JPH0125582Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention is mainly used to ferment dough in a fermentation machine for fermenting dough (pre-fermented material made by kneading wheat flour with water), which is the raw material for food bread etc. The present invention relates to a take-out device.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, the dough fermented in this type of fermentation machine is
Even when it reaches the outlet, it is still soft, so it is impossible to pick it up by hand. At that time, if you pinch the dough with your hands, it may get crushed by the shot, or the gas inside the dough may escape, and even if you subsequently process it by frying etc. and make it into a product, the food will be deformed and the product value will be lost. For this reason, although not shown in the drawings, in the conventional fermentation machine of this type, the dough placed on each tray suspended in a conveyor chain and reaching the take-out port from the fermentation chamber is mechanically transferred to a tray provided at the take-out port. It was moved and taken out outside.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

Due to the above-mentioned configuration, the fermented dough take-out device in the conventional fermentation machine of this type has the following problems.

(1) The distance between the tray provided at the take-out port and the transport tray when taking out the fermented dough was constant. Therefore, if there was a difference in the height of the above fermented dough depending on the variety, the fermentation machine would be stopped each time and the distance between the dough transfer tray and the transfer tray would be adjusted. ,
The fermentation efficiency of the dough could not be improved.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology, and even if there is a difference in height depending on the type of fermented dough, it can be operated continuously without stopping the operation of the fermenter. To provide a fermented dough take-out device for a fermentation machine in which the quality of the dough can be greatly improved by arbitrarily adjusting the distance between the receiving tray and the transfer tray for transferring the dough. The feature of this take-out device is that a main shaft with a male thread is placed at the take-out port of the fermenter so that it can be rotated by a conveyor chain, and stoppers are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner shaft of the main shaft. A pair of left and right guide plates are fitted on the shafts so as to be able to rotate integrally, and a pair of left and right cam mounting plates are provided with cam plates with inclined grooves mounted at intervals in the circumferential direction on the axis of the main shaft that is inside each of the guide plates. At the same time, a female threaded member with a linking plate fitted on the circumferential surface so as to be able to move in and out of the male threaded part of the main shaft is fitted in a rotatable manner, and the linking plate on the circumferential surface and the cam are attached. A plurality of actuating rods passing through the guide plates connect the plates so that they can move together in the axial direction, and each of the cam plates has a receiving tray with a pin attached to the guide piece at the inclined groove position of the cam plate. They are connected so that their movement in the radial direction can be adjusted using each inclined groove as a guide, with loose insertion into each inclined groove.

[Effect]

When taking out the fermented dough in the fermentation chamber using the take-out device configured as above, the female screw member screwed into the male thread on the main shaft is moved forward and backward in the axial direction according to the height of the fermented dough. The linking plate fitted on the circumferential surface and the cam mounting plate, which connects each fabric receiving tray via the cam plate, are connected by multiple action rods, so the cam mounting plate mentioned above moves integrally with the female thread member. I will do it. At this time, each of the above-mentioned receivers is connected to the inclined groove of the cam plate installed at intervals in the circumferential direction of the cam mounting plate so as to be movable in the radial direction via pins at each position. The above-mentioned receiving trays are moved in the radial direction without stopping the operation of the fermentation machine in proportion to the amount of forward and backward movement of the female screw member, thereby increasing the dough delivery interval between each of the receiving trays and the tray that conveys the dough. can be fine-tuned arbitrarily.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

First, to explain the configuration, as shown in Figure 1,
In a horizontally arranged fermentation chamber 1a that communicates from one input port 1b to the other outlet 1c, a fermentation chamber 1a is arranged directly below the chamber 1a, which is connected to a drive source 2 with a reduction gear 3 mounted externally at the top via a chain. With the driving shaft 4 as a base point, a large number of transmission shafts 5 are rotatably installed from this position to a position close to one of the input ports in a horizontal row arrangement at the same height, and each transmission shaft on the upper side A pair of left and right sprockets 7 are fitted to both ends of the drive shaft 5, and a plurality of sprockets 7a are fitted in series to a suitable one of the above-mentioned transmission shafts 5 and to one end of each of the drive shafts 4. The drive chain 8 is wound around in sequence. Furthermore, in the lower part between the above-mentioned upper transmission shafts 5, inside the one-side input port 1b, and at the rear of the fermentation chamber 1a, transmission shafts 5 having the same diameter and length as those described above are similarly arranged in horizontal rows so as to be freely rotatable. Similarly, the above-mentioned conveyance chains 9 are fitted to the shaft portions at both ends thereof, and a pair of left and right continuous conveyance chains 9 are stretched in a meandering manner on each sprocket 7 of the entire transmission shaft 5 according to this aspect. In addition, the conveyance chain 9 has a large number of trays 17 for fermenting the fermented dough W, which will be described later, and hangers 16 on both sides thereof.
In the fermenting machine 1 which is suspended so as to be able to move integrally through the intervention of the fermenter 1, the following fermented dough taking out device is installed at the taking out port 1c near the rear side of the fermenting machine 1. A regulator 6 for adjusting the tensioning mode of the conveying chain 9 is coaxially fitted to the transmission shaft 5 at an appropriate position on the lower and rear sides of the fermentation chamber 1a.

The above-mentioned fermented dough removal device is constructed as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a main shaft 10 with a horizontal axis in the same direction as each of the transmission shafts 5 is located at the main part of the outlet 1c, and is mounted on a bracket 27 at both ends of the main shaft 10. It is rotatably disposed by being supported by a bearing 28 and by the rotation of the conveying chain 9 on sprockets 7 of the same shape as described above which are fitted on the left and right shafts. In this case, a male threaded portion 10a is formed on one end of the main shaft 10.

A pair of left and right guide plates 11 are fitted on the axis of the main shaft 10 at respective inner positions of the sprocket 7 into which the sprocket 7 is fitted as described above, with keys 22 interposed therebetween, so that the guide plates 11 can rotate integrally. 23 and 24 are the above keys 22
This is a mounting screw that secures the sprocket 7 and guide plate 11 to each other. Between the left and right guide plates 11 as described above, there is a tray 17 that has reached the position of this guide plate 11.
For the purpose of transferring the fermented dough W to the receiving tray 20 side to be described later, rod-shaped stoppers 11a are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction in order to change the posture from the upward horizontal mode by hanging to the vertical mode. ing.

In this embodiment, a pair of left and right cam mounting plates 18 are rotatably fitted onto the axis of the main shaft 10 on each inner side of the guide plate 11, and are mounted at intervals in the circumferential direction of a cam plate 19 with an inclined groove 19a. ing. Also, a male screw portion 10a provided on one end side of the main shaft 10.
A female screw plate 14 having a flange formed at the front end of the cylindrical body is fitted in a screwable manner. In this case, a guide plate 15 is integrally attached to the rear peripheral surface of the female threaded member 14 via a key means 25. Further, a disc-shaped linking plate 13 is rotatably fitted on the circumferential surface between the guide plate 15 and the flange of the female screw member 14. The above-mentioned guide plate 11 is connected to this cooperation plate 13 and the above-mentioned cam mounting plate 18.
A plurality of actuating rods 12 passing through are inserted and fixed in the axial direction, and are coupled so as to be able to move together in the axial direction when the female screw member 14 is screwed.

The above-mentioned female thread member 14 is this female thread member 14
Unless an external force is applied to the main shaft 10, it rotates integrally with the main shaft 10 due to the state in which it is screwed into the male threaded portion 10a.
If an external force is applied to this female threaded member 14 to stop its rotation, for example, it will move in a spiral direction approaching the sprocket 7 on this side, and the female threaded member 14 will be moved in the opposite direction to the rotational direction of the main shaft 10. When it is rotated in the direction shown in FIG. The above-mentioned screw movement of the female screw member 14 is for moving each cam plate 19 attached to the cam mounting plate 18 via the linking plate 13, the action rod 12, and the cam mounting plate 18 in the axial direction. Therefore, the cam plate 19
When moving the above-mentioned link plate 13 and the female screw member 14, the thumb screw 26 attached to the guide plate 15 is screwed to protrude toward the link plate 13 side.
otherwise, use the thumbscrew 2 above.
6 is in an open state, the link plate 13 and the female screw member 14 are configured to be in an unrelated state with respect to the rotation direction.

Furthermore, the following receiving trays 20 are connected to the positions of the inclined grooves 19a of each of the cam plates 19 described above. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, this tray 20 is formed to have approximately the same width as the tray 17, and is also formed with a peripheral wall, the length of which (the length in the axial direction of the main shaft 10) is the same as the left and right sides. guide plate 1
It is formed so that it can be loosely fitted into the inside of 1. Each of the receiving trays 20 has rectangular guide pieces 20a hanging vertically at intervals in the longitudinal direction on the bottom at a position parallel to the axial direction, and pins 21 protruding from each surface of the guide pieces 20a 19 inclined grooves 1 for each position
It is loosely inserted into 9a. Therefore, when the cam plate 19 is moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
Since the tray 17 moves in the external radial direction, the tray 17 is configured to accurately set the optimum interval when transferring the fermented dough W to the tray 17 that has reached that position. Note that 29 shown in FIG.
39 is a net conveyor installed facing outward corresponding to c, and 39 is a tray 2 for receiving fermented dough W.
Tray 17 in the inverted position after being transferred to the 0 side
This is a tray guide rail for transporting the fermented dough W in an inverted position to an upper position in the inner part of the outlet 1c that does not affect the transfer operation of the fermented dough W on the guide plate 11.

The other outlet 1c is optimally fermented due to regular temperature and humidity while the conveyance chain 9 is circulating in the fermentation chamber 1a between the inlet 1b and the outlet 1c of the fermenter 1 with the above-described configuration. The fermented dough W on each tray 17 that has reached the
With the intervention of the take-out device located at c, the paper is taken out to the net conveyor 29 side in the following manner.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the tray 17 on which the fermented dough W according to the above is placed is located on the guide plate 11 rotating in the main part of the fermented dough removal device.
When one end of the tray 17 is engaged with the stopper 11a, the hanging tool 16 is attached to the guide plate 1.
In addition to being pulled toward the sprocket 7, which has a smaller diameter than the tray 1, the surface of the tray 17 comes into contact with the circumferential surface of the guide plate 11, which has a larger diameter. It turns out. At that time, tray 1 changed its posture to this vertical mode.
The receiving tray 20, whose height has been set to the optimum interval for transferring the fermented dough W, arrives at the facing position corresponding to the inner diameter direction of the tray 17 through the following position adjustment operation. , this saucer 2 smoothly and easily and without giving a shock.
It can be moved over 0.

That is, the tray 20 between the guide plates 11 is
The height is adjusted in advance according to the height dimension of the fermented dough W as follows. First, during operation of the fermenter 1, if only the female threaded member 14, which is screwed onto the male threaded portion 10a on the main shaft 10 and rotates integrally with this male threaded portion 10a, is rotated by an appropriate means, this female threaded member 14 is spirally moved in the axial direction close to the sprocket 7 on the rotating male threaded portion 10a. At this time, since the linking plate 13 fitted to the circumferential surface of the female threaded member 14 and the cam mounting plate 18 of the guide member 14 are connected by a plurality of action rods 12, the cam mounting occurs when the female threaded member 14 spirally moves. The plate 18 also moves integrally in the same arrow direction. In this case, each of the above-mentioned receiving trays 20 is connected to the inclined grooves 19a of the cam plate 19 mounted at intervals in the circumferential direction of the cam mounting plate 18 by inserting pins 21 at each position, so that the above-mentioned female screw member 14 It moves in the external radial direction by an amount proportional to the amount of movement in the axial direction, thereby making it possible to easily and reliably set the optimal height position for transferring the fermented dough W to and from the tray 17. It is something.

Note that in the above, the height is given to the saucer 20 located at a lower position, but for example, when changing the setting to lower the saucer 20 that has been moved in the height direction due to a change in the type of fermented dough W, This can be easily achieved by moving the female screw member 14 in the opposite direction to that described above. That is, the female screw member 14 is connected to the main shaft 1.
By rotating the female threaded member 14 in the same direction as 0 in the above direction through a means that is faster than the main shaft 10, the female threaded member 14 is rotated in the same direction as that of the main shaft 10, so that the previously high position is rotated in the same manner as described above. Adjustments to reduce the desired maximum height can be made easily and reliably by moving each of the hot trays 20 in the radial direction inside the fermenter 1 without stopping the operation.

[Effect of idea]

This idea forms a long conveyance path in which a pair of left and right conveyance chains connected to a drive source are stretched in a meandering manner in a fermentation chamber that communicates from one inlet to the other outlet. In this fermentation machine, a large number of trays for conveying fermented dough are suspended so that they can move together through a hanging device, and a main shaft with a male thread is arranged at the outlet of the fermentation machine so as to be rotatable by a conveyance chain. A pair of left and right guide plates with stoppers provided at intervals in the circumferential direction are fitted on the inner shaft of this main shaft so as to be integrally rotatable, and on the inner shaft of the main shaft, which is on the inside of each guide plate, there is an inclined groove. A pair of left and right cam mounting plates with cam plates mounted at intervals in the circumferential direction are rotatably fitted therein, and a female threaded member is fitted on the male threaded portion of the main shaft with a coordinating plate rotatably fitted on the circumferential surface. are screwably fitted together to connect the linking plate on the circumferential surface and the cam mounting plate so as to be movable together in the axial direction by means of a plurality of working rods passing through the guide plate, and the slanted grooves of each of the cam plates At each position, a guide piece with a pin attached thereto is connected to the tray so that each pin can be loosely inserted into an inclined groove at each position so that movement can be adjusted in the radial direction using each inclined groove as a guide. It is something to do. Therefore, when taking out the fermented dough in the fermentation chamber, each tray can be moved radially by moving the female screw member screwed into the male thread on the main shaft back and forth in the axial direction according to the height of the fermented dough. As a result, the distance between each tray and the tray for transporting the fermented dough can be arbitrarily finely adjusted, and the dough can be transferred optimally and safely without clogging and without stopping the fermentation machine. This has the effect of greatly improving the quality of the dough in this type of fermenter.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a longitudinal side view showing an outline of a fermentation machine equipped with a fermented dough removal device according to this invention, and Figure 2
The figure is a detailed sectional view of the device, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the device and peripheral members. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Fermentation machine, 1a... Fermentation chamber, 1b... Inlet, 1c... Outlet, 2... Drive source, 9... Conveyance chain, 10... Main shaft, 10a... Male screw part, 1
1... Guide plate, 11a... Stopper, 12...
...Action rod, 13...Coordination plate, 14...Female screw member, 16...Hanging tool, 17...Tray, 18...
Cam mounting plate, 19... cam plate, 19a... inclined groove, 20... saucer, 20a... guide piece, 21
...Pin, W...Fermented dough.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pair of left and right conveyance chains connected to a drive source are installed in a meandering manner in the fermentation chamber communicating from one inlet to the other outlet to form a long conveyance path. In a fermenter comprising a plurality of trays for transporting a large number of trays suspended so as to be able to move together as one body through a hanging device, a main shaft with a male thread is arranged at an outlet position of the fermenter so as to be rotatable by the transport chain. A pair of left and right guide plates having stoppers provided at intervals in the circumferential direction are fitted on the inner axis of the main shaft so as to be integrally rotatable, and an inclined groove is provided on the axis of the main shaft on the inner side of each guide plate. A pair of left and right cam mounting plates having cam plates mounted thereon at intervals in the circumferential direction are rotatably fitted therein, and a female screw member is fitted on the male threaded portion of the main shaft with a coordinating plate rotatably fitted on its circumferential surface. are screwably fitted together to connect the cooperation plate on the peripheral surface and the cam mounting plate so as to be movable together in the axial direction by a plurality of working rods passing through the guide plate, and the inclined grooves of each of the cam plates At each position, a guide piece with a pin attached thereto is connected to the tray so that each pin can be loosely inserted into an inclined groove at each position so that movement can be adjusted in the radial direction using each inclined groove as a guide. A device for taking out fermented dough from a fermentation machine.