JP2757001B2 - Confectionery content injection device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a confectionery manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to a baked confectionery, for example, a shoe skin or a sponge cake, and a content such as cream, bean jam, etc. The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a confectionery such as a cream puff.

In this specification, the description will be made mainly on the production of cream puffs, but in addition to this, the present invention can be applied to confectionery in general.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a great demand for confectionery using fresh cream or custard cream, particularly confectionery in which custard cream (hereinafter, simply referred to as cream) is filled in a container of cream puff or sponge cake. For example, juicy cream is manufactured by baking dough of flour, eggs and other raw materials to produce a shoe-skin seed, cutting approximately the center of the shoe-skin seed, and adding cream and the like from the cut. However, cream puffs produced by injecting creams and the like in this way are not only manually manufactured, but the cuts for cream infusion remain open, so considerable food hygiene considerations must be taken into account during production. Even if you get it, other bacteria of bacteria invade from the cut, especially the quality deteriorates significantly after a while, and finally,
Poisoning and other problems have also occurred.

From this, the present inventor has previously proposed a method of injecting contents such as cream using an injection needle instead of a method of injecting cream from a cut of a shoe skin type as in the conventional example. Accordingly, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-32098, a method has been proposed in which an injection needle is inserted into a baked shoe, and in particular, the injection portion is pressed by a roller to automatically inject cream. With this injection method, the entire line from baking of the shoe skin to the injection of the contents can be configured as an automatic flow. Differently, the invasion of bacteria and the like from the atmosphere can be completely prevented, and a long-lasting cream puff can be mass-produced.

In this automatic production line, usually, the shoe skin after firing is placed on a transporting belt such as a belt conveyor,
On the other hand, an injecting device having an injecting needle is provided above the moving band or an injecting device is provided on a side of the moving band, and at least the injecting device is configured so that at least the injecting needle can be lowered or moved laterally. For this purpose, the cream is injected into the confectionery by approaching the injection needle from above or from the side of the confection carried on the moving belt, and thereafter, the injection needle is moved upward or sideways to remove the confectionery from the confectionery. To complete the injection.

However, in the automatic production line, when the injection is performed by bringing the injection needle close to the confectionery, the confectionery on the moving zone is easily moved, and therefore, the injection is not necessarily performed satisfactorily. The same applies to the removal of the injection needle. At this time, the confectionery moves, and the confectionery moves upward or to the side together with the injection needle. In addition, when the injection device is provided above the moving zone, an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the large and heavy injection device itself is required, and the elevating mechanism is extremely large. Therefore, structural improvement is required.

In view of this, it is conceivable that the injection device, in particular, the injection needle is arranged near the tip of the transporting movement band and configured as one line.

However, with such an arrangement, the tip of the moving band is closed by the injection device, so that the confectionery after the content injection cannot be continuously discharged, and the purpose of the automation line cannot be achieved.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, specifically, by inserting an injection needle into a confection placed on a transport moving belt and being transported, and injecting the contents. In a manufacturing device that manufactures confectionery such as cream puffs, despite the provision of an injection device having an injection needle in the vicinity of the tip of the transport moving band,
From the tip of the moving band provided with the injection device, the confectionery after the injection can be smoothly discharged, and, furthermore, for this discharge,
We propose a production device for cream puffs or the like that does not require any discharge device.

Means for Solving the Problems and Action Thereof That is, the apparatus according to the present invention injects contents into a transport moving band that moves intermittently and a confection provided on the distal end of the transport moving band. A content injection device having an injection needle, and a feed moving band to which a confection is sent after the completion of the content injection into the confection on the transport moving band are provided, and the transport moving band has a tip portion of the transport moving band. An elevating device for lowering is attached, and the leading end of the transporting movement band substantially coincides with and communicates with the rear end of the feeding moving band at its lowered position.

Therefore, the configuration and operation of these means will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings as follows.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of a manufacturing input apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
(B) and (c) are each explanatory views of the operation mode of the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a transport moving belt, and the transport moving belt 1 is formed in an endless shape like a belt conveyor, for example. The transport belt 1 is configured to be intermittently movable, and the transport belt 1 moves and stops at a predetermined cycle.

A confectionery such as, for example, a shoe skin type 2 is placed on the transporting movement zone 1, and the shoe skin type 2 is intermittently transported.

At least 1
Two injection needles 3 are provided. The injection needle 3 is formed as a conventional structure, and an injection device 5 is connected to a rear end of the injection needle 3 via an injection nozzle 4, and an injection hopper 6 is connected to an upper portion of the injection device 5. That is, a content injection device is formed from the injection needle, the injection nozzle 4, the injection device 5, and the injection hopper 6.

Therefore, as described later, the contents 2a such as cream from the injection device 5 are pushed out to the injection needle 3 through the injection nozzle 4 and injected into the shoe skin 2. Further, the injection device 5 can be configured in any type as long as the contents 2a such as cream can be extruded, but is preferably configured as a piston type as shown in FIG.

Further, the injection needle 3 of the content injection device is connected to the transporting movement zone 1.
At a position close to the tip of.

Further, a confectionery moving device 8 is provided above the transport moving band 1, and the confection moving device 8 is configured to be able to reciprocate along the transport moving band 1. The confectionery moving device 8 can be configured in any manner as long as it can push and move the shoe skin 2 toward the injection needle 3 in the transport moving band 1, but as shown in FIG. 1, the side plate 8a and the upper plate 8b Are combined in the form of an angle.

That is, the shoe skin seed 2 is pressed and grasped from above by the upper plate 8b, and is pushed back by the side plate 8a so that the shoe skin seed 2 is pushed from above toward the injection needle 3 and moves forward.

Therefore, the injection needle 3 at the tip of the transport moving band 1 that moves intermittently is provided, and the elevating device 14 that lowers the distal end of the transport moving band 1 is attached. In this manner, the lifting device 14 is attached so that the leading end of the transporting belt 1 can be lowered, and the leading end of the transporting belt 1 is lowered as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The leading end portion substantially coincides with the rear end portion of the feeding moving band 9 at the lowered position. With this configuration, when the feeding moving band 9 is used for unloading, the confection after the content injection can be sent from the front end of the conveying moving band 1 to the rear end of the feeding moving band 9, When the feeding moving band 9 is used for carrying in, the confection after the content injection can be sent from the rear end of the feeding moving band 9 to the front end of the conveying moving band 1.

That is, the elevating device 14 is attached near the front end roller 10 disposed at the front end of the transporting movement zone 1, and
The configuration is such that the leading end of the transporting movement zone 1 can be lowered by 14.

Also, the lifting device 14 itself is, for example, a hydraulic cylinder,
Although it can be constructed as a cylinder-piston mechanism such as a hydraulic cylinder, as shown in FIG.
1. It can also be composed of the working arc 15 and the telescopic cylinder 16.

An elevating roller 12 is provided near the front end roller 10 of the transfer belt 1 so as to be able to move up and down freely. The elevating roller 12 is connected to the tip roller 10 via a support piece 13, and is configured to be able to elevate and lower the tip of the transport belt.

More specifically, the tip of the lifting rod 141 is connected to the lifting roller 12, and the operating arm 15 is rotatably connected to the rear end of the lifting rod 141. The operating arm 15 is configured to be able to pivot around one end 15a, and the distal end of the operating arm 15 is connected to the telescopic cylinder 16.

When the elevating rod 141, the operating arm 15, and the telescopic cylinder 16 are configured as described above, the operating arm 15 pivots around one end 15a due to the expansion and contraction of the telescopic cylinder 16, and the elevating rod 141 moves up and down accordingly.

Therefore, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, when the transporting movement zone 1 is at the raised position, the shoe skin 2 is inserted close to the injection needle 3 and is filled with the contents 2a.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The shoe skin 2 is moved by the confectionery moving device 8 to approach the injection needle 3 which is placed opposite to the front end of the transporting and moving belt 1 and reaches close to the tip. The inserted contents 2 a are injected by the injection needle 3.

After the completion of the injection of the cream or the like in this manner, the confectionery moving device 8 operates to move the shoe skin 2 away from the injection needle 3, and the injection needle 3 comes off.

Note that the injection needle 3 can be retracted by the quick return mechanism including the spring mechanism 7 to remove the injection needle 3 without moving the shoe skin 2 away.

In any case, when the injection needle 3 is detached from the shoe skin 2 and the feeding and moving band 9 is used for unloading, the elevating device 14 is driven. At the same time, the leading end roller 10 descends to the state shown in FIG. 2 (b). In this state, the leading end of the transporting belt 1 is almost in contact with the trailing end of the adjacent transporting belt 9, and the shoe skin 2 is filled with a content such as cream 2a. , And are discharged as a cream puff and discharged by the feeding moving zone 9.

After the discharge, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the leading end roller 10 forming the leading end of the transporting belt 1 is raised to return the transporting belt 1 to the raised position.

<Effects of the Invention> As described in detail above, the present invention provides an infusion needle for an intermittently moving transporting belt and a confectionery such as a shoe skin on the transporting belt provided at the tip of the transporting belt. Inserted, a content injecting device for injecting contents such as cream, and a feed moving band to which a confection after the contents are injected are provided, and at least the distal end portion of the conveying moving band is configured to be movable up and down. It consists of

Generally, when filling the contents by inserting an injection needle into a confectionery that is arranged and conveyed on an intermittently moving conveyance movement band, in the conventional example, an injection device provided with the injection needle is a conveyance movement band. Above or on the side of the However, if the injection device is provided above or to the side, the mechanical equipment becomes complicated.Especially, when the injection device or the like is provided at the side of the line, these devices protrude from the side and the factory space increases, which is preferable. Absent.

On the other hand, if it is provided at the leading end of the transporting belt, if the injecting needle of the injecting device is arranged far away from the leading end of the transporting belt, or if it is not configured to be able to retreat considerably, the confectionery will be discharged after the infusion. Is extremely difficult.

That is, when a considerable space is taken between the transporting movement zone and the injection needle, it is necessary to configure the injection needle to have a special structure with, for example, a length, a size, and the like.

For this reason, it is preferable that the injection needle is provided as close as possible to the tip of the transporting movement band so that the contents can be injected accurately. However, due to the proximity of the injection needle, the confectionery after the injection is extremely discharged. It becomes difficult and, in the extreme, requires another device to discharge it.

In this regard, in the present invention, at least the distal end portion of the transport moving band is configured to be able to descend downward, and the confectionery after the contents are injected from the transport moving band onto the discharge moving belt can be discharged at the lowered position. , Without the above mentioned problems,
When discharging the confectionery after the injection, it is not necessary to take a space at the tip of the transporting belt.

In the above description, cream has been mainly described as the content, but all other than cream can be injected via an injection needle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of an injection device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (a), (b) and (c) each show an operation mode of the device according to the present invention. It is each explanatory drawing. Reference numeral 1: conveyance moving band 2 ... shoe skin type 3 ... injection needle 4 ... injection nozzle 5 ... injection device 6 ... injection hopper 7 ... spring mechanism 8 ... confectionery movement device 9 ... ... feeding movement band 10 Tip roller 12 Lifting roller 14 Lifting device 15 Operating arm 141 Lifting rod

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A content transfer device comprising an intermittently moving transfer moving band, an injecting needle provided at the tip of the transfer moving band to inject contents into a confectionery on the transfer moving band, and the transfer device. A feeding moving band provided in the vicinity of the leading end of the moving band; a lifting device for lowering the leading end of the carrying band is attached to the carrying band; A confectionery manufacturing apparatus characterized in that, at its lowered position, it substantially coincides with and communicates with the rear end of the feed moving band.