JP3400346B2 - Method and apparatus for producing molded solids - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is for producing solid roux used for making curry, hayashi, stew and the like, molded solids such as chocolate, and particularly large plate-like solid roux for household or business use. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a molded solid material suitable for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, solid roux used for making curry, hayashi, stew, etc. is produced by heating and mixing wheat flour, edible oil and fat, seasoning, etc., and then putting this in a container to cool and solidify. . On the other hand, when producing a roux using a large plate-shaped solid roux, for example, a large tray-shaped container mold such as a commercial roux product, the molten roux is filled in the tray-shaped container mold and then cooled and solidified. After that, the method is taken out from the tray-shaped container type, housed in a packaging bag, and sealed. In particular, when the cooled and solidified roux is taken out from the tray-shaped container mold manually,
It was done by reversing the top and bottom of a tray-shaped container and giving it a shock. Therefore, there is a problem in that the work of taking out the roux requires labor and manpower, and the roux taken out is chipped or cracked to lower the commercial value.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-25 relating to the prior application of the applicant of the present application
No. 5435 performs cooling and solidifying treatment in two steps under specific conditions to prevent oil floating and dew condensation on the surface of the roux, and
The present invention relates to a technique in which a solid roux can be easily mechanically taken out from a mold, because a gap can be formed between the inner wall of the tray mold and the solid roux after the cooling and solidifying treatment.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for producing a molded solid such as a solid roux, which is easily mechanically released from a container mold regardless of the conditions of cooling and solidifying treatment. ,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing apparatus that can be used for this.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention mechanically supports a container mold, presses a predetermined portion of the container mold from above and below to distort the container mold, and then removes a solid from the container mold. This was done based on the finding that this can be easily taken out and that this can be achieved with a mechanically simple device.

That is, the present invention is a manufacturing apparatus for producing a molded solid product by releasing a solid material molded and solidified in a flexible container mold having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall without inverting the container mold. And (a) an upper member capable of abutting wholly or partially on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container mold, and (b) a bottom position of the container mold in a relative positional relationship between the upper member capable of distorting the container mold. A lower member that can come into full or partial contact with the wall; (c) a power unit for moving the upper member and / or the lower member up and down to a position where the upper member and / or the lower member come into contact with the container mold; (d) A supporting device for supporting the container type during the operation of the above-mentioned devices (a) to (c), and (e) a container-type transfer device, the supporting device (d) supporting the container type. With the transfer device
The upper member (a) and the lower part during the movement of the container mold by (e)
To bring the side member (b) into contact with a predetermined portion of the container type
Therefore, there is provided an apparatus for producing a molded solid, which is characterized by pressing a predetermined portion of the container mold to distort the container mold and peeling the molded solid from the inner wall of the container mold.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, the term "molded solid material" refers to all molded solid materials that are formed by filling a molten material in a container and then solidifying the material. The present invention is particularly effective in the case of foods solidified by fats and oils such as solid roux and chocolate. Of course, it can be applied to other solid substances than foods. In the case of solid roux, for example, the raw material and manufacturing method are described in JP-A-7-2554.
The same one as described in No. 35 may be used.

As the container type, any container type having any shape and capacity can be used as long as it is flexible and has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. It is preferable that the upper surface is open and the side wall is perpendicular to the bottom surface, or that it opens outward as it goes upward, or has a flange portion on the upper surface of the peripheral wall or has a tray shape. The height of the container type is 30 to 70 mm, preferably 40 to 60 mm, and the length is 100 to 220 mm, preferably 125 to 250 mm.
Width 100-152 mm, preferably 110-140 mm
A rectangular parallelepiped or cubic shape is preferable. Also, the capacity is 3
00-3200 cm ³ , preferably 550-2100c
m ³ is preferable. The weight of the contents is 5
It is preferably from 00 g to 2 kg. The present invention is not limited to 70
It can also be applied to the production of small solids of about 250 g.

The material of the container type may be arbitrary, but polypropylene (PP) polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polymethylpentene (P).
MP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PV
C), Teflon, nylon, and other flexible plastics are preferably made of a material that expands and contracts due to temperature changes. Among them, PP, PBT, PC, PMP and the like are preferable in terms of elasticity and strength.

In order to produce a molded solid, first, a raw material which is heated and melted is filled in a container mold and then solidified. In the case of a food that is solidified with oils and fats, the raw material may be heated to the melting temperature of the oils and fats, the melted product may be filled in a container mold, and then solidified at a temperature below the melting point of the oils and fats. The detailed conditions in this case may be any conditions including those described in JP-A-7-255435. The present invention may be applied to those solidified under the conditions described in JP-A-7-255435.

Next, the molded solid material is taken out from the container mold after solidification, and the present invention is characterized in that the following treatment is carried out as a preceding step thereof. That is, the solid material molded and solidified in the container mold is released without turning over the container mold, and in this case, the container mold is mechanically supported, and the container mold is predetermined from either or both of the vertical directions. The portion of is pressed to distort the container mold, the molded solid material is peeled from the inner wall of the container mold (hereinafter, this operation is referred to as "distortion operation"), and then the solid material is taken out of the container mold.

A specific method of the distortion operation in the present invention will be described in detail below. The operation of distorting is performed by (a) an upper member that can be entirely or partially abutted on the upper surface of the container-shaped peripheral wall;
(B) a lower member capable of being wholly or partially abutted on the bottom wall of the container mold in a relative positional relationship with the upper member capable of distorting the container mold; and (c) an upper member and / or a lower member. A power unit for moving the side member in the vertical direction to a position where it abuts against the container mold; and (d) a supporting device for supporting the container mold during the operation of the devices (a) to (c). It is preferably achieved by an apparatus for producing a molded solid containing the same.

Here, FIGS. 1-1 and 1-2 are a sectional view and a horizontal projection plane view of an example of the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention seen from the side, and FIGS. 2-1 and 2-2 show other apparatuses. Similar sectional views and horizontal projection views, FIGS. 3-1 and 3-2 are similar sectional views and horizontal projection views of other devices, FIG. 4 is a horizontal projection view of other devices, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to the above of the device.

First, based on FIG. 1 and FIG.
The upper member (a) described in 1 above is capable of abutting entirely on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the tray-shaped container type, and the lower member (b) is one or more positions in the central part of the bottom wall of the tray-shaped container type. An embodiment in the case of using a manufacturing apparatus that can come into contact with is described.

Reference numeral 2 is a tray-shaped container type containing the solidified and solidified material 1. The container type 2 is distorted from the left side of the drawing by a transfer device (not shown), and the operation station 10
0, the distortion operation is carried out here, and then it is sent out from the station 100 to the next process on the right side. 3-
Numerals 1 and 3-2 are roll bars installed at right intervals in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction, and the tray bars are supported by the operation station 100 by being distorted by these roll bars.

The upper member a1 has a flat plate surface capable of contacting the entire upper surface (so-called flange) 20 of the peripheral wall 4 of the container mold 2, and is distorted and vertically moved by a power unit (not shown) at the operation station 100. The lower member b1 in FIG. 1 is a plunger that can be brought into contact with a central portion of the bottom wall 5 of the container mold 2, for example, the central portion, and the lower members b2-1 and b2-2 in FIG. Plungers that can come into contact with two places in the central portion of the bottom wall 5 of No. 2 are vertically moved by a power unit (not shown). These lower members preferably abut a relatively narrow portion of the bottom wall 5 of the container mold 2. The above-mentioned upper member and lower member are driven by a power unit so that they are brought into contact with the upper surface 20 or the bottom wall 5 of the peripheral wall 4 of the container mold 2 by applying appropriate pressure when they are moved to the lowermost part or the uppermost part, respectively. Moved. The lower member is provided in such a positional relationship that it does not hit the roll bars 3-1 and 3-2 when moving up and down. An air cylinder or the like may be appropriately used as each power unit.

In the straining operation by the above-mentioned device, the container type 2 is supported at the straining operation station 100, and the power unit is operated to lower the upper member a1 and the lower member b1 (b2-1). , B2-2) is lifted to sandwich the container mold 2 from the vertical direction. That is, the container mold 2 is distorted by the downward force applied to the flange 20 of the peripheral wall 4 by the upper member and the upward force applied to the central portion of the bottom wall 5 by the lower member, so that the molding solid 1 is deformed. It is peeled off from the inner wall of the container mold 2. If the above-described distortion operation is performed relatively, the degree of vertical movement / contact of the upper member and the lower member with respect to the container mold 2 may be appropriately adjusted. It is not necessary to add, and only one may be performed. In addition, in order to distort the container type 2 from the left side of the drawing and send it to the operation station 100 and then to the right side, for example, roll bars 3-1 and 3-2.
Can be appropriately achieved by rotationally driving, or by pushing the container mold 2 with an appropriate attachment not shown.

Next, another embodiment for performing a distortion operation will be described. The following are modifications and applications when the apparatus of FIG. 2 is used, and distortion operation can be suitably performed by these. It is desirable to configure the lower member (b) so that it abuts at the central portion of each of the evenly defined regions of the bottom wall of the container mold. For example, in the case of the container mold 2 of FIG. 2 having a rectangular shape, the lower members b2-1 and b2-2
However, the bottom wall 5 is configured to abut on the central portion of each area defined by a line connecting the middles of the two long sides.

Further, the lower member can be configured to contact a plurality of locations on the bottom wall of the container mold with a time lag. For example, in the case of the device of FIG. 2 or the above compartment, first, only the upper member a1 and the lower member b2-1 cooperate (the vertical movement of these members may be performed in the same manner as described above), Then, it is possible to achieve a mode in which only the upper member a1 and the lower member b2-2 cooperate with each other so that the lower member comes into contact with a plurality of locations on the bottom wall of the container with a time lag.

Next, the upper member (a) according to claim 7 has two corners facing each other with a diagonal line on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the quadrangular container type or a center line on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the round container type. The lower member (b) is capable of abutting at two opposing positions, and the lower member (b) is provided at one or a plurality of positions in the central portion of the bottom wall of the container type, or the above-mentioned corner portion on the horizontal projection surface of the bottom wall of the rectangular container type. Other than the two corners except the above, or two parts corresponding to the most distant parts from the above two parts on the horizontal projection plane of the bottom wall of the round container mold. An embodiment using a manufacturing apparatus will be described.

In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the upper members a2-1 and a2-2 can abut on two corners of the upper surface 20 of the peripheral wall 4 of the rectangular container mold 2 that are opposed to each other with a diagonal line therebetween. The lower members b3-1 and b3-2 are plungers that can abut on portions corresponding to the other two corners of the horizontal projection surface of the bottom wall 5 excluding the above corners ( (See Figure 3-2). The structure of the other devices is the same as the device of FIG.

In the above device, the upper member a2-
1, a2-2 are simultaneously lowered to abut and press the above-mentioned portion on the upper surface 20 of the peripheral wall 4 of the container mold 2,
The lower members b3-1 and b3-2 can be lifted and brought into contact with and pressed against the above-mentioned portion of the bottom wall 5 to distort and perform an operation.

In the apparatus of the above aspect, the upper member a and / or the lower member b can be a bar-shaped member as shown in FIG. 4, and the action mechanism is the same as in the above case.
In short, the upper member and the lower member may have any shapes as long as they can come into contact with predetermined portions of the peripheral wall upper surface and the bottom wall of the container mold 2.

Further, in the case of a round container type, based on the same idea as the above-mentioned aspect, the upper member can be brought into contact with two points facing each other across the center line on the upper surface of the peripheral wall, and the lower side can be contacted. The design of the member may be changed so that it can be brought into contact with two parts of the horizontal projection plane of the bottom wall, which parts are the farthest from the above two parts. The upper member may be the one shown in FIGS. 3 to 4 and the lower member may be the one shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and these may be combined to form a manufacturing apparatus.

Next, based on FIG. 5, the container type transfer device (e) according to claim 9 is provided, and the upper member (a) and the lower side are provided during the transfer of the container type by the transfer device (e). Member (b)
A case will be described in which the manufacturing apparatus of a mode configured to bring the container into contact with a predetermined portion of the container is used. The transfer device is composed of an upper conveyor belt 6 and lower conveyor belts 7 and 8, and moves the transfer surface in the direction of the arrow in the drawing to transfer the container mold 2 from the left side to the right side in the drawing. Lower conveyor belt 7,
A cam member 10 provided with a protrusion 11 on the peripheral wall is provided between 8 and rotates about an axis provided so as to intersect with the traveling direction. The lower conveyor belts 7, 8 transfer the container mold 2 to the lower conveyor belts 7 to 8 via a cam member 10.
It is provided in such a positional relationship that it can be transferred and transferred. Then, the cam member 10 is controlled by an appropriate power unit and control system.
When the container mold 2 is fed into the operation station 100, it is rotationally driven in synchronization with each transfer device so that the protrusion 11 contacts the central portion of the bottom wall 5 of the container mold 2.

The upper conveyor belt 6 is provided so that the conveying surface is in contact with the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container mold 2.
Is carried between the upper conveyor belt 6 and the lower conveyor belts 7 and 8. Inside the upper conveyor belt 6, a support plate 12 having a size capable of covering the entire upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container mold 2 is provided at a position facing the upper side of the cam member 10 in the straining operation station 100.

According to this apparatus, however, the container mold 2 is distorted during the movement carried by the transfer device, and in the operation station 100, with the upper conveyor belt 6 to the supporting plate 12 supporting the upper surface of the peripheral wall, the cam is performed. By pressing the central portion of the bottom wall 5 upward by the protrusion portion 11 of the member 10, the operation to distort can be performed. It is needless to say that the device of each aspect described above can be modified by utilizing the concept of the device of FIG. 5 so as to be a manufacturing device having a structure capable of being distorted during movement of the container type. Further, the upper member and / or the lower member in the above-described apparatus may be used to give vibration to the container mold, thereby enhancing the peeling effect.

After the straining operation is completed as described above, the molded solid material is sucked up by a suction pad or the like of a robot arm without inverting the container mold, and is separated from the container mold and taken out.

According to the method of the present invention, after solidification by molding in the container mold, the container mold is mechanically supported and the container mold is distorted by pressing a predetermined portion of the container mold from the vertical direction. The object can be reliably peeled off from the inner wall of the container mold, and then the solid matter can be easily taken out from the container mold. Further, it is possible to avoid chipping or cracking of the solid matter at the time of mold release, and it is possible to manufacture a high-quality molded solid matter having high moldability. With the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to stably achieve the above-described mold releasing operation with a relatively simple structure and power mechanism. Therefore, the present invention, when industrially producing a molded solid such as a relatively large solid roux, it is possible to achieve a stable mold release operation with simple equipment without labor and labor. It is extremely advantageous in that respect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1-1 is a cross-sectional view of an example of the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention viewed from a side surface direction.

FIG. 1-2 is a horizontal projection plane view of the same.

FIG. 2-1 is a cross-sectional view of an example of another manufacturing apparatus of the present invention viewed from a side direction.

FIG. 2-2 is also a horizontal projection plane view.

FIG. 3-1 is a cross-sectional view of another example of the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention viewed from the side surface direction.

FIG. 3-2 is also a horizontal projection plane view.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal projection plane view of an example of another manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an example of another manufacturing apparatus of the present invention viewed from a side direction.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 solid 2 tray type 3-1 Roll bar 3-2 Roll bar 4 surrounding walls 5 bottom wall 6 Upper conveyor belt 7 Lower conveyor belt 8 Lower conveyor belt 10 Cam member 11 protrusion 12 Support plate 20 flange 100 distortion operation station a Upper member a1 Upper member a2-1 Upper member a2-2 Upper member b-1 Lower member b2-1 Lower member b2-2 Lower member b3-1 Lower member b3-2 Lower member

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a molded solid product by releasing a solid product molded and solidified in a flexible container mold having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall without reversing the container mold. (A) An upper member that can entirely or partially come in contact with the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container mold, and (b) an upper member that can distort the container mold. A lower member capable of abutting partially or partially, (c) a power unit for moving the upper member and / or the lower member up and down to a position where the upper member and / or the lower member come into contact with the container mold, (d) above (a) ) - a supporting device for supporting the container type during operation of the device of (c), to support the container type in (e) and a container-type transfer device, the support device (d), the transfer apparatus
The upper member (a) and the lower part during the movement of the container mold by (e)
To bring the side member (b) into contact with a predetermined portion of the container type
Therefore , an apparatus for producing a molded solid, characterized by pressing a predetermined portion of the container mold to distort the container mold and peeling the molded solid from the inner wall of the container mold. 2. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the molded solid is a food solidified with oil and fat. 3. The upper member (a) and / or the lower member (b) comprises a cam mechanism, and the power unit (c) synchronizes with the transfer by the transfer unit (e), and the projection of the cam is a container type. 2. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cam mechanism is moved so as to come into contact with a predetermined portion of the. 4. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper member (a) and / or the lower member (b) gives vibration to the container type.