JP2640210B2 - Food molding equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food forming apparatus for forming a food in the process of transporting the food, and more particularly, to an apparatus for forming a laver-wrapped polygonal food and a laminar-shaped polygonal food. The present invention relates to a food molding apparatus provided with a conveyor belt having a trough-like (rectangular or the like) groove.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a seaweed roll-shaped food made of thinly baked egg roe (kinshi) as a dough (edible hull) and a core of dried gourd, crab kamaboko, shiitake mushroom, egg core (egg baked) is used as a core. Conventionally, in the case of mass production, it has been extremely difficult to deliver a predetermined quantity according to a rapid delivery date because the seaweed-wrapped food has been conventionally produced manually. And because fried egg is a particularly perishable food, even if the delivery date is known,
It was not possible to make large quantities in advance.

Further, as an attempt to mass-produce the above-mentioned food, for example, as shown in FIG.
0, the receiving roll 101 is pivotally supported, and the side rolls 102, 102 are pivotally supported on both sides thereof by being inclined with respect to the receiving roll 101, and supported by the receiving roll 101, the side rolls 102, 102, In some cases, an endless conveyor belt 103 was sent.

That is, a trapezoidal cross section is formed on the conveyor belt 103 by forming folds 103a and 103a in advance on the conveyor belt 103 and adjusting the width of the folds 103a and 103a to the respective lengths of the receiving rolls 101 and the sides 102 and 102. Let it. By placing a food material on the trapezoidal section, a food having a trapezoidal contour is formed.

[0005] Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 19, as shown in FIG.
a is provided with the conveyor belt 103 formed with a. On the other hand, the guide 104 is fixed on the bed 100. The conveyor belt 103 was slid and moved on a guide 104 by a driving pulley (not shown), and it was intended to form a food having a trapezoidal cross section in this moving process.

[0006]

However, as described above, the conveyor belt 103 is bent at the folds 103a, 103a by the receiving roll 101, the side rolls 102, 102, the guide 104, etc., and the cross-sectional shape of the food is formed into a trapezoidal shape or the like. Even if it is a ginger, the conveyor belt 103 and the roll or the guide 104 may be disengaged during the transfer, and the conveyor belt 103 may meander. Also, when the conveyor belt 103 slides on the guide 104, the conveyor belt 103 may move due to friction or wind pressure. There was a drawback in that a stable product could not be formed, such as a wave-like undulation and the like, resulting in a distorted shape of the product (food) or a lack of mass.

Further, as described above, if the external shape of the food is simply cylindrical, the shape does not change and the food becomes obsolete. For example, it is possible to give a change to the shape such as a rectangle, a trapezoid, or another polygon. could not. In general, it is not enough for foods to stimulate purchase motivation simply by the fact that the taste and taste of the food when they are contained in the mouth are delicious.In addition, other appearance factors such as shape and color are also required. Extremely large. For this reason, in the cylindrical food as described above, there is a problem that even if it is delicious, it is tired that the appearance does not change and it does not flourish, thereby reducing the willingness to purchase and reducing the sales.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention continuously and stably mass-produces seaweed-like foods having a uniform shape with no distortion or size, and also produces seaweed-like foods when transporting a conveyor belt. It is an object of the present invention to provide a food forming apparatus which is capable of automatically winding the dough of the present invention, not touching the product at all, making it extremely hygienic, highly efficient, and capable of improving the productivity.

[0009]

In a food molding apparatus,
Endless, forming a plurality of folds parallel to the longitudinal direction, a conveyor belt that forms a trough-shaped groove along the fold, a drive pulley and a driven pulley that holds the conveyor belt at both ends, The inside has a hollow prismatic shape, a large number of intake holes are formed in the upper part, and two guides are provided opposite to each other for guiding and guiding the groove of the conveyor belt in a stable state, and a lower part of the conveyor belt. Side, on the driven pulley side with respect to the guide, and two conical width shifting rollers disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt includes: As it was transported in the direction of the driven pulley, it was bent along the fold to form a trough shape, and at the time of transport, both ends were sucked and held by the intake air from the intake holes to maintain the trough shape. And to slide the guide above in state.

Further, in the food molding apparatus, a conveyor belt that forms a plurality of endless and parallel to the longitudinal direction folds and forms a trough-shaped groove along the folds, and the conveyor belt has both ends. A drive pulley and a driven pulley, a guide for guiding and guiding the conveyor belt through an outer wall of a groove portion thereof, and two conical shapes disposed opposite to each other on the driven pulley side of the conveyor belt. A width approach roller, a flat plate-shaped, first folded guide plate fixed to the guide and disposed directly above the conveyor belt so that its plane is parallel, and the first folded guide plate And a second turn guide plate disposed rearward of the transfer of the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is bent along the folds as the transfer is moved in the direction of the driven pulley to form a trough. Are formed, and are transferred by sliding on the guide while maintaining the trough shape, and the first turn guide plate and the second turn guide plate respectively form inclined turn surfaces, After the conveyor belt is conveyed, the inclined return surface of the return guide plate gradually covers the groove thereof obliquely, and after the conveyor belt has passed the first return guide plate, then the second return guide plate is turned. The surface was arranged so as to gradually cover the groove of the conveyor belt obliquely.

[0011]

According to the present invention, an air intake hole is formed in a guide, and the conveyor belt is adsorbed by sucking air from the air intake hole to maintain the trough shape. Can be accurately maintained. Further, according to the present invention, the dough of the food being conveyed is successively turned up and wrapped by the first turn-up guide plate and the second turn-up guide plate having the inclined turning surface, so that the dough is continuously fed by the conveyor belt. Nori roll-like polygonal food,
Since it can be mass-produced without direct touch and can be mass-produced hygienically, it is extremely important to contribute to an improvement in productivity.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the whole of FIG. 1 as viewed obliquely from the rear, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a region iii in FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a region iv in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a right side view showing a right side portion of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral A denotes a food molding apparatus, which forms a table 1 by combining stainless steel angles such as H-shaped steel, L-shaped steel, I-shaped steel, and C-shaped steel, and which are similarly arranged to face each other. Two legs 1a, 1b,
1c and is placed on the floor FL. The leg 1a
The ground contact portion of the... Has an adjustment structure using well-known screws. The screws 1 advance and retreat to cope with irregularities on the floor surface and the like, so that the table 1 is maintained in a horizontal state.

In FIGS. 1 and 4, a drive motor 2 for driving is attached to the lower left end of the table 1 and is connected to a drive pulley 4 via a chain 3. The drive motor 2 and the drive pulley 4 are respectively provided with sprocket gears having a predetermined number of teeth, and the conveying speed of the conveyor belt 5 is set by appropriately setting the respective gear ratios. The table 1 supports a lower portion of the conveyor belt 5, that is, a conveyor belt 5 which is conveyed from the driving roll 4 to a driven roll 6 described later. It is provided in.

As can be clearly seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, the conveyor belt 5 is provided with two conical wrapping rolls 7, 7 and hollow angular guides 9, 9 which are respectively disposed opposite to each other. It is supported and bridged between the driving pulley 4 and the driven pulley 6. The guides 9, 9 are not rectangular parallelepipeds, but with respect to the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 5.
The upper part is curved so as to slightly expand in an arc shape. still,
The conveyor belt 5 is made of a relatively thin elastic synthetic resin or glass cloth or the like, and has folds 5a, 5a,
5a, 5b and 5b are formed. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6, the conveyor guides 9f and 9f are provided on the upper portions of the guides 9 and 9 so that the flat portions 5e and 5e of the conveyor belt 5 are slidably sandwiched so that the conveyance of the conveyor belt 5 does not meander.
9f is fixed.

The side rolls 8, 8 are arranged in such a direction that their circumferential surfaces press the side wall portions of the grooves 5d, and act to form the grooves 5d in the conveyor belt 5.
The driven pulley 6, together with the driving pulley 4, is formed in a so-called drum shape or barrel (beer barrel) shape having a central portion thicker than both end portions, and prevents the conveyor belt 5 from meandering. A driven pulley 6 is attached to the right side of the table 1 via a tension plate 10. The tension plate 10 is slidably attached to the table 1 in the left and right directions in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the handle 11 is freely rotatable with respect to the table 1 in the direction of rotation, and It is attached so that it is fixed.

The rotating shaft of the handle 11 is constituted by a male screw portion 11a, which is screwed into a female screw portion of a convex portion 10a provided on the back surface of the tension plate 10, and the handle 11 is rotated to advance and retreat. Thus, the tension plate 10 is slid, and the distance between the driving pulley 4 and the driven pulley 6 is changed to set the strength of the conveyor belt 5. In the figure, a plate-shaped first turn guide plate 13 and a second turn guide plate 14 are attached to the upper portion of the guide 9.

The first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 form turning surfaces 13a, 14a, each of which has one end inclined with respect to the center line 5c of the conveyor belt 5. , 14a are end portions 13b, respectively.
13c, 14b and 14c are formed. The end faces of the turning surfaces 13a and 14a are chamfered in an arc shape. The ends 13b and 14b are center lines 5
c and the other ends 13c, 14c
Extends past the center line 5c to the opposite side.

The first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 are respectively provided with blowing nozzles 13d and 14d.
Is provided. FIG. 4 shows a state in which three nozzles 13d and 14d are provided at a time. However, the number is not limited to three and may be one. The nozzles 13d and 14d are provided for filtering required compressed air from a not-shown air compressor or the like with a filter to produce clean air and then injecting the purified air to the conveyor belt 5, and the first turn guide plate 13
And the back side of the second turn guide plate 14, that is, the belt conveyor 5
Air is blown out in the direction opposite to. Details of the attachment of the first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 to the guides 9, 9 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line vi-vi of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a cross-sectional shape of guides 9; The hollow square guides 9, 9 are airtightly connected by a connecting pipe 9a such as a pipe or tube having a square or round shape or another shape as shown in FIG.
This connecting pipe 9a is connected to the drain pipe 9b,
Drained to 2 The drain pipe 9b is opened and closed by a cock 9c on the way, and is airtightly shut off from the connecting pipe 9a when closed.

An intake pipe 9d is further connected to the connecting pipe 9a to exhaust air from both guides 9, 9 so that the pressure inside the guides 9, 9 is negative. At the top of the guides 9 and 9 are intake holes 9
e, 9e are provided, and the negative pressure in the guides 9, 9 is supplemented from the intake holes 9e, 9e. Since the suction pipe 9d continuously makes the inside of the guides 9, 9 a negative pressure, the suction holes 9e,
9e continuously inhales outside air and is discharged from the exhaust pipe 9d as shown by the arrow in FIG. Incidentally, a large number of the intake holes 9 e are formed along the longitudinal direction of the guide 9. The first folded guide plate 13 and the second folded guide plate 14 shown in a plane direction in FIG. 4 are shown in a side view in FIG.

In FIG. 6, the first turn-up guide plate 13 and the second turn-up guide plate 14 are partially bent or provided with appropriate gaps with respect to the guides 9, 9 by means of appropriate spacers such as washers. It is fixed to the guides 9 and 9. An appropriate gap provided between the guides 9 and 9 and the first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 may be any size as long as the thickness of the conveyor belt 5 can pass through without difficulty.

FIGS. 7 to 9 are arrows in FIG.
It is sectional drawing which shows the cross-sectional shape of the conveyor belt 5 of a vii-vii, viii-viii, xi-xi line part. The conveyor belt 5 includes:
As particularly clearly shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the folds 5a,
5a, 5b and 5b are formed, and can be bent from the fold. The position of the distribution of the folds 5b, 5b is defined as a center line 5c. Also, folds 5a ...
The groove 5d, the flat plate 5e,
5e is formed. In addition, the flat plate portions 5e, 5e are grooved portions 5d.
Are formed on both sides of the conveyor belt 5, that is, on the outer edge. Then, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 and 4, a pressing roll 15 presses a tool (core) described below at a position along the center line 5 c from above the conveyor belt 5, and the tool (core) ) Shape the upper part.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show a core 20 such as an oboro 17, a ball core 18 and a crab fish 19 with respect to a kinshi 16.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which are sequentially supplied. In addition, the components constituting the core 20 are not limited to the oboro 17 and the ball core 18 and the like, but may be any combination such as dried gourd, matsutake mushroom, bacon, cheese, tuna, cooked rice, etc.

FIGS. 13 to 18 show a process in which the first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 are used to turn the kins 16. Here, in FIG. 1, eggs stored in advance in a liquid state in a tank (not shown) are processed into strip-shaped thin fried eggs, ie, kinshi 16, and supplied to the conveyor belt 5 from the portion indicated by the arrow B. Further, the winding cores 20 such as the obolo 17, the ball core 18, and the crab head 19 are supplied from the portion indicated by the arrow C.

Next, the operation will be described. In the illustrated embodiment, the outline of the operation will be described first, and then the details of the operation will be described. First, in FIG. 1, the conveyer belt 5 forms a trough-shaped groove portion 5d in the upper portion thereof, that is, in the middle of being conveyed from the driven pulley 6 side to the drive pulley 4 side. Then, it returns to a flat state below the conveyor belt 5, that is, at a portion conveyed from the driving pulley 4 to the driven pulley 6 side.

On the upper part of the conveyor belt 5, a band-like long cloth 16 is mounted, and a core 20 as a tool is continuously mounted on a central portion thereof. In the trough-shaped groove 5d, the reed 16 is first laid and the winding core 20 is placed thereon, so that when the groove 5d is formed, the reed 16 and the winding core 20 are accommodated in the groove 5d. It will be in the state as it was done. When the groove portion 5d passes through the portions of the prism-shaped guides 9, 9, the guides 9, 9 are shaped on both sides to maintain an orderly rectangle. However, the shape of the groove 5d is not limited to a specific shape such as a rectangle as described above, but may be another shape, for example, a polygon, a U-shape, a V-shape, or the like.

The width of the resilient member 16 is formed to be wider than the dimension covering the inner wall of the groove 5d, and the resilient ends 16b and 16c on both sides of the central portion 16a of the resilient member 16 are the flat portions 5e and 5e of the conveyor belt 5. 5e. Kinshi 16,
When the winding core 20 passes through the guides 9, 9, the reed end 16
b and 16c are turned to the opposite sides of the first and second folded guide plates 13 and 14, and the core 20 is wound.

As the food wound on the conveyor belt 5 passes through the guides 9 and 9 and approaches the drive pulley 4, the conveyor belt 5 gradually becomes flat, and the groove 5d disappears, but is wound up. The preserved food maintains its processed shape. Thereafter, the food is cut into a predetermined length, and the process proceeds to a predetermined next process such as packaging.

The general operation is as described above, and the operation will be described in detail below. In FIG. 1, by operating a control panel (not shown), the drive motor 2 is started to rotate the drive pulley 4 counterclockwise via the chain 3. Thereby, the conveyor belt 5 starts to convey in the direction of arrow D. By this conveyance, the conveyor belt 5 is moved from the driven pulley 6 to the driving pulley 4
In the middle of being fed to the guide pulley 6, it is almost flat immediately after passing through the driven pulley 6, but gradually forms a trough-shaped groove 5d as it approaches the guides 9,9.

Further, by the related operation of the control panel (not shown), the kinshi 16 is supplied from the portion indicated by the arrow B in FIG. 1 to the central portion of the conveyor belt 5 sandwiched between the folds 5b, 5b. Oboro 17, from part C,
The winding cores 20 such as the ball core 18 and the crab kamaboko 19 are sequentially charged.
On the other hand, at the same time as the rotation of the drive motor 2 is started, in FIG. 7, air is sucked out from the intake pipe 9d shown in FIG.
Negative pressure inside. Since the two guides 9, 9 are connected by the connecting pipe 9a, the respective intake holes 9e, 9
e inhales the outside air, and this inhaling force is applied to the conveyor belt 5.
, That is, the flat portions 5e, 5e are sucked.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, the conveyor belt 5 is first supported by the width-adjusting rolls 7 in the process of being transported from the driven pulley 6 to the driving pulley 4. The conveyor belt 5 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction, that is, in the direction of arrow D in FIG. On the other hand, the conical rolls 7, 7 are in contact with the flat portions 5 e, 5 e of the conveyor belt 5, respectively, with their thick ends in contact with each other. They face apart and are pivoted on a common axis.

For this reason, the conveyor belt 5 has a flat plate portion 5
e, 5e, in the direction of the center line 5c,
And is gradually bent by its own weight at the folds 5a, 5a, 5b, and 5b, and its cross-sectional shape is turned in a clockwise direction by 90 °.
See). The conveyor belt 5 passes through the width shift rolls 7, 7 and then the side rolls 8, 8 press the side walls of the groove 5d from both sides to form a vertical shape.

The conveyor belt 5 has an arrow B in FIG.
Is supplied from the portion indicated by the arrow C, and the core 20 is supplied from the portion indicated by the arrow C, so that a material such as the reed 16 is placed on the conveyor belt 5 which is still flat.
Therefore, in the process of forming the groove 5d, the material does not adapt to the groove 5d due to friction or the like, and may not reach the corners. Therefore, the material is pressed from above the groove 5d by the pressing roll 15 and is flattened. Level.

Next, the conveyor belt 5 is driven with the driving pulley 4 in a state in which a groove 5d is formed between the prism-shaped guides 9, 9.
Transported in the direction of This conveyor belt 5 has a groove 5d.
, Ie, the flat portions 5e, 5e slide while blocking the intake holes 9d, 9d... Of the guides 9, 9, so that the groove portions 5d are moved by the weight of the material.
Or a phenomenon such as the sinking of the edge or the wave of the edge does not occur. Therefore, the shape of the groove 5d is stable, and the "U" shape can be maintained.

The prism-shaped seaweed-like polygonal food is shaped inside the trough-shaped groove 5d while the conveyor belt 5 passes through the guides 9, 9. Therefore, by maintaining the shape of the groove 5d in a stable state as described above, the dimensional accuracy of the shape of the laver-like polygonal food can be maintained at a predetermined accuracy.

The width of the kinshi 16 should be equal to or larger than the entire circumference of the seaweed-wrapped polygonal food (in this embodiment, the width of the whole circumference is 15 mm).
Since the size is about 0%), as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the reed 16 protrudes outside the groove 5 d and is placed horizontally on the flat plates 5 e, 5 e of the conveyor belt 5. In this state, the upper part of the core 20 is exposed, and a process of covering the upper part of the core 20 with the revolver 16 in FIGS. 11 to 18 will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIG. 7 and as described above, the guides 9 and 9 have a gap slightly larger than the gap obtained by adding the thickness of the conveyor belt 5 to the thickness of the conveyor 16. The first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 are opposed to each other,
Moreover, they are continuously fixed. Therefore, the flat plate portions 5e, 5e of the conveyor belt 5 pass between the guides 9, 9 and the first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14. In addition, in FIG.
No. 6 has a narrower end 16b than the opposite end 16c.

The narrower end 16 of the reed 16
When b faces the turning surface 13a of the first turning guide plate 13,
If left as it is, the conveyer belt 5 transports the folded surface 1
It collides with 3a and tears. Therefore, the operator lifts up by hand and puts it on the first turn-up guide plate 13 only when the end portion 16b of the fly 16 approaches the turnover surface 13a. Similarly, the second turn guide plate 14 also
The operator lifts by hand and places the wider end 16c of the reed 16 on the second folded guide plate 14. Thereafter, the first turn guide plate 13 and the second turn guide plate 14 turn the Kinshi end 16b and the Kinshi end 16c to face each other, and the Kinshi 16 is conveyed while overlapping.

Referring to FIG. 4, after the reed end 16b of the reed 16 is placed on the first turn-in guide plate 13, the end 13b first comes into contact with the raised portion, and thereafter, it is gradually turned back. The surface 13a presses the raised portion, and is folded back at the position of the arrow xiii-xiii line portion shown in FIG. 3 as shown in FIG. The reed end 16b of the reed 16 mounted on the first turn guide plate 13 moves with the conveyance of the belt conveyor 5, but the first turn guide plate 13 is fixed to the guide 9 as it is. Friction or adhesion occurs between the first folded guide plate 13 and the end portion 16b of the reed 16 so that the thin and fragile reed 16 is broken due to tight bonding.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 and the sectional shape shown in FIG. 13, when compressed air is injected from an air compressor (not shown) through the nozzle 13d of the first turn guide plate 13, an arrow shown in FIG. Compressed air is sprayed as described above. Therefore, a thin layer of clean air is formed between the first turn guide plate 13 and the kinks 16 to prevent the two from sticking to each other. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 14, the upper portion of the core 20 is covered with the narrower end 16b of the winding core at the line indicated by the arrows xiv-xiv in FIG.

Next, the other end 16 of the reed 16
c is manually placed on the turning surface 14a of the second turning guide plate 14. Then, as in the case of the first folding guide plate 13, the nozzle 1
The Kinshi 16 is lifted by the purified compressed air injected from 4d, and the second turn guide plate 14 passes. The compressed air is sent from a compressor under pressure and filtered by a filter into clean air.
Feed to d. When the nori-maki-like polygonal food advances with the conveyor belt 5, the folded surface 14a of the second folded guide plate 14
Gradually begins to fold the longer end 16c of the resilient member 16.

Next, in FIG. 3, when the leading end of the laver-wrapped polygonal food on the conveyor belt 5 reaches the arrow xv-xv line portion, as shown in FIG. The part 16c is folded halfway. Then, in FIG. 3, when the tip of the laver-like polygonal food on the conveyor belt 5 reaches the arrow xvi-xvi line portion, as shown in FIG. The polygonal food product is extended to the flat plate portion 5e of the conveyor belt 5 on the opposite side after passing through the polygonal food product.

In FIG. 3, the groove 5d formed in the conveyor belt 5 gradually becomes shallower as the tip of the laver-like polygonal food comes away from the guides 9, 9 and approaches the drive pulley 4, in other words, the opening of the groove 5d. Part spreads, arrow xv
In the direction of the arrow of the ii-xvii line portion, the flat plate portion 5e retreats in the outer edge direction of the conveyor belt 5 as shown in FIG. That is, the longer end portion 16c of the resilient member 16
Since the flat plate portion 5e on which is mounted is retreated, the end 1
6c falls from this flat plate portion 5e and hangs down on the side wall portion of the laver-like polygonal food.

In this state, the Kinshi 16 is wound around the winding core 20 by one and a half turns. Since the Kinshi 16 itself has some adhesiveness on its surface, the Kinshi 16 may come off from the winding core 20. Without such a situation, the wound state is firmly maintained. After the Kinshi 16 is wound around the core 20,
This nori-maki-like polygonal food is cut into a predetermined length and wrapped for packing and shipping. Therefore, in FIG.
Kinshi 16 is continuously supplied from the position of arrow C, and various kinds of tools (oboro 17, ball core 18, crab kamaboko, etc.) are indicated from the position of arrow C.
If you do not continuously supply the core 20 consisting of, a very delicious and flavorful laver-like polygonal food,
It can be produced hygienically and in large quantities.

The above embodiment is merely an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and other embodiments can be adopted based on the spirit of the present invention. That is, the kinshi 16 as the dough for the laver roll-like polygonal food may be another planar food, such as a castella-like one, or a processed meat product, or the like. Anything is good. Further, the number of fabrics is not limited to one, but may be a plurality. Furthermore, the appearance of seaweed roll-like polygonal food is not limited to a square pillar, but is U-shaped,
Other polygonal shapes such as a V shape or a trapezoidal shape may be used.

Accordingly, the apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration, based on the above embodiment and operation. 1. Endless, forming a plurality of folds parallel to the longitudinal direction, a conveyor belt that forms a trough-shaped groove along the fold, a drive pulley and a driven pulley that holds the conveyor belt at both ends, The inside has a hollow prismatic shape, a large number of intake holes are formed in the upper part, and two guides are provided opposite to each other for guiding and guiding the groove of the conveyor belt in a stable state, and a lower part of the conveyor belt. Side, on the driven pulley side with respect to the guide, and two conical width shifting rollers disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt includes: As it is transported in the direction of the driven pulley, it bends along the fold to form a trough shape,
A food molding apparatus characterized in that both ends are sucked and held by suction from suction holes at the time of transfer, and slide on the guide while maintaining the trough shape. 2. Endless, forming a plurality of folds parallel to the longitudinal direction, a conveyor belt that forms a trough-shaped groove along the fold, a drive pulley and a driven pulley that holds the conveyor belt at both ends, A guide for guiding and guiding the conveyor belt through the outer wall of the groove, two conical width-shifting rollers disposed on the driven pulley side of the conveyor belt so as to face each other, A first folded guide plate fixed to the guide and disposed directly above the conveyor belt so that its plane is parallel to the first folded guide plate; and a first folded guide plate disposed rearward of the conveyor belt with respect to the first folded guide plate. The conveyor belt is bent along the folds as it is conveyed in the direction of the driven pulley to form a trough-shaped groove, and the trough shape is maintained. In the state, it is slid on the guide and transferred, and the first turn guide plate and the second turn guide plate respectively form a slope turn surface, and the slope turn surface of the first turn guide plate, By conveying the conveyor belt,
The groove portion was gradually covered obliquely, and after the conveyor belt passed through the first folded guide plate, the folded surface of the second folded guide plate was then disposed so as to gradually cover the groove portion of the conveyor belt. A food molding apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. 3. The food forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein after the conveyor belt has passed through the second turn guide plate, the trough shape is gradually returned to a flat shape as it approaches the drive pulley. 4. The first folded guide plate and the second folded guide plate each have a nozzle for injecting air at a predetermined pressure on the side facing the conveyor belt, and the first folded guided plate and the second folded guided plate are mounted on the side. 3. The food molding device according to claim 2, wherein the food molding device is floated. 5. The dough is placed on a conveyor belt that is endless and has a plurality of folds parallel to the longitudinal direction, and the dough is placed along a trough-shaped groove formed by the plurality of folds. The core is thrown into the recess of the first folded guide plate, and the inclined folded surface of the first folded guide plate is turned over one end of the cloth to cover the core, and then the inclined folded surface of the second folded guide plate is A food molding apparatus, wherein the other end of the dough is turned over to cover the one end from above.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously mass-produce seaweed roll-like polygonal foods having a uniform shape with no distortion or size. That is, an intake hole is formed in the guide, and the conveyor belt is sucked and held by the intake hole,
It can prevent wavy pulsation and the like at the time of conveying the conveyor belt and can stably maintain the shape of the product.

Further, according to the present invention, the dough of the laver-like polygonal food can be automatically wound when the conveyor belt is conveyed, so that mass production can be performed hygienically. That is,
Except at the beginning when the fabric such as kinshi faces the folded surfaces of the first and second folded guide plates, no additional labor is required when transporting the conveyor belt thereafter, and the first and second folded guide plates are made of laver-like polygons. Since the dough is put on the core alternately from both sides of the food and wound, it is extremely sanitary, highly efficient, and can improve productivity without any human contact with the product. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the whole of FIG. 1 as viewed obliquely from behind.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial plan view of a region iii in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial plan view of a region iv in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view showing a right side portion of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line vi-vi of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the conveyor belt taken along a line indicated by an arrow vii-vii in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the conveyor belt taken along line viii-viii of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of the conveyor belt taken along a line xi-xi of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing a first state in which the winding core 20 is supplied to the revel 16;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing a second state in which the core 20 is supplied to the revolver 16;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing a third state in which the core 20 is supplied to the revel 16;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which the first folding guide plate 13 is half-folded at the end portion 16b of the kinshi at an arrow xiii-xiii line portion in FIG. 4;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state where the first folding guide plate 13 has completely folded back the kinshi end 16b at a line indicated by arrows xiv-xiv in FIG. 4;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which the second turn guide plate 14 is half-turned around the reed end 16c at the line indicated by the arrow xv-xv in FIG. 4;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which the second folding guide plate 14 is folded back at the kinshi end 16c to completely cover the kinshi end 16b at the line indicated by the arrows xvi-xvi in FIG. FIG.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state where the second turn guide plate 14 has completely turned back the kinshi end 16c at the arrow xvii-xvii line section in FIG. 4;

FIG. 18 shows a state where the conveyor belt 5 forming the groove 5d of the conveyor belt 5 returns to a flat state at the line indicated by the arrow xviii-xviii in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view shown.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a first conventional example.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of a second conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Food molding apparatus B, C, D Arrow 1 Table 1a, 1b, 1c Leg 1d Support roll 2 Drive motor 3 Chain 4 Drive pulley 5 Conveyor belt 5a, 5a, 5b, 5b Fold 5c Center line 5d Groove 5e, 5e Flat plate 6 Followed pulley 7,7 Width roll 8,8 Side roll 9,9 Guide 9a Connecting pipe 9b Drain pipe 9c Cock 9d Intake pipe 9e, 9e Intake hole 9f, 9f Conveyor guide 10 Tension plate 10a Convex part 11 Handle 12 Drain receiver 13 First folded guide plate 14 Second folded guide plate 13a, 14a Folded surface 13b, 13c, 14b, 14c End 15 Pressing roll 16 Kinshi 16a Central part 16b, 16c Kinshi end 17 Oboro 18 Ball core 19 Crab head 20 winding core

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A conveyor belt that forms a plurality of folds that are endless and parallel to the longitudinal direction, and forms a trough-shaped groove along the folds, and a drive pulley that holds the conveyor belt at both ends. And a driven pulley, and two guides disposed opposite to each other, the inside of which has a hollow prismatic shape, a plurality of intake holes formed in an upper portion thereof, and a guide portion for guiding the groove portion of the conveyor belt in a stable state. On the lower side of the conveyor belt, there are two conical width-shifting rollers that are disposed on the driven pulley side with respect to the guide and that are arranged to face each other so as to sandwich the conveyor belt, The conveyor belt bends along the folds as it is transported in the direction of the driven pulley to form a trough shape. Food product-forming apparatus characterized by sliding the guide over while maintaining the shape. 2. A conveyor belt that forms a plurality of folds that are endless and parallel to the longitudinal direction, and forms a trough-shaped groove along the folds, and a drive pulley that holds the conveyor belt at both ends. And a driven pulley; a guide for guiding and guiding the conveyor belt through an outer wall of a groove portion thereof; and two conical width shifting rollers disposed to face each other on the driven pulley side of the conveyor belt; It is a flat plate-shaped, fixed to the guide, and disposed directly above the conveyor belt so that its plane is parallel to the first folded guide plate, the first folded guide plate more of the conveyor belt The conveyor belt is bent along the folds as it is moved in the direction of the driven pulley to form a trough-shaped groove, The first folded guide plate and the second folded guide plate form a sloped folded surface, respectively, while being slid on the guide in a state where the shape is maintained, and the sloped shape of the first folded guide plate is formed. The folded surface gradually covers the groove part by the conveyance of the conveyor belt, and after the conveyor belt passes through the first folded guide plate, the folded surface of the second folded guide plate is the groove portion of the conveyor belt. A food molding device, wherein the food molding device is disposed so as to cover it gradually and obliquely. 3. The food molding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein after the conveyor belt has passed through the second turn guide plate, the trough shape is gradually returned to a flat shape as it approaches the drive pulley. 4. The first turn guide plate and the second turn guide plate each have a nozzle for injecting air at a predetermined pressure on the side facing the conveyor belt, and are mounted on the first turn guide plate and the second turn guide plate. 3. The food molding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the placed Kinshi is floated. 5. A dough is placed on a conveyor belt having a plurality of endless and parallel folds formed in a longitudinal direction, and the dough is placed along a trough-shaped groove formed by the plurality of folds. A winding core is placed on a trough-shaped recess formed in the fabric, and a second folded guiding plate is formed after a sloped folded surface of a first folded guiding plate has folded one end of the fabric to cover the core. A food forming apparatus, characterized in that the inclined return surface of (1) folds the other end of the dough and covers the one end from above.