JP2022000010A - Molding device for granular kneaded material and production apparatus for granular kneaded product using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a molding device for granular kneaded material including a novel structure.SOLUTION: The device comprises a kneaded material receiving component 20 including a kneaded material retaining recess 20c opening to a cylindrical peripheral surface and a kneaded material molding tube 22 concentrically fitted to the kneaded material receiving component 20 and rotated relatively. The kneaded material molding tube 22 includes at least one granular kneaded material molding hole 22d that is aligned with the kneaded material retaining recess 20c in the peripheral direction. A size of the kneaded material retaining recess 20c in the peripheral direction is larger than a size of the kneaded material molding hole 22d, and the kneaded material molding hole 22d causes a kneaded material in the kneaded material retaining recess to pass therethrough and to be cut into granules while travelling over the kneaded material retaining recess.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a granular kneading material molding apparatus for turning a kneading material such as a konjac material into a large number of granular kneading materials such as rice grains, and a granular kneading product manufacturing apparatus using the same.

Various devices for granulating the kneading material have been conventionally known as seen in Patent Documents 1 to 4. These devices generally have the following features in common. That is, these devices have a basket-shaped inner cylinder that receives the kneading material and an outer cylinder that is fitted to the outside of the inner cylinder and rotates relative to the inner cylinder, and the inner cylinder is the wall surface of the cylinder. Has a large number of material extrusion holes that penetrate in the radial direction, and the outer cylinder accepts the kneaded material that is extruded from the material extrusion holes (overlapping) in line with the material extrusion holes more intermittently as it is rotated. At the same time, it has a cutting hole for cutting and granulating the received kneaded material by shifting from the material extrusion hole (out of the above alignment) with its rotation. The size of the cutting hole of the outer cylinder in the circumferential direction is larger than that of the material extrusion hole of the inner cylinder, and the kneaded material extruded from the material extrusion hole in a certain cross-sectional shape is matched with the material extrusion hole. It is designed to cut the kneading material after accepting it for only a certain period of time.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-206862 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-0000045 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-000066 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-327627

The present invention provides a granular kneading material molding apparatus having a novel structure different from that of the above-mentioned known apparatus and an apparatus for manufacturing a granular kneaded product using the same, although the kneading material is granulated.

That is, the present invention is a cylindrical kneading material receiving member having an end face and a cylindrical peripheral surface, and has an opening for receiving the kneading material which is opened at one end face to receive the kneading material and an opening at the cylindrical peripheral surface. A kneading material receiving member having a kneading material storage recess and a feeding path for feeding the kneading material from the kneading material receiving opening to the kneading material storage recess.
A kneading material forming cylinder that is concentrically fitted on the cylindrical peripheral surface of the kneading material receiving member and slides and rotates relative to the cylindrical peripheral surface, and is a kneaded material forming cylinder of the cylindrical peripheral surface. It has a kneading material molding cylinder having at least one granular kneading material molding hole that is aligned with the kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction and penetrates the kneading material molding cylinder in the radial direction.
Provided is a granular kneading material forming apparatus in which the size of the kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction matching with the at least one granular kneading material forming hole is made larger than the size of the granular kneading material forming hole.

When operating this device, the kneading material molding cylinder is placed relative to the kneading material receiving member in a state where the kneading material is pressurized and supplied from the kneading material receiving opening of the kneading material receiving member to the kneading material storage recess. Rotate. As a result, the granular kneading material molding hole of the kneading material molding cylinder intermittently passes over the kneading material storage recess, and during the passage, the kneading material in the kneading material storage recess passes through the kneading material molding hole. When it is extruded to a certain length, it is cut (that is, the extrusion of the kneading material is blocked) so that it becomes granular. That is, instead of supplying the kneading material to the basket-shaped inner cylinder as in the above-mentioned conventional device, in the present invention, the kneading material is supplied to the kneading material storage recess opened in the cylindrical peripheral surface of the kneading material receiving member. In addition, in the conventional device, the kneaded material of a certain length is extruded from the material extrusion port by passing the large cutting hole of the outer cylinder over the small material extrusion hole of the basket-shaped inner cylinder. In contrast to the present invention, the kneaded material is passed through a small-sized kneaded material forming hole on the large-sized kneaded material storage recess to allow the kneaded material to have a constant length in the kneaded material forming hole. It is cut through a basket and molded into granules.

The kneading material receiving member is made of a solid columnar member, and the kneading material storage recess can be provided so as to open in the circumferential direction over a predetermined angle range on the circumferential surface of the columnar member.

The kneading material storage recess extends in the axial direction of the circumferential surface of the columnar member, and the kneading material forming cylinder is spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the kneading material forming hole. It has at least one row aligned in a row so that as the kneading material forming cylinder is rotated, a plurality of kneading material forming holes in the at least one row pass over the kneading material recess. be able to.

The kneading material receiving member can be fixed to a stationary frame of the granular kneading material molding apparatus so that the kneading material molding cylinder is rotationally driven.

The kneading material molding cylinder has a storage hole extending in the axial direction of the kneading material molding cylinder and opening one end of the kneading material molding cylinder, and the kneading material receiving member has the one end. It can be coaxially stored in the storage hole from the portion.

The kneading material receiving member is subjected to the granular kneading on the end face of the kneading material receiving member on the side corresponding to the one end of the kneading material molding cylinder in a state of being housed in the kneading material molding cylinder. It is fixed to the stationary frame of the material forming apparatus, and the kneaded material forming cylinder can be driven and connected to the drive shaft of the motor on the other end face side.

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As another form, both ends of the kneading material molding cylinder are open ends, the kneading material receiving member is coaxially fitted in the kneading material molding cylinder, and both ends thereof are of the granular kneading material molding apparatus. It can be fixed to a stationary frame.

In this case, the kneading material forming cylinder is provided with an external gear coaxially fixed with the kneading material forming cylinder, receives a rotational driving force from a motor via the external gear, and is around the kneading material receiving member. It can be driven to rotate with.

Further, in this case, the kneading material receiving member has a second kneading material receiving opening for receiving the kneading material by opening to the other end face on the opposite side of the one end face, and a second opening to the cylindrical peripheral surface. It has a kneading material storage recess and a second feeding path for feeding the kneading material from the second kneading material receiving opening to the second kneading material storage recess, and the granular kneading material of the kneading material molding cylinder. At least one of the molding holes can be aligned with the second kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface.

Further, in this case, the kneading material storage recess and the second kneading material storage recess are opened in the cylindrical peripheral surface at different positions in the axial direction of the kneading material receiving member, and the kneading material storage recess and the second kneading material storage recess are opened. At least one of the granular kneading material forming holes can be aligned with each of the kneading material storage recesses in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface.

In another embodiment, the kneading material receiving member opens on one of both end faces thereof to receive the kneading material, and the kneading material receiving opening and the kneading material storage recess on the cylindrical peripheral surface are in the circumferential direction. It has a second kneading material storage recess that opens at different positions in the above, and a second feeding path for feeding the kneading material from the second kneading material receiving opening to the second kneading material storage recess. The material storage recess and the second kneading material storage recess are at least partially aligned in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface, and at least one of the granular kneading material forming holes is the kneading material storage recess and the first. 2 It is possible to align the partially aligned portion with the kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface.

The present invention also
The granular kneading material forming apparatus as described above, the granular kneading material forming apparatus in which the rotation center axis of the kneading material forming cylinder rotated relative to the kneading material receiving member is horizontal, and the granular kneading material. It has a transport means for receiving the kneaded material granulated by the molding apparatus and transporting it to the next processing step, and the transport means has a bottom wall extending in the horizontal direction from a lower position of the granular kneading material molding apparatus and the bottom. It has a gutter shape with a pair of side walls extending upward from both sides of the wall, and the granular kneading material received from the granular kneading material molding apparatus is subjected to the next processing step by flowing a transport fluid along the bottom wall. Provided is a granular kneaded product manufacturing apparatus designed to be transported.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a granular konjac manufacturing apparatus (granular paste product manufacturing apparatus) provided with the granular kneading material molding apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the granular kneading material molding apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a kneading material receiving member constituting the granular kneading material molding apparatus and a kneading material molding cylinder fitted to the outside of the kneading material receiving member. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the action of molding the kneading material into the granular kneading material in the granular kneading material molding apparatus. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the granular kneading material molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a kneading material receiving member and a kneading material molding cylinder constituting the granular kneading material molding apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment when the granular kneading material molding apparatus 10 according to the present invention is used for the granular konjac manufacturing apparatus 12. As will be described in detail below, the granular kneading material forming apparatus 10 is for granulating the kneading material, and the kneading material forming apparatus 10 in the embodiment of FIG. 1 granulates a large number of konjac materials as the kneading material. It is formed into konjac k and supplied into the gutter-shaped transport means 14, and is supplied to the next process means (not shown). The transport means 14 extends horizontally (to the left in the figure) from the lower position of the granular kneading material forming apparatus 10 and extends upward from both sides of the bottom wall 14a having a downward slope and the bottom wall 14a. The granular kneading material forming apparatus having a pair of side walls 14b and being supplied from a transport fluid supply pipe 16 (provided at the right end in the figure) and flowing in the direction of arrow A along the bottom wall 14a. The granular kneading material k received from No. 10 is transported to the next processing step. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the granular kneading material forming apparatus 10 is a granular konjac manufacturing apparatus 12, and therefore, by making the transport fluid alkaline, the kneading material (konjac) that is granulated and supplied is shown. The material) can also be solidified by the transport fluid.

As shown in FIG. 2, the granular kneading material forming apparatus 10 is fitted to the kneading material receiving member 20 for receiving (a kneading material supplied from a kneading material supply device (not shown)) and the outside of the kneading material receiving member 20. It has a kneading material molding cylinder 22. The kneading material receiving member 20 is fixed to the stationary frame 24 (omitted in FIG. 1) of the granular konjac manufacturing apparatus 12, and the kneading material forming cylinder 22 is attached to the drive shaft 28 of the motor M supported by the stationary frame 24. It is driven and connected, and is rotationally driven relative to the kneading material receiving member 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the kneading material receiving member 20 is composed of a solid columnar member 20a, and the kneading material receiving member 20 is provided on one end surface of the columnar member 20a to supply pressure to the kneading material (not shown). A kneading material receiving opening 20b for receiving the kneading material supplied from the means as indicated by an arrow B, and an opening so as to extend in a predetermined angle range in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction on the circumferential surface of the columnar member 20a. A kneading material storage recess 20c and a feeding path 20d for feeding the kneading material received from the kneading material receiving opening 20b to the kneading material storage recess 20c are provided. In the illustrated example, the columnar member 20a is provided with three screw holes 20e (FIGS. 1 and 3) on the right end surface in the figure, and is fixed to the stationary frame 24 by screws (not shown). In the illustrated example, only one kneading material storage recess 20c is shown, but a plurality of kneading material storage recesses 20c can be provided.

The kneading material forming cylinder 22 extends in the axial direction and opens at the end on the right side in the drawing, and has a storage hole 22a for receiving the kneading material receiving member 20 coaxially. In the illustrated example, the kneading material molding cylinder 22 has a left end closed by an end wall 22b, the end wall 22b includes a fixing protrusion 22c, and the fixing protrusion 22c is passed in the radial direction. It is fixed to the drive shaft 28 of the motor M by a screw (not shown).

As shown in the figure, the kneading material forming cylinder 22 is provided with a plurality of rows of granular kneading material forming holes 22d aligned in the axial direction at regular intervals in the circumferential direction, and (as can be seen from FIG. 2). ) Aligned with the kneading material storage recess 20c in the circumferential direction. Therefore, the granular kneading material molding holes 22d in each row periodically (or intermittently) pass over the kneading material storage recesses 20c as the kneading material molding cylinder 22 rotates, and the kneading material storage recesses 20c. The pressure kneading material supplied therein is extruded through the kneading material forming hole 22d. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the size of the kneading material storage recess 20c in the circumferential direction is larger than the size of the granular kneading material molding hole 22d, and therefore, while the granular kneading material molding hole 22d passes through the kneading material storage recess 20c. In addition, the kneading material in the kneading material storage recess 20c is extruded by a certain length through the granular kneading material molding hole 22d, and the granular kneading material molding hole 22d is cut by passing through the kneading material storage recess 20c (that is, the kneading material). (Extrusion is cut off) so that it is made into granules of the required size.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the kneading material storage recess 20c is provided adjacent to the lower end as seen in the drawing of the kneading material receiving member 20, and the granular kneading material molding passing through the kneading material storage recess 20c counterclockwise. The granular kneading material k extruded from the hole 22d is carried to the lower end position of the kneading material receiving member 20 by substantially one rotation, and is carried by the scraper 30 provided so as to be in contact with the kneading material forming cylinder 22. It is carried to the next step by the transport fluid (indicated by the arrow C) which is peeled off from the transport means 14 and dropped into the transport means 14. Although the granular kneading material forming hole 22d is not shown in FIG. 4, the granular kneading material is extruded as the granular kneading material forming hole 22d moves in the circumferential direction on the kneading material storage recess 20c. Has been shown to increase.

In the embodiment described above, the granular kneading material forming holes 22d are arranged linearly in the axial direction of the kneading material forming cylinder 22, but for example, they are spiral with respect to the circumferential surface of the kneading material forming cylinder 22. It can be set to or randomly placed. Further, the kneading material storage recess 20c in the embodiment is not necessarily limited to the one shown as having a substantially rectangular opening having a constant length in the circumferential direction and the axial direction of the kneading material receiving member 20. is not it. For example, when the size (length) of the granular kneading material k formed by each granular kneading material forming hole 22d is not uniform, the opening shape can be appropriately deformed.

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FIG. 5 shows a granular kneading material molding apparatus 110 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the granular kneading material molding apparatus 110, the reference number of the constituent element of the granular kneading material molding apparatus 10 is 100 for the constituent element corresponding to the constituent element of the granular kneading material forming apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment described above. It is shown with the added reference number.

The granular kneading material forming apparatus 110 has a kneading material forming cylinder 122 having both ends open ends and a cylindrical kneading material receiving member 120 fitted in the kneading material forming cylinder 122. The kneading material receiving member 120 is fixed to a stationary plate 124 constituting the stationary frame of the kneading material forming apparatus 110 at both ends thereof, and the kneading material forming cylinder 122 is rotatably supported by the kneading material receiving member 120. A gear ring 132 is attached to the kneading material forming cylinder 122 on the peripheral surface at the left end as seen in the drawing, and the gear ring 132 is meshed with a drive gear 134 rotationally driven by an output shaft 128 of a motor (not shown). The kneading material forming cylinder 122 is rotationally driven around the kneading material receiving member 120 by a motor via a gear ring 132, a drive gear 134, and an output shaft 128.

The kneading material receiving member 120 is provided with left and right kneading material storage recesses 120c and 120c provided so as to be aligned with each other at intervals in the axial direction of the kneading material receiving member 120, and the kneading material receiving member 120 is provided, respectively. The kneading material is pressurized and supplied through a feeding path 120d having a kneading material receiving opening 120b opened on the left and right end faces of the above. In this granular kneading material molding apparatus 110, the granular kneading material can be molded in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, but the left and right kneading material storage recesses 120c and 120c have colors, viscosities, and hardness. By supplying and filling kneading materials having different hardnesses, two types of granular kneading materials can be molded at the same time.

FIG. 6 shows a kneading material receiving member 220 and a kneading material molding cylinder 222 of the granular kneading material molding apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first and second embodiments described above in this embodiment is that the first and second kneading material storage recesses 220f, 220g are spaced apart from each other in the kneading material receiving member 220 in the circumferential direction of the kneading material receiving member 220. The feeding channels for supplying the kneaded material to the kneaded material storage recesses 220f and 220 g are the same as those in the first and second embodiments. To. In this embodiment, by inserting different kneading materials into the two kneading material storage recesses 220f and 220g as in the second embodiment, the granular kneading material forming holes 222d are stored in the first kneading material storage. When passing through the recess 220f and the second kneading material storage recess 220g in sequence, different kneading materials are extruded, and the different kneading materials are overlapped to form one granular kneading material k.

Although the embodiments of the granular kneading material molding apparatus according to the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, the granular kneading material forming hole 22d can have various shapes other than the circular cross section. Further, in the third embodiment, the kneading material receiving member 220 includes two kneading material storage recesses 220f and 220 g, but the kneading material storage recesses may be three or more to form three or more layers of granular kneading material. It is possible. Further, when a plurality of kneading material storage recesses are provided at different positions in the circumferential direction of the kneading material receiving member as in the third embodiment, the kneading material receiving openings corresponding to the respective kneading material receiving openings are provided on the same side of the kneading material receiving member. It is also possible to provide the kneading material on the end face or on both end faces and supply the kneading material from both of the kneading material receiving openings.

Granular kneading material molding device 10
Granular konjac manufacturing equipment (granular paste product manufacturing equipment) 12
Transport means 14
Bottom wall 14a
Side wall 14b
Transport fluid supply pipe 16
Kneading material receiving member 20
Cylindrical member 20a
Kneading material receiving opening 20b
Kneading material storage recess 20c
Delivery route 20d
Screw hole 20e
Kneading material molding cylinder 22
Storage hole 22a
End wall 22b
Fixing protrusion 22c
Granular kneading material molding hole 22d
Static frame 24
Drive shaft 28
Scraper 30
Granular kneading material molding device 110
Kneading material molding cylinder 122
Kneading material receiving member 120
Static plate 124
Gear ring 132
Output shaft 128
Drive gear 134
Kneading material storage recesses 120c, 120c
Kneading material receiving opening 120b
Delivery route 120d
Kneading material receiving member 220
Kneading material molding cylinder 222
First and second kneading material storage recesses 220f, 220g
Motor M

Claims (12)

A cylindrical kneading material receiving member having an end face and a cylindrical peripheral surface, which has a kneading material receiving opening that opens at one end face to receive the kneading material, and a kneading material storage recess that opens at the cylindrical peripheral surface. And a kneading material receiving member having a feeding path for feeding the kneading material from the kneading material receiving opening to the kneading material storage recess.
A kneading material forming cylinder that is concentrically fitted on the cylindrical peripheral surface of the kneading material receiving member and slides and rotates relative to the cylindrical peripheral surface, and is a kneaded material forming cylinder of the cylindrical peripheral surface. It has a kneading material molding cylinder having at least one granular kneading material molding hole that is aligned with the kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction and penetrates the kneading material molding cylinder in the radial direction.
A granular kneading material forming apparatus in which the size of the kneading material storage recess in the circumferential direction matching with the at least one granular kneading material forming hole is made larger than the size of the granular kneading material forming hole. The first aspect of claim 1, wherein the kneading material receiving member is made of a solid columnar member, and the kneading material storage recess is provided so as to open in the circumferential direction over a predetermined angle range on the circumferential surface of the columnar member. Granular kneading material molding equipment. The kneading material storage recess extends in the axial direction of the circumferential surface of the columnar member, and the kneading material forming cylinder is spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the kneading material forming hole. It has at least one row aligned in a row so that as the kneading material forming cylinder is rotated, a plurality of kneading material forming holes in the at least one row pass over the kneading material recess. The granular kneading material molding apparatus according to claim 2. The granular kneading material molding according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the kneading material receiving member is fixed to a stationary frame of the granular kneading material molding apparatus, and the kneading material molding cylinder is rotationally driven. Device. The kneading material molding cylinder has a storage hole extending in the axial direction of the kneading material molding cylinder and opening one end of the kneading material molding cylinder, and the kneading material receiving member has the one end. The granular kneading material molding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the part is coaxially stored in the storage hole. The kneading material receiving member is a granular kneading material on the end face of the kneading material receiving member on the side corresponding to one end of the kneading material molding cylinder in a state of being housed in the kneading material molding cylinder. The granular kneading material forming apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the kneading material forming cylinder is fixed to a stationary frame of the forming apparatus, and the kneading material forming cylinder is driven and connected to a drive shaft of a motor on the other end face side. Both ends of the kneading material forming cylinder are open ends, and the kneading material receiving member is coaxially fitted in the kneading material forming cylinder and both ends thereof are fixed to the stationary frame of the granular kneading material forming apparatus. The granular kneading material molding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The kneading material forming cylinder is provided with an external gear coaxially fixed with the kneading material forming cylinder, receives a rotational driving force from a motor via the external gear, and is rotationally driven around the kneading material receiving member. The kneading material molding apparatus according to claim 7. The kneading material receiving member has a second kneading material receiving opening that opens to the other end surface to receive the kneading material, a second kneading material storage recess that opens to the cylindrical peripheral surface, and the second kneading material receiving opening. The second kneading material has a second feeding path for feeding the kneading material to the second kneading material storage recess, and at least one of the granular kneading material forming holes of the kneading material forming cylinder is the second kneading material. The kneading material molding apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the storage recess is aligned with the cylindrical peripheral surface in the circumferential direction. The kneading material storage recess and the second kneading material storage recess are opened in the cylindrical peripheral surface at different positions in the axial direction of the kneading material receiving member, and the kneading material storage recess and the second kneading material storage are stored. The kneading material molding apparatus according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the granular kneading material molding holes is aligned with the concave portion in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface. The kneading material receiving member opens at one of both end faces thereof and opens at different positions in the circumferential direction from the second kneading material receiving opening for receiving the kneading material and the kneading material storage recess on the cylindrical peripheral surface. It has a second kneading material storage recess and a second feeding path for feeding the kneading material from the second kneading material receiving opening to the second kneading material storage recess, and the kneading material storage recess and the first. The two kneading material storage recesses are at least partially aligned in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface, and at least one of the granular kneading material molding holes is the kneading material storage recess and the second kneading material storage recess. The kneading material molding apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the partially aligned portion of the cylinder is aligned with the partially aligned portion in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical peripheral surface. The granular kneading material molding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the rotation center axis of the kneading material molding cylinder that is rotated relative to the kneading material receiving member is horizontal. It has a kneading material molding device and a transport means for receiving the kneaded material granulated by the granular kneading material molding device and transporting it to the next processing step, and the transport means is located at a lower position of the granular kneading material molding device. It was formed into a gutter shape having a bottom wall extending horizontally from the bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upward from both sides of the bottom wall, and was received from the granular kneading material forming apparatus by flowing a transport fluid along the bottom wall. Granular kneaded product manufacturing equipment that is designed to transport the granular kneaded material to the next processing process.

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