JP3009142B2 - Strip food dough production machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a band-shaped food dough producing machine for forming a viscous food dough (for example, bread dough) into a band.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional belt-shaped food dough producing machine will be briefly described.

[0003] The above-mentioned production machine is based on a main body frame, which is provided with a divided hopper for accommodating viscous food dough (for example, bread dough). A split cutter device for cutting and splitting the dough is provided. A conveyor extending in the front-rear direction is provided below the split cutter device, and the conveyor is arranged such that the front end of the food dough overlaps the rear end of the preceding food dough from above, from above. A plurality of food doughs are conveyed continuously in the forward direction.
Below the front end of the conveyor, there is provided a forming hopper for storing food dough, and at the lower opening of the forming hopper, the food dough is pressed and formed into a belt shape while continuously feeding downward. A feed device is provided.

[0004] Therefore, after the food dough is stored in the divided hopper, the divided cutter device is actuated a plurality of times.
A plurality of divided food doughs are sequentially dropped on a conveyor. Here, by appropriately controlling the operation of the split cutter device, the front end of the food dough can be overlapped with the rear end of the preceding food dough from above on the conveyor. Next, a plurality of food doughs are successively conveyed forward by the conveyor, with the front end of the food dough overlapping the rear end of the preceding food dough from above. Then, when a plurality of food doughs are continuously fed into the forming hopper by conveying the conveyor, the food doughs can be continuously fed downward while being pressed and formed into a band by the forming and feeding device.

[0005]

However, since the thickness of the overlapping portion of the food dough (the front end of the food dough and the rear end of the preceding food dough) increases, a plurality of food doughs are conveyed by the conveyor. Even so, the food dough may stay near the upper opening of the forming hopper. Also, due to insufficient bonding of the overlapping portions of the food dough, the front end of the food dough may shift left and right on the conveyor with respect to the rear end of the preceding food dough (shift of the overlapping portion). is there. In such cases, without the assistance of workers,
There is a problem that a plurality of food doughs cannot be continuously fed into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor, resulting in poor work efficiency.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a band-shaped food dough producing machine for forming a viscous food dough into a strip, the front end of the food dough is formed of a preceding food dough. Under a state where the rear end is overlapped from above, a conveyor for continuously transporting a plurality of food doughs in the forward direction is provided, and a downwardly inclined portion is formed on the front end side of the conveyor. A rotary member is rotatably provided above the inclined portion, and an eccentric roller for intermittently pressing the food dough from above on the rotary member (this eccentric roller is preferably a free roller rotatable with respect to the rotary member). )
The rotation axis of the eccentric roller is configured to be eccentric with respect to the rotation axis of the rotation member so that the height interval between the eccentric roller and the inclined portion changes depending on the rotation of the rotation member. A forming hopper for storing food dough is provided below the front end, and a forming and feeding device is provided at a lower opening of the forming hopper to continuously feed the food dough in a downward direction while compressing the food dough into a band shape. It is characterized by.

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
With the conveyor, the front end of the food dough overlaps the rear end of the preceding food dough from above,
A plurality of food doughs are conveyed continuously in the forward direction. here,
By forming a downwardly inclined portion on the front end side of the conveyor, the overlapping portion of the food dough (the front end of the food dough and the rear end of the preceding food dough) is joined at this inclined portion by its own weight. The state stabilizes. Further, in the inclined portion, the overlapping portion of the food dough is intermittently pressed by the eccentric roller revolving by the rotation of the rotating member, so that the overlapping portion of the food dough is deformed so as to be thin and overlapped. The joining state of the parts becomes strong. Then, when a plurality of food doughs are continuously fed into the forming hopper by conveying the conveyor, the food doughs can be continuously fed downward while being pressed into a belt shape by a pair of forming feeders. .

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the matters specified in claim 1, the direction of the peripheral speed of the lower part of the rotating member is the same forward direction as the conveying direction of the conveyor. It is characterized by having such a configuration.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the action according to the first aspect of the present invention, the action of feeding the food dough forward by the revolving eccentric roller acts, and the food dough easily flows into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features specified in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a divided hopper for storing food dough is provided above the conveyor, and the divided hopper is provided. A splitting cutter device for cutting and splitting the food dough at the lower opening of the food dough, so that the front end side of the inclined portion is located vertically below (directly below) the splitting cutter device, and When the end portion is located near the front end of the inclined portion, the split cutter device is configured to operate.

According to a third aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the operation according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, after the food dough is stored in the divided hopper, the divided cutter is operated a plurality of times so that the divided food dough is placed on the conveyor. Can be sequentially dropped. Here, the front end side of the inclined portion is configured to be positioned vertically below the split cutter device, and the split cutter device is configured to operate when the front end of the preceding food dough is positioned near the front end of the inclined portion. By this, when the rear end of the preceding food dough is deformed to be thin by the action of its own weight in the inclined portion, the divided food dough falls and the front end of this food dough is placed behind the preceding food dough. Since the ends overlap from above, the overlapping portion of the food dough is more fully adapted to the inclined portion.

[0012] In the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the features specified in any one of claims 1 to 3, the forming hopper is rotatable in a feed direction . A front hopper roller group in which a plurality of front hopper rollers are vertically arranged side by side, and a rear hopper roller group in which a plurality of rear hopper rollers rotatable in a feed direction are vertically arranged are opposed to each other. It is characterized by becoming.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the action according to the invention specifying matter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, when a plurality of food doughs are continuously put into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor,
The front hopper roller group and the rear hopper roller group facilitate feeding of the food dough to the lower side (forming feeder side), and as a result, the food dough easily flows from the front end of the conveyor into the forming hopper.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the fourth aspect of the present invention, an upper end side of the front hopper roller group is inclined forward. I do.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the operation according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the upper opening of the front hopper roller group is inclined forward, the upper opening of the forming hopper expands forward, so that the food dough is conveyed. From the front end portion into the forming hopper.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a band-shaped food dough producing machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used to form a viscous food dough (for example, bread dough) W into a band shape. The production machine 1 is based on a main body frame 3, and the main body frame 3 is provided with an upper frame 5 and a lower frame 7 vertically (up and down in FIGS. 1 and 2). A split hopper 9 for storing the food dough W is provided on the upper portion of the upper frame 5, and a split cutter device 11 for cutting and splitting the food dough W is provided at a lower opening of the split hopper 9.

The split cutter device 11 is disclosed in, for example,
This is a known device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. -220048, which is briefly described as follows. That is, a pair of rotating shafts 13 are rotatably provided near the lower opening of the divided hopper 9, and the pair of rotating shafts 13 are driven by the cutting motor 15 in the feed direction (the direction of arrow a in FIG. 2).
It rotates in synchronization with. And each rotating shaft 13
Is provided with a plurality of cutters 17. Here, the pair of cutters 17 corresponding to the synchronous rotation of the pair of rotary shafts 13 is provided.
The food dough W can be divided and cut by closing the lower opening of the division hopper 9 by contacting the tip of the food hopper 9.

With the above configuration, the pair of rotary shafts 13 are driven in synchronization with the feed
By rotating by degrees, the front ends of the corresponding pair of cutters 17 come into contact with each other and block the lower opening of the division hopper 9, thereby dividing and cutting the food dough W by the corresponding pair of cutters 17. And the divided food dough W falls by its own weight and falls into a pair of corresponding cutters 17.
Depart from

Since the divided food dough W sometimes adheres to the corresponding pair of cutters 17 and does not drop under its own weight, it is desirable to perform the following operation. That is, the tips of the corresponding pair of cutters 17 come into contact with each other and
After closing the lower opening, a pair of cutters 17 are rotated by a small rotation angle dθ in synchronization with the feed direction by driving the cutting motor 15 to rotate the pair of cutters 17.
Is set at a predetermined interval (for example, about 20 mm). As a result, the food dough W that has been divided and has not yet fallen can be extended to the left and right by the corresponding pair of cutters 17, and can slip and fall with the corresponding pair of cutters 17. Then, by driving the cutting motor 15, the pair of rotating shafts 13 are rotated by a slight rotation angle dθ in synchronization with the direction opposite to the feed direction, and the tips of the corresponding pair of cutters 17 are brought into contact again.
As a result, a slip occurs again between the divided food dough W and the corresponding pair of cutters 17, and the divided food dough W can be reliably dropped.

Split cutter device 1 in upper frame 5
1, a conveyor 19 is provided extending in the front-rear direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 1, the front-back direction in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3). A plurality of food doughs W are conveyed continuously in the forward direction (conveying direction) in a state where they overlap with the rear end of the food dough W from above. The conveyor 19 is provided with a belt B that can be circulated and driven by the drive of a traveling motor 21. An inclined portion 23 that is inclined downward is formed at the front end side (downstream side when viewed from the transport direction) of the conveyor 19. In addition, the front end side of the inclined portion 23 is configured to be positioned vertically below (directly below) the split cutter device 11. Here, at an appropriate position of the upper frame 5, there is provided a position detection sensor S of an optical system for detecting that the rear end of the preceding food dough W is located near the front end of the inclined portion 23. When S performs a predetermined detection, the cutting motor 15 is operated. In addition,
Without using the position detection sensor S, using an encoder or a timer that detects the number of rotations of the output shaft of the traveling motor 21, it is determined that the rear end of the preceding food dough W is located near the front end of the inclined portion 23. The cutting motor 15 may be operated upon detection.

Rotating members 25 (right and left in FIG. 1 and right and left in FIGS. 2 and 3) are provided above the downstream portion of the inclined portion 23 in the frame 5.
7 and 29 are rotatably provided. One of the brackets 27 has a rotating motor 3 linked to a rotating member 25.
1 is provided. Here, the direction of the peripheral speed at the lower part of the rotating member 25 is configured to be the same front direction as the conveying direction of the conveyor 19. A pair of eccentric rollers 33 for intermittently pressing the food dough W from above are rotatably provided on the rotating member 31, and the height interval between each eccentric roller 33 and the inclined portion 23 is increased by rotation of the rotating member 25. The rotation axis 33-S of each eccentric roller 33 is changed to
Is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis 31-S.

The food dough W is provided below the front end of the conveyor 19 (downstream as viewed from the conveying direction) in the lower frame 7.
Is provided. The forming hopper 35 includes a cylindrical hopper body 37 provided on the lower frame 7, and a front hopper roller group 39 </ b> F and a rear hopper roller group 3
9R is provided facing the front and rear. Here, the front hopper roller group 39F includes a plurality of front hopper rollers 41F rotatable in the feed direction , and the rear hopper roller group 39R similarly includes a plurality of rear hopper rollers 41R rotatable in the feed direction . It is arranged vertically. Further, the upper end side of the front hopper roller group 39F is configured to be inclined forward. The hopper body 35 may be provided with left and right hopper roller groups (not shown) having the same configuration as the front and rear hopper roller groups 39F and 39R.

At the lower opening of the forming hopper 29, there is provided a forming and feeding device 43 for continuously pressing the food dough W downward while compressing the food dough W into a belt shape.
3 is a pair of front and rear forming feed roller groups 45F and 45R.
It has. The front forming feed roller group 45F includes a front roller supporting member 47F provided in front of the lower opening of the forming hopper 35, and a plurality of front forming feed rollers 49F vertically arranged on the front roller supporting member 47F. Similarly, the rear forming feed roller group 45R
A rear roller supporting member 47R provided behind the lower opening of the forming hopper 35;
A plurality of rear forming feed rollers 49 arranged vertically above and below the 7R.
R. Here, the plurality of front forming feed rollers 49F and the plurality of rear forming feed rollers 49R rotate in the feed direction (the direction of the arrow b in FIG. 1) in synchronization with the driving of the forming feed motors 51F and 51R.
In addition, a pair of front and rear forming feed rollers 45F, 45R.
Instead of using a pair of belts, a pair of formed feed belts having a belt extending in the vertical direction and running in the feed direction may be used.

A pair of front and rear forming feed rollers 45
In order to promote the discharge action of the band-shaped food dough W from the discharge side gap between F and 45R, the rear roller support member 47R approaches and separates from the front roller support member 47F about the swing center 47R-S on the upper end side. It is configured to be swingable in the direction in which it moves. In order to swing the rear roller support member 47R, an ejection promoting motor 55 for rotating a disk-shaped drive link 53 is provided at an appropriate position of the lower frame 7, and the drive link 53 and the rear roller support member are provided. 47R are connected via a connection link 57. Instead of swinging the rear roller support member 47R or swinging the rear roller support member 47R, the front roller support member 4
7F may be swung about the upper end swing shaft 47F-S in a direction approaching or moving away from the rear roller support member 47R.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

After the food dough W is stored in the divided hopper 9, the cutting motor 15 is driven to operate the divided cutter device 11 a plurality of times, so that the plurality of divided food doughs W are sequentially dropped onto the conveyor 19. be able to. Here, the rear end of the preceding food dough W is
When the position detection sensor 9 detects that the food dough W is located near the front end of the food dough W, the rear end of the preceding food dough W becomes thinner by its own weight in the inclined portion 23. When the food dough W is deformed, the divided food dough W
Of the dough W overlaps the rear end of the preceding food dough W from above.

A plurality of divided food doughs W are conveyed to the conveyor 1.
9, the food dough W is conveyed by the conveyor 19 so that the front end of the food dough W overlaps the rear end of the preceding food dough W from above.
Can be conveyed continuously in the forward direction. Here, the overlap of the food dough W (the front end of the food dough W and the food dough W
(Rear end) is stabilized. Further, in the inclined portion 23, the overlapping portion of the food dough W is intermittently pressed by the pair of eccentric rollers 33 revolving by the rotation of the rotating member 25, so that the overlapping portion of the food dough W is further reduced. The joint is deformed so as to be thin, and the bonding state of the overlap portion is strengthened. In addition, the action of feeding the food dough W forward by the pair of revolving eccentric rollers 33 acts, and the food dough W easily flows into the forming hopper 35 from the front end of the compare 19.

When a plurality of food doughs W are continuously put into the forming hopper 35 from the front end of the conveyor 19, the food dough W is lowered by the front hopper roller group 39F and the rear hopper roller group 39R (the forming feed roller group 45F, 45R
Side), and as a result, the food dough W
From the front end of the conveyor 19 easily flows into the forming hopper. In particular, since the upper opening of the front hopper roller group 39F is inclined forward, the front opening of the forming hopper 35 expands forward, so that the food dough W can flow more easily from the front end of the conveyor 19 into the forming hopper 35. Become.

When the food dough W is sent downward by the front hopper roller group 39F and the rear hopper roller group 39R,
By rotating the plurality of front forming feed rollers 49F and the plurality of rear forming feed rollers 49R in the feed direction by driving the forming feed motor 51, the food dough W is formed by the pair of front and rear forming feed rollers 45F and 45R. The band-shaped food dough W is discharged from the discharge gap of the pair of front and rear forming feed rollers 45F and 45R and sent to a lower conveyor (not shown) while being pressed and formed into a band.

A pair of front and rear forming feed rollers 45
When the band-shaped food dough W is being discharged from the discharge-side gap between F and 45R, the rear roller support member 47R is continuously driven in the direction approaching and separating from the front roller support member 47F by driving the discharge promotion motor 55. And rock it many times.
Here, by swinging the rear roller supporting member 47R in a direction away from the front roller supporting member 47F, the upward pressure of the food dough W decreases above the discharge side gap, and the food dough W It flows to the discharge side gap by its own weight. Further, by swinging the rear roller support member 47R in a direction approaching the front roller support member 47F, a pair of front and rear forming feed roller groups 45F, 45F is formed.
The food dough W is formed into a belt shape by R.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the joint state of the overlap portion of the food dough W is stabilized by the weight of the food dough W in the inclined portion 23,
Due to the pressing action of the eccentric roller 33, the overlapping portion of the food dough W is deformed so as to be thin, and the joining state of the overlapping portion is strengthened, so that the worker assists in the process of forming the food dough W into a belt shape. Even if this is not done, the food dough W does not stay near the upper opening of the forming hopper 35 or the overlapping portion of the food dough W does not shift, thereby achieving an effect of improving work efficiency.

Further, since the food dough W easily flows into the forming hopper 35 from the front end of the conveyor 19, the food dough W does not stagnate in the vicinity of the upper opening of the forming hopper 35, so that the above-described effect can be obtained. Can be further improved.

Further, since the height interval between the eccentric roller 33 and the inclined portion 23 changes greatly, the eccentric roller 33 and the inclined portion 23
During this time, the food dough W does not stagnate. .

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the inclined portion inclined downward is formed at the front end side of the conveyor, and the overlapping portion of the food dough is formed by the weight of the food dough in the inclined portion. The bonding state of the food dough is deformed so that the overlapping portion of the food dough becomes thin by the pressing force of the eccentric roller, and the bonding state of the overlapping portion becomes strong, so even if the worker does not assist,
The food dough does not stay near the upper side of the forming hopper, or the overlapping portion of the food dough does not shift, thereby achieving an effect of improving work efficiency. Further, since the height interval between the eccentric roller and the inclined portion changes, the food dough does not stay between the eccentric roller and the inclined portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the food dough easily flows into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor, so that the food dough does not stay in the vicinity of the upper opening of the forming hopper without fail. Item 1 further improves the effects of the invention described in Item 1.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the rear end of the preceding food dough is deformed to be thin by the action of its own weight at the inclined portion, the divided food dough falls and this food dough is dropped. Since the front end of the food dough overlaps the rear end of the preceding food dough from above, the joining of the overlap portion of the food dough can be further promoted, so that the overlap portion of the food dough may be shifted. Thus, the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2 is further improved.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the food dough easily flows into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor, so that the food dough does not stay in the vicinity of the upper opening of the forming hopper without fail. The effect of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3 is further improved.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, since the vicinity of the upper opening of the forming hopper expands forward, the food dough is more easily flown into the forming hopper from the front end of the conveyor. The effect of the invention of the present invention can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a right side view of a band-shaped food dough producing machine.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an arrow part III in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 belt-shaped food dough production machine 9 divided hopper 11 divided cutter device 19 conveyor 23 inclined section 25 rotating member 33 eccentric roller 35 forming hopper 39F front hopper roller group 39R rear hopper roller group 45F front molding feed roller group 45R rear molding feed roller group

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A band-shaped food dough producing machine for forming a viscous food dough into a band shape, wherein a plurality of the doughs are formed under a condition that a front end of the food dough overlaps a rear end of a preceding food dough from above. A conveyor for continuously conveying the food dough in the forward direction is provided, a downwardly inclined portion is formed on the front end side of the conveyor, and a rotating member is rotatably provided above the inclined portion. An eccentric roller for intermittently pressing the food dough from above is rotatably provided, and the rotation axis of the eccentric roller is set to the rotation member so that the height interval between the eccentric roller and the inclined portion changes greatly by the rotation of the rotation member. A shaping hopper configured to be eccentric with respect to the rotation axis and for accommodating food dough is provided below the front end of the conveyor, and the food dough is pressed into the lower opening of the shaping hopper to form a belt-like shape. In the direction Production machine of the belt-shaped food dough characterized by comprising providing a molding feeder send continue to. 2. The production of a strip-shaped food dough according to claim 1, wherein the direction of the peripheral speed at the lower portion of the rotating member is configured to be the same front direction as the conveying direction of the conveyor. Machine. 3. A dividing hopper for accommodating food dough is provided above the conveyor, and a dividing cutter device for cutting and dividing the food dough is provided at a lower opening of the dividing hopper,
The front end side of the inclined portion is configured to be located vertically below the split cutter device, and the split cutter device is configured to operate when the rear end of the preceding food dough is located near the front end of the inclined portion. The band-shaped food dough producing machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: Wherein said shaping hopper arranged in parallel a plurality of front Hopparora rotatable and front Hopparora group comprising juxtaposed vertically, up and down the side Hopparora after multiple rotatable to feed direction to the feed direction And a rear hopper roller group comprising:
A production machine for a strip-shaped food dough according to claim 3. 5. The belt-shaped food dough producing machine according to claim 4, wherein an upper end side of the front hopper roller group is inclined forward.