JPH01247073A - Production of mass-like covered food by covering solid food material with plastic food material in double layer state and apparatus used therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form a mass of covered food, by preparing a plural kind of plastic food materials in a state of a cylinder having double layers and bottom above a closed opening and closing gate, throwing a solid food material into the bottom of the cylinder, opening the gate, pressing the plastic material downward and bundling the material into a mass. CONSTITUTION:Plural kind of plastic food materials P and Q are pressed and sent into upside of a closed opening and closing gate 3 by extruders 1 and 6 to keep the materials to the state of a cylinder having plural layers and bottom. A solid food material S is thrown into the cylinder bottom of plastic food material kept to state of cylinder having plural layers and bottom by solid product feed means 4. The plastic food material having plural layers and bottom and containing the thrown solid food material is pressed out downward by pushing means 5 and a gate 3 is opened to bundle the materials into a mass. A neck part of the plastic food material of the material mass bundled into the mass is cut by a shutter 35 to mold the material into a mass. As a result, a mass-shaped coated food consisting of closely and mutually bonded solid food material included inside and several kind of plastic food materials packing the solid food material can be formed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a method for producing a nodular coated food product in which a solid food material is coated in multiple layers with a plurality of types of plastic food materials, and an apparatus therefor. Chestnuts, strawberries, nuts, etc. are formed into multiple layers of plastic food materials such as , dough, gyuhi cultivated land, candy, ground meat, ground meat, and matshu potatoes. It relates to a new method that enables continuous mass production of solid food materials such as boiled eggs, diced meat, etc. by enclosing one or more solid food materials at the same time, and equipment for this purpose, for example, in the confectionery industry and processed food industry. It is really useful for

[Prior art and technical issues to be solved] Chestnut buns made by covering chestnuts with confectionery dough, strawberry jelly made by covering strawberries with jelly,
In the past, there was no effective method or device for continuous mechanical production of coated confectionery or coated processed foods containing solid substances, such as "Bakudan", which is made by covering boiled eggs with fish meat. The reality is that they are manufactured exclusively by hand, which takes time and effort, and there is a need for improvement from both productivity and hygiene perspectives.

Under these circumstances, the inventor of the present invention once extruded a plastic food material from an extrusion die into a tube shape, provided a solid material guide tube smaller than the extrusion inner diameter in the center of the extrusion die, and extruded it. The solid food material is inserted into the hollow part of the tubular plastic food material at required intervals, and the hollow part of the tubular plastic food material into which the solid food material has been inserted is cut and assembled to produce a baby-boom-shaped coated food. Special public Sho 6l-347F to propose a spherical cutting device first.
), No. 2), paved the way for the mechanical mass production of nodule-shaped coated foods containing solids, which could previously only be produced by hand.

However, when such a spherical cutting device is used, depending on the physical properties of the plastic food material to be processed, it may contain not only solid food material but also air, and this air cannot escape. There has been a tendency for the troubling problem that the encapsulated solid food material and the plastic food material do not come into close contact with each other and are likely to separate, resulting in a decrease in commercial value.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a nodule-shaped coated food product that has extremely good adhesion between the solid food material contained therein and the several types of plastic food materials that cover it in multiple layers, so that there is no risk of peeling. An object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method and an apparatus for the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method and apparatus capable of coating a solid food material with multiple types of plastic food materials in multiple layers to form a nodule-shaped coated food without enclosing any air at all. It is to be.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing a multi-layer nodule-shaped coated food that automatically contains solid food materials without touching the solid food materials and plastic food materials.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method and apparatus that can efficiently and hygienically manufacture multi-layered nodule-shaped coated foods containing solid food materials with almost no coating errors. .

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layer nodular coated food product in which a solid food material is coated with several types of plastic food materials.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention.

[Technical means adopted to achieve the object] That is, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a nodule-shaped coated food in which a solid food material is coated with multiple types of plastic food materials in multiple layers, and A plurality of types of plastic food materials are prepared in a multi-layer bottomed cylinder above the closed opening/closing gate, and solid food materials are introduced into the bottom of the plastic food material f4 prepared with the multi-layer bottom cylinder. . Thereafter, the multi-layer bottom cylindrical plastic food material into which the solid food material has been introduced is forced out downward into a lump by opening the gate, and the plastic food material in the lump of material is forced out. The gist lies in the interconnection of the process of cutting the neck portion to obtain a nodule-shaped coated food product shaped into a nodule, and the technical means for carrying out the process.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, which is used to obtain a nodular coated food product in which a solid food material is coated with a plastic food material in multiple layers, will be described below in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for producing a baby food product in which a solid food material is coated with two types of plastic food materials in two layers according to the present invention.

In the drawings, the symbol 1 indicates the gear pump mechanism (1
1-11), which is equipped with a hopper 13 having a built-in screw blade [12] in its upper part;
By a driving means such as an inverter motor (not shown),
The gear pump mechanism and the screw blade 12 are intermittently driven to rotate in a predetermined direction, so that the introduced plastic food material P is force-fed to the feeding path 14. Note that as the pressure feeding means for the extruder 1, it is also possible to adopt a fluid pressure operated cylinder mechanism (not shown) or a screw conveyor mechanism (not shown) in place of the gear pump mechanism. This first extruder 1, together with a second extruder 6 constructed in substantially the same manner as this, constitutes an extruder means of the apparatus of this embodiment for pumping two types of plastic food materials P-Q. That is, the second extruder 6 has a built-in gear pump mechanism 61 and a hopper 63 with a built-in screw blade 62 in the upper part, and the gear pump mechanism and the screw blade 62 are intermittently moved in a predetermined direction by a driving means such as an inverter motor. The plastic food material Q is force-fed into the feeding path 64 by being driven to rotate.

Next, referenced 2 is an intermittent extrusion molding means having an output passage 21 at the bottom. In the illustrated example, the cylindrical chamber 22 and the first cavity 2
A second cavity 24 is provided between the first cavity 24 and the first cavity 24.
A first extruder 1 is disposed in communication with the cavity, and a second extruder 6 is disposed in communication with the cavity 24, from which the material is delivered.

The second plastic food material f4Q is introduced into the second cavity 24 to form a second plastic food material Q layer between the solid food material S and the first plastic food material P layer.

Next, what is indicated by reference numeral 3 is an opening/closing gate means. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the opening/closing gate means 3 in this embodiment has pivot pins 31a, 31b, 31c
・A gate opening 32 having substantially the same shape as the above-mentioned out passage 21 is opened on the operating end side, and a gate opening 32 having substantially the same shape as the above-mentioned out passage 21 is provided on the operating end side so as to be rotatable around each of the outer passages 31d. Depending on these gates 32, 32, 32,
Four gate plates (31
・31, 31, 31); The inner edges of these gate plates are connected, and the pivot pins 31a, 31b, 31c,
31d and four links (33, 33, 33, 33) each forming a four-bar link mechanism; connected to one of these links by a connecting pin 33a, and moving forward and backward, these links and a drive bar 34 that causes the gate plate to move in a four-bar link.

Furthermore, in the apparatus of this embodiment, a substantially half-arc-shaped shutter 35 is provided between the first and second plastic food materials (P-Q) to partition the two and open and close them. This shutter 35 is attached to the lower end of a lever 36 located outside the cylindrical chamber 22, and the upper part of the lever 36 is pivotally supported on the outer wall of the second cavity 24 by a shaft pin 37. An opening/closing cam surface 38 is formed on the upper side surface of the lever 36, and a cam pin 39 that engages with this cam surface 38 is implanted in the cylindrical chamber 22. The shutter 35 is opened and closed by the upper and lower cams of the cylindrical chamber 22 via the lever 36, and the outflow of the second plastic food material Q is interrupted.

Bush piston 5 that moves up and down within the cylindrical chamber 22
1, an air passage 53 connected to an external air supply source (not shown) is formed continuously up to the tip, and air can be sucked or blown out from the tip.

What is designated by the reference numeral 4 is a solid supply means. The solid material supplying means 4 in this embodiment includes a solid material hopper 41 that accommodates solid food materials S; It has partition frames 42a, 42a, . Measuring turn frame 42 that drops S downward
A solid material pressure feeding path 43a is provided which communicates with the feed hole 41b and also communicates with the cylindrical chamber 22, so that when the solid food material S is dropped from the feed hole 41b, the solid food material S is transferred to the cylindrical chamber. 22 and a solid matter pumping mechanism 43 incorporating a piston 43b for forcibly extruding the solid matter.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a pushing means, which is installed in the vertical cylindrical chamber 22 of the intermittent extrusion mold 2 so as to be movable up and down, and which pushes out the solid food material S inserted into the chamber 22. It consists of a bush piston 51 that pushes against the passage 21; and a lifting rod 52 that moves the piston 51 up and down at the required timing.
In the illustrated first to third embodiments, a non-adhesive resin (
Cover 5 made of molded silicone rubber, fluorine resin)
1a is attached. However, this cover 51a is not essential, and by applying a fluororesin coating to the tip of the piston 51, adhesion of plastic food materials (for example, sticky gyuhi mochi material) can be prevented.

The above-mentioned extruder 1, opening/closing gate 3, solid material supply means 4, and pushing means 5 are intermittently operated in conjunction with each other, and each of these means is operated by a synchronization mechanism (73, 74, 75, 76).
) will be moved in a timely and related manner. The synchronizing mechanisms (73, 74, 75, 76) are configured in a cam-tappet type, and the extruder 1 has a cam-tappet 73 consisting of a cam 73a and a swinging lever 73b that swings in sliding contact with the cam 73a. When moving the drive bar 34 of the opening/closing gate means 3 forward and backward, the gear pump mechanism (11/1
1) Turn on the switch of the inverter motor (not shown) that drives (61, 61) and the screw blades 12, 16.
When the opening/closing gate 3 is closed by turning N/OFF, the motor is stopped, and when opening the opening/closing gate 3, the motor is driven to pump the plastic food material.

Further, the solid supply means 4 includes a cam 74a;
A swinging lever 74b that swings in sliding contact with; a claw feed bar 74C that moves forward and backward in response to the swinging of this swinging lever 74b;
The claw feeding bar 74c is rotated by a predetermined angle in accordance with the forward and backward movement of the feed bar 74c, and the measuring turn frame 42 is intermittently rotated one pitch at a time. 41b into the solid material pressure feeding path 43a,
It is activated in a timely manner. Thus, the solids pumping path 43
The solid food material S dropped into the cylindrical chamber 22 is pushed out by the solid material feeding piston 43b, which is moved forward and backward by a cam 76a; a swing lever 76b that swings in sliding contact with the cam 76a. Forced inside.

Further, the pushing means 5 is driven by a cam 75a; a swinging lever 75b that slides in sliding contact with the cam 75a and causes the lifting rod 52 of the pushing means to move up and down, and is shaped into a cylinder with a bottom. When the solid food material S is inserted into the cylindrical chamber 22 surrounded by the plastic food material P, the solid food S is opened and closed in synchronization with the opening/closing gate 3 of the put-out passage 21. By pushing in the direction of the gate 3, it is pushed out from the passage 21, and at the same time, the entire periphery of the solid food material S is covered with the plastic food material P.
Cover with In the illustrated example, a signal indicating the opening/closing operation of the opening/closing gate means 3 is extracted by a means such as a relay, and this relay signal can be received as a necessary control signal by a relay contact.

Although the apparatus of this embodiment is generally configured as described above, the apparatus of the present invention is by no means limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.
Various design changes are possible within the scope of the claims, and for example, the internal mechanism of the extruder 1 for supplying the plastic food material P can be changed to a well-known pressure feeding mechanism commonly used in extrusion molding machines and injection molding machines. or replacing the solid material supply means 4 with a conventionally well-known spherical feeding mechanism (feeding b).
aLlmechanism) or pushing means 5
Replace it with an air cylinder, etc., or do the same! tll
It is naturally expected that the a mechanism (73, 74, 75) will be replaced with a well-known microcomputer-controlled mechanism. Furthermore, the opening/closing gate means 3 can be modified in various ways, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, two gate plates 31 each having a gate opening 32 are moved forward and backward in the direction of the arrow. It is obvious that other means can also be adopted.

(Manufacturing process) The manufacturing process using the apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 12 to 19. In this manufacturing process, (a) as the first plastic food material P, Momoyama dough prepared by mixing white bean paste with egg yolk and adding minced powder to this, (b) as the second plastic food material , white bean paste, (C)
As the solid food material S, boiled chestnuts from which the skin and astringency had been removed were used.

FIG. 12 shows the preparation stage, the shutter 35 is closed,
The first and second plastic food materials P-Q are fed into the upper and lower space partitioned by the shutter 35 by the extruder 6 in a layered manner without being mixed with each other, and the solid food material F is produced.
Prepared to encompass 4S. Further, the bush piston 51 is retracted upward from at least the solid material pressure feeding path 43a.

Therefore, the solid food material feeding means 4 is used to feed the cylindrical chamber 2.
The solid food material S is supplied into the container 2 and positioned above the plastic food material Q which has been processed. At this time, the cylindrical chamber 22 begins to rise and the shutter 35 and gate 3 begin to open (FIG. 13). .

Next, the bushing piston 51 descends to push the solid food material S downward, and begins to push out the solid food material S together with the first and second plastic food materials P and S from the fully opened shutter 35 and gate 3 (14th figure).

This extrusion continues through FIGS. 15 and 16, and the cylindrical chamber 22 begins to descend.

When the solid food material S and the first and second plastic food materials P-Q encasing it are completely pushed out downward from the gate 3, the opening/closing gate means 3 and the shutter 35 begin to close (FIG. 17). At this initial stage of closing, the air existing between the solid food material S and the plastic food material Q is suctioned and removed through the air passage 53 of the bush piston 51, thereby improving the adhesion between the two materials S-Q. make it good The opening/closing gate means 3 and the shutter 35 are subsequently closed, and in the process shown in FIG. A coated food product of the form is produced (Figure 19).

In this process, the shutter 35 is completely closed.
Accordingly, the first and second plastic food materials P-Q are partitioned into layers, and the preparation process shown in FIG. 12 is prepared.

Furthermore, in the step before the opening/closing gate means 3 and the shack 35 are completely closed (FIG. 19), the bushing piston 51 rises slightly and air is blown out from the air passage 53. The plastic food material that had adhered to the tip and blocked it is removed.

[Effects of the present invention]

As described above using the embodiment apparatus and the same apparatus, according to the apparatus and method of the present invention, a solid food material is encapsulated in multiple layers with a plurality of types of plastic food materials to form a baby-boom-shaped food. It will be understood that it is possible to manufacture.

That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously produce block-shaped coated foods containing solids with surprising reliability and high quality.
While forming various types of plastic food materials such as ground meat, minced meat, and matshu potatoes into a nodule shape, various solid food materials such as chestnuts, strawberries, nuts, grated eggs, and diced meat are simultaneously encapsulated in the molding process. In addition to making it possible to mass-produce the product, its productivity and product finish far exceed the invention proposed by the present inventor in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-34782, and the plastic food material and the solid food material are never separated. It does not cause any harmful effects, not to mention the confectionery manufacturing field.
It is clear that solid coated foods will be of great help in improving productivity and food hygiene in other processed food manufacturing fields.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the mechanism showing the entire embodiment of the device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the mechanism in the open state of the gate, showing only the opening/closing gate means, and FIG. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the main part showing another example of the opening/closing gate mechanism, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the main part of the same example of the mechanism, and Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the movement mechanism of the opening/closing gate in the closed state. FIG. 7 is a side view of a portion of the gate and shutter, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. Perspective view of lever, 10th
The figure is a front view with the shutter open, Figure 11 is a front view with the shutter closed, and Figures 12 to 19 are a front view of the shutter with the shutter closed. It is an explanatory view of a process of manufacturing a nodule-like coated food coated in a two-layered state. Patent application size Masashi Hayashi Male agent Patent attorney Koji Togawa Figure 2 Figure 4'! 26! ';'A Fig. 7 56:6-1Sb No. 8 Fig. 9: Fig. 12 Fig. 13 Fig. 14 Fig. 15 Fig. 16 Fig. 17 Fig. 18

Claims (9)

[Claims] (1) A step of preparing multiple types of plastic food materials in a multi-layer bottomed cylinder above the closed opening/closing gate; and inserting the solid food into the bottom of the plastic food material prepared in the multi-layer bottomed cylinder. a step of charging the material; a step of pressing out the plastic food material in the multi-layer bottomed cylinder shape into which the solid food material has been charged downward into a lump by opening the gate;
A step of cutting the neck portion of the plastic food material of the material mass that is drawn out into the shape of a mass from the opening of the opened gate and forming it into a shape of a mass, the solid food material being a plastic food material. A method for producing a nodule-shaped coated food product coated in multiple layers with. (2) A two-layer bottomed cylinder above the closed opening/closing gate.
A variety of plastic food materials are prepared, solid food materials are put into the bottom of the plastic food material in the form of a two-layer bottomed cylinder, and the food materials are rolled out into a lump while opening the gate. The method for producing a nodular coated food according to claim 1, wherein the outer periphery of the solid food material is covered with two layers of plastic food material. (3) A claim in which air interposed between the plastic food material and the solid food material is removed by suction during the step of covering the solid food material with a multi-layered plastic food material and forming it into a lump. The method for producing a nodular coated food according to 1) or (2). (4) A shutter is interposed between the two layers of plastic food materials prepared above the closed opening/closing gate, and the two types of plastic food materials are isolated from each other until they are brought out into a lump shape. A method for producing a nodular coated food according to claim (2). (5) Intermittent extrusion molding means 2 comprising a first cavity 23 and a second cavity 24 for holding the two types of pressure-fed plastic food materials P and Q in a two-layer bottomed cylindrical state on the output passage 21 and; an opening/closing gate means 3 capable of closing the output passage 21 and opening the output passage at a predetermined timing while the plastic food materials P and Q are prepared in a two-layer bottomed cylinder state; Extruder means (1
・6) and; a solid food material feeding means 4 for introducing the solid food material S into the bottom of the cylinder held in the extrusion molding means 2 in a bottomed cylinder state; and with the opening operation of the opening/closing gate means 3; A pushing means 5 for pushing out the solid plastic food material S put into the bottom of the plastic food material (P-Q) held in a bottomed cylinder from the output passage 21 together with the plastic food material. An apparatus for manufacturing a nodule-shaped coated food in which a solid food material is coated with a plastic food material in a multi-layered state. (6) The opening/closing gate means 3 is composed of a plurality of sliding gate plates 31 having openings 32 and a link mechanism that operates these gate plates 31, and the sliding movement of the gate plates 31 causes the openings of each gate plate to match. - The apparatus for producing a nodular coated food according to claim 5, wherein the output passage 21 of the extrusion molding means 2 is opened and closed intermittently to cause a mismatch. (7) The solid food material feeding means 4 includes a hopper 41 that stores a plurality of solid food materials, a means that is connected to the hopper and individually dispenses the solid food materials from the hopper, and the distributed solid food. An apparatus for producing a nodular coated food product according to claim 5 or 6, further comprising a cylindrical chamber for introducing the material onto the plastic food material prepared in a layer above the gate. (8) Two types of plastic food materials P and Q are separated into layers in the antput passage 21 of the first cavity 23 and the second cavity 24, and the opening/closing gate means 3
The device for producing a nodular coated food according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising a shutter means 35 that opens and closes in synchronization with the opening and closing operations of the device. (9) The pushing means 5 is connected to an air supply source and is configured to be able to suck in and blow out air from its tip. , a device for producing nodule-shaped coated foods.