JP3213138U - Three-dimensional mold structure of food machinery - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a three-dimensional mold structure for a food machine that can be formed into various three-dimensional shapes. A three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine includes an elevation drive unit 1, a clamp drive unit 2, and a plurality of clamp molding units 3. The lift drive unit 1 has a lift 11. In the elevator 11, at least one elevator member 12 is incorporated. The elevator 11 moves up and down by extending and sliding each lifting member 12. The top of the connection base 13 is fixed to the lower end of each lifting member 12. The clamp drive unit 2 has a chuck 21. The chuck 21 is fixed to the bottom of the connection base 13 of the elevating drive unit 1. A plurality of chuck holders 22 are attached to the bottom of the chuck 21. The chuck 21 is released by shrinking each chuck holder 22 inward and tightening or opening outward. A bottom plate 23 is provided at the bottom of the chuck 21. An air supply hole 24 is formed in the bottom plate 23. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine, and more particularly to a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine used for manufacturing food in a food factory.

  When manufacturing food, it is common to shape the food into a predetermined shape or shape it into various three-dimensional shapes in order to increase consumers' willingness to purchase. According to the prior art, a food machine having a three-dimensional molding function, for example, a spherical food molding apparatus is used, and the food machine has an upper board and a lower board. Each of the upper and lower boards has an arc tank. Usually, the spherical food material is conveyed to the lower board, and when the upper board and the lower board are slid together, the spherical food is formed into a smooth spherical shape.

  However, the molding principle of the above-mentioned “spherical food molding device” is practical because it can only be molded into a spherical shape and cannot be molded into other shapes because the food is slid between the upper and lower plates. There was a problem that was not.

  Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine that can be formed into a variety of various three-dimensional shapes.

Therefore, as a result of intensive studies in order to solve the above-described problems of the present invention, the present inventor has an elevating drive unit, a clamp drive unit, and a clamp forming unit, and each unit is specified as described below. The inventors have focused on solving the above-mentioned problems and have come up with the present invention based on such knowledge.
Thus, the gist of the present invention is as shown in the following (1) to (3).

(1) A three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine comprising a lift drive unit, a clamp drive unit, and a plurality of clamp molding units,
The elevator drive unit includes an elevator, and the elevator includes at least one elevator member. The elevator moves up and down by sliding the elevator members, and is installed at the lower end of each elevator member. The top of the connection base is fixed,
The clamp drive unit includes a chuck, and the chuck is fixed to a bottom portion of the connection base of the elevating drive unit, and a plurality of chuck holders are attached to the bottom portion of the chuck. The chuck holder is shrunk inward or tightened or opened outward to open, and a bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the chuck, an air supply hole is formed in the bottom plate, and a pressure is applied to the bottom of the bottom plate. A block is fixed, an embossed portion is provided at the bottom end of the pressing block, a chamber is recessed at the top end of the pressing block, and when the pressing block is fixed to the bottom plate, the chamber Corresponds to the air supply hole, the bottom surface of the chamber has a plurality of exhaust holes penetrating the embossed portion,
The clamp forming unit has a gripping claw, each gripping claw is fixed to the bottom of each chuck holder of the clamp drive unit, and a mold block is fixed to one side of the gripping claw. A three-dimensional mold structure for a food machine, wherein a molding tank is recessed in one side of the mold block.

(2) The elevator of the lift drive unit and the chuck of the clamp drive unit are connected to a controller of a control transport unit,
The controller controls the elevator and the chuck, and is also electrically connected to a transporter to control the transporter,
The three-dimensional mold structure for a food machine according to (1), wherein the transporter is provided below the lift drive unit.

(3) At least one chuck holder opening is formed on the bottom surface of the chuck holder of the clamp drive unit,
A positioning groove is recessed in the bottom surface of the chuck holder,
The top surface of the gripping claw of the clamp molding unit has at least one gripping claw opening drilled downward,
At least one protruding block protrudes from the top surface of the gripping claw,
When the positioning block is inserted into the positioning groove, and the positioning block is inserted into the positioning groove, the gripping claw opening and the chuck holder opening are aligned,
When the bolt is screwed into the gripping claw opening and the chuck holder opening, the gripping claw and the chuck holder are combined with each other. Type structure.

  The present invention is configured as described above. As described later, the shape of the food can be formed into various shapes, the molding efficiency is high, and the work process can be performed smoothly.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a bottom plate and a pressing block of a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a control conveyance unit included in the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the transporter of the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention transports the food material downward from the chuck. FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing a lifting drive unit of a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is an operation diagram illustrating a state in which the clamp molding unit of the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention clamps the food material. FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing a state after the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is clamped. FIG. 9 is an operation diagram showing a state when the gas output from the air supply hole of the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is discharged from the exhaust hole.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the drawings.
Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least a lift drive unit 1, a clamp drive unit 2, and a clamp molding unit 3.

  The lift drive unit 1 has a lift 11. A plurality of elevating members 12 are incorporated in the elevator 11. The elevator 11 moves up and down by extending and sliding each lifting member 12. The top of the connection base 13 is fixed to the lower end of each lifting member 12.

  The clamp drive unit 2 has a chuck 21. The chuck 21 is fixed to the bottom of the connection base 13 of the elevating drive unit 1. A plurality of chuck holders 22 are attached to the bottom of the chuck 21. The chuck 21 is released by shrinking each chuck holder 22 inward and tightening or opening outward. Since the technique for driving the chuck holder 22 in the chuck 21 belongs to the prior art, it will not be described in detail here. Please refer to FIG. A bottom plate 23 is provided at the bottom of the chuck 21. An air supply hole 24 is formed in the bottom plate 23. The air supply hole 24 is used for outputting gas, and the method of outputting gas from the air supply hole 24 is a method in which a gas output pipe is provided in the chuck 21 and the gas output pipe is connected to the air supply hole 24. A pressing block 25 is fixed to the bottom of the bottom plate 23. An embossed portion 26 is provided at the bottom end of the pressing block 25. A chamber 27 is recessed at the top end of the pressing block 25. When the pressing block 25 is fixed to the bottom plate 23, the chamber 27 corresponds to the air supply hole 24. The bottom surface of the chamber 27 has a plurality of exhaust holes 28 that penetrate the embossed portion 26.

  Each of the plurality of clamp forming units 3 has a gripping claw 31. Each gripping claw 31 is fixed to the bottom of each chuck holder 22 of the clamp drive unit 2. A mold block 32 is fixed to one side of the gripping claw 31. A molding tank 33 is recessed on one side of the mold block 32, and a concave groove 34 is formed above the molding tank 33. The concave groove 34 is used to prevent the mold block 32 from hitting the pressing block 25 as the chuck holder 22 contracts inward.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the food machine, the elevator 11 of the lift drive unit 1 and the chuck 21 of the clamp drive unit 2 are connected to the control transport unit 4. Connected to the controller 41. The controller 41 controls the elevator 11 and the chuck 21. The controller 41 may be controlled by an automatic method or a manual method. The controller 41 is electrically connected to the transport device 42, and the transport work of the transport device 42 can be controlled by the controller 41. Further, the transporter 42 may be provided below the elevating drive unit 1 so that the entire molding process is automated and converted into a belt conveyor.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, when a three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention molds a food, first, an unmolded food material is placed on a transporter 42. The food material may be automatically placed on the transport device 42 by a raw material transport device included in the food machine. The controller 41 controls the transporter 42 and transports the food material directly under the chuck 21. As shown in FIG. 6, the controller 41 controls the elevator 11, extends the elevating member 12 downward, and lowers the clamp drive unit 2 and the clamp molding unit 3 until the bottom of the mold block 32 contacts the transporter 42. Then, the embossed portion 26 of the pressing block 25 is also press-molded on the top of the food material. As shown in FIG. 7, when the chuck 21 is subsequently controlled by the controller 41 and each chuck holder 22 is contracted inward, each clamp forming unit 3 clamps the unmolded food material. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, after the food material is press-molded into the three-dimensional shape of the molding tank 33 by the die block 32 and the press molding is completed, the controller 41 first controls the chuck 21 to control the chuck holder. After opening and releasing 22 to the outside, the lift drive unit 1 is controlled again to raise the clamp drive unit 2 and the clamp forming unit 3 to their original positions, and the lift drive unit 1 performs the lifting operation. At the same time, gas is output from the air supply hole 24 to the chamber 27. Since the gas in the chamber 27 is exhausted from the exhaust hole 28, it is possible to prevent the food material from adhering to the embossed portion 26 and adversely affecting the work. The material is transported forward to perform the next manufacturing process, and the next unmolded food material is transported to just below the chuck 21. When the above steps are repeated, a plurality of food materials can be continuously three-dimensionally molded. it can.

  Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is such that the food material is formed by an embossed portion 26 of the pressing block 25 and a molding tank 33 of each mold block 32. Since the three-dimensionally formed jointly, in actual application, first, a plurality of pressing blocks 25 and a plurality of sets of mold blocks 32 are manufactured, and the embossed portion 26 of each pressing block 25 and each set of molds are manufactured. In order to form various shapes such as geometric polyhedrons, animals, daily life goods, etc. by combining with the molding tank 33 of the mold block 32, when changing the shaping of the food material, the original entire pressing block 25 and mold When the other pressing block 25 and the mold block 32 are attached after removing the block 32, the food material can be clamped and shaped into various shapes.

  Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is separated from the bottom surface of the chuck holder 22 of the clamp drive unit 2 by a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the chuck 21. (The bottom surface of the chuck holder 22 is higher than the bottom surface of the chuck 21), at least one chuck holder opening 221 is formed on the bottom surface of the chuck holder 22, and the bottom surface of the chuck holder 22 is The positioning groove 222 is recessed. A protruding block 311 protrudes from the top surface of the gripping claw 31 of the clamp molding unit 3. The top surface of the gripping claw 31 has at least one gripping claw opening 312 drilled downward and at least one positioning block 313 projecting. A protruding block 311 protrudes from the top surface of the gripping claw 31, and the gripping claw opening 312 is formed downward from the top surface of the protruding block 311. The positioning block 313 protrudes from the top surface of the protruding block 311, and after the positioning block 313 is inserted into the positioning groove 222 and the positioning block 313 is inserted into the positioning groove 222, the gripping claws 31 are moved toward the chuck holder 22. In addition to preventing sliding in the lateral direction, the gripping claw opening 312 and the chuck holder opening 221 can be aligned. Therefore, when the gripping claw 31 is fixed to the chuck holder 22, the user holds the gripping claw 31 with his hand and inserts the protruding block 311 into the space between the bottom surface of the chuck holder 22 and the bottom surface of the chuck 21. The positioning block 313 of the gripping claw 31 is inserted into the positioning groove 222 of the chuck holder 22 to prevent the gripping claw 31 from sliding in the lateral direction, and the gripping claw opening 312 and the chuck holder opening 221 are aligned. Then, a bolt is screwed and combined with the gripping claw opening 312 and the chuck holder opening 221 aligned. Therefore, the positioning groove 222 of the chuck holder 22 uses the protruding block 311 and the positioning block 313 of the gripping claw 31, and when the user aligns the gripping claw opening 312 with the chuck holder opening 221, the user quickly Can be assembled.

As can be seen from the above, the three-dimensional mold structure of the food machine of the present invention has the following advantages (1) to (4).
(1) Since the food material can be shaped into various shapes by making the embossed portion of the pressing block and the molding tank of the mold block different from each other, it is practical.
(2) Since the chuck of the clamp drive unit drives the clamp molding unit in the molding process, the caulking and releasing speed is very fast and the molding efficiency is high.
(3) By embossing in the vertical direction of the embossed part and clamping in the horizontal direction of the mold block, the food material can be shaped to be more delicate and varied.
(4) By blowing the gas discharged from the exhaust hole onto the food material, it is possible to prevent the food material from sticking to the embossed portion, so that the work process can be performed smoothly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lift drive unit 2 Clamp drive unit 3 Clamp shaping | molding unit 4 Control conveyance unit 11 Lift 12 Lift member 13 Connection base 21 Chuck 22 Chuck holder 23 Bottom plate 24 Air supply hole 25 Press block 26 Embossing part 27 Chamber 28 Exhaust hole 31 Holding claw 32 Gold Mold block 33 Molding tank 34 Concave groove 41 Controller 42 Conveyor 221 Chuck holder opening 222 Positioning groove 311 Protruding block 312 Holding claw opening 313 Positioning block

Claims (3)

A three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine equipped with an elevating drive unit, a clamp drive unit and a plurality of clamp molding units,
The elevator drive unit includes an elevator, and the elevator includes at least one elevator member. The elevator moves up and down by sliding the elevator members, and is installed at the lower end of each elevator member. The top of the connection base is fixed,
The clamp drive unit includes a chuck, and the chuck is fixed to a bottom portion of the connection base of the elevating drive unit, and a plurality of chuck holders are attached to the bottom portion of the chuck. The chuck holder is shrunk inward or tightened or opened outward to open, and a bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the chuck, an air supply hole is formed in the bottom plate, and a pressure is applied to the bottom of the bottom plate. A block is fixed, an embossed portion is provided at the bottom end of the pressing block, a chamber is recessed at the top end of the pressing block, and when the pressing block is fixed to the bottom plate, the chamber Corresponds to the air supply hole, the bottom surface of the chamber has a plurality of exhaust holes penetrating the embossed portion,
The clamp forming unit has a gripping claw, each gripping claw is fixed to the bottom of each chuck holder of the clamp drive unit, and a mold block is fixed to one side of the gripping claw. A three-dimensional mold structure for a food machine, wherein a molding tank is recessed in one side of the mold block. The elevator of the lift drive unit and the chuck of the clamp drive unit are connected to a controller of a control transport unit;
The controller controls the elevator and the chuck, and is also electrically connected to a transporter to control the transporter,
The three-dimensional mold structure of a food machine according to claim 1, wherein the transporter is provided below the elevating drive unit. At least one chuck holder opening is formed on the bottom surface of the chuck holder of the clamp drive unit,
A positioning groove is recessed in the bottom surface of the chuck holder,
The top surface of the gripping claw of the clamp molding unit has at least one gripping claw opening drilled downward,
At least one protruding block protrudes from the top surface of the gripping claw,
When the positioning block is inserted into the positioning groove, and the positioning block is inserted into the positioning groove, the gripping claw opening and the chuck holder opening are aligned,
The three-dimensional mold for a food machine according to claim 1, wherein when the bolt is screwed into the gripping claw opening and the chuck holder opening, the gripping claw and the chuck holder are combined. Construction.