JP4294725B1 - Food supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a food supply device that can reliably supply a certain amount of granular or shredded food materials.
A food supply device 1 includes a hopper 4 in which granular or shredded food F is charged and stored, and a transport conveyor mechanism 2 provided below the hopper 4. In the transport conveyor mechanism 2, a narrow endless transport belt 10 is stretched around a drive pulley 12 and a driven pulley 13, and both end portions and bottom portions of the endless transport belt 10 are covered with a cover body 14. A partition wall 11 is erected on the transport belt 10 at a predetermined interval on the transport surface. In the hopper 4, a screw member 5 is disposed close to the upper side of the conveying belt 10, and the screw member 5 is rotated so as to move the food F in the direction opposite to the conveying direction, so that the food material above the partition wall 11. Acts to push F back.
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Description

  The present invention provides granular or chopped foods such as granular foods such as boiled beans, prepared foods prepared from shredded foods, granular chocolate, raisins, topping cheese, peeled chestnuts, quail eggs, etc. It relates to the food supply equipment to be used.

  When manufacturing food, the above-mentioned granular or shredded ingredients are used, but when supplying such ingredients, the ingredients are compressed and destroyed when they are fed into a hopper and supplied with a vane pump or piston. The quality of the food will be significantly degraded before being supplied. Moreover, the destroyed food material may adhere to the inner surface of the vane pump, leading to failure of the supply equipment.

  Therefore, a screw conveyor is used as a food supply device. For example, Patent Documents 1 to 3 describe a food supply device that feeds food using a screw conveyor and supplies a certain amount of food.

  Patent Document 4 describes a natto filling device that measures a certain amount of natto and sequentially fills the containers arranged on a conveyor.

JP-A-9-313152 JP 2008-222398 A JP 2009-29603 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-18854

  In the case of supplying food using the screw conveyor described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above, the food is not compressed and destroyed, but the food conveyor is not always filled with the food in the operating region of the screw conveyor. In the case of a food that is difficult to supply in a certain amount and is sticky and easily adhered, the supply amount tends to vary.

  Moreover, although the apparatus described in patent document 4 is made to drop the natto put into the hopper to the weighing basket unit by its own weight, in the case where different kinds of ingredients such as sticky ingredients and side dishes are mixed. It is highly possible that it will not fall under its own weight, and it is not a versatile device.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the foodstuff supply apparatus which can supply a granular or shredded foodstuff by a fixed quantity reliably.

  The food supply apparatus according to the present invention is a storage unit in which food is input and stored, and a storage unit disposed below the storage unit and extending from the storage unit to the outside and storing the food by a predetermined amount. A transport conveyor in which a partition area is formed; a transport drive unit that transports the transport conveyor to supply the food filled in the partition area by a predetermined amount; and in the storage section, close to the top of the transport conveyor. And a screw member provided along the transport direction of the transport conveyor, and a rotation drive unit that rotates the screw member so as to move the food material in a direction opposite to the transport direction. It is characterized by that. Furthermore, the transport conveyor includes an endless transport belt in which a partition wall portion is erected with a predetermined interval on the transport surface. Further, a restricting member is disposed at the outlet of the storage section of the transport conveyor so as to be disposed close to the upper portion of the transport conveyor and to prevent the food material protruding above the partition area from being carried out to the outside. It is provided.

  By having the above-described configuration, the food charged in the storage section falls on the lower transfer conveyor, is filled in the partition area and is transferred, but is disposed close to the upper portion of the transfer conveyor. The screw member is rotated to move the food material in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction so that the food material is filled up to the upper surface of the partition area and the food material above the partition area is blocked by the screw member and not conveyed. Become. For this reason, the conveying conveyor is carried out from the storage section in a state in which the food is filled up to the upper surface of the partition area, and a predetermined amount of food is sequentially supplied stably.

  And since the restriction | limiting of the filling of foodstuffs and a movement of foodstuffs is performed using the screw member, the damage which a foodstuff receives at the time of supply can be suppressed as much as possible. Therefore, it becomes a highly versatile food supply apparatus that can be used for supplying various foods.

It is a schematic sectional drawing regarding embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a partially expanded sectional view which shows operation | movement of a screw member and a rotation member. It is a schematic plan view which shows an example regarding the structure of a shutter piece. It is XX sectional drawing of FIG. It is explanatory drawing regarding the operation | movement process of a food molding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing regarding the operation | movement process of a food molding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing regarding the operation | movement process of a food molding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing regarding the operation | movement process of a food molding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing regarding the operation | movement process of a food molding apparatus. It is the perspective view and sectional drawing regarding a molded article. It is the perspective view and sectional drawing regarding another molded article. It is a schematic sectional drawing regarding another embodiment of this invention. It is the top view which looked at the rotation member from the upper part. It is a perspective view regarding a pizza dough. It is a schematic plan view regarding another application example using the foodstuff supply apparatus and dispersion apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing regarding another application example using the foodstuff supply apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic plan view regarding the application example shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing regarding operation | movement of the application example shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below are preferable specific examples for carrying out the present invention, and thus various technical limitations are made. However, the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. Unless otherwise specified, the present invention is not limited to these forms.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an embodiment according to the present invention. The food supply device 1 includes a hopper 4 in which granular or shredded food F is charged and stored, and a transport conveyor mechanism 2 provided at a lower portion of the hopper 4.

  In the transport conveyor mechanism 2, a narrow endless transport belt 10 is stretched around a drive pulley 12 and a driven pulley 13, and both end portions and bottom portions of the endless transport belt 10 are covered with a cover body 14. A partition wall 11 is erected on the transport belt 10 at a predetermined interval on the transport surface.

  The partition wall portion 11 is formed so as to stand upright across the entire width of the transport belt 10, and the height of both side portions of the cover body 14 arranged close to both sides of the transport belt 10 is substantially the same as the height of the partition wall portion 11. It is set to be. A partition region R having a rectangular shape in plan view is defined by the adjacent partition wall portion 11 and both side portions of the cover body 14, and the capacity of the partition region R is set so that a certain amount of food F is accommodated.

  The upper part of the conveyor belt 10 conveyed from the drive pulley 12 to the driven pulley 13 is set so as to be conveyed substantially horizontally, and a part of the drive pulley 12 side is accommodated in the lower part of the hopper 4, and the driven pulley 13 side is extended toward the exterior. In the portion where the conveyor belt 10 is accommodated in the lower part of the hopper 4, the food F stored in the hopper 4 moves downward by its own weight and is filled in the partition region R.

  A driving motor 3 is connected to the driving pulley 12, and the driving belt 12 is rotated by the rotational driving of the driving motor 3, so that the conveying belt 10 is moved and conveyed.

  A screw member 5 is disposed in the hopper 4 so as to be close to the upper side of the conveyor belt 10. The screw member 5 has a shape in which a metal rod is formed in a spiral shape, and a root portion is connected to a rotary motor 6 attached to the outer surface of the hopper 4. When the rotary motor 6 is driven to rotate, the screw member 5 rotates in the hopper 4, and the food material F is moved in the direction opposite to the conveying direction by the rotation of the screw member 5.

  A roller-shaped rotating member 7 is attached to the exit portion of the transport belt 10 of the hopper 4 so as to be close to the top of the transport belt 10. The rotation member 7 is connected to the drive motor 8, and the rotation member 7 is rotated by the rotation drive of the drive motor 8.

  FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view showing the operation of the screw member 5 and the rotating member 7. The transport belt 10 is transported from the drive pulley 12 toward the driven pulley 13 by rotating the drive motor 3. At that time, the screw member 5 causes the food F to move in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 10 by driving the rotary motor 6 to rotate.

  Due to the rotation of the screw member 5, the food F above the partition wall 11 of the transport belt 10 is pushed back in the direction opposite to the transport direction, and only the food F stored in the partition region R is transported together with the transport belt 10. To go. Since the food F that protrudes above the partition region R is pushed back while being rotated by the screw member 5, damage such as compression of the food F can be reduced and moved. Moreover, since the screw member 5 is rotated close to above the partition region R, each partition region R can be filled with the food F.

  At the exit portion of the hopper 4, the rotating member 7 is rotationally driven so as to rotate in the direction opposite to the conveying direction on the side close to the conveying belt 10. Therefore, the food F that protrudes upward from the partition wall 11 of the conveyor belt 10 is restricted from being carried out together with the conveyor belt 10. Since the food F that protrudes while the rotating member 7 is rotating is restricted, damage to the food F can be minimized.

  And by such an effect | action of the screw member 5 and the rotation member 7, it comes to be carried out in the state filled with the foodstuff F without protruding from the division area R of the conveyance belt 10, and a fixed quantity of foodstuffs is set to each division area R. If F is accommodated and can be conveyed to the outside, and the accommodated food F is supplied from the conveyor belt 10 to the food manufacturing apparatus or the like for each partition region R, a certain amount of food F can be stably supplied. .

  Ingredients that can be supplied with the ingredient supply device of the present invention include gold beans, green peas and other beans, raisins, blueberries, nuts, dried fruit and other tree nuts, cheese blocks, sliced cheese, soba, croutons, dice cakes, There are a wide variety of ingredients such as hijiki, shredded takana, shredded nozawana, diced radish, kimpi, shredded potato, chocolate block, peeled chestnut, quail egg, and strawberry. In the food supply device of the present invention, as described above, a certain amount of food can be filled in the partitioned region of the conveyor belt 10 with almost no damage to the food. It is possible to supply a certain amount of each item.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, the food F supplied from the food supply device 1 is supplied to the food molding device A. The food molding apparatus A forms a sheet-like skin material in a bowl shape, supplies the food F to the inside, and gathers and seals the peripheral edge portion of the skin material by a shutter mechanism, and finishes the bread-like shaped product. be able to.

  In the food molding apparatus A, the shutter mechanism 100 is attached to the main body frame. The shutter mechanism 100 includes two sets of shutters 101 and 102 attached to a rotary drive shaft 103 in two upper and lower stages, and a plate-shaped receiving member 104 is sandwiched between the shutters 101 and 102.

  The shutters 101 and 102 each have a plurality of shutter pieces attached to the rotation drive shaft 103 and rotated to open and close an opening region surrounded by the shutter pieces. FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing an example of the configuration of the shutter piece of the shutter 101. In this example, the four shutter pieces 101a are respectively attached to the four rotational drive shafts 103 and reciprocated by a predetermined angle, thereby opening and closing the opening region surrounded by the shutter pieces 101a. The shutter 102 may have the same shutter piece configuration as the shutter 101.

  The receiving member 104 is formed with a circular opening in the central portion, and, as will be described later, a sheet-like outer skin material is pushed into the opening of the receiving member 104 to form a hook shape.

  Such a shutter mechanism is a known one as described in Japanese Patent No. 3421658, for example.

  A support frame 106 attached to the lifting rod 105 is provided above the shutter mechanism 100, and a push-in mechanism 110 and a closing mechanism 120 are provided on the support frame 106.

  The push-in mechanism 110 is attached to a cylindrical push-in cylinder 111 suspended below the support frame 106, a columnar push-in member 112 slidably provided in the push-in cylinder 111, and an upper surface of the push-in member 112. An air cylinder 113 that moves the drive rod 114 up and down to move the push-in member 112 up and down, and an air cylinder 115 that moves the air cylinder 113 up and down are provided.

  The making mechanism 120 includes a making member 122 slidably provided in a making cylinder 121 having a rectangular cross section provided on the support frame 106 in a substantially horizontal direction, and a drive rod 124 attached to the rear end of the making 122. An air cylinder 123 that reciprocates in the horizontal direction and moves the input member 122 forward and backward is provided.

  The making cylinder 121 is connected to and communicated with the pushing cylinder 111, and is set so that the making member 122 moves forward and backward toward the pushing cylinder 111. A charging opening 125 is formed in the upper part of the charging cylinder 121, and the tip of the transport conveyor mechanism 2 is disposed above the charging opening 125. On the side of the cover body 14 of the transport conveyor mechanism 2, a portion facing the input opening 125 is cut out to expose the transport belt 10, and a plate-like sliding contact member 126 is disposed in accordance with the exposed portion. Has been.

  4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG. The slidable contact member 126 is moved forward and backward by the air cylinder 128 through the drive rod 127 so as to cross the conveyor belt 10 to slidably contact the upper surface of the conveyor belt 10. The lower part of the sliding contact member 126 is formed to have the same width as that between the partition walls 11 of the transport belt 10 and has a shape that matches the partition region R. Therefore, when the sliding contact member 126 moves back and forth between the partition walls 11, a predetermined amount of the food F filled in the partition region R falls from the transport belt 10 into the input opening 125 without remaining. It becomes like this. The dropped food F is accommodated in the charging cylinder 121.

  The transport conveyor mechanism 2 transports and moves the transport belt 10 by the distance between the partition walls 11 so that the partition region R is disposed opposite to the sliding contact member 126. Such transport movement is performed by driving and controlling the drive motor 3 by a drive control unit (not shown). The screw member 5 and the rotating member 7 are rotationally controlled in conjunction with the drive control of the drive motor 3.

  The support frame 106 is moved up and down by the vertical movement of the lift rod 105, and the pushing cylinder 111 moves up and down toward the shutter mechanism 100 when the support frame 106 moves up and down.

  A ring-shaped presser member 130 is provided on the outer periphery of the push cylinder 111 so as to surround the push cylinder 111, and the presser member 130 moves up and down together with the push cylinder 111, and the peripheral edge of the outer skin material disposed on the receiving member 104. The part is pressed and held.

  The outer skin material is carried into the upper surface of the receiving member 104 through the space between the shutter mechanism 100 and the pressing member 130 by the transport conveyor 140 (extended from the paper surface toward the back). . The molded product formed by sealing the outer skin material by the shutter mechanism 100 is supported and carried out by a support conveyor 150 (extending from the paper surface toward the back).

  5 to 9 are explanatory diagrams relating to the operation process of the food molding apparatus A. FIG. In FIG. 5, the food F is dropped and accommodated in the making cylinder 121 from the making opening 125 with the making member 122 retracted to the back side from the making opening 125. Further, the shutter pieces of the shutters 101 and 102 are set in an open state, and the sheet-like outer covering material G is carried into the upper surface of the receiving member 104. Then, the support frame 106 is lowered, and the peripheral portion of the outer skin material G disposed on the upper surface of the receiving member 104 is pressed against the receiving member 104 by the pressing member 130 and held by the pressing member 112 to the opening of the receiving member 104. The outer skin material G is pushed in and formed into a bowl shape.

  In FIG. 6, the air cylinders 113 and 115 are driven to retract the pushing member 112 to a position higher than that of the closing cylinder 121. In FIG. 7, the air cylinder 123 is driven to slide the throwing member 122 toward the push-in cylinder 111, and the food F accommodated in the push-in cylinder 121 is thrown into the push-in cylinder 111.

  In FIG. 8, the food material F put into the pushing cylinder 111 falls and is accommodated in the outer shell material G formed in a bowl shape, and the support conveyor 150 is raised to support the bottom portion of the outer shell material G formed in a bowl shape. To do. Then, the air cylinders 113 and 115 are driven, and the pushing member 112 is lowered to push the food F into the outer skin G.

  In FIG. 9, the lifting rod 105 is raised and the support frame 106 is moved upward, and the presser member 130 and the pushing member 112 are raised and retracted from the shutter mechanism 100 in conjunction therewith. Then, the shutters 101 and 102 are closed to gather and seal the peripheral edge portions of the outer skin material G held on the upper surface of the receiving member 104. At that time, the food material F accommodated in the outer skin material G is molded so as to be wrapped in the outer skin material G. The formed molded product H is conveyed to the next step as it is as the support conveyor 150 is lowered. Further, when the support frame 106 moves upward, the input opening 125 is raised and set to a position close to the transport conveyor mechanism 2, the input member 122 moves to the retracted position, and the sliding contact member 126 operates. Then, the next food material F is supplied into the charging cylinder 121.

  FIG. 10 is a perspective view (FIG. 10 (a)) and a cross-sectional view (FIG. 10 (b)) regarding the molded product H molded by the food molding apparatus A described above. In this example, the food material F made of beans such as Kintoki beans is molded so as to be wrapped with an outer skin material G such as bread dough. Boiled beans such as Kintoki beans are easy to lose shape, but by supplying them to the food molding apparatus with the food supply device of the present invention and molding them, it is possible to obtain molded products while suppressing the loss of shape.

  FIG. 11 is a perspective view (FIG. 11A) and a cross-sectional view (FIG. 11B) regarding another molded product H ′. In this example, a food material F ′ made of sugar beet mixed with beans, shredded vegetables and the like is wrapped in a skin material G and finished like a soy sauce. Foods such as side dishes are likely to adhere to the conveyor belt 10 and remain, but the conveyor belt 10 is fed so that the sliding contact member 126 does not slide and remain, and the input member 122 slides in the input cylinder 121. Therefore, the pushing member 112 is slid into the pushing cylinder 111 so that it does not remain. Molding can be performed.

  As described above, the food supply device of the present invention can stably supply foods of various shapes and characteristics by a predetermined amount, and can supply the food with minimal damage to the food. .

  FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view relating to another embodiment of the present invention. In this example, in the food supply apparatus that supplies the food C made of shredded cheese, the same parts as those in the embodiment shown in FIG.

  The screw member 5 ′ has spiral blades formed around a shaft body extending from the drive shaft of the rotary motor 6. And the rotating member 7 demonstrated by embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is not provided. In the case of foods that are easy to disperse, such as shredded cheese, the food material C is filled in the partition region R of the conveyor belt 10 by rotating the screw member 5 ′ having spiral blades and partitioned. The food material C that protrudes above the region R is easily pushed back, and a certain amount of food material C can be reliably accommodated in the partition region R. Therefore, the rotating member 7 can be omitted.

  Further, at the front end portion of the transport conveyor mechanism 2, the transport belt 10 is transported so as to go around the driven pulley 13, so that the food material C falls and a certain amount of the food material C is supplied. Also in this case, since the food material C hardly adheres to the conveyance belt 10, such a supply method can be used. Thus, it is possible to change according to the characteristic of a foodstuff.

  In this example, a dispersing device 20 for sprinkling the supplied food material C onto the upper surface of the disk-shaped pizza dough J is provided. The dispersing device 20 includes a cylindrical rotating member 21 in which a plurality of dispersing pins 22 are erected on the inner peripheral surface. On the upper part of the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member 21, a circular shielding member 23 is supported at the center by a connecting bar 24.

  FIG. 13 is a plan view of the rotating member 21 as viewed from above. The shielding member 23 is disposed substantially at the center of the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member 21, and the dispersion pin 22 is erected toward the center.

  The rotating member 21 is rotatably supported by the support frame 25, and a rotation motor 26 is fixed to the support frame 25. A drive belt 27 is stretched between the drive shaft of the rotary motor 26 and the outer peripheral surface of the rotary member 21, and the rotary member 21 is rotated by driving the rotary motor 26 to rotate.

  The pizza dough J is transported by the transport conveyor 30, positioned below the rotating member 21, and temporarily stops. Then, the driving motor 3 is driven and the conveying belt 10 is conveyed by an interval between the partition walls 11. At this time, the screw member 5 ′ is also rotationally driven while the conveying belt 10 is being conveyed.

  A predetermined amount of the food material C accommodated in the partition region R is dropped from the transport belt 10 and falls into the rotating member 21 by the transport operation of the transport belt 10 at a predetermined interval. The rotary motor 26 is driven to rotate as the food material C falls, and the rotary member 21 rotates for a predetermined time. The food material C falling inside due to the rotation of the rotating member 21 collides with the shielding member 23 and the dispersing pin 22 and is dispersed in a random direction. Therefore, the food material C is sprinkled on the entire top surface of the pizza dough J.

  As described above, even when sprinkled with shredded foodstuffs, the damage given to the foodstuffs can be minimized and stably supplied by a predetermined amount.

  FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the pizza dough J sprinkled with food C. By setting the shape of the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member 21 to be substantially the same as the shape of the pizza dough J, the ingredients C are sprinkled over the entire pizza dough J without spilling.

  FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of another application example using the food supply device and the dispersing device shown in FIG. In this example, the strip-shaped dough K formed in a predetermined width is transported by the transport conveyor 30. And the foodstuff C is continuously disperse | distributed and sprinkled on the upper surface of the dough K. In this example, the conveyor belt 10 is continuously conveyed and the food material C is continuously supplied, and the dispersing device 20 is also continuously rotated.

  Even in the case of sprinkling ingredients on the belt-like dough, if the ingredients are supplied using the ingredient supply device of the present invention, the damage to the ingredients during the supply can be minimized and supplied. It becomes possible to supply without impairing the shape and characteristics.

  16 is a schematic side view relating to another application example using the food supply apparatus shown in FIG. 12, and FIG. 17 is a schematic plan view thereof. In this example, the granular food material supplied by the food material supply device 1 is supplied to the wrapping molding device 200. As described above, the food supply device 1 rotationally drives the drive motor 3 to control the transport of the transport belt 10 and supplies the food F by dropping from the front end of the transport conveyor mechanism 2 by a predetermined amount. Inside the hopper 4, a screw member 5 is arranged close to the upper side of the conveying belt 10, and the rotary motor 6 is driven to rotate to rotate the screw member 5 so that the food F moves in the direction opposite to the conveying direction. The operation is performed so that the food F that protrudes above the conveyor belt 10 is pushed back so that a certain amount of the food F is accommodated in the partition region of the conveyor belt 10.

  The encrusting apparatus 200 includes a nozzle 201 that discharges the skin material G and a cylinder 202 that is provided inside the nozzle 201. The lower end openings of the nozzle 201 and the cylinder 202 are formed in a circular shape, and the lower end openings of both are arranged so as to be concentric. The outer skin material G is pumped from the supply pipe 203 and is continuously discharged in a cylindrical shape from a ring-shaped opening between the nozzle 201 and the cylinder 202.

  A shutter 204 is disposed below the nozzle 201, and a plurality of shutter pieces of the shutter 204 are opened and closed to cut the envelope material G continuously discharged in a cylindrical shape, and at the same time seal the cut opening. Operate.

  A support member 212 is provided below the shutter 204 so as to be movable up and down, and the support member 212 moves upward to support the outer skin material G that is discharged from the nozzle 201 and hangs down.

  A turntable 205 having a circular shape in plan view is installed above the cylinder 202, and the turntable 205 is rotatably mounted on the upper surface of the support plate 206. A plurality of through holes 207 are formed in the peripheral portion of the turntable 205 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. A charging hole 208 is formed at a position facing the upper end opening of the cylinder 202 of the support plate 206, and the charging hole 208 is formed to be approximately the same size as the through hole 207. Then, the turntable 205 is rotated by a driving device (not shown) and is intermittently driven so that the through holes 207 are sequentially aligned with the insertion holes 208.

  A piston 209 is disposed above the charging hole 208, and the piston 209 is attached to the air cylinder 210 via a drive rod. Then, the food cylinder F is pushed into the cylinder 202 by driving the air cylinder 210 and moving the piston 209 up and down. The piston 209 has a plurality of air flow ports formed on the lower surface, and each air flow port is connected to an external air supply device (not shown) via a communication pipe line inside the piston 209 and the inside of the cylindrical drive rod. It is connected to the. When the piston 209 descends, air is fed into the cylinder 202 from the air circulation port, and when the piston 209 rises, the air in the cylinder 202 is sucked.

  The food F supplied from the food supply device 1 falls into the input opening 211 and is accommodated in the through hole 207 of the turntable 205. Since the support plate 206 is disposed on the lower surface of the through hole 207, the stored food F does not fall out of the through hole 207.

  FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the wrapping molding apparatus. The turntable 205 is intermittently driven so that the through holes 207 are sequentially positioned immediately below the input opening 211, and a certain amount of food F is sequentially supplied from the food supply device to the positioned through holes 207 (FIG. 18A). ).

  Then, the food table F is dropped into the cylinder 202 at the timing when the turntable 205 is rotated and the through hole 207 in which the food material F is accommodated matches the insertion hole 208. On the other hand, the cylindrical skin material G that is continuously discharged is closed to which the lower end portion is attached, and the support member 212 rises to support the skin material G. Next, the piston 209 moves downward and air is sent in from the air circulation port, so that the food material F is accommodated in the outer skin material G and the air is compressed, and the outer skin material G is deformed so as to swell (FIG. 18). (B)).

  Next, the shutter piece of the shutter 204 is rotated in the closing direction, and the outer skin material G is squeezed and cut. At that time, the piston 209 rises and air is sucked from the air circulation port, and the air in the outer skin material G is extracted by the intake action at that time. Then, the outer skin material G is sealed so as to wrap the food material F by cutting the outer skin material G, and the molded product H is molded.

  In such an encrusting machine, food such as beans, shredded cheeses and vegetables, peeled chestnuts and strawberries is stored in the form as it is in the turntable 205, and the food in which the ingredients are wrapped is molded. can do. The food material supply apparatus of the present invention can supply such food materials as they are, and can save labor that has been manually input.

  In the example described above, the transport belt mechanism 10 provided with the partition walls 11 is used for the transport conveyor mechanism 2. However, the present invention is not limited to such a transport mechanism, and for example, a plurality of containers having a predetermined amount of capacity. A transport mechanism other than the transport belt 10, such as a transport mechanism connected to each other, may be used.

F Food material G Skin material J Pizza dough K Strip dough R Partition area 1 Food supply device 2 Conveyor mechanism 3 Drive motor 4 Hopper 5 Screw member 6 Rotation motor 7 Rotation member 8 Drive motor
10 Conveyor belt
11 Bulkhead
12 Drive pulley
13 Driven pulley
14 Cover body
20 Dispersing device
21 Rotating member
22 Dispersion pin
23 Shielding member
24 Connecting bar
25 Support frame
26 Rotating motor
27 Drive belt
30 Conveyor
100 Shutter mechanism
110 Push-in mechanism
120 Input mechanism
130 Presser member
140 Conveyor
150 Support conveyor
200 Bailing machine

Claims (4)

  A storage section in which food is input and stored; and a conveyor that is disposed at a lower portion of the storage section and extends from the storage section to the outside and includes a partition region for storing the food by a predetermined amount. A transfer driving unit that controls the transfer of the transfer conveyor to supply the food filled in the partition area by a predetermined amount, and is disposed in the storage unit in the vicinity of the transfer conveyor and close to the transfer conveyor. A food material supply apparatus comprising: a screw member provided along the conveying direction; and a rotation drive unit that rotates the screw member so as to move the food material in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.   The food supply device according to claim 1, wherein the transport conveyor includes an endless transport belt in which a partition wall is erected with a predetermined interval on the transport surface.   The outlet of the storage section of the conveyor is provided with a regulating member that is disposed close to the upper portion of the conveyor and restricts the food material that has protruded above the partition area from being discharged to the outside. It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The foodstuff supply apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.   A food molding apparatus comprising the food supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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