JP4274567B2 - Fabric rounding method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for rounding and forming bread dough and the like divided into predetermined amounts.

Conventionally, as a means for rounding and forming bread dough divided into a predetermined amount, the forming cup of the lower opening is lowered from the top of the bread dough placed on the conveyor belt of the conveyor, and the bread dough is covered, and the forming cup is covered with the conveyor belt. The roll was formed by rolling eccentrically and rolling the bread dough along the inner wall surface of the molding cup. At this time, if the forming cup is rotated eccentrically with a fixed amount of eccentricity, the dough sticks to the inner wall surface of the forming cup, and when the forming cup rises, the surface of the dough is pulled and damaged. There is a problem that the arrangement of the plurality of bread doughs is disturbed when the adhered dough rises and falls together with the molding cup. Therefore, the eccentric amount of the molding cup is gradually increased from 0 at the start of rotation to be displaced to the required eccentric amount, and after the set time has elapsed, the eccentric amount is gradually decreased to 0. The eccentric rotation was terminated by returning it. Then, the forming cup was raised and returned to the home position, and the bread dough rounding was completed. (For example, patent document 1).

However, the eccentric mechanism for displacing the eccentric amount of the molding cup from 0 to a required position when the molding cup rotates eccentrically is very complicated, and there is a problem that the apparatus becomes large and expensive. .
JP 2004-248574 A

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for rounding and forming dough, etc., divided into a predetermined amount using a molding cup, and when the molding cup is eccentrically rotated, rounding is performed without using an eccentric mechanism for displacing the eccentric amount. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for rounding a dough that can be molded.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and the invention according to claim 1 covers the dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion with a forming cup having a lower opening. In the method of rolling the dough along the inner wall surface of the forming cup by rotating the cup eccentrically to round the dough, the eccentric rotation of the forming cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time and the dough is rounded. And a reverse rotation step of rotating the rotation direction in a direction opposite to the normal rotation direction (reverse rotation direction) after the normal rotation step to reduce the adhesiveness between the dough and the inner wall surface of the molding cup. The dough is rounded.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion is covered with a forming cup having a lower opening, and the forming cup is eccentrically rotated to cause the dough to move to the inner wall surface of the forming cup. In this method, the dough is rolled along the roll to place the dough on a transport conveyor as a placement portion, and the dough is rounded by rotating the forming cup in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time. After the forward rotation process and the forward rotation process are finished so that the dough is positioned closer to the upstream side in the molding cup, the transport conveyor is transported by a predetermined distance so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the molding cup. A dough rounding method comprising a short carrying step for carrying in a direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion is covered with a forming cup having a lower opening, and the forming cup is eccentrically rotated, whereby the dough is covered with the inner wall surface of the forming cup. In the method of rolling the dough along the roll, the dough is placed on a transfer conveyor as a placing portion, and the eccentric rotation of the molding cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time to roll the dough. By rotating in the direction opposite to the forward direction (reverse direction) after the end of the forward rotation step and the forward rotation step, and ending the reverse rotation step so that the dough is positioned closer to the upstream side in the molding cup. The reversing step for reducing the adhesiveness between the dough and the inner wall surface of the forming cup, and the conveying to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the forming cup during the reversing step or after completion of the reversing step. Place the conveyor A method rounding dough, which comprises a short conveying step of a distance of conveying in the conveying direction.

The invention which concerns on Claim 4 controls the drive of the mounting part which mounts the cloth | dough divided | segmented into the predetermined amount, the rounding-molding part which round-molds with the shaping | molding cup which rotates the said cloth eccentrically, and the said round-forming part In the dough rounding apparatus provided with a control unit, the forming cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time to round the dough, and after stopping the normal rotation, the dough and the forming It is a dough rounding device characterized by being provided so as to be able to reversely rotate in a direction opposite to the forward rotation direction (reverse rotation direction) so as to reduce the adhesiveness with the inner wall surface of the cup.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transport conveyor as a placement portion for placing the dough divided into a predetermined amount, a round forming portion for round-molding the dough with a forming cup that rotates eccentrically, and the forming cup Rounding of dough comprising detection means for detecting an initial position on the eccentric rotation path of the forming cup, which is the position on the most downstream side in the transport direction of the transport conveyor, and a control unit for controlling the drive of each section In the apparatus, the molding cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time in order to round the dough, and the forward rotation of the molding cup is performed at a predetermined position based on a detection signal from the detection means. After stopping, the dough rounding device is provided so as to be controllable so as to drive the transporting conveyor a predetermined distance in the transporting direction so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the forming cup.

The invention according to claim 6 is a conveyance conveyor as a placement portion for placing the dough divided into a predetermined amount, a round forming portion that rounds the dough with a forming cup that rotates eccentrically, and the forming cup includes: Rounding of dough comprising detection means for detecting an initial position on the eccentric rotation path of the forming cup, which is the position on the most downstream side in the transport direction of the transport conveyor, and a control unit for controlling the drive of each section In the apparatus, the forming cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time in order to round the dough, and after the forward rotation is stopped, it is rotated in a direction opposite to the forward rotation direction (reverse rotation direction). The reversing of the molding cup is controlled so as to stop at a required position based on a detection signal from the detecting means, and further, the reversing is stopped during the reversing of the molding cup. later, A rounder fabric, characterized in that the serial fabric provided controllably to drive by a required distance the conveyor in the conveying direction to pull away from the inner wall surface of the forming cup.

According to the dough rounding method of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the sticking of the dough to the inner wall surface of the forming cup without changing the eccentric amount of the forming cup that rotates eccentrically when the divided dough is rounded and formed. As a result, the surface of the fabric is pulled and damaged when the molding cup is raised, and the fabric can be prevented from rising together with the molding cup.

In addition, when the dough is rounded and formed, even if the sheet-like dough protrudes from the gap between the lower surface of the forming cup and the conveyor, the protruding dough is drawn into the bottom of the dough along with the conveyance of the conveyor. Therefore, the rolled dough can be formed into a well-formed dough ball that does not protrude.

Further, according to the dough rounding device of the present invention, the forming cup is controlled to be able to rotate forward or reversely, and further includes a control unit that controls the conveyance of the conveyor, so that the eccentric rotation It is not necessary to use an eccentric mechanism for displacing the eccentric amount of the molding cup to be performed, and the apparatus can be simplified, and it is possible to suppress an increase in the size and price of the apparatus.

Furthermore, the dough rounding using the dough rounding device of the present invention makes it possible to reduce the sticking of the dough to the inner wall surface of the forming cup, and the surface of the dough is pulled when the forming cup is raised. Damage and the rise of the dough with the molding cup can be suppressed. In addition, it is possible to form a dough ball that does not protrude.

Hereinafter, a rounding device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory top view schematically showing a process of rounding and forming the dough D that has been divided into fixed quantities. FIG. 2 is a front explanatory view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3 to 9 are explanatory views schematically showing a process in which the forming cup 25 of the round forming part 2 rounds the dough D, (A) is a horizontal sectional view, and (B) is a vertical sectional view. FIG.

A rounding device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the rounding device 1 is provided with a transport conveyor 3 as a placement portion on which the dough D divided into a predetermined amount is placed. The conveyor 3 is provided so as to intermittently drive an endless belt 31 wound around a plurality of rollers. The driving roller 33 for rotating the belt 31 is linked to the control motor M1 by a power transmission mechanism such as a sprocket / chain (not shown).

In addition, the conveyance surface of the belt 31, that is, the placement surface on which the fabric is placed is formed with a minute uneven surface, which facilitates the rolling of the fabric when the fabric is rolled, and a minute amount between the fabric and the fabric. The releasability is improved by forming a simple gap.

A rounding unit 2 is provided above the conveyor 3. A support plate 24 that supports the plurality of molding cups 25 is provided in the round molding unit 2 in parallel with the belt 31. In this embodiment, the molding cups 25 are provided in two rows in the transport direction and in four rows in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction, at equal intervals. Inside the molding cup 25, a pad 26 for pressing the fabric from above is housed so as to be movable up and down in a state where the pad 26 is always urged downward by a winding spring 27. Since the molding cup 25 may be a known one, detailed description thereof is omitted. The support plate 24 is connected to a rod 231 of a fluid pressure cylinder 23 such as an air pressure standing on a movable plate 21 described later, and can be moved up and down so as to approach and separate from the belt 31 by the expansion and contraction of the rod 231. Is provided.

The movable plate 21 is rotatably supported at both ends by a crank member 22. The crank member 22 is a known mechanism that is rotatably provided on a frame (not shown), and includes a rotation drive shaft 221, a crank arm 223, and an eccentric shaft 225. Then, at least one rotation drive shaft 221 of the pair of crank mechanisms 22 is linked to the control motor M2 by a known rotation transmission mechanism (not shown).

Accordingly, the molding cup 25 connected to the movable plate 21 rotates eccentrically on the conveying surface of the conveyor belt 31 in conjunction with the rotation of the movable plate 21 when the control motor M2 rotates the crank member 22. To do.

The rounding device 1 is provided with a control unit 5 that controls the driving of each unit. The control unit 5 is set and inputted with the eccentric rotation time and rotation speed of the forming cup 25, the transfer speed of the transfer conveyor 3, a short transfer distance to be described later, and the like, and a switch for driving / stopping each part of the rounding device. An operation panel 51 is provided, and a control device 53 that controls the driving of each unit based on the numerical values input and set.

Further, the operation of the forming cup 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 and FIG. The position of the molding cup 25 shown in FIG. 1, that is, the position where the molding cup 25 is moved to the most downstream side with respect to the conveying direction S on the eccentric rotation path of the molding cup 25 is defined as the initial position. Will be described as a virtual initial axis C. At this position, a proximity sensor Q for sensing the rotational position of the crank arm 223 of the crank member 22 is fixed to a frame (not shown) as detection means for detecting the initial rotational position of the crank member 22. The detection means may be a pulse encoder or the like, and the rotation position of the crank member 22 may be detected by connecting the pulse encoder to the rotation drive shaft 221 of the crank member 22 with a rotation transmission mechanism such as a gear train. Good.

The fabric D is described as a rectangular fabric that is quantitatively divided by a known means from a continuous fabric band having a constant thickness and a constant width. Several dough D is arrange | positioned at the conveyor belt 31 at a required space | interval, and is conveyed. When the fabric D reaches the lower side of the rounding forming unit 2 waiting above the transport conveyor 3, the fabric D is detected by a detection means (not shown), and the control unit 5 drives the transport conveyor 3 based on this detection signal. To stop. Accordingly, the conveyance of the dough D is temporarily stopped and waits below the forming cup 25 (see FIG. 3). When the rod 231 of the pneumatic cylinder 23 is extended, the molding cup 25 supported by the support plate 24 is lowered, and the pad 26 in the molding cup 25 presses the upper part of the fabric D and covers the periphery of the fabric D. (See FIG. 4).

Further, the molding cup 25 rotates eccentrically in the direction of the arrow R1 (referred to as the forward rotation direction) for the required time and the required number of rotations in conjunction with the rotation of the crank member 22 (see FIG. 5). At this time, the rotation speed is gradually accelerated at the start of rotation, and the rotation speed is gradually reduced at the end of the rotation. Then, the molding cup 25 stops normal rotation. By this normal rotation, the fabric D is pressed from the inner wall surface 251 and rolled while being rolled on the belt 31 along the inner wall surface 231 (referred to as a normal rotation process, see FIG. 6).

The molding cup 25 that has stopped normal rotation slowly reverses so as to return to the direction of the arrow R2 opposite to the direction of the arrow R1 that has been rotated so far (referred to as the reverse rotation direction) (referred to as the reverse rotation process, see FIG. 7). ). At this time, since the inner wall surface 251 of the forming cup 25 moves away from the fabric D, the degree of pressing against the fabric D is reduced and the tension on the surface of the fabric D is alleviated. And the adhesiveness of the inner wall face 251 and the cloth | dye D by the press from the inner wall face 251 is reduced. In addition, a decrease in the contact area between the fabric D and the inner wall surface 251 also causes a decrease in the adhesiveness.

The reverse rotation range is suitably about 180 degrees or less from the forward rotation stop position, and more preferably in the range of 5 degrees to 90 degrees. This is because, when excessive reverse rotation is performed, new tension is generated on the surface of the fabric D, and the adhesiveness between the fabric D and the inner wall surface 251 increases again.

The reverse rotation stop position of the molding cup 25 at this time can be set to a required position by the control of the control unit 5 based on the detection signal of the detection means, and the initial position as shown in FIG. It is also possible to set to. That is, when the crank member 22 rotates in the direction of the arrow R2 and the proximity sensor Q senses the crank arm 223, the control motor M2 that drives the crank member 22 may be stopped. Even when the pulse encoder is used, the same stop control is possible.

Then, the rod 231 of the fluid pressure cylinder 23 is reduced, and the molding cup 25 is raised. At this time, since the adhesiveness between the fabric D and the inner wall surface 251 of the molding cup 25 is reduced, the fabric D is pulled by the ascending molding cup 25 to damage the surface of the fabric or rise together with the molding cup 25. It is suppressed. Then, the forming cup 25 stands by at the raised position until the next plurality of doughs D are conveyed (see FIG. 9). If the reverse rotation stop position is not the initial position, it may be controlled to return to the initial position by normal rotation or reverse rotation when the molding cup 25 is waiting at the raised position.

Next, a rounding device 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the forward rotation process of the molding cup 25 described in the first embodiment is completed at the initial position where the molding cup 25 is located at the most downstream position with respect to the conveyance direction S, and then the conveyor 3 The control device 53 is set so that the conveyor belt 31 is driven in the transport direction S by a required short distance. When the normal rotation of the forming cup 25 is stopped at the initial position, the rolled dough D tends to move upstream in the conveying direction S of the conveying conveyor 3 in the forming cup 25. Therefore, in the process of transporting only this short distance, the fabric D is transported downstream, and the fabric (D) is pulled away from the inner wall surface 251 of the forming cup 25 (referred to as a short transport process, see FIG. 8). By this pulling-off operation, the fabric (D) is hardly in contact with the inner wall surface 251, and it is suppressed that the fabric is pulled by the rising molding cup 25 to damage the surface of the fabric or rise together with the molding cup 25. In addition, the short conveyance distance of the conveyance conveyor 3 at this time is appropriately set depending on properties such as the size and viscosity of the dough D and the size of the lower opening of the forming cup 25. It is preferable to stop the conveyance before contacting the inner wall surface on the downstream side of the molding cup.

Furthermore, the effect of the short conveyance process will be described with reference to FIG. When the dough D is rounded and formed, the sheet-like dough D1 may protrude outward from the gap due to the gap between the lower surface of the forming cup 25 and the conveyer 3 or the properties of the dough D. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view schematically showing an operation in which the fabric D1 protruding from the gap is drawn into the fabric D along with the transport of the transport conveyor 3. A portion of the rounded fabric D becomes a thin plate-shaped fabric D1 from the gap and protrudes outward (see FIG. 10A). When the conveyor 3 is driven from this state, the bottom side portion of the fabric D moves together with the conveyor 3 and the fabric D1 protruding from the gap is drawn inside the forming cup 25 as the bottom side portion of the fabric D moves. (See FIG. 10B). Further, when the conveyor 3 is driven, the protruded dough D1 is formed into a well-formed dough D that is integrated with the rounded dough D and does not protrude (see FIG. 10C). In this way, even when the thin plate-like cloth D1 protrudes outward from the gap, by transporting the conveyance conveyor 3 a little in the direction of drawing the thin plate-like cloth D1 into the cloth D in the molding cup 25, A well-formed dough D with no protrusion can be formed.

In the short transport process, the transport conveyor 3 has been described as being driven by a required short distance in the transport direction S. For example, when the stop position of the forming cup 25 is provided at a position that is eccentrically rotated 180 degrees from the initial position. Since the dough D tends to be positioned closer to the downstream side in the transport direction in the molding cup 25, the same pulling effect as described above can be obtained even if the transport conveyor 3 is driven to the required distance toward the upstream side in the transport direction. is there. Further, even if the molding cup 25 is moved in the transport direction or the opposite direction by a required distance according to the stop position of the molding cup 25, the same pulling effect as described above is obtained.

Further, the forward rotation stop position of the molding cup 25 can be set to a required position by the control of the control unit 5 based on the detection signal of the detection means. The forward rotation stop position is not limited to the initial position or a position that is eccentrically rotated by 180 degrees from the initial position. Further, if the forward rotation stop position is within a range of 20 degrees forward and backward with respect to the stop position, substantially the same effect as in the second embodiment. There is. At the position exceeding 20 degrees, the fabric D that has been in contact with the inner wall surface of the forming cup 25 when the conveyor 3 is performing a short conveying operation is likely to be in contact with the inner wall surface of another position, and the separation is efficiently performed. It may not be done.

Next, a rounding device 1 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment, after the forward rotation process (see FIGS. 3 to 6) is completed, the control device 53 sets the rotational movement of the forming cup 25 to reverse in the direction of the arrow R2 and stop at the initial position. Further, while the forming cup 25 is reversely rotated (see FIGS. 6 and 7) or stopped at the initial position (see FIG. 7), the conveyor belt 31 is driven by a required distance in the conveying direction indicated by the arrow S. It is set by the control device 53 so as to make it (see FIG. 8). That is, the third embodiment uses the forward rotation process, the reverse rotation process, and the short conveyance process in combination. Therefore, the adhesiveness between the fabric D and the inner wall surface 251 of the molding cup 25 is reduced by the reverse rotation process, and further, the fabric (D) is pulled away from the inner wall surface 251 of the molding cup 25 by the short conveying process. Since the fabric (D) is easily peeled off from the inner wall surface 251 and hardly comes into contact with the inner wall surface 251, the fabric (D) may be pulled by the rising molding cup 25 to damage the surface of the fabric or rise together with the molding cup 25. It is suppressed.

In addition, when the reverse rotation stop position of the forming cup 25 is provided within the range described in the second embodiment, the same effect as in the third embodiment is obtained.

The rounding device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is generally as described above, but is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, while the transporting conveyor 3 is temporarily stopped, the forming cup 25 rotates eccentrically to round the dough D, but the rounding device 1 is set in the same direction as the transporting direction S and the transporting speed of the transporting conveyor 3 The same effect can be obtained by rounding while moving at the same speed.

Further, although the dough D is shown in a rectangular shape, even a ball-shaped dough divided by a piston-cylinder divider or the like can be rounded.

Furthermore, the forming cup 25 is not limited to a cylinder, and may be a cutting blade assembled in a lattice shape such as a square or a hexagon that divides a plurality of fabrics D from a lump of fabric or a strip-shaped fabric. Even with a split rounding device that rotates the cutting blade eccentrically and rounds it, it is possible to reduce the adhesion between the inner wall surface of the cutting blade and the fabric by controlling the eccentric rotation and the drive of the conveyor as described above. It is. In addition, in such a division | segmentation rounding apparatus, material | dough D may be mounted not on a conveyance conveyor but on mounting parts, such as a fixed flat plate.

Further, even when the member that rotates eccentrically is not a forming cup but a placing portion on which a material D such as a conveyor or flat plate is placed, the same rounding can be performed.

It is upper surface explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process of round-molding the dough D by which the rounding apparatus 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention quantified and divided | segmented. It is front explanatory drawing by the AA cross-section arrow of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process in which the shaping | molding cup 25 rounds and shape | molds the fabric D. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the process of shape | molding the dough D by driving the conveyance conveyor.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rounding apparatus 2 Rounding part 22 Crank member 23 Fluid pressure cylinder 24 Support plate 25 Molding cup 251 Inner wall surface 3 Conveyor 31 Belt 5 Control part C Virtual initial axis D Material | dough Q Detection means R1 Rotating direction R2 Rotating direction S Conveying direction

Claims (6)

The dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion is covered with a forming cup with a lower opening, and the dough is rolled along the inner wall surface of the forming cup by rotating the forming cup eccentrically. In the rounding method,
A normal rotation step of rotating the eccentric rotation of the molding cup in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time and rounding the dough;
After the forward rotation step, the reverse rotation step of rotating in the direction opposite to the normal rotation direction (reverse rotation direction) to reduce the adhesion between the dough and the inner wall surface of the molding cup;
A method for rounding a dough, comprising: The dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion is covered with a forming cup with a lower opening, and the dough is rolled along the inner wall surface of the forming cup by rotating the forming cup eccentrically. In the rounding method,
Place the dough on a transport conveyor as a placement unit,
A normal rotation step of rotating the eccentric rotation of the molding cup in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time and rounding the dough;
After the forward rotation process is finished so that the dough is positioned closer to the upstream side in the molding cup, the transport conveyor is transported in the transport direction by a predetermined distance so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the molding cup. Conveying process;
A method for rounding a dough, comprising: The dough divided into a predetermined amount and placed on the placing portion is covered with a forming cup with a lower opening, and the dough is rolled along the inner wall surface of the forming cup by rotating the forming cup eccentrically. In the rounding method,
Place the dough on a transport conveyor as a placement unit,
A normal rotation step of rotating the eccentric rotation of the molding cup in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time and rounding the dough;
After completion of the forward rotation process, the cloth is formed by rotating in the direction opposite to the forward rotation direction (reverse rotation direction), and ending the reverse rotation process so that the cloth is positioned closer to the upstream side in the forming cup. A reversing process to reduce the adhesion with the inner wall surface of the cup;
A short conveying step in which the forming cup is conveyed in the conveying direction by a predetermined distance so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the forming cup during the reversing step or after the reversing step is completed;
A method for rounding a dough, comprising: A placement unit for placing the dough divided into a predetermined amount;
A round molding part that rounds the dough with a molding cup that rotates eccentrically;
In the dough rounding device comprising a control unit for controlling the driving of the rounding forming unit,
In order to reduce the adhesiveness between the dough and the inner wall surface of the forming cup after the forming cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time in order to round the dough, and the normal rotation is stopped. The dough rounding device is characterized in that it can be controlled so as to reversely rotate in a direction (reverse direction) opposite to the forward direction. A transport conveyor as a placement section for placing the dough divided into a predetermined amount;
A round molding part that rounds the dough with a molding cup that rotates eccentrically;
Detecting means for detecting that the molding cup is located at an initial position which is a position on the most downstream side in the transport direction of the transport conveyor on the eccentric rotation track of the molding cup;
In the dough rounding device provided with a control unit for controlling the driving of each unit,
The molding cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time in order to round the dough,
After stopping the forward rotation of the molding cup at a required position based on a detection signal from the detection means,
A dough rounding device, wherein the dough rounding device is provided so as to be controlled so as to drive the carry conveyor by a required distance in the carrying direction so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the forming cup. A transport conveyor as a placement section for placing the dough divided into a predetermined amount;
A round molding part that rounds the dough with a molding cup that rotates eccentrically;
Detecting means for detecting that the molding cup is located at an initial position which is a position on the most downstream side in the transport direction of the transport conveyor on the eccentric rotation track of the molding cup;
In the dough rounding device provided with a control unit for controlling the driving of each unit,
The molding cup is rotated in one direction (forward rotation direction) for a required time in order to round the dough,
After the forward rotation stops, it rotates in the opposite direction (reverse direction) to the forward direction,
Based on the detection signal from the detection means, provided so as to be controllable so that the reverse rotation of the molding cup stops at a required position,
Further, it is possible to control the conveyor to be driven by a required distance in the conveyance direction so as to separate the dough from the inner wall surface of the molding cup during the reverse rotation of the molding cup or after the reverse rotation is stopped. A dough rounding device characterized by being provided.

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