JP4468906B2 - Rice filling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rice filling device for filling food such as an oil frying bag for Inari sushi, for example.

  Conventionally, as a device for filling rice into Inari sushi, the frying bag that is continuously sent is stopped at the rice supply position, and the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening side of the frying bag are the upper clip at the stop position. Grab it with the lower clip and open it in the vertical direction. At this opening timing, the rice lump is dropped and supplied from the upper rice supply part to the rice supply position corresponding to the opening, and then the rice extrusion piston is parallel to the opening direction. By extruding, the rice lump was pushed into the inside of the frying bag from the opening by the piston (Patent Document 1).

JP 9-285261 A

  By the way, in the above rice filling device, in order to improve the production efficiency of Inari sushi, the rice lump is supplied to the two oil frying bags at the same time. For this purpose, the rice supply consisting of a rice supply hopper, a rotating groove wheel, etc. Two devices need to be arranged side by side (see FIGS. 2 and 8 of Patent Document 1), and there is a problem that the device configuration becomes large.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice filling device that can simultaneously fill two foods such as two oil frying bags and the like, and realizes downsizing by simplifying the device configuration.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
1stly, the food conveyance conveyor which drives intermittently in the state which mounted the foodstuff, the single rice supply means which can supply a predetermined amount of rice lump to one rice supply position of the said conveyor, and said one rice In the rice filling apparatus comprising rice extrusion means for filling the food on the conveyor by moving the mass of rice supplied to the supply position toward the conveyor direction, a plurality of grooves at the rice supply position Is provided with a tray driving means for moving the tray with respect to the rice supply position so that each groove portion of the tray can be positioned corresponding to each of the one rice supply position, the movement of the tray by the tray driving means, one of the grooves of the plurality of grooves is positioned in the rice supply position from the single rice supply means in a state located in the rice supply position above Rice supply operation for supplying the Meshikatamari in part, while moving the tray by the tray driving means, by a plurality of the groove is carried out at a position corresponding to the rice supply position, two or more of the above tray the Meshikatamari in the groove and configured to be able to supply, and the rice extrusion means providing a plurality at positions corresponding to the plurality of grooves which are provided in the Meshikatamari of said tray, corresponding these rice extrusion means Rice configured to extrude each mass of food accommodated in a plurality of grooves in the direction of the conveyor so that the mass of food on the conveyor can be simultaneously filled with the mass of food. It is comprised by the filling apparatus of.

  The food is, for example, an oil frying bag (7) for Inari sushi, but is not limited to this and may be any food filled with other rice. The food conveyance conveyor is, for example, a straight conveyance conveyor (6). However, as long as it has a function of conveying food, for example, a horizontal rotating disk that carries and conveys food on its outer peripheral surface is also available. It is a concept that includes. The rice supply means includes, for example, a fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 that supplies rice to the rice supply position (20), such as a rice feeder box (9), a rotating groove wheel (16, 16 '), and a shutter (18). be able to. A rice supply position says the position shown with the code | symbol 20 in embodiment. The rice extrusion means can be constituted by, for example, a rice extrusion piston (29a, 29b). The tray may be constituted by, for example, a top opening divided tray (21). The tray driving means can be constituted by, for example, a stepping motor (M2), a belt (28), rollers (27, 27 '), and the like. The positions corresponding to the plurality of grooves are, for example, positions corresponding to the grooves (22d, 22c) of the tray (21) in FIG. Therefore, by moving the tray by the tray driving means, the rice lump can be supplied to the plurality of grooves, and the food lump supplied to the plurality of grooves can be filled into the food on the conveyor by the rice extrusion means. Although it is a supply means, a plurality of food materials on the conveyor can be filled simultaneously with a lump of rice. Also, for example, a single rice supply means supplies rice chunks to two or more grooves, and two or more rice chunks in two or more grooves are fed by rice extrusion means. Can be filled at the same time.

  2ndly, the said foodstuff is an oil frying bag for Inari sushi, It comprised so that the said rice lump could be filled in the several oil frying bag on the said conveyor by the rice extrusion means corresponding to the said several groove part. It is comprised by the filling apparatus of the said 1st characterized by the above-mentioned.

  For example, two rice extrusion pistons (29a, 29b) are provided as the rice extrusion means, whereby the lump of rice in the two grooves (for example, 22d, 22c) can be filled in the oil frying bag at the same time.

  Third, each food material placement portion of the conveyor belt in the conveyor is provided with a through hole, and upper and lower clamping means are provided above and below the conveyor belt sandwiching the through hole so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The second aspect of the invention is characterized in that the upper and lower skins of the frying bag are sandwiched by the upper and lower clamping means and the opening ends thereof can be opened in the vertical direction before the filling of the mass of rice. It is constituted by a rice filling device.

  The upper and lower clamping means can be constituted by upper and lower clips (43, 43 ', 44, 44'), for example.

  Fourth, the tray has at least four groove portions, and after supplying the rice chunks to the three groove portions by the rice supply means, the rice chunks in the two groove portions by the rice extrusion means. The two ingredients on the conveyor can be filled, and then the tray is driven by the tray driving means, and the rice supply means is used in the two groove portions where there is no lump of rice. By supplying the lump, the rice lump is supplied to the three groove portions, and then the two rice lumps in the three groove portions to which the rice lump is supplied are extruded by the above-mentioned rice extrusion means. The rice filling apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects is configured to repeatedly execute the operation of filling the above two food ingredients.

  If comprised in this way, even if it is a single rice supply means, a rice lump can be efficiently supplied to several foodstuffs on a conveyor.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, although it is a single rice supply means, a plurality of foodstuffs on a conveyor can be filled with a lump of rice at the same time, and a small but extremely efficient rice filling device is realized. It is something that can be done.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

  First, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the overall configuration of the rice filling apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rice filling apparatus of the present invention is provided with a vertical rail 3 behind the machine frame F1, and moves the rice storage bat 4 up and down along the rail 3, Rice is supplied to the upper rice transporter box 5 by reversing the bat 4 along the rail bent portion 3a at the upper end (see arrow P in FIG. 1).

In the apparatus 1, various drive system mechanisms (described later) are housed in a lower machine frame F2, and a linear conveyor belt conveyor 6 is fixed in the left-right direction at an upper front position of the machine frame F2. F3 is a juice receiver provided in the entire lower position of the conveyor 6, and is similarly fixed to the machine frame F2. This belt conveyor 6 is intermittently driven by a drive motor M1 at one end, and a placing portion 6 'partitioned by partition ribs 6 "is provided on the surface of the conveyor belt 6a at regular intervals. 2, oil frying bags 7 for Inari Sushi are sequentially placed from the left end in the above-described placement portion 6 'with the opening 7' facing rearward (FIG. 5 (a)). As shown in FIG. 5 (a), an oval through-hole 6b is provided along the rear edge of each placement portion 6 ', and the frying bag 7 has an opening 7'. It is placed on the placement portion 6 ′ in the rear direction (see FIG. 5B) and so that the opening 7 ′ is positioned on the through hole 6b.

  A rice filling mechanism 8 (described later) for filling the litter bag 7 with the rice lump R is installed behind the substantially central portion of the conveyor 6. Further, a machine frame F4 is provided on the machine frame F2, and the machine frame F4 in the upper position of the rice filling mechanism 8 is used to unload the rice supplied from the rice transport machine box 5. A rice feeder box 9 that feeds further downward while the rice fed from the rice feeder box 9 is formed into a rice cake R having a predetermined width t and fed to a predetermined position of the rice filling mechanism 8. 10 are installed in order in the up-down direction.

  Rice is fed from the rice storage bat 4 that rises and reverses along the vertical rail 3 onto the rice conveyor 11 of the rice conveyor box 5, and the rice is moved leftward (in the direction of arrow A) by the conveyor 11. It is conveyed and dropped onto the rice feed roller conveyor 13 of the lower rice feeder box 9 while being unwound by the rotary rice cracker 12 at the front end. The rice dropped and supplied onto the roller conveyor 13 is sent forward (in the direction of arrow B) by a plurality of rollers 13 ', and the rice fixed to the machine frame F4 while being further unwound by the front-end rotary unloader 14. The fixed quantity rice supply mechanism 10 is dropped and supplied via the guide cylinder 15.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 has a pair of rotating grooves 16 and 16 'for lowering the rice bowl between the groove portions 16a and 16a' and is pivotally supported on the lower portion of the rice guide cylinder 15. And a horizontal opening / closing shutter 18 is provided at the lower portion of the rice outlet 17 below the opposed grooves of the rotary groove wheels 16 and 16 '. The groove wheels 16 and 16' are openable and closable. Grooves 16a and 16a ′ serving as rice passages are recessed on the outer periphery, and rice that is dropped and supplied from the upper part by rotating intermittently in directions facing each other (arrow C and C ′ directions) While being compressed to a predetermined width t which is the width of the groove portions 16a, 16a ′ between the wheels 16, 16 ′, it is supplied downward, below the rice outlet 17 which is the outlet of the rice between the grooves 16, 16 ′. A pair of shutters 18 that are closely spaced from each other in the horizontal direction are provided. When the groove wheels 16 and 16 ′ rotate at a predetermined rotation angle, they move in directions away from each other and the shutter 18 opens, and an amount corresponding to the rotation angle of the groove wheels 16 and 16 ′. The rice is supplied to a predetermined groove (for example, a groove 22a) of a lower upper surface opening division tray 21 (described later) while being compressed by the grooves 16, 16 ', and then the shutter 18 is closed, thereby the upper surface opening. A predetermined amount of rice cake R corresponding to the rotation angle of the groove wheels 16, 16 ′ is dropped and supplied to a predetermined groove portion (the groove portion 22 a) of the division tray 21.

  The opening / closing operation of the shutter 18 and the intermittent rotation operation of the grooved wheels 16 and 16 ′ are performed in conjunction with each other. It is supplied to a predetermined groove (for example, groove 22a) of the upper surface opening division tray 19 through the opened shutter 18, and then the rice is cut by the shutter 18 by closing the shutter 18, and a predetermined amount of The rice cake R is supplied to the groove 22a.

  Next, the rice filling mechanism 8 will be described. Here, the position where the fixed amount of rice cake R is supplied at the position below the position where the left and right shutter plates of the shutter 18 are joined is referred to as the rice supply position 20 (see FIG. 5 (a)). The rice supply position 20 is the position of the groove 22a in FIG.

  At the rice supply position 20, the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction (directions of arrows D and E). As shown in FIG. 6, the upper surface opening division tray 21 has four vertical grooves 22a and 22b on the substrate 21a by arranging five standing walls 21b on the substrate 21a. 22c and 22d, and the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is arranged in the left and right direction (arrows D and E, in the direction of the conveyor 6) so that the upper surface openings of the grooves 22a to 22d can be located at the rice supply position 20, respectively. Is supported by a belt conveyor 28 (see FIG. 3) so as to be movable in a direction along the direction).

  Specifically, the upper surface opening division tray 21 is fixed on the horizontal base plate 23, and a guide guide plate 24 is provided downward on the lower surface of the base plate 23. The guide plate An engaging portion 24a at the lower end of 24 is slidably fitted to a left-right rail 26 installed on a machine base 25 supported horizontally. The machine base 25 is horizontally supported by left and right supports 25a and 25a 'supported by the machine frame F2.

  Further, support angles 26 and 26 'are provided at the left and right ends of the machine base 25, and rollers 27 and 27' are rotatably supported on the angles 26 and 26 ', respectively. A belt 28 is stretched between the guide guide plates 24 and the belt 28 is connected and fixed. The support shaft 27a of the one roller 27 is connected to the output shaft of a forward / reverse rotation stepping motor M2, and the tray 21 is moved in the left-right direction via the belt 28 by driving the motor M2 in the forward / reverse direction. It can move in the direction of arrows D and E.

  Specifically, the movement of the upper surface opening division tray 21 is performed as shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows the movement of the tray 21 in the directions of arrows D and E (left and right directions) in parallel as shown in FIGS. First, in a state where the longitudinal groove portion 22a is located at the rice supply position 20 (the position shown in FIG. 4A), the rice cake R is supplied from the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 to the groove portion 22a, and then the stepping is performed. The motor M2 is driven to move the tray 21 in the direction of arrow D. The tray 21 is temporarily stopped when the right end groove portion 22b is positioned at the rice supply position 20 by jumping over one groove portion 22c (FIG. 4B). )Position of). At this time, the rice cake R is supplied from the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 to the groove portion 22b, and then the motor M2 is driven to move the tray 21 in the direction of arrow E. The tray 21 is temporarily stopped at the position 20. At this time, the rice cake R is supplied from the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 to the groove 22c (position in FIG. 4C). Here, the rice lump R present in the grooves 22a and 22b is pushed forward by the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b (described later), and into the oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6, from the openings 7 'and 7'. Filled (see FIG. 7B).

  Next, the motor M2 is driven to move the tray 21 in the direction of arrow E, and the tray 21 is temporarily stopped when the leftmost groove portion 22d is located at the rice supply position 20 (the position shown in FIG. 4 (d)). ), And at this time, the lump R is supplied from the quantitative supply mechanism 10 to the groove 22d. Next, the motor M2 is driven in the direction of arrow D to temporarily stop the tray 21 when the first groove 22a is located at the rice supply position 20 (position shown in FIG. 4 (e)). The rice lump R is supplied from the supply mechanism 10 to the groove portion 22a. Here, the rice extruding pistons 29a and 29b push the rice lump R present in the grooves 22c and 22d forward and fill the oil-filled bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6 through the openings 7 'and 7'. (See FIG. 7 (b)).

  Thereafter, the same operation is repeated in the order of FIG. 4 (f) and FIG. 4 (g). That is, when the rice lump R is supplied to three places on the upper surface opening divided tray 21, the rice lumps R in the left and right groove portions excluding the central rice lump R are placed on the conveyor 6 by the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b. The operation of filling each of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 through the openings 7 'and 7' is repeated.

  Furthermore, the other structure of the rice filling mechanism 8 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 5, on the rear side of the upper surface opening divided tray 21, the tray 21 can be inserted into the grooves 22c and 22d at the timing when the tray 21 is positioned in FIG. 4A (FIG. 5A). The rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b are respectively provided at various positions so as to be horizontally movable in the front-rear direction (arrows F and G directions). The rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b are normally in the retracted position of FIG. 9, but at the timing when the rice lump R is supplied to the groove portions 22c and 22d, the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b move forward in the direction of arrow F from the retracted position. The piston 29a, 29b reaches the position of the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5 (a) (solid line position in FIG. 7 (b)) while pushing out the rice cake R supplied to the groove 22d. The above-mentioned rice chunks R and R are filled in the oil frying bags 7 and 7 (see FIG. 7B).

  The rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b (see FIG. 8) are configured such that the base portion 30 at the rear end slides in the front-rear direction along the horizontal rail 31 supported on the machine frame F2, thereby causing the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b to move in the directions of arrows F and G. It can slide horizontally. An arm 32 is pivotally supported on the lower portion of the base portion 30, and one end of a character-shaped arm 35 is pivotally supported on the arm 32 without being rotatable about the support shaft 33 in the directions of arrows H and I. Further, a lifting / lowering rod 34 is pivotally supported on the other end of the arm 35, and a tip end of a lifting / lowering lever 36 is pivotally supported on the lower end of the lifting / lowering rod 34. Further, the protruding pin 36a on the side surface of the up-and-down rotation lever 36 is engaged with the plate surface of the cam plate 38 attached to the output shaft 37 of the motor M3, and the lever is rotated by rotating the cam plate 38. 36 is moved up and down around the support shaft 36b, and the movement is transmitted to the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b via the lifting rod 34, the bending arm 35, and the connecting arm 32, whereby the pistons 29a and 29b are moved. It is configured to be able to perform horizontal slide drive in the front-rear direction (arrow F, G direction) at the same timing.

  U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b are provided on the front side of the upper surface opening split tray 21 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction (arrows F and G directions) at positions along the movement path of the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b. Opening / closing rods 38a and 38b are connected to the front ends of the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b (see FIG. 5). The U-shaped grooves 37a, 37b and the opening / closing rods 38a, 38b can move in the front-rear direction (arrow F, G direction) along with the front-rear movement of the rice extrusion pistons 29a, 29b. When 29b moves in the direction of arrow F, it moves forward from the solid line position of FIG. 5 (a) (position of FIG. 7 (a)) to the position of the two-dot chain line of FIG. 5 (a) (position of FIG. 7 (b)). To do.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the opening and closing rods 38a and 38b are moved forward, and the opening and closing support shafts 39 on the side surfaces of the opening and closing rods 38a and 38b are fixed to the pins 40 fixed by the mounting angle 40a on the machine frame F2. (FIG. 7 (b)), and when the support shaft 39 is pushed in the direction of arrow G, the upper and lower hooks rotate up and down around the support shafts 41 and 41 ′ as shown in FIG. 7 (b). As shown in FIG. Then, the tips of the pistons 29a and 29b that have moved horizontally in the direction of arrow F at that timing reach the tips of the open flanges 38a and 38b (see FIG. 7B). At this time, openings 7 ′ and 7 ′ of oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6 are located at positions corresponding to the tip portions of the pistons 29 a and 29 b, and the lump R from the openings 7 ′ and 7 ′. , R are pushed by the pistons 29a and 29b and filled into the frying bags 7 and 7 (see FIG. 7B). Note that the positions at which the rice cakes R, R are filled on the conveyor belt 6a are referred to as rice filling positions 20 ', 20 "(see FIGS. 2, 5A, etc.).

  The U-shaped grooves 37a, 37b and the opening / closing rods 38a, 38b move integrally (FIG. 8), and are fixed to the upper surface of a mounting angle 70 provided at the lower part thereof. A horizontal rod 71 is connected to the lower end of the mounting angle 70, and one end of an L-shaped arm 72 that can rotate around a support shaft 72 a is pivotally supported at the rear end of the rod 71. An elevating rod 73 is pivotally supported at the end, and the lower end of the rod 73 is pivotally supported at the tip of an elevating rotary rod 74 that moves up and down around the support shaft 68 and protrudes from the side surface of the rotary rod 74. A pin (not shown) is engaged with the cam plate 38. Therefore, when the cam plate 38 rotates, the operating rod 74 moves up and down around the support shaft 68, whereby the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b and the opening and closing rods 38a and 38b move in the front-rear direction (arrow F). , G direction).

  Further, the rice filling mechanism 8 has the following configuration (see FIGS. 9 and 10), and above and below the upper transition portion of the conveyor 6 and corresponding to each other corresponding to the through hole 6b. Are provided with upper and lower clips 43 and 43 'and upper and lower clips 44 and 44'. As shown in FIG. 9, the installation positions of the clips 43, 43 ′ and 44, 44 ′ are positions corresponding to the rice filling positions 20 ′, 20 ″ on the conveyor 6 at the front positions of the opening / closing rods 38a, 38b. The clips 43 and 43 ′ are provided above and below the rice filling position 20 ″, and the clips 44 and 44 ′ are provided above and below the rice filling position 20 ′.

  The upper clips 43 and 44 are fixed to a horizontal mounting rod 45. The upper position of FIG. 9 together with the horizontal mounting rod 45 and the tip end of the clip are close to the conveyor 6, and the rice filling positions 20 ', 20 " Can be moved up and down in the vertical direction (J, K direction) between the lower positions (the two-dot chain line positions in FIG. 9) at which the upper sides of the openings 7 ′ and 7 ′ of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 can be sandwiched. The lower clips 43 ′ and 44 ′ are fixed to a horizontal mounting rod 46, and together with the mounting rod 46, the upper position in FIG. 9, that is, the openings 7 ′ and 7 ′ of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6. Between the upper position where each lower side can be clamped via the through holes 6b, 6b and the position moved further downward from the position (two-dot chain line position in FIG. 9) (arrow J, (K direction) can be moved up and down.

  Further, each of the clips 43, 43 ′, 44, 44 ′ is always urged by a ridge (not shown) in the closing direction around the rotation shaft 48 as a center of rotation. Each is provided with a roller 49. An upright push plate 50 is provided on the rear side of the clips 43, 43 ', 44, 44' facing the rollers 49 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction (arrow F, G direction). The push plate 50 moves forward in the direction of arrow F, contacts the roller 49, and presses the roller 49 in the direction of arrow F, thereby opening the closed clips 43, 43 ′, 44, 44 ′. It is configured to be settable. When the pressing plate 50 is separated from the roller 49, the clips are closed by the ridges.

  The lower clips 43 ′ and 44 ′ are pivotally supported on the toggle 53 by an L-shaped arm 51 connected to the lower side of the rear end of the mounting rod 46 and a lifting rod 52 connected to the lower surface of the rear end of the L-shaped arm 51. A pin (not shown) provided on the plate surface of the toggle 53 is engaged with the cam plate 38. Therefore, the lower clips 43 ′ and 44 ′ are configured to perform the lifting and lowering operation when the toggle 53 rotates up and down around the support shaft 54 by the rotation of the cam plate 38. The upper clips 43, 44 are provided with an arm 55 below the rear end of the mounting rod 45, and a lifting rod 56 is connected to the arm 55, and the lower end of the lifting rod 56 is pivotally supported by a toggle 57. A pin (not shown) provided on the plate surface of the toggle 57 is engaged with the cam plate 38. Therefore, the upper clips 43 and 44 are configured to perform the lifting and lowering operation when the toggle 57 rotates in the vertical direction around the support shaft 54 by the rotation of the cam plate 38.

  Further, a horizontal arm 58 is connected to the lower rear side of the push plate 50, a vertical rod 59 is connected to the arm 58, and a horizontal rod 60 is supported on the lower end of the vertical rod 59 with a support shaft. One end of a cam member 61 that rotates about a support shaft 61 a is pivotally supported at one end of the rod 60, and a lifting rod 62 is pivotally supported at the other end of the cam member 61, and the lower end of the lifting rod 62 is a toggle 63. And a pin (not shown) provided on the plate surface of the toggle 63 is engaged with the cam plate 38. Accordingly, in the push plate 50, the cam 63 rotates in the directions of the arrows L and M when the toggle 63 rotates in the vertical direction around the support shaft 54 by the rotation of the cam plate 38, thereby the horizontal plate. The upper and lower clips can be opened and closed by performing the above-described back-and-forth operation through the rod 60, the horizontal arm 58, and the like.

  In FIG. 2, detection sensors S <b> 1 and S <b> 2 are provided upstream of the rice filling mechanism 8 of the conveyor 6. In the sensors S1 and S2, the light emitting sections 75 and 75 are positioned above the conveyor 6, and the light receiving sections 75 ′ and 75 ′ are positioned below the conveyor 6, and light from the light emitting sections 75 and 75 is transmitted to the conveyor 6. The light receiving portions 75 ′ and 75 ′ are configured to pass through the through holes 6b. Therefore, when the oil frying bag 7 is placed on each placing portion of the conveyor 6, the light from the light emitting portions 75, 75 is blocked by the oil frying bag 7, and based on this, the control unit 80 (described later). ) To detect the presence of the frying bags 7 and 7 and perform the subsequent rice filling operation. Therefore, when either or both of the two sensors S1 and S2 cannot confirm the presence of the frying bags 7 and 7, the control unit 80 does not perform the filling operation of the rice frying bags 7 and 7.

  8, reference numeral 64 denotes a support plate, which is provided above the front position of the conveyor 6 corresponding to the rice filling positions 20 ′ and 20 ″. The support plate 64 is formed by the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b. When filling R into the frying bag 7, it has a function of sliding in the direction of arrow G (rear) and pressing the front side of the frying bags 7, 7 at the rice filling positions 20 ′, 20 ″. . Thereby, the lump R can be stably filled in the oil frying bags 7 and 7. The support plate 64 is driven in the front-rear direction by a front / rear sliding rod 65, and the rod 65 is connected to a vertical rod 66 at the rear end thereof. It is pivotally supported at one end of an L-shaped arm 69 that can be rotated by a spindle 68 through a supported horizontal rod 67. Further, the other end of the L-shaped arm 69 is supported by a pin 36a of the up-and-down rotation lever 36 by an operating rod 69 ', and the L-type arm 69 rotates as the lever 36 moves up and down. Thus, at the timing when the rice extrusion pistons 29a, 29b are moved forward (in the direction of arrow F), the support plate 64 is moved backward (in the direction of arrow G) to support the rear of the oil frying bags 7, 7. It is configured as follows.

  FIG. 12 shows an outline of the electrical configuration of the present invention. The rice filling device 1 of the present invention includes sensors S1 and S2, a conveyor drive motor M1, a stepping motor M2, a fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10, and rice. It has the control part 80 to which the filling mechanism 8 was connected. The control unit 80 is constituted by, for example, a programmable controller or a control circuit centered on a CPU, and performs the rice filling operation described below according to the operation procedure of FIG. That is, while intermittently driving the conveyor M1, based on the detection operation in the sensors S1 and S2, the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 and the rice filling mechanism 8 are driven to perform the rice filling operation, and at the same time, the operation of the stepping motor M2 is controlled. And the filling operation | movement of the rice to the two oil frying bags 7 and 7 is performed using one rice supply apparatus (quantitative rice supply mechanism 10).

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. 11 showing the operation procedure of the present invention.

  First, it is assumed that rice is supplied from the rice feeder box 5 to the rice feeder box 9 and a predetermined amount of rice is supplied from the machine box 9 into the rice guide cylinder 15. In such a state, the oil frying bags 7 are placed one by one from the left end of FIG. 2 on the placing portion 6 ′ of the belt conveyor 6, with the opening 7 facing rearward. The conveyor 6 is intermittently driven in the direction of arrow N by the motor M1. When the oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6 reach below the sensors S1 and S2 and both the sensors S1 and S2 detect the presence of the oil frying bags 7 and 7, based on the detection, the control unit 80 The conveyor 6 is intermittently driven until the frying bags 7 and 7 reach the rice filling positions 20 ′ and 20 ″, and the rice filling mechanism 8 and the fixed-quantity rice supply mechanism 10 perform the following rice filling operations. If the presence of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 cannot be confirmed in either or both of S1 and S2, the control unit 80 stops driving the conveyor 6 at that time and does not perform the following rice filling operation.

  When the frying bags 7 and 7 are positioned at the rice filling positions 20 ′ and 20 ″, the toggle plate 63 moves up and down by rotating the cam plate 38 by a predetermined angle based on the drive of the motor M3 (see FIG. 9). Based on this, the push plate 50 moves in the direction of the arrow F and presses the rollers 49 of the upper and lower clips 43, 43 ′, 44, 44 ′ to open the tips of the clips.

  Thereafter, the toggle 53 and the toggle 57 are moved up and down based on the further rotation of the cam plate 38, and based on this, the lower clips 43 'and 44' are raised from the lower position to the upper position, and the leading end of the clip is the conveyor belt 6a. The upper clips 43 and 44 are moved from the upper position to the lower position so that the tips of the clips move from the upper position to the lower position. Abut the upper vicinity of the openings 7 'and 7' of the upper oil bag 7, and then the push plate 50 is retracted (in the direction of arrow G) by raising and lowering the toggle 63, thereby closing the upper and lower ends of the clips. The tip of each clip pinches the upper and lower skins near the opening 7 of the oil frying bags 7 on the conveyor 6. Thereafter, by raising and lowering the toggle 57, only the upper clips 44 and 43 are raised to the upper position, thereby opening the openings 7 'and 7' of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 as shown in FIG. The openings 7 'and 7' are opened rearward by being sandwiched by 43 ', 44 and 44'.

  At this time, it is assumed that the upper surface opening division tray 21 is located at the position shown in FIG. 4A (the position shown in FIG. 3), that is, the groove 22a is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (the position shown in FIG. FIG. 11P1 ′). In this state, the shutter 18 is opened, and the grooves 16 and 16 ′ are driven in the directions of the arrows C and C ′ by a fixed angle (or a fixed time), whereby rice is supplied into the groove portion 22a of the tray 21 and the shutter 18 is further driven. Is closed, a certain amount of rice cake R is supplied to the groove 22a (see “Δ” in FIG. 4A, FIGS. 11P1 and P2).

  Next, the stepping motor M2 is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle, and the tray 21 is moved in the direction of arrow D until the groove 22b of the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (FIG. 4 ( b), FIG. 11P3 ′). In this state, the shutter 18 is opened, and the grooves 16 and 16 are driven in the directions of the arrows C and C ′ by a certain angle (or a certain time), whereby rice is supplied into the groove portion 22b of the tray 21 and the shutter 18 is further moved. By closing, a certain amount of rice lump R is supplied to the groove 22b (see “Δ” in FIG. 4B, FIGS. 11P3 and P4).

  Next, the stepping motor M2 is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle, and the tray 21 is moved in the direction of arrow E until the groove 22c of the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (FIG. 4 ( c), FIG. 11P5 ′). In this state, the shutter 18 is opened, and the grooves 16 and 16 are driven in the directions of arrows C and C ′ by a fixed angle (or a fixed time), whereby rice is supplied into the groove portion 22c of the tray 21 and the shutter 18 is further moved. By closing, a certain amount of rice lump R is supplied to the groove 22c (see “x” in FIG. 4C, FIGS. 11P5 and P6).

  Next, the cam plate 38 is driven to rotate at a predetermined angle, and the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b are moved horizontally in the direction of the arrow F, and the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b and the opening / closing rods 38a and 38b are also moved in the direction of the arrow F. (P7 in FIG. 11). At this time, the open / close rods 38a and 38b are opened when the support shaft 39 abuts against the pin 40 in the middle of the horizontal movement, and the opened rods 38a and 38b are moved to the front by moving forward. 6 is in a state where it has moved to a position close to each opening 7 ', 7' of the oil sack 7, 7 opened rearwardly (see FIG. 7 (a) to (b), FIG. 11P8, FIG. No. 5 rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b (see the positions of the two-dot chain lines).

  In the course of the forward movement in the direction of the arrow F, the extrusion pistons 29a and 29b push out the rice chunks R and R in the groove portions 29a and 29b at their tips from the rear to the front, R moves forward through the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b and moves to the position of the tip of the open / close rods 38a and 38b in the open state (see FIGS. 7 (b) and 5). Therefore, the rice cakes R and R that have been in the grooves 29a and 29b are filled into the inside of the frying bags 7 and 7 from the openings 7 'and 7' of the frying bag (FIG. 11P9, FIG. 7 (B)). When the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b are moved forward to fill the frying bags 7 and 7, the presser plate 64 in front of the conveyor belt 6a is moved forward (direction of the frying bags 7 and 7). Press the front of each of the oil frying bags 7 and 7. Thereby, the rice lumps R and R can be stably filled in the oil frying bags 7 and 7.

  Thus, the filling operation of the rice chunks R, R in the pair of oil frying bags 7, 7 on the conveyor belt 6a was completed. Thereafter, the conveyor 6 is driven until the next two oil frying bags 7 and 7 are located at the rice filling positions 20 ′ and 20 ″ (FIG. 11P10). At this time, the upper and lower clips 43 and 43 are operated by the same operation as described above. By ', 44, 44', the openings 7 ', 7' of the frying bags 7, 7 located at the rice filling positions 20 ', 20 "on the conveyor 6 are opened. The rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b, the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b, and the opening / closing rods 38a and 38b move backward to return to the initial positions.

  Next, the stepping motor M2 is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle, and the tray 21 is moved in the direction of arrow E until the groove 22d of the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (FIG. 4 ( The state of d), FIG. 11P11 ′). In this state, the shutter 18 is opened, and the grooves 16 and 16 are driven in the directions of arrows C and C ′ by a certain angle (or a certain time), whereby rice is supplied into the groove portion 22d of the tray 21 and the shutter 18 is further moved. By closing, a certain amount of rice lump R is supplied to the groove 22d ("X" in FIG. 4D, FIGS. 11P11 and P12).

  Next, the stepping motor M2 is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle, and the tray 21 is moved in the direction of arrow D until the groove 22a of the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (FIG. 4 ( The state of e), FIG. 11P13 ′). In this state, the shutter 18 is opened, and the grooves 16 and 16 are driven in the directions of arrows C and C ′ by a fixed angle (or a fixed time), whereby rice is supplied into the groove portion 22a of the tray 21 and the shutter 18 is further moved. By closing, a certain amount of rice lump R is supplied to the groove 22a (refer to the mark “◯” in FIG. 4E, FIGS. 11P13 and P14).

  Next, the cam plate 38 is driven to rotate at a predetermined angle, and the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b are moved horizontally in the direction of the arrow F, and the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b and the opening / closing rods 38a and 38b are also moved in the direction of the arrow F. (P15 in FIG. 11). At this time, the opening / closing rods 38a and 38b are similarly opened when the support shaft 39 abuts the pin 41 during the horizontal movement, and the opened rods 38a and 38b are moved forward. Each of the oil sachets 7 and 7 that are opened rearward on the conveyor 6 is moved to a position close to the respective openings 7 ′ and 7 ′ (see FIG. 7B, FIG. 11P16).

  In the course of the forward movement in the direction of the arrow F, the extrusion pistons 29a and 29b push out the rice chunks R and R in the groove portions 22d and 22c at their tips from the rear to the front, R moves forward through the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b, and moves to the position of the tip end of the open / close barbs 38a and 38b in the open state (FIG. 7B). Accordingly, the rice chunks R, R that have been in the grooves 22d, 22c are filled into the inside of the frying bags 7, 7 through the openings 7 ', 7' of the frying bag (see FIG. 11P17, FIG. 7 (B)). At this time, similarly, the presser plate 64 moves in the direction of the frying bags 7 and 7. Thereby, the filling operation | work of the rice in a pair of oil frying bag 7 and 7 on the conveyor belt 6a was completed. Thereafter, the conveyor 6 is driven until the next two oil frying bags 7 and 7 are located at the rice filling positions 20 ′ and 20 ″ (FIG. 11P18). At this time, the upper and lower clips 43 and 43 are operated by the same operation as described above. The openings 7 'and 7' of the oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6 are opened by ', 44 and 44', and the rice extrusion pistons 29a and 29b, the U-shaped grooves 37a and 37b, and the opening and closing. The eaves 38a and 38b move backward to return to the initial position.

  Thereafter, the stepping motor M2 is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle, and the tray 21 is moved in the direction of arrow D until the groove 22b of the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is located at the rice supply position 20 below the rice outlet 17 (FIG. 4). State (f), FIG. 11P3 ′). Similarly, in this state, the groove wheels 16 and 16 are driven in the directions of arrows C and C ′ at a constant angle (or for a fixed time), rice is supplied into the groove portion 22b of the tray 21, and the shutter 18 is closed. A certain amount of rice cake R is supplied to the groove 22b (state shown in FIG. 4 (f), FIGS. 11P3 and P4). Thereafter, the tray 21 is moved to the position shown in FIG. 4 (g), the rice cake R is further supplied to the groove 22c, and the rice cakes R, R in the grooves 22a, 22b are filled in the oil frying bags 7, 7. Similar operations after Step P5 are repeated.

  As described above, in the present invention, the upper surface opening divided tray 21 is moved in the left-right direction at the rice supply position so that the rice chunks can be supplied to the plurality of grooves of the tray 21, and the plurality of rice chunks are fed into the rice extrusion piston. Since a plurality of ingredients on the conveyor can be filled at the same time, a plurality of ingredients on the conveyor 6 can be simultaneously filled with the rice lump R while being a single rice supply means (quantitative rice supply mechanism 10). It is possible to realize a rice filling device that is small and extremely efficient.

  That is, the rice lumps R and R can be simultaneously supplied to the two oil frying bags 7 and 7 on the conveyor 6, and the rice supply device (quantitative rice supply mechanism 10) that takes up a large space is sufficient. Therefore, downsizing of the apparatus can be realized while maintaining high production efficiency.

It is side surface sectional drawing of the filling apparatus of the rice which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of an apparatus same as the above. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of the foodstuff supply part vicinity of an apparatus same as the above. (A) thru | or (g) is a top view which shows the supply order of the rice to the upper surface opening division | segmentation tray of an apparatus same as the above. (A) is a top view which shows the supply part vicinity of the rice of an apparatus same as the above, (b) is a perspective view of an oil frying bag. It is a perspective view of the upper surface opening division | segmentation tray in the apparatus same as the above. (A) is a side view of the vicinity of the opening and closing trough showing the filling mechanism of the rice into the frying bag, showing the state before the filling of the rice, (b) is a side view of the vicinity of the opening and closing trough showing the mechanism of supplying the rice to the frying bag It is a figure and shows after filling of rice. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows drive mechanisms, such as a rice extrusion piston and an opening-and-closing rod, in the apparatus same as the above. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows drive mechanisms, such as an up-and-down clip in an apparatus same as the above. It is a front view of the upper and lower clips vicinity in the same apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure in the control part of an apparatus same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of an apparatus same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice filling device 6 Straight conveyor 6a Conveyor belt 6b Through-hole 7 Oil bag 7 'Opening 10 Fixed supply mechanism 16, 16' Rotating groove wheel 18 Shutter 20 Rice supply position 21 Upper surface opening division | segmentation trays 22a thru | or 22d Groove parts 27 and 27 'Roller 28 Belts 29a, 29b Rice extrusion pistons 37a, 37b U-shaped grooves 38a, 38b Opening and closing rods 43, 43' Upper and lower clips 44, 44 'Upper and lower clips 80 Control unit M2 Stepping motor R Rice lump

Claims (4)

A food conveying conveyor that drives intermittently while food is placed, a single rice supply means that can supply a predetermined amount of rice lump to one rice supply position in the vicinity of the conveyor, and a supply to the one rice supply position In the rice filling apparatus provided with the rice extrusion means for filling the food on the conveyor with the cooked rice lump toward the conveyor direction,
A tray having a plurality of groove portions divided and formed at the rice supply position, and the tray with respect to the rice supply position so that each groove portion of the tray can be positioned corresponding to the one rice supply position, respectively . the movement causes the tray driving means is provided,
When the tray is moved by the tray driving means , any one of the plurality of grooves is positioned at the rice supply position, and the single rice supply means is positioned at the rice supply position. Two or more of the trays are provided by performing a rice supply operation for supplying a lump of rice to the grooves by moving the tray by the tray driving means at a position corresponding to the rice supply position. Configured to be able to supply a lump of rice in the groove of
And the said rice extrusion means is provided with two or more in the position corresponding to the several groove part to which the said rice lump of the said tray was supplied, and each rice lump accommodated in the several groove part corresponding by these rice extrusion means is set to the said conveyor direction. An apparatus for filling rice, wherein the apparatus is configured to extrude and to fill the plurality of food ingredients on the conveyor simultaneously with the food blocks.   The foodstuff is an oil frying bag for Inari sushi, and is configured so that the rice lump can be filled into the plurality of oil frying bags on the conveyor by means of rice extrusion corresponding to the plurality of grooves. The rice filling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein In addition to providing a through hole in each food ingredient mounting portion of the conveyor belt in the conveyor, the upper holding means and the lower holding means are provided movably in the vertical direction above and below the conveyor belt sandwiching the through hole,
3. The rice according to claim 2, wherein the upper and lower skins of the frying bag are sandwiched by the upper and lower clamping means and the opening ends thereof can be opened in the vertical direction before filling the chunks of rice. Filling equipment. The tray has at least four groove portions, and after the rice lump is supplied to the three groove portions by the rice supply means, the rice lump in the two groove portions is transferred onto the conveyor by the rice extrusion means. It is configured to be able to fill two ingredients of
After that, the tray was driven by the tray driving means, and the rice lump was supplied to the three groove portions by supplying the rice lump with the rice supply means into the two groove portions where the rice lump was not present. State and
After that, it is configured to repeatedly execute the operation of extruding the two rice chunks in the three groove portions supplied with the rice chunks by the rice extrusion means and filling the two ingredients on the conveyor. The rice filling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rice filling device is provided.

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