JP7011436B2 - How to supply stick-shaped food and equipment for supplying stick-shaped food - Google Patents

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention provides a method for supplying a stick-shaped food material and a method for supplying a stick-shaped food material, which is useful for producing a food material such as an intermediate product of croissant, for example, by placing a solid stick-shaped food material such as chocolate on a sheet-shaped dough such as bread dough. Regarding the supply device.

In recent years, for example, in a croissant, a solid stick-shaped food such as solid chocolate is placed on a sheet-shaped dough made of a triangular dough, and then the dough is rolled up and molded so that the stick-shaped food does not protrude from the dough. Some are manufactured by baking. When placing the stick-shaped food on this sheet-shaped dough, in order to prevent the stick-shaped food from sticking out of the dough, the stick-shaped food having a predetermined weight and shape is manually placed in a predetermined position on the sheet-shaped dough. I try to place it as accurately as possible with the predetermined direction facing. Therefore, the supply is stable, but the work efficiency is significantly deteriorated because it is manual. That is, there is no device for automatically placing the stick-shaped foodstuff in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough continuously, and automation is desired.

By the way, conventionally, for example, in a croissant, a fluid filling is placed on a sheet-shaped dough made of a triangular dough, and then the dough is rolled up and molded so that the filling does not protrude from the dough, and this is baked. Is known to be manufactured. In this type of croissant, when the fluid filling is placed on the sheet-shaped dough, for example, the feeding device shown in JP-A-6-38660 (Patent Document 1) is used to belt the sheet-shaped dough. It is conveyed by a conveyor, and during the transfer process, the transfer is temporarily stopped, and during this stop, a predetermined amount of filling is extruded from the nozzle of the filling filling device and placed on the sheet-shaped dough.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-38660

However, there is a problem that the conventional device for supplying a fluid filling cannot substantially cope with the supply of solid stick-shaped foodstuffs.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a method for supplying a stick-shaped food and a device for supplying the stick-shaped food, which can automatically and stably supply a solid stick-shaped food on a sheet-shaped dough. The purpose is to do. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to enable a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs having a predetermined weight and shape to be placed in a predetermined position of a sheet-shaped dough in a predetermined direction as accurately as possible and at high speed.

In the method for supplying rod-shaped foodstuffs of the present invention for achieving such an object, solid rod-shaped foodstuffs are placed and supplied on a sheet-shaped dough having a predetermined shape which is placed on a conveyor at predetermined intervals and sequentially conveyed. In the method of supplying stick-shaped ingredients
In advance, a plurality of rod-shaped foods are arranged so that their longitudinal directions are parallel to each other to prepare a plate-shaped solid food in which adjacent rod-shaped foods are partially fixed to each other at the boundary portion.
A supply conveyor having a transport direction in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport conveyor is provided on the upper side of the transport conveyor, and the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped foods constituting the plate-shaped solid food is orthogonal to the traveling direction. The plate-shaped solid foodstuff is transported by placing it on the supply conveyor so as to maintain the direction of the rod-shaped foodstuff constituting the plate-shaped solid foodstuff, and the boundary portion is divided in order from the most downstream side. By dividing the food, the food is divided into a plurality of divided bar-shaped foods, and the divided foods are continuously arranged on the supply conveyor while being arranged side by side so that the longitudinal direction thereof is orthogonal to the traveling direction. Then, while maintaining the direction of the stick-shaped food in order from the most downstream side, the stick-shaped food is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the transport conveyor, and the falling stick-shaped food is used as a guide plate. The structure is such that the stick-shaped foodstuff is placed at the target position of the sheet-shaped dough by imposing it to prevent its popping out.
The "boundary portion" of the present invention is a portion where each bar-shaped food material constituting the plate-shaped solid food material is fixed to each other with the stick-shaped food material next to it, and the stick-shaped food material located at both ends is provided only on one side. I can't. For example, the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 can be mentioned. As shown in FIGS. 8A1 and 8A2, a strip-shaped boundary portion 2 (k1) having a constant width can be provided on a plate-shaped solid foodstuff 1 made of a prismatic rod-shaped foodstuff B. Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 (b1) and 8 (b2), a plate-shaped solid food material 1 made of a substantially cylindrical rod-shaped food material B having a flat bottom surface and the solid food material 1 shown in FIGS. A band-shaped boundary portion 2 (k2) having a narrower width than the case can be provided. Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 (c1) and 8 (c2), a plate-shaped solid food material 1 made of a substantially cylindrical rod-shaped food material B having a flat bottom surface may be provided with boundary portions 2 (k3) at a plurality of locations. ..

As a result, when a plate-shaped solid food material in which a plurality of rows of rod-shaped food materials partially fixed to each other via a boundary portion formed by a notch or the like is placed and conveyed on a supply conveyor, the food is conveyed. The boundary portion is divided in order from the rod-shaped food material on the most downstream side of the solid food material, and each divided rod-shaped food material is supplied while maintaining an aligned state so that the longitudinal direction thereof is orthogonal to the traveling direction. It is continuously conveyed on a conveyor. On the other hand, the sheet-shaped dough is transported by the transport conveyor, and in the transport process of the transport conveyor, the rod-shaped foodstuff at the head in the transport direction is dropped and dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the transport conveyor. The stick-shaped food material hits the guide plate and its pop-out is restricted, and the stick-shaped food material is placed at the target position of the sheet-shaped dough while maintaining its direction. Therefore, situations such as falling from the sheet-shaped dough or being bent and placed are suppressed, and solid stick-shaped foodstuffs can be stably supplied on the sheet-shaped dough in the correct direction and in the correct position. become.

That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed accurately and at high speed in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough in a predetermined direction. For example, specifically, if the stick-shaped foodstuff is placed with a deviation of 1 cm, the shape after the subsequent molding process may vary, which may cause a defective product. Therefore, the stick-shaped foodstuff is placed on the sheet-shaped dough. In the placement of the above, accuracy is required to eliminate errors in millimeters, and the present invention can cope with this. Further, for example, it is possible to secure a pace of placing 50 to 100 stick-shaped foodstuffs per row in one minute.

In the present invention, a plurality of sheets of dough may be placed on the conveyor in a predetermined direction at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of rows of supply conveyors may be provided at predetermined intervals corresponding to the rows of the sheet-shaped dough. .. It is possible to accurately place a large amount of stick-shaped food on a sheet-shaped dough at high speed.

Further, in the present invention, it is effective to temporarily stop the sheet-shaped dough when the solid food material at the head in the transport direction is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the conveyor. .. As a result, when the sheet-shaped dough is placed on the transport belt and transported by the transport conveyor, the transport of the sheet-shaped dough is temporarily stopped during the transport process of the transport conveyor, and the stick-shaped foodstuff is stopped while the sheet-shaped dough is stopped. Is supplied so as to be placed in a predetermined target position of the sheet-shaped dough. Therefore, the stick-shaped food can be placed more accurately on the sheet dough.

Further, in the present invention, when the boundary portion of the plate-shaped solid food material is cut, bending stress is applied to the plate-shaped solid food material from the outside in the transporting process, and the bending stress causes the boundary portion of the solid food material. It is effective to cut the portions and transport and supply each of the rod-shaped foods obtained by dividing the portions in order from the rod-shaped foods on the downstream side in the transport direction. As a result, when the plate-shaped solid food material is divided, bending stress is applied to the solid food material from the outside in the transporting process, and the boundary portion of the solid food material is cut by this bending stress, and the solid food material is divided and obtained by cutting. Each stick-shaped food is sent out in order from the stick-shaped food on the downstream side in the transport direction. Therefore, it is possible to make a rod-shaped food by simply applying bending stress from the outside, so that the processing speed can be increased and the processing efficiency can be improved accordingly.

Further, in the rod-shaped food supply device of the present invention for achieving the above object, a plurality of rod-shaped foods are arranged so that their longitudinal directions are parallel to each other, and the rod-shaped foods adjacent to each other at the boundary portion are partially arranged with each other. It is a rod-shaped food supply device that divides the stick-shaped foodstuff of the fixed plate-shaped solid foodstuff and places the divided stick-shaped foodstuff on a sheet-shaped dough having a predetermined shape.
A transport conveyor including a belt conveyor that transports the sheet-shaped dough by placing it on a transport belt, a sheet-shaped dough stopping means for temporarily stopping the transport of the sheet-shaped dough in the transport process of the transport conveyor, and the said. It is provided with a stick-shaped food supply unit that supplies the stick-shaped food material so as to be placed at a predetermined target position of the sheet-shaped dough while the sheet-shaped dough is stopped by the sheet-shaped dough stopping means.
The rod-shaped food supply unit is provided on the upper side of the transport conveyor and has a transport direction in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport conveyor when viewed from a plane, and the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped food is orthogonal to the traveling direction of the solid food. The boundary portion is divided in order from the supply conveyor that is placed and transported so as to be and the rod-shaped food material on the most downstream side of the solid food material transported by the supply conveyor, and the divided rod-shaped food material is divided into its lengths. The supply belt is provided with a dividing portion that is aligned so that the direction is orthogonal to the traveling direction and continuously conveys the food to the supply conveyor, and a supply belt that is composed of the tip end side of the supply conveyor and on which the rod-shaped foodstuff is placed. It has a drop supply unit that drops the rod-shaped foodstuff at the head in the transport direction from the tip toward the stopped sheet-like dough, and a confronting surface facing the tip side of the supply belt of the drop supply unit from the tip of the supply belt. It is equipped with a guide plate that stops the falling stick-shaped food and regulates the pop-out so that it is located at the target position.

As a result, in the rod-shaped food supply unit, a plate-shaped solid food material in which a plurality of rows of rod-shaped foodstuffs that are partially fixed to each other via a boundary formed by a notch or the like is placed on the supply conveyor. When transported, the bar-shaped foods on the most downstream side of the solid foods to be transported are divided in order by dividing the boundary portion, and the divided bar-shaped foods are arranged and supplied so that the longitudinal direction thereof is orthogonal to the traveling direction. It is continuously conveyed on a conveyor. On the other hand, the sheet-shaped dough is conveyed by the transport conveyor, and the sheet-shaped dough is temporarily stopped by the sheet-shaped dough stopping means in the conveying process of the conveyor. Then, in the drop supply unit, the stick-shaped foodstuff at the head in the transport direction is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the transport conveyor, and the falling stick-shaped foodstuff hits the guide plate to prevent its popping out. Then, the stick-shaped food is placed at the target position of the sheet-shaped dough. Therefore, situations such as falling from the sheet-shaped dough or being bent and placed are suppressed, and solid stick-shaped foodstuffs can be stably supplied on the sheet-shaped dough. That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough in a predetermined direction as accurately as possible and at high speed.

That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed accurately and at high speed in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough in a predetermined direction. For example, specifically, if the stick-shaped foodstuff is placed with a deviation of 1 cm, the shape after the subsequent molding process may vary, which may cause a defective product. Therefore, the stick-shaped foodstuff is placed on the sheet-shaped dough. In mounting, accuracy is required to eliminate errors in millimeters, and the present invention can cope with this. Further, for example, it is possible to secure a pace of placing 50 to 100 stick-shaped foodstuffs per row in one minute.

In this case, the dividing portion is provided with bending stress applying means for applying bending stress to the solid food material from the outside in the process of transporting the solid food material by the supply conveyor and cutting the boundary portion of the solid food material by the bending stress. Therefore, it is effective to sequentially send out the rod-shaped foods divided by the breaking of the bending stress applying means from the rod-shaped foods on the downstream side in the transport direction.

As a result, when the solid food material is divided, when the solid food material is conveyed by the conveyor, bending stress is applied to the solid food material from the outside by the bending stress applying means in this transportation process, and the boundary portion of the solid food material is applied by this bending stress. Is cut, and the stick-shaped foods divided by the cut are sent out in order from the stick-shaped foods on the downstream side in the transport direction. Therefore, since it can be divided into rod-shaped foods only by applying bending stress from the outside, the processing speed can be increased and the processing efficiency can be improved accordingly.

Further, if necessary, the supply conveyor is composed of a belt conveyor provided with a moving belt that supports either one side or the other side of the solid food, and the moving belt can be bent up and down in the middle of the belt conveyor. A bending area is provided, and the bending stress applying means is relatively pressed by sandwiching the solid food material from both one side and the other side of the bending area together with the moving belt and pressing each other. It is effective to provide and configure a first pressing member and a second pressing member having different characteristics, and to apply bending stress to the solid food material by relative pressing of the first pressing member and the second pressing member.

As a result, in the bending area of the moving belt, bending stress can be applied to the solid food material passing through the first pressing member and the second pressing member, so that bending stress can be easily generated. In this case, the bending stress causes the solid food to bend, but the moving belt bends and can absorb it.

In this case, it is effective to provide at least a plurality of the first pressing member and the second pressing member. Bending stress can be reliably applied to solid foods.

Further, it is effective to provide an urging means for urging at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member to the solid food material side, if necessary. Even if there is a variation in the thickness of the solid food, it can be absorbed by the urging means.

Furthermore, if necessary, it is effective to configure at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member in contact with the solid food material by a roller having a rotation axis orthogonal to the transport direction. Since the roller can roll on the surface of the solid food, it is possible to smoothly carry out the transportation while applying bending stress.

In this case, it is effective to provide a driving unit that rotationally drives a roller constituting one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member that comes into contact with the solid food material to deliver the solid food material in the transport direction. Since the solid food material is positively sent out, it is possible to carry out the transportation more smoothly while applying bending stress.

Further, if necessary, it is effective to provide a pressing member that presses the solid food material and prevents its jumping up on the upstream side of one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member that comes into contact with the solid food material. be. Since the holding of the solid food material is ensured, bending stress can be reliably applied to the solid food material.

Further, in the present invention, if necessary, the upper side of the guide plate is supported by a rotation axis orthogonal to the transport direction of the sheet-shaped dough to make the guide plate rotatable, and the guide plate is rotated. Guide plate drive to move the guide plate to two positions, a regulated position for restricting the stick-shaped foodstuff and a standby position for allowing the stick-shaped foodstuff to pass through the sheet-shaped dough separated from the regulated position. It has a structure with a part.

As a result, the guide plate is separated from the standby position to allow the sheet-shaped dough on which the stick-shaped food is placed to pass, so that the stick-shaped food on the sheet-shaped dough is transferred to the guide plate when the sheet-shaped dough is conveyed. There will be no collision. Therefore, in the restricted position, the lower end side of the guide plate can be brought as close as possible to the sheet-shaped dough, and the regulation when the stick-shaped food material is dropped can be surely performed.

Further, if necessary, a stopper is provided at the lower end of the guide plate so as to come into contact with the tip of the sheet-shaped fabric on the transport belt at the restricted position of the guide plate to stop the transport of the sheet-shaped fabric. The stopping means is composed of a guide plate including the stopper and a guide plate driving unit. Since the sheet-shaped fabric stopping means is configured by using the guide plate, the structure of the device can be simplified accordingly.

Further, if necessary, a supply conveyor drive unit for driving the supply conveyor is provided, and a control unit for controlling the supply conveyor drive unit and the guide plate drive unit is provided, and the control unit operates the guide plate drive unit. When the guide plate is positioned at the regulated position, the supply conveyor drive unit is configured to start and stop so that one rod-shaped food material drops from the tip of the drop supply unit of the supply conveyor. As a result, since the rod-shaped food is dropped only by starting and stopping the supply conveyor drive unit, it is not necessary to provide a special stopper or the like for stopping the transportation of the rod-shaped food, and the structure of the device can be simplified accordingly. ..

Furthermore, if necessary, the supply belt of the drop supply section of the supply conveyor is configured to be inclined downward in the transport direction. The movement of the supply belt makes it possible to drop the food as quickly as possible, which makes it possible to speedily place the stick-shaped food on the sheet-shaped dough and improve the production efficiency of the food.

Further, if necessary, a plurality of the supply conveyors are arranged side by side along the width direction of the transfer conveyor, and one guide plate is provided so as to be compatible with each supply conveyor at the same time. A plurality of sheet-shaped doughs can be placed in the width direction of the transport belt to produce a plurality of foodstuffs at the same time. Further, since the sheet-shaped dough can be stopped and the stick-shaped foodstuff can be regulated with one guide plate, the structure of the device can be simplified accordingly.

According to the present invention, when a plate-shaped solid food material in which a plurality of rows of rod-shaped food materials that are partially fixed to each other via a boundary portion formed by a notch or the like is placed and conveyed on a supply conveyor is placed and conveyed. The boundary portion is divided in order from the rod-shaped food material on the most downstream side of the solid food material to be transported, and each divided rod-shaped food material is maintained in a lined-up state so that its longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the traveling direction. It is continuously conveyed by the supply conveyor. On the other hand, the sheet-shaped dough is transported by the transport conveyor, and in the transport process of the transport conveyor, the rod-shaped foodstuff at the head in the transport direction is dropped and dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the transport conveyor. The stick-shaped food material hits the guide plate and its pop-out is restricted, and the stick-shaped food material is placed at the target position of the sheet-shaped dough while maintaining its direction. Therefore, situations such as falling from the sheet-shaped dough or being bent and placed are suppressed, and solid stick-shaped foodstuffs can be stably supplied on the sheet-shaped dough in the correct direction and in the correct position. become. That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed accurately and at high speed in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough in a predetermined direction.

It is an overall perspective view which shows the supply apparatus of the bar-shaped food material which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the supply apparatus of the bar-shaped food material which concerns on embodiment of this invention. In the rod-shaped food supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, a divided portion of the rod-shaped food supply unit is shown, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a side view. It is a figure which shows the division state of the solid food by the division part of the bar-shaped food supply part in the stick-shaped food supply apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a drop supply part and a guide plate in the rod-shaped food supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the rod-shaped food supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of the drop supply unit and the guide plate is shown, (a) is a diagram showing the state of the guide plate at the regulated position, and (b) is the standby position of the guide plate. It is a figure which shows the state in. It is a figure (a) (b) which shows another example of the division part in the rod-shaped food supply apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. An example of the aspect of the boundary portion of the solid food material to which the present invention is applied is shown, (a1) is a perspective view showing an example of the boundary portion related to the prismatic rod-shaped foodstuff, (a2) is a plan view thereof, and (b1) is a bottom surface. Is a perspective view showing an example of a boundary portion of a substantially cylindrical rod-shaped foodstuff having a flat bottom, (b2) is a plan view thereof, and (c1) is another example of a boundary portion of a substantially cylindrical rod-shaped foodstuff having a flat bottom surface. A perspective view showing the above, (c2) is a plan view thereof.

Hereinafter, the method for supplying the rod-shaped food material and the device for supplying the rod-shaped food material according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Specifically, the stick-shaped foodstuff according to the present invention may be chocolate of other flavors such as white chocolate or strawberry-flavored chocolate, in addition to ordinary chocolate, and may be cheese, butter, margarine, sausage, or solid. It may be a type of consomme or the like. Since the method for supplying the rod-shaped food according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by the rod-shaped food supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of this supply device will be described.

Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, chocolate having a melting point of 35 to 37 ° C. is used, and when such chocolate is used, if the temperature is too high, the chocolate is softened or the surface becomes sticky. If the temperature is too low, it may harden and crack into a distorted shape when the boundary of the chocolate is cut, or a lot of cracked residue may occur. .. Therefore, when the plate-shaped solid food material made from the chocolate is cut and supplied, the temperature of the chocolate is preferably 5 ° C to 35 ° C, more preferably 20 ° C to 25 ° C. In these temperature ranges, it is possible to prevent the chocolate from softening and stickiness on the surface, and when the plate-shaped solid foodstuffs are cut into stick-shaped foodstuffs, they do not break into distorted shapes, making it easier to cut. , It is possible to prevent a large amount of cracked residue from being generated. The rod-shaped food supply device K according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 places the above-mentioned solid chocolate-shaped food material B on a sheet-shaped dough S made of triangular dough in a croissant. It is a device to do. The croissant is then produced by rolling up the sheet-shaped dough S on which the stick-shaped foodstuff B is placed so that the stick-shaped foodstuff B does not protrude from the dough, forming the dough, and baking the sheet-shaped dough S. In the present supply device K, a plurality of rod-shaped foodstuffs B are arranged so that their longitudinal directions are parallel to each other, and the rod-shaped foodstuffs B adjacent to each other at the boundary portion 2 are partially fixed to each other. The rod-shaped food material B is divided, and the divided rod-shaped food material B is placed on the sheet-shaped dough S having a predetermined shape. The solid food material 1 is formed to have a one-sided surface 3 that forms a gap between the rod-shaped foodstuffs B by cutting, and a continuous other side surface 4 that is fixed between the rod-shaped foodstuffs B and is formed in FIGS. 8 (a1) and 8 (a2). As shown in the above, a strip-shaped boundary portion 2 (k1) having a constant width is provided between the prismatic rod-shaped foodstuffs B.

The basic configuration of the supply device K is a transport conveyor 10 including a belt conveyor that carries the sheet-shaped fabric S on a transport belt 11 and temporarily transports the sheet-shaped fabric S in the transport process of the transport conveyor 10. Supply of stick-shaped foodstuffs to be supplied so that the stick-shaped foodstuff B is placed at a predetermined target position of the sheet-shaped dough S while the sheet-shaped dough stopping means 12 and the sheet-shaped dough S are stopped by the sheet-shaped dough stopping means 12. It is provided with a part 20. The sheet-shaped fabric S is formed in the shape of a trapezoidal plate, and is conveyed by the conveyor 10 with the bottom side facing forward. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the sheet-shaped fabric S is placed on the conveyor 10 at predetermined intervals along the transport direction R, and a predetermined number of the sheet-shaped fabrics S are placed at predetermined intervals in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction R. It is placed and conveyed in a row by the transfer conveyor 10.

The rod-shaped food supply unit 20 is provided on the upper side of the transport conveyor 10 and has a transport direction R in the same direction as the transport direction R of the transport conveyor 10 when viewed from a plane, and the solid food 1 is advanced in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped food B. It is provided with a supply conveyor 21 that is placed and conveyed so as to be orthogonal to the direction. The supply conveyor 21 supports and conveys either one side 3 or the other side 4 (one side 3 in the embodiment) of the solid food material 1. In the rod-shaped food supply unit 20, a plurality of supply conveyors 21 are arranged side by side along the width direction on the upper side of the conveyor 10 as shown in FIG. That is, a predetermined number of supply conveyors 21 are provided corresponding to a predetermined number of sheet-shaped fabrics S placed at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction R on the conveyor 10. Further, in the embodiment, the solid food material 1 is manually put into the supply conveyor 21. It may be turned on automatically.

Further, the rod-shaped food supply unit 20 divides the boundary portion 2 in order from the rod-shaped food material B on the most downstream side of the solid food material 1 conveyed by the supply conveyor 21, and divides the divided rod-shaped food material B in the longitudinal direction thereof. Is provided with a dividing portion 30 which is aligned so as to be orthogonal to the traveling direction and continuously conveyed to the supply conveyor 21.

The dividing portion 30 includes a bending stress applying means 31 that applies bending stress to the solid food material 1 from the outside in the process of transporting the solid food material 1 by the supply conveyor 21 and cuts the boundary portion 2 of the solid food material 1 by the bending stress. The rod-shaped foodstuff B divided by the breaking of the bending stress applying means 31 is sequentially sent out from the rod-shaped foodstuff B on the downstream side in the transport direction R.

Specifically, the supply conveyor 21 is composed of a belt conveyor provided with a moving belt 22 that supports either one side 3 or the other side 4 (one side 3 in the embodiment) of the solid food material 1. A bending area E that allows the moving belt 22 to bend up and down is provided in the middle of the supply conveyor 21. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bending stress applying means 31 sandwiches the solid food material 1 in the bending area E from both the one side 3 side and the other side 4 side together with the moving belt 22 and is relatively relative. The first pressing member 32 and the second pressing member 33 that are pressed and have different pressing points are provided. Specifically, the first pressing member 32 presses the one side 3 side of the solid food material 1 supported by the moving belt 22 in the bending area E via the moving belt 22, and the second pressing member 33 presses the first. It abuts on the other surface 4 side of the solid food material 1 at a position different from the pressing point of the pressing member 32 and presses it relatively. Bending stress is applied to the solid food material 1 by the relative pressing of the first pressing member 32 and the second pressing member 33.

A plurality of first pressing members 32 are provided. In the embodiment, the first pressing member 32 supports the moving belt 22, has an axis orthogonal to the transport direction R, and is arranged at a predetermined interval in the transport direction R (hereinafter, “first pressing roller”). 34 ”), and a pair of first pressing rollers 34 are provided at predetermined intervals. The general portion of the moving belt 22 excluding the bending area E is supported by the support plate 35.

The second pressing member 33 is composed of a roller having a rotation axis orthogonal to the transport direction R (hereinafter, also referred to as “second pressing roller 36”), and the second pressing roller 36 is a pair of first pressing rollers. It is located between the rollers 34. In this apparatus, the urging means 40 for urging the second pressing roller 36 to the solid food material 1 side is provided. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the machine base 24 of the supply conveyor 21 having the bending area E is provided with a gate-shaped gate member 41 through which the solid food material 1 is passed, and a second gate member 41 is provided. The pressing roller 36 is provided in the gate member 41. Inside the gate member 41, a channel-shaped holding member 42 that rotatably holds both sides of the rotating shaft 37 of the second pressing roller 36 is provided, and the holding member 42 includes a cylinder 43a and a piston in the gate member 41. It is supported by an air cylinder device 43 provided with 43b. The base end of the cylinder 43a of the air cylinder device 43 is fixed to the top plate 44 of the gate member 41, and the tip of the piston 43b is fixed to the upper plate 45 of the holding member 42. The air cylinder device 43 is configured as the urging means 40. That is, air is constantly supplied into the cylinder 43a of the air cylinder device 43, and the action of this air urges the second pressing roller 36 toward the solid food material 1.

Further, the present apparatus is provided with a drive unit 50 that rotationally drives the second pressing roller 36 to send the solid food material 1 in the transport direction R. The drive unit 50 includes an electric motor 51 which is above the second pressing roller 36 and has a rotating shaft 52 which is provided on the holding member 42 and is parallel to the rotating shaft 37 of the second pressing roller 36, and a rotating shaft of the electric motor 51. A driving pulley 53 provided on the 52 and located outside the holding member 42 and the gate member 41, and a driven pulley 54 provided on the rotation shaft 37 of the second pressing roller 36 and located outside the holding member 42 and the gate member 41. It is composed of an endless belt 55 spanned between a main pulley 53 and a driven pulley 54. The rotating shaft 52 of the electric motor 51, the driving pulley 53, the rotating shaft 37 of the second pressing roller 36, the driven pulley 54, and the endless belt 55 do not interfere with the advancing / retreating of the holding member 42 supported by the air cylinder device 43. , It is provided so as not to interfere with the gate member 41.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a pressing member 56 is provided to prevent the solid food material 1 from jumping up on the upstream side of the second pressing member 33. The pressing member 56 is composed of a roller (hereinafter, also referred to as “pressing roller 57”) capable of rolling on the other surface side of the solid food material 1, and is provided as a pair. One pressing roller 57 is rotatably provided on the machine base 24 on the upstream side of the gate member 41 via the mounting member 58, and the other pressing roller 57 is rotatably provided on the gate member 41. The solid food material 1 passes between the moving belt 22 and the pressing member 56.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the rod-shaped food supply unit 20 includes a supply belt 61 configured on the tip end side of the supply conveyor 21 and on which the rod-shaped food material B is placed, and the supply belt 61 of the rod-shaped food supply unit 20. It has a drop supply unit 60 that drops the rod-shaped food material B at the head of the transport direction R from the tip toward the stopped sheet-shaped dough S, and a confronting surface facing the tip side of the supply belt 61 of the drop supply unit 60. It is provided with a guide plate 63 that abuts the rod-shaped food material B falling from the tip of the supply belt 61 and restricts the popping out so as to be positioned at the target position. The supply belt 61 of the drop supply unit 60 of the supply conveyor 21 is inclined downward toward the transport direction R.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the guide plate 63 is bent in a cross-sectional crank shape so that the tip of the guide plate 63 projects toward the downstream side in the transport direction R, and the upper side thereof transports the sheet-shaped fabric S. It is supported by a rotating shaft 64 orthogonal to the direction R, and is rotatably supported by the machine base 13 of the conveyor 10. As shown in FIG. 2, one guide plate 63 is provided so as to be compatible with each supply conveyor 21 at the same time. On the machine base 13 of the conveyor 10, the guide plate 63 is rotated so that the guide plate 63 is regulated by the rod-shaped food material B. A guide plate drive unit 65 is provided to move the fabric S to two positions of the standby positions Y that allow the passage of the fabric S. The guide plate drive unit 65 is composed of an electric motor 66 provided on the machine base 13 to rotate the rotating shaft 64 in the forward and reverse directions. Since the guide plate 63 is separated from the standby position Y to allow the sheet-shaped dough S on which the stick-shaped dough B is placed to pass, the stick-shaped dough B on the sheet-shaped dough S is transported when the sheet-shaped dough S is conveyed. Does not hit the guide plate 63.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower end of the guide plate 63 abuts on the tip of the sheet-shaped fabric S on the transport belt 11 at the restricted position X of the guide plate 63 to stop the transport of the sheet-shaped fabric S. It is configured as a stopper 70. The sheet-shaped fabric stopping means 12 is composed of a guide plate 63 including a stopper 70 and a guide plate driving unit 65. Since the sheet-shaped dough stopping means 12 is configured by using the guide plate 63, the structure of the apparatus can be simplified accordingly. Further, since one guide plate 63 is provided so as to be compatible with each supply conveyor 21 at the same time, a plurality of sheet-shaped doughs S are placed in the width direction of the transport belt 11 to simultaneously produce a plurality of foodstuffs. be able to. Further, since the guide plate 63 can stop the sheet-shaped dough S and regulate the stick-shaped food material B by one guide plate 63, the structure of the apparatus can be simplified accordingly.

In this apparatus, a supply conveyor drive unit (not shown) for driving the supply conveyor 21 is provided, and a control unit (not shown) for controlling the supply conveyor drive unit and the guide plate drive unit 65 is provided. When the control unit operates the guide plate drive unit 65 to position the guide plate 63 at the regulated position X, one rod-shaped food material B drops from the tip of the drop supply unit 60 of the supply conveyor 21 on the supply conveyor drive unit. It has a function to start and stop.

Therefore, according to the rod-shaped food supply device K according to the embodiment, the rod-shaped food material B is supplied as follows.
First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the rod-shaped food supply unit 20, a plate-shaped solid food material 1 in which a plurality of rod-shaped foodstuffs B are arranged in a plurality of rows on a supply conveyor 21 via a boundary portion 2 formed by a notch. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, in the split portion 30, the boundary portion 2 is cut in order from the rod-shaped food material B on the most downstream side of the solid food material 1 to be transported. The divided rod-shaped foodstuff B is aligned so that its longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the traveling direction, and is continuously conveyed by the supply conveyor 21.

In this case, when the solid food material 1 is divided, when the solid food material 1 is conveyed by the supply conveyor 21, bending stress is applied to the solid food material 1 from the outside by the bending stress applying means 31 in this transfer process, and this bending stress is applied. The boundary portion 2 of the solid food material 1 is divided, and the rod-shaped food material B divided by the division is sequentially sent out from the rod-shaped food material B on the downstream side of the transport direction R. Therefore, since the rod-shaped food material B can be divided only by applying bending stress from the outside, the processing speed can be increased and the processing efficiency can be improved accordingly.

Specifically, in the bending area E of the moving belt 22, bending stress can be applied to the solid food material 1 passing through the first pressing member 32 and the second pressing member 33, so that bending stress can be easily generated. In this case, the solid food material 1 bends due to the bending stress, but the moving belt 22 bends and can absorb this. Further, in this case, since a plurality of first pressing members 32 are provided, bending stress can be reliably applied to the solid food material 1.

Further, since the urging means 40 for urging the second pressing member 33 to the solid food material 1 side is provided, the second pressing member 33 can be moved up and down by the urging means 40, so that the thickness of the solid food material 1 varies. Even if there is, it can be absorbed. Furthermore, since the second pressing member 33 is composed of the second pressing roller 36 having a rotation axis 37 orthogonal to the transport direction R, the second pressing roller 36 can roll on the surface of the solid food material 1. Conveyance can be performed smoothly while applying bending stress. Further, since the second pressing roller 36 is rotationally driven by the drive unit 50 to positively deliver the solid food material 1 in the transport direction R, it is possible to carry out the transport more smoothly while applying bending stress. Further, on the upstream side of the second pressing member 33, the solid food material 1 can be pressed by the pressing member 56 and prevented from jumping up, so that the solid food material 1 can be reliably held. Bending stress can be reliably applied to.

In this way, the rod-shaped foodstuff B divided in the division portion 30 is aligned so that its longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the traveling direction, and is continuously conveyed by the supply conveyor 21. On the other hand, the sheet-shaped dough S is conveyed by the transport conveyor 10, and as shown in FIG. 5, the sheet-shaped dough S is temporarily stopped by the sheet-shaped dough stopping means 12 in the conveying process of the conveyor 10. Be made to. That is, the guide plate 63 is rotated by the guide plate driving unit 65 to be positioned at the regulation position X for restricting the rod-shaped foodstuff B. At the restricted position X of the guide plate 63, the stopper 70 of the guide plate 63 abuts on the tip of the sheet-shaped fabric S on the transport belt 11 to stop the transport of the sheet-shaped fabric S. In this case, since one guide plate 63 is provided so as to be compatible with each supply conveyor 21 at the same time, a plurality of sheet-shaped fabrics S placed in the width direction of the transport belt 11 are stopped at the same time.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6A, in the drop supply unit 60, the rod-shaped foodstuff B at the head of the transport direction R is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor 21 toward the sheet-shaped dough S on the transport conveyor 10. At this time, the control unit starts and stops the supply conveyor drive unit so that one rod-shaped food material B drops from the tip of the drop supply unit 60 of the supply conveyor 21 with the guide plate 63 positioned at the restricted position X. Let me. In this case, since the supply belt 61 of the drop supply unit 60 of the supply conveyor 21 is inclined downward toward the transport direction R, the supply belt 61 can be moved and dropped as quickly as possible. Therefore, the stick-shaped foodstuff B can be placed on the sheet-shaped dough S speedily, and the production efficiency of the foodstuff can be improved.

When the rod-shaped food B at the head of the transport direction R is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor 21 toward the sheet-shaped dough S on the conveyor 10, the falling rod-shaped food B hits the guide plate 63 and its pop-out is restricted. Then, the stick-shaped foodstuff B is placed at the target position of the sheet-shaped dough S. Therefore, situations such as falling from the sheet-shaped dough S or being bent and placed are suppressed, and the solid stick-shaped food material B can be stably supplied onto the sheet-shaped dough S. That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs B having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed at a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough S in a predetermined direction as accurately as possible and at high speed.

That is, a large number of stick-shaped foodstuffs B having a predetermined weight and shape can be placed accurately and at high speed in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped dough S in a predetermined direction. For example, specifically, if the stick-shaped food B is placed with a deviation of 1 cm, the shape after the subsequent molding process may vary, which may cause a defective product. Therefore, the sheet-shaped dough of the stick-shaped food B is used. When placing on S, accuracy is required to eliminate errors in millimeters, and the present invention can cope with this. Further, for example, it is possible to secure a pace of placing 50 to 100 rod-shaped foodstuffs B per row in one minute.

After that, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the guide plate 63 is rotated by the guide plate drive unit 65 to be positioned from the regulated position X to the standby position Y. As a result, the sheet-shaped dough S on which the rod-shaped food material B is placed is allowed to pass through and is conveyed by the conveyor 10. In this case, the guide plate 63 is separated from the standby position Y to allow the sheet-shaped dough S on which the rod-shaped food material B is placed to pass, so that when the sheet-shaped dough S is conveyed, the sheet-shaped dough S is placed on the sheet-shaped dough S. The situation where the stick-shaped food material B collides with the guide plate 63 is eliminated. After that, the sheet-shaped dough S on which the rod-shaped food material B conveyed by the conveyor 10 is placed is rolled up and molded so that the rod-shaped foodstuff B does not protrude from the dough, and is baked to be produced as a croissant.

In the above embodiment, in the bending stress applying means 31, the pair of first pressing members 32 presses one side 3 side via the moving belt 22 of the solid food material 1, and the second pressing member 33 is solid. The configuration is such that the other side 4 of the food material 1 is relatively pressed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. 7A, the supply conveyor 21 is the other side 4 of the solid food material 1. The second pressing member 33 moves on the other surface 4 side of the solid food material 1 via the moving belt 22 by reversing the relationship between the first pressing member 32 and the second pressing member 33. The pair of first pressing members 32 may be configured to relatively press one side 3 side of the solid food material 1 by pressing, and may be appropriately changed. Further, in the above embodiment, in the bending stress applying means 31, the pair of first pressing members 32 is composed of the first pressing roller 34, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and FIG. 7 (b) shows. As shown, the support plates 35 before and after forming the bending area E may be formed of the end portions 35a facing each other, and may be appropriately changed. Further, in the solid food material 1, it goes without saying that the shape and size of the rod-shaped food material B and the boundary portion 2 may also be of various aspects as shown in FIG. In short, the invention is not limited to the embodiments of the invention described above, and one of ordinary skill in the art will make many modifications to these exemplary embodiments without substantial departure from the novel teachings and effects of the invention. Is easy to make and many of these modifications are within the scope of the invention.

K Stick-shaped food supply device S Sheet-shaped dough B Stick-shaped food 1 Solid food 2 Boundary 3 One side 4 Other side 10 Conveyor 11 Conveyor belt 12 Sheet-shaped dough Stopping means 13 Machine stand R Transport direction 20 Stick-shaped food supply unit 21 Supply Conveyor 22 Moving belt 24 Machine base 30 Divided part 31 Bending stress applying means E Flexion area 32 First pressing member 33 Second pressing member 34 First pressing roller 35 Support plate 35a End 36 Second pressing roller 37 Rotating shaft 40 urging Means 41 Gate member 42 Holding member 43 Air cylinder device 50 Drive unit 56 Pressing member 57 Pressing roller 60 Drop supply unit 61 Supply belt 63 Guide plate 64 Rotating shaft X Restriction position Y Standby position 65 Guide plate drive unit 70 Stopper

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In the method of supplying rod-shaped foodstuffs, which is supplied by placing solid rod-shaped foodstuffs on a sheet-shaped dough having a predetermined shape that is placed on a conveyor at predetermined intervals and sequentially conveyed.
In advance, a plurality of rod-shaped foods are arranged so that their longitudinal directions are parallel to each other to prepare a plate-shaped solid food in which adjacent rod-shaped foods are partially fixed to each other at the boundary portion.
A supply conveyor having a transport direction in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport conveyor is provided on the upper side of the transport conveyor, and the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped foods constituting the plate-shaped solid food is orthogonal to the traveling direction. The plate-shaped solid foodstuff is transported by placing it on the supply conveyor so as to maintain the direction of the rod-shaped foodstuff constituting the plate-shaped solid foodstuff, and the boundary portion is divided in order from the most downstream side. By dividing the food, the food is divided into a plurality of divided bar-shaped foods, and the divided foods are continuously arranged on the supply conveyor while being arranged side by side so that the longitudinal direction thereof is orthogonal to the traveling direction. Then, while maintaining the direction of the stick-shaped food in order from the most downstream side, the stick-shaped food is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the transport conveyor, and the falling stick-shaped food is used as a guide plate. A method for supplying stick-shaped foodstuffs, which comprises imposing and restricting the popping out so that the stick-shaped foodstuffs are placed at a target position of the sheet-shaped dough. The claim is characterized in that a plurality of rows of sheet-shaped dough are placed on the conveyor in a predetermined direction at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of rows of supply conveyors are provided at predetermined intervals corresponding to the rows of the sheet-shaped dough. 1. The method for supplying stick-shaped foodstuffs according to 1. The first or second claim, wherein when the solid foodstuff at the head in the transport direction is dropped from the tip of the supply conveyor toward the sheet-shaped dough on the conveyor, the sheet-shaped dough is temporarily stopped. How to supply stick-shaped ingredients. When cutting the boundary portion of the plate-shaped solid food material, bending stress is applied to the plate-shaped solid food material from the outside in the transporting process, and the boundary portion of the solid food material is cut by this bending stress, and the cutting is performed. The method for supplying a rod-shaped food according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the rod-shaped foods obtained by being divided according to the above method is sequentially transported and supplied from the rod-shaped food on the downstream side in the transport direction. A plurality of rod-shaped foods are arranged so that their longitudinal directions are parallel to each other, and the rod-shaped foods of the plate-shaped solid foods in which adjacent rod-shaped foods are partially fixed to each other at the boundary portion are divided and the divided rod-shaped foods are divided. It is a stick-shaped food supply device that places foodstuffs on a sheet-shaped dough of a predetermined shape.
A transport conveyor including a belt conveyor that transports the sheet-shaped dough by placing it on a transport belt, a sheet-shaped dough stopping means for temporarily stopping the transport of the sheet-shaped dough in the transport process of the transport conveyor, and the said. It is provided with a stick-shaped food supply unit that supplies the stick-shaped food material so as to be placed at a predetermined target position of the sheet-shaped dough while the sheet-shaped dough is stopped by the sheet-shaped dough stopping means.
The rod-shaped food supply unit is provided on the upper side of the transport conveyor and has a transport direction in the same direction as the transport direction of the transport conveyor when viewed from a plane, and the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped food is orthogonal to the traveling direction of the solid food. The boundary portion is divided in order from the supply conveyor that is placed and transported so as to be and the rod-shaped food material on the most downstream side of the solid food material transported by the supply conveyor, and the divided rod-shaped food material is divided into its lengths. The supply belt is provided with a dividing portion that is aligned so that the direction is orthogonal to the traveling direction and continuously conveys the food to the supply conveyor, and a supply belt that is composed of the tip end side of the supply conveyor and on which the rod-shaped foodstuff is placed. It has a drop supply unit that drops the rod-shaped foodstuff at the head in the transport direction from the tip toward the stopped sheet-like dough, and a confronting surface facing the tip side of the supply belt of the drop supply unit from the tip of the supply belt. A rod-shaped food supply device characterized in that it is provided with a guide plate for stopping the falling stick-shaped food and restricting popping out so as to be located at the above target position. The divided portion is provided with a bending stress applying means for applying bending stress to the solid food from the outside in the process of transporting the solid food by the supply conveyor and cutting the boundary portion of the solid food by the bending stress. The rod-shaped food supply device according to claim 5, wherein the rod-shaped food material divided by the breaking of the bending stress applying means is sequentially sent out from the rod-shaped food material on the downstream side in the transport direction. The supply conveyor is composed of a belt conveyor provided with a moving belt that supports either one side or the other side of the solid food, and a bending area that allows the moving belt to bend up and down is provided in the middle of the belt conveyor. , The bending stress applying means is relatively pressed by sandwiching the solid food material from both one side and the other side together with the moving belt in the bending area, and the first pressing member having different pressing points from each other. The supply of the rod-shaped food material according to claim 6, wherein the solid food material is provided with a second pressing member and a bending stress is applied to the solid food material by the relative pressing of the first pressing member and the second pressing member. Device. The rod-shaped food supply device according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member is provided. The rod-shaped food supply device according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising an urging means for urging at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member to the solid food material side. The invention according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member in contact with the solid food material is composed of a roller having a rotation axis orthogonal to the transport direction. Rod-shaped food supply device. The tenth aspect of the present invention, wherein the roller comprising one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member that comes into contact with the solid food material is rotationally driven to deliver the solid food material in the transport direction. A stick-shaped food supply device. 7. The stick-shaped food supply device described in any of the above. The upper side of the guide plate is supported by a rotation axis orthogonal to the transport direction of the sheet-shaped dough to make the guide plate rotatable, and the guide plate is rotated to regulate the rod-shaped foodstuff. 5. The fifth aspect of the present invention is provided with a guide plate driving unit that moves the bar-shaped food material to two positions, a restricted position to be performed and a standby position that allows the sheet-shaped dough on which the rod-shaped food material is placed to pass. 12. The rod-shaped food supply device according to any one of 12. At the lower end of the guide plate, a stopper is provided at the restricted position of the guide plate so as to come into contact with the tip of the sheet-shaped fabric on the transport belt to stop the transport of the sheet-shaped fabric. 13. The rod-shaped food supply device according to claim 13, wherein the guide plate including the above-mentioned guide plate and the guide plate driving unit are used. A supply conveyor drive unit for driving the supply conveyor is provided, and a control unit for controlling the supply conveyor drive unit and the guide plate drive unit is provided. The control unit operates the guide plate drive unit to operate the guide plate. The rod-shaped food material according to claim 14, wherein when the supply conveyor drive unit is positioned at the restricted position, the rod-shaped food material is started and stopped so that one rod-shaped food material falls from the tip of the drop supply unit of the supply conveyor. Supply device. The rod-shaped food supply device according to claim 15, wherein the supply belt of the drop supply unit of the supply conveyor is tilted downward in the transport direction. Any of claims 5 to 16, wherein a plurality of the supply conveyors are arranged side by side along the width direction of the transfer conveyor, and one guide plate is provided so as to be compatible with each supply conveyor at the same time. The stick-shaped food supply device described in.

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