JP3011719B1 - Method and apparatus for producing multicolor rod-shaped pet food - Google Patents

Abstract

[Summary] [Purpose] The user can easily know at a glance the contents of the main ingredients or nutritional components contained in the stick-shaped pet food,
Provided is a bar-shaped pet food that contains a plurality of nutrients required for pets such as meat, vegetables, and dairy products, and that can be easily recognized at a glance by a user. A step of supplying at least three materials having different colors and nutrients while applying a predetermined pressure;
Introducing each of the three or more supplied materials into one or more closed containers, and forming the material from each of the closed containers into three or more rod-shaped sections along the longitudinal direction. Inject into each rod section of the pipe,
A step of molding into an elongated rod shape having a predetermined cross-sectional shape,
A step of binding the respective bar-shaped materials extruded from the three or more bar-shaped sections to each other and forming the entire bar-shaped material, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing a multicolored bar-shaped pet food. .

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended to distinguish three colors or different nutrients from each other by binding three or more materials having different colors and nutrients along the longitudinal direction. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a multicolored rod-shaped pet food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, stick-shaped pet foods for eating pets such as dogs have been generally sold. This rod-shaped pet food is formed by, for example, grinding meat as a main raw material, mixing and kneading a seasoning or the like with the meat, and heat-molding the meat. In addition, such stick-shaped pet foods are mainly made of meat, vegetables, and dairy products such as cheese and milk.
A plurality of types of bar-shaped pet foods with different main ingredients (and thus main nutritional components) are on sale. Users may consider, as appropriate, how much nutrition their pets currently need, and decide to use a bar-shaped pet food that contains more of the main ingredients (meat, vegetables, dairy, etc.) that provide the necessary nutrition. I choose to give it to my pet. In practice, in general, the color of the ingredient is associated with its nutritional content, so by observing the color of the bar-shaped pet food, the user can determine what nutritional content it is rich in (ie meat , Vegetables, dairy products, etc.). For example, stick-shaped pet food made mainly of meat is red, stick-shaped pet food made mainly of vegetables is green, and stick-shaped pet food made mainly of dairy is milky white. Therefore, the user uses the color of the bar-shaped pet food as a clue to select the bar-shaped pet food containing nutrients necessary for his / her pet.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional bar-shaped pet food, what the main raw material is (the main raw material is any of meat, vegetables, dairy products, etc.) differs for each pet food. Therefore, there is a problem that the user has to select one of pet foods containing a large amount of necessary nutritional components according to the health condition of the pet at that time, which is troublesome. Also, in the conventional bar-shaped pet food, there is only one main ingredient (main nutritional ingredient), so when a user tries to give a plurality of main ingredients (multiple nutritional ingredients) to a pet, a plurality of types of stick-shaped I had to buy pet food. Further, in the conventional bar-shaped pet food, most of the bar-shaped pet food is mainly made of meat, and as a result, most of the red-colored (meat color) is used. In addition, there is a problem that a user cannot easily know at a glance how much nutrients other than meat such as vegetables and dairy products are contained.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and enables the user to easily know at a glance the contents of the main raw materials or nutritional components contained in the stick-shaped pet food. Contains multiple nutrients needed for pets, including meat, vegetables, and dairy products, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rod-shaped pet food that allows a user to easily recognize the fact at a glance.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a stick-shaped pet food manufacturing method for solving the above-mentioned problems, in which three or more materials having different colors and nutrients are applied under a predetermined pressure. Supplying, introducing each of the three or more supplied materials into three or more closed containers, and separating the material from each of the three or more closed containers into three or more rod-shaped sections along the longitudinal direction. Injecting into each rod-shaped section of the forming pipe divided into a plurality of rod-shaped sections, respectively, and forming each rod-shaped material extruded from each of the three or more rod-shaped sections into each other. Binding and forming the whole into a rod shape.

In the method for manufacturing a multicolor pet food according to the present invention, it is preferable that in the binding step, each of the rod-shaped materials is bound while being twisted to form a rod-shaped material as a whole.

[0007] Further, the apparatus for producing a multicolored bar-shaped pet food according to the present invention comprises: three or more supply pipes for supplying three or more materials having different colors and nutrients from each other while applying a predetermined pressure; Three or more closed containers for receiving materials from the three or more supply pipes, respectively, and thin plates extending radially from substantially the center of the pipe are arranged along the longitudinal direction of a molded pipe described below. A molded pipe in which three or more rod-shaped sections respectively corresponding to the three or more closed containers are formed by partition portions formed to extend in a belt-like shape in the longitudinal direction. A molded pipe having an injection hole for injecting a material from each of the closed containers is formed at a portion of the section corresponding to each of the closed containers; And a binding portion for binding the respective bar-shaped materials extruded from the three or more bar-shaped sections to each other to form the whole into a bar-like shape. It is.

In the apparatus for manufacturing a multi-color pet food according to the present invention, it is preferable that the binding portion is formed by binding the respective bar-shaped materials while twisting them to form a bar shape as a whole.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A method for manufacturing a three-color bar-shaped pet food according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the freshness of the raw material, the presence or absence of foreign matter, and the like are inspected (step S1). Next, using a frozen meat chopper, the inspected meat (beef, chicken) is ground into a meat of, for example, a 4.5 m / m plate (step S2). Next, using a vacuum cutter, the ground meat material, vegetable protein, seasoning so that the whole becomes uniform, and so that the elasticity comes out,
Mix (step S3). Note that the above step S3
In the present embodiment, in the present embodiment, three types of ingredients are produced: meat that is the main raw material, which is red, vegetables that are the main raw material, which is green, and dairy products that are the main raw material, which is milky. The details will be described later. Next, the mixed minced meat and seasonings are put into a production line,
Using a color material molding machine, extrude the meat from the molding nozzle. At this time, the three-color material forming machine extrudes three types of bar-shaped materials having different colors from each other in the longitudinal direction, and binds them to each other to form a bar shape as a whole. The details of the three-color material molding machine will be described later.

Next, the extruded and bound meat (three colors) formed into a bar shape is moved to a heat treatment line (step S4). Next, the above-mentioned ground meat is heated in a production line with hot air of about 90 ° C. to 95 ° C. for about 30 minutes, and cut into a specified length (step S5). Next, using a reduced-pressure drier, the cut meat is brought to a designated moisture value (about 28% or less) with hot air of about 50 ° C. to 55 ° C. for about 3.0 to 3.5 hours. (Step S6). Next, the dried meat is cooled overnight (step S7). Next, the color and shape of the cooled meat are selected, and then the presence of foreign matter (metal) is inspected using a metal detector (step S).
8). Next, the inspected meat (cut in the step S5) is weighed by a computer scale, and then wrapped by an automatic wrapping line at a specified content (step S9). Next, the content is inspected using a weight checker (step S10). Next, using an ageless detector, it is checked whether or not there is any omission of ageless charging into the packaging (step S11), and the packaging machine packs the specified number of boxes (step S12). As described above, the three-color bar-shaped pet food of the present embodiment is manufactured.

According to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, three types of bar-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c having different colors and nutrients are linearly extended in the longitudinal direction, respectively. Are bonded to each other to produce a three-colored round bar-shaped pet food 10 of a linear type, the entire shape of which is formed into a single round bar. Step S4
When extruding three colors (three types) of rod-shaped materials, the three types are different in color and nutritional component from each other as shown in FIG. Twist-type three-colored round bar-shaped pet food, in which the bar-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c are extended while being twisted in the longitudinal direction, and are bonded to each other to form a single round bar. 10 'will be manufactured.

Next, a description will be given of a compounding example of three kinds of materials having different colors and nutrients used in the molding step of step S4. First, an example of blending a red pet food material using meat as a main raw material is as follows.

Next, an example of blending a green pet food material mainly composed of vegetables is as follows.

Next, an example of blending milky white pet food material mainly made of dairy products such as cheese is as follows.

Next, using such three types (three colors) of pet food materials, a total of three colors of red, green, and milky white are used.
A method and apparatus for binding color bar materials together and forming them into a round bar shape will be described with reference to FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a three-color material molding machine included in the present embodiment, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the molded pipe of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG.

In FIG. 3, 1, 2 and 3 respectively represent
Red pet food material A containing the above meat as a main ingredient,
A supply pipe for supplying a green pet food material B mainly composed of vegetables and a milky white pet food material C mainly composed of dairy products while applying a predetermined pressure by a pump (not shown) or the like. Each of these supply pipes 1, 2,
Each of the materials A, B, and C from 3 is a closed container 4,
It is introduced while applying a predetermined pressure into 5,6. As shown in FIG. 3, the closed containers 4, 5, and 6 are arranged along a longitudinal direction of a later-described molded pipe 7 in parallel with the longitudinal direction. In the example of FIG. 3, the closed containers 4, 5, and 6 are configured to share the side walls of each other, but the present invention is not limited to this. May be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, one molded pipe 7 is inserted into each of the closed containers 4, 5, and 6. A partition 8 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is provided inside the molded pipe 7. The partition portion 8 is configured by providing three elongated strip-shaped thin plates extending in the longitudinal direction of the formed pipe 7 so as to radially extend from substantially the center of the formed pipe 7. The partitioning section 8 allows the formed pipe 7 to be divided into three rod-shaped sections 7a, 7b, 7c each having a substantially fan-shaped cross section and extending elongated in the longitudinal direction of the pipe. And these three bar-shaped sections 7a, 7b, 7c
Are sections into which the material A is injected, sections into which the material B is injected, and sections into which the material C is injected, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5,
On the outer peripheral wall surface of the formed pipe 7, the rod-shaped sections 7a, 7
Injection holes 11, 12, and 13 are formed in portions of b and 7c facing the closed containers 4, 5, and 6, respectively. These injection holes 11, 12, 13 are respectively
From each of the supply pipes 1, 2, 3 above, each closed container 4, 5,
Each of the materials A, B, and C introduced into
For injection into each of the rod-shaped sections 7a, 7b, 7c.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 14 denotes a binding portion connected to the molded pipe 7. The connecting portion 14 is formed of a bar-shaped material (3) having a substantially fan-shaped cross section and extruded from each of the bar-shaped sections 7a, 7b, 7c of the molded pipe 7.
Color) to bind each other. This binding part 1
4 is not provided with a partition portion as in the above-mentioned molded pipe 7. Each bar-shaped section 7a of the forming pipe 7,
The rod-shaped materials from 7b and 7c are sent to the binding portion 14 and are pressed by the binding portion 14 inward from the outer peripheral portion thereof to be bound to each other.
In the present embodiment, the bonding is performed spontaneously by the components such as the meat included in the materials A, B, and C without the need of an adhesive or the like (the main material of each of the rod-shaped materials). When the raw materials are of the same kind, they bind naturally to each other). As described above, as shown in FIG. 2A, a linear round bar-shaped pet food formed by binding the bar-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c is formed.

In FIG. 3, the connecting portion 14 is
It is configured to be able to rotate slowly by a motor (not shown). When the connecting portion 14 is slowly rotated by the motor, the three-colored rod-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c respectively sent from the rod-shaped sections 7a, 7b, and 7c of the molded pipe 7 are connected while being twisted. Can be worn. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 2B, a twisted round bar-shaped pet food in which the respective bar-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c are twisted and bound can be manufactured.

Next, the specific operation of the three-color material molding machine shown in FIG. 3 will be described. First, the materials A, B, and C are introduced from the supply pipes 1, 2, and 3 into the closed containers 4, 5, and 6 while applying a predetermined pressure. The materials A, B and C introduced into the closed containers 4, 5 and 6 are applied to the respective rod-shaped sections 7 a, 7 b and 7 c of the molded pipe 7 through the injection holes 11, 12 and 13 by the pressure. Is injected into each. Each of the materials A, B, and C injected into each of the rod-shaped sections 7a, 7b, and 7c is a corresponding one of the rod-shaped sections 7a, 7b, and 7c.
Among the members a, 7b, and 7c, they are formed into elongated bar-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c (see FIG. 2) having a substantially fan-shaped cross section.

The rod-shaped materials 10a, 10b, and 10c each having a substantially fan-shaped cross section are extruded from the molded pipe 7 toward the binding portion 14. At this time, each of the rod-shaped materials 1
The rod-shaped pet foods 0a, 10b, and 10c are bonded to each other by being pressed from the outer peripheral direction to the inward direction at the bonding portion 14, and have a substantially circular cross section as a whole (FIG. 2).
(Linear three-colored round bar-shaped pet food as shown in (a))
Is molded. At this time, the binding portion 1
4 is slowly rotated by a motor, the rod-shaped materials 10a, 1
Since 0b and 10c are bound while being twisted, a twisted three-color round bar-shaped pet food as shown in FIG. 2B is formed.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible. For example, in the present embodiment, three types (3
3) A rod-shaped material 10 of three colors using the materials A, B, and C)
Although a, 10b, and 10c form a rod-shaped pet food which is bound to each other, the present invention is not limited to this, and four or more (four or more) materials are used for four colors. The above-mentioned bar-shaped materials may be combined to form a bar-shaped pet food. Further, in the present embodiment, the rod-shaped materials having a substantially circular cross section are formed by binding together the bar-shaped materials having substantially fan-shaped cross sections in three colors, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of binding three or more rod-shaped materials together,
It is possible to manufacture rod-shaped pet foods having various shapes such as a substantially square shape and a substantially triangular shape in the entire cross section. In the present embodiment, the three rod-shaped materials 10a, 1
0b and 10c are bonded to each other by the properties of the meat contained therein, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the three or more rod-shaped materials are bonded using an adhesive. They may be bonded to each other.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, three or more types (three colors) of materials having different colors and nutrients are formed in a bar shape, and these bar materials are bound to each other. Makes it possible to understand whether or not the pet has a plurality of nutritional components necessary for the pet at a glance because the pet food is molded. . Also,
In the present invention, since three or more types of bar-shaped materials having different nutritional components such as meat, vegetables, and dairy products are combined to produce one bar-shaped pet food, a user can use only one bar-shaped pet food according to the present invention. By simply feeding a pet pet with a bar-shaped pet food, the pet can simultaneously ingest a plurality of necessary nutrients, and this can be easily visually recognized at a glance of the color of the pet food. . In particular, in the present invention, the inside of the formed pipe is 3
Partition into one or more rod-shaped compartments, and inject into each of these bar-shaped compartments a material having a different color and nutritional component to form a bar-shaped material;
Since the whole bar-shaped multicolored bar-shaped pet food is manufactured by binding these bar-shaped materials to each other, it is possible to accurately and efficiently manufacture the bar-shaped pet food having a multi-colored cross section as a whole. Will be performed.

Further, in the present invention, when the above-mentioned bar-shaped materials are further bonded to each other while being twisted, a twist-type twisted body in which the respective bar-shaped materials are twisted and bonded to each other. Since a bar-shaped pet food having an interesting design can be obtained, a bar-shaped pet food that can be very interesting and motivated for purchase can be manufactured for the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a pet food bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing a rod-shaped pet food manufactured according to the present embodiment, wherein FIG.
(B) is a twist type stick-shaped pet food.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a three-color material molding machine used in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the formed pipe of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3 Supply pipe 4, 5, 6 Closed container 7 Molded pipe 7a, 7b, 7c Bar-shaped section 8 Partition 10, 10 'Rod-shaped pet food 11, 12, 13 Injection hole 14 Binding part A, B, C material

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A step of supplying three or more materials having different colors and nutrients from each other while applying a predetermined pressure to each of the three or more materials, and supplying the three or more supplied materials to three or more closed containers, respectively. Introducing the material from each of the closed containers into the respective rod-shaped sections of the formed pipe divided into three or more rod-shaped sections along the longitudinal direction, thereby each having a predetermined cross-sectional shape. A plurality of rod-shaped materials extruded from the three or more rod-shaped sections, and a step of binding the rod-shaped materials to each other and forming them as a whole into a rod-like shape. Manufacturing method of colored pet food. 2. The multi-colored rod-shaped pet according to claim 1, wherein the binding step comprises binding the respective rod-shaped materials while twisting them, and molding them as a whole into a rod-like shape. Food manufacturing method. 3. Three or more supply pipes for supplying three or more materials having different colors and nutrient components from each other while applying a predetermined pressure, and are arranged along the longitudinal direction of a molded pipe described later. Yes,
Three or more closed containers for receiving the materials from the three or more supply pipes, respectively, and a partition formed by a thin plate extending radially from a substantially center of the pipe and formed to extend in a band shape in the longitudinal direction of the pipe. A molded pipe in which three or more rod-shaped sections respectively corresponding to the three or more closed containers are formed, and portions of the rod-shaped sections corresponding to the respective closed containers are respectively provided with: A molded pipe in which an injection hole for injecting a material from each closed container is formed, and each rod-shaped material connected to the molded pipe and extruded from each of the three or more rod-shaped sections is connected to each other. An apparatus for manufacturing a multicolor pet food, comprising: a binding portion for binding and forming them as a whole in a rod shape. 4. The multicolored rod-shaped pet according to claim 3, wherein the binding portion is configured to bind the respective bar-shaped materials while twisting them, and to form them as a whole in a bar shape. Food manufacturing method.