JP3023495B2 - Mid-range production equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a seed in the middle of shaving into a predetermined size and supplying the seed during the filling of Japanese confectionery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art During filling with bean paste, bean paste is packed between a pair of skins made of rice flour. The skin is formed by baking a middle seed (rice cake) obtained by kneading rice flour in a state where it is thinly stretched and cut into a predetermined size. The middle type is moderately soft, usually 3m thick
m, a width of 10 to 15 mm, and a length of about 50 to 60 mm, cut into a baking mold of a middle baking apparatus, and fired.

[0003] In the case of producing such an intermediate seed, usually, the seed dough (mochi) produced by a steaming machine is sprinkled with hand flour (mochi flour) by hand to form a thin plate. It is rolled, and once cut into a band shape having a width of about 50 to 60 mm by a kitchen knife. The manufactured band-shaped seed dough is stacked in a state where hand flour is sprinkled so as not to adhere to each other, and is stored in a warm state. When manufacturing the middle seed, the stored seed dough is cut by a kitchen knife to a length of about 10 to 15 mm to form the middle seed, and the formed middle seed is used in the middle seed firing apparatus. It is supplied manually in the firing mold. The middle seeds supplied into the firing mold are fired in the firing mold to become a middle skin in a predetermined shape.

[0004]

As described above, during the production of the middle seed, the seed dough is sprinkled with hand flour, the seed dough is rolled, the seed dough is cut, and the seed dough is cut. Since the supply to the middle type firing mold is performed manually, there is a problem that the working efficiency is poor. Also,
If a large amount of hand powder adheres to the seeds supplied in the firing mold, powder marks are left on the skin obtained during firing and the appearance is impaired. For this reason, when supplying seeds to the firing mold, it is necessary to remove hand flour sufficiently,
The removal of hand flour is also done manually. Thus, mid-seasons are currently produced only by skilled craftsmen with years of experience.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to produce a middle seed capable of automatically and continuously producing a middle seed without generating a powder mark by firing. It is to provide a device. Another object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate-type manufacturing apparatus that can easily clean and maintain hand dust and the like. Still another object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate seed production apparatus capable of stably producing an intermediate seed over a long period of time.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an intermediate-type manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a transport mechanism in which a transport belt in a horizontal state is circulated; and a hand powder supply for supplying hand powder onto the transport belt of the transport mechanism. A seed material supply mechanism that continuously supplies a belt-shaped seed material onto the hand powder supplied onto the transport belt by the mechanism, a hand powder supply mechanism, and a seed material supplied onto the transport belt by the seed material supply mechanism. Rolling mechanism for rolling to a flat state of a predetermined thickness, the seed material on the conveyor belt rolled by the rolling mechanism, a cutter having a cutting blade having an arc-shaped cross section at a speed equal to the conveyor belt. while moving in the conveying direction, a cutting mechanism for vertically moving while reciprocating in a direction perpendicular to its conveyance direction, a seed dough is cut by the cutter of the cutting mechanism and with adsorption nozzle, installed in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt A transfer mechanism for transferring onto the attendant console that is provided between the rolling mechanism and the cutting mechanism, the conveyor belt
Sliding contact with the upper seed dough to remove hand flour adhering to the seed dough
Between the conveyor belt and the relay stand
Provided by the suction nozzle of the transfer mechanism
Sliding contact with the lower surface of the seed material transferred to the relay station,
A second hand dusting mechanism to remove hand dust attached to the lower surface of the
Each mechanism except the transport mechanism is provided with a transport belt.
Supported in a cantilevered manner on a stand provided along one side
It is characterized by the following.

The rolling mechanism includes a rolling roller that rotates so that a portion of the conveyor belt facing the seed material moves in the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyor belt, and a hand powder hopper that supplies hand powder to the rolling roller. And a wire rod to which hand powder easily adheres is wound around the rolling roller.

[0008]

[0009]

[0010]

[0011] The transfer mechanism, when transporting the cut seed material on the transport belt to the relay stand by the suction nozzle,
There is further provided a suction nozzle for sucking and discharging the seed material placed on the relay stand.

[0012]

In the middle type manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, hand powder is sprinkled on the conveyor belt by the hand powder supply mechanism while the conveyor belt of the conveyor mechanism is moving around, and the hand powder is spread on the hand powder.
The seed material is continuously supplied in a belt shape by the seed material supply mechanism. The seed material on the conveyor belt is rolled into a flat state of a predetermined thickness by a rolling mechanism, and then a cutter having a cutting blade having an arc-shaped cross section of the cutting mechanism is moved in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt by a conveying speed and While being moved at equal speed,
It descends while being reciprocated in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction. Thereby, the band-shaped seed material is cut to a predetermined length without adhering to the cutter. The cut seed material is transferred by the transfer mechanism onto the relay stand beside the conveyor belt.

[0013] The rolling mechanism for rolling the seed dough is such that the hand dust in the hand dust hopper is attached to the seed dough by the wire wound around the rolling roller, so that the rolling and the sprinkling of the hand dust are efficiently performed. You.

[0014] Hand flour adhering to the seed dough is appropriately removed by a hand dusting mechanism before being cut by the cutting mechanism.

When the cut seed material is sucked by the suction nozzle of the transfer mechanism and transferred onto the relay stand, excess hand dust attached to the seed material is sucked and removed by the suction nozzle. You.

The lower surface of the seed material adsorbed by the suction nozzle is
Excessive hand dust is removed by the hand dust wiping mechanism when transferring to the relay stand.

The seed material transferred onto the relay table is sucked by another suction nozzle and carried out of the apparatus when the seed material is next transferred from the transport belt onto the relay table.

[0018]

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

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an intermediate-type manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. The middle seed manufacturing apparatus has a transport mechanism 10 for transporting seed dough (rice cake) obtained by kneading rice. The transport mechanism 10 has a transport belt 11 wound around a pair of pulleys 12 in a horizontal state. A seed material is placed on the transport belt 11 and transported in a direction indicated by an arrow A. It has become so. The upper surface of the transport belt 11 on which the seed material is placed is supported by a plurality of support rods 14 arranged at appropriate intervals in the transport direction and in a horizontal state perpendicular to the transport direction.

On the upstream end of the transport mechanism 10, a hand dust supply mechanism 61 for supplying hand dust onto the transport belt 11 is disposed. A seed material supply mechanism 20 that continuously supplies a belt-shaped seed material is disposed on the reference numeral 11. A pair of rolling mechanisms 31 and 32 for rolling the belt-shaped seed material supplied on the conveyor belt 11 and a hand dust supply mechanism 62 are provided above the middle of the conveyor belt 11. They are juxtaposed along the direction. Further, a cutting mechanism 40 for cutting the rolled belt-shaped seed material is provided on a downstream end of the conveyor belt 11, and a relay stand arranged on the downstream side of the conveyor belt 11 for cutting the cut seed material. A transfer mechanism 50 for transferring the image onto the image 87 is arranged. The transfer mechanism 50 transfers the cut seed material from the relay table 87 to the middle seed baking device 90 disposed on the side of the conveyor belt 11.

Hand flour supply mechanism 61, seed dough supply mechanism 20,
The rolling mechanisms 31 and 32, the hand dust supply mechanism 62, the cutting mechanism 40, and the transfer mechanism 50 are supported in a cantilever manner on a gantry 71 (see FIG. 2) provided on the rear side of the conveyor belt 11. Further, below the conveyor belt 11, a hand dust collection container 15 for storing the hand dust adhered on the conveyor belt 11 is provided.
Is arranged. The hand dust collecting container 15 has a flat dish shape that opens over the entire area below the conveyor belt 11. Hand dust adhering to the conveyor belt 11 is collected in a hand dust collecting container 15 by a scraper (not shown).

Since the main mechanism is supported in a cantilevered manner on the gantry 71 provided on the back side of the conveyor belt 11, the front side of the conveyor belt 11 is open. Thus, the collection of hand dust by the hand dust collection container 15 and the maintenance of each mechanism can be easily performed.

The hand dust supply mechanism 61 disposed on the upstream end of the conveyor belt 11 is provided with a frame 7 on the side of the conveyor belt 11.
1 includes a hand powder container 61a that is supported in a cantilever state and contains hand powder, and a brush roller 61b that is housed in the hand powder container 61a. The hand powder container 61a has a horizontal semi-cylindrical shape whose bottom surface corresponds to the lower portion of the brush roller 61a, and has on its bottom surface a number of small holes corresponding to each slit 23 of the seed dough supply mechanism 20. A hand powder supply hole (not shown) is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the brush roller 61b disposed in the hand dust container 61a is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction by a hand dust supply motor 61d attached to the gantry 71. , Brush roller 61
By the rotation of d, the hand powder in the hand powder container 61a is discharged from each hand powder supply hole. Thereby, hand powder is sprinkled on the conveyor belt 11 in two lines.

The hand powder container 61a of the hand powder supply mechanism 61 includes:
From each hand powder supply hole of the hand powder supply mechanism 61, the conveyor belt 11
A pair of brushes 72 are attached so as to face the hand powder supplied above. The brushes 72 are supplied from the respective hand powder supply holes of the hand powder supply mechanism 61 onto the conveyor belt 11 and level the hand powder in a piled state.

The seed dough supply mechanism 20 disposed downstream of the hand flour supply mechanism 61 has a seed dough hopper 21 into which a predetermined softened seed dough is fed. The seed material hopper 21 is disposed on the rear side of the conveyor belt 11, and a pair of screws that feed the seed material supplied from the seed material hopper 21 onto the conveyor belt 11 below the seed material hopper 21. Conveyors 22 are arranged in a horizontal state facing each other. On the back side of each screw conveyor 22, a seed material transport motor 25 for rotating each screw conveyor 22 in the same direction is provided.

A supply nozzle 24 is mounted on the transport belt 11 at the downstream end of each screw conveyor 22 in the transport direction. A pair of supply nozzles 24 are attached to the supply nozzle 24 and extend in the width direction of the transport belt 11. Are provided so as to face the streak-like hand powder supplied onto the conveyor belt 11, respectively. From each of the slits 23, a seed material having a predetermined softness put into the seed material hopper 21 is continuously extruded. The seed material extruded from each slit 23 is placed on streak-like hand powder supplied onto the conveyor belt 11 in a state where the cross section is slightly restored to a flat elliptical shape.

The hand flour supply mechanism 62 disposed downstream of the seed dough supply mechanism 20 is also cantilevered on the gantry 71 similarly to the hand flour supply mechanism 61 disposed upstream of the seed dough supply mechanism 20. A supported hand meal container 62a and the hand meal container 62
a, and a pair of hand dust supply holes are provided on the bottom surface of the hand dust container 62a. Brush roller 62b in hand flour container 62a
Is a hand powder supply motor 62d attached to the gantry 71.
(See FIG. 2). Then, by the rotation of the brush roller 62b, hand powder is sprinkled from the respective hand powder supply holes 62c onto the seed material supplied in a belt shape on the conveyor belt 11.

A pair of brushes 73 supported in a cantilever manner on a gantry 71 also face the belt-like seed material supplied on the conveyor belt 11 on the downstream side of the hand powder container 62a of the hand powder supply mechanism 62. It is mounted in way. Each brush 7
In No. 3, hand flour sprinkled on a belt-shaped seed dough and piled up in a mountain-like state is leveled evenly.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of a main portion on the downstream side of the conveyor belt 11, and FIG. 4 is a front view thereof.
Each rolling mechanism 31 arranged downstream of the hand powder supply mechanism 62
And 32 are rolling rollers 31a and 32a arranged on the conveyor belt 11 in a state orthogonal to the conveyor belt 11.
And powdered hand hoppers 31b and 32b arranged above rolling rollers 31a and 32a and containing powdered powder.
, Respectively.

The roller shafts 31f and 32f of the rolling rollers 31a and 32a are rotatably supported by one ends of rotating arms 31d and 31d extending along the conveyor belt 11 on the back side of the conveyor belt 11, respectively. The other end of each of the rotating arms 31d and 32d has a support rod 31c rotatably supported by the gantry 71.
And 32c. Each support rod 31
c and 32c are rotated by adjusting portions 31e and 32e attached to the upper surface of the gantry 71. When the support rods 31c and 32c rotate, the rolling rollers 31a and 32a transport the rollers 31a and 32a. It comes into contact with and separates from the upper surface of the belt 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support rods 31c and 32c penetrate the gantry 71, and drive gears 31g and 32g are attached to the end extending from the gantry 71 to the rear side.
Are attached respectively. The driving gears 31g and 32g are configured to transmit the power of a transport motor 13 (see FIG. 4) that drives the transport belt 11 to rotate. The rotation of each of the support rods 31g and 32g is performed by a roller of each of the rolling rollers 31a and 32a via a transmission chain (only one transmission chain 32k is shown in FIG. 4) disposed in each of the rotating arms 31d and 32d. It is transmitted to shafts 31f and 32f.

As shown in FIG. 3, a cotton thread 3 having a diameter of about 1 mm is formed on the outer peripheral surface of each of the rolling rollers 31a and 32a.
1 m and 32 m are respectively wound along the transport direction of the transport belt 11. Cotton thread 31m and 3
2m, since the surface is in a fluffy state, the hand powder contained in each hand powder hopper 31b and 32b adheres to each cotton thread 31m and 32m, and the conveyor belt 1
1 is sequentially attached to the belt-shaped seed material conveyed on the upper surface.

On the further downstream side of the rolling mechanism 32 disposed on the downstream side, a first hand dusting mechanism 34 is disposed. As shown in FIG. 3, the hand dusting mechanism 34 has a brush roller 34 a that is disposed orthogonal to the conveyor belt 1 and opposed to the conveyor belt 11. This brush roller 34a has a radially arranged diameter of 0.1 mm.
It has a degree of nylon brush. The roller shaft 34f of the brush roller 34a is supported by one end of a rotating arm 34b extending along the gantry 71. The other end of the rotating arm 234b is attached to a support rod 34c rotatably supported by the gantry 71,
The support rod 34c is rotated by an adjusting unit 34e provided on the upper surface of the gantry 71. Then, by the rotation of the support rod 34c, the rotation arm 34
The brush roller 34a attached to the front end of the transfer belt 11 comes into contact with and separates from the upper surface of the conveyor belt 11.

The support rod 34c is, as shown in FIG.
It is connected to a hand dusting motor 34g attached to the gantry 71, and is rotationally driven by the hand dusting motor 34g. The rotation of the support rod 34c is transmitted to the brush roller 34a by a transmission chain (not shown) arranged in the rotating arm 34b, and
4a is rotated so that a portion facing the upper surface of the conveyor belt 11 moves in a direction opposite to the conveyor belt 11. The brush roller 34a inhibits the transfer of the seed material even if a flexible nylon brush having a diameter of about 0.1 mm abuts on the seed material conveyed by the conveyance belt 11 in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction. Without this, the extra flour adhering to the seed dough is removed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cutting mechanism 40 disposed on the downstream end of the conveyor belt 11 is a pair of upper and lower slides extending along the side of the conveyor belt 11 on the side of the gantry 71. It has rods 46a and 46b. Each of the slide rods 46a and 46b has a thrust bearing 47 supported by a gantry 71, as shown in FIG.
By a and 47b, they are slidably supported in the axial direction, respectively. The bearing 47a that supports the upper slide rod 46a is disposed slightly upstream from the terminal end of the conveyor belt 11, and the lower slide shaft 46
The bearing 47b for supporting the transfer belt 11 is disposed substantially above the end of the conveyor belt 11.

Each slide rod 46a and 46b has
As shown in FIG. 2, the belt extends to the downstream side of the conveyor belt 11, and each end of the respective belts reaches the upper side of the middle seed firing device 90.

[0038] Each end of the respective slide rods 46a and 46b located on the upstream side in the transport direction of the conveyor belt 11, as shown in FIG. 4, the connecting member 48a are connected by, also, and the slide rod 46a 46b
Are connected to each other so that the middle portions thereof abut on the downstream side of the bearing 47b supporting the lower slide rod 46b.
b. And both connecting members 48a
And 48b are connected to each other by a frame member 48c.

A compression spring 49 is fitted to the upper slide rod 46a between a bearing 47a for supporting the slide rod 46a and a connecting member 48a located downstream of the bearing 47a. The compression spring 49 urges the connecting member 48a toward the upstream side of the conveyor belt 11 with respect to the bearing 47a.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a transport motor 13 for circulating the transport belt 11 is disposed on the side of the end of the transport belt 11. The drive shaft 13a of the transport motor 13 extends to the rear side of the gantry 71, and a sprocket 13b is attached to the drive shaft 13a. The chain 13c wound around the sprocket 13a is wound around a sprocket 13d attached to a pulley 12a at the end portion around which the conveyor belt 11 is wound.

A sprocket 45a attached to a rotating shaft 13f to which a sprocket 13d is attached is provided above the conveyor belt 11. The sprocket 45a receives the power of the conveyor motor 13 from a chain. 13c, rotating shaft 13f, electromagnetic clutch 45
g (see FIG. 3).
A sprocket 45b is arranged upstream of the conveyor belt 11 of the sprocket 45a, and a follower chain 45c is wound around the sprockets 45a and 45b. The follower chain 45c is configured to move around in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport belt 11.

The upper portion of the follower chain 45c is connected to a frame member 48c integrated with the pair of upper and lower slide shafts 46a and 46b by a connector 45d. This connecting tool 45d is moved by the following chain 45c to which the power of the transport motor 13 is transmitted, so that it is moved only in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport belt 11.
An electromagnetic clutch 45g that transmits and disconnects power to the following chain 45c operates. Connector 4
As shown in FIG. 3, 5d is supported by a pair of guide rods 45e horizontally arranged along the conveyor belt 11 so as to be slidable in a horizontal state.

The transport motor 1 is attached to the follower chain 45c.
When the power of No. 3 is transmitted, the connecting tool 45d is moved at the same speed as the transport belt 11 in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport belt 11. Thereby, the pair of slide shafts 46a
And 46b move in the same direction as the conveyance direction of the conveyance belt 11 against the urging force of the compression spring 49, and the compression spring 49 fitted to the upper slide shaft 46a is in a compressed state. Then, when each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b moves by a predetermined distance, the electromagnetic clutch 45g functions to cut off the transmission of power from the transport motor 13 to the following chain 45c. Thereby, each slide shaft 4
6a and 46b are integrally moved in the direction opposite to the transport direction of the transport belt 11 by the urging force of the compressed compression spring 49.

The follower chain 45 is connected by the connecting member 45d.
2, the frame member 48c connected to the cutting mechanism 40 is substantially horizontal, and the piston rod 41a advances toward the center of the conveyor belt 11 in the middle of the frame member 48c as shown in FIG. Air cylinder 41
Is attached. This cutting air cylinder 4
At the tip of one piston rod 41a, a bracket 42 that moves in parallel in the width direction of the conveyor belt 11 in a horizontal state is attached. The bracket 42 is connected to the conveyor belt 11.
The guide rods 48e are supported at the distal ends of a pair of guide rods 48e extending along the width direction, and each guide rod 48e is slidably supported in a pair of guide sleeves 48d attached to the frame member 48c. An air cylinder 43 for vertically moving the cutter is vertically supported by the bracket 42.

The cutter lifting air cylinder 43 is
As shown in FIG. 4, the piston rod 43 a is configured to advance downward, and a cutter 44 extending along the width direction in the transport direction is provided at the lower end of the piston rod 43 a.
Is attached. This cutter 44 is made of fluororesin, and the cross section of the cutting blade at the lower end is
It has an arc shape with a radius of about 1.5 mm.

The cutting air cylinder 41 is 15 mm
The cutting cylinder 41 is used to reciprocate the air cylinder 43 for raising and lowering the cutter by a stroke of about 60 times per minute.
In a state of being reciprocated in the width direction 1, the cutter lifting / lowering air cylinder 43 is driven to descend. Thereby, the cutter 44 is pressed against the upper surface of the transport belt 11 while reciprocating in the width direction of the transport belt 11, and the pair of belt-like seed materials transported on the transport belt 11 are cut at the same time.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a connecting member 48a for connecting the upstream ends of the pair of slide shafts 46a and 46b to each other and a connecting member 48b mounted in the middle of each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b. Between the slide shafts 46a and 46b.
A transfer air cylinder 51 of No. 0 is erected in a horizontal state. The piston rod 51a of the transfer air cylinder 51 penetrates a connecting member 48b attached in the middle of each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b, and extends further downstream. A slide member 53 slidably supported by each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b is attached to the distal end of the piston rod 51a.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an air cylinder 54 for vertically moving the suction nozzle is attached to the slide member 53 in a vertical state. The piston rod 54a of the suction nozzle elevating / lowering air cylinder 54 extends downward, and a lower end thereof is provided with a manifold 55 having a built-in on-off valve. The manifold 55 is formed at the center of an end of a connection pipe 55a connected to a suction blower via a suction hose, and a center of a pair of suction pipes 55b extending horizontally along the conveyor belt 11 on each side of the manifold 55. Are connected to each other in a state where they communicate with each other.

The connecting pipe 55 is provided in the manifold 55.
An on-off valve (not shown) is disposed so as to open and close a communication portion with the valve a. An opening / closing air cylinder 55 d for controlling the opening and closing of the on-off valve is attached to the manifold 55.

At each end of each suction pipe 55b, a suction nozzle 56 for sucking a seed material to be cut is attached with its suction port directed downward. Each suction nozzle 56 is in communication with the suction pipe 55b, and its suction port is covered with a fluororesin mesh.

Each of the suction nozzles 56 disposed on the downstream side of the transport belt 11 in the transport direction is connected to an air cylinder 51 for transfer.
When the piston rod 51a is retracted, the piston rod 51a is close to the downstream side of the cutter 44. In such a state, each of the suction nozzles 56 arranged on the far side of the conveyor belt 11 faces a pair of relay tables 87 arranged between the conveyor belt 11 and the middle seed baking device 90. ing. Each relay stand 87 is open to face the suction port of the suction nozzle 56, and the opening is covered with a fluororesin mesh. Further, the distance between each relay stand 87 and the firing die 91 of the middle seed firing device 90 is equal to the distance between the position where the cut seed material on the conveyor belt 11 is sucked and each relay stand 87. .

A reversing rod 75 extending toward the firing die 91 of the middle seed firing device 90 is attached to each relay stand 87 in a horizontal state. Each of the reversing rods 75 is slightly displaced laterally with respect to the axial position of the firing die 91 along the circumferential movement direction, and each of the suction nozzles 56 located on the intermediate seed firing device 90 side. Thus, when the seed material conveyed from the relay stand 87 onto the firing die 91 falls into the firing die 91, the seed material comes into contact with each of the reversing bars 75, is inverted, and is transferred into the firing die 91. Has become.

A second hand dust removing mechanism 88 is provided between each relay table 87 and the end of the conveyor belt 11. The hand dust removing mechanism 88 includes a brush roller 88a whose upper portion is located slightly above the upper surface of the conveyor belt 11.
And a roller driving motor 88 connected to the brush roller 88a to rotationally drive the brush roller 88a.
b. The roller driving motor 88b rotates the upper portion of the brush roller 88a in a direction opposite to the direction in which the seed material supplied by the suction nozzle 56 is transported. Various kinds of dough supplied and conveyed by the suction nozzles 56 are brush rollers 88a.
The hand dust adhered to the lower surface of the seed dough is slid in contact with the upper portion of the seed dough.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of brushes 74 are provided between the conveyor belt 11 and the dusting mechanism 88 so as to be in sliding contact with the lower surface of the seed material sucked and conveyed by the suction nozzles 56. Is arranged.

The middle seed baking apparatus 90 arranged adjacent to the middle seed manufacturing apparatus having such a configuration is provided with a plurality of firing molds on which the middle seed cut to a predetermined size is placed. 9
1 are arranged in two rows, and while the firing dies 91 in each row move around, the middle seeds placed on each firing die 91 are fired to produce the innermost skin of a predetermined shape. It has become.

The operation of the middle type manufacturing apparatus of the present invention is as follows. When the conveyor belt 11 is circulated, hand dust is sprinkled on the upper surface of the upstream end portion of the conveyor belt 11 by the hand dust supply mechanism 61 in the form of two lines extending along the conveyance direction of the conveyor belt 11. . The two strips of hand dust sprinkled on the transport belt 11 are respectively flattened by the brush 72 and transported to the lower region of the seed material supply mechanism 20.

When the two streak-like hand powders on the conveyor belt 11 reach below the supply nozzle 24 of the seed material supply mechanism 20,
Seed dough is continuously extruded from the respective slits 23 of the supply nozzle 24 onto the hand powder on the transport belt 11 which has become streak-like. The seed dough extruded from each slit 23 is flat and flat while passing through each slit 23. However, when the seed dough passes through each slit 23 and is supplied onto hand flour, the seed dough has a restorative force. As a result, the section is restored to a flat elliptical shape.

In this way, when two belt-shaped seed doughs having a flattened elliptical cross section are continuously supplied onto the hand dust on the conveyor belt 11, the conveyor belt 11 is moved around.
The various doughs are conveyed below the hand flour supply mechanism 62, and the hand flour is continuously sprinkled on the various band-shaped doughs by the hand flour supply mechanism 62. Then, the hand dust sprinkled on the various doughs is evenly leveled by the brush 73. Since the cross-sections of the various doughs are flat elliptical, the hand powder sprinkled by the hand powder supply mechanism 62 is attached almost uniformly by the brush 73.

Thereafter, the various fabrics are transported by the transport belt 11 to the rolling rollers 3 in the rolling mechanisms 31 and 32.
Pass below 1a and 32a. Each of the rolling rollers 31a and 32a of the rolling mechanisms 31 and 32 is rotated so that a portion facing the transport belt 11 moves in the same direction as the transport direction at the same speed as the transport belt 11,
Various doughs are sequentially rolled by each of the rolling rollers 31a and 32a to have a thickness of about 3 mm and a width of 10 to 10 mm.
It is formed into a flat plate of about 15 mm.

At this time, each of the rolling rollers 31a and 3a
Cotton thread 31m and 32m wound around the circumference of 2a
Hand powder supplied from the upper hand powder hoppers 31b and 32b adheres and is conveyed, and each of the cotton yarns 31m and 3m
Hand flour is attached to the seed dough to which 2 m has been pressed. Since each of the cotton yarns 31m and 32m is in a fluffy state, hand flour easily adheres, and hand flour can be reliably adhered to the seed material to be rolled.

The two seed doughs, which have been rolled into a flat plate having a predetermined width, are then fed to the brush roller 3 of the hand dusting mechanism 34.
By 4a, excess hand powder attached to the surface of various doughs is removed. Since the brush roller 34a has a thin and flexible nylon brush slidably in contact with the surface of the seed material, the various materials conveyed on the conveyor belt 11 can be transported on the surface without being hindered by the conveyor belt 11. Excess hand powder adhering to is reliably removed.

In this way, the two seed doughs from which excess hand dust has been removed by the hand dust removing mechanism 34 are transported by the transport belt 11 to the downstream end of the transport belt 11. When various cloths pass over a predetermined length of about 50 to 60 mm below the cutter 44 in the cutting mechanism 40 disposed on the downstream end of the conveyor belt 11, the electromagnetic clutch 45g operates to operate the conveyor for conveyance. The motor 13 and the follower chain 45c are in a power transmission state. As a result, the follower chain 45c is
Is moved around at a speed equal to 1
The connecting tool 45d attached to c also moves integrally. As a result, the pair of slide rods 46 a and 46 b in the cutting mechanism 40 are moved at the same speed as the transport belt 11 in the transport direction of the transport belt 11 against the urging force of the compression spring 49.

In this state, the cutting air cylinder 41 of the cutting mechanism 40 attached to the frame member 48c moving integrally with the slide rods 46a and 46b is operated 60 times per minute at a stroke of about 15 mm. It is driven to reciprocate over a degree. When the cutting air cylinder 41 is driven back and forth, the cutter lifting / lowering air cylinder 43 is moved to the piston rod 43a.
Is driven downward. At the same time, the suction nozzle elevating air cylinder 54 attached to each of the slide rods 46a and 46b is also driven so that the piston rod 54a advances downward.

When the suction nozzle lifting / lowering air cylinder 54 is driven downward, its piston rod 54a
The air cylinder 55d for opening and closing the manifold 55 attached to the lower end of the
The on-off valve inside is opened. Thereby, the manifold 5
The inside of each of the suction nozzles 56 connected to the suction pipe 5 through a connection pipe 55a is sucked by a suction blower and decompressed.

The cutter 44 attached to the lower end of the piston rod 43a is moved in the transport direction at a speed equal to the transport speed of the transport belt 11 by the downward drive of the cutter lifting / lowering air cylinder 43.
1 while being reciprocated in the width direction. At the same time, each suction nozzle 56 is lowered at the same speed as the cutter 44 by the downward drive of the suction nozzle lifting air cylinder 54. Then, the suction nozzles 56 disposed in proximity to the cutter 44 are attached to the leading ends of various kinds of dough that is transported on the transport belt 11 and extends downstream from the cutter 44 over a predetermined length of about 50 to 60 mm. When they come close to each other, the tips of the various fabrics are sucked by the suction nozzles 56. In such a state, the cutter 44 is pressed against various fabrics conveyed on the conveyor belt 11.

The cutter 44 is moved at a speed equal to that of the conveyor belt 11 in the direction of conveyance of the conveyor belt 11, and is pressed while being reciprocated in a direction perpendicular to the various materials on the conveyor belt 11. The leading end portions of the various kinds of dough sucked by the suction nozzles 56 close to are cut over a predetermined length of about 50 to 60 mm.

As described above, since the cutter 44 is moving at the same speed as the transport speed of the transport belt 11, the various materials transported by the transport belt 11
There is no danger of being pressed against 4. In addition, the cutter 44 has an arc-shaped cross section with a radius of 1.5 mm at the lower edge, and cuts various fabrics while reciprocating in the cutting direction. The hand dust attached to the lower surface and the hand dust between the conveyor belt 11 and the various doughs perform a rolling motion between the cutter 44 and the various doughs, and function as a lubricant. Therefore, there is no possibility that the seed material adheres to the cutter 44, and the cutter 44 can stably cut the seed material for a long time without applying lubricating oil or the like. Since the cutter 44 is made of a fluororesin, the adhesion of the seed material is further suppressed, and the surface of the transport belt 11 is not likely to be damaged.

At the time of cutting by the cutter 44, the leading end portions of the various doughs are supplied and fixed by the suction nozzle 56, so that the cutter 44 can stably cut the various doughs. Each suction nozzle 56
Since the mesh made of fluororesin is fitted in the suction port of the above, there is no possibility that the cut seed material is sucked into each suction nozzle 56. In addition, the excess seed powder adhering to the upper surface of the adsorbed seed material is sucked by the suction blower through the suction nozzles 56. Lever, which is sucked by the suction blower, has become the jar I be re-used are recovered.

When various cloths are cut to a predetermined length by the cutter 44, a pair of slide shafts 46a and 4
The electromagnetic clutch 45g interposed between the follower chain 45c that slides 6b and the transport motor 13 is driven, and the power between them is cut off. As a result, the transport motor 13 is attached to the following chain 45c.
The power from the motor is not transmitted, and each slide shaft 4
6a and 46b are driven by the urging force of the compression spring 49.
The transport belt 11 is moved upstream in the transport direction. Accordingly, the cutter 44 integrated with each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b is also moved by a predetermined distance upstream of the conveyor belt 11.

At this time, at the same time, the transfer air cylinder 51 is driven so that the piston rod 51a advances, and the cutter lifting / lowering air cylinder 43 is moved.
Then, the suction nozzle lifting air cylinder 54 is driven up. Thereby, the piston rod 51a of the transfer air cylinder 51 advances to the downstream side of the transport belt 11 with respect to each of the slide shafts 46a and 46b moving to the upstream side of the transport belt 11, and the piston rod 51
a of each slide shaft 46a and 4
The suction nozzle lifting / lowering air cylinder 54 slidable to 6b is moved to the downstream side of the conveyor belt 11. As a result, each of the suction nozzles 56 arranged close to the cutter 44 suctions the cut seed material and rises.
It is moved downstream of the conveyor belt 11. Then, each suction nozzle 56 that has suctioned the cut seed material is moved above each relay table 87 provided between the conveyor belt 11 and the middle seed baking device 90.

At this time, the lower surface of the seed material sucked by each suction nozzle 56 is placed on the conveyor belt 11 and each relay stand 87.
The hand powder attached to the lower surfaces of the various fabrics is slid in contact with each of the brushes 74 disposed between them. Then, when the suction nozzles 56 that have suctioned the seed material are in a state of being close to the brush roller 88a of the hand dusting mechanism 88 disposed between the transport belt 11 and each relay stand 87, each suction nozzle 56
Is slowed down. Then, the lower surface of the seed material adsorbed by each of the suction nozzles 56 slidably contacts the upper portion of the brush roll 88 rotating in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the various materials in a decelerating state, and adheres to the lower surfaces of the various materials. Hand flour is reliably removed. The deceleration of each suction nozzle 56 is performed by, for example, the transfer air cylinder 51 that is moving each suction nozzle 56.
In contrast, an on-off valve may be interposed in an air hose that supplies air to advance the piston rod 51a, and the on-off valve may be driven to close. As a result, the advance speed of the piston rod 51a of the transfer air cylinder 51 is reduced, and each suction nozzle 56 passes above the brush roller 88a in a decelerated state.

When the suction nozzles 56, which have absorbed the various cut cloths, reach above the relay tables 87, the suction nozzle elevating air cylinders 54 are driven down, and the respective relay tables 8 are moved.
Various fabrics adsorbed by the respective suction nozzles 56 are brought close to the fluororesin mesh 7. In such a state, the open / close air cylinder 55d attached to the manifold 55 is driven so as to close the open / close valve in the manifold 55. As a result, the reduced pressure state in each suction nozzle 56 is released, and each suction nozzle 56 is released.
Are transferred onto each relay stand 87.

When the various doughs are transferred onto each relay stand 87, hand dust attached to the various doughs falls onto each relay stand 87, and the dropped hand dust passes through the mesh. Are accommodated in each relay stand 87. Therefore, the hand dust attached to the seed dough is removed on each relay stand 87. In addition, there is no possibility that the removed hand powder will adhere to new seed material transferred on each relay stand 87.

Thereafter, the same operation as that described above is repeated, but the suction belt 56 causes the conveyance belt 11 to move.
When sucking the leading end of the various dough on the end portion of the, the pair of suction nozzles 56 located on the middle seed baking device 90 side,
The seed material placed on each relay stand 87 is sucked, and the seed material cut by the cutter 44 is transferred to the relay stand 8.
At the same time, the seed material placed on the relay stand 87 is transferred into the firing die 91 of the middle seed firing device 90. Then, when the seed material is transferred into the firing mold 91,
The seed dough collides with the reversing rod 75 and is reversed.

Each of the firing dies 91 is orbiting in response to the reciprocating movement of the suction nozzle 56, and the seed material cut to a predetermined length is sequentially transferred into each of the orbiting firing dies 91. Is done. Then, while each of the firing dies 91 moves around, the transferred seed material is fired, and an intermediate leather having a predetermined shape is manufactured.

The seed material transferred to the firing mold 91 is
The transfer belt 11 has been transferred to the
Even if the interval between the baking machine 90 and the baking machine 90 becomes long, the seed dough can be efficiently supplied to the middle baking apparatus 90. Also,
Since the hand dust attached to the seed dough is removed by the relay stand 87, the supply of the hand dust into the firing die 91 together with the seed dough transferred into each firing die 91 is suppressed. As a result, there is no possibility that powder marks will be formed on the skin that has been fired by the middle seed firing device 90.

The hand dust adhering to the conveyor belt 11 is scraped off into the hand dust collection container 15 below the conveyor belt 11 by a scraper. Since the conveyor belt 11 is open to the front side, the hand dust collecting container 15
Hand flour collected inside can be easily collected. In addition, cleaning can be easily performed. Furthermore, seed dough supply mechanism 2
Since all the mechanisms such as 0, the rolling mechanisms 31 and 32 are provided on the back side of the conveyor belt 11, maintenance of each mechanism can be easily performed.

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As described above, the middle seed manufacturing apparatus of the present invention can continuously and stably manufacture middle seeds having a predetermined shape. Moreover, since the manufactured seeds are in a state in which unnecessary hand flour has been sufficiently removed, there is no possibility that powder marks will be formed after firing, and a good quality skin is obtained. Since the seed material is not likely to adhere to the cutter that cuts the seed material, the seed material can be stably cut for a long period of time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an intermediate-type manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the middle-type manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken plan view of a main part of a conveyor belt in the middle-type manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Conveying mechanism 11 Conveying belt 12 Pulley 13 Conveying motor 20 Seed dough supply mechanism 21 Seed dough hopper 23 Slit 24 Nozzle 31 Rolling mechanism 31a Rolling roller 31b Hand dust hopper 31m Cotton thread 32 Rolling mechanism 32a Rolling roller 32b Hand dust hopper 32m Wood Cotton thread 34 Hand dusting mechanism 34a Brush roller 40 Cutting mechanism 41 Air cylinder for cutting 43 Air cylinder for raising and lowering cutter 44 Cutter 45g Electromagnetic clutch 46a Slide rod 46b Slide rod 49 Compression spring 50 Transfer mechanism 51 Air cylinder for transfer 54 Suction nozzle Lifting air cylinder 55 Manifold 55b Suction pipe 56 Suction nozzle 61 Hand powder supply mechanism 61a Hand powder container 61b Brush roller 61d Hand powder supply motor 2 lever feed mechanism 62a leverage container 62b brush roller 62d lever feed motor 71 platform 72 brush 73 brush 87 attendant 88 lever payment mechanism 88a brush roller 90 while species calciner

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-55-58048 (JP, A) JP-A-62-107739 (JP, A) JP-A-63-218426 (JP, A) JP-A-54-84078 (JP, A) , A) Japanese Utility Model Application 57-67581 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 5-70286 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 62-149985 (JP, U) Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-33710 (JP, B1) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A21C 1/00-15/04

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A conveying mechanism in which a conveyor belt in a horizontal state is circulated, a hand powder supply mechanism for supplying hand dust on the conveyor belt of the conveyance mechanism, and a hand powder supply mechanism for supplying hand powder on the conveyor belt. A seed material supply mechanism that continuously supplies a belt-shaped seed material onto the hand flour; a rolling mechanism that rolls the seed material supplied onto the transport belt by the seed material supply mechanism into a flat state having a predetermined thickness; For the seed material on the transport belt rolled by the rolling mechanism, while moving the cutter having a cutting blade having an arc-shaped cross section in the transport direction at the same speed as the transport belt, the transport direction is orthogonal to the transport direction. adsorption cutting mechanism for vertically moving while reciprocating in a direction, a seed dough is cut by the cutter of the cutting mechanism Roh
A transfer mechanism, which is sucked by a spill and is transferred on a relay table installed in the transport direction of the transport belt, and provided between the rolling mechanism and the cutting mechanism,
Sliding on the seed dough to remove hand flour adhering to the seed dough
Provided between the first hand dusting mechanism and the conveyor belt and relay stand, and adsorbed by the transfer mechanism
Seed material that is absorbed by the nozzle and transferred onto the relay stand
Removes hand dust adhering to the underside of vertical fabric
And a second hand dusting mechanism, wherein each mechanism other than the transport mechanism is arranged along one side of the transport belt.
An intermediate-type manufacturing apparatus characterized in that it is supported in a cantilevered state by a mount provided . 2. The rolling mechanism includes: a rolling roller that rotates so that a portion of the transport belt facing the seed material moves in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport belt; consists of a hopper, the rolling roller, the lever is attached easily wire is wrapped around
2. The mid-seed production apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The suction mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism sucks the seed material placed on the relay table and carries out the seed material when the cut seed material on the transport belt is transported to the relay table by the suction nozzle. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein
The mid-type production equipment as described .