 set on both sides of each conveying path for bread dough are provided between the placing surface 11 of the belt conveyor and the spreading surface of the spreading endless belt 26 adjacent to the placing surface. The bread dough passed through the pressure part 24 is guided, and both end faces of the bread dough that are spread in a cylindrical shape are formed. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the guide member 57 is suspended by a support frame 55 fixed to the frame 70 of the belt conveyor adjacent to the upstream end and the downstream end of the pressureless endless belt 26. It has become.

  In the embodiment described above, the guide member 14 is a pair that sandwiches the conveyance path in the illustrated example, but one guide member is set obliquely on one side of the conveyance path. It is also possible.

  Next, the pressure spreading section 24 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As described above, the pressure-expanding portion 24 has the pressure-endless endless belt 26 set at a position above the placement surface 11 of the belt conveyor downstream of the winding portion 20. The pressureless endless belt 26 has a pressure-applying surface 60 that is substantially parallel to the mounting surface 11. The pressure-applying surface can be driven in the driving direction of the mounting surface, and the winding portion 20 has a spindle shape. The bread dough is extended between the dough and the cylindrical bread dough while rolling between the dough and the placing surface 11. The pressure-extended surface 60 is normally driven in the same direction as the driving direction A of the mounting surface 11 (that is, the positive driving direction of the mounting surface), but it can also be in the opposite direction. The number of rolls of roll-shaped bread dough that is rolled between the surface 11 and the surface 11 is determined to be appropriate. The pressure spreading unit 24 further includes a pressing member 62 set on the back side of the pressure spreading surface. The pressing member 62 is provided along each conveyance path of bread dough, and applies a pressing force toward the central portion in the axial direction of the bread dough conveyed along each conveyance path from the back surface side of the pressure spreading surface 60. In addition to the pressure surface 11, it has a pressing surface 64 that is curved so that the central portion in the width direction in each conveyance path of the pressure spreading surface is convex toward the bread dough (see FIG. 9) to press the bread dough. .

  In the illustrated example, the pressing member 62 is composed of two pressing plates 66 and 68, and the upstream first plate 66 has a flat surface that engages with the back surface of the pressure-extended surface 60 of the endless belt for pressure-expanding. The second plate 68 on the downstream side is a flat plate as a whole, but the pressing surface 64 is provided along the four rows of bread dough conveying paths. The pressing surface 64 has a shape in which the width gradually increases from the narrow upstream end toward the wide downstream end.

  The pressure spreading unit 24 will be described in more detail as follows.

  The spreading part 24 has a support frame 72 pivotally attached to a frame 70 of the belt conveyor on one side of the belt conveyor mounting surface 11, and the support frame 72 is used to spread the endless belt 26 for spreading. The pressure surface 60 is pivotable between an operating position in which the pressure surface 60 is parallel to the placing surface 11 of the belt conveyor and a non-operating position lifted upward as shown in FIGS.

  More specifically, the support frame 72 is pivotally attached to a pair of support studs 74 fixed to the frame 70 on one side of the belt conveyor, and extends in a transverse direction across the belt conveyor in the operating position. A support frame member 76 is provided, and the pressureless endless belt 26 is supported by a position adjusting screw 80 from the pair of support frame members 76. In other words, L-shaped brackets 83 are fixed to the upstream end and the downstream end of both sides of the frame 81 that supports the pressureless endless belt 26 in a drivable manner, and the support frame member 76 is attached to the bracket. The position adjusting screw 80 extending from the screw is engaged with the screw, and by rotating the position adjusting screw 80, the position of the endless belt for pressure expansion with respect to the support frame member 76 can be adjusted. In the illustrated example, a handle 82 is attached to the upper end of each position adjusting screw 80, and the position of the endless belt for pressure expansion can be adjusted by rotating the handle 82. The left and right handles are paired, and the left and right position adjusting screws 80 can be rotated simultaneously by rotating one handle so as to be interlocked with each other by a gear (not shown).

  In the illustrated example, the frame 70 of the belt conveyor opposite to the side on which the support stud 74 is provided is fixed to extend downward from the free end of the support frame member 76 when the support frame 72 is in the operating position. A fixing stud 86 is provided for engaging with the stud 84 to fix the support frame 72 in the operating position.

  The frame 81 of the pressureless endless belt 26 includes slots with elongated openings 87 and 88 (FIG. 8) that can be stored and fixed so that the pressing plates 66 and 68 can be taken out from the back surface side of the pressure spreading surface 60. The pressing plates 66 and 68 can be inserted and removed by the handles 90 and 92 through the openings 87 and 88, respectively, and the operator can operate the pressing plate with the handles.

  The spreading part 24 has elongated guide members 94 on both sides of each conveyance path of the bread dough so as to prevent the bread dough that is expanded and cylindrical from being removed from the conveyance path and to form the end face of the bread dough. To do. In the illustrated example, the guide member 94 is suspended from support frames 96 and 98 attached to the frame 70 of the belt conveyor at the upstream end portion and the downstream end portion of the pressure spreading portion.

  As described above, the embodiment of the bread dough roll forming apparatus according to the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the pressing surface 64 formed on the pressing plates 66 and 68 is shown in FIG. As shown, various shapes according to the quality and quantity of the dough, and a plurality of pressing portions 64 can be provided in the dough conveying direction.

It is a top view which shows the state which looked at the roll-shaped bread dough shaping | molding apparatus as preferable one Embodiment of this invention from upper direction. It is a perspective view for mainly showing a winding part in the roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus of FIG. It is an enlarged side view which shows the winding part of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a part of guide member provided in a winding part. It is a perspective view for showing the attachment state of the support frame which supports the guide member of a winding part. It is a perspective view for showing the state where the support frame is attached and detached. It is a perspective view which shows the state which lifted the pressureless endless belt of the pressure spreading part in the roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the press plate as a pressure-applying member from the endless belt for pressure-expansion in the same non-operation position. It is sectional drawing for showing the state which is performing bread pressure of bread dough in a pressure part. (A), (b), (c), (d) is a figure which shows the various modifications of the press surface of a press plate, respectively.

Explanation of symbols

  Roll dough forming apparatus 1; bread dough a; belt conveyor 10; placement surface 11; interdigital winding member 12; guide member 14; winding portion 20; Shafts 32, 34, 36; interdigital members 38, 40, 42; support frame 44; transverse bar 46; support bar 48; support adjustment member 50; synthetic resin plate 52; Press plate 66, 68; belt conveyor frame 70; support frame 72; support stud 74; support frame member 76; position adjusting screw 80; frame 81; handle 82; bracket 83; 87, 88; handle 90, 92; guide member 94; support frame 96, 98

Claims (8)

A belt conveyor having a placement surface for placing and conveying sheet-shaped bread dough;
A winding part installed upstream of the placement surface and wound into a roll shape by rolling the sheet-like bread dough being conveyed into a spindle shape having an axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the bread dough;
An endless belt for pressure development set at an upper position on the downstream side of the placement surface, having a pressure development surface substantially parallel to the placement surface, and the pressure development surface in the driving direction of the placement surface An endless belt for pressure spreading for extending the bread dough, which can be driven and made into a spindle shape, while rolling between the dough and the mounting surface, and set on the back side of the pressure spreading surface And applying a pressing force toward the central portion in the axial direction of the bread dough from the back side to the pressure spreading surface, and bending the pressure spreading surface so that the central portion in the width direction is convex toward the bread dough. A pressure spreading section comprising a pressing member having a pressing surface for pressing the dough;
A roll dough forming apparatus characterized by comprising:   The roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressing surface extends in the transport direction along a central portion in the width direction of the transport path of the bread dough.   The roll bread dough forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pressing surface changes in width as it goes downstream.   The roll bread dough forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the pressing surface has a portion that becomes wider toward the downstream side. The pressure spreading section is attached to a frame of a belt conveyor, and has a support frame for supporting the pressure spreading surface of the pressureless endless belt so as to face the mounting surface, and the pressure spreading endless belt is the support frame. The roll bread dough according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the position of the roll-shaped bread dough can be adjusted with respect to the mounting surface, and the distance between the mounting surface and the mounting surface can be adjusted. Molding equipment. A support frame pivotally attached to a frame of the belt conveyor on one side of the placement surface, the support frame being lifted upward and an operating position where the pressure-extended surface is parallel to the placement surface; The roll-shaped bread dough forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the roll-form bread dough forming apparatus is pivotable between the non-operating position. The roll bread dough forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the support frame supports the endless belt for pressure application so that the position of the endless belt can be adjusted, and the distance between the pressure-applying surface and the mounting surface is adjustable.   The roll bread dough forming apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the pressure spreading member is detachably attached to the support frame so as to engage with the back surface of the pressure spreading surface.

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