JP2010268784A - Production equipment of baked confectionery - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently and accurately produce baked confectioneries formed into a folded wattle hat like-form in a baking step of confectionery production equipment without using a complex large dedicated forming equipment. <P>SOLUTION: At the terminal end side of a baking mold circulating line 2 of a confectionery production equipment 1, a peeling device 5 is provided which moves a peeling plate 8, having through-holes 8a and capable of housing a soft rice-cracker dough C having been baked into a thin disk, so as to draw a circle in contact with the surface of a lower mold 3a of a baking mold 3, and peels the soft rice-cracker dough from the lower mold, and also a pinching device 6 is provided which immediately forms the soft rice-cracker dough into the folded wattle hat like-form by pinching the soft rice-cracker dough with a pair of pinching claws 39, 40 having on the lower end inside surface projections 39a, 40a of almost triangle shape. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, a disc-shaped baked confectionery heated and baked on a circulating mold is immediately picked up by using a pair of molding tabs on the mold, and is folded in half. The present invention relates to a baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus.

  Conventionally, as an apparatus for manufacturing a baked confectionery bent into this type of braided shape, a crafting roller having a predetermined shape is arranged below a circulating turning position of a baked mold that circulates and a plurality of processing rollers are provided. Some of the divided frames are provided with a pair of claws that move in the approaching / separating direction. This device scrapes the disc-shaped baked confectionery that is heated and baked in a row on a baking mold at a circulating end position to a predetermined position formed around a work roller using a scraper or the like. In order not to move the confectionery, the baked confectionery that is still hot and soft is processed into a two-fold shape by positioning and sandwiching both ends with claws. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 46-33188 (page 1-2, Fig. 2)

In the conventional baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus described above, a confectionery such as a freshly baked rice cracker is folded in two under the circulating and moving baking mold. A processing device consisting of In addition, a scraper is required to peel the cakes baked in a row on the baking mold from the baking mold and drop them into a specific part of the processing roller, and this scraper is driven in synchronization with the movement of the baking mold and the processing roller. There is a problem that the configuration is complicated.

  This invention makes it a subject to solve the problem which the manufacturing apparatus of the said conventional half-fold confectionery had.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a plurality of upper and lower mating molds in which a confectionery seed is sandwiched in a place provided with a heating means such as a burner. In a baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus that baked confectionery by circulatingly moving the baking mold, the baked soft rice cracker dough is forced on the lower mold of the baking mold on the downstream side of the circulation line of the baking mold. It is characterized in that it is provided with a peeling device that peels off the fixation between the soft rice cracker dough and the lower mold and a knob device that pinches the soft rice cracker dough on the lower die and forms it into a double-folded braided shape. To do.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the peeling device has a peeling plate provided with a plurality of through holes capable of storing the baked soft rice cracker dough. It is characterized in that it is limited to one that drives an arc in contact with the surface of the lower mold.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the knob device has a plurality of pairs of knob claws provided with substantially triangular projections on the inner end surface of the lower end, and a pair of knobs facing each other. The nail is limited to the one that drives the nails in the direction in which the lower ends thereof come in contact with and away from each other.

  According to the present invention, since the soft rice cracker dough immediately after being fired in a plurality of rows can be immediately formed into a substantially net-shade shape on the lower die of the firing mold, the conventional processing device for processing what is discharged from the firing device Compared to the above, the structure of the apparatus is simplified, and the apparatus is incorporated during the firing process, so that there is an effect that a large number of molding operations are performed efficiently.

  Further, since the molding process is performed while the rice cracker dough immediately after baking is soft, defects such as cracking and deformation are hardly generated in the product, and the yield is improved.

It is a simplified front view of the baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus concerning the present invention. It is a side view of a peeling apparatus. It is a top view of a peeling apparatus. It is a front view of a peeling apparatus. It is a front view of a knob device. It is a side view of a knob device. It is a principal part enlarged front view of a knob apparatus.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the best illustrated embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 of the present invention has a baking mold circulation line 2 for moving a plurality of baking molds 3 composed of a pair of upper and lower matching molds in a horizontal direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the firing die 3 includes a lower die 3a having a horizontal flat surface and an upper die 3b that can be opened and closed with respect to the lower die 3a.

  A heating means such as a gas burner (not shown) for heating the firing mold 3 to be conveyed is provided along the longitudinal direction of the forward path (upper side in FIG. 1) of the firing mold circulation line 2. Further, near the end on the upstream side (right side in FIG. 1) of the forward path, a liquid confectionery material, which is a raw material of confectionery, has a predetermined interval on the lower mold 3a in a state where the baking mold 3 is opened. A material supply device 4 for supplying a predetermined amount is disposed.

  A peeling device 5 and a knob device 6 which are essential parts of the present invention are disposed adjacent to a terminal vicinity position on the downstream side (left side in FIG. 1) of the forward path.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the peeling device 5 includes a peeling plate 8 in which a plurality of through-holes 8 a are arranged in a regular vertical and horizontal manner, and a lifting device 9 that drives the peeling plate 8 up and down, It comprises a swing frame 10 to which a lifting device 9 is attached and a support base 11 to which the swing frame 10 is attached.

  The support 11 is slidably attached to a slide shaft 12 disposed in a direction parallel to the firing mold circulation line 2 and is conveyed by the movement of a cam follower 24 engaged with a peeling device moving groove cam 23. It can be moved synchronously over a predetermined range with the firing mold 3.

  Further, the swing frame 10 is attached to a pair of slide shafts 15 and 16 and slide shafts 17 and 18 arranged in a direction orthogonal to each other on the support base 11, and the front and rear, right and left (horizontal) with respect to the support base 11. Direction). The swing frame 10 is driven so as to draw an arc in a horizontal plane when the rack 13 attached to the support base 11 rotates and drives an eccentric shaft 25 via the gear 14. ing.

  The elevating device 9 is composed of an air cylinder 19 and a plurality of arms 20 and 21 connected to a rod 19a of the air cylinder 19, and is supported by being suspended from the lower end of the arm 21 by the protruding and retracting operation of the rod 19a. The peeling plate 8 slidably attached to the swing frame 10 is moved up and down via 22.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the knob device 6 includes a plurality of knob claw units 35 that are circulated and driven by a chain 29 that is hung between sprockets 27 a and 28 a of the drive shaft 27 and the driven shaft 28 that are arranged opposite to each other on the frame 26. It consists of As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, each knob claw unit 35 is opposed to each other in a direction facing each other, and a plurality of pairs of knob claws 39 and 40 provided in a row in a direction crossing the firing mold circulation line 2. It comprises a link mechanism 38 that supports the upper ends of the knob claws 39, 40 and drives the opposed knob claws 39, 40 in directions in which their tips come in contact with and away from each other. The cam followers 36 and 37 engaged with the guide grooves 30 a and 30 b of the side plate 30 provided on both sides of the frame 26 are driven as the knob claw unit 35 moves. Here, each of the knob claws 39 and 40 is bent substantially in the shape of a letter near the lower end, and is bent in a direction in which the lower ends approach each other, and a substantially triangular protrusion 39a projecting downward from the bent portion. , 40a are projecting inward so as to face each other.

  The drive shaft 27 is driven via a relay shaft 31 in which a chain 33 is suspended between the main sprocket 32 for driving the firing type circulation line 2. Further, the knob device 6 is provided so that one side thereof protrudes rearward (leftward in FIG. 5) from the end position of the baking type circulation line 2, and a completed baked confectionery is provided below the protruding portion. A chute 34 is provided for dropping and discharging.

  The baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration.

  Next, the operation of the baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration will be described.

  First, on the upstream side (right side in FIG. 1) of the firing mold circulation line 2, the nozzle (not shown) of the material supply device 4 disposed on the lower mold 3a of the firing mold 3 opened on the mold is opened. The liquid confectionery species that are the raw materials of the confectionery are supplied at predetermined intervals to the plurality of locations (eight in the embodiment) by a predetermined amount. Then, by repeating this operation in conjunction with the movement of the baking mold 3, a plurality of rows of confectionery seeds (three rows in the illustrated embodiment) are arranged on the lower die 3a.

  And the lower mold | type 3a by which the confectionery seed | species is regularly arrange | positioned on the surface in this way is conveyed in the downstream (left side in FIG. 1) of the baking mold circulation line 2 sequentially, and the upper mold | type 3b is mold-closed in that case By compressing the confectionery seed into a thin disk shape and feeding it into a heating area in which a heating device such as a burner is provided in this state, the confectionery seed is turned into a thin disk-shaped soft rice cracker dough C. Baked.

  After firing, the upper mold 3b is opened with the movement of the firing mold 3, and the soft rice cracker dough C is sent to the peeling device 5 in a state of being placed on the lower mold 3a as shown in FIG. At this time, the soft rice cracker dough C may be baked on the surface of the lower mold 3a due to the heat during baking and the pressing force from the upper mold 3b.

  In the peeling device 5, when the lower mold 3a on which the soft rice cracker dough C is placed moves to below the peeling plate 8, the air cylinder 19 of the lifting device is actuated first, and the rod 19a and arm 20, The peeling plate 8 that is connected through the arm 21 and supported by being suspended from the lower end of the arm 21 is lowered. Since the release plate 8 is provided with through holes 8a in positions corresponding to the soft rice cracker dough C placed on the lower mold 3a, each soft rice cracker dough C is placed in the through hole 8a of the release plate 8. You will get stuck. In this state, the peeling device 5 moves in synchronism with the firing mold 3 being conveyed by the movement of the cam follower 24 in which the support base 11 is engaged with the groove cam 23 for moving the peeling device. . Therefore, the peeling plate 3 also moves together with the baking mold 3. At this time, the peeling plate 3 is attached to the eccentric shaft 25 on which the attached swing frame 10 is rotationally driven in accordance with the movement of the support base 11. Thus, it is driven to draw an arc in a horizontal plane. Therefore, the soft rice cracker dough C located in the through hole 8a is forcibly moved on the lower mold 3a, and is peeled off from the state of being baked on the lower mold 3a.

  After peeling off the fixed state of the lower mold 3a and the soft rice cracker dough C in this way, the peeling plate 8 is pulled up from above the lower mold 3a by the action of the air cylinder 19, and the peeling device moving groove cam 23 and the cam follower are moved. By returning to the upstream side (the right side in FIG. 1) of the firing mold circulation line 2 together with the support base 11 and the swing frame 10 by the action of 24, the above-described operation is repeated for the subsequent lower mold 3a, so that the soft rice cracker The cloth C is peeled off from the lower mold 3a sequentially. At that time, the soft rice cracker dough C on the lower mold 3 a is regularly arranged at regular intervals by the through holes 8 a provided in the peeling plate 8.

  Next, the lower mold 3a with the soft rice cracker dough C placed on the surface in this way is fed to the lower side of the knob device 6, where the knob claw unit 35 shown in FIG. Is sent at a speed equal to the moving speed of the lower die 3a. At this time, each soft rice cracker dough C arranged in the lateral direction (direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the lower mold 3a) on the lower mold 3a is between the pair of knob claws 39, 40 provided in the knob claw unit 35. Will be located. When the knob claw unit 35 is moved, the cam followers 36 and 37 are guided by the guide grooves 30a and 30b, so that the link mechanism 38 moves the tips of the knob claws 39 and 40 attached to the lower ends thereof. The soft rice cracker dough C located between the knob claws 39 and 40 is folded in half to form a knitted shade-shaped product with a constricted central portion. . At this time, the soft rice cracker dough C is peeled off from the lower mold 3a by the peeling device 5 as described above, and the inner surfaces facing the lower ends of the knob claws 39, 40 are substantially triangular. Since the projections 39a and 40a having the shape are provided, the peripheral portion thereof can be easily and reliably scraped up, and can be accurately folded into a double fold with good yield.

  Each of the tab claws 39 and 40 formed with the soft rice cracker dough C in this way is driven in the direction in which the lower ends of the respective tab claws 39 and 40 are expanded by the link mechanism 38 operating in the opposite direction as the knob claw unit 35 moves. Then, the sandwiched soft rice cracker dough C is released. After that, each knob claw unit 35 is returned to its original position by a circulation mechanism formed between the drive shaft 27 and the driven shaft 28 and repeats the above-described operation.

  On the other hand, the baked confectionery molded in this way is transported to the end position (left end in FIG. 1) of the baking mold circulation line 2, where the baking mold 3 is inverted and dropped onto the chute 34, It is taken out to the outside through this chute 34.

  As described above, the baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention performs molding without taking out the baked confectionery from the baking mold, and manufactures a netted baked confectionery.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus 2 baking mold circulation line 3 baking mold 3a lower mold 3b upper mold 4 material supply apparatus 5 peeling apparatus 6 knob apparatus 7 chute 8 peeling plate 8a through-hole 9 lifting / lowering apparatus 10 swing frame 11 support bases 12 and 15 , 16, 17, 18 Slide shaft 13 Rack 14 Gear 19 Air cylinder 19a Rod 20, 21 Arm 22 Ball bush 23 Peeling device moving groove cam 24 Cam follower 25 Eccentric shaft 26 Frame 27 Drive shaft 28 Drive shaft 27a, 28a Sprocket 29 Chain 30 Side plate 30a, 30b Guide groove 31 Relay shaft 35 Knob claw unit 36, 37 Cam follower 38 Link mechanism 39, 40 Knob claw 39a, 40a Projection

Claims (3)

In a baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus that baked confectionery by circulating and moving a plurality of baking molds composed of a pair of upper and lower paired molds sandwiching confectionery seeds in a place provided with a heating means such as a burner,
A peeling device that peels off the fixation between the soft rice cracker dough and the lower die by forcibly moving the fired soft rice cracker dough on the lower die of the baking die to the downstream side of the forward path of the baking type circulation line, A baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus provided with a knob device for pinching a soft rice cracker dough on a lower mold and forming it into a double-folded knitted shade shape. The peeling device has a peeling plate provided with a plurality of through holes capable of storing the baked soft rice cracker dough, and drives the peeling plate to make an arc in contact with the surface of the lower mold. The baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1. The knob device has a plurality of pairs of knob claws provided with a substantially triangular protrusion on the inner end surface of the lower end, and drives the pair of knob claws facing each other in a direction in which the lower ends thereof come in contact with and away from each other. The baked confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1.

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