JP2821845B2 - Rolled confectionery and rolled confectionery manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rolled confectionery in which an edible additive such as peanuts and sesame is added, and an apparatus for producing the rolled confectionery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice cracker, a kind of confectionery, is usually baked in a thin plate shape. In addition, a special flavor is also provided by adding various additives such as sesame and peanuts. The additive is baked while being added to the rice cracker dough, or sprinkled on the rice cracker dough. However, thin plate-shaped baked rice crackers have been around for a long time and are not new. Is being developed. In addition, various manufacturing apparatuses for efficiently and automatically manufacturing such rice crackers have been developed.

[0003]

The rice cracker obtained by baking the rice cracker dough has a thin plate-like rice cracker texture and has no novelty in shape and size. However, it cannot stimulate new demand. Also,
If a thin plate of rice cracker dough is formed into a complex shape, novelty can be obtained in texture, shape, etc., but it is not easy to efficiently produce large quantities of such complicated shapes of rice crackers. is there.

[0004] The present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rolled confection having a novel touch, shape, and size using the same material as a conventional rice cracker.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus capable of efficiently mass-producing such a novel rolled confectionery.

[0006]

The rolled confectionery of the present invention has a disk-shaped soft rice cracker dough sprinkled with edible additives such as sesame and peanuts, and the additive is placed inside. The left and right sides are folded into a long plate-shaped semi-finished product so as to overlap with the central part sandwiched between the sides, so that one of the long plate-shaped semi-finished products is accommodated in one of the long plate-shaped semi-finished products. Is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by being wound up in the longitudinal direction so that an end of the semi-finished product is overlapped with an adjacent long plate-shaped semi-finished product portion.

[0007] The rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention comprises a soft rice cracker dough sprinkled with edible additives such as sesame, peanuts and the like, which are burned into a disc shape, so that the additives are accommodated therein. A folding mechanism that folds each left and right side part so as to overlap a central part sandwiched between the respective side parts to form a long plate-shaped semi-finished product, and a long plate-shaped semi-finished product obtained by this folding mechanism. And a winding mechanism that winds along the longitudinal direction so that one end is overlapped with an adjacent long plate-shaped semi-finished product portion to form a rectangular parallelepiped shape.

[0008]

The rolled confectionery of the present invention has a shape and size completely different from those of the conventional senbei with the same material as that of the conventional senbei. Also, the flavor of the additives is not impaired.

In the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, the soft rice cracker dough fired in a disk shape is sprinkled with edible additives such as sesame and peanuts, and the additives are internally dispersed by a folding mechanism. After being folded into a long plate-like semi-finished product so that each of the left and right sides overlaps a central portion sandwiched between the respective side portions so as to be accommodated in the long plate-like semi-finished product by the winding mechanism, Is wound along the longitudinal direction so that one end overlaps the adjacent long plate-shaped semi-finished product part,
It is a rectangular solid rolled confection.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention. The rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 has a baking type circulation line 3 for intermittently moving a plurality of baking dies 2 composed of a pair of upper and lower dies in a horizontal direction. The firing mold 2 has a lower mold having a horizontal flat surface, and an upper mold that can be opened and closed with respect to the lower mold.

A plurality of infrared burners 4 for heating the stopped firing dies 2 are provided in a transport area where the firing dies 2 are intermittently transported along the longitudinal direction of the circulation line 3 of the firing dies 2. They are arranged in a straight line. The circulation line 3 is provided with a transport area for linearly transporting the firing mold 2 in the opposite direction, adjacent to a transport area where the firing mold 2 is heated by the plurality of infrared burners 4. The material supply device 5 is located at a position near the end on the downstream side in the direction.
A nozzle 6 for supplying a liquid rice cracker seed, which is a raw material of a rolled confectionery supplied from a baking mold 2, into the lower mold of the baking mold 2 in an opened state.

A predetermined amount of liquid rice crackers is supplied to the lower mold of the baking mold 2 by the nozzle 6, and the upper mold is closed to form a thin disk-like shape on the flat surface of the lower mold. It is said. The baking mold 2 filled with rice crackers is sequentially placed in the transport area of the circulation line 3 where the infrared burner 4 is arranged.
The rice crackers are conveyed intermittently and the rice crackers in the firing mold 2 are sequentially heated by the infrared burners 4. As a result, the rice crackers in the firing mold 2 are fired into a thin disk-shaped soft rice cracker dough a.

At the upstream end in the transport direction of the linearly extending transport area in the circulation line 3 provided with the nozzles 6, rice crackers a which are sequentially heated by the infrared burners 4 and fired in the firing mold 2. And a nozzle 7 ′ for sprinkling edible additives such as sesame supplied from the additive supply device 7.
Is provided. In the transfer area of the circulation line 3 in which the nozzles 7 'are arranged, the upper mold of the firing mold 2 is out of the upper area of the lower mold, and the lower mold is opened. The additive supplied from the nozzle 7 'is sprinkled on the rice cracker dough a on the lower mold of the baking mold 2 opened in the lower region of the nozzle 7'. Rice cracker dough a sprinkled with additives
While being placed on the lower die of the baking mold 2, it is conveyed to an area adjacent to the downstream side in the conveying direction and stopped, and in that area, the thin disk is folded by the folding mechanism 8 arranged on the side of the conveying area. Is cut into a long plate-shaped semi-finished product.

The long plate-shaped semi-finished product placed on the lower mold of the firing mold 2 is conveyed to an area adjacent to the downstream side in the conveying direction and stopped there, and is arranged on the side of the conveying area in that area. The winding mechanism 41 winds the long plate-shaped semi-finished product from one end thereof so as to be sequentially folded in the longitudinal direction to form a rectangular parallelepiped rolled confection.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the structure of the folding mechanism 8. The folding mechanism 8 disposed on the side of the conveyance area of the circulation line 3 through which the firing mold 2 circulates includes a pair of long plate-shaped first scrapers 11 and second scrapers 17.
Are provided in parallel with each other. Each of the scrapers 11 and 17 is inclined at 45 degrees to the conveying direction of the firing mold 2 in the circulation line 3, and each base end is located on the upstream side in the conveying direction of the firing mold 2, Parts 11 ′ and 17 ′ are located on the firing mold 2. The tip portions 11 'and 17' of the scrapers 11 and 17 are formed in a sharpened shape in which the mutually opposing side edges gradually become thinner toward the mutually opposing side edges.

Near the base end of each of the scrapers 11 and 17, a pair of guide rods 27 and 26, which are arranged orthogonally to the scrapers 11 and 17, are respectively arranged horizontally. The far end of each of the scrapers 11 and 17 in each of the guide rods 27 and 26 is supported by a single vertical support plate 15, and the middle of each of the guide rods 27 and 26 is supported. A vertical support plate 16 parallel to the plate 15
, Respectively. Each of the guide rods 27 and 26 protruding laterally from the support plate 16 includes
A slide member 13 is slidably attached to the slide member 13, and a first rotary actuator 9 is attached to each guide rod 2 by an attachment plate 12.
7 and 26 are mounted orthogonally. The base end of the first scraper 11 is connected to the output shaft of the first rotary actuator 9 by a coupling 10. Therefore, the first scraper 11
Can be rotated in forward and reverse directions by a first rotary actuator 9.

The slide member 13 is connected to each of the guide rods 26.
Slide cylinder 3 arranged below and 27
4 (see FIG. 3). The slide cylinder 34 is horizontally attached to the support plate 16 that supports the middle of each of the guide rods 26 and 27. When the piston rod 35 advances, the slide member 13 is separated from the support plate 16. , And the first scraper 11 moves in a direction away from the second scraper 17 in parallel. Conversely,
When the piston rod 35 retreats, the slide member 13
Slides in a direction approaching the support plate 16, and the first scraper 11 moves in parallel in a direction approaching the second scraper 17.

A slide member 31 is also slidably attached to each of the guide rods 27 and 26 located between the pair of support plates 15 and 16. The slide member 31 is attached to a piston rod 33 of a slide cylinder 32 attached to a support plate 15 arranged on the far side of the second scraper 17,
The slide member 31 is slid along the guide rods 27 and 26 by the slide cylinder 32,
The second scraper 17 is configured to come into contact with and separate from the first scraper 11.

On the slide member 31 on the far side of the second scraper 17, guide rods 27 and 26 are provided.
A first support shaft 30 that is orthogonal to the first support shaft 30 is rotatably provided. The base end of the link element 28 protruding toward the second scraper 17 is rotatable on the first support shaft 30. Attached to. This link element 2
A second support shaft 21 is rotatably attached to the distal end portion 8 in a state parallel to the first support shaft 30. The base end of the long link element 20 arranged parallel to the guide rod 26 is connected to the second support shaft 21. The long link element 20 is connected to the second scraper 17.
And a second rotary actuator 19 is attached to the distal end thereof in a state orthogonal to the guide rods 27 and 26. The base end of the second scraper 17 is connected to the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 19 by a coupling 18. Therefore, the second scraper 17 can also be rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the second rotary actuator 19.

A third support shaft 22, which is rotatable in a state parallel to the second support shaft 21, is connected to the middle of the long link element 20, and is connected to the third support shaft 22.
, The tip of the link element 23 is rotatably attached. The proximal end of the link element 23
The third rotary actuator 25 disposed on the slide member 31 is rotatably connected to an output shaft of the third rotary actuator 25.
Accordingly, the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 25 and the link elements 28, 23, 20 connected to the support shafts 30, 21, 23 respectively constitute a parallel link mechanism, and the third rotary actuator 25
When the link element 23 is rotated by this, the long link element 20 moves in parallel, and the second scraper 17 connected to the second rotary actuator 19 attached to the tip of the long link element 20 It is configured to swing up and down while coming into contact with and separating from the first scraper 11.

Since the slide member 31 to which the parallel link mechanism is attached is entirely slidable by the slide cylinder 32, the entire second scraper 17 comes into contact with and separates from the first scraper 11. When the second scraper 17 approaches the first scraper 11 by the slide of the slide member 31, the second scraper 17 contacts the first scraper 11 by the parallel link mechanism. It is configured to swing up and down while being separated.

As shown in FIG. 3, below the supporting plates 15 and 16 for supporting the guide rods 26 and 27, a fixed base 40 is disposed.
A pair of vertically arranged guide rods 37 are respectively supported. A slide member 36 'is slidably fitted to each guide rod 37, and the lower end of each of the support plates 15 and 16 is attached to each slide member 36'. Each slide member 36 '
Are connected to each other by a connecting plate 36, and the connecting plate 36 is connected to a piston rod 39 of a lifting / lowering cylinder 38 vertically arranged on the fixed base 40. Therefore, by raising and lowering each piston rod 39,
Each slide member 36 'is integrally lifted and lowered, and each support plate 15 having a lower end attached to each slide member 36'.
And 16 are raised and lowered together. As a result, the respective guide rods 26 and 27 supported by the respective support plates 15 and 16 are integrally moved up and down, and the first scraper 11 and the second scraper 17 are integrally moved up and down.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the winding mechanism 41 arranged adjacent to the folding mechanism 8, and FIG. 5 is a side view thereof. The winding mechanism 41 has a mutually parallel scraper 61 and a winding shaft 53 whose respective leading ends are located on the conveying area of the firing mold 2. The scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53 are in a horizontal state inclined at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the conveying direction of the firing mold 2 so as to be orthogonal to the respective scrapers 11 and 17 provided in the folding mechanism 8. Each base end is located downstream of the firing mold 2 in the transport direction. The scraper 61 is formed in a rod shape except for a tip portion thereof, and the tip portion is a horizontal flat plate portion 61 '.

Below the vicinity of the base ends of the scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53, a fixing base 73 is provided.
A pair of guide rods 70 are vertically supported on the fixed base 73, respectively. Each guide rod 70
, A slide member 69 'is slidably fitted to each of the slide members 69', and a pair of support plates 62 and 62 'vertically arranged at an appropriate interval on each slide member 69'.
Are attached at the lower ends. Each support plate 62
And 62 ′ are a scraper 61 and a winding shaft 53.
Are arranged along the line. The slide members 69 ′ are connected to each other by a connecting plate 69, and the connecting plate 69 is connected to a piston rod 72 of an elevating / lowering cylinder 71 arranged vertically on the fixed base 70. Therefore, by moving up and down the piston rods 72, the slide members 69 'are integrally moved up and down, and the support plates 62 and 62' each having a lower end attached to each slide member 69 'are integrally moved up and down. Is done.

At the upper end of each support plate 62 and 62 ',
A pair of guide rods 63 along a direction perpendicular to the scraper 61 and the winding shaft 53 are supported at the same height in a horizontal state parallel to each other. One slide member 64 is attached to each guide rod 63.
3 is slidably attached to each. The slide member 64 is slid along each guide rod 63 by a slide cylinder 67 attached to one support plate 62 '.

A first rotary actuator 68 is vertically mounted below the slide member 64, and a vertical coupling 65 inserted into the slide member 64 is connected to this output shaft. The center of a horizontal substrate 66 is supported on the upper end of the coupling 65. The substrate 66 in a horizontal state is rotated left and right by a first rotary actuator 68.

On the substrate 66, a pair of support plates 42 along a direction orthogonal to the scraper 61 and the winding shaft 53 are provided.
Are supported vertically. A pair of horizontal guide rods 43 orthogonal to the scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53 are provided between the support plates 42 at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction. It is slidably mounted. A second rotary actuator 45 is horizontally mounted between the guide rods 43 on the slide member 44 on the far side of the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2.

The output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45 is in a state along the scraper 61,
One end is connected to a vertical rotating plate 47 located on the circulation line 3 side of the firing mold 2 via a coupling 46 inserted into the slide member 44. A pinion gear 81 is attached to the other end of the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45, and the pinion gear 81 is a side portion of the pair of support plates 42 on the far side of the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2. It meshes with a rack 80 that is horizontally installed between them. Therefore, when the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45 rotates, the rotating plate 47 rotates, the pinion gear 81 rolls on the rack 80, and the slide member 44
To slide horizontally along.

A third rotary actuator 49 is mounted on a rotary plate 47 attached to one end of the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45 at a position displaced from the center of rotation. The third rotary actuator 49 is connected to the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2.
When the rotary plate 47 is rotated by the second rotary actuator 45, the third rotary actuator 49 also moves around the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45 together with the rotary plate 47.

The third rotary actuator 49
A vertical connecting plate 48 is attached to the end face of the casing located on the side of the circulation line 3 in FIG. Connecting plate 4
8 is configured in a zigzag shape in the horizontal direction, and the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 49 is
Is rotatably supported by a bearing 50 attached so as to penetrate the connecting plate 48 at a position near the center.

A rotating arm 51 is provided at the end of the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 49 through which the connecting plate 48 is inserted.
Is attached to one end of the rotating arm 5.
One end of a ring-shaped rotating ring 52, which is partially cut out over substantially one-fourth of the circumference, is attached to the other end of the rotating ring 52. The rotary ring 52 is disposed vertically concentrically with the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 49, and the cutout portion is located at the upper portion of the firing mold 2 on the upstream side in the transport direction. Rotating arm 51
Is a rotary ring 52 located on the upper side of the notch.
And a base end of a take-up shaft 53 is attached to the other end of the rotating ring 52. The winding shaft 53 is horizontally supported so as to extend toward the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2.

The rotation ring 52 is rotated concentrically with the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 49 by the rotation of the output shaft of the third rotary actuator 49,
The take-up shaft 53 attached to the rotary ring 52 holds the horizontal state, and the third rotary actuator 49
Orbits on the concentric circle of the output shaft. Further, the third rotary actuator 49 is mounted on the rotating plate 47 rotated by the second rotary actuator 45, and accordingly, the second rotary actuator 4
5 is driven, the third rotary actuator 49 itself becomes the second rotary actuator 4.
5 moves on a concentric circle of the output shaft. Thereby, the winding shaft 53 also moves around the concentric circle of the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45.

A fourth rotary actuator 54 is horizontally mounted adjacent to the third rotary actuator 49 at an end of the connecting plate 48 mounted on the third rotary actuator 49. This fourth
The output shaft of the rotary actuator 54 is
8 is rotatably supported in a bearing 55 mounted in a penetrating state, and a base end of a main swing arm 56 is mounted on this output shaft. A connecting shaft 55 'is rotatably mounted adjacent to the bearing 55 on the connecting plate 55, and the base end of the driven arm 59 is rotatably mounted on the connecting shaft 55'. . Main swing arm 56
A connecting shaft 57 is horizontally supported at the tip of the baking mold 2 so as to protrude toward the circulation line 3 side of the firing mold 2. It is supported horizontally so as to protrude toward the line 3 side. A link element 58 is erected in a horizontal state between the distal ends of the connection shafts 57 and 60, and the base end of the scraper 61 is provided at the center of the link element 58.
Mounted horizontally. The scraper 61 is configured such that the flat plate portion 61 ′ provided at the tip end has the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2.
It is supported horizontally so as to be located above.

Main swing arm 56 and driven arm 59
And a link element 60 connecting the distal ends of the main swing arm 56 and the driven arm 59 together constitutes a parallel link mechanism. When the main swing arm 59 is rotated by the fourth rotary actuator 54, The link element 60 is vertically swung in a horizontal state,
Therefore, the scraper 61 is swung up and down in a horizontal state. Accordingly, the flat plate portion 61 'at the tip of the scraper 61 is swung up and down.

At the upper end of a support plate 62 'vertically arranged at a position close to the scraper 61, a product take-out section 74 is provided.
Is attached. The product take-out portion 74 is provided on the outer surface of the support plate 62 ′ with a support plate 75 extending in an inclined state toward the upstream side in the transport direction in the circulation line 3 of the baking mold 2.
And a take-out cylinder 76 attached to the The take-out cylinder 76 is arranged horizontally along the circulation line 3, and each end of the piston rod 77 is a double rod type projecting from each end face of the take-out cylinder 76. A product removal tool 78 is attached to an end of the piston rod 77 that projects toward the upstream side in the transport direction of the firing mold 2. The product removal tool 78 is provided with a pair of upper and lower locking rods 79 that project horizontally toward the circulation line 3 of the firing mold 2.

The operation of the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration is as follows. When the firing die 2 is conveyed below the nozzle 6 with the upper die opened, the material supply device 5
The liquid rice cracker seeds, which are the raw materials of the rolled confectionery supplied from the above, are supplied by the nozzle 6 onto the lower mold of each of the baking molds 2. And when each baking mold 2 is closed, the rice cracker seeds are
It is formed into a thin disk shape in the firing mold 2. Each baking mold 2 to which the rice crack seeds are supplied is sequentially heated by each infrared burner 4 to form a soft thin disk-shaped rice cracking dough a. Thereafter, the firing mold 2 is conveyed below the nozzle 7 'in an open state. Then, an additive b such as sesame and peanuts supplied from the sprinkling device 7 is sprinkled from the nozzle 7 ′ onto the rice cracker dough a on the lower mold in the baking mold 2.

Thereafter, the lower mold of the baking mold 2 on which the rice cracker a sprinkled with the additive is placed is placed in the transport area where the tip portions 11 'and 17' of the scrapers 11 and 17 in the folding mechanism 8 are arranged. Conveyed.

At this time, the tip portions 11 'and 17' of the scrapers 11 and 17 of the folding mechanism 8 have their sharpened side edges facing each other as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Are separated from each other, and
It is located above the transfer area of the firing mold 2.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism 8. As shown in FIG. 6, the soft circular rice cracker dough sprinkled with the additive b is conveyed together with the lower mold of the baking mold 2 to below the tip portions 11 ′ and 17 ′ of the scrapers 11 and 17. Being stopped.
At this time, the piston rod 3 of the sliding cylinder 34
5 is in the most advanced state, the piston rod 33 of the slide cylinder 32 is in the most retracted state, and the first scraper 11 and the second scraper 17 are in the most distant state from each other. And
The second scraper 17 is positioned further away from the first scraper 11 by a parallel link mechanism that swings the second scraper 17 in the vertical direction, and the tip portions 17 ′ and 11 ′ are sharpened. The side edges are located on the same horizontal plane in a horizontal state facing each other.

In such a state, when the lower mold of the baking mold 2 provided with the rice cracker dough a under each of the tip portions 11 'and 17' of the scrapers 11 and 17 is conveyed, the cylinder 38 for raising and lowering is used. Each of the guide rods 26 and 27 is lowered integrally, and each of the horizontal end portions 11 ′ and 1 of each of the scrapers 11 and 17 is lowered.
7 ′ is in contact with the horizontal upper surface of the lower mold in the baking mold 2 with the rice cracker dough a interposed therebetween.

In this state, the slide cylinder 32 is driven, and the piston rod 33 advances,
The second scraper 17 is slid in a direction approaching the first scraper 11. As a result, the tip portion 17 'of the second scraper 17 enters between the lower mold of the baking mold 2 and the rice cracker dough a from the sharpened side edge as shown in FIG. Is peeled from the upper surface of the lower mold of the firing mold 2. The tip portion 17 'of the second scraper 17 is located below the side portion of the rice cracker dough a by the slide member 31 being slid most by the slide cylinder 32.

As described above, when the tip 17 'of the second scraper 17 enters the lower part of the side of the rice cracker dough a, the third rotary actuator 25 for driving the parallel link mechanism is driven, and FIG. 2, the second scraper 17 is translated upward while approaching the first scraper 11. Thus, rice cracker dough a
Is in a state in which the side portion extending over about 1/3 of the diameter is lifted by the tip end 17 ′ of the second scraper 17.

Thereafter, the second rotary actuator 19 for rotating the second scraper 17 is driven,
The second scraper 17 extends over 180 degrees so that the side edge opposite to the sharpened side edge located on the lower side of the rice cracker dough a passes through the upper side and is located on the opposite side. It is turned. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9, the rice cracker dough a located on the tip end 17 ′ of the second scraper 17 has a side portion extending over a length of about ３ of the diameter on the lower mold in the firing mold 2. It is folded on the central part of the rice cracker dough a.

In such a state, the second rotary actuator 19 for driving the second scraper 17
Are driven in the opposite direction, and the second scraper 17 is turned over 180 degrees as shown in FIG. As a result, the tip end 17 ′ of the second scraper 17 is brought into a horizontal state with the sharp side edge facing the first scraper 11.

At this time, at the same time, the slide cylinder 3
4 is driven so as to retract, and the slide member 13 to which the first scraper 11 is attached is mounted.
Is slid parallel to the direction approaching the second scraper 17. Thereby, the tip 11 ′ of the first scraper 11 is sharpened between the side located opposite to the side of the folded rice cracker dough a and the lower mold of the firing mold 2. Approach from the side edge side. Thereby, the side of the rice cracker dough a that was in contact with the lower mold in the baking mold 2 also
It is peeled off by the tip 11 ′ of the scraper 11.

After that, the first rotary actuator 9 for rotating the first scraper 11 is driven, and the first scraper 11 is moved upward so that the side edge opposite to the sharpened side edge passes through the upper side. 18 to be located at
Rotated over 0 degrees. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the side of about 1/3 of the diameter of the rice cracker dough a located on the tip end 11 'of the first scraper 11 was folded over the central portion of the rice cracker dough half a. Folded on the other side. As a result, the disc-shaped rice cracker dough a is a long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′ in which each of the left and right sides is folded at the center except for the left and right sides.

At this time, the slide cylinder 32 is driven so that the second scraper 17 is separated from the rice cracker dough a on the baking mold 2, and the tip end 17 'of the second scraper 17 is moved to the side of the rice cracker dough a. In the initial state.

In such a state, as shown in FIG. 12, the first rotary actuator 9 is driven so that the tip portion 11 'of the first scraper 11 is turned over 180 degrees, and the tip end of the scraper 11 is rotated. Part 1
1 ′ is a horizontal state in which a sharp side edge portion faces the second scraper 17.

Thereafter, the slide cylinder 34 is driven so that the first scraper 11 is separated from the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ', and as shown in FIG.
Is an initial state located on the side of the long plate-shaped semifinished product a ′. Thereby, the rice cracker dough a in the folding mechanism 8
Is completed, and the lower mold of the firing mold 2 on which the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'is placed is transported to a winding operation position by the winding mechanism 41.

At this time, the winding mechanism 41 is in the initial state. That is, the scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53 are located at the uppermost position by the lifting / lowering cylinder 71 and, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the leading end of the winding shaft 53 is positioned on one end in the longitudinal direction of the transported long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′,
The flat plate portion 61 'at the tip of the scraper 61 is located on the side of the long plate-shaped semifinished product a'. The flat plate portion 61 'at the tip of the scraper 61 is in a horizontal state.

When the winding mechanism 41 is in such an initial state,
When the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'is conveyed by the lower mold of the firing mold 2 and stopped, the elevating cylinder 71 is driven, the scraper 61 and the winding shaft 53 are lowered, and as shown in FIG. The horizontal flat plate portion 61 'at the tip of the scraper 61 is in contact with the upper surface of the lower mold of the firing mold 2 on the side of the long plate-shaped semifinished product a'. At this time, the winding shaft 53
Is in contact with one end in the longitudinal direction of the long plate-shaped semifinished product a ′ folded on the firing mold 2.

In such a state, the slide cylinder 67 is driven, and the scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53 are integrally moved and slid along the longitudinal direction of the semi-finished product a '. As shown in the figure, the flat plate portion 61 'of the scraper 61 enters between the lower mold of the firing mold 2 and the end of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a', and the end of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ' The mold 2 is peeled from the lower mold. At this time, the take-up shaft 53 slides on the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′ while always keeping a constant interval from the scraper 61, and the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a into which the tip end portion 61a of the scraper 61 has entered. When it reaches a position about 1/3 of the longitudinal length of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'from the edge of', the driving of the slide cylinder 67 is stopped.

When the driving of the slide cylinder 67 is stopped, the fourth rotary actuator 54 for swinging the scraper 61 is driven to rotate the tip of the main swing arm 56 upward. Accordingly, the scraper 61 is translated obliquely upward by the parallel link mechanism having the main swing arm 56. As a result, the flat plate portion 61 'at the tip of the scraper 61 is swung obliquely upward and horizontally, and the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a' placed thereon.
Lift. Then, when the main swing arm 56 is rotated by 180 degrees, the scraper 61 passes over the winding shaft 53 and enters the inside of the arc-shaped rotating ring 52 from the cutout portion. And the flat part 6
1 ′ is located substantially at the center of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′ placed on the firing mold 2. At this time, when the end of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'is lifted by the flat plate portion 61', the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'is folded back along the winding shaft 53, and the scraper 61 is turned off. When reaching the position on the opposite side with respect to the winding shaft 61, as shown in FIG. 16, the end of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'falls from the flat plate portion 61' and the center of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ' Folded over.

In such a state, the third actuator 49 for driving the rotating ring 52 on which the winding shaft 53 is supported is driven, and the annular rotating ring 52 is moved to the third position.
It is rotated about the output shaft of the actuator 49. At this time, the rotating ring 52 is rotated by 180 degrees in a direction in which the winding shaft 53 moves upward and passes over the scraper 61 located on the center side of the rotating ring 52. As a result, the winding shaft 53 whose leading end is locked to the folded portion of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'lifts the folded portion of the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a' upward, and raises the lower mold in the firing mold 2. Is moved onto the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′.
At this time, the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a 'is folded back along the flat plate portion 61' of the scraper 61, and when the winding shaft 61 reaches a position on the opposite side of the scraper 61, FIG. As shown in the figure, the long plate-shaped semi-finished product a ′ is placed on the lower mold in the firing mold 2 with one end lifted by the winding shaft 53 and a center part continuous with the end overlapping each other. It is wound so as to be folded over a portion near the end of the placed long plate-shaped semi-finished product a '.

At this time, the winding shaft 53 is substantially coaxial with the center of rotation of the rotating plate 47 to which the third rotary actuator 49 is attached, that is, the output shaft of the second rotary actuator 45.

Thereafter, the second rotary actuator 45 is driven to drive the third rotary actuator 4.
The turning plate 47 to which the 9 is attached is turned. In this case, the second rotary actuator 49 rotates the rotating plate 47 over 180 degrees so that the scraper 61 passes above the winding shaft 53. At this time, when the third rotary actuator 49 is driven, the pinion gear 81 attached to the output shaft is engaged with the rack 80 and rolls, so that the slide member 4 is rotated.
4 is slid toward the downstream side in the transport direction.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 18, the semi-finished product a locked on the flat plate portion 61 ′ of the scraper 61 is folded by the leading end of the winding shaft 53 and folded on the semi-finished product a on the firing mold 2. It is wound so that it is piled up, and a scraper 6
One of the flat portions 61 ′ is wound around the leading end of the winding shaft 53. As a result, the scraper 61
A rectangular parallelepiped confectionery a ″ is wound around the flat plate portion 61 ′ at the distal end and the distal end of the winding shaft 53.

In such a state, the slide member 4
The first rotary actuator 68 vertically disposed below the fourth member 4 is driven, and the substrate 66 supporting the slide member 44 is rotated in the horizontal direction. At this time, the first rotary actuator 68 is driven such that the flat plate portion 61 ′ at the tip of the scraper 61 and the tip of the winding shaft 53 are rotated toward the upstream side in the transport direction of the firing mold 2, respectively. You. When the substrate 66 is rotated by 45 degrees, the scraper 61 and the take-up shaft 53 are aligned with the take-out cylinder 76 of the product take-out part 74 attached to the one support plate 62 '. .

At this time, after the winding shaft 53 has entered between the pair of upper and lower locking rods 79 of the product extracting tool 78 attached to the piston rod 77 of the extracting cylinder 76, the scraper 61 has entered. And
The confectionery a ″ wound between the winding shaft 53 and the tip of the scraper 61 is positioned upstream of the product removal tool 78 in the transport direction of the baking mold 2.

In such a state, the take-out cylinder 76 is driven, and the piston rod 77 is advanced toward the upstream side of the firing mold 2 in the transport direction. As a result, the product removal tool 78 attached to the distal end of the piston rod 77 moves to the distal end side along the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61. Then, the confectionery a ″ wound around the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61 is pressed toward the distal ends of the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61 by the pair of upper and lower locking rods 79 and is extracted from the respective distal ends. Then, from the end of the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61, the confectionery a ″ shown in FIG.
Falls down and is accommodated in a container arranged below it.
The rolled confectionery a ″ thus manufactured is cured by being dried to obtain a product.

When the confectionery a ″ is extracted from the leading ends of the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61, the winding shaft 53 and the scraper 61 are returned to the initial state by a procedure reverse to the procedure described above.

[0061]

As described above, the rolled confectionery of the present invention is
It is completely different from the conventional image of flat rice crackers because it is shaped like a long plate-shaped disk-shaped rice cracker dough sprinkled with additives such as peanuts and rolled up in the longitudinal direction. It is easy to eat in a small size, and there is no danger of cracking into small pieces and spilling like conventional crackers. In addition, since the additive is contained in the folded rice cracker dough, there is no possibility that the flavor is impaired.

The rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention can efficiently produce a rolled confection having such a complicated shape in large quantities.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a folding mechanism provided in the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a winding mechanism provided in the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view thereof.

6 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of a folding mechanism provided in the rolled confectionery manufacturing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the folding mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of a winding mechanism provided in the rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the winding mechanism.

FIG. 16 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the winding mechanism.

FIG. 17 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the winding mechanism.

FIG. 18 is a schematic plan view for explaining the operation of the winding mechanism.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a rolled confectionery of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 firing type 3 firing type circulation line 5 material supply device 6 nozzle 7 additive supply device 7 'nozzle 8 folding mechanism 9 first rotary actuator 11 first scraper 11' tip 17 second scraper 17 'tip 19 second rotary Actuator 25 Third rotary actuator 32 Slide cylinder 34 Slide cylinder 38 Elevating cylinder 41 Winding mechanism 45 Second rotary actuator 49 Third rotary actuator 53 Winding shaft 61 Scraper 61 'Flat plate 67 Slide cylinder 68 First rotary Actuator 71 Lifting cylinder 74 Product take-out part 76 Product take-out cylinder 78 Product take-out tool 79 Locking rod a Rice cracker dough a 'Long plate-shaped semi-finished product a "Rolled confectionery b Additive

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A soft rice cracker dough fired in a disc shape,
In a state where edible additives such as sesame and peanuts are sprinkled, the left and right sides are respectively overlapped with the central portion sandwiched between the respective sides so that the additives are housed inside. After being folded into a long plate-like semi-finished product, one end of the long plate-like semi-finished product is wound up along the longitudinal direction so as to overlap with an adjacent long plate-like semi-finished product, thereby forming a rectangular parallelepiped. A rolled confection characterized by being formed in a shape. 2. A soft rice cracker dough sprinkled with edible additives such as sesame, peanuts and the like, which has been burned into a disc shape,
A folding mechanism that folds the left and right sides so as to overlap with the central portion sandwiched between the respective sides so that the additive is accommodated therein, thereby forming a long plate-shaped semi-finished product; A winding mechanism that winds the long plate-shaped semi-finished product obtained by the mechanism along the longitudinal direction so that one end thereof is overlapped with an adjacent long plate-shaped semi-finished product part, and forms a rectangular parallelepiped shape. A rolled confectionery manufacturing apparatus characterized in that: