JPH02167047A - Method and device for preparing fried bean curd - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply bean curd raw pieces to a frier without damaging the raw pieces by cutting a sheet-like coagulated raw pieces for the fried bean curd into belt-like raw pieces, cutting the belt-like raw pieces into rectangular pieces and subsequently supplying the rectangular pieces to a frier. CONSTITUTION:A bean curd raw piece 40 coagulated into a sheet-like shape is cut into belt-like raw pieces 44, passed through a two-dividing device 16 and subsequently distributed into a longitudinally-sending conveyor 20 with a distributing device 18. The distributed raw pieces are further cut into rectangular pieces 104 with a rectangular dividing device 22 and the produced rectangular pieces 104 are supplied to a frier 26 with a rectangular raw piece-supplying device 24.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing fried tofu, and in particular, to a method for manufacturing fried tofu (fried tofu) and an apparatus therefor, in particular a method for dividing and cutting fried tofu dough formed into a sheet shape by a coagulating machine into rectangular fried tofu sizes. The present invention relates to a method for producing fried tofu that is conveyed to a fryer and an apparatus therefor.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, fried tofu is produced by adding bittern or the like to soy milk, forming it into a sheet-like dough using a coagulation molding machine, and cutting the sheet-like dough into basic mesh shapes using a cutter or the like to form fried tofu dough. As shown in FIG. 12, the fried dough 140 is stacked manually in the chute 142 of the dough supply device 144, and then the push rod 146 The packets 152 are pushed out onto the flyer conveyor 150 by the following steps.

Next, the fryer conveyor 150 carries out the fried tofu dough 140.
is passed through a pond (not shown), whereby fried tofu is produced.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the conventional method for producing fried tofu, one drawback is that the operator must manually feed the fried tofu dough 140 into the chute 142.

Further, in the conventional dough supply device, when pushing out the fried dough 140 with the extrusion rod 146, the fried dough may be damaged.

The present invention was made in view of these circumstances, and it is possible to avoid damaging the fried tofu dough. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for producing fried tofu that can be automatically supplied to a single fryer.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing fried tofu in which fried tofu dough supplied in sheet form is divided and cut into rectangular final product shape dough and supplied to a fryer to produce fried tofu iy. The sheet-shaped fried dough is cut into strips and conveyed sequentially in a first direction, and this strip-shaped dough is cut into a plurality of pieces, and the divided strips of dough are sorted and passed through a first conveyance direction orthogonal to the first conveyance direction. The method is characterized in that the divided strip-shaped dough transported in the second direction is cut into rectangular dough in the shape of a final product, and the rectangular dough is fed to a fryer.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, a sheet-like dough is formed by a coagulation molding machine, and this sheet-like dough is cut into strip-like dough by a strip-cutting device. Next, the strip-like fabric is conveyed to a dividing device by a first conveyor, and the strip-shaped fabric is divided into a plurality of strips by the dividing device, and the strips of fabric are sent to a sorting device. next,
The strip-shaped dough is distributed and supplied to each group 2 conveyor by a sorting device, and then conveyed to a rectangular dough dividing device.

Next, the rectangular dough is divided into rectangular dough by the rectangular dough dividing device and conveyed to the rectangular dough supply device. Next, the rectangular dough is fed to the fryer device by the rectangular dough feeding device. As a result, the sheet-like dough formed by the coagulation molding machine is automatically cut into rectangular pieces of final product dough and supplied to the fryer.

Further, the rectangular dough is fed by a rectangular dough supplying device,
Since the dough is supplied to the fryer, it is possible to prevent the dough from being damaged by the conventional extrusion rod.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the method and apparatus for producing fried tofu according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a process diagram of a fried tofu manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fried tofu manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention includes a coagulation forming machine 10, a band cutting device 12, a horizontal conveyor device 14, a dividing device 16, a sorting device 18, a vertical conveyor device 20, and a rectangular dough. It is composed of a dividing device 22, a rectangular dough supply device 24, and a fryer device 26.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the coagulation molding machine 10 is composed of a storage tank 28, a cloth conveyor 34, and a pressing belt 36. In the storage tank 28, soymilk 30 with a coagulant added is stored, and this soymilk 30 is sequentially supplied from an outlet 32 formed at the bottom of the tank 28 onto a cloth conveyor 34 driven by a pulley 35. . The soymilk 30 is delivered to a gap between a cloth conveyor 34 and a pressing belt 36 installed above the cloth conveyor 34, and within this gap, the soymilk 30 is compressed to form a sheet-like dough 40, which is then cut into a strip cutting device. 12.

Next, as shown in FIG.
and a support plate 45. The sheet-like material 40 placed on the support plate 45 is cut into strip-like material 44 by the cutter 42 . The cutter 42 is indicated by the arrow A-
Move in the direction of B-C-D → A..., and the strip-shaped fabric 44
is delivered to the transverse conveyor device 14 at predetermined intervals.

Next, the lateral conveyor device 14 is shown in FIG.
The belt-shaped fabric 44 is conveyed rightward by the conveyor 14. Furthermore, a 2-dividing device 16 is attached to the lateral conveyor device 14, and as shown in FIG. A shaft 48 is pivotally supported on the shaft 49, and a disk-shaped cutter 50 is provided at the center of the shaft 48.

As a result, the strip-shaped fabric 44 is divided into two strip-shaped fabrics 52 and 52 by the cutter 50, and the cross-feeding conveyor device 1
4, it is conveyed to the sorting device 18.

Next, the sorting device 18 is composed of a feed plate 54, a connecting plate 56, a moving plate 58, etc., as shown in FIG. Further, above the movable plate 58, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, plate-shaped bars 60 and 62 are provided with their positions shifted from each other. Further, a piston rod 70 of a cylinder 68 is attached to an end edge 58a of the movable plate 58.

On the other hand, below the moving plate 58, the lateral conveyor 4
Conveyors 64, 66 of the longitudinal conveyor device 20 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor 6. Each conveyor 64.6
6 is provided below the stopper 60.62. The strips of dough 52, 52 that have fallen onto the vertical conveyors 64, 66 are conveyed to a rectangular dough dividing device 24, which will be described later.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the rectangular dough dividing device 24 uses a piston rod 74 of a cylinder 72 to connect a plate-shaped extrusion plate 76 that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the conveyor 66, and a conveyor 66 and is located on the same plane and can be moved up and down by the piston rod 80 of a cylinder 78; a cutter 90 installed above the dough mounting table 82; and a cylinder 84 located to the left of the cutter 90. and a push-out plate 88 that is movable in the left-right direction by a piston rod 86.

As shown in FIG. 9, the cutters 90 are provided in four rows,
Sliding parts 92, 92, . . . provided on the upper part of the cutters 90, 90, .

Further, a cylinder 98 is provided parallel to the rail 94 of the cutter 90, as shown in FIG.
is fixed to. When the cylinder 98 is actuated, the piston rod 100 is actuated, causing the cutters 90, 90...
slides on the rail 94. Also, each cutter 9
The spacing between the zeros is determined by a locking portion 95 and a stopper 96 provided on the side of the cutter 90, as shown in FIG. 10, and is set by the extra length B of the stopper 96.

The extra length IB is set to correspond to the interval between packets attached to the conveyor of the fryer device, which will be described later.

As a result, the strip-shaped dough 52 placed on the dough mounting table 82 is divided into four rectangular doughs 104, 104, . . . by the cutters 90, 90, . Depending on the operation, the distance between the extra lengths IB and 1. ′
The dough is spread out and pushed out toward the rectangular dough supply device 24 by the push-out plate 88 .

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the rectangular dough supply device 24 includes a buffer frame 108 that is movable in the left and right direction by a cylinder 120, and a bearing 1 that is attached to the upper part of the buffer frame 108 and supported by a guide rail 112.
10, 110, cylinders 114, 114... provided at the bottom of the buffer frame 108, and piston rods 116, 116 of the cylinders 114, 114...
... inverted-shaped intermittent feed plate 11 attached to the lower end
8.118..., a base 106 installed below the feed plate 118, 118, a stopper 130 provided on the right side of the base 106, and a pull-out plate 128 placed adjacent to the stopper 130. It is configured.

Further, the rectangular dough 104 is supplied to the rectangular dough supplying device 24.
, and is sequentially sent out to the right along the base 106. Then, the rectangular fabric 1°4 has a stopper 130.
is stopped and placed on the drawing plate 128,
By moving this drawing plate 128 to the right, the rectangular dough 104 is dropped and supplied to the fryer device 26.

Next, the fryer device 26, as shown in FIG.
A large number of buckets) 134, 134, etc. are stacked vertically and horizontally on the conveyor 132 at predetermined intervals.
A container 136 in which oil 135 is stored is installed at the bottom of 32.

Further, the rectangular dough 104 is supplied to the bucket) 134 by the supply device 24, and transferred to the container 13 by the conveyor 132.
6.

Next, the operation of the fried tofu dough manufacturing apparatus configured as described above will be explained.

First, in the solidification molding machine 10 shown in FIG.
The soy milk 30 is transferred from the outlet 32 of the storage tank 28 to the cloth conveyor 3
Supply to 4. Next, the soybean milk 30 is transferred to the cloth conveyor 34.
The sheet-like fabric 40 is dehydrated by the compression belt 36.
is shaped and conveyed to a strip cutting device 12 shown in FIG.

Next, in the strip cutting device 12 shown in FIG.
The cutter 42 is lowered in six directions in the figure to guide the sheet material 4 onto the support plate 45 so that it has a predetermined width dimension.
0 is cut into a strip of fabric 44. Next, the force lid 44 is moved to the right, and the belt-shaped fabric 44 is transferred to the traverse conveyor 14.
push it towards. At this time, the extrusion speed of the cutter 44 is set to be the same as the conveyance speed of the traverse conveyor 14.

Then, the cutter 44 is raised in the C direction and retracted from the strip-shaped fabric 44. Next, the cutter 44 is moved to the right and returned to its original position. Then, the cutter 42 is lowered in the entry direction again to cut the sheet-like material 40 conveyed onto the support plate 45 into strip-like material 44. As a result, the belt-shaped fabrics 44, 44, .

Next, in the bisecting device 16 shown in FIG. 4, the strip-shaped fabric 44 sequentially conveyed to the traverse conveyor I4 is divided into two strip-shaped fabrics 52 and 52 by a cutter 50. Then, the strip-shaped dough 52, 52 is conveyed to the sorting device 18 shown in FIG.

Next, the sorting device 18 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 first lowers the feed plate 54 in the input direction, and then
4 to the right and push out the strips of fabric 52, 52 from the splicing plate 56 toward the moving plate 58. Then, the feed plate 54 is raised in the C direction and retracted from the strip-shaped fabric 52. Next, the feed plate 54 is moved to the right and returned to its original position. Then, the feed plate 54 is lowered again to come into contact with the strip-shaped fabric 52 and sequentially push out the strip-shaped fabric 52 toward the moving plate 53.

On the other hand, the strip-shaped fabric 52.5 placed on the moving plate 58
2 to the vertical conveyor, first move the moving plate 5.
The piston rod 70 attached to 8 is contracted to move the movement Fi, 58 to the right. As a result, the strips of fabric 52 and 52 move toward the stoppers 60 and 62, respectively, and the strips of fabric 52 on the lower side of FIG.
comes into contact with.

Further, when the moving plate 58 is moved, it comes into contact with the stopper 60, and when it is confirmed that the conveyor 64 has stopped, the dispensing of the sorting device 18 and the rectangular dough dividing device 22 on the conveyor 64 side are operated in synchronization. Then, when the moving plate 58 is further moved, the strip-shaped dough 52 on the upper side in FIG. The dispensing of the dividing devices 22 operates synchronously.

Therefore, the strip-shaped fabrics 52, 52, .

Next, in the vertical conveyor device 20 shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, this vertical conveyor device 20 is
Strip-shaped dough 52.52 supplied from the sorting device 18
... are conveyed to the rectangular dough dividing device 22 by two rows of conveyors 64 and 66.

Then, in the rectangular dough dividing device 22 shown in FIG. It is supplied to the mounting table 82. Next, the dough mounting table 82 is raised by the extension action of the piston rod 80. Then, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
The strip-shaped fabric 52 is divided into four rectangular fabrics 104, 104, . . . which are the final products. Similarly, the strip-shaped fabric 52 conveyed on the conveyor 64 is divided into four parts.

Next, in order to feed the rectangular dough 104, 104, . 1
By the extension operation of the piston rod 100 shown in FIG. 0, the guide plate 102 is moved to the left, and the cutters 90, 90, . Also, the cutter 9 at this time
Since the interval between 0 and 0 is set by the extra length B of the stopper 96, the rectangular dough 104, 104, . . .
It comes to be placed on the top at intervals of B, which is the amount of extra length.

Next, the rectangular dough 104, 104, .

Next, the rectangular dough supplying device 24 shown in FIG. 11 supplies the rectangular dough 104, 104, . . . to the fryer device 26. First, the feeding device 24 transports the rectangular dough 104 to the position of the rectangular dough 104a on the base 106 by operating the extrusion plate 88. Next, the intermittent feed slope 118 is lowered in the A direction by the extension operation of the piston rod 116, and brought into contact with the edge of the rectangular fabric 104a.

Next, the buffer frame 108 is attached to the piston rod 12.
Move it to the right by the contraction operation in step 2. As a result, the rectangular fabric 104a is pushed by the feed plate 118 and moves rightward toward the position of the rectangular fabric 104b. Then, the feed plate 118 is raised in the C direction by the contraction operation of the piston rond 116, and the rectangular fabric 104
Evacuate from b. Next, the buffer 7 frame 108
is moved to the left in the figure by the extension action of the piston rod 122. As a result, the feed plate 118 moves in the D direction and returns to its original position. Then, the rectangular fabric 104a is transported again by the operation of the extruder 88.
is moved toward the position of the rectangular fabric 104b by the above-described series of operations of the feed plate 118. The rectangular fabric 104b is sequentially fed out from rectangular fabrics 104c to 104f by the operation of the feeding plate 118 and the buffer frame 108.

Next, the rectangular fabric 104 is sent out to the drawing board 128.
f is the contraction of the piston rod 126 and the stopper 130
It falls into the fryer device 26 due to the positioning action of. As a result, the rectangular dough 104 is transferred to the fryer device 26.
can be supplied sequentially.

Next, in the fryer device 26 shown in FIG. 11, the rectangular dough 104 is transferred from the rectangular dough supply device 24 to the bucket of the conveyor 132. :throw into. Then, the rectangular dough 104 is placed in the oil 135 of the container 136.
to produce fried tofu.

Although two rows of conveyors 64 and 66 are provided in this embodiment, the number of conveyor rows may be increased or decreased as appropriate depending on the work space.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the fried tofu manufacturing method and its device according to the present invention, the fried tofu manufacturing device includes a coagulation forming machine, a band cutting device, a first conveyor device, a dividing device, a sorting device, a second conveyor device, A rectangular dough dividing device, a rectangular dough supplying device, and a fryer device are installed to automatically divide and cut the deep-fried sheet-like dough into rectangular dough that is the final product dough and feed it to the fryer device, making it possible to cut deep-fried tofu into rectangular dough. Can be manufactured automatically.

Further, since the rectangular fried dough is fed horizontally row by row by the rectangular dough feeding device to the fryer device, damage caused by the pushing rod of the conventional fried dough feeding device can be eliminated.

Therefore, it is possible to produce fried tofu of uniform quality.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a process diagram showing an embodiment of the fried tofu manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the coagulation molding machine of the fried tofu manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the belt cutting device of the fried tofu manufacturing apparatus according to the invention; FIG. The figure is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the distribution device and vertical conveyor device of the fried tofu manufacturing device according to the present invention, and FIG.
7 is a side sectional view of FIG. 6,
FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the rectangular dough dividing device of the fried tofu manufacturing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the rectangular dough dividing cutter of the fried tofu manufacturing device according to the present invention. The side view and the 1θ diagram are a plan view in FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the rectangular dough supply device and fryer device of the fried tofu manufacturing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram showing an example of a conventional fried tofu manufacturing apparatus. 10... Solidification molding machine, 12... Strip cutting device, 1
4... Horizontal conveyor device, 16... 2-dividing device, 18... Sorting device, 20... Vertical feeding pair device, 22... Rectangular dough dividing device, 24...
Rectangular dough supply device, 26... Fryer device. No. Z

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In the method for manufacturing fried tofu, in which the fried tofu dough supplied in sheet form is cut into rectangular final product shape dough and supplied to a fryer to produce fried tofu, the sheet of fried tofu dough is cut into strips. At the same time, the strip-shaped fabric is sequentially conveyed in a first direction, and the strip-shaped fabric is divided and cut into a plurality of pieces, and the divided strip-shaped fabric is distributed to a second conveying direction perpendicular to the first conveying direction.
A deep-fried dough characterized in that the divided strip-shaped dough transported in the second direction is cut into rectangular dough that is the final product shape, and the rectangular dough is fed to a fryer. manufacturing method. (2) In the fried tofu manufacturing equipment, which cuts the fried tofu dough supplied in sheet form into rectangular final product shape dough and supplies it to the fryer to produce fried tofu, soymilk is coagulated and formed into sheets. a coagulation forming machine that cuts the sheet-shaped fried dough into strip-shaped dough; a first conveyor device that conveys the strip-shaped dough in a first conveyance direction; a dividing device that divides and cuts the strip-shaped fabric into a plurality of pieces; a sorting device that distributes the divided and cut strip-shaped fabric; and a second conveyor that is orthogonal to the first conveying direction to transfer the strip-shaped fabric that has been sorted by the sorting device. a second conveyor device for conveying the dough in the direction; a rectangular dough dividing device for cutting the strip-shaped dough transported by the second conveyor device into rectangular final product-shaped dough; and a rectangular dough dividing device for cutting the rectangular dough into a fryer device. A fried tofu manufacturing device comprising: a rectangular dough feeding device;