JP4203231B2 - Automatic food sprinkler - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic food sprinkling device, and more particularly to an automatic sprinkling device suitable for spraying sesame and salt on the surface of a rice ball or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, since the umami of rice is increased, it is well known that a proper amount of salt is sprayed when grasping rice balls or the like. It is also well known that an appropriate amount of sesame is sprayed together with salt because of its relatively high protein content and excellent nutrition.
[0003]
By the way, the present applicant has already proposed a food salt coating apparatus that automatically sprays an appropriate amount of salt on the surface of a rice ball or the like (Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-189081).
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional coating device cannot spread sesame having a large particle volume compared to salt because the salt supply passage (concave groove) is narrow. Moreover, in the conventional apparatus, salt could not be quantified and sprayed continuously with a constant distribution density on a plurality of rice balls having the same shape and the same size, resulting in variations in product quality.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art described above. In any of salt, sesame seeds and other sprinkled foods, the surface is continuously adjusted to a fixed amount, a constant distribution density, such as rice bran. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic food sprinkling device that can be sprayed.
[0006]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to the present invention, a sprinkled food hopper and a storage chamber into which a stirring bar is inserted are continuously provided through a lower communication hole. The lower fixing plate is overlapped and fixed to the lower surface of the bottom wall of the storage chamber via an intermediate slide plate, and a plurality of sprinkled food spray holes are not communicated with each other on the bottom wall and the lower fixing plate. A plurality of spray holes are vertically penetrated through the intermediate slide plate so as to communicate with any one of the bottom wall and the lower fixing plate according to the slide position. It is characterized by becoming.
[0007]
In claim 2, the hopper of the sprinkled food is closed to the front with respect to the rear vertical surface, the lower end being in contact with the vertical surface, and the upper end being formed in the opening and the right triangle shape. This side plate is formed, and the hopper and the storage chamber are connected with each other through a communication hole provided below the connecting portion, so that the amount of sprinkled food in the storage chamber can be reduced. The sprinkled food is automatically replenished.
[0008]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the stirring bar inserted into the storage chamber is suspended from a support arm that is linked to the swinging mechanism, and the swinging mechanism is driven to swing the stirring bar via the support arm. The sprinkled food of No. 1 was agitated.
[0009]
In claim 4, the number, size, shape, and arrangement of the spray holes in the intermediate slide plate interposed between the bottom wall of the storage chamber and the lower fixed plate are formed corresponding to the size, shape, and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. It is characterized by.
[0010]
According to claim 5, a plurality of intermediate slide plates formed with the number, size, shape and arrangement of the spray holes corresponding to the size, shape and distribution density of the food to be sprayed are provided, and the intermediate slide plates are accommodated in the storage chamber. It is characterized by being interposed between the bottom wall and the lower fixing plate.
[0011]
In claim 6, the number, size, shape, and arrangement of the spray holes in the bottom wall of the storage chamber, the intermediate slide plate, and the lower fixed plate are shaped corresponding to the size, shape, and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. Features.
[0012]
According to the seventh aspect, the sprinkled food diffusion plate is fixed to the lower surface of the lower fixed plate so that the respective spray holes correspond to each other, and a plurality of diffusion bars are provided in the sprinkled food diffusion plate spray holes. It is characterized by that.
[0013]
In claim 8, a plurality of diffusion bars provided in the spreading holes of the diffusion plate of the sprinkled food are formed in a quadrangular cross section, and each diffusion bar is formed by twisting at various angles in the lateral direction. It is characterized by.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of an automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 shows a front view of the same apparatus, FIG. 2 shows a side view of the same apparatus, FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the same apparatus, and FIG. 4 shows a perspective view before the reversal of the reversing mechanism of the same apparatus. FIG. 5 is a perspective view after the reversing mechanism of the reversing mechanism of the above apparatus, FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view in which a part of the above apparatus is cut out, and FIG. 7 is a main part of the above apparatus. 8 and 9 are side sectional views in use, FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 8, and FIG. 11 is a diffuser plate of the same device. FIG. 12 shows an enlarged explanatory view of the action of the diffusion plate of FIG.
[0015]
In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 101 denotes a carrier stand for the sprinkled food b to which the sprinkled food b is sprinkled, and a horizontal conveyor 102 has four pedestals 103 each having a caster 104 with a stopper attached to the lower end. It is formed by being supported on the upper end.
[0016]
As the above-mentioned spread food a, a circular rice ball is used as shown in the figure, but other shapes of rice balls and other foods can also be used. Further, as the conveyor 102, a chain conveyor 102a formed by juxtaposing a plurality of (in this example, five) chains... In the width direction at a predetermined equal interval is preferable.
[0017]
A reversing device 105 for the food to be sprinkled a to which the sprinkled food b is sprinkled is provided at the center and slightly rearward and upward of the conveyor 102.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the reversing device 105 has a rotating shaft 107 that is linked to a driving shaft of a driving source 106 installed on one side of the conveyor 102, and is orthogonal to the upper side of the conveyor 102. Two reversing plates 108, 108 having a substantially E-shape in front are placed at a slightly central portion of the conveyor 102 of the rotating shaft 107 at a distance substantially equal to that between the chain conveyors 102a, 102a. It is formed so as to be opposed and fixed, and is configured to be able to rotate about 180 degrees in the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure.
[0018]
The reversing plates 108 and 108 are provided with bearing portions 108a and 108a attached to the rotary shaft 107 in the middle, and a pair of arms 108b and 108c. .. are horizontally opposed to each other, so that the front and rear sides of the bearings 108a and 108a are slightly wider than the thickness of the spread food a and the same length as the diameter of the spread food a or slightly longer. The holding grooves 108d and 108e are provided so as to open in opposite directions.
[0019]
Further, the upper arm 108b described above is formed wide and the lower arm 108c is formed narrow, and food guides 108f and 108g are provided at opposite ends of the tip by oblique cutting or the like.
[0020]
Further, regarding the relationship between the reversing plates 108, 108 and the chain conveyors 102a, 102a, the arms 108b, 108c,... Of the reversing plates 108, 108 extend along the two chain conveyors 102a, 102a on the center side. In addition to being arranged, it is preferable that the upper edge of each arm 108b, 108c... And the upper edge of the chain conveyor 102a, 102a are set to have the same height. As a result, the spread food a can be smoothly transferred from the chain conveyors 102a and 102a to the holding grooves 108d and 108e of the reversing plates 108 and 108, and from the holding grooves 108d and 108e to the chain conveyors 102a and 102a.
[0021]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, two sprinkling food products A ... each having the same structure are arranged in parallel above and in the front and rear of the conveyor 102. . And it is preferable to use the sprinkler A on the upstream side of the conveyor 102 for sesame and the sprinkler A on the downstream side for salt. The reason for this is that sesame seeds have a lower adhesion to the food a (rice ball) compared to salt, so if you spend a lot of time until the reversing mechanism 105, etc., you can stop the sesame seeds from breaking down. is there.
[0022]
And the said sprinkling apparatus A is comprised as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, the hopper 1 of the sprinkled food b, the storage chamber 2, and the stirring bar 16 are the main members.
[0023]
The hopper 1 is made of a metal plate, and includes a tapered plate 1a disposed on the front surface of the storage chamber 2, and two right triangular triangular side plates 1b, 1b formed by bending at right angles inside both ends thereof. By fixing the rear end edges of the side plates 1b, 1b to the front wall 2a of the storage chamber 2, the lower end (1c) is closed, and gradually widened forward to the upper portion, and the upper end is substantially flat. A shaped opening 1d is provided.
[0024]
The storage chamber 2 is made of a hard plastic material, and is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by the front wall 2a, the rear wall 2b shorter than the front wall 2a, the two side walls 2c and 2c, and the bottom wall 2d. A plane substantially rectangular opening 2e is provided, and a communication hole 2f communicating with the lower end of the hopper 1 is provided below the front wall 2a. The communication hole 2f is formed in a substantially rectangular shape on the front surface, and the lower edge is formed into a taper 2g having the same inclination as that of the taper plate 1a so that the food b can be automatically dropped along the taper plate 1a of the hopper 1. It is formed.
[0025]
A plurality of sprinkling holes 3 for the sprinkled food b are vertically provided in the center of the bottom wall 2d.
In this example, the spray holes 3... Have four large round holes 3 a... And the same number of small round holes 3 a. What is necessary is just to be able to spread evenly with respect to the above-mentioned to-be-dispersed food a, and is not necessarily limited to the number, size, shape, and arrangement of such spraying holes 3. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the bottom surface of the bottom wall 2d is formed so that the fitting groove 4 is opened at both front and rear ends so that an intermediate slide plate 12 described later slides in the front and rear direction. is there.
[0026]
Further, a lower fixing plate 5 that is slightly long in the front and rear directions is formed on the lower surface of the bottom wall 2d so as to open the fitting groove 6 at both front and rear ends so that the intermediate slide plate 12 slides in the front and rear direction on the upper surface. Has been. Further, as clearly shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the lower fixing plate 5 has the same number, size, shape and arrangement as the spray holes 3 in the bottom wall 2d, that is, four large round holes. 7a ... and spray holes 7 ... of the sprinkled food b in which the same number of small round holes 7b ... are alternately arranged in an annular manner, penetrate slightly up and down in the front-rear direction. Is provided.
[0027]
Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the sprinkled food made of metal in which the spray holes 9... Are opened in correspondence with the spray holes 7. The b diffusion plate 8 is fixed. The sprinkling food diffusion plate 8 has a spray hole 9 of the same size and shape as the larger hole of the bottom wall 2d and the lower fixing plate 5 of the spray holes 3. A cross-shaped diffusion bar 10... Is provided inside each spray hole 9. The diffusion bars 10 are formed by four metal rods 10a having a square cross section.
[0028]
And, as shown in FIG. 12, the four metal rods 10a,... In the cross-sectional quadrangular column shape in these diffusion bars 10 are twisted at various angles in the lateral direction, thereby the lower fixing plate. The sprinkled food b sprayed from the seven spray holes 8... Scatters and falls in various directions by hitting the metal bars 10 a. . As a result, the sprinkled food b can be made to adhere almost evenly over a wide area on the upper surface of the lower spread food a.
[0029]
The lower fixing plate 5 and the sprinkled food diffusion plate 8 are fixedly secured to the bottom wall 2d of the storage chamber 2 by four screws 11 as shown in FIG.
[0030]
On the other hand, in front of the intermediate slide plate 12, the number, size, shape, and arrangement of the spray holes 3 ... of the bottom wall 2d and the spray holes 7 of the lower fixing plate 5 are the same, that is, four. Of the sprinkled food b in which the large round holes 13a,... And the same number of small round holes 13b,. ing.
[0031]
In addition, a substantially inverted L-shaped connecting bracket 13 is attached to the rear end of the rear projection 12 a of the intermediate slide plate 12, and the tip of the swing arm 14 is tightened with a bolt and a nut 15 on the upper surface of the connecting bracket 13. It is worn. The drive mechanism of the swing arm 14 will be described later.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 10, the intermediate slide plate 12 slides in the front-rear direction between the fitting groove 4 on the bottom surface of the bottom wall 2 d of the storage chamber 2 and the fitting groove 6 on the upper surface of the lower fixing plate 5. Although it is freely fitted, this sliding range coincides with the spray hole 3 ... of the bottom wall 2d as shown in Fig. 8 when the spray hole 13 ... stops at the rear. When stopped in front, as shown in FIG. 9, each is set so as to coincide with the spray holes 7 of the lower fixing plate 5 and the spray holes 9 of the sprinkled food diffusion plate 8 Yes.
[0033]
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the agitation bar 16 is rotatably provided at the front end of the support bar 17 so that the tip end portion 16 a can stir the sprinkled food b inside the storage chamber 2.
[0034]
The support bar 17 has its rear end fixed to the tip of the swing arm 18 with a screw 19. Further, the swing arm 18 is rotatably connected to gears 24 and 25 fixed to the upper surfaces of the two crank disks 22 and 23 by pins 20 and 21 at the rear ends thereof. An intermediate gear 26 is interposed between the gears 24 and 25, and a support shaft 27 suspended from the intermediate gear 26 is linked to a drive shaft 31 of the motor 30 via gears 28 and 29. .
[0035]
On the other hand, a crank disc 33 is fixed to the lower end of the support shaft 32 suspended from the gear 24, and the swing arm 14 of the intermediate slide plate 12 is fixed to the lower surface of the crank disc 33 with a pin 34. Are rotatably connected.
[0036]
Next, the operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described.
First, when sesame is put as sprinkled food b in the hopper 1 of the sprinkler A located at the most upstream end of the conveyor 102, the sesame is filled into the storage chamber 2 through the communication hole 2f below the hopper 1. The
[0037]
Next, the agitating bar 16 is rotated to agitate the sesame in the storage chamber 2, and the oscillating arm 14 is oscillated to slide the intermediate slide plate 12. As shown in FIG. When the spray holes 13... Provided in the slide plate 12 are made to coincide with the spray holes 3... Provided in the bottom wall 2 d of the storage chamber 2, the sesame in the storage chamber 2 becomes each spray hole in the bottom wall 2 d. 3... Are filled into the respective spray holes 13... Of the intermediate slide plate 12.
[0038]
In this state, the swing arm 14 is swung and the intermediate slide plate 12 is slid, so that the spray holes 13... Provided in the intermediate slide plate 12 are moved to the lower fixed plate as shown in FIG. 5, the sesame seeds in the spray holes 13 of the intermediate slide plate 12 fall into the spray holes 7 of the lower fixed plate 5.
[0039]
Next, on the upper surface of the sprinkled food a that is intermittently stopped below the sprinkling device A of the conveyor 102 through the sprinkling holes 9 of the sprinkled food diffusion plate 8 fixed to the lower surface of the lower fixed plate 5. Sesame seeds are scattered.
[0040]
In this way, the salt is sprinkled from the next sprinkling device A by rotating and stopping the conveyor 102 on the food a to be sprinkled with sesame. After that, the food to be sprayed a reversed by the reversing device 105 is first sprinkled with sesame, and then salt is sprayed on the back side as described above. In this way, the sprinkling food b is separately sprinkled with the sesame and the salt of the sprinkled food b on both the front and back surfaces of the food to be sprayed a, thereby completing the spraying operation. Thereafter, the sprinkling work of the sprinkled food b on the spread food a is successively performed by sequentially repeating the same work.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the configuration described in detail above, and has the following effects.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, sprinkled foods such as sesame and salt, which are accommodated in the interior of the accommodation chamber through the hopper, are provided so as to penetrate the bottom wall of the accommodation chamber, the intermediate slide plate, and the lower fixed plate, respectively. It can be sprayed regardless of the type of sprinkled food, and corresponds to the type, size, shape, etc. of the sprinkled food. The sprinkled food can be sprayed at a distribution density that is low, and the quality of the product is less likely to vary.
[0042]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the sprinkled food put into the hopper is supplied to the inside of the accommodation room through the communication port provided below the hopper. The necessary amount of sprinkled food can be automatically replenished into the storage chamber according to the amount. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a special sprinkled food scraping mechanism or the like in the hopper or the storage chamber, and the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.
[0043]
According to the invention of claim 3, since the stirring bar linked to the swing mechanism is provided in the interior of the storage chamber, the sprinkled food filled in the storage chamber can be prevented from solidifying and the bottom of the storage chamber It is possible to reliably fill the sprinkled food into the spray holes such as walls without variation.
[0044]
According to invention of Claim 4, since the spreading | diffusion hole of an intermediate | middle slide board is formed corresponding to the magnitude | size, shape, and distribution density of to-be-spread food, regardless of the magnitude | size and shape of to-be-spread food, desired fixed Sprinkled food can be sprayed to the food to be sprayed quickly and reliably at the distribution density.
[0045]
According to the invention of claim 5, since it is possible to prepare a plurality of intermediate slide plates in which the number, size, shape, and arrangement of the spray holes are variously formed, the size and shape of the food to be sprayed can be adjusted with a single sprinkler. Regardless of this, the sprinkled food can be sprayed on the food to be sprayed reliably and quickly at a constant distribution density.
[0046]
According to the invention of claim 6, the number, size, shape and arrangement of the spray holes provided in the bottom wall of the storage chamber, the intermediate slide plate and the lower fixed plate correspond to the size, shape and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. Therefore, sprinkled food can always be sprayed on the food to be sprayed with a constant distribution density.
[0047]
According to claim 7, the sprinkled food diffusion plate is fixed to the lower surface of the lower fixed plate so that the respective spray holes correspond to each other, and a plurality of diffusion bars are passed to the sprinkled food diffusion plate spray holes. Therefore, the sprinkled food sprayed from the spray holes of the lower fixed plate hits the diffusion bar and falls apart and is sprayed on the spread food.
[0048]
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the plurality of diffusion bars provided in the spray holes of the sprinkled food diffusion plate are formed in the shape of square pillars twisted at various angles in the lateral direction, the diffusion bars The sprinkled food that hits is further scattered and spread over a wide range of foods.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows a front view of an automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a side view of the apparatus.
FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the apparatus.
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the reversing mechanism of the apparatus before reversal.
FIG. 5 shows a perspective view after reversal of the reversing mechanism of the apparatus.
FIG. 6 shows an enlarged side view in which a part of the apparatus is cut away.
FIG. 7 shows an exploded perspective view of the main part of the apparatus.
FIG. 8 shows a sectional side view of the main part of the above apparatus in a used state.
FIG. 9 shows a sectional side view of the main part of the above apparatus in a used state.
10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 11 shows a front view of the sprinkled food diffusion plate of the apparatus.
12 shows an enlarged explanatory diagram of the action of the diffusion plate of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hopper 1a Tapered plate 1b Side plate 1c Lower end 1d Opening part 2 Accommodating chamber 2f Communication hole 2d Bottom wall 3 Sprinkling hole 5 Lower fixing plate 7 Sprinkling hole 8 Sprinkled food diffusion plate 9 Communication hole 10 Diffusion bar 10a Metal rod 12 Intermediate slide Plate 13 Spray hole 16 Stirring bar a Food to be sprayed b Sprinkled food

Claims (8)

A sprinkled food hopper and a storage chamber into which a stirring bar is inserted are connected through a lower communication hole, and a lower fixing plate is superposed and fixed to the lower surface of the bottom wall of the storage chamber via an intermediate slide plate. A plurality of sprinkled food spray holes are provided in the bottom wall and the lower fixed plate so as to vertically penetrate each other in a non-communication state, and the bottom wall and the lower portion are provided on the intermediate slide plate according to the slide position. An automatic food sprinkling apparatus comprising a plurality of spray holes penetrating vertically so as to communicate with any spray hole of a fixed plate. A sprinkled food hopper is closed forward with respect to the rear vertical surface, with a lower end abutting against the vertical surface and closed, and a tapered plate having a top end formed in an opening and a right triangular triangular side plate. The hopper and the storage chamber are communicated with each other through a communication hole provided below the connecting portion so that the sprinkled food in the hopper is automatically selected according to the consumption of the sprinkled food in the storage chamber. 2. The automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the food is automatically replenished. The stirring bar inserted into the storage chamber is suspended from a support arm that is linked to the swing mechanism, and the swing mechanism is driven to swing the stirring bar via the support arm. 2. The automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein stirring is performed. The number, size, shape and arrangement of spray holes in the intermediate slide plate interposed between the bottom wall of the storage chamber and the lower fixed plate are formed corresponding to the size, shape and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. Item 2. An automatic food sprinkling apparatus according to Item 1. A plurality of intermediate slide plates are formed with the number, size, shape and arrangement of the spray holes corresponding to the size, shape and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. 5. The automatic food sprinkling device according to claim 1, wherein the automatic food sprinkling device is interposed in a fixed plate. The number, size, shape, and arrangement of spray holes in the bottom wall of the storage chamber, the intermediate slide plate, and the lower fixed plate are formed corresponding to the size, shape, and distribution density of the food to be sprayed. The automatic sprinkling device for food according to 1. The sprinkled food diffusion plate is fixed to the lower surface of the lower fixed plate so that the respective spray holes correspond to each other, and a plurality of diffusion bars are passed through the sprinkled food diffusion plate. The automatic food sprinkling device according to claim 1, 5 or 6. 8. The plurality of diffusion bars provided in the sprinkling holes of the sprinkled food diffusion plate are each formed by twisting bars formed in a quadrangular cross section at various angles. Automatic food sprinkling device as described.

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