JP4601560B2 - Dumpling-like viscoelastic food boxing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus and method for boxing viscoelastic foods such as dumplings in a mold box, and more specifically, a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods are assembled without being displaced in the vertical direction. The present invention relates to a boxing device that can be packed in a mold box in a state and a method thereof.

Traditionally, dumplings are often sold in a boxed state, for example, a plurality of skewer dumplings are arranged in a square box-shaped mold box, or a plurality of dumplings are accommodated in a round mold box, They were packed in a box with straw or mitarashi on top of them. There were many devices for producing and boxing such dumplings. However, when packing a required number of dumplings in a mold box in a state where they are gathered without being displaced in the vertical direction, they still have to be done manually.

As a device for boxing viscoelastic foods, the present applicant transfers a required number of bread dough from a transfer conveyor onto a transport surface of a transport device, and collects the bread dough together in two sets of guide plates that can be moved away from each other. A boxing device is proposed in which after being assembled and positioned, it is dropped and stored in a bread mold conveyed below the conveying device.

The transfer conveyor is provided such that its front end portion can be moved forward and backward in the transfer direction, and by moving the front end portion backward, a required number of bread dough is sequentially transferred onto the transfer surface of the transfer device on the same plane, The bread doughs are arranged in a row in a state of being separated from each other (for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3507064

The boxing device described in Patent Document 1 includes the transfer device in order to transfer the bread dough with the cut surface of the dough facing the upper surface. However, the transfer device has a problem that its configuration is complicated when packing boxes that do not have directionality such as dumplings.

The present invention solves the above-described problem, and provides a boxing apparatus and method capable of packing a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods into a mold box without shifting in the vertical direction with a simple configuration. To do.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and the first invention is a boxing device that packs a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods into a mold box in an assembled state without being displaced in the vertical direction. A plurality of movable members provided to accommodate the dumpling-like viscoelastic food formed from an expandable / reducible opening and a bottom movable in the horizontal direction, wherein the openings are close to and away from each other. A dumpling-like viscoelastic food boxing device, characterized in that it is surrounded by an inner wall, and the bottom portion is formed by an opening / closing member provided with an openable bottom surface of the housing portion.

The second invention is a boxing method in which a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods are packed in a mold box in an assembled state without being displaced in the vertical direction. Using a boxing device provided with a storage unit for storing the dumpling-like viscoelastic food formed by a horizontally movable bottom portion provided in the vicinity, a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic food is supplied to the storage unit. In this case, the opening is enlarged, the required number of the dumpling-like viscoelastic food supplied while moving the bottom in the horizontal direction is shaken and arranged without overlapping the bottom, and then the opening is reduced. The dumpling-like viscoelastic food is assembled in a lump, and after the bottom is opened, the opening is expanded again to transfer the assembled dumpling-like viscoelastic food into a mold box. Group to feature It is a boxed method of like viscoelastic food.

According to the present invention, instead of using a transfer device for arranging the required number of viscoelastic foods on the same plane as in the prior art, the bottom portion of the container provided in the boxing device 1 is rotated eccentrically in the horizontal direction. Since it is configured to move such as reciprocating, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the entire apparatus.

In addition, after arranging viscoelastic foods on the same plane by a transfer device as in the past, the viscoelastic foods are not supplied to the boxing device, but the required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods are placed in the container of the boxing device. Since the opening / closing member that forms the bottom of the housing portion is moved while being supplied, such as eccentric rotation and reciprocation in the horizontal direction, the dumpling-like viscoelastic foods can be prevented from overlapping each other, and the opening of the housing portion is reduced. Thus, the dumpling-like viscoelastic foods can be gathered together without being displaced in the vertical direction, and the dumpling-like viscoelastic foods can be neatly packed in a box.

Hereinafter, a boxing device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory top view showing an outline of a manufacturing apparatus 3 provided with a boxing device 1. FIG. 2 is an explanatory front view showing an outline of the manufacturing apparatus 3. FIG. 3 is an explanatory side view taken along the left arrow in FIG. FIG. 4 is a top explanatory view showing an outline of the boxing device 1 as viewed in the direction of arrows DD and EE shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view showing the operation of the boxing device 1, wherein the upper part is an upper surface explanatory view and the lower part is a front explanatory view with a cross section.

In this example, for example, when seven dumplings 7 each of which is coated with sesame as a granular material 5 on a substantially spherical body wrapped with cocoon dough or the like as a viscoelastic food, are packed in a cylindrical mold box 9 at a time. Will be described.

The manufacturing apparatus 3 includes a wrapping machine 10 that envelops and cuts the dumpling 7 on the upstream side thereof, and a spraying apparatus that applies powder particles such as sesame seeds and yellow dust to the dumpling 7 on the downstream side of the wrapping machine 10. 11 is provided. The wrapping machine 10 and the spraying device 11 may be known devices, for example, devices based on the embodiments described in Japanese Patent No. 3559222 and Japanese Patent No. 3320620 filed by the present applicant.

On the downstream side of the above-mentioned spraying device 11, a known transport conveyor 15 having an endless flat belt 13 for receiving and transporting the dumpling 7 coated with ground sesame 5 is continuously provided. The flat belt 13 is provided so as to circulate while being deformed into a cylindrical shape by passing through a hollow portion of the cylindrical member 14. This is to prevent the dumpling 7 coated with the powder particles 5 from falling from the transport conveyor 15 and to ensure that the powder particles 5 adhere to the surface of the dumpling 7. Further, on the downstream side of the conveyor 15, a supply device 17 that supplies the dumpling 7 while counting it to the boxing device 1 described later is disposed.

The supply device 17 includes a rotating drum 21 in which four concave portions 19 that accommodate the dumplings 7 are arranged at equal intervals on the circumferential surface. The rotary drum 21 is attached to a rotary shaft 27 fixed to a hollow drive shaft of a motor 25 attached to a frame 23 erected from a base 2 of the boxing device 1 described later. 27 is disposed horizontally so as to be orthogonal to the transport direction A of the transport conveyor 15.

Further, an inclined member 29 that is inclined downward toward the rotating drum 21 is provided between the rotating drum 21 and the downstream end of the conveyor 15. The inclined member 29 is provided so that the dumpling 7 coated with the powder particles 5 can slide or roll toward the rotary drum 21. By providing the inclined member 29, a plurality of dumplings 7 can stay in the inclined member 29 even when the dumplings 7 are supplied irregularly, and the dumplings 7 can be accommodated one by one in the recess 19 of the rotating drum 21. It can be done.

A guide member 31 is provided on the opposite side of the inclined member 29 with the rotary drum 21 in between, with a clearance from the circumferential surface of the rotary drum 21. The guide member 31 prevents the dumper 7 housed in the recess 19 of the rotating drum 21 from falling and stabilizes the dropping position of the dumper 7. The guide member 31 is provided up to a position below the rotating shaft 27 of the rotating drum 21. ing.

Further, for example, a photoelectric sensor 33 is attached between the rotary drum 21 and the boxing device 1 as a detection device that senses the dumpling 7 that passes through the guide member 31 and is dropped and supplied to the boxing device 1. The photoelectric sensor 33 senses the falling dumpling 7 and counts the number of dumplings 7 supplied to the boxing device 1 described later based on the sensing signal.

Further, the rotary drum 21 is provided with proximity bodies 35 at equal intervals on one end surface so as to correspond to the concave portion 19, and a proximity switch 36 for sensing the proximity body 35 is attached to the frame 23. The proximity switch 36 is provided to temporarily stop the rotation of the rotary drum 21 at a position where the proximity body 35 is sensed after the count value reaches a required number (7 in this example).

The boxing device 1 collects the required number of dumplings 7 supplied from the supply device 17 together without shifting (overlapping) in the vertical direction, and further positions the grouped dumplings 7 below the boxing device 1. It is an apparatus for packing a box by dropping and transferring to the mold box 9, and is provided with an accommodating portion 37 for accommodating the dumpling 7 to be supplied. The accommodating portion 37 is a space formed by a movable member 39 and an opening / closing member 41 described later, and a bottom portion 47 formed by a hexagonal inner wall 45 formed by the sliding surface 43 of the movable member 39 and the opening / closing member 41. It has.

In the boxing device 1, six movable members 39 having the same shape are slidably provided on a frame 51 attached to the upper plate 49 of the base 2. The upper surface of the movable member 39 has a trapezoidal shape. One inclined surface 53 slides along the hexagonal inner wall 55 of the frame 51, and the other inclined surface 57 slides on the adjacent movable member 39. It is configured to slide on the moving surface 43. One movable member 39 is connected to a pneumatic cylinder 59 via a drive pin 58, and the movable member 39 slides with each other as the slide rod 61 provided in the pneumatic cylinder 59 reciprocates. A hexagonal opening 63 surrounded by the sliding surface 43 of the movable member 39 is provided so as to expand and contract. The opening 63 is expanded to a size that allows the required number of dumplings 7 to be accommodated without overlapping when the dumplings 7 are supplied to the accommodating portion 37, and after the required number of dumplings 7 are supplied, The size is reduced to be smaller than the inner diameter. The movable member 39 is preferably formed from a non-adhesive resin material (for example, polyacetal or high molecular weight polyethylene) in order to prevent sticking with viscoelastic foods such as dumplings 7.

On the lower surface of the movable member 39, a pair of opening / closing members 41 are provided so as to be closeable and openable, and the entire opening / closing member 41 is provided so as to be eccentrically rotated in the horizontal direction. The opening / closing member 41 is slidably supported by a guide member 67 attached to the lower surface of the rotating plate 65, and is linked to a pneumatic cylinder 68 attached to the lower surface of the rotating plate 65. Accordingly, as the slide rod 69 provided in the pneumatic cylinder 68 reciprocates, the opposed opening / closing members 41 approach and separate from each other.

Further, the rotating plate 65 is linked and interlocked so as to be eccentrically rotatable through an eccentric member 75 such as a crank mechanism connected to a drive shaft of a motor 73 attached to the lower surface of the intermediate plate 71 provided in the base 2. Yes. The rotating plate 65 is supported by a pair of guide members 77 attached in parallel to the upper surface of the intermediate plate 71. The guide member 77 is provided with two movable bases 81 movably above one lower rail 79 fixed to the intermediate plate 71 and orthogonal to the lower rails 79 above each movable base 81. An upper rail 83 arranged in the direction is movably provided, and is fixed to the lower surface of the rotating plate 65. Accordingly, when the motor 73 is driven to rotate, the eccentric member 75 rotates, and the rotating plate 65 rotates eccentrically in the horizontal direction.

Further, a proximity body 85 as a detected body is provided around the drive shaft of the motor 73, and a proximity switch 87 as a detection device is attached to the intermediate plate 71. The rotating plate 65 is provided so that the proximity switch 87 stops based on a sensing signal sensed by the proximity body 85 after rotating eccentrically until the required number of dumplings 7 are supplied to the accommodating portion 37. The dumplings 7 supplied to the accommodating portion 37 are swung in the accommodating portion 37 by the eccentric rotation of the rotating plate 65, and are disposed on the bottom portion 47 of the accommodating portion 37 without overlapping each other in the vertical direction. In this example, the position where the rotating plate 65 stops is positioned so that the joint portion 41A of the opening / closing member 41 facing the center 63C of the opening portion 63 formed by the movable member 39 substantially coincides (FIG. 5 (a)).

When the required number of dumplings 7 is supplied to the accommodating portion 37, the eccentric rotation of the rotating plate 65 stops, the movable member 39 slides and the opening 63 shrinks, whereby the plurality of dumplings 7 are vertically moved. (See FIG. 5 (b) gathered together without displacement). Then, when the pneumatic cylinder 59 is operated and the opposing opening / closing members 41 are separated from each other, the bottom portion 47 of the accommodating portion 37 is opened (see FIG. 5C), and the movable member 39 expands the opening 63. By sliding, the required number of dumplings 7 collected are dropped into the mold box 9 waiting on the lower side and packed in a box (see FIG. 5D).

Below the housing portion 37, there is provided a transfer conveyor 89 for transferring the mold box 9 supplied by a mold box supply device (not shown). The conveyor 89 has an endless flat belt, a photoelectric sensor 91 as a detection device for sensing the box 9 to be transported, and the center 9C of the transported box 9 at the center of the housing portion 37. A positioning device 93 is provided for positioning so as to substantially coincide with the center 63C of the opening 63 formed by the movable member 39. The positioning device 93 includes a pair of bending members 99 respectively attached to slide rods 97 provided in the opposing pneumatic cylinder 95 so as to be able to approach and separate from each other. When the cylinder 95 is operated, the opposing bending members 99 approach each other so as to temporarily hold the mold box 9. In this clamped state, the required number of dumplings 7 are boxed as described above.

It is to be noted that the mold box 9 can be moved up and down at a position below the accommodating portion 37, and when the assembled dumplings 7 are dropped, the box mold 9 is raised to approach the bottom 47 of the accommodating portion 37, thereby dropping each dumpling 7. Variation can be suppressed, and more stable boxing is possible.

The mold box supply device is a device that supplies the mold box 9 onto the transport conveyor, and is provided so as to supply the mold box 9 in synchronization with the boxing device 1. The mold box supply apparatus may be a known apparatus, for example, an apparatus based on the embodiment described in Japanese Patent No. 3563777 filed by the present applicant.

Above the downstream side of the conveyor 89, a photoelectric sensor 101 that senses the mold box 9 containing the required number of dumplings 7 to be transported, a positioning device 103 that positions the mold box 9 on the downstream side, and Above the positioning device 103, there is provided a powder supply device 105 for supplying powder particles 5 such as ground sesame and yellow dust into the mold box 9.

The granular material supply apparatus 105 includes a funnel-shaped hopper 107 and a stirring member 109 rotatably therein. The hopper 107 is detachably attached to a frame 111 constructed from the upper surface of the conveyor 89. Further, the agitating member 109 is linked and connected to a motor 115 fixed to the base 113 of the granular material supply device 105 via a rotational power transmission mechanism 117 such as a chain / sprocket. The stirring member 109 includes a scraper member 121 and a comb-shaped member 123 that are opposed to the rotation shaft 119 and a spiral blade member 125 at a lower end portion of the rotation shaft 119, and a lower end portion of the spiral blade member 125. Is provided up to a discharge port 108 provided at the lower end of the hopper 107.

The stirring member 109 has a mode in which the scraper member 107 and the comb-like member 123 alternately rotate through the hopper 107, so that the bridging phenomenon in which the granular material 5 in the hopper 107 stagnates, and It has the effect of suppressing damage such as the crushing of grains, and especially with sesame seeds, oil leakage can be suppressed and the sesame seeds can be prevented from clumping together. Further, in the spiral blade portion 125A that does not have the rotation shaft provided at the lower end portion of the rotation shaft 119, it is possible to suppress the powder particles 5 from adhering to the spiral blade member 125 and rotate together, and smooth discharge can be achieved. It becomes possible.

In addition, the conventional granular material supply apparatus is based on the embodiment described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 2903385 filed by the present applicant, and has a net-like shape at the bottom of the hopper that accommodates the granular material. A rotary drum having a discharge port and a groove formed in the surface of the hopper is rotatably provided. The powder is pressed into the groove and rotated, and the pressure-bonded powder is peeled off by the net. It was discharged. Further, in a supply device that is based on the embodiment described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-79592 and includes a hopper that contains powder and a detection means that detects the weight of the entire hopper, vibration is generated on the surface of the hopper. There is a supply device that vibrates the powder contained by providing the element, crushes and accelerates the agglomerated particles in the powder, and supplies the powder in a minute amount, continuously, and metered.

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, when supplying powdery particles such as ground sesame and yellow powder that are likely to aggregate when compressed, bridging occurs in the hopper and discharge from the discharge port is reduced or stopped, which is not stable. There was a problem. In particular, when supplying ground sesame, etc., there is a problem that oil in ground sesame leaks and aggregates in a short time due to stirring and vibration in the hopper, and it has not been solved up to now. .

The photoelectric sensor 101 is attached to the upstream side of the frame 111. In the positioning device 103, a pair of bending members 133 are provided on the slide rods 129 at both ends of the pneumatic cylinder 127 attached to the frame 111 via an arm member 131 so as to be close to and away from each other. The pneumatic cylinder 127 is provided to operate based on the sensing signal of the photoelectric sensor 101.

The photoelectric sensor 101 senses the mold box 9 being conveyed, and the pneumatic cylinder 127 is operated based on the sensing signal, whereby the opposing bending members 133 approach each other and temporarily hold the mold box 9. Then, the agitation member 109 of the granular material supply device 105 rotates the required angle to supply the granular material 5 from above into the mold box 9 in which the dumplings 7 are accommodated.

A vibration imparting device 135 for leveling the granular material 5 supplied to the mold box 9 is provided on the downstream side of the granular material supplying device 105. The vibration imparting device 135 includes a pair of rotating belts 137 arranged in parallel to the conveying surface, and a pressing member 139 that presses the opposing portions of the rotating belt 137.

The rotating belt 137 is made of an elastic member such as foamed urethane rubber, and is wound around two pairs of wheels that are paired by a driving wheel 145 and a driven wheel 147 on a frame 141 that is installed on the upper surface of the transport conveyor 89. Yes. Each drive wheel 145 is linked to a motor 149 and is driven to rotate so that the rotation direction of the opposite belt surface is the same as the conveyance direction B of the conveyer 89, and the speed difference between the movement speeds of the opposite rotation belts is set. Provided.

The pressing member 139 is disposed on the inner peripheral surface side of each rotary belt 137 and is provided so as to form a gap slightly wider than the interval between the inner peripheral surfaces of the opposing rotary belts 137. A support plate 143 is provided on the lower surface of the frame 141 so as to be able to reciprocate, and each pressing member 139 is attached to one end side of the lower surface of the support plate 143. Further, a long hole 151 is provided at the other end of the support plate 143 so as to be parallel to the transport direction B.

Further, a motor 153 is provided on the upper surface of the frame 141, and a rotary wheel 155 is fixed to the drive shaft, and a cam follower 157 is attached at a position eccentric from the drive shaft. The cam follower 157 is provided so as to be movably fitted into the long hole 151 of the support plate 143. Therefore, when the motor 153 is driven to rotate, the support plate 143 reciprocates in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction B (synonymous with the width direction), and the pair of pressing members 139 face the rotating belt 137 in the width direction. It will be pressed alternately toward.

The mold box 9 conveyed to the vibration applying device 135 rotates between the opposed rotating belts 137 and moves in the conveying direction B while vibrating in the width direction by the reciprocating motion of the pressing member 139. At this time, the granular material 5 supplied to the mold box 9 is leveled by the rotation and vibration of the mold box 9.

Thereafter, the mold box 9 is transported in the downstream direction, and packaging such as cooling and lidding is performed.

Next, a boxing device 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, a case where four dumplings 7 are packed in a substantially triangular mold box 9 will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the boxing device 1, in which the upper part is an upper surface explanatory view and the lower part is a front view in section. 6A shows a state where the movable members 165 are separated from each other, and FIG. 6B shows a state where the movable members 165 are close to each other. Note that components having the same functions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

The boxing device 1 has three pneumatic cylinders 161 arranged radially at equal intervals on the lower surface of an upper plate 49, and a movable member 165 at the tip of a slide rod 163 provided in the pneumatic cylinder 161. The movable member 165 includes a regulation surface 167 that forms the inner wall 45 of the accommodating portion 37 that accommodates the dumpling 7 supplied from the supply device 17, and a flexible protrusion preventing member 169 is fixed to the regulation surface 167. ing. Further, one end side of the protrusion preventing member 169 is provided so as to protrude from the restricting surface 167, and slidably contacts the protrusion preventing member 169 fixed on the restricting surface 167 provided in the adjacent movable member 165. ing. The protruding member 169 is made of a band-shaped resin, and fine irregularities are formed on the inner surface (contact surface) in contact with the dumpling 7 in order to prevent adhesion with viscoelastic foods such as the dumpling 7. ing.

An opening / closing member 41 that forms the bottom 47 of the housing portion 37 is provided in the lower part of the movable member 165 so as to be openable and closable in the vicinity of the movable member 165 as in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the member that supports the opening / closing member 41 corresponding to the rotary plate 65 is not rotated eccentrically, but is provided to reciprocate linearly as indicated by the arrow F. Even in such a reciprocating motion, the plurality of dumplings 7 accommodated in the accommodating portion 37 can be arranged on the bottom portion 47 of the accommodating portion 37 without being swung and overlapping.

As shown in FIG. 6A, in the state where the movable members 165 are separated from each other, that is, when the opening 63 on the substantially triangular shape of the housing portion 37 formed by the inner surface of the protrusion preventing member 169 is in an expanded state. The dumpling 7 is supplied from the device 17 to the housing portion 37, and the opening / closing member 41 forming the bottom portion 47 of the housing portion 37 reciprocates in the horizontal direction indicated by the arrow F. When the required number of dumplings 7 is supplied to the accommodating portion 37, the reciprocating motion of the opening / closing member 41 stops, and as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the pneumatic cylinder 161 is operated and the movable members 165 approach each other. By reducing the opening 63, the plurality of dumplings 7 are gathered together without being displaced in the vertical direction. Then, when the opening and closing member 41 facing each other is separated, the bottom portion 47 of the accommodating portion 37 is opened, and further, the movable member 165 is separated from each other so as to enlarge the opening portion 63, so that the required number of dumplings 7 are collected. It falls into a mold box 9 that waits downward and is packed in a box.

The description of the boxing device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is generally as described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be changed within the scope of the claims. In the above embodiment, the six trapezoidal movable members 39 are slid relative to each other on the frame 51 having the hexagonal inner wall 55. However, the shape and driving mechanism of the movable members are the same as those of the wrapper 10 described above. Even in the case where it is provided in the same manner as the configuration based on the embodiments described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-9051 and Japanese Patent No. 3016246, which have been applied for by the present applicant, The required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods can be gathered together.

Moreover, although the shape of the opening 63 has been described as a hexagon or a substantially triangular shape, it can be appropriately changed to, for example, a square according to the shape of the box 9.

Further, the bottom 47 of the accommodating portion 37 has been described as being moved by eccentric rotation in the horizontal direction or linearly reciprocating, but it may be moved in a swinging or zigzag manner or by rotating in the forward / reverse direction. The required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods 7 supplied to the storage unit 37 can be prevented from being shaken in the storage unit 37 and overlapping each other in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, it is possible to provide a member that forms the opening 63 such as the movable member 39 so as to be movable such as eccentric rotation and reciprocation in the horizontal direction. Even in this case, the dumpling-like viscoelastic food 7 It can be prevented that they are swung in the accommodating portion 37 and overlap each other in the vertical direction. When the opening 63 moves in the horizontal direction, it can be provided so as to move integrally with the bottom 47 or to move separately from the bottom 47.

Further, the opening 63 has been described as being formed by the inner walls 45 of the plurality of movable members 39 and 165 slidably provided. For example, the inner peripheral surface of an annular elastic member that can be expanded and contracted like a belt-like rubber band. Can be provided to fix the outer peripheral portion of the annular elastic body at a plurality of appropriate positions to the movable member, and the movable member is surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the annular elastic member by moving toward and away from each other. In addition, the opening can be formed to be able to be reduced or enlarged.

In addition, the two opening / closing members 41 forming the bottom portion 47 of the accommodating portion 37 have been described as being configured to linearly approach and separate from each other. For example, three or more swings described in the above Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-9051 You may comprise by a member. It is also possible to open the bottom 47 of the accommodating portion 37 by moving one flat plate in the horizontal direction.

It is upper surface explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the manufacturing apparatus 3 provided with the boxing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 4 is a front explanatory view showing an outline of the manufacturing apparatus 3. FIG. It is side surface explanatory drawing by the left arrow view in FIG. It is an upper surface explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the boxing apparatus. It is front explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the boxing apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the boxing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Box-packing apparatus 3 Manufacturing apparatus 7 Dumb-like viscoelastic food 9 Type | mold box 37 Accommodating part 39 Movable member 41 Opening / closing member 43 Sliding surface 45 Inner wall 47 Bottom part 63 Opening part 93 Positioning apparatus 105 Powder body supply apparatus 109 Stirring member 135 Giving vibration Device 165 Movable member

Claims (2)

In the boxing device for packing a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods into a mold box in an assembled state without being displaced in the vertical direction, the above-described dumpling-like shape formed from an expandable / contractible opening and a horizontally movable bottom The container includes a container for storing viscoelastic food, the opening is surrounded by inner walls of a plurality of movable members provided to be able to approach and separate from each other, and the bottom is formed by an opening / closing member provided to be able to open the bottom of the container. A dumpling-like viscoelastic food boxing device characterized by being formed. In a boxing method in which a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods are packed in a mold box without being displaced in the vertical direction, in the horizontal direction provided close to the opening that can be enlarged and reduced and the lower part of the opening When supplying a required number of dumpling-like viscoelastic foods to the housing part using a boxing device provided with a housing part for housing the dumpling-like viscoelastic food formed by a movable bottom part, the opening part is After expanding and shaking the required number of the dumpling-like viscoelastic foods to be supplied while moving the bottom in the horizontal direction and arranging them without overlapping the bottom, the opening is reduced to reduce the dumpling-like viscoelastic foods The dumpling-like viscoelastic food is characterized by transferring the assembled dumpling-like viscoelastic food into a mold box by opening the bottom and then expanding the opening again. Boxed Method.

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