JP2672272B2 - Automatic supply device for ingredients such as food - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically supplying ingredients such as foodstuffs to foods having a certain shape such as rice balls and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, rice balls such as triangular rice balls with various ingredients have been sold in supermarkets and the like.
The above-mentioned ingredients have been changed into various foodstuffs according to market needs, but the types thereof are roughly classified into a kneading tool and a doughing tool.

In recent years, because of the variety of hand-held rice, the specific gravity of the hand-held rice containing the kneading tool is gradually declining, and a device for filling the hand-kneading rice into the hand-held rice has been developed. It was difficult to automatically supply the kneading tool into the foods in the above, and it was often done manually.

As a conventional automatic kneading tool feeder, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), a kneading tool F is loaded into the hopper 20 from above, and the kneading tool F is inserted into the machine casing 21. There is also one in which the kneading tool F is extruded downward by the extrusion pump 22 inside and the same kneading tool F is put into the concave portion 24a of the rice ball 24 from the supply end 23a through the hose 23.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the tool supply rotary disc 2
5 is rotated on the fixed disk 26, and when the through holes 25a, 26a of both disks 25, 26 are aligned, the tool extruding rod 27 is inserted into the through holes 25a, 26a (see the chain double-dashed line), and the extrusion is performed. There is a device in which the kneading tool F supplied on the rotating disk 25 by the lower surface of the rod 27 is supplied into the rice ball 30 in the forming die 29 located below the through hole 26a.

[0006]

By the way, according to the apparatus shown in FIG. 4, a large amount of residual amount is left in the extrusion pump 22, the hose 23, etc., which is not preferable in terms of hygiene, and when it corresponds to other kneading tools. Since the inside of the machine casing 21 needs to be cleaned, there is a problem that the switching work is troublesome due to the above-mentioned cleaning and the like when trying to cope with various kneading tools.

Further, according to the apparatus shown in FIG. 5, when the extruding rod 27 is pushed into the gripping rice 30, the kneading tool F is returned to the upper rotary disk 25 while being attached to the lower surface of the extruding rod 27, and the kneading tool F is removed. If it moves to the next process without being filled,
When the feeding operation is repeated, the kneading tool F adheres to the periphery of the extrusion rod 27, which hinders the smooth insertion of the extrusion rod 27 into the through holes 25a and 26a.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and prevents the material such as food materials from adhering to the extruded member by rotating the material extruded member in the material supplying operation of the tool or the like. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic supply device for a material such as a food material, which is capable of automatically and smoothly supplying a material such as a food material.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, firstly, a material extruding member is lowered toward a material supply board containing a first material, and the same material is supplied to the supply board. By automatically projecting the first material into the second material located below the through hole by projecting it to the lower surface side of the supply board through the through hole formed in In the apparatus, a driving means capable of rotationally driving the material extruding member is provided and the extruding member is rotated by the driving means when the material extruding member descends. Secondly, the material extruding member is lowered toward the material supply board containing the first material, and the same member is projected to the lower surface side of the supply board through the through hole formed in the supply board. Allows the second material located below the through hole to In an automatic feeder for feeding a material such as a food material which feeds a first material and then raises the material extruding member to a descent start position, a driving means capable of rotationally driving the material extruding member is provided to lower the material extruding member. And an automatic feeding device for materials such as foodstuffs, characterized in that the pushing member is rotated by the driving means when rising.
Secondly, the driving means is capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions, and the driving means reverses the rotation direction of the material extruding member when the material is extruded to the descending rotation direction. It is configured by an automatic supply device for the materials such as the described food materials.

[0010]

In the first aspect of the invention, the driving means rotationally drives the material extruding member when the material extruding member is lowered toward the material supply plate containing the first material such as the kneading tool. Therefore,
The material extruding member descends toward the material supply board while rotating, and stops when it protrudes to the lower surface side of the supply board through the through hole. At this time, the extruding member extrudes the first material below the supply plate through the through hole, and supplies the first material into the second material such as rice balls located below the through hole. be able to. Further, since the material extruding member is rotating, it is difficult for the first material to adhere to the outer surface such as the outer peripheral surface of the extruding member, and the first material can be reliably supplied into the second material. You can

In the second aspect of the invention, the material extruding member is rotationally driven by the driving means not only when descending but also when ascending, and the extruding member rises while rotating. Therefore,
Even when the extruded member is raised, the first material such as the kneading tool is unlikely to adhere to the outer surface such as the outer peripheral surface of the member, and the first material is surely placed in the second material such as rice balls. Can be supplied.

In the third aspect of the invention, the material extruding member is rotatably driven in the direction opposite to the rotating direction in the descending direction, so that the extruding member descends and ascends to adhere to the outer periphery of the member. For example, the first material such as a kneading tool can be removed, and the material is less likely to adhere to the outer peripheral surface. Further, the extrusion member supplies the first material into the second material such as rice balls. After that, since it rotates in the opposite direction, the first material can be reliably supplied into the second material.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 are side views of a partial cross-sectional main part showing an embodiment of an automatic feeder of materials such as foodstuffs of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same.

In these drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical tool supply rotary disk (material supply disk), and the disk 1 is rotatably provided in the direction of arrow A about its center (see FIG. 3). The disk 1 has a large number of through holes 1a, ...
Are perforated at regular intervals in the circumferential direction, and a kneading tool F (first material) is pre-supplied therein so as to fill at least the through holes 1a, ....

Reference numeral 2 is a fixed disk having the same diameter as that of the rotary disk 1 and fixed to the lower surface of the rotary disk 1. On the disk surface of the fixed disk 2, the through holes 1 of the tool supply rotary disk 1 are provided.
A through hole 2a having the same diameter as a is formed at one location (see FIG. 3).

Reference numeral 3 is a molding disk installed below the fixed disk 2, and the disk 3 is rotatably provided in the direction of arrow A about its center. The forming disk 3 is provided with a plurality of triangular shaped rice-rice forming recesses 3a, ... In its circumferential direction, and one of the recesses 3a is positioned below the through hole 2a by the rotation in the direction of arrow A. Is configured.
Further, in the recess 3a, a recess 4a is provided at the center for putting in the ingredients.
The pre-formed rice ball 4 (second material) is stored.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an operating rod, which is vertically movable in the directions of arrows B and C by the action of the cylinders 6 and 6 '.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a tool extruding rod (material extruding member) provided on the operating rod 5, which is provided above the through hole 2a of the fixed disk 2. Hereinafter, the structure of the extrusion rod 7 will be described.

Reference numeral 8 is a shaft inserted through a through hole 5a of the operating rod 5 and a shaft mounting portion 9 fixed to the lower surface of the operating rod 5, and a cylindrical tool pushing portion 8a is integrally formed in the lower half portion. It is formed, and the pulley 10 is attached to the upper end portion. The shaft 8 is rotatably supported in the shaft mounting portion 9 by bearings 11 and 11 'by means of its small diameter portion 8b in the directions of arrows D and E, and further, in the mounting portion 9, a step portion 9a, It is supported by 9b so as not to be pulled out in the vertical direction (directions of arrows B and C).

Reference numeral 12 denotes a forward / reverse rotation motor, which is housed in a case 13 attached to the operating rod 5 by a fitting 13a (see FIG. 3). It moves in the C direction. A timing belt 14 is stretched between the pulley 15 of the motor 12 and the pulley 10 of the shaft 8, and the timing belt 14 is rotated by the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 12.
The shaft 8 can be driven to rotate in the direction of arrow D or E via. The motor 12, the pulleys 10 and 15
Further, the timing belt 14 constitutes a driving means.

In the motor 12, the operating rod 5 has an arrow B.
The shaft 8 and hence the push-out portion 8a are rotated in the direction of arrow D (or E) during the downward movement of the moving direction, and the push-out portion 8 is moved during the upward movement of the operating rod 5 in the direction of the arrow C.
Control is performed so that a is rotated in the direction of arrow E (or D). In addition, the shaft 8 may be controlled to rotate in one direction (either the arrow D or E direction) in the vertical movement of the operating rod 5 in the directions of the arrows B and C.

The present invention is configured as described above, and the operation of this apparatus will be described below. First, while putting the kneading tool F into the ingredient-supplying rotary disk 1, the rice balls 4 are put into the rice ball forming concave portions 3a of the rice ball forming disk 3, and both disks 1,
3 is rotated at a predetermined timing.

At the timing when the through hole 1a of the tool supply rotary disk 1 coincides with the through hole 2a of the fixed disk 2 and one of the through holes 3a of the molding disk 3 coincides with the through hole 2a.
The rotation of 3 is temporarily stopped, and the cylinders 6 and 6'are operated to lower the operating rod 5 in the direction of arrow B. That is, at this time, the rice ball forming recess 3a of the rice plate forming disk 3 is formed in the fixed disk 2
The rotation timing is set so as to come to a predetermined position below the through hole 2a (see FIGS. 1 to 3).

Further, the motor 12 is driven in the forward direction at the timing when the lowering of the operating rod 5 is started, and the pulley 1
5, the shaft 8 is driven in the direction of the arrow D via the timing belt 14 and the pulley 10, so that the tool extruding portion 8a descends in the direction of the arrow B while rotating in the direction of the arrow D,
It is put into the kneading tool F, and further descends to the lowest position in the concave portion 3a of the molding disk 3 through the through holes 1a and 2a (FIG. 2).
reference). When the extruding section 8a is put into the kneading tool F, the extruding section 8a rotates in the direction of arrow D,
The viscosity of the kneading tool F makes it difficult for the kneading tool F to adhere to the outer peripheral surface of the extruding section 8a, and the kneading tool F can be smoothly extruded by the lower surface of the extruding section 8a. Then, the extruding section 8a extrudes the kneading tool F below the fixed disk 2, and further fills the kneading tool F in the recess 4a of the rice ball 4 in the recess 3a (FIG. 2). Further, since the extruding member 8a is still rotating when the kneading tool F is pushed into the recess 4a, the kneading tool F is separated from the lower surface of the extruding member 8a by the rotation and the lower surface of the extruding member 8a. It is difficult for the kneading tool F to adhere to.

After that, the cylinders 6 and 6'operate at a predetermined timing to move the operating rod 5 upward in the arrow C direction. At this time, the motor 12 is driven in the opposite direction in synchronization with the start timing of the movement of the operating rod 5, and the shaft 8 rises while rotating in the direction of arrow E, which is the opposite direction to the direction in which the shaft 8 descends. At this time, the viscosity of the kneading tool F depends on the viscosity of the kneading tool F.
Even if the sticking agent F adheres to the lower surface of the extruding section 8a, the kneading tool F separates from the lower surface of the extruding section 8a when the extruding section 8a starts rotating in the opposite direction. It will not rise as it is, and the recess 4
The kneading tool F can be filled in a. Further, in the ascending process, since the extruding portion 8a is rotating in the direction of arrow E, the kneading tool F in the ingredient supplying rotary disc 1 is moved by the extruding portion 8a in the ascending process in the through holes 2a and 1a. It is possible to smoothly return to the upper end position without adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the. Therefore, the excess kneading tool F does not adhere to the outer peripheral surface of the extruding portion 8a, and the supply operation can be smoothly continued.

After that, the kneading tool F may be supplied to the hand-held rice 4 by repeating the above steps while rotating the rotating disc 1 and the forming disc 3. Although the shaft 8 is electrically rotated by the motor 12 in the above-mentioned embodiment, the tool push-out portion 8a is made to move in the arrow direction by a gear or the like by utilizing the linear movement of the shaft 8 ascending and descending without using the motor 12. D or E
It may be configured to rotate in the direction. In this way, the motor 12 is not required and the structure can be simplified.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation of supplying the kneading tool to the rice ball was described, but the material is not limited to this, and it is applied to various foodstuffs such as putting rice cake in rice cake and putting ingredients in the side switch. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to the operation of supplying various materials to fertilizers other than food materials, compost, etc.

Reference numeral 16 is a gripping rice pressing rod for covering a small amount of rice on the rice cooked rice 4 into which the above-mentioned kneading tool F has been put, and pressing it from above to form the rice gripped rice, and 17 is below the rice ball forming disk 3 mentioned above. It is a fixed disk provided, and a through hole 1 having the same shape as the rice ball forming concave portion 3a is provided at a position above the conveyor 18.
7a.

Numeral 19 is a gripping rice extruding rod for dropping the rice sushi 4'completed by being inserted into the inside of the recess 3a from above when the recess 3a and the through hole 17a are aligned above the conveyor 18 onto the conveyor 18. Is. The above-mentioned tool extruding rod 7, rice meal pressing rod 16, and rice rice extruding rod 19 are provided on the above-mentioned operating rod 5, and are operated at the same timing by said cylinders 6 and 6 '.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first material such as the kneading tool can be automatically and surely supplied into the second material such as the rice ball and the structure can be improved. Since it is simple, cleaning and the like are easy and hygienic, and the work of switching to various materials can be easily performed.

Further, since the material extruding member is rotated and lowered, it is possible to reliably supply the first material into the second material without adhering the first material to the extruding member. it can.

Further, since the material extruding member is configured to be raised and lowered while rotating, the first material is unlikely to adhere to the same extruding member during the ascending and descending process, and the first material is surely contained in the second material. Materials can be supplied.

Further, since the rotating directions of the material extruding member when moving up and down are reversed, it is difficult for the material to adhere to the outer peripheral surface of the material extruding member, and the material extruding member is the first material in the second material. After the material is supplied, the material rotates in the opposite direction, so that the first material can be reliably supplied into the second material.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a main part of an automatic supply device for ingredients such as food materials according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional side view of an essential part showing a state in which food materials are supplied in the supply device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the supply device.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing a conventional kneading tool feeding device;
(B) is a side sectional view of a machine casing of the conventional apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a conventional device for supplying a kneading tool.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tool Supply Rotating Disk 1a Through Hole 4 Hand Rice 7 Tool Extruding Rod 8 Shaft 8a Tool Extruding Part F Kneader 10, 15 Pulley 12 Motor 14 Timing Belt

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A material extruding member is lowered toward a material supply board containing a first material, and the material extruding member is projected to a lower surface side of the supply board through a through hole formed in the supply board. Thus, in the automatic material feeder for supplying the first material into the second material located below the through hole, the material extruding member can be rotationally driven, and the same material is provided. An automatic supply device for materials such as food materials, characterized in that the driving means rotates the pushing member when the pushing member descends. 2. A material extruding member is lowered toward a material supply plate containing a first material, and the same member is protruded to the lower surface side of the supply plate through a through hole formed in the supply plate. In the automatic feeding device for feeding materials such as foodstuffs, which feeds the first material into the second material located below the through hole, and then raises the material extruding member to the descending start position, An automatic supply device for materials such as foodstuffs, characterized in that a driving means capable of rotationally driving the member is provided, and the extruding member is rotated by the driving means when the material extruding member descends and rises. 3. The drive means is capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions, and the drive means reverses the rotation direction of the material extruding member when it is raised relative to the rotation direction when it is lowered. An automatic supply device for ingredients such as food ingredients described in 2.