JP3650593B2 - Rice cracker for food molding machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention, for example, as a pre-process for producing nigiri sushi, seaweed rolls, sand rice balls, etc., for forming a sushi ball, triangle, circular etc. The present invention relates to a rice cracker for a food molding machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a rice cracker for a food molding machine, one or two screw blades are screwed at a constant pitch on the outer periphery of a stirring shaft rotatably arranged in a hopper.
[0003]
A plurality of stirring bars having a predetermined length are provided on the outer periphery of the stirring shaft so as to protrude radially at a constant interval in the axial direction.
[0004]
A plurality of stirring bars having a predetermined length are provided on the outer periphery of the stirring shaft so as to project in a spiral shape at a predetermined pitch in the axial direction.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in any of the conventional rice cracking devices described above, the supplied cooked rice is agitated only along the rotation trajectory of the screw blades and the stirring blades. However, it is almost impossible to expect the effect of cracking rice.
[0006]
In addition, in the above stirring bar, since only the rice that is supplied from above is stirred so that it is scraped downward by each stirring bar, the stirring between the stirring bars is insufficient and the cracking becomes uneven, There is a variation in the density of rice cooked with respect to the food molding machine, and as a result, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain a molded product having a certain rice density and hardness.
[0007]
【the purpose】
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional rice cracker, and a rotating shaft is installed in a rice supply hopper connected to the lower portion of the rice hopper, and the outer periphery of the rotating shaft is provided. In addition, a plurality of stirring blades which are plate-like and have different widths of narrow width and wide width are alternately arranged at a constant interval in the axial direction and in a coaxial tangential direction at a constant interval around the axis. Each protruding blade is configured to protrude from the inner wall surface of the cooked rice supply hopper below the rotating shaft and project a plurality of fixed blades positioned between the respective stirring blades. At the same time, when each stirring blade rotates the stationary blade portion, the cooked rice is scraped up between the stirring blades so that the cooked rice is uniformly and efficiently removed. To be able to supply rice with a certain amount and density And to provide a cooked rice construed device for food molding machine was.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rice cracker for a food molding machine that stirs and breaks the cooked rice supplied from the cooked rice hopper and supplies it to the food molding machine. A rotating shaft is installed in the cooked rice supply hopper, and a plurality of long stirring blades having a narrow plate shape, a plurality of medium stirring blades having a wide plate shape, and a plurality of short lengths having a wide plate shape are provided on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft. The stirring blades are alternately provided at a constant interval in the axial direction and at a constant interval in the axial direction, and are projected in a coaxial tangential direction. A plurality of fixed blades positioned between the long stirring blades and the medium and short stirring blades are provided to stand upright.
[0009]
Furthermore, the plurality of long stirring blades, medium stirring blades, and short stirring blades are provided so as to protrude in the tangential direction of the rotating shaft.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of a rice cracker for a food molding machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal front view of the entire rice cracker, FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal side view of the entire rice cracker, and FIG. 3 shows a rotation axis and a coaxial outer periphery of the same rice cracker. 3 shows a perspective view of the three types of stirring blades and fixed blades protruding from FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 shows a schematic explanatory view of the cooked rice stirring state in the apparatus.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the cooked rice cracker of the present invention includes a cooked rice hopper 1, a cooked rice supply hopper 2 that is connected and fixed to the lower end of the cooked rice hopper 1, a rotating shaft 3, and three types. It is composed of stirring blades 4, 5, 6 and fixed blades 7.
[0012]
The cooked rice hopper 1 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner container 1b is fitted into the outer container 1a with a space 8 having a predetermined width around the outer container 1a, and is fixed with screws 9 so that the lower end has an opening 10 narrower than the upper end. It is provided and configured.
[0013]
The cooked rice supply hopper 2 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the left and right side walls 2a, 2a disposed substantially vertically at regular intervals, the front wall 2b curved downward from the front upper end to the front lower portion, and the rear upper end A rear wall / bottom wall 2c descending in an arc shape toward the lower front, and a flat horizontally elongated opening 2d that is long in the left-right direction and narrow in the front-rear direction are formed in the front lower end.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, the cooked rice supply hopper 2 has engaging pieces 11, 11 having spring properties suspended downward from the left and right sides of the lower end of the cooked rice hopper 1. It engages with horizontal engaging projections 12 and 12 projecting outward from the upper portions of the side walls 2a and 2a of the rice hopper 1 and is continuously connected to the lower end of the cooked rice hopper 1 in a detachable manner.
[0015]
The rotating shaft 3 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cylindrical body 3b is fitted and fixed to the internal rotation shaft 3a so as to be integrally formed, and the internal rotation is formed on the front side in the cooked rice supply hopper 2 described above. The shaft 3a is rotatably supported on the left and right side walls 2a and 2a, and is installed horizontally. The gear 3c is fixed to the protruding end of the shaft 3a that protrudes outward from the side wall 2a of the coaxial 3a. A gear transmission mechanism (not shown) is interposed to interlock with the drive shaft.
[0016]
The long stirring blade 4 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, it is formed in a narrow plate shape, symmetrically in the vertical and horizontal directions as a pair on the outer periphery of the cylindrical body 3b of the rotating shaft 3 and axially In the illustrated example, a total of 10 pieces are provided with a fixed interval a.
[0017]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the medium stirring blade 5 has a width and length that are wider than the width of the long stirring blade 4 described above, shorter than the length, and formed in a flat plate shape. Yes, in the illustrated example, a total of 10 pieces are provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical body 3b as a pair, protruding symmetrically in the vertical and horizontal directions and at a constant interval b in the axial direction. Has been.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the short stirring blade 6 has a lateral width that is the same as that of the medium stirring blade 5 and a length that is shorter than the length of the blade 5 and is formed in a flat plate shape. In the illustrated example, a total of ten pieces are provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical body 3b so as to protrude from the outer periphery of the cylindrical body 3b with a constant interval c in the vertical and horizontal directions.
[0019]
The plurality of long stirring blades 4, medium stirring blades 5, and short stirring blades 6, as shown in FIG. 2, protrude in the tangential direction of the rotating shaft 3 and are spaced at regular intervals around the axis. In this case, the cylindrical body 3b protrudes from the outer periphery.
[0020]
That is, the stirring blades 4, 5, 6 are shifted in the rotational direction in parallel to the vertical axis d and the horizontal axis e passing through the axis of the rotation shaft 3 and in the rotational direction by the same axis d, e and a fixed dimension f, It is formed in a side non-cross shape.
[0021]
Further, the long, medium, and short stirring blades 4, 5, and 6 are provided so as to protrude in the direction around the rotation shaft 3 with a certain interval, as shown in FIGS. In addition, the long stirring blades 4 and the medium and short stirring blades 5 and 6 are alternately arranged in order from the left side to the right side (or from the right side to the left side) with respect to the axial direction.
[0022]
The fixed blade 7 is configured as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lower end is formed to be thick and gradually thin from the lower end to the upper end, and is positioned below the rotary shaft 3 described above in the cooked rice supply hopper 2. Thus, the lower end is fixed to the inner surface of the rear wall / bottom wall 2c so as to stand vertically.
[0023]
In the fixed blade 7, the rotating shaft 3 rotates in the clockwise direction indicated by an arrow g in FIG. 2 together with a plurality of long, medium and short stirring blades 4, 5 and 6. At this time, each of the long stirring blades 4 and the middle and short stirring blades 5 and 6 are provided so as to protrude from the axial direction at a constant interval.
[0024]
Next, the rice cracking process in this description will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 2, when the long, medium and short stirring blades 4, 5 and 6 are rotated in the direction of the arrow g together with the rotary shaft 3 by a drive shaft (not shown), the fixed blade 7 is rotated and passed. At this time, the cooked rice 13 is scraped upward by the long stirring blade 4 and the cooked rice 13 is scraped off by the medium and short stirring blades 5 and 6.
[0025]
That is, as shown in FIG. 4 showing the rice cracking process, the long stirring blade 4 and the medium and short stirring blades 5 and 6 are in the order of a, b, c in the drawing, that is, the long stirring blade 4, By continuously rotating the medium and short stirring blades 5 and 6 and the long stirring blade 4 in this order, the cooked rice 13 is scraped, scraped, scraped, and scraped continuously. It is solved evenly. At this time, since the stirring blades 4, 5, and 6 are shifted in the direction of the fixed axis f of the rotation axis, the cooked rice 13 is particularly smoothly and efficiently scraped.
[0026]
In FIG.1 and FIG.2, 14 shows a cooked rice carrying-out mechanism. The cooked rice carry-out mechanism 14 is supported by a plurality of rollers 15, 15, 16, 16 so as to face each other and rotate inward, and the cooked rice 13 is formed to have a constant thickness by the rollers 15, 15, 16, 16. A fixed quantity (length) is cut with a cutter 17 to produce a fixed quantity of cooked rice, which is formed into a desired food by a known molding machine.
In FIGS. 1 and 18, reference numeral 18 denotes a tray.
[0027]
Since the present invention is configured as described above, the cooked rice stirred and moved by the rotation of a plurality of stirring blades protruding at predetermined intervals in the axial direction and the axis-around direction of the rotating shaft, In order to further stir the cooked rice once it is stopped by a plurality of fixed blades standing upright so as to face the surface and once stopped moving, it is particularly easy to break up the cooked cooked rice easily and finely It can improve the efficiency of unraveling cooked rice.
[0028]
Therefore, since the amount of cooked rice supplied to the cooked rice unloading mechanism and the like is uniform, by cutting the plate compressed by the mechanism into a certain length by a cutter, it is possible to form a fixed quantity cooked rice with a uniform cooked rice density, A molded product having a constant hardness and a density of cooked rice can be produced quantitatively by a molding machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal front view showing an embodiment of a rice cracker for a food molding machine according to the present description.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view showing the same rice cracker.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a rotating shaft, a plurality of long, medium and short stirring blades protruding from the rotating shaft and a fixed blade in the rice cracker.
FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a rice cracking process of the same rice cracker.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Cooked rice hopper 2 Cooked rice supply hopper 3 Rotating shaft 4 Long stirring blade 5 Medium stirring blade 6 Short stirring blade 7 Fixed blades a, b, c Interval

Claims (2)

In the rice cracker of the food molding machine that stirs and breaks the cooked rice supplied from the cooked rice hopper and supplies it to the food molding machine, a rotating shaft is installed in the cooked rice supply hopper connected to the bottom of the cooked rice hopper, A plurality of stirring blades are provided on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft so as to project at predetermined intervals in the axial direction and the direction around the shaft, respectively, while a plurality of fixed blades are provided on the inner wall surface of the cooked rice supply hopper to face the stirring blades A rice cracker for a food molding machine, characterized in that it stands upright. 2. The rice cracker for a food molding machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of long stirring blades, medium stirring blades, and short stirring blades are provided so as to protrude in a tangential direction of the rotating shaft.

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