JP2704695B2 - Cutting thickness adjustment device - 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 controlling the thickness of a slice of bread dough or confectionery dough, and more particularly, to a plate-like device which does not apply excessive force to dough formed by batch-type kneading. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting thickness adjusting device capable of changing the thickness of the dough by a simple operation when cutting into pieces, and further promoting unmanned production of bread dough.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for cutting food materials, there is a cutting machine such as butter disclosed in JP-B-44-1162. In this cutting machine, the cutting thickness is adjusted by changing the height of the support plate with a screw for adjusting the height.
However, in this method, when adjusting the thickness, the complexity of having to adjust a plurality of screws equally is inefficient and inefficient.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a cutting thickness adjusting apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems, and which can adjust the thickness of the discharge dough with extremely simple operation. That is, the present invention provides a bottom surface of a dough hopper by providing a belt wound around a bottom support member and locked on a base before and after the cutting blade, and a dough supporting surface in front of the cutting blade is provided behind the cutting blade. Provided below the fabric supporting surface adjacent to the fabric, this step is used as the fabric outlet, and when moving the cutting blade back and forth, the bottom support members of both belts move back and forth at the same speed in conjunction with this. In the provided bread and confectionery dough cutting device, a dough supporting surface in front of the cutting blade is provided so as to be movable in parallel with a dough supporting surface behind the cutting blade.

[0004]

[Function] The link mechanism is adopted for the parallel movement of the fabric support surface, so that the thickness can be adjusted by simple operation, and since the mechanism itself is simplified, there is little possibility of failure and extremely efficient work can be performed. It has become possible.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Hopper 1 is connected to base 3 via beam 2
It is fixed to. The rail 4 provided on the base 3 and the wheel 6 attached to the outer frame 5 are combined so as to be able to run, so that the outer frame 5 can move in the horizontal direction with respect to the base 3. The horizontal back and forth movement is base 3
The pinion 8 driven by the motor 7 attached to the outer frame 5 is achieved by moving the rack 9 attached to the outer frame 5 back and forth. A first plate 10 is attached to the outer frame 5, and a first belt 11 having an end is wound therearound to form an upper support surface 12 as a fabric support surface in the hopper 1. Both ends of the first belt 11 are fixed to a first bracket 13 extending from a side surface of the hopper 1. This means that even if the relative position of the first plate 10 with respect to the hopper 1 changes with the horizontal movement of the outer frame 5, the relative position between the upper support surface 12 and the upper bottom surface 15 of the dough mass 14 put into the hopper 1. This shows that the position does not change and only the area of the upper support surface 12 forming the bottom surface of the hopper 1 changes.

The cutting blade 16 is attached to the outer frame 5 with the cutting blade 16 protruding from the front end of the first plate 10 on the hopper 1 side just below the front end of the first plate 10 on the hopper 1 side. Have been. The reason why the cutting blade 16 is provided directly below the first plate 10 is to minimize the overhang of the cutting blade 16 in the direction of the cutting edge and to reduce the distortion of the cutting blade 16 due to the weight of the dough mass 14 so as not to damage the blade. That's why. In this embodiment, the step between the cutting edge and the upper support surface 12 is 8 mm. The cutting blade 16 includes an upper saw blade 17 and a lower saw blade 18
The upper saw blade 17 is fixed to the outer frame 5,
The lower saw blade 18 is provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction, and the upper saw blade 17 and the lower saw blade 18 are in a positional relationship in which the cutting edges are aligned and slidably contact each other. The outer frame 5 is closer to the hopper 1 than the mounting side of the first plate 10 and the wheel 6
A rail 19 is provided on the side opposite to the mounting surface of the vehicle, and a wheel 21 mounted on an intermediate frame 20 is movably combined with the intermediate frame 20 so that the intermediate frame 20 can move horizontally back and forth with respect to the outer frame 5. The horizontal front-back movement is performed by the air cylinder 22. The cylinder part 23 of the air cylinder 22 is attached to the outer frame 5, and the rod part 24 is attached to the intermediate frame 20.

A swing arm 26 is swingably attached to a first fulcrum shaft 25 extending from the side opposite to the mounting surface of the wheel 21 of the intermediate frame 20. The swing arm 26 has a shape of a "ku" extending arms in two directions starting from the first fulcrum shaft 25, and a second fulcrum shaft 27 is provided at the tip of one of the arms to swing the inner frame 28. Support. A connecting plate 29 is swingably engaged with the tip of the other arm. A link mechanism is formed by connecting the two front and rear swing shafts 26 together as a set by a connecting plate 29. There are two sets of link mechanisms, one set each on the left and right sides of the hopper 1 to support the inner frame 28 so as to be able to move in parallel. Also one swing arm 2
The rod portion 31 of the air cylinder 30 is swingably engaged with the connection plate 29 on the side where the connection plate 6 is attached, and serves as a drive source of the link mechanism. The air cylinder 30 is attached to the intermediate frame 20. That is, the inner frame 28 can be translated with respect to the intermediate frame 20. Rod part 3
An adjustment piece 32 and a lock nut 33 are attached to an end of the air cylinder 3 opposite to the link mechanism.
The extension length of 0 can be adjusted.

The endless second belt 34 is attached to the inner frame 28.
Is wound to form a lower support surface 35. The second belt 34 forms a vertical surface 36 on the cutting blade 16 side. Both ends of the second belt 34 are fixed to a second bracket 37 extending from the side surface of the hopper 1. That is, even if the relative position of the inner frame 28 with the hopper 1 changes with the horizontal movement of the outer frame 5 and the intermediate frame 20, the relative position of the lower support surface 35 and the lower bottom surface 38 of the dough mass 14 does not change. The support surface 35 increases and decreases as the bottom surface of the hopper 1. Hopper 1 of this lower support surface 35
The increase / decrease in the inside is configured to be opposite to the increase / decrease in the hopper 1 of the upper support surface 12 described above. The lower support surface 35 is provided below the lower end of the hopper 1.

A small plate 39 is fixed to the intermediate frame 20 and small rollers 40 and 41 are rotatably mounted thereon.
And a vertical surface 43 facing the vertical surface 43 is formed. Vertical surface 43
Is set to a height close to the cutting blade 16.
The endless belt 42 further includes a bracket 4 extending from the base 3.
4, the driving rollers 45, 46, which are rotatably mounted in only one direction using a one-way clutch, and the winding rollers 47, 48, which are mounted to increase the winding angle of the endless belt 42, around them. Then, it is finally wound around a take-up roller 49 attached to the rear end of the intermediate frame 20 to form one conveyor 50. The vertical surface 36 formed by the second belt 34 and the vertical surface 43 formed by the conveyor 50 form a discharge passage 51.

Next, the operation of the dough cutting apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described in detail below. First, at the start of the cutting operation, the dough mass 14 kneaded and supplied to the hopper 1 by the ordinary technique is moved downward by the lower support surface 35 alone.
8 are supported. At this time, the cutting blade 16 and the upper support surface 1
Numeral 2 is located substantially off from below the hopper 1 as shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the air cylinder 30 is operated, the rod portion 31 extends from the reference position, and the swing arm 26 is tilted by a set angle. Then, by the action of the link, the inner frame 28 moves parallel to the hopper 1 from the reference position, stops at a position where the set cutting thickness can be provided, and holds that position. In the present embodiment, the upper surface of the cutting edge of the cutting blade 16 and the lower support surface 35 are substantially flush, and the vertical surface 36 and the vertical surface 43
The position where the gap between them is small is set as the reference position of the inner frame 28.

Then, the motor 7 is operated to rotate the pinion 8 to drive the rack 9, and the outer frame 5 to which the rack 9 is fixed is started to move toward the cutting edge of the cutting blade 16 to start the cutting operation. Simultaneously with the start of the movement of the outer frame 5, the lower saw blade 18 reciprocates by another driving device (not shown), and the cutting motion is started while slidingly contacting the upper saw blade 17.
The blade edge of bites into the side surface of the dough mass 14. Since this is a cutting motion by a fine cutter formed by the cutting edges of the upper saw blade 17 and the lower saw blade 18, it is particularly effective for bread dough with strong cutting resistance and large cutting resistance, and the dough mass 14 forms a clean cut surface. The divided dough 52 is cut out as a flat plate. Cutting blade 1 by advance of outer frame 5
The first belt 11 is also advanced by being guided by the tip of the first plate 10 that advances with 6, and the surface of the upper support surface 12 is expanded. At this time, since both ends of the first belt 11 are fixed to the first bracket 13 so as not to rotate freely, the first belt 1 in contact with the upper bottom surface 15 on the upper support surface 12
1 has no relative speed difference with the dough mass 14, and the first belt 11 can cover the upper bottom surface 15. That is, in combination with the smooth cutting of the dough by the cutting blade 16, the convection action does not act on the dough mass 14 inside the hopper 1, and the divided dough 52 having a uniform internal stress is cut out.

Further, simultaneously with the start of cloth cutting, the inner frame 2
Since 8 moves backward, the lower support surface 35 is reduced. Here, since both ends of the second belt 34 wound around the inner frame 28 are fixed to the second bracket 37, the second belt 34 of a portion forming the lower support surface 35,
There is no relative speed difference from the lower bottom surface 38 of the dough chunk 14, so that the dough chunk 14 is not subjected to an extra pulling action due to an unnecessary lure.

The cut out dough 52 is the second belt 3
4 and the vertical surface 43 of the conveyor 50 are sandwiched between the discharge passages 51 and discharged onto the placing conveyor 53 below the discharge passage 51. Here the endless belt 42
Is pulled by the small plate 39 and rotates only the drive roller 45 which rotates only in the direction as shown in FIG. 1, and the drive roller 46 remains stopped by the function of the one-way clutch. Endless belt 4
2 are moved, and the vertical plane 36 and the vertical plane 43
Gives a discharging action to the divided dough 52 in the same direction and at the same speed, and does not buckle the divided dough 52.

When the cutting blade 16 finishes cutting the dough mass 14 as shown in FIG. 5, the sliding operation of the cutting blade 16 is stopped.
Then, the air cylinder 22 operates and the rod portion 24 extends, so that the intermediate frame 20 further moves forward with respect to the outer frame 5 by horizontal movement as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG.
0 operates in the opposite direction from the start of cutting, and the inner frame 28 returns to the same height as that at the reference position. Then, the rod portion 24 of the air cylinder 22 contracts, and the inner frame 28 returns to the reference position. Finally, the outer frame 5 starts moving in the direction opposite to the cutting operation in order to return to the cutting start position, and the upper support surface 12 retreats. At this time, the dough mass 14 contracts without giving a drawing action. . Similarly, the lower support surface 35
Expands without giving convection to the dough mass 14,
Finally, the outer frame 5 returns to the cutting start position and one cycle of the cutting operation ends.

The cutting operation of the cloth is performed by the method as described above. When the inner frame 28 is moved in parallel to the intermediate frame 20 in a substantially oblique 45 ° forward and downward direction by the link mechanism, The height difference between the upper surface of the cutting blade 16 and the lower support surface 35 and the interval between the discharge passages 51 formed by the vertical surface 36 and the vertical surface 43 can be simultaneously and uniformly adjusted, and the setting of the cutting thickness by adjusting the number of the adjustment pieces 32 can be performed. Along with the operation, the cut thickness of the cloth can be changed with an accuracy that does not hinder practical use. When the conveyor 50 is not required, the thickness is adjusted using a link mechanism that can move the inner frame 28 in a vertical direction. The cut thickness is adjusted and confirmed using a thickness setting / display device (not shown) linked to the displacement of the swing arm 26. As another embodiment, FIG. 8 shows a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism in which the cutting edge of the cutting blade and the first plate are formed flat.

[0016]

According to the present invention, it is possible to change the cut thickness of the cloth in a very short time and accurately, as compared with the related art.
Productivity is further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective sectional view of a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of a cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of another embodiment of the cutting thickness adjusting mechanism according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 hopper 2 beam 3 base 4 rail 5 outer frame 6 wheel 7 motor 8 pinion 9 rack 10 first plate 11 first belt 12 upper support surface 13 first bracket 14 bread dough 15 upper bottom surface 16 cutting blade 17 upper saw blade 18 lower Saw blade 19 Rail 20 Intermediate frame 21 Wheel 22 Air cylinder 23 Cylinder part 24 Rod part 25 First fulcrum shaft 26 Swing arm 27 Second fulcrum shaft 28 Inner frame 29 Connecting plate 30 Air cylinder 31 Rod part 32 Adjustment piece 33 Lock nut 34 second belt 35 lower support surface 36 vertical surface 37 second bracket 38 lower bottom surface 39 small plate 40 small roller 41 small roller 42 endless belt 43 vertical surface 44 bracket 45 drive roller 46 drive roller 47 winding roller 48 winding roller 49 Cup roller 50 Conveyor 51 Discharge passage 52 Split dough

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A first support member wound around the bottom support member;
The belt hooked to the base is provided before and after the
The bottom surface of the hopper is configured, and the fabric support surface in front of the cutting blade is the cutting blade.
This step is provided below the fabric support surface
This is used as a dough outlet when moving the cutting blade back and forth.
At the same time, the bottom support members of both belts
Bread / confectionery dough cutting device installed to move back and forth
In the cutting thickness regulating device, characterized in that provided movably parallel to the cutting blade behind the fabric support surface cutting blades forward of the fabric support surface. 2. The fabric support surface in front of the cutting blade is provided with a fabric support.
A support member provided with a link mechanism is moved in parallel, the dough outlet
Claim, characterized in that so as to adjust the gap of 1
The cutting thickness adjusting device according to the above .