JP3135868B2 - Spherical food hole opening device for plums etc. - 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 opening spherical food such as plums, and more particularly to an apparatus for opening holes on the entire surface of a spherical food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when fruits such as plums, cherries, and plums and other spherical foods (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as spherical foods) are salted or made into confectionery, salt, colorant, sugar solution, etc. In order to improve the permeability and facilitate the extraction of the extract from the spherical food, a hole is formed in the surface of the spherical food.

[0003] Examples of such a hole-forming method include a method in which a spherical food is placed on a plate on which a needle is planted and rolled by hand, or the spherical food in a barrel or the like is beaten a plurality of times while holding the plate. I was taking it. However, these methods are not only time consuming and inefficient because of their manual work,
The former method may injure the hand, which is not preferable in terms of safety and hygiene, and the latter method has a disadvantage that the spherical food is broken or broken by hitting and waste is increased. .

[0004] Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-28796 discloses that spherical food is guided between a plate on which a large number of needles are implanted and a conveyor belt, and the spherical food is transported while being pinched and rotated while being pinched on the surface of the spherical food. There is described a technique for reliably and neatly performing a hole opening operation of a spherical food in a short time by an apparatus for opening a hole.

However, in this technique, the rotational direction of the spherical food transferred while rotating between the plate on which a large number of needles are implanted and the conveyor belt is only one direction in the same direction as the transfer direction. As shown in the figure, the hole H is opened only in the band-shaped portion, and has a disadvantage that the hole cannot be opened on the entire surface of the spherical food U. In FIG. 5, the arrow Y indicates the direction of transport by the conveyor belt, and the arrow Y 'indicates the actual transport direction of the spherical food U (the arrow Y and the arrow Y' coincide).

[0006] Accordingly, there is no particular problem in the case of small spherical foods such as small plums, but in the case of plums and thighs of a normal size, the permeation of salts and coloring agents is biased, and pores are opened. Insufficient penetration into unexposed parts.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for opening a spherical food such as plum which can form a hole on the entire surface of a spherical food such as plum.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a sword mountain plate on which a large number of needles are implanted, and a conveyor belt arranged facing the needle implantation surface of the sword mountain plate,
In a device for forming a hole in the surface of a spherical food such as a plum by transferring while rotating a spherical food such as a plum guided between a sword mountain plate and a conveyor belt, the sword mountain plate is flush with a needle planting surface. The present invention is achieved by a spherical food hole opening device such as a plum or the like, wherein the device is configured to swing upward and cross in a direction intersecting a transfer direction by a conveyor belt.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below. In the present invention, spherical foods such as plums (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as spherical foods) are plums (including small plums),
Cherry, plum, olive, apricot, etc. have a spherical shape, and can be applied to all foods that have holes on the surface when salting, coloring, sugar solution injection or extract extraction, etc. Not something.

FIG. 1 is a schematic left side view showing one embodiment of a spherical food hole opening device (hereinafter simply referred to as a device) such as a plum according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a swing mechanism of a sword mountain plate. FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are partial front views showing a conveyor belt adjusting mechanism.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an apparatus, which includes a frame 2, a hopper 3, a stacker conveyor 4, an alignment plate 5, a conveyor belt 6, a motor 7, which is a power source of the stacker conveyor 4 and the conveyor belt 6, a sword mountain plate 8, Switch part 9, motor cover 10, perforated part cover 11,
It mainly comprises a holed spherical food discharge section 12. Reference numeral 13 denotes a box for storing the perforated spherical food discharged from the discharge unit 12. Reference numeral 14 denotes a moving wheel of the apparatus 1, which is fixed by a brake (not shown) when the apparatus is in operation. The switch unit 9 includes:
ON / OFF switch of the stacker conveyor 4, ON / OFF switch of the conveyor belt 6, rocking motor 23
(Described later) ON / OFF switch, shift handle switch (performs speed control of each part of the stacker conveyor 4, the conveyor belt 6, and the swing motor 23),
It is composed of a warning display section and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sword mountain plate 8 includes a sword mountain plate 15 made of a synthetic resin or the like, a needle 16 having a large number of swords implanted on the sword mountain plate 15, and a plate base for supporting the sword mountain plate 15. 17, a swing shaft 18 for supporting the plate base 17, a shaft metal 19 for inserting and supporting the swing shaft 18, and a bearing case 2 for the sword mountain plate 15.
The crank rod 21 is connected to the crank rod 21 through a bearing case 20B, and the swing motor 23 rotates the crank 22.

The operation of the swing motor 23 causes the crank 22, the bearing case 20A, the crank rod 2
1. Oscillating motor 23 via bearing case 20B
Is converted into a reciprocating motion in the axial direction of the swing shaft 18. The rocking shaft 18 has a shaft metal 19/1 near both ends.
Since it is pivotally supported by the frame 2 via 9, the sword mountain plate 15 swings in the left-right direction with respect to the transfer direction by the conveyor belt 6. In FIG. 2, a range indicated by an arrow X is a swing range.

In this embodiment, the swinging direction of the sword mountain plate 15 is a linear reciprocating movement in the right and left direction perpendicular to the conveying direction by the conveyor belt 6, but it is on the same plane as the needle 16 setting surface. In addition, it is only necessary to swing in the direction intersecting the transfer direction by the conveyor belt 6, and zigzag reciprocating motion, circular reciprocating motion, circular motion, elliptical motion, or the like may be used.

The size of the sword mountain plate 15 is appropriately set depending on the type of the spherical food to be perforated. In the case of an ordinary ume-dried ume, etc., the size is about 100 cm in width and 1 cm in length.
A size of about 60 cm is sufficient. In this case, the swing range is about 20 mm to 60 mm, the protruding length of the needle 16 is about 1.5 to 3 mm, and the interval between the needles 16 is 8 mm.
Although each mm pitch is preferable, the present invention is not limited to these numerical values, and various settings, changes, etc., depending on various conditions, such as the type, size, type of processing, and the like of the spherical food.
It will be adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyor belt 6 is made of a cushion material 6A such as a sponge so as to prevent the spherical food U from being damaged and to securely hold and transport the spherical food U by biting it. It is arranged on the surface of the belt 6B. In FIG. 3, 6C is a tension roller,
6D is a roller shaft. The conveyor belt 6 is configured so that the height adjustment unit 24 can change the distance between the guide unit and the sword mountain plate 8 according to the size of the spherical food to be transferred.

The spherical foods put into the hopper 3 are conveyed by a stacker conveyor 4, and the stacked spherical foods are removed by an aligning plate 5 on the way, and are arranged between a conveyor belt 6 and a sword mountain plate 8 in an aligned state. You will be guided.

The guided spherical food is placed on a conveyor belt 6.
Is transported while being rotated while being sandwiched between the sword mountain plate 8 and a hole is made in the surface by the needle 16 implanted in the sword mountain plate 8. As in the prior art (the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-28796), it does not roll straight in the same direction as the transfer direction, but rather shakes right and left with respect to the transfer direction. Rolled and transported.

That is, the spherical food is transported and rolled while being rolled in all directions, as if a dumpling is rolled in both palms, so that a hole is formed in the spherical food U as shown in FIG.
Holes H can be formed on the entire surface of the substrate. In FIG. 4, an arrow Y indicates a transfer direction of the conveyor belt 6, an arrow X indicates a swing direction, an arrow Z indicates an actual transfer state of the spherical food U, and further an arrow Z indicates As shown by the arrow W, the rotation about the arrow Z itself as a rotation axis is added by the conveyor belt 6.

As shown by arrows Z and W, the spherical food U
Is transported while rotating on the sword mountain plate 8, the entire surface of the spherical food U is evenly contacted with the needle 16 and the hole H is opened. The spherical food U having the hole H is discharged from the discharge unit 12 shown in FIG.
3 and carried to the next processing step. Instead of the box 13, a conveyor belt or a chute for automatically transferring to the next process may be provided.

For example, in the case of coloring a ume with a coloring agent, the spherical food perforated by the apparatus 1 of the present invention is colored in about one-fifth of that of a non-perforated ume. It is possible, and the conventional technology (actual fair 3-
(Technology of No. 28796), it is possible to carry out coloring without a color unevenness in about a half period. Further, the spherical food perforated by the apparatus 1 of the present invention is not limited to a coloring agent, but also has good permeability of salt and other seasonings, good extractability of extract, and good salt removal.

[0022]

According to the present invention, spherical foods such as plums are transported while being rolled in all directions as if rolling a dumpling in both palms, and are transported to form holes. Holes can be drilled. Therefore, spherical foods such as plums, which are perforated by the apparatus of the present invention, have good permeability of salts, seasonings, coloring agents, etc., good extractability of extract, and good salt removal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic left side view showing an embodiment of a device for opening a spherical food hole such as a plum according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a swing mechanism of a sword mountain plate.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view showing a conveyor belt adjusting mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a plum formed with holes using the apparatus shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a plum formed with holes using a conventional apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Spherical food hole opening device for ume etc. 2 Frame 3 Hopper 4 Stacker conveyor 5 Alignment plate 6 Conveyor belt 7 Motor 8 Kenzan plate 9 Switch unit 10 Motor cover 11 Hole opening cover 12 Discharge unit 13 Box 14 Wheels 15 Kenyama plate 16 needle 17 Plate Base 18 Swing Shaft 19 Shaft Metal 20A, 20B Bearing Case 21 Crank Rod 22 Crank 23 Swing Motor 24 Height Adjustment Unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sword mountain plate on which a number of needles are implanted, and a conveyor belt disposed facing the needle implantation surface of the sword mountain plate, and a plum guided between the sword mountain plate and the conveyor belt. In a device for forming a hole in the surface of a spherical food such as plum by transferring while rotating while sandwiching a spherical food such as,
The spherical food hole opening device for plums or the like, characterized in that the sword mountain plate is arranged on the same plane as the needle planting surface and swings in a direction intersecting with a conveying direction by a conveyor belt.