JP3989225B2 - Rice cracker manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus for baking a powdery food material, for example, a food material in which wheat flour, hail dough and the like are mixed with potato powder obtained by pulverizing squid scrap into a rice cracker having a predetermined shape.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-32979 as a manufacturing apparatus of this kind is composed of a male type and a female type with a built-in electric heater, and the female type is attached to a slidable table, and the table is operated by operating an air cylinder. By sliding, it is switched to the raw material supply position, the baking position, and the product pick-up position, and each position is fixed and positioned by a positioning device. At the raw material supply position, the hopper of the raw material supply device A certain amount of raw material mixed with squid flour, wheat flour, dough, etc. is weighed and supplied, and when the female mold is switched from the raw material supply position to the baking position, the male mold descends and fits into the female mold The raw material in the female mold is baked by pressurizing and heating, and when baked for a certain period of time, the male mold rises and the female mold switches to the product picking position. Suck A product take-out device consisting of a pad, an air cylinder that raises and lowers the suction pad, and a pneumatic pump that sucks and discharges air from the suction pad is arranged, and the suction pad sucks the baked product in the female mold. After picking up, the table slides to retract the female mold from the product pick-up position, and then the suction pad descends while sucking the product and drops it to the pick-up position by discharging air, making the rice cracker manufacturing equipment Is disclosed.
[0003]
There is also known a rice cracker device in which the baked product taken out at the take-out position is dropped to the carry-out position and then dropped. As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-194288, in this apparatus, the baked product in the female mold is sucked and held by the suction device and taken up from the female mold, and then moved horizontally on the table. I try to leave it alone.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-32979 has the following problems.
(1) One air cylinder switches the female die to the raw material supply device, the baking position, and the product pick-up position, and is positioned and fixed at each position by the positioning device. Therefore, the air cylinder is provided with a plurality of position sensors for detecting the piston position, and each position sensor is controlled by the control device so as to be set in an operating state in a predetermined order. Complicated control of the control device,
(2) The air cylinder is designed to switch the female mold from the firing position to the product pick-up position via the raw material supply position, and the stroke can move the female mold from the firing position to the product pick-up position. Need a lot of space to install the air cylinder,
(3) Although the raw material supply apparatus has a hopper for storing the raw material, it may be necessary to remove the raw material in the hopper when the operation is completed or for other reasons. When removing the raw material in the hopper, it is done by manually scooping out or scraping, but since there is a stirring device in the hopper, the removal work is not easy,
(4) The raw material in the hopper is stirred by the stirring plate of the stirring device that rotates around the horizontal axis, but the raw material in the lower layer of the hopper is pressed and compressed by the rotating stirring plate to form a bridge that solidifies the raw materials. Easy to occur,
(5) The shooter and the product take-out device of the raw material supply device are attached to the support frame, and the support frame is retracted outside by rotating the support frame outward, but the hopper can be retracted. It is not so easy to get in the way when cleaning or repairing parts,
(6) The raw material supply device is configured to supply raw materials in a fixed amount, and the raw material supply amount cannot be changed.
Etc.
[0005]
In the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-194288, the suction device is moved horizontally by the air cylinder. However, when the suction device reaches the stroke end of the air cylinder and leaves the product held by suction, it stops. Due to the impact of time, the product is likely to be dropped and fall to a place other than a predetermined position.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus that can easily remove the raw material in the hopper of the raw material supply apparatus. The second object is to provide a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus in which the hopper of the raw material supply apparatus can be retracted.
[00 07 ]
[Means for solving problems]
The invention according to claim 1 relates to a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus that achieves the first object, a horizontally movable female mold incorporating a heating means such as an electric heater, and a raw material supply position by horizontally moving the female mold. Switching means for switching between a baking position and a product pick-up position, a raw material supply device that is disposed at the raw material supply position and supplies a fixed amount of raw material to the female mold switched to the raw material supply position, It is arranged at the raised position, it is built in the heating means such as an electric heater , is raised and lowered by the operation of the raising and lowering means, and is arranged at the product take-out position, which is fitted to the female mold that is switched to the baking position when lowered. A product take-out device comprising a suction pad that can be lifted and sucked and picked up the product in the female mold switched to the product pick-up position by sucking air, the heating means, the switching means, the raw material supply apparatus, the lifting means, Control product pickup equipment, etc. In the rice cracker manufacturing apparatus having the control device, the raw material supply device has a hopper for storing the raw material, the hopper is pivotally supported by the bracket and can fall down, and the first fastening means that can be attached and detached is used. It can be fixed to a bracket .
[00 08 ]
According to the present invention, when removing the raw material in the hopper, the fixing to the bracket by the fastening means is released and the hopper is turned over. Thereby, the raw material in the hopper is dropped and discharged. The fastening means used in the present invention may be any means as long as it can fix the hopper to the bracket or release the hopper. As a suitable example, a pin inserted into the insertion hole of the hopper and the bracket can be cited. The pin has a simple structure, and the hopper can be easily fixed or released by inserting and removing.
[00 09 ]
The invention according to claim 2 relates to a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus that achieves the second object, a horizontally movable female mold having a built-in heating means such as an electric heater, and a raw material supply position by horizontally moving the female mold. Switching means for switching between a baking position and a product pick-up position, a raw material supply device that is disposed at the raw material supply position and supplies a fixed amount of raw material to the female mold switched to the raw material supply position, It is arranged at the raised position, it is built in the heating means such as an electric heater, is raised and lowered by the operation of the raising and lowering means, and is arranged at the product take-out position, which is fitted to the female mold that is switched to the baking position when lowered. A product take-out device including a suction pad that can be lifted and sucked and picked up the product in the female mold switched to the product pick-up position by sucking air, and the heating means, switching means, raw material supply apparatus, lifting means, Control product pick-up equipment, etc. The raw material supply device has a hopper, the hopper is pivotally supported by the machine frame and can be turned horizontally, and the second detachable fastening means can be used for the machine. It can be fixed to the frame.
[001 0 ]
According to the present invention, when the hopper is retracted, the fixing to the machine frame by the fastening means is released, and the hopper is swung horizontally to retract sideways.
The fastening means of the present invention can be the same as the fastening means of the invention according to claim 1 .
[00 11 ]
The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 2 , wherein the bracket is pivotally supported by the machine frame and can be turned horizontally, and can be fixed to the machine frame by a second fastening means that can be attached and detached. It is characterized by that.
According to the present invention, the hopper can turn to the retracted position and can fall over.
[00 12 ]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fixed rails 2 are arranged side by side on the support base 1, and a pair of movable plates 3 are slidably mounted on the fixed rails 2. Each movable plate 3 is connected to an air cylinder 4 fixed to the support base 1, and moves forward and backward along the fixed rail 2 by the operation of the air cylinder 4.
[00 13 ]
A slide plate 7 is slidably mounted on each movable plate 3 via a spring 6 on a slider 5 running on a rail 10, and four female molds 8 are formed as a set on the slide plate 7. It is mounted side by side in a row. The slide plates 7 are positioned and overlapped on the air cylinder 4 and are moved back and forth on the movable rail by the operation of the air cylinder 9 supported by the movable plate 3.
[00 14 ]
As described above, each movable plate 3 can be moved back and forth on the fixed rail 2 by the operation of the air cylinder 4 and switched to two positions. The slide plate 7 can be moved back and forth on the movable plate 3 by the operation of the air cylinder 9. Switching between two positions is possible. As a result, the female mold 8 of the slide plate 7 can be switched to three positions because the movable plate 3 can be switched to two positions, and in one of the positions, the slide plate 7 can be switched to two positions. Become.
[00 15 ]
The three positions are a raw material supply position, a baking position, and a product take-out position, respectively, and a raw material supply device 11, a compression device 12, and a product take-out device 13 are arranged at each position. Hereinafter, these will be described in detail.
[00 16 ]
As shown in FIG. 5, the raw material supply device 11 has a pair of brackets 15 that are pivotable horizontally by hinge pins 15 b supported on the machine frame and opened and closed in a double-opening manner, and both brackets 15 are closed. And a pin 20 as a second fastening means that is inserted into the connecting portion 15a of both brackets 15 so as to be detachable and connects the brackets 15 linearly, and has a reverse U-shaped cross section. 16 (see FIG. 6), and a hopper 17 that is pivotally supported by a motor 16 and a stirring blade 22 fixed at a fixed interval to a shaft 21 that is rotationally driven by a motor 19, and is stored in each hopper 17 and stored in the hopper. 6, a block 24 attached to the lower portion of the hopper, and a mounting frame having a concave cross section fitted and attached to the block 24 as shown in FIG. 5, a support plate 26 attached below the mounting frame 25, and a pin 18 (see FIG. 6) as a first fastening means that is inserted into the support plate 26 from the bracket 15 and connects the hopper 17 to the bracket 15. And a second slide which is a first slide plate 27 and a receiving plate whose upper and lower surfaces are slidably fitted in a long hole formed in the nominal longitudinal direction of the mounting frame 25 and whose upper and lower surfaces are in contact with the block 24 and the support plate 26. It comprises a plate 28, a discharge port 29 at the lower part of the hopper, a storage hole 31 having a larger diameter than the discharge port 29 in the block 24, and a metering hole 32 having a constant capacity smaller than the storage hole 31 in the first slide plate 27. However, a discharge hole 33 having the same diameter as the measurement hole 32 is formed in the second slide plate 28 at the same interval as that of the female mold 8, and a long hole 34 is formed in the longitudinal direction in the support plate 26. ing. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, air cylinders 35 and 36 are connected to the first and second slide plates 27 and 28, respectively. When the first slide plate 27 is advanced and retracted by the air cylinder 35 and reaches the advance end. As shown in FIG. 8, when the measuring hole 32 matches the storage hole 31 of the block 24 to receive the raw material 38 in the storage hole and reaches the retracted end, the measuring hole 32 and the storage hole 31 are shown in FIG. 9. It is located between the discharge holes 33 of the second slide plate 28. When the second slide plate 28 advanced and retracted by the air cylinder 36 reaches the forward end as shown in FIG. 10, the discharge hole 33 and the measurement hole 32 coincide with each other, whereby the raw material 38 in the measurement hole is discharged into the discharge hole 33 and It falls through the long hole 34 of the support plate 26 and is supplied to the female mold 5.
[00 17 ]
FIG. 9 shows a state when the second slide plate 28 reaches the retracted end. As shown in FIG. 7, the air cylinders 35 and 36 have piston rods 35a and 36a connected to the first and second slide plates 27 and 28 via spacers 39, respectively. The range in which the slide plates 27 and 28 advance and retreat can be changed by replacing them with different ones.
[00 18 ]
FIG. 11 shows a state in which the first slide plate 27 is slightly displaced from the storage hole 31 when the advance / retreat range of the first slide plate 27 changes and the slide plate 27 reaches the forward / backward direction. In this state, the amount of inflow into the storage hole 31 per unit time decreases, and in a certain period of time (in the state shown in FIG. 8 where the measurement hole 32 and the storage hole 31 match, the measurement hole 32 is filled with the raw material within this time. The filling amount of the raw material in the measuring hole is reduced when it is moved backward.
[00 19 ]
The compression device 12 includes a hydraulic cylinder 41 arranged side by side at the same interval as the arrangement of the female mold 8, and a male mold 43 attached to the end of the piston rod of each hydraulic cylinder 41. The female mold 8 and the male mold 43 is heated by a built-in electric heater (not shown), and when the female die 8 is switched to the baking position, the male die 43 descends and pressurizes and heats the raw material in the female die to make the raw material into a rice cracker shape. When the male mold 43 descends and hits the female mold 8, the female mold 8 moves down together with the slide plate 7 against the action of the spring 6 so that the impact is alleviated. It has become. In order to position and fix the female die 8 at the baking position, as shown in FIG. 12, a pin fitting hole 45 is attached to the slide plate 7 and an air cylinder 47 is attached to the machine frame. The female die 8 is positioned and fixed by fitting the pointed piston rod 48 into the pin fitting hole 45, so that the male die 43 is surely fitted into the female die.
[00 20 ]
The product pickup device 13 includes an angled support frame 51, guide rails 52 arranged in parallel at the same interval on the horizontal portion of the support frame 51 corresponding to the arrangement of the female mold 8, and slides on each guide rail 52. An air cylinder 53 that can be supported, and can be moved up and down supported by the piston rod end of the air cylinder 53, and is always pushed down by a spring 54, and is branched from a header 59 and a header 59. A pneumatic pump 57 for sucking / extracting air to / from each suction pad 55 through the tube 56, and an air cylinder 53 is moved back and forth along the rail 52, and the suction pad 55 is moved to a product pick-up position and a product leaving position next to it. A pneumatic cylinder with a cushion (not shown) and a conveyor 58 arranged at the product leaving position, and the pneumatic pump 57 is not shown. There have electromagnetic switching valve, you are adapted to perform suction or discharge of air from the suction pad 55 by switching the switching valve. That is, when the suction pad 55 is in the product picking position, the air is sucked to suck and hold the product in the female mold, and when the suction pad 55 is moved horizontally and switched to the leaving position, the air is discharged. The held product is left on the conveyor 58.
[00 21 ]
When the suction pad 55 is switched to the leaving position, the cushioned cylinder is used as the switching air cylinder, so that the impact is mitigated. Therefore, the sucked product is straightened on the conveyor without being shaken off. To fall into.
[00 22 ]
3 and 4, reference numeral 61 denotes an impact absorbing device including an air spring provided to stop the female mold 8 without giving an impact to the raw material supply device, the baking position, and the product take-out position.
[00 23 ]
In addition to the above, this apparatus includes the air cylinders 4 and 9, the motor 19 of the raw material supply apparatus 11, the air cylinders 35 and 36, the hydraulic cylinder 41 of the compression apparatus 12, the electric heater built in the female mold 8 and the male mold 43, A control device (not shown) for controlling the sequence of the air cylinder 53, the pneumatic pump 57, the cushioned air cylinder, the conveyor 58, and the like of the product pickup device 13 is provided.
[00 24 ]
Next, the operation of the rice cracker manufacturing apparatus configured as described above will be described. First, the electric heaters of the female mold 8 and the male mold 43 are turned on by a control signal from the control device, and heating is started. Subsequently, the air cylinder 4 is operated to reach the retractable limit of the movable rail 3, and the air cylinder 9 is activated to reach the retractable limit of the slide plate 7, so that the female die 8 is switched to the raw material supply position. Then, the air cylinder 35 of the raw material supply apparatus 11 is operated, the first slide plate 27 reaches the forward end, and the measurement hole 32 matches the storage hole 31 of the block 24. Then, the raw material 36 in the storage hole falls into the measuring hole and fills the measuring hole 32 (FIG. 8). After the set time elapses, the air cylinder 35 is activated and the first slide plate 27 reaches the retracted end, and the air cylinder 36 is activated and the second slide plate 28 reaches the advanced end. 32. As a result, the raw material in the measurement hole falls through the long hole 34 of the support plate 26 and is supplied to the central portion of the female die 8.
[00 25 ]
When the set time elapses, the air cylinder 4 is activated, the movable rail 3 reaches the forward end, and the female die 8 is switched to the baking position. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the piston rod 48 having a sharp tip is fitted into the pin fitting hole 45 of the slide plate 7 by the operation of the air cylinder 47, whereby the female die 8 is positioned and fixed at the baking position. . After fixing, the male die 43 is lowered by the operation of the hydraulic cylinder 41, fitted to the female die 8, and the raw material in the female die is pressurized and heated while pushing the female die 8 slightly against the action of the spring 6. .
[00 26 ]
After the set time has elapsed, the male die 43 is raised by the operation of the hydraulic cylinder 41, and then the slide plate 7 is moved on the movable rail 3 by the operation of the air cylinder 9 to reach the forward end, and the female die 8 is brought to the product removal position. Switch. After the switching, the air cylinder 53 is operated to lower the suction pad 55, and the air is sucked from the suction pad 55 by the operation of the pneumatic pump 57. When the suction pad 55 is pressed against the baked product in the female mold by the buffering action of the spring 54 and sucked up, the product is sucked and held on the suction pad 55.
[00 27 ]
When the suction pad 55 reaches the ascending end, it moves horizontally along the rail 52 by a cushioned air cylinder (not shown), and approaches the leaving position and slowly switches to the leaving position. Subsequently, the switching valve of the pneumatic pump 57 is switched to discharge air from the suction pad 55. As a result, the adsorbed product is left on the conveyor 58. And it is carried out by the conveyor 58.
[00 28 ]
When a series of operations for producing rice crackers is completed as described above, the female die 8 is returned to the raw material supply position, and the above operations are repeated.
When the raw material of the hopper 17 is removed after the work is finished, the pin 18 (see FIG. 6) is pulled out to release the connection of the hopper 17 to the bracket 15, and then the hopper 17 is turned over with the hinge pin 16 as a fulcrum. Drop the ingredients.
[00 29 ]
When the hopper 17 gets in the way when cleaning, checking or repairing the female mold 8, the male mold 43, and other components of the apparatus, the pin 20 that connects the bracket 15 is pulled out, and then the hopper 17 is disconnected. The bracket 15 is swung in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
[00 30 ]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the raw material in the hopper is dropped and discharged by overturning the hopper.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the hopper is swung horizontally and retracted so that the cleaning under the hopper and the inspection and repair of parts and members can be easily performed.
According to the invention of claim 3 , the effect of the invention of claim 1 can be achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a baking position and a product picking position of a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a female mold on a movable plate and a slide plate of the apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a hopper portion of the apparatus.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a hopper of the raw material supply apparatus.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the hopper.
FIG. 7 is a front view of an air cylinder that slides a slide plate.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view when the measurement hole is aligned with the storage hole.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view when the measurement hole is retracted between the storage hole and the discharge hole.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view when the measurement hole and the discharge hole are matched.
FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part showing a state in which the measurement hole is displaced from the storage hole.
FIG. 12 is a view showing an air cylinder for positioning and fixing a slide plate.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 .. Support stand 2 .. Fixed rail 3 .. Movable plates 4, 9, 35, 36, 47, 53... Air cylinder 5.. Slider 6, 54... Spring 7. 11. Raw material supply device 12. Compression device 13. Product takeout device 15 Bracket 16 Hinge pin 17 Hopper 18 Pin 19 Motor 22 Stirring blade 24 Blocks 27 and 28・ Slide plate 29 ・ ・ Discharge port 31 ・ ・ Storage hole 32 ・ ・ Measurement hole 33 ・ ・ Discharge hole 39 ・ ・ Spacer 41 ・ ・ Hydraulic cylinder 43 ・ ・ Male 51 ・ ・ Support frame 52 ・ ・ Guide rail 55 Suction pad 57..Pneumatic pump 58..Conveyor

Claims (3)

  Horizontally movable female mold incorporating heating means such as an electric heater, switching means for horizontally moving the female mold to switch to a raw material supply position, a baking position, and a product pick-up position, and raw material supply The raw material supply device that supplies a fixed amount of raw material to the female mold that is placed at the position and switched to the raw material supply position, and the heating means such as an electric heater that is installed at the baking position and moves up and down by the operation of the lifting means The male mold that fits into the female mold that is switched to the firing position when lowered and the product in the female mold that is placed at the product extraction position and can be moved up and down and switched to the product pickup position by suction of air In a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus comprising a product take-out apparatus having a suction pad to be picked up and picked up, and a control device for controlling the heating means, switching means, raw material supply apparatus, elevating means, product pick-up apparatus, etc., the raw material supply apparatus Stores raw materials That has a hopper, together with the hopper can be overturned is supported by a bracket, crackers manufacturing apparatus characterized in that it is fixed to the bracket by the first fastening means detachable.   Horizontally movable female mold incorporating heating means such as an electric heater, switching means for horizontally moving the female mold to switch to a raw material supply position, a baking position, and a product pick-up position, and raw material supply The raw material supply device that supplies a fixed amount of raw material to the female mold that is placed at the position and switched to the raw material supply position, and the heating means such as an electric heater that is installed at the baking position and moves up and down by the operation of the lifting means The male mold that fits into the female mold that is switched to the firing position when lowered and the product in the female mold that is placed at the product extraction position and can be moved up and down and switched to the product pickup position by suction of air In a rice cracker manufacturing apparatus comprising a product take-out apparatus having a suction pad to be picked up and picked up, and a control device for controlling the heating means, switching means, raw material supply apparatus, elevating means, product pick-up apparatus, etc., the raw material supply apparatus The hopper And, cracker production apparatus characterized in that said hopper with and is supported by a machine frame is pivotable horizontally and can be fixed to the machine frame by the second fastening means detachable. 3. The cracker manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bracket is pivotally supported by the machine frame and can be turned horizontally, and can be fixed to the machine frame by a detachable second fastening means.

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