JP3911606B2 - Chopped seaweed manufacturing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing chopped seaweed, in which the seaweed is cut into narrow strips to obtain chopped seaweed.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Noodles cut into narrow strips sprinkled on noodles such as udon and soba, chirashi sushi, etc. are stored in packaging bags and attached to various instant foods or sold alone.
[0003]
However, conventionally, when producing chopped laver, the process of cutting the laver into narrow strips and the process of packaging the chopped laver have been performed separately.
[0004]
For this reason, the finished chopped seaweed was damp before being packaged and could not maintain a crisp state. In addition, there is a problem that the direction of the laver chopped before packaging is different and it is difficult to put in the packaging bag.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for producing chopped seaweed, in which the finished chopped seaweed is easy to package and is packaged immediately.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.
[0007]
In the method for producing chopped laver according to the present invention, the laver la that is sequentially supplied is cut in the horizontal direction by the knurl means 2 provided with the blades 4 and 23 on the drums 5 and 21 so as to be parallel to the rotary shafts 5a and 21a. The strip-shaped chopped laver 1b is dropped into the wrapping means 3 in a state of being substantially horizontally oriented and packaged.
[0008]
In addition, the chopped laver production method of the present invention is such that the chopping means 2 can intermittently produce a predetermined amount of chopped laver 1b and packaging is performed for each of the predetermined amount of chopped laver 1b. .
[0009]
The chopped laver production apparatus of the present invention has a wrapping means 3 disposed below a chopping means 2 that cuts the laver lava 1a that is sequentially supplied in the horizontal direction, and is a strip-shaped chopped laver made by cutting by the chopping means 2. 1b is a chopped seaweed production device that falls into the packaging means 3 in a substantially horizontal direction and is packaged, and the chopping means 2 is arranged on the peripheral surfaces of the drums 5 and 21 with its rotary shaft 5a, It can be provided with blades 4 and 23 provided so as to be parallel to 21a .
[0010]
Further, in the chopped laver production apparatus of the present invention, the chopping means 2 may have a plurality of laver cutters 22 having a plurality of blades 23 formed intermittently on the peripheral surface .
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a method for producing chopped seaweed according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a chopped seaweed 1b that has been cut into narrow strips by the chopping means 2, and FIG. In the packaging means 3, it is explanatory drawing which shows the state which sealed the circumference | surroundings of the accommodating part 14 of the cut seaweed 1b in the films 10 and 11. FIG.
[0013]
This chopped laver production method cuts the laver laver 1a that is sequentially supplied into the chopped laver 1b by horizontally cutting the laver 1a, and drops the chopped laver 1b onto the wrapping means 3 in a substantially horizontal direction, It is designed to be packaged, and can be carried out by a chopped laver production apparatus having the chopping means 2 and the wrapping means 3 as shown in FIG.
[0014]
The notch means 2 comprises a drum 5 having four rotating blades 4 implanted at equal intervals on the peripheral surface, and a laver carrier 7 provided on the left side of the drum 5 in FIG. .
The drum 5 is installed so that the direction of the rotating shaft 5a is horizontal. The rotary blade 4 is provided so as to be parallel to the rotary shaft 5 a of the drum 5. Since the fixed blade 6 is easily worn, the fixed blade 6 is made of a metal whose hardness is higher than that of the rotary blade 4.
[0015]
The drum 5 rotates at a speed of about 10 revolutions / second, and the laver la that is sequentially conveyed is cut one by one between the rotary blade 4 and the fixed blade 6 to obtain chopped laver 1b. As shown in FIG. 4, the nori la is cut into four pieces in the vertical direction (conveying direction), and the original size is 185 mm in width × 205 mm in length (entire shape). It is a size. The size of the chopped laver 1b made by the chopping means 2 is set to 46 mm × 2 mm.
[0016]
The wrapping means 3 includes a hopper 12 disposed between the films 10 and 11 which are supplied from the left and right in the figure and turned downward by the rollers 8 and 9, and a sealer which seals both the films 10 and 11 below the hopper 12. 13.
[0017]
In the packaging means 3, the chopped seaweed 1b is packaged for every predetermined amount set in advance, such as 60 pieces and 120 pieces. Therefore, the drum 5 of the notch means 2 is controlled so as to be stopped once every time the predetermined amount of the nori seaweed 1b is generated in synchronism with the operation of the packaging means 3, thereby intermittently by the notch means 2. A predetermined amount of chopped laver 1b is produced and falls into the packaging means 3.
[0018]
The hopper 12 has a rectangular tube shape with a wide opening at the upper end and a narrow opening at the lower end. The chopped laver 1b that falls one after another from above is placed between the films 10, 11 while facing the horizontal direction. To supply.
[0019]
The sealer 13 is composed of two drums, one of which is a drive drum and the other is a driven drum. Both films 10 and 11 are sandwiched between these drums, and as shown in FIG. The periphery of the accommodation portion 14 is sealed to form a seal portion 15 and the chopped laver 1b is sealed.
[0020]
Thus, in the method for producing chopped seaweed of the present invention, the step of chopping the laver 1a to make the chopped seaweed 1b and the step of wrapping the chopped seaweed 1b are performed continuously. Since the chopped seaweed 1b that has been rarely wrapped is immediately wrapped by the wrapping means 3, it is hard to be damp and is sealed in a crisp state.
[0021]
Moreover, the chopped laver 1b made by the chopping means 2 falls to the wrapping means 3 in a state of facing the horizontal direction and is packaged. As shown in FIG. 2, the chopped laver 1b is horizontally long and aligned in the horizontal direction so as to fall onto the packaging means 3. All together.
[0022]
Therefore, the chopped laver 1b can be easily and quickly packaged, and the chopped laver 1b can be prevented from being packaged in a state where it is broken or cut in the middle. Further, the chopped laver 1b packaged in such a state is easy to take out from the packaging bag, and the volume per unit does not increase, and the appearance is also clean.
[0023]
Furthermore, the chopped laver manufacturing method of this invention can be implemented using the chopped laver manufacturing apparatus as shown below as 2nd Embodiment. FIG. 5 is a front view of the chopped laver production apparatus, FIG. 6 is a top view thereof, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state where the laver la cut into four parts by the conveyor belt 19 is conveyed, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the notch means 2.
[0024]
In this chopped laver production apparatus, the packaging means 3 is disposed below the chopping means 2 that cuts the laver 1a that is sequentially supplied in the horizontal direction, and the chopped laver 1b formed by cutting by the chopping means 2 is directed substantially in the horizontal direction . It falls into the packaging means 3 in a state and is packaged.
[0025]
This chopped laver production device continuously stores a laver supply magazine 16 for storing a large number of laver laver, a suction pad 17 for taking out laver 1a from the laver supply magazine 16 and a take-out suction belt 18 and laver lava continuously. 5 includes a conveying belt 19 that conveys in the right direction of FIG. 5, a notch unit 2, a packaging unit 3, and the like.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 4, the laver la stored in the laver supply magazine 16 has a laver 1 whose original size is 185 mm wide × 205 mm long (entire shape) and is 4 in the vertical direction (conveyance direction). It is cut into two pieces and has a size of 46 mm wide × 205 mm long. These laver la are lined up on the transport belt 19 without any gap as shown in FIG. 7 by the suction pad 17 and the take-out suction belt 18 and are transported to the notch means 2 one after another.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 8, the notch means 2 includes a left drum 20 and a right drum 21 in which one is a driving drum and the other is a driven drum.
[0028]
The right drum 21 is installed such that the direction of the rotation shaft 21a is horizontal. The right drum 21 has a plurality of laver cutters 22 intermittently on its peripheral surface.
[0029]
The laver cutter 22 is formed by etching a rectangular ribbon steel to form a plurality of blades 23 on the surface. As shown in FIG. 9, the blades 23 are formed at intervals of 2 mm in the horizontal direction . The laver cutter 22 is attached to the right drum 21 so that the blade 23 is parallel to the direction of the rotation shaft 21 a of the right drum 21. Further, the right drum 21 is a magnet drum, and the laver cutter 22 is magnetically attached by the magnetic force of the magnet drum, is detachable and can be easily replaced.
[0030]
The left drum 20 is used for receiving the blade of the laver cutter 22, and the circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the laver cutter 22 of the right drum 21. The laver la supplied from the conveyor belt 19 is carried one by one on the peripheral surface of the left drum 20 and is cut into a narrow strip by the blade 23 when the laver cutter 22 of the right drum 21 hits. A horizontally long cut laver 1b as shown in FIG. 2 is formed. The size of the chopped laver 1b is 46 mm × 2 mm.
[0031]
Since a plurality of laver cutters 22 are intermittently provided on the peripheral surface of the right drum 21, the chopped laver 1 b is also intermittently created corresponding to this and sequentially falls on the lower packaging means 3. The number of chopped laver 1b formed by one laver cutter 22 corresponds to the number of blades 23 of the laver cutter 22.
[0032]
The laver cutter 22 of the notch means 2 is mounted so that the blade 23 is parallel to the direction of the rotation shaft 21a of the right drum 21, and the conveyed laver la is equally spaced by the blade 23 in the direction of the rotation shaft 21a. Therefore, the direction of the chopped laver 1b made by the chopping means 2 is aligned in the horizontal direction.
[0033]
In the packaging means 3, the chopped laver 1b made for each laver cutter 22 is packaged as one unit. Accordingly, the amount of the cut laver 1b accommodated in one packaging bag is determined by the circumferential length of the right drum 21 of the laver cutter 22, so that the amount of the cut laver 1b accommodated in each packaging bag is made accurate. be able to. Moreover, what is necessary is just to change the length of the said laver cutter 22 when changing the quantity of the chopped laver 1b.
[0034]
The packaging means 3 is the same as that shown in FIG. The films 10 and 11 are supplied by film supply mechanisms 24b and 25b having tension rollers from film rolls 24a and 25a respectively provided below the conveying belt 19 and the right end of the apparatus in FIG.
[0035]
A film cutter 26 that cuts both the films 10 and 11 at the seal portion 15 is provided below the sealer 13. The film cutter 26 cuts the films 10 and 11 at the sealing portion 15 between the accommodation portion 14 of the cut seaweed 1b and the accommodation portion 14 of the next cut seaweed 1b of the sealed films 10 and 11, respectively. A packaging bag having an accommodation portion 14 for the chopped laver 1b is formed. The size of the resulting packaging bag is about 50 mm × 70 mm. The film cutter 26 may be perforated.
[0036]
The packaging bag containing the chopped laver 1b falls on the discharge conveyor 27 below the packaging means and is discharged outside the apparatus.
[0037]
The laver cutter 22 may be carried out by changing the direction of the blade 23 in parallel with the circumferential direction of the right drum 21, or a die cutter having blades implanted in the drum itself as shown in FIG. Or a Thomson cutter.
[0038]
FIG. 10 shows an apparatus for producing chopped laver according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which laver la is conveyed in parallel in four rows on a conveyor belt (not shown). It is explanatory drawing of what enabled packaging.
[0039]
The chopped seaweed manufacturing apparatus of this embodiment is a device in which the laver 1a continuously conveyed by the conveyor belt is chopped by the chopping means 2 into the laver 1b and is wrapped by the wrapping means 3 as in the above-described embodiment. However, the laver supply magazine 16 is provided above the conveyor belt, and a large number of laver 1 having a size of 185 mm in width and 205 mm in length (entire shape) is stacked and stored in the laver supply magazine 16. . The suction pad 17 sucks and takes out the laver 1 one by one from the laver supply magazine 16, and the laver 1 is longitudinally (with a cutter 28) so that the width in the lateral direction (direction perpendicular to the conveying direction) is uniform ( It is cut into four pieces in the carrying direction), and the laver la la produced by the cutting is continuously carried to the notch means 2 by the carrying belt.
[0040]
The notch means 2 comprises a left drum 20 and a right drum 21 as in the above-described embodiment, but the length in the horizontal direction is increased so that four rows of laver 1a can be carved simultaneously.
[0041]
The packaging means 3 seals four rows simultaneously and separates into individual packaging bags with a film cutter. The film cutter cuts the seal portions 15 of the films 10 and 11 into four rows in the vertical direction (flow direction), and the side cutter 26a below it in the horizontal direction (direction perpendicular to the flow direction). It consists of an end cutter 26b.
[0042]
Thus, the chopped laver production device of the present invention can be configured to manufacture and package the chopped laver 1b in parallel in a plurality of rows.
[0043]
Note that the dimensions of laver and the configuration of the apparatus are not limited to the above example, and can be changed as appropriate.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
The chopped seaweed manufacturing method and apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the chopped seaweed 1b formed by cutting by the chopping means 2 is easy to package and can be immediately packaged. The laver 1b is not damp and can be packaged in a crisp state.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a method for producing chopped laver according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of chopped laver made by chopping means in the chopped laver manufacturing method of the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the periphery of the portion of the film containing the cut seaweed is sealed in the method for manufacturing the cut seaweed according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing that the seaweed of the original size is cut into four equal widths in the vertical direction.
FIG. 5 is a front view of a chopped laver production apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a top view of a chopped laver production apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which laver cut into four parts by a transport belt of a chopped seaweed manufacturing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention is transported.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the notch means of the notch nori production apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged perspective view of notching means of the notching laver manufacturing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a chopped laver production apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Nori 1b Notch Nori 2 Notch 3 Packing means 4,23 Blade 21 Drum 22 Nori Cutter

Claims (4)

The laver (1a) that is sequentially supplied is leveled by the notch means (2) provided on the drums (5) and (21) so that the blades (4) and (23) are parallel to the rotation axes (5a) and (21a). Cut in a direction to make a strip-shaped chopped laver (1b), and the chopped laver (1b) is dropped in the packaging means (3) in a substantially horizontal direction and is packaged. A method for producing chopped nori. Intermittently to allow increments seaweed (1b) of a predetermined amount by increments means (2), increments seaweed production method of the above as packaging for each predetermined amount increments of seaweed (1b) is carried out is claim 1, wherein . A wrapping means (3) is arranged below the notch means (2) for horizontally cutting the laver (1a) that is sequentially supplied, and a narrow strip-like notch nori made by cutting by the notch means (2) ( 1b) is a chopped seaweed manufacturing apparatus that falls into the packaging means (3) in a substantially horizontal direction and is packaged, and the chopping means (2) is arranged around the drum (5) (21). A chopped seaweed manufacturing apparatus comprising blades (4) and (23) provided on the surface so as to be parallel to the rotation axes (5a) and (21a) . 4. The chopped laver manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the knurl means (2) intermittently has a plurality of laver cutters (22) formed with a plurality of blades (23) on the peripheral surface .

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