JPH02257824A - Apparatus for producing sausage or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically insert a filling material into a collagen casing at a prescribed position by enabling connection of a filling tube rotatable in filling to a nonrotating cylinder rod and advancing the filling tube in the axial direction thereof. CONSTITUTION:A chuck 10 and a ring forming device 12 cooperatively form a casing into a link in operation thereof. A driving means 45 for rotating the filling tube 3 installed adjacently to a supporting means 4 for reciprocating and rotating the filling tube 3 and a cylinder 6 having a nonrotating rod (6a) for advancing and retreating the filling tube 3 from the driving means 45 are provided. The filling tube 3 is rotatably connected to the nonrotating rod (6a) with a joint 47 so that the driven member 46 of the filling tube 3 may be engaged with the driving means 45 by advance of the rod (6a). As a result, a product, such as sausage, using a collagen casing can be automatically produced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing sausages, etc., and more specifically, a device for rotating a filling tube so that it can be used regardless of the type of casing used to wrap sausages, etc. This invention relates to an all-purpose sausage manufacturing device.

(Prior Art) Before entering into a detailed description of the present invention, the structure of a conventional device and the problems associated therewith will be explained below.

First, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, we will explain the general structure of a sausage manufacturing device conventionally referred to as a "fully automatic machine" (belonging to a single-function machine) and the problems of the device. do. The term "fully automatic machine" here refers to those represented by Japanese Patent Publication No. 40-27509 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 41-5899, in which the casing pushing is automatically carried out by mechanical means. be.

In Figures tI & 1 to t53, 1 is a casing hopper for transmission feeding the cylindrical casing C (Fig. 2), 2 is a casing clamp for clamping the casing C from both sides, and 3 is a casing hopper for feeding the filling M such as ground meat. The filling pipe 3 discharges into the casing C.
It is designed to be inserted inside. 4 is a filling block that has a hole for passing the filling tube 3 and a hole communicating with the pump 5, and the filling block 4 passes through the hole 3a opened on the outer peripheral surface of the filling tube 3 The tube 3 is filled with a filler M. The filling tube 3 is connected to the piston rod of a shilling 6, by which it is propelled to the right in FIG. A cylinder 7 arranged parallel to the cylinder 6 is a cylinder for pushing the casing, a piston mid 1 of which is connected to a casing push rod 8, and a casing pusher 9 is attached to the tip of the casing push rod 8.

A casing chuck 10 for gripping and rotating the casing C is arranged near one side edge of the casing hopper 1, and the casing chuck 10 is rotated on the same axis as the filling tube 3 and the sill 6. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 3, the casing chuck 10 is fixed to the boss portion of a gear 11, and the gear 11 is rotated via a drive device (not shown).

The casing pusher 9 is movable between the filling block 4 and the casing chuck 10 and abuts the rear end of the casing C, propelling the casing C to the right in FIG.

12 is a link forming v device, and the link forming device 1
2 is a device that cooperates with the casing chuck 10 to twist the casing C filled with the filler M at predetermined length intervals to form a chain-like sausage, and is composed of a pair of winding transmission mechanisms. . It has a structure in which blades 12b are attached at predetermined intervals to a pair of chains 12a arranged parallel to each other, and the casing is sandwiched between the pair of blades 12b facing each other.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a device called a looper, which suspends the chained sausages from the loop conveyor 14.

FIG. 4 schematically shows the drive groove of the known sausage manufacturing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to tAs.

In FIG. 2 and vS4, numeral 15 is a frame of the device, and within the frame 15 there is an electric field as shown in FIG.
eltl16 is installed. 17 is a driving pulley attached to the shaft of the electric motor 16;
The belt 18 that is hung on the belt 7 and the driven pulley 19 generate and destroy 3
! 20 is configured to IL. The shaft to which the driven pulley 19 is attached is a pump shaft 21;
A cone pulley 22 is attached to the cone pulley 1, and a speed change lever 23 is attached to the cone IJ22. The pump shaft 21 is connected to one of the pump gears 5a of the pump 5 (the pump 5 is a gear pump) via a clutch (not shown), and is always rotated at a constant speed.

A main shaft 24 is disposed parallel to the pump shaft 21', and the corn boo 1J25 attached to the main shaft 24 constitutes one continuously variable transmission 8126 together with the corn boo IJ22 and the belt 27.

The main shaft 24 supplies power to all movable parts except the pump 5, and the main shaft 24 supplies power to a chain sprocket 28 for rotating the casing chuck, a chain sprocket 29 for driving the link forming device 12, and a looper. 13 and a chase system 30 for driving the loop conveyor 14 and the like.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The purpose of the "fully automatic machine" having the structure described above is to produce large quantities of sausages and the like using hard cellulose casings (1 artificial casing). For this reason,
The structure of the device is that the casing is automatically propelled by the cylinder 7, and that the filling tube 3 does not rotate. ! It has certain characteristics.

For sausages, etc., fill the casing C with the filling M,
Furthermore, by linking the casing filled with the filler at a uniform predetermined length, Sl! be left behind. In the manufacturing process, the important thing is a. The casing filled with the filler is subjected to a predetermined rotation from the casing chuck 10.

b. A filling tube 3 in which a portion of the casing that is not filled with the filling material is inserted into the casing to support the casing.
Do not get wrapped around the

etc.

When a casing other than hard cellulose is used in a "fully automatic machine", the following disadvantages occur.

Because the filling tube does not rotate, in the case of a casing with low rigidity such as a collagen casing, the unfilled casing part of the casing that is rotated by the casing chuck is
It comes in close contact with the filling pipe and easily wraps around it.

The "fully automatic machine", which has the drawbacks mentioned above, has the problem of being unable to cope with fluctuations in management policy, production planning, and demand because it is limited to producing only hard cellulose casings. (Note that the term "hard cellulose casing" as used herein also includes artificial casings that have the same mechanical flexibility as the casing.) Based on the above, the object of the present invention is to provide a sausage using a collagen casing. Our goal is to provide devices that enable automatic operation of products such as:

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is characterized by a filling pipe for filling a filling material into a casing of a sausage or the like, a pump for supplying the filling material to the filling pipe, a casing pusher for propelling said casing; a chuck mounted for receiving filled casing from the discharge end of said filling tube and having means for frictionally engaging a portion of the casing; and charge flowing out from said chuck. a link-forming device for a casing that has been filled, the chuck and the link-forming device working together to form the casing into a link in an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like, in which the chuck and the link-forming device cooperate to form the casing into links; a cylinder having a driving means for imparting rotation to a canopy tube provided adjacent to a support means for rotation; and a non-rotating rod for advancing and retracting the filling g toward the driving means; And said mouth? The light ## is directed to the drive means by the advancement of the drive.
A'r! A joint for rotatably connecting the filling tube is provided between the non-rotating rod and the filling tube so that the driven member engages with the filling tube to rotate the filling tube.

(Embodiment) An outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the apparatus, and Figure 7 is a front view of Figure 5. In addition, in Figures 5 to 7, Figures 1 to 3
In FIGS. 5 to 7, parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in the figures indicate the same parts as those in the conventional apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.
1 is the casing hopper, 2 is the casing clamp, 3
4 is a filling pipe, 4 is a filling block, 5 is a pump, 6 is a cylinder for propelling the filling pipe, 7 is a cylinder for propelling the casing push rod 8, 9a is a collar 10 for attaching the casing pusher 9, 12 is a casing chuck, 12 is a link formation wave! , 13 is a looper, and 14 is a loop conveyor. An operation panel 31 is provided upright on the frame F, and another operation panel 32 of the same type is provided below the looper 13, as shown in FIG. This operation panel 32 is provided so that an operator can operate the device while standing in front of the looper 13. On the front side of the frame F, there is a link forming device 12 and a looper 1 as shown in FIG.
A machine speed adjustment knob 33 is provided for selecting the overall speed of the pump 3 and the loop conveyor 14, and a pump discharge amount adjustment handle 34 is provided for selecting the rotational speed and discharge amount of the pump 5. . Further, on the right side of the front side of the frame F, there are provided a filling tube rotation selection lever 35 for selecting rotation or non-rotation of the filling tube 3, and a starting lever 36 for starting the device during semi-automatic operation.

On the other hand, on the upper surface of the frame F, a filling pipe 3 and a splined id bar 37 are removably arranged on the flat f, and the id bar 37 has a sliding slot I7 + to which a handle 38 for pushing the casing is fixed. Pig 9 is fitted II.

An arm 40 projects from the sliding sleeve 39, and the arm 40 is removably connected to a joint 41 fitted to the casing pushing rod 8 by a set screw or the like. One end of the idle bar 37 is removably inserted into the hole of the boss 42 protruding from the frame F, and the other end is removable from the filling tube rotation housing 43 protruding from the frame F using a set screw 44 or the like. is fixed. Referring to FIG. 8, a rotating clutch 45 is housed inside the filling tube rotation housing 43, and the clutch 45 is connected to the filling tube 3.
It is configured to be able to engage with a clutch 46 fixed to the proximal end of. The base end of #XW3 and the non-rotating rod 6
A rotary joint 47 is attached between the rotary joint 47 and the piston rod 6a of the cylinder 6.

Next, the configuration of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. 6 and ft58.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 48 denotes a semi-mounted constant speed electric motor that supplies power to all movable parts of the VC station, and the electric motor 81
The power generated from the output shafts at both ends of the pump 48 is transmitted to a continuously variable transmission 49 for changing the speed of the pump and a continuously variable transmission 50 for changing the speed of other parts. Continuously variable transmission R49 and continuously variable transmission 5
0 is a cone pulley type, each consisting of a driving side cone pulley 51.52, a belt 53.54, and a driven side cone pulley 55.56, and a slider 5 attached to each of the driving side cone pulleys 51.52.
7 and slider 58 are flexible shafts 59.6
0 via pump discharge Rii! ! ! It is connected to a handle 34 and a machine speed adjustment handle 33.

The driven cone pulley 55 of the continuously variable transmission 49 is connected to the reducer 6
It is fixed to the input shaft 61 of No. 3. Further, an electromagnetic clutch 62 is attached to the cone pulley 55, and controls starting and stopping of the pump 5. Power is transmitted between the input shaft 61 and the output shaft 64 of the speed reducer 63 through a pair of speed reduction gears, and the power is supplied to the pump gear 5a fixed to the output shaft 64.

On the other hand, the output shaft 65 of the other continuously variable transmission 50 is a so-called main shaft, and two pulleys 66, 67 attached to the output shaft 65 are connected to separate driven boots 1J70. Power is transmitted to 71. The pulleys 66, 70 and the belt 68 constitute a speed reduction device, which reduces the speed of the speed-changed rotation in the continuously variable transmission 50 and transmits the speed to the following parts.

A shaft 72 to which the pulley 70 is attached is the main shaft of the link forming device 12, and power is transmitted to the chain 74 of the link forming wave 12 via a sprocket 73 attached to the shaft 72.

In addition, in order to connect the looper 13 and the loop conveyor 14 to this device and operate it, the looper 1 is attached to the shaft 72.
3 and a sprocket 75 for transmitting power to the loop conveyor 14.

On the other hand, the pulley 71 transmits power to the bevel gear device 76, and the rotation of the output shaft of the bevel gear device 76 is controlled by the sprocket 7.
7. It is transmitted to a horizontal shaft 80 via a chain 78 and a sprocket 79. A gear 81 is fixed to the horizontal shaft 80, and the gear 81 meshes with teeth I$182 to which the casing chuck 10 is fixed. A pongee 83 is arranged parallel to the horizontal shaft 80, and a gear 84 fixed to the horizontal shaft 80 meshes with a gear with a clutch 85 loosely engaged with the shaft 83. Teeth IIL85 with clutch on top of Tsumugi 83
A clutch 86 that can be engaged with the filling tube rotation selection lever 35 is slidably fitted therein, and this clutch 86 is connected to the filling tube rotation selection lever 35 via a suitable connection means, and when the lever 35 is operated, the shaft 83 slide on top. A boot IJ87 is attached to the other end of the shaft 83, and the rotation of the shaft 83 is transmitted to the clutch 45 for rotating the filling tube via a belt 88 that is hung around the pulley 87. The clutch 45 is a hollow cylindrical body formed integrally with the pulley, and is housed within the housing 43.

FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c) are an exploded perspective view and a cross-sectional view of a rotary joint 47 connecting the charging cylinder 3 and the piston rod 6a of the cylinder 6 for propelling the charging pipe.

The filling tube 3 is moved forward and backward by a non-rotating port 6a provided in the cylinder 6 toward a clutch 45 which is a means for rotationally driving the filling tube 3. This filling tube 3 is supported for reciprocation and rotation by passing through a filling block 4. The filling g3 is connected to the non-rotating piston rod 6a so as to be relatively rotatable by the rotary joint 47 while remaining connected to the non-rotating piston rod 6a.

In the charging Jflt111F3, the clutch 46, which is a driven member, is engaged with the clutch 45, which is a driving means, and rotates as the rod 6a moves forward.

As shown in FIG. 8(a), this rotary joint 47 is rotatably connected to the shaft at the base end of the filling tube 3, and has a bearing 47a loosely engaged with the base end, and a piston rod 6a.
A cylindrical housing 47b and a cover 47c are fixed to the bearing 47a and face the bearing 47a.
The cover 47c is fastened to the housing 47b.

In addition, since the filling tube 3 is supported by the filling block 4,
The base end of the filling tube 3 does not need to be supported by the rotary joint 47, but if the base end is supported, the positional accuracy of the filling tube 3 can be improved.

Next, with reference to FIG. PI3 to FIG. 8, the operation and operation of the apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

When you press the device start switch for reproducing g131, cylinder 6
The piston rod 6a moves forward, and the filling pipe 3 also moves forward via the rotary joint 47. Then, the filling pipe 3 passes through the casing, and the clutches 46 and 45 are engaged.

Next, the electric motor 48 rotates, and the cone pulley 56 provided on the output shaft 65 is rotated via the belt 54 hooked on the cone pulley 52, thereby rotating the boolean IJ 67 provided on the output shaft 65. The rotation of the boo 967 is applied to the boo IJ71 via the belt 69, and the pulley 71 rotates the sprocket 77 on the output side of the bevel gear device 76. Sprocket 77 rotates sprocket 79 and horizontal shaft 80 via chain 78, and rotates sprocket 79 and horizontal shaft 80.
The gear 84 provided at 0 is rotated. The gear 84 rotates a gear with a clutch 85, and a clutch 86 provided on the shaft 83, a pulley 87, and a belt 88 rotate the clutch 45 inside the housing 43. and clutch 4
5 rotates the clutch 46, thereby rotating the filling tube 3. The filling pipe 3 is rotatably connected to the piston rod a by a rotary joint 47, so that the piston rod 6a remains non-rotatable.

In the present invention, the unfilled casing is also rotated by being pulled by the filling tube 3, so that the colladen casing, which has low rigidity, is not damaged.

It should be noted that FIGS. 5 to 8 are merely examples of the present invention, and it is clear that the present invention is not limited to these examples, and equivalent replacements and design changes to the present invention may be made. It is included in the embodiments of the present invention.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the filling tube that rotates during filling can be connected to the non-rotating cylinder rod, and the filling tube is advanced in its axial direction, so that the colladen at a predetermined position can be The filling tube can be automatically inserted into the casing. Therefore, it becomes possible to automatically produce collar casings.

In other words, after the filling tube is automatically inserted into the casing, the filling tube is rotated while filling the casing with the filling material, so the unfilled portion of the casing is rotated together with the filling tube, and the casing is rotated. prevent damage. Therefore, not only automatic production of cellulose casings but also stable automatic production of products using low-rigid Colladen casings and the like is possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a conventionally known sausage manufacturing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the tjIJ1 diagram, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the main parts of the power transmission mechanism of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the present invention. A plan view showing
Figure 6 is a sectional view showing the main parts of Figure 5, Figure 7 is a front view of Figure 5, and Figures 8 (a) to 8 (c) are detailed views of each component of the device in Figure 5. be. 3: Filling W 5: Pump 6: Syringe 6a: Rod 9: Casing pusher 10: Chuck 12: Link forming device 45: Clutch 46: Clutch 47: Rotating joint

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A filling pipe for filling a filling material into a casing of a sausage or the like, a pump for supplying the filling material to the filling pipe, a casing pusher for propelling the casing, and a casing pusher for propelling the casing; a chuck mounted for receiving the filled casing from the discharge end of the filling tube and having means for frictionally engaging a portion of the casing; and a link-forming device for the filled casing exiting the chuck. The chuck and the link forming device are provided adjacent to support means for reciprocating and rotating the filling tube in an apparatus for producing sausages or the like in which the chuck and the link forming device cooperate to form the casing into a link when they are operated. a cylinder having a non-rotating rod for advancing and retracting the filling tube toward the driving means; A joint is provided between the non-rotating rod and the filling tube to rotatably connect the filling tube so that the driven member of the filling tube engages with the filling tube to rotate the filling tube. Equipment for manufacturing sausages, etc.