JP2019034854A - Solid feeder and food manufacturing apparatus equipped with solid feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a solid feeder and a food manufacturing apparatus equipped with the solid feeder capable of introducing a large amount of solids into the solid feeder at one time to improve work efficiency, and stably supply a predetermined number and a predetermined amount of solids to the food manufacturing apparatus, in an apparatus for feeding a predetermined number and a predetermined amount of solids to the food manufacturing apparatus.SOLUTION: There is provided a solid feeder including: a turntable 65 provided with a plurality of accommodation holes 66 for accommodating solids at equal intervals on a circumference CF of a peripheral portion 65A; a drive mechanism for rotating the turntable 65 at intervals of the adjacent accommodation holes 66; a feeding position E for feeding the solid contained in the accommodation holes 66 to a lower side of the turntable 65; a central projection 67 projecting upward at a center of the turntable 65; an outer wall 63B extending outward beyond the peripheral portion 65A to the outside of the turntable 65; and a guide member that divides the inside of the outer wall 63B into a storage portion 83 for storing solids and a feeding portion 85 including the feeding position E.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention includes a solid supply device that supplies solid products such as boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, fruits such as chestnuts, and nuts to confectionery products such as buns and cooked food products such as hamburgers, and the device. The present invention relates to a food manufacturing apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a solid supply device capable of supplying solids one by one or a predetermined amount to a food production apparatus.

  Scotch eggs are examples of foods that contain solids. Scotch egg is a cooked food wrapped in boiled eggs with a shell material made mainly of minced meat. As an apparatus for manufacturing such a solid food containing food, there is a food manufacturing apparatus including a solid supply device. This manufacturing apparatus includes what is called a wrapping machine.

  The packaging machine described in Patent Document 1 includes a superposition nozzle in which an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and a central cylinder are concentrically formed. A solid material supply device is provided on the top of the polymerization nozzle. In addition, a covering and cutting device is provided below the superposition nozzle. Furthermore, a belt conveyor as a conveying device is provided below the covering and cutting device.

  This solid material supply apparatus is rotatably provided with a turntable in which accommodation holes for accommodating one solid material are formed at predetermined intervals. One solid is intermittently supplied from the solid supply device to the central tube of the polymerization nozzle. And the stick-shaped foodstuff of the three-layer structure which consists of a solid substance, the inner material which covers a solid substance, and the outer skin | cover material which covers an inner material is discharged from a superposition | polymerization nozzle. Furthermore, the encapsulated food containing one solid substance is cut from the rod-shaped food by the enveloping / cutting device.

  The enveloped food manufacturing apparatus described in Patent Document 2 includes a pair of gear bodies (upper gear body and lower gear body) that are arranged one above the other and rotate in opposite directions, and a belt-like groove in both gear bodies facing each other. A covering material supply device for supplying a covering material (skin material) and a solid material supply for supplying solid matter such as chestnuts one by one to the groove of the lower gear in conjunction with the rotation pitch of each tooth of the lower gear body Device. This manufacturing apparatus cuts a strip-shaped covering material covered with a solid material by a pair of tooth tips that approach each other according to the rotation of both gear bodies, and manufactures a food product that includes the solid material.

  The solid material supply apparatus includes a rotating disk integrally forming a conical portion protruding upward from a central upper surface, an outer wall that surrounds the rotating disk and extends upward from the upper surface of the rotating disk, and a cone above the rotating disk. A solid supply tube disposed so as to surround the portion, and a first guide plate having one end continuous from the opening of the side surface of the supply tube, curved along the rotation direction of the rotating disk, and the other end facing the outer wall A curved second guide plate opposite to the first guide plate and having one end facing the conical slope and the other end facing the outer wall through the opening of the supply tube; and an outer wall above the peripheral edge of the rotating disk Three rollers arranged along the rotation direction of the turntable with a required interval, a photoelectric switch that detects solid matter adjusted by the three rollers, and the turntable intermittently based on the detection signal of the photoelectric switch A solid motor is manufactured based on the detection signal of the drive motor and photoelectric switch And a raking cylinder device supplies scraped the device.

  The device for manufacturing encapsulated food described in Patent Document 3 includes an extrusion mold unit that forms a food material into a bottomed cylindrical shape, and a solid material supply unit that supplies solid matter to the extrusion mold unit (synonymous with a solid material supply device). And a pushing means for pressing the solid material against the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical food material, and an open / close gate for squeezing the food material coated with the solid material.

  This solid material supply means includes a solid hopper that accommodates solid materials and a bottomless partition frame (synonymous with an accommodation hole) that accommodates one or more solid materials at regular intervals in a horizontal radial pattern. A rotating weighing turntable (synonymous with a rotating disk) is provided at the bottom of the solid hopper. This measuring turntable is integrally provided with a conical portion that protrudes upward from the central upper surface. The conical portion moves the solid material accommodated in the solid material hopper in the outer peripheral direction from the center of the weighing turntable toward the peripheral portion.

  The food manufacturing apparatus described in Patent Document 4 is a wrapping that manufactures a bread-like food product by gathering and sealing the periphery of a sheet-like outer skin material on which a predetermined amount of food material is disposed by a shutter mechanism. It is an apparatus, and is provided with a food material supply device (synonymous with a solid material supply device) that supplies granular or shredded food material to the skin material. Patent Document 4 also discloses another manufacturing apparatus that uses this food supply device to top up chopped cheese on the upper surface of the pizza dough.

  The food supply apparatus includes a food storage unit, a transport conveyor in which a partition region for storing a predetermined amount of food is formed, and a screw member disposed close to the transport conveyor. This food supply apparatus is filled with a foodstuff in the division area of a conveyance conveyor by moving a foodstuff in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction of a conveyance conveyor with a screw member.

  In the solid material supply apparatus described in Patent Document 1, solid materials are manually put into the receiving holes of the rotating disk one by one and used, and the work efficiency is poor. In the solid substance supply device of Patent Document 2, a plurality of solid substances can be charged into the supply cylinder at a time. However, this solid material supply device is provided so that the solid material proceeds along the circumferential direction according to the rotation of the rotating disk, but the distance between the front and back of the solid material approaches more than necessary, and the scraping cylinder device Thus, a plurality of solid materials may be supplied to the manufacturing apparatus. In the solid material supply device of Patent Document 3, a plurality of solid materials can be charged into the solid material hopper at a time. However, in this solid material supply device, when a plurality of solid materials are pressed against each other and bridged above the bottomless partition frame and are not put into the bottomless partition frame, or the solid matter in the solid hopper is reduced and there is no bottom. In some cases, it was not possible to sequentially supply the partition frames, and the required number of units could not be supplied to the manufacturing apparatus. In the solid substance supply device described in Patent Document 4, it is not possible to supply boiled eggs one by one. Therefore, there has been a demand for a solid supply device that can stably supply a predetermined number of solids and a predetermined amount of solids to a food production apparatus.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-88351 Japanese National Utility Model Publication No. 56-104381 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-209574 Japanese Patent No. 4294725

  In an apparatus that supplies one or a plurality of a predetermined number of solids or a predetermined amount of solids to a food manufacturing apparatus, a large amount of solids can be charged into the solids supply apparatus at once, improving work efficiency, It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid material supply device that can stably supply a predetermined number or a predetermined amount of solid material to a food production device, and a food production device that includes the device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and includes a turntable provided with a plurality of accommodation holes for accommodating solid matter at equal intervals on the circumference of the peripheral portion, and an interval between the adjacent accommodation holes. A solid material supply device having a driving device for rotating the rotating disk and a supply position for supplying the solid material stored in the receiving hole to the lower side of the rotating disk, and is provided above the center of the rotating disk. A projecting central projection, an outer wall extending above the periphery on the outside of the turntable, a guide for partitioning the inside of the outer wall into a storage section for storing the solid matter and a supply section including the supply position It is a solid substance supply apparatus provided with a member.

  Further, a rotating plate provided with a plurality of receiving holes for storing solids on the circumference of the peripheral portion at equal intervals, a driving device for rotating the rotating plate at every interval between the adjacent receiving holes, and the receiving hole A solid supply device having a supply position for supplying the solid matter housed in the lower part of the rotating disk, a central protrusion protruding upward in the center of the rotating disk, and an outer peripheral part of the rotating disk And a guide member that divides the inside of the outer wall into a supply part that stores the solid substance and a supply part that includes the supply position.

  For example, the guide member includes a curved first guide portion and a second guide member bent with respect to the first guide portion.

  For example, the central protrusion includes a side surface that is inclined toward the center of the rotating disk.

  For example, the central protrusion has any one of a cone shape, a truncated cone shape, a spherical crown shape, and a spherical band shape.

  For example, the accommodation hole includes a trumpet-shaped introduction portion formed downward from the upper surface of the rotating disk.

  For example, the first guide part has one end close to the outer wall, the other end close to the central protrusion, and a distance L1 between the center of the rotating disk and the one end is the center of the rotating disk and the It arrange | positions so that it may become longer than the distance L2 between other ends.

  For example, the distance between the other end portion of the first guide portion and the central protrusion is shorter than the diameter of the solid matter.

  For example, the first guide portion is inclined toward the outer direction of the rotating disk.

  The present invention also includes a food production apparatus provided with the solid material supply apparatus.

  According to the present invention, in the solid material supply device, the central protrusion is provided at the center of the rotating disk, the outer wall is provided outside the receiving hole of the rotating disk, and the guide member is provided inside the outer wall. Since the solid matter in the storage part can be reliably accommodated in the accommodation hole of the rotating disk, and only the predetermined solid matter can be moved to the supply part, A predetermined solid can be reliably supplied from the supply position.

  In addition, since a large amount of solid matter can be charged into the storage unit at one time, work efficiency can be improved.

FIG. 1: is the front view which showed roughly the manufacturing apparatus 1 of the foodstuff provided with the solid substance supply apparatus 3 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and has shown one part in the cross section. . FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing an encapsulated food production apparatus 1 provided with the solid substance supply device 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a part thereof is shown in cross section. . FIG. 3 is a top view (plan view) schematically showing the solid supply device 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the main part of the solid material supply device 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Each of the diagrams (a), (b), and (c) is shown in FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrows U-U, VV, and WW. FIG. 5: is the front view which showed roughly the manufacturing apparatus 101 of the foodstuff provided with the solid supply apparatus 103 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and has shown one part in the cross section. . FIG. 6 is a top view (plan view) schematically showing a solid material supply apparatus 103 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view schematically showing a manufacturing process of encapsulated food by the encapsulated food manufacturing apparatus 101 including the solid supply device 103 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, using a cross-sectional view. Each figure of (a), (b), (c) is a sectional view showing a manufacturing process in order. FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a main part of the solid material supply apparatus 103 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are diagrams. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrows XX, YY, and ZZ in FIG.

  An encapsulated food production apparatus 1 including a solid material supply apparatus 3 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The encapsulated food production apparatus 1 is a so-called wrapping machine, and includes an inner packaging material supply device 5 and an outer skin material supply device 9 at the upper part of the gantry 2, and a polymerization nozzle 13 on the front surface (front side in FIG. 1) of the gantry 2. A covering cutting device 15 and a conveying device 17 are provided. Further, the manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a control device 19 that controls driving of each unit.

  The inner packaging material supply device 5 supplies an inner packaging material F as a food material to the polymerization nozzle 13, a screw (not shown) is rotatably disposed at the bottom of the hopper 6, and a vane pump 7 is provided at the screw tip side. ing. The skin material supply device 9 supplies a skin material D as a food material to the polymerization nozzle 13, a screw (not shown) is rotatably disposed at the bottom of the hopper 10, and the vane pump 11 is disposed at the screw tip side. It has.

  The superposition nozzle 13 is provided between the inner packaging material supply device 5 and the outer skin material supply device 9. The superposition nozzle 13 includes a connection port 22A that communicates with the inner packaging material supply device 5 and a connection port 22B that communicates with the outer skin material supply device 9, respectively. A cylinder 25 is provided. The inner cylinder 25 is hollow, and an inner packaging nozzle 27 is screwed to the lower end portion thereof. Inside the inner cylinder 25, a central cylinder 23 that forms a passage Q for the solid material S is provided concentrically. The inner packaging material F passes between the inner cylinder 25 and the central cylinder.

  The outer cylinder 22 is fitted with a skin material nozzle 33 from below the housing 35 and fixed by a nut member 37. The outer jacket material nozzle 33 is disposed so as to surround the inner packaging material nozzle 27. Therefore, an annular space R through which the outer skin material D passes is formed between the outer cylinder 22 and the inner cylinder 25.

  Between the upper casing 21 and the lower casing 31, an agitation rotating member 39 is linked to a driving device (not shown) and is rotatably provided. The stirring rotation member 39 stirs the outer skin material D that includes the stirring member 39A on its inner peripheral surface and passes through the annular space R. The superposition nozzle 13 covers the outer side of the solid material S supplied from the solid material supply device 3 to the manufacturing device 1 with the inner packaging material F, and further superposes the outer skin material D on the outer surface of the inner packaging material F so as to have a triple structure. The dough DL is discharged.

  The enveloping / cutting device 15 is a shutter device including a plurality of shutter pieces 16 and is provided below the superposition nozzle 13 so as to be movable up and down. The enveloping / cutting device 15 envelops and cuts the encapsulated food P containing the solid S from the rod-shaped dough DL.

  The conveying device 17 is a belt conveyor and is provided below the covering and cutting device 15. The transport device 17 includes an endless flat belt. This flat belt is a conveyor belt 17A that conveys the food to be encapsulated P, and is wound around a drive pulley 17B and is operated intermittently.

  The solid material supply device 3 is detachably mounted on the top of the polymerization nozzle 13. The solid material supply device 3 includes a base portion 59. In the solid material supply device 3, a base end portion 59 </ b> A (right side in FIG. 2) of the base portion 59 is detachably fixed to the manufacturing device 1 with a set screw 61. The base plate 60 of the base portion 59 is provided with an opening 60 </ b> A concentric with the central tube 23 of the superposition nozzle 13. Further, a tub-like hopper 63 is detachably fixed to the upper surface of the base plate 60 with screws. On the bottom surface of the hopper 63, an opening 63A concentric with the opening 60A is provided above the superposition nozzle 13. Further, a rotating disk 65 is provided inside the hopper 63. The outer wall 63 </ b> B of the hopper 63 is formed to extend upward from the upper surface of the peripheral edge 65 </ b> A of the turntable 65.

  On the lower surface of the base plate 60, a driving device 68 that intermittently drives the rotating disk 65 is provided. The driving device 68 may be a known mechanism, and may be an electric motor such as a servo motor, a ratchet mechanism, or the like. The turntable 65 is detachably fixed to the rotation shaft 69 of the drive device 68.

  The turntable 65 includes 24 accommodation holes 66 at equal intervals on the circumference CF. In this embodiment, a tubular mounting member 64 in which the accommodation hole 66 is formed is detachably attached to the mounting hole 65B of the turntable 65. The receiving hole 66 is formed in a cylindrical shape toward the lower surface of the turntable 65, which is continuous with the lower end of the introduction portion 66 </ b> A and has a trumpet-shaped introduction portion 66 </ b> A formed in a curved shape from the upper surface of the turntable 65 downward. And a cylindrical portion 66B. Here, the circumference of the introduction portion 66 </ b> A located on the upper surface of the turntable 65 is referred to as the maximum outer peripheral edge 66 </ b> C of the accommodation hole 66. The circumference circumscribing the maximum outer peripheral edge 66C of each accommodation hole 66 is referred to as a circumscribed circle CC of the accommodation hole 66, and the inscribed circumference is referred to as an inscribed circle IC of the accommodation hole 66.

  A conical central protrusion 67 is integrally provided on the rotating disk 65 so as to be detachable and replaceable inside the inscribed circle IC of the accommodation hole 66 on the upper surface of the central part of the rotating disk 65. The central protrusion 67 includes a side surface 67A and a bottom surface 67B that are inclined toward the center of the rotating disk 65 as it goes from below to above. Here, the outer periphery of the bottom surface 67 </ b> B is referred to as the maximum outer peripheral edge 67 </ b> C of the central protrusion 67. Moreover, although the rotary disk 65 and the center protrusion 67 were demonstrated as a separate member, you may form integrally. In the turntable 65, a portion outside the central protrusion 67 is referred to as a peripheral edge portion 65 </ b> A of the turntable 65. Further, in the solid material supply device 3, the position of the accommodation hole 66 positioned above the central tube 23 of the polymerization nozzle 13 is referred to as a solid material S supply position E. The turntable 65 configured in this manner is moved to the supply position E by intermittently rotating in one direction (in the direction of arrow T, in the left rotation direction in FIG. 3) by 15 degrees by the rotation of the rotation shaft 69. The solid material S accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 is intermittently supplied into the polymerization nozzle 13.

  Further, the solid material supply device 3 includes a pushing device 71 above the rotating plate 65 and the superposition nozzle 13. The pushing device 71 is a device for pushing the solid material S supplied into the polymerization nozzle 13 to a position below the polymerization nozzle 13. The pushing device 71 includes a stand 73. The stand 73 is attached to the base portion 59 between the hopper 63 and the set screw 61 with its longitudinal direction along the vertical direction. Further, a rodless cylinder 75 as a linearly acting actuator is fixed to one side surface of the stand 73. The slider 75A of the rodless cylinder 75 is provided with a rod 77 via a holder 75B. The rod 77 is arranged such that its longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction. A piston 78 is screwed to the lower end portion of the rod 77. The piston 78 passes through the accommodation hole 66 of the rotating disk 65 that has stopped rotating, and moves up and down in the center tube 23 of the superposition nozzle 13.

  The rod 77 and the piston 78 are formed in a hollow shape, and the upper end portion of the rod 77 communicates with a suction device (not shown).

  The solid supply device 3 includes a guide member 81 (see FIG. 3). The guide member 81 is disposed on the inner side of the outer wall 63 </ b> B of the hopper 63 above the peripheral edge 65 </ b> A of the rotating plate 65 with a slight gap that does not contact the rotating plate 65, and is attached to the hopper 63. The guide member 81 is a plate-like member, and includes a first guide portion 81A that is curved in a plan view and a linear second guide portion 81D that is bent with respect to the first guide portion 81A.

  The first guide portion 81 </ b> A has one end (starting end) 81 </ b> B positioned on the outer periphery of the turntable 65, and the other end 81 </ b> C between the maximum outer peripheral edge 67 </ b> C on the bottom surface 67 </ b> B of the central protrusion 67 and the inscribed circle IC of the accommodation hole 66. Is located. Note that one end 81B of the first guide portion 81A is referred to as a start end of the guide member 81, and the other end 81C is referred to as a central edge of the guide member 81.

  A distance L1 between the rotation center C of the turntable 65 and one end 81B is longer than a distance L2 between the rotation center C of the turntable 65 and the other end 81C. The first guide portion 81A is curved so that the distance from the rotation center C of the turntable 65 gradually decreases from one end 81B to the other end 81C.

  The distance between the other end 81C of the first guide portion 81A and the maximum outer peripheral edge 67C of the central protrusion 67 is shorter than the diameter of the solid material S, and the distance between the other end 81C and the inscribed circle IC of the accommodation hole 66 is a solid material. Shorter than the radius of S is preferable.

  One end of the second guide portion 81D is located at the other end 81C of the first guide portion 81A, and the other end (termination) 81E is located at the outer periphery of the rotating disk 65. The other end 81E of the second guide portion 81D is referred to as the end of the guide member 81. The second guide portion 81D is preferably located between the receiving holes 66 adjacent to each other of the turntable 65 that has stopped rotating. In the present embodiment, the second guide portion 81D is configured such that the other end 81E side inclines toward the downstream side in the rotation direction T with respect to the radial direction of the turntable 65, but is not limited thereto.

  The guide member 81 has one end 81B (starting end of the guide member 81) of the first guide portion 81A close to the inner periphery of the outer wall 63B, and the other end 81C (center edge of the guide member 81) of the first guide portion 81A is a central protrusion. And the other end 81E of the second guide portion (the end of the guide member 81) is disposed close to the inner periphery of the outer wall 63B, and is formed by the turntable 65 and the outer wall 63B of the hopper 63. The space to be divided is divided into a storage part 83 and a supply part 85. In the storage unit 83, a large number of solid substances S are charged at a time and temporarily stored. The supply unit 85 includes a supply position E.

  Next, the manufacturing process of the manufacturing apparatus 1 of the foodstuff provided with the solid supply apparatus 3 based on the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The encapsulated food P here is a triple-structured food using minced meat cooked on the outer skin material D, cheese cream on the inner packaging material F, and quail boiled egg on the solid S.

  A large number of solid substances S are put into the storage part 83 of the hopper 63 provided in the solid substance supply device 3. The charged solid matter S rolls outward with the inclination of the side surface 67 </ b> A of the central protrusion 67 of the turntable 65 and is stored one by one in each receiving hole 66 in the storage portion 83. The other solid material S is held on the outer wall 63 </ b> B of the hopper 63 and is deposited so as to overlap the upper surface of the turntable 65. When the manufacturing apparatus 1 is activated, the solid supply apparatus 3 is interlocked by the control apparatus 19.

  The turntable 65 of the solid material supply device 3 rotates 15 degrees in the direction of arrow T and stops temporarily. In the storage part 83, the accommodation hole 66 closest to the one end 81B of the guide member 81 passes below the first guide part 81A and moves to the supply part 85 side. In addition, the accommodation hole 66 closest to the other end 81E of the guide member 81 in the supply unit 85 passes below the second guide unit 81D and moves to the storage unit 83.

  The solid S deposited on the upper surface of the turntable 65 near the first guide portion 81A of the guide member 81 is blocked by the first guide portion 81A and does not move to the supply portion 85 when the turntable 65 rotates. Only one solid S accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 moves to the supply unit 85. At this time, since the introduction portion 66A of the accommodation hole 66 is formed in a curved surface, another solid material S that is superimposed on the solid material S accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 moves to the supply portion 85 side. 66 and can be separated from the introduction portion 66A of the accommodation hole 66 without being sandwiched between the first guide portion 81A.

  Further, the solid S accumulated near the first guide portion 81A is guided by the first guide portion 81A as the rotating plate 65 rotates and moves from the one end 81B side to the other end 81C side. While a large amount of solid material S is stored in the storage portion 83, the solid material S deposited between the first guide portion 81A and the central projection portion 67 overlaps and rises several times up and down. The plurality of solid objects S supported between the first guide portion 81A and the central projection portion 67 near the other end 81C of the first guide portion 81A move in the direction of the arrow T as the turntable 65 rotates. The first guide portion 81A is released from the support, and falls from the inclined side surface 67A of the central projection portion 67 and rolls outward of the turntable 65, so that one of the plurality of solid objects S is formed. It is dropped and accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 that has newly moved to the storage portion 83.

  Furthermore, the effect | action with respect to the solid substance S by the guide member 81 and the center protrusion part 67 is demonstrated using FIG. The solid S placed on the upper surface of the peripheral edge portion 65A of the turntable 65 is pressed against the first guide portion 81A by the rotation of the turntable 65, and along the curved surface of the first guide portion 81A by the rotation of the turntable 65 a plurality of times. And gradually move toward the other end 81C. At this time, the solid S gradually approaches the central protrusion 67 (see FIG. 4A). The solid material S eventually comes into contact with the side surface 67A of the central projection portion 67, and further climbs onto the inclined side surface 67A by being pushed toward the central projection portion 67 side. The solid S is in a state of being supported between the first guide portion 81A and the central protrusion 67 (see FIG. 4B).

  When the turntable 65 further rotates, the solid S passes through the other end 81C of the first guide portion 81A, is released from the support of the first guide portion 81A, and falls from the inclined side surface 67A toward the outer periphery of the turntable 65. (See FIG. 4C). As the turntable 65 rotates, the empty accommodation hole 66 moves from the supply unit 85 to the storage unit 83. The solid material S moves from the supply unit 85 toward the newly moved accommodation hole 66. A second guide portion 81 </ b> D and an outer wall 63 </ b> B of the hopper 63 are erected around the upper portion of the accommodation hole 66 to guide the solid material S to the accommodation hole 66. Furthermore, a trumpet-shaped introduction portion 66A is formed at the upper portion of the accommodation hole 66 to guide the solid matter S to easily fall into the accommodation hole 66.

  When the plurality of solid objects S are released from the other end 81C by intermittent rotation of the turntable 65, one solid object S is accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 newly moved to the storage portion 83, and the other The solid material S is stored on the peripheral edge portion 65 </ b> A of the turntable 65. The first guide portion 81 </ b> A guides another solid S again from the one end 81 </ b> B side to the other end 81 </ b> C side, and after temporarily supporting it between the side surface 67 </ b> A of the central projection portion 67, the first guide portion 81 </ b> A opens. By repeating this support and release, the solid matter S is reliably accommodated in the accommodation hole 66 in the storage portion 83 without the solid matter S remaining on the upper surface of the rotating disk 65. Moreover, the accommodation hole 66 which accommodated one solid substance S can move to the supply part 85 side.

  In the supply unit 85, the accommodation hole 66 that accommodates one solid S is stopped at the supply position E by the intermittent rotation of the turntable 65. The solid S falls out of the center tube 23 of the superposition nozzle 13 (inside the passage Q) through the opening 63A and the opening 60A because the bottom of the hopper 63 is not supported. In addition, the piston 78 of the pushing device 71 descends the passage Q, presses the solid S against the bottom of the bag-like rod-shaped dough DL pushed out from the polymerization nozzle 13, and makes the lower part of the solid S adhere to the inner packaging material F. .

  The piston 78 lowered to the lowered position is raised again. Before and after the piston 78 rises or when it rises, the suction device is operated to suck the air in the bag-shaped inner packaging material F from the tip of the hollow piston 78. The enveloping / cutting device 15 operates in conjunction with this suction operation, and the encapsulated food P containing the solid matter S is manufactured from the triple-structured rod-shaped dough DL containing the solid matter S. The wrapping machine 1 can also manufacture a double-structured food product that covers the solid material S only with the inner packaging material F without using the outer skin material D.

  An encapsulated food production apparatus 101 provided with a solid material supply apparatus 103 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. The encapsulated food manufacturing apparatus 101 wraps a predetermined amount of the solid material S with a sheet-like skin material DD, and is called a wrapping apparatus. The wrapping device 101 includes a solid material supply device 103 that can be moved up and down on the top of the gantry 102, and a sliding conveyor 112, a sealing device 115, and a transport device 117 on the front surface (front side in FIG. 5). . The enveloping apparatus 101 includes a control device 19 that controls driving of each unit.

  The solid material supply device 103 is provided with four lifting shafts 161 attached to the lower surface of the base plate 160 so as to be movable up and down with respect to the enclosing device 101. The base plate 160 includes a hollow tube member 123 on the lower surface of the opening located at the supply position E. The pipe member 123 approaches and separates from the sealing device 115 as the base plate 160 moves up and down.

  The turntable 165 of the solid material supply device 103 is integrally provided with an outer wall 165 </ b> C on the outer peripheral portion of the outer circumference of the circumscribed circle CC of the accommodation hole 66. The outer wall 165C extends up from the upper surface of the peripheral edge portion 165A of the turntable 165 and stands upright. The central protrusion 167 has a truncated cone shape and includes a side surface 167A inclined toward the center C. The outer periphery of the bottom surface 167B of the central protrusion 167 is referred to as a maximum outer peripheral edge 167C.

  The guide member 181 partitions a space formed in the outer wall 165 </ b> C of the turntable 165 into a storage unit 83 and a supply unit 85. The guide member 181 is a plate-like member, and includes a first guide portion 181A that is curved in a plan view and a linear second guide portion 181D that is bent with respect to the first guide portion 181A.

  The first guide portion 181A and the second guide portion 181D are inclined outward from the bottom surface toward the top surface. One end (start end) 181B and the other end (end end) 181E of the guide portion 181 are located on both sides of the supply position E, and are provided close to the inner peripheral surface of the outer wall 165C of the turntable 165. Yes. The other end 181C where the first guide part 181A and the second guide part 181D intersect is located between the maximum outer peripheral edge 167C of the central protrusion 167 and the inscribed circle IC of the accommodation hole 66. A distance L1 between the rotation center C of the turntable 165 and one end 181B is longer than a distance L2 between the rotation center C of the turntable 165 and the other end 181C. The first guide portion 181A is curved so that the distance from the rotation center C of the turntable 165 gradually decreases from one end 181B (starting end of the guide member 181) toward the other end 181C (center edge of the guide member 181). doing.

  The solid material supply device 103 includes a pushing device 171 above the accommodation hole 66 located at the supply position E. The pushing device 171 is a device for pushing a predetermined amount of the solid S supplied to the sheet-like skin material DD and forming a central portion of the skin material DD in a bowl shape. The pushing device 171 includes a piston 178 at the lower end of a rod 177 that moves up and down in the vertical direction. The piston 178 passes through the accommodation hole 66 of the rotating disk 165 that has stopped rotating, and moves up and down the passage Q inside the pipe member 123.

  The sliding conveyor 112 of the wrapping apparatus 101 is a belt conveyor that supplies the sheet-like outer skin material DD to the sealing apparatus 115, and has a downstream end portion thereof capable of reciprocating along the conveying direction.

  The sealing device 115 includes a placement member 41, a shutter device 43, a fabric pressing member 45, and a support conveyor 47. The mounting member 41 includes a circular hole 41A at the center thereof. The shutter device 43 includes a plurality of shutter pieces 44 above the mounting member 41, and includes a shutter opening 44A surrounded by the plurality of shutter pieces 44 so as to be opened and closed. The fabric pressing member 45 is an annular member, is disposed so as to surround the outside of the tube member 123 above the shutter device 43, and is provided so as to be lifted and lowered separately from the tube member 123.

  The support conveyor 47 is disposed below the shutter device 43 and is provided so as to be lifted and lowered. The support conveyor 47 supports the bottom portion of the outer skin material DD formed into a bowl shape, and further supports the encapsulated food P and transports it to the transport device 117. The transport device 117 is a belt conveyor that transports the encapsulated food P transported from the support conveyor 47 to the downstream side.

  Next, the manufacturing process of the manufacturing apparatus (wrapping apparatus) 101 of the foodstuff provided with the solid supply apparatus 103 based on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The encapsulated food P here is a double-structured food containing a kneaded dough using wheat flour as the main ingredient DD and boiled beans as the solid S, and enclosing a predetermined amount of the solid S.

  A large number of solid substances S are put into the storage part 83 of the rotating disk 165 provided in the solid substance supply apparatus 103. The charged solid matter S is accommodated in each accommodation hole 66 and further accumulated so as to overlap the upper surface of the rotating disk 165. When the manufacturing apparatus 101 is activated, the solid supply apparatus 103 is interlocked by the control apparatus 19.

  The outer skin material DD is conveyed above the shutter device 43 by the sliding conveyor 112, and the front end of the sliding conveyor 112 moves upstream (right side in FIG. 7), so that the shutter opening 44A of the shutter device 43 in the open state is opened. The inside is dropped and placed on the upper surface of the placement member 41 (see FIG. 7A).

  The solid material supply apparatus 103 descends, and the lower end of the pipe member 123 approaches the outer skin material DD. Further, the fabric pressing member 45 descends and presses the peripheral edge portion of the outer skin material DD with the placement member 41. The turntable 165 of the solid material supply device 103 rotates 15 degrees, and the accommodation hole 66 that accommodates a predetermined amount of the solid material S stops at the supply position E. A predetermined amount of the solid material S corresponding to the volume of the accommodation hole 66 falls inside the pipe member 123 and is supplied to the central portion of the outer skin material DD. The piston 178 of the pushing device 171 descends the inside of the pipe member 123 and pushes the solid material S downward. The outer skin material DD whose peripheral edge portion is pressed is formed in a bowl shape downward from the hole 41A, and the bottom of the outer skin material DD is supported by the support conveyor 47 waiting in the raised position (see FIG. 7B).

  The dough holding member 45 and the pipe member 123 rise. The shutter piece 44 is closed, and the peripheral edge portion of the outer skin material DD is collected and sealed in the center above the solid material S as the inner packaging material to produce a double-structure encapsulated food P (see FIG. 7C). The encapsulated food P is conveyed downstream by the support conveyor 47 and the conveying device 117.

  Furthermore, the effect | action with respect to the solid substance S by the guide member 181 and the center protrusion part 167 is demonstrated using FIG. The solid S placed on the upper surface of the peripheral portion 165A of the turntable 165 is pressed against the first guide portion 181A by the rotation of the turntable 165, and along the curved surface of the first guide portion 181A by the rotation of the turntable 165 a plurality of times. And gradually move toward the other end 181C. At this time, the solid S gradually approaches the central protrusion 167. The solid material S is sandwiched between the side surface 167A inclined to the center C side and the first guide portion 181A inclined outward, and further, the distance between the opposite side surface 167A and the first guide portion 181A is narrowed up and down. Overlapping.

  Further, when the turntable 165 rotates, the plurality of solid substances S pass through the other end 181C of the first guide portion 181A, are released from the support of the first guide portion 181A, and are inclined from the inclined side surface 167A in the outer circumferential direction of the turntable 165. To fall. The solid material S rolls toward the empty accommodation hole 66 that moves from the supply unit 85 to the storage unit 83. Further, a part of the solid material S falls on the inclined second guide portion 181D and is bounced back to the outer wall 165C standing on the outer side of the accommodation hole 66, and is received from the trumpet-shaped introduction portion 66A. 66. The accommodation hole 66 is filled with a plurality of solid substances S.

  In the second embodiment, the side surface 167A of the central projecting portion 167 is inclined more steeply than the side surface 67A of the central projecting portion 67, and the first guide portion 181A is inclined in the outward direction. It was made to have a letter shape, and the distance between the other end 181C and the maximum outer peripheral edge 167C of the central protrusion 167 was illustrated to be smaller than the diameter of the solid S. The solid material S sandwiched between the opposing side surface 167A and the first guide portion 181A gradually accumulates as the rotating disk 165 rotates, and the solid material S separates from the peripheral edge portion 165A of the rotating disk 165 and the first guide. It is supported by the part 181A and the central projection part 167, and collapses at once by being released from the first guide part 181A. This improves the certainty that the solid material S moves vigorously outward and is accommodated in the accommodation hole 66.

  The solid matter S accumulated above the accommodation hole 66 is slid off at the bottom surface of the first guide part 181A of the guide member 181 when the accommodation hole 66 moves from the storage part 83 to the supply part 85. A predetermined amount of the solid material S is measured in the accommodation hole 66. Further, since the introduction portion 66A of the accommodation hole 66 is formed in a curved surface, the solid matter S overflowing from the accommodation hole 66 is sandwiched between the accommodation hole 66 moving to the supply portion 85 side and the first guide portion 181A. In addition, the solid S can be prevented from being damaged.

  The other solid material S scraped off by the first guide part 181A without moving to the supply part 85 is again guided to the first guide part 181A, temporarily supported between the central projecting part 167, When it passes through the other end 181C of the one guide portion 181A, it is released from that position and moves outward of the rotating disk 165. By repeating this support and release, the solid matter S on the upper surface (peripheral portion 165A) of the turntable 165 is guided into the accommodation hole 66 and is reliably accommodated in the accommodation hole 66. In addition, the accommodation hole 66 that accommodates a predetermined amount of the solid material S can move to the supply unit 85 side.

  The description of the solid substance supply apparatus and the food production apparatus equipped with the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is generally as described above. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. is there. For example, in the above description, the first protrusion 81A that is erected vertically or the first guide 181A that is inclined outward is provided with respect to the central protrusions 67 and 167 having the inclined side faces 67A and 167A. It is also possible to combine the central protrusion portion in a columnar shape and the vertically extending side surface and the first guide portion 181A inclined outward. As the turntable rotates, the solid material S is temporarily sandwiched between the vertical side surface and the inclined first guide portion 181A, and the first guide portion 181A supports the solid material S from below, and the first guide portion The solid S can be released from the other end 181C of 181A.

  Further, the central protrusion is not limited to the conical shape or the truncated cone shape, and may be a spherical crown shape, a spherical band shape, a polygonal pyramid shape or a polygonal truncated cone shape, and its side surface is at the center C of the rotating disk. You may provide the side surface which inclines. By forming the polygonal shape, a bending edge is provided on the side surface, and the driving force for guiding the solid S in the rotation direction T can be improved.

  In addition, the accommodation hole is not limited to a perfect circle in a plan view. For example, even if it is a daruma type formed by continuously forming two accommodation holes as described in Japanese Patent No. 5473394 filed by the present applicant. Well, it can be prepared in the required shape. Even in this case, it is desirable that the receiving hole is provided with a trumpet-shaped introduction portion including a curved surface downward from the upper surface of the rotating disk or a slanted portion such as a funnel shape in the middle.

  Moreover, although the wrapping machine 1 and the wrapping apparatus 101 which manufacture a covering food as a food manufacturing apparatus provided with the solid substance supply apparatus were demonstrated, combining each mechanism of these manufacturing apparatuses, for example, a wrapping machine 1 divides a double-structured food product in which one chestnut is wrapped with food material such as salmon, and places this food product on the upper surface of a flat-plate-like outer skin material DD on the sliding conveyor 112. By enveloping and forming the outer skin material DD with the shutter device 43, it is also possible to produce a food with a triple structure.

  Moreover, the manufacturing apparatus may be a food manufacturing apparatus that not only manufactures the food to be encapsulated but also supplies the solid S into the upper surface of the food dough or the container with the solid supply apparatus.

1,101 Production equipment (wrapping machine, wrapping equipment)
2,102 Base 3, 103 Solid material supply device 63 Hopper 63B Outer wall 65, 165 Turntable 165C Outer wall 66 Housing hole 67, 167 Center projection 67A, 167A Side surface 69 Rotating shaft 81, 181 Guide member 81A, 181A First guide part 81B, 181B One end 81C, 181C Other end 81D, 181D Second guide portion 81E, 181E Other end 83 Storage portion 85 Supply portion C Center of DF (rotary disc) Circumference E Supply location P (Envelopment) Food

Claims (10)

A rotating plate provided with a plurality of receiving holes for storing solid matter at equal intervals on the circumference of the peripheral edge,
A driving device that rotates the rotating disk for each interval between adjacent accommodation holes;
A solid material supply apparatus comprising a supply position for supplying the solid material stored in the storage hole to the lower side of the rotating disk,
A central protrusion protruding upward in the center of the rotating plate;
An outer wall extending above the periphery on the outside of the rotating disk;
A guide member that divides the inside of the outer wall into a storage unit that stores the solid matter and a supply unit that includes the supply position;
A solids supply device comprising: A rotating plate provided with a plurality of receiving holes for storing solid matter at equal intervals on the circumference of the peripheral edge,
A driving device that rotates the rotating disk for each interval between adjacent accommodation holes;
A solid material supply apparatus comprising a supply position for supplying the solid material stored in the storage hole to the lower side of the rotating disk,
A central protrusion protruding upward in the center of the rotating plate;
An outer wall extending upward from the peripheral edge to the outer periphery of the rotating disk;
A guide member that divides the inside of the outer wall into a storage unit that stores the solid matter and a supply unit that includes the supply position;
A solids supply device comprising: It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 1 or 2,
The said guide member is a solid supply apparatus provided with the 2nd guide member bent with respect to the 1st guide part of a curved shape, and the said 1st guide part. It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 1 or 2,
The central protrusion is a solid material supply device including a side surface inclined toward the center of the rotating disk. It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 1 or 2,
The central protrusion is a solid material supply device having a cone shape, a truncated cone shape, a spherical crown shape, or a spherical band shape. It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 1 or 2,
The said accommodation hole is a solid substance supply apparatus provided with the introduction part of the trumpet mouth shape formed toward the downward direction from the upper surface of the said rotary disk. It is the solid substance supply device according to claim 3,
One end of the first guide portion is close to the outer wall, the other end is close to the central protrusion, and a distance L1 between the center of the rotating disk and the one end is the center of the rotating disk and the other end. The solid substance supply apparatus arrange | positioned so that it may become longer than the distance L2 between. It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 7,
The solid material supply apparatus in which a distance between the other end of the first guide portion and the central protrusion is shorter than a diameter of the solid material. It is a solid substance supply device according to claim 7,
The first guide unit is a solid material supply device that is inclined toward an outer direction of the rotating disk. A food production apparatus comprising the solid substance supply device according to claim 1.