JP6853743B2 - How to make paste products with patterns on the surface, printing materials and printing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for producing a paste product having a pattern on its surface, and a printing member and a printing apparatus used in the method.

It is known that a kneaded material is formed into a predetermined shape and then a pattern is printed on the surface of the kneaded material to obtain a kneaded product. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that a required pattern is printed on a flat surface of a kneading material formed into a flat plate. Specifically, an ink made of an edible substance is adhered to a plate surface, the plate surface is pressed against the surface of a kneaded material such as molded surimi for printing, and the plate surface is heated to develop a color. However, since the normal plate surface is flat, if the surface of the molded kneading material has undulations, it may be difficult to perform uniform printing on that surface, and it may be difficult to perform uniform printing on the surface. Making a plate surface is also a cumbersome task, and even if a plate surface that matches such undulations is formed, the molded kneading material usually does not necessarily have strict shape dimensions, so that it is uniform. Printing is not always possible. On the other hand, for example, in Patent Document 2, in a case where a molded kneading material is wrapped in a wrapping film and heated to obtain a kneaded product, a pattern is printed on the inside of the wrapping film with a required ink, and this pattern is used as the kneading material. A method of transferring to the surface is disclosed.

JP 2001-103936 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-204676

An object of the present invention is to enable uniform printing of a required pattern by using a printing member corresponding to a printing plate in printing even when the surface of the molded kneading material is uneven. ..

That is, the present invention provides a printing member having a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a tip surface away from the main body, and the tip surface constitutes a required printing pattern. And
Ink adheres to the tip surface of the printing part,
The pattern is printed on the surface of the kneading material by piercing and extracting the tip surface to which the ink is attached to the surface of the molded kneading material.
Provided is a method of making a paste product having a pattern on the surface.
In this method, the tip surface of the printed portion is not only pressed against the surface of the molded kneading material but also pierced, so that even if the surface of the kneading material has some undulations or irregularities, the surface is required. It is possible to print the pattern uniformly.

In particular,
It is assumed that each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the tip end surface.
The position of each printing segment is adjusted in the direction extending from the base end portion to the tip surface according to the undulations of the surface of the kneading material to be printed, and the length of each printing segment from the main body to the tip surface is adjusted. The tip surface of each printed segment is positioned at a height corresponding to the undulations of the surface of the kneading material so that the tip surface of the printed portion is uniformly pierced into the surface of the kneading material as a whole.
If the surface undulations of the kneading material become larger than a certain level, it may be difficult to perform uniform printing simply by piercing the surface of the printing section. In such a case, the printing section is composed of a plurality of segments. The position of each segment can be adjusted according to the undulations of the surface of the kneading material. Even if the tip surface of each segment is on the same plane, uniform printing can be achieved by piercing the tip surface into the surface of the kneading material if the undulations in the area to be printed by each segment are small.

In this method, ink may also be adhered to a portion of the printing portion adjacent to the tip surface, and the width of the line of the printed pattern may be adjusted by the piercing depth of the tip surface.

Preferably, the moisture on the surface of the kneading material is blown off before the tip surface is pierced, so that when printing is performed on the surface of the kneading material, bleeding is suppressed in the printing.

Further, the present invention is a printing member for printing a pattern on the surface of a molded kneading material, and has a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a tip surface away from the main body. The tip surface constitutes a required pattern, and the tip surface to which ink is attached is pierced and extracted from the surface of a molded kneading material to provide a printing member for printing the pattern on the surface.

This printing member is
Each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the front end surface.
Each printed segment can be displaced in a direction extending from the base end portion to the tip end surface so that the length from the main body to the tip end surface can be adjusted.

The present invention also
A support member that supports the molded kneading material and
A printing member for printing a pattern on the surface of a molded kneading material supported by the support member, which extends from the main body and a base end portion attached to the main body to a tip surface away from the main body. A printing member having a printing portion and the tip surface forming a required pattern, and
The printing member having ink adhered to the tip surface of the printing portion advances with respect to the surface of the molded kneading material with the tip surface at the head, and the tip surface is pierced into the surface of the kneading material. A printing drive device for pulling out the tip surface from the surface of the kneading material by retracting together with
Provided is a printing apparatus for printing a pattern on the surface of a kneading material having.

With this device
Each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the front end surface.
Each printed segment can be displaced in a direction extending from the base end portion to the tip end surface so that the length from the main body to the tip end surface can be adjusted.

In addition, this device may be provided with an air blow device for blowing moisture from the surface of the molded kneading material.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

It is a perspective view which shows the example of the paste product which has a pattern on an undulating surface. It is a schematic side view of the printing apparatus for printing a pattern on the undulating surface of a molded kneading material. It is a perspective view which looked at the printing member of the printing apparatus of FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the paste product D has a substantially rectangular shape, but the upper surface thereof has a gentle inclined surface from the right end to the left side when viewed in the figure, and this inclined surface. Is printed with a pattern including two ellipses a and b, two circles c and d, and one triangle e. This kneaded product D is formed by printing the above-mentioned pattern on the kneading material M formed into the above-mentioned shape by the printing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 and then heating it.

The printing apparatus 10 has a printing member 12 corresponding to a printing plate in normal printing shown in FIG. 3, and the printing member 12 is attached to the main body 13 and the main body 13 and extends downward as seen in the drawing. It has a part 14. In the illustrated example, the printing unit 14 includes printing segments 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e for printing the two ellipses a, b, two circles c, d, and one triangle e, respectively. The tip surface of each print segment (hence, the tip surface of the printing unit 14) has a shape corresponding to the above-mentioned ellipse, circle, triangle, or other figure to be printed.

The printing apparatus 10 refers to a support member 16 (in the illustrated example, a belt conveyor for transporting from left to right as seen in FIG. 2) 16, a printing member 12, and a printing member 12 as arrows. A drive device (not shown) that drives in the directions indicated by X and Y, an ink fountain 18 that stores ink made of an edible material, and an air blow device 20 that blows off moisture on the surface of the kneading material M before printing. have.

The support member 16 has a width in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2, and supports a plurality of kneading materials M in the width direction. Therefore, the printing member 12 and the air blow device 20 , Air blow and printing are performed on each kneading material M corresponding to the plurality of kneading materials M. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, the air blow and printing on one kneading material M in the width direction of the support member 16 seen in FIG. 2 will be described.

In the printing apparatus 10, the kneading material M formed into a required shape by a molding apparatus (not shown) and supported by the support member (belt conveyor) 16 is on the surface of the kneading material by the air blow device 20 at the leftmost air blow position A as seen in FIG. After the moisture is blown off, it is carried to the printing position B on the right side of the air blow position A, and printing is performed by the printing member 12.

Moisture on the surface of the kneading material M is blown off in order to prevent bleeding of printing on the surface of the kneading material M, and the illustrated air blow device 20 has two nozzles 20a for ejecting high-pressure air. , 20b, and an air throttle plate 20c set between the nozzles 20a and 20b and the support member 16. The nozzles 20a and 20b are designed to eject high-pressure air diagonally downward in directions facing each other, and the air throttle plate 20c has an air throttle opening 20d to throttle the high-pressure air ejected from the nozzles 20a and 20b. High pressure air is blown onto the kneading material M on the support member. The air blow device 20 may be any device that ejects a gas for blowing off moisture from the surface of the kneading material M, and is not necessarily limited to air.

In the printing member 12, the printing segments 14a to 14e are first positioned so that the front end surfaces (lower end surfaces) of the printing segments 14a to 14e of the printing unit 14 are immersed in the ink i of the ink fountain 18 by a driving device (not shown). Ink i is adhered to the tip surface of the surface and its surroundings. Various materials used as ink materials are known, but the ink itself may have a required dye, or may be colored by heating after printing. The printing unit 14 of the printing member 12 is then lifted from the ink fountain 18 and is positioned above the printing position B while being received by the surplus ink receiving unit 22 provided adjacent to the ink fountain 18. It is moved to and lowered to print the surface of the kneading material M at the printing position B.

In this printing, the tip surfaces of the printing segments 14a to 14e of the printing unit 14 are made to pierce the surface of the kneading material M. In the present embodiment, for example, the elliptical tip surface of the print segment 14a has dimensions in the major axis direction and the minor axis direction of about 8 to 9 mm and about 4 to 5 mm, respectively, and the width of the elliptical tip surface that draws an ellipse is It is about 1 mm, and the piercing depth of the surface of the kneading material M is about 1 to 1.5 mm. When the ink is attached to the printing unit 14, the ink is attached to the tip surface of the printing unit 14 and the side surface from the tip surface toward the base end portion, and the ink piercing depth is adjusted to print the pattern. It is possible to change the width of the line. That is, if it is deeply pierced, the ink will adhere not only to the surface portion of the kneading material with which the tip surface of the printing portion 14 abuts, but also to the peripheral surface portion thereof, and the line of the formed pattern can be thickened. It will be possible.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, the tip surfaces of the print segments 14a to 14e are at substantially the same level (arranged along one horizontal plane), but each print segment has the print segment 14a with respect to the main body 13. It is possible to displace in the direction from the base end portion of ~ 14e toward the tip end surface, and the position of the tip end surface can be adjusted according to the undulations of the surface of the kneading material M. As a means for adjusting the position, a screw for adjusting the position is provided in the main body 13, a screw portion extending downward is screwed into the upper end portion (base end portion) of the printing segment, and the screw is screwed. This makes it possible to adjust the position of the print segment in the vertical direction.

The kneading material M having a pattern printed on its surface is carried to a heating device (not shown) and heated to be completed as a kneading product having a pattern on its surface.

Although the method for manufacturing a paste product having a pattern on the surface according to the present invention, the printing apparatus used therein, and the embodiment of the printing member have been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the design in the described embodiment is a combination of independent figures of ellipse a, b, circle c, d, and triangle e, and the printing unit 14 has a tip surface having a shape corresponding to each figure. It is supposed to consist of print segments 14a to 14e that are independent of each other, but in order to print a pattern drawn with continuous lines, the front end surface of the printing unit 14 is viewed in a plan view and corresponds to the lines of the pattern. It can be one continuous. In that case, it is composed of a plurality of print segments provided in contact with each other such that the front end surface of the print unit 14 is divided into a plurality of parts so that the positions of the print segments can be adjusted independently of the main body 13. , Can be adapted to the surface undulations of the kneading material.

Air blow position A
Print position B
Designs a to e
Surimi product D
Kneading material M
Printing device 10
Printing member 12
Body 13
Printing unit 14
Print segments 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e
Support member 16
Ink pot 18
Air blow device 20
Nozzles 20a, 20b
Air diaphragm plate 20c
Air diaphragm opening 20d
Ink receiver 22

Claims (6)

A printing member having a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a front end surface away from the main body, and the front end surface forming a required printing pattern is prepared.
Ink adheres to the tip surface of the printing part,
The printed pattern is printed on the surface of the kneaded material by piercing and pulling out the tip surface to which the ink is attached to the surface of the molded kneading material.
It is a method of making a paste product with a pattern on the surface.
It is assumed that each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the tip end surface.
The position of each printed segment is adjusted in the direction extending from the base end portion to the tip surface according to the undulations of the surface of the paste material to be printed, and the length of each printed segment from the main body to the tip surface is adjusted. the position of the undulations in height corresponding to the surface of該練Ri material tip face of each printing segment, distal end surface of the printing unit is to stick to the surface of the uniformly該練Ri material as a whole, the symbol on the surface How to make a paste product with. A printing member having a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a front end surface away from the main body, and the front end surface forming a required printing pattern is prepared.
Ink adheres to the tip surface of the printing part,
The printed pattern is printed on the surface of the kneaded material by piercing and pulling out the tip surface to which the ink is attached to the surface of the molded kneading material.
It is a method of making a paste product with a pattern on the surface.
Ink is also adhered to a portion of the printing portion adjacent to the tip surface, and the width of the line of the printed pattern is adjusted according to the piercing depth of the tip surface to produce a paste product having a pattern on the surface. Method. A printing member having a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a front end surface away from the main body, and the front end surface forming a required printing pattern is prepared.
Ink adheres to the tip surface of the printing part,
The printed pattern is printed on the surface of the kneaded material by piercing and pulling out the tip surface to which the ink is attached to the surface of the molded kneading material.
It is a method of making a paste product with a pattern on the surface.
A method for producing a paste product having a pattern on the surface, in which the moisture on the surface of the paste material is blown off before the tip surface is pierced. A printing member for printing a pattern on the surface of a molded kneading material, which has a main body and a printing portion extending from a base end portion attached to the main body to a front end surface away from the main body, and the front end surface has the front end surface. It is a printing member that constitutes a required pattern and for printing the pattern on the surface by piercing and extracting the tip surface to which the ink is attached into the surface of the molded kneading material .
Each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the front end surface.
Printing members each printing segment length from the body to the tip end face is adjustable as displaceable in a direction extending tip surface from the base end portion. A support member that supports the molded kneading material and
A printing member for printing a pattern on the surface of a molded kneading material supported by the support member, which extends from the main body and a base end portion attached to the main body to a tip surface away from the main body. A printing member having a printing portion and the tip surface forming a required pattern, and
The printing member having ink adhered to the tip surface of the printing portion advances with respect to the surface of the molded kneading material with the tip surface at the head, and the tip surface is pierced into the surface of the kneading material. A printing drive device for retracting and extracting the tip surface from the surface of the kneading material,
A printing apparatus for printing a pattern on the surface of the dough material having,
Each of the printing portions has two or more printing segments extending from the base end portion to the front end surface.
Each printing segment printing apparatus is a displaceable in a direction extending tip surface from the base end portion length from the body to the distal end surface are adjustable. The printing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising an air blowing apparatus for blowing off moisture from the surface of the molded kneading material.

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