JP2930288B2 - Capsules for conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a raw material transporting apparatus which can efficiently transport, mix and discharge raw materials having various characteristics and forms in, for example, a food manufacturing process.
The present invention relates to mixing and discharging capsules, and more specifically, the present invention mainly relates to powders, liquids, and the like, for example, in a variety of food production processes capable of producing a variety of foods with high production efficiency. A capsule that transports solid and pasty raw materials. A new type of raw material that can store and transport raw materials, and at the same time, can effectively mix and discharge raw materials in each processing step. The present invention relates to a capsule for transportation, mixing and discharging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various foods such as liquid foods such as curries, stews, soups and sauces, ketchup,
2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for producing pasty foods such as mayonnaise, puree, white sauce, kneaded mustard, kneaded wasabi, pizza sauce, and dough paste, in general, pipes for transferring raw materials such as liquid, solid, powder, and paste are used. Into the compounding hopper using, the obtained compounding material is further transferred from the compounding hopper using a transfer pipe to the next processing step, for example,
A continuous manufacturing apparatus that uses a transfer pipe for many of the transfer steps, such as an apparatus that transfers the processed material to the next step, transferring it to the mixing / stirring process step, heat treatment step, etc. Has been used.

[0003] In general, for example, in a continuous food manufacturing apparatus, from the blending of each raw material to the final product, the manufacturing apparatus in each processing step is connected by a transfer pipe, and the transfer pipe is connected. A method of transferring each raw material, a processed product thereof, an intermediate product, and the like through a pipe has been mainly used.

[0004] In some cases, a food processing apparatus has been developed in which a stainless steel container is filled with the contents, the contents are mixed by rolling the container, and then the contents are transferred to each process.

[0005] By the way, the continuous manufacturing apparatus connected by the transfer pipe as described above is suitable for a so-called one-kind, large-scale production in which the same product is mass-produced industrially. On the other hand, it has the following problems.

That is, in a continuous manufacturing apparatus in which each processing apparatus in each processing step is connected by a transfer pipe, since each manufacturing apparatus is connected and fixed by the transfer pipe, It is difficult to change the connection freely. Therefore, for example, in order to simultaneously or sequentially manufacture products in which some of the processing steps are significantly different,
It was necessary to separately arrange a special device suitable for manufacturing the product, or to modify and use the continuous manufacturing device for the product.

[0007] In addition, in a continuous manufacturing apparatus connected by a transfer pipe, once production is started, it is necessary to continuously perform all steps from input of raw materials to preparation of a final product. When the operation of the continuous manufacturing apparatus is started, it is impossible to stop the apparatus in an arbitrary manufacturing process at an arbitrary time, for example, when sequentially manufacturing another type of product. In order to perform necessary cleaning of equipment and maintenance of some equipment, it is necessary to temporarily stop the equipment during all processing steps, and as a result, when manufacturing multiple types of products, However, there is a problem that the production efficiency is significantly reduced.

Further, in order to clean the used equipment in each manufacturing process and to repair a failure, etc., the manufacturing equipment connected by the transfer pipe is completely disassembled and assembled in all the processing steps. Is often required to be performed simultaneously, and the work is extremely extensive and complicated, and requires time and effort. There was a problem.

Further, in a conventional continuous manufacturing apparatus in which processing apparatuses in each processing step are fixedly connected by a transfer pipe, raw materials and the like inevitably accumulate in the transfer pipe after production is stopped. Therefore, there is a problem that a considerable amount of raw materials and the like are lost.

On the other hand, the contents are filled in the above-mentioned stainless steel container, and the contents are mixed by rolling the container.
After that, although the method of transferring to each process is a pipeless method, it is only a method of rolling a transferable cooking tank of a normal form that can be sealed and transferring and cooking, and the contents of cooking are also vacuum. It is limited to special ones such as pasteurized cooking, and it has been difficult to expand and use this as it is as a general food production apparatus.

By the way, in recent years, for example, in the field of food manufacturing and the like, as the types of products to be manufactured on a production line have been diversified, diversified, and the quality of the products has been increased, the conventional products have become It is becoming important to establish not only the same product and manufacturing equipment and manufacturing system suitable for mass production, but also the manufacturing equipment and manufacturing system suitable for high-mix, low-volume production. A large continuous production apparatus fixedly connected to a suitable transfer pipe has various problems as described above. It is becoming more and more difficult to use it as an apparatus or manufacturing system. In view of the above, in the art, it is possible to reliably solve the above-mentioned problems observed in a conventional continuous production apparatus for foods and the like, and it is possible to suitably use the apparatus for high-mix, low-volume production. There has been a strong demand to develop new possible types of manufacturing equipment and systems.

[0012]

In such a situation, the present inventors have fundamentally solved the above-mentioned problems observed in the conventional continuous production apparatus connected by a transfer pipe. As a result of intensive research aimed at developing a completely new type of manufacturing equipment and manufacturing system suitable for high-mix, low-volume production, as a result, a completely new type of multi-function was substituted for the conventional transfer pipe. By developing a transport system and constructing a new production system that movably interposes it between manufacturing equipment in each processing step, it can simultaneously or sequentially manufacture many kinds of foods with high production efficiency. And succeeded in developing an apparatus for producing a wide variety of foods suitable for the above-mentioned applications, and previously filed patent applications (Japanese Patent Application Nos. 5-326614 and 5-3126).
No. 15, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-313616, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-312
617).

The present inventors have developed various kinds of raw material transport capsules that can be suitably used in such a multi-type food manufacturing apparatus, for example, in a food manufacturing process and the like. We succeeded in developing a new type of raw material transport, mixing and discharging capsule that can be stored and transported easily and that can mix and discharge raw materials with high efficiency. Reached.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a capsule for conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials which can be suitably used in an apparatus for manufacturing various kinds of foods.

Further, the present invention provides a new type of raw material transport, mixing and discharging, in which raw materials can be stored and easily transported, and the stored raw materials can be effectively mixed and discharged. It is intended to provide a capsule for use.

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is directed to a container-like capsule having an upper surface opening having a substantially cylindrical body and a conical shoulder, wherein the capsule is provided in a vertical direction of the inner surface of the body. A capsule for transporting, mixing, and discharging raw materials, characterized in that three stirring plates are provided at substantially equal intervals, and a discharge plate is provided on an extension of the shoulder toward the shoulder.

Another aspect of the present invention is a container capsule having an upper surface opening having a substantially cylindrical body and a conical shoulder, wherein a stirring plate is provided at one location in the longitudinal direction on the inner surface of the body. And a discharge plate is provided on an extension of the shoulder portion toward the shoulder, and the capsule for material transport, mixing, and discharge is provided.

Furthermore, another aspect of the present invention is a container-like capsule top opening of the body portion shoulder portion is conically at substantially cylindrical, cross section triangular in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface of the shoulder portion only Raw material conveying, mixing, and discharging capsules provided with a discharge plate in a shape of a circle.

Next, the present invention will be described in more detail. As described above, the capsule of the present invention has a container shape having an upper surface opening having a substantially cylindrical body portion and a conical shoulder portion as described above, and its basic structure is adopted. The shape, structure, and the like are not particularly limited as long as they have the same effect as described above, and appropriate ones can be used.

For example, the capsule of the present invention is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape so as to be rotatable around the center of the body in each processing step in a food manufacturing process or the like. Agitating plates are provided at three places at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the section, and a discharge plate for discharging the raw material is provided on the extension of the shoulder toward the shoulder. Is used. Further, when the raw material is a liquid or a solid, similarly to the above, the length of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body in the vertical direction is one.
A stir plate is provided at a plurality of locations, and a discharge plate is provided on an extension of the shoulder portion. Further, the raw material may pasty, longitudinally cross section triangular shape of the discharge plate of the inner surface of the shoulder portion only is provided.

[0021] As described above, the capsule of the present invention specifies the position and number of the stirring plate and the position and number of the discharge plate in accordance with the characteristics and form of the raw material. The most characteristic feature is that the raw materials can be efficiently mixed and discharged according to the conditions.

The capsule of the present invention is not limited to food ingredients,
If it is similar, it can be targeted irrespective of its type, characteristics, form, including intermediate products and final products, but the raw materials are, for example, flour, starch, powder protein, powder seasoning In the case of powders such as powdered organic and inorganic materials, etc., as described above, three stirring plates are provided at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface of the body, and further, toward the shoulder. It is important to provide a discharge plate on the extension of the capsule, and by doing so, for example, in a food manufacturing process or the like, when the capsule is rotated at a predetermined speed around the center of the body, When the raw material is discharged by tilting or inverting the capsule gradually up to a predetermined angle while rotating the capsule, the raw material can be evenly and efficiently mixed, effectively mixed, and discharged. Stirring plate other than or for discharge The can not be obtained the same effect be provided.

The raw materials are, for example, seasonings, animal and plant materials, soups, sauces, curries, stews, solid seasonings,
In the case of other liquids or solids, as described above, it is important to provide a stirring plate at one location in the longitudinal direction on the inner surface of the body, and to provide a discharge plate on the extension of the shoulder toward the shoulder. And by doing so, for example,
In a food manufacturing process or the like, when the capsule was rotated at a predetermined speed around the center of its body, and the capsule was rotated, the raw material was discharged by gradually tilting or inverting up to a predetermined angle while rotating the capsule. In this case, the raw materials can be evenly and efficiently mixed and discharged effectively, but the same effect cannot be obtained by providing a stirring plate or a discharging plate other than those described above.

Further, when the raw material is a paste-like raw material such as crushed puree, vegetable raw material such as ketchup raw material, mayonnaise raw material, sauce raw material, kneaded bean raw material, etc., as described above, only the inner surface of the shoulder portion is used. the vertical direction it is important to provide a cross section triangular shape of the discharge plate, by doing so, for example, in the food manufacturing process, the capsule at a predetermined speed the center of the body portion as the axis In the case of rotating, and in the case where the raw material is discharged by gradually tilting or inverting to a predetermined angle while rotating the capsule, the raw material is uniformly and efficiently mixed and discharged. However, similar effects cannot be obtained by providing a stirring plate or a discharging plate other than those described above.

[0025]

In the production process of foods, the capsules of the present invention are rotated at a predetermined speed about the center of the body, so that the ingredients contained in the capsules can be effectively mixed. In addition, the raw material stored in the capsule can be efficiently and effectively discharged to the processing apparatus in the next process by tilting or inverting the capsule gradually to a predetermined angle while rotating the capsule.

According to the capsule of the present invention, the speed of rotation of the capsule, the angle at which the capsule is tilted or turned over, and the operation time are appropriately adjusted to predetermined levels depending on the type and properties of the raw material, thereby mixing the raw materials. , And the discharging operation can be controlled freely. It is to be noted that, as for the transporting device, the rotating device, the driving device, and the like for transporting, rotating, tilting or inverting the capsule, any device can be used as long as it has these functions. The type is not particularly limited.

[0027]

Next, the present invention will be specifically described based on examples, but the present invention is not limited to the examples. Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when the raw material is a powder, in which A shows a longitudinal section of the body 2 of the capsule 1 and B shows a cross section of the body 2 of the capsule 1. . Stirring plates 4 are provided at three places at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and a discharge plate 5 is provided on the extension of the shoulder 3 toward the shoulder 3. The stir plate 4 and the discharge plate 5 are preferably formed continuously as shown in FIG. 1, but may be formed discontinuously. The shape and structure of the use plate 5 are not particularly limited as long as it has the same effect.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when the raw material is a liquid or a solid.
A shows a longitudinal section of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and B shows a cross section of the body 2 of the capsule 1. A stirring plate 4 is provided at one location at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and further, a discharge plate 5 is provided on the extension of the shoulder 3 toward the shoulder 3.
Is provided. The stirring plate 4 and the discharge plate 5 are the same as in FIG.
As shown in (1), it is preferable that each of them is formed continuously, but it is also possible to form them discontinuously, and the stirring plate 4 and the discharge plate 5 should have the same effect. For example, the shape and structure are not particularly limited.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when the raw material is in the form of a paste. In the figure, A is a longitudinal section of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and B is a shoulder of the capsule 1. 3
The cross section of FIG. The shoulder 3 only a substantially triangular shape of the discharge plate 5 is provided a capsule 1. In the figure, as its cross section is shown in B, the discharge plate 5 is formed in a substantially triangular shape, as long as of the cross section triangular shape and what the same effect, the shape, structure Needless to say, it is possible to appropriately change the above.

The above capsule comprises a capsule body, a stirring plate,
It is preferable to use a stainless steel plate including the discharge plate, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any other plate having the same effect can be used. In the capsule of the present invention, as described above, when the raw material is a powder, the stirring plate 4 is provided at three locations at substantially equal intervals on the body 2 of the capsule 1, so that, for example, in the food manufacturing process, When the capsule 1 is rotated at a predetermined speed about the center of the body 2 as an axis, the raw materials can be uniformly and effectively mixed by the stirring plate 4. In this case, it is possible to change the rotation direction of the capsule in both forward and reverse directions. In addition, since the discharge plate 5 is provided at three places on the shoulder 3 of the capsule 1 on the extension of the stirring plate 4, the capsule is rotated or tilted up to a predetermined angle while being rotated, and the capsule is rotated. When the raw material stored in the container is discharged, the discharge plate 5 allows the raw material to be efficiently and effectively discharged.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the discharge condition can be variously changed by appropriately adjusting the angle α when the capsule is tilted or inverted.

As described above, when the raw material is a liquid or a solid, the stirring plate 4 is provided at one position on the body 2 of the capsule 1, so that, for example, the body of the capsule 1 is used in a food manufacturing process or the like. When rotating about the center of the part 2 as an axis, the raw material can be uniformly and effectively mixed by the stirring plate 4. In addition, since the discharge plate 5 is provided on the shoulder 3 of the capsule 1 on the extension of the stirring plate 4, the capsule is rotated and tilted or turned up to a predetermined angle and stored in the capsule. When the raw material is discharged, the discharge plate 5 allows the raw material to be efficiently and effectively discharged.

Furthermore, as described above, when the raw material is a paste-like, since the shoulder portion 3 only discharge plate 5 of a substantially triangular shape in the capsule 1 is provided, for example, in the food production process, When the capsule 1 is rotated about the center of the body 2 as an axis, the raw materials can be mixed effectively.
Further, when the raw material stored in the capsule is discharged by rotating or tilting the capsule up to a predetermined angle and discharging the raw material stored in the capsule, the raw material is efficiently and effectively discharged by the discharging plate 5. Can be.

[0033]

As described in detail above, the present invention relates to, for example, a capsule for transporting, mixing, and discharging raw materials suitably used in a food production process, particularly in a production process of various kinds of foods. In accordance with the present invention, for example, in the food manufacturing process and the like, according to the type and characteristics of the raw materials
By specifying the position and number of the stirring plate, and further specifying the position and number of the discharge plate, the raw materials can be effectively mixed and discharged. The capsule of the present invention,
It can be freely conveyed by a conveying device, and can be freely rotated around the center of the body by an appropriate rotating device. It is possible to incline or invert it all the way, and in particular, it has an advantage that it is possible to transport, mix, and discharge raw materials with high efficiency in a process of manufacturing various kinds of foods.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the capsule of the present invention used when the raw material is a powder.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the capsule of the present invention used when the raw material is a liquid or a solid.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the capsule of the present invention used when the raw material is in a paste form.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an angle when the capsule of the present invention is tilted or inverted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Capsule 2 Body 3 Shoulder 4 Stir plate 5 Discharge plate

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Ishino 1-5-7 Mikitei Sakaecho, Higashiosaka City, Osaka House Foods Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeshi Nakai 1-5-5 Mikitei Sakaecho, Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture No. 7 House Foods Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroaki Kobayashi 1-5-7 Mikitei Sakaecho, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture House Foods Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A 64-58661 (JP, A) Hei 4-19430 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 51-68761 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65D 23/00-25/56

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container capsule having an upper surface opening having a substantially cylindrical body and a conical shoulder, wherein stirring plates are provided at three locations at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface of the body, A capsule for conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials, wherein a discharge plate is provided on an extension of the shoulder portion. 2. A container capsule having an upper surface opening having a substantially cylindrical body and a conical shoulder, wherein a stirring plate is provided at one longitudinal position on the inner surface of the body. A capsule for conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials, wherein a discharge plate is provided on an extension of the capsule. In wherein body portion upper opening container-shaped capsule shoulder portion is conically at substantially cylindrical, longitudinally cross section triangular shape of the discharge plate is provided on the inner surface of the shoulder portion only A capsule for conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials, characterized in that: