JP2691390B2 - Semi-open packaged food manufacturing method and apparatus - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention mechanically continuously manufactures a semi-open packaged food product in which a core material is exposed on a part of the surface of a skin material, from a cored bar-shaped food material composed of two or more kinds of food materials. The present invention relates to a semi-open packaged food production method and an apparatus therefor, which can be used, for example, in addition to confectioneries such as "red rice buns" and visual
Bread with interest in, boiled fish paste such, it is possible that the continuous production of hamburger food or the like in without high-efficiency features.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various plastic foods, especially confectionery, it is important to entertain customers not only by taste but also by visual sense such as shape color. For example,
In buns, as seen in so-called "red rice buns", the inner packaging material (red rice) is exposed on the surface of the outer skin material (bun dough) at the crown portion of the bun. By intentionally exposing the bun contents (red rice) at the crown, the visual effect is improved (see Fig. 34).

However, there is no effective method or device capable of mechanically continuous processing for the production work of this half-opened food product such as red rice steamed bun, which is made by molding an outer skin material in a vase shape, and is made by hand only by hand. The actual situation was that each step was a time-consuming process, and there were many calls for mechanization in terms of productivity and hygiene such as contamination with bacteria and breeding.

[0004]

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is no need to use the troublesome procedure of individually wrapping the inner wrapping material such as red rice and bean paste in the vase type one by one as in the prior art. By simply cutting the core rod-shaped food with a special cutter body, it is possible to provide a half-open packaged food manufacturing method capable of producing a half-open packaged food as it is, and a semi-open packaged food manufacturing apparatus using this manufacturing method. This is a technical issue.

Another object of the present invention is to make a semi-open packaged food product which can produce a clean cut surface without leaving small protrusions on the cut surface of any food material. It is intended to provide a food product manufacturing method and an apparatus thereof.

[0006]

The present invention is an extrusion die.
Assembled from two or more kinds of food materials continuously extruded from 81
The cored bar-shaped food F composed of the formed core material f ₁ and outer skin material f ₂ has a shearing edge 11 at the tip end thereof.
From the fulcrum P side to at least three side edges 12
Insert the cutter bodies 1 so that the shearing edges 11 of each cutter body are adjacent to each other.
Center O radius as sliding movement of the contracting side edge 12 of the cutter body
Each rotating self each point obtained by equally dividing the circumference C of R as a fulcrum P
Created by arranging it in the area surrounded by the contracted side edge 12
The shaped cutting gate G,
It is guided into the shaping cutting gate G by rotating it periodically.
The cored bar-shaped food F that had been
In the process of cutting in the order of each cutter body 1
On the extrusion die side, the core material f ₁ is wrapped with the outer skin material f _2.
The cored rod-shaped food F by rubbing and rubbing the periphery while molding
The rod-shaped food F is tightened, and the shearing edge 11 is in front.
In the process of moving in an arc over the center O, each shearing edge 11
Cored rod-shaped foods that are rubbed against each other and come into contact
To envelope Dropping cored bar-shaped food F to shear separation of goods F
At the same time, on the opposite side of each cutter body 1 from the extrusion die
Te, cored rod-like food while exposing the core f ₁ on the cut surface
Core f ₁ in a part of the outer skin material f ₂ by cutting the goods F
Especially in that to solve the technical problems described above but by adopting the technical means that Seisuru a semi-open envelope foods exposed
There are signs.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a cutter body according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating a drive mechanism of the cutter body according to the present invention, and FIG.
Is a horizontal cross-sectional view of a pressing portion for explaining a basic arc of the cutter body, FIGS. 4 to 9 are partial perspective views showing an operation state of the cutter body, and FIGS. 10 to 15 are operation stages of the cutter body. FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a modified example of the cutter body, and FIG. 17 is a configuration of a second embodiment cutter body according to the present invention. FIG. 18 is a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion for explaining the basic arc of the cutter body, and FIGS. 19 to 22 are plan views of the pressing body at the same point in each operation step and the horizontal portion of the pressing portion. Sectional view, FIG. 23 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a cutter body according to a third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 24 is a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion illustrating a groove bottom portion of the cutter body, and FIG. 25 is related to the present invention. Fourth Embodiment A perspective view illustrating the configuration of a cutter body, FIG. 26 is a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 27 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of an example cutter body, FIG. 27 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a sixth example cutter body according to the present invention, and FIG. 28 is a configuration of a modified example of the cutter body according to the present invention. FIG. 29 is a plan view showing a shaping cutting gate produced by the 5-flute cutter body according to the present invention, and FIG. 30 is a plan view showing a shaping cutting gate produced by the 6-blade cutter body according to the present invention. Plan views, FIGS. 31 and 32 are plan views for explaining the operation of the cutter body modification of the first embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 33 is a schematic explanation showing the configuration of the entire half-opening and cutting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 34 is a perspective view of a semi-open packaged food product manufactured by the semi-open packaged cutting device according to the present invention.

The present invention is an improvement of the structure of a cutter body in a conventional food cutting device for cutting stick-shaped food (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 4-334773 by the present applicant). The configuration of the cutter body according to the first to sixth embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 32, and finally, with reference to FIGS.
34 will be used to explain the entire semi-open food product manufacturing apparatus.

[First Embodiment Cutter Body] In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 1 indicates the first embodiment cutter body. This cutter body 1 has a certain thickness,
This thick surface has a shearing edge that performs shearing action on the tip.
11, a side surface 12 extending from the shearing edge 11 to one side for performing a constricting shaping operation, and a permissible groove 13 allowing movement of the contracting side edge 12 to a side surface extending from the shearing edge 11 to the other side. Are formed.

Four cutter bodies 1 are used as fulcrums at four points P located at equal intervals on the circumference C of the center O radius R, and the shearing edges 11 of each cutter body conclude the adjacent cutter bodies. It is pivotally mounted so as to slide on the side edge 12 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).
reference). By arranging the cutter bodies 1 in this way, a shaping cutting gate G is created inside each of the cutter bodies 1 so as to surround the four contracting side edges 12 around the center O. The cutter body 1 is expanded and contracted by simultaneous rotation, and the cored rod-shaped food F extruded into the shaping cutting gate G is cut.

As shown in FIG. 1, the constricting side edge 12 of the cutter body of this embodiment has a shaping twisted curved surface 12a formed in a portion facing the extrusion die 81 (see FIG. 33) and a flank portion of the cutter body. It is composed of a strip-shaped pressing portion 12b formed in a portion of the cutter body, and a cleavage surface 12c (Fig.
Referring S ₁ -S ₁ line vertical sectional view of the 10) are provided.
In the present embodiment, the forming twisted curved surface 12a and the pressing portion 12b have a surface shape that matches the trajectory shape drawn by the basic arc 12A when the basic arc indicated by the reference numeral 12A in FIG. 1 is moved by the operation described below. Has become.

First, the basic circular arc 12A which becomes the strand will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 3 shows the cutter body 1
5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken along the pressing portion 12b. As described above, the cutter body 1 according to the present embodiment has a circumference C having a center O radius R.
Each of the four fulcrums P located at equal intervals above is rotatably supported, and a fulcrum P and its adjacent fulcrums P are rotatably supported.
When the tip of the cutter body 1 is positioned at the center O as shown in the figure, the basic arc 12A is a virtual circle C drawn from the center O with a radius k.
On _1, it has a circular arc (circular arc extending from the center O to the fulcrum P side) drawn with a radius k around the X ₁ point away from the fulcrum P by a distance R. Also, the basic arc end 11A described later
Is the arc end of the basic arc 12A that coincides with the center O position.

As shown in FIG. 1, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a moves the basic arc 12A along the vertical line passing through the fulcrum P of the cutter body 1 by the distance L while moving upward by a distance L. It is formed so as to match the shape of the locus surface drawn by the basic arc 12A when rotated. That is,
The orthopedic curved surface 12a is a kind of spiral surface drawn by the basic arc 12A. On the other hand, the pressing portion 12b of the cutter body 1 matches the trajectory surface shape drawn by the basic arc 12A when the basic arc 12A is simply linearly moved along the vertical axis passing through the fulcrum P of the cutter body. It is formed and has a strip-like shape that is convexly curved toward the rod-shaped food F.

The shearing edge 11 (consisting of the vertical portion and the hypotenuse portion) at the tip of the cutter body is the basic arc end 11A of the end of the basic arc 12A when the basic arc 12A is moved by the same operation as described above. The shape is the same as the trajectory line shape drawn by (see FIG. 3).

The allowable groove 13 of the cutter body 1 is defined by the cutter body 1.
Are formed in a groove shape that allows the movement of the constriction side edge 12 when they are combined and rotated at the same time. The groove side surface 13a on the extrusion die side portion and the groove bottom portion 13b on the opposite side to the extrusion die are formed. It consists of

As shown in FIG. 3, the groove bottom portion 13b of the permissible groove 13 has a horizontal cross-sectional shape centered from the point X ₂ obtained at the distance R from the fulcrum P adjacent to the imaginary circle C _1.
Is formed as an arc (arc extending from the center O toward the fulcrum P side) having a radius of the distance k and a position Y swung toward the adjacent fulcrum P side by an angle α as a reference point. On the other hand, the groove side surface 13a of the allowance groove 13 has a fulcrum P and an adjacent fulcrum P on the entire shaped twisted curved surface 12a with a vertical line 11B (see FIG. 1) passing through the edge end 11a of the shearing edge 11 as a rotation axis. It is formed so as to coincide with the shape rotated by an angle formed by the center O (90 ° because this embodiment is a 4-flute type as shown in FIG. 3).

In this way, the entire shaping twisted curved surface 12a
The angle on the horizontal plane formed by the groove side surface 13a and the shaping twisted curved surface 12a becomes 90 ° on the upper end surface of the cutter body 1 by rotating and rotating by 90 ° about 11B as a rotation axis, and the groove bottom portion 13b and the pressing portion It becomes (90-α) ° in the portion in contact with 12b (see FIG. 3), and on other horizontal planes, from 90 ° (90 °) as it approaches the groove bottom 13b and the pressing portion 12b from the upper end surface of the cutter body. -Α)
It will gradually decrease to °.

In this embodiment, since the allowance groove 13 is formed in this way, when the shearing edge 11 of each cutter body 1 exceeds the center O by the angle α (see FIG. 15), the allowance groove 13 is formed.
The constricting side edge 12 of the adjacent cutter body comes into close contact with 13, and at this point, the synchronous rotational movement of each cutter body 1 is stopped.

The cutter body 1 of the present embodiment is constructed as described above, and four cores of these cutter bodies 1 are combined with each other to form the cored bar-shaped food F in the shaping cutting gate G surrounded by the respective contracting side edges 12. Cut off. Hereinafter, the operation sequence of the shaping cutting gate G and the method of manufacturing the half-opened food product will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 15.

4 to 9 show a state in which each cutter body 1 is rotated counterclockwise toward the drawing and the shaping cutting gate G is closed every 6 stages (states a to f). It is a perspective view, and one of the cutter bodies on the front side is omitted in particular. 10 to 15 are plan views of the cutter bodies 1 at the same time in each state (states a to f), a horizontal sectional view of the pressing portion 12b of each cutter body 1, and each cutter body. 1 is shown as a set with a vertical sectional view taken along each of the instruction lines (for example, S ₁ -S ₁ line). The cored rod-shaped food F is omitted in the drawings other than this vertical sectional view.

[Semi-Open Packaged Food Manufacturing Process] In the cutter body 1 of this embodiment, as described above, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a on the extrusion die side and the cleavage surface 12 on the opposite side of the extrusion die.
Since c and c are formed, different cutting actions work in both parts. The method of the present invention positively utilizes the difference in the cutting action due to the portion of the cutter body 1, and thereby the cored rod-shaped food F made of two or more kinds of food materials.
From (core material f ₁ and outer skin material f ₂ ), it is possible to mechanically continuously produce a semi-encapsulated food product in which the core material f ₁ is exposed only at the head of the surface of the outer skin material f ₂ .

The state B shown in FIG. 10 (FIG. 4) represents a state in which the shaping cutting gate G is opened to the maximum. At the time of this maximum opening, as shown in the vertical sectional view taken along the line S ₁ -S ₁ , the cored rod-shaped food F extruded from the extrusion die 81 (see FIG. 33) is supplied into the opened shaping cutting gate G from above. Is coming. From this state (1) to the state (2) shown in FIG. 13 (FIG. 7), the shearing edge 11 of each cutter body slides on the constricting side edge 12 of the adjacent cutter body while each cutter body moves. All at once counterclockwise and the shaping cutting gate G gradually shrinks.

In the process of reducing the shaping cutting gate G, the extrusion die side portion of the contracting side edge 12 covers and cuts the cored rod-shaped food F. As the shaping cutting gate G shrinks, the pressing portion 12b mainly presses the periphery of the cored bar-shaped food F with its strip-shaped vertical surface. The pressing portion 12b and the shaping twisted curved surface 12a form an obtuse angle. since forms are in contact, the cutter body 1, without cutting the outer skin material f ₂ thousand, the cored bar-shaped food F periphery can go bit Shimekuku as crush all sides, the core f ₁ The envelope is cut while being wrapped with the outer cover material f ₂ .

Further, at the time of cutting the envelope, the pressing portion 12b
In addition to the tightening operation by means of, the kneading rubbing and shaping operation by the shaping twisted curved surface 12a is also performed. The shaping twisted curved surface 12a rubs and rubs the portion tightened by the pressing portion 12b. The orthopedic curved surface 12a is, as described above, a basic arc.
Since the 12A is moved in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P while being rotated around the fulcrum P to form a twisted surface shape, the gradient of the shaping twisted curved surface 12a is continuous from the fulcrum P toward the shearing edge 11 side. Gradually decrease. This orthopedic curved surface 12
The gradient change of a plays an important role in the tightening operation stage.

That is, in the vertical sectional views of FIGS.
_As shown by _{1 to} T ₄ , the gradients T _{1 to} T ₄ of the shaping twisted curved surface 12a become gradually smaller as the pressing of the pressing portion 12b progresses, so that the portion tightened by the pressing portion 12b is tightened. , with gradually rounded shaping rubbing shaping twist curved 12a is rubbing, it is helping the envelope cutting of the outer skin material f ₂ acts to draw the central portion of the core f ₁ cored bar-shaped food F.

On the other hand, on the open surface 12c of the cutter body opposite to the extrusion die, the envelope cutting of the cored rod-shaped food F is only incompletely performed. Since the pressing portion 12b and the open綻面12c are at right angles, in the middle of the last on the list operation Shimekuku by the pressing portion 12b, S ₃ -S ₃ in it's outer covering layer f ₂ will be torn off (FIG. 12 See line cross section). That is, on the side opposite to the extrusion die of the cutter body, the covering action is incompletely performed, so that the core material f ₁ is exposed on the cut surface and the cored rod-shaped food F is cut.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the cutter body extrusion die side is subjected to covering cutting at the same time as the cutter body extrusion die side is subjected to the exposure cutting, it is formed in a shape.
As shown in FIG. 34, only the cutting operation of the cored food F is performed.
It is possible to manufacture a half-open packaged food in which the core material f ₁ is exposed only at the top of the head.

In the cutter body 1 of this embodiment,
As described above, the allowance groove 13 forms the entire shaping twisted curved surface 12a and the pressing portion 12b with the vertical line 11B (see FIG. 1) as the axis of rotation.
0 Since the ° is rotationally moved allowed to form, 13 (FIG. 7) when the condition d shown in, i.e. shearing edge 11 vertical portion in contact with the pressing portion 12b is associated with the code Z position shaping cut gate G
When the is completely closed, it is not that the rotational movement is stopped. As shown in the horizontal sectional view of FIG. 13, at the time of state D, a gap is formed between the groove bottom portion 13b of the allowable groove 13 and the pressing portion 12b of the adjacent cutter body by an angle α, so that each cutter body 1 Will continue to rotate in the same direction by angle α (see Fig. 15).

From this state D to the state,
The shearing edge 11 on the extrusion die side of the squeezing side edge 12 moves in an arc over the center O by an angle α, and in the course of this arc movement, the oblique edges of each shearing edge 11 move in point contact while rubbing against each other. , The cored bar-shaped food F that is tightened by the pressing portion 12b is completely sheared and separated. In the state E shown in FIG. 14 (FIG. 8), a single point association is made at the portion indicated by the symbol W on the oblique side of the shearing edge 11. Each of the shearing edges 11 moves in point contact with each other while rubbing each other while maintaining the positional relationship (see FIG. 8) in which the hypotenuses are twisted as the cutter body rotates (see FIG. 8), and the food remaining in a thread shape at the meeting point Z is sharply scissors. It is separated by shearing so that it will be sheared.

As described above, the hypotenuse portion of the shearing edge 11 for performing this shearing operation forms an acute angle because it is twist-formed, and furthermore, the meeting point on the shearing edge 11 is at each cutter body 1. Along with the rotation of, the object moves upward along the vertical line passing through the center O (in FIG. 15,
The meeting point in the state is indicated by reference sign W ₁ , and this meeting point W ₁ has moved upward from the meeting point W).
Therefore, even when a strong viscoelastic food material such as Daifuku rice cake is cut, the cutter body 1 of this embodiment can surely cut a clean envelope.

In the cutter body 1 of this embodiment,
When the rotational movement of each cutter body is stopped, as shown in the plan view and vertical sectional view of FIG. 15, a continuous plane is formed by the four cutter bodies 1 at the upper end surface of the cutter body. Therefore, if this continuous plane is positively pressed against the envelope cutting surface at the lower end of the cored bar-shaped food F,
It is also possible to arrange the shape of the covering cut surface or positively shape it into various shapes.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the thickness of the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment is increased and the recessed portion 14 is provided by cutting the added thickness portion into a spherical shape, the recessed portion 14 of the cutter body is By gathering them in the same plane, it is possible to form a continuous hemispherical surface (may be a semi-elliptical surface, a parabolic surface, etc.), and it is also possible to shape the end of the cored food F into various three-dimensional shapes. is there.

[Second Embodiment Cutter Body] The second embodiment cutter body 1 shown in FIGS. 17 to 22 is characterized by the shape of the permissible groove 13 that allows the movement of the contracting side edge 12 of the cutter body. The shaping twisted curved surface 12a and the pressing portion 12b of the cutter body of this embodiment are formed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the groove side surface 13a and the groove bottom portion 13b of the cutter body 1 of this embodiment are not the basic arc 12A but the basic arc 13A.
It is formed by twisting as a wire.

As shown in FIG. 18, the basic circular arc 13A has a circular arc shape in which the basic circular arc 12A is moved symmetrically with a straight line passing through the center O and the fulcrum P as a reference line. In other words, the basic arc 13A is an arc drawn with the radius k around the second point X ₃ which is separated from the fulcrum P on the virtual circle C ₁ drawn with the radius k from the center O by the distance R as a center ( That is, an arc extending from the center O to the fulcrum P side).

The groove side surface 13a and the groove bottom portion 13b are formed by moving the basic arc 13A by the same operation as when forming the shaping twisted curved surface 12a and the pressing portion 12b. That is, the basic arc 13A is set to the fulcrum P of the cutter body.
The groove side surface 13a is formed by moving it in the vertical direction while rotating around the fulcrum P, while the basic arc 13A is formed.
Is simply moved in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P of the cutter body to form the vertical band-shaped groove bottom 13b.

By forming the allowance groove 13 in this way, the contracting side edge 12 of each cutter body does not abut the allowance groove 13 of the adjacent cutter body as in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. The characteristics of the operation of the cutter body 1 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 19 to 22. Figure 19
22 to 22 show a pair of a plan view of the cutter body and a horizontal sectional view of the cutter body pressing portion 12b at the same point in each operation stage of each cutter body.

Also in the cutter body of this embodiment, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a is formed on the extrusion die side, and the cleavage surface 12c is formed on the opposite side of the extrusion die. The asymmetric shape is no different from the cutter body of the first embodiment. Therefore, on the extrusion die side of the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment, the covering and cutting operation (steps shown in FIGS. 19 to 20) and the shearing operation (steps shown in FIGS. 20 to 21) are performed, and the opposite side to the extrusion die. Then, the exposure cutting (steps shown in FIGS. 19 to 20) is performed.

However, in the cutter body 1 of this embodiment, the state shown in FIG. 21, that is, the edge end 11 of the shearing edge 11 is used.
The rotation motion of the cutter bodies does not stop in the state where a is associated, and it is possible to further rotate each cutter body in the same direction from this state. That is, as shown in the plan view of FIG. 22, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a of the cutter bodies that have been adjacent up to then
Edge end 11a of each shearing edge 11 slidingly moving on
However, after passing through the association state at the center O, this time, it slides on the allowance groove 13 of the cutter body which is adjacent on the other side.

Thus, in this embodiment, the shearing edge 11
Since the whole will always come into contact with one of the adjacent cutter bodies, it is possible to reduce the load applied to the hypotenuse portion of the shearing edge 11 during the shearing operation in the second stage.
Wear on the hypotenuse can be suppressed. On the other hand, in the case of the cutter body of the first embodiment described above, since the vertical portion of each shearing edge 11 is separated from the adjacent cutter body during the shearing operation in the second stage (the horizontal cross section in FIG. 14). (See the figure), each cutter body 1 will contact only in the W part,
The degree of wear of the hypotenuse of the shearing edge 11 is also relatively large.

Further, in the case of this embodiment, it is possible to further rotate each cutter body 1 in the same direction from the state shown in FIG. Therefore, each cutter body 1 can be returned to the state shown in FIG. 18 by rotating each cutter body approximately in the same direction as it is. That is, if the cutter body of this embodiment is adopted, it is possible to continuously manufacture the semi-open packaged food without rotating the cutter bodies in the reverse direction.

[Third Embodiment Cutter Body] The third embodiment cutter body shown in FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 is also characterized by the shape of the allowance groove which allows the movement of the contracting side edge. Also in the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a and the pressing portion 12b are formed as the trajectory surface shape of the predetermined movement operation of the basic arc 12A, as in the first and second embodiments.

Allowable groove 13.1 in the cutter body of this embodiment
3'is formed in a shape that combines the allowance grooves of the first and second embodiments. As shown in FIG. 23, in the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment, the permissible groove 13 composed of the groove side surface 13a and the band-shaped groove bottom portion 13b first extends from the shearing edge 11, and further extends to the permissible groove 13. Continuously, the second groove side surface 13a '
And second vertical groove-shaped second groove bottom portion 13b '
13 'is growing. Of these, the allowable groove 13 is formed by the same operation as the allowable groove of the second embodiment, and the second allowable groove 1
3'is formed by the same operation as the allowance groove of the first embodiment.

That is, as is apparent from FIG. 24, the cutter body 1 of this embodiment has a part of the allowance groove of the cutter body of the second embodiment near the tip of the allowance groove of the cutter body of the first embodiment described above. Is attached. As described above, in the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment, the allowance groove 13 that bends toward the opposite side of the fulcrum P is provided near the tip of the second allowance groove 13 'that bends toward the fulcrum P side.
By adding such a shape, the problem of wear on the oblique side of the shearing edge 11 is solved.

That is, as in the second embodiment, also in this embodiment, the shearing edge 11 is always in contact with any one of the adjacent cutter bodies, so that during the shearing operation of the second stage, The load applied to the oblique side of each shearing edge 11 can be reduced. In short, the cutter body 1 of this embodiment is
A permissible groove 13 is provided on the opposite side of the fulcrum P so as to fill the gap between the cutters shown in the horizontal sectional view of FIG. 14 mentioned above.

Further, in the cutter body 1 of this embodiment,
On the rear end side of the allowance groove, a second allowance groove 13 'having the same shape as the allowance groove of the first embodiment cutter body 1 is provided,
When the contracting side edge 12 of the cutter body adjacent to the second allowance groove 13 'comes into close contact with each other and the rotational movement of each cutter body 1 is stopped, the upper and lower end surfaces of the four cutter bodies 1 are continuous. A flat surface will be formed.

As described above with reference to the first to third embodiments, the shape of the permissible groove of the cutter body 1 is not directly related to the manufacturing process of the semi-open food. This allowance groove allows the contracting side edge 12 to move, and as long as the shaping cutting gate G is completely closed, a half-open packaged food product can be manufactured. Further, if the allowance groove allows the movement of the constriction side edge 12 so that the shearing edge 11 can move in an arc beyond the center O, the shearing operation by the shearing edge 11 becomes possible. Therefore, unless considering the problem of the degree of wear of the oblique side of the shearing edge 11 described above, the allowable groove 13 and the second allowable groove 13 'of the cutter body of the third embodiment described above are used.
Even if the allowance groove is formed at a position closer to the fulcrum P side than the position,
The semi-open food product manufacturing operation is performed.

[Fourth Embodiment Cutter Body] The fourth embodiment cutter body 1 shown in FIG. 25 is formed in a shape in which the allowable groove 13 is largely cut toward the fulcrum P side. Also in this embodiment, as in the first to third embodiments, the shaping twisted curved surface 12a is formed on the extrusion die side of the cutter body 1, and the cleavage plane 12c is formed on the opposite side of the extrusion die. Because
The semi-opened food product manufacturing operation described with reference to the vertical sectional views of FIGS. 10 to 15 is similarly performed in the cutter body 1 of this embodiment.

However, in the cutter body 1 of this embodiment, the shearing edge 11 does not slide on the allowable groove 13 as in the first embodiment, so that the problem of the degree of wear of the oblique side of the shearing edge 11 is solved. Not done. Further, unlike the first and third embodiments, the continuous surface formed by the end surface of the cutter body 1 cannot be obtained. However, in the case of the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment, there is an advantage that formation of the allowable groove 13 can be easily performed without using a delicate forming technique.

[Fifth Embodiment Cutter Body] The fifth embodiment cutter body 1 shown in FIG.
Is characterized by its shape. The contracted side edge of the cutter body 1 of this embodiment
The reference numeral 12 is composed only of the twisted and shaped shaping curved surface 12a, and is not provided with the strip-shaped vertical surface (pressing portion 12b) formed in the first embodiment. Instead, by increasing the slope of the shaping twisted curved 12a in the cutter body Gawahara portion, a cutter
The angle formed by the shaping twisted curved surface 12a on the body extrusion die side and the open surface 12c on the opposite side of the extrusion die is about 90 °.

As shown in FIG. 1 described above, in the cutter body of the first embodiment, the basic arc 12A is rotated around the fulcrum P at a constant rate while moving in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P. The orthopedic curved surface formed as the locus surface had a shape close to a flat surface, but in the present embodiment, the basic arc 12A is moved upward in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P while moving around the fulcrum P. First, the orthopedic curved surface 12a is formed by rotatably moving first slowly and gradually.

However, since the angle formed by the shaping twisted curved surface 12a and the split surface 12c is approximately 90 ° as in the first embodiment, even if the cutter body of this embodiment is used, the semi-open packaged food product is used. Can be manufactured. In the present embodiment, since the gradient of the orthopedic curved surface 12a increases smoothly toward the abdomen on the cutter body side, it is possible to promote the flow of the core material f ₁ during the tightening operation. It is suitable for half-open encapsulation of a cored food F having a small ductility of f ₂ .

Further, the cutter body 1 of this embodiment is also different from the first embodiment in the upward movement of the meeting point on the hypotenuse of the shearing edge 11. In the first embodiment cutter body, from the meeting point W shown in FIG. 14 to the meeting point W shown in FIG.
The movement to ₁ is carried out at a constant speed together with the rotational movement of the cutter body, but in the case of the cutter body of this embodiment, the movement of this meeting point is made quickly at first and then slowly. In addition, the allowable groove 13 of the cutter body 1 of this embodiment
In the same manner as described in the first embodiment, is a shape obtained by rotating the entire forming twisted curved surface 12a by 90 ° toward the fulcrum P with the vertical line 11B passing through the edge end 11a of the shearing edge 11 as the axis of rotation. It is formed to match.

[Sixth Embodiment Cutter Body] Similarly to the fifth embodiment, the sixth embodiment cutter body 1 shown in FIG. 27 has the constricted side edge 12 composed of only the shaping twisted curved surface 12a. The shaping twisted curved surface 12a on the extrusion die side of the cutter body 1 of the present embodiment moves the above-described basic arc 12A in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P and upwards, while gradually moving around the fulcrum P first and then gradually. It is formed by rotating it. The permissible groove 13 is formed so as to match the entire shape of the shaped twisted curved surface 12a in which the vertical straight line 11B passing through the edge end 11a of the shearing edge 11 is rotated by 90 ° toward the fulcrum P side.

In this embodiment, the shaping twisted curved surface 12 on the extrusion die side
The angle formed by a and the cleaved surface 12c on the opposite side of the extrusion die is an acute angle. Therefore, if the cored bar-shaped food F is cut using the cutter body of this embodiment, the degree of exposure of the core material f _{1 at} the head of the outer skin material f ₂ can be increased. That is, in the case of the cutter body of the first embodiment, the angle formed by the pressing portion 12b and the open surface 12c was 90 °.
As shown in the vertical sectional views of FIGS. 10 to 12, the outer skin material f ₂ was torn into the core material f ₁ to some extent and then was torn, but in the case of the present embodiment, it is opposite to the extrusion die of the cutter body. Since the side has an acute angle, the outer cover material f ₂ is torn off immediately.

In this way, the degree of exposure of the core material f ₁ of the semi-open packaged food product to be manufactured is determined by the angle formed by the cleaved surface 12c of the cutter body 1 on the opposite side of the extrusion die and the cutter body side abdomen. is there. Further, in the cutter body of this embodiment, the movement of the meeting point on the hypotenuse of the shearing edge 11 during the shearing operation is performed slowly first and then gradually.

As described above, with the first to sixth embodiments,
Although the configuration of the cutter body according to the present invention has been described in detail, the cutter body of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.

For example, the width of the vertical band-shaped pressing portion 12b formed on the flank of the cutter body of the first to fourth embodiments is
It may be changed according to the material and thickness of the outer skin material of the cored bar-shaped food. If the width of the pressing portion 12b of the above-mentioned cutter body is increased, a larger amount of the outer cover material f ₂ is drawn into the core material f ₁ during the tightening operation, and the core material f at the crown of the semi-open packaged food product. The exposure of ₁ can be reduced.
Thus, the flank portions of the sixth embodiment cutter body as described above, by providing the pressing portion 12b of the vertical band-shaped to reduce the degree of exposure of the core material f ₁ at the top of the half-open envelope foods obtained be able to.

In each of the above embodiments, the cutter body 1
The open surface 12c formed on the opposite side of the extrusion die was formed in a horizontal plane shape that matches the cutter body rotation surface, but the invention is not limited to this. Similar to the shaping twisted curved surface 12a, it may be formed on a twist forming surface having the basic arc 12A as an element wire. That is, the open surface 12c may have a slight gradient (see FIG. 28). Of course, the slope of the open surface 12c is the molding twisted surface on the extrusion die side.
Although it must be smaller than the slope of 12a, if the slope of this open surface 12c is made large, the angle formed by the forming twisted curved surface 12a and the cutter body side abdomen (pressing portion 12b) becomes large,
Therefore, the degree of exposure of the core material f ₁ at the crown of the semi-open packaged food becomes small.

In this way, the extrusion die side of the cutter body 1,
Alternatively, various semi-open foods can be produced by variously changing the width and the gradient of the constituent surface to be formed on the side opposite to the extrusion die. In the above embodiment, the core material f ₁ ,
Although an example of manufacturing the half-open packaged food from the two-layer cored bar-shaped food of the outer skin material f ₂ has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a three-layer cored bar-shaped food made of three kinds of food materials. If the (first core material f ₁₁ , second core material f ₁₂ , outer skin material f ₂ ) is extruded from the extrusion die, the first core material f ₁₁ and the second core material f ₁₂ or the It is also possible to manufacture a half-open packaged food product in which only the two-core material f ₁₂ is exposed to the outer skin material f ₂ .

Further, in all of the above embodiments, the four-blade type in which the four cutter bodies are combined to form the shaping cutting gate G is taken as an example, but the present invention is limited to this four-blade type. Instead, any number may be used as long as it is three or more. Figure
29 and FIG. 30 show examples of 5- and 6-blade cutter bodies. As can be seen from the figure, if the number of cutter bodies is increased, the shaped cutting gate G can be made larger, and the gate shape approaches a circular shape.
It becomes possible to tighten the periphery of the rod-shaped food extruded in the shape of a round rod from multiple directions while keeping the shape of the round rod. However, if the number of cutter bodies increases, the cutter mechanism becomes complicated and the number of sliding parts of the cutter body increases, so that the sliding resistance associated with the expansion / contraction opening / closing of the shaping cutting gate G increases. The optimum number may be selected according to the viscoelasticity of the cored food F.

Further, in the first embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 15, the edge end 11a of each cutter body has the center O
When associated one point (reference numeral W ₁ position), although the rotation of the cutter body had become configured to stop hits the permissible groove 13 of the cutter body of Batch about the side edges 12 of each cutter body adjacent, The invention is of course not limited to this. By slightly rotating the allowable groove 13 of the first embodiment cutter body 1 toward the fulcrum P with the vertical line 11B as the axis of rotation,
Further, as shown in FIG. 32 and FIG. 32, it is possible to stop each cutter body when the edge end 11a exceeds the center O. However, in this case, as is clear from FIG. 32, a continuous plane formed by the cutter body end faces is not formed.

In other words, the allowable groove 13 of the cutter body 1 of the first embodiment is moved slightly to the fulcrum P side with the vertical line 11B as the axis of rotation. In other words, in FIG. _This means that the groove bottom 13a is formed after moving a little more than ₂ in a circular arc (α + α ₁ ), and in FIG. 1, the entire shaped twisted curved surface 12a is only (90−α ₁ ) with the vertical axis 11B as the rotation axis. This means that the groove side surface 13a is formed by rotating and moving. As described above, in the cutter body of the present invention, as long as the allowance groove is formed at a position closer to the fulcrum P side than the allowance groove 13 and the second allowance groove 13 'of the cutter body of the third embodiment, the shearing edge 11 is formed. It is possible to realize the shearing action by.

Finally, referring to FIGS. 2 and 33, the whole semi-opened food product manufacturing apparatus including the cutter body drive mechanism will be described.

In FIG. 33, what is indicated by reference numeral 8 is an extruder for extruding the food material into a continuous rod shape from the extrusion die 81. The extruder 8 has a core material f ₁ composed of two kinds of food materials, The cored bar-shaped food F of the outer cover material f ₂ is extruded into the shaping cutting gate G created by the cutter bodies 1, ... In the figure, reference numeral 3 indicates the drive force of the control motor 41 for each cutter body 1.
It is a link member that is transmitted to. As shown in FIG. 2, adjacent cutter bodies are pivotally connected by the link members 3, 3, ... And each cutter body 1 performs a synchronous rotational movement.

The control motor 41 includes a motor control device 4
2, a setting device 43 and a detector 44 are provided. Setting device 4
When a set value such as a rotation direction, a rotation angle, and a rotation speed of the control motor 41 is input to the motor control device 42, the set signal and the detection signal of the control motor 41 axis angle output from the detector 44 are inputted. Are compared, and the control motor 41 is controlled and operated.

In FIG. 33, what is designated by reference numeral 5 is a belt conveyor which is arranged below the cutter body 1 and is intermittently operated by a conveyor motor (not shown). This belt conveyor 5 is a semi-open envelope that has been cut. Transport the food (perpendicular to the paper) to the desired location. The cutting mechanism including the belt conveyor 5 and the cutter body 1 includes a first cam 72 interlocked with a second motor 71, and a second cam 72.
Lifting rod 62 and lifting rod moved up and down by 73
It is configured to move up and down as appropriate via the 63. By this vertical movement, the extrusion speed of the cored rod-shaped food F and the vertical moving speed of the cutter body 1 are synchronized,
When the cored rod-shaped food F is cut, it is prevented that the rod-shaped food is stretched by its own weight or is torn and the core material is exposed.

[0067]

As described above with reference to the embodiments, in the method for producing a half-open packaged food product according to the present invention, the cored bar-shaped food product extruded in a bar shape from the extrusion die is processed by the extrusion die of the cutter body. By cutting the covering while wrapping the core material in the side part at the same time, at the same time as exposing the core material to the cutting surface and cutting at the part opposite the extrusion die of the cutter body Instead of using the cumbersome procedure of wrapping the core material one by one with the outer skin material, only the cutting operation of the cutter body mechanically cuts the semi-opened food with the core material exposed on a part of the outer skin surface. It can be produced, and the production efficiency of the semi-open packaged food can be significantly improved.

The extrusion die side of each cutter body, or
Each constituent surface on the opposite side of the extrusion die uses a predetermined basic arc as a wire
Because it is formed in a spiral surface shape,
Kneading and rubbing shaping movement by this spiral surface together with closing operation
Work can be performed, and the shearing at the end of this spiral surface
The cutting action creates a clean cut surface without leaving small protrusions.
It is possible to manufacture a semi-open food product while it is being formed.

Furthermore, if necessary, by changing the width and the slope of each of the constituent surfaces of the cutter body on the side of the extrusion die or on the side opposite to the extrusion die, the core at the crown of the semi-opened food product to be produced. Since the degree of exposure of the material can be adjusted as appropriate, it is possible to produce a wide variety of semi-open foods.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cutter body according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating a drive mechanism of the cutter body.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion for explaining a basic arc of the cutter body.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing, in stages, how the cutter body operates.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the cutter body in stages.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the cutter body in stages.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the cutter body in stages.

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the cutter body in stages.

FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the cutter body in stages.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of each stage of operation of the cutter body, and a horizontal sectional view and a vertical sectional view of a pressing portion.

11A and 11B are a plan view, a horizontal cross-sectional view, and a vertical cross-sectional view of a pressing portion for each stage of operation of the cutter body.

12A and 12B are a plan view, a horizontal cross-sectional view, and a vertical cross-sectional view of the pressing unit for each operation stage of the cutter body.

13A and 13B are a plan view, a horizontal cross-sectional view, and a vertical cross-sectional view of a pressing portion for each stage of operation of the cutter body.

14A and 14B are a plan view, a horizontal sectional view, and a vertical sectional view of a pressing portion for each stage of operation of the cutter body.

15A and 15B are a plan view, a horizontal cross-sectional view, and a vertical cross-sectional view of the pressing portion for each stage of operation of the cutter body.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a modified example of the cutter body.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cutter body according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion for explaining a basic arc of the cutter body.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of each stage of operation of the cutter body and a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion.

20A and 20B are a plan view and a horizontal cross-sectional view of a pressing portion for each operation stage of the cutter body.

21A and 21B are a plan view and a horizontal cross-sectional view of a pressing portion for each operation stage of the cutter body.

22A and 22B are a plan view and a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion of the cutter body at each operation stage.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cutter body according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a horizontal sectional view of a pressing portion for explaining the groove bottom portion of the cutter body.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cutter body according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a cutter body according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cutter body according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a vertical sectional view for explaining the configuration of a modified example of the cutter body according to the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a plan view showing a shaping cutting gate with a 5-flute cutter body according to the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a plan view showing a shaping cutting gate using a 6-blade type cutter body according to the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the cutter body modification example of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the cutter body modification example of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

[Fig. 33] Fig. 33 is a schematic explanatory view showing the configuration of the entire half-opened food product manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a perspective view of a semi-open packaged food product manufactured by the semi-open packaged food product manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cutter body 11 Shearing edge 11A Basic arc end 11B Vertical line 11a Edge end 12 Contracting side edge 12A Basic arc 12a Shaping curved surface 12b Pressing part 12c Opening surface 13 Allowable groove 13A Basic arc 41 Control motor 5 Conveyor 8 Extruder 81 Extrusion die F Cored bar food f ₁ Core material f ₂ Skin material G Shaped cutting gate

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cored rod-shaped food product F comprising a core material f ₁ and an outer skin material f ₂ made of two or more kinds of food materials continuously extruded from an extrusion die 81, and having a shearing edge 11 at its tip. From the shearing edge 11 to the fulcrum P side, at least three cutter bodies 1 each having a squeezing side edge 12 are provided so that the shearing edge 11 of each cutter body slides along the squeezing side edge 12 of the adjacent cutter body so that the center O radius becomes larger. By rotatably arranging each point obtained by equally dividing the circumference C of R as a fulcrum P, it is guided into the shaping cutting gate G formed by being surrounded by the contracted side edge 12, and the respective cutter bodies 1 are synchronized. The cored rod-shaped food product F guided into the shaping cutting gate G by rotating the
In the cutting process in the reduction process, the core material f ₁ is wrapped with the outer cover material f ₂ on the extrusion die side of each cutter body 1 while being rubbed and rubbed around the cored food F to be molded. While the cored bar-shaped food F is tightened up, and further, the sheared edges 11 move in contact with each other in rubbing contact with each other in the process of the arc movement of the sheared edge 11 beyond the center O, and the cored bar-shaped food F is tightened. At the same time when the cored bar-shaped food product F is encased and cut so as to be sheared and separated, at the same time as the core body f ₁ is exposed to the cut surface on the side opposite to the extrusion die of each cutter body 1, the cored food product F is exposed.
A method for producing a semi-open packaged food product, which comprises producing a semi-open packaged food product in which the core material f ₁ is exposed in a part of the outer skin material f ₂ by cutting the. _2. An extruder 8 for continuously extruding two or more kinds of food materials as a cored food F having a core material f ₁ and an outer skin material f ₂ from an extrusion die 81; a circumference C having a center O radius R. The cutter body 1 is provided with a fulcrum P at equally divided positions, and a plurality of cutter bodies 1 whose free edges are synchronously oscillated by the drive of the control motor 41.
Is a constriction for producing a shearing edge 11 which is movable in a circular arc over the center O at a free end edge, and a shaping cutting gate G which is opened and closed around the center O at one side edge sandwiching the shearing edge 11. The side edge 12 and the other side edge sandwiching the shearing edge 11 are formed with an allowance groove 13 that allows movement of the contracting side edge 12 of the adjacent cutter body. A point X _{1 of the} distance R from the fulcrum P obtained on a virtual circle C ₁ drawn around the center O with a distance k between the fulcrum P and the fulcrum P that meet each other as a radius.
A basic arc drawn from the center O with a radius of k
When 12A is moved in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P by a required length and is rotationally moved around the fulcrum P by a required angle, the basic arc 12A forms a locus surface shape and is formed on the extrusion die side of the cutter body 1. A cutting mechanism unit including at least three cutter bodies, each of which has the formed shaping twisted curved surface 12a, and has a cleaved surface 12c with an incomplete covering cutting action formed on the opposite side of the extrusion die of each cutter body 1. And; a conveyor 5 that conveys the food that has been cut by the cutting mechanism section to a target position; and, by rotating the cutter bodies 1 all at once, The side edge 12 is the center O
The cored bar-shaped food F extruded and supplied from the extruder 8 is formed by the shaping cutting gate G formed around the shaping cutting gate G in the process of reducing the shaping cutting gate G, and the shaping twisted curved surface of each cutter body 1 on the extrusion die side. at 12a, while wrapping the core f ₁ with the outer covering layer f _2, molded while Shimekuku last on the list rubbed rubbed around the cored bar-shaped food F, the arc moves further said shearing edge 11 beyond the center O In the process of cutting, the shearing edges 11 move in contact with each other and contact each other to shear and separate the tightened portions, and at the same time, at the cleaved surface 12c on the opposite side of the extrusion die of each cutter body 1, Cored bar food F while exposing the core material f ₁ to the cut surface
An apparatus for producing a semi-open packaged food product, characterized by producing a semi-open packaged food product in which the core material f ₁ is exposed on a part of the outer skin material f ₂ by cutting. 3. A basic arc 12 is formed on a flank portion of a constricting side edge 12 which produces a shaped cutting gate G that expands and contracts around a center O.
The semi-open envelope according to claim 2 , further comprising a strip-shaped pressing portion 12b having a trajectory surface shape drawn by the basic arc 12A when A is moved in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P by a required length. Food manufacturing equipment. 4. A vertical straight line that passes an allowable groove 13 sandwiching the shearing edge 11 on the other side, and a contracting side edge 12 that passes through the edge end 11a of the shearing edge 11.
The fulcrum P and the fulcrum P adjacent to each other with the 11B as the reference axis are centered at O.
4. The semi-open package food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the semi-open food product manufacturing apparatus is formed in a shape in which only the central angle formed by or the angle smaller than the central angle is moved to the fulcrum P side. 5. A shear edge 11 allowing groove 13 sandwiching the other hand, and from the fulcrum P obtained on the imaginary circle C ₁ of the distance R, the point X ₁
When the basic arc 13A drawn from the center O with the radius k centered on the point X ₃ on the opposite side is moved by the required angle in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P while being rotated by the required angle around the fulcrum P, The semi-opened food product manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the basic arc 13A is formed in a locus surface shape drawn. 6. A front end side of the shape of the permissible groove 13 sandwiching the shear edge 11 on the other hand, from the fulcrum P obtained on the imaginary circle C ₁ of the distance R, the point X ₁
When the basic arc 13A drawn from the center O with the radius k centered on the point X ₃ on the opposite side is moved by the required angle in the vertical direction of the fulcrum P while being rotated by the required angle around the fulcrum P, The shape of the locus surface drawn by the basic arc 13A, and the shape of the rear end side of the permissible groove 13 is a vertical line that passes the contracting side edge 12 through the edge end 11a of the shearing edge 11.
The fulcrum P and the fulcrum P adjacent to each other with the 11B as the reference axis are centered at O.
4. The semi-open package food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the shape is such that only the central angle formed by or the angle smaller than the central angle is rotationally moved to the fulcrum P side.