JP6342932B2 - Smoke wood molding machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a smoke wood molding machine that molds smoke wood used to generate smoke when smoked fish, meat and the like with a smoker.

  Conventionally, when fish, meat, etc. are smoked by a smoker, chips such as cherry blossoms, firewood, etc. are burned in the smoker to generate smoke. However, in the method using chips, there is a heat source such as charcoal. Because it is necessary to replenish the chip so that a certain amount of smoke is emitted, it is difficult for those who are not used to it, and the quality of the smoke cannot be improved. Therefore, smoked wood was developed in which pieces of wood such as cherry blossoms and oak were crushed into wood flour, mixed with water and a thickener, and solidified into a rod shape.

  Smokewood is similar to an incense stick, and once it is lit, it continues to emit smoke even if there is no other heat source. Also, the smoking time can be up to about 4 hours at maximum, 8 hours when two are connected, and can be adjusted by changing the length by folding the smoke wood. Therefore, even a person who is not familiar with smoking can make high-quality smoking.

  The conventional method for producing smoked wood is a method in which the raw material obtained by adding water and thickener to crushed wood powder is placed in a mold, and then struck with a wooden mallet several times to harden it. It was done. However, this method is very labor-intensive and inefficient, inefficient, causes unevenness in quality, and the worker consumes physical strength, so that the number of manufactured products is limited.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, a smoke wood manufacturing method as shown in FIG. 9 is proposed. In the smoke wood manufacturing method, as shown in FIG. 9 (A), moisture and a thickening material are added to crushed wood powder on a lower die 30 which is a female die having a rectangular cross section placed on a base plate 32. The raw material 1 mixed with and added is injected. Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, the upper mold 31 that can be fitted inside the lower mold 30 is pushed down from above the lower mold 30 to compress the raw material 1 in the lower mold 30. After the operation of the upper mold 31 is repeated twice, the lower mold 30 and the upper mold 31 are pulled up, and the finished smoke wood is taken out.

  In this way, the smoke wood can be efficiently manufactured without taking time and effort.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-116114

  By the way, although the said raw material 1 mixes the water | moisture content exceeding a twice and the small amount of thickener with respect to the pulverized wood powder, in the said conventional smoke wood manufacturing method, it is upper mold 31. When the raw material 1 is compressed, there is a problem that the place of moisture and the thickening material is lost and the material leaks out from the gap between the lower mold 30 and the upper mold 31. If the moisture and the thickening material are reduced in this way, the wood powder cannot be solidified, the shape of the smoked wood cannot be maintained, and the strength is lost so that it cannot be held by hand. Even if the shape can be maintained, cracks may occur.

In view of such problems, the present invention prevents moisture and thickener from leaking out of the mold when compressing the raw material obtained by adding the thickener and moisture to the pulverized wood powder and mixing them in the mold. Thus, the object of the present invention is to make it possible to mold smoke wood without causing cracks.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application has a lower mold which is a female mold having a rectangular cross section and a male shape which is pushed down from above and can be inserted into the lower mold. A first upper mold that presses only a part of the raw material made of a mixture of wood flour, water and a thickener filled in the lower mold; and And a second upper mold for pressing the remaining area, and the first upper mold and the second upper mold are alternately pressed down to compress the raw material.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present application is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the area to be pressed by the first upper mold and the second upper mold is halved.

  The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower mold is placed on the lower surface of one edge of the portion where the first upper mold and the second upper mold face each other. It is characterized by providing a ridge so as to cross.

The present invention has the following effects.
That is, in the invention according to claim 1, the first upper mold and the second upper mold are alternately pushed down the raw material made of a mixture of wood flour, water and a thickener filled in the lower mold. And compressed it. As a result, when the raw material is compressed in the mold, the moisture and the thickener can move from the side pressed by one upper mold to the other side not pressed, so that it does not leak from the mold and enters the raw material. The wood powder does not easily solidify, the shape of the smoked wood cannot be maintained, and cracks are not generated after solidification.

  In the invention according to claim 2, in the smoke wood molding machine according to claim 1, the pressing area between the first upper mold and the second upper mold is halved. The raw materials are evenly compressed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the smoke wood molding machine according to the first or second aspect, the lower mold is disposed on the lower surface of one edge of the portion where the first upper mold and the second upper mold face each other. Since the ridges are provided so as to cross the surface, a concave groove is formed on the upper surface of the molded smoke wood so as to cross the smoke wood, where the smoke wood can be folded and cut to adjust the length. This makes it easy to adjust the smoke time.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the smoke wood molding machine which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the smoke wood manufactured in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the lower mold | type used by 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the upper mold | type assembly used in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the smoke wood molding machine which concerns on 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the upper mold | type used by 1st Example. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the smoke wood molding machine which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the smoke wood manufactured in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the conventional smoked wood manufacturing method.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a smoke wood molding machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a raw material made of a mixture of wood powder, water and a thickener, 2 is a tray for receiving the finished smokewood, 3 is a lower mold for molding smokewood, 4 is a lower mold 3 The auxiliary lower mold 5 for receiving the raw material 1 to be filled is a first upper mold for compressing and solidifying the raw material 1 in the lower mold 3, and 6 is a second upper mold.

  Raw material 1 is wood powder made by crushing pieces of wood such as cherry, apple, oak, hickory, beech and walnuts with a crusher, thick water such as hot water at about 70 ° C and guar gum, etc. Put in a stainless steel mixer and stir to allow the wood flour to absorb enough moisture and thickener. As an example, the blending amount of wood powder, warm water, and thickener may be about 120 g of wood powder, about 230 g of warm water, and about 1.6 g of thickener per smokewood.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the auxiliary lower mold 4 is placed on the lower mold 3 which is a female mold having a rectangular cross section while the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 are raised. The raw material 1 as described above is charged in the state of being placed integrally. Then, either one of the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 1B, the first upper mold 5 is pushed down, and the raw material 1 in the lower mold 3. Compress half of the area. Thereafter, the first upper mold 5 is pulled up, and then, as shown in FIG. 1C, the second upper mold 6 is pushed down, and the remaining half of the raw material 1 in the lower mold 3 is removed. Compress the area. Such operation is repeated several times to solidify the raw material 1 in the lower mold 3.

  The raw material 1 contains about twice as much moisture and thickening material as wood flour. In the present invention, the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 are combined as described above. Since it was pushed down alternately, the moisture and the thickener contained in the raw material 1 of the portion compressed by one upper die move to the other non-compressed portion, so that the lower die 3 and the auxiliary lower die 4 does not leak out and can remain in the raw material 1 even in a tamped state.

  Further, a protrusion 5 a is provided on the lower surface of the edge of the first upper mold 5 on the side facing the second upper mold 6 so as to cross the lower mold 3. When the raw material 1 is compressed by the first upper mold 5, the ridge 5 a is formed in a groove on the surface of the raw material 1 so that the smoked wood 7 shown in FIG. The concave groove 8 is formed. The smoke wood 7 can be easily cut by being folded in the concave groove 8, and the smoke time can be easily adjusted by adjusting the length in this way.

  In the present invention, smoked wood is manufactured in this way, but if it is manufactured one by one, the efficiency is poor. Therefore, in practice, a plurality of smoke woods can be simultaneously molded at a time using a lower mold 3 provided with a plurality of hollow portions 3a as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, as the upper mold, a plurality of first upper molds 5 are arranged on the first upper mold holding plate 9 in accordance with the cavity 3a of the lower mold 3 as an upper mold assembly. Similarly to the attached one, a plurality of second upper molds 6 attached to the second upper mold holding plate 10 are used. As shown in FIG. 6, a bolt hole 5b for receiving a bolt for attaching the first upper mold 5 to the first upper mold holding plate 9 is provided on the upper surface of the first upper mold 5 and When the first upper mold 5 moves up and down, elongated concave portions 5c and 5d for reducing friction with the second upper mold 6 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are provided in the vertical direction. . A bolt hole 6 a for receiving a bolt for attaching the second upper mold 6 to the second upper mold holding plate 10 is provided on the upper surface of the second upper mold 6.

  The second upper mold holding plate 10 is provided with an opening through which the first upper mold 5 is passed, and the first upper mold 5 can slide up and down through the opening. In a state where the raw material 1 is put in the lower mold 3, one of the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10, for example, the second upper mold holding plate 10 is raised. The other first upper mold holding plate 9 is lowered, and then the lowered first upper mold holding plate 9 is raised and the other second upper mold holding plate 10 is lowered. The smoked wood is molded by alternately repeating the operation of lowering.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing a smoke wood molding machine according to the first embodiment. Supports 12 are erected at four corners of the upper surface of the base 11, and the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are slidably inserted into the support columns 12. . A base 13 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the base 11, a tray 14 is placed thereon, and a lower die 3 and an auxiliary lower die 4 are placed thereon. The lower mold 3 and the auxiliary lower mold 4 are integrally connected by a bolt and are provided so as to move up and down by an air cylinder 15.

  The interlocking plates 16 and 17 are connected by a connecting rod 18, and their four corners are inserted into the support column 12 in a slidable state and move up and down integrally. The upper interlocking plate 16 is rotated by the motor 19 provided on the top through the gears 20 and 22 and the chain 21 and is moved up and down in accordance with the rotation of the screw rod 23. It has become. Therefore, the interlocking plates 16 and 17 can be moved up and down integrally by driving the motor 19.

  The interlocking plates 16 and 17 are provided with air cylinders 24 and 27 so that the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 can be moved up and down. It has become. That is, when the air cylinder 24 is operated to be pushed out, the operating rod 25 extends downward to move the first upper mold holding plate 9 downward, and the first upper mold 5 is lowered accordingly. Similarly, when the air cylinder 27 is operated to be pushed out, the operating rod 28 extends downward, and the second upper mold holding plate 10 is moved downward via the operating plate 26 and the operating rod 29, and accordingly the first 2 Upper mold 6 descends. When the air cylinders 24 and 27 are operated in reverse, the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 move upward, and the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold are moved. 6 goes up.

  The first upper mold holding plate 9 and the interlocking plate 17 are provided with a through hole through which the operating rod 29 is passed, and the operating plate 26 is passed through the through hole through which the connecting rod 18 and the screw rod 23 are passed. A hole is provided so that the slide can be moved up and down along the column 12 regardless of the hole.

Next, a smoke wood molding process using this smoke wood molding machine will be described.
The interlocking plates 16 and 17 are moved to the uppermost position by the motor 19 in advance, and the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are moved to the uppermost position by the air cylinders 24 and 27. deep. Further, with the tray 14 placed on the base 13, the air cylinder 15 is lowered, and the lower die 3 and the auxiliary lower die 4 are set at the lowered position.

  In this state, the raw material 1 is weighed, and a predetermined amount is packed into the six hollow portions 3 a of the lower mold 3. At that time, the raw material 1 in the cavity 3a is lightly pressed with a fingertip or the like so that the surface is not so uneven.

  When filling of the raw material 1 into the lower mold 3 is completed, the start button is pushed. When the start button is pressed, the following operations are automatically performed. First, when the motor 19 is actuated to lower the interlocking plates 16 and 17 to reach a predetermined position, the limit switch is actuated to decelerate, and the descending is stopped by the bottom dead center limit switch.

  Next, the air cylinders 24 and 27 are operated simultaneously, and the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are moved up and down twice, so that the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold are moved up and down. 6 to lightly press the surface of the raw material 1. Thereafter, all of the first upper mold holding plate 9 and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are pulled up.

  Next, the air cylinder 24 is actuated to lower the first upper mold holding plate 9, and the first upper mold 5 causes the inside of the cavity 3 a of the lower mold 3 for a predetermined number of seconds (for example, 2 seconds). After pressing half the area of the raw material 1, the first upper mold 5 is pulled up. At the same time, the air cylinder 27 is operated to lower the second upper mold 6, and the second upper mold 6 causes the raw material in the cavity 3 a of the lower mold 3 for a predetermined number of seconds (for example, 2 seconds). After pressing the remaining half area of 1, the second upper mold 6 is pulled up.

  Such an operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times), and half of the raw material 1 in the hollow portion 3a of the lower mold 3 is alternately compressed. Then, the first upper die 5 and the second upper die 6 are simultaneously raised and lowered several times to compact the upper surface of the raw material 1 and planarize the surface, and then the motor 19 is used to The first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 are raised about 10 to 15 mm. Thereafter, when the lower die 3 and the auxiliary lower die 4 are pulled up by operating the air cylinder 15, the product molded in the lower die 3 comes into contact with the upper surface of the first upper die 5 and the second upper die 6 and is lowered. It is separated from the mold 3 and falls onto the tray 14.

  Thereafter, the interlocking plates 16, 17, the first upper mold holding plate 9, and the second upper mold holding plate 10 are pulled up to the start position to prepare for the next manufacturing. The product on the tray 14 is dried in a dryer. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated. Note that the number of times and the number of times of compressing the raw material 1 with the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 can be set as appropriate.

  In the first embodiment, the upper die is divided into the first upper die 5 and the second upper die 6, and the raw material 1 in the lower die 3 is alternately compressed half by half. The method is suitable for producing smokewood having a relatively short length. On the other hand, 2nd Example is suitable for manufacture of smoke wood with longer length.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a smoke wood molding machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 are each divided into two parts, and the divided first upper mold 5-1, 5-2 and second upper mold 6-1. , 6-2 are alternately arranged, the first upper molds 5-1 and 5-2 are moved up and down at the same time, and the second upper molds 6-1 and 6-2 are moved up and down at the same time.

  Further, in order to form a concave groove on the upper surface of the smoke wood to facilitate the folding of the smoke wood, one end of each of the first upper mold 5-1, 5-2 and the second upper mold 6-1 is formed. The ridges 5a and 6a are provided on the lower surface of the edge so as to cross the lower mold 3. Due to the protrusions 5a and 6a, a groove 8 is formed on the upper surface of the position where the smoke wood 7 is divided into four, as shown in FIG. Similar to the one shown in FIG. 2, the smoke wood 7 is easily cut by being folded in the concave groove 8, and the length of the smoke wood 7 is adjusted in this way, so that the smoke time can be easily adjusted.

  When the raw material 1 is compressed half by half as in the first embodiment, in the case of smokewood having a long length, the movement of the moisture and the thickener on the compressed side cannot be smoothly performed due to the long movement distance. In this way, if the upper mold is divided into a large number, the movement of the moisture and the thickener becomes smooth.

In addition, the wood powder used for smoking contains tannins, and if iron is used, the iron will turn black, and the surface of the smoked wood that is produced will have a mole-like discoloration. It is necessary to use a material that does not turn black due to tannin, such as stainless steel and aluminum.

  In this embodiment, the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 are divided into two parts, and the divided first upper molds 5-1, 5-2 and second upper mold 6 are divided. -1, 6-2 are arranged alternately, and they are moved up and down alternately. However, by doing so, the area where adjacent molds rub against each other increases, and wears or stops with heat. There are times when it falls. In that respect, as in the first embodiment, if each of the first upper mold 5 and the second upper mold 6 is composed of one upper mold, the area where adjacent molds rub against each other is reduced. The problem of wear and heat generation is improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Raw material 2 Tray 3 Lower mold 4 Auxiliary lower mold 5 1st upper mold 6 2nd upper mold 7 Smokewood 8 Groove 9 First upper mold holding plate 10 2nd upper mold holding plate 11 Base 12 Strut 13 Base 14 Tray 15, 24, 27 Air cylinder 16, 17 Interlocking plate 18 Connecting rod 19 Motor 20, 22 Gear 21 Chain 23 Screw rod 25, 28, 29 Actuating rod 26 Acting plate

Claims (3)

  A lower mold that is a female mold having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and a male mold that is pushed down from above and has a male shape that can be inserted into the lower mold, and is filled in the lower mold , A raw material comprising a mixture of water and a thickener, comprising a first upper mold for pressing only a part of the area, and a second upper mold for pressing the remaining area of the raw material, A smoke wood molding machine characterized in that the raw material is compressed by alternately pressing down the first upper mold and the second upper mold.   2. The smoke wood molding machine according to claim 1, wherein an area pressed by the first upper mold and the second upper mold is halved.   3. The protrusion according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion is provided on a lower surface of one edge of a portion where the first upper mold and the second upper mold face each other so as to cross the lower mold. Smoked wood molding machine.

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