JP3341172B2 - Baked pudding manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing pudding,
In particular, it relates to a manufacturing apparatus of a type in which a material is steamed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus of this kind has an inner tray holding a material-filled container and an outer tray containing hot water. There is known a type in which a pudding is obtained by steaming a material by passing an inner and outer tray through an oven with the tray fitted.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional apparatus, the work of fitting the inner and outer trays has been performed exclusively by hand. If this operation is to be performed automatically, there are many problems to be solved, such as the possibility that the material may spill out of the container or the hot water may shake and enter the container.

In order to prevent hot water from entering the container, it is preferable that the fitting gap between the inner and outer trays be as small as possible. However, if this is done, it is necessary to accurately position the inner and outer trays. It was extremely difficult to perform the joint work automatically.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing a fired pudding which can automatically perform an operation of fitting an inner tray and an outer tray.

[0006]

An apparatus for manufacturing a baked pudding according to the present invention has an inner tray holding a material filling container and an outer tray holding hot water. In a baked pudding manufacturing apparatus that obtains a pudding by steaming the material by passing the inner and outer trays through an oven in a state where the inner and outer trays are fitted so as to be immersed in hot water, an inner and outer tray fitting device is provided on the oven loading side. An inner tray positioning device for positioning the inner tray at a fitting position, an outer tray positioning device for positioning the outer tray immediately below the positioned inner tray, and fitting the inner and outer trays. And a push-up means for pushing up the outer tray positioned so as to be fitted.

[0007]

In the apparatus for manufacturing a baked pudding according to the present invention, since the inner and outer tray fitting devices are arranged on the oven loading side, the inner and outer tray fitting devices fit the inner and outer trays.

Further, the inner / outer tray fitting device is provided with inner tray positioning means for positioning the inner tray at the fitting position, and outer tray positioning means for positioning the outer tray immediately below the positioned inner tray. When the inner and outer trays are fitted, the inner and outer trays are respectively positioned by the positioning means.

Further, since the inner / outer tray fitting device is provided with push-up means for pushing up the outer tray positioned to fit the inner / outer tray, the inner tray is not moved when the inner / outer tray is fitted. Then, only the outer tray is moved.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front and rear means the front (the right side in FIGS. 1 and 6) on which the tray to be conveyed is forward, and the opposite side is the rear. And the left and right sides in FIG. 8) are referred to as left and right.

FIG. 5 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, an inner tray 11 and an outer tray 12 and a container C with an edge flange held by the inner tray 11 are used.

The inner tray 11 has a hollow box shape and has a top wall.
21, a peripheral wall 22 and a bottom wall 23. The inner tray top wall 21 is provided with a plurality of rows of container insertion holes 24. A pair of left and right overhanging plates 25 is fixed to both left and right edges of the inner tray top wall 21. A number of circular holes 26 are formed in the peripheral wall 22. Most of the bottom wall 23 has an opening 26 except for the edge of the bottom wall 23.
Is provided.

The outer tray 12 is in the form of an open box without a top wall, and has a peripheral wall 32 and a bottom wall 33.

[0014] The bottom wall 23 of the inner tray 11 is
With the outer wall 22 of the inner tray 11 and the outer tray
There is a slight gap between the twelve peripheral walls 32, and there is also a slight gap between the overhang plate 25 and the upper end of the outer tray peripheral wall 32. Container C
Is inserted into the container insertion hole 24 and its flange is
Is received at the edge of the. The container C is immersed in hot water W with the inner and outer trays 11 and 12 fitted.

Referring to FIG. 11, the apparatus for manufacturing the baked pudding includes filling devices 41, which are sequentially arranged from front to back.
A fitting device 42, an oven 43, a separating device 44, a cooling bath 45, and a sealing device 46 are provided. Between each of these devices 41 to 46,
Each of the first to fifth transfer conveyors is sequentially informed. The oven 43 is provided with a passing conveyor 56.
A return conveyor 57 is provided from the separation device 44 to the fitting device 42, and a hot water discharge device 58 and a hot water supply device 59 are arranged along the transport path. Transfer conveyor 51 ~
Both 55 and return conveyor 57 are driven roller conveyors.

The container C is filled with a pudding material while being held on the inner tray 11 by the filling device 41. On the other hand, hot water is supplied to the outer tray 12 by the hot water supply device 59. Hot water is used to reduce the temperature change in the oven and to solidify the material. The temperature of the hot water is 60-95 ° C. The fitting device 42 fits the inner tray 11 holding the material-filled container and the outer tray 12 filled with hot water. The mated state is placed on the passing conveyor 56, and the inner and outer trays are
11 and 12 are passed through the oven 43. The temperature in the oven 43 is around 170 ° C., and the passage time is 45 minutes.
The inner and outer trays 11 and 12 passed through the oven 43 are separated by a separating device 44. The separated inner tray 11 is immersed in a cooling tank 45, and then a sealing device 46 is attached to the mouth of the container C.
Is covered by.

Hereinafter, the fitting device 42 and the separating device 44 will be described in detail.

Referring to FIGS. 1-4, the fitting device 42 comprises:
A pusher 61 for pushing the inner tray 11 from the front end of the first transfer conveyor 51 to the fitting position, and a pair of left and right horizontal bar-shaped positioning members extending in the front-rear direction to receive the overhanging plates 25 of the inner tray 11 at the fitting position, respectively. 62 and an outer tray carry-in conveyor 63 for carrying the outer tray 12 below the inner tray 11 at the fitting position.
And a fitting lifter 64 for lifting the outer tray 12 carried in below the inner tray 11.

A movable stopper 65 is provided at the center of the front end of the first transfer conveyor 51, and guide rollers 66 are provided on both left and right sides thereof.
Are arranged two by two.

The pusher 61 includes a ball screw 73 having a horizontal threaded rod 71 and a female threaded body 72 extending in the front-rear direction.
A speed control motor 74 having an output shaft connected to the front end of the screw rod 71, and a movable engagement claw 75 attached to the female screw body 72 so as to be able to swing up and down.

The positioning members 62 are provided with rear end opening positioning recesses 76 at the upper surface facing edges.

The outer tray carry-in conveyor 63 includes a pair of front and rear endless chains 77 extending in the left-right direction at intervals so that the outer tray 12 can be placed over the outer tray 12, and a pair of right and left sprockets 78 around which the chains 77 are wound. Have. The start of the transport path of the outer tray loading conveyor 63 is
It is in communication with the end of the transport path of the return conveyor 57.

A stopper 81 for stopping the outer tray 12 at a position directly below the inner tray 11 at the fitting position, and a front and rear position for positioning the outer tray 12 in the front-rear direction at the same position in the chain moving path. A guide roller row 82 is provided.

The lifter 64 includes a lifting frame 84 mounted on a piston rod of a vertically upward hydraulic cylinder 83 so as to be able to move up and down between the two chains 77, and a lifting frame 84.
84, a parallel drive roller group 85 attached so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction.

When the inner tray 11 holding the contents-filled container C is sent to its front end by the first transfer conveyor 51, it is stopped there by the stopper 65. When the operation of the stopper 65 is released, the pusher 61 is operated, and the inner tray 11 is moved from above the first transfer conveyor 51 to above the positioning member 62 by the engaging claw 75 which is advanced.
Is extruded. When the engagement claw 75 advances, the ball screw 73
Therefore, abrupt operation can be avoided, so that the material does not fly out of the container C. The overhang plate 25 of the inner tray 11 extruded onto the positioning member 62 enters the positioning recess 76 and is positioned there. On the other hand, the outer tray 12 in which the hot water has been placed is carried directly below the inner tray 11 by the outer tray carry-in conveyor 63, and is stopped there by the stopper 81 and the guide roller row 82 (the state shown in FIG. 5A). Then, when the lifting frame 84 is raised by the operation of the lifter 64, the outer tray 84 is placed on the drive roller group 85.
12 is pushed up, the inner tray 11 and the outer tray 12 are fitted, and the inner tray 11 is slightly pushed up by the outer tray 12 in the fitted state, so that the overhang plate 25 comes out of the positioning recess 76. And is pushed up to above the positioning member 62 (the state shown in FIG. 5B). Then, when the drive roller group 85 is operated, the inner and outer trays 11 and 12 are transferred from above the drive roller group 85 onto the second transfer conveyor 52, and sent to the oven passing conveyor 56.

Referring to FIGS. 6 to 9, the separating device 44 comprises:
Inner and outer trays 11, 12 conveyed by the third transfer conveyor 53
Lifter for receiving and descending through the separation position
And the fourth transfer conveyor 54 receiving the inner tray 11 at the separation position among the inner and outer trays 11 and 12 lowered by the lifter 91.
It has a carrier 92 to be transported up and an outer tray discharge conveyor 93 for receiving the outer tray 12 lowered by the lifter 91 and discharging the outer tray 12 to the side.

Horizontal guide rails 94 are provided on both left and right sides of the third transfer conveyor 53, respectively. Also, lifter
A movable stopper 95 that abuts the outer tray 12 received by the lifter 91 is disposed in front of the lifter 91.

The separation lifter 91 has the same structure as the fitting lifter 64, and includes a lifting frame 101 mounted on a piston rod of a vertically upward fluid pressure cylinder 100 disposed below the separation position. And a parallel drive roller group 102 attached to the elevating frame 101.

The carrier 92 has a horizontal support rod 103 extending from above the separation position to above the fourth transfer conveyor 54.
And a fluid pressure cylinder 105 suspended vertically downward on a support rod 103 via a sliding guide member 104, and a holder 106 mounted on the piston rod of the cylinder 105.
And The holder 106 has a cross-sectional gate shape, and includes a top wall 107 and left and right side walls 108. Both walls
A pair of overhanging plate receiving bars 111 are provided at the lower end of the pair 108 so as to face inwardly. Front and rear positioning members 112 and 113 are provided at both front and rear ends of the upper surface of the overhang plate receiving bar 111. The height of the front positioning member 112 is formed lower than the height of the rear positioning member 113, and the overhang plate 25 of the inner tray 11, which is sent from the third transfer conveyor 53 while being fitted to the outer tray 12, is Although it passes over the rear positioning member 113, it comes into contact with the front positioning member 112.

The outer tray discharge conveyor 93 has the same structure as the outer tray carry-in conveyor 63, and has a pair of front and rear endless chains 121 extending in the left and right direction at intervals so that the outer tray 12 can be put on. And a pair of left and right sprockets 122 around which are wound. The end of the transfer path of the outer tray discharge conveyor 93 is connected to the start of the transfer path of the return conveyor 57.

The lifter sent from the third transfer conveyor 53
As shown in FIG. 10A, the inner and outer trays 12 received by the lifting frame 102 of the
6 is located above the overhang plate receiving bar 111. When the lifting frame 102 is lowered in this state, the overhang plate 25 of the inner tray 11 is
1 and then the outer tray 12 is
The inner tray 11 is held by the holder 106, so that the inner and outer trays 11, 12
Are separated (FIG. 10b). Then, the inner tray 11 held by the holder 106 is placed on the fourth transfer conveyor 54 by sequentially raising, moving forward and lowering the holder 106 as indicated by arrows in FIG. Then, it is sent to the cooling tank 45 in the next step. On the other hand, the outer tray 12 lowered by the lifter 91 is replaced by the return conveyor 57 by the discharge conveyor 93, and sent to the fitting device 42 by the return conveyor 57. Is discharged by the discharge device 58 and the supply device 59
Thus, hot water is newly supplied to the outer tray 12.

[0032]

According to the present invention, since the inner and outer trays are fitted by the inner / outer tray fitting device, the fitting operation of the inner and outer trays can be performed automatically without manual operation.

Further, since the inner and outer trays are positioned by the positioning means when the inner and outer trays are fitted, the fitting gap between the inner and outer trays can be reduced.
Hot water can be prevented from entering the container.

Further, when the inner and outer trays are fitted, the inner tray is not moved but only the outer tray is moved, so that there is no danger of the material spilling out of the container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a peripheral portion of an inner and outer tray fitting device of a burning pudding manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the periphery of the fitting device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the fitting operation of the inner and outer trays.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a peripheral portion of an inner / outer tray separation device of the baking pudding manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 6;

8 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a peripheral portion of the separation device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the separating operation of the inner and outer trays.

FIG. 11 is a plan view schematically showing an entire apparatus for manufacturing a fired pudding according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Inner tray 12 Outer tray 42 Fitting device 62 Positioning member 64 Lifter 65 Stopper 66 Guide roller C Container W Hot water

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An inner tray holding a material filling container C
11 and an outer tray 12 in which hot water is placed,
The inner and outer trays 1 are so immersed in the material
The inner and outer trays 11, 12 are placed in an oven 4
In the apparatus for producing a baked pudding that obtains a pudding by steaming the material by passing the inner and outer trays, an inner / outer tray fitting device 42 is arranged on the oven loading side, and the inner / outer tray fitting device 42 An inner tray positioning means 62 for positioning at the fitting position; and an outer tray for positioning the outer tray 12 immediately below the positioned inner tray 11.
-Pushing-up means for pushing up the outer tray 12 positioned so that the positioning means 81 , 82 and the inner and outer trays 11, 12 are fitted.
64. An apparatus for manufacturing baked pudding.