JP3065283B2 - Quantitative rice shaping machine - 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 improving the production efficiency of fixed quantity rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional quantitative molded rice is rolled with seaweed for one piece.
Alternatively, it was supplied to a lunch box for one piece, and was carried out to one piece. For this reason, an apparatus for producing one piece of fixed quantity rice was developed.
Also, an apparatus has been developed for simultaneously reducing a plurality of pieces in a mold. However, the amount of cooked rice supplied in the mold is uneven, and the formed rice (triangular, round, square, hexagonal, cylindrical, etc.) ) Was difficult to form evenly and quantitatively.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for mass-producing a uniform quantity of molded rice (such as rice for rice and lunch).

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to attain the above object, the present invention provides a two-stage upper and lower forming roller immediately below a lower end opening of a rice feeding hopper, and forms a descending rice by an upper forming roller. The down-cooked rice is further reduced and formed, a shutter for opening and closing the reduced-cooked rice is provided directly below the lower forming roller, a formed-rice receiving plate is provided directly below the shutter, and a formed-rice extruder is provided directly above the receiving plate. the discharge conveyor arranged below the receiving plate, said receiving plate and the pusher moves up and down simultaneously, adjustable constant position receiving plate is slightly lowered than increase the upper limit, above which is supported by the receiving plate a control device is provided for cutting by the reduced molded rice shea Yatta on position, the receiving after cutting the shrink molded rice by quantitative shaped molding machine the shutter rice, which comprises cutting the molded rice by the shutter And the extruder is simultaneously lowered to the lower lower limit, and a carry-out conveyor is provided immediately below the lower lower limit, and only the receiving plate reciprocally slides toward the extruder, thereby transferring the cut and formed rice onto the conveyor. The fixed quantity forming machine for rice according to the first invention is constituted by the fixed quantity forming machine according to the second invention, which is provided with a forming and discharging device using a stamp of formed rice at the tip of the conveyer.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A rice feeding hopper 1 is provided on an upper portion of a machine box 11, and a lower end opening 1 'of the hopper 1 is
1, two forming rollers 2, 2 'are provided in the upper stage immediately below the roller 1, and for triangular rice picking, one roller 2 is a drum type as shown in FIGS. The other roller 2 'is of a thread-wound type. Fig. 11 (a) and (b) for round rice, and rice for oval or square lunch boxes are shown in Figs.
Shown in

The flanges 2 ", 2" at both ends of the upper forming rollers 2, 2 'come into contact with each other, rotate at the contact portion from top to bottom, and opposite to each other, and rotate with the flanges 2 ", 2" and the body. The rice discharged from the lower end opening 1 'of the hopper 1 continuously passes through the space s surrounded by 2a and 2a, and the outer peripheral contour of the rice is formed by the space s.

[0007] Immediately below the upper forming rollers 2, 2 ', two lower rollers 3, 3' having a smaller cross section of the rice than the upper forming rollers 2, 2 'are provided, and one roller 3 is a drum type. And the other roller 3 'is one concentrically
/ 2 length two thread wound type is used, and both end flanges 3 ", 3" are in contact with each other, and are also in contact with the flanges 2 ", 2" of the upper upper rollers 2, 2 'directly above. The rotation speed of the rollers 3, 3 'is higher than that of the upper rollers 2, 2', and the flanges 3 ", 3" of the lower rollers 3, 3 'and the body 3
a, 3a, two small spaces s ', s' surrounded by
In the open state shutters 5, 5, which are formed in the upper stage, the rice is continuously divided into two portions, passes therethrough, and is wound at the time of passing, and is divided and formed into a desired cross-sectional contour, for example, a triangular shape. It descends through the space, and the molded rice receiving plate 6 at the upper limit
(FIG. 3), and the shutters 5, 5 release the formed rice 4 slightly lowered with the receiving plate 6 at a fixed position where the receiving plate 6 is slightly lowered (shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4). Close and cut (this condition is shown in FIG. 5). The fixed position can be adjusted by adjusting the stop position of the drive motor 14 of the crank 12.

When the shutters 5, 5 are closed, the upper and lower forming rollers 2, 2 'and 3, 3' stop. This stop is detected by an open / close switch provided in the circuit of the brake motor for rotating the rollers 2, 2 'and 3, 3', and the operation of the shutters 5, 5 is stopped.
Further, the release of the shutters 5, 5 is sensed by the open / close switch, and the motor is turned to rotate the upper and lower forming rollers 2,
2 'and 3, 3' can be pivoted again. The open / close switch can be opened and closed by reciprocating shutters 5, 5 using a self-holding limit switch.
It is a control device for the upper and lower forming rollers 2, 2 'and 3, 3'.

The upper limit of the rise of the receiving plate 6 is the crank 1 shown in FIG.
2 is a solid line position of the lifting rod 13 provided in FIG. 2, and the fixed position slightly lowered is a position where the lifting rod 13 at the virtual line position in FIG. A control device for closing and further releasing the shutters 5, 5 by rotating the forward / reverse motor for driving the pinion meshing with the provided rack forward or backward, or stopping the rotation of the shutter opening / closing cam by the shutter opening / closing drive motor. The divided molded rice 4 is cut at a certain height on the receiving plate 6 to form a fixed molded rice 9.

Thereafter, when the lifting rod 13 is turned to the lower limit by the rotation of the upright crank 12 shown in FIG.
The drive motor 14 of the upright crank 12 is stopped, and the lift 15 is stopped at the lower lower limit (FIG. 6).
5 is rotated from the position shown in FIGS. 6 and 3 to the position shown in FIG. 7 by 180 degrees and stopped, and the upward pin 16 ′ provided on the horizontal crank 16 is Sliding in the formed long groove 17 ′, sliding the rear part of the connecting rods 18, 18 provided on the horizontal horizontal rod 17 into the casing 11,
6 is moved from the solid line position to the imaginary line position in the direction of arrow a, that is, the fixed-shaped rice extrusion tool 7 provided at the front end of each of the front and rear ends 8 and 18.
The fixed-size rice 9 on the receiving plate 6 is moved to the carry-out conveyor 8 provided immediately below by the fixed-size rice extruding tool 7,
The operation of carrying out the fixed quantity of rice 9 by the conveyor 8 is repeated. The stop of the elevating rod 13 of the upright crank 12 at the lowermost lower limit and the rotation of the horizontal crank 16 alternately operate based on the alternate rotation of the drive motors 14 and 19 and the alternate stop program.

A plurality of molding dies 20, 20 corresponding to the contour shape of the fixed quantity of molded rice 9 are provided at the tip of the carry-out conveyor 8, and the molded rice 9, transferred by the conveyor 8,
9 are opened toward the upper surface of the conveyor 8 (FIG. 10), and the upper end of the molded rice is pivotally supported by a reciprocating rotary shaft 21 immediately above the receiving ports 20 ', 20'. A press plate 22 is provided, and the fixed amount of molded rice 9 transferred onto the end of the conveyor 8;
The rear surface 9 is pressed into the molding dies 20, 20.

The pressed rice 9 is pressed into the molding die 2.
0, 20 and the pressing plate 22 form a contour,
Is lowered into the reciprocating sliding mold 24 immediately below by the stamp 23, and the rack 25 provided at the rear of the sliding mold 24 and the pinion 26 meshing with the rack 25 are rotated forward and reverse to move the sliding mold 24 into a solid line in FIG. The formed rice 9 formed by sliding forward from the position to the imaginary line position and the second stamp 27 descending at that position is put on a second carrying-out conveyor 28 immediately below and is carried out, and is formed and carried out. 10 are formed.

The reciprocating rotation of the reciprocating rotary shaft 21, the operation of the first stamp 23 and the pinion 26, and the operation of the second stamp 27 are started by the confirmation signal of the quantitatively formed rice 9 by the optical sensor 29. The operation is sequentially performed according to a program.

The molding dies 20, 20 are triangular, quadrangular, etc. according to the contour of the fixed quantity of molded rice 9, and if it is round, it may be U-shaped and the pressing plate 22 may be semicircular.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 denotes a roller for leveling the upper surface of the quantitatively formed rice 9 to be carried out. Reference numeral 31 denotes a descending guide between the flanges 2 "and 2" projecting from the lower end opening 1 'of the rice supply hopper 1. 3, 32 in FIG. 3 is a guide for guiding the horizontal rod 17, and 33 in FIG.
Is the hollow rotary shaft of the horizontal crank 16, and 34 is the same crank 1
6 is an elevating rotary shaft, 35 is an elevating sliding pin, and 36 is the pin 3
5 is a vertical groove for lifting.

[0016]

According to the present invention, since it is constructed as described above, it is possible to mass-produce a uniform quantity of molded rice.

Further, a fixed quantity of shaped rice can be formed and mass-produced into a uniform shape.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing a fixed quantity rice shaping machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a plan view of the upper forming roller taken along the line AA of FIG. 1; FIG. 1B is a plan view of the lower forming roller taken along the line BB in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view along the line CC in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of a shutter open state.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a shutter closed state.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the molded rice receiving plate in a lowered state.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the formed rice receiving plate in a retracted state.

FIG. 8 is a front view of an upright crank.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the molding and unloading device.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG.

FIG. 11A is a cross-sectional view of another example of the upper forming roller. (B) The figure is a cross-sectional view of another example of the lower forming roller.

FIG. 12 (a) shows an upper forming roller used for an oval-shaped rice for an elliptical lunch box. (B) The figure shows the lower forming roller in (a).

FIG. 13 (a) shows an upper forming roller for a square lunch box. (B) The figure shows the lower forming roller in (a).

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 rice supply hopper 1 ′ lower end opening 2, 2 ′ upper forming roller 3, 3 ′ lower forming roller 4 divided forming rice 5 opening / closing shutter 6 forming rice receiving plate 7 forming rice pushing tool 8 unloading conveyor 9 forming rice 10 forming and discharging device

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A forming roller is provided in two upper and lower stages directly below a lower end opening of a rice supply hopper, a descending rice is formed by an upper forming roller, and the descending rice is further reduced and formed by a lower forming roller.
A shutter for opening and closing reduced molded rice is provided directly below the lower forming roller, a molded rice receiving plate is provided directly below the shutter, a molded rice extruder is provided directly above the receiving plate, and a carry-out conveyor is provided below the receiving plate. Provided, the receiving plate and the extruder rise and fall simultaneously,
Fixed position receiving plate is slightly lowered than increase the upper limit is adjustable, provided with a control device for cutting the shrink forming rice on the position supported by the receiving plate by sheet Yatta,
A fixed quantity rice shaping machine characterized in that shaped rice is cut by the shutter. 2. After cutting the reduced shaped rice by the shutter, the receiving plate and the extruding tool are simultaneously lowered to the lower lower limit, a carry-out conveyor is provided immediately below the lower lower limit, and only the receiving plate reciprocates to the extruding tool side. 2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the machine is slid so as to transfer the cut and formed rice onto the conveyor. 3. The fixed quantity forming machine according to claim 2, further comprising a forming and discharging device provided with a stamp of formed rice at a tip portion of the discharging conveyor.